Chapter 985 (2/2)
”The change you want to talk about should come from Taoism?” Chen Hui pondered for a moment and said, ”the records of alchemy in history are derived from Taoism. In historical records, those who alchemy for the emperor are also Taoists!”
”That's right.” Shangguan Ruyun nodded and said, ”but the alchemy of Taoism is actually the combination of internal alchemy and external alchemy.”
”The inner alchemy is the name of Taoist and Taoist people for cultivation. The ultimate goal is to cultivate immortality and achieve immortality. The inner alchemy takes the human body as the furnace of alchemy, so it is called the inner alchemy, which is different from the cauldron of outer alchemy.” Chen Hui said with a smile: ”Taoism uses all kinds of secret methods to burn and refine pills, which can be used to take, or directly take some zhicao, so as to enlighten its own Yin, turn it into Yang Qi, and improve its own cultivation. This is external alchemy!”
As for Taoist classics, Chen Hui is very clear about the difference between external alchemy and internal alchemy.
”You can see the situation now.” Shangguan Ruyun pointed to himself and Cheng Ziyi, and said, ”the path we have taken is actually the path of inner alchemy.”
Chen Hui nodded. Shangguan Ruyun and Cheng Ziyi absorbed Qi into themselves. After the cycle of the heaven, they turned into Qi. This way naturally belongs to the category of internal alchemy.
”Wai Dan Shu, in fact, has existed for a long time. There is even a sect called Dan Ding sect!” Shangguan Ruyun continued: ”the truth of how the Danding sect died out is not known, because it only exists in the legend. However, one thing seems to be certain that the Danding sect suddenly disappeared.”
”What do you mean?” Chen Hui puzzled asked: ”suddenly disappeared?”
”Yes, there is no sign. The Danding sect has disappeared.” Shangguan Ruyun nodded and said, ”although it's passed down by word of mouth, it's still handed down. As for the reasons for the disappearance of the Danding sect, there are different opinions, and there are all kinds of conjectures. However, there are only two reliable conjectures.”
Shangguan Ruyun said this, put up a finger and continued: ”the first view is that people in practice think that with the help of external forces, the foundation is unstable. People in the Danding sect, taking pills, practice faster than ordinary people. However, the price of fast practice is that when they reach a certain stage of cultivation, the real Qi in the body will be out of control because of the unstable foundation, The result is a dead end. ”
”And the second?” Chen Hui immediately asked.
”The second view is that the outer alchemy is too rebellious!” Shangguan Ruyun said: ”according to legend, alchemy is the same as weapon refining. I have told you before that once the magic weapon is refined, if its power is too adverse to heaven, it will lead to disaster. So is the pill. Once the pill is too adverse to heaven, it will lead to disaster. It is said that the Danding sect once refined an extremely adverse pill, which caused disaster too much, So that the whole Dan Ding sect turned into a fan
When they heard Shangguan Ruyun's words, Chen Hui looked at each other. They didn't know which one was more reliable.
”Since they are all legends, is there any legend about the pills refined by the Dan Ding sect? What exactly is it like?” Zhou qiuchu asked suspiciously.
”That's true.” Shangguan Ruyun said with a smile: ”according to legend, there are two kinds of pills refined by the Dan Ding sect. One is Qi tonifying, which can quickly replenish the real Qi in the body. It's called Qi tonifying pill. The other is to improve the cultivation, which is called cultivation pill.”