"How is this possible. You're not kidding. ”

"Senior brother is not joking. Zhang Tianshi said. "I will introduce you to you, worship under the Sanqing Ancestors, and wait for you to be successful, and you will also be ranked among the immortals. ”

"Then I thank you, brother. Now, Piao Ranzi has no choice but to thank him.

The two of them walked to the mountain and saw that the palace was not far away, and Zhang Tianshi changed back to the original wandering Taoist.

Piao Ranzi was stunned, still thinking about going home, Zhang Tianshi saw his thoughts, and he didn't break it.

The mountain road is rugged, and before approaching the palace, I heard the sound of the bell in the temple. When the two came to the front of the hall, they saw that the door of the hall read: Sanqingguan, a little Taoist boy in front of the door, greeted him, and put his palms together: "Immeasurable Tianzun, two masters, come from afar, please go to the temple to rest." ”

"Sorry. Zhang Tianshi did not return the salute, and led Piao Ranzi into the mountain gate, crossed the Huabiao, and came to the three halls of the atrium.

An elderly Taoist priest greeted him and said, "Two Taoist brothers, Poor Dao is the host here, please go to the guest room to rest." ”

"We're passing by, may I ask where you are the Lord?" asked Zhang Tianshi.

"Immeasurable Heavenly Venerable!" the host showed a sad look on his face: "Two Dao brothers, it's not a coincidence, the Lord has just ascended to heaven and returned to God. ”

At this time, the sound of chanting came from the east side of the main hall, and Zhang Tianshi said: "Since we are here, let's go over and have a look, and it is not in vain that we are all disciples of the Three Qings." ”

The presiding officer led the way, led the two to the east, and came to the abbot's room, only to see that the smoke was filled, and the Taoists were burning incense and chanting scriptures and worshiping.

Zhang Tianshi led Piao Ranzi into the abbot's room, among which there was a statue of the Lord, Zhang Tianshi ordered Piao Ranzi, incense and worship, Piao Ranzi had to obey his fate, bowed three times, and the two walked out.

The Taoists on both sides returned the salute, some Taoist priests knelt in front of the statue of the Lord and cried, and some had sad faces and stood solemnly.

Zhang Tianshi looked back at the abbot's room and asked Piao Ranzi: "Senior brother, look at the abbot's room, why are some disciples crying and some disciples not crying?"

Piao Ranzi also looked back and replied: "This still needs to be asked, of course, it is the crying that is close to the master before his death, and the crying that is not close to him." Those who were crying weeping were, of course, the close disciples of the Lord before his death. ”

According to ordinary people's understanding, this is the truth. Zhang Tianshi said. "But I don't see it that way. Zhang Tianshi asked the host: "Host, those who don't cry, can there be close disciples of the Lord before his death?"

"This Taoist brother, the Lord Guan was approachable during his lifetime, and he treated everyone equally, and most of the people standing on both sides were personal disciples who served during his lifetime. The Lord replied.

"Senior brother, what do you think?" said Zhang Tianshi.

The host looked at the two of them and looked suspicious: It is said that the age is the senior brother, this silver-bearded man, how can he call this black-bearded senior brother?

"Host, we've been bothered a lot and we're leaving. After Zhang Tianshi finished speaking, he led Piao Ranzi out of Sanqingguan and slowly went down the mountain.

On the way, Zhang Tianshi said: "I still have something to do, I wanted you to stay and practice, but seeing that this contemplator has just returned to God, I have no choice but to give up." You see, at the same time, the disciples of a teacher, the Lord returns to God, and those who forget their feelings cannot cry, and those who forget their feelings are the ones who do not cry. ”

Piao Ranzi was silent after hearing this, knowing that this was Zhang Tianshi igniting himself and making him forget the past, the so-called forgetfulness.

Walked more than ten miles of mountain roads, the peaks turned around, climbed high and looked far away, saw a mountain village in the distance, the smoke curled up, it seems that the people in the mountains are making lunch.

"People can't be resurrected after death, and crying is in vain, this is the difference between my immortal family and the layman. How about it, do you still want to go home and have a look?" asked Zhang Tianshi.

Piao Ranzi didn't answer, it seems that the monks should cut off the relationship.

A twelve or thirteen-year-old child ran on the fork in the road, saw the two of them, and asked, "Old man, Sanqingguan is from this road, right!?"

"Wait, what are you going to Sanqingguan for?" asked Zhang Tianshi.

"I heard that the Guan Master there is already over eighty years old, he is an immortal, I want to go to apprentice and learn immortals, and I will live forever in the future!"

"Hehehe, you want to cultivate immortals, do the adults in the family know?

"They don't know, and I don't care!" said the child.

Piaoranzi looked at the child, dressed in brocade and embroidered robes, not like a poor child, and asked, "Then you came here without permission?"

"Ah, yes!" the child looked the white-bearded old man up and down with his big eyes.

"Why bother to go to Sanqingguan, you have to learn immortals, ready-made masters. Zhang Tianshi said.

"Where?"

"Far away, close at hand. ”

"Is that him?"

"Don't you see it?"

The child looked at Piaoranzi carefully, nodded and said, "It's really an immortal." Then I will worship you as a teacher, and ask the master to take in the apprentices. ”

Piao Ranzi smiled bitterly, and the bitterness contained in the smile was from Piao Ranzi's heart. In his heart, the taste is more bitter than the coffee he drinks now, better than the bitterness of Coptis chinensis.

"At such a young age, you are forgetting your feelings when you leave your parents. Piaoranzi said. "However, I can't take you, and I'm not an immortal. ”

"Master must take me in!" the child flashed his big eyes, "I'm not going home, I'll follow Master." ”

"I said, believe it or not, I'm not an immortal. Piaoranzi said.

"I know, you want to test my sincerity, I have heard the book, there is a second ancestor Hui Ke in the Zen Gate, Lixue broke his arm, and he received the mantle of the Bodhidharma Patriarch. You have to see if I'm sincere, and I can do it!" the child pulled out a short knife from his waist and put it on his arm.

"Don't mess around!" exclaimed. "Okay, if you want to learn immortals, I can show you the way!" Look at this child, he must be a child of a family, he has been willful since he was a child, and he does not obey discipline, he must have watched too much "The Legend of the Immortals", "The Legend of the Immortals" and the like, and escaped from home.

"Okay, please ask Master for guidance!"

When Piao Ranzi heard this, he still regarded himself as a fairy, or he would pretend to be a fairy today, so he stretched out his hand and pointed behind the child: "If you want to worship the fairy, don't you know that it is behind you." ”

Zhang Tianshi looked at Piaoranzi, and he was also puzzled.

"Where are the immortals!?" the child looked back and saw where there were people.

"Kid, are you from that mountain village?" asked Piaoranzi.

"yes! What's wrong?"

"We go back with you, the first person you see when you return to the entrance of the village is your master, as long as you follow him, you can become an immortal. Piaoranzi stroked his beard and said.

Not to mention, the child was really frightened, and Zhang Tianshi didn't understand what medicine was sold in Piaoranzi's gourd.

"Don't lie to me!"

"Look at me, my beard is gray, I am a lot of age, how can I lie to you? If you don't believe me, we will go with you. Piaoranzi said.

"That's a good dare!" The child put away the short knife, walked in front of his head, and Piao Ranzi walked after, Zhang Tianshi also wanted to see what tricks Piao Ranzi played.

The three of them walked to the mountain village, and after more than ten miles of road, they saw the main road at the entrance of the village.

"Master, where are the fairy masters?"

"Right in front of me! I heard the voice. Piao Ranzi followed the child, turned to the road, and pointed forward: "Little friend, look, the person in front is it!"

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