Li Chuan thought for a while and said, "Then...if I just keep the books at home and don't learn the above things, does it matter?"
"What's the big deal?" Wen Guying was a little confused.
"Just, it chose me to be its successor. If I don't learn, will it force me to learn..." Li Chuan thought about his words.
"For example, one day I was working in the fields and suddenly found an injured girl lying there. I rescued her, and then I found that the girl had enemies or had a difficult problem, and I had to use this tattoo. I have no choice but to learn the knowledge from the scriptures. After learning it once, I will learn it a second time, and gradually I will give up on my studies..." Li Chuan's voice gradually became softer.
Wen Guying looked at Li Chuan with complicated eyes, "How could you... You scholars always have many strange ideas."
Li Chuan asked without giving up: "Master Wen, will this happen?"
Wen Guying said: "Don't worry, it won't happen. It's just a book."
"Then, if I accidentally tear it and break it, will there be any bad consequences?" Li Chuan asked again.
"No," Wen Guying couldn't help but said, "If you can break it, it's your ability. Even if the immortal comes, this book can't be damaged at all."
Li Chuan nodded, and then he apologized to Wen Guying and said, "Don't blame Taoist Master, Xiao Ke just wants to ask clearly. I will definitely cherish this book."
Wen Guying's face looked a little better and he said, "Now that you have this book, you will be a distinguished guest of the Four Gods Palace."
As he said that, he took out a skylark knot made of colorful silk threads from his sleeve pocket and handed it to Li Chuan, "This is a token of the Four Gods Palace. If you come to the Four Gods Palace in the future, with this token, you can not only stay in the Four Gods Palace, You can listen to lectures in the shrine, and you can also browse all the books below Tianzi in the library."
Li Chuan took the knot with both hands. After thanking him, he said with some confusion: "Taoist Priest, is the Four Gods Palace open to the public? Well, I heard from the Taoist Priest before that the red fox was also waiting for an opportunity while listening to the lecture. Sneak into the library..."
"Yes." Wen Guying confirmed Li Chuan's statement.
He said: "The Four Gods Palace is the first of the Taoist sects in the world. As long as you are dedicated to seeking the Tao, no matter you are a human or a demon, you can come and listen. Taoism is a journey. Once you reach a certain stage of cultivation, it is difficult to make any further progress just by working behind closed doors. It is different from Practitioners of the school can make discoveries through discussions and exchanges. Similarly, these secrets of exercises lose their value if they are placed in the library without anyone looking at them. Only by continuing to pass them on and develop can new paths be explored. Come."
He said eloquently, "As long as his mind is correct and he is devoted to the Tao, the door of the Four Gods Palace will be open to him."
Li Chuan suddenly thought of the recipe for boiled eggs.
He said: "I met a wandering doctor before, and he said that he had a prescription in his hand that can eliminate the erosion of demonic power from the Four Gods Palace. I don't know if it is true?"
"Eliminating the erosion of demon power? What did he say?" Wen Guying frowned and asked.
So Li Chuan repeated what the boiled egg said.
Wen Guying said: "There is a prescription to eliminate the erosion of demon power, but that doctor may be bluffing you, because normal contact with demons will not cause any harm to the human body except leaving some breath."
Li Chuan was stunned.
Isn’t that what Wen Gu told Zhang Yuanwai?
Could it be that he lied to Yuanwai Zhang?
Wen Guying saw the doubts in Li Chuan's mind, and he was very calm, "The chicken demon left many days ago, leaving no trace at all. As for the female ghost crying, it was the people in this house who scared themselves." I came up with it. But if I don't watch this night and don't perform a ritual ceremony tomorrow, Yuan Wai Zhang and his family and servants will definitely not be able to feel at ease."
He said: "I have been busy for two days and asked Yuan Wai and others to do more good deeds in the future. It can be said to kill two birds with one stone."
Li Chuan was silent.
Then he said: "Daozhang Wen, I admire you very much, and the magnanimity with which the Four Divine Palaces act. If...I am talking about if, if I don't learn the things in the Classic of Patterns, will I still have the opportunity to embark on this journey?" Immortal Road?"
"No." Wen Guying bluntly denied Li Chuan's words. He said: "When the "Classic of Patterns" selected you, the rest of the doors were already closed to you."
"Okay." Li Chuan took a bite of the chicken leg, his expression unchanged.
I feel a little regretful, but not too much.
The next morning, when Zhang Yuanwai came back with his family servants, Wen Guying told them that he had saved both the chicken demon and the female ghost.
After saying that, he also took everyone to see the seven or eight chicken feathers and a strand of hair scattered under the window outside.
A fire-burning girl on crutches saw the chicken feathers and said, "This is the chicken demon's feathers. It's absolutely right. It's exactly the same as what I saw that day."
As he spoke, he took two steps, and his crippled foot actually healed in an instant.
The rest of the servants also came forward to take a look and commented one after another:
"That chicken demon has received the kindness of the master's family for so many years without thinking about repaying it, but colluded with the female ghost, ruined the family's food, and even killed the master's family. He deserves this end!"
"That's right," he said, stepping on the chicken feathers and hair a few times, "this is the fate of ungrateful people!"
"Thanks to the Taoist priest for taking action, this monster was taken away."
"..."
Li Chuan listened to their words and sighed silently in his heart, these are not chicken feathers, they are just fallen leaves.
The fallen leaves he picked up.
The Taoist envoy's deception.
Li Chuan stood and looked at Wen Guying.
Wen Guying looked enigmatic. When he saw that everyone had finished talking, he said that the time had come and it was time to do something.
Zhang Yuanwai had already prepared what he ordered.
I saw Wen Guying standing in front of the table, holding up a pen with his sleeves raised, dipped it in cinnabar, drew a few mysterious characters on the yellow paper, and threw it into a basin of clear water.
Then he held the sword in his hand, walked around a few times with his steps, and finally pointed at the basin and shouted "duh".
I saw the yellow paper spontaneously combust without fire.
The chicken feathers and hair on the ground also started to burn. A servant came closer and almost got burned, so he hurriedly took a few steps back.
Then I heard crackling sounds coming from near and far, as if invisible fire was burning everywhere in the house.
And a red sun broke through the clouds and merged with the firelight.
Everyone looked in awe and fear.
When the fire burned out, Wen Guying put away his sword, walked up to Zhang Yuanwai and said, "Zhang Yuanwai, the monster has been eliminated, and all the breath left by the monster has been burned away."
Zhang Yuanwai thanked him, took out the prepared box, and said, "Thank you for your hard work, Master."
Unexpectedly, Wen Guying pushed the box back.
Before Zhang Yuanwai could speak again, he laughed loudly and strode out, walked out of the gate, and walked on the street. He walked higher and higher, as if he were walking on empty steps, until he walked into the sun and turned into A small black dot finally disappeared from everyone's sight.
Everyone looked at the sun dreamily.
After a long time, Zhang Yuanwai suddenly heard the Taoist's voice in his ear: "Do more good deeds and your blessings will continue."
He suddenly woke up and then bowed in the direction of the sun.
The others followed suit and bowed to the sun.
