Hearing Taoist Lin's words, Li Zhongyong and others were all shocked and gasped.
There was only one exception, and that was Chen Liqiu. Chen Liqiu seemed to have guessed that Daozhang Lin had died of serious injuries two days ago. Now, Daozhang Lin personally confirmed that he was only sad and not surprised.
When shock and sadness hit at the same time, people need time to recover and react. Before everyone could recover, Taoist Master Lin said, "Life and death are determined by destiny, come and go at your leisure, don't be sad, don't cry. "
If it hadn't been for Taoist Priest Lin's warning in advance, everyone would have burst into tears. Now that Taoist Priest Lin had spoken in advance, even though his heart was as sharp as a knife and desolate, he could only grit his teeth and hold it back forcibly.
However, everyone could only hold back from crying, but they couldn't hold back tears, and every detail of their day and night with Dao Zhang Lin came to their minds.
Seeing that everyone was not sad and lost their composure, Taoist Master Lin nodded happily, "The art of sealing souls goes against heaven and earth, reversing yin and yang. Although it can temporarily retain the soul in the body, it is like water and fire in the same cauldron, conflicting and killing each other. The reason why the master endures that My heart aches because I still have an unfulfilled wish, and now I can no longer do it myself, so I can only rely on you."
"Master, it doesn't matter..." Batulu wanted to answer, but he covered his mouth before he finished speaking. He knew that if he spoke again, he would definitely cry out.
"The tomb in front of us is the eternal home of Sun Zhenren, King of Medicine," Taoist Master Lin said. "Zhenren Sun is the master of Qihuang and the Taoist disciple. He rode a crane two hundred years ago. Sun Zhenren hung a pot to help the world during his lifetime, and his contribution has lasted for thousands of years. However, he rashly touches his tomb. It’s really an act of defiance, but the Golden Pill of Return to Heaven was researched and refined by Master Sun. If nothing else happens, there must be a Golden Pill left in the tomb. I am bound to get that Golden Pill. It will be up to you to get the Golden Pill later. Send it back to Gezao Mountain and hand it over to the abbot, Taoist Master Luo Shunzi."
Every word Taoist Lin said at this time was his last words, and he was explaining the funeral arrangements. He shouldn't have interrupted him, but Chen Liqiu had many questions in his heart and couldn't help but ask, "Master, Ge Zaoshan has already sent you Expelled from the master, you have been working hard for many years, why do you want to give them the elixirs that you have worked so hard for?"
After Chen Liqiu finished speaking, Taoist Lin's eyes flashed with regret and sadness. It could be seen that even after many years, he was still brooding about being expelled from the school, "This matter has nothing to do with Ge Zaoshan, you just need to send Dan Just give the medicine to Taoist Master Luo Shunzi."
"Why is it irrelevant?" Chen Liqiu said eagerly, "The abbot has a high position and is the second-in-command after the master. This person is your generation and is undoubtedly the candidate to succeed the master. If he wants to protect it, Ge Zaoshan will never You will be kicked out of the division."
Seeing the sadness on Taoist Lin's face, Li Zhongyong knew that the words "expelled from the master" had hurt him again, so he frowned, turned his head, and scolded in a deep voice, "Third brother, don't interrupt, listen to master!"
At this time, the most important thing was the respect of elders and younger ones. Chen Liqiu did not retaliate even after being scolded. He just sighed longly and lowered his eyebrows.
Taoist priest Lin raised his hand and took out a letter from his left sleeve. After pondering, he handed it to Changsheng, "At that time, give this letter to Taoist priest Luo Shunzi, and he will introduce you to become a disciple."
Changsheng did not accept the letter, but turned to look at Li Zhongyong. In his opinion, delivering the letter should be done by the senior brother. If the senior brother is confused, the second senior brother should take over. It is not his turn anyway. .
Seeing Changsheng's hesitation, Li Zhongyong and Chen Liqiu hurriedly nodded to him and motioned for him to take the letter.
With the instructions of the two of them, Changsheng took the letter with both hands and held it close to his chest.
Batulu raised his sleeves and wiped his tears, "Master, you are the only master in my life. I will not worship anyone else."
"What the boss said is that we will never worship others as our teachers in this life." Li Zhongyong expressed his stance seriously.
Chen Liqiu and the others followed closely behind, expressing their attitude solemnly.
Seeing that the five people were extremely resolute, Taoist Master Lin was very anxious, "My master is not dead yet, are you disobedient?"
As soon as these words came out, Taoist Lin himself was stunned for the first time, because he thought that his life was cut off, but in fact he was already dead.
Taoist Master Lin thought about it, and so did the five disciples. The scene suddenly got out of control, and screams of sadness broke out.
Taoist priest Lin was the backbone of everyone. Although he was sad in his heart, he could only hold it back, "That's all, I won't force you. It's up to you to make your own decision."
"Master, you..."
Before Chen Liqiu could finish speaking, Taoist Lin raised his hand and interrupted him. He turned to Batulu and said, "Boss, you are a good natured man with few distracting thoughts. You concentrate on practicing martial arts. In time, you will achieve great success. Among the few people at the moment, You have the highest level of cultivation, so you must protect your junior brothers and sisters thoroughly, especially the youngest. I have no time at all, so I can only rely on your protection now."
Although Batulu was confused, he also knew that this was the advice and instructions left to him by his master. He nodded with tears, "Master, don't worry."
"You go and break the ground first and dig in front of the tomb." Taoist priest Lin said.
Changsheng didn't understand the difference between digging in front of the tomb and digging from behind the tomb, but Batulu must have understood. After hearing what Chief Lin said, he took the shovel and started to work first.
After Batulu left, Taoist priest Lin looked at Li Zhongyong again, "Second brother, you are mature and prudent, and you are measured in your advance and retreat. I am most at ease with you. If you have no intention of joining the Taoism, you should return home early, hide your capabilities, bide your time, and manage your business. If If you can get more property, if your senior brothers are in trouble in the future, they can come to you to ask for food."
"Master." Li Zhongyong choked.
"Go and help, remember to stop immediately when you touch the tombstone, otherwise it will be robbing the tomb instead of raising the grave, which will shorten your life." Taoist priest Lin said.
Li Zhongyong nodded silently, turned around and went to help.
Taoist priest Lin looked at Chen Liqiu again, "Lao San, you are extremely talented and possess both wisdom and courage, but you have a fatal shortcoming..."
Chen Liqiu guessed what Taoist Lin was going to say and expressed his stance eagerly before Taoist Lin finished speaking, "Master, I will definitely calm down and change my mind."
"It's useless, you can't change it," Daochang Lin slowly shook his head, "Your temperament comes from your nature. You are born like this. If you are just passionate, it would be fine. But you are passionate and heavy on emotion, so you will inevitably be burdened by emotion. .”
Chen Liqiu stood bowed and silent.
Taoist priest Lin pondered and then said harmoniously, "Master knows that you have more than one confidante, but if you listen to my advice, there are more than tens of millions of good women in the world, and you cannot embrace them all. Let go when it's time to let go. If you can’t have it, you might as well fulfill it.”
"Yes, Master." Chen Liqiu responded in a low voice.
"You also go over and help me." Lin Daozhang said.
Chen Liqiu turned around and went to help.
Lin Taoist priest then looked at Tian Zhengong, "Fourth brother, the Tang Dynasty is now weakened by internal and external troubles. Japan is ungrateful and ignores the kindness of the Tang Dynasty in aiding and educating. It has repeatedly sent ships to invade the border. Now the imperial court has begun to expel Japan sent an envoy to the Tang Dynasty, and it is very bad for you to stay in China. After this incident, you should return to Japan as soon as possible and do not stay in China for any longer."
Hearing Taoist Lin's words, Tian Zhengong looked ashamed and lowered his head without saying a word.
It was only then that Changsheng realized that Tian Mayumi was a foreigner. Although he grew up in a mountain village, he had heard his husband talk about Japan. Japan and Tengzhou are across the sea. Japan was originally called Japan, but it was renamed Japan in recent years. of.
"Repaying kindness to others is inferior to me," Taoist Master Lin said again, "I don't ask you to repay me with anything, but I hope you won't be ungrateful and backfire and hurt my people."
Seeing the serious tone of Taoist Lin, Tian Mayumi knelt down solemnly and said seriously, "Takeda Mayumi will never forget Master's teachings. You will always be my master, Batulu, Li Zhongyong, Chen Liqiu, and Changsheng will always be my classmates." The Tang Dynasty accepted the envoys sent to the Tang Dynasty for 260 years and gave us great help. Takeda Mayumi will never forget it."
Seeing Tian Mayumi's seriousness and sincerity, Taoist priest Lin was quite pleased, waved his hand and said, "Get up, the youngest and I have something to say."
Tian Zhen bowed on the ground, stood up and left.
Changsheng watched Tian Mayumi walk away. Before that, he only felt that Tian Mayumi's name was a bit strange. Only now did he know that she was Japanese and her real name was Takeda Mayumi.
"Chang Sheng, come sit next to me." Lin Daochang waved to Chang Sheng.
Chang Sheng was greatly frightened when he heard this. Father and son were seated on different seats, and master and apprentice were seated on different seats. This was an ancient precept, and naturally he would not go beyond it. "Master, I just want to stand."
Seeing his refusal, Taoist Lin did not force him and spoke softly, "Chang Sheng, Master brought you out but failed to fulfill his responsibility and failed to take good care of you. Do you blame Master?"
"No wonder, I am grateful to Master." Changsheng cried silently, speaking sincerely.
"Do you still remember what I said to you alone before?" Lin Daozhang asked.
Changsheng nodded and said, "Remember, you asked me to learn to be generous and tolerant, and not to be ignorant of ignorant people. You also asked me not to accumulate resentment in my heart and punish others when they first offend."
"This scale is difficult to grasp. It is really contradictory. Master, think about how to say it so that you can understand it clearly." Lin Daozhang pondered for a moment and said again, "To put it more bluntly, after you forgive the other person, there will be no resentment in your heart. , and you won’t regret it afterwards, then you can forgive them. If you don’t want to forgive them deep down in your heart, then don’t force yourself. Give them the punishment they deserve for what they did.”
After Lin Daozhang finished speaking, Changsheng said, "Master, I remember, and I also understand what you mean. You hope that I will always have kind thoughts in my heart and try to punish as little as possible, rather than go on a killing spree."
"Yes," Lin Daozhang nodded heavily, "I hope you can be generous and tolerant to the world, and be merciful, but I am also worried that you will wrong yourself by being merciful to them. Over time, you will accumulate a lot of resentment in your heart, and eventually you will be completely disappointed with them. And kill him with pain."
"Master, why are you always worried about me instead of senior brother and the others?" Changsheng finally expressed his doubts.
"Because you are different from them." Lin Daozhang said.
Changsheng had been waiting for Taoist Lin to say what he wanted to say, but Taoist Lin changed the topic, "It's up to them to weigh whether they want to join the Tao, but you must become a Taoist, study the scriptures, distinguish yin and yang, and cultivate yourself with a correct mind to bind the dragon and tiger." .”
"Master, I will never take anyone else as my teacher." Changsheng shook his head repeatedly.
"This is my master's last wish. If you disobey me, I will die with my eyes in peace." Taoist priest Lin said seriously.
Changsheng was tangled in his heart and hesitated.
"Master, we found the tombstone." Batulu's voice came from not far away.
Upon hearing Batulu's call, Taoist Lin did not stand up immediately, but looked directly at Changsheng, waiting for him to express his position.
As the saying goes, once a teacher is always a father, in Changsheng's view, it is a betrayal of the master to accept someone else as a teacher. Although it is very common for disciples to worship multiple masters nowadays, he is very repulsive. Taoist priest Lin is really Forcing others to do what is difficult.
"Are you really going to die for your master?" Lin Taoist asked in a deep voice.
Chang Sheng was extremely reluctant and did not answer the call.
Taoist priest Lin sighed and said, "The biggest regret in your life as a teacher is to be stripped of your Taoist status and expelled from the school. If you start to practice Taoism, and you grow up in cultivation and occupy a high position, you can posthumously be awarded the Taoist status as a teacher, and I will re-acquire the master under the sect of Ge Zaoshan."
Daozhang Lin's words had an effect. Changsheng nodded slowly, "Master, I promise you."
Taoist priest Lin nodded happily, got up and walked towards the mausoleum not far away...
