"White clouds and yellow cranes are like a Taoist. A piano, a sword and a cup of tea. The feathers are always smoky. They don't stain the peach and plum blossoms in the world. The world always laughs and laughs. Why do you travel around the world? You will suffer all the hardships and correct the Tao." Qingxuan Lying on the stone railing of Wuwei Hall, facing the sea of clouds, he propped his head with his right hand, crossed his feet, and sang softly in comfort. About ten feet away, a Taoist priest with a square face, about twenty-seven or eight years old, stood quietly, not squinting.
"The world of ordinary people laughs and laughs. Why are you fighting for fame and fortune? It is better to go back and understand the Tao, and live in a carefree and immortal home. Quiet and inaction is my home. The Tao is not stained by the world. The Tao is rooted. I visit famous teachers to correct the Tao. The peaches will go to Longhua. "Qingxuan sometimes sang softly, and sometimes shouted wildly, looking quite crazy. The square-faced Taoist priest stood motionless, as if he had already become accustomed to what he saw and heard in front of him and ignored it.
The chanting suddenly stopped, Taoist Qingxuan's figure was like cotton wool in the wind, floating lightly in front of the square-faced Taoist priest, and said to him with a smile: "Zhiqing, your little uncle is coming, go find your master Come here.”
"Yes, Grand Master!" The square-faced Taoist priest named Zhiqing bowed in response to Qingxuan's instructions, then slowly stepped back while holding the ceremony.
"I turned out to be the scalper beside Lao Jun. I broke the rules of heaven and was demoted to the mortal world."
Mei Yuanchen's body was full of true energy at this moment. He jumped forward and climbed up the stairs. After walking for five or six miles, he also felt short of breath. Hearing this long and continuous chanting, Mei Yuanchen already knew where his master was, and without any hesitation, he ran straight to Wuwei Hall.
"Master, you are indeed here!" Mei Yuanchen climbed up the last step, turned around and looked away, and saw Taoist Qingxuan and Taoist Zhan Ming leaning on the stone railing to watch the sea of clouds, and called out loudly, "Elder brother!"
"Little junior brother! You've grown taller again. I haven't seen you for a long time, and you are now two inches taller than me!" Taoist Zhan Ming said with a smile, while reaching out and gesturing back and forth between Mei Yuanchen's head and his own.
Mei Yuanchen forced a smile and did not answer him. He turned to Qingxuan and said, "Master, I came here today to say goodbye to you. I want to leave tomorrow to go to my parents in Anxian County. I don’t know when I will be able to return. I came here to say goodbye to Master. I wish you good health and great connections with immortals!” After saying that, he knelt on his knees and kowtowed three times.
"Oh, junior brother, why are you in such a hurry? But is there anything important?" Zhan Ming asked curiously while reaching for Mei Yuanchen.
Mei Yuanchen thought that the Zhenwu Temple was not close to the inner city, and he was afraid that the master and senior brothers had not yet learned about the tragedy that happened in the city, so he simply said: "The gangsters from Jue State entered Dahua in groups to assassinate important officials, and the courtiers suffered heavy casualties. . My father is the first-class Salt Administration Secretary of the current dynasty, and he has a very heavy responsibility. I am afraid that it will be difficult for the country to tolerate him, so I will send bad guys to harm him. Yuan Chen is very worried about him, and he really can't let it go. He wants to go to Anxian as soon as possible to protect him. By my parents’ side!”
"Is there such a thing?" Zhan Ming looked solemn after hearing this. He clenched the five fingers of his right hand into a fist and rubbed each other. He turned to look at Qingxuan and saw that he didn't seem to care. He couldn't help but ask: " Master, look at this?"
Qingxuan smiled and said: "I have long ignored worldly affairs. Now you are the leader of the Zhenwu Temple. Why do you ask me where I come from? It's all up to you to advance or retreat. You can do it according to your heart."
Zhan Ming knew that his master was obsessed with finding the way to immortality and had never been interested in mundane matters for fear of damaging his cultivation of heaven. Our Taoist sect's ambition has always been to 'travel around in prosperous times and save people in troubled times'. As my junior brother said, these are truly troubled times! Zhenwu Temple has been benefited by the Great China Family for 320 years, and it is time to repay the favor! Taoist Zhan Ming said with firm eyes, "Master, if you have no objection, I would like to send the disciples from Guanzhong to accompany me to Anxian." Mr. Mei is a capable minister in this world and has saved thousands of lives. How can he be allowed to be harmed by evil people? "After saying that, he cast a questioning look at Qingxuan. Mei Yuanchen was even more delighted and stared at the master.
Qingxuan flicked his sleeves and said indifferently: "What do you two think of me? Zhan Ming, didn't I just say it? It's all up to you to advance or retreat here. You can weigh it yourself! Since I call myself an outsider, I don't know what I'm doing in this world." Just ignore it if you don’t care about it.”
"Yes, Master, I understand." Zhan Ming bowed and bowed and replied.
Not long after Mei Yuanchen got up, he knelt down again and said, "Disciple, thank you, Master!" They both thought that Master said he didn't care, but he still ignored it.
"You two senior fellow apprentices can come to an agreement on this matter. There is no need to come and ask me again. Let's go and discuss it in the inner room." After Qingxuan finished speaking, he waved his hand to dismiss the two of them.
Zhan Ming and Mei Yuanchen said goodbye to Qingxuan and walked quickly to the Guanmen Assembly Hall. At this time, several of Zhan Ming's apprentices had already received orders from their master, and one by one they went to invite their uncles who were named "Zhan".
About half a quarter of an hour later, the twenty seats in the assembly hall were almost full, with only the first seat on the left empty. "Junior brother, please take your seat!" Zhan Ming pointed to the empty seat and said warmly to Mei Yuanchen.
"How does this happen?" Mei Yuanchen is no longer an ignorant child. He naturally knows that the first seat means a lot, so he had been standing next to Zhan Ming before and took a seat at will.
Zhan Ming smiled and said: "Junior brother, this seat was originally reserved for junior brother Zhan. However, Zhan has been in the palace for more than five years and rarely comes back to watch, so this seat has always been empty. Given the current situation, I'm afraid He will never come back to stay here permanently. You are Master's direct disciple, and your status in Guanmen is the same as that of Zhan, your junior disciple, so you can naturally sit here."
The rest of the people in the seat listened to Zhan Ming's words, but no one made any sense and nodded.
Qingxuan has been in Zhenwu Temple for more than sixty years and is a real giant in the temple. All the old Taoist priests here are his disciples. Qingxuan has only accepted three disciples in the past forty years. One of them is Zhan Ming, the master of the sect in front of him, one is the emperor's chief minister Zhan Wei, and the other is this young man in front of him. Therefore, just thinking about Mei Yuanchen's status in Zhenwu Temple can be known.
"Junior brother, don't give up now, just take a seat!" A thin, white-haired Taoist about sixty years old stood up and advised.
Zhan Wei gestured to Mei Yuanchen with his head and said: "Junior brother, this is Senior Brother Zhan Jue. He is Master's first disciple outside the customs. Just go and identify him."
The so-called disciples outside the customs are also called registered disciples. They usually rarely receive the true inheritance of the respected master, and they are not the same as the disciples inside the customs. Mei Yuanchen felt strange when he saw this old man calling him "Junior Brother". However, this was the truest fact, so he had no choice but to step forward and bow to his peers: "Yuanchen I’ve met Senior Brother Zhanjue!”
Zhan Jue put a hand on his arm, and suddenly a force came from him. Mei Yuanchen rushed to reach him, and the two forces were stimulated, and the difference was instantly made. Zhan Jue stopped when he reached the point, stopped his strength, and praised with a smile: "Young junior fellow apprentice is really blessed with a great destiny. Now that you have become the master's disciple, I am so envious of him!" Each is good at winning: Zhan Juesheng’s strength is stronger and stronger because he has practiced for a longer time, and Mei Yuanchen’s strength is more pure because of his good practice. At the moment, it seems that Zhan Jue is stronger than Mei Yuanchen in terms of skill, but with the improvement of Mei Yuanchen, he will surpass him in a few months.
"Thank you, master, for not giving up. Junior brother is lucky enough to be my disciple. Yuan Chen is young and immature. Please forgive me, senior brothers!" Mei Yuanchen saluted to the eighteen old Taoist priests present.
The old Taoist priests on the table stood up and returned the greetings, formally welcoming the young junior brother, and perhaps the future leader, Mei Yuanchen, back to watch the sect.
