The Sword of Smiling and Proud

Chapter 117 Zhenyangzi

Then he recited a section of Quanzhen Daoge as proof.

"Then why are you dressed like a worldly person?" Xuancheng still had some doubts after listening to the song of Dao Dao.

Guan Yuan saw that this Xiaodao boy was very thoughtful, so he asked where the temple was, planning to visit his master.

The two little Taoist boys led Guan Yuan from the main road to the small road. After climbing for a long time, they finally came to a Taoist temple.

Guan Yuan raised his eyes and saw that the area of ​​this Taoist temple was not small, and there were several main halls in the front and back, but they were slightly dilapidated, and the tiles on one side of the hall were much less and had not been repaired.

Walking into the courtyard, it is clean, but it is very depressed and unpopular.

Xuancheng led him to the reception room, went in and called his master, leaving Er Niu to accompany Guan Yuan.

Er Niu felt a little embarrassed when he saw a stranger, and stood where he was, neither advancing nor retreating.Seeing this, Guan Yuan didn't talk to him, and after a while the little boy felt at ease, and brought tea to him after running.

Guan Yuan sat on the seat and sipped the tea carefully. Although the place was a bit dilapidated, the tea was still good, fresh and natural, with the aura of the mountains and fields.

He looked around, and there were two large characters hanging on both sides of the wall, with the words "sex" and "fate" written on them, which should be the dual cultivation of life and soul advocated by Quanzhen Taoism.

After waiting for a while, a Taoist priest turned out from the side door. He was in his 40s, with a red face and a beard.Although this Taoist priest is dressed in Taoist attire, he has a heroic spirit, and the hair behind his head is casually tied with a wooden hairpin, indescribably free and easy.

I saw that his gestures were vigorous and majestic.Although Guan Yuan didn't see whether he possessed martial arts or not, his energy was absolutely sufficient, and he must be a master of Taoism.

"Poverty Zhenyangzi, I've met a layman." The voice of that person was like Hong Zhong, full of confidence, "I heard from my little apprentice that layman is also Quanzhen? I don't know where it came from."

Quanzhen Taoists insist that they must become monks in Taoist temples. Guan Yuan's secular dress, running around, probably doesn't look like it. No wonder the little Taoist priest Xuancheng has doubts.

"I'm at Xiaguan Yuan." Guan Yuan cupped his hands and made a bow, "It's a coincidence that I'm not a Taoist priest of Quanzhen, and I haven't become a monk, but the martial arts I learned belong to the line of Quanzhen. So I was curious, Come and visit."

"Oh, it turns out that Jushi Guan is from the martial arts world, I don't know where he studied under it." That Zhenyangzi seemed to be in a good mood.

"I am studying under the Huashan School, which is the inheritance of Guangningzi Hao Zhenren."

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, then we really belong to the same clan." Zhenyangzi stood up excitedly, and stepped forward to chat with Guan Yuan, "The branch of Pindao is descended from the lineage of Changshengzi."

That Changshengzi was Liu Chuxuan's Taoist name that Guan Yuan saw when he read Hao Datong's correspondence.The two brothers preached separately, and one of Liu Chuxuan's apprentices came to the south, built a Taoist temple in Sanqing Mountain, and left a legacy.

The two started talking about the old days, and they couldn't stop talking.

In Zhenyangzi's inheritance, only the Taoist cultivation methods are left, but the martial arts inheritance is lost. It should be caused by the death of a certain generation of seniors who went out to fight with others, but there are no secret books in the door.

Therefore, he practiced the precepts since he was a child, and he has decades of practice in the Quanzhen Daoge. He is extremely energetic, but he doesn't know a little bit of martial arts.

Guan Yuan also felt that it was a pity, and wanted to ask if he should teach him the Quanzhen swordsmanship that he knew, but Zhenyangzi refused decisively.

"You don't have to be like this, Junior Brother Guan. We cultivators are pure-minded and don't want to fight with others. It's useless to learn that martial art. It's better to read more Taoism scriptures and become enlightened as soon as possible."

After so many years, Zhenyangzi and Guan Yuan didn't mention their seniority, so they called each other by their age.

Guan Yuan saw that his attitude was firm, so he gave up.

"Senior Brother Zhenyangzi, I think this Yuqing temple seems to be quite old, why don't I donate some money and find someone to repair it for you."

"Let it be, let it be." The other party sighed softly.

Zhenyangzi told Guan Yuan the origin of Yuqing Temple.It turned out that the disciple of the eldest son Liu Chuxuan came to Sanqing Mountain and when Yuqing Temple was first built, Quanzhen Sect was still the leader of Taoism in the world.

After the dispute between Buddhism and Taoism, Quanzhen's status took a sharp turn for the worse. In the north, except for the mountains and fields, almost all of them were suppressed and driven away by Buddhism.In the south, Zhengyi of Longhushan also rose again, and began to backlog the living space of Quanzhen Taoists.

This is also something that can’t be helped. Quanzhen Taoist priests are required to become a monk, keep strict precepts, cannot marry wives and have children, and cannot eat meat or fish.And Zhengyi didn't prohibit these, as long as he didn't eat meat during the fasting period, and even the celestial masters in the Master's Mansion that day were passed down from father to son by the Zhang family.

In this way, Zhengyi is more popular in the secular world, and the incense is also prosperous.

The Yuqing Temple gradually became deserted, but the Sanqing Temple, which was upright, was full of people and incense.

In the past few years, if Zhenyangzi hadn't stayed at Yuqing Temple, leading a few young boys to practice Taoism, chant scriptures, and take care of the Taoist temple, the Taoist lineage of the Changshengzi would have been cut off long ago.

"It seems that the difference between Quanzhen and Zhengyi is not small." Guan Yuan sighed slightly.

"There's nothing wrong with these, it's just that the ideas are different. They are all for internal cultivation of mind and external salvation, so don't worry about it." Zhenyangzi was a prime minister.

The two chatted happily, and before they knew it, it was already sunset, Zhenyangzi asked Guan Yuan to stay for a few more days, anyway, there are many vacant rooms in this Taoist temple.

For several days in a row, the two of them were discussing Taoism and admiring the scenery, and they became close friends.

During the period, Guan Yuan also asked if there was any record about a piece of gray broken jade in Yuqing Temple.Ever since he lost his golden finger with this piece of broken jade, before he had time to go back to Huashan to look through the classics, he wanted to ask if there were any clues here.

"That's really not the case. I've read almost all the Daoist scriptures in the museum, and there is no record of gray broken jade."

Could it be that those lamas deceived me?

Guan Yuan was also quite depressed. It was a pity that the golden finger that he used very well was rendered useless by this piece of jade.But Guan Yuan was sure that the imprint should still be there, otherwise he wouldn't have absorbed the efficacy of Tianshan Snow Lotus strangely last time.

In the past few days, Zhenyangzi took him to climb the peak, enjoy the sunrise, in the early morning of Sanqing Mountain, facing the rising sun, practice qi, it was very pleasant.

With his mind relaxed, Guan Yuan felt that his already great innate skills had improved a lot.

Guan Yuan didn't hide his secrets either, he saw Zhenyangzi's Quanzhen Daoge that he had practiced for decades, so he also taught him his innate skills.

Zhenyangzi naturally did not refuse this Chongyang real person's unique knowledge handed down from generation to generation. Practicing qi breathing is also a compulsory course for Taoist priests.

Originally, the requirements for this innate skill are extremely strict, and the guidance of an innate qi is essential.Originally, Guan Yuan thought that this Taoist could only learn from it and was unable to practice, but the fact made his jaw drop in shock.

It may be because of Zhenyangzi's extraordinary talent, or the accumulation of decades of Taoist songs, he actually entered the Tao overnight, and his innate skills directly achieved small success.

Listening to the Taoist breathing out his energy on the top of the mountain, dragons chant and tigers howl.Guan Yuan couldn't help being amazed, personal circumstances are so different, Yue Buqun had studied for many days but never started, today this Zhenyangzi from Yuqing Temple actually entered Taoism overnight, it's really the same fate.

However, the current him is similar to Master Jueyuan back then, with profound internal strength, but no martial arts skills.

(End of this chapter)