"Good! Good! Good! ”

The crazy old man said hello three times in a row, and there were still tears in his eyes.

"Although we don't pay much attention to etiquette in this vein, there should be no less rules."

As he spoke, the mad old man opened the suitcase on the bed and took out two scrolls of drawings. He unfolded one of them and hung it on the wall of his room, and said to me, "Shoichi, come." This is my master, your ancestor! ”

I looked up at the painting, which showed an old man in a Taoist robe, standing with his hands in his hands, holding a sword on his back and looking into the distance, with a very kind face. I don't know whose handwriting this painting is, which vividly expresses the spirit of the old man.

I looked at the old man in the painting, there was a mellow and wishful aura, although looking into the distance, my eyes were condensed, but I always felt that everything in the world could not fall on him, as if he was an immortal.

What's even stranger is that I always feel that this old man, I seem to be familiar, and then I think about it, in the language books, the facial features of those ancients are not almost like this?

"Our lineage was founded by my master, but I have heard my master say that in fact, the real founder of our lineage is someone else, but he is very secretive, and I have no way of knowing."

The crazy old man, like me, looked at the painting, his eyes filled with infinite longing, and murmured to me.

"Where is the ancestor?" I asked.

After hearing this, the crazy old man turned his head to look at me and said, "Your master has been feathered for many years. ”

When the crazy old man said this, tears flowed, but his expression was very strange, obviously answering my question, but the focus of his eyes was not on me, as if he was remembering something.

"Alright. Let me tell you about our lineage. ”

The crazy old man wiped a handful of tears and snot with his hands, and then rubbed them on himself without care.

This old man is really sloppy! I thought to myself.

"Taoism has five techniques, and our lineage is also inherited according to the five arts. They are mountains, medicine, life, phases, and divination. These five techniques are also called the five techniques of metaphysics. The word divination is fortune and fortune; The phase is the phase of the person, the phase, this phase of the person is to see the face, palm, bone phase, etc., and the phase is the feng shui technique of the yang house and the yin house; The inheritance of the word life is to speculate on the fortunes of people and countries, and it is often said that fate and fortune are not separated, but it is actually the wrong way to distinguish them. The divination pulse is a relatively subtle thing, while the life word pulse is the whole overall situation, and the difference is still very big! Let's talk about the medical context, this is easy to understand, in fact, the inheritance is the stuff of traditional Chinese medicine, but they also have their own secret techniques, which should not be underestimated! ”

At this point, the mad old man stopped. However, I listened to it with relish, and hurriedly urged: "What about the mountain word vein?" Crazy old ...... Oh no, Master, you said before that you are the inheritance of the mountain character lineage, I am your apprentice, and I also want to inherit the mountain character line, so what is the mountain character pulse for? ”

"The mountain character vein is special. The five techniques of metaphysics, the mountain character vein starts, do you know why? The crazy old man asked.

I tilted my head and thought about it for a while, and replied, "Could it be that the mountain character vein is the boss of the other veins?" ”

I can't help but think so, I think that since the mountain character is ranked first, it must be the boss! It's like us kids playing games together, we always have to rush to be the boss.

Originally, the crazy old man wanted to test me and wanted to see my expression that I couldn't answer, but the crazy old man, who was originally proud, was so surprised that he couldn't close his mouth for a while, and he said: "You're right, the mountain character vein is indeed the boss of the other four veins, or rather, the other four veins exist because of our mountain character vein." ”

Speaking of this, the crazy old man couldn't help but become proud, and his eyes also shone like fire.

"The goal of the ancients in learning the Tao was to become immortals, to develop the medical lineage, to cure oneself and identify elixirs to replenish the body; The purpose of developing the second pulse of life is to help oneself seek good fortune and avoid evil; The purpose of developing the Xiangzi pulse is to find a treasure land for yourself to cultivate, etc. And our mountain word ......"

This old man is sick! He always likes to talk halfway, and when it comes to this, he doesn't say it again.

But I didn't dare to urge him anymore, for I could clearly see that the fiery light in the mad old man's eyes had dimmed, and instead a look of regret had sprung up.

"There are too many paradoxical things in the mountain character vein, such as cultivating the mind, the secret art of exercising the body, dealing with ghosts and monsters, and so on. People who are not right-minded often use the name of the mountain character to deceive, which deceives a lot, and people only treat us as feudal superstitions, when we are liars, and they don't even look at us with a straight eye. Alas, speaking of which, this vein is not better than the other four veins in the rivers and lakes! ”

What? Dealing with ghosts? Catching ghosts and catching demons?

At a young age, I instantly felt that my worldview collapsed, this crazy old man is serious?

"Zhengyi, now that you know what we are learning from the mountain character vein, do you want to regret worshipping me as a teacher?" The mad old man looked at me, and I could easily read his anticipation in his eyes.

But my heart was so firm that I couldn't say why, but it was as if someone was urging me to say yes.

I shook my head and said, "I never regret entering my door." ”

After saying that, I felt strange, this is not my style! Besides, at my age at the time, how could I have said such "archaic" words?

But it was as if I had said it a thousand times in my heart, and I was so familiar with it that I blurted it out.

But the crazy old man didn't seem to notice this detail, he was excited again, and while opening another scroll, he said: "Zhengyi, the apprenticeship ceremony is not complicated, first worship the three Qings, these three Qings are Yuqing Yuan Shi Tianzun, Shangqing Lingbao Tianzun and Taiqing Daode Tianzun, which is the chief ancestor of our Taoism." Then worship your ancestors, and finally worship me. ”

After the crazy old man finished speaking, he hung the portrait of Sanqing next to the picture of my master, and then I don't know where he took out an incense burner and incense, lit nine incense sticks, and handed them to me.

I took the incense and looked at the portrait of the ancestor of Sanqing, no longer the appearance of a hippie smile, and became serious.

The crazy old man straightened his face, and he who was originally laughing and scolding naturally, instantly became solemn and serious, and he said: "Zhengyi, now I read a sentence, and you follow it." Don't be sincere! ”

"I, Zhang Zhengyi."

"I, Zhang Zhengyi."

"From today on, worship under Chen Jidao's ......"

"From today on, worship under Chen Jidao's ......"

"Preach the law of my Taoism and do the responsibility of my Taoism......"

"Preach the law of my Taoism and do the responsibility of my Taoism......"

"Here is the above table three clear ......"

"Here is the above table three clear ......"

After speaking, I knelt down respectfully, took the incense, and knelt and bowed to the three clears.

After I finished worshipping Sanqing, Master took out three more incense sticks, lit them for me, and then said, "Your ancestor has never liked red tape, but this is the first thing to do, and the number of etiquette is still required!" ”

Having said that, I understood what Master said. So he took the incense and bowed down to the portrait of the ancestor three times and nine times.

But the strange thing is that when I bow down to Sanqing, I have a lot of respect in my heart, but when I bow down to my ancestors, I always have an indescribable feeling in my heart, not insincere and disrespectful, but I feel very twisted.

But I can't do it, Master is watching, if I don't worship, I don't know what kind of anger that crazy old man will have.

After worshipping my ancestor, the master helped me up and said, "Our lineage is called the nameless line, and your ancestor once said that the founder of this lineage is not him, but the name of that person cannot be revealed, so it is simply called the nameless lineage." ”

Nameless? My ancestor is really casual, a Taoist sect is so casually named, this ......

I don't dare to say what I think in my heart, in all these years of fighting wits and courage with the crazy old man, I know exactly what I shouldn't say and can't say it, otherwise I will be greeted by the crazy old man's shoes!

After the crazy old man helped me up, he sat down on the stool with a smug expression and dusted off his dirty clothes.

He's waiting for me to kneel and bow to him!

Just as I was about to kneel and knock three times, my mind felt like a frying pan, and a voice kept echoing in my head, accompanied by bursts of sharp pain.

I couldn't stand it anymore, so I unconsciously said to the crazy old man: "If you want me to kneel to you, can you stand it!" ”