Laojun said: The great way is invisible, giving birth to heaven and earth; the great way is ruthless, running the sun and the moon; the great way is nameless, nourishing all things; I don’t know its name, and I strongly call it Tao.

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"Master, are you thirsty? Drink some water first." A three or four-year-old boy was carrying a black clay pot. Splashed water from the clay pots all the way and sprinkled on the road. On the dirt that was tanned by the scorching sun, watermarks of different sizes were left, and then slowly dissipated.

"Chang Xing! Slowly, Master is not thirsty, Master is not thirsty. Have you finished your homework?" Seeing the boy walking over with water with difficulty, the old Taoist with white hair smiled on his face, and quickly put down his hoe and walked quickly towards the boy. The old Taoist named Zhang Taijin, who is the Taoist priest of Fengmeizhai Zushi Temple.

"It's done, it's done long ago. Master, why do I draw the clear heart talisman every day but not the evil-removing talisman? The clear heart talisman cannot catch ghosts." Chang Xing asked.

"Strange talismans are all small ways. Master doesn't want you to practice small ways or mislead the great way. The way can be told, but it is extraordinary. Only by studying the meaning of the scriptures and understanding the great way is the real great way. After all, magic talismans are small ways. Can you remember it, disciple?" Zhang Taijin said kindly.

"Remember. Then why did you let me stand in a stance every day but not let me learn boxing?" Chang Xing asked again.

"Refining your body is to strengthen your body, not to win. Since that's the case, why should you learn boxing?" Zhang Taijin smiled and stroked Chang Xing's head with his hands.

"But when the children from Xianjiqiao besieged me, I didn't know how to fight, so I couldn't win. Every time I was chased by them and ran away." Chang Xing said dissatisfiedly.

"So you practice martial arts just to bully children? Then I can't teach you boxing." Zhang Taijin smiled. In fact, Zhang Taijin knew that Chang Xing was honest and would never bully other children. But Zhang Taijin was worried that Chang Xing would grow up in the future, be young and energetic, and have martial arts skills, which would easily cause trouble. So he didn't teach boxing to Chang Xing. However, the basic skills were not at all.

"What if someone else bullies me?" Chang Xing asked.

"Others are not crazy, why are you bullying?" Zhang Taijin smiled.

"Master, we are Taoist priests, why do we have to recite scriptures every day? We are not monks." Chang Xing had endless questions in his head.

"It's not called chanting scriptures or comprehending the Tao. The Dharma is not passed on lightly, but is passed on by word of mouth, without remembering the words. Have you remembered the Sutra of Purity and Quietness?" Zhang Taijin asked.

"Remember! I'll remember it after a few glances." Chang Xing pouted his little mouth and said proudly.

"Then you recite it to me." Zhang Taijin laughed loudly, his love for him was beyond words.

"Laojun said: The great way is invisible, giving birth to heaven and earth; the great way is ruthless, running the sun and the moon; the great way is nameless, nourishing all things; I don't know its name, and I strongly call it Tao..."

After reading a paragraph, Zhang Taijin quickly frowned and interrupted: "Stop, stop, stop, what are you memorizing?"

"Master, did Xing'er recite it wrong?" Chang Xing's eyes were filled with tears and kept spinning in his eyes.

"You memorize it without saying a word, but it is not the taste of the Pure and Quiet Sutra at all. The wonderful Dharma does not remember the words, why do you know? It is because the mystery of the wonderful Dharma is not literally, but word of mouth. The Pure and Quiet Sutra in our school was passed down by the ancestor, and the secret is in this word." Zhang Taijin was originally going to scold Chang Xing severely, but when he saw the tears in Chang Xing's eyes, his heart immediately softened, and his voice had become much softer.

"Xing'er understands." Chang Xing sobbed a few times, and tears in his eyes were already flowing down his cheeks.

"Don't cry Xing'er, be good, go back and make delicious food for Xing'er." Zhang Taijin said.

"Xing'er wants to eat chicken legs."

"If you want, you want to eat chicken legs. When you go back, the master slaughtered the old hen and gave Xing'er chicken legs." Zhang Taijin picked up the hoe, grabbed Chang Xing under his armpit with one hand, and walked back. Chang Xing tightly hugged the black pot in his hand, but the water flowed out of the mouth of the pot.

"Master, the old hen cannot be slaughtered. If it is slaughtered, there will be no hen laying eggs for Xing'er to eat." Chang Xing was so greedy that he was greedy, but he was a little reluctant to leave him thinking about a poached egg every day.

"What should I do? My family Xing'er wants to eat chicken legs, but there is only one old hen in our sight. Where can I get chicken legs if I don't kill the old hen?" Zhang Taijin asked.

"Master, there are so many pheasants in the mountains. You don't know if you go to the mountains to catch one, Xing'er will have chicken legs to eat!" Chang Xing blinked his eyes and quickly came up with a solution.

"Don't hit the three spring birds when you hit the birds. I hope my mother returns in the nest. But there is no way. I, Xing'er, wanted to sip chicken legs, so I would say a few nice things to the mountain god. I will definitely let the mountain god break the example, so I will catch a male pheasant and come back. Let my Xing'er satisfy my cravings." Zhang Taijin said with a smile.

This is the best time for pheasants to lay eggs in the spring. If the female pheasant is beaten at this time, the pheasant will be planted. This is a hunting taboo for hunting in the mountains.

Zhang Taijin's hunting is different from hunting hunting in the mountains. Hunting is a particularly particular thing for Zhang Taijin's sect.

So after returning to the Ancestor Temple, Zhang Taijin wrapped a black cloth turban around his head and a She knife on his back. Zhang Taijin's Ancestor Temple is different from ordinary temples. It offers a statue of an inverted statue of a carved wooden god about five inches high. The god supports the ground with his hands and his feet facing the sky. That is Zhang Wulang, the ancestor of Zhang Taijin's school.

In the middle of the shrine, there is a large book written on "The Master of Heaven and Earth" and "The ancestors of the ancestral halls in the past dynasties" and the right side of the shrine, "The Master of the Plum City Helps the Lord of the Good Deeds". Zhang Taijin burns candles and incense on the square table in front of the shrine, pours three bowls of rice wine, the owner of the jar burns money paper, bows and chants mantras: "The ceremony of refuting to the ancestors, the ancestors descend to the altar, wear a powerful hat covering the sky, and their eyes are bright and clear. In the morning, in the Jade Emperor Jinge Hall, he travels to the seven-star Beidou Chen in the evening. If there is something to do, he will be inviting troops to the altar. The disciples come to worship and invite him devoutly, but I hope that the ancestors will come."

After inviting the ancestor, Zhang Taijin called over to Chang Xing: "Xing'er, please stay in the temple. Master will go and make chicken legs for you."

Chang Xing refused: "Master, I am afraid of staying alone in the temple. If a beggar comes, I will kidnap me and sell it."

Usually, when Chang Xing was disobedient, Zhang Taijin would use beggars to scare Chang Xing: If you are disobedient, if you are a beggar, you will kidnap you and sell it.

Unexpectedly, Chang Xing actually used this as an excuse to ask Zhang Taijin to take him into the mountain.

Zhang Taijin was a little embarrassed. The mountains were not fun. The forests were dense and the mountains were steep, so it was extremely difficult for adults to walk. This was the second. The most dangerous thing was that there were poisonous snakes and beasts everywhere, and they might be attacked if they were accidentally taken. Zhang Taijin protects himself, and brings Chang Xing with him, which made him feel overwhelmed.

"Where did the beggar come from this deep mountain forest? Be good and obedient. In just a while, I will come back with the chicken legs." Zhang Taijin racked his brains to coax Chang Xing, but who knew that Chang Xing had made up his mind to enter the mountain with Zhang Taijin. No matter how Zhang Taijin persuaded him, Chang Xing did not let go.

Zhang Taijin coaxed her for a long time but it didn't work. She was furious and said fiercely: "If you don't obey, I will smash your butt!"

"Wow! If I had my own father and mother, I wouldn't have been so cruel to me!" Chang Xing cried loudly. It really made the listener cry, and the listener was sad.

When Zhang Taijin saw Chang Xing crying, his heart suddenly softened and hugged Chang Xing: "Don't cry, don't cry, Master will take you into the mountain! You are my nemesis!"
Chapter completed!