Taihe Mountain, with its continuous peaks, forests of vegetation, and shrouded clouds and mists, looks like a fairy mountain. The solemn Zixiao Palace on Tianzhu Peak is looming among the clouds and mist under the rising sun, like a fairy palace in another world.
Compared with Tianzhu Peak, which is lined with palaces, Qixia Peak is just an insignificant place among the many peaks in Mount Taihe. However, there is a simple Taoist temple located on Qixia Peak.
The Taoist temple is not big, with a total of several fronts and backs, covering an area of only a few acres.
As the morning sun rises, the master of the temple, Datong Zhenren, is burning incense and praying for blessings in the Zhenwu Hall. He sees that the whole hall is filled with incense, and several statues of gods show their solemn, majestic and sacred atmosphere among the incense.
Located in the same Taihe Mountain, the Xunzhen Temple is not as popular as the Wudang lineage, but it has been passed down for hundreds of years. It is said that the Xunzhen Temple was built earlier than the Wudang Taoist Palace.
However, passed down for hundreds of years, the lineage of Seeking Truth has become increasingly declining. Fortunately, in the past two or three decades, with the development of the country and the opening of minds, major temples and Taoist temples in the world have also benefited from this wave of dividends. The incense gradually became more and more prosperous.
As the first holy land of Taoism, almost 80% of the main gods enshrined in the Taoist temples in Taihe Mountain are Xuantian God and Zhenwu Emperor. As for the secondary gods, there are turtles, snake generals, golden boys and jade girls, etc.
But now it is different from the past. People who come to burn incense and pray for blessings are all about one, the more the better, and it is not strange to worship many people. The more gods enshrined in Taoist temples, the more prosperous the incense will naturally be.
Therefore, there are many more golden statues of gods and Buddhas in the side hall of Xunzhen Temple, such as the statue of Guan Gong, who holds many priestly responsibilities, such as the statue of Guan Di, the statue of Jialan God Guan Gong, the statue of Guan Gong, the god of martial wealth, and The child-giving Guanyin statue of Bao Zisi, the three-star statue of Fu Lu Shou, the three gods of good fortune, etc.
It has to be said that since Xunzhen Temple enshrined these statues, it has caught up with the prosperity of modern tourism, and with the spontaneous promotion of some grandma hosts and Douyin anchors who are looking for places to explore, it has become a small hit due to its remote location and excellent scenery. With the pursuit of truth, the incense has become more and more prosperous.
The back hall of Xunzhen Temple is composed of several relatively independent small courtyards, but it is the residence of Datong Datong and several Taoist disciples. Because the Taoist temple is not too big, there are only ten people in the entire Taoist temple including the temple owner Datong Zhenren.
With the arrival of famous pilgrims in twos and threes, the entire Taoist temple adds a bit of noisy worldly atmosphere to the tranquility.
The masters and disciples of Datong Zhenren also became busy with the arrival of these pilgrims.
In the main hall, Master Datong, who was leading several pilgrims to burn incense and pray for blessings, took advantage of his free time to quietly ask the disciple Chen Wei beside him: "How has Xiaojiu been doing these past two days? If you can't bear it, go down the mountain and see the doctor." It’s not a matter of carrying it alive!”
Chen Wei smiled hurriedly and said: "Don't worry, master. I also sent anti-fever medicine to Xiaojiu this morning. It seems that he is in good spirits, so there should be no problem."
As he spoke, Chen Wei handed a lit incense candle to a pilgrim and whispered: "Besides, no one can escape this virus. Compared with the symptoms of the big guys on the Internet in the first half of the year, Xiaojiu's reaction was already mild. Yes, according to me, in three or two days, the fever will be gone and everything will be fine."
A woman with a slim figure and cool clothes, about 20 years old, offered the incense candle in her hand and inserted it into the incense burner respectfully. After doing this, she seemed to have heard Chen Wei's words and couldn't help but He smiled and said: "Taoist Master, they say that Taoists have talisman water that can cure all diseases, but it seems that it can't resist the virus!"
The woman's companion couldn't help laughing when he heard this, but neither Datong Datong nor Chen Wei took it to heart. Everyone could see that the woman was just joking.
Master Datong smiled and said: "There is no talisman water that can cure all diseases, but there is mung bean soup that is refreshing and relieves heat!"
After listening to this, several young pilgrims couldn't help but marvel at Master Datong's open-mindedness and humor, even though some social experts joked and said that they wanted to try the mung bean soup that Master Datong calls.
But it was said that Xiao Jiu, who was missed by Datong Datong, was also Huang Huai, the last disciple accepted by Datong Datong. Because he ranked ninth among the disciples and was the youngest, he was summoned by Datong Datong and his senior brothers. Make Xiaojiu.
Huang Huai's residence is a private courtyard. It is definitely a special case for one person to live in such a private courtyard. But who makes Huang Huai's special status?
Huang Huai was originally a distant nephew of Datong Zhenren, and Huang's father spent millions of incense money on him. He only asked his clan brother Datong Zhenren to accept Huang Huai as a lay disciple and live in the temple for several months every year to recuperate his body. Even with Master Datong’s mind and determination, what else can he say in the face of this kind of thing.
Even though the whole courtyard looks quite ancient, the rooms are completely decorated with modern decorations.
At this moment, Huang Huai was looking at the mirror in front of him and carefully looking at his clothes. After making sure that everything was fine, he stared at himself in the mirror and said softly, as if to strengthen his determination again: "I'll be brave enough." , the coward will starve to death, that is an unknown world, a chance from heaven, aren't you curious about what kind of world it is!"
Having made up his mind, Huang Huai reached out to pick up a package on the table in front of him and carried it on his back. At the same time, he subconsciously touched the stab-proof clothing hidden under the loose clothes and a sharp knife hidden in the cuffs against his arm. dagger, the originally tense mind relaxed a little.
Although this is the second time he has entered that world, compared to his previous attempt to stay for only a dozen breaths, at a glance, he was sure that it seemed to be an ancient world. In addition, His knowledge of that side of the world can be said to be minimal.
But this time when he entered again, Huang Huai made up his mind. Since he didn't want to miss this opportunity, which was a blessing or a curse, he would stay in that world as much as possible unless he encountered any danger. The longer it takes, the better to find out more news about that side of the world.
As he thought, Huang Huai saw an ancient portal gradually emerge in the void in front of him. It took almost a few breaths for this ancient portal to appear and solidify.
Because this was not the first time he had seen such a magical scene, Huang Huai seemed quite calm. However, as the portal gradually solidified, even though he had made up his mind, Huang Huai still felt a little nervous.
But soon Huang Huai looked back at everything in the room behind him, then took a deep breath, reached out and pushed open the door in the void and stepped out. In an instant, Huang Huai's figure disappeared along with the door. Without a trace, leaving an empty room alone.
