Whether you are engaged in research or learning, everyone advocates an innocent heart, which probably means having the heart of a child.

Because human society is complex, the world is like a shackle, and human relationships are like chains. Anyone who lives in it and grows up to a height of seven feet is, without exception, tied to an invisible rope and unable to move. Their thoughts are imprisoned.

How can we let go and innovate and imagine as much as we can?

Xiaozhi is a child. Although her fate has been rough and unbearable, fortunately, her thoughts have not been restricted and stifled. Only she can connect these monsters with the twelve zodiac signs in an imaginative way. Anyway, we are not afraid of using the most vicious methods.

Adults who are thoughtful enough to understand the inner world of a charlatan would never imagine this happening.

However, after her reminder, we have to admit that this seems to be the case!

Whether it is the monster that has appeared, or me, the dragon, and Xiaozhi, the little rabbit, they are all among the twelve zodiac animals!

The Fourteenth Patriarch seemed to like children like Xiaozhi very much. He pulled Xiaozhi to sit down next to him, sometimes squeezing Xiaozhi's hand, sometimes squeezing his arm, with deep love in his eyes.

Regardless of his seniority, he looks like a teenager at most. Looking at a little girl with such eyes seems so weird.

I know that the Fourteenth Patriarch must know something about the twelve zodiac signs. Seeing him like this, I can't interrupt him, so I can only hold it in. It's not a good feeling to feel so anxious.

Xiaozhi was very smart. He already knew that the person in front of him was not a human being, but he was not afraid at all. Instead, he curiously poked the bullet hole in the tattered robe of the Fourteenth Patriarch.

The Fourteenth Patriarch smiled and suddenly asked: "Girl, do you want to learn a skill like your brother Jingzhe? From now on, no one will dare to bully you?"

This is obviously because he has taken a liking to Xiaozhi and wants to join the Zhenwu Temple!

Before Xiaozhi could say anything, Brother Yaozi became anxious: "Fourteenth Patriarch, my uncle has long said that Jingzhe is a closed disciple. He only has this one disciple in this life, and he will not accept any more disciples!"

"Why are you so anxious? Are you afraid that I will force your uncle to break his promise and gain weight?"

The Fourteenth Patriarch shook his sleeves fiercely and glanced at Brother Yaozi with a sinister look. This was the first time that he was angry. The aura on his body was so hairy that even Brother Yaozi couldn't stand it. He subconsciously stepped back.

But when he turned to look at Xiaozhi again, he immediately felt like spring breeze and asked: "Are you willing?"

Xiaozhi was a little at a loss, twisting his clothes with his hands.

The Fourteenth Patriarch waved his hand and said softly: "You have a bad fate. You can see things that others cannot see. You are destined to eat Xuanmen's rice when you are born. This profession is very dangerous. Even in the peaceful times, it is murderous.

If you want to live peacefully, you can't live without a skill. If you want to learn a skill, just kneel down and kowtow to me three times. It's that simple. I have a skill that can reach the heavens and the earth and teach you!"

He smiled calmly, but no matter how I looked at him, I felt that he was treacherous and looked like a wolf grandma.

Brother Yaozi probably didn't expect this to happen, and he looked stunned.

Zhang Xinya opened her mouth slightly and asked in surprise: "You want to take Xiaozhi as your disciple?"

"What? Isn't it possible?"

The Fourteenth Patriarch sneered and said: "The Taoist sect has five arts, mountain, medicine, fortune, divination, and fortune-telling. They are so vast and profound that it is difficult for a poor person to thoroughly study any of them in his lifetime. At that time, there were more than a dozen of our brothers and sisters, each with his own strengths.

There are first-class talents, except for the master of your lineage. He is obsessed with medicine. He is just a country doctor who carries a medicine basket on his back to collect medicines. Why do you think we all went down the mountain and left him to guard the gate?

?Because he is the worst! As a result, he left his own inheritance. We have no ability but can only hide it. Is there such a truth in the world? You worship him three times a day, but you worship us.

If he prays once every three days, all the blessings he enjoys will be sinful! I won’t say anything about this. This is the rule. It’s good that you, the younger generations, haven’t forgotten our ancestors. Now you are lucky to have found a piece of talented and beautiful jade. You

Rather, tell me which rule prevents us from accepting disciples?"

Zhang Xinya was mumbling for a long time, unable to say a word!

Indeed, there is no sect rule that does not allow this!

It's just...it's a bit weird to have a ghost as your teacher.

Lao Bai pushed me away roughly, and with a flattering tone, he stepped forward and said loudly: "Congratulations to the Fourteenth Patriarch on having a good disciple! However, I have something I don't know whether to say or not."

Having said that, before the Fourteenth Patriarch asked him to speak, he said to himself: "What brothers fear most is unfair treatment. Look, you have a good apprentice here, but there are still others in Zhenwu Banner.

There are more than a dozen masters who have no apprentices. For the sake of the relationship between your brothers, I would like to recommend one to you."

He put his head in front of the Fourteenth Ancestor. The bruises from the beating by Brother Yaozi were still there, and his face was a piece of moldy pig head meat. It was obvious who he wanted to recommend.

The Fourteenth Ancestor was a little overwhelmed by his sudden enthusiasm, but he quickly calmed down. Looking at Lao Bai's strange eyes, he said nonchalantly: "We are not a scrap collection station here."

The old man's face darkened, he gave the Fourteenth Patriarch a vicious look, and stepped aside angrily.

"It's a mess, it's all a mess..."

Brother Yaozi glanced at Xiaozhi and sighed: "Xiaozhi has accepted Jingzhe as his brother. Now that you have accepted her as a disciple, doesn't she become the same generation as my uncle? We have become juniors, how can we get along with each other on weekdays...

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Xiaozhi didn't know what to choose at first, but when she heard this, she immediately hid behind me and timidly said that she would follow me from now on and not become a disciple.

I secretly sighed that this girl is usually so smart, why is she so stupid at this time? This is a huge opportunity!! She is not lucky, and she has been infected by people like us, and she really can only eat this bowl of rice in her life.

Some of the words of the Fourteenth Patriarch are right. The food in this industry smells of blood. If you don’t have any skills, why do you have to be eaten with nothing left? My master refuses to accept apprentices. I am also a

How can she teach her skills with half a bottle of stuff? The Fourteenth Patriarch has fallen in love with her, which is a good thing. As long as she can settle down and live her life, it doesn’t matter if she is a human or a ghost, the most real thing is to have a skill at her side!

At that moment, I took her out from behind, pressed her directly in front of the Fourteenth Patriarch, pressed her head and kowtowed three times to the Fourteenth Patriarch, and said softly, "Courtesy"

It’s done.

This scene seems familiar. This is how my father forced me to become a disciple. His affectionate licking is something I can only get a glimpse of now.

Xiaozhi thought I didn't want her anymore, her long eyelashes fluttered, and she burst into tears. Dahuang growled, looked at me fiercely, and wanted to pounce on me at any time. The Fourteenth Patriarch turned his head and looked at it, holding it in his arms.

The tail "squeaked" and turned around to run away. It huddled in the corner and didn't dare to come out. I couldn't figure out how a beautiful and beautiful tiger could make a scream like a beaten pug?

The Fourteenth Patriarch was in a beautiful mood, with a smile on his face. He waved his hands and said generously: "Everyone has their own opinions. What we Taoists want is to be free and easy. Don't be bound by those rules and regulations. That is what only rotten Confucians can do."

I held Xiaozhi in my arms and tried to comfort her for a long time. The little girl made sure that I was just asking her to learn skills from her apprenticeship, and not to abandon her. Then she blinked her big bright eyes and laughed.

I sighed, found a clean place on the ground and sat down. I looked at the Fourteenth Patriarch and said, "Now that you have an apprentice, your skills can be passed down. The regret in my heart has finally been filled."

?Now can you show the disciples a clear path?"

The Fourteenth Patriarch saw that the topic was brought back to me, but he was not in a hurry to give me advice. Instead, he said: "There are thousands of animals in the world, why are only these twelve species handed down as zodiac animals? Have you ever thought about this reason?

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Since things have been linked to the Chinese zodiac, how could I not have thought about this?

The twelve zodiac animals account for a large proportion in traditional culture, and there are related mentions in the unearthed Qin bamboo slips. This shows that there were already relevant considerations in the Qin Dynasty. Until now, there are many theories about the origin of culture.

Already.

The most famous one is of course the canonization of the Jade Emperor. This is nonsense. I have seen ghosts, but not gods. Our Taoist so-called magic of asking gods to protect their disciples is actually using the power of heaven and earth to suppress evil spirits. Human beings

The number of rockets launched was countless, and no immortals were stabbed down from the sky by a thousand-year killer.

I remember watching a cartoon when I was a child. It told the story of the twelve zodiac animals saving mankind, so humans used this to commemorate them. This thing is completely a literary creation and cannot be realistic.

The reason for turning people into animals is not to reproduce myths and legends. I think it should be a kind of Taoism. After thinking about it, I think there are only two theories that can be related to this.

One is the constellation theory. The ancients called the stars between the ecliptic and the equator the twenty-eight constellations. They also divided the sky into twelve equal parts and represented them with the twelve earthly branches, which matched the twelve zodiac signs. From this point of view,

The twelve zodiac signs may be related to the twenty-eight constellations in the sky. The twenty-eight constellations are unified by seven rays. This is a metaphysical pattern. I think the Yaji may want to create this pattern and eventually seize the power of Zhou Tian.

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The other one is the year star. Jupiter’s twelve years are one day, and the twelve zodiac signs correspond to one day of Jupiter, and Jupiter is the year star. The ancients used this to record the years. I heard that there were many Qi practitioners in the past.

Trying to use the power of the Year Star to achieve eternity, to put it bluntly, is the pursuit of immortality. Without even thinking about it, the result must be a failure. The charlatan turns people into evil spirits corresponding to the twelve zodiac signs. I wonder if this guy also wants to go here.

The path corresponds to Jupiter with the twelve zodiac signs, and ultimately uses the power of Jupiter to achieve immortality.

The Fourteenth Patriarch was not in a hurry, and listened to me quietly before saying, "This is the fault of the ceremonial officer. He always likes to take advantage of the power of heaven and earth. So, you can guess that this bastard cultivates the twelve zodiac signs, and ultimately wants to

Use the power of heaven and earth to form a certain formation to achieve a certain purpose? Why don't you think that these twelve animals are extraordinary in themselves? It is precisely because they are extraordinary that they are among the twelve zodiac animals!"

He obviously wanted to guide my thinking mode and did not want me to be limited to the ritual officer thinking mode.

Maybe it's like my master said, I am a relatively stupid person with poor talent in this area. Even though his hints are very obvious, I still can't draw any conclusion.

Rats and cows, what's so special about these things?

In other words, there is a dragon in the zodiac, but who the hell has ever seen a dragon? Legend has it that the dragon is extraordinary, that’s for sure. The key is to say it’s extraordinary if you haven’t seen it before. Then all extraordinary things are just imaginary.

, is illusory!

The Fourteenth Patriarch shook his head. He probably really saw that I was stupid, so he stopped guiding me and sighed softly: "This bastard did all this because he actually wanted to save people..."
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