Chapter 4 Prelude: Qingpingzi
In the dark, I can't see a little light, I don't know where I am, I don't know where I'm going, I'm ignorant, I'm stuck, and I can't even feel my existence.
"Qingpingzi!" Suddenly, a voice came from a distance, no, not in the distance, but in all directions, and it was not right, as if it was his own voice.
"Who is Qingpingzi?" replied the "self".
"I, who am I?" and "myself" was a little confused.
"You are Qingpingzi, you are an immortal, you are a demon, you are an evil ghost!"
"No, I want to become an immortal, but I'm not a demon, let alone a ghost, where am I?"
"Providence is hard to disobey!"
"No, you devil, with me, I can't let you come to this world to harm people, no!!"
Chu Yi opened his eyes suddenly, and there was a white light in front of him, which stabbed him so much that he had to close his eyes again, and it took him a long time to open them, and he slowly saw that this was the meditation room of Baiyun Temple.
Chu Yi sat up slowly, feeling that his whole body was tight, as if he was very "unfamiliar" with this body, and even his breathing felt very deliberate, not only breathing, but also feeling his heart beating in his chest and blood flowing throughout his body.
Chu Yi, who sat up, accidentally saw himself in the mirror on the bed table next to him, nothing had changed, but the originally black hair that was scattered was blue at the moment.
"What's wrong with me, what's going on, I don't remember anything. Chu Yi touched his hair and asked himself over and over again.
The door was pushed open, and the purple beard real person walked in, followed by the master, and the senior brother Chu Xin.
Zixu walked to the bed, Chu Yi saw the master, somehow, he felt that the master Zixu was more old, with a face of vicissitudes, Chu Yi's nose was sour, tears almost flowed out, and he didn't know where the grievances came from, he wanted to get out of bed and salute the master.
Purple Whisker pressed Chu Yi and said, "Okay, okay, no need to be polite." ”
Only then did Chu Yi notice that the master was dressed very exquisitely today, and he actually held floating dust in his hand, wore a cyan robe, and wore a purple crown on his head, which was only worn to worship heaven and earth and the Sanqing Patriarch, and then looked at it, Senior Brother Chu Xin in the back was also dressed neatly and meticulously, which made Chu Yi very panicked.
"Master, senior brother, who are you..."Chu Yi couldn't help but ask.
Zi Xu said softly: "Chu Yi, today you are eighteen years old, according to the teachings, the teacher will give you the practice of doing things, and seal your Dao number, come on, everyone is ready in the Sanqing Palace." ”
Then, Senior Brother Chu Xin helped Chu Yi to put it on, Chu Yi coiled his loose blue hair into a bun, inserted a mahogany hairpin, and then was supported by Chu Xin to the Sanqing Palace, only to see that all the brothers and sisters of Baiyunguan were present, everyone was neatly arranged, waiting for the master's teaching.
Chu Yi stood at the front, and Chu Xin stood next to Purple Whisker.
With a chime, the senior brother said loudly: "Title Ceremony!"
Then there was another chime, Master Zixu turned his back to Chu Yi and the disciples, faced the Sanqing statue, bowed his hand, and said loudly: "Immortal Taoist Baiyunguan disciple, Chu Yi, has been in the Tao for 18 years, abides by the virtue of Taoism, obeys the orders of the patriarch, cultivates oneself, knows the way of ten thousand laws, knows the rules of teaching, and finally becomes the appearance of ten thousand laws.
Hearing the three words of Qingpingzi, Chu Yi's heart palpitated: "Qingpingzi, so familiar, I seem to have heard this name somewhere, it turns out that this name is me." ”
After the resignation, the purple whisker knelt down and bowed, and the disciples behind him followed the purple whisker to kneel together, after three knocks, after the salute, everyone got up, only Chu Yi knelt on the ground.
Chu Yi's heart was up and down, and he was uneasy: "What the hell is going on, usually several senior brothers accept the title ceremony together, and there has never been a title specially held for a disciple alone, and besides, it is indescribably depressed, and the way is unclear." ”
Purple beard bent down, put the fingers of his right hand on Chu Tianling, and said to Chu Yi: "Chu Yi, take the gift!"
Chu Yi said in the loudest voice: "Disciple Chu Yi, inherit the mandate of heaven, respect the teacher's training, the immortal Dao law, Qingpingzi!"
The disciples behind clasped their fists: "I wish Qingpingzi his Dharma name!"
Senior Brother Chu Xin shouted loudly: "The title ceremony is over!"
Chu Xin's voice fell, the disciples dispersed one after another, Chu Yi was just about to leave, and Zi Xu stopped him: "Chu Yi, you stay for a while, the master still has something to say to you!"
Although with the Dao name, he has the qualification to become an immortal, but the strange title ceremony did not make Chu Yi happy, but felt the heaviness in Zixu's words, and his already uneasy heart was even more frightened, he had a hunch that what the master was going to say to him must not be a good word.
"Chu Yi, Master found you still in swaddling clothes in the mountains and brought you back to Baiyun Temple, it has been eighteen years now, and in the past eighteen years, Master has never mentioned your life experience......" Zi Xu said and took a package from behind, and Zi Xu opened the package.
Chu Yi had never seen his master treat him like this, so unfamiliar, so indifferent, Chu Yi was even more uneasy in his heart, he watched Purple Whisker open the package about his life experience, and he had no expectation in his heart.
The package was opened, revealing an old swaddling cloth and a wristband that had been tied around the baby's ankle.
Zi Xu picked up the wristband and said to Chu Yi: "Chu Yi, this is the swaddling clothes that wrapped you when your master picked you up, and you were carrying this on your ankles at that time. With that, Purple Whiskers handed the wristband to Chu Yi.
Chu Yi took the wristband, and there were a few words on the wristband, which read: "Fengdu, Hongguang Welfare Institute"
Purple Whiskers continued, "Master only knows so much about your background. ”
Chu Yi finally couldn't help but speak: "Master, you, why are you talking to your apprentice?"
Purple Whisker didn't answer Chu Yi's words at all, and continued: "In addition to this wristband and swaddling clothes, there is also the mahogany hairpin on your bun, which was tightly pinched in your hand at that time, I guess, this should be the only token left by your biological mother, you have to keep it well!"
Chu Yi hurriedly urged: "Master, what exactly do you want to say to your apprentice?"
Purple Xu turned his back to Chu Yi: "You are stubborn, stubborn, strict and unchangeable, repeatedly violating the rules and precepts, since you are an adult, the master can no longer leave you in Baiyun Temple, you go down the mountain to find your life experience, the master has prepared some coils for you under the swaddling clothes, from now on you can only support yourself, I hope you can do it yourself!"
Hearing this, Chu Yi thundered like five thunders, and he fell to his knees with a grunt: "Master, you, you want to drive your disciple down the mountain?"
Zi Xu closed his eyes and had no expression: "It's not for the teacher to drive you away, but the Baiyun Temple really can't leave you, you hurry up and take your things, within today, leave the Baiyun Temple, there must be no mistake!"
After speaking, Purple Whisker threw off his sleeves and left, leaving Chu Yi alone in the main hall.
Chu Yi knelt on the ground, looking at the back of the master leaving, at this moment he only had doubts in his heart: "What happened, why did everything change when I woke up, I, Chu Yi, am a disciple of the purple beard mantle, and the best immortal Dao inheritor of Baiyun Temple, why...... What did you end up with?"
Somehow, Chu Yi's doubts turned into resentment, and then resentment, and the anger that burst out in his heart had never been before: "...... You, why do you want to do this to me and drive me away? Do you think I can't leave Baiyun Temple? I, Chu Yi, no, Qing Pingzi can become an immortal if he leaves Baiyun Temple, you wait!" Thinking of this, Chu Yi resolutely got up and left the hall with the package.
At the back of the main hall, Purple Whiskers listened to Chu Yi's resolute footsteps with his hands behind his back, tears were left in his closed eyes, and Chu Xin walked up behind him: "Master, do you do this, okay?"
Purple Whiskers whispered with tears in his eyes: "The reborn Chu Yi is no longer the same person he used to be, I just hope that he will not be another Lei Gu, hopefully, he is really the savior in the fate hexagram!"
Chu Xin continued to ask: "Master, how can a person who becomes a demon become a savior?"
Purple Whisker turned his head to look at Chu Xin and shook his head: "This time the upcoming disaster in the human world, the non-immortal Dao faction can save it, and the enchantment record has made Chu Yi a person who is the same as immortals and demons, maybe, this is the fate!"
In this way, Chu Yi left Baiyun Temple, left the place where he had been raised for eighteen years, and plunged headlong into the modern society that he had never reached.
After coming down the mountain, Chu Yi was not keen on looking for his life experience, he had never left Qingping Mountain, enjoying the colorful world and breathing the free air, he wandered around, and soon squandered the entanglement given to him by his master. Warmth and clothing made Chu Yi return to reality, and he began to find a way to support himself, but what Chu Yi learned in 20 years was far from even being able to meet this need, after all, this is a materialistic world, and his set of knowledge is difficult to come in handy.
When Chu first entered the society, he ran into walls everywhere, which made him lose his direction for a while, and even his livelihood became a problem, and then he remembered the "Hongguang Welfare Institute", and he came to the city where the welfare institute is located - Fengdu, but learned that this welfare home had been closed ten years ago. In the following time, Chu Yi worked everywhere in Fengdu to make a living.
In a flash, two years have passed.