I'm just an ordinary Taoist priest

Chapter 159
Luozhou Mansion is adjacent to Luoyang. Originally, Luoyang was also a part of Luozhou Mansion. But for some reason, after Chang’an was established as the capital, the royal family of the Great Zhou Dynasty divided Luoyang from Luozhou Mansion and designated it as the Eastern Capital, sharing some of the functions of Chang’an.

Therefore, Luozhou Prefecture is now on the map, it is a small state capital with an area like a crescent moon, and there are only two counties under it.

After Gu Yao and Lao Dao arrived in Luozhou Prefecture, they asked around for Wuqi River, but they didn't expect that no one knew about this river.

"Are you sure there really is such a place?"

Seeing another person shaking his head to express his ignorance, the old Taoist expressed his doubts: "What you said is too bizarre. Thunderstorms linger all year round. How can there be people living in such a place? What do they eat and drink?"

Gu Yao was also surprised and puzzled: "It shouldn't be, there is no need for people to lie to me, and what he said doesn't seem like a lie."

"Or, let's go directly to the mountains to see? Anyway, the village is also in the mountains, and the Luozhou capital is not big."

The old man didn't know whether to laugh or cry, he grinned and said: "You are so stupid, Luozhou Prefecture doesn't look big on the map, but Dazhou is only two palms in size, so I really found it."

"You are a majestic Yangshen immortal, can't the Yangshen come out of your body and parade here in an instant?"

"No, although the Yang God is almost omnipotent, but every time the Yang God travels, there is..."

Before he finished speaking, he sighed: "Anyway, don't even think about it, I won't get out of my body unless it is absolutely necessary."

Gu Yao clicked his tongue: "What a weak Yang God."

Veins popped up on the old Daoist's forehead: "Are you trying to see if you can kill me early? Why do you still look like a good boy at home, but after flying in the sky for a while, you become a bad guy."

"No, I just remembered that you just became a fairy. With my aptitude, becoming a fairy is easy. What are you sad? Maybe you will fly up on the front foot, and I will follow on the back foot."

The old man didn't want to say anything: "Okay, whatever you say is what you say, anyway, hurry up and find a place, if you can't find it today, go to another place to try your luck."

Gu Yao nodded: "Then let's go to Jing Yesi to ask? Maybe the river is small or dried up, so no one knows, but the map of Jing Yesi's past should also be marked."

The old Taoist sighed: "It's my fault. When you were ten years old, I should have taken you on a tour down the mountain. I shouldn't have made you a fool in Qingshui County."

"Who are you? The map is also a core secret, why should Jing Yesi give it to you? Do you want to rob?"

Gu Yao spread his hands together: "Then what should we do?"

"Fortunately, I decided to take you for a while, otherwise, sooner or later you will be tricked by a woman to go home and have a baby."

There is a smile in the eyes of the old Taoist. This apprentice was too mature in the past, and he couldn't teach him much in life, so he lost a lot of sense of accomplishment and reality. Now he finally has the feeling that my apprentice is still a child.

"Look for the wild grasses. The wild grasses in every place will dig out all the secrets of the local area for the sake of cultivation. There are even some things that Jing Yesi may not know about them all."

"Ye Mao?"

The old Taoist nodded: "Here, you have to remember one thing, the common wild grasses are different from you, they not only lack the cultivation skills and spells, but also lack all the things for cultivation, so they will hold on to all resources. "

"Thunderstorm weather, in a sense, is also a resource. Even if they don't use it, they will remember it and use it for future exchange."

Gu Yao nodded: "Will there be wild weeds in Luozhou Prefecture?"

The old Taoist said with a smile: "There are more than [-] serious Taoist priests, and there are more than ten times as many Taoist priests in Yemao. I'm talking about those who have cultivation bases and spells. They are scattered all over Dazhou. No matter what, Luozhou Prefecture is still a prefecture."

"There are two kinds of wild mao Taoist priests. One is the top ones. Like us, they will build their own Taoist temples and wait for people to come to them to make money."

"The other is to live in a place where dragons and snakes are mixed, looking for targets among all kinds of people to make money."

The old man walked along the avenue, walked around, and finally stopped in front of a dilapidated Town God's Temple: "This is it."

"This? Isn't this the abandoned Town God's Temple? Can Yemao be here?"

Gu Yao was skeptical, but it was unexpected that there was a Chenghuang Temple in Luozhou Prefecture.

Is it possible that there is only Guangling Mansion in Dazhou and no Town God's Temple?
The old Taoist shook his head: "In the Town God's Temple, beggars live the most, and there are also merchants and scholars who pass by and have no money to stay in hotels. What kind of people are most afraid of accidents and are most prone to accidents? Isn't it these people?"

"What kind of crowd is the best informed? Beggars."

"Ye Mao is not here, so it must be related to the beggars here, just ask."

He stepped into the Town God's Temple, glanced at the seven or eight beggars inside, locked his target, and grabbed a thin old beggar: "I'm looking for Taoist Maoshan, where is he?"

Gu Yao was surprised to see the old man so confident.

The old beggar struggled while begging for mercy, but the sturdy beggars around looked at the two Taoist robes, turned around silently, bowed their waists, and moved away little by little, for fear of attracting their attention.

The beggar was now full of despair: "The Pheasant Taoist is in the cave on the barren hill outside the city."

After the old beggar explained the address clearly, the old man threw him down, took out a copper plate and threw it on the ground, and took Gu Yao away.

"Old man, how do you know?" Gu Yao couldn't understand why he was so sure that there were so many beggars inside.

The old man smiled confidently: "What kind of beggar is easy to ask for money?"

"Old, young, sick, disabled."

The old Taoist nodded: "Yes, there are seven beggars inside, six young and strong, who are guarding the territory, and the old one didn't go to ask for money, either he was the boss, or their teacher's father, or there were other things. Need to stay here."

"But the group of six young people is far away from him, and they are obviously not in the same group."

"You have to remember that the site is the life of a beggar, and they will never allow other beggars to appear in their site."

"If it appears, it means that behind that beggar is someone they can't afford to mess with."

Gu Yao thought for a while: "Then how can you be sure that it's Taoist Yemao, not some official businessman?"

"The group of beggars flinched when we went in. They were very afraid of us. It was obvious that they had been beaten by Taoist priests. Besides, it's okay to catch them wrong. Could it be that we are afraid of trouble?"

"Then go grab Jing Yesi."

The old Taoist was choked up, blowing his beard and staring: "I'm teaching you experience, listen carefully."

Gu Yao hastily apologized: "Old man, I didn't mean it, I'm used to being aggressive."

The old Taoist shook his flat robe: "Taoist priests go down the mountain to see more, think more, see clearly and understand before doing it, see how people in the world live, and want to understand what rules they have formed in order to live, not you. The kind, where there is any injustice, it will be cut with a sword."

"What we want to see is the truth behind everything. If you read more, your view of the world will change. At this time, you can touch your Tao, confirm your Tao heart, and go unswervingly. Go forward."

"It was when I saw that mortals could not be reunited after death, and seniors could not be seen again in ascension. That's why I had that great wish, and I finally got myself to this point."

Gu Yao nodded, expressing his understanding.

The two walked towards the place the beggar said, and slowly came to a barren hill.

The cave on this barren mountain is empty, and the Pheasant Taoist lives in the cave.

The two swayed around the mountain, and finally found a hidden cave.

It's bigger than the dog hole, and it's extremely secretive. The hole is covered with a pile of trees and weeds, and it looks like it doesn't want people to find out.

"Old man, is this wild grass Taoist out of his mind?" Gu Yao looked at the things blocking the entrance of the cave, and it was difficult to understand, "It's too obvious that there are trees and grass here in such a barren mountain."

The old man stepped on the dog hole into a big hole, sniffed his nose, and was a little surprised: "This wild grass has some connections."

Then drill into it.

Gu Yao hurriedly followed, but the moment he got into the cave, he felt that he could smell a sweet air.

The inside of the cave is quite dark, and a torch is inserted every few steps to illuminate it, and it is barely bright to find the dark cave.

Just looking around like this, the belly of the barren mountain was actually hollowed out, and what caught the eye were countless torches.

Looking at the position of the torches, they spiral downwards, so the Taoist Yemao should live at the bottom.

The old Taoist stood beside him, and smiled: "Gu Yao, you run the dragon and tiger food qigong, and swallow a mouthful of the air here to refine."

Gu Yao looked at the old man curiously, took a bite, and his eyes glowed green in shock.

"Old man, what kind of paradise is here?"

He had just breathed out, the moment the sweet air entered his body, it naturally turned into five elements of qi, blended into the internal organs, and was immediately absorbed by Eggy.

The air here is actually composed of pure energy of the five elements. No wonder the opening of the hole is so small. It turned out that it was afraid that it would escape or be discovered by other Taoists and monks.

Practicing here can save the process of re-transforming the air into the energy of the five elements, and directly integrate it into the internal organs. It is a real treasure of cultivation.

The old Taoist withdrew his smile and stared at him: "Did you notice anything wrong? Except for the benefits."

Gu Yao frowned and swallowed again.

"No."

The old Taoist sighed: "Then use your brain to think about it, does the qi of the five elements have a taste? Why is it sweet here?"

"poisonous?"

The old Taoist nodded: "This wild weed is ruthless. This kind of poison is a kind of miasma. For ordinary people, it doesn't do much harm, but if you are a practitioner, I am afraid that it will melt your internal organs."

"Then you still let me refine?"

"Anyway, you're not normal. You haven't noticed it after refining it. It proves that you have absorbed the poison, just like the epidemic power of Nuo God."

"Go down and have a look, maybe we can meet a terrifying wild grass with strong cultivation."

The old Taoist said, slowly descending along the torch.

Gu Yao hurriedly followed: "By the way, I almost forgot about this, what does it mean to complete?"

"When the magic machine was made, we referred to the rumored Wu Nuo, but we didn't catch Wu Nuo at the time, so there was a part missing. That's what it means to make up."

"Then what will happen after completion?"

The old Daoist paused for a moment, and seemed to be thinking: "I'm not sure, maybe you will be controlled by its instinct and take the initiative to go to Yan Luo, but it's not sure, anyway, my Yangshen came out of my body to stop you, you should know the consequences It won't be good."

The two walked around and around until they reached the bottom of the cave.

It was pitch black, even the torches were gone, and the sweet smell was rich and intoxicating.

I can only vaguely see a tall black thing in front of me, and look at the outline of the black shadow, like a statue.

The two listened attentively, and only heard the slight sound of water flowing, the old Taoist raised his hand and raised a ball of flame, which rose into the air like a small sun, dispelling the darkness.

In front of him is a majestic colorful stone statue, wearing the golden robe of the Great Wall, with his hands folded in front of his chest, holding a long strip of white jade, standing on top of the clouds.

It's just that the stone statue looks familiar, but it can't tell who it is.

In front of the stone statue, there was a stone tablet. The two approached and looked at the inscription carefully.

"Xia Yuan Bao Gao"

"Ceremony of conversion of ambition, Yanggu Dongyuan, in Qinghua Palace."

"Great compassion and great wishes, great sage and great mercy."

"Five qi in the lower Yuan Dynasty, the official of Jie'er, the great emperor of Jinling Cave Yin, the emperor of Yanggu."

Only then did Gu Yao understand whose statue it was, and walked back three steps with the old Taoist to salute: "Worship to Emperor Yuanshui Guan."

This is Taoism, the water official emperor among the three official emperors of heaven, earth, and water.

As the saying goes, heavenly officials bless, earthly officials forgive sins, and water officials relieve misfortunes.

The Three Officials are innate gods enshrined in Taoism. According to the Taoist scriptures, Yuanshi Tianzun collected the nine qi of Shiyang, the nine qi of Qingxu, and the nine qi of Chenhao and inhaled them into the body. spit out.

There is a Sanyuan festival among the people, which is also closely related to these three.

Shangyuan Festival, the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, is the Lantern Festival.

The Hungry Ghost Festival, which is Gu Yao's birthday, is the day when the magistrate forgives sins. It is said that the gate of hell is opened, and that's where it came from.

The Xiayuan Festival is on the fifteenth day of October. It is usually a day to worship the ancestors, report the sufferings of the world, and be listened to by the water official emperor, so as to eliminate disasters and disasters in the world.

After the two of them performed the etiquette, Gu Yao asked, "Master, why is there a statue of Emperor Shuiguan here? Isn't this disrespectful?"

Hiding the statue in the dark underground, no one worships it, it doesn't look like something done by a Taoist priest.

The old Taoist shook his head: "I don't know either. This statue is carved with great effort. Looking at the colors, it is bright and beautiful. It also uses high-quality ink, plus the natural symbiosis of the five energies here."

"Fellow Daoist's words are different. This place is a natural treasure. The five qi are conceived from the water. It is a gift from the Shuiguan Great Emperor to us. It is the greatest sincerity to place the statue of the Great Emperor."

Gu Yao followed the sound and saw a black shadow coming out of the ground and walking slowly.

The light of the fire cleared the man, and he raised his hand to cover his eyebrows, as if his eyes were afraid of the light because he had been hiding in the darkness for a long time.

"Everyone who comes to this blessed place will be grateful to the emperor because they will see this statue and know that everything is a gift from the emperor."

It took a long time to speak, and the man walked up to the statue and saluted respectfully.

Gu Yao only saw the appearance of this person clearly at this moment.

This is a Taoist with pitch-black eyes, pale and swollen skin, disheveled hair, tattered Taoist robe, and his whole body is wet. Everywhere he walks, there are water stains.

Looking at it like this, it looks a bit like a "vampire" with swollen bubbles.

"Who are you?" he asked aloud.

The Taoist blocked his head with his hands: "Poverty Dao Shuiguan Great Emperor's sect, the Dao name is Pheasant."

Gu Yao's brows twitched unconsciously.

If Emperor Shuiguan really has a disciple, he might also want to throw you out when he hears your name.

"Why do you look like this? Keep soaking in the water?"

Taoist Shanji bowed reverently: "The Qi of the Five Elements here is all emitted from the water. The greatest gift from the Emperor is the River of Five Qi that spreads from here."

Fog abandoned the river?
Gu Yao and the old man looked at each other with joy.

I didn't expect to find Wuqihe in this way.

(End of this chapter)