Have you heard the story of the Eight Immortals crossing the sea? The eight immortals have their own characteristics, each with their own miraculous powers, but ah, if you look at their origins, they are not a noble status, you see Han Zhongli is a general who has lost his post, TieQiu Li was first a beautiful man who can point the Tao, Zhang Guo is a folk rap artist, He Xiangu's family has been selling tofu for generations, but there is a person who is a prominent person when he has not yet become an immortal, guess who he is?
In fact, it is Cao Guo's uncle who wears an official uniform and holds a jade wat board, Cao Guo's name in the human world is Cao You, and later generations speculate that the prototype of Cao Guo's uncle is actually Song Renzong's brother-in-law. In Taoist legends, there are two versions of Cao Guo's uncle, one is that although he is a relative of the emperor and the state, he is kind and modest, and does not love glory and wealth, but he has a younger brother who is the opposite of him, and he likes to bully and bully in his daily life, and Cao Guo's uncle advises him to do no matter what effect. Once, because his brother coveted the beauty of Xiucai's wife, he killed Xiucai and was caught and executed by Bao Zheng. Hearing this news, Uncle Cao Guo was both distressed and remorseful, and he felt that money was something outside of his body, so he distributed all his belongings to the poor, and then gave up his status as a relative of the emperor and ran to the deep mountains and old forests to practice.
There is also a version that says that Uncle Cao Guo was originally a bad person, bullying ordinary people like his brother, after his brother was arrested, Cao Guo Uncle also wanted to kill Xiucai's wife to eliminate the evidence, but was recognized by Bao Zheng, although the emperor also personally interceded for him, Cao Guo Uncle was still imprisoned in prison for many years, and when he finally got out of prison, Cao Guo Uncle had an epiphany and no longer coveted the human world to devote himself to cultivation.
Anyway, no matter what version it is, Cao Guo's origin is the most noble of the Eight Immortals, I think in the story of the Eight Immortals, the Emperor's relatives and relatives are actually meant to express, no matter how high or low your status is, only by giving up the temptation of power, money, and extravagant life, you can be one step closer to the Tao.