Chapter 523 Tianhe Preaching, a Unique One
Zheng Fa actually doesn't like drinking very much and has almost never been drunk in the past.
But today his wine glass was filled again and again, and he felt dizzy from drinking. He felt that there were more and more people in the hall, and each of them seemed to have the ability to split into two, and they were smiling at him.
Think about these people died a long time ago...
Actually, it’s not that creepy.
The Tianhe fusion cultivator who brought him in was probably a very familiar person. He put his arm around Zheng Fa's neck and said loudly: "In our Tianhe Sect, this is the rule. When you pay tribute to your brothers and sisters, you cannot cry, you have to drink."
“Come again!”
Zheng Fa smiled, raised his glass, clinked it with the other party, and drank it all in one gulp.
These disciples are commemorating their deceased fellow disciples.
He was paying tribute to these disciples.
Venerable Tianhe also held a glass of wine, sat at the top, and drank alone, no one knew what he was thinking.
I think these disciples are still a little afraid of this venerable, so no one bothers him.
Zheng Fa did not step forward either, but chatted with the group of Tianhe disciples with a smile.
I heard them bragging, quarreling, slamming the table, drawing their swords and fighting, and then drinking together after the fight, as close as glue.
Venerable Tianhe didn't care, as if he was used to it. He just glanced at Zheng Fa occasionally, and saw that he was mixing with the Tianhe disciples without any disobedience, so he raised his eyebrows slightly.
After three rounds of drinking, Zheng Fa leaned his head and watched his two disciples fighting in the hall. Their swords were like swimming dragons, shining in all directions.
In the midst of the excitement, one suddenly heard Venerable Tianhe curl his fingers and tap the table.
Knock knock.
The sound was obviously not loud, but these Tianhe disciples seemed to have heard two thunders and their movements became stiff.
In an instant, the hall was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop, as if the bustle just now was just a grand illusion.
Zheng Fa looked to his side and saw that the Tianhe disciple who had just been arm in arm with him and looked outgoing had a bitter face and seemed to be worried.
What are you worried about? Zheng Fa looked at the Tianhe Master and heard him say, "Have you finished drinking?"
There were a few responses: "Yes."
"Then it's time to get down to business."
After saying that, Venerable Tianhe stood up first and walked out of the hall.
The Tianhe disciples followed behind him. Zheng Fa was a little puzzled and asked the monk beside him quietly, "What's the matter?"
"Well, preaching."
"sermon?"
Zheng Fa frowned and thought to himself, preaching is such a good thing, why are you looking so sad?
He was envious of hearing a powerful being like Venerable Tianhe preach.
Besides, didn't he come to the Ten Thousand Swords Realm just to learn? "Because the struggle between my Tianhe Sect and the Saint Dynasties is getting more intense, after each battle, the Sect Leader will give us a lecture... personally instruct us."
"Personally... guide?"
"Well, the master is very ruthless."
Zheng Fa grinned.
He could see that Venerable Tianhe valued his disciples very much, liked to review their performance after the test, and seemed to believe that a good sword is forged through grinding and a good disciple is made under the stick.
I am an outsider, so I don't need to take this beating, right? In front of him, Tianhe Zun suddenly turned around and glanced at him.
Zheng Fa obeyed the crowd and followed them out of the hall.
The scene in the Ten Thousand Swords Realm has changed again.
This time, Zheng Fa saw the Tongtian Sword Peak again, but it was not just the Tongtian Sword Peak:
They stood on the top of the sword peak, with an open flat ground under their feet, but suddenly there appeared a nine-step inverted funnel-shaped staircase in front of them.
Going up the steps, there is a platform paved with blue bricks. There is a jade fence around the platform, and the fence is engraved with densely packed astrological maps.
In the center there is a huge stone plate like a sundial, on which are engraved various positions of stars.
Observatory? Zheng Fa looked around suddenly, and finally understood where he was: all around him was a black, chaotic void, and the Xuanwei Realm was just below the observatory, like an isolated island in the hazy night.
Tongtian Sword Peak and the Observatory are like lighthouses on the shore of the island.
Looking upwards, there are some holes for stargazing.
It was unknown what kind of magic was cast on the hole, like an astronomical telescope, allowing many stars to fly in front of Zheng Fa's eyes, with every detail clearly visible.
Some of those that glow are in human form, some are in the shape of mythical beasts or spiritual roots, and some are in the shape of magic weapons.
“Is this an ancient immortal or god?”
Zheng Fa couldn't help but ask.
He had long felt that the stars in the Xuanwei Realm were very strange. Now, after taking a look at them from the observatory, he confirmed his opinion - they were the legendary ancient immortals.
Reverend Tianhe chuckled and said, "What I want to talk about today is what is immortal and what is Tao!"
Zheng Fa was stunned for a moment, thinking that this didn't seem like a test summary, then he looked at the eyes of the Tianhe disciples around him and suddenly understood: Venerable Tianhe is going to teach the Dharma!
To put it bluntly, whether it is the Tianhe Method or the Yangshen Method, it is for the purpose of cultivating immortals and practicing Taoism.
Venerable Tianhe started from here in order to let Zheng Fa know the facts and the reasons behind them. It can be said that he had good intentions.
After realizing this, he couldn't help but prick up his ears and listen carefully.
…
Venerable Tianhe pointed at the stars in the holes and said, "People of my generation have been practicing since the beginning of the Dao Fruition, and the immortal method has been one and the same, and cannot be separated."
"So, immortality is the law, and the law is immortality."
This statement was a cliché to Zheng Fa, but he still listened very carefully.
It is truly a great opportunity to hear such a powerful preaching as that of Venerable Tianhe.
"Immortals are the embodiment of the Dharma." Tianhe Reverend paused and suddenly asked, "Who can tell me the difference between a scattered immortal and a true immortal?"
Zheng Fa glanced around and saw that all the Tianhe disciples had their heads lowered, as if the blue bricks under their feet contained the rhyme of Taoism.
This scene was so familiar that he felt like he was back home.
Reverend Tianhe snorted, as if he couldn't stand their behavior, and simply picked up a Tianhe disciple at random.
The disciple stood up and said unconfidently, "To become a True Immortal from a Casual Immortal, one must go through the Casual Immortal Tribulation?"
"Then why is there a scattered immortal tribulation?" Tianhe Reverend was probably a strict teacher, and asked, "Also, what I want to ask is, what is the difference between a true immortal and a scattered immortal!"
The disciple shrank his head and stopped talking.
Now Zheng Fa understood why these disciples were afraid of Venerable Tianhe's preaching:
The number one person in Xuanwei stares at you and asks you questions thoroughly. Most people can't stand it.
"Stupid! I have already talked about the way of the True Immortal before, but you guys can't even figure this out?"
"I can figure this out when I'm in the Spiritual Transformation stage. Do you still want me to teach you step by step?"
"Alright! I'll just tell you once, keep it in your mind!"
Zheng Fa wished he could bury his head in the ground.
The Tianhe disciples beside him were already accustomed to his appearance and would let him be as strong as he could.
It’s said that geniuses are not suitable to be teachers, and hot-tempered geniuses are even less suitable.
"The Sanxian Tribulation is not a traditional thunder or wind tribulation, but a Tao-transforming Tribulation!"
Zheng Fa was stunned when he heard this, and couldn't help but look up at Venerable Tianhe and listen carefully.
"What is the calamity of the Dao? It means that if you don't have your own method as a foundation, and you only learn other people's skills, then you will become the nourishment of this method!"
"Only if you have your own skills can you leave a little bit of your true spirit in the calamity of scattered immortals and become a true immortal!"
"Do you understand?"
Got it.
Dispersed Immortal Tribulation (×)
Tianjie Check for plagiarism (√)
Xuanwei is plagiarizing, it’s terrible!
It was not until today that Zheng Fa finally understood what this thing was.
To put it bluntly, the True Immortals look at the pioneering nature of the cultivators' Taoism? Seeing his expression of sudden enlightenment, Venerable Tianhe's eyes paused slightly.
"Master, where is the Golden Immortal?"
Some studious disciples raised their own questions.
"Golden Immortals are the brightest stars."
Zheng Fa couldn't help but glance at the holes before wondering what the stars represented, and then he listened to Reverend Tianhe's explanation.
"Golden Immortal, you are in charge of fate." Venerable Tianhe seemed to know that the level of these disciples was not enough, so he simply said.
good fortune?
"They created the world and controlled the universe so that all living things could reproduce and survive." Venerable Tianhe explained.
Parallel world?
Are these stars parallel worlds? Is the parallel world from which the inner demon came created by the Golden Immortal?
Zheng Fa was confused as he listened. These things were still far away from him, so he could only listen for the time being.
Tianhe Reverend did not say much, but simply returned to the original topic: "In this way, the Golden Immortal's law becomes the Heavenly Dao of his world."
"So, Dharma, Immortality, and Tao are actually one."
Not to mention Zheng Fa, even the Tianhe disciples seemed a little confused and yearning when listening to it, secretly chewing on the meaning behind it.
Reverend Tianhe suddenly added: "But this is not the essence of immortals."
Everyone was silent and looked at him.
But Venerable Tianhe's gaze fell on Zheng Fa.
Zheng Fa looked at Tianhe Zun with a bit of confusion, and heard him say: "The essence of immortals is to be more powerful and immortal beings, so we say that immortals value life."
Zheng Fa nodded slightly.
This is really not a new statement.
If you bring any Xuanwei cultivator here, they will be able to understand.
But I think Venerable Tianhe would have a different opinion.
"The difference between immortals and humans is that immortals are composed of Taoism, which is essentially the rules of heaven and earth." Venerable Tianhe continued, "To cultivate immortals, one must transform from a body of flesh and blood into a living being of the laws."
This sentence is also very simple.
All the disciples nodded.
"Nod? Do you understand?"
"clear!"
"You really understand?"
“I understand!”
"Well, then let me ask you, since you want to become a living being of the law, you must understand what a living being is." Tianhe Reverend smiled, looking very satisfied, "So, do you know?"
The disciples calmed down and began to seek enlightenment face to face.
Zheng Fa was about to bow his head when he heard Venerable Tianhe suddenly say, "Zheng Fa, how about you tell us?"
Me, an auditor, first class!
Thinking of the eye contact with Venerable Tianhe just now, Zheng Fa couldn't help but feel a little regretful - he had committed a big taboo.
Beside him, the Tianhe disciples who had just been drinking and chatting happily together, calling each other brothers, all turned their heads and grinned at him, their expressions filled with relief and joy.
Zheng Fa looked up and saw Venerable Tianhe looking at him with curiosity in his eyes.
He thought for a moment and said, "Your Excellency, many of my ideas actually come from the jade pendant."
"It's okay. Only when you came here could I get a glimpse of the jade pendant, but it's not complete." Tianhe Zun seemed to understand what he meant and waved his hand, "The jade pendant is not mine."
Zheng Fa was shocked by these words, but he did not have time to think about it. Instead, he suppressed his doubts and said, "I heard a great man named Xue say that the essence of life lies in order."
"Order?" Venerable Tianhe's eyes lit up, as if he was pleasantly surprised, and asked, "What do you mean by that?"
Zheng Fa lowered his head and began to think about how to explain it more clearly.
He has read a lot of books in the modern world, but the book that gave him the most insights into the nature of life was not a work by a biologist, but a book called "What is Life" by the cat abuser Erwin Schrödinger.
This book appeared very early, so naturally it did not include the later development results of biology, and even contained many overturned theories.
But the description of the essence of life in it always remained in Zheng Fa's mind.
Now it is just right to answer Venerable Tianhe’s question.
To summarize the theories of later generations and Schrödinger's statement, the main characteristic of life is actually to maintain its own order by absorbing energy, but at the same time it transfers the positive entropy generated by itself to the external environment.
Simply put, people eat food and plants absorb sunlight to maintain the orderly operation of their own bodies and maintain a low entropy state.
And radiating heat is the process of transferring its own increased entropy to the environment.
Of course Zheng Fa couldn't say that. After all, the concept of entropy was too unfamiliar to Venerable Tianhe.
…
"Be it humans, flowers, birds, fish or insects, they are all products of Tao." Zheng Fa explained in a way that Xuanwei monks could understand.
"The rules within the body of a living being are actually the same as those of the heaven and earth. All things are mixed together."
Reverend Tianhe listened quietly, and suddenly asked, "What do you mean when you say that life is order?"
“Although all things in heaven and earth obey the Tao itself, living beings are the most complex and exquisite products of the Tao.”
Zheng Fa explained.
"Like a stone, it turns to soil under the wind and sun, yet it knows nothing and feels nothing."
"Only life has the desire to survive. It is essentially self-replicating and wants to maintain its own order."
There was silence on the observatory. These words seemed a little difficult to understand for the Tianhe monk.
"As monks, we can naturally understand that human growth is actually the self-replication of cells."
Tianhe Reverend frowned at first: "Cells?"
Then he nodded, as if he had thought of something.
Zheng Fa also expected that Venerable Tianhe had seen cells. After all, the eyesight of immortal cultivators was not to be underestimated. The loyal disciple of Tianhe who died that year had even integrated his own magic weapon and cells into one.
But he didn't know what Venerable Tianhe called the cells.
But judging from the situation, Venerable Tianhe seemed to understand.
“Therefore, the instinct of living things is to grow and reproduce, which is actually the self-maintenance of order.”
Simply put, in Zheng Fa's view, life lies in the division and recombination of DNA, and the essence of DNA is an orderly arrangement of matter.
But Venerable Tianhe and others did not know what DNA was, so Zheng Fa could only use order instead of summary.
"So, Your Excellency wants to ask me what a living being is. In my opinion, a living being is the highest product of the laws of heaven and earth, a self-replicating and self-sustaining order."
Having said this, Zheng Fa stopped talking. Due to the fact that Venerable Tianhe had never been to school, he really didn't know how to explain it more clearly.
Reverend Tianhe was silent for a while, and his expression suddenly showed some disgust.
Did he say something wrong? Did Tianhe Venerable feel stupid? But Tianhe Venerable looked at him deeply, and nothing could be seen in his eyes. His gaze just swept across the faces of other Tianhe disciples, and his expression was very clear - dissatisfaction.
Zheng Fa turned his head and looked at the Tianhe disciple who had just hooked his neck to pour wine for him. He saw a sentence written in the other person's eyes:
Bro, you make me feel strange.
(End of this chapter)
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