Six Ways of Fumo

Chapter 487
Wu Zhanzhan has always been fearless. Sometimes, he is even more impulsive than Ding Ermiao.But when it came to meeting the Heavenly Master, Wu Zhanzhan did not dare to be careless and nodded in agreement with Li Qingdong's words.

Ding Ermiao curled her lips and went to sleep in the car without mentioning it.

There was no talking all night. At dawn the next day, Ding Ermiao, Wu Zhanzhan and Li Qingdong had already washed up and were preparing to go to the Qing Palace on Longhu Mountain to visit the Celestial Master.

Gu Qinglan drove on and stopped at the foot of the west mountain of Longhu Mountain.

Wu Zhanzhan asked Gu Qinglan to stay in the car and take care of Long Shuanghuo's body.Gu Qinglan naturally agreed wholeheartedly. Anyway, Ding Ermiao and the others were going to visit people from the Taoist sect, so there was no need to follow them.

Ding Ermiao and others took the cable car, got halfway up the mountain, and started walking up the mountain.

Longhu Mountain is known as the capital of gods and a blessed place on earth. Its scenery is naturally the most beautiful in the world.Wherever you pass, there are red peaks surrounded by clear water, dense forests hiding strange rocks, Cangshan Mountain hanging waterfalls, and wild birds reflecting the light of the lake. It makes you forget the worldly world and feel close to the mountains and rivers.

The group of three people, without stopping, gradually approached the top of the seventh peak where Shangqing Palace is located.

Stopping and looking around, you can see the surrounding peaks and mountains, with dragons and tigers leaping around, which are extremely majestic. The Luxi River flows through the mountains, like a meandering jade belt, connecting the strange peaks, strange rocks, lush forests and bamboos of Longhu Mountain on both sides of it. .

The river water is green and dyed, very charming.Thousands of currents hit the cliffs in places where you are short of breath, and you move slowly when the water is slow. You can count fish swimming in the shallow water, but the deep water is so blue that you can't see the bottom.

Sure enough, there is a stream of water and glazed water, and thousands of clouds and mountains are piled with purple green!

"What a great place! The mountains are tigers, the water is dragons, the mountains and rivers depend on each other, and the dragons and tigers accompany each other." Ding Ermiao looked around and said: "It is indeed the ancestral home of Taoism. What a treasure land of Feng Shui!"

It was also the first time for Li Qingdong and Wu Zhanzhan to come to Longhu Mountain. Seeing the flawless landscape pattern of Longhu Mountain, they could not help but nod in admiration.

Shangqing Palace was in sight in front of them, and the three of them climbed up the steps.

"Li Qingdong, you have a bad idea. Are you sure that the Heavenly Master is in the Shangqing Palace?" Ding Ermiao looked around as he walked and found that there were a lot of tourists here, and he felt something was wrong.

A heavenly master of a generation must be an expert outside the world. It is impossible to live in the Shangqing Palace where incense is flourishing and tourists are constantly coming. This goes against the Taoist principle of tranquility and inaction and is not conducive to spiritual practice.

Moreover, Master also said that there has been no news about Master Nianxu for 40 years. In these years, there has been no news about Master Nianxu’s disciples.

If the Heavenly Master lives in the Shangqing Palace, there is no way there will be no news.

Li Qingdong twirled his beard and said with a confident smile: "According to the celestial calculation, we will not return empty-handed when we come to Longhu Mountain this time..."

Ding Ermiao retorted and said, "When I go back later, if each person touches a pebble and brings it back, it won't be considered as returning empty-handed."

"Let's take a look at the Shangqing Palace first, and then ask around." Wu Zhanzhan pointed to the way forward and walked up first.

"Inquiry?" Ding Ermiao shook his head and smiled, and said, "You can easily find out where the Heavenly Master is, so why call him a Heavenly Master?"

While talking, the three of them climbed to the top of the mountain and came to the open space in front of the Shangqing Palace.Looking at the Shangqing Palace from a distance, one can see an auspicious atmosphere surrounding it, with pilgrims coming in and out in an endless stream.

In front of the Taoist temple, there were two Taoist boys aged fifteen or sixteen, dressed in the traditional Taoist style. They were holding whisks and blue Taoist robes. Their long hair was tied up with a jade hairpin to create a cow-nosed shape.

The two Taoist boys stood on each side, but when tourists and pilgrims came in and out, they bowed their heads as a courtesy and greeted them.

Minato, a big kid, if you don't go to school, what kind of immortality are you pretending to be?Is this a Taoist boy?It’s like the welcome doorman in a hotel!
Ding Ermiao complained in her heart, rolled her eyes, and stepped onto the steps of the mountain gate.

The two Taoist boys saluted at the same time and said, "Welcome to Shangqing Palace."

"You're welcome, you're welcome." Ding Ermiao stopped, pointed at the mountain gate and asked, "May I ask, is the Heavenly Master inside?"

The Taoist boy bowed his head and said, "The Heavenly Master is in the back hall. If you donate 100 yuan of incense money in the front hall, you can go to the back hall to see the Heavenly Master."

Let me go, can I see the Heavenly Master for 100 yuan?Ding Ermiao almost laughed.I thought to myself, this Heavenly Master is too cheap, even cheaper than the lady at the foot washing shop on the roadside.

"Excuse me, my dear friend, is the person in the back hall is Master Nianxu?" Wu Zhanzhan returned the salute and asked.

Nianxu is the Taoist name of this generation of heavenly masters. It is equivalent to Wuyazi Xiaoyaozi picking stars, and it is also equivalent to the dharma title of people in Buddhism.

"I only know that he is a Heavenly Master. I don't know what his Taoist name is yet..." the Taoist boy replied.

A wry smile appeared on Wu Zhanzhan's lips, he straightened his clothes and stepped into the hall.

Enshrined in the main hall are the statues of the Sanqing Taoist ancestors, Yuanshi Tianzun, Lingbao Tianzun and Taishang Laojun.Ding Ermiao and others are from the Taoist sect. When meeting these three big bosses, they naturally have to offer incense and worship.

A stick of incense costs 60 yuan, and Wu Zhanzhan spent [-] yuan.

"Minato, we are the disciples of Lingbao Tianzun. Do we have to spend money to burn incense?" Ding Ermiao whispered: "I think the cost of this incense is only two yuan. Shangqing Palace made 18 yuan. It's really shameful. …”

Wu Zhanzhan poked Ding Ermiao with his arm and whispered: "Say less."

Next to the statue of Sanqing Taoist, there is a middle-aged Taoist guiding everyone to burn incense.Hearing Ding Ermiao's muttering, he didn't respond at all.He also turned a blind eye to the authentic procedures of offering incense and saluting by Ding Ermiao and others.

Ding Ermiao suspected that this guy was not a member of the Taoist sect at all.I don’t know where the Shangqing Palace found idle personnel. They grew their hair long and put on Taoist robes, and pretended to be Taoist masters.

Li Qingdong coughed twice, pinched the fingerprints of a Taoist sect he had met as an ordinary person, and asked the middle-aged Taoist: "Fellow Taoist, we came here because of his fame. We want to meet Master Nianxu. Please let us know."

"You want to see the Celestial Master?" The Taoist pointed to the incense stick that was half a person's height on the table on one side and said, "You can pay 100 yuan for a stick of incense. Take it to the back hall and you can see the Celestial Master."

Wu Zhanzhan had no choice but to buy three sticks of incense. Each of them held one stick in his hand, as if attending a Beggar Clan meeting, and walked out of the front hall, passed through the middle courtyard, and came to the back hall.

In the back hall, there is also a Taoist priest.This guy came up to him with a smile and said, "Are you here to offer incense to the Heavenly Master? The portrait of Zhang Daoling and Zhang Heavenly Master hangs here. Please come with me..."

It turned out to be a portrait of Zhang Tianshi, but he didn’t explain it clearly. Isn’t this a scam to make money?

Ding Ermiao was furious and was about to explode, but Li Qingdong stopped him with winks.

"Fellow Taoist, what I'm looking for is the current Heavenly Master, Taoist Master Nianxu. I'm not here to offer incense to Heavenly Master Zhang." Li Qingdong patiently said, "If Fellow Taoist knows where Master Nianxu is, please tell me." .”

"The current Celestial Master?" The Taoist rolled his eyes and said lazily: "I have been here for 30 years, and I have never seen what the current Celestial Master looks like, and I have never heard of this person."

Ding Ermiao glared at the Taoist and turned to leave.

In the back hall, a pilgrim who had just finished offering incense, an old man in his 50s, came over, looked at Ding Ermiao and others, and asked hesitantly: "Do you want to meet the current Celestial Master?"

(End of this chapter)