Chapter 17: The Ancestor of Ten Thousand Mountains, The Origin of Dragon Veins
After listening to Ling Xuan's story, everyone was surprised. Unexpectedly, a strange man, Yuan Tiangang, was just an unknown disciple under the leader of Guanshan. Yang Guang's coffin was buried here. It sounded like Yuan Tiangang was doing under the instructions of the leader. According to his description, it was probably not for the leader to destroy Li Tang's country, but for the stability of the world. What is the significance of his doing so for the stability of the world?
Ling Xuan looked at everyone, and our surprised reaction was as expected. He paced back and forth around the coffin and asked me slowly.
"Do you know what a dragon vein is?"
I nodded. Feng Shui and Geography have been involved since childhood. Although I cannot be said to be proficient, most people must have understood the dragon vein.
The dragon vein refers to the undulating mountains in China. The five first recommendations of Feng Shui are "finding dragons, observing sand, observing water, pointing acupoints, and setting directions". The so-called dragon vein is the vein of geographical location. Earth is the flesh of the dragon, stone is the bones of the dragon, and plants are the hairs of the dragon. In Feng Shui, the name of the dragon represents the direction, ups and downs, turning, and changes of the mountains. Because the dragon is good at changing, it can be big or small, bend or stretch, hide or appear, fly or dive. The mountain vein changes like a dragon, so it is called the dragon vein.
After hearing this, Ling Xuan nodded slightly and continued to ask me.
"Then do you know the source of the dragon vein?"
"I have some understanding of the dragon vein. What is the source of the dragon vein?"
I frowned slightly, thinking about the records of the dragon veins in my mind.
"The ancestor of all mountains, the source of the dragon veins, the foundation of the world, and the ancestor dragon of China!"
When talking about the source of the dragon vein, Ling Xuan looked serious.
I thought about it and asked indefinitely.
"Is it Kunlun?"
"That's right, it's Kunlun!"
I have no impression of the source of the dragon vein, but I have heard of the ancestor dragon of China. Kunlun, also known as Kunlun Xu, is the mountain of Wanzu. Since ancient times, there has been a legend of immortals from Kunlun. It has always been called the ancestor of Wanzu. The origin of the dragon vein is the ancestor dragon among dragons. The dragon vein of China originates from Kunlun and extends to various places. The layout structure is similar to a towering tree with a root dragon, a stem dragon, a branch dragon, and a leaf dragon. There are many dragon veins in China, but it is generally recognized that Kunlun is the root of a tree, like the root of a tree, the foundation of the world.
"You are also a well-read person, have you ever heard of Tianzhu's saying?"
For some reason, Ling Xuan did not intend to explain what Kuisheng discovered back then, but instead kept asking me about these seemingly unrelated things.
"I heard a little bit that myths and legends once said that Gonggong and Zhuanxu were fighting for emperors, but they were angry and touched the mountain of Buzhou. The pillar of heaven was broken and the earth was clear. The Eastern Han Dynasty also recorded that there were eight mountains in the sky as pillars, so why were they on duty? The southeast was insufficient, and who was inadequate? That is to say, there were eight giant pillars supporting the sky between heaven and earth, so that the sky would not collapse, and the gods in the sky and the sentient beings on the earth would separate. Is the pillar of heaven the Buzhou Mountain?"
Although I was confused, I still expressed my impression of Tianzhu based on the memory in my mind.
"Have you ever thought, what if these were not legends?"
Ling Xuan looked at me with great meaning.
"It's not a legend. There are really eight giant pillars supporting the world in the world?"
I was stunned and couldn't believe it.
"If I tell you that the myths of the thousand-year-old inheritance of China are actually all things that have happened, what should you do?"
Ling Xuan was afraid that I would not be surprised enough, so he said immediately.
"Wait a minute, let me calm down. What do you mean is that these are true? Nuwa repairs the sky, Kuafu chases the sun, Jingwei fills the sea... are these mythological stories I have heard since childhood true?"
I no longer know what to say, and my mind can no longer keep up with Ling Xuan's speed of instilling these strange stories in me, but just a symbolic inquiry.
"In fact, these have happened in reality. In ancient times, there were indeed higher existences than humans and various creatures that seem incredible now. Their characteristics of life have been recorded and in a strange book, and they still exist thousands of years later. However, most people laughed it off and believed that these were the whimsical thoughts of the ancients, and no one seriously studied the mystery hidden in strange books."
"It is recorded in books and circulated in the world? Why don't I know which book records so many unknown stories?"
Shen Lang looked at Ling Xuan curiously. He was a man who was curious and was content with everything. As long as he didn't scare him, even if you told him that the sky collapsed when he woke up, he would only be curious about where the sky began to collapse, and would not think about how to survive, nor did he know whether it was good or bad.
"Where did you see Tianzhu from?"
Ling Xuan ignored Shen Lang's curiosity, looked straight at me but did not intend to tell me directly, but guided me into this secret step by step.
"There is a record that when Gonggong and Zhuanxu competed for emperorship, they were angry and touched the mountain of Buzhou. The pillars of heaven were broken and the earth was clear. The sky was tilted northwest, so the sun, moon and stars moved, and the earth was not in the southeast, so the water was slumped and the dust returned. Is this wonderful book Huainanzi?"
I heard his talk in aloud. Although it was different from what I learned and saw for many years, if you think about the truth about Yongle's proclaimed emperor and the collapse of the Sui Dynasty and the rise of the Tang Dynasty, who said that the ancient things must be just a myth.
"Huainanzi is also a strange book of a generation, but it is still far from this strange book that records ancient mountains and rivers. Think about it further."
The strange book that looked at him should be familiar, but no matter how I thought about it, I felt that many people would not know such an important thing, and they were puzzled.
“…”
Seeing that I was silent, Ling Xuan finally stopped making things difficult for me and looked at me and said word by word.
"Outside the Northwest Sea, in the corner of the Great Wilderness, there are mountains but not in harmony, and it is called Buzhou."
"This sentence comes from the Western Classic of the Great Wilderness! This wonderful book is the Classic of the Mountains and Seas!"
As the saying goes, it is dark under the lamp. I always thought that few people knew about this strange book, but I didn’t expect it to be the classics of mountains and seas that all naughty boys on the street had heard of.
Ling Xuan finally smiled with satisfaction. He told us that during the Three Emperors and Five Emperors, the Yellow River flooded, and Gun, Yu and his son were ordered to control the water by Yao and Shun. In order to control the flood, he traveled all over the famous mountains, rivers, poor villages and remote areas of the Central Plains, and slept in the wind and did not enter the house. After thirteen years, he spent his best efforts and finally completed the great cause of controlling the water.
During the thirteen years of flood control, Dayu recorded all his views and hearings in scattered ways, and after Chongbo and Xiabo sorted them out, they wrote books in the world, which was the content that was passed down for thousands of years in later generations, but there were many mountain and sea classics that were lost early.
"What does Shanhai Jing have to do with Kunlun, and what does these have to do with the discovery of the leader?"
Although it is fascinating to uncover the truth of myths and legends with my own hands, my original intention is to find my father's traces. In my heart, these myths are far less important than Guanshan. After all, Guanshan is the reason for my father's disappearance.
"Since you have heard of the Mountains and Seas, you should know that Buzhou Mountain is the pillar of heaven, used to maintain the balance between heaven and earth. Gonggong angeredly attacked Buzhou Mountain, causing the sky to collapse, northwest and southeast, and the sky and earth to collapse. At this moment, there was a legendary god who could not bear to observe the sufferings of the world and resolutely took action to repair the sky."
"Nuwa refines five-colored stones to repair the sky, and breaks the soles to establish the four poles. The sky is not in the northwest, so the sun, moon and stars are moved, and the earth is not in the southeast, so hundreds of rivers are poured in. It is Nuwa!"
It is rare to keep up with Ling Xuan’s thoughts, and I can’t help but be excited.
"Han Chuan, what do you mean by that?"
Since I learned about the secret of Xue Nan's Hongluan Star Movement, her tone of speaking to me has eased a lot.
"That is to say that Gonggong knocked down Buzhou Mountain, Nuwa couldn't bear to let the world get rid of the misfortune, and used five-color stones to make up for the loopholes that appeared in the sky, cut off the four feet of the divine turtle to stabilize the four poles of the sky, and the sky in the northwest tilted because it lost support. In this way, the sun, moon and stars in the sky could no longer maintain their original position and began to slide to the west. The land in the southeast gradually tilted, causing the land in the world to sink to the southeast. In this way, all rivers return to the sea, and a river of spring water finally flows eastward."
Finally, I kept up with the mysterious story Ling Xuan said, and I explained to Xue Nan excitedly.
"Yes, you're right, but you're still only part of it."
As expected, it was not as simple as I thought. After my excited explanation, I received a basin of cold water from Ling Xuan.
Gonggong's anger at the Buzhou Mountain and Nuwa repairing the sky were all real in ancient times, but what happened after repairing the sky was not recorded in the world. There were eight pillars of heaven and earth to maintain the stability of the sky, and the Buzhou Mountain was the most solid and important Zhongji Tianzhu. After the collapse of Buzhou Mountain, the other seven pillars could not withstand the pressure between heaven and earth, and they also broke and collapsed one after another.
Even if Nuwa can repair the sky, she cannot repair the divine objects that were nurtured under the fate of the heaven and earth. She had no choice but to cut off the four legs of the divine turtle, use this to suppress the four poles of the Shenzhou, quell the flood caused by this natural disaster, and kill the beasts that committed evil in the chaos. On the surface, the world seems to be stable, the flood recedes, the evil beasts die, and the world has returned to stability. In fact, this is not real stability.
Because there are eight heavenly pillars between the heaven and earth, these eight heavenly pillars are naturally nurtured by heaven and earth. Nuwa used all her strength to suppress the four poles of Shenzhou. The four poles of Shenzhou are naturally not as reliable as the eight pillars that hold the sky. Buzhou Mountain is a divine object nurtured by heaven and earth. Although it was destroyed and only half of it was left, it could no longer support the heaven and earth, but the divine power contained in it is still incalculable. Nuwa had no choice but to collect the remaining divine power after the break of the other seven heavenly pillars, blending with the remaining half of the Buzhou Mountain, suppressing the four pillars of the four pillars of the heavenly pillars, and suppressing the Central Plains with the remaining essence of the heavenly pillars to protect China.
"Isn't this a happy ending? It depends on how serious your expression is."
There was a trace of anxiety in Ling Xuan's eyes. Xue Nan was meticulous and asked in confusion after seeing the anxiety.
"Because Buzhou Mountain has been broken, even if the other seven heavenly pillars are still not as powerful as the previous Zhongji Heavenly Pillar, and because Buzhou Mountain is located in Zhongji, it will move the whole body. If Buzhou Mountain is destroyed, seedlings will be planted again between the sky and the earth. Nuwa is afraid that someone will attack the heavenly pillar, so she set up a blind method on it and hide it. Mortals look like an ordinary mountain, and those who have truly obtained the inheritance of Nuwa can see the real Buzhou Mountain. It is unattainable to reach the sky and directly connect it to the sky. For the peace of China, she passed on the decree and passed on the secret technique and ordered people to protect the land of Shenzhou, especially the mountain of Buzhou. The guardians know the importance of Buzhou Mountain to the world and have never slacked off for thousands of years."
"Even if only half of Buzhou Mountain is hidden by Nuwa's magic power, it is a divine object that was nurtured by ancient heaven and earth. The divine power between heaven and earth slowly penetrates from Buzhou Mountain. The breath that penetrates out extends along the major mountains of China. The mountains are nourished by the divine power of Buzhou Mountain and slowly develop spiritual wisdom. Although they cannot speak their mouths and cannot move their bodies, they have the spirituality of making people proclaim kings and emperors. This is the origin of the dragon vein that later dynasties regard as lifelines."
"The root of the dragon vein is Mount Buzhou? Is Mount Kunlun?"
Sun Zhen blurted out, but he was not sure.
"That's right, Kunlun is the ancestor of all mountains and the source of the dragon veins. If Buzhou Mountain is destroyed again, the Chinese ancestor dragon will be cut off, and the rest of the dragon veins will be gone. The war will be set off again. The pillar of heaven will be broken again, and there will be no support between heaven and earth, and there will be no Nuwa in the world. At that time, I am afraid that the heaven and earth will return to chaos and the creatures will be as devastated as hell on earth."
Ling Xuan said this and looked at us with a serious and heavy tone.
Chapter completed!