laughing saint

Chapter 11

Huang Langzhong looked at Chen Xiaofan in astonishment, he was sweating profusely, his eyes were cloudy and full of deep doubts.

Huang Lang thought: Is Xiaofan also a practitioner?But no matter how you look at it, it doesn't look like it!If it's not a cultivator, why does he have vitality to prevent me from entering his body!

Huang Langzhong knew about Chen Xiaofan's study with Taoist priests outside the city. Huang Langzhong thought about it, and thought of a possibility, that is, the old Taoist priest set up some barriers on him in order to protect Xiaofan.

Huang Langzhong called Li Dazhuang at the door to come in, Li Dazhuang asked again as soon as he entered, "Langzhong, is Xiaofan feeling better?"

Huang Langzhong shook his head and said: "Old man, I can't do anything, Xiaofan must have been poisoned by something evil, you should take him to his Taoist master as soon as possible, maybe he can be cured."

When Li Dazhuang heard that he was going to the old Taoist priest, he was very reluctant and asked in a low voice: "Doctor, is there no other way?"

Huang Langzhong waved his hand and said, "I can't do anything!"

Li Dazhuang was really struggling in his heart at this time. For him, the word Taoist was, in a sense, the deep hatred of killing his father and mother.

At that time, Li Dazhuang was eight years old, and his family lived in Lijia Village, more than 80 miles away from Yangcheng. In that year, Taoist priests went to the village to preach and demonstrated magical and mysterious skills. If you follow the sect, you can practice the art of longevity, and then you can make the five ghosts lucky, and enjoy longevity and prosperity from then on.

How could the people in the mountains resist this temptation, and joined the Taoist "Five Dou Rice Religion" one after another. From then on, the villagers spent most of their time chanting scriptures and practicing Taoism, and gradually accepted the "Five Dou Rice Religion" The doctrine of Taoism holds that the world is respected by Taoist ancestors, that everyone is equal in the world, and that Taoist ancestors are respected but not imperial power.

In the year 1017 of the Daoxuan calendar, the "Five Dou Rice Sect" became very popular in the Daoxuan Dynasty, and finally at the end of that year, an uprising broke out to overthrow the Dynasty.

At the beginning of the establishment of the Daoxuan Dynasty, it was to seek the well-being of the people, so that the people could get a place to live and live. The original intention was good, but after many years, under the wonderful nourishment of rights, the dynasty became a bit sour , the "Five Dou Rice Sect" is based on this and wants to overthrow it.

The "Five Dou Rice Religion" uprising quickly spread among the various state capitals of the Daoxuan Dynasty.That is to say, from then on, the dynasty began to strictly control the Taoist priests who preached, and they needed to be certified by the government.In the same year, both Li Dazhuang's parents were killed in the uprising. That's when he became an orphan and a beggar. Finally, he met Chen Xiaofan and became brothers with Chen Xiaofan.

Li Dazhuang was silent for a long time, thought for a long time, struggled for a long time, finally made up his mind, raised his head and said to Huang Langzhong: "Thank you, Langzhong, I will take Xiaofan there right now."

Li Dazhuang picked up Chen Xiaofan on his back and rushed out of the city immediately, he didn't care about the problem of not eating yet, his mental tension made him feel no hunger at all right now.Li Dazhuang was sweating a lot, and he walked very fast, almost like a trot.

When they came to the ruined temple outside the city, the old Taoist priest sat under the altar and recited scriptures very rarely. After Li Dazhuang carried Chen Xiaofan on his back and entered, he opened his mouth and shouted: "Old Taoist priest, come and save people!"

The old Taoist turned his head and saw Chen Xiaofan who was behind Li Dazhuang with a demented expression, and stood up suddenly.Before Li Dazhuang's eyes blurred and he couldn't see clearly, the old Taoist priest had already come behind him and took Xiaofan from his back.

The old Taoist put Xiaofan on the ground, and pressed his palm on his forehead. After a short breath, the old Taoist stood up with a smile on his face, and looked at Li Dazhuang with interest.

"Old Taoist priest, what are you looking at? Why don't you save people!"

"Brother, I don't seem to know you, old man? Why are you full of hostility towards me?"

"Old Taoist priest! There are so many nonsense from you! He is your apprentice, he is like this, why don't you save him, there is still time to talk nonsense." Li Dazhuang roared angrily.

"You asked me to save him?"

"Nonsense! Can he talk like this?"

The old Taoist stretched out his hand and said, "Thirty copper coins."

"Hey! Old Taoist, can you be more shameless! He is your apprentice!" Li Dazhuang scolded angrily.

"It's true that he is my apprentice, but he didn't ask me to save him."

Li Dazhuang didn't want to delay Chen Xiaofan's treatment, he just got a lot of money in the morning, after scolding shamelessly again, he took out the copper coins from his body and threw them into the hands of the old Taoist priest.

The old Taoist took the copper coins and said with a smile: "It's so rare!"

Ever since Li Dazhuang came in with Chen Xiaofan on his back, the old Taoist already knew who he was. Although he hadn't seen him, he had heard Xiaofan mention it many times. Knowing that he was Li Dazhuang, he also knew that he hated Taoist priests and asked him to ask Taoist priests for help. It is "difficult", the Taoist still asks him, and what he also gives is "rare".

The old Taoist went to the altar, picked up the writing brush on the stage, and touched the cinnabar in the plate. Suddenly, there was no wind in the ruined temple, and the old Taoist absorbed the vitality of the surrounding heaven and earth into his body, and the cinnabar on the brush from his body .

The old Taoist priest put his brush on the talisman paper, wrote wildly, and used cinnabar to seal the vitality between the heaven and the earth, and the talisman came into being.

Seeing the talisman drawn by the old Taoist priest, Li Dazhuang scolded again: "You have collected all the money, why don't you save people?"

The old Taoist ignored him, picked up the talisman paper on the altar, and stuck it on Xiaofan's forehead, like a stone falling into the calm water surface, there were round waves of water, centered on Chen Xiaofan in the ruined temple, There was a light wind outside.

The wind is very light, but the ruined temple is very dirty, the wind carries a touch of dust, and the ruined temple becomes faintly diffuse.

"Old Taoist priest, what are you doing?"

"Using talismans to save people."

When Li Dazhuang was about to say something more, Chen Xiaofan coughed twice and cursed softly: "Which bastard is farting!"

The old Taoist smiled: "I tried too hard for my teacher, I couldn't hold back!"

Li Dazhuang didn't care about the nonsense, he hugged Chen Xiaofan and said excitedly, "It's fine!"

"Is it okay if what is okay? Who is not okay?" Chen Xiaofan asked.

"You." Li Dazhuang looked at Xiao Fan who had returned to normal, his eyes were a little moist.

"I think I'm fine! There's nothing wrong." Chen Xiaofan looked up at the old man and gave him a questioning look.

The old Taoist did not answer but said: "Young man, Xiaofan has just recovered and needs recuperation, you should go back first."

Chen Xiaofan knew that the old Taoist priest had something to say, but it was inconvenient to say it in front of Li Dazhuang, so he said: "Dazhuang, you want to go back, I'm a little tired."

"Okay, Xiaofan, rest well, and see you in the city when you recover." Li Dazhuang didn't say that he would come to see Chen Xiaofan tomorrow. Chen Xiaofan knew that he hated Taoist priests very much, and also understood how difficult it was for him to come behind his back today. So I smiled and nodded at him.

Li Dazhuang stood up, walked out of the ruined temple without stopping, and did not say goodbye to the old Taoist priest.

Li Dazhuang left, Chen Xiaofan waited for the old Taoist's answer, but the old Taoist didn't answer, instead asked: "Understood?"

A clueless question, but Chen Xiaofan understood what he was asking, so he nodded with a smile and said, "I really understand! It feels good!"

Chen Xiaofan didn't know that he was in a very dangerous situation just now, that kind of dementia is called "spiritual wandering" in the words of the practice world, which is very beneficial to the understanding of the rules of heaven and earth, and it is something that can be encountered but not sought after. Appearance requires practitioners to have a high degree of affinity with the elements between heaven and earth, that is, the realm of practitioners needs to observe the sky to appear. Of course, except for a few geniuses, they have a close relationship with the elements between heaven and earth at a very young age. Good affinity, such people are rare.

If he entered the state of "fugue wandering" when he was young, and if there were no elders by his side, he might not be able to come back after swimming. Chen Xiaofan was almost like this just now. If Li Dazhuang was delayed for half a day, then Chen Xiaofan probably would be in danger. up.

Chen Xiaofan didn't know these things, but the old Taoist was not going to tell him, when Chen Xiaofan asked: "Teacher, what happened to me just now?"

"Because of obsession, I'll stick a talisman on you, old Taoist!" said the old Taoist while removing the talisman from Xiaofan's forehead.

Chen Xiaofan was just Chen Xiaofan, he didn't understand things he didn't understand even after thinking about them, so he didn't think too much, he stood up, stretched his shins, found no discomfort, and said with a smile: "Is there anything to eat? Teacher."

"There is nothing to eat, but there are leftovers." The old Taoist pointed to the half bowl of millet porridge on the table next to the altar.

"It's fine, as long as it can fill your stomach anyway." Chen Xiaofan picked up the millet porridge, and finished it in one gulp.

Chen Xiaofan wiped his mouth and said, "Teacher, I'm going to practice."

"Don't practice there in front of the gate. Find a place in the mountains. This is a Taoist temple, not a martial arts gym. If you practice there, it will affect my business."

"Okay." Chen Xiaofan had just realized something, he was very interested, he didn't care what the old Taoist said, and hurried out the door.

Baiyun Mountain is very big, Chen Xiaofan just wanted to find a place to practice, and he didn't need to go too far, it was about two miles away from the ruined temple, the place was quite wide, there was a small stream passing by, the shade was densely shaded by trees, Chen Xiaofan was quite satisfied, so he decided to start practicing here.

It's still the same move, but its meaning is already clear, "Yang Chunhuaxue" is performed in Chen Xiaofan's hands, the spring is lingering, thick but not strong, although the movement of the arms is slow, it moistens things silently, quietly melting The artistic conception of Xue Qu Dong's mood, the breath is gentle, the vitality moves very smoothly among the meridians, and the movements are like flowing clouds and flowing water, which is indescribably graceful.

(End of this chapter)