21. Golden Terrace
Early in the morning, Wanyun Valley.
Wanyun Valley is like spring all year round, although in the cold winter season, the cold wind is not cold, blowing on the body, but feeling warm. In front of the purple cloud view, the clouds and mist were shrouded, and the two boys stood side by side, with solemn expressions, as if they were waiting for someone.
After a while, two more Taoist boys came out of the view, the two looked exactly the same, obviously a pair of brothers, and the two of them looked proud, one of them said: "What, are you still waiting for that kid? You two are really idle, although the master told you to wait for him, but he didn't tell you to come out early in the morning to blow the wind.
The two Taoist boys at the door turned their backs to them and said nothing, and the two Taoist boys waited for a while, but did not answer, and couldn't help but be annoyed, and shouted, "You two, I'll talk to you." β
The boy on the left side of the door turned around and said, "Mingyue, are you talking to me?"
Na Mingyue said angrily: "Don't you understand people's words? β
The left Dao Tong said: "Unfortunately, I have a problem with my ears, I can only hear human words, other chickens and dogs barking, horses neighing and donkeys howling, all of which can't be heard, so I don't hear you speak." β
Na Mingyue's face turned red, and said, "Okay, you dare to scold me in a different way......?"
The Dao boy on the left turned purple and red, and was about to return the mouth, when he suddenly heard the next to him: "Enough." β
This sound came from two people at the same time, it was the two who had not yet spoken, and after the two scolded at the same time, they said together: "Don't be like him." The right boy at the door turned his head and glanced at the Taoist boy next to Mingyue behind him, his eyes were full of fire, and when he turned around, he was already unfazed.
The boy behind him said, "Mingyue, let's go." Mingyue swallowed a mouthful of spit and followed him back to the center.
The Dao boy on the left said indignantly: "Spring Breeze, these two fools are becoming more and more rude, since the few disciples under the Master's Throne came back, these two people are like mad dogs, catching and biting whom, why did you stop me from scolding them?"
Chunfeng said: "Let's stop here, turn the rain." Their opponent is not us. What's more, you are Mingyue's opponent just now?"
Na Huayu said: "It's natural to face the enemy head-on, but I ...... it with my means" As soon as he said five words, he saw the spring breeze raise his hand and said: "Shhhhhhh β
I saw a young man with a long and jade figure come to Taniguchi, and walked all the way to the front of the Taoist temple. Chunfeng was already smiling, stepped forward and bowed and said, "Senior Cheng is here, and the family teacher has been waiting for a long time." β
The young man was naturally Cheng Jun, he nodded, and said, "Labor leads the way." β
Chunfeng leaned sideways and said, "Yes, please come with me." He led Cheng Jun into the Taoist temple, through the front hall, through the corridor, until he reached the largest pavilion, and led him upstairs.
Cheng Jun walked all the way, only to see the Taoist temple in all directions, pine and cypress forests, the pattern is all the appearance of a Buddhist temple. Even the Buddha shrine has been removed from the hall, but the offering table is still sandalwood, and the relief on the wall is still a Buddhist sculpture, even if there is no tall pagoda standing behind the temple, no one will feel that this is a Taoist temple. It seems that Ziyunguan didn't care about the fact that his predecessor was a Buddhist temple at all, and he broke the jar and broke it.
When he arrived at the central building, Cheng Jun looked up, only to see that the plaque on the attic was "Tibetan Scripture Building", and the upper and lower inscriptions were cloudy: "Turning over the three Tibets, but when the Ming Heart unfolds the scroll, the first thing to do is to be clean here, and those who have climbed the stairs from the beginning of the group of peaks must ask for upward work", almost laughed out loud, and secretly said in his heart: Does this old Taoist know the words?
Entering the pavilion, naturally a scripture can not be found, facing the carved beams and paintings, jewelry, the layout is very magnificent, although there are generally a number of Taoist patterns, but always more like wine and meat Zhumen.
Cheng Jun followed to the top floor, only to see that it was a four-sided hollow terrace, which was particularly exquisitely decorated, with beautifully embroidered screens, rosewood furniture, various ancient porcelain bronzes, and gold and silver, ivory, and various colored gems inlaid on it, lest it was not gorgeous enough.
Cheng Jun only glanced at it, only shook his head and laughed in his heart, and said secretly: This style is to stick all his wealth on his face, for fear that others will not know that he is rich. It is to let the family with some background in the world see it, and they also say that it is cheesy, not to mention any blessed land and cave, and it also loses the couplet in front of the Taoist temple.
Look at a case in the middle again, there is a pure gold incense burner on it, lit with agarwood, the fragrance is curling, forming a small piece of hazy smoke, behind the smoke sits an old road, wearing a star crown, wearing a crane, the face is like a crown of jade, and the five willows under the chin have long whiskers, in the fireworks, it really looks like a fairy among the people.
Cheng Jun walked all the way, his footsteps were not clear and heavy, but they were enough for people to hear, but when he arrived in front of the old man, the old man raised his head and closed his eyes to recuperate, as if he was outside the gods, and he didn't find Cheng Jun at all. The Taoist Spring Breeze who led Cheng Jun in didn't mean to remind the old Tao at all, just poked like a pole on the side. Cheng Jun stood in front of the case, watched the two of them treat themselves as nothing, and laughed again: This is the dismount?
As soon as he came in, he asked Cheng Jun to shake his head three times, and even he had to look at Ziyun lightly
, secretly said in his heart: This Yue Hua Lao Dao is not a character. If the decoration on the outside may be that he is clumsy, this big and sloppy behavior is clearly a small family. It seems that even though this purple cloud view is strange, it is also another mystery.
If we talk about the kung fu of cultivating qi, is Cheng Jun's 900 years in vain? It is not difficult for him to stay unmoved for months, but he is too lazy to compare his surname with such an old Taoist, Suo surname left the case, paced back and forth with his hands, looked up and down the terrace, looked at those brilliant jewels, showed a look of great interest, and regarded the old Tao as nothing.
After a while, the old Taoist suddenly came to his senses, opened his eyes and saw Cheng Jun, and said, "Ah, the Taoist friend is here, and the old Taoist has neglected the distinguished guest." He turned his head and scolded Chunfeng and said: "You slippery monkey, why don't you remind the old man? "Spring Breeze Nono withdrew.
Cheng Jun looked funny, but his face showed a little grievance, and he turned to forbearance, waved his hand and said, "Don't hinder it, don't hinder it." I've just arrived. β
The old Taoist stretched out his hand and asked, "Fellow Daoists, please take a seat." The old Taoist is the master of this purple cloud view, Yue Huadao. β
Cheng Jun sat down opposite him and said, "In the next Cheng Jun, I have seen Yue Hua Daoyou." β
The old Dao's eyes moved, and he said: "My Taoist friends are learning the authentic Taoist Qi cultivation kung fu, but they are called by laymen, aren't you actually from my Taoist sect?"
Cheng Jun said: "Naturally, he is a person in the Daomen, but he just loves the red dust and lives in the world." β
The old Taoist said: "I see-" At this time, the spring breeze came in, and the tea cup was served, and the old Taoist picked up a cup, handed it to Cheng Jun, and then picked up his cup, but did not drink it, and held it in his hand and said: "Red lotus, white lotus root, green lotus leaf, I don't know where my friend is? Where does the family live, where does the door facing? When did you enter the Tao, who is the master? Which door is Bai said, and which temple is staying at night?"
This string of words came out, sentence after sentence, tightly pressing, but Cheng Jun was not in a hurry, he also held up the tea cup in front of him, and said: "I live in Shengtian Yunzhou Mansion in the next family, and the three in the family have entered the world." Apprenticed at the age of five, cultivated at the age of six, studied under the ancestor in the mirror, and there is a real person under the Zixiao Palace as evidence. After ten years of cultivation, now I have gone down the mountain to visit my colleagues from all walks of life, and I have entered the Wanma Mountain to visit my predecessors, which is really a blessing for three lives. As he spoke, he handed over the teacup.
The old Taoist nodded and said with a smile: "It turns out that the Daoist family is the third pass of the Daomen, which is disrespectful." Raised the tea and took a sip, Cheng Jun then took a sip, and the two put down the tea cup together and smiled at each other.
It turns out that this back and forth is a unique rule in the Taoist Gate - Pan Dao, one side asks one party what background, what background, the other party says one by one, this question and answer has its own rules, answer well, that is the same door of the Daomen, have their own exchanges, answer badly, then the things after that, it is not so easy to speak.
However, the rules of this pandao are either to pass on the people and ask the heirs, or to ask the loose cultivators, if one side is the heir and the other side is the loose cultivator, then this pandao will not be able to go on. Cheng Jun just "self-declared his identity", saying that the three generations in the family entered the world, that is to say, the ancestors are the three generations, and he did not say that he is the three legends of the Daomen, the implication is that he is a loose cultivator, if he has just shown that he is the descendant of the Daomen, then according to the rules, Yue Hua Lao Dao will never dare to drink that cup of tea.
When Cheng Jun first entered the Tao, he liked the ceremony of Pandao very much, and when he met his fellow Taoists, he often came to such a hand, and he was never tired of it, feeling fresh and majestic, and it seemed that he had an identity. But no matter how old I am, I don't like it anymore, I feel that the rivers and lakes are too heavy, and I lose the chic of cultivating immortals. But when he officially stepped into the stage of the monastic world, he realized how naΓ―ve he was at the beginning, the weight of the word "Tao" was more than a thousand catties, and between the seemingly ordinary questions and answers, what was hidden was a period of murder that had been buried for thousands of years.
However, because Cheng Jun is very familiar with Pandao, he can blurt out the most reasonable lies without even thinking about it-he has tried so many kinds of lies in his previous life and found this the best one.
After the two crossed the Dao, at least on the surface, they had already recognized the same door, they were in the same Daomen, and they were both loose cultivators, naturally like a family, each of them greeted each other, and their words were affectionate, as if they were familiar at first sight. Cheng Jun repeatedly thanked Yue Huadao for his generous gifts, and said that he would have his own subsidies when he returned home in the future.
Daoist Yue Hua asked: "Cheng Daoyou was born in Shengtian Yunzhou, that is the most prosperous place of our Shengtian Dao Law, presumably Daoyou is also from a famous family?"
When Cheng Jun heard this, the corners of his mouth hooked, revealing a little smugness, and said: "The Han family is only thin and famous, and it is far from those real families. β
Yue Hua said: "In this case, when Daoist friends go out, why is their luggage so cold?
Cheng Jun's face became a little ugly, and he said, "It's not ......" After a while, he said stupidly: "There was an accident, and a lot of luggage was lost." β
Yue Hua Daodao: "Oh? Daoist friend is so unlucky? But he has encountered a robber? This Daoist friend can rest assured, within a radius of 100 miles, the poor Daoist still has a little use, maybe he can help Daoist friend." β
Cheng Jun showed a proud look and said, "No need, I have my own family elders." β
Yue Hua Daoist was not annoyed, he smiled, changed the topic again, and said: "Daoist friends are from famous families, I must be well-informed, I have a treasure here, treasured for a long time, but the origin is not clear, I don't know if you are willing to taste one or two?"
Cheng Junden showed an interested look and said: "I don't dare to say that I am well-informed, I have followed my ancestors below, but I have also seen a few things, if there is anything I don't understand, I will take a look, maybe I can recognize it." Although the tone of these words was humble, the confidence was about to overflow.
Yue Hua Daoren laughed and said, "I was about to ask Daoist friends." So saying, he stood up, turned the screen, and came back after a while, and came in with an ebony shelf in his hand, and on that shelf, a long sword was placed. The long sword was four feet long with its head and tail, and its whole body was dark and heavy, without a trace of luster, and it was inconspicuous, and at first glance, it looked like a piece of dead wood.
Yue Hua Daoren put the long sword on the table along with the shelf, his expression was very solemn, and said, "Fellow Daoist, please see, where is the origin of this thing?"
Cheng Jun stepped forward, watched with bated breath, and said, "Sure enough, it is made of spiritual wood." Reach out and stroke lightly on the wooden sword.
Yue Hua Dao looked at him as if he had no intention, his eyes kept staring at his finger movements, and he said: "Poor Dao also knows that he is made of spiritual wood, but what kind of wood it is, but it is not clear. After all, this kind of spirit wood is not like the variety of Sheng Tian or even the Northern Kingdom. In my opinion, it's either gloomy wood, or keel wood......"
Cheng Jun intercepted and said: "Daoyou is wrong, this is a special phoenix perch in southern Yuzhou." It was an extremely rare refining material, not to mention refining this 'first- and second-grade magic weapon, even more precious magic weapons could be used. Although this wooden sword is made of the section of the phoenix perch treetops, which is not the best material, it is also a rare treasure in Shengtian......"
Yue Hua Daoren smiled: "So, Daoist friends think this is a treasure?"
Cheng Jun shook his head and said, "It's a pity, it's a pity, although this wood is good, but the refining is wasted." This wooden sword is refined with inferior methods, and it is extremely rough, but it is a pity that the material, but the material. Fellow Daoist, I don't know if it's abrupt if I have a word?"
Yue Hua said: "Fellow Daoists, but it doesn't hurt to say it. β
Cheng Jun said: "It's a pity that this magic weapon is useless, it's better to smash it and burn the fire." β
Hearing this, the corners of Yue Hua's mouth twisted irrepressibly a few times, revealing a subtle expression of forbearance, and after a while, he calmed down and said, "Daoist friend is joking, wouldn't it be a pity to burn such a precious thing?"
Cheng Jun smiled and said: "That's not the case, this magic weapon spoils the material, the quality is lower and lower, you can't be in battle before, you can't defend yourself later, and you don't even think it's ugly to watch it, what's the use of putting it in such a raw place?
Yue Hua's face was even more skewed, and he pulled out a smile and said, "Daoist friends are really extraordinary, admire, admire." β
Cheng Jun sensitively noticed that he had a somewhat sarcastic tone, and said: "If you don't believe it, just go to Yunzhou, and I'll introduce a few real refining masters to you, and see if what they say can match me." β
Yue Hua Daoren said sullenly: "Let's talk about it." He showed a somewhat stupid look, suddenly turned his head, smiled, and said to Cheng Jun: "Cheng Daoyou, you and I can be regarded as old at first sight, I heard that you are still staying in the mountain temple, how can this be made? Why don't you move to Ziyunguan to stay, you and I talk about tea every time, isn't it a beautiful thing?"
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