Chapter 37: Leisurely Idle (Part 5 for Friends of Junshan)
I haven’t been back to Xizhenwu Palace for many years, and now I come back. The Sutra Hall is still the same, but the people below have changed. Come to think of it, the last time I came to Xizhenwu Palace was twenty years ago. At that time, Zhang Yunzhao and Du Tenghui were the prison guards.
He had just taken up the post—and then he was ruined in Wujiyuan.
Twenty years later, Zhang Yunzhao had passed away long ago, Du Tenghui had become the Provincial High School, and Bai Tengming, who was said at that time, also sat on the throne of Tianhe Palace Supervisor. These two were even introduced to practice by Zhao Ran, and now they are
Huangguanjing.
Those people in the past have been promoted, promoted, relegated, and moved away. Only one or two out of ten people still have an impression.
Zhu Meng invited him to teach the Dharma, in essence, they invited him to teach the Dharma. The Taoist priests came to listen to the lecture, in fact, it was to get him to teach the Dharma. Zhao Ran knew this very well, so he stuck to the theme and talked about "being sincere and serving the public."
, the content of "The Perfect Good Is Virtue", while explaining the content, is more practical and teaches everyone step by step how to accumulate merit.
After a lecture, Zhao Ran conducted a test on the spot. Anyone who could listen carefully and answer his questions face to face was entered into the visualization map and led to the path of spiritual practice.
Zhao Ran had enough time this time, so he didn't have to be exhausted. He stayed in the West Zhenwu Palace for half a month and guided more than 80 people to practice, and then he ended the lecture. There were still more than ten people who didn't listen carefully.
But Zhao Ran only hoped to be taught the Dharma, so Zhao Ran could only turn him away.
During the half month of teaching, Zhu Meng has been communicating with Zhao Ran. Zhu Meng no longer talks about Zhou Yumo, but talks more about Hengduan Dashan.
Zhao Ran asked him why he returned to Xizhenwu Palace to be the abbot when he was not working hard for the sect Qiqiao Lin in Hengduan Mountain. Zhumeng replied that this was the request of Elder Xiahou of Huayun Pavilion, and he hoped that he could transition for a while before returning.
Hengduan Dashan, because of the sixteen sects of Huayun Pavilion, twelve have already visited, and two more are preparing.
In other words, Huayun Pavilion is almost empty.
Zhao Ran understood: "No wonder you invited me to teach the Dharma. I want these lay people to quickly enter the practice, so you can get rid of them easily, right?"
Zhumeng smiled and asked, "When can they get to Huangguan?"
Zhao Ran said: "Master leads me in. Cultivation is personal. I can't answer your question. But judging from Song Fan and Ying Tian's situation, it should be a common phenomenon to enter Taoism within one year. Those who are quick-thinking and have the ability to accumulate merit.
It's easy to become a Taoist priest in two years, but it's a little more difficult to become a Huang Guan. Most of them will be above the eight deacons, maybe three to four years."
"So fast?"
"My merit cultivation method is easy to enter in the early stage, but it is difficult in the later stage. If they want to get to the golden elixir, they will have to do a lot of things. I taught this method and led nearly a thousand people to join the Tao. Four years have passed, and there is still no one.
If one person can form an elixir, there are only more than twenty people who can enter the Huangguan."
"That's great. I'll take care of him for another three years. As long as someone can become a Huang Guan, I will relieve him of the burden. No, he can also become a Taoist priest."
During the stay at Long'an Mansion, Zhu Meng accompanied Zhao Ran back to the Huayun Pavilion. It was obvious that there were many fewer people in the Huayun Pavilion. He was now a great alchemist and had presided over the general affairs of Jiangnan. He was the great elder of Xiahou.
Elder Yan personally welcomed him.
The reduction of sects in Tianzhong in Huayun Mountain Cave is certainly a good thing for the remaining Huoxin Cave, Lishan Sect, etc. The cultivation resources allocated to each person have doubled than before, but what comes with it is
There are also a lot of troubles, and the number of monks and abbots stationed in various county monasteries is somewhat limited.
Therefore, Elder Xiahou and Elder Yan both made a request to Zhao Ran, hoping that he would also enter the Taoist priests in his county courtyard into the visualization chart and introduce them to the threshold of practice.
Zhao Ran obliged and agreed on the spot. After agreeing, Zhao Ran stayed in Long'an Mansion, first stationed in Guyang County, and then in Shiquan County... It was not until the end of October that the law was passed on to the four county courts.
Mission accomplished.
The reason why the efficiency was not high was that Zhao Ran did not become nervous. He was accompanied by Taoist Master Nangui. He practiced visualization for a few days and then returned to Dajun Mountain to rest for two days. He continued to ask his wife for advice on piano skills and learned the second instrument.
Then I took some time to go to Gezao Mountain to play the piano again.
Among them, he even missed work for a month in August to help his wife give birth to a baby in Dajun Mountain...
Junior sister!
Yes, Jiang Tenghe was delighted with his daughter, so Zhao Ran's status as "Little Master Uncle Lou Guan" was continued.
On November 11, when Zhao Ran went to play the piano on Gezao Mountain for the third time, he did not choose ancient music anymore, but played a song called "Rolling Bead Curtain" and shamelessly labeled it as his own creation.
He wrote huge lyrics, claiming to be for Rong Niang.
The slogan of the fireworks that went up to the sky was "November 11th, refuse to be single, Rong Niang will come home soon!"
Taoist Nangui and Yan Xiaoliu finally adapted to his single-playing pattern that lasted a whole day, and stabilized their bodies in the air. However, Chen Liuliu in the mountain gate did not come out to chase people away this time, maybe because he had adapted.
This style of conduct and the music are really good, which makes Zhao Ran very satisfied - obvious progress has been made, isn't it?
On the way back, Zhao Ran received a flying talisman from Pei Zhongze and asked him to meet at Qingyun Mountain, so Zhao Ran landed directly at Qingyun Mountain in Tongchuan Prefecture.
After arriving at Qingyun Mountain and paying a visit to the great alchemist Pei Renxiao, Zhao Ran realized that the purpose of the Pei family's invitation to him was the same as that of the Huayun Pavilion, which was to teach the Taoists in the Shifang Jungle of Tongchuan Prefecture.
"Is the Pei family also short on manpower?" Zhao Ran asked.
"It's not that the manpower is tight. But after a few years, Zhongze and I both believe that Zhiran's merit cultivation method is more suitable for the Shifang Jungle. Let the worldly people return to the secular world, and the hermits return to the mountains to live in seclusion. Everyone can find their own place. Isn't it the best of both worlds?"
Pei Renxiao replied like this.
Well, the Pei family was kind to me back then, and now I have a lot of time. Zhao Ran simply stayed in Tongchuan Mansion, passing through the sieve one county after another. Tongchuan Mansion has eight counties under its jurisdiction, and Zhao Ran became a little nervous.
, it took a month and a half to enter visualization diagrams for more than 500 Taoist priests, and finally completed the task before Zhengdan, and was able to return to the mountain to celebrate the New Year.
On the first day of the first year of Longqing, Zhao Ran had a relatively happy New Year. On this festival, there were no fasting festivals that he needed to host, no official documents that needed to be reviewed, and no greeting guests that needed to be specially visited by him. He was in the Dajun Mountain and the sect.
We had a great time together.
The only thing he was busy with was that he served as a supervisor twice. The first time was when his elder brother Wei Zhizhen came out of seclusion, gave birth to Yang Shen, and became the fourth great refiner of the Zongsheng Pavilion.
The other one is Luo Zhiqing, the third senior brother, who came out of seclusion, turned his spiritual consciousness into an infant, entered the realm of alchemists, and became one of the five alchemists in Zongsheng Hall.
The four great masters Jiang Tenghe, Zhao Liniang, Wei Zhizhen, and Zhao Zhiran, and the five masters Lin Zhijiao, Cai Yunshen, Guo Zhiwei, Zhou Yumo, and Luo Zhiqing, with such strength, the Zongsheng Hall has been firmly at the forefront of the world's gyms, and only three generations are lagging behind.
The training of disciples.
The granting of gifts by the two senior brothers cost the Zongsheng Guan's trust quota of 10.8 million guine, causing the Zongsheng Guan's trust accumulation to drop to 25 million.
But soon, with the issuance of Longqing's five-year credibility book, the credibility quota of Zongshenguan returned to 37 million Gui. Last year, Songfan's credibility reached a new high, reaching 11 million.
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ps: Continue to thank friends of Junshan for their support. Pindao pays tribute to fellow Taoists.