Chapter 5: The Wanderer's Homecoming
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Qinglin Town is a remote town in the Chu State, and its religious beliefs are respected by the Taixu Taoist Sect. (Please search for the fastest novel website!) The Taixu Taoist Temple next to the town will take care of medical treatment, land beliefs, divination, auspicious times and deaths, and so on. After all, the land god here is also canonized by the Taixu Taoist Sect, and even the ancestral temple of the land god is also stored in the Taoist temple, which is one of the exclusive belief gods of the Taixu Taoist Temple in this town, and will also protect the safety of the Taixu Taoist Temple on weekdays.
Li Jian took Jiang Yuanchen and Li Wen directly into the Taixu Taoist Temple to meet the master of this view. Don't underestimate these viewers, if they come out of the outer gate, and have never passed on the position of the viewer to others, then just count their age is not young.
In the past thirty years, there has not been a generation of disciples from the outer disciples of the Taixu Dao Sect, in other words, this Zheng Guan Master also came here as a Guan Master before the original demon tribulation. More than fifty years have passed since the Demon Tribulation, and it is absolutely impossible for the mere Qi Cultivation Realm to live so long, which means that he must have succeeded in building a foundation in the past few decades.
Li Jian, as a person from the inner gate, although he had some admiration for this kind of foundation building monk who had worked hard after being exiled, but that was all. What potential does a 113-year-old foundation building monk have? If he doesn't get the help of the Taoist sect in the future, he will only be treated better than those scattered cultivators.
Zheng Xingfeng was originally counting today's incense and oil money in the temple, but suddenly felt that there was a Taixu purple qi wandering outside, and immediately reacted that someone from the Taixu Taoist Sect had arrived, and hurriedly took a few Taoist priests out to greet him.
"It turned out to be Senior Brother Li!" said Zheng Xingfeng in surprise after seeing Li Jian. The two of them can be said to be the same group of disciples who entered the outer gate, but it is a pity that the situation between the two is very different. One entered the inner gate to practice the immortal law and immortal immortality, and the other was released to the Taoist temple to waste time.
"Senior Brother Zheng. Li Jian had heard Jiang Yuanchen talk about it earlier, and he also said: "The junior brother has been guarding the side outside for decades, and now it is gratifying to congratulate him on the success of building the foundation and stepping into the immortal gate." ”
Zheng Xingfeng nodded his head: "The younger brother was about to end his life more than ten years ago, so he asked for two low-grade Zhuji Dan from the master's side, so as to build a foundation and prolong his life to prolong his breath, and I really dare not think about it in the future." ”
Zhuji is known as the first level of Xianfan, and after building the foundation, he can extend his lifespan, although using the lower grade Zhuji Dan will also lose part of his lifespan, but its increased part is enough to bring some hope to Zheng Xingfeng, at least let him barely last for a few decades.
Li Jian smiled and let Jiang Yuanchen out behind him. Even if you can't continue to cultivate immortals, you can't say that you have a way forward with that good karma at the beginning.
"It's actually you?" Zheng Xingfeng said after seeing Jiang Yuanchen behind Li Jian: "Are you back to see your parents?"
"Exactly. Jiang Yuanchen came out from behind Li Jian and saluted Zheng Xingfeng: "Thank you to Elder Zheng for taking care of the disciple's relatives over the years, so that the disciple can concentrate on the immortal path without worries. ”
For a disciple like Jiang Yuanchen who has entered the outer gate to practice, his parents and relatives will also be well taken care of by the surrounding Taixu Taoist Temple, which is also one of the reasons why the Taixu Dao Sect has spread out the power of the mortal world so much. In the end, the Immortal Dao is not as ruthless as the Demon Dao, each of the Immortal Dao monks has their own relatives, and they go to settle their relatives with cause and effect, so they might as well entrust the sect to take care of it, and by the way, it can also enhance the cohesion of the entire sect.
Looking carefully at the young man in the light blue shirt in front of him, Zheng Xingfeng sighed secretly: Sure enough, he is a talent for cultivating immortals, and he can match his cultivation in the first few decades in just eight years. I'm afraid that he came back this time to see his parents and relatives, and then concentrate on building a foundation to seek immortal fate, right?
With a move in his heart, Zheng Xingfeng also figured out what Li Jian meant. That's right, if Jiang Yuanchen succeeds in cultivating in the future, he can also help himself, even if he can't improve in the immortal road, he can help himself get a priesthood, and use the body of the earth god to protect his soul from being destroyed.
"It doesn't matter, the poor way is just to take care of the disciples' relatives according to the rules of the sect. Your parents have their own livelihood, and your brother is filial piety on your behalf, you should rest assured. Zheng Xingfeng said and welcomed the three of them in.
Generally speaking, the family members of outer disciples can only be blessed with three places, and in addition to their parents' blood relatives, there is also a brother and sister who has done their filial piety on their behalf.
Although the scale of the Taixu Taoist Temple in Qinglin Town is not as large as the outer gate, its main hall is solemn and solemn, and it has a stream of incense and spiritual light. After the three of them entered, they looked at the three solemn statues in the center of the main hall, and respectfully invited the three pillars of incense to worship the three statues.
The three statues of the gods worshiped in each Taixu Taoist Temple are different. Except that the one in the center is the Tianyang Immortal Monarch, the ancestor of the Immortal Dao inheritance of the Taixu Dao Sect. The one on the left is Ziyang Zhenren, the founding patriarch of the Taixu Taoist Sect, and the one on the right is to sacrifice the surrounding earth gods according to the situation of each Taoist temple. On the side of Qinglin Town, it is the land god Ronggong here.
After Jiang Yuanchen respectfully worshiped the three statues one by one, he said to Li Jian and Zheng Xingfeng: "The disciple wants to go back to see the situation at home first, and please forgive me." ”
"Go ahead. It just so happened that Poor Dao also wanted to ask Senior Brother Li Jian about the inner door. ”
Li Jian's eyelids jumped, and he understood that this person had something to say, so he also said to Li Wen: "Li Wen, you can also go outside with your senior brother to have a look." ”
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Li Wen looked around curiously around Qinglin Town, which was very different from Luojiang City, where he grew up. Qinglin Town is simple and simple, vaguely revealing a sense of ancient vicissitudes.
"It is a small town that has existed for hundreds of years, because it is located in the middle of nowhere and has not experienced war. It is neither as prosperous as those big towns, nor as simple as small villages and towns, and the history of this town is earlier than the history of the founding of the Chu State. Li Wen looked around, and saw many shops that were only available in large towns, such as rouge, silver buildings, pawnshops, and so on.
"I remember that my brother's family runs a bookstore, right?"
The bookstore is a merchant who sells books for a living, and from time to time sells stationery such as pen, ink, paper, inkstone, etc., and sometimes rents books.
"Hmm. Walking on this bluestone road after a few years, Jiang Yuanchen's heart is also quite complicated. Before I fell asleep when I was young, I also used to play happily with many friends on this path. But now that a few years have passed, presumably those people have also become married, right?
Jiang Yuanchen followed the path in his memory and went directly to his original bookstore. Suddenly, I was stunned, and the originally cold bookstore was replaced by a fat powder shop at some point, and many ladies and girls were going in and out.
After hesitating for a moment, Jiang Yuanchen went to the rice shop on the side to inquire about the situation, only to know that the bookstore had already moved to the south of the town.
Sure enough, it's a thing, a person!
"Well, let's go home and have a look. "Since Zheng Lao didn't deliberately inform himself of the relocation of the house, then presumably the original house should still be there, right?
After Jiang Yuanchen left, a young man in the rice shop looked at Jiang Yuanchen's back thoughtfully: This person looks familiar, as if he has seen it somewhere?
"What's the matter, Jiro?" a young woman stepped out of the nearby rouge shop, taking the man's arm.
"It's nothing, it's just that the person who asked for directions just now looks familiar. The Jiang family's bookstore had already moved to Nanshi a few years ago, but he didn't want anyone to ask about his family's situation. Wang Yuan smiled at his wife, and turned to forget about Jiang Yuanchen's affairs.
The husband and wife took up the rouge and rice they had bought and went home.
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"Senior brother knows the person just now?"
"Well, it's a teenager's playmate. Jiang Yuanchen replied casually, but it's a pity that the years have passed, and the young playmates of the past have never met each other when they met.
Jiang Yuanchen took Li Wen through the streets and alleys to a residential house according to his memory. It's not like the bookstore that has been remodeled, although it looks a little more shabby, but Jiang Yuanchen can vaguely see the original style according to his memory.
A well-off family of five, Jiang Yuanchen couldn't help but hesitate a little when he came to his door. Gently snap the knocker, and after waiting for a while, no one will come out to open the door. Listen carefully to the movement inside, and there is no sign of human activity.
"Presumably my uncle and aunt are out?" Li Wen said: "Let's go in and have a look?"
Nodding, Jiang Yuanchen cast a "wall piercing technique" bento to enter first, and then Li Wen also cast a spell and walked in.
Jiang Yuanchen is the second son, with an older brother above and a younger brother below. Because their family is still well-off, there are also their exclusive rooms in that house. However, when Jiang Yuanchen came in, except for the main house, which remained the same, there were now only two of the three side-by-side huts on the left, one large and one small, which seemed to have merged his original room into the eldest brother's room.
Jiang Yuanchen's eyes froze, then he pushed open the door and walked into his eldest brother's room to take a look.
"Double happiness quilt, mandarin duck pillow. That's right, the eldest brother has also reached the age of the crown, how can he not marry a wife?" Looking at his eldest brother's residence, Jiang Yuanchen muttered: "The eldest brother didn't move out to live, but it is okay to merge my room in order to marry a wife and have children." Having said that, Jiang Yuanchen was still disappointed in his heart.
Subsequently, Jiang Yuanchen entered his brother's hut again.
Jiang Yuanchen's younger brother is three years younger than him, when Jiang Yuanchen entered the Taixu Dao Sect at the age of ten, his little brother was crying, and the relationship between the two was not bad.
I walked in and took a look, and some traces of the original furnishings could still be seen. picked up a written article from the table and read it, Jiang Yuanchen was happy: "It turns out that this kid is going to be an official from literature, but he can't be so simple by borrowing history." ”
casually picked up a sheep's hair pen on the table, annotated the article, and then put the article under the inkstone again.
"Senior brother, this looks like your handiwork, right?" Li Wen took a wood carving from the bedside and saw the word "Chen" under the wood carving.
Taking the wood carving tiger and touching the notch on it, Jiang Yuanchen sighed with emotion: "It was the toy I carved myself, and I gave it to my little brother before leaving, and I don't want him to keep it." ”
After putting the wood carving back, the two entered the main house again to take a look at the living conditions of Jiang Yuanchen's parents.
"It's okay, the house is clean, the bedding is neat, there are a lot of clothes, most of them are clean clothes without patches, and my mother's ornaments are a lot more than the original, presumably the life of the second elder is not bad. After Jiang Yuanchen walked around, he went to the kitchen on the right to check the living situation at home.
"There are a lot of firewood, rice, oil, salt, sauce and vinegar, and a lot of fresh vegetables, I should have just bought them back this morning, right? ”
"Of course, even the silver taels you send back every year are enough for them. Li Wen smiled. Jiang Yuanchen and others would go down the mountain at the beginning of every year to do things, and even went to the palace to preside over the state sacrifice. Because Jiang Yuanchen is dedicated to cultivating, most of the money has been sent back to his hometown, so his family can maintain their own food and clothing without doing anything.
"That's it, since we can't see each other today, then-" Jiang Yuanchen was a little distracted in his heart, and suddenly heard the sound of unlocking from the gate.
Then two women walked in, and the young woman, though she could not be said to be beautiful, was passable, and her bulging belly and the middle-aged woman who spoke to the others about her mother also explained her identity.
"Could it be that I'm about to become an uncle?" Jiang Yuanchen laughed at himself and stared intently at the middle-aged woman on the side.
Mother is old, the white on her head is much more than eight years ago, and her face is a little more vicissitudes than before, Jiang Yuanchen looked at his mother carefully and thought to himself.
The two women walked into the main house with a smile, not glancing at Jiang Yuanchen and Li Wen standing in the courtyard.
"Senior brother?" Li Wen saw that his senior brother instantly used an illusion to cover the figures of the two of them, so he asked in a low voice, "Senior brother, don't you go up to see each other?"
After all, it is the separation of immortals and mortals, and after meeting this time, I don't know when the next time will it be, so why bother to give the old lady this thought. Jiang Yuanchen said to himself: "Speaking of which, my mother is already forty years old this year, and her birthday is approaching when she is not confused." ”
Performing the wall-piercing technique again, Jiang Yuanchen came to his brother's hut, picked up the sheep's hair pen and a brand new rice paper on the table, and drew a picture of the birthday of the fairy child. A white and chubby fairy child was holding a big pink peach, and the word "Shou" was written in ancient seal script in the center of the peach.
With the completion of the word Shou, the whole painting became more flexible, and an inexplicable aura permeated the birthday picture. After leaving a blessing charm on the longevity map, Jiang Yuanchen took out another piece of paper and left the note he had visited, and left the hut again.
Putting away the hem of his clothes, Jiang Yuanchen respectfully kowtowed to his mother three times in the courtyard before turning around and leaving with Li Wen.
When Jiang Yuanchen kowtowed, the middle-aged woman in the main room looked at the empty courtyard as if she had a feeling.
"Mother, what's wrong?" the young woman on the side asked hurriedly when she looked at her mother-in-law and looked at the courtyard.
"It's nothing, it's just that I'm suddenly a little sad-" The middle-aged woman came back to her senses: "Speaking of which, you are also a double person, so you can raise the baby at home during this time." If there is really anything, just shout loudly, Aunt Wang next door is also an old neighbor of our family, and she won't ignore it when she hears something......"
Then, the two Mrs. Jiang talked about recuperating in the baby.