Chapter 129 – Master and Straw Shoes

Together to enjoy the blessings is a rare good thing, the second best, can be accompanied by someone to suffer, is not bad, Yan Yang Guan Supervisor is such a mentality, and surnamed Xu traveling scholar together with meals, more than a talk about the words of the companion, it is really the travel of the fortunate, the nine microdoctor Luo Pingyang self-belief will be some reading the face of the face, although the negative scholar’s face and the qi phase of the face of the some does not match, through a wave of elusive oddity, but no more than will not be evil, and then he and his disciple two people do not need others to take the trouble to cheat, even if they do meatbags. But then again will not be a villain, and then he and his disciple two people, but also not guilty of others to go to great lengths to deceive, even if you do meat buns, together with less than two hundred pounds of meat well. Over time, some small secrets are no longer hidden, Xu Fengyen gradually know that the unknown small Taoist temple supervisor in the very heart of preaching and teaching, all the way to teach his disciple how to refine the gas, about a few lodging stops, are Xu Fengyen out of pocket to the silver, the old Taoist does not mind if he observes and listens to the old Taoist, today’s young apprentice in accordance with the master’s instructions, in the shade of the back stone along the Weak River, sitting cross-legged, feet coiled as a Buddhist vajra cross-legged shape. Buddhist vajra cross-legged pedestal shape, in the Taoist is Ruyi sit, the old Taoist from the bookcase carefully fished out a few yellow books, handed to Xu Fengnian, stroking his beard and smiled: “truthfully, the poor Taoist young family is well off, also read a lot of poems and books, there are elders in the family is good HuangLao, study the study of the Taoist, had followed the elders of the refining for a few years, and then the family way to fall, don’t want to give up halfway, simply into the Taoist temple to do the ushering in and out, the Taoist temple to do the ushering in and out. The Taoist temple did ushered in the guest Taoist priest, these years throughout the Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism canonical scriptures, it was not easy to pick out these three, I thought the most will not mislead the children, can be called without a word of demonic words.”

Xu Fengyen took a look, is the Tiantai Sect practice stopping the view of the “six wonderful door”, the Spring and Autumn period of scattered fairy characters Yuan Yuanfan’s “meditation method of the correct continuation of the compilation”, the last is actually the yellow religion of the “Bodhi Road secondary theory”, three books for ordinary people some obscure, but for the three religions in the people, it’s not difficult to get started, just the Buddha and Taoism two religions of the canonical books are vast as a smoke, can be picked out of the so three is enough to prove that the old Taoist is not that kind of randomly cloak pieces of Taoist robes of the false Taoist, three books steady and proper, about the method of meditation meditation is very gradual, unlike many scriptures, “white head to the Buddha’s life heart” “I want to get out of the world,” the words, just make a show of metaphysics, in the text to play tricks. Of course, Luo Supervisor wants to rely on these three books anyone can buy to go home and copy the refining books, cultivate a long life method, is certainly a fool’s errand, but if the cultivation method is appropriate, diligent and unremitting, can be to a certain extent to get rid of diseases and prolong life.

The old Taoist rarely stumbled upon someone who was willing to listen to him show off his cultivation experience, his demeanor was very leisurely and comfortable, pointing to his disciple’s backbone, with the intention of pointing out for this young man: “Xu Gongzi you see poor Tao this disciple’s spine straight up, as if the stacked vertical of the abacus, this is something to talk about.”

The old Taoist monk sold a secret and asked with a smile, “Has Mr. Xu ever seen ginseng?”

Xu Fengnian laughed, “Just by chance I have seen it a few times.”

The old Taoist narrowed his eyes and tsked, “That’s a good thing. When I was young, I followed my elders to practice Taoist cultivation, and I saw a few branches of old ginseng, which were picked from the two Liao regions of the Liyang Dynasty, so thick that it was as thick as an arm, hey, it’s a bit off topic, let’s not talk about this, a good man doesn’t talk about his courage back in the day. In short, everything is born with spirit, especially this ginseng, a ginseng branch must be curled into a knot, in order to cultivate the source, do not let the essence of the leakage. My generation of Taoist meditation and vomiting, is also the same reason. There is also meditation, have a slight tongue lick against the palate, not growing teeth baby sleeping soundly, to say the least, these are only the bottom of the cultivation, in fact, has not passed the threshold, want to go to the main room, difficult to go, the poor road to read a lot of books, and the hands of the free money to go to the side of the family of the broken down to purchase books, the book has its own Yan Ruyu jade a thousand bells of millet, the poor road is a square outside the people, only think of the paper in the search for longevity, so many years down the line also did not dare to say that! Since I really cultivated what, Taoism spit luck, there are twelve heavy floor, said, but now the poor Tao also only consciously cultivated five or six floor, alas, so there is the cultivation of the building as into the Shu Committee is really difficult to climb the sky said. Some burn incense people boast that I am a real person is a fairy, is really shame. This trip unicorn real rumors the world, the moral clan to repair the “Taoist collection”, the total collection of the world Taoist books, say it is not afraid of Mr. Xu jokes, poor Taoist is not rushing to the land and water dojo to go, just think of going to the moral clan in which any of the Taoist Temple to help miscellaneous, not to mention the other, can look at a few eyes of the orphaned scrolls on the contented, lodging and catering these trifles, poor Taoist and the disciple to deal with the past into.”

The old Taoist disciple staggering, muddy dazed, physical strength and physical exhaustion, dying to sleep, an inability to support the appearance of meditation, the old Taoist tense, and Xu Fengnian whispered: “Poor Taoist disciple talent is good, compared to the poor Tao is ten thousand points better, you see this is the sea of qi floating signs, when the eyes, no matter whether to open and close the eyes, there will be a firefly or a hook and chain of the scene, will prove that the cultivation of small successes. Whenever you open or close your eyes, there will be fireflies or hooks and chains in front of your eyes. Poor Tao cultivated into the ear pass and eye pass two major magical powers, walk this pass, but ate a great deal of suffering, the first delusion with the guardian of the intention on the dantian, a moment of red light, thinking that the evidence of the road has been accomplished, and later realized that the wrong way, and now turn back to teach the apprentice method, it is less to take too many detours.”

Taoist Luo spoke with great interest, not realizing that the disciple almost fell down and said breathlessly, “Master, I’m hungry.”

The disciple’s demolition made the old Taoist lose face, so angry that he smashed a chestnut on the child’s head, “Eat eat eat, just know how to eat. You unmotivated eating simpleton!”

The child if there is no outsider present, by the master reprimand scolding is no harm, but he played from the meeting of the young scholar has no good feelings, this moment feel lost face, red eyes and Luo Taoist hard stare, as a small temple supervisor of the master where what high popularity, angrily bellowed out his hand, and then gave the apprentice palms more than ten times, the child can not withstand the beating, the old man and the full strength of the beat, the small hand instantly red, and eat! Pain and aggrieved, bawling, glimpsed that how to see how to look at the eyes of the scholar smiled, but not smile, more feel sad, got up and ran to squat on the edge of the weak water, picking up stones to throw into the river.

The old Taoist eyes can not see the net, to Xu Fengnian said: “Taoist cultivation, even if the eyes now firefly hook chain, but if not the right way, will still be Zen denounced as light and shadow door head, this is half because of the Buddhists from the nature of the mind, do not pay attention to the body to refinement, not to mention Taoist internal alchemy, and therefore regarded as a barrier. There is also half of the suspicion that there is indeed a fire into the devil, if you have the heart to study meditation, can not be ignored. Just poor Tao is also blind crossing the river blind groping, with their own words is to borrow false cultivation, said I’m afraid that will let the real people in the Grand View of the death of jokes. Poverty Road is limited to the qualifications, so far failed to smell sandalwood incense, not to mention those certificates of ascension, that is, those small longevity, but also out of reach. Poverty Road this disciple, is also a bitter child, although do not know how to do things, the root bone and the heart is actually not bad, the poor road is thinking that he can let him in the future to suffer less, Xu Gongzi do not blame him for all day board a stinky face, the child is too small, walking thousands of miles, the soles of the feet are replaced with a few layers of calluses, since the childhood and the Yan Yang Guan as a home, is always happy not up.”

Xu Feng Nian smiled and shook his head, “Supervisor Luo is overstating the case, it is me who does not have a child’s destiny. Anyone who is a child rarely has a good face when they see me.”

Taoist Luo softly lamented, “We people, like a cup of shaking turbid water, after standing still, we can only see the dirt at the bottom of the cup. Only when we are sick do we realize that our body is bitter, and when we are healthy, we are busy in chaos.”

Xu Fengyen thought a little, nodded and said, “An empty house, looks clean, only sunlight through the window, only to know the dust of thousands. People in the Taoist Sect enter the first grade, once you enter it means the Xuan Realm, I’m afraid that this is the realization in this movement and quietness.”

After being in the vajra realm, regardless of viewing waterfalls and rivers, one can vaguely see some kind of residual trajectory as fine as a hair, if one reaches the Finger Xuan realm, is it possible to produce a kind of precognition? Xu Fengyen fell into deep thought, Luo Yang in the Qin Emperor’s Tomb drew a cocoon outside the bronze door, bringing him a great shock.

Daoist Luo chewed on it for a while, then said with a mesmerized face, “First grade realm ah, poor Taoist wouldn’t dare to think about it.”

The three of them had been traveling along the weak water to the northwest, every time they stopped to rest they also slept by the water under the starry sky, the last time they rested, Xu Fengyen was going to separate from this pair of masters and disciples the next day, the latter rushed to the Yellow River, and then took a boat along the Yellow River against the current to go to the Daode Sect to participate in the prestigious land and water dojo, while Xu Fengyen didn’t need to turn the corner, and then walked up to the final target person of the trip to North Mang in another half ten years. This night, summer and autumn seasons converge, the stars hanging in the sky, overhead a Milky Way bright, the northern sky low, looks almost touching, Xu Fengyen sat on the edge of the weak water river daze, collect thoughts, turn his head to look at, Luo Taoist’s little disciple standing not far away, hesitant, see Xu Fengyen sight cast, turn around and run, but run out a dozen steps and then stop, turn around and come towards the river reluctant to walk.

Children do not like Xu Fengyen are on the face, also do not know why tonight willing to take the initiative to speak, a butt sit down, two two silence, finally or the child can not simmer, opened his mouth and asked: “Surname Xu’s, you have heard of the Taoist high devil is high this saying?”

Xu Fengnian nodded.

The child frowned tightly and asked squarely, “A zhang is always higher than a foot, right? Every time I asked master why the devil should be nine feet higher than the Dao, master couldn’t tell me why and always changed the topic, do you understand?”

Xu Fenian laughed, “I don’t quite understand either.”

The little child skimmed his mouth and said disdainfully, “You don’t have much learning either, you don’t even know how to meditate, you still need my master to teach you.”

Xu Fengnian nodded and said, “Your master was already very learned, otherwise he wouldn’t have been able to become the Supervisor of your Yan Yang Guan, it’s not a shame that I can’t compare to him.”

The child said with a proud face, “Everyone says my master’s fortune telling is accurate!”

Xu Fengyen looked towards the weak water on the surface of the river swaying with fine starlight and did not make a sound.

The child spoke the truth, “Master asked me to come and say thank you before he went to sleep, I was reluctant to do so, but he is my master, so I have to listen to him.”

Xu Fengnian laughed to himself, “You are a truthful person.”

The child was no longer happy to bother with this guy, resting his head on his bent knee, looking at the weak water in a daze.

He turned his head and slowly said, “That day when I crossed the river, I really saw a female water ghost wearing a red robe, do you believe it?”

Xu Fengnian laughed: “Believe.”

As he spoke, a flash of bright red in the weak water swam away and passed away.

Xu Fengyen thought for a moment and took out a stack of straw shoes from the book case, there were three pairs, and pulled out two pairs to give to the child, “Originally, I only made one pair, and then when I saw you guys, I made two more pairs. If you don’t mind, take them as a parting gift.”

The child gave a surprised ah, hesitated for a moment, but still took the two pairs of straw shoes, this moment is really not so hate the traveling scholar in front of him.

The child hugged the straw shoes, fed a sound and asked curiously, “You also know how to weave straw shoes ah, then who are you giving them to?”

Xu Fengyen calmly looked towards the water and softly said, “You have a master, I also have a master ah.”