118 Providence is unfathomable
Immortal cultivators always try to chase some ethereal things, such as immortality, such as the Heavenly Dao. In contrast, many women's pursuits are much simpler and more practical, such as a lifetime, such as morning and twilight.
Lu Shifeng once asked Guan Yuer what her greatest wish was. Guan Yuer said without hesitation: "I will stay with He Jiong for the rest of my life." At this moment, the words are still in my ears, but the beauty has long since died.
Li An asked Xiao Liuzi to lay a wool carpet under the immortal tree, cook wine in a copper stove, and add a few snacks to invite Elder Lu to drink.
After three rounds of wine, there is a crescent moon in the sky, and there is a little clear light. Li An half-sat and half-leaned, listening to Lu Shifeng talk about the past with some inconsistence. It was as if he had gone back to his childhood, when he studied medicine all day, just to sit in the medicine garden after dinner and listen to Old Man Xu tell a story outside the walls of the palace.
At that time, Lu Shifeng was not Lu Shifeng. In the poor ravines, there is a custom that the cheaper the child's name, the better it is to feed. Therefore, Lu Shifeng, who has been frail and sick since he was a child, has a cheap name that represents love and hope - Dog Baby.
This year's winter was particularly cold, and Lu Shifeng contracted a wind chill, although it was not serious, but he kept coughing and coughing, and it was not good. In the afternoon of this day, there was a sudden strong wind in the mountains, and an old fairy with a long beard came to this small village in the clouds.
The gods showed a hand in mid-air to call the wind and rain, claiming to be the master of the Baiyun Temple in the capital, passing by here, seeing the beautiful mountains and rivers, outstanding people, and the idea of accepting disciples.
The children in the village were fascinated and begged the immortals to include themselves in the door wall, and strangely, almost all the people who participated in the selection were selected by the immortals and left with him, including Lu Shifeng's third uncle and elder brother.
Lu Shifeng also wanted to cultivate immortals, but the immortal said that he had no qualifications.
He didn't understand, he just felt sad, why did all the people in the village have qualifications, but only he and the vitiligo brother of the Erya family next door did not?
Lu Shifeng found the secret book used by the immortals in the second uncle's house, which was a copy of "Zhou Tian Mixed Yuan Gong", which he held in his hand like a treasure, and he read it in the morning and read it in the evening. In fact, he couldn't read this kind of book, but the teacher in the village said: "Read a book a hundred times, and its meaning will be revealed." "Read it a few more times, and you'll always understand, right?
A month later, Lu Shifeng began to be depressed, he doubted that he really did not have the qualifications to cultivate immortals, this "Zhou Tian Mixed Yuan Gong", he could recite it backwards, but what is the Five Qi Dynasty Yuan? What is the Five Hearts to the Heavens? He was always confused. But when he
(This chapter is not finished, please turn the page) learn the appearance of the sloppy Taoist Zhang blind man in the broken Taoist temple on the mountain, when meditating cross-legged, you can even clearly sense the snowflakes falling on the roof and the rats burrowing in the corners.
Lu Shifeng has always felt that Zhang Blind is very capable, because every time he goes down the mountain to carry water, he walks without the slightest sound, and the soles of his feet are windy. Legend has it that every blind person who is more flexible than normal is a superior person.
If you are not selected by the immortals, it is good to learn some kung fu. So Lu Shifeng pestered Zhang Blind and wanted to learn from him. It's a pity that Zhang is not a master, in fact, he is not even blind. Before he came to settle in the Taoist Temple, he was a famous thief in the rivers and lakes.
"Senior, you're not blind, why are you blindfolded?"
"I practice crazy and don't like to see the sun......"
From Zhang Blind, Lu Shifeng heard a news that every ten years, the major immortal sects will gather in Kunyu Mountain to participate in the Hongmeng Festival and recruit disciples, and whether a person has the qualifications to cultivate immortals is not something that can be seen in a book of "Zhou Tian Mixed Yuan Gong". Even if you don't have qualifications, there is still a thing in the world, called the Cleansing Pill, and you will have it when you eat it.
Many years later, Lu Shifeng learned that there is indeed a myelin-washing pill in the world, but not many people are willing to eat this kind of thing to obtain the qualification of cultivating immortals, because while washing the myelin pill, it will also stimulate the full potential of the body, and every time you eat a pill, people's lifespan will be shortened by ten years.
After Lu Shifeng's brother left with the immortals, there was no news. Even the third uncle and them didn't have any news back. The elders went to the capital to look for it, but there was no such old immortal in Baiyun Temple, and when they went to report to the official, there was no clue, and in the end, it was over. People who have lost their children are worried all day long, and the sky seems to be clouded.
At the beginning of spring, an unprecedented plague broke out in the village, which affected all miles and eight villages. Both of the dog's parents died of the plague. This small village, which was not lively in the first place, became even more lifeless, and at night, even the barking of chickens and dogs could not be heard.
This was the first time that Lu Shifeng felt the fragility of life and the impermanence of the world. He knelt in front of his parents' graves for three days and decided to cultivate immortals, away from all the ruthless changes in his life, to chase the legendary eternity.
When he said goodbye, he was in a good mood just in time for the blind man and gave him a book of light skills "Climbing the Cloud Ladder". In this way, Lu Shifeng carried a green cloth burden and walked out of the mountain. In the baggage is all his belongings: an old dress full of patches, a tattered "Climbing the Cloud Ladder", a handy "Zhou Tian Mixed Yuan Gong", a pair of rough patterns,
(This chapter is not finished, please turn the page) but a weighty silver bracelet.
At that time, Lu Shifeng was only fifteen years old, and he was not yet the left protector of the Tianji Palace who knew astronomy and geography and could communicate yin and yang. Although he had already decided to devote himself to the Dao, for a young man who had nothing and left his hometown, Lu Shifeng's biggest problem at the moment was by no means the way of heaven, but that there was no food to satisfy his hunger and no place to sleep.
He only had a penny on him, and it was not enough to buy a bun, but in any case, he was not willing to take the silver bracelet as a pawn, which was his mother's dowry, the only thing she left.
Lu Shifeng's uncle, who lives in the capital, is the dart master of the Yongan Dart Bureau. Alone and hungry, he walked eighty miles to the Yong'an Dart Bureau, and after being knocked out of the door three times, he finally found an opportunity to say his uncle's name.
As soon as Lu Shifeng appeared at his uncle's house, he immediately became a laughing stock. Of course, what makes everyone feel ridiculous is not that they are barefoot, but that a person who can't even afford to wear shoes actually dreams of cultivating immortals. His uncle went to the street to buy him a pair of straw sandals and let him do chores in the Yong'an Dart Bureau, and in this way, he temporarily settled down in the capital.
As soon as he was free, he ran to Baiyun Temple to find someone, the backyard of Baiyun Temple was not open to tourists, every time Lu Shifeng slipped in, the little Taoist boy who swept the floor threw him out. After repeating it a few times, the viewer asked Xiao Daotong to take Lu Shifeng around the Baiyun Temple, and there was no one he was looking for.
In the evening of that day, the officers and soldiers cleared the entire street. It is said that the Queen Mother celebrated her 80th birthday, and the Queen Mother's family had any relatives of the emperor who wanted to enter Beijing from the Suzaku Gate to participate in the birthday banquet. There was no business in the dart game, Lu Shifeng was lying on the window on the second floor to watch the excitement, and suddenly saw more than a dozen pairs of red-clothed people, riding a high-headed horse and walking slowly, dismounting at the Suzaku Gate, and standing with his hands down. These men in red, who say they are men, have white faces and beards, and are whiter than women, and they say that they are women, and they have Adam's apples. Lu Shifeng listened to the discussion of the hall and said that they were eunuchs in the palace.
Immediately after, another team of little eunuchs came, sprinkling water and burning incense along the street to open the way, followed by two teams of honor guards, holding dragon flags, blowing, playing and singing, the scene was not lively.
After a short time, eight eunuchs carried a royal step and got closer and closer, picked up a pair of sister-like beauties at the city gate, and walked downstairs.
This was the first time Lu Shifeng saw Guan Yu'er, and before that, he couldn't imagine that there was such a crystal clear woman in the world. He stared at Bu Bao stupidly, his heart suddenly jumped, when Bu Bao gradually walked away, and he couldn't see it at all, Lu Shifeng leaned on the railing and sat on the ground slowly, as if he had lost his soul.
(End of chapter)