Chapter 8 Chapter 8 Origins

Dragging his exhausted body, he walked in the buffalo ditch full of bones until the noon of the second day, when the front suddenly opened up, and Chaozi looked up to the sky and shouted: "Oh my god, it's finally come to an end!" The actual distance is more than double what Lao Dao estimated, that is to say, the bison ditch is completely in a curved "S" shape, and it has to wander in it constantly. At this juncture, everyone collapsed on the ground and rested in their sleeping bags. Even Cha Wenbin and Lao Dao couldn't help but close their eyes, they were too tired.

I don't know how long it took, and there was a chattering sound, followed by Lao Dao's loud scolding and the sound of the gun bolt being pulled. Zha Wenbin got up and took a look, there was a dark group of people here at some point, surrounded by three layers in the middle. These people held all kinds of strange weapons in their hands, including bronze and stone, some Mongolian scimitars, and some people simply held sticks.They had no clothes, only animal skins, and some wore necklaces made of animal teeth or small colorful stones. Those people kept jumping around with knives, guns and sticks, and some children threw stones at them and yelled fiercely.Although no one can understand their language, their expressions are not so friendly.

Chaozi became impatient, and cursed: "Where are you savages from? You made me anxious, and I will kill you with a single shuttle!" Lao Dao approached Cha Wenbin and asked, "Is it a Yin soldier?" Cha Wenbin said: "Man, this is a living person, maybe an aborigine here, it's best not to move around." Lao Dao shouted loudly: "Don't move around, don't shoot without my order!" Those people might not be able to hold back anymore, and some of them who were more courageous had already stabbed towards them with their spears in their hands.But they were blocked by Cha Wenbin and the others.The encirclement also began to get smaller and smaller, and when everyone had to back to back, with a "bang", Lao Dao fired into the sky.The crisp gunshots made those people back away, and the people behind were knocked to the ground before they could dodge in time. Several children were so frightened that they cried loudly.

In the confusion, someone picked up the ox horn hanging around his neck, put it in his mouth and blew it, and then, there was a sound of horseshoes not far away.The group of people made way very consciously, and then four or five big men rushed in threateningly, waving long knives in their hands. "Friend, we are not hostile." Cha Wenbin tried to explain to the other party. However, a series of unintelligible words burst out from the opponent's mouth, and the tone still made them feel hostile. Cha Wenbin had to ask Zhe Luo: "What is he talking about?" Zhe Luo was a little scared, and he whispered in Cha Wenbin's ear: "I don't understand, this is not Tibetan, and I have never seen a person with such a dress here."

Seeing Zha Wenbin and the others whispering to each other, those few people became more and more angry. One of the big men clamped his legs on the horse's belly, and rushed towards them with a loud shout. Judging by the movement, the opponent is ready to kill.What he was holding was a shining big knife.Seeing that the man was about to be killed, Lao Dao raised his gun and was ready to shoot. At this moment, a tall figure rushed over, hugged the horse's head, and let out a roar of "ah", at this moment, everyone was shocked. The scene happened, and the horse and the person on the horse were thrown to the ground severely together.

Then the tall figure stepped forward quickly, kicked away the knife in his hand, grabbed the opponent's clothes with both hands, and raised it over his head without much effort, as if he was about to throw it at the crowd. At this time, Cha Wenbin shouted: "Brother Dashan, don't! You let him down!" The flesh-faced Dashan smiled "hehe" at the person he lifted up, then threw him to the ground, clapped his hands, and returned to Cha Wenbin's side. Lao Dao and his group were stunned, how capable they are to overturn a galloping horse with bare hands.The muscles of the guy on the ground were about to burst out, and he looked like he weighed at least one hundred forty to fifty kilograms. He was so easily lifted above his head. Is this still a human being?

The felled man stood up in embarrassment, and the group of people behind him started laughing, making the man even more angry, and went straight to the mountain he was walking back with bare hands.Lao Dao shouted: "Brother, watch out!" But it was already too late, the big man clasped Dashan's shoulders with both hands, screamed "Hey", his teeth were about to burst out, he must have exhausted all his strength.But Dashan remained motionless like a stake, and suddenly he clasped the hand on the left shoulder with both hands, pushed his butt back, stepped forward, and shouted: "Fuck you!" Then he heard "Bang!" " With a sound, a humanoid object flew four or five meters away.

"Okay!" Chao Zi and Zhuo Xiong took the lead in applauding, and even Lao Dao and his people couldn't help applauding Da Shan's move. The man lying on the ground got up and shook his head vigorously, a layer of skin was wiped off his face by the stones on the ground.His steps were a little unsteady, and he walked over unsteadily again. Da Shan thought that he was going to fight, so he set up a fighting posture. Who would have thought that the man walked in front of him and suddenly knelt down on his knees, untied a small gadget hanging from his waist, put his hands above his head, and hummed Words that no one can understand.

This thing was snatched away by Cha Wenbin, holding it in his hand a little excitedly, and shouted: "Old Wang, come quickly and see what this is." Lao Wang took it over and took a look, he couldn't close his mouth for a long time: "God, I saw this thing!" This is a soap-sized plaque, which seems to be made of bronze. There is a hole in the plaque, and it is worn with the ligament of an unknown beast. It looks like it is probably a token. What shocked them was not the token, but the pattern engraved on it.This pattern has appeared countless times in Zha Wenbin's dream.It was the first time he and Lao Wang saw it in the General Temple, the kind of crooked and bug-like characters.Later, Lao Wang said that this should be an ancient minority language, without any historical records.

Later, not only the suspected "Ruyi Book" found in the temple, but also in Qifeng Mountain, on the lake in Fengyuan, and the man in the dream, all used this kind of characters.They don't know how long they have been searching for, and there is no one in this world who can understand this kind of writing.To this day, they actually saw someone who used this kind of writing as a token! Lao Wang handed the token to Dashan's hand and said, "Let him get up first. It seems that this should mean that you defeated him and he surrendered to you." "Oh!" Dashan went to help the man on the ground, and then Cha Wenbin pointed to the token and made a comparison with the big man, asking him where it came from.

Before language was invented, people have always expressed themselves with their bodies. Until now, people with language barriers can still use this most primitive way to communicate. This trick really worked, and the other party probably understood that they couldn't communicate by words, and while muttering and gesticulating, they pointed at themselves first, and then at Zha Wenbin. "He meant to ask where we came from." Old Wang said from the side. Cha Wenbin pointed to the bison ditch outside, the man's face changed accordingly, it was an unbelievable expression, and then hurriedly dragged Cha Wenbin and Hengroulian into their crowd, still yelling loudly Then, those people immediately moved out of the way. The group of people who were still staring at each other just now became a group of hospitable friends.They surrounded Cha Wenbin and his group with happy expressions on their faces, and then walked forward together. Not far away, a row of houses made of wood and animal skins can be vaguely seen. There are women preparing food and children playing and laughing.When they saw a group of strangers visiting, they immediately dropped the things in their hands and ran into the house, then hid by the door and watched secretly. Soon, they were brought into the largest and the most central house here. There were several armed men standing guard at the door of the house.Open the door curtain made of animal skins, and there is a stove filled with charcoal fire, which is very hot.The ground is covered with a thick layer of sheepskin, which is soft and very comfortable.There is also an elder by the stove looking at a book sewn with animal skins. The big man walked up to the elder and whispered a few words in the elder's ear, then went out. Chaozi looked around and muttered, "What the hell are you doing?" The elder stared at the book in his hand, and suddenly said casually: "Young people, don't be so impetuous. Sit down, friends from the Central Plains." "You can speak Chinese?" Cha Wenbin asked in surprise. The elder put down the book in his hand, raised his head and said with a smile: "Why, is it strange? We have been waiting here for a long time, and finally someone can pass through the Yin-Yang Dao and enter alive. I am afraid it has been thousands of years since someone came last time." It's been a year." This guy Chaozi has always been rude: "Could it be that you are still an old monster who has lived for thousands of years? Haha, the old man's words are really funny." The elder laughed a few times, put down the book in his hand, stood up, and said: "Yes, I have forgotten how many years ago, a Central Plains man was found dying at your current position, and he was also my ancestor. They rescued him. This man was a genius of the heavens. He talked with my ancestors about Taoism and stayed for three years. After he left, my ancestors used the method he taught here to push stars and predict divination until one day Someone else will come in." Zha Wenbin stood up and made a bow, and said: "I heard the accent of the senior, with traces of the Bashu area, may I ask if this is..." "That Central Plains man taught my ancestors your language and your civilization, but only the high priests of the past generations were required to learn it, which means that every generation of our Qiang high priests must learn two languages, The purpose is to wait until a certain day to welcome the visiting Central Plains people. I thought I could not wait, but I didn’t expect you to come today.” "Qiang people?" "We have lived here for thousands of years. It is our only duty to guard the mountain of God, but later we added another duty, which is to welcome your arrival. My name is Zida Muji, and you can call me Yun, because In our words, Ridamu is a cloud in the sky." Lao Dao asked vigilantly, "Then how do you know that we are the ones waiting?" Priest Yun laughed and said, "Hahaha, no one has ever been able to pass through the Yin-Yang Dao alive. It is the gate of hell leading to the world. You can only enter, but not exit, unless you have something he stole from here." Cha Wenbin took out the sun wheel and the moon wheel from his arms and put them on the ground, and asked, "Is the high priest Yun talking about these two things?" When Priest Yun saw the two objects, he swayed, leaned back, and stretched out a hand like an eagle's claw to touch them.At this time, Cha Wenbin's hand had already moved to the Seven Star Sword. "I didn't expect him to be as powerful as the word of mouth said, and he brought out these two things when he went up the mountain." The high priest Yun said excitedly, "I didn't expect to see the holy things in my lifetime." Chaozi carefully said to Zha Wenbin: "This old man is not going to grab it, is he? If he dares to do it, I will knock him down." "Young man, the Central Plains culture he brought us back then was very much a word of 'ritual'." High Priest Yun walked to a row of wooden cabinets behind and said, "This is all the Central Plains culture he brought us. My ancestors spent their entire lives organizing it into a book, and every generation of high priests can recite it backwards." As he said that, the high priest closed his eyes and backed away, "Tao can be said, but it is not permanent. Names can be named, but not permanent. name……" Zha Wenbin immediately felt a feeling of five thunderbolts, which generation of gods would memorize the most primitive ones! The world only knows one sentence: Tao can be Tao, very Tao.The name can be named, very famous. Don't think that the old man recited the wrong words, in fact, what he recited is the most authentic sentence! At the beginning, the original text of this sentence was "Tao can be Tao, not constant Tao. Name can be named, not constant name". Later in the Han Dynasty, in order to avoid the taboo of Emperor Wen Liu Heng, the word "Heng" was changed to "Chang ".So that in later generations, people have continued this sentence. If the master hadn't mentioned such a small detail, Cha Wenbin would have thought that the high priest Yun had memorized it wrong. "Does the High Priest know who that person is?" Cha Wenbin interrupted his reciting slightly impolitely, because he couldn't hold back anymore. "We don't know the exact name. We only know that his surname is 'Chang'. Why? Aren't you descendants of him?" "My surname is Cha, and we don't have anyone surnamed Chang here. I got these two things by chance, and then came here again. We need to find a place. Now it seems that it should be the holy mountain that Senior Chang once visited. , in that case, can the High Priest show us the way?" Priest Yun said in disbelief, "Oh? You're not his descendant, so why do you know my Qiang witchcraft?" "Qiang people? Witchcraft? I am the head teacher of Tianzhengdao, and I practice the most orthodox Taoist method. How can I talk about Qiang people's witchcraft?" Priest Yun stretched out his hands, and the old Wang was shocked by a few fingers bent like eagle claws.Once upon a time, Zhuo Xiong's grandfather Gray Beard also had such hands. "Everyone who practiced my Qiang witchcraft will become like this. I see that your two fingers have begun to change slowly. Every time you use witchcraft, it will have a greater impact until you become like me in the end. Qiang witchcraft has always been It is only taught to my people. The person who came in back then exchanged your Central Plains Taoist scriptures and obtained my family's witchcraft from our ancestors. Although my family's witchcraft can be used to see ghosts, it also has a shortcoming. The fingers of the shaman will gradually become like this as the number of times of casting spells increases. Using your Taoist scriptures to explain, I am afraid that what you gain must have something to lose." Cha Wenbin looked at his left hand tremblingly. He didn't know when, he vaguely felt that those two fingers had become a little different. Although the flexibility still existed, the touch sense began to decline obviously, but the strength was weaker than before. To be big, but he really can't remember when he practiced this kind of witchcraft, which is what he always thought of as ghosts before. "I haven't practiced your witchcraft, my hands..." Cha Wenbin couldn't continue to answer. Priest Yun was very natural, and said: "No, this was originally taken away by our ancestors as an exchange. The witchcraft of our clan is mainly about saving people and eliminating demons, but the practice requires some conditions. The ones you came in There are too many souls gathered in this yin and yang path, only the high priests of the past can enter the practice." Cha Wenbin said gloomyly: "The way of ghosts is the way of ghosts after all, why bother to speak so nicely!" "Ghost way? What do you mean?" The seven-star sword came out of its sheath with a "chuckle" and pointed at the high priest: "Using the human soul as a means of cultivation, to achieve the purpose of communicating with ghosts and gods, and to turn oneself into a living dead who is neither human nor ghost, this kind of thing is fundamental It should not be used by the righteous way, nor will it be used by the righteous way. I have never practiced such harmful things, but I have personally beheaded a few evildoers who practiced the ghost way, which is the witchcraft in your mouth!" "Wen Bin, what are you doing?" Lao Wang was shocked. Seeing Zha Wenbin make a move, Chao Zi and Zhuo Xiong pointed their weapons at the high priest, and Da Shan immediately stood in front of him. Seeing this posture, Lao Dao didn't say a word, "swipe" and loaded the bullet.It can be said that as long as the old man in front of him makes any rash moves, he will be blasted into a rag in the first place. Priest Yun was a little angry. He realized that the person in front of him had a different hatred for him: "The Big Dipper, I saw it in a book, it really is a good weapon. But I don't understand that since you have practiced witchcraft And why don't you admit that our witchcraft uses dead animal creatures as a gathering place to erode our original pure soul, and finally achieve the goal of being able to communicate with spirits after going through untold hardships, but that is also for the benefit of the common people. How come your mouth becomes a monster ghost?" Zha Wenbin also felt a little strange, this person was a little different from the ones he met before.Although his fingers were also crooked, he didn't feel the slightest bit of ghostly aura on his body.He thought to himself, maybe he has reached the highest level and can hide these auras. He cultivated in the place of gathering yin, and the man in red did the same: "Blessing? Then why do you want to deprive others of the right to reincarnate in the Three Realms? After killing him, plundering his soul, making it impossible for the dead to come back to life, and using their souls to practice their so-called witchcraft, what is it if it’s not evil and heretics?” Priest Yun looked at Zha Wenbin in disbelief: "Using human souls as cultivation?" "Is not it?" Priest Yun said: "My family practices witchcraft only because our ancestors saw a large number of trapped creatures in this Yin and Yang Tao. Although they are cattle, sheep, and animals, they are still creatures. Our ancestors saw them trapped here. Unable to escape, they used the power of the holy mountain to help them escape from this place as soon as possible, and realized witchcraft from it. Could it be that after being taken out by that person, he actually used human souls as cultivation?" Chaozi shouted: "Brother Wenbin, stop talking nonsense with this old man, since he is with that guy from the funeral parlor, he must not be a good person, kill him!" "Don't!" Cha Wenbin said, "Are you really cultivating with animals?" Priest Yun said with some dissatisfaction: "Since a long time ago, in the Yin-Yang Dao, animals have been sacrificed and enshrined in that holy mountain, in order to thank God for giving them fertile pastures and sweet spring water. Our ancestors felt that these creatures have With a heart of gratitude, I couldn’t bear to let them be trapped after death, so that later witchcraft came into being. What each generation of our high priests has to do is to send out all the trapped creatures in this yin and yang path, to thank them for their dedication to God. Dedication, why use people to cultivate this saying!" "I made a mistake, old man. Junior Cha Wenbin apologizes to you!" Saying this, Cha Wenbin knelt down to High Priest Yun and kowtowed three times. However, High Priest Yun didn't seem to care, and he didn't mean to blame Zha Wenbin. Instead, he asked anxiously, "What do you mean by that ghost way?" Only then did Cha Wenbin tell him the story of the man in red from the beginning to the end.After listening, the high priest slumped on the ground, and murmured: "I can't imagine that my family's witchcraft is used by these villains for this kind of sorcery!" Cha Wenbin looked down at his left hand, and said: "But I really haven't practiced the way of ghosts, which is the witchcraft you mentioned. Are you sure my hand is the backlash of witchcraft?" "Yes, I can feel the aura of my family's witchcraft on your body. Although it is still very weak, it has already begun to eat away at your body." "Is this witchcraft only known to your high priests?" "We have guarded the sacred mountain behind us for generations. It is said that a tribe escaped from here a long time ago. They took away some things belonging to the Qiang people and the patriarch who was still in their infancy. So now we have no For the patriarch, I, the high priest, will act as the interim patriarch." Then they were taken out of the tent, and a sumptuous dinner had been prepared for them outside. Qiang people are very hospitable.They prepared good wine, a kind of local wine made from highland barley.The fragrant, golden-yellow fat sheep is roasting on the fire. Priest Yun arranged for Zha Wenbin to sit with him, and the others formed a circle around the fire in the middle. Many teenagers and girls wore masks woven with feathers and danced the most primitive dance around them, singing beautiful and high-pitched melodies with the unique voice of the plateau.They use animal tendons to make strings, large chunks of cowhide to make drums, and hold various animal bones in their hands to bump against each other as the accompaniment of the banquet. Although they don't understand their language, wine is the best communication tool between men.The fleshy face is not only good in skill and strength, but his drinking capacity is naturally not covered. The man who was knocked to the ground by him during the day and him are still fighting at the wine table.The two directly confronted each other with some crude clay pots. On the contrary, Lao Dao and the others just raised the bowl symbolically. As an excellent soldier, the most important thing is to keep a clear mind at all times. Zha Wenbin and Priest Yun made it clear what they came for - he came here to find an ancient relic, and now it seems that it is roughly the so-called sacred mountain. Priest Yun said that as long as they could go in, he would not stop them, just like their ancestors let the person surnamed Chang go in. They believed that this sacred mountain would only allow those who were destined to come out alive. There is another thing that has always been Cha Wenbin's heart disease. Taking this opportunity, he said: "Today I found a kind of character engraved on the waist plate of that strong man. I want to ask Priest Yun for advice. The text used?" After receiving the affirmative answer from Priest Yun, Zha Wenbin was a little overjoyed. He immediately spread out a piece of paper, dipped it in red cinnabar, and copied the seventy-two characters that had already been printed in his brain verbatim. , even the handwriting was basically based on the original manuscript, and then presented to the high priest. The high priest took it over, squinted his eyes in the light of the fire, and immediately changed his face, asking, "Where did you get this thing?" Cha Wenbin described to the high priest that this thing came from the General Temple.The old man listened to the story in disbelief, and then said in surprise: "The people in the Central Plains have used sorcery to such a superb level, it is really a blessing that that person can walk out alive." Priest Yun took Cha Wenbin back to his room in a hurry.He translated the text into Chinese characters word for word according to the manuscript, wrote it on a parchment scroll, and handed it to Cha Wenbin. Priest Yun said a little excitedly: "Every generation of our high priests has been reading these Taoist knowledge passed down from the Central Plains to cleanse their eroded souls, but no one has ever thought of combining this witchcraft with Taoism. This man did it, no wonder he was able to walk out alive." Zha Wenbin took the sheepskin scroll and looked at it. There are many Taoist cultivation methods that he is familiar with in the full text, and there are some that he has never seen before. A profound interpretation of ghost seal characters. That night, the two sat down and talked, and a priest who was proficient in witchcraft and the head of a generation of Taoists finally completely unlocked the true text of the "Ruyi Book". On the desk of Priest Yun, there are many books on Taoism in the Central Plains, including Lao Tzu's Tao Te Ching, and the great book about all the theoretical knowledge of Taoism later, which is known as "the head of all the classics and the source of the Dao". . As early as 5,000 years ago, Fuxi drew the eight trigrams and created the sixty-four hexagrams.Fuxi drew the gossip according to the phenomena of nature.At that time, Fuxi discovered many mysteries of the universe, but they were lost without written records.In the time of King Wen of Zhou Dynasty, King Wen revealed the mysteries discovered by Fuxi. After reading through the mysteries of gossip, King Wen discovered that it contained the mysteries of the universe and contained all the principles and principles of life.Later, King Wen made changes, using the hexagrams and lines of the sixty-four hexagrams to record the sixty-four principles that exist in the universe and pass them on to later generations. The other is Lao Tzu, the true god who is regarded as the Supreme Lord in Taoism. It is said that he is a descendant of Peng Zu. . According to the deduction of the two of them, if the Kunlun gods and men are taken as the origin of everything, then this is the birthplace of the first generation of Chinese mythological figures, which was five thousand years ago. Then a tribe migrated from here 3,000 years ago, and finally reached the Sichuan Plain, forming a new ethnic group.This race was the ancient Shu kingdom established by King Cancong and Yufu later.Since then, the line of Shushan has opened the second climax in the history of Chinese mythology, and there have been no blowout legends since then.Because this country was finally destroyed by Qin in the Warring States Period. And Pengzu is the great-great-grandson of Zhuanxu, one of the five ancient emperors. According to legend, he lived for 800 years and was listed as a fairy by Taoism.And Emperor Zhuanxu unified the Qiangdi that moved out, and King Cancong and King Yufu were also his descendants, which means that Emperor Zhuanxu was most likely the patriarch who was taken away from here. Taoism was established on the basis of Lao Tzu's theory. It absorbed Taoism's thoughts, but it was different. In the end, this religion built on the basis of Taoism's thoughts was called Taoism. But Cha Wenbin called it the most primitive form of Taoism, because Taoism at this time was still a religion that propagated ideas based on theoretical knowledge, and did not evolve the various spells, methods, and formations that appeared at that time. It should not have the ability to communicate with the gods. And in that age of mythology, the only one with the ability to use supernatural powers was the witchcraft of the Qiang people! According to Priest Yun's explanation, their witchcraft mainly has the following things: The first is Qi and blood.It can make injured people recover as soon as possible within a period of time. It is mainly used to treat diseases and disabilities. This is vividly reflected in the three-legged toad. Its greatest ability is to make injured people recover in a short time. Priest Yun said that according to records, there was indeed a kind of beast on this mountain that had such abilities before, but it was said that it was taken away from the tribal family at that time, and now it seems that it was taken to Mount Qifeng! The second is Linghui.In ancient times, the combination of strength and wisdom could dominate the fate of others.Linghui, also known as the high priest, has supreme wisdom, can call wind and rain, and has a major leadership position in the tribe. Here, the high priest is Yun opposite Cha Wenbin; while in Sichuan, it is the golden mask! In this regard, Priest Yun is different from that golden mask. Perhaps it is because they are the origin of the gods here, and there are enough animals to sacrifice themselves; while the branch far away in Sichuan has to force the people of their own tribe to feel the gods. Sacrifice their gods at the cost of their lives. The third is foreknowledge.Take the best men or women of the clan as seedlings, and train their premonition ability, a bit like a prophet, to judge the future direction, mainly the weather, harvest, and so on. The last one is soul-stirring.They are somewhat similar to Taoist priests like Zha Wenbin, except that they are good at performing death techniques, such as the technique of bringing people back from the dead, and the undead witchcraft of making people live forever.But every time the soul-hunting technique is performed, the high priest needs to pay a very painful price. The so-called immortality is nothing more than living a longer life. Cha Wenbin said that these witchcrafts are very close to the Taoism he is learning now.Because the Taoist thought corresponds to the use of spells to cure diseases, that is, to exorcise evil spirits; then there are rituals such as praying for rain and praying for blessings;Although Cha Wenbin didn't dare to say that he could bring people back to life, another skill of Taoist priests is to deal with invisible things. The two of them suddenly discovered that this ancient witchcraft was the embryonic form of Taoism used by Cha Wenbin now.It's just that Taoism has a more complete theoretical thought and academic system. Zha Wenbin showed Priest Yun some of his frequently used spells, many of which even Zha Wenbin himself could not understand were proved to come from this ancient Qiang culture. Up to here, a true source of Taoism has been fully revealed in front of them. According to their calculations, the person named Chang should have come here two to five hundred to three thousand years ago.He brought a large number of Middle-earth Taoist thoughts and classics.In exchange, the high priest here taught him the ancient Qiang witchcraft, allowing him to successfully walk out of the birthplace of the first generation of myths. Afterwards, this person with the surname Chang began to try to combine this kind of witchcraft with Taoism, gradually giving Taoism the most primitive form: at this time, Taoism had its own theoretical system and corresponding cultivation methods. But because the patriarch here, that is, the king of the tribe, has left, there are still some higher witchcraft in the hands of the king that have not been handed down.Until many years later, a celestial wizard arrived at Qifeng Mountain. The migrated tribes found that they could not achieve rebirth and immortality only with witchcraft, so a disciple of Taoism rudimentary used five elements, yin and yang and gossip to help them fulfill this wish, and should have acquired a more advanced witchcraft method , thus creating the "Wishful Book" that is now placed in front of their eyes. There are seventy-two characters in total, and the things contained in it seem to cover the whole world.It may take Cha Wenbin a lifetime to decipher the translated text alone. That night they came to a conclusion that modern Taoism is based on the theoretical basis of two scriptures and the Qiang witchcraft as the source of Taoism. The witchcraft that has been handed down is preserved in three forms: the pure witchcraft of the Qiang nationality, the improved version such as the "Ruyi Book" that incorporates Taoist magic, and the other is developed into a form that Cha Wenbin and the high priest Yun The technique of ghosts that everyone hates. Witchcraft comes from the sensibility to the power of the gods. This ancient and mysterious power should actually be the closest to the original myths and legends of those who have the ability to reach the sky. That night, High Priest Yun and Cha Wenbin talked by candlelight.Zha Wenbin told the High Priest a lot about his understanding of the Tao. At the same time, the High Priest Yun also made up for Zha Wenbin's drawing methods of many spells. Time has passed, and many spells written in ancient characters that have been handed down from generation to generation have already been produced. Mistakes of one kind or another. It can be said that this was Cha Wenbin's most rewarding experience with Taoism after the death of his master.The appearance of High Priest Yun made up for many spells that had gradually lost their power in the past. Those ancient and difficult spells were restored one by one and modified accordingly. On the second day, Cha Wenbin decided to go into the mountains to explore.Priest Yun's proposition is not to stop it. In his opinion, the gods will naturally be willing to receive the people he likes, and if they are not welcomed, they will definitely punish them.They are all God's people, and they believe that God has higher magic power, and no one can destroy it. After accepting the blessing of Priest Yun, Cha Wenbin led the group of people towards the holy mountain in the hearts of the world, the real main peak of Kunlun known as the "source of China", which is said to be the ashram of the Queen Mother of the West , has the history of countless fairy families' ascension and the elixir everywhere, as well as the fairyland of Yaochi that has been chanted for thousands of years! The back of this stockade is shrouded in clouds and mists all the year round, that is, on the third day of the third lunar month every year, the holy mountain will see the sky through the clouds and mists.It is said that that day is also the birthday of the Queen Mother of the West.Priest Yun said that he had never seen the top of this mountain, and the rare one every year was also a vague outline. The belief about the Queen Mother of the West has a long history in China.The earliest "Shan Hai Jing·Xi Ci San Jing" records that: The Queen Mother of the West lives on the mountain of Yushan, her shape is like a human, her leopard tail and tiger teeth are good at howling, her fluffy hair is victorious, she is the strongest of the sky and the five disabled.It means that the Queen Mother of the West is roughly like a person, with a mighty shape, and is in charge of disasters, that is, plagues and punishments. Another book, "The Complete Biography of the Immortals", which contains the Chinese Immortal Canon, records: The Queen Mother of the West is the Golden Mother of Guitai. , taboo back, the word Wan Jin, the word is too empty.It means that the Queen Mother of the West is a noble goddess of Taoism who gathered the wonderful Qi of Xihua and was born in Yichuan, Shenzhou. And the Taoist collection "Dao Zang Dao Ji Jing" that Zha Wenbin learned is recorded in this way: the queen mother sat in the hall, wearing a golden sash, bright literary talent, elegant and graceful, with a spirit flying ribbon, and a waistband to divide the scene The sword, the Taihua on the head, wearing the crown of the Taizhen Morning Tassel, wearing the Xuanfeng Wenzhi, looking at it, it is about thirty years old, and it is well trimmed.In this Taoist classic, the Queen Mother of the West has been humanized, not only graceful and graceful, but also looks only about thirty years old. In short, this mythical goddess has always played a pivotal role in the long and ancient mythological age of China.In the ancient books of Chinese Taoism, it is recorded many times that the Queen Mother of the West sent her envoys to the world. She once sent her apprentice Jiutian Xuannv to help the Yellow Emperor defeat Chi You, gave Emperor Shun the map of the world to govern the country, and sent the twenty-three daughter, Mrs. Yunhua, to help the emperor. Yu controlled the water, and those who were lucky enough to see the holy face included Emperor Shun who was famous for his filial piety in the city, Emperor Mu who visited the Yaochi Lake and worshiped the golden mother, and Emperor Wu of Han who was good at the art of immortals. Even more famous is her flat peach, which blooms once every three thousand years and bears fruit once every three thousand years. Mortals can become immortals and live forever if they eat it.In short, she is an existence above all the immortals, because there is no mention in all the myths, that is, the immortals are not necessarily immortal!If it is said that gods also have a lifespan, but they are longer than ordinary people, then wouldn't the flat peach in the hands of the Queen Mother of the West, which can prolong life and keep youth forever, become the supreme treasure that everyone covets? So about this true god, it has always been a legend of immortality, but Cha Wenbin does not believe that there is such a thing as a flat peach, because the ancients often created such a character according to their own yearning to worship and use it to spur I am developing in the direction of longevity.但是无论是君王，还是平民，或者方士们，都发现这种追求似乎是行不通的，就是秦始皇也不例外，于是乎，就有人开始兴建另外一个世界：冥界，这是一个人死后的世界，同时伴随着人们寄希望于死后的轮回和对子孙的庇护，宗教开始真正兴起了！ 当巫术与道家理论完美结合，道教开始在中华大地风生水起。在的指导下，道士们开始能够运用天象、五行、阴阳、风水驾驭远古巫术这种神秘的自然力量，然后配合大量的道家典籍修炼自己的内心世界，于是这样一个在中国历史长河中占据了本土第一大宗教的道教开始了自己辉煌的历史。 因为文字的局限和消亡性、历史的波动和不确定性，口口相传的咒语存在的失真性，以及其他宗教的兴起，道教终究开始隐隐失去了第一大宗教的风光，并开始有了衰退之象，连同那些古老的巫术以及占卜和风水面相学一同开始消失在一波又一波的时代大潮中。 在前往神山的路上，老王也对这个据说是西王母地盘的圣山有了兴趣。他说：“曾经在中国历史上发生过一件非常有意思的事儿，有一伙儿盗墓贼掏了战国时期魏襄王的陵墓，这帮子家伙里头还有一个当时有点文化的人，比较喜欢收藏战国时代的竹简。他这些竹简里头，有一本竹简是用小说形式描写的，就是让后世十分震惊的旷世奇书《穆天子传》。” 《穆天子传》记录了西周五世国君周穆王的生平，这本书里清晰地记载了周穆王西征时，与西王母对歌，并向西王母敬献礼物的情节。这周穆王在历史上是真实存在的。西周出土的青铜礼器都证实了这个人物的存在。他就是周武王的曾孙，周昭王的儿子，名叫姬满。 既然周穆王是确实存在的，那么西王母，嘿嘿，存在的可能性是非常之大的，而且这本书至少成书于战国之前。很有可能是根据当时的一些野史和民间传说撰写的，不能说可信度有多高，但还有一本正史也有类似的记载，那便是《史记·周本纪》中记载：穆王十七年，西巡狩，见西王母。 超子听得颇有兴趣，这一路上权当是给自己解乏了：“文斌哥，不是说这西王母是个怪物吗？” 老王接着说道：“非也，在我看来，我更加认同文斌刚才所讲述的道家典籍中的记载，而不是，我相信她是一位风姿绰约的大美人。因为在中国最早的时候是奉行过母系氏族的，而且远古部落多以动物作为图腾，比如现在我们所说的炎黄子孙的图腾：龙！但是西王母被形容成了一个豹尾、虎齿、善啸的怪物，则极有可能是他们当时部落的图腾就是虎和豹组成的。” “为了加大部落的影响力和西王母的领导，于是人们就把她神化了，成了个半人半兽的妖怪。上古时期，人们崇尚巫术。掌握巫术的人，往往就是氏族最高的统治者，比如云大祭司就是这样，在失去族长后他便成为了这支被遗忘的羌族的首领。” “所以西王母被神化的可能性很大。至于为什么被长生只有两个可能：一是她掌握了很强大的巫术，能够青春永驻、长生不老。这个，文斌你觉得有可能吗？” 查文斌也不是很确定：“这个我不好说，巫术这种东西的强大，昨晚我算是见识到了，确实有一些神鬼通天之术的存在。但是若要不死不灭，那除非是能够逆天而为，不排除这位西王母手上掌握了强大的巫术，甚至是所有巫术的起源之祖。” 老王点点头道：“还有一个便是，这个西王母根本就是个代号而已，就像我们称中原各朝各代的统治者为皇帝一样。每一朝的君王都有个统称叫皇帝，他不是一个人而是一个身份的象征。那么，如果这个部族还一直存在的话，岂不是西王母也一直存在？” 查文斌有些累了，这两天他所知道的东西几乎能把整个道教的发展史完全地连贯一遍，连同自己那些原本不识，只知道用的咒语和符字也弄明白了一部分其中的含义，单凭这个，已经是天大的收获了。可以说，如果他有朝一日能够参透《如意册》，那么当真还有可能成为一代宗师。 “不管了，若真有其人，我相信也会留下蛛丝马迹的。这个地方人迹罕至，就算过了几千年光景，总还得留下点儿什么。既然日月双轮是从这里出去的，那么说明我们至少是来对了地方。” 就在查文斌和老王聊得很投机的时候，走在前面的哲罗和超子突然发现前方出现了一个古怪的东西：两根拔地而起的大柱子分别矗立在两旁，只留下中间一条还算平整的过道。哲罗说道：“前面那石头好气派，真的挺像一大门啊！” 查文斌听闻抬头一看，隐约却发现了有一点不妥之处，因为那门里面似乎有一支队伍正在往外走，而且他看到那支队伍领头的人竟然是哲罗！