Chapter 20: The Altar of Heaven
In this way, these eight people formed two strange small groups, on the one hand, Shan Liang and Wang Ning chatted, occasionally Wang Ning would ask some physiognomy questions for Shan Liang to answer, and on the other hand, the four old men and Shen Mingchuan would occasionally make a sound similar to a sudden when they read a note, and this situation continued until they got off the plane and the notes returned to Shan Liang's hands.
Walking out of the airport, the formation of everyone at this time was faintly led by Shan Liang, but it was a strange formation that several people unconsciously formed after seeing the notes of Shan Liang and generally knowing the gap between everyone and Shan Liang.
"Is Shan Liang Shan Xiaoyou in front?" The eight people who were walking suddenly heard this sentence, Shan Liang heard someone shouting his name and couldn't help but look back, and saw that the seven people behind him were all elderly people, one of them was dressed in a Taoist robe for the Xuanmen, and the voice was coming from the mouth of this old Taoist.
Shan Liang fixed his eyes and looked at it in surprise: "It's Old Daoist Huang, I haven't seen you for a long time, I don't know how the old Daoist is doing." Shan Liang greeted him as he spoke, and when he came to Lao Dao, Shan Liang performed a standard Xuanmen etiquette. Lao Dao saw this and immediately returned the salute, which made several people in the same company of Lao Dao couldn't help but be surprised, Shan Liang did the junior ceremony, and the old Taoist returned the gift of the same generation. The two groups of people are familiar with the etiquette of the Xuanmen, and they can't help but be surprised when they see this, especially the people who walk with the old Tao naturally know the identity of the old way, so they can't help but be curious about the identity of Shan Liang.
The seven people who came later are the representatives of the Yu Provincial Metaphysical Association in Beijing, and a few people under the leadership of the two branch presidents made a brief introduction, in fact, the people in the two branches basically know each other or have heard of each other, mainly the introduction of Lao Tao in Yu Province, and the introduction of Shan Liang to each other in Lu Province, neither of them has joined the Metaphysics Association, so everyone has not heard of these two people.
Since the encounter is fate, and the destination of the Beijing division is the same, so the two teams of people cooperated and walked outside the airport together, on the way, Lao Dao took Shan Liang's hand and whispered something, and the others also greeted each other and was very lively.
Everyone came to the hotel designated by the Beijing Metaphysical Association, took out their identity cards, and after being confirmed by the hotel, they checked into the room set by the association, and then everyone went back to their rooms separately to tidy up.
The news of Shan Liang's stay in the hotel was immediately reported to the special office, so the next morning, Shan Liang was invited into this special Taoist temple.
Shan Liang came to a remote room in this Taoist temple, where there were already five people waiting, one wearing a tunic suit, one wearing a Tang costume, one dressed as a Xuanmen, one dressed as a lama and one dressed as a Buddha. Seeing Shan Liang coming to them, the old man in Tang costume spoke: "Shan Liang Xiaoyou, we have been paying attention to you for a long time, let me introduce, the old man's name is Tang Tong, and he is the president of the Metaphysics Association, and he is one of the directors of this special firm." After introducing himself, Tang Tong pointed to the tunic and first introduced: "This is Ouyang Qi, the special commissioner of the special office of the Great Inner Palace; this is Zhang Tianshi, the current head of the Xuanmen Famous Heavenly Master Dao; this is the master of the Liberation Gate, the first seat of the Dharma Hall; this is the leader of the Yellow Sect, Master Naza, and the five of us are the permanent directors of the special office." This time to invite Shan Liang Xiaoyou to Beijing was decided by us together, and I hope Xiaoyou will not be surprised. ”
After hearing Tang Tong's introduction, Shan Liang performed a Xuanmen etiquette and said: "Junior Shan Liang has seen five seniors. ”
After each of the five people returned a salute, Ouyang Qi spoke: "I don't know what Shan Xiaoyou thinks about entering Beijing this time?"
"This time I went to Beijing to discuss Xuanmen matters, Shan Liang is fortunate to be valued by the seniors, and I am deeply honored, and the younger generations will actively make suggestions and contribute a meager strength to this grand event of Xuanmen. "Shan Liang, who saw these five people for the first time, naturally didn't say his true thoughts, and could only make peace with the mud.
"Little fox!" this is the most intuitive evaluation in the hearts of the five people.
"I heard that Shan Xiaoyou refused to join the Lu Municipal Government Metaphysical Association, don't you know what the difficulties are?" Tang Tong glanced at the other four and said.
"Shan Liang because of some of his own experience so at that time some of the plans to escape the world, and later after visiting a number of Taoist true cultivators, although there are no longer negative plans, but also used to live alone, so I dispelled the idea of entering the association, Lu City Government Metaphysics Association branch president Mr. Wang Ning can afford to see Shan Liang, Shan Liang is very grateful, Mr. Wang Lao summoned Shan Liang will do his best. He knew that these people must have known something about him, so he didn't shy away from some things.
"Xuanmen has such a handsome man, it's really a great luck, but my Huangjiao and Buddhism are not so handsome. Master Naza sighed.
Master Naza disagreed, in today's society, the Xuanmen family in the world is one family, and they are all part of the forces that focus on Ouchi and build a modern society with the head as the center. "The single beam continues and the mud.
"Well said, it's really gratifying that Shan Xiaoyou can have such a high level of ideological consciousness, Amitabha. The master of relief, who was sitting on the side, heard Shan Liang's words full of positive energy, and folded his hands in response.
"Don't dare to be a master of suffering. Shan Liang is still young, and he still has to rely on the advice and correction of his predecessors. ”
"The little fox with the way" five people commented again.
With Shan Liang's self-humility, the scene fell into silence for a while, and then a young man dressed as a Xuanmen came to Zhang Tianshi's side and whispered something in his ear, Zhang Tianshi and the other four made eye contact and said: "I can't wait to see a young handsome man like Shan Xiaoyou, I can't wait to be happy, it's like this, there is a Xuanmen senior who heard that Shan Xiaoyou came here and wanted to see him, I don't know what Shan Xiaoyou wants?" Shan Liang heard the young Taoist's deliberately lowered voice: Old Ancestor said that there was no need to be too tempting, Old Ancestor wanted to meet him in person.
"It is an honor for Shan Liang to be able to visit the old-timers, and it is also Shan Liang's wish. Shan Liang said respectfully.
So the Taoist youth took Shan Liang and walked to the depths of the Taoist temple.
Seeing Shan Liang leaving, Zhang Tianshi smiled and said, "It seems that there is a master to guide you, this little guy is very slippery, Ouyang, should you report this matter to the leader?"
"Let's wait until the Xuantan seniors have seen him. Ouyang Qi said with a deep sigh.
The young Taoist has served the ancestor of Xuantan since he was a child, and he naturally knows about Shan Liang, seeing Shan Liang's young face and eyes constantly putting strange eyes, Shan Liang is a little uncomfortable with him, fortunately, the road is not long, and he will arrive at the destination of this trip after a while, and when he comes to the door of a room, the young Taoist opens the door and says to him, "The ancestor is inside, you will see it when you go in." ”
Hearing his words, Shan Liang tidied up his clothes and walked in, only to see that the room was simple and abnormal, and there was only a low table and two futons in the small room. On a futon, there was an old Taoist priest dressed as a Xuanmen with a childish face and a crane, about eighty years old, looking at the single beam who came in with a smile. Seeing this, Shan Liang bowed and saluted: "I have seen my predecessors at the end of my studies. ”
Lao Dao didn't return the salute, looked at Shan Liang and said: "Some time ago, you fought with people because Lao Dao discovered it, and this is why there are many things behind. "Shan Liang doesn't think it's strange about this, there are a lot of strange people and strange things in the huge China, and it's not strange that the country is a big social organization to recruit some strange people, and Shan Liang doesn't feel that only he has adventures in the world.
It's just that Shan Liang was still a little stunned when he heard the words of the old way, he thought that it was because of the calculation of the national fortune that prompted him to enter Beijing this time, but he didn't come first and finally because he inadvertently made a move to let Ouchi notice him in advance.
Thinking of this, Shan Liang still bowed and said: "The old-timers are profound, and Shan Liang admires them." ”
Hearing Shan Liang's words, Lao Dao stood up and said: "If you talk about the old way, but it is not as good as you, I thought it was a simple fighting method, but after investigation, I found out that it was a lost air fighting method and it was such a long distance, knowing your age made Lao Dao very surprised, is there really a person in the world who is born to know?" After speaking, he made a peer salute to Shan Liang.
Seeing this, Shan Liang couldn't even shout, and Lao Dao smiled and said: "There is no before and after learning, the master is the first, you can afford this ceremony." ”
"Lao Dao is one hundred and eighteen years old this year, since childhood worship in Xuanmen, when he was young, there were occasional adventures to cultivate some mana, after the founding of the People's Republic of China, he has been here, this year has felt that the limit is approaching, the head of the head has said that on the occasion of this centennial, I want the old Tao to count it for the future, the old Tao will not shirk, but the old Tao is now unable to do this again, I don't want to see Taoist friends today, the old Tao is pleased. It's just that the old Taoist is afraid that it will affect the Taoist friends, and the calculation of the national fortune is not trivial, and a careless move will damage the foundation of the Taoist friends. After saying this, Lao Dao gave another salute.
Lao Dao's words still touched Shan Liang, and his heart was not only moved by Lao Dao's patriotic feelings, but also appreciated Lao Dao's openness and honesty. After listening to the old words, Shan Liang still said: "The seniors have tormented the younger generations, although there are risks in the calculation, but if you are fully prepared, it is not impossible to avoid it, but this preparation is not a decimal." ”
Hearing Shan Liang's words, Lao Dao was shocked and said: "Is this true?" Hearing that Shan Liang still has this method that he has never heard of, Xuantan Lao Dao only feels that it is definitely worth seeing Shan Liang today.
Shan Liang nodded cautiously and said: "Seniors should know that if the Heaven and Earth Lingqi are absent, but the Heavenly Dao is still there, so there is a saying that the Heavenly Opportunity is backlashing, and if it is properly prepared, it should be fine." ”
"Then how to prepare?" In fact, Xuantan Lao Dao wanted to ask Shan Liang about the specific details of this preparation, but the two of them were originally meeting for the first time, and if they asked rashly, it might have a bad impact on Shan Liang's heart, which was definitely not his intention, so after the words came to his mouth, only this sentence remained.
"To arrange the Five Elements Great Array to cover the Heavenly Machine, it is necessary to match the number of Zhou Tian with the five elements, and use jade as the base of the array, a total of 1,825 pieces of jade are needed, so this preparation is not a small amount. ”
"In this case, I still have to think about it more, since this is the case, then Daoyou should go back and listen to my news. After saying this, the ancestor of Xuantan asked Shan Liang about the size and specifications of the jade, and when Shan Liang finished saying the size and specifications of the jade, he left and returned to the hotel. Xuantan thought for a while and then found Ouyang and said to him: "This single beam is above me, he has promised to calculate the fortune of the country, but the premise is that he needs 1,825 jade stones to deal with the backlash of the heavenly machine, tell the head of the original words and ask him to decide." ”