Chapter 25: Fang Immortal Dao
I saw that the old man's face was full of seriousness, and I changed my normal behavior, and hurriedly knelt on a yellow futon on the ground, with a respectful expression, and waited for the old man to continue.
The old man nodded with satisfaction, pointed to the portrait and said to me in turn: "The one on the left is the Yuqing Yuan Shi Tianzun, the middle one is the Shangqing Lingbao Tianzun, and the Taiqing Daode Tianzun on the right, the three Tianzun are the great gods who opened the heavens and the earth, went through the calamities and passed the people, and taught the law. β
I quickly got up, reached out and picked up three pillars of sandalwood on the incense case and lit it, looked at the portrait in front of me, my eyes rolled, and my mouth suddenly said: "The three ancestors and grandfathers are above, and the little Li Shuangxi has incense for you, please bless me with all the best in the future, all the best, auspicious and happy, Wishing you prosperity." β
After speaking, I took the three sticks of incense, like a monkey hunched over the waist, bowed to the portrait a few times, and then respectfully inserted the sandalwood into the incense burner.
Maybe it was the first time I didn't know the essentials of worshipping God, and my appearance was a little funny, or maybe what I said to the Sanqing Patriarch was too clichΓ©, which made the old man hold his stomach and raise his head and laugh.
"I'm laughing to death, let the ancestor bless you with good luck, Wishing you prosperity, you kid can think of it, haha......" The old man's tears of laughter flowed out.
My face immediately turned red, and I thought indignantly, stinky old man, you are laughing at a fart, don't I just ask for a few auspicious words? What's so funny? I'm laughing, laughing to death, laughing you can't come up in one breath, just pull it over.
The old man smiled with a red face and a thick neck, and only coughed for a long time and said, "Okay, the teacher is telling you the origin of my faction." β
"My faction is called "Fang Xian Dao", originally in ancient times, a group of Fang Shu generals, Taoism, Fang Shu, Yin and Yang, Five Elements, etc., combined to form Fang Xian Dao, my school's academic includes Taoism, astronomy, medicine, divination, physiognomy, and so on...... In ancient times, our incense was vigorous, and it was the heyday of Fang Xiandao. β
"However, in the Warring States Period, a large number of people who did not learn and did not know how to do it emerged, for the sake of money, fame and fortune, they were often active in the upper echelons of society, and in order to cater to the psychology of the rulers, they vigorously advocated the theory of immortal immortality and rendered it into immortal colors, thus setting off the three most famous waves of seeking immortal medicine in history."
When I heard this, I couldn't help but secretly think: "Tsk, what the second uncle said is really good, the old man is really an old god, this Fang Immortal Dao is also a person who does not learn and has no skills, and he is also immortal, in my opinion, this Fang Immortal Dao is the old nest of the god stick." β
At this time, the old man said: "These three times they went to the sea to find medicine, that is, the period of King Qi Wei, Qin Shi Huang and Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, these three times they came to Penglai, Abbot, Yingzhou three sacred mountains, to seek immortals and elixir of immortality, the scale of which is larger than the first time, but in the end, the people and money were lost, and there was no result, which made the three emperors Long Yan angry. β
"Nonsense, it's strange if the emperor isn't angry, if I were the emperor, I would have to pull down all these old gods who confuse the public and deceive people." I thought to myself.
"Especially in the pre-Qin period, Xu Fu led 3,000 boys and girls to Yingzhou, which is now a little Japanese devil, because he didn't find the elixir, he was afraid that Qin Shi Huang would kill his head, so he was too scared to come back, and stayed there, just because of the 3,000 boys and girls he brought, and finally a litter of little devils came out, which brought indelible disasters to the land of China."
"Since then, our Xiandao has been listed as a major cult, suppressed by the emperors of previous dynasties, and in modern times, the incense inheritance has almost been broken, fortunately, we have a very far-sighted person, with a secret book of Taoism incognito, to the end of the Qing Dynasty, he gradually emerged, but this person is generally talented, and Fang Xiandao has not improved in his hands."
Hearing what the old man had said so much, I was already sure that Fang Immortal Dao was a nest of divine sticks, but I was very curious about the person who carried the secret scripture incognito.
"Master, who is the senior who carried the secret scriptures and kept his name incognito?" I asked.
"This person's surname is Ma, and he is my great benefactor, but you won't know him if I say it, it's all about Chen Sesame and Rotten Grain in the previous life."
After the old man finished speaking, he said to me with a solemn face: "Shuangxi, since you know the origin of my lineage, the old man Jiang Zhengxin, as the 136th generation of Fang Xian Dao, asks you, Li Shuangxi, are you willing to worship me as a teacher and become the 137th generation of Fang Xian Dao, continue the incense for our sect, and carry forward the Taoism!" β
That's it, it's all like this, can I still not agree, be a god stick, be a god stick, I quickly knelt on my knees, and said respectfully: "Disciple Li Shuangxi is willing, the master is above, please accept the disciple's worship." After saying that, I kowtowed to the old man three times.
"Good! Good! Good apprentice, get up quickly. The old man hurriedly helped me up, and his happy eyes narrowed into a slit.
I stood up, scratched my head and asked, "Old man, this master has also finished worshipping, is it time to teach me the Tao next?" β
"Call me old man, do you talk to the master like this, I really don't know how to be polite, come, help pour a cup of tea for the teacher, hang your shoulders, I always feel uncomfortable recently." The old man leaned on the chair with a big axe, and began to instruct me with high ambitions, without the slightest intention of teaching the Tao.
As the saying goes, when people are under the eaves, they have to bow their heads, not to mention that I have worshiped the old man as a master, these are what I should do.
I made him a cup of tea, then walked up behind him, clenched my little fists, and gently hammered his shoulders.
"Stinky boy, that's all there is to pee? Didn't eat? Use a little force, like tickling. The old man thought I was weak, and shouted a few words in dissatisfaction.
As soon as I heard it, I suddenly got angry, this old man, just after worshipping the teacher, I think you are my master so kindly beat you on the back, you are good, and you are picky, you must know that my parents have not received this kind of treatment.
I was angry at that time, and the force in my hand increased, not with a hammer, but with a smash!
"Bang! Bang! Bang! β
I used all my strength to eat, and slammed my little fist on his shoulder, and at the same time thought to myself, if you have too little strength, I will smash you to death, a dead old man.
"Tsk, this is strong enough, that's the strength, don't stop, keep smashing." The old man's face did not change, and Meimei said with a sip of tea.
I didn't expect the old man's small body to be quite resistant to smashing, and it took more than ten minutes to smash him, and the old man was stunned that there was nothing wrong, but it made me tired and panting like a cow, sweating.
"Alright, alright, stop, you will come with the teacher."
The old man stretched out his arms, moved his muscles, and got up from his chair.
After greeting me, he walked down the stairs of the hall to the second floor, and when I saw this, I hurriedly followed.
There were three rooms on the second floor, and the old man pointed to one of them and told me that this would be my quarters from now on, and then he led me into the other.
The room was six or seven square meters in size, with a mahogany desk and chair facing the doorway, and two other shelves against the wall filled with all kinds of books.