Immortality has always been pursued by many people, or a beautiful goal pursued by all mankind. This can be said to be reflected in the emperors of past dynasties, especially the first emperor in China history-Qin Shihuang. In order to make his great career last forever, he is obsessed with finding and refining the elixir of life. Even if you don't hesitate to send Xu Fu out to sea to find medicine, the final outcome is obvious. Qin Shihuang didn't succeed, even died in the middle, and the Qin Dynasty perished because of Hu Hai's fatuous II and became a short-lived dynasty.
Perhaps it is precisely because Qin Shihuang did not find the elixir of life in all parts of the world that we later generations always feel that the elixir of life is mysterious. But in fact, in Ge Hong's "Bao Pu Zi", in fact, many formulas of elixirs have long been recorded. So in this respect, it doesn't seem so mysterious. After all, there is a prescription, and it is not a problem to compare with the preparation. But after reading the prescription, I think I will have a new understanding. Because it's really hard to get!
The first kind: gravy
Let's take a look at the secret recipe of the first fairy medicine first. This recipe is quite simple, just one ingredient, that is, meat and cheese. But the difficulty is gravy. According to legend, if you walk in the depths of the forest, you meet a seven-or eight-inch-long villain riding by car. Well, comrade, you are lucky, because you have met a rare meat cheese in a thousand years. At this time, you should carefully follow up from behind and then grab it. You don't have to do anything after you catch it, just eat it raw, and you can become immortal after eating it. But to be honest, it's really cruel. Why do villains look like mouths?
The second kind: toad and bat
Compared with Rouzhi, the second one is ugly, but at least she has less psychological pressure. But this medicine is hard to find. Because although the raw materials are only toads and bats, it seems that it is not difficult to find them. But once the year is added, it is rare. After all, are 10,000-year-old toads and 1,000-year-old bats still animals? Appropriate goblins, compared with combat effectiveness, I'm afraid ordinary humans can't do it.
The third kind: wind-born beasts
Finally, I want to talk about a magical creature called the wind-born beast. According to legend, it is a blue beast. It looks like a leopard, but it is only as big as a civet cat. And this product can be said to be a typical one. If you want to capture him, there is still a whole process. First, we must catch them with a big net. After catching them, we must first burn him with firewood from several cars. After burning, we must cut off his head with a knife. After the incision, he looked dead. But you must never relax, because it's just suspended animation. At this time, you must quickly put the calamus growing on the stone into his nostrils. After that, he really died. After his death, take out his brain marrow, then eat chrysanthemum regularly and quantitatively, and you can live to be 500 years old!
The above are the formulas of three kinds of Dan medicine recorded in Bao Puzi. When I look at them, I can fully understand the difficulties. These raw materials are hard to find and explode, and even if these drugs are not hard to find, I'm afraid most people can't bear to do anything. After all, they look cruel. However, when eternal life is in front of us, it is also a difficult multiple-choice question! (Image from network, deleted)