Chapter two hundred and seventy-three: the way is different, not each other
In Zhongnan Mountain, Wang Jingbo took a deep breath and then opened his eyes.
In front of him, a crudely made torch was making a crackling sound, and a smell of rosin passed into his nose, making his already agitated mood even more agitated.
He bit his lower lip, stood up with a sigh, and walked towards the outside of the cave.
"Uncle Jing, you are upset!"
A man sitting opposite him, with disheveled hair and barely visible robes, also opened his eyes and spoke to him in a disappointed tone.
"During this period of time, your cultivation level has been retreating instead of advancing. It's time to reflect on yourself."
"I'm sorry, Brother Pei!"
After hearing the voice of the person behind him, Wang Jingbo's footsteps walking out instantly stopped.
"I don't want to, but I really can't control my mood and bother you."
After finishing speaking, Wang Jingbo quickened his pace and walked out of the cave with a bang.
Looking at his leaving figure, a look of regret flashed in the unkempt man's eyes, but then this look was replaced by a look of stubbornness and embarrassment.
"I don't believe it. If I miss that court eagle dog, I won't have any destiny."
As he spoke, he closed his eyes again, began to breathe in and out seriously, and continued to vomit.
Outside the cave, Wang Jingbo clasped his hands behind his back and followed the mountain road to the halfway point of Taiyi Peak. The cold wind blowing in the mountain made his originally depressed mood feel better.
"Huh……"
Then under the moonlight, Wang Jingbo vaguely saw a familiar figure standing on the edge of the cliff ahead.
"Brother Li?"
After hearing his voice, the figure turned his head and his face was exposed to the moonlight. It was the scholar surnamed Li who was practicing Taoism with a certain scholar surnamed Lu in the cave near Wang Jingbo and others.
He looked at Wang Jingbo and said in surprise.
"Brother Wang, aren't you supposed to be meditating and practicing Qi at this moment? Why are you here?"
"Don't mention it!"
Wang Jingbo walked forward and said with a frustrated look.
"I have been upset in the past few days. Instead of making any progress in my breathing skills, I have begun to regress. I have only been in concentration for a moment, and I feel like I am burning inside. I really can't practice anymore."
"So, Brother Wang, you are like this too..."
After hearing Wang Jingbo's words, Li Sheng also sighed.
"I thought I was the only one like this."
"So you are too..."
The two people looked at each other and sighed at the same time.
"well……"
Next, Wang Jingbo and Li Sheng didn't say anything else. They just sat down on the stone platform in front of the cliff and stared at the dark Zhongnan Mountain in front of them.
After a long while, Wang Jingbo heard Li Sheng's faint words.
"It's ridiculous. I just admired the gods, but then I actually met them and missed them..."
Wang Jingbo nodded.
To be honest, the reason why he is not making progress but retreating in his breathing is because every time he meditates and breathes, he will think of the contemptuous eyes and dismissive words of a Taoist priest in white at that time.
"Yes, it doesn't matter that we don't have immortal bones or spiritual aura, but our vision is still so bad."
"well……"
The two looked at each other again, sighed at the same time, and fell into silence again.
After a while, Li Sheng, who was sitting opposite Wang Jingbo, said quietly again.
"Actually, when Brother Pei and Brother Lu were talking to slander the immortal master, I wanted to object. But at that time, I hesitated because I was worried about my relationship with Brother Lu. Now during this period, I think of my original
As a result, I feel upset..."
Wang Jingbo said nothing and nodded silently.
That’s right, so do I!
"But I have figured it out, Brother Wang! As the saying goes, if you hear the Tao in the morning, you will die in the evening!"
Li Sheng's voice suddenly became firm when he spoke.
"I have been thinking about it for several days. I can't just watch my fairy fate disappear just because of other people's arrogance..."
"..."
Wang Jingbo suddenly raised his head and looked at Li Sheng, dumbfounded and said.
"Brother Li, do you mean..."
"That's right! The reason why some people go to their country and forget their home, their ears are cut off from the sound of silk and bamboo, their mouths are disgusted with the taste of fat pigs, their eyes are abandoned by the beautiful sights, they go to the luxurious houses to enjoy the thatched cottages, the cheap pleasures are expensive and lonely, isn't it?
In order to ride on the clouds and cranes one day, do you want to play Peng Hu?"
Li Sheng stood up, made a fist with his hand, and said excitedly.
"Even if you can't ride on clouds and cranes, if you wait and wait, you will at least live forever and live forever. After a hard work, someone did meet the fate of immortality, but in the end it was all delayed by Brother Pei and Brother Lu. Now someone
When the immortal sea is endless and immortality has not yet been achieved, even if you work hard beyond the cloud mountains, you will inevitably die in the end."
With that said, Li Sheng turned to look at Wang Jingbo.
"So I plan to go to Brother Wang Chang and ask where the immortal master named Qingwei is in Chang'an, and then plead guilty and beg him to take me into his sect. Brother Wang, do you want to accompany me?
"
After listening to Li Sheng's words, Wang Jingbo stood up excitedly.
"Brother Li, to be honest, I think so too!"
"Hurrah!"
Just when Wang Jingbo had just expressed his stance, the two of them suddenly heard a familiar voice coming from behind. They turned around and saw a ragged Pei Chen walking out of the shadows and pointing at them with his finger.
"You two actually..."
"how!"
Li Sheng seemed to have been suppressing it for a long time. Before Wang Jingbo could speak, he interrupted Pei Chen without hesitation.
"Did you say something wrong? What did you want to do after hiding from the world for so many years? Then you finally met a true immortal, but you missed it because of your arrogance. I want to make up for it, is it wrong?
"
Pei Chen gritted his teeth, but facing the furious Li Sheng, he seemed unable to say anything.
"The so-called Tao is different, and we don't want to conspire against each other..."
Li Sheng took out a self-defense knife from his arms, stabbed it and cut off another piece of his already ragged sleeve, and threw it in front of Pei Chen.
"From now on, Brother Pei, you will continue to forget about the world and laugh at the wind and the moon. I am going to seek my own immortal fate. Farewell!"
With that said, Li Sheng strode past Pei Chen and walked down the mountain.
After walking more than ten steps, Li Sheng stopped again and turned to look at Wang Jingbo.
"Brother Wang, what are you waiting for?"
"call……"
Wang Jingbo exhaled slowly, walked up to Pei Chen, and bowed with his hands clasped in fists.
"Brother Pei, the mountains are high and the rivers are far away. See you soon!"
With that said, he also walked past Pei Chen and followed Li Sheng.
Pei Chen stood there blankly, looking at Wang Jingbo and Li Sheng who were walking down the mountain. A complicated look flashed in his eyes. He opened his mouth, as if he wanted to say something, but he didn't know what he should say.
As the footsteps of Wang Jingbo and Li Sheng in front gradually disappeared, Pei Chen closed his eyes, took a long breath, and murmured.
"If someone has his heart set on the Tao, he will definitely move God. He will definitely..."
"That's not necessarily true!"
As soon as Pei Chen finished speaking, he heard a strange voice coming from his ear. He was frightened and took a step back, turning his head to look at the place where the voice came from.
I saw that there was now a Taoist priest wearing Taoist robes on the stone platform that was empty just now.
Under the moonlight, this Taoist has picturesque features, has three long beards, is plump and white, and looks very immortal.
Following Kong Qing's lesson last time, Pei Chen did not dare to dislike the other person just because his Taoist robe was clean. Instead, he bowed to the Taoist priest very respectfully.
"After learning from Pei Chen, I have met my seniors and dared to ask them their names."
"Me?"
The Taoist pointed at himself, and then said with a smile.
"My name is Song Xuanbai!"
…
Zhuangyan Temple in Chang'an City was once one of the largest temples in Chang'an City. There were many monks in the temple and the incense was flourishing.
But that's all in the past...
A few months ago, because the abbot of Zhuangyan Temple, Monk Faya, was planning to commit rebellion, the current sage His Majesty Li Yuan ordered Zhuangyan Temple to be sealed. Monk Faya also died in prison. Many other monks involved in the rebellion are still alive.
Wasn't released.
Not long ago, because of Laojun's appearance in Chang'an, His Majesty ordered that Zhuangyan Temple be converted into a Taoist temple to be used as Laojun's annex in Chang'an. Although it is said that many houses can be converted into Taoist temples without having to renovate them, this is
This does not mean that the renovation work is a simple matter.
For example, the mottled caissons and cornices need to be repainted, and the Buddhist murals need to be replaced with Taoist ones. Not to mention the original statues and the like, everything needs to be reshaped.
Because the saint was in a hurry, King Qin, who supervised the work, did not delay the work. Even when night fell, there were still a large number of craftsmen busy at the Zhuangyan Temple construction site.
At this time, taking advantage of the darkness, two big lolita men in black were sneaking all the way, bypassing the craftsmen who were still working, and came to the 330-foot-tall building in the backyard of Zhuangyan Temple, which was 120 steps back.
on top of the wooden tower.
"hey-hey……"
A certain bag-headed loli wiped the non-existent sweat on her forehead with her hand, and looked down at the still brightly lit Zhuangyan Temple.
"Sister, we are actually here early, the master hasn't come yet."
"coming!"
The big lolita in men's clothing answered expressionlessly, then knelt down and bowed down to the center of the highest floor of the empty wooden tower.
"Daozhen meets the master!"
"Hey hey hey..."
The big-headed lolita blinked her big eyes and looked at the seemingly empty center of the wooden tower.
"Master is actually here, why can't I feel it at all..."
Whoosh!
The next moment, the big bag-headed lolita's neck was entangled in the dust tail of a whisk that suddenly appeared, and then she flew up involuntarily.
Pia!
After the big bag-headed lolita's body rotated 360 degrees in the air, Pia fell to the ground.
"You stupid……"
A nun who didn't know when he appeared in the wooden pagoda shook his hand, took back his fly whisk, and said coldly.
"Since you came down from the mountain, your strength has not improved at all. I think you should go back to the mountain to practice for a while."
"Ah, master, you are really here..."
The big girl with a bun raised her head from the ground and looked at the nun with tears in her eyes. She stretched out her hands and planned to hug the nun's thigh.
The nun's toes trembled, as if she was planning to avoid it, but in the end she endured it and let the big-headed loli successfully hug her legs.
"Ahhh...Master, I miss you so much!"
The nun's eyebrows twitched, then she leaned over expressionlessly, pinched the back of the neck of a bag-headed lolita who was crying and trying to rub her against her, and picked her up like a kitten.
He stood up and threw it towards the men's lolita.
"Look at your junior sister, how unbecoming she is when she cries and cries!"
Then, the nun raised her head and said to the top of the wooden pagoda.
"Xinru, come down!"
"yes!"
Pei Xinru's soft voice came from the top of the tower, and then a white shadow flashed. Pei Xinru, wearing a snow-white dress, appeared in the wooden tower in a gust of fragrance, and bowed softly to the nun.
"Xinru has met the master!"
"waived!"
The nun's eyes swept over Pei Xinru's body, her brows furrowed slightly, but in the end she didn't say anything critical, but got down to business.
"You have been in Chang'an for a long time. How is the investigation on Buddha's enemies going?"