Chapter 20: Apprenticeship
Fang Xiaotang remembered that Sister Ruozhu said that books are the crystallization of wisdom, and if she can learn the Taoism of Shangqing, there will be no possibility of getting rid of the oppression of her master in the future.
It's just that Fang Xiaotang regretfully found that "The Eight Books of the World" is certainly a strange book of heaven and earth, which records all the knowledge of ancient people, gods, heaven, earth, immortals, demons, ghosts, and demons, and even updates from time to time, changing with each passing day, and is a must-have classic for everyone in the cultivation world. However, there is nothing about the Tao.
I don't know if Zhou Zhiwen did this on purpose, or if he ignored the teaching of Taoism.
Kunwu was the hometown of ten thousand immortals in ancient times. In ancient times, the Shangqing Taoist Sect respected the universe and commanded the cultivation world, and did not dare to disobey. Even if it has declined since ancient times, it is still not to be underestimated, and everyone in the world knows that the hidden heritage of the Shangqing Taoist Sect does not know how many, and it can be evergreen.
Heaven and earth change, but the supernatant does not change; Heaven and earth change, but the Qing does not change.
At the top of the nine peaks of Kunwu, there is a star that moves from the sky, and the bright starlight pours down every moment with the rushing momentum of the Milky Way falling for nine days, flows to the top of the main peak, and then the whole from the main peak in all directions and each edge into the territory of Kunwu.
A huge and spectacular curtain of water was erected in mid-air. Under the afterglow of the sunset, it is as beautiful as an illusion.
And in the distant air, there are still scattered and scattered spirit islands and spirit mountains. Some are steep, some are elegant, and they look particularly agile against the backdrop of a water-colored skylight.
The practice of the Shangqing Taoist Sect is extremely harsh. Taoist priests are typical ascetics, and in terms of food and clothing, they are very simple. Three meals a day, all two steamed buns with three small plates of pickles, this is not that Zhou Zhiwen deliberately abused Fang Xiaotang, but everyone is like this, including the Pope.
Half a month later, Zhou Zhiwen took her to see the Pope, claiming that he had passed down the Shangqing Dao Law and asked Fang Xiaotang to answer the Pope's questions.
"Qixialing Sipin Cave Heaven, there are three blessed places, Lingquan Eight Eyes, an area of two thousand pings, Spiritual Qi C, etc., but the purity is not high, mixed with demonic qi and yin qi, and the monks below the foundation should use it with caution!"
"The Buddha's Heart Workshop sells all kinds of mid-level spiritual herbs, focusing on qi-replenishing, blood-rejuvenating, and health-preserving herbs, all of which have passed the intermediate pharmacology professional certification of the Diluo Spirit Medicine Institute.
"The centennial demon trial conference in Nancheng Demon Township is over, and the top ten teach various elementary mental methods, and the senior monks of Demon Township teach in person. The top three entered the ten major ethnic groups of the demon clan, and the first place was canonized as the Holy Son of the Heavenly Demon Temple. ”
“……”
His Holiness the Pope was pleased, and when he asked about all aspects of knowledge, secrets, and taboos in the cultivation world, Fang Xiaotang answered them all like a stream, no matter how big or small, and there was not a single word or omission.
The Pope smiled happily and praised Fang Xiaotang for his cleverness and intelligence. He is an honest and gentle metaphysics master, a gentleman can deceive him, how could he understand that Zhou Zhiwen had a design and deceived him.
It is true that Fang Xiaotang knows all the common sense in the cultivation world, but if she is allowed to practice it and perform one or two true Dao methods, it will be almost impossible.
And the Pope is strategic, just from the common sense that Fang Xiaotang answered, he can independently construct all the low-end Dao methods, naturally he will not know that Fang Xiaotang is actually not the way to the law, and this will fall into Zhou Zhiwen's trap.
In those days of Shangqing Dao Sect, Fang Xiaotang could not resist the oppression of his master, so he could only endure it silently. In addition to teaching her a lesson that day, the Sword Patriarch treated her very well and treated her as if it were his own. It's a pity that the Sword Patriarch spends most of his time in retreat.
Zhou Zhiwen always asked Fang Xiaotang to recite "The Eight Divisions of the World", hoping to make her ugly, so that she could catch her common disease and punish her severely.
However, since Fang Xiaotang has practiced, he has not said that he will never forget it, at least he can see ten lines at a glance, but in the tenth month, he will remember the content of the first part.
Fortunately, Zhou Zhiwen also has his own method, he deliberately forced the knowledge of the latter parts to be compared. Once Fang Xiaotang can't answer, he will be punished for kneeling for most of the day, or he will not be allowed to eat for a whole day.
Zhou Zhiwen's face became more and more kind, looking like a good teacher and teaching earnestly, and several patriarchs also nodded secretly. Zhou Zhiwen was proud in his heart, and thought: "You disobey the master, in the end, who will suffer?" ”
Fang Xiaotang knew that Zhou Zhiwen was playing tricks on himself, but he refused to teach the real Taoism, and only blindly made things difficult for herself, and she didn't have any good ideas for a while.
Seeing the Pope's kind eyebrows, if Fang Xiaotang sued him, he would only blame Zhou Zhiwen for a few words at most, but he was afraid that this bull's nose would use poison tricks to torture himself even more, so he could only talk about it when the Sword Patriarch came out of retreat.
"Xiaotang, rest early, it's so late." Tianjiu yawned, she was groggy and almost fell asleep, Fang Xiaotang couldn't help but raise her little paw to tease her rosy little cheeks.
She is the ninth day, and the road number only has a single word abyss, taking the meaning of the spring equinox to ascend to the sky, the autumn equinox to dive into the abyss, and the nine originates from the nine shapes and nine likenesses.
This woman is the girl in the yellow shirt that day, since Fang Xiaotang rescued her that day, she let Patriarch Shi Mingze accept her as an apprentice, and her status is transcendent, no less than three generations of disciples.
However, Tianjiu liked to be with Fang Xiaotang, so he took it upon himself to live in her house. In this regard, Zhou Zhiwen could only turn a blind eye, whether Tianjiu was his junior sister or the first disciple of one of the nine sons of the Shangqing Dynasty, and his status was transcendent, and he could not interfere.
However, Tianjiu's temper is very strange. Except for Fang Xiaotang, he didn't speak to anyone. Of course, Tianjiu also has her own explanation for this, her nasal voice is a little heavy, if you listen carefully, it is a bit similar to Long Yin, for fear of frightening people, so she doesn't like to talk.
Fang Xiaotang thought for a while, feeling that she had some connection with the legend of the Jiao that circulated among the mountains. However, Tianjiu trusted her so much, it was naturally impossible for her to betray her details.
"You go to sleep first, good, by the way, you have read and memorized the volume of "The Eight Books of the World", right?"
"It's nature!"
"That's okay, I'll return the "Eight Divisions of the Universe" to the master when I go back."
"Why?"
"Hey, you also know the records on the left and right, there are a lot of secrets recorded on it, I'm afraid that the collection is not good, and if you don't pay attention, there will be chaos, so you can rest assured if you give it to the master for safekeeping."
"Hey, Zhou Zhiwen, this villain...... Tianjiu can't see it, if she hadn't stayed here, maybe how would that narrow-minded cheap senior brother bully Xiaotang?
Fang Xiaotang frowned and said unhappily: "Don't talk nonsense!"
"Xiaotang, you don't have to be so afraid of him. When you go up to cultivate, go and ask the Sword Master Ancestor, he will definitely be happy to accept you as a disciple. At that time, without the relationship between master and apprentice, how dare Zhou Zhiwen point fingers at you? ”