"That's three pieces of good news. I'll go and notify him right away." His cousin jumped on the motorcycle excitedly, and the roar of the engine made my eardrums hurt.
"Let's go." I smiled and turned around and stepped onto the steps.
Walking up the stone steps, everything in front of you is refreshing. This Taoist temple has regained its grandeur a hundred years ago.
It’s just that the steps in front of us are a bit tiring. With Heizi and I’s leg strength, it would probably take us two or three hours to walk without using our “Cloud Chasing Legs”.
In front of the Taoist temple, Wenren Houxiao sat on the steps in front of the main entrance, looking at the stone steps in front of him and not knowing what he was thinking.
When he saw me and Heizi, he stood up suddenly and excitedly, his eyes lit up, but it was fleeting, maybe he was looking forward to the return of his master and senior brothers.
"Senior." Heizi and I stepped forward and hugged our fists respectfully.
"Thank you." Wen Renhou stood up, smiled and bowed to us.
"Senior, how can we bear this..." Heizi and I quickly ran forward to support Wen Renhou.
"You can afford it." Wen Renhou said and grabbed us with both hands.
He didn't seem to be using any force, his hands were just gently placed on our arms, but we were unable to help him up at all.
"The only regret is this plaque." Heizi was still smart and quickly changed his attention.
"Kun Yue Palace." I raised my head and read out the three large gilt characters on the plaque at the main entrance.
"Senior, we will go down the mountain to order a new one tomorrow." Heizi's words were obviously intentional.
"No, this was written by the master himself." Wen Renhou finally straightened up in excitement.
"Oh, that's it, let's fix it." I quickly agreed.
"Yeah, let's fix it." Wen Renhou looked up at the plaque, his eyes becoming cloudy again.
"Let's go, senior, go in and rest." Heizi and I looked at each other and quickly supported Wen Renhou and walked towards the Taoist temple.
It's not that Wen Renhou needs our support. There are probably a hundred people like me and Heizi who are no match for Wen Renhou.
By this time, the three girls had prepared dinner. Seeing Wen Renhou sit down and lift the bowl, Heizi and I were so lucky that it was just the two of us who went to build the road this morning.
In fact, Heizi and I had a private chat. Wen Renhou seemed to want to go out and have a look, but not long after leaving the Taoist temple, he was anxious to come back.
Over the decades, his obsession with waiting for his master has become deeply ingrained, and it will take some time for him to get used to it.
While we were clearing away the dishes, there was a sudden commotion outside the Taoist temple.
"Senior, let me go take a look." Chao Wenrenhou asked for permission, and I ran out quickly.
"Master..." As soon as I appeared at the door, a group of villagers led by the village chief immediately knelt down in front of me.
"What are you doing? Get up..." We met many people kneeling down for us along the way, but today's battle was too big, and these were the entire village.
Heizi heard the sound and ran out. When he saw that the steps in front of him were full of people kneeling, and they were lined up all the way, Heizi also frowned.
Moreover, these people did not come empty-handed. They all had things in their hands, including incense, candles, ingots, chickens, ducks, and fish, and some carried rice, flour, and oil.
The people in front of me are ordinary people, and this journey is not easy.
I also noticed that there were several children in the crowd, they looked to be seven or eight years old, the oldest was no more than ten years old.
"This..." Hearing the movement behind me, I turned around and saw Wen Renhou's stunned expression.
"Senior, we didn't make them kneel..." Heizi quickly explained.
"You have brought honor to the Taoist sect..." Wen Renhou waved his hand, tears streaming down his face.
"Everyone, get up. If you don't get up, I'm going to close the door." Wen Renhou raised his hand to wipe his tears, took a step forward, and shouted in a low voice.
His voice was obviously not loud, but it sounded so penetrating that even the people kneeling at the end of the line at the bottom of the steps looked up.
"This is the real master. Get up quickly." I also hurriedly spoke up.
Heizi also glared at his cousin who was kneeling in front of him, and then his cousin quickly helped the village chief up.
"Master, it's all your fault this time, we thought..." The village chief stood up and burst into tears.
I quickly glanced at Wen Renhou, and when he nodded in agreement, I turned around and loudly interrupted everyone who was still thanking me.
"Master, please come in." I said loudly.
Seeing everyone bowing respectfully as Wen Renhou passed by, Heizi, the three girls, and I stood aside and laughed.
Wen Renhou always kept a smile on his face. I would venture to guess that if his master was still here, he would definitely be smiling when he saw the crowds and incense in the Taoist temple.
"We should go." I turned to look at the four of them and Dahei.
"Well, let's collect our things while there are a lot of people. See you at the back door." The three women said and turned around and entered the house.
Many people had already burned incense in the large incense burner in the courtyard, and some went to the main hall to worship the Three Pure Ones. Several villagers and their children knelt in front of Wen Renhou.
"This is the beginning of apprenticeship." Heizi looked at me excitedly.
"Well, this Taoist temple will definitely produce a few Taoist masters in the future." I also smiled and clenched my fists.
His cousin was busy and led people to take all the supplies sent by the villagers to the kitchen and warehouse.
Wen Renhou looked at the child kneeling in front of him, tears flashing in his eyes again. He might have thought of himself back then.
"Let's go..." I looked at Heizi with a smile, turned around and walked towards the back door.
"Well..." Heizi waved to Dahei, and he and the dog quickly followed.
What I didn't see was that Wen Renhou looked at our backs and murmured: "Blessings and Immeasurable Heavenly Lord."
We don’t need to know what happens next. The villagers here will definitely go to the Taoist temple to offer incense.
Wen Renhou will no longer be lonely now that he has a little apprentice. He is probably too busy every day.
We walked down the mountain quickly because we were afraid of bumping into people in the village.
But when I walked along the steps to the foot of the mountain, I still met a lot of people, but the people in front of me were all elderly people with inconvenient legs and feet. They probably couldn't go up, so they were kneeling at the foot of the mountain to worship.
We wanted to run, but an old man found us and blocked our way.
"Auntie, please get up quickly, we can't bear it..." One person found out all of them, and now he was bowing and kneeling to us.
I have no sense of pride at all, and now I just feel very panicked.
After finally coaxing these old people to stand up, we quickly stepped forward to support those who still had crutches in their hands. It was already dark now.
"Why are you worshiping here?" I couldn't find the topic, so I had to ask knowingly.
"It was said that there are experts like you on the mountain and there are Taoist temples, so my two sons brought rice noodles up there. When they come down, they will carry me up there tomorrow." The aunt said piously.
What the aunt said sounded simple, but it shocked my heart.
The master once said that our Taoism is probably going to decline, but now it seems that it has not.
I looked up at the sky and thought silently: "Master, have you seen it?"
"The villagers went up the mountain and only found one body. We thought you had died." An aunt Zhou Jiaonan was supporting said sadly.
No wonder Heizi and I didn't find the body fished out of the river when we went to the waterfall.
"What about the corpse?" Zhou Jiaonan suffered from occupational disease again.
"Of course you have to report it to the official. The official's family will come and take it away." Another uncle said.
"Don't worry, we didn't say anything about you." An aunt Haitang was supporting quickly explained.
After supporting these old people back to the village, we hurried to his cousin's house, drove the car and ran towards the outside of the village.
I dodged and dodged along the way, for fear of meeting someone again.
"Why do we make it look like we did something bad?" After walking for a while, Heizi couldn't help but turn his head and asked.
"If you're not afraid of those uncles and aunties kneeling in front of you, just drive slower." I said angrily.
"Hey...at the beginning, I felt proud to be believed and worshiped by others, but now it has completely changed..." Heizi shook his head helplessly.
"Because your Taoist heart has matured." Haitang suddenly said from the back seat.
My heart was shocked, and Heizi stopped talking and just drove the car very fast on this country road.
The road out of the village was uphill. When we arrived at the entrance of the village, I asked Heizi to stop the car.
After getting off the car and looking back, the Taoist temple was brightly lit at the moment. The villagers should still be in the Taoist temple with Wen Renhou.
"Senior, don't worry. Leave foreign enemies to us juniors. You have sacrificed too much in your life." I said and bowed deeply towards the Taoist temple.
Everyone was the same, even Dahei lay on the ground and lowered his head.
