When Zhang Huiyuan knocked on the door for the third time and asked Zhang Yan to come out for dinner, Zhang Yan finally succeeded. He responded again and stood up to open the door.
"Brother...well! Brother, why do you stink so much? What's wrong with you?"
Compared with the previous breakthrough, this time Zhang Yan's physical body was squeezed out of more impurities during the formation of Dao Dan. In the past, when reading Taoist books, there were these related descriptions. Zhang Yan laughed and called them "spurting feces from the pores", but now he feels that these four words describe it appropriately.
At this time, Zhang Yan not only felt hungry in his body, but also had a stench all over his body. It was as if he had just crawled out of a cesspool. The moment the door was opened, the younger sister Zhang Huiyuan was staggered.
"Sweat stinks, sweat stinks. You go and eat first, and I'll go to the back to get some water to wash myself."
Yesterday, he asked his follower Zeng Hao to fetch a full tank of water. After dinner, there was still more than half of the tank left. Zhang Yan walked out of his room and rushed to a small kitchen next to the kitchen with the surprised eyes of the three people at home. In the water room, I poured cold water over my body and scrubbed myself. It took me three washes to get rid of the stinky smell on my body.
When he came out, his elder brother Zhang Shun had already brought his younger sister Zhang Huiyuan to the store.
"Yan'er, are you feeling uncomfortable somewhere?" Wang Lanping couldn't figure out how a person could wake up with such a stench all over his body. I was worried that my son had some strange disease. A look of concern.
"Mom, don't worry, it's okay. I'm practicing a skill taught by my old master to strengthen my body. If I stink now, I won't be like this in the future."
Although Zhang Yan once again pulled out the "old master" as a shield, he didn't talk nonsense. Because according to miscellaneous records in Taoist books, impurities will be continuously forged out of the physical body during the process of cultivation, and it will gradually reach a state that was not polluted by the turbidity of the world at birth. This process does not run through the whole process of practice. Generally, 90% of it can be completed when reaching the middle and late stages of Tao Dan realm. Even if there are still impurities that will be forged out in the future, they will not be as numerous and smelly as this time. .
Sure enough, when Wang Lanping heard that this was a method taught by the "old master", most of her worries immediately disappeared. The smile returned to his face. After looking at her second son so carefully, Wang Lanping realized that her second son's skin seemed to be better than yesterday, and his handsome appearance was pleasing to the eye. I don't know how many girls I would be able to charm if I went to the streets secretly.
no. Yan'er is no better than Shun'er. He is capable, good-looking, and a scholar of the Xue Xue lineage. How can he choose a good marriage? Wang Lanping secretly made a decision in her heart. She could not let her second son's marriage be hasty. She had to look higher.
The second son was having breakfast. Wang Lanping sat on the side and watched. She found that the second son seemed to have a good appetite today. After eating three meatloaf, it was not enough. She went to get two leftover rice balls from yesterday and ate them.
What a great day! Wang Lanping was in a good mood as she watched her second son eating happily. Now the eldest son's marriage is also in full swing. The second son has said that he wants to move to a big house. The two fertile fields in the family are now growing happily and look proud of all the surrounding fields. Even the newly opened wood shop is doing very well. Expanding the store...
These good things happened one after another, which often made Wang Lanping laugh in her dreams.
All this will start to change when the second son Zhang Yan escapes from death. Relying on the skills taught by his master, he went all the way back from being a criminal soldier and gained two pieces of military merit fields for his family. The pills and wheelchairs that I got later were all thanks to the great blessing of my master. Wang Lanping keeps this in mind all the time.
Sometimes Wang Lanping also thinks that if she has the opportunity to meet the old master, she must kowtow to him, thank him properly, and treat him as an elder in the family.
Unfortunately, Erzi said that since the old master said that he had almost taught him, he never showed up again. He didn't even say his name. In addition to adding to the mystery, Wang Lanping also regretted that she could not express her gratitude and repay her gratitude in person.
"Yan'er, you said that the master has been so kind to our family. Your life was saved by the skills taught by the master. And our family has been relying on the kindness of the master these days. To the master, How about a wish of longevity?"
Good fortune?
Zhang Yan was stunned at first. But he reacted quickly.
There is no such thing as praying to gods and worshiping Buddha in the wilderness. But it doesn’t mean that people here don’t have beautiful expectations and sustenance on a spiritual level. For example, when Zhang Yan was rummaging around for "talismans" in the Yubei Mountain Fortress, Hua Gou thought the "talismans" Zhang Yan made were too ugly and didn't want them, saying that he had them himself. In fact, what Hua Gou called an amulet at the time was a common spiritual sustenance here in the Wild Sky Territory. Derived from "ancestor worship".
Pray for the protection of ancestors, pray for good luck and ward off disasters. There is actually some inevitability in simple wishes.
"The First Cause of All Realms"
The blessings Wang Lanping just mentioned is a custom derived from ancestor worship. This custom is not only found in Langyuan City, but also in most places in Nanyuan Kingdom.
It's actually simple to say, that is, hang the portraits of your ancestors in the central hall of your home or in a special side hall, offer fruits and melons, and do some ceremonial worship activities during festivals or ancestors' birthdays and memorial days. Generally speaking, the situation is not much different from the situation of enshrining spiritual tablets on earth.
It's just that not every ancestor will be hung up as a blessing and worshiped by future generations. It must be a representative figure of high moral character or of great significance in the family before it can be hung up as a blessing.
Moreover, the saying in Langyuan City does not necessarily mean that only the dead can be regarded as blessings, but the living can also be used. Even having blessings while alive is a good thing to pray for a hundred years.
Seeing Zhang Yan in a daze, Wang Lanping asked again, and finally said: "Master has been kind to our family. He is fully qualified to be our elder. Just say something."
Although Wang Lanping felt that she should hang a blessing sign on her old acquaintance to pray for a hundred years, but now the person in charge of the family is her second son, and the final decision has to be made by her second son. Wang Lanping naturally knew the propriety of this.
Zhang Yan nodded and agreed with his mother's words. But what was on my mind was something else. Because he himself knew that his skills were not taught by a master, but came from the foundation of the Longhu Mountain Taoist Sect and the intermittent studies he had received on earth for so many years.
So whose portrait is hanging in this blessing?
Zhang Yan thought about it for a long time before finally making a decision. Since you want to hang up, it’s better to do it in one step. As for how to explain it, I have already told so many white lies before, so I don’t care to add a few more.
After breakfast, Zhang Yan went to the carpentry shop first. When he saw Zeng Hao, he came here and started working there consciously. He was also having a heated fight with Carpenter Liu and didn't even notice him entering the door.
So Zhang Yan didn't call Zeng Hao, and turned around and walked out of the carpentry shop. He was going to see the new house today and take care of the affairs arranged by Wang Lanping.
