Xiao Wu told me that Master Ma Wuwei is the ancestor of Taiyin Guan, and I worship him as a teacher, he is a second-generation disciple, and he is a fourth-generation disciple.

Xiao Wu was very reluctant when he said this, but he said that it was decided by the Taishi Ancestor, so he didn't dare to refute it.

After I worshiped under the door of Ma Daoist, the people in the village spread the word, saying that I worshiped under the door of the living immortals, and the happiest was of course my mother, who made me a lot of delicious food at dinner, and then the old bachelor came to me, and he was very happy, because I and he are now both personal disciples of Ma Daoshi, and we have become brothers since the friends we made in the old age.

After eating, the old bachelor mysteriously pulled me out and said that he wanted to show me something, and when he arrived at the door, the old bachelor took out a thousand paper cranes from his pocket, and blew lightly in front of me, and the thousand paper cranes flew up immediately.

"Ouch, I'll go, this is the Taoist technique that the master taught you?" I was shocked and said, because if I learned this alone, I would be able to make a lot of money in one night by performing on the streets of a big city.

The old bachelor laughed and said: "This is the paper crane technique taught by the master and his old man, the introductory spell, I learned a fur, purely with Dao Qi to forcibly make it fly, if it is replaced with stones, it will be difficult." ”

"Have you practiced Daoqi?" I asked, surprised. "This old miscellaneous hair is really hiding his secrets, the registered disciple has not been able to practice Dao Qi for decades, and he just accepted you as a personal disciple, and he has practiced Dao Qi in a few days, and he has a little fire."

I thought of Xiao Bai when I spoke, Xiao Bai once said that when I practiced the first wisp of Dao Qi, I could open the iron box she left for me, I thought that Xiao Bai needed a hundred years of Taoism to give birth to six tails, my heart was really anxious, if I could practice Ma Wuwei Those Taoist supernatural powers, wouldn't I be able to meet Xiao Bai earlier?

So I went to Nanshan in the middle of the night and asked Daoist Ma to teach me the Dao, and I believe that with my intelligence, it will definitely not take long to practice the first wisp of Dao Qi.

But I didn't expect that when I knocked on the door of the Taoist temple, Daoist Ma learned that I had come to learn Taoism, so he asked me to kneel at the door of the Taoist temple for three days.

Ma Daoist said no, he wanted me to kneel for three days.

This reason is strange and unique, I thought to myself whether this old miscellaneous hair burned his brain in the middle of the night, or woke me up angry, and if I didn't teach, I wouldn't teach, and let me kneel for three days.

The teachers in the school are begging the students to learn, I don't teach him to take the initiative to learn, my mother has never let me kneel since I was a child, I gave him three kneels and nine bows today, and he was unhappy and let me kneel for three days?

"Why should I kneel?"

I was upset and turned away.

"Going down the mountain is tantamount to disobeying the master's order, do you know the consequences?" A cold snort came.

I was so angry that I turned around and knelt down facing the direction of the temple.

"Little Wu, ask him what the first three rules are for entering the Dao Gate." Ma Daoist said.

"Oh." Xiao Wu answered, walked out of the Taoist temple, he gave me a look, and then coughed and asked, "Zhang Yang, what is the first rule of the Daomen?" ”

I said, "Don't deceive your teachers and destroy your ancestors." ”

"What is the second rule of the Daomen?"

"Don't disobey the orders of the teacher."

"What is the third rule of the Daomen?"

"Thou shalt not betray the master."

"Then let me ask you, what is the penalty for violating the first three rules?"

An old voice came, and Daoist Ma walked out in cool clothes.

"Kill." I whispered.

"Wrong, it's unforgiving!" Ma Daoist snorted and said.

"I ......"

I was about to retort, wanting to say that I worshiped him to learn my skills, not to sell my life to him as a cow or a horse, but Xiao Wuyi kicked me out, and he gave me a look, put his index finger in front of his lips and told me not to speak again.

"Taishi Ancestor can't talk back when he speaks!" Xiao Wu yelled.

I clutched my chest and couldn't speak, I was angry and annoyed, I don't understand why Xiao Wu is like this, he is still kind and angry before entering the teacher's door, how can he suddenly start targeting his own people after the success of his apprenticeship?

At that time, the old bachelor happened to come up from the bottom of the mountain and saw this scene, and hurriedly knelt down and said: "Master, your old man is angry, Zhang Yang's little junior brother is just getting started, and he doesn't understand the dignity of the master, your old man spared him this time, and he won't dare to contradict you next time." ”

"You two take turns watching, if he doesn't kneel for three days, he doesn't have to stay."

After Daoist Ma finished speaking, he returned to the Taoist temple with an expressionless face.

"Oh, I know the Taishi Ancestor." Xiao Wu said reluctantly.

At this time, there was snow in front of the Taoist temple, which made my knees numb, and I looked stubborn and unconvinced, I really didn't understand what I had done, and the old man suddenly became so angry.

After the light in Daoist Ma's bedroom went out, Xiao Wu dared to whisper: "Why did you dare to ask Taishi Ancestor for skills just today?" ”

"Isn't worshipping him as a teacher just to learn skills, is it to worship an ancestor to raise?" I said.

"Shh Xiao Wu's face was shocked, and he hurriedly covered my mouth.

"Alas, I thought you could know these truths, and I thought that the master and his old man wouldn't care too much, but I didn't expect it to be like this." The old bachelor said.

"What the hell is going on?" I asked depressedly.

The old bachelor said: "The friendship between master and apprentice of the Taoist sect is different from the secular family affection, and the people of the Taoist sect are nine out of ten lonely, so the master is extremely strict when accepting apprentices, especially those who have real skills, usually a few years before they die, they only think about accepting apprentices to inherit the mantle, and the apprentices they accept are generally children under the age of three or five, or even babies who are raised." ”

"Is there any explanation for that?" I asked.

"Naturally, there is a saying." The old bachelor said. "I just said, the people of the Taoist Gate, nine out of ten lonely, it is precisely because of this, the people of the Taoist Gate attach great importance to the love of master and apprentice, worship the master as a father, accept the apprentice as a son, but the friendship between the master and the apprentice is different from the family relationship between parents and children in the world is so unbreakable, just like you and your parents no matter how big the contradiction is, you will also remember the family relationship that blood is thicker than water and finally resolve the contradiction, but the master and apprentice are not good, once there is a contradiction, the light is old and dead do not get along, and the master and apprentice turn against each other, and the hearts of the people are flesh and blood, the master works hard to raise the apprentice, In the end, it ended up being a betrayal of relatives, do you say it's cold? ”

"But I just want to learn skills, and I don't do anything else." I said.

The old bachelor said: "You only want to learn skills on the first day of apprenticeship, of course this is a big taboo, let me ask you, your mother has raised you for more than 20 years, has she ever taught you a little bit of making a living?" ”

The old bachelor's words shocked me, yes, my mother raised me for more than 20 years and trained me to be a college student, but I didn't have any reputation in society, even if I could successfully interview in the company I wanted, that is, I had to re-adapt to the environment and learn various workplace skills or something.

Seeing that I didn't speak, the old bachelor continued: "There is a way, three hundred and sixty lines, the line is the champion, but there is a doorway in each line, for example, the school's teacher can teach each other, but the students' learning level is uneven, even if they learn, they may not be able to learn well, and they may not be able to make a living in the future, but the chef in the hotel is different, especially the chef who makes big dishes, I used to know a chef who specializes in puffer fish, his monthly income is ordinary people can't earn for three or two years, the puffer fish is poisonous, Not every chef will make it, and the secret recipe in the chef's hand is different, and the taste of the recipe is different. There are too many big restaurants in the world that are supported by a famous dish, can learn the craft, it can be said that a lifetime without worrying about eating and drinking, some people go to apprenticeship, at the latest have to serve for three years, the chef is happy, only to pass on the craft and secret recipes to him, then some people can't stick to it, leave early, and even have not been enlightened, eat in front of the chef and wait for death, and even show dissatisfaction, ten years can not do it, they can't learn it secretly. Learning to cook is still so, that the door is even more so, I have told you before, among the doors, the most important thing is inheritance, often the real ability, from the book is not learned, Taoist people would rather rot the ability to be lost, than pass on to outsiders, as for the master to lead the door to practice in the individual, in the door will not work at all, have you forgotten that when our master selected the apprentice, he once said that he had to go through the four tests? ”

"Qualifications, talents, understandings and character?" I wondered.

The old bachelor nodded and said: "That's right, in fact, your qualifications have been inherited for nine generations, much higher than ordinary people don't know, at least no less than Xiao Wu, a pure yang body of the Taoist genius, the master has long been interested in accepting you as an apprentice, and your talent is also obvious to all, for the Taoist feng shui and yin and yang principles are also more than ordinary people know more, understanding is one in a thousand, extremely smart, learn everything fast, the remaining one is character, the master and his old man is testing your character, and among the Daomen, the most important thing is often character, especially if we are too yin. ”

Xiao Wu nodded and said: "Taiyin Guan has come to me for four generations, but there is more than one traitor, my master said, there was a person whose qualifications and understanding were unique in the world, even higher than the cultivation talent of the Taishi Ancestor, and he got the true inheritance of the Tai Shi Zu, but he betrayed the master and killed the same door, this matter made the Tai Shi Zu very sad, Brother Zhang Yang, you are so anxious, I can't complain that the Tai Shi Zu will punish you." ”