This is an interactive novel that reveals the mysteries of heaven's secrets.
When I was born, a Taoist priest predicted that I had a deep affinity with immortals and would become someone close to the eminent figures of Buddhist and Taoist orders: "Your blessings and fortune are fixed for life; a wealthy man in the mortal world you shall be."
He gave me the name Sanhe. Yang energy, yin energy, and heavenly energy-the three united to form a harmonious configuration.
And then, apparently, nothing else happened. I was no different from anyone else, dutifully going to school, graduating, and getting a job.
One day, I trudged home from work, bored out of my mind, idly kicking pebbles along the roadside, my heart full of questions and confusion.
I had once harbored grand ambitions, dreaming of leaving my name in history. Yet reality had made me wonder whether I could only drift through an ordinary, unremarkable life.
If I never made even one beautiful splash in my entire life, what meaning would such a life have?
"Benefactor, please wait!" A booming voice interrupted my thoughts.
Although I didn't think he was calling to me, curiosity made me stop and look around.
An elderly man in a long blue robe stood there, smiling at me.
He was lean, with a kindly face, giving off an air that was both welcoming and mysterious.
"Me?" I asked uncertainly.
I looked around. Apart from a few people hurrying on their way, there really was no one else.
The old man smiled and nodded. "Yes, benefactor. Our meeting is fate. I have a few words for you."
"Fortune... telling?" I asked, puzzled.
He frowned almost imperceptibly. "Fortune-telling is a rather crude term, but you may think of it that way for now."
I smiled politely. "Sorry, I don't believe in that."
With that, I stepped forward to leave.
He raised a hand to stop me. "Please wait!
"It is precisely because you don't believe that I wish to offer you these words."
"What do you mean?" I stopped.
Going for the hard sell?
Now he had piqued my curiosity. I wanted to see what tricks he had up his sleeve!
He spoke with easy confidence. "You graduated from university, but now you feel frustrated and unfulfilled."
"Pfft. University graduates are everywhere. How many of them are doing well?" I scoffed. "Skip the stock lines. Let's hear something else."
Unfazed, the old man said, "You graduated from one of the C9 Universities and now work as a teacher. Although you were just named an outstanding employee, I'm afraid you won't be doing this job much longer."
"...?!" That left me speechless!
Out of thousands of universities, the odds of correctly pinpointing the C9 League weren't high.
And he knew I had just been named an outstanding employee?
Despite myself, I was shaken. I smiled awkwardly. "You certainly keep up with the times. You even know about the C9 League.
"But even if you guessed correctly, it's no use. I'm a practical materialist."
The old man didn't get annoyed. Stroking his clean-shaven chin, he said cryptically, "The only science is the science of history. Nothing else is scientific."
I went, "...?!"
My train of thought came to a screeching halt. After being stuck for quite a while, I asked stubbornly, "Leaving everything else aside, medicine is surely scientific, isn't it?"
The old Taoist calmly countered, "After a tumor is removed, can a doctor be certain whether it will spread or recur?"
Without waiting for my answer, he continued, "Science requires repeatable testing.
"The results must be certain for something to qualify as science. Medicine often lacks these characteristics. Strictly speaking, it isn't scientific.
"How many centenarians are doctors?
"Doctors don't even live as long as old men and women in the countryside. Is that scientific?"
"That's...!" Once again, he left me speechless.
After choking on my words for a moment, I stiffened my neck and stubbornly asked, "Then physics must count as science, right?"
The old Taoist gave me a look that told me to figure it out myself. "How many famous physicists spent their later years studying mysticism?"
I went, "..."
The old Taoist ignored me after that, leaving only a baffling remark. "To find your broad road to success, you must first go up, then down. South is up; north is down."
Then he turned and walked away.
I went, "..."
Why hadn't he said anything about charging me?
Had he really come just to offer me those words?
What did they mean?
I couldn't help wanting to chase after him and get an explanation, but he was already nowhere to be found...
I stood there bewildered for ages, still unable to figure out what had happened.
My mind had already been a mess, and that old Taoist had only muddled it further.
I worked as a teacher. My life was stable, and although I wasn't dissatisfied, I had no passion either. It always felt as though something was missing.
Whenever I imagined spending my whole life repeating the same material like a recording on loop, a surge of defiance rose in my heart.
The grand ambitions I had once proclaimed still echoed through my mind, making me even less willing to settle.
Did that broad road to success the old Taoist mentioned really exist?
I couldn't be sure, but who didn't like hearing something promising?
In any case, I preferred to believe it did.
I would soar to the highest heavens and seize the moon!
I would plunge into the deepest oceans and catch turtles!
[Outside the story-words added later:
First, we must be seeds with the vitality to grow. Only then can we take root and sprout under the right conditions.
This book will discuss both external and internal causes.
Things develop through the combined effects of internal and external causes.
Feng Shui is wind and water.
Moving air creates wind, and wind determines temperature.
Water is the source of life, and water determines humidity.
Suitable temperature and humidity are conditions necessary for all living things to survive.
These are external causes.
External causes provide the conditions for change.
Internal causes provide the basis for change.
External causes work through internal causes.
So we must not fixate solely on external causes. We must pay even more attention to internal ones.
Internal causes are the fundamental reasons things develop and change.
Although much of this book discusses the five elements and eight trigrams, the prerequisite for using divination methods is that we must never lose ourselves, no matter when.
Pursuing external causes alone leads to superstition.
This is also why every school of authentic cultivation emphasizes keeping the spirit centered within.
There is a lot of material here. Please settle your minds and take your time reading the whole book. Don't lose yourselves in panic. (You can skip anything you don't understand; the techniques aren't important.)
Many people have asked me whether this book is a factual account or a fantasy novel.
Let me share a saying with you: "Better to have no Book at all than to believe everything in the Book." -Mencius.
The "Book" in this saying originally referred to the Book of Documents.
In other words, Mencius believed that even the Book of Documents should not be trusted entirely, let alone this book of mine.
You must exercise your own judgment and verify things yourselves. Don't believe blindly.
The only person who can save you is yourself.
Cultivation means cultivating yourself-this is the most fundamental principle of this book.
If you go digging for masters online, you will most likely fall into a trap.
Later in this book, there are many examples of people being deceived in this way.
Birds of a feather flock together.
Many of our followers have practiced cultivation for years, and there are plenty of insightful comments in the comment section. Don't miss them as you read.
But the interplay of yin and yang is called the Dao. Where there are good people, there are bad people too.
Some people share sincerely in the comments, while others want to build a persona and use it to fleece people. Please be on guard against scams.
The Dao De Jing says, "The highest virtue does not regard itself as virtuous, and thus possesses virtue. The lowest virtue clings to virtue, and thus lacks it."
The more people lack something, the more they want to flaunt it.
Truly wealthy people don't go around constantly announcing how rich they are.
Truly virtuous people don't deliberately construct a perfect persona of compassion and universal love, either.
None of the named masters in my book would rush to help you "turn misfortune into good fortune."
★★★ Anyone online who uses the name of a character from my book, poses as a master, and offers spiritual consultations is a scammer. There are no exceptions.
★★★ I do not take individual cases myself, either.
★★★ If you encounter a scammer, please report them promptly.]
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