Chapter 7 8 Divine Spells and Magic
Chapter 7: Eight Gods' Spells
Seeing Chu Tai's hesitation, Taoist Fu Guang smiled and said, "Although we have the saying that the master chooses the disciple, we also have the saying that the disciple chooses the master. You can stay in my Taiyi Temple first and observe my virtue. I will also take this opportunity to see your roots. The deadline is half a year. If you and I feel it is suitable after half a year, we can then perform the ceremony of becoming a disciple. How do you think?"
Taoist Fu Guang's suggestion was unprecedented in this world. Even though Chu Tai had not come into contact with many practitioners, he still felt it was exaggerated.
But as he had nowhere to go at the moment, he chose to agree. In the following days, Taoist Fu Guang taught him many methods of cultivation beyond his expectations, and constantly adjusted the teaching content according to Chu Tai's problems in cultivation.
After seven days of simple teaching and understanding, Taoist Fu Guang began to teach Chu Tai the complete eight magic spells.
"Tai Shang Tai Xing, constantly adapting to changes. It drives away evil spirits and traps evil spirits, protects life and body. Wisdom is clear and pure, and the mind is peaceful. The three souls are eternal, and the soul has no loss."
The Taoist first recited the Heart Purification Mantra, and then explained the secret to Chu Tai in detail.
"Based on your retelling, I have sorted it out and can basically confirm that the spells and rituals you obtained from the Dao Fruit fragments are incomplete, or very one-sided. They are targeted at a certain link in a certain ritual, similar to an apprentice. Therefore, you still have to study these basic spells seriously."
"The Heart Purifying Mantra we are learning now is known as the first of the eight great mantras. It is often used in morning and evening exercises, learning to practice talismans, purifying the body and mind, eliminating distracting thoughts, and calming the mind. It can also be used for daily practice to reflect on the heart of Tao and enter a state of tranquility. For you, the most important thing is to stabilize the three souls and seven spirits and prevent the soul from leaving the body. You can try it now."
"The Supreme Star, responds to changes without stopping... The three souls are eternal, and the spirit is never lost."
The moment Chu Tai chanted the mantra, his mind became empty and he seemed to see the talisman corresponding to the "boy" in a trance. At the same time, a faint fluorescent light emanated from his body, which was barely visible to ordinary people.
At the same time, Chu Tai felt that his mind became more active after practicing "Ming Yue Guan Cun Fa". After obtaining the bonus of [Boy], the soul that had vaguely left his body became peaceful.
It took a while for Chu Tai to come out of that wonderful feeling. It was also at this moment that Taoist Fu Guang suddenly stretched out his hand, grabbed Chu Tai's wrist, and injected a stream of magic power into it, instantly causing the gradually fading fluorescent resistance.
After a while, the fluorescence gradually faded, but Taoist Fu Guang frowned and said, "Something is not right. You don't look like you are learning the Pure Heart Mantra for the first time. Ordinary practitioners may not have the same level of skill as you do even if they chant it for several years."
"Could it be that I am gifted?"
Chu Tai answered half-jokingly, but Taoist Fu Guang shook his head and said, "This is not a question of whether it is gifted by heaven or not. The so-called magic spell is a secret Dharma word in the scriptures. It can save people and become immortals, control stars, control demons, control water, suppress the five directions, and help the Dharma world. That's why it's called a magic spell. To put it simply, you can regard the magic spell as a secret Dharma word that can mobilize the power of the gods between heaven and earth. Of course, in the eyes of us immortal cultivators, the magic spell has another explanation."
As he spoke, Taoist Fu Guang used the Purifying Heaven and Earth Mantra, which was one of the eight great mantras and had been performed by Chu Tai before, as an example.
"It is recorded in the scriptures that the Heaven and Earth Purification Mantra can summon the power of gods such as the Great General of Destroying Filth, the Eight-Direction Great Power God, the Donggang Taixuan Messenger, and the Demon-Slaying and Evil-Binding God to sweep away the evil between heaven and earth. However, according to the research of the predecessors of the immortal way, the so-called Great General of Destroying Filth, the Eight-Direction Great Power God, the Donggang Taixuan Messenger, and other gods are essentially several special high-quality Yuanqi, which are only summoned by the mantra and gathered around the practitioner."
Finally, Taoist Fu Guang concluded: "So even if someone has been granted the Immortal Scroll, when practicing the Eight Great Divine Mantras, at most they are just a little faster than ordinary people, and they shouldn't have gained your level of skills for no reason."
"Could it be the influence of the Dao Fruit fragments?" Chu Tai proposed a possibility. Taoist Fu Guang thought for a moment and shook his head after hearing this. "Not likely. We have tried it a few days ago. Although you are faster than ordinary people in learning magic, it is more because you rely on the Dao Fruit fragments to obtain half a decade of mana as a foundation. Your internal strength is sufficient, which naturally drives the speed of your magic practice. And the progress of your magic is ultimately a learning process. It is not like the current performance of the Pure Heart Mantra, which can achieve some small success directly. This is unreasonable..."
Taoist Fu Guang had a strange and even anxious expression on his face. He asked Chu Tai to try to learn and chant the other several magic spells, as well as some secret spells. The final result was that Chu Tai seemed to have some abnormalities only in the eight magic spells. He directly possessed the skills that ordinary people would need to learn and chant for about ten years, as if Chu Tai possessed the innate magical power called the Eight Magic Spells.
As for the secret mantras in other Taoist scriptures, the speed of mastering them varies, and there is a learning process.
Faced with this phenomenon, Taoist Fu Guang was also confused and could only put it aside for the time being and start explaining the follow-up things.
He took out the "Ming Yue Guan Cun Fa" which he had obtained from Chu Tai a few days ago from his sleeve and pointed at some of the notes in it.
"This method should originally be the orthodox method of absorbing the sun and moon. I have observed that its operation method is somewhat similar to the famous foundation-building method of the immortal sect, the "Sucking the Sun and Moon Qi Method", but I am not sure whether it is the right one."
"It is certain that the person who taught you this method has evil intentions. He deleted the method of collecting the sun's essence and strengthened the influence of the moon's essence, so that people who have just started to practice can absorb the essence of the moon, nourish the yin and essence, make the spirit grow naturally, and calm the mind and spirit, and double the spirit. But over time, the yin and yang will inevitably be unbalanced, the three treasures will be disordered, and you will fall into the side door."
"After that, you gained half a century of magical power from the Dao Fruit fragments, stepped over the threshold of cultivation, and obtained a new, more exquisite method. However, the problem with this method is the same as that of the Mingyue Guancun Method. It even goes further than specializing in Taiyin. If you are not careful, you may lose your soul. For these problems, you need to recite the Heart Purification Mantra and the Body Purification Mantra more often. The former purifies the spirit platform, and the latter can make the four righteous gods in the body return to their correct positions, protect the body, defend the Dao body, and stabilize the Three Treasures..."
As he spoke, Fu Guang took out another scroll of scriptures and handed it to Chu Tai, saying, "In addition to this, you can also learn my Taiyi Caiyue Method on a daily basis. This method is similar to the Mingyue Guancun Method you originally practiced, but it is more peaceful and has some methods to dissolve the Yin Qi, which will help you alleviate the growth of the Yin Qi in your body and stabilize the Yin and Yang."
Chu Tai hesitated, and Fu Guang added, "Don't worry, although this method has the word Taiyi in it, it is not a secret of my lineage. In the past, when my sect was at its peak, this kind of method would also be passed on to believers."
After hearing this, Chu Tai reached out to take it and wrote down the knowledge taught by Taoist Fu Guang one by one. Then, under the guidance of the other party, he completed the first complete morning class since his birth.
A shadow in ink appeared before my eyes.
[In the eleventh year, I was taught a new method in Taiyi Temple, completed a morning class, and my Taoist affinity increased.]
Calming his mind and ignoring the new information, Chu Tai closed the scripture and took a volume of miscellaneous book titled "Zhicao Jing" handed to him by Taoist Fuguang.
Chu Tai had read the "Zhi Cao Jing" once in the past seven days. Now Taoist Fu Guang took it out to explain some of the obscure information in it to Chu Tai.
Quickly finding the place where he had been confused before, Chu Tai pointed at the text above and raised his doubts.
(End of this chapter)