Chapter 44: Miracles
Because Master's body had been cremated and sent to Baiyun Temple, there were only some of his clothes and his compass peach sword and other portable magic weapons in his coffin.
The sixth brother held the coffin and cried bitterly, he regretted that he should not have gone down the mountain with me, and he didn't even see his own father for the last time, I knelt in front of the master's coffin, bowing my head and weeping.
The third brother Fa Yong saw that the sixth brother was grief-stricken, and he was secretly sad when he touched the scar on his face.
"Siyou, are you back?" A hoarse voice came, I looked up, only to see a woman with a pale face walking out of the apse, the sixth brother saw this woman, crying and threw himself into the woman's arms, it seems that this is my master who has never met.
"The apprentice has seen his wife. I wiped away my tears and bowed down to my wife.
"You are Fulu, right? Your master remembered the most in addition to the dog is you, he has always said that accepting you as an apprentice is the merit of his unknown number of lifetimes, I still remember a few years ago when you came to Chong'an Temple for the first Spring Festival, your master told me that he has a successor, and finally someone can inherit his mantle, anyway, every time I hear him mention you, I am full of praise, I see you today, it is really full of aura, if you can pick up the burden of Taoism, it will not be in vain for the cultivation of you. My wife said this, but I sounded like crying very much, because the master, who had a lukewarm attitude towards me, had high hopes for me.
"Master!" I knelt down in front of the master's spirit and wept bitterly, unable to get up for a long time, and my father also bowed to the master's spirit behind me, and my father had a special feeling about the sudden death of Liu Daochang, who had several extraordinary intersections with him.
After taking care of the aftermath for the master, I accepted the identity of the master of the Chong'an Guanguan, changed into a Taoist robe, and held a modest but weighty enthronement ceremony.
On that day, the heads of all the Quanzhen sects came to attend, along with the seniors of each sect and people from all walks of life, and I received the seal of the Lord and the presiding token left to me by the Master, as well as a bronze coin sword with a tassel hanging from it.
I felt very uncomfortable watching the senior brothers bow down to me, but this was a rule that had been handed down, and I sat on the main seat to accept the congratulations and a cold look from the guests.
That Zhao Taozhu and the local businessman elite in Hubei came together, named Daohe, in order to find fault, I saw him say bitterly: "I thought that Liuyunzi was a real immortal, and he would definitely choose a master disciple to pass on his mantle, but I didn't expect to choose such a short ghost with no hair to lead Chong'an Temple, it can be seen that Liu Zhenren is really old!"
Such a discordant voice came out of the harmonious occasion, the predecessors of the Taoist sect came to this small Chong'an Temple to participate in my inauguration ceremony because of the thin face of the master, they didn't know who I was at all, at this time Zhao Taozhu was difficult, of course they would not pay attention, for a while, the scene was extremely tense, everyone was watching, I knew they wanted to see how I stepped down.
"What is the reason why a bold fanatic has come to my Taoist holy place to bark?" Suddenly a voice came, and four people walked in outside the door, and I couldn't help but be overjoyed.
"Uncle Master, Uncle Three, Uncle Four, Uncle Five. I stood up and saluted the four elders, and the third uncle smiled and stroked his beard and nodded to me.
Maybe the four masters have a lot of status in the Daomen, so the Daomen seniors present got up and saluted them, Zhao Taozhu is a person who bullies the weak and is afraid of the hard, as soon as he saw the extraordinary aura of the master, he softened in an instant, lowered his head and stopped making a sound.
"You don't have to be polite, the four of us are just here to congratulate Ye Falu, the master of Chong'an Temple, and I will talk to you after the ceremony is over. The master finished speaking angrily, and then signaled that I don't have to pay attention to the little turmoil just now.
With the presence of the elder, there was no reason for me to sit anymore, and I could just stand up and move my muscles.
I scanned the crowd present and found that my beautiful sister was not there, and I felt very sorry, but I didn't feel too emotional, but I had to answer Zhao Taozhu's question just now.
I walked up to Zhao Taozhu, dusted off my sleeves with a whisk, and said calmly to Zhao Taozhu: "Master Zhao, your father's death is not the fault of my Ye family, who is right and who is wrong, it is difficult to say now, you only know that your father is dead, can you know how he framed my Ye family when he was alive? You are young and fatherless, and you rise a family with the strength of one person, which makes Xiaodao I admire very much, I believe that Zhao Lao in the spirit of heaven will also cheer for you, you have been rich and clothed since you were a child, and you have no worries about food and clothing, and I went up the mountain to follow the master to practice before I was nine years old, have you ever experienced the pain of only eating rice soup every two days, and having to meditate every day and be beaten by my brothers? I spent seven years in Chong'anguan, because of hunger and malnutrition, which led to short stature, and you have a famous teacher to teach me, but I can only supplement my knowledge with dictionaries and ancient books from waste collectors, and naturally I am not as knowledgeable as you. I paused, as if remembering the past.
When I entered the Taoist temple, the master saw that I was weak, so he instructed a few senior brothers to urge me to practice martial arts every day.
And I haven't read any books, I can't read the text of Taoist classics, and it's not a way for my brothers to draw villain books for me, so I tried my best to ask the uncle who often came to the Taoist temple to collect tatters for a broken "Xinhua Dictionary", and read it every day until I memorized all the pinyin and characters.
Listening to me, Zhao Taozhu's expression gradually became weak, and I continued: "The family teacher may be clumsy to choose me, an unsuccessful disciple, among the high-ranking disciples, but Ye is not talented, since he has given the master the mantle, he will definitely not lose the trust of the family teacher!"
When everyone heard what I said, they all looked at me with admiration, and then I felt that I should show my hand to silence the doubters, so I came to the door, and pointed my sword and finger, and recited the secret incantation, and raised my finger to the sky, intending to perform a spell that would change the world.
This is what the big brother in white taught me, and I have been practicing it in secret, but I don't know how to do it this day, I stretched out my hand to the sky, and shouted: "Look!"
The heads of the various factions, the seniors of the Dao sect, and everyone present looked at my movements and the unchanging wind and clouds in the sky, dumbfounded, and looked at me with mockery.
I couldn't get off the stage a little, my face was red like something, but I heard a sudden change in the sky, and in an instant there was lightning and thunder, and suddenly a dragon roared through the sky, and when I looked up, I saw three or five dragons rolling in the sea of clouds, shaking their heads and tails at me.
"Look! Sanqing Patriarch has appeared!" I don't know who shouted, I vaguely saw that three figures appeared next to the dragon, and they were dressed like the Sanqing Patriarch in the temple, and the three Tianzun were clasping their fists and saluting at this time, I didn't know to whom, I looked left and right, it seemed to be me.
"Falu, worship, worship the ancestor!" Everyone saw the ancestor apparition and bowed to the ground, the master saw that I was still standing, and hurriedly urged me to kneel and bow quickly, I was just about to kneel, but there was a voice in my ear that I didn't have to kneel, I really didn't worship, just hugged a fist to the sky, to show respect.
"The three Heavenly Venerables testify, I, Ye Fulu, swear today that I will live up to my master's kindness and carry forward the Daomen!" I swore to the heavens, Sanqing smiled, and then disappeared, after they disappeared, one of those dragons suddenly descended into the low sky, and my body rose uncontrollably, and I actually sat on the dragon body in an instant!
Seeing me controlling the dragon, the people who were originally kneeling on the ground couldn't help but sigh: "God, God! It seems that Taoism is hopeful!"
Zhao Taozhu was even more shocked to open his mouth, looking at me in the air with a frightened face, I had the courage to carefully stroke the dragon's head and whispered: "Long Daxian, let me go down, we can't always float like this!"
The dragon seemed to understand my words, full of ground, the courtyard of Chong'an Temple is about forty meters wide, as soon as the dragon landed, it occupied most of the open space, I got down the dragon body, bowed to it, it slowly rose into the air, and swam between the sea of clouds.
"Daoist Ye is really extraordinary, he can not only invite Sanqing to manifest the saint, but also control the divine dragon, he is worthy of being a master disciple of Liuyunzi! After the revival of my Daomen, I am afraid that I will have to rely more on Daoist Ye!" Several heads who had a cold attitude towards me smiled and hugged my fists, and I said in my heart that I didn't know what was going on just now, but I still said humbly: "Don't dare to be, don't dare to be, Xiaodao has to rely more on the teachings of the teachers here!"
An inauguration ceremony ended successfully, except for a few Taoist seniors who stayed to discuss Taoism with me, the rest of the people had left after eating fast, Zhao Taozhu glanced at me when he left, there was horror, there was resentment, and there were many things that I couldn't read, anyway, it was quite complicated.
Dad didn't come to attend just now, and my wife said that Master had something to explain to Dad before he died, so they discussed in the side hall and never saw the miracle just now.
"Son, you are the presiding officer of this Taoist temple, what should I do at home? Why don't I go back first?" Dad walked out of the side hall, with a happy face, patted me on the shoulder and asked me, I could feel his extraordinary excitement at the moment.
At this time, I suddenly remembered that I still have a team in the northeast, I am on a mission to eradicate the cult, not to mention that Xiaoyi is still waiting for me to go back, I am a Taoist priest here, what can I do at home?