Chapter 108: Deep fortune
At the foot of the mountain, in the Institute of History, the old Taoist Qingxu invited Wang Yang to his room.
Wang Yang and his disciples had a conflict. When he went down the mountain, he knew that the two little Taoists had recovered their freedom and rescued their senior brother. The three of them ran up the mountain together. Halfway through, they met Wang Yang and the old Taoist who were going down the mountain, and another senior brother.
The three of them complained a lot, but they got a scolding, and they are still kneeling in front of the statue of the ancestor and accusing the Tao Te Ching.
"Fellow Taoist, several bad disciples have been influenced by those old stubborn people. I am the master who apologizes for them!"
Old Taoist Qingxu made tea himself, and his tea leaves were not as good as those in Mr. Lai’s hands, but it had a different fragrance, which was very memorable.
If Mr. Lai’s tea is a lady from a family, then this tea is a jasper in the family, each with its own taste.
"You are kind to me, senior!"
Wang Yang tasted the tea and said casually that the man in the robe and the two little Taoists had been scolded before, and they were punished for carrying them in front of the ancestor for a month. Such punishment was no longer light, and it was even more cruel than facing the wall.
"Since fellow Taoist is the junior brother of Brother Baocheng, you don't have to be so polite. If you want, call the old Taoist "Senior Brother". If you don't want to, just call my name directly!" Old Taoist Qingxu was very polite, squinted his eyes, stroked his beard, and said with a smile.
"Then I'll call Senior the Taoist priest!"
Wang Yang hesitated for a while, but in the end he was unable to do what he said. After all, the process of acquaintance between the two was not very good, and they had a conflict with his disciples. Moreover, Wang Yang had not had time to call his senior brother to ask about the situation of this old Taoist Qingxu.
"Anyway, speaking of it, I have known Brother Baocheng for thirty years!"
Old Taoist Qingxu stroked his beard and slowly started talking about the process of his acquaintance with Mr. Lai.
Thirty years ago, not long after the reform and opening up, it was the time of great national reform. The economy recovered. After ten years of catastrophe, the disciples of Xuanmen and Taoist sects who lived in seclusion also came out and entered society again.
The old Taoist Qingxu met Mr. Lai when he came out of the mountain, and he didn't know each other without fighting. At that time, both of them were at the fourth level of mind power, Mr. Lai was at the peak of the fourth level, and the old Taoist Qingxu was at the middle level of the fourth level.
The old Taoist Qingxu was not in Wangwu Mountain at that time, but in Baiyun Temple, the capital, which was the base camp of Taoism. Even during the ten-year catastrophe, the impact on it was limited.
The disciples from the Great Dao Temple were always arrogant at first, but after walking in the world and touching the walls a few times, he found that the Taoist temple was not working outside at all. He finally understood why Taoist disciples mostly lived in seclusion in the mountains and rarely came out because their disciples had been in the mountains for a long time and could not adapt to life outside at all.
At that time, he envied Lao Lai and the people in Xuanmen who could make their homes all over the world and wander around.
After returning to the Taoist temple, he advocated that Taoist disciples also go out, contact ordinary people more, and go out to see more. At that time, he was only forty years old. He did not reach the master level in the Taoist temple, and could only be considered an ordinary disciple. He was careless and no one listened to him at all. Not only did no one listen, but he was punished by the teacher many times.
Finally, he was so angry that he issued a military order to leave the Taoist temple and go outside to beg for alms.
Taoist priests also had to eat and dress. In ancient times, Taoist temples had their own industries. After the founding of the country, these industries were confiscated. The real Taoist disciples had to go out to beg for alms. There were not many disciples who went out to beg for alms in the early days.
A year later, Qingxu returned to the Taoist temple and brought ten times the amount of money he had established, which caused a sensation.
In addition to the continuous development of society, Taoist temples are ultimately in the secular world and cannot be avoided by the common people. Qingxu has set a precedent and was eventually established as a field disciple. They can go out for a long time, as long as they can bring what the Taoist temple needs.
To put it simply, Qingxu is the kind of disciple in the Taoist sect who is responsible for making money.
The man in Taoist robe that Wang Yang met before was named Zhao Ziping, and his Taoist name was Yiping. He was adopted by the old Taoist Qingxu since he was a child. His talent was not good nor bad. He was just a good rule. This senior brother did a good job and was also the person who had been with the old Taoist Qingxu for the longest time.
The old Taoist Qingxu collected a total of four disciples, all of which were good seedlings he met when he was walking outside. After receiving four, he retired not long afterwards. Retirement was his own statement. After he was sixty, he stopped paying attention to the field in the temple. First, he was old and wanted to practice quietly. In the past twenty years, he had accumulated a lot of wealth for the temple, but he also delayed his own cultivation.
The second is that Baiyun Temple has a raging reputation. After all, it is the Taoist headquarters and has many sources of income.
After the age of sixty, the old Taoist Qingxu took four disciples to leave the Taoist temple and traveled around. Finally, he came to the Qinglong Temple in Wangwu Mountain to live in seclusion. Qinglong Temple is the research institute. It was indeed a Taoist temple in his early years. Later, the four olds were destroyed and some things were smashed, leaving only some empty houses. Later, it was bought by the old Taoist Qingxu and became his seclusion place.
The Institute of History had no place to like this, so Master Qingxu lent the place to them with great pleasure. There were five of them in total, not here every day, and only half a year was here, so it would be okay to lend it out.
"Master, I didn't expect you to be a direct disciple of Baiyun Temple, I'm so respectful!"
After listening to Qingxu's story, Wang Yang said politely, Baiyun Temple is not a small Taoist temple, it is the center of Taoism in the country, and it is much more famous than the Chongyang Palace founded by the Chongyang ancestors at that time.
Baiyun Temple now has vaguely suppressed Taoist holy places such as Wudang, Maoshan, Longhushan and other Taoist holy places.
"It seems that you are still wary of me, it's okay. You can contact your senior brother now and ask him if I'm right and have you lie to you!"
The old Taoist Qingxu waved his hand and looked at Wang Yang with a smile. Although he was a disciple of the Taoist sect, he had been walking outside for twenty years and had seen many people. He had walked older than Wang Yang. He could tell what Wang Yang was thinking about at a glance.
"This, thank you for understanding the Taoist priest!"
Wang Yang did not completely believe him. Since he said so, Wang Yang simply took out his cell phone and called Mr. Lai.
There is no signal in the mountains, there is one here, so it is still very convenient to contact Mr. Lai.
After calling for three minutes, Wang Yang became more and more surprised as he heard it. Lao Laozhen knew Lao Dao Qingxu, and the relationship between them was the same as what Lao Dao Qingxu said. He would not know each other without fighting, and the relationship was very good.
These are not the key points. The most important point is that after Mr. Lai knew that he was with Old Taoist Qingxu, he actually said that he could trust this person.
I can believe that Mr. Lai’s ability to make such an evaluation is enough to prove that his relationship with Qingxu is indeed extraordinary.
"Master, I was very sorry before. The attitude of several high disciples made me feel scruples!"
With Mr. Lai's words, Wang Yang became a little embarrassed and explained to Mr. Qingxu in a low voice. The reason why he never dared to believe Mr. Qingxu was indeed because of his few disciples.
As the saying goes, the upper beam is not straight, the lower beam is crooked. Who can guarantee that the master is not like this when his disciples have the attitude towards the Xuanmen Master.
"They were spoiled. I always went out and didn't have time to teach them. Later, I stopped doing these things, but I couldn't rest and often left them in Baiyun Temple. I went out for a year and a half. They followed my fellow brothers and brothers, but they didn't learn the good ones, but they learned a lot of bad ones!"
Old Taoist Qingxu sighed heavily. These four apprentices belonged to him, but he didn't take them for a long time.
Including the eldest disciple, commonly known as Zhao Ziping, who followed him at the age of five. In the past twenty-five years, I’m afraid there has been no time with him for ten years. Most of the time I was trained by my fellow disciples in Guan, and he just had the name of a master.
Later in the years, he felt something was wrong, so he simply took them out and lived in Qinglong Temple. He thought about slowly adjusting their thoughts. Before he could come back, he met Wang Yang, just like he and Mr. Lai, and the disciples of the Xuandao sects had a conflict as soon as they met.
"Let's talk about them for now. You are Brother Baocheng's junior brother. That's like my junior brother. I'll ask you to be a big shot and call you Brother Wang in the future!"
"I dare not do this. You are so old. Wouldn't calling me like this make me live longer?" Wang Yang was slightly shocked and shook his head quickly.
"I call you brother, not your brother, but you uncle. What's the point of life? That's it!"
The old Taoist Qingxu glared at him, and without regard for Wang Yang's objection, he called out one by one. Wang Yang could only shake his head helplessly. This old Taoist priest had a strange temper, no wonder he was unwilling to stay in Baiyun Temple to live.
"Brother Wang, what's going on with you and this Fire Phoenix?"
After a while of greeting, the old Taoist Qingxu asked casually at Wang Yang, but his body was gently rectified, and there was still a sense of expectation in his eyes.
"Fire Phoenix?"
Wang Yang turned his head and looked at the little phoenix that had been lying on his shoulder. The fiery red bird was very beautiful. Since it recognized his master, it has been on Wang Yang's shoulders and has always been vigilant against the old Taoist Qingxu.
Wang Yang believed that this old Taoist Qingxu really dared to be unfavorable to him, and Xiao Fenghuang would definitely be faster than him, so he would teach Master Qingxu a lesson first.
"This is a long story!"
After thinking about it, there was nothing to say about the Fire Phoenix, so Wang Yang simply told the origin of the Phoenix.
Except for Haoran's righteousness, there is nothing else that cannot be said. At worst, the matter of hiding the Nine Star Deadly Formation. Besides, Mr. Lai also mentioned that this person can be believed, just like the same brothers as the same clan in the Huayin Sect.
"So that's the case. No wonder, Brother Wang, you are really a person with a deep blessing. I'm jealous of you!"
After listening to Wang Yang's story, the old Taoist Qingxu's eyes immediately widened. Wang Yang told him that the fire phoenix was an ordinary spiritual body before, and was transformed by Wang Yang's condensation with his own strength. He didn't know why he merged with the phoenix that was about to be reborn in Nirvana, and finally returned to him when he met him.
However, every drink and peck are fate. If Wang Yang had not been soft-hearted that day and let the fire phoenix body go, he would not have had the current fortune. He would have made a real divine beast recognize his master. Even Baiyun Temple would not have done such a thing.
Chapter completed!