Leaving the Bai family's ancestors and grandson in Xianghe Pavilion, Zhao Ran went to the back mountain to meet his master Jiang Tenghe.
Master Jiang was still standing on the high Taoist Tower, with his hands behind his back, his neck raised and motionless, looking up at the stars for a long time.
The first time he came, Zhao Ran saw his master's style and was so moved that he wanted to cry; the second time, Zhao Ran was still in awe and couldn't help but imitate it after going to the observatory.
Today is his third time on stage. While he is used to this cold and aloof manner, he has completely lost his sense of awe. He is still muttering in his heart, Master, you are always like this. Is your neck sore?
"Master, have you seen anything about the sky recently?" Zhao Ran was so exhausted that he was sweating profusely every time he climbed up to the observatory. Now he was leaning on the railing, panting and asking.
Jiang Tenghe waved Zhao Ran to his side: "After you broke through, did you have any difficulties in your cultivation?"
Zhao Ran thought for a while and realized that there was really no difficulty. He said honestly: "It's going relatively smoothly for the time being."
Jiang Tenghe pointed at the center of his eyebrows, and after some inspection, he couldn't help but be very surprised: "Your elixir fetus is really condensed, and your previous lessons in the Taoist realm are extremely solid."
Zhao Ran was also very happy when he was praised by the teacher: "It's good that the teacher is happy!"
Jiang Tenghe couldn't help but put his hand on his forehead: "Well...cultivation is your own business, and me...Of course, I am also very happy for you. Have you gained any insights this time you broke through seclusion?"
Zhao Ran thought about it for a moment and said: "After retreating, dark clouds filled the air sea, lightning flashed and thunder roared, and then this happened..."
Jiang Tenghe: "..."
Zhao Ran saw that his master seemed to have a bad look on his face, and knew that his answer was unsatisfactory, but after thinking about it carefully, he really had no understanding. When he entered the realm of Taoist priests, he started to absorb the power of merit and virtue, Ruyu
When he was in the scholar realm, he also broke through it in three days. This time he entered Huangguan and was able to do it in one hour. What did he experience? What did he realize? He had no idea at all!
In terms of realization, before he broke through to the Taoist realm, and when he reached the Taoist realm at the end of last year, he vaguely felt that changes were going to happen within his Qi sea, and there seemed to be some kind of linkage between this change and the outside world. This kind of
Zhao Ran has experienced the linkage relationship several times, but this linkage relationship can only be regarded as a "precursor of realization" and has no content at all.
But he couldn't avoid answering the teacher's questions. After thinking hard, he could only respond with four words: "Let nature take its course."
Hearing these four words, Jiang Tenghe's expression turned strange, and asked again: "How long have you been in seclusion?"
Zhao Ran thought that if I told the truth, I would not be dissected by the teacher, so he said: "Three days..." This time was the same as when he broke through the realm and became a Taoist priest.
Jiang Tenghe was surprised: "How many days?"
Zhao Ran felt a little guilty: "...two days..."
"to be honest!"
"one day……"
If Jiang Tenghe had some realization, he sighed: "Sure enough... there are people in this world who are extremely qualified. When they broke the mirror, they never had inner demons and did not need to experience difficulties at all. This is called 'let nature take its course'. For example, your second senior brother... I
I thought it would be extremely rare to get one such disciple, but I didn’t expect there to be two... Could it be that this is really a sign that our Tower Temple is about to prosper?"
Zhao Ran thought to himself, would you be afraid if I told you that I broke through the realm in one hour? He was also worried that he would bring his master into the ditch, and quickly added: "Teacher, can this be considered 'let nature take its course'? In fact,
It’s really hard to say.”
"Why?"
"My spiritual practice is to join the world. Perhaps my inner demons and realizations have been resolved by dealing with worldly affairs on a daily basis."
Jiang Tenghe said: "It doesn't matter. In short, your qualifications are excellent. There is no doubt about it. Since you are so outstanding in worldly practice, it is easy to do it. If you have any difficulties, just come and let me know."
As soon as Zhao Ran heard that there was a door, he quickly climbed up the pole: "Teacher, there is indeed a problem now. To practice the way of joining the world, a disciple must crawl around in the jungles of the ten directions, and what I am doing in practice is
The bigger it is, the more people it manages, hehe, the smoother this practice will be..."
Jiang Tenghe smiled and said, "Why don't you just say you want to be an official? There are so many tricks here like my teacher."
Zhao Ran complained: "But there are many people in Shifang Jungle who are evil-minded and insist on saying that the disciple has violated the precepts of the monks in the temple not to interfere with Shifang Jungle, and they want to drive the disciple out of Shifang Jungle."
Jiang Tenghe sneered and said: "The monks in the pavilion are not allowed to interfere in the ten directions jungle. That's not the explanation. Regarding this commandment, the first general view has not been explicitly promulgated. It has always been just a warning and a request; the second intention is to fear the people in the pavilion.
Not being in one's position but messing around with one's government, and being incompetent in public affairs but still dictating others, this is the original meaning of the command."
"So, it's okay for disciples to serve in it?" Zhao Ran was happy.
"I remember that you were originally from a secular Taoist background in Shifang Jungle. You joined my sect to practice, and you didn't say goodbye, right?"
"This really doesn't exist!"
"Actually, it doesn't matter if you say goodbye. What's the point of getting a new ultimatum document? As long as you are in it, really do things, don't do anything randomly, don't mess around, and follow the rules of the Shifang Jungle, what are you afraid of? What's more?
What's more, this also involves your practice. After all, the establishment of Shifang Jungle is to provide practice resources for our monks. The treasures of heaven, materials and earth are practice resources, gold, silver and jade are practice resources. Why can't the secular Taoist priests
Is it a resource?”
Zhao Ran was overjoyed. He stepped forward and grabbed Jiang Tenghe into a bear hug. He accepted him as his teacher. Not to mention the rest, just because he supported his position in Shifang Jungle, this teacher was not in vain. This was tantamount to doing himself a favor.
How many obstacles have been cleared!
Jiang Tenghe spat out his magic power, shook Zhao Ran away, and scolded: "Nonsense!" But he couldn't help but feel amused in his heart.
Zhao Ran said hurriedly: "Yes, yes, I am so happy that I ask the teacher to forgive me."
Jiang Tenghe waved his hand and said: "But there is one thing. Since you are practicing in the jungle of ten directions, you must not do anything that disrupts the laws, let alone act recklessly. As for harming the people and harming the people, I believe you will not do it.
There’s even less reason to do it.”
"Teacher, don't worry! The great path that disciples practice is just for the common people, otherwise it will be difficult to move forward."
Jiang Tenghe nodded: "In that case, if there are still people who stop you, just tell me, as a teacher, I am in the overall view, so I can still speak."
Zhao Ran hurriedly asked: "Do you know the teacher well with the Li Yunhe Supervisor of Xuanyuan Temple? Do you know the director of Zhao Yunlou?"
Jiang Tenghe said: "Is it a problem whether we know each other? Even if we didn't know each other before, we can know each other soon. I have heard of Li Yunhe and Zhao Yunlou in Xuanyuan Temple. If they want to go there to worship the mountain, how can they do it?
Will you still refuse to be a teacher?"
"Teacher, what you said is so domineering! By the way, there is another Ye Yunxuan in Xuanyuan Temple. Everyone in the temple talks about it. This person said that he knew the teacher. He also said that he would write a letter to the teacher and ask the teacher to control me and not get involved.
In the jungle of ten directions."
"Ye Yunxuan? There is indeed such a person. He comes from the Ye family in Zhejiang. This person once passed the Zhejiang Provincial Examination Five Classics Leader during the Zhengde period. Later, he heard that he liked Taoism and entered the Shifang Jungle. Five years ago, he was transferred to Xuanyuan Guan as the capital administrator.
.He said he wanted to write a letter to the teacher to discipline you? What a big tone..."
Zhao Ran quickly put on eye drops: "That's right, he had a very loud tone. It seemed that the teacher had to do whatever he asked the teacher to do. I am a person who respects the elders originally, but since it involves the teacher, I can only be a disciple.
I was able to push him back unceremoniously. By the way, how did the teacher get to know him?"