Chapter 24 The big festival is approaching, and the storm is rising
Jiang Sheng spoke!
Tian Ming'an trembled when he heard Jiang Sheng's words. He braced himself and said, "Young man, just keep kneeling down."
"I never thought that even if I was the last "I accepted you but didn't teach you anything?" Jiang Sheng asked again.
Tian Ming'an said: "Young man is wholeheartedly seeking the truth and has no regrets."
"Do you really have no regrets?" Jiang Sheng asked.
Tian Ming'an gritted his teeth and said: "No regrets!"
Jiang Sheng smiled: "Then you can continue to kneel."
Tian Ming'an's heart, which had just been a little excited, sank again. He fell down, but he still held on and knelt for a whole day. It was not until evening that he got up with difficulty and staggered down the mountain.
Jiang Sheng looked at Tian Ming'an coming down the mountain, with neither sadness nor joy in his eyes.
On the ninth day, Tian Ming'an went up the mountain again. Even though Tian Guofu felt sorry for him and wanted to let a few people carry him up the mountain, and even though his mother cried and asked him to forget it, Tian Ming'an still went up the mountain.
He carried a branch to the Taoist temple and knelt on the ground motionless in the middle of winter. His body had been frozen for eight days, but Tian Mingan still knelt down heavily.
At Chenshi, Jiang Sheng slowly opened his eyes and looked at the motionless figure kneeling outside the hall in the cold wind: "Do you still have breath?"
Tian Ming'an murmured: "Boy, you're still alive."
"Well, that's good."
When Jiang Sheng's words fell, Tian Ming'an suddenly felt the cold wind around him dissipate, and a warm breath filled his body, restoring some warmth to his stiff and cold limbs.
"Can you get up by yourself?" Jiang Sheng asked again.
Tian Ming'an gritted his teeth and got up from the ground: "You can do it, kid."
Jiang Sheng nodded again: "Then come in."
Tian Ming'an's heart beat excitedly Jumping, he suppressed his excitement and entered the palace. For a moment, he only felt that the palace was extremely warm, which was completely different from the cold and chilly environment outside.
Jiang Sheng opened a volume of Taoist scriptures and spoke slowly: "Is there anything you want to ask?"
Tian Ming'an was a little uneasy: "Is the Taoist Master willing to accept the boy?"
Jiang Sheng He nodded: "Well, you boy's attitude is acceptable."
Tian Ming'an was stunned for a moment, and then he was a little confused: "Taoist priest, I often read scripts. Among them, in addition to sincerity, the master's acceptance of disciples also depends on sincerity. It depends on his desire to seek the Tao and his mind and understanding."
"Why does the Taoist priest not test the boy's pursuit of the Tao?"
Jiang Sheng glanced at Tian Ming'an: "Why do you seek the Tao, and what does it have to do with me? I just want to see your sincerity."
Tian Ming'an was stunned, yes, why do you seek the Tao, and what does it have to do with others? ?
As long as you are sincere and seek the truth firmly, why bother talking to others?
Jiang Sheng continued: "Actually, Pindao doesn't expect you to have much understanding, but your character is indeed good. Let's stay by Pindao's side first. Come and listen to Pindao's chanting every day. "
Tian Ming'an said quickly: "My disciple has written it down."
Jiang Sheng thought for a while and then said: "A practitioner must first strengthen the body and bones. You are still far from practicing. You must first strengthen your muscles and bones, and then talk about sensing the qi machine and introducing the qi into the body. "
Tian Ming'an nodded repeatedly: "Disciple, please remember the master's teachings. "
"Find a place to sit down by yourself," Jiang Sheng said and began to slowly recite the Taoist scriptures.
Tian Ming'an found a futon and sat down in the lotus position, quietly listening to Jiang Sheng reciting scriptures.
I listened to it for an hour.
At the end of the day, Jiang Sheng looked at Tian Ming'an who was still immersed in the scriptures and did not forcefully wake him up.
It was not until the end that Tian Ming'an came back to his senses. Looking at the sun hanging high at this time, he suddenly realized: "A scroll of scriptures actually made the boy immersed in it unconsciously for more than two hours. Only then did I come back to my senses."
Jiang Sheng chuckled: "The road to seeking the Tao is long and long. In the future, you will have to live in the mountains for many years. Can you endure loneliness?"
Tian Ming'an looked firm: "Disciple, I can bear it."
Jiang Sheng could not deny it: "I am a poor Taoist, but I believe in you. Go down the mountain first, go back and inform your grandfather and parents, tomorrow Go up the mountain again.”
"Have a good reunion today. It will not be easy to reunite in the future."
Tian Ming'an said with a smile: "The disciple is thinking that if he succeeds in cultivation in the future, he should be able to reunite with his family. By then. Maybe it can help my grandfather and father and mother live longer.”
“Oh, it’s good to have something to look forward to. Let’s go down the mountain.” Jiang Sheng waved his hand.
Tian Mingan stood up, saluted Jiang Sheng respectfully, and then went down the mountain excitedly. Watching Tian Ming'an go away, Jiang Sheng thought of the kind old man who took care of him when he grew up and died. Then he looked at the falling snow on the mountains outside the hall, and sighed quietly: "The great road, immortality. To prove long-sightedness, sit for a long time." Looking at the reincarnation of the world, it doesn’t matter if he lives to be 18,000 years old. In the end, the child wants to support him but cannot be loved.”
"In the future, there will be times when this kid will cry."
After that, Jiang Sheng took a Yuan Ju Dan and continued to practice.
He must try his best to improve his cultivation to the late stage of foundation building before the River God Festival begins, so that he can be confident enough to deal with the monsters in the river.
The next day, Tian Guofu took his son and daughter-in-law up the mountain with Tian Ming'an. First, the three of them bowed to Jiang Sheng and gave him a bundle of repairs. Then Tian Ming'an formally knelt down and kowtowed to Jiang Sheng three times.
After Tian Guofu left with his son and daughter-in-law, only Jiang Sheng and Tian Ming'an were left in the Taoist temple in the mountain.
Suddenly, the Taoist temple became a little more quiet and lonely.
Tian Mingxin was in a good mood. He regained his energy after just a moment of melancholy. He followed Jiang Sheng and continued to listen to and read the Taoist scriptures. Then he cleaned the Taoist temple, practiced martial arts and cooked meals.
Although Jiang Sheng has been able to live without grain, Tian Ming'an cannot. He must carry water and chop firewood for cooking every day, clean the inside and outside of the Taoist temple, and practice martial arts to strengthen his body.
Life like this is undoubtedly a bit burdensome for Tian Ming'an, who is only twelve years old, but Tian Ming'an still perseveres and enjoys it.
Jiang Sheng would also take time to teach Tian Ming'an's martial arts every day.
Looking at Tian Ming'an who was practicing fists and kicks in front of the palace, Jiang Sheng said: "You have to remember that as a practitioner, you must cultivate your mind and your character as well as your body."
"The physical body is a treasure raft that can transcend the world, and it contains the essence and spirit. When a practitioner senses Qi and introduces Qi into his body, he will not become much stronger immediately.”
“Fists, feet, and swords can still play a vital role during the Qi training period.”
"Even a monk in the late stage of Qi training is still in fatal danger if he is caught off guard and is hit by a strong bow or crossbow or is approached by a physical practitioner in the middle stage of Qi training." When it comes to physical training, only cultivating both life and life is the right path for me.”
Tian Ming'an replied loudly: "Disciple, I have written it down."
Jiang Sheng did not say much and continued to watch Tian Ming'an practice martial arts. This process reminded him of the time when Xu Daohou taught him martial arts when he was eight years old. picture.
This kind of picture of predecessors passing on to descendants, passed down from generation to generation, gave Jiang Sheng a little more understanding of the word inheritance.
In the following days, Jiang Sheng changed from teaching Tian Mingan every day, to teaching once every three days, to once every seven days.
Tian Ming'an's talent is good, allowing Jiang Sheng to save a lot of time, and this kind of guidance is actually a verification of his own practice for Jiang Sheng, faintly reflecting Jiang Sheng's own path.
Time passed like this day by day.
Unknowingly, the deep winter is over, and the twelfth lunar month is almost over in the blink of an eye.
As the time for the River God Festival gets closer and closer, the atmosphere in Qingshan County becomes increasingly weird.
Jiang Sheng's killing of the Eight Wolves of Dongjun did frighten the evil cultivators for a while, but after a few bold attempts, the evil cultivators confirmed that as long as they did not get close to Qingping Mountain, they would not attract the evil cultivators. After the terrible Taoist Jiang Sheng, they became active again.
This time, Xu Xiao also became ruthless. She took the talisman she bought from Jiang Sheng at a large price and found traces of several foundation-building evil cultivators.
Xu Xiao then took action with Wang Tianfang, Li Hao, Han Li and Qian Ming, all the foundation-building casual cultivators, and killed four or five foundation-building evil cultivators one after another.
Imitating Jiang Sheng’s actions, I hung the corpses of these evil cultivators in front of the county government office, and once again shocked these evil cultivators with the bloody facts.
Although the evil cultivator was shocked by his actions, rumors in the city spread again.
In the beginning, it was only circulated in a small area. It was said that the reason why Magistrate Zhang wanted to kill the River God was because he was dissatisfied that the sacrifice had nothing to do with him. He actually wanted to get a share of the River God Festival.
As the story spread, it turned out that Magistrate Zhang wanted to create a golden body and enjoy the incense so as to seek immortality.
According to further rumors, it turned out that Magistrate Zhang had already made an agreement with the casual cultivators. After killing the River God, the people of Qingshan County would be divided among the people. Magistrate Zhang would occupy the county seat, and the rogue cultivators would occupy each town.
At that time, the entire Qingshan County will become their independent kingdom, killing people for fun at will.
The rumors are getting more and more outrageous, but there are still many ignorant people who believe this: Originally, six pairs of boys and girls were sacrificed every year in the River God Festival to keep the county in good weather, but the county magistrate insisted on killing them despite all the thankless efforts. Why is the river god?
Isn’t it just to replace it!
As these rumors spread, many gentry and wealthy businessmen even suspected Zhang Qingyun's intentions.
In addition, these days evil cultivators frequently cause troubles, practice murder, and murders that kill people happen from time to time. The horrific scenes of mutilated limbs, mutilated bodies, and bloody flesh really frightened these gentry.
Therefore, the gentry and wealthy businessmen all wanted to ask Zhang Qingyun, the county official, for an explanation.
The gentry and wealthy businessmen took the lead. After hearing the news, the people felt that the county magistrate had hidden evil intentions, and they also asked for orders one after another in the hope that the county magistrate would not destroy the River God Festival.
Before Zhang Qingyun could take action, he was trapped by the people under his rule.
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