Chapter One Hundred and Twenty-Eight Five Disadvantages and Three Defects.
Being cheated out of a treasure in a daze, Li Xiuyuan felt that he had really suffered a huge loss. The treasure ran into other people's hands before he could warm it up. His mood was not something that ordinary people could understand, but when he saw Mu Taoist's smiling face
He also knew in his heart that the things that fell into his hands might not come back.
However, I thought that since this Taoist Mu was my uncle, giving him this thing would be a way of keeping the money from flowing to outsiders.
After all, Mu Taoist was entrusted by him and came to Guo Beicheng with good intentions to protect his own safety. To put it harshly, he still had to pay for the hard work.
Not to mention this painful thing.
"By the way, what happened to those pears, uncle just now? Why did uncle, who was so good, play tricks on the pear vendor, who defrauded him of his money?" Li Xiuyuan said.
Mu Taoren said: "Well, that's not the case, it's just that Pindao was kind-hearted and helped him survive a disaster."
"Oh, what does this mean?" Li Xiuyuan asked.
Mu Taoren said: "This hawker is an outsider. It's too late to drive to the city today to sell pears. It's already dusk now. He will definitely not be able to sell all the pears. If he encounters ghosts in the mountains and fields when he leaves the city,
If he went to the ghost market, he would definitely mistake it for the night market, and he would definitely drive there. If he went to the ghost market, he would probably die there, so I made a little plan to send him home.
, Today he will either stay in the city or go home immediately, and as for that ghost market, he will not encounter it again."
"Even if he encounters him and has no goods in hand, he will not think of going to the ghost market to sell goods. This way he can avoid his disaster. Well, Pindao saved another life. It is really a great merit."
After saying that, he felt a little complacent again.
He was not happy for a while, but he looked at Li Xiuyuan and said, "Could it be that my nephew thought that Pindao was deliberately playing tricks on the pear seller?"
"Others think so, and I'm just a little confused." Li Xiuyuan said.
Mu Taoist smiled and said: "So this is a worldly perspective. He only looks at things from one side. It shows that Shang Pindao played a trick on the pear seller. Well, who made him not even willing to give a pear to Pindao? Pindao
Dao then frightened him as a punishment, but Pindao saved his life. It was clear which was more important, and when the hawker went back and saw a room full of pears, he would naturally understand."
"So that's it. Is Uncle Master a master of Taoism?" Li Xiuyuan nodded.
Not everyone has such a mentality of just doing things but not saying anything, no matter what the world thinks, and treating reputation as dirt.
To get an expert is to get an expert. Just this way of doing things is beyond the reach of others.
Mu Taoren felt a little proud at this praise.
"Uncle Master is good at everything, but he's a little too slovenly. If he could dress up a bit, maybe he wouldn't be so suspicious," Li Xiuyuan said.
Mu Taoist glared at him and said: "It is inevitable for those who practice Taoism to have five shortcomings and three shortcomings. This is a normal thing. My senior brother, your master is blind. He has committed one of the five shortcomings.
As for Pindao, he suffers from the lack of wealth among the three deficiencies. Others have more or less wealth luck, but Pindao's wealth luck is zero, not at all. In this life, he has nothing to do with money, and you are penniless.
If you give me money, I will drop it when I turn around. Even if I don't drop it, it will be stolen. In short, I will never keep the money."
Li Xiuyuan suddenly understood.
He has also read some Taoist books and knows what the five disadvantages and three disadvantages are. Among the so-called five disadvantages and three disadvantages, the five disadvantages are: widowhood, loneliness and disability, and the three disadvantages are: money, life, and power.
In addition to having the temperament and qualifications to practice Taoism, those who want to join the Tao must also have fortune-telling skills. Among the five shortcomings, only one cannot be alone. Being alone will defeat the master and cannot be accepted. Among the three shortcomings, one cannot be short of fate.
People who practice Taoism seek immortality. How can you live forever if you are short of life?
Li Xiuyuan's master said before that there are many taboos among Taoists, and this is definitely not a lie.
"My senior brother has a good life. He has five shortcomings and three shortcomings, including disability and lack of power. Therefore, he can accept disciples, and can be worshiped by your Li family. He hides in a Taoist temple to cultivate, and he is not short of treasures.
I don't know how much better than a poor Taoist." Mu Taoist said again.
Indeed, among the three shortcomings, one can give up power, but the ones that cannot be given up the most are lack of life and lack of money.
At certain times, money is needed to practice Taoism. If you are short of money, your path to Taoism will definitely be difficult.
Li Xiuyuan said with a serious face: "Since my uncle is destined to be short of money, it would be a waste to leave the treasure with him just now. Why don't you give it back to me."
Mu Taoist laughed again and said: "Other treasures cannot be kept by Pindao, but this treasure of yours can be kept by Pindao. You are a born saint, your destiny is extremely precious, and even five shortcomings and three shortcomings cannot defeat you.
You can't drop the things you gave me as a gift."
"..." Li Xiuyuan felt like he was being tricked at this time.
"Forget it, I won't chat with you, uncle. I have some things to do and need to go to the ghost market outside the city. Uncle, do you want to go with me?"
"Not going."
Mu Taoren immediately refused and said: "You know what earth-shattering thing you are going to do, don't involve Pindao, otherwise Pindao will be involved in the cause and effect, and Pindao will be unlucky."
"Master, didn't he ask his uncle to take care of me?" Li Xiuyuan said with a strange expression.
Mu Taoren said: "It's said that I'm taking care of you. I'm just acting as your eyes and ears. I just remind you of everything so that you can take precautions. What you do is your business. Is it possible that my senior brother really helped you?"
"It seems... not." Li Xiuyuan thought for a moment and said.
Only at this moment did he understand why his master had been huddled in the Taoist temple all day long, doing nothing but giving some guidance on his own practice, and enjoying it very much.
It turns out the roots are here.
"That's it. If other cultivators knew your identity and would avoid you, they wouldn't dare to interact with you. My senior brother wouldn't dare to help you directly, for fear of affecting your future path.
If something unexpected happens, it will all be blamed on Pindao, and he will be struck to death by lightning sooner or later."
Mu Taoren said: "Besides, the ghost market outside the city is just some little ghosts. There are no monsters. You will be fine if you go there. You have hunted the Black Mountain King. Are you still afraid of a mere ghost market?"
"Listening to what my uncle said, it makes sense." Li Xiuyuan nodded.
People who practice Taoism also have taboos, and you still have to respect them.
"It's getting late, my nephew left early and came back early. I went back to your house to sleep. I was worried that I wouldn't have a place to stay tonight. Unexpectedly, I met my nephew, fate, this is fate." Mu Taoist said.
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Li Xiuyuan had a feeling that this uncle was not just another one who came to eat and drink.
When they met, they lost a treasure and had to take good care of it.
"I hope there are not many practitioners in this sect..." he thought to himself.
"Since my uncle is not willing to go with me, I will set off alone. Does my uncle know where my house is? Do you want me to show him the way?" Li Xiuyuan asked.
Mu Taoist chuckled and said: "Of course I know, my nephew will go there alive, don't worry about Pindao."
Li Xiuyuan felt that his concern was unnecessary. This cheap uncle was also a veteran of the world. There was probably nothing in the world that he didn't know.
"Then my nephew is leaving first."
After giving a salute, he didn't waste any more time and walked out of the city with two guards.
Mu Taoren watched Li Xiuyuan leave and couldn't help but frowned and muttered in his heart: "My senior brother won't trick me again. His disciple is a saint in the world at best, and a disaster star at worst. Since ancient times, every time
Only in the age of great chaos did saints come to the world to clear up the world, and the lives of saints were also full of disasters. Who knows what strange and strange things might happen around them, and there is often a huge cause and effect behind a small thing."