Chapter 76: Finding the Teacher
Zhongnan Mountain, another holy land of Taomen, is south of the ancient capital Chang'an City.
There was an ancient saying of "Zhongnan Shortcuts", which means that during a certain period, some people who want to enter the court and become officials would first come to Zhongnan Mountain near Chang'an City to practice Taoism. After gradually gaining fame in Chang'an City, they would be invited by the court emperor to enter the court and become officials...
It is precisely because of this that Zhongnan Mountain was criticized by some monks in ancient times.
There are very high cultivators above Zhongnan and many Taoist ancestry, but there is no sect that can "Bashan".
This section of Qinling Mountains, hundreds of miles long, is full of hidden practitioners everywhere. Taoist temples and courtyards are everywhere in the mountains and forests, and each mountain has paths connected.
This undoubtedly adds a lot of difficulty to finding the whereabouts of Master Qing Yanzi.
Speaking of his master, it is actually related to Zhongnan Mountain. Lu Zu also lived in seclusion in Zhongnan Mountain.
Wang Sheng encountered some trouble when he got on the high-speed rail. Wen Yuan opened the sword and was detained when he passed the security check, which alarmed several policemen.
It was still Mou Yue who helped find someone to issue a certificate to Wang Sheng, which took less than half an hour.
Having said that, Yuan Pu Zhenren asked Zhou Yinglong's master to choose another sword for him, and this matter seemed to be gone...
Wang Sheng didn't want to take advantage of others. He had already received a lot of gratitude from his guidance. If he shamelessly hid others' principles, it would be shameless.
When he was on the high-speed rail, he received a notice from Mou Yue that Zhongnan Mountain had been prepared and that there would be a vehicle reception arranged by the investigation team.
Moreover, Mou Yue helped him find a reliable "tour guide", who is a Taoist priest who practices locally. His surname is Lin and his name is Huifeng. It is said that he is quite familiar with the various Taoist temples on Zhongnan Mountain.
As soon as he left the high-speed rail station, Wang Sheng saw a bright red banner:
‘Warm welcome to Taoist Master Feiyu, Wang Shan of Wudang!’
Wang Feiyu...
Why does this name sound so... sissy...
There is no one else who has given himself the Taoist name.
The banner was pulled by two young female disciples with a "hunyuan scarf" on their heads. Next to the banner was a thin Taoist priest wearing sunglasses, a serious Taoist robe, and a slight beard on his mouth, which attracted many pedestrians and travelers to take photos and so on.
Wang Sheng looked down at the casual suit on his body, and suddenly felt that he was a little unofficial.
Carrying the Wen Yuan sword wrapped in gray cloth, Wang Sheng stepped forward, immediately attracting the attention of the Taoist priest and the two Kun Dao monks.
Wang Sheng said, "Are you Taoist Master Huifeng?"
"Oh? I am Master Feiyu, Wudang Mountain? I am Huifeng."
Master Lin immediately took off his sunglasses, and was a handsome man, so he bowed to Wang Sheng.
Lin Huifeng received Wang Sheng’s message from Mou Yuena in advance. At this time, he naturally would not admit his mistake. He smiled and said, “Master Feiyu is really powerful. His cultivation is not revealed at all, but he has a continuous Taoist aura flowing everywhere. He is so handsome at such a young age. I feel quite ashamed!”
Wang Sheng said: "Young people dare not call yourself like this in front of the Taoist priest. The Taoist priest called me the Taoist numeral."
"There are so many people here. Please come here to have a vehicle ready. You two, why don't you come and greet the Taoist priest!"
Lin Huifeng made a request to clean up. The two female disciples had already put away the banner and bowed forward to Wang Sheng.
Lin Huifeng smiled and said, "This is my niece and my niece. I am not an outsider. Let's talk about it first."
Wang Sheng smiled and agreed a few times, followed Lin Huifeng to the parking lot outside the high-speed rail station.
Lin Huifeng drove, Wang Sheng sat in the passenger seat, and two Kun Daoze, who came over to "meet the master", sat in the back seat.
According to the rules of the road, getting on the bus will naturally be...adding to the WeChat link.
Lin Huifeng praised Wang Sheng continuously and talked about Wang Sheng's swordsmanship at the Maoshan Exchange Conference.
"Although I haven't seen it with my own eyes, I always feel longing for you whenever I hear a few fellow Taoists talk about it."
These are naturally mostly polite ingredients.
Lin Huifeng practiced in a Taoist temple on Zhongnan Mountain and also served in the local Taoist association. At this time, his cultivation was in the late stage of the God-Clustering Realm. He was quite cheerful and spoke quite politely.
When Master Lin talked about his family's Taoist inheritance, he just lamented that the master he followed back then had no such blessing. Half a month before the return of heaven and earth, he died of old age on the night of New Year's Eve and could not survive until the 93rd Spring Festival in his life.
"This is all fate," Lin Huifeng shook his head and sighed, and Wang Sheng also said a few words.
The car drove towards Zhongnan Mountain, and Wang Sheng brought the topic to the main business.
"Can you meet your master?"
Lin Huifeng smiled and said, "Don't call me senior or something. My cultivation is not as good as you. I feel a little embarrassed when you shout like this.
Respecting his teacher Qing Yanzi, I remember meeting him more than ten years ago, and preaching the sutras and treating the Tao in the view of a fellow Taoist."
"Can you take me to this Taoist temple? Before the master came, he said he was looking for friends to discuss the Tao."
"Of course, I am entrusted by someone. Today I will help Master Feiyu find the respected teacher!"
Lin Huifeng said righteously, then stepped on the accelerator, and the car quickly reached the maximum speed limit on the city highway, and couldn't wait... was blocked into the long traffic.
As soon as the traffic jam, Lin Huifeng's talkative plays a rare role and begins to tell Wang Sheng about the various strange stories about practicing Taoism on Mount Zhongnan.
Fortunately, the traffic jam was not too serious, so I delayed some time on the road, and I arrived at the main peak of Zhongnan Mountain at noon.
Wang Sheng had a sumptuous vegetarian meal arranged by Lin Huifeng and went straight to the Taoist temple where Lin Huifeng met Qing Yanzi.
When I went in and asked, there were two gray-haired Taoist priests here who really knew their master. They even heard that he was Qing Yanzi's apprentice, so they insisted on taking Wang Sheng to stay and use vegetarian food together.
But the master did not go into seclusion here, and had never visited here before.
"Do you two seniors know that your master has other friends on Zhongnan Mountain?"
"Oh, that's a lot," a Taoist priest frowned and thought, and his fingers kept counting, "Your master's friends on Mount Zhongnan are not one hundred or fifty. He has practiced Taoism here for more than twenty years, and then moved away."
Wang Sheng:...
Did Master practice in Zhongnan Mountain when he was young?
Yes, I heard from my master that when he met and fell in love with his master, he was following his master's master. He moved to Wudang Mountain after adopting his senior sister Mu Wanxuan.
It turns out that the root of the master's sect is here.
Wang Sheng thought for a while, but he could only change his mind and could not wander around the mountains like a flies.
He looked up and asked the two Taoist priests: "When the master came to Zhongnan Mountain, he left a message saying that he was a little confused when he was practicing Taoism. He came here to find fellow Taoists to argue. How dare you ask who are the seniors on this mountain who are familiar with the master and have a high level of cultivation?"
"If we say that we have a high level of cultivation and are familiar with your master, we really know three or four, and we are not far from here..."
These two Taoist priests were also enthusiastic. They probably didn’t encounter any troubles when they were practicing purity on the mountain. They finally met once, and they were very enthusiastic to help.
Without any delay, the two Taoist priests changed into Taoist robes, put on Taoist scarves, and instructed several disciples to look at the Taoist temple. Then they took Wang Sheng and Lin Huifeng to start wandering around Zhongnan Mountain.
The two Taoist priests have the cultivation level of the fetus formation realm, so they are not afraid of losing some physical strength.
In this way, throughout the afternoon, Wang Sheng visited eighteen or nineteen Taoist temples, recognized a group of masters, uncles, masters, and masters. He also obtained a few bottles of elixirs and stacks of talismans for body protection.
Magic weapons are still too rare and too precious at this stage, so they are not as good as Taoist priests to give Wang Sheng a few pieces.
They all said that they had never seen Qing Yanzi, and there were also enthusiastic old Taoists who directly used the Thousand Mile Transmission of the Message to Qing Yanzi without saying a word - calling their phones, but there was no result.
There are also many old Taoist priests who dragged Wang Sheng away when they saw Wang Sheng. Several Taoist priests, wearing reading glasses, played one or two short videos with their mobile phones, including the scene where Mu Wanxuan played the jade flute and Wang Sheng danced his sword.
Master’s circle of friends, I didn’t expect that it was a monk from Zhongnan Mountain…
Wang Sheng suddenly remembered that he went back to his hometown during the New Year with his parents when he was a child, but was stuffed with things from his parents and aunts.
After a lot of trouble, Wang Sheng looked at his cell phone and suddenly slapped his forehead.
"Senior, can you help me ask in the group of Taoist priests of Zhongnan Mountain, who has ever seen my master?"
"Yes, why did you forget this!"
"Just ask, I'm stupid in practicing Taoism, I'm still not familiar with using mobile phones."
It is rare to see several white-haired Taoist masters shouting loudly at their phones.
This said: "Hey? Have you ever seen fellow Taoists Qing Yanzi? His disciple Feiyu had something urgent to look for him, and he hoped that the person who saw him would quickly communicate with me with him."
The one shouted: "Did you see Qing Yanzi? His apprentice is here to find him!"
Wang Sheng listened quietly, and thought these little Taoist masters were quite cute.
Each famous mountain has its own unique atmosphere of practice. There are many rules on Maoshan. The older generation in Wudang Mountain hides in the deep mountains. However, this Zhongnan Mountain reveals many human feelings everywhere.
In just a few minutes, the main peak of Zhongnan Mountain was blown up, and the mobile phones of several Taoist priests began to vibrate continuously.
Voice messages were broadcast, and the small Taoist temple where they were located was much more lively.
"Fellow Daoist Qing Yanzi is here in Zhongnan Mountain? He didn't even tell me all the Taoist Dharma I asked him for advice last time. Where did you go?"
"Feiyu is the young nephew who dances swords in the video of fellow Taoist Qing Yanzi? He is here in our Zhongnan Mountain? Which one are you now? I'll go and take a look."
"His master said that he was a sword fool. I like to practice swords the most!"
"Fellow Daoist Qing Yanzi didn't come to me."
"I haven't heard of fellow Taoist Qing Yanzi coming back to discuss the truth recently."
You said and said, but the Taoist priest who was not in seclusion on Zhongnan Mountain knew about this in a short time, and the whereabouts of Qing Yanzi were searching everywhere.
This scene was really beyond Wang Sheng's expectations.
Finally, a Taoist priest told a clue in the group.
"He probably didn't come to the main peak, so he might as well look for Lantian, maybe he went back to his old mountain gate."
Immediately afterwards, another Taoist priest replied: "I have a group over there, I'll ask."
This immediately brought the light of hope.
Wang Sheng looked up at the statue of Laojun worshipped here, and thanked the Grandpa Laojun in his heart. It is estimated that God thought that Master and Master’s wife could reunite and renew their marriage.
Just as he was thinking about this, Taoist Priest Lin Huifeng ran over with his cell phone, "There is news! There is news in this group! It's in Taoist Priest Jingyun!"
Found the master?
Wang Sheng couldn't help but be happy and quickly met him. Lin Huifeng pressed the screen of his phone and a cold female voice floated out from it.
Chapter completed!