Chapter 5 Apprenticeship
Listening to what he said, he has a nose and eyes, and he knows all the symptoms now, it seems that he didn't lie to me, am I really dead?
Hu San was still sitting next to me just now, but he was far away from me at this time. Maybe it was because Hu Daxian said that I was a dead man, so it scared him!
I was a little weak: "Old man, then this is the underworld?" ”
"No, no, your time has become history, and this is the world hundreds of years later!"
I looked at him stunned, not understanding what he meant.
Hu Daxian saw that I didn't understand, and explained: "For example, if you come to our world, it is equivalent to a person from the Song Dynasty who came to your Qing Dynasty!" ”
So here is still the yang world? I can't describe how I felt at this time, my mind began to be confused, I thought I was still alive and could see my parents, but I never thought that I would be hundreds of years later, this fact is really hard for me to accept.
Hu Daxian comforted me and said, "Qingming, although you are a little different from a living person now, I can find a way to help you live a normal life." ”
"Can you help me go back to our time?" I think this Hu Daxian should really have some ability, I don't know if there is such a magical power.
"This can't be done, and it can tell you clearly, even if the Da Luo Immortal comes, he can't do it, time has passed, and he will never return. All I can help you is to turn you into a normal person, so that you can eat and drink, as for you are afraid that this problem will be a little more troublesome, but it is not impossible. ”
"We met in Pingshui, why did you help me like this?" I still don't believe he's so kind.
"Alas!" Hu Daxian sighed, changed his treacherous expression when he told the hexagram, but at this time he looked kind: "I have been learning the Tao with my teacher since I was a child, and now I don't know how many years I have lived, I have no children and no daughters, only Hu San, a little apprentice, my greatest wish in life is to be able to pass on what I have learned in my life and carry it forward." And the first time I saw you, I noticed the difference between you, if you practice the Tao in this state, you will become a great tool in the future, so I intend to take you as a disciple, I don't know if you are willing? ”
Oh, I see, he wants to take me as an apprentice? There's nothing wrong with that, I don't care if I make a big deal or not, I burn incense if I can live a normal life. But when I thought of my parents again, I was sad for a while, and I didn't say anything for a long time.
In the end, I agreed to worship Hu Daxian as my teacher, and after a simple apprenticeship, I became his official disciple.
In this way, I settled down in Master's house, and although I officially entered the door, I still didn't know what He could give me. What is the Tao that he keeps talking about?
When the master was away, I secretly asked Hu San what the origin of the master was and how he apprenticed.
Hu San said that he was an orphan, and according to the master, it should be because he was born weak and sickly, so he was abandoned by his parents and picked up by the master to raise him.
He said that Master was a very strange person, and he still didn't know how old he was, because he had been like this for as long as I could remember, and he had never aged for more than 20 years. Maybe it's because Master has devoted himself to practicing Taoism that he has lived so long. And Master has a good kung fu, he taught me to practice martial arts when I was very young, but my current kung fu is still average, maybe my talent is too poor.
Hearing Hu San say this, my master is quite mysterious, is he immortal? How many emperors in ancient times wanted to pursue immortality, but I haven't heard of anyone who can do it, if the master really has supernatural powers, then I really worship the right master, although my current state is also considered immortal, but what is the point of me being immortal like this?
I asked Hu San again what the Taoist method was, and Hu San pointed to the bookcase full of books in the back room and said, "Master has asked me to read those books since I was a child, and he said that if he understands all these books, he will naturally understand them." ”
I walked into the study, and there were at least hundreds, if not thousands, of books. I opened a book casually, and there were some obscure sentences on it, and my head was big after reading it for a while, but I didn't understand a single sentence. I asked Hu San if he understood, and he smiled helplessly, saying that he had only memorized part of it, but he still didn't understand the meaning.
Master bought me some clothes and asked me to change them, and although I didn't want to, I had to put them on in order to prevent others from thinking of me as a monster when I went out on the street. Why do the clothes of this era feel so awkward, the pants called jeans are too tight, how can you practice this? Master also asked me to cut my hair, and at first I didn't want to cut it, but at the strong request of the master and apprentice, I still compromised, and they said that this is like a modern person.
Hu San was a little alienated from me at first, but within two days, he followed me like a fart all day long, asking questions.
I gradually learned about this era, Hu San told me a lot of history, from the Qing Dynasty to the Republic of China, and then to the founding of New China, he also bought me some books, I learned that the current text is called simplified characters, and most of the characters can still be recognized by the appearance.
The most embarrassing thing for me was that I could only watch from the sidelines while they were eating, and I tried to take a few bites, but I couldn't swallow anything when I put it in my mouth. I don't know when Master will help me return to normal.
The master goes out early and returns late every day, and I don't know if he is going to tell fortunes or kill demons. When asked Hu San, he also said he didn't know. Hu San and I stayed at home every day, and he kept playing games, and a dozen was a day. I could only watch boredly from the sidelines. Sometimes the three of us go out to dinner, and of course I can only watch from the sidelines. I still need to mask my face when I go out, and this kind of dress always gets people to look at me strangely.
This morning I was wandering around the neighborhood with my face covered, and suddenly I heard the sound of music in the distance, and I followed the sound, and it turned out that there was a small park there. I walked into the park and saw a group of old ladies dancing there, I was bored after watching for a while, and I was about to go back, but I saw someone on the stone bench next to me playing chess. I didn't expect this old man to be really leisurely and elegant, I thought he was going to do something big.
I walked over and he saw me, smiled at me and played his chess. He was playing against him by an old man with white hair, who looked up at me, perhaps with a look of surprise in his face, a look of surprise in his eyes, which I was used to. But his expression was a little weird, and I can't say how to blame him, anyway, it's a little different from when others look at me.
They don't play a game. On the way back, I asked, "Master, who is the one who played chess with you?" ”
"I'm not familiar with it, it's just a chess friend I met in the park."
Somehow, when I think back to the look on that person's face at me, I always feel that there is no kindness.
After dinner, Master would still go out and come back very late. It's the same every day.