I am going to live forever in the world of mortals

Chapter 26
Rain in August comes and goes quickly...

After the fresh rain in the empty mountain, the weather is late in autumn.

After a shower, the air seems to be a little fresh.

On the Cold Mountain Trail…

Tong Yongzhou held the paper money he bought in his left hand, and the food box containing food and drinks in his right hand. He stepped up the stone steps of the mountain road, even the sweat on his forehead could not hide the joy on his face.

Even Zhang Xiuyuan and An Jiuling wanted to help him share some of the burden, but he sternly refused...

His hands have been sore and weak for more than a year, trembling so much that even some simple daily life needs to be taken care of by others. Now that he has recovered, he naturally wants to immerse himself in experiencing those steady and powerful arms.

The two brothers walked and chatted, and when they talked about Zhang Xiuyuan taking over the Taixu Temple, Tong Yongzhou asked in surprise: "That is to say, the younger brother is now the master of the Taixu Temple?"

"yes…"

Zhang Xiuyuan nodded, and said with emotion: "Now there is only me, the master of the Taixu Temple, and the lonely family is quite quiet."

Tong Yongzhou raised his brows when he heard the words, and joked: "Tong Yongzhou, a disciple of the vulgar sect, has met Zhang Taixu~"

Zhang Xiuyuan also nodded pretendingly, and replied calmly: "There is no need to be too polite~"

The two brothers and sisters looked at each other and laughed heartily...

"Time is not forgiving~"

Tong Yongzhou smiled and seemed to think of something, and said with emotion: "At the beginning, there were dozens of brothers and sisters in Taixuguan. Later, they walked away and scattered. Now even the master has passed away, and I don't know. How many people still remember this Taixuguan.”

Zhang Xiuyuan sighed and echoed: "Master closed the mountain gate at the beginning, and it took more than ten years in a flash. This Taixu Temple is indeed isolated from the outside world."

"Then junior brother, since you have become the master of the temple, what are your plans for the future of the Taixu Temple?"

"Open the mountain gate to attract some pilgrims..."

"That's all?"

"Too far to see..."

"Hahaha~"

Tong Yongzhou was also amused by this junior brother's cheerful temperament, and asked: "Junior brother, it's too deserted for you to live alone in the temple, do you need me to help you find some clever boys to learn as teachers?"

"just forget it."

Zhang Xiuyuan shook his head and said: "I'm not very old, and I've just learned about cultivation, and I don't have much reputation in the Jianghu, so I'm not in a hurry to accept my disciples."

"Does it mean to wait for someone with predestined relationship?"

"Waiting for someone who is destined~"

The two chatted all the way, and soon arrived at the back mountain of Taixuguan.

Under Zhang Xiuyuan's leadership, Tong Yongzhou also found the master's grave, served food and drinks in front of the grave, burned paper money, and then said some eulogies before bowing his head.

Although An Jiuling was young, he was sensible. When he saw his master kowtow, he also kowtowed to worship his master.

After Tong Yongzhou paid homage to his master, the sun was setting in the west.

Seeing that it was getting late, he resigned and went back to the medical clinic with his apprentice, but Zhang Xiuyuan didn't stay any longer and sent the two of them outside the mountain gate.

Seeing Tong Yongzhou's expression was a bit tangled, hesitant to speak, he asked with a smile: "Brother, what is there to hide?"

"I can't hide it from Junior Brother Fayan..."

Tong Yongzhou sighed, and asked meaningfully: "May I ask, do you have the heart to go out of the mountains and hang the pot to help the world?"

Zhang Xiuyuan also seemed to understand what he meant, shook his head and replied: "I am lazy, and I still need to practice, so I am not suitable for practicing medicine."

"It's a pity."

Tong Yongzhou sighed and said: "My brother's method of stretching acupoints with golden needles is mysterious and unpredictable. If you practice medicine, how many patients suffering from intractable diseases can be cured by the skilled hands of rejuvenation."

"..."

Zhang Xiuyuan also knew this brother's heart of Chicheng, and said with a smile: "Now that my brother's hands are healed, all intractable diseases in Gusu City have to be avoided, why do I need a little Taoist priest who has become a monk halfway?"

"Shake me too..."

Tong Yongzhou shook his head with a wry smile, and said, "What I have learned by myself is still too superficial, and I can't even cure it with my own hands. How can I dare to make such intractable diseases in Gusu City shy away?"

Zhang Xiuyuan pondered for a while.

Thinking that it was because of this senior brother in front of him that he figured out how to use the little turtle correctly, he owed him a favor. Although he cured his hand disease, it was to settle the karma of the mortal world, not to repay the favor.

Favors belong to favors, and cause and effect belong to cause and effect. He can still distinguish this point.

"It's easy."

After making up his mind, he said bluntly: "Nowadays Taixu Temple has opened its gates, and there is also a need for pilgrims. If senior brother encounters a difficult disease, he can ask patients to come to Taixu Temple for treatment."

"really?"

Tong Yongzhou's eyes lit up when he heard the words, and he asked, "Will the younger brother be willing to help as long as the patient comes here?"

"really…"

Zhang Xiuyuan smiled and nodded, then thought of his little turtle and the scroll of mountains and seas, and said, "But I have to charge for the consultation fee, so I won't treat people for nothing."

"As it should be!"

Tong Yongzhou clapped his palms and smiled, and asked tentatively: "I don't know how much my junior brother's consultation fee is. I recommend patients to come here so that they can prepare the consultation fee in advance."

Zhang Xiuyuan smiled and stretched out an index finger...

"A tael of silver?"

Tong Yongzhou nodded thoughtfully, and thought to himself that it was a great kindness to charge only one tael of silver for the consultation fee by using the method of his junior brother's gold needle to measure the acupoints.

Ordinary people in Gusu City can afford it. If there are poor patients who can't afford the consultation fee, they can pay it out of their own pockets.

"It's not a tael of silver..."

Zhang Xiuyuan shook his head and said, "It's a penny."

"A... penny?"

Tong Yongzhou blinked blankly when he heard the words, and An Jiuling beside him also froze in place in astonishment.

Nowadays, the price of goods in Gusu City, the big meat buns sold early in the morning on the roadside cost three pennies each, and the consultation fee for this penny...

It's just too ridiculous...

Tong Yongzhou secretly sighed in his heart: the younger brother is a monk who is far away from the secular world, this penny is probably the reason he found for himself!
Is this the pattern of the master of Taixuguan?
An Jiuling thought to himself: Uncle Master's method of stretching acupoints with golden needles is mysterious and unpredictable, not to mention a penny, but a tael of silver, a hundred taels of silver is not too much, but only a penny is charged consultation fee.

Is this the heart of the uncle?
Zhang Xiuyuan didn't know what they were thinking, and said to himself: "Although the consultation fee here is only one penny, this 'one penny' is more than just 'one penny'."

"Oh?"

Tong Yongzhou was surprised when he heard the words, and carefully tasted the difference between the two "pennies" in his mouth, and asked: "Forgive me for being ignorant, but I don't know the difference between the "one penny" in the mouth of the senior brother and the ordinary penny?"

"That's a big difference..."

Zhang Xiuyuan smiled and said: "The one penny needed for this consultation fee needs to be the patient's life-saving money. If someone with an impure mind comes to seek medical treatment, it is useless to bring thousands of dollars."

Tong Yongzhou frowned and asked, "What is life-saving money?"

"Hmm~"

Zhang Xiuyuan pondered for a while, and explained: "It's like the copper coin that brother Ni threw in the prayer pool back then, carrying emotions and placing hopes."

"Carrying emotion, pinning hope..."

Tong Yongzhou nodded thoughtfully.

He knew that back then, he was like a drowning man catching a rope, pinning all his hopes on seeking to see the master.

Thinking about it this way, it would not be an exaggeration to say that the copper coin used in the wish was pinned on his own 'hope'.

Thinking back to the time when I failed to distinguish between good and evil in others, my tendons were cut off when I was treating patients, and I pinned my hope on Master, but I couldn't get Master's help, and my future was bleak;
But now the younger brother is using "a penny to save lives" as a consultation fee to treat patients. I am afraid that what he said is not a penny, but a reminder from the side that he must distinguish between good and evil when practicing medicine in the future...

He couldn't help feeling a little touched in his heart, cupped his hands and said, "I will keep the good words of my junior brother in my heart."

"Senior brother is too serious..."

Seeing this, Zhang Xiuyuan thought that the senior brother understood what a "one piece of life-saving money" is, and also bowed his hands in return, and said with a smile: "Then I will stay soon, the mountains are high and the road is far away. May the senior brother's medical career be magnanimous and be famous all over Xinglin!"

"According to my brother's auspicious words..."

Tong Yongzhou laughed heartily when he heard the words, and also cupped his hands to congratulate: "I also wish Zhang Taixu to sweep away his serious illness and revive Taixu's reputation!"

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