Volume 2: The Great Tribulation of the Lich Chapter 125 Mingyu: I have finished asking questions, please do as you please
When the last Taoist priest took his seat, Haotian and Yao Ji slowly closed the door of Zixiao Palace, and the three thousand years had passed.
Taoist Patriarch Hongjun opened his eyes and looked leisurely at the three thousand Taoists under his seat. Then he spoke. He did not have the arrogance of the Saint Hunyuan. Instead, his voice was calm and made people feel like they were in the spring breeze and as if they were in the realm of Taoism.
"I hold the Jade Disc of Creation, and I am in charge of the Way of Heaven. I will teach you the Three Thousand Great Ways. I will give three lectures in total. This is the first one. I hope you will gain something from listening to it, and achieve success in your practice!"
All the Taoists nodded, waiting for the Taoist Patriarch to begin preaching the great Dao.
But the master said, "In addition, you must remember this seating arrangement. The next two lectures will still follow today's seating arrangement. Remember this."
When Mingyu heard this, he couldn't help but lower his head and use Fuxi's broad back to shield himself. He always felt that the old man's words were directed at him.
"Is it really that serious? I was just joking. The old man is really something."
Seeing Daozu Hongjun speak so seriously, everyone also responded: "We will keep it in mind!"
Hongjun nodded in approval and began his lecture.
"The Tao has no name, and there is nothing unclear about it. It is said to be great, and it can be passed away, and it is passed away; it can be far away, and it is far away; it can be great, and it is great. Therefore, it is said: the sky is great, the earth is great, and the Tao is also great..."
"The Tao is vague and indistinct. In the vagueness and indistinction, there are images; in the vagueness and indistinction, there are things; in the darkness and obscurity, there is essence. The essence of Tao is very real, and there is faith in it. Taoism has been known since ancient times until now..."
"The Great Dao is invisible, giving birth to the heaven and earth; the Great Dao is ruthless, moving the sun and the moon; the Great Dao is nameless, nourishing all things; I do not know its name, so I call it Dao. The Dao has both clear and turbid, movement and stillness; the sky is clear and the earth is turbid, the sky moves and the earth is still; it descends from the root and flows to the end, giving birth to all things. The clear is the source of the turbid. The moving is the basis of the still..."
Among the three thousand mortals in Zixiao, all of them are powerful.
Therefore, when Hongjun preached, he spoke from a high vantage point, starting from top to bottom.
First, start from the true nature of Tao and talk about the origin of Tao; every word is a gem, every sentence is a truth, talk about where Tao comes from and where Tao is going.
Then, starting from the origin of Tao, the Three Thousand Great Ways are talked about, talking about time, space, creation, yin and yang, cause and effect... The Three Thousand Great Ways start from one and evolve endlessly.
Finally, the Taoist master began to preach the Dao. This is the Dao Fa. He preached the Dao of participating in the Dao, the Dao of understanding the Dao, the Dao of realizing the Dao, the Dao of entering the Dao…
He preached for a total of 9,000 years, and for 9,000 years he only talked about the great Dao and the Dao. Hongjun spoke word by word, very slowly; the people took notes word by word, very carefully.
Ming Yu listened quietly to the words of the Taoist Patriarch. His mind became clear, his primordial spirit trembled, and the tree of life and death in the land of yin and yang shone with endless brilliance. All the confusions of the Tao were suddenly cleared today. His limbs and bones felt extremely comfortable.
Even though he had just entered Daluo not long ago, as Daozu preached, his cultivation was also increasing, and his foundation was solid...
Laozi in the front row seemed to be half asleep, Yuanshi was concentrating, his sword-like eyebrows were raised and his eyes were bright; Nuwa closed her eyes quietly, looking calm; Jieyin had a look of great pain, and Zhunti had a smile on his face.
Fuxi was happy, Zhenyuan was delighted, Hongyun Minghe couldn't stop laughing. Taiyi and others stepped into the mysterious realm, and Hou Tu Zuwu's eyes were blurred.
She really didn't understand!
If Mingyu sat next to her, she would find that the gentle, elegant and graceful Hou Tu, the ancestor of witches, now had her brows furrowed, her teeth bitten, and her beautiful face was a little distorted.
She remembered it was very hard and tiring.
The Wu clan has no primordial spirit, so it is difficult for them to comprehend the Tao. Hongjun's explanation of the Tao is profound and far-reaching, which is a great joy to other powerful people, but a great sorrow to her.
But Hou Tu is a powerful being in heaven and earth after all. She doesn't want to give up even if it is extremely difficult. Even without her soul, she still has her heart!
All the creations of the witch clan come from their hearts, and all their great power comes from their hearts.
As long as your heart remains alive, what can’t be done?
The ancestor of witches, Hou Tu, directly opened her spiritual world and engraved the words of the ancestor of Taoism in the entire world. The heaven and earth were paper, her mind was the pen, and the words of Taoism were ink.
She carved every word the Taoist master spoke, and every sentence the Taoist master spoke.
By the end, she was almost exhausted, but Hou Tu still didn't give up.
Hongjun stopped preaching after nine thousand years. The cessation of the sound of the Tao made the Taoists wake up from the mysterious realm, as if they were being scratched by a hundred claws.
Fortunately, Daozu said: "This time I will preach for a total of 10,000 years. I will preach for the first 9,000 years. For the remaining 1,000 years, you can ask questions and I will answer them."
When these words were spoken, the three thousand guests were extremely excited.
"May I ask, teacher, where is the Tao?" Lao Tzu asked first.
Hongjun answered without hesitation: "The Tao is in the heart, between heaven and earth, and in all things!"
Yuanshi asked: "Is there a high and low Tao?"
Hongjun said: "There is no high or low, no strong or weak, no first or last. Everything depends on the Taoist!"
"What is cause and effect?" This is the question asked by Jie Yin.
"Thoughts are causes, actions are results."
"What is the Tao? What is the ultimate Tao?" Nuwa asked, getting straight to the point.
Hongjun replied: "There are three thousand great ways, and the ultimate way is also three thousand!"
When the Taoists heard this, they were all delighted.
"What is Hunyuan, and what is the Heavenly Dao Saint? Who is stronger and who is weaker?" Taoist Xiaoyao asked somewhat nervously. This is a question that all the old guys are concerned about.
Hongjun spoke in a gentle voice, "Daluo ascends to the heavens thirty-three times, and the other side of the Tao is Hunyuan!
As for the saints of the Heavenly Dao, it is both a state of mind and a position of karma. Those who enter Hunyuan through the Heavenly Dao are saints. Therefore, saints are Hunyuan, and Hunyuan is not saints.
The saints coexist with the Way of Heaven. As long as the Way of Heaven does not perish, the saints will not die. Within the Way of Heaven, the saints are three points stronger; outside the Way of Heaven, they are three points weaker! "
"What the Taoist meant was that Hunyuan and saints are not in conflict?" Mingyu grasped the key point.
If one enters Hunyuan by borrowing the Heavenly Dao, then he is a saint. With the blessing of Heavenly Dao, he is three points stronger than the average Hunyuan, and three points weaker otherwise.
But what if one first attains Hun Yuan and then enters the Heavenly Dao to claim the title of Saint? Can one maintain the normal fighting power of Hun Yuan and still enjoy the benefits of the Heavenly Dao for free?
"No conflict!" Hongjun glanced at Mingyu and answered truthfully.
Mingyu originally wanted to strike while the iron was hot and ask about the method of becoming a saint, so that the old man wouldn't be hiding it. But after being glanced at by Hongjun, she quickly buried her head deeper, as honest as a quail.
An expression that says "I've asked my questions, please feel free to do as you please."
The Taoists asked questions one after another, all of which were about their confusions on the path of Taoism. Hongjun patiently answered them one by one, and every word he said was inspiring and thought-provoking for everyone.
"May I ask the Taoist ancestors if I can seek the great way of the witch clan?" Hou Tu finally recovered, but she still looked a little tired.
When she spoke, Mingyu noticed that something was wrong with her expression.
Come to think of it, among the three thousand mortals, Hou Tu is the only one without a soul. It is very difficult for her to persist and listen until now.
After listening to her question, Hongjun thought for a moment and said one word: "Yes!"
Just this one word made Hou Tu feel at ease!
Mingyu could clearly see that her expression relaxed.
Hou Tu was calm, but the two brothers Taiyi and Di Jun were not, and Hongyun Minghe was even more nervous.
Zhen Yuanzi's expression was calm and he was unmoved.
