"Hui" is also called "the wisdom born from the heaven". According to the Taoist theory, it is caused by the "wisdom eye" that should be located between the eyebrows growing sideways. Strictly speaking, it should be considered a "deformity", but this "deformity" is a rare talent in Taoism. The earliest record of "side wisdom" can be traced back to the Southern Song Dynasty. Rao Dongtian, the founder of the Tianxin School of Taoism, wrote in his book "Spiritual Dao Jing":
“The eyes of ‘natural wisdom’ can penetrate the five elements, observe yin and yang, and detect life and death. The work of fifty years is accomplished in one day. It is actually a mystery that cannot be encountered in a million years, and it is the wonder of a star appearing on the mortal world.” This means that (in the case of “natural wisdom”) the “wisdom eye” and the “physical eye” have grown together, and can not only penetrate the five elements, but also see through yin and yang, life and death. A normal person needs fifty years of practice to acquire this ability, but (for the fire eye) it is innate. People with this ability have been rare since ancient times, and it is even more amazing than a star appearing on the mortal world.
"Isn't this the 'Yin Yang Eyes'?" After listening to it, Zhang Yicheng seemed to have understood something. The so-called Yin Yang Eyes are a special ability that can communicate with spirits in folk legends. It is said that it can see things that ordinary people cannot see with their naked eyes. "Yin Yang Eyes are Yin Yang Eyes, and Side Wisdom is Side Wisdom!" Zhang Guozhong said, "Yin Yang Eyes don't work all the time. They are greatly affected by the changes of Yin and Yang in the outside world, but Side Wisdom is Wisdom Eyes! No matter how the surrounding environment changes, it will not fail!"
In Taoist theory, there is an essential difference between "Yin Yang Eyes" and "Side Wisdom". Yin Yang Eyes are just that the eyes themselves are more sensitive to the changes of Yin and Yang than ordinary people. They can be born or cultivated. They also have relatively strict requirements on the strength of Yin and Yang in the outside world. Too strong Yang or Yin, or even the mood of the person concerned, will have a great impact on Yin Yang Eyes. In other words, in most cases, Yin Yang Eyes are only useful between the night hours of You and Wu (17:00 to 21:00) or when it is cloudy and rainy. The premise is that you must be calm and peaceful. If you are upset, even if the Yin and Yang are balanced, it will be useless. Side Wisdom is different. First of all, Side Wisdom is a physiological deformity. It must be born. I have never heard of deformities being cultivated. Secondly, Side Wisdom is a wise eye that can see resentment at all times and is not greatly affected by the changes of Yin and Yang in the outside world. Its reliability and sensitivity are much higher than those of instruments such as compasses. This is the important basis for Xie Wang to accurately arrest the criminal even though he has never met him before: whoever has an evil ghost behind him must be carrying a murder lawsuit.
"According to the records of Wanshou Palace, Xie Wang found that Yang Kui had something different on his back. In his opinion, it was purple. In the past, Xie Wang had seen people carrying evil spirits and evil spirits on their backs, but this time, Yang Kui had something he had never seen before, and he didn't know what it was. At that time, Xie Wang had never seen what an 'immortal' looked like, but he thought that there must be something fishy about such a strange thing on his back, so he subdued Yang Kui and took him to the government office for trial. It turned out that he was indeed a wanted criminal of the court…" Zhang Guozhong said, "The reason why he insisted on converting to Taoism was because after catching Yang Kui, the thing ran to his body and he couldn't get rid of it!"
According to the ancient book "Wanshou Dianzhi" handed down in Wanshou Palace, before Xie Wang became a monk, he had arrested a total of 88 criminals involved in murder cases, but less than half of them were actually sent to the yamen for trial. As the saying goes, swords have no eyes, and most of the criminals, if targeted by Xie Wang, would be a life-and-death fight, unless they voluntarily surrendered before the fight started. So when it came to killing, Xie Wang had killed more people than any other bandit, and most of them were ruthless characters.
After killing someone, a bandit will carry an evil ghost on his back, and Xie Wang is no exception. As he kills many bandits, Xie Wang will more or less carry a few unwilling and powerful ghosts on his back. Fortunately, Xie Wang is a government official, and the yamen is a place of evil spirits, which has the function of exorcising ghosts and suppressing evil spirits. If he finds that he has a lot of things on his back, he only needs to stay in the yamen for a month or so, and the things on his body will go away on their own.
Originally, before arresting Yang Kui, Xie Wang had a resentful evil spirit following him. After Yang Kui was executed, the thing suddenly disappeared, and was replaced by the thing that originally followed Yang Kui. Although Xie Wang was surprised, he did not take it to heart, and was determined to deal with it in the old way – moving to the government office to live and get it over with. But what he did not expect was that the thing following him this time did not seem to be afraid of the government office at all. After living there for two months, this thing had no intention of leaving. As time went by, Xie Wang felt a little guilty, so he went to ask his good friend, the abbot of Wanshou Palace, Taoist Huang Shandao, but Taoist Huang did not seem to have seen such a thing. With his wisdom, he observed that this thing was quite consistent with the description of "immortal" in the classics, but he was not sure, so he had no choice but to ask his master Liu Shuishi to come out.
Wanshou Palace is the Taoist temple of Tianxin Sect. After Zhengyi Dao absorbed Tianxin Sect, Tianxin Sect's Taoism was no longer widely spread. Each generation of the headmaster only selected one person from the many descendants to inherit the ancestral teachings. Master Liu was the authentic descendant of Tianxin Sect's unique Taoism. He had been in seclusion for many years and never saw guests. He was able to bring out the ancestor who had been in seclusion for many years. Xie Wang felt that it seemed serious, so he hoped that Master Liu Shuishi could help collect the things on his body. When he saw the things on Xie Wang's body with his wisdom eyes, Master Liu Shuishi, who was over 100 years old, burst into tears and said bluntly: "You silly boy, this is a genuine Daluo Jinxian. If it is fake, you will pay three times the compensation. Most people can't even invite a sedan chair with eight people carrying it. What the hell are you going to collect?"
"So Master Liu took advantage of the situation and tricked Xie Wang into converting?" Zhang Yichen asked with a frown.
"What do you mean by deceiving? He told Xie Wang the truth. It was Xie Wang's own choice to convert to the human way." Zhang Guozhong said, "Xie Wang is a man with a big heart. He had the opportunity to become a higher official, but he didn't. He felt that being a police chief to arrest criminals was to save people from danger. But there is another way in this world that can teach more people, and that is to learn the way to save people!"
According to the records in "Wanshou Dianzhi", Master Liu had a long conversation with Xie Wang for a whole day and night, and finally persuaded Xie Wang to convert to Taoism. Master Liu Shuishi was a master of his generation with great wisdom. In addition, Xie Wang himself was not a person who coveted fame and fortune. He had already been enlightened after being enlightened by Master Liu. How could he be persuaded by those ordinary people sent by Tian Ergeng to become a Jinyiwei?
"If he is a good immortal, why did he follow the notorious thief Yang Kui?" Zhang Yicheng was puzzled. "Could it be that Yang Kui is actually a Robin Hood who robs the rich and helps the poor? Did Xie Wang catch the wrong person?"
"Haha, there has long been a rumor in the martial arts world that 'it is better to enter the gates of hell than to set foot in Linjiang Prefecture'. Could it be that Yang Kui is stupid, knowing that there is a tiger in the mountain, but he still goes there, and wants to meet Xie Wang in Linjiang to test his kung fu?" Zhang Guozhong smiled, "According to the analysis of Master Liu back then, that 'immortal' was most likely brought out by Yang Kui from Zhu Tongbiao's mausoleum. It is very likely that the Prince of Suiyang Zhu Tongbiao had cultivated good deeds for ten lifetimes and had become an immortal, and was brought out by Yang Kui. The reason why Yang Kui inexplicably ran to Linjiang was probably all due to that 'immortal'! It was that 'immortal' who led Yang Kui to Linjiang step by step, just to let Xie Wang arrest him! So I suspect…"
"I understand. Immortals don't kill people, but they can lead people to where they should go!" After hearing what Zhang Guozhong said, Zhang Yicheng also guessed it roughly. Taoism has always emphasized the realm of "immortals value life and save people without limit". The so-called "immortals value life" can be understood as awe and respect for life. Therefore, no matter in legend or in reality, all Taoist masters or great golden immortals will not easily kill. Just like the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas in Buddhism, when they encounter ruthless people, they basically enlighten them or take them in as their subordinates to protect them. I have never heard of Bodhisattvas killing. Since they are "immortals", they will definitely abide by such values. They obviously have the ability to kill bad guys directly, but they will find a way to do things through legal means instead of killing directly. "So you suspect that the one who led me to save people is an immortal?"
"Yes!" Zhang Guozhong said with a smile.
"What happened to the immortal on Xie Wang's body?" Zhang Yicheng asked, "Will it not follow him forever?"
"According to the Wanshou Dianzhi, he followed her until she passed away!" Zhang Guozhong said, "Didn't I say that training a horse is not difficult, but the difficult part is that the horse has to like you!"
"So, Zhou Yunran's mother also completed ten lifetimes of good deeds and became an immortal? And she chose me?" Zhang Yicheng's eyes widened, "So, she might still be following me now?" Hearing that there might be an immortal following him, Zhang Yicheng couldn't be happy no matter what. Thinking about the girl's parents staring at him all the time, he was depressed anyway, "She only met me once before she died, how could she choose me?"
"Zhou… Zhou Yunran? Yicheng… your… classmate… yesterday seemed to have the same name…" Zhang Guozhong was quite happy to see that his son seemed to be possessed by a spirit. However, he was stunned when he heard the three words Zhou Yunran. He heard clearly when the girl who claimed to be his son's girlfriend introduced herself yesterday, it seemed that the girl was called this name!
"Uh…actually…it's her!" Zhang Yicheng curled his lips and didn't bother to pretend, "Dad, the things inside are so complicated that it's hard to explain in a few words…"
"Yicheng, don't move!" In order to verify his guess about the "immortal", Zhang Guozhong simply opened his wisdom eyes as quickly as possible, and saw purple air rising to the sky behind Zhang Yicheng. Although he didn't bring a compass, based on past experience, he was basically certain that the one following Zhang Yicheng was definitely not a simple thing, but it was definitely not harmful…
"Dad, what are you looking at? You're not really going to follow me, are you?" Zhang Yicheng said with a sad face, "You're really going to follow me forever?"
"It's hard to say…" Zhang Guozhong opened his eyes, pouted and shook his head, "At least now it seems that he has no intention of leaving."
"Dad, do you have any way to get this fairy lady to leave?" Upon hearing that his classmate's parent was really with him, Zhang Yichen immediately got goose bumps all over his body.
"I don't have that ability…" Zhang Guozhong laughed, "Silly boy, this is a real immortal, he can't be invited, how many masters in the past dynasties have dreamed of him, why do you still want to invite him away?"
"Lao Zhang, you two can chat first. I have something to do here…" Liu Dongsheng found that the father and son were talking to each other, closing their eyes and chanting incantations, and seemed to have ignored him, so he simply stood up and said goodbye.
Seeing Liu Dongsheng gone, Zhang Yicheng no longer had to hide many things. He simply told a story about how he was invited to help Liu Mengmeng with the Yin-Yang and Five Elements Theory , how he met Zhou Yunran and was misunderstood, and then helped Zhou Yunran find a house without knowing why, until "Kobe" was rushed and led him to save people. "At that time, I didn't know you guys came back suddenly. I just wanted to borrow a house from my aunt to let her live temporarily, and then I ran into you guys. I just made up a lie and said she was my girlfriend. Otherwise, what can you tell me?"
"So, you and that girl are not dating?" Zhang Guozhong frowned and unexpectedly handed Zhang Yicheng a cigarette, which made Zhang Yicheng a little confused. "Dad, I don't smoke…"
"Don't pretend!" Zhang Guozhong smiled, "Does your Uncle Liu know about these things?"
"How do I know if he knows?" Zhang Yicheng took the cigarette and shook his head. "But judging from how enthusiastic he was towards me just now, he probably doesn't know yet… Anyway, I feel like Liu Mengmeng and I really don't have a chance this time. This girl is too disrespectful to me. I don't even have the face to go to school now."
"Don't push the blame of skipping classes on the girl!" Zhang Guozhong also lit a cigarette, "Then what are you going to do?"
"It's cold!" Zhang Yicheng snorted coldly, "Who can't live without whom these days? Anyway, the college entrance examination is coming soon, and after the exam, everyone will go back to their own homes and do what they should do. Alas, I just feel a little unwilling to be stepped on by such a pretty boy…"
"Yicheng, I think you were the one who made the mistake first, right?" Zhang Guozhong said, "Mengmeng and that boy were in the same class, so it's normal for them to communicate about their studies. If you hadn't been so careless when Mengmeng asked you for help, how could there have been so many troubles afterwards?"
"That's what I thought at first. Aren't all those things that happened later just to make up for the loss?" Zhang Yicheng looked wronged. "I'm not angry because of the incident itself. I'm angry that she doesn't believe me! I've known her for more than ten years. After all, I saved her life. But in the end, I'm not as trustworthy as a deaf person I've only known for a few months! That's why I'm angry!"
"Alright, alright! Go to school tomorrow and attend classes properly! Don't make excuses to skip school during this final stage!" Zhang Guozhong's face darkened. "In my opinion, this is not a bad thing. It will stop you little bastards from falling in love early, and it's good for you to concentrate on your studies! You can talk about your romantic affairs after the exams!"
"Isn't that bad?" Zhang Yicheng's eyes widened. "Am I your biological child?"