Chapter 426: Early Autumn
People who have become outsiders will eventually have to eat whole grains when they emerge from the mortal world.
What's more, except for my master, the Zhenwu Temple is full of fake Taoists.
When discussing matters of life and death at Tu Xingsun's house, everyone was as steady as a rock. They walked out of the door and immediately jumped up after getting in the car.
Zhang Xinya descended from the mountain like a tigress and pounced on me so fiercely that I was so suppressed that I couldn't get up. After she left, the bank cards had long since disappeared, and a group of people celebrated in the car.
Except for Lao Bai, everyone here is a group of owners who have never seen money. Lao Bai often recalled his arrogance before, turning around and using a porcelain basin to catch the rainwater leaking from the roof. Over time, he has forgotten that now.
This kind of feeling has long been the situation where we are the eldest brother and don’t laugh at the second brother.
In the money society, the numbers in bank cards are directly linked to dreams.
A group of people who have never seen money naturally have many dreams.
The car turned into a boiling pot of oil, and everyone was talking about their dreams. As a big shopkeeper, Zhang Xinya was rarely generous, so she took out a pen and paper and wrote down every request seriously.
"They are all a bunch of heartless people. They don't know what they are going to face tomorrow, whether they are dead or alive, but today they are all so happy. This is really a case of drunkenness today."
I couldn't help but sigh deeply. While sighing, I also wondered if it was time for me to change my mobile phone to a more fashionable one.
The driver, Lao Bai, flicked the steering wheel and drove directly into the city without returning to the Zhenwu Temple.
It’s time to replace the car. This is Lao Bai’s dream.
As the number one loser of the Zhenwu Temple, I smoke a little every time I go out to do things. However, the smell of gasoline in the car makes people dare not do anything arbitrarily. Otherwise, I will not die at the hands of the secret channels of the government, but because of smoking a pill.
The cigarette blew up a bunch of people to death, which became a big joke in the Taoist industry.
It’s time for the house to be renovated. This is everyone’s dream.
It rained a lot this summer, and many places in the house were moldy. It will be difficult to survive this winter without repairs.
Wushuang thought about getting some cooking stoves and buying some rare ingredients.
Zhang Xinya has always wanted to make some sets of clothes for my master...
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Everyone has their own needs, and time is limited. We had to split up when we entered the city. Wushuang and I went to find the craftsman, Lao Bai went to the car dealership, Brother Yaozi went to the place where military supplies were sold, but Zhang Xinya took Xiaozhi with him.
Went to the mall.
After everything was done, I had a good meal in the evening and packed a very expensive meal for my master, and then returned to Zhenwu Temple with great satisfaction.
The broken bread car that wanted to fly on the highway was gone. Lao Bai casually disposed of it and replaced it with a Land Rover Discovery IV.
Soothing music was playing in the car, and I leaned back on the comfortable seat. I felt comfortable bubbling all over my body. I couldn't help but sigh: "It's so good to have money..."
Zhang Xinya suddenly raised her head like a ghost and said faintly: "We have no money..."
That look is clearly saying - How does it feel to be rich? Do you like it? This time I have also bought you a set of outfits, put on your robes and coats later, and let's go out to swindle money together!
I never want to do that kind of thing again in my life. She looked at me with fury, so she laughed and said that poverty breeds ambition, wealth breeds cowardice, we are in the business of risking our lives, we can't be too rich, and we entered the Zhenwu Temple.
You have to plan to be poor for the rest of your life. No, spending all the huge sums of money as soon as you get them. What is this? This is called deserving of poverty!
Zhang Xinya sighed and shrank back, saying that it would be very unlucky for men like us, who are poor and not afraid of death, to meet us. Even so, he fell into trouble with us again in the blink of an eye.
I curled my lips, thinking that you are just following us to drink Red Star Erguotou and run wild in the wilderness wind. You will not enjoy the blessings. You are really a rich man, and you will have to kill him with a knife in a few days.
After being noisy until late at night, I finally slowly returned to the Zhenwu Temple.
My master had just finished offering incense to our ancestor. When he went out, he was shocked when he saw us, a nouveau riche in bright clothes and angry horses. He thought that we were engaged in highway robbery, and our faces were extremely smelly.
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Lao Bai had already thought of his excuse, and immediately said that this was because he had a grandson who owed him a huge sum of money in the past. He was now devoted to following my master Qing Deng Huang Juan to seek enlightenment. He had long lost interest in those yellow and white things, but he could not
It was easy to get an advantage from the other party, so they all went out together to collect the debt, just in time to supplement the family income.
The sentence of "supplementing the family income" touched the tenderness of my master's heart. His cold and stern eyes gradually softened, he held his head high and said that Lao Bai was a good person.
He opened his mouth, still wanting to say something, but then he probably realized that it was a little more difficult to do it right and live a worry-free life. His talent was not in this at all, so he nodded slightly and turned around.
Returned to the house.
Early the next morning, the appointed craftsmen came with guns and cannons. The roar of machinery alarmed my master. When he learned that the Zhenwu Temple was to be repaired, he silently went to the side hall. I quietly walked outside the door.
I vaguely heard him say something about how my apprentice had gone out and fulfilled the wishes of all the ancestors. He stopped talking halfway through. Apparently he found me eavesdropping, so I was so scared that I ran away.
There is no incense in Zhenwu Temple, but after all, it is the foundation left by the ancestors. It has been damaged from generation to generation, and now it is no longer possible to see it. It is obvious that the disciples are very capable, but they are unwilling to use their skills to make money. This persistence and stubbornness make me wonder.
Should we sigh or admire?
During the construction inside the building, Lao Bai and the others were left to watch, and if anything happened, they were asked to go out and deal with it.
My master decided to go on a far journey. He had been in seclusion for a long time and was very quiet and thoughtful. He had already been planning this matter. He asked me to go with him. I originally wanted to take the water-proof bead with me, but my master didn't.
Granted, he thinks that I have only been in this industry for less than a year. From the beginning when I didn’t understand anything, to now I have entered the middle stage of Xuanwei, and I have entered the door. This speed is already very fast, but I am so
People's talents are not that good. They are all obtained by being brave enough to fight and risk their lives. It is inevitable that there will be a lot of anger in the heart, and the vitality from last time has not been restored, so the knife cannot be used again in a short time.
If the gun is fired, just go out for a walk with him.
Zhang Xinya took out the remaining 100,000 yuan and gave it all to me.
My master refused, and only asked me to take a few thousand dollars in cash and a small schoolbag and set off.
He changed out of his loose robe and put on the camouflage clothes commonly worn by migrant workers. His long hair was tied back casually, making him look like a migrant worker.
In fact, we really went out to work.
Not long after coming down the mountain, I saw a little girl begging on the street. My master was so kind that he gave the girl all the thousands of dollars he had.
After he ran out of money, he took me along to find some jobs to earn money for travel and food.
The two masters and apprentices were squatting on the curb while eating box lunches, while my master pointed at the people coming and going and told me what all living beings were. This kind of thing happened all the time.
As for using our abilities, this has never happened before.
I'm not used to living like this. I feel like a homeless person.
But my master laughed and said, Taoists are at home all over the world. Do you think that the so-called wandering means being surrounded by people wherever you go? It is the feeling of stepping into the mortal world and living freely.
I met a master I had never seen before. He didn't have the mysophobia of the past. He grabbed a fat chicken and ate it until his mouth was full of oil. He lay down under the overpass and slept.
At the beginning, I was very uncomfortable with this kind of life and felt that my abilities were wasted.
Isn't that what you use your skills to make a living?
If you have no ability but live like a beggar, what kind of ability do you have?
But gradually, I began to calm down and got used to it...
As the days passed, I gradually forgot about the life and death of the past year, but I felt more at ease...
We started from Taiyuan and walked all the way, left Shanxi, went to Shaanxi, saw the Mausoleum of Qin Shihuang, and finally arrived at Youyan, and then turned back.
The weather got cooler little by little, and a summer passed in the blink of an eye. In early autumn, my master finally took me on the return journey. If it was true, I didn't grow much, but my heart gradually calmed down.
Come down.
"Waking up in a dream is practice..."
I gradually tasted some of the flavor of this sentence.
When we returned to the Zhenwu Temple, the entire Taoist temple had changed and had been completely renovated.
"Master, it's time for retreat again."
Standing in front of the mountain gate, my master sighed softly and said to me: "Young man, your blood is a little stronger now. It is not an option to follow me around like this all the time. Your energy has gradually recovered, and the hostility in your heart has also disappeared.
I have learned a lot. Master has no worries anymore and can retreat with peace of mind. You and Lao Bai and the others should go out and do more things. There are always so many shady things running around in the world..."
Chapter completed!