Chapter 148 Wudang Golden Toad Power, can swallow the sun and the moon!
After coming down the mountain and leaving the Shaolin Temple scenic area, it was already late at night. Chen Jue first found a 24-hour homestay in a nearby town and stayed there for the night.
Chen Jue felt that he slept particularly soundly that night. He probably felt that helping others to become "Buddhas" was a great merit.
It was already 10 o'clock in the morning when he woke up the next day. After washing and having breakfast, Chen Jue carried his backpack and continued his hiking journey towards the southwest.
It took two days and more than 400 kilometers around the flat landforms and rivers and lakes in the Central Plains. Compared with the hilly landforms in Vancouver, the terrain in the Central Plains is indeed much flatter. On the road, you can see a flat wheat field. Unlike Vancouver, which is mostly mountainous fields and terraces, there are only a few neat and endless plains.
It was already the fourth night when we reached the foot of Wudang Mountain. We found a homestay in the tourist town at the foot of the mountain and stayed there.
By the way, perhaps because of the atmosphere created by the scenic spot, all the homestay hotels seen nearby are named "Inn" and are decorated in an antique style, giving it a sense of the atmosphere of knights traveling around the world in martial arts novels.
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After sleeping for a night in the inn, Chen Jue contacted Taoist Master Liu Shiqing via WeChat when he woke up the next day.
The other party was also quite surprised to learn of Chen Jue's arrival. He sent a location on WeChat and had a brief chat with Chen Jue.
Probably because of the bonus of [Lü Zu's Enlightenment], plus the foundation of the Eight Immortals Posture of Borrowing the Boat Fist, Chen Jue has an inexplicable sense of familiarity with Taoist people and Taoist culture.
After leaving the inn, I had a bowl of the famous local Xiangyang beef noodles in the town. The business was booming and the atmosphere was warm. A bowl of hand-rolled noodles, with authentic braised beef and a spoonful of cool red chili oil, was a fusion of spicy, numb and fresh, and the taste was delicious with a long aftertaste. After eating one bowl, I felt unsatisfied, so Chen Jue asked for a second bowl. Feeling warm and satisfied in his stomach, he slowly paid and left the noodle shop.
After filling his stomach, Chen Jue followed the navigation to the location sent by Taoist Master Liu Shiqing.
On the road, you can often see tourists going into the mountains, as well as Taoists with their hair in buns and wearing coarse Taoist robes, and even some foreigners among them.
I think it is because Wudang Kung Fu is world-famous and Taoist culture has a long history, so even foreigners come here to learn from the masters.
Moreover, these practitioners dressed as Taoists were in a hurry, probably doing their morning exercises.
By the way, "Taoist priest" is just a general term. Not everyone who wears his hair in a bun can be called a Taoist priest.
There are two types of Taoists: those who are ordained and those who are not. Those who are not ordained are called lay Taoists. Currently, there are two mainstream sects: Quanzhen and Zhengyi (there are too many other sects to mention).
Quanzhen Taoist priests are monks who cannot get married, are vegetarians, and live in Taoist temples. Men are called Qian Daoists, while women are called Kun Daoists. They have long hair and wear a bun. They can wear a crown, and Qian Daoists have beards.
Taoist priests of the Zhengyi sect can get married and eat meat. Most of them are non-monastic Taoist priests, also known as incense lay priests. They do not have to grow long hair or beards, and dress like ordinary people. Without Taoist clothes, you can hardly tell that they are Taoist priests.
Of course, there is an obvious difference between the two sects. Zhengyi disciples must be granted talismans before they can become qualified Taoist priests, while Quanzhen disciples need to be ordained.
Most of those people Chen Jue saw rushing to practice martial arts were not orthodox Taoists, but apprentices and hobbyists who came to learn martial arts. They were dressed like Taoists, just like the lay disciples enrolled in the martial arts school run by Shaolin Temple.
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While strolling, Chen Jue came to the location address, looked up and found that it was a Taoist temple, so he went in to visit and saw Taoist Master Liu Shiqing who was leading his disciples to recite Taoist scriptures and do morning exercises .
He did not go up to disturb them, but first lit a few incense sticks in the temple and paid homage to the Three Pure Ones. After Master Liu finished his morning class, he went up to say hello.
"Master Liu!"
"Master Chen Jue, welcome! It's our honor that you can come to Wudang to exchange and discuss martial arts." Liu Shiqing was defeated by Chen Jue in one move, so he had a very deep impression of Chen Jue, so he became very enthusiastic when they met.
"Master Liu, you are too polite. The Thirty-Six Skills of Wudang Sect are well-known, and I have learned a few of them. This time I came to visit you purely to seek advice." Chen Jue bowed and said politely.
The two chatted for a while in the hall. In addition, Chen Jue had formed a golden elixir and exuded a comfortable aura. Therefore, the more Liu Shiqing looked at Chen Jue, the more he liked him.
"Master Chen Jue, your martial arts are unrivaled in the world. Even the previous chief instructor was defeated by you. I dare not teach you with my humble skills."
"But one of my uncles heard that you were coming and was very interested. He wants to meet you in person." Liu Shiqing said as he led Chen Jue to the foot of Wudang Mountain.
When the two men came out of the Taoist temple and arrived at the door of an orthopedic clinic with its door half-open in the town, Chen Jue keenly heard a low, muffled sound like a toad inflating its air coming from the courtyard behind the orthopedic clinic.
Although the bus was noisy with tourists coming to the town, with Chen Jue's current hearing, he could still distinguish that the master inside was practicing the Wudang secret Golden Toad Skill.
The golden toad is a sacred creature in Taoist culture. As the saying goes, "A three-legged toad is hard to find, but two-legged people are everywhere." The three-legged toad here refers to the golden toad.
There is a story about Liu Hai playing with the golden toad in Taoist legend. It is said that the golden toad was transformed from a greedy relative of Liu Hai. The toad loved to hear the sound of money colliding, so the golden toad was regarded as a magical object that brings wealth.
The Liu Hai in this story is Liu Haichan, one of the Five Northern Ancestors of Quanzhen Taoism, whose original name was Liu Cao, with the courtesy name Zongcheng and the pseudonym Haichanzi. This Taoist predecessor was enlightened by Zhengyangzi (Zhongli Quan) and Lv Chunyang (Lv Dongbin) successively, and hid himself at the foot of Zhongnan Mountain, where he achieved elixir and attained immortality. Liu Haichan's disciple was Zhang Boduan, the Zi Yang Zhenren who wrote the "Wu Zhen Pian", and his legacy is far-reaching.
The idea of Wudang Golden Toad Kung Fu is derived from the experience of the sea toad, which is a kind of kung fu that simulates frog-like breathing, also known as big toad qi and fishing toad power. The villain kung fu Toad Kung Fu that has been written about in martial arts novels for a long time comes from it.
"What a profound dirty practice!"
"How much lung capacity is needed to breathe in and out like this?" Chen Jue was fascinated as he listened outside the clinic. He immediately followed Liu Shiqing, pushed open the half-closed door of the clinic, and walked into the residential compound behind the clinic.
I saw a middle-aged Taoist priest with two fingers touching the ground, his whole body half suspended in the air, making a posture like a toad squatting, his body leaning forward, his legs hanging in the air with his arms, he seemed to swallow a bead in his mouth, his cheeks were swollen, his neck was bulging, and his abdomen was bulging. With a "gurgle", a stream of hot air spewed out of his nostrils, fell to the ground, and raised a cloud of dust.
"If you have lofty ambitions, you can swallow up the sun and the moon!"
"This toad is so arrogant!"
Chen Jue used his divine sense to observe the Taoist priest who was practicing the Golden Toad Skill, and he felt as if he saw a real toad absorbing the essence of the sun and the moon.
Judging from Chen Jue's experience, this middle-aged Taoist priest's martial arts have already acquired the essence of the Golden Toad Skill . There is a strong spiritual imprint on his body, and when he breathes in and out, there is a faint sound of thunder coming from his chest. It is obvious that he has acquired the superior skill of refining the internal organs and changing the marrow.
