On April 21, the 16th year of Zhengde, the new emperor Zhu Houcong ascended the throne and became emperor.

On the same day.

At the foot of Longhu Mountain, in Zhangjia Village, Zhang Xiucai's wife was about to give birth. At this time, golden lotus fell from the sky, dragons and tigers were singing together, and the sunset did not dissipate overnight. The old master Zhang Yanxi went down the mountain overnight to accept disciples on behalf of the ancestors.

Master Fengxiang reported to the Three Pure Land.

The name of "Tao Te Ching" Chapter 35 "Holding the Elephant, the World Goes" is selected, and the name is - Zhang Zhixiang.

Teach the sutras of the Taishang Da Cave.

From then on, there was an additional junior uncle in the Heavenly Master Mansion...

...

In the fifth year of Jiajing, winter.

When the snow was falling, an imperial edict accompanied the vast imperial envoy to Longhu Mountain. In the Jade Emperor Hall, the eunuch Huang Jin in front of the imperial eunuch read: "The emperor of the Heavenly Reign, and the imperial eunuch said, "The emperor of heaven will be in charge of evil spirits, and the edict will be said, "The Heavenly Master Zhang Yanfeng will kill demons and eliminate evil spirits, and protect the country... Give the righteous and the inheritance of the teachings and the great masters, and take charge of Taoist affairs in the world!"

Suddenly, the rituals and music were heard, thanking the emperor for his kindness.

But Huang Jin took out another imperial edict: "...I heard that when I ascended the throne, an immortal came to the world and thought it was auspicious, so I gave him a jade seal, a gold crown, a purple gold robes, and a Guanglu official. I asked the little immortal to choose a date to enter the capital after the New Year."

The mansion was stunned and then overjoyed.

The old master patted Zhang Zhixiang on the small shoulder and said, "Go."

Zhang Zhixiang stepped forward to receive the order, and surrounded by eunuchs and changed into purple gold robes, wearing a jade seal and a golden crown, and was a very vivid fairy boy.

Huang Jin asked the painter to paint for Zhang Zhixiang, but he signaled to the old master, walked out of the Jade Emperor Hall, and watched the snow in the outer corridor.

The eunuch stood with his hands, looked at the goose feathers and said sadly: "Does the old master think it's too cold this year?"

“That’s true.”

Zhang Yanxi agreed in a deep voice and asked, "Your Majesty is rewarding you very much today, but for this?"

“That’s right.”

Huang Jin bowed to the north and said seriously: "It is a great cold in the sky. The Imperial Heavenly Prison thinks this is just a sign of the beginning. Since the end of the Yuan Dynasty, it has been getting colder, but the real great cold seems to be coming."

"When the weather is cold, everything is not harvested, drought and flood come together, and the world is in chaos."

"Long live the Lord wants to ask the Heavenly Master if there is another way to save the people."

The old master was silent for a long time and replied: "My cultivation is simple and difficult to change the sky, but there is a great heat before the Great Cold. Before the Cold Tide comes, it must be the time when the yang energy of heaven and earth is the strongest."

"If you can get this 'returning light', you will be born an immortal."

"Maybe it can change one's destiny against the will of heaven and save the people."

Huang Jin whispered: "There was a great heat before the Great Cold... how could I see it?"

Master Tian: "Today is the winter solstice, and the yang is coming and going back. Let's look at the ashes flying from the reeds to determine the strength of the yang energy."

Huang Jin: "Very good!"

...

At night, after eating dumplings, the old master looked at Zhang Zhixiang and asked with a smile: "How do you feel?"

Zhang Zhixiang fiddled with the golden crown on his head, and said with a bitter face: "I feel like I've been invited to the altar. I don't look like myself anymore. Senior brother, can I change my clothes back?"

Zhang Yanfeng accepted disciples on behalf of his ancestors, so Zhang Zhixiang’s nominal master was the Zutian master Zhang Daoling.

According to the lineage of the Heavenly Master, they can all be regarded as disciples of the Zu Tianshi Master, so Zhang Yanfeng and Zhang Zhixiang, the old and the young, are called brothers.

And Zhang Zhixiang, a child who was born with auspiciousness and was regarded as an immortal.

Actually, he is a time traveler.

He was weak and sick since childhood and was unable to treat major hospitals. It happened that Master Zhang Zhishun came to build Huangzhong Palace in their Cili County. His father heard that Dao Ye was a master of Taoism, so he took him to seek medical treatment.

Daoye has extraordinary medical skills, but for various reasons, he once made a vow to never practice medicine again in this life.

But I can't bear to die prematurely.

He then took him in Huangzhonggong, taught him the "Eight Vajra Kung Fu" and "Longevity Kung Fu", and massaged him every day, and practiced qi only in the name of practice.

However, Taoist priest was already old and died in just three years.

His disease was not cured. He was only eight years old at that time. Although he practiced diligently every day according to the instructions of Master Dao, his disease was innate and his cultivation was simple and uncurable. He finally died of illness at the age of sixteen.

Before his death, he held the Qiankun circle, regretting that he was not in a good position and failed to practice the Tao, but he didn't want to open his eyes again, he was already a baby...

Time flies.

Five years have passed, and Zhang Zhixiang has accepted the fact that he has become the uncle of the Tianshi Mansion. The regrets in his previous life can be compensated. He cherishes this opportunity to seek Taoism very much.

If possible.

He didn't want to go down the mountain, nor did he want the emperor's reward, but the old master patted his shoulder and said, "Before becoming an immortal, we were still in the world, so it is inevitable that we should change our clothes when the imperial envoy leaves."

"Senior brother, do I really want to see the emperor?"

"Your Majesty loves metaphysics. If you go there, you will naturally be regarded as a guest of honor, just as a leisurely trip."

“Not so easy…”

Zhang Zhixiang muttered, but the old master smiled and did not plan to help him. Instead, he changed the topic and asked: "Can you still recite the Thousand Characters of the Text?"

"Um!"

His father in this life was Zhang Baichuan, and he was a scholar. So he started to teach him to read from the age of three. After reading all three hundred thousand, he began to recite as he said: "The heaven and earth are mysterious and yellow, and the universe is vast and vast. The sun and the moon are full, and the city is surrounded by Zhang."

"Cold comes and goes from heat to heat, autumn harvest comes and winter hides."

"The leap year is coming, and the leap year is being transferred to the sun."

Zhang Zhixiang was still waiting to be memorized again, the old master raised his hand and interrupted him, asking, "How can Lu Lu diyang solve it?"

Zhang Zhixiang replied: "Lu Guan and Lu Guan can regulate yin and yang."

"According to legend, during the ancient Huangdi, the twelve rules were determined, and the scale was determined by the twelve branches. The longest was nine inches and the shortest was four inches and six minutes. The nine inches was called the "Huang Zhong", which was the first rule and the "Zi" of the earthly branches."

“Today is the winter solstice.”

"Buried the twelve branch tubes obliquely in the soil, leaving only one hole flush with the ground, place the ashes from the film of the new reeds in the tube, and then seal them with bamboo film. When the yang returns, the ash in the reeds in the 'yellow clock' will break through the bamboo film and gush out."

"This is because the earth's energy rises."

"Therefore, music can adjust yin and yang and determine the solar terms."

"Father said."

"This is the importance of rituals and music."

"Music is the foundation of the country, and all the weights and measures are determined by the 'Huang Zhong'. Therefore, there were six classics in ancient times, and poetry, calligraphy and etiquette are easy to enjoy the Spring and Autumn Period. Unfortunately, since the Qin Dynasty, the "Music" scriptures have been lost, so people today do not know that the flying dragon is in the sky."

The old teacher praised him: "Your father is a man who reads and seeks great understanding."

Zhang Zhixiang smiled bitterly and said, "Dad often said that learning these things is useless for the imperial examination, but every time he couldn't help reading these books, but he couldn't read the classics and texts, so he couldn't get into the imperial examination."

The old master joked: "Where is better than studying to cultivate immortals? Look, aren't you the Guanglu doctor and the first-rank official title?"

"I don't care."

"hehe……"

After laughing, the old master looked at the yard. Seeing that Huang Jin had come, he took Zhang Zhixiang's hand and said, "Let's go and see Yiyang Laifu. Our imperial envoy can't wait."

The sun comes back at midnight of the winter solstice.

It was still early now, but Huang Jin couldn't sit still, so he could only go outside the weather room to wait first. It was obviously in the cold wind, and Huang Jin, who was standing under the pavilion, was also in a hot heart, looking forward to the great heat before the Great Cold.

The weather room is a three-story house, so the outside looks very tall.

There is only one door on each floor, and it is opposite to the north and south. Not to mention that all the gaps in the house are blocked, there are thick curtains outside each floor to ensure that the innermost house is absolutely windless.

The twelve branches of the indoor throne will react in each solar term.

After each observation, a disciple will take away the old reed ash, add new reed ash and seal it for the next observation.

During the winter solstice, the yin energy between heaven and earth is the weakest, but it is the momentum of the yang coming and going, so the earth energy surges the most intensely. At that time, the "yellow clock" will make a "buzz" sound, and the reed ash in the radius will also break through the bamboo film and gush out.

The old master wants to judge whether there is a great heat before the Great Cold, just listen to the "buzz" sound to urinate and defecate.

It's still early.

The old master asked Zhang Zhixiang, who was trembling with cold, and said, "The return of the yang is an opportunity for heaven and earth to turn from the yin pole to the yang. Do you know what the return of the yang in the human body is?"

Zhang Zhixiang shook his head. He hadn't learned it before, so he naturally didn't understand it.

The old master of heaven closed his sleeves and said, "The innate is yang, and the acquired is yin. Once the yang comes and returns, it will return to the innate."

"Return to the innate?"

The old master of heaven: "The great way of golden elixir, the method of pure yang. The innate qi, the essence of human beings. In the mother and fetus, it is innate, and after its birth, it has lost its innate nature. The foundation is built for a hundred days without leakage and flaws. One yang comes and goes back, and the heavens and man germinate."

"That's what it means."

"A little bit of Yuanyang burns the original qi, and the whole yin fades and begins to open up. The original qi returns to the true and return to the innate world, and from then on, immortality can be expected."

"My junior brother, do you wish for immortality?"
To be continued...