Chapter 70: Entraining Qi, a unique part Niujiao Gua is a very commonly used divination method. The wooden root shaped like an ox's horn is divided into two parts, and the two pieces of hexagram are put together. Hold the tip of the hexagram with your right hand, throw it upward slightly, and let it fall to the ground naturally. Two uprights are Yang hexagrams, two inverses are Yin hexagrams, and one upright and one inverted are Sacred hexagrams. Daochang Chen asked me to throw it three times in a row and came up with a hexagram of holy yin and yang. Seeing this hexagram, the solemn expression on Chen Daozhang's face turned into relief. "Master promised to accept you as his disciple on my behalf." Daochang Chen picked up a pair of ox-horn hexagrams from the ground, held them in the palm of his hand, circled the three sticks of incense he had just placed three times clockwise, and respectfully placed them on the side of the lotus crown on the altar. "This crown with a clear crown also belongs to the unknown senior. It was put in the same box as those animal skins and I took it out together. Because there is no information about the identity of the senior in his tomb, I have to call the senior with no name. This clear crown is made of pure gold. I invited it out today as a substitute for the unknown senior, and it also means that he is watching you become a disciple with his own eyes. Hexagrams such as Saint Yin and Yang are associated with good luck. If you are praying for marriage problems, it means a smooth marriage.
If it is praying for illness, it means that the condition will be stable. If it is praying for wealth and future, it also means meeting noble people, having a share in the future, and being successful in everything. But misfortune lies where blessings depend, and blessing lies where misfortune lies. This holy yin and yang can be regarded as the most strange hexagram among the twenty-seven hexagrams of the horns. There are evils and good fortunes, and the yin and yang are clearly beneficial. I hope you can practice devoutly in the future and be kind and do good deeds. Otherwise, if the good hexagram changes to the bad hexagram, it will be a dream, and your happiness will be in vain. The law of heaven bites back, ranging from five disadvantages and three deficiencies, to the worst case, it is directly obliterated by the law of heaven and ceases to exist. " I nodded yes. Daochang Chen lit three sticks of incense and handed them to me: "The apprenticeship ceremony begins, follow me." I first lit up three sticks of incense, and then Taoist Chen banged the wooden fish and recited a long list of scriptures that I couldn’t quite understand. During this period, he knelt down and worshiped. I walked around the Taoist temple three times, and after lighting incense twice more, the ceremony ended. Officially over. This apprenticeship ceremony took two hours to end. As soon as the ceremony ended, my stomach started to growl. I didn’t feel hungry just now, but after I finished my last prostrations, waves of hunger suddenly began to attack my brain. Since I successfully introduced Qi into my body, my appetite has doubled compared to before, and the feeling of hunger is even more present. However, the amazing thing is that I haven't eaten since about five o'clock in the morning, and I actually feel hungry. The old man who sweeps the floor of the Taoist temple has prepared lunch and asked us to eat it. Lunch includes meat and vegetables, the portions are large and the taste is very good. As I devoured it, I asked the questions that had been bothering me these days. "Daozhang Chen, why do these talismans work?" Daochang Chen had finished eating, wiped his mouth, and began to explain to me. "The talisman actually works because the spiritual energy of heaven and earth is locked on it. Take the most common peace talisman as an example. The spiritual energy of heaven and earth on it can dispel evil spirits and nourish people's luck. Destiny, fate, and what kind of achievements a person can ultimately achieve are mostly determined by fate. Destiny is determined by heaven, but luck is controlled by people. This is the saying that three points are destined by nature and seven points depend on hard work. Luck is different from fate. Luck is like the tide, rising and falling. Every move a person makes will affect his or her "luck."
If a person is positive, diligent, and does good deeds, he will be blessed with good fortune. Deep and grand good fortune can even affect the trajectory of numerology, and he may be able to change his destiny against the will of heaven. And when a person does something that destroys his luck, his luck will turn from prosperity to decline. After his luck is destroyed, he will not be able to support his original destiny and will naturally plummet. " Daochang Chen is a person who can say a word less and never say more. When he talked to me about these things, he talked endlessly, for fear that I would not understand. It was obvious that he wanted to teach me all the things that Master could not personally teach me. Teach it to me. "If we Xuanmen practitioners want to draw effective talismans, we must first learn to draw Qi into the body. This is also the most basic condition for judging a person's talent. If you are destined to this profession, you can draw Qi in a few months. Entering the body, if you have no connection with this practice, you will never be able to feel where the Qi is and what it looks like.” I thought about how I had introduced Qi into my body in my sleep when I went back that night, and I couldn't help but grin: "What about me? Am I very talented?" Sister Liu hummed: "It's not bad, it's almost the same as before." Chen Dao sighed, shook his head, and said: "She is a fox, a natural beast, born with luck on her back. If you can get her to have a talent similar to hers, it is already considered amazing. Among the younger Xuanmen today, the most talented one is Shen Nan of the Shen family. Even for her, it took her seven days to successfully introduce Qi into her body. You can get this opportunity in your sleep, which shows that you have a close connection with this path. Shallow. " "How long did it take, senior?" I couldn't help but be curious. "It took me three days." Daochang Chen said: "It is one thing to introduce Qi into the body, but it is another thing to move Qi and refine Qi luck. Your talent is better than mine, but I draw twenty or thirty pictures in a row. The talisman is not a problem. If you draw five of them but are already exhausted and faint, then you still have no luck. Just like swimming, if you can't breathe, no matter how long you can hold your breath, there is a limit to the distance you can swim. And if you can breathe, the distance you can swim is determined by your physical strength. The same goes for drawing talismans. If you can exhale and absorb while using Qi, then it will be much easier to draw talisman. " The food on the table has been swept away by me, and the bowls and chopsticks have been put away. Daochang Chen took out a drawing from somewhere. On the drawing was a naked person. Various dots and lines were drawn on the human body, and Daochang Chen pointed at these dots and lines and explained them to me. "When Qi moves deeply, it accumulates, when it accumulates, it stretches, when it stretches, it goes down, when it goes down, it becomes stable, when it is stable, it becomes solid, and when solid, it sprouts. If it sprouts, it grows, if it grows, it retreats, and if it retreats, it will be heaven. Heaven's will is on top, earth's will be on the bottom, and it will be smooth." If you live in vain, you will die. Storing means to gather Qi in the abdomen, stretching means to fill the Qi, and lead Qi to extend. Now you can only store Qi but not draw Qi. Qi enters from the Tianling point, passes through the neck and reaches the Dantian..." "Wait a minute!" I interrupted Daozhang Chen: "Isn't the Tianling point an acupuncture point on the top of the head? But I absorb the vitality of heaven and earth by touching it with my right hand? Why is it different from what the Taoist said?" Daochang Chen was stunned for a moment: "Right... right hand? Tell me in detail how you successfully introduced Qi into your body?" After I fainted, I told them in detail about the many colored gases I saw in the void. Taoist Chen was greatly surprised. Even Sister Liu said that she had never seen anyone practicing this, where the Qi was drawn into the body through the hands. "This may be your opportunity. In this way, you may try to draw Qi from two places at the same time." Liu Yu raised his eyebrows: "Anyway, it doesn't matter where the Qi comes from, as long as If you can use the accumulated energy skillfully, isn’t that still the same thing?” Said... That makes sense!
