Chapter 80 Ineffective
Along the way, Chen Xiyi was communicating with Cheng Zhen. During this process, Cheng Zhen felt that Chen Xiyi was weird.
He thought he was just a fledgling young man, but he didn't expect that he didn't know a lot of common sense, but he had unique insights in "Book of Changes", it seemed as if he had only read "Book of Changes".
This "Book of Changes" is indeed their necessary foundation, and it even comes with the method of refining qi and cultivating the gods, as if everyone can become a qi refiner.
But this is the same as "Taishangdongxuanlingbao Infinite People's Top Grade Miaojing" is the first book in Taoism, known as the head of all scriptures, the sect of all dharmas, and the source of all dharma realms, and even everyone can buy it for a little money , but can anyone really practice it?
The "Book of Changes" is also the same principle. Everyone can read it, practice it, and even carry the formulas and methods, but only a few people can use it to become a qi refiner.
If it was before, some people might have learned it, but after the introduction of foreigners’ cannons and guns, they brought new thinking, which led to the gradual loss of these inheritances.
No matter how powerful you are, can you still block muskets or cannons?
And when the situation is turbulent, no one wants to learn these things.
Chen Xiyi listened to Cheng Zhen's complaints, and he gradually understood the situation of these qi refiners, such as Feng Shui masters and morticians, who were inferior to Qi refiners.
Probably because the world is under the wind, people's hearts are no longer old.
Of course, the situation is one thing. There is only one real reason for the lack of people in the Qi Refiner line, and that is that the threshold is too high, not everyone can become a Qi Refiner.
And if there is no primordial spirit, the low-level occupations of these qi refiners, whether it is spells, various talismans, or magic tools, are not very powerful, and they cannot maintain longevity, basically just like ordinary people.
Sometimes even worse than ordinary people.
In this regard, Chen Xiyi could only follow the other party's words and perfunctory.
Chen Xiyi reckoned that he should also be the same kind that Cheng Zhen hardly met, otherwise it would be impossible to tell him these things.
However, he guessed that Cheng Zhen probably didn't know that he had successfully conceived the primordial spirit by refining his energy, otherwise he would have asked for advice immediately.
Cheng Zhen’s Zhuangzi is outside the town. It is said that it is Zhuangzi, but in fact it is only his family, just him and his apprentice. Because they do everything, they are called Zhuangzi.
From the chat, I learned that this Cheng Zhen not only looks at Feng Shui, but also helps with fortune-telling, weddings and funerals, healing diseases and saving lives, and even some ghosts and demons.
The first few are normal, but hauntings and ghosts are relatively rare, basically you don’t see them once a year.
Because people have popularity, yang energy, etc., there may not be many people alone, but if they gather into a village, those monsters and ghosts will not dare to approach them. stay in the mountains.
So generally speaking, people who have accidents are woodcutters, fishermen and other people who have left the village.
Chen Xiyi heard this for the first time, and he understood why the fox demon he met before did not dare to go to the villages and towns to arrest people, because it did not dare to go, and if it did go, it would die.
The two walked away for an hour, and finally returned to Cheng Zhen's Zhuangzi. He had learned a lot along the way. Whatever Chen Xiyi asked, Cheng Zhen also answered.
To be honest, if he hadn't had the background, according to Cheng Zhen's teaching method, ordinary people might not be able to learn it well.
"Lu Sheng, open the door, I'm back." Cheng Zhen patted Zhuangzi's door and shouted. After shouting, he said to Chen Xiyi: "My apprentice was picked up by the side of the road back then, so he was called Lu Sheng. He was pitiful, so he picked it up and raised him, with the same surname as mine, but I didn’t expect him to be so incompetent, even today he can’t memorize even a single "Book of Changes."
"It's fate. If there is no fate, how can I be a teacher and apprentice for the rest of my life." Chen Xiyi also saw it. Cheng Zhen complained that his apprentice was ineffective, but he was completely like a son in his heart.
The door opened with a creak, and Cheng Lusheng, a tall and thin man, opened the door with some mud on his body. It seemed that he was working.
"Master, you are back, how is the discussion today?" Cheng Lusheng asked excitedly, he knew that every time his master went out, as long as things were done, the next ten days and a half months would always be better.
Cheng Zhen's face was serious: "How decent is the hippie smiling face, go, take it to the kitchen to heat it up, then tidy up a clean room and come out, and dry the bedding and pillows, this fellow Daoist Chen wants to stay here for a while day."
Although his tone and expression were stern, Cheng Zhen still handed Cheng Lusheng the food box that Chen Xiyi packed.
Seeing Cheng Zhen's appearance, Cheng Lusheng honestly took the food box and said, "Okay, Master."
Just after smelling the aroma in the food box, his eyes lit up, and the aroma of those meat dishes kept pouring into his nostrils, even if it was cold, the food box couldn't cover it.
So holding the food box and running all the way towards the kitchen, that little movement almost jumped up.
"Run slower, be careful not to fall." Seeing this, Cheng Zhen couldn't help scolding, and then Cheng Lusheng slowed down.
"Sigh, my apprentice is not good enough. Now he is old enough to marry a wife, but he is still so young. What can we do in the future? Unlike Chen Daoyou, you have this ability at a young age."
Cheng Zhen compared Chen Xiyi with his apprentice, it's worth throwing away the comparison.
Chen Xiyi also has eyesight. He hates iron but cannot be proud. Instead, he said: "It's just a step ahead. Brother Lu Sheng is very clever. Sooner or later, he will make something."
He knows that with a character like Cheng Zhen, who hates iron and spoils it, it is best not to touch the opposite side, that is, Cheng Lusheng.
"Hmph, that brat knows how to play all day long, and his cleverness is wasted." Cheng Zhen is still very useful, although his mouth is stubborn, but he is still a bit duplicity when he hears Chen Xiyi praise his apprentice.
"Forget it, let's not mention this brat. Didn't Fellow Daoist say he wanted to read my collection of books before? I'll take you for a walk to find out the way. Although there are only me and my brat in my village, but It is also passed down, the place is not small, so as not to go wrong."
Having received the compliment, Cheng Zhen naturally felt comfortable, so he took the initiative to say that he would take Chen Xiyi to his study.
"Then thank you fellow daoist." Naturally, Chen Xiyi would not refuse, and thanked him immediately.
(end of this chapter)