Chapter 3: Preaching
After dinner, he hurriedly turned off the oil lamp, and when his sister went to sleep, Xu Xian quietly walked out of the door. He wasn't used to going to bed too early, but he couldn't resist his sister, so he could only sneak out every night.
But there are no computers or televisions in this world, and the only entertainment that can be regarded as entertainment at night is probably the Qinglou painting boat by the lake. Not to mention that he has no money, even if he has money, he doesn't dare to go to that kind of place, his sister will probably fight with him!
But there is no moonlight today, only the stars of the autumn night are a little cold. However, Xu Xian also prefers such nights, maybe only at this time, will he reveal the loneliness in his heart unabashedly!
Yes, although my sister treats him like a biological mother, there are some things that she can't understand. Xu Xian often has this feeling that he is different from the people around him, and he is thinking about completely different things.
Although this world is not any dynasty in Xu Xian's memory, as long as he copies a few poems, he can become famous all over the world, and he has seen such a completely different world.
It's just that Xu Xian tonight is not destined to be lonely, he often goes to wander on the small bridge, there is a figure standing at this moment, Xu Xian's heart is cold, he knows that there are ghosts in this world. And being afraid of ghosts is the most natural emotion, but Xu Xian then put his mind at ease, it turned out that it was not a ghost, but the Taoist priest he met today.
"Dao Chief, why don't you go home!" Xu Xian stepped forward and said with concern.
"The four seas are home, and the four seas have no home. You don't blame me for pushing you today. The Taoist priest turned around and smiled at Xu Xian.
"Of course it's weird, but as long as you pass on my immortal law, I won't blame you. Xu Xian originally wanted to pretend to be generous and coax the Taoist to give the book to himself, but when the words came to his mouth, he became a thought in his heart, he was really not a person who was good at falsification.
The Taoist laughed: "I want to give it to you today, you don't want it, you want those mundane things." Now I want to, but I don't. But let me ask you, why do you want to help the villager who sells pears today, such a stingy and stupid person, and he wants to drag you to the official. ”
Xu Xianzheng was disappointed, so he replied casually: "Although he is stingy, he is a legitimate business, not a bad person, but you just took other people's pears, and cut other people's handlebars." I was happy, but I didn't care about the feelings of others. ”
The Taoist priest said angrily: "I am Xiao Shi's punishment, I hope he will be vigilant and not be stingy by his surname." Otherwise, it won't just be pears that will be lost. ”
"That's his surname, just like a bird is about to fly, a fish is about to swim, as long as you don't interfere with others, it's up to him, why do you want to force it! Xu Xian regretted it after speaking, don't say that other people's spells, even such an adult is not something that he can deal with now, and the Taoist priest will be angry when he is angry.
The Taoist priest glared angrily, Xu Xian was uneasy, but he didn't expect the Taoist priest to suddenly laugh, "Things follow their surnames, don't force them." Things follow their surnames, and they cannot be forced. Master, master, it turns out that I have always been the one who acts arbitrarily!"
"I'll go back first, you can quickly find a place to sleep, there is a temple on the mountain in the north, although it is a place for monks to stay, but they are all monks, and they should be able to take you in for one night." After Xu Xian finished speaking, he turned around and left, but the Taoist priest fixed Xu Xian in place like a fixing technique.
"Do you want to learn my method?"
Xu Xian immediately turned around and said, "Yes, very much." "His eyes were brighter than the stars. It's impossible not to think about this kind of thing.
The Taoist priest secretly laughed, after all, he was a child, but this kind of unpretentious surname was what he liked, he had traveled all over the three mountains and five mountains, and had seen all kinds of people, etc., if a person was duplicitous, he couldn't escape his eyes at all. And if a person has such ability, the most unfortunate are those who think they are clever and deceitful.
During the day, Xu Xian's actions fell in his eyes, he watched Xu Xian become young and old, and his heart was very good, but he was not a person who sold his reputation and reputation, so he had the idea of accepting apprentices in his heart.
"Although your mind is early, your qualifications are only average, and your intelligence is only middle-class, which is the first difficulty. If you want to practice this way, you have to wear it with a drop of water, but I think you are not a person with great perseverance. It is even more difficult, and in the end, it may not be up or down, and the time is wasted. Then you have to learn. ”
"To learn, to learn. Xu Xian said in his heart, even if it doesn't work, it's not bad to engage in a magic show! Xu Xian thought so, but he didn't expect to steal, but he didn't think to rob.
"When I was young, I abandoned my wife and children, and I immersed myself in this way. At this point, you have only cultivated to a low level, so do you still have to learn?"
"To learn, to learn. Xu Xianxin said: My future lady is a thousand-year-old cultivator, did I throw it away.
"Okay, then we will set up the title of master and apprentice and teach you this way. ”
Xu Xian was overjoyed in his heart, but when he looked at the Taoist master, his face was gloomy, and his heart moved, and he couldn't help asking: "Daoist, master, do you regret it now?"
The Taoist priest frowned and thought for a while, and finally resolutely said: "This is what I want in my life, and I will not regret it." ”
"Don't you regret it?" Xu Xian muttered. Just these two words, but I don't know how much firmness and sadness they contain, but no matter how depressed a person is in this life, as long as he can ask himself and leave no regrets, it will not be in vain.
Xu Xian sighed from his heart for no reason, but he was very happy for him, at this moment he also wanted to ask himself, do you regret it? All kinds of previous lives have been disturbed in front of his eyes, but he himself can't figure out whether he regrets or has no regrets. But the past is difficult to trace, since God has given this life, we must live a good life without regrets.
Just when Xu Xian was pondering the past, the Taoist priest pointed like a sword, and quickly pointed at Xu Xian's eyebrows, Xu Xian didn't have time to reflect and felt that the sky was cracking in his mind, and he wanted to exhale pain, but his body couldn't help himself. Xu Xian felt like a long time, but in fact, it was only a short time, and at this moment, Xu Xian seemed to have been fished up from the water, and his whole body was soaked with sweat. I just feel that there are many more things in my mind, but I can't find them. I raised my head and wanted to ask the master.
But the Taoist priest just said, "Go ahead!" and stopped looking at him.
Xu Xian's head was muddy, so he walked towards home obediently, but as soon as he took two steps, he turned back in surprise. "Master, where's the book?" but still thinking about the secret book.
The Taoist priest was slightly stunned when he heard this, and then scolded with a smile: "I can't compensate you for all my old money." He took out the book from his arms and threw it to Xu Xian, Xu Xian took it and saw that there were three ancient seals on the cover, but they were vaguely recognized, and they were the three big characters of the Tao Te Ching.
I was trying to reason with the master, but I found that the bridge was empty, and the Taoist priest had long since disappeared. I feel helpless, but I feel that I am tired now, as if I have done a whole day's work, and my body is so heavy that I just want to fall asleep. I could only force myself to walk home.
At this time, the lights of thousands of homes were extinguished one by one, and only the stars in the sky lasted forever. The Taoist priest looked at Xu Xian's staggering figure and groaned secretly.
"The fairy mountain is slim, and the world is vast. Is it right or wrong to lead you down such a path. Xu Xian, Xu Xian, are you really as good as your name suggests, and you are willing to promise this body to the Immortal Dao?"