Crossing the mountains and mountains is simply easy for us, not to mention the power of the Yuan Infant Stage, even I am a Dou Mage in the Spiritual Qi Period, of course, this is in the absence of chasing soldiers, it is much easier.

The mountains and rivers here are shrouded in mist, like a fairyland, when you look at it from a high place, there is a peach forest hidden in the green ocean, the strange rocks are craggy, or convex or handsome, and the spring waterfall in the middle of the mountain has a good scenery. When entering the valley bottom, the birds sing and the fragrance of flowers enters the heart and spleen, and the freshness of the heart and brain, especially the light earth and moisture, and the smell of the plants mixed with the earth emitted by the sunlight makes you feel as if you are in nature and are integrated. Stroke the trees and flowers with your hands, and your fingertips can be touched by the touching smoothness.

As he got closer and closer to the nearest town, Kong Zhi said, "Apprentice, with your current analytical ability, can you deduce what kind of clothes we are wearing in tatters now, which will be beneficial to entering this area?"

I scratched my head: "Master, no wonder you are so powerful, you even have to think seriously about such a thing. Well, who made me your personal disciple, if you don't show my ability, it will be an insult to my master's name. ”

"Smack!" I hit my head again.

"Master, I think there are many deep mountains and old forests here, and even a few high mountains in the distance are shrouded in clouds and mist, so the stories of fairies and ghosts here must be widely spread among the people, and the people are relatively superstitious. It's better for us to pretend to be Taoist priests, and we can subdue demons and eliminate demons, and we must have unexpected gains. ”

As he spoke, he patted the storage bag and took out two sets of golden Taoist clothes: "Good apprentice, come on, change in!"

After the two of us changed into Taoist robes, we walked straight to the small town of about seventeen or eighteen miles, and just turned a hill, a Taoist priest about twenty years old bumped into the master's arms.

Kong Zhi shouted: "What are you doing in a panic?"

The little Taoist priest looked up at Master Kong Zhi nervously: "Daoist, my senior brother urgently called me back." ”

"Oh, you went to the bottom of the mountain to buy medicine and came back at such a time, and your master didn't know what happened, it's really unfilial. Master Kong Zhi said suddenly.

I took a closer look, and it turned out that the young Taoist priest was carrying a medicine bag in his hand, and most of them were sick in the Taoist temple, so in addition to the master's illness, who else could make a Taoist priest so nervous? It couldn't be a girlfriend, it couldn't be a brother, it was mostly a master, a master and a ancestor or something like that were sick. Master Kong Zhi, you can see through the sky at a glance, and your ability to adapt to changes is really something that students have to obey.

At this point, it's time for me to behave, and now that I've seen it through, I naturally have to cooperate. said: "Master, Uncle Shi is sick, let's go up the mountain together." ”

"Oh, it's Uncle Shi here, hurry up the mountain with me, my master is critically ill. After the Taoist priest finished speaking, he led the way.

Master and I followed, and Master gave me a thumbs up and gave me a thumbs up to the sky.

"What's your name?" I asked the Taoist priest running in front of me.

"My name is Tong Hai, what is your name, junior brother?"

"My name is ......" I looked up at Master, who pointed to the sky.

"Senior Brother Yun Zhongzi, I have a Dao number at such a young age, let you see and laugh. ”

Master pursed his lips, but smiled again, I brag big, then Master is even better, it seems that he is right. It's just that the blow is a little too big, so that the master has to pout.

After walking a short distance, I saw a bamboo forest, there was a small path in the bamboo forest, and the trail was oblique to the mountain, only after turning two corners, I found that there were more than 700 stone steps in this forest, if we were not immortal cultivators, I am afraid that we would be tired and half dead.

When I walked to the last straight up the stairs, I saw a majestic palace, obviously the main hall of the Taoist temple, this palace is the top of the mountain type nine-ridge hall, cold eyes look very grand, but most of the corners on the roof are broken, the tiles on the palace are also incomplete, and the wall I see is the same as the kang mat that the child rushes over, all of which are full of traces of corruption. In front of the palace were the high vermilion walls and two false doors, oh no, one because the other was crooked. The vermilion wall was a bit as ugly as dried pig's blood, dilapidated, ghost-like, and there were many teeth on the wall, as if they had been bombarded, and the weeds outside the wall were overgrown, tall or short, and people could be hidden. The steps are also a little stumbling, they are really broken and can not be broken, and the poor can no longer be poor.

Master's face turned cold, and he paused after looking at me obliquely, I realized that he wanted to give up a little, but he seemed to think of something, and moved forward firmly. Naturally, I followed, and Master must have had an idea.

After a cup of tea, I finally arrived at the door, and when I pushed the door that was still good, the door opened automatically as if it had broken its shaft, and there was an unpleasant "squeak" sound, which made my ears numb, and my hairs stood up, piercing and ugly, and scratching the glass.

The threshold is very high, but when I crossed the threshold, the scene in front of me surprised me a lot, although the ground in the courtyard is just ordinary bricks and stones, it has been swept spotlessly, the objects are placed in a neat and orderly manner, even the window edges are very neat, the small bird's nest on the eaves is very clean, and there is a large clay pot under the bird's nest, which is full of bird droppings. It seems that the owner here loves to be clean and cleans very well, and the weeds outside the wall are mostly to keep out the wind and rain, so they are not cut.

Entering the main hall gate, although the gate was broken, when the door was opened, it was found that the door was spotless.

Entering the main hall, the Taoist hall is the Taoist ancestor elephant, as high as one zhang, covered in yellow, no gold and no silver, very simple. With a whisk in one hand and gossip in the other, he is wearing a yin and yang Tiangang robe, and there is a calf-sized statue of a lying cow in front of his knees, which is the mount of the Taoist monarch and the ancestor. Dao Ancestor is a little hideous, not like a Taoist priest who does the Tao for the sky, but like a fierce god, well, it is the appearance of a fierce god. This is what the Dao Monarch and Dao Ancestor of this world look like. However, Daojun Daozu is not the only founder of Taoism, but the first emperor of the Seven Emperors, Eight Emperors and Nine Supremes, the Heavenly Emperor is the distant ancestor, and the Earth Emperor is the ancestor.

We heard movement behind the palace, and when we arrived at the back of the hall, there was an inner room, and there was a person lying on the bed, it was an old Taoist priest with white hair, but he only had the breath in but not the breath out.

There was also a young Taoist priest kneeling next to the old man, he grabbed the old Taoist's hand, and said with a crying voice: "Master, you can't die, Senior Brother Tong Hai hasn't come back yet." ”

"I'm back!" Tong Hai responded and ran over in broken steps, pulling the corner of Master's clothes, also crying: "Master, you can't leave, what can you do if you leave our brothers behind." Master...... Master...... You see, I've got the medicine back for you. ”

The old man saw Tong Hai and our master and apprentice, staring at Kong Zhi with both eyes, as if he had something to say but couldn't say it.

Seeing this, Kong Zhi also shouted: "Senior brother, senior brother, I'm late!" The master also stepped forward and grabbed the old man's wrist and probed it gently, and the master's expression told me that this person would definitely die.

I also shouted on the side: "Uncle Master, what's wrong with you? I'm you, your most painful nephew and nephew...... Look at me. I choked up. This kung fu said that the nickname seems to be pro, the most familiar, and it is easier to be trusted than saying your own name and road number.

Master secretly pinched me, the acting may be a bit excessive, as the saying goes, if you talk too much, you will lose, and you haven't understood the situation thoroughly, and there may be loopholes in talking nonsense. As soon as I realized the problem, I just cried and didn't say anything.

After the tea, the old man finally swallowed his last breath with great difficulty, kicked his legs, ascended to heaven, and did not say a word before he died.

Since Uncle Shi was here, the two Taoist priests immediately knelt down, and the other disciple looked simple and spoke innocently, saying: "Uncle Shi is above, please be worshiped by my nephew!"

And Tong Hai also officially bowed down, behaving in a proper manner. The two disciples are about the same age, Tong Hai is a little older, twenty-two years old, handsome and thin, and the other is named He Bao, twenty-one years old, with a strong physique, dark complexion, thick eyebrows and big eyes, thick arms and legs, and a bulging robe. If the two are placed in today's society, it will be like a partner in cross talk.

The master said while flipping through the scrolls on the desk: "My senior brother has set Zhenzi to cultivate the Tao all his life, to do his duty as a person, to believe in the natural avenue, to be a man with a clean breeze on his sleeves, and to be upright, but he doesn't want to die of illness in this deep mountain, which is really a big regret in life, but it's a pity, senior brother, why did you leave me? I don't know if your two apprentices have inherited your mantle, but it seems that I will teach you in the future. ”

When Master Kong Zhi said this, he held the scroll in his hand, put it behind his back, turned to face Tong Hai and He Bao, and said slowly: "Listen to the two nephews, from today onwards, I will be the master here, and you two are my nephews, I give you the Tao name: Hai Zhongzi, Bao Zhongzi, this is your little senior brother Yun Zhongzi." ”

Master has an excellent memory, he remembers every word I said, not to mention a very easy to remember the Tao number, and he even used the topic to play and gave the two "teachers and nephews" the Tao number.

When the two Taoist priests heard this, they gave the Taoist name, which was repaid, it was equivalent to a senior Taoist priest, and it was good to say it, so they immediately bowed.

There is a rule in this world that where the monk dies will be buried, as mentioned above, the one-horned cow in Niujiazhuang is buried in Niujiazhuang, but most of them are buried in the back mountain, next to the river ditch and other marginal areas. As for the Taoist temple, most of them are buried in the mountains and forests behind the view.

When we carried the body of Ding Zhenzi to the back of the Taoist temple, the scenery in front of me surprised me again, there was a pool of water here, the surface of the pool jumped with splashes, a small cave on the cliff behind the pool, the water flowing out of the cave was all "poured" into the small pool, through the pool water and turned around the Taoist temple, rolled down the mountain, and became a stream, there was a bamboo forest next to the stream. And there is a clearing behind the bamboo forest, where there are already two graves. The tombs were written on the tombs: the tomb of Kaiyuanzi, the tomb of the night Lingzi, we put the body of Dingzhenzi into the newly dug pit, after burying, the master grabbed a boulder from the corner of the mountain, and took out a small sword with one hand, and the small sword cut the boulder into a stone tablet after a few breaths, and then the master pointed to the stone tablet with both hands, the pen walked the dragon and snake, and the two fingers shook quickly, and the aura floated in his fingertips, and the clothes fluttered, like an immortal. Tong Hai and He Bao were dumbfounded.

Tong Hai said: "My master is not so powerful, I didn't expect my uncle's exercises to be mysterious, sharpening stones into monuments, and pointing like blades." ”

The master didn't seem to hear it, and after a few breaths, he carved the words, the dragon and the phoenix danced in the stone, vigorous and powerful, and the depth of the engraved words was very exquisite, and five big characters were written on it: the tomb of the true son.

After burying the body of Dingzhenzi and returning to the main hall, the master deliberately walked around the main hall, as if he had been here, and said: "There used to be a sea of flowers and wine and poetry, but now only wine is left in the stumps." Ahem!"

The master walked in front, carrying his hands behind his back, and the figure became lonely and sad, and the two little Taoist priests cried again.

At this time, I realized that there were some peach trees planted here, but they were all turned into stumps, and it seems that there was once a peach grove here, and there was a chessboard carved on the stone table. I have seen Master's ability to play on the spot, and now I admire it even more, as if Master once drank and wrote poems and played chess and fun with Na Ding Zhenzi in this peach forest.

There are three houses above the steps on the east side of the main hall, which are residences at first glance, there are two houses on the west side, which are the alchemy room and the dossier room, and there are two portraits and incense burners in a small house, which should be the image of heaven and earth, and worship together under the leadership of the master.

Through a small door, there are storage rooms, latrines, etc., and the construction is beginning to take shape.

In front of the main hall, that is, in front of the main hall, there is an old locust tree, the big tree is as thick as the body of an adult ox, with a red rope wrapped around it, and some copper coins are hung, but the copper coins are pitiful, and the fence around it is also broken.

This view is built in the middle of the hillside, so these hidden buildings are scattered, there are steps up and down, very elaborate and convenient, the kitchen and the firewood room are very close, the alchemy room and the medicinal food room are very close. There is also a pilgrim's lounge and prayer room next to the tree in front of the main hall.

The name of this Taoist temple is Qili Temple, the brand of the Taoist Temple is found in the warehouse, the dilapidated paint is not to say, the word "view", only one "again" is left.

The master shook his head and said, "At that time, I was still young, and this seven-mile view was originally given by our ancestor, which means that if you go up to this view, you must first go up the seven-mile long steps, so it has the name of the seven-mile view. One is the sky, the second is the earth, and the ninth is the supreme, and these seven are the meaning of the balance of the avenue of heaven and earth. Many people don't understand the essence of my way, thinking that seven miles is the name of the ladder of the seven miles of the road, in fact, the scale needs to be stable on the seven star position, people are lucky to cross the seven star steps, there are seven days in the week, the ruler has seven inches, and the person has seven feet......"

Seeing that the master's speed of speech is getting slower and slower, I'm afraid I can't make it up, my knowledge is limited, but I have been in the rolling floor, and I can be considered to have some knowledge, adding: "Even the stage of singing is the golden point, the protagonist stands there more on stage, and the singing duo turns is also three points and seven points to perform, so as to achieve excellent results." Being a man should be polite and give three points, so that the other party feels that he has taken advantage of seven points, and he should be relaxed and moderate, and he should work hard for three points, and he has too many ideas and is useless if he doesn't work hard, and he can't work hard without ideas all the time. There are eight gossip, which is one division of heaven and earth and seven divisions of the world, which is why there are seven emperors, eight emperors and nine supremes, which are based on seven. ”

Kong Zhi said: "So, let's look at the seven miles, ordinary people naturally only know one of them, but they don't know the seven." However, from today onwards, I plan to change the name of this temple and no longer call it Qili Temple, but "Shangyun Temple".

As soon as the master said this, Tong Hai and He Bao were surprised and inexplicable, and Tong Hai hurriedly said, "Uncle Shi, can this name be changed easily?"

Kong Zhi said: "Think about it, from the ancestor to our generation, there are few people in this Taoist temple to incense, even the wishing tree has not hung a few copper coins, this poor have fallen to the bottom, it is difficult to go down the mountain to catch a medicine when you are sick, if the Taoist temple incense is vigorous, there are diseases and disasters, let those pilgrims take the initiative to send medicine, what is the scenery? Isn't it good to let you and Uncle Shi and me eat and drink spicy food?"

He Bao said humbly: "I haven't eaten chicken legs for a long time, Master always says that you have to be pure in your heart and have few desires to cultivate the Great Dao, but where is the Great Dao? I see that the Great Dao is in the chicken legs." ”

Kong Zhi saw that He Bao had doubts, and said: "The more Dao you are, the more tolerant you are, how can you restrict so much? If you put on a Taoist robe, you are a Taoist priest, and no one knows whether you have chicken legs or rice in your stomach." Even if it's rice, it's alive, and if you eat a grain of rice, is it because that grain of rice can produce tens of thousands of offspring, that is, tens of thousands of births? So, from birth to death, from death to life, this itself is an endless cycle. The chicken is dead, the chicken leg is naturally a dead thing, and the chicken's primordial spirit has long been reborn. You are eating dead things, so why should you be guilty? My senior brother, this man is very dedicated to cultivating the Tao, but unfortunately, he is not flexible. From then on, with me Confucius and cultivation, I just ate whatever I wanted. ”

He Bao smiled and said, "What Uncle Shi said is reasonable, hehe, reasonable." ”

Kong Zhi said: "Since the ancient road: 'Viewers, watch from above', our Taoist temple is in such a high place, it is naturally condescending, and the side of the road is through a cloud valley, such as a fairyland on earth, it is really a pity that such a beautiful scenery is called Qili Road, a bit like Qili Village, Qilipo, like a poor countryside, unlucky. Wouldn't it be nice for us cultivators to know the meaning of the Seven Great Dao, but how many of the common people understand it? Why don't you come to an easy-to-understand one, go up to the clouds, climb to my Taoist view, like going up to the blue sky, passing through the clouds, looking at the sea of clouds, and praying for the blessing of God?"

I nodded again and again and said, "What Master said is so good, let's call it Shangyunguan." ”

Kong Zhi looked at the plaque and said, "This plaque is very old, Haizhongzi, I will give you one thing to do." ”

Tong Hai promised: "Uncle Shi, please instruct!"

Kong Zhi shook his head: "In this way, in order to make our Taoist temple incense vigorous, from now on, you two will not call me uncle, but Shizun, that is, your acting master." Although it is said that the same family cannot take the name of the teacher, but for the sake of the incense, for the sake of the big chicken legs and chestnuts, I have wronged the two teachers and nephews, we can be commensurate with uncles and nephews in private, but in front of everyone, simply call me Shizun. Nine pounds—"

Kong Zhi pretended to call me by my nickname in a deep voice: "You also call me Master." ”

"Yes, Master!" I immediately changed my mind and set an example. Tong Hai and He Bao also said in unison: "Yes, Master." ”

"Oh, that's right!" Kong Zhi seemed to digress and turned back to the topic, "Hai Zhongzi, you go to the nearest town under the mountain to create a new plaque, the plaque should be gilded, white on a black background, and the border should depict clouds and embroidered mountains, full of ancient rhyme. ”

Tong Hai said: "This is easy to do. ”

Kong Zhi continued: "Also, I have to buy a basket of chicken thighs and a bucket of chestnuts, which I also want to eat. ”

After the master finished speaking, he took out three large silver ingots from the storage bag, and then continued: "The robes of the two of you are a little worn, just make two more according to my appearance, you should be familiar with the figure of your junior brother's treasure zhongzi!"

Tong Hai said happily: "Yes, Master!" The smile on his face was directly like a brilliant lotus, squeezed out of his face like rain or shine, and the flesh on his cheekbones was squeezed out of the pit.

"That'...... That Master, I'm ...... What am I doing?" asked He Bao anxiously on the side.

"Bao Zhongzi, don't worry, you go to the bottom of the mountain and call some bricklayers and carpenters to repair the main hall, the façade, and the courtyard wall. You take this piece of gold, you go to the craftsman and say it's just a fixed price. ”

"Okay, Master, do I still want to buy chicken legs?"

I almost laughed when I heard He Bao say this, and since I laughed, I was embarrassed not to speak, and said: "I said the third junior brother, if you want to buy it, you can buy it, and the master is not bad for your chicken leg money, you can buy a chicken." ”

I can still do this master, not to mention the master's reward, the gold on my body can be piled up on a small hill, and even I can afford to reward this little change.

After they left happily, I took the initiative to say, "The reason why Master knows that the old Taoist priest is called Ding Zhenzi is because the scroll on the case has a scroll signed by Ding Zhenzi himself. Knowing that one of the two of them loves chicken legs, and the other loves chestnuts, it is because they smell the smell from them, and one of them is thin and the other is strong, so naturally one loves meat and one loves vegetarian. Taoism doesn't have any major taboos, so it's normal. Also, to know that the two of them have reached such a detailed level, there must be traces to be found, that is, the book on the table should have left a will, which contains the last words of instructing the two of them not to be greedy and to devote themselves to cultivation. The original meaning of this seven-mile view is the meaning of the seven-mile mountain road, and the master talks about the gods and gods is to stabilize the hearts of these two people first. Showing stunts and carving tombstones are all foreshadowing, and the remains of the peach blossom forest will naturally have some past events, and I was almost infected with tears from your old back. Really...... When will you be able to do what you do?"

Kong Zhi laughed: "Boy, it's time to pass on the true skills of you and me." ”

After Master Kong Zhi finished speaking, he took out a book from the storage bag, and there were four big characters written on the book - "Easy Counting True Scripture".