I am going to live forever in the world of mortals

Chapter 1 Mountain and Sea Picture Scroll
There is no Hanshan Temple outside Gusu City, but there is a Taixu Temple.

It was May, and the light rain continued. From a distance outside Gusu City, it looked like rain and fog locked the green barrier, and thick clouds sealed the mountain passes. The not-so-precipitous hills, against the light gray sky, looked vague and indistinct, like a splash-ink landscape painting. .

On the Hanshan trail, a little Taoist climbed up the stairs holding an oil-paper umbrella under the rain, and beside him was a middle-aged man with a sad face.

The little Taoist priest is about seventeen or eighteen years old. He wears a blue Taoist robe, a hibiscus crown on his head, a Ziwu hairpin in his hair, his face looks like an ax and a knife, and his facial features are like carvings. , very handsome.

The little Taoist is named Zhang Xiuyuan, he is a Taoist boy of Taixu Temple on the mountain, and he is also one of the only two remaining disciples of the master of Taixu Temple.

Its identity corresponds to the role of the "Golden Boy" in "Golden Boy and Jade Girl", and her appearance is not bad.

The middle-aged man is called Tong Yongzhou, he was also a member of Taixu Guanmen, according to his seniority, he was still Zhang Xiuyuan's senior brother, but later he became a vulgar doctor and became a doctor in Gusu City after taking over from his family's traditional Chinese medicine clinic.

Because of his superb medical skills, he often helps the poor and the needy, and has always had a good reputation in Gusu City.

It was just that a year ago, there was trouble with doctors and patients. A ranger who was treated by him felt that the curative effect was not up to expectations, so he broke his tendon with a knife in anger.

Doctors do not self-medicate. After more than a year of treatment, my hands are trembling and I can’t even hold things steady, let alone help people feel the pulse and ask for acupuncture and moxibustion.

The two of them took every step carefully and steadily.

The moss marks are green on the upper steps, and the grass is green in the shade. The stone steps on the mountain road are already a little moss because few people walk, and it is wet and slippery under the rain. They don't want to roll down the stone steps with slippery feet.

"Senior brother Tong, the mountain road is rough, be careful." Zhang Xiuyuan held an umbrella for the middle-aged man beside him, extremely indignant at what happened to this senior brother.

"It's okay, it's okay..."

Tong Yongzhou tried very hard to show that he didn't care, but he couldn't show it when he saw the trembling hand and thought that his life would be wasted because of it.

Looking at Taixu Guan gradually appearing in his sight, he asked with a look of nostalgia on his face: "It's been ten years since I left, Master...is it still the same?"

"Especially..."

"I have suffered for you all these years..."

"It should be..."

When they reached the mountain gate, the two of them looked up at the same time, and when they saw that the "Taixu Temple" plaque under the eaves of the archway had cracked and peeled off their paint, they both sighed secretly.

It's too illusory, really lost...

The inheritance of Taixu Guan has been the eighth generation so far. The current master of the temple is called Zhang Yangming, and his Taoist name is Taixu. Too empty.

In his early years, he was a well-known congenital master in the Jianghu, and he was not only superb in martial arts, but also superb in medicine.

Because he often helps the poor and the needy, and saves the poor, he has gained a great reputation in the south of the Yangtze River.

Among the older generation in Gusu City, there were quite a few wealthy households who admired the title of 'Master Taixu', or offered incense, or sent their own children to temples to become monks, hoping to learn some skills.

Tong Yongzhou is one of them...

At that time, the incense of Taixu Temple was at its peak, there were nearly a hundred disciples, and there was an endless stream of people praying for blessings.

And since 15 years ago, when Zhang Yangming came back from a trip, he did not know what kind of stimulation he had received. He closed the gate of the monastery and stopped entertaining guests, and even the disciples no longer disciplined him. He practiced in seclusion all day long. .

Closing the gate of the Taoist temple and no longer entertaining guests means that there is no revenue; not teaching disciples means that disciples cannot learn anything.

One or two years is fine, but if there is no revenue for many years in a row, even eating becomes a problem.

Moreover, those disciples became monks at their own expense because they hadn't learned anything for many years, so they naturally became concerned.

Some disciples also advised Zhang Yangming, but it didn't work, and he was kicked out instead.

As time went by, the Taixu Guanmen scattered and went their separate ways, and Zhang Yangming, the master, never cared about their choices...

And as the disciples of Taixu Guanmen returned to vulgarity one after another, the news of Zhang Yangming suffering from hysteria also spread like wildfire.

There are only a few 15 years in life...

In today's Gusu City, except for the older generation who still remember that there is a Taixu Temple outside the city, and there is Zhang Yangming, not many people in the younger generation remember such things.

There are only three people left in Taixu Temple today, and Zhang Xiuyuan did not leave because he still has unrequited favors, and he is also homeless, has nowhere to go, and even...

He is not from this world...

In his previous life, Zhang Xiuyuan was a social animal who enjoyed 996 blessings. After taking a day off, he was dragged into a group building by the company.

Once I spent a few days all night to make a plan, and was dragged to a team building on the weekend. I found a huge stone turtle statue in a farmyard. The boss of Gou Ri asked him to climb up on the head of the turtle to take a photo, implying that he was the best.

I climbed up, but I didn't take the head, I didn't catch my breath, I didn't have time to say it, and I lost consciousness...

When he woke up again, he was already in the body of a baby, the kind of baby who almost fell into the pot in troubled times.

At that time, he was already taking a hot bath, if he hadn't cried loudly and was rescued by Zhang Yangming passing by, he might have died when he was still a baby.

Later, Zhang Yangming brought him back to Taixu Temple to adopt him. Coincidentally, his name was also Zhang Xiuyuan. He can never forget this kindness, nor dare he forget it...

Although there are few people in Taixu Temple, it occupies a very large area. Combined with natural landscapes such as strange peaks and ravines, sweet springs and beautiful waters, and towering ancient trees, the flexible layout looks elegant, mysterious and magical.

Perhaps because of the different cultures in other worlds, the Sanqing and Four Imperials were not enshrined in the temple, and even some gods such as the God of Wealth, Land, and Lingguan were not enshrined, and only a statue of the Taoist ancestor was erected.

Moreover, outside the Daozu Hall, there is a couplet like "If you have evil intentions, it is useless to let you burn incense; if you stand upright, it doesn't matter if you don't worship me."

There seems to be no such myths and stories in this world, and there are mostly murals, calligraphy and paintings, joint foreheads, inscriptions, poems, inscriptions and other artistic things in other temples.

In general, although the Taixu Temple is a Taoist temple, it is quite different from the Taoist temple in the previous life, and it is more like a practice hall.

Zhang Xiuyuan and Tong Yongzhou walked through the hall after entering the mountain gate. After passing the bell tower and drum tower, the first thing that caught the eye was a large banyan tree that covered half of the courtyard.

This tree is the same age as Taixu Temple and has existed for hundreds of years.

The banyan tree is one of the largest woody plants. The roots and branches of the banyan tree that have been around for hundreds of years are stronger. It looks like a green hill from a distance, but the roots are intertwined and ups and downs. There is no fundamental difference between the root and the tree. The old stem Flowering, hanging gardens, strangling phenomena, the landscape is peculiar and majestic, and there is an overwhelming atmosphere.

And under the shade of the big banyan tree, there is also a wishing pool, in which lies a giant stone turtle statue with its head up and its mouth open!
The stone tortoise also has moss on its body, full of traces of time, and in its mouth, there is a palm-sized tortoise...

Zhang Xiuyuan stopped by the wishing pool and looked at the little turtle in the mouth of the stone tortoise, and that little turtle also seemed to be spiritual, with a pair of small mung bean eyes looking at him.

It's not that the little turtle has a spirit, but that it carries part of Zhang Xiuyuan's mind. According to some storybooks, this little turtle is Zhang Xiuyuan's external incarnation!
The origin of this little turtle is extremely mysterious...

When Zhang Xiuyuan was brought back to Taixu Temple for adoption by Zhang Yangming, he immediately noticed the stone turtle statue in the wishing pool, which was very similar to the stone turtle statue he climbed in his previous life!
At first, he couldn't accept the time-traveling thing, thinking it was the ghost of the stone tortoise.

When he was three years old, the age at which dogs would hate him, he took advantage of the fact that there was no one around, turned into the prayer pool, and climbed up the stone turtle statue, hoping to travel back.

In the end, not only did he fail to travel back, but because his body was too weak, he soaked in cold water in the wishing pool, and instead got cramped and froze in the pool. If Master Zhang Yangming hadn't discovered it in time, he might have been planted in the wishing pool.

After a serious illness with a fever, when he woke up again, he felt a little strange, as if two scenes intertwined in his eyes.

One is what I have seen and heard, and the other is in the prayer pool.

He thought it was because his brain was burnt out and he had hallucinations, so he didn't care, but until he recovered, the hallucinations remained.

He ran to the wishing pool to find out, and finally saw the little turtle in the wishing pool.

In Zhang Xiuyuan's eyes, he could see the little turtle, and in another scene in his eyes, it was as if he was facing a mirror, and he could actually see himself.

One person and one tortoise stare with big eyes, the scene is very funny.

After testing, he was convinced that the little tortoise was like a part of his own body. Not only did he share his vision, but he also controlled his every move, which was very mysterious.

He once inquired about the origin of this little turtle with his fellow disciples, but found nothing, even his master Zhang Yangming said that it might have crawled here on a rainy day, which was considered a good omen.

Only he firmly believes, no!

This stone turtle and the little turtle have a big secret!
More than ten years have passed in a blink of an eye, Zhang Xiuyuan has grown up with this secret, and his master Zhang Yangming has gone crazy to solve Xianyuan, and even the concept of Taixu has not fallen.

However, the little tortoise raised in the wishing pool was still only the size of a palm, hadn't changed at all, and didn't show any signs of magic.

This is also one of the reasons why he is unwilling to leave Tai Xu Guan!

"Unexpectedly, this little turtle is still there..."

Tong Yongzhou looked at the place where he lived for many years full of nostalgia, and finally shifted his gaze to the little turtle in the prayer pool, and said with a smile: "I remember Master once said that it is a sign of good fortune."

"It's a good omen..."

Zhang Xiuyuan nodded slightly, thinking of what happened to this senior brother and the purpose of coming here, he said with a smile: "Why don't senior brothers come to my place to drink a cup of tea to warm up before going to find Master."

"Master may not even see me, so let's drink the tea later."

Tong Yongzhou shook his head with a wry smile, then he seemed to think of something, took out a copper plate with the words 'Da Yuan Tong Bao' printed on it, closed his eyes, held the copper plate tremblingly in both hands, Under the banyan tree, beside the wishing pool, I made the most sincere prayers.

After finishing his prayer, he opened his eyes and murmured softly: "Since it is a good sign, I hope Master will see me and help me."

After finishing speaking, he threw the copper plate in his hand into the wishing pool, walked in the continuous rain, and headed towards the inner hall of Taixu Temple...

Zhang Xiuyuan looked at the copper plate that fell into the wishing pool in amazement, and the little turtle in the wishing pool also stretched out its head, staring at the copper plate with a pair of small mung bean eyes.

This is……

Seeing that his senior brother had already left, Zhang Xiuyuan walked quickly to the side of the praying pool, rolled up his sleeves and fished up the copper plate, and the little turtle also swam to the side of the pool.

From his perspective, the copper plate is ordinary, no different from ordinary copper plates;

And from the perspective of the little turtle, the copper plate with the 'Da Yuan Tong Bao' printed on it was actually covered with an illusory but clearly visible 'Qi'!
He could clearly feel that his little turtle avatar was extremely eager for this copper coin, or for the 'Qi' wrapped in this copper coin!
He frowned slightly, but couldn't bear the curiosity and handed the copper plate in front of the little turtle.

The little tortoise opened its mouth almost instinctively, without even doing anything else, the 'air' wrapped in the copper plate flew into its mouth.

Zhang Xiuyuan looked a little dazed...

There seemed to be a picture scroll that was slowly opening in the eyes. There were mountains and peaks on the picture scroll, there were rivers running endlessly, and there were sparkling lakes.

The mountains, rivers, rivers, lakes and seas together form a beautiful picture scroll, on which four ancient seal characters can be vaguely seen:

Painting scrolls of mountains and seas...

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(End of this chapter)