"Look, there's a little Taoist priest in front. Liu Muchen pointed to a little Taoist priest in front of him who was wearing a cyan Taoist robe, his hair stood up, and he was carrying a bamboo basket on his back.

"See, this is the first time I've seen a Taoist priest. ”

"Then go up and have a look?" Before Liu Muchen finished speaking, Ye Hua had already taken the initiative to greet him.

Li Yuanyi saw these two people who looked a few years older than him early in the morning, but he didn't pay much attention to them, but he didn't expect them to take the initiative to greet him, so he had to stop and say, "Hello two good people, the trail is Li Yuanyi of the Heavenly Master Cave of Qingcheng Mountain." ”

"Hello, my name is Ye Hua. Ye Hua also learned the trail and made a bow.

"My name is Liu Muchen. ”

"Two good people to Qingcheng Mountain, is there something wrong?"

"It's nothing important, it's just that I heard that it was snowing on this side of Qingcheng Mountain, so I rushed from Chengdu to see the snow. Liu Muchen said.

"Good people are good Yaxing. ”

"That little leader is ......"

"On Master's order, go down the mountain to buy some incense and candles. ”

"Then can we follow the Taoist leader to your Taoist hall to pay respects?" Although Liu Muchen does not believe in ghosts and gods, he has always had respect for these cultivators, and suddenly remembered an old Taoist priest he met a few years ago, who was from Qingcheng Mountain, so he was ready to go up the mountain to have a look. Glancing at Ye Hua, the latter also smiled and nodded.

Li Yuanyi hesitated slightly, seeing that the two of them had a firm attitude, and thought of what the master said to him before leaving, so he had no choice but to say, "Then please ask the two good people to wait here for a while, and when I have purchased incense and candles, I will come here to take the two good people up the mountain." ”

"Thank you, Trail Chief. Ye Hua and Liu Muchen said in unison.

After waiting for about half an hour, the two of them saw the little Taoist priest coming with incense and candles on his back, and he didn't say much, the little Taoist priest just said to them softly, "Two good people, please come with me." "He led the way by himself.

Liu Muchen chatted with the little Taoist priest along the way without a word, but he also found it interesting. sighed in my heart, I didn't expect that the current Taoist priest was not too polluted by the fireworks in the human world, and his words and conversations were indeed a little indescribable in it.

After walking for more than an hour, the three of them walked between a mountain cliff and slowly walked along the artificially carved plank road. Liu Muchen inadvertently turned his head and saw a figure holding a sword in his hand on a huge stone on the cliff opposite the plank road, playing with a few sword flowers, and his expression was elegant, so he couldn't help but stop and admire.

Li Yuanyi saw Liu Muchen stop, looked at him from his perspective, and explained with a smile, "That should be my second senior brother Li Yuanfeng, who likes to dance swords in the snow the most." ”

After a slight pause, Li Yuanyi continued, "If you want to see it, when Senior Brother Li comes back at noon, you can ask him to give you a special demonstration." ”

"Then thank you for your kindness. Liu Muchen said with a smile.

When passing through some slippery and rugged sections, the little Taoist priest will slow down, remind one step at a time, go around and around for more than half an hour, and the three of them finally see a Taoist temple in the distance.

After approaching, Liu Muchen saw that there was a Xuanwu at the entrance of the Taoist temple, and there was a tablet on his back, on which were written the three big characters of "Tianshi Cave", and a plaque was hung in the middle: "Dantai Bidong". In front of the hall, several couplets are hung, one of which reads: "One life is two, two is three, three is all things;

The little Taoist priest Li Yuanyi explained on the side, "I heard the master say that this plaque was given by the Kangxi Emperor back then, and this couplet was made by my predecessors, and I heard the master say that it is the true transmission of the Taoist thought of my ancestors, and it also implies the Taoist rhyme of "one gas and three purities" in it......

"Fool, how can anyone boast like you. An old but hearty voice came from the hall. Then, a few people saw an old Taoist priest wearing a cyan Taoist robe, holding a whisk in his hand, white beard and white eyebrows, and looking a little bit of fairy wind and bones, walked out of the main hall, looked at Liu Muchen, and smiled,

"Little brother, do you remember the old way?"

Chapter 4 Qingcheng Mountain (II)

During the National Day holiday that year, Liu Muchen was admitted to graduate school in his senior year, and He Qingyi, who had graduated from college and worked in a training institution in Jinniu District, came to the school to find him. So the two went to wander by the Yangliu River together, passed by a bridge pier, and saw a sloppy old Taoist priest in a tattered Taoist robe sitting cross-legged in the open space under the bridge pier, closing his eyes and pretending to sleep.

Liu Muchen has always been more respectful of monks and Taoists, and seeing that the old Taoist priest's situation was a little miserable, he had a kind heart and asked He Qingyu to wait in place for a while, and he ran to a steamed bun shop not far away, ready to buy a few things for the old Taoist priest to fill his stomach.

The old Taoist priest opened his eyes, looked at the girl in front of him, and nodded with a smile.

"Good way. He Qingyu also smiled at the old Taoist priest.

The old Taoist priest took a few buns handed over by Liu Muchen, and he was not polite, chewing and eating slowly, while talking casually with Liu Muchen, his tone was simple, saying that he was from Qingcheng Mountain, he left the temple two years ago, traveled here, and was preparing to return to the mountain in the near future. The innocence of the old Taoist's words is also the reason why Liu Muchen is willing to chat with him, if this Taoist priest opens his mouth and closes his mouth to say that he wants to appear to be very high and unfathomable, or the gods are chattering, Liu Muchen will definitely leave a long time ago.

When the two were about to leave, the old Taoist priest said to Liu Muchen, "Little brother, the old Taoist will send you a poem:

The rain beats the loquat fog and dust,

The most amorous but ruthless.

When will you be able to shake the tree,

Lost flowers and branches, and lost dew. ”

"What do you mean?" asked Liu Muchen suspiciously.

"It's okay, just listen to it for fun. The old Taoist priest explained with a smile, paused, and then continued, "Little brother, if you have a chance in the future, you can come to Qingcheng Mountain." ”

"Okay. ”

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In a welcome room in the Sanqing Palace, Liu Muchen and the old Taoist priest Li Ding'an sat around the fire, and Li Yuanyi made tea for the two of them next to them.

"Dao Chief, when we met, we only thought you were a wandering Taoist, but I didn't expect you to be the head of the Heavenly Master Cave. ”

Li Ding'an laughed, and Li Yuanyi helped his master explain on the side, "Master will leave the Taoist temple every few years and travel around, saying that he is cultivating his mind in Hongchen, I don't know too much, I only know that every time he comes back, he is much older than before." ”

"Fool, birth, old age, sickness and death are human nature, you see, you grow up, I grow old, everything in the world lives and dies, isn't it in line with the way of nature. ”

"The Taoist chief is thinking very detached. Ye Hua couldn't help but say.

"Cultivating the Tao and cultivating the Tao, in my opinion, what my generation has cultivated is a natural and the way of life, and if you can be a little more free and easy than ordinary people in your life, it can be regarded as a successful cultivation. ”

"Daoist, can you tell us about the origin of the Heavenly Master Cave? In the past, I only knew about famous Taoist mountains such as Wudang Mountain and Longhu Mountain, but I had never heard of the Heavenly Master Cave. When Liu Muchen heard what Ye Hua said, he couldn't help but step on him, Ye Hua immediately reacted and smiled.

Li Ding'an's face remained unchanged, and he smiled, "Haha, it's okay, it's not something that can't be said, there is no order, just look at personal practice."

Listening to the older generation, the Tianshi Cave can be traced back to the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, and the founder of the Tianshi Dao, Zhang Daoling, once practiced preaching among the cliffs of the third mixed yuan top cliff on the mountainside of Qingcheng Mountain, Guan County, Sichuan Province, commonly known as the Tianshi Cave. The original view was destroyed early, the Qing Dynasty was rebuilt, there are three halls, the name of the three Qing Palace, the Three Emperors Hall and the Yellow Emperor Temple, where we are now, is the Three Qing Palace. ”

The two listened with relish, and the little Taoist priest poured tea for the two with a calm face on the side, and did not interject. Obviously, Li Yuanyi has long been familiar with these allusions.

After chatting a few more words, Li Ding'an said goodbye to the two, saying that he was going to prepare the rune paper to be used for the New Year, leaving the little Taoist priest to accompany the two guests, and Liu Muchen told them the story of meeting Li Ding'an at the foot of the mountain that year, and the two of them also listened very interestingly.

After having lunch in Guanli, Liu Muchen asked Li Yuanyi where his master was, and asked Ye Hua to wait for him, while he went to find the old Taoist priest alone.

Li Ding'an did not have a trace of doubts about Liu Muchen's arrival, he put down the cinnabar pen in his hand and motioned for Liu Muchen to sit on the chair next to him. Without waiting for the latter to speak, he said directly, "I have been cultivating for many years, and I haven't learned anything else, but I know a little bit about the art of face-to-face. ”