magic "Turn stones into gold"
Thirty miles south of Neijiang City, there is a Gexian Mountain. It is said that it was also in the dynasty of Western Jin . The famous alchemy immortal Ge Hong , was practicing in this mountain, recruiting disciples, and teaching Taoism.
According to legend, there was a man named Xiang Rufei at that time. Hearing that Ge Hong's Taoism was magical, he sold his valuable things at home, and had enough money to go to Gexian Mountain to seek immortality and learn Taoism. He traveled around for many days without seeing the shadow of the immortal. After running out of money, I was so hungry that I couldn't get angry and fell under a big tree. At this time, an old man met him by the way, so he rescued him, went to the thatched house in the deep mountains and forests, and poured ginger soup. Xiang Rufei slowly came back to his breath.
The old man helped him up and looked up to love. Xiang Rufei said, "I heard that Ge Xianren has endless Taoism, especially the most magical magic of gold-spotting magic. If you learn this magic, you will definitely make a fortune. If you really don't tell lies, my family is poor, so I came to learn gold-spotting magic."
The old man laughed and said, "Do you know who I am? I am Ge Hong!" Xiang Rufei knelt down and kowtowed, saying, "Master is here, please accept a prayer from your disciple, and hope to take in your disciples. "
Immortal Ge sighed: "If you want me to teach you the magic of gold, you must follow my three things: one should not act randomly, two should not have distracting thoughts, three should you learn the skills of stone engraving from me. If you can learn it, you can teach you the magic of gold. "Xiang Rufei was very happy, and nodded again, saying, "Abide by the teacher's orders." "
From then on, Xiang Rufei focused on learning the stone engraving technique with his master. He got up early and went into the dark, drizzled in the rain, and worked hard. Before he knew it, three years passed. He really learned the stone carving technique. The stone dragons, stone lions, and birds, fish and insects he had beaten were vivid. The inscriptions he carved were not different. He was very complacent and just waited for his master to teach some gold art.
But one day, Ge Hong called Xiang Rufei to his face and said, "You have learned all my magic. Go home now!" Xiang Rufei was shocked and became stupid: "Master, I, I, I, I, have not learned to turn stones into gold yet. "The master laughed and said, "You have been here for three years. I will give you this set of stone artifacts. In the future, you can turn stones into gold, and you can rely on this set of things! You must have a good understanding. After going down the mountain, don’t panic and rush home. Someone is asking you to carve a monument or carve a stone, and you must agree to it. "
Xiang Rufei remembered the words of his master. He said goodbye to his master and went down the mountain. After walking for a few days, someone asked him to carve a monument on the road, and someone asked him to carve a archway. Along the way, there were so many people who invited him, and they all praised him for his good skills and gave him a lot of gold and silver. In this way, it took six years before he returned home.
At this time, he suddenly woke up and understood the words of his master. While passing on his skills to his children and grandchildren, he educated his descendants: "The grass grows deep in the ground, and people are lazy for a lifetime of poverty. Immortal arts are unreliable, and hard work produces gold.
