In fact, the closer we get to Wantian Palace, the colder the weather becomes. It doesn’t mean that the place where Wantian Palace is located is much colder than other places. It’s just because we wasted time during this trip, and now it’s cold right before our eyes.
It's winter.
This made Chen Chao couldn't help but sigh. Year after year, spring, summer, autumn and winter are constantly alternating in the world. It seems that there is no meaning in talking about it.
It just keeps repeating itself.
Ordinary people would get tired of guarding only a few dozen springs, summers, autumns, and winters, let alone those monks who often have hundreds of springs, summers, autumns, and winters.
But some people are tired of it, and some people are reluctant to give it up.
If there are people and things that you care about in this world, you can live for hundreds of springs, summers, autumns, and winters without feeling bored. If there are not, then even one more day and night will make this world boring, so it is better to go back early.
Chen Chao recalled a story he had read in a book for no reason. An invincible swordsman had supported many sword cultivators behind him for many years and had lost all attachment to the world. But one day, he really had the chance to leave.
At that time, he saw that the world might be destroyed after leaving, so he stayed again.
Chen Chao sighed, "It's really pitiful to live for others all your life."
But then he laughed again, because he remembered the sword fairy, and finally found the woman he liked and liked eating duck eggs.
If you have nostalgia, you will never get tired of living in this world for thousands of years.
Chen Chao said softly, "Would you like to win the heart of one person and stay together forever?"
After saying this, Chen Chao laughed at himself and shook his head and said, "Hypocritical."
He stopped and walked along the way, talking to himself, a bit like the kind of fool who was not popular in the village in the past, mumbling words in a slovenly manner.
But maybe even Chen Chao himself didn't notice that as he walked, strands of brilliance overflowed from various acupuncture points on his body, surrounding him, as if making him look like a god.
If he hadn't walked in deep mountains and old forests, in inaccessible places, he would have been worshiped as a god.
But even so, when Chen Chao was now walking in the mountains and forests, the monsters far and wide around him felt an unspeakable aura. After feeling it, they became afraid and hid further and further away.
This scene lasted for half a day, until the sun set in the west, and then slowly dissipated.
Chen Chao only felt it was a hindsight, and then found that he was sweating all over his body.
Chen Chao himself was confused. He had already reached this level of cultivation. How could he still be sweating on the road?
But he didn't care. He found a stream and took a bath, changed into clean clothes, and continued on his way.
It’s just that after walking for a while this time, Chen Chao felt refreshed. Chen Chao hadn’t figured out why yet, but he also felt that the flow of qi in his body was faster than before, and his meridians were not as wide as before.
, which means that I took another step forward without knowing it?
Chen Chao narrowed his eyes and was a little confused. Could it be that his previous battle with the old man led to his improvement in realm?
But Chen Chao himself found it incredible that the fight was of no benefit at all.
However, he vaguely guessed that it was probably due to his state of mind.
A group of monks, including those from the three religions, practice and cultivate their minds, but in fact, years of meditating and practicing are definitely not as good as a sudden enlightenment.
Otherwise, there would be no situation where latecomers would catch up and young people would stand at a higher level than their predecessors.
It's just that this kind of thing doesn't happen to me often.
Of course, this is also one of the reasons why he is looked down upon by monks.
The key point is that this quiet level improvement, Chen Chao didn't have any understanding beforehand, and he looked confused.
This kind of thing is not common.
But Chen Chao will not insist on thinking about it and get into trouble.
Otherwise, it can just be like what happened to that little girl, with deep inner demons.
For such a thing, once is enough.
Chen Chao, who did not think too much, felt refreshed and soon approached the Wantian Palace within a few dozen miles.
As the leaders of the Taiping Dao lineage of the Taoist sect, Wantian Palace and Chixin Guan, at first glance, both have the kind of indifferent temperaments that do not compete or compete. However, in fact, Chixin Guan seems ordinary, but in fact they are just building a tall building in a humble room.
The Wantian Palace is the real place for cultivating the mind and establishing the Tao in the mountains and wilderness.
The fundamental gap between the two resulted in the fact that once Wantian Palace lost its status as the leader of the Taoist sect, it could no longer keep up with Chixin Guan in the past few hundred years.
Because everything in Wantian Palace is too random.
How can a group of Taoist priests who do not seek immortality or fight for the road compare with the infatuated views that have been working for generations?
Before Chen Chao left Shendu, he specifically asked Xie Nandu what he thought of Wantian Palace. The answer given by the talented lady of the Xie family was actually a bit strange. She said personally that the fundamental reason why Wantian Palace is what it is today is that it cannot afford it.
Competing for hearts.
The same Luming Temple cannot compete, but Luming Temple has always been the leader of Buddhism, and countless exquisite scriptures can only be viewed in Luming Temple.
Over the past countless years, Luming Temple has had no shortage of incense and no shortage of young disciples. However, after the Wantian Palace could not even keep the Taoist Notes, the entire sect no longer had anything very attractive.
However, the foundation is still there and should not be underestimated.
When he was about to approach the Wantian Palace, Chen Chao encountered a group of pilgrims, both young and old. Among them, the old one had gray hair and walked on crutches. The younger one was a little girl carved in pink and jade.
, about five or six years old, with two braids, very cute.
There were also teenagers and a couple among the others.
It should be three generations living under the same roof and traveling as one family.
The old man walked in the front, walking slowly. The young man behind him did not rush. He just looked at the bluestone paved slab in front of him. Occasionally, insects would walk on the slab, so he would lower his head and follow the footsteps of the insects with his eyes.
The woman behind him was smiling.
The little girl walking behind her mother was jumping up and down, full of childlike joy.
As for the middle-aged man walking at the end, he was holding something like incense and candles, and he was also smiling.
Chen Chao came to the mountain road, then slowed down his pace and hung not far or near. He was not in a hurry to go up the mountain. The reason why he didn't get close was because he didn't want to cause trouble.
In fact, more importantly, I still don’t want to disturb this family’s mountain climbing.
But soon the middle-aged man turned his head to look at Chen Chao, then turned his head and said something unknown. The white-haired old man at the front stopped and rested on a stone on the side of the mountain road.
The middle-aged man looked at Chen Chao with a smile and nodded.
Chen Chao thought for a while and walked towards the family.
The middle-aged man stepped aside, and the woman also picked up the little girl.
Chen Chao nodded towards the middle-aged man, and then walked over, but as soon as he passed by the woman, the girl struggled to look at Chen Chao's waist and muttered, "Knife... knife..."
The woman smiled apologetically, and just as she was about to speak, the girl rushed towards Chen Chao.
To be precise, he threw himself from Chen Chao's waist. The woman didn't hug him and screamed in surprise.
Chen Chao, with quick eyes and quick hands, picked up the girl and let out a long breath.
The girl was in Chen Chao's arms, and her two short hands were still trying to reach the knife on Chen Chao's waist.
The woman breathed a sigh of relief and apologized while going to take the girl back, but who knew that the girl was holding on to Chen Chao's clothes, refusing to let her mother take her away.
The woman was sweating with anxiety, and the man also joined in coaxing the child, but no matter how hard he tried, the girl couldn't
The couple was not allowed to take them back.
The woman looked at Chen Chao with apologetic expressions on her face, "Don't blame me, sir. My little daughter has liked these things since she was a child. She also has a lot of wooden knives and wooden swords at home. I really don't know who she learned it from. Now I see the young master.
With the knife on my waist, I can’t help but..."
While they were talking, the woman finally brought the little girl back, but the little girl started crying so loudly that she could not be coaxed.
The woman was furious and wanted to take action, but fortunately the man beside her kept trying to persuade her.
This is not advisable, after all, this is my daughter, she is a treasure, and I would be reluctant to hit her, let alone someone else.
Chen Chao suddenly asked, "Are you also pilgrims going up the mountain?"
In fact, isn't this obvious?
The man nodded.
Chen Chao smiled and said, "Can you let me carry this little girl up the mountain, and then show her the knife when we get there?"
Chen Chao was a little afraid that they would have other ideas, so he quickly added, "I'll be with you."
The man glanced at his wife.
The latter looked at the crying little girl in his arms, and finally relented, worried, "Will it be too much trouble for the young master?"
While Chen Chao shook his head, he reached out to hug the little girl, and the little girl could reach up and nuzzle into Chen Chao's arms.
Seeing this scene, the woman asked suspiciously, "This girl usually doesn't want to see strangers. What's going on today?"
Chen Chao picked up the little girl, smiled and asked, "What's your name?"
The little girl opened her mouth, with tears still hanging on her face, but she still said in a childish voice, "Ning Qing Nian."
Chen Chao stretched out his hand to wipe away the tears on her face.
The little girl suddenly came up and kissed Chen Chao on the cheek.
This made the whole group burst into laughter.
Chen Chao blushed a little.
After going up the mountain, Chen Chao walked slowly. The little girl didn't know why, her mind was not on the knife, but she was looking at Chen Chao's face, as if she was in a trance.
Then, as we were approaching the gate of Wantian Palace, a girl just came out of the gate, and then she saw the young man in black shirt on the mountain road here.
Her eyes widened, surprised at first, but soon burst into tears.
Chen Chao was stunned for a moment when he saw this scene.
The girl turned around and walked into the mountain gate. As she walked, she wiped her tears and cried in grievance, saying in a low voice, "Master, he is a very bad, bad person. He has not come to see me for so long. Now that he is here, it is better not to come."
It’s been a while since we last met, and he even has a daughter!”