GBP Chapter 236 Wugensheng's Collection, Guests Arrive
Chapter 236 Wugensheng's Collection, Guests Arrive
Lu Qian's voice echoed in the empty cave, the sound waves spreading out and shaking off some of the dust that had accumulated inside.
"Rustling..."
Like snow sliding down from a height in winter, the faint scraping sound followed by Lü Qian's question echoed in the cave, as if an avalanche had occurred.
Dust swirled around the central pavilion, revealing what was hidden beneath the dust.
Those were some old things, the scent of time emanating from them as dust fell. They didn't belong to this era; at first glance, they looked like items from about a hundred years ago.
Although some dust has settled, revealing the shapes of some items, a thick layer of dust still remains on those items, waiting for someone to brush it away.
It's like a corner forgotten by time, waiting for future generations to witness it.
"Is this the treasure of Wugensheng?"
Seeing that Master Ziyang did not answer, Lü Qian turned his gaze to the surrounding objects.
In the original story, Wugensheng stored some of his collection in this cave in Tongtian Valley, which Mei Jinfeng regarded as a treasure left behind by Wugensheng.
【The character 巽 (Xun) • Bathed in the wind, dust-free】!
Lu Qian stepped out of the pavilion, and with a flick of his sleeve, he used a mysterious technique to create a gentle breeze that swept away the dust left by the years.
The wind was gentle, swirling dust from the objects and transforming it into a wind dragon that flew out of the cave.
The seal of time was broken by Lü Qian, and those items were fully revealed.
"Clay figurines, pocket watches, oil paintings..."
Lu Qian squatted down and carefully examined these ordinary objects. Suddenly, he reached out to a yellowed and worn book on the ground.
"Oh, there's also a copy of 'Jin Ping Mei' from a hundred years ago. This is a classic edition. I wonder if I can exchange it for a crystal pork knuckle."
Just mentioning the three words "Jin Ping Mei" might not be enough for many modern people to know what this book is about.
But if we put it another way, many people would probably smile knowingly.
This book, to put it more elegantly, is a novel about human relationships; to put it bluntly, it's pornography, and extremely explicit and erotic pornography at that.
The descriptions of romantic love and physical pleasure between men and women are incredibly detailed, making one marvel at the ingenuity of the ancients.
Although this book is often criticized by the world, in the eyes of some people with pure hearts, it is no different from an ordinary novel, and may even represent a method of spiritual practice.
People like Wugensheng a century ago and Lü Qian today are like this; they seem to see beyond the surface of these things and grasp the essence that ordinary people cannot understand.
Lu Qian rummaged through the pile of items, his eyes growing clearer as he looked at them, as if he had seen something interesting.
"Jin Ping Mei represents the [the Way of Yin and Yang cultivation]..."
"Clay Figure Zhang, a craft from a hundred years ago, can be considered an antique, representing my Quanzhen [Yang Shen Method]..."
"The oil paintings didn't reveal any particular artistic features. The 'divine paint' representing the royal family, and the 'secret paintings' from the secret pleasure boat..."
"The pocket watch is worn out, but it's still a valuable old item, representing the [way of divination]..."
"Is this Wugensheng collecting various methods of cultivation in advance?"
Lü Qian discovered that the "Tao" and "Law" represented by these things corresponded almost exactly to the background and martial arts of each of the Thirty-Six Thieves.
The storyline of men and women uniting in "Jin Ping Mei" symbolizes the Yin-Yang dual cultivation method between men and women, which is the "movement" gate personally spoken by the Bodhi Patriarch.
Although the "movement" method is considered unorthodox, it was personally certified by the Bodhi Patriarch as a path to enlightenment.
……
Clay Figure Zhang is a century-old brand in North China, specializing in clay figurines and colored sculptures.
The Complete Perfection School's "Way of Yang Spirit" is a way of governing life through nature. As for why it can correspond to a clay figure, we must start by discussing the understanding of "nature" and "life".
According to mythology, Nuwa molded humans from clay, mixing water and soil to create clay figures.
After the clay figure took shape, Nuwa blew on it, and the originally inanimate clay figure came to life and became a real "person".
In the eyes of practitioners, this myth uses metaphor to vividly and simply explain the existence of "life" and "nature".
Human life can be seen as the initial "clay figure"; human nature is the "breath" that brings the clay figure to life.
The clay and the air combine to symbolize the gathering and differentiation of life and nature, thus forming a complete "human"!
The "exit of the Yang spirit" symbolizes the departure of the soul from the body, leaving only an empty shell of a physical body.
Isn't this empty shell of flesh just the true form of "clay"?
The Complete Perfection School's "Path of Yang Spirit" is the Golden Elixir Path of cultivating both body and spirit, an immortal method certified by Patriarch Bodhi.
……
Pocket watches are tools created by humankind to tell time, and time is inextricably linked to the "methods of numerology" within the "art" category.
In the world of supernatural beings, sorcerers use time and space as entry points to study the magic of the heavens, which is collectively known as magic.
Qimen is also a type of divination. Feng Hou Qimen takes the heart as the source of rhythm and applies it to the human body at all times.
Although the "technique" school is also a heretical path, it was personally certified by the Bodhi Patriarch as a path to enlightenment.
……
Lu Qian walked around the collection twice, identifying the cultivation methods implied behind the items and matching them with the Thirty-Six Thieves.
"Is this really fate? All the disciples I've befriended are those whose Daoist practices correspond to the items in my collection. Even stamp collecting doesn't go this far, does it?"
As he spoke, he looked at the oil paintings covered by cloth and neatly folded. The one placed at the front was a portrait of a little girl.
In the picture, the little girl with two braids sits on the railing, swinging her legs, her smiling face with a pair of bright eyes.
"Feng Baobao's surname is Feng, and her given name is Wugensheng, also known as Feng Yao."
As Lü Qian looked at the passage leading from the cave to the outside world, a flash of crimson-gold light appeared in his pupils, as if he saw two groups of people slowly walking towards him.
The group lagging behind looked like an exploration team, with most of the members being foreigners, including one woman with a ruby on her forehead.
The gemstone refracts a magical light under the sunlight, like another eye.
Among the group of people walking in front, a slightly disheveled woman looked very similar to the little girl in the oil painting.
"They are indeed father and daughter, but whether they are offspring born from the union of a man and a woman, and the fusion of their blood and spiritual essence, remains unknown."
Lu Qian looked at his hands, and a ball of flame appeared out of thin air in each of his palms, one blue and one red, reflecting in his crimson-gold pupils.
After studying "Dual-Handed Technique" for so many years, Lü Qian has finally mastered this extraordinary skill.
If he wanted, he could combine it with some medical techniques to leave behind his own bloodline legacy.
In other words, he could father his own children all by himself.
Lu Qian clenched his fists, dispelling the double-handedness, and pulled the whisk from behind his back. He strode along the passage towards the cave entrance.
"When guests come, we must treat them well."
"Duanmu Ying, you've gone too far!"
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Chapter One!
No, I'm not feeling well. I've had to keep revising and editing. Chapter Two will have to wait until tomorrow morning. Let me work out the outline first.