Last time, I mentioned that Liu Ai had gone to climb Mount Hua with three teenagers, and when they came down the mountain, they met Liang Qiushi, a hermit of cultivation, at Yuntai Peak. This person claimed to be a disciple of Mao Gu of the Mao Jun faction, and said at that time that his master Mao Gu led several senior brothers to Chu to preach.

That's right, Mao Gu did come to Chudi, and back then, he led a few disciples to go out to seek mountains and cultivate the Tao. They have been looking for Chu land in the southeast direction, wearing the stars and the moon, eating and sleeping in the dew, day and night, traveling to the shore of the Yellow Sea, seeing a high mountain, the forest is towering to the sky, the green shade covers the sun, the grass is like grass, and the lemongrass is everywhere, so they stay in the mountains and live in seclusion, cultivate the Tao, collect medicine and alchemy, and save the world.

This mountain is called Xiangshan, and it is famous because Maogu cultivates here.

The influence of the Maojun faction in the local area is long-standing, and even hundreds of years later, in the Tang Dynasty, Xiangshan was renamed Maoshan, which is now Maoshan Town, Xinghua City. The Taoist priests who practice here are all called Maoshan Taoists, which is now the famous Taoist Maoshan School.

Of course, Mao Gu did not expect that he would choose to cultivate here, but it could continue to be incense two thousand years later, and formed the largest sect of Taoism, the Maoshan faction. At that time, when he first came to Xiangshan to cultivate, it was really overcoming obstacles and going through a lot of hardships.

The disciples brought by Mao Gu were Xu Lingyun, Tao Shangzi and Ge Wei, who practiced in the stone cave at the peak of Xiangshan Mountain. Usually they would go out to collect medicines, sometimes bring some ores, and then build a furnace at the top to make alchemy. Occasionally, they would go down the mountain to help the common people heal.

Mao Gu also accepted many apprentices locally, both male and female. In addition to teaching them how to exorcise ghosts and ward off evil spirits, they also taught spells, drawing talismans and other spells, because Chu believes in ghosts, so there are really a lot of people who come to worship Maogu as a teacher, and some are still admired from afar, among which there is a female disciple named Li Nusu who is the most famous.

Li Nuxu was originally from Guangling, and she also had an elder brother named Li Zhongpu, both of whom admired Maogu's spells, so they came to Xiangshan together to worship Maogu as a teacher. Li Nusu is gifted and intelligent, and has a strong ability to receive, so she is very fond of Mao Gu, so she taught her everything she has learned in her life.

On this day, Mao Gu explained to the disciples when doing spells, in fact, many of the spells and rules of the Mao Jun faction were formulated by Mao Gu's eldest brother Mao Ying, Mao Gu on his basis and then optimized and upgraded, today, he is explaining the need for preparation before the practice: "Before the practice, everyone must remember that you must finish washing when you are in Yin, and put on clean clothes in a place where no one is clean, set up an altar in front of the east and light three sandalwood sticks and insert them in the rice bowl, and then kneel on the mat, burn three spirit talismans, and kowtow three times at the same time; Use the middle finger of your right hand to draw a cross on the ground, then press your lower leg on the cross, press your right leg on your left leg, sit on the ground in a single cross, and burn a spiritual talisman; Then the eyes are slightly closed, the body is upright, the top of the head is suspended, the nose is inhaled and the mouth is exhaled nine times, and then the hands are placed in the shape of a ball in the lower Dan, and the enlightenment is recited silently. ”

Mao Gu explained and demonstrated at the same time, at that time paper had not yet been invented, and the spirit runes were all drawn with yellow linen. Mao Gu picked up the brush, and then put some cinnabar, and painted on the linen. The disciples watched and learned, and suddenly a disciple outside the door reported that the senior brother had returned, and the disciples hurriedly went out to greet them.

It turned out that it was the eldest disciple Xu Lingyun who came back, and he was one of the disciples that Mao Gu brought from Chang'an. This time I went down the mountain because my father passed away, and he went back to mourn, and this time it was more than half a year.

As soon as Xu Lingyun entered the door, it was probably a long journey, sweating profusely, very tired, and I saw him sitting on the ground resting. At this time, Li Nusu, one of the female disciples, hurriedly brought out the tea and said softly: "Senior brother, you are thirsty, please drink tea." ”

Looking at the careful junior sister, Xu Lingyun hurriedly smiled and said: "Thank you junior sister, I am really a little thirsty, I drank some clear spring in the ravine when I was about to enter the mountain, but the sun was too scorching, and I wanted to catch up before dark, so I just cared about the road, and I didn't even have time to drink water." ”

Mao Gu has always been very good to his disciples, and he saw that his beloved disciples didn't even have time to drink water in order to hurry, so he said: "Lingyun, you write a night at the bottom of the mountain to catch up, so that you won't be tired, although Xiangshan is not as dangerous and difficult to climb as Huashan, but it can be regarded as winding and undulating, it takes a day for ordinary people to climb up, but you climb up in half a day, it seems that your kung fu has grown." ”

Xu Lingyun said with a smile: "Master, when we were cultivating at Yuntai Peak in Huashan, didn't we climb to Yuntai Peak in half a day, what is the mere Xiangshan, besides, I haven't seen Master and my brothers for more than half a year, and I miss them very much, so I didn't have time to rest, so I climbed up in one breath." ”

Ge Wei heard that his senior brother said that he missed them a lot, so he stepped forward and said, "Senior brother, we also heard that we miss you, and we thought that you didn't want to come back to Chang'an this time." ”

Xu Lingyun hurriedly slapped him lightly with his hand and said, "Which, wherever Master goes to cultivate, we will follow him, no matter how difficult the road is, we are willing to follow each other." ”

When Mao Gu heard his disciple say this, he nodded and said, "I know your sincerity, but to carry forward the Dao art of my sect first, I still need to go to more places to spread it, but I am too old to walk if I want to; Actually, I've always had an idea, and I just happened to be here today, and I want to tell you that after you finish your studies, you can go down the mountain to other famous mountains and rivers to cultivate, and you can also pass on the Taoism of my school. ”

At this time, Tao Shang next to him hurriedly said: "Master, this proposal of yours is good, so that our sect can be passed on and carried forward." ”

At this time, Li Nusu, who was serving tea and pouring water, also spoke: "Senior brother, your legs now have problems going up and down the mountain, and you still want to find famous mountains and rivers." ”

Tao Shangzi has also been following Mao Gu here from Chang'an, I heard that a few years ago in Xiangshan when collecting medicine fell down a canyon, fortunately there is a tree in the block, otherwise his life will be gone, but he fell into a disability, and it is fortunate to be able to walk.

At this time, Mao Gu heard Tao Shangzi and said: "Shangzi's leg is sick and it is inconvenient to walk, so you don't need to go down the mountain, follow me in Xiangshan, and I can take care of it." ”

Tao Shang laughed to himself: "It is my honor to be able to take care of Master, and I want to protect Master all the time." ”

The outspoken Ge said hurriedly: "Senior brother, you and Master should take care of each other and take care of each other." ”

Xu Lingyun also said: "Shang Zi, you will stay with Master in the future, and we still have to complete Master's unfinished business." ”

After speaking, Xu Lingyun, who had already drunk three bowls of water in a row, continued: "Master, I went to Chang'an this time and got a small piece of news, but it was said to be gossip, but the authenticity is still quite high, this is really big news." ”

As soon as everyone heard the big gossip, they hurriedly gathered around, and Ge Wei also said: "Senior brother, what is the news, let's hear it, don't be so mysterious." ”