Chapter 40 Chapter Thirty-Nine

To be on the safe side, Zhang Guozhong did not rush out of the cave, but placed a flare in the space outside the cave in advance.Under the strong light of the flares, Zhang Guozhong had a clear view of the big hole inside. It turns out that the size of this cave is far less than that of Dianchi, and even a circle smaller than the lobby of the treasure cave in the later Jin Dynasty. The underground area where the statue is located The lake is not as big as imagined, and the visual area is even less than a thousand square meters. "Didn't you say that this is a circle bigger than that pond?" Before the bright light of the flare was extinguished, Old Liu also got out of the small hole.

"I don't know why I feel that way." Zhang Guozhong kept looking around with a flashlight, "Brother, have you noticed that there seems to be a layer of stone growing on the stone wall here." "There is a layer of something growing?" Old Liu took a photo with his flashlight, and saw that there was indeed a layer of black and furry things on the rock wall behind him. "What can grow here? Moss?" "Moss?" At this time, Qin Ge and Dashou Liu also drilled out of the cave, and simply put a high-power searchlight on the entrance of the cave, turned on the power, and a beam of strong light went straight to the top of the cave. Also grew a layer of the same thing.

"This is definitely not moss. Moss cannot grow in this place." Zhang Guozhong reached out and touched the stone wall behind him. He felt his hand was wet, just like touching a handful of rotten cotton. He put it in front of his nose and smelled it. After smelling it, there was no smell, "I didn't find this when I came here for the first time." "So, this thing grew after you left?" Old Liu frowned, reached out and touched the rock wall, and took a careful look at the palm of his hand with a flashlight, "What the hell is this? , Can it grow so much in two or three days?"

"Maybe it was there before, I just didn't notice it the first time I came here." Zhang Guozhong said. "This should be a kind of fungus." At this moment, Qin Ge also noticed something growing on the wall. "In Maoshan Shu, there is only one kind of fungus that can grow in this kind of place." "What?" Old Liu was taken aback. "Rush." ​​Qin Ge smiled slightly. It seems that this person has studied Maoshan technique a lot, and he can recognize the rush that neither Liutou nor Zhang Guozhong knew. "Don't you know?" "Rush?" Zhang Guozhong's heart moved. He heard Dai Jinshuang mention this thing back then. According to the understanding of the old man Ma Sijia in Maoshan, this thing has the effect of spreading resentment. The characteristics created a plague in the Xuzhou theater. Could it be that the Japanese entered this hole?

"Rush? Could it be that there really is that formation?" Old Liu's voice seemed to be trembling, "Guozhong, hurry up, where is the statue you mentioned?" "Just in front of us." Following the direction of Zhang Guozhong's finger, Qin Ge adjusted the angle of the searchlight, and saw a dark shadow standing eerie in the water, very terrifying under the cold blue light of the searchlight. "Brother, what do you think is really going on?" "This hole has nothing to do with Zhao Jinzhou." Old Liu Tou didn't answer Zhang Guozhong's question, but cautiously approached the statue with the Seven Star Sword in his hand, "Zhao Jinzhou is just a cover, this formation is not for him!"

"Brother Liu, if there is any situation, use this to chop!" Zhang Guozhong handed the Juque sword to the big hand Liu, and he picked up the Qingtai sword and followed behind the old head Liu, "Brother, what are you talking about?" mean?" "Guozhong, did Master tell you that there is a hundred-step soul-returning formation?" Old Liu asked. "No." Zhang Guozhong looked around, and there seemed to be no movement, "Why is it called the soul-returning formation? Resurrection?" "Wrong," Old Liu said, "The key to this formation is not the return of the soul, but the hundred steps!"

"Hundred steps?" Zhang Guozhong looked around subconsciously. A hundred steps is about 100 meters in length. At this time, the diameter of the cave is really about the same. "What is this array for?" "Cheng Xian!" Old Liu said tremblingly, "Zhao Guanshan, have you heard of it?" "Zhao Guanshan?" Zhang Guozhong was taken aback, the sword in his hand almost didn't fall to the ground. To cultivate the truth and enter the Tao, the biggest goal is to become immortal. In addition to the traditional theoretical methods of cultivating immortality and alchemy, there is also a widely recognized theory of becoming immortal, which is "ten goodness is immortality", which means ten generations. A good person can cultivate into a fairy fruit.This statement is tantamount to greatly lowering the threshold for becoming an immortal. The implication is that even ordinary people can become immortals as long as they are good people for ten lifetimes. As far as the Taoist circle at that time is concerned, this statement is undoubtedly crazy and extremely "reactionary". , since you can become a fairy by doing more good deeds, what kind of Taoism should you practice?Its nature is just like the theory that "you can go to heaven without believing in Jesus" was preached in medieval Europe, but the person who put forward this crazy theory is the legendary Zhao Guanshan.

After proposing the crazy theory of "Ten Virtuous Beings", Zhao Guanshan began to prove this theory under pressure from all directions. However, how could a person use his life to prove the results that will happen after the "Ten Virtuous"?Just when the whole Taoist sect paid attention to Zhao Guanshan's test results with the mood of watching a joke, this Zhao Guanshan announced that this theory had been verified, and invited dozens of Taoist pillars including his teachers Xiao Baozhen, Wang Chongyang, Li Xianzhen, etc. The characters went to Cangyan Mountain to see the fruit.Three months later, these dozens of Daoist masters affirmed Zhao Guanshan's experimental results without exception, and unanimously gave the conclusion that "it's the truth, it's indisputable", which means that there is such a thing , nothing negotiable.

When the news came out, the Daoist sect was shocked. Firstly, everyone was surprised that this absurd theory was true, and secondly, they were surprised that Zhao Guanshan was able to verify what happened after the tenth life in a short period of time and get the approval of the leaders of these Daoist sects. unanimously approved. Shocked, speculations abounded about Zhao Guanshan's experimental method. Even Song Zhengzong Zhao Ji, who was obsessed with the study of Daoism at that time, issued an edict three times to announce Zhao Guanshan to enter the palace to see what happened, but he was never able to find Zhao Guanshan. Yama himself.

However, at this moment, in stark contrast to the turmoil outside, those grand masters who were invited to the scene were tight-lipped. It’s not that there is no way to practice.” The implication is that Zhao Guanshan’s experiment can indeed prove that “ten generations of immortality” is a shortcut to becoming an immortal, but the experiment itself should not be an excuse for people in today’s Taoism to opportunistically, (the experimental method) If you understand In the world, it takes only a few months of practice to complete ten lives. Who will practice Taoism in the future?Of course, this is only one side of the words of these masters. Later generations have even speculated that these masters may have only seen the test results but not the test process with their own eyes. At the end of the day, I watched the whole process of the experiment, but no one could understand it because of my limited level, and I was embarrassed to say that I couldn't understand it, so I was forced to approve Zhao Guanshan's.

All in all, until these masters returned to immortality one by one in the end, Zhao Guanshan's specific method of verifying the theory of "ten virtuous beings are immortals" has always been a mystery. According to legend, shortly after the theory of "ten goodness is immortality" was verified, Zhao Guanshan took advantage of the victory and put forward the supporting argument of "ten evils are demons", just like Chen Jingrun first proved "1+2=3" and then attacked "1+ 1=2" is the same.However, unlike the theory of "ten goodness is immortality", "ten evilness is demonism" has not been verified as powerfully as the former. Even Zhao Guanshan himself disappeared from the world after putting forward this conjecture.However, due to the fact that the theory of "ten goodness is immortality" has been verified, so although "ten evilness is demon" is still in a state of conjecture until now, it has been put together with "ten goodness is immortality" as a formed The theory has been passed down for thousands of years. "Hundred-step soul-returning array, could it be Zhao Guanshan's experimental array?" Zhang Guozhong had almost guessed it. "That's what you say!" Old Liu said, "The name of this formation was given by Tong Kuzhan, a wanderer in Longhu Mountain in the late Qing Dynasty. During the Daoguang period, Tong Kuzhan discovered a cave when he was traveling in Cangyan Mountain. There is a poem inscribed by Xiao Baozhen, the founder of the Taiyi School, on the wall. It is obvious that it is the cave where Zhao Guanshan verified "Ten Virtues Are Immortals". Lots of rushes." "There are also statues and a pool of dead jade in that cave?" Zhang Guozhong asked. "I've never heard of that." At this time, Old Liu Tou had already walked up to the statue, "If the cave is also filled with a hundred-step soul-returning array, then the secret should be in this statue." With the Seven Star Sword on his back, he took out his flashlight and began to search the statue inch by inch. "Senior Brother, what are you looking for?" Seeing that Old Liu was looking for the jade piece with his hands, Zhang Guozhong couldn't help but followed him, but he didn't know what he was looking for. "Fool, this statue can't be a solid iron lump," said old Liu. "There must be something inside, and it must have been put in after the statue was cast. I'll find out if there is a secret door or something. put something in it."