Among the temples.

Elder Song walked in the courtyard with his hands on his back.

Su Ting took a half step back and followed on the side.

Qingping was also beside the two, bowing his head slightly, quietly listening to the conversation between the two.

"Can you really feel at ease, open a small shop, and be a hermit hidden in the world?" said Song Lao when he came to the edge of the pond and looked at the rippling water.

"This is nature, and the so-called ordinary is true. Su Ting looked serious, and said with a straight face: "Look at the martial arts, in many stories, these heroes who crisscross the rivers and lakes, no matter how famous, how enthusiastic, how high, after countless things, finally saw everything, and lived in seclusion and became an ordinary person." ”

He looked up at the sky, looked at the blue sky and white clouds, and said with emotion: "I have already reached such a realm now, surveying the red dust and living in peace." ”

Qingping kept his expression unchanged, but his face twitched slightly.

Song Lao glanced at him and said, "You have broken through the red dust, why don't you become a monk?"

Su Ting sighed and said helplessly: "The younger generation also has this idea, but we are not inherited by the Thunder God Tianzun, this is all fate." ”

Song Lao shook his head and said, "Stinky boy, you know that your mouth is full of nonsense, do you know that no matter what you want to do to make a living, but this shop is open, and it will be a hundred harms and only one benefit for your cultivation." ”

Su Ting scratched his head and said, "Where do you start with this?"

Song Lao said: "The business of the shop is too good, you have to worry too much, you can't try your best to practice. The business of the shop is poor, and you can't support your family, so you have to bother and can't practice as hard as you can. But what is the truth?"

"But there is no store, and the younger generation doesn't even have a livelihood to support his family. ”

"But with a shop, you're probably going to have to support your family. ”

"Where do you start with this, doesn't Song Lao also bother with the temple?"

"The old man's temple is no better than your shop. ”

Song Lao glanced at him and said slowly: "The old man practices Shinto, the incense in this temple can be evenly divided to help the old man practice, plus the incense money of the temple, plus the annual gift from Si Tianjian, all of them are beneficial to cultivation, but what is the benefit of your shop in your practice?"

Speaking of this, Song Lao's gaze crossed Su Ting's face and fell on Qingping in the back.

Obviously, these words were not only said to Su Ting, but also to Qingping.

"The only thing that benefits this shop is to solve your family's problem. ”

Song Lao glanced at him deeply, looked at Qingping, and said: "But it can only be like this, throughout the ages, there have been countless people who have cultivated immortals and practiced the Tao, some have scattered thousands of family fortunes, entered the mountains to meditate, and some have entered the world to practice. But people who are truly cultivators, at the beginning of their cultivation, at the beginning of their cultivation, are not many of them truly destitute. ”

"If you are a woodcutter farmer in Luoyue County, you have found the immortal classics, what can you do?"

"If you can't read, you can't practice. ”

"Second, if you don't work hard, you will starve to death, but if you work every day, how can you have the leisure to study these cultivation paths?"

Su Ting, he vaguely fell into the second category. ”

Song Lao said slowly.

Su Ting nodded, feeling the same way, but in fact, his shop mainly has some hidden thoughts. Seeing that Song Lao was so attentive at this moment, Su Ting couldn't help but be moved in his heart, and he wanted to explain.

It's just that before Su Ting could speak, he heard Qingping ask: "He doesn't want to be rich and rich, he doesn't want to prosper in business, he just wants to support his family, be a little idler, and spend the rest of his time on cultivation, isn't it bad?"

Song Lao glanced at Qingping, nodded slightly, and said, "It's naturally not bad, but it can only be like this...... But that's all, but it lacks help in cultivation, and it has to be entangled in earthly trivial matters, and karma is involved. ”

"With the same talent, you can only practice every day, but in addition to this, you can also have the benefits of various natural and earthly treasures, which can go faster and farther than you. ”

"Throughout the ages, no matter how talented the heavens are, no one has said that they will be able to become immortals. ”

"Look at the ancestral court of the Daomen, it is the true inheritance of the Dao ancestor, and the disciples in the door are even more outstanding, with outstanding talents, practicing since childhood, the method is superior, taught by the elders, maintained by the natural and earthly treasures, and nourished by the elixir, how many can become immortals and attain the Tao?"

"If he thinks that he can run a shop in the world, meditate cross-legged every day, breathe and breathe, and live for decades, before he reaches the end of his life, then you are too arrogant. ”

Song Lao's tone was heavy, with a bit of scolding.

Su Ting was not a shop-based shop, but when he heard what Song Lao said, he couldn't help asking, "Does Song Lao have any advice?"

Song Lao said in a deep voice: "Either don't do it, practice with peace of mind, and stay away from the hustle and bustle." Or, the business will become bigger, and the wealth will be used to benefit and the Tao will be supported by the wealth. ”

He stepped forward, patted Su Ting, and said, "Although money is an external object, at the beginning of cultivation, the word money is definitely not dung. ”

At the beginning of Su Ting's practice, he experienced the dilemma of "a penny is difficult to defeat a hero", and he felt the same way, saying: "No wealth is not enough to support the Tao, and the younger generation understands." ”

Song Lao nodded and said: "It's good to understand, I'm afraid that you won't listen to what the old man says, and think too highly of yourself......"

Speaking of this, Song Lao turned slightly sideways, looked at Qingping, and said: "The old man is walking the way of God, which is different from you, and you cultivators must be quiet, calm the nerves, nourish qi, cultivate yourself, guard against arrogance, avoid dryness, stay away from the hustle and bustle, and stay away from the noisy ......."

"If you are a poor person and you have to support your family, how can you be so stable, and how can you be away from the noise and noise of the world?"

In addition to eating and drinking, there must also be many medicinal materials to nourish oneself, transport essence and qi, take qi and blood, and promote blood qi, so as to further practice qi. ”

"The so-called refining and refining qi, if you are weak and weak in qi and blood, how can it help to refine qi?"

"If you are a disciple of the Great Sect, it is fine, but you are just scattered monks, helpless, and on your own. ”

"If you are like this Su family kid in the future, you work hard every day, and if you don't do it for a day, you won't be able to eat enough on this day, how can you practice with peace of mind?"

Song Lao looked at Qingping and said slowly.

Qingping was suddenly touched, bowed down and said, "Disciple understands." ”

Su Ting tilted his head, his expression was very strange, he reached out and rubbed his smooth chin, he always felt that something was wrong.

Song Lao's words of "no wealth is not enough to support the Tao" do not seem to be used to warn himself, but to explain Qingping.

And he was just caught by Song Lao casually and used as a negative example?

I seem to have been a little self-inflicted just now?

Su Ting, who felt very innocent, looked at Song Lao's gaze, and suddenly became resentful and aggrieved, and said secretly in his heart: "In order to preach to Qingping, you trained me as a negative teaching material?"

Su Ting felt innocent, but from what Song Lao said, he probably understood that although Qingping was a disciple of Song Lao, he did not follow the path of God, but took the path of immortals, which was different from Song Lao's path.

Now, although there is a warning to Su Ting, it is still mostly to teach Qingping.

At this time, Song Lao sighed a little and said: "Even if you don't talk about those immortal sect disciples, you see that the current national teacher of Si Tianjian is a real person with extremely high talent, but he still has to be attached to the imperial court, using the treasury and power to collect heavenly and earthly treasures. ”

"But even if he is a real person, once a national teacher, how can he have the confidence to dare to say that he can become an immortal?"

"The Tao is really high to a certain level, and it is not so bothered by the worldly possessions, but at the beginning of the practice, money is inevitable. ”

Even, when it comes to advanced Taoism, it pays more attention to this aspect. ”

e.g. ......

Song Lao paused for a moment, and suddenly asked, "Do you know which one is the richest in Luoyue County?"

Su Ting and Qingping glanced at each other, each surprised.

The largest famous family in Luoyue County is naturally the Sun family, which has the deepest heritage, the longest inheritance, and the most abundant financial resources.

But did Song Lao ask this obvious question, did it mean anything else? Or was the obvious answer actually true? The richest family in Luoyue County had another person?

Su Ting thought for a while, suddenly thought of many stories, his eyes lit up, and said: "According to many stories, real people don't show their faces, there are unicorns hidden in the fields, and dragons are raised in the ponds.

In an instant, countless thoughts passed through Su Ting's mind.

"Could it be that there is a hidden treasure in the temple?"

"Old man Mo Feisong, your old man was a river thief in his early years, and he accumulated a fortune, and he was rich enough to rival the country?"

"Isn't it ......"

Without waiting for Su Ting to finish speaking, Song Lao, whose face turned black, suddenly shouted, "Shut up!"

Qingping looked up at the blue sky and white clouds, as if he had never heard it.

Su Ting sighed and said, "It doesn't seem to be. ”

Song Lao snorted and said, "The richest in Luoyue County is the Sun family, and the blind can see it." ”

Su Ting touched his face and muttered, "I'm not blind." ”

Elder Song glared at him, flicked his sleeves slightly, walked around the pond, and said slowly: "In the early years, the ancestor of the Sun family, who cultivated to become a Yin God, was a Venerable Master, and among the Venerable Men, he was also in the forefront. At this point, he still wants to establish a clan, amass wealth, collect treasures from all sides, and lay the foundation for his own cultivation......"

"Now the head of the Sun family, although he wants to cultivate immortals and cultivate the Tao in the second half of his life, he has never let go of the Sun family's business, and he is still intriguing with others, this is because he also understands that wealth is indispensable for future cultivation. ”

"Now that he is a national teacher, which ancestor of the Sun family in the past only lived on a shop?"

Elder Song glanced at Su Ting and said, "You are so self-conscious." ”

Su Ting's eyes lit up.

As soon as Chen Youyu was stolen by himself, Song Lao told him that he had a lot of wealth in his grandson's family.

It turns out that Song Lao is here to instigate himself to steal the Sun family today?