Chapter 12 Avian Tenth Bat Dan

October 29, 2008 at 22:42 Xuanzong, the twelfth emperor of the Second Empire, was known for his belief in Taoism.It is said that there are at least 3,000 registered monks receiving support from the court, and at least 300 of them can enter and leave the emperor's bedroom at any time.Even so, the emperor still didn't get the secret recipe for immortality. The emperor was very angry because of this.He summoned Ye Fashan, the leader of the Taoists, and threatened him that if he could not crack the secret of eternal life within three years, he would kill all the Taoists in the country one by one.Three years later, the killing began.Soon, Zhang Guo appeared on the busiest street in Chang'an City, putting an end to this absurd practice.

No one knows Zhang Guo's birthplace and age.It is commonly said that he was born in Upper Valley County in the year following the founding of the Second Empire.His hair was white when he was born, he could speak the "Huang Ting Jing" as soon as he landed, and he knew how to use the method of "Shan Tong Qi" to make elixir.In the following hundreds of years, he lived in seclusion near Mount Di in Hengzhou, known as the one closest to God among all practitioners.When Emperor Taizong of this dynasty was in power, he tried to recruit him into the court.But this suggestion was rejected by him.Emperor Wu Zhou also tried to recruit this practitioner, but after being ridiculed, she also gave up her efforts.Now, Zhang Guo unexpectedly appeared, which made the emperor extremely excited.

It is a pity that after Zhang Guo entered the court, he did not show him the way to eternal life as the emperor hoped.He walked directly into the emperor's bedroom, gently wiped the dust off his feet on the sweet quilt, stepped on the couch and fell asleep immediately. This long sleep lasted until the following autumn.Under the watchful eyes of the emperor and his servants, Zhang Guo sat up and took a sip of water, turned over slowly, and fell asleep again.After sleeping for three years, Zhang Guo finally woke up.He summoned Emperor Xuanzong, ready to point out to him the ultimate method of cultivation.

Zhang Guo said that among all mysterious things, Tao is the most mysterious.And of all good things, the best of all is the bat.There are no such animals as bats in the world. It is said in "Beginners" that they are all illusions of mice: when a mouse escapes the minions of beasts and the capture of humans by chance, and accumulates the understanding of everything in the world, it can be born at the age of 100. Time to evolve into a bat.Therefore, this animal has insight into the secrets of the universe, how time stretches, and how the sky floats. "Shui Jing Zhu" says that when bats live to a thousand years old, their bodies will turn red, and because their brains are too developed, they can only hang upside down after they stop flying.Taking such a bat brain can make people immune to all diseases.Bats will turn white if they live to be 10,000 years old.At this time, their brains are extremely heavy, they can no longer fly, and can only hang upside down in the cold cave all day long.By taking such a bat brain, people can fly against the wind.If they can live for 100,000 years, bats can get rid of the animal shape, get a human body, and enter the ranks of gods.Some people think that Fuyi is another name for bats.This view is wrong.Bat is a noble and divine animal, while Fu Yi is ugly, even deprived of five sense organs, which can only bring harm to human beings.

Zhang Guo told Xuanzong that different practitioners have different methods, woodcutters use the methods of woodcutters, swordsmen use the methods of swordsmen, and prostitutes use the methods of prostitutes to obtain eternal life. There are a total of forty-nine such methods.Among them, the emperor's practice requires hunting one hundred thousand bats in each of the five directions of the empire, and taking out their brains to refine them into bat pills.On the seven mountains of Luofu, Kuocang, Longhu, Emei, and Tengyun, there is a long-lived white bat. The brains of these seven bats are used as bait, and the bat pill is taken on a cool and light rainy night.Only in this way can the emperor avoid the end of death.Zhang Guo said that if the emperor did have some kind of secret connection with eternal life, then he would get this immortality method nine years later.After saying this, white mucus seeped out from the wrinkles on Zhang Guo's face until he completely turned into a puddle of thick juice.

Xuanzong appointed Ye Fashan to supervise the firing of bat pills.Five years later, Ye Fashan finally delivered the elixir to the emperor.But he immediately prevented Xuanzong from tasting the elixir.To appease the Emperor's wrath, he tremblingly said: According to my humble knowledge, Zhang Guo was not born in Shanggu County, and most of the other miraculous claims about him are not true.A few days ago, Chen had asked the priest to learn that Zhang Guo was originally a white bat in a cave in Mount Di.Seven hundred years ago, he had just reached one hundred thousand years old, shed the animal skin and obtained a human form.This situation is exactly why Zhang Guo encouraged the emperor to slaughter bats.

As soon as he finished saying this, thick blood gushed out of Ye Fashan's eyes and nostrils.With a cry, he fell to the ground dead.The emperor looked at Ye Fashan, drank the wine mixed with the elixir slowly, and flicked the dregs of the wine onto his body. In the 30th year of his reign, Emperor Xuanzong was held hostage by the rebel army and was forced to announce his abdication.Twenty years later, he suddenly collapsed because of a disease called phlegm syndrome.When he felt extremely weak and was about to die, he summoned Ye Fashan who had resurrected three days after his death.The previous emperor asked in a barely audible voice whether he should have rejected the rebels' demands and kept the title of emperor.Taoist Ye Fashan replied, "That's not the case.The emperor then vomited three liters of blood and died.

Since then, no bats have appeared in the Central Plains Kingdom.People gradually forget about this species.As a result, Fuyi was mistaken for a bat and usurped its divinity.