When Zhang Huiyuan knocked on the door for the third time and asked Zhang Yan to come out for dinner, Zhang Yan finally succeeded. He answered again and stood up to open the door.
"Brother! Brother, why do you stink so much? What's wrong with you?"
Compared with previous breakthroughs, this time Zhang Yan's body was squeezed out of more impurities during the process of forming the Taoist elixir. When I read these related descriptions in Taoist books before, Zhang Yan laughed and said that it was "feces spurting out of the pores."
, now I feel that these four words describe it appropriately.
At this time, Zhang Yan not only felt hungry in his body, but also had a stench all over his body. It was as if he had just crawled out of a cesspit. The moment he opened the door, the smell made his younger sister Zhang Huiyuan stagger.
"Sweat stinks, sweat stinks. You go and eat first, and I'll go to the back to get some water to wash myself."
Yesterday, he asked his follower Zeng Hao to fetch a full tank of water. After dinner, there was still more than half of the tank left. Zhang Yan walked out of his room and rushed to a small kitchen next to the kitchen with the surprised eyes of the three people at home.
In the water room, I poured cold water over my body and scrubbed it. I washed it three times in a row before the odor was washed away.
When he came out, his elder brother Zhang Shun had already brought his younger sister Zhang Huiyuan to the store.
"Yan'er, are you feeling uncomfortable somewhere?" Wang Lanping couldn't figure out how someone could wake up with such a stench all over their body. She was worried that her son might have some strange disease. She looked concerned.
"Mom, don't worry, it's okay. I'm practicing a skill taught by my old master to strengthen my body. If I stink now, I won't be like this in the future."
Although Zhang Yan once again pulled out the "Old Master" as a shield, he didn't say anything nonsense. Because according to miscellaneous records in Taoist books, impurities will be continuously forged out of the physical body during the practice process, and it will slowly tend to be born.
It is a state that is not polluted by the turbid air of the world. This process does not run through the beginning and end of practice. Generally, it can be completed by 90% when it reaches the middle and late stages of Tao Dan state. After that, even if there are still impurities being forged out, it will not
There will be so many and such stinks like this time again.
Sure enough, when Wang Lanping heard that this was a method taught by her "old master", most of her worries immediately disappeared. A smile appeared on her face again. Looking at her second son so carefully, Wang Lanping realized that his second son's skin seemed to be worse than yesterday.
He looks better, and his handsome appearance is pleasing to the eye. I don’t know how many girls he will charm if he goes out on the street secretly.
No. Yan'er is not as good as Shun'er. He is capable, good-looking, and a scholar of the Xue Xue lineage. Doesn't this mean he has to choose a marriage carefully? Wang Lanping secretly made a decision in her heart, and she could not let her second son's marriage be hasty.
You have to look higher.
The second son was having breakfast. Wang Lanping sat aside and watched. She found that the second son seemed to have a good appetite today. After eating three meatloaf, it was not enough. She went to get two leftover rice balls from yesterday and ate them.
It’s a good day! Wang Lanping is in a good mood when she sees her second son eating happily. Now the eldest son’s marriage is also in full swing. The second son has said that he wants to move to a big house. The two fertile fields at home are now growing happily and surpassing all the surrounding ones.
The property and even the newly opened wood shop are doing so well that I heard they are planning to expand their store.
These good things happened one after another, which made Wang Lanping laugh often in her dreams.
All of this began to change when the second son, Zhang Yan, escaped from death. Relying on the skills taught by his master, he came back from the criminal soldiers and brought two pieces of military merit fields to the family. Later, he also obtained those pills and wheelchairs.
Thanks to the great blessing of the master. Wang Lanping always keeps this in mind.
Sometimes Wang Lanping also thinks that if she has the opportunity to meet the old master, she must kowtow to him, thank him properly, and treat him as an elder in the family.
Unfortunately, the second son said that he had never appeared again since the old master said that he had almost taught him. He did not even mention his name. In addition to adding to the mystery, Wang Lanping also felt regretful that he could not express his gratitude and repay his gratitude in person.
"Yan'er, you said that the master has been so kind to our family. Your life was saved by the skills taught by the master. And our family has been relying on the kindness of the master these days. To the master,
Wouldn’t it be nice to have a blessing of longevity?”
Good fortune?
Zhang Yan was stunned for a moment, but he quickly came to his senses.
There is no such thing as praying to gods and worshiping Buddhas in the Wild Sky Realm. But it does not mean that the people here do not have beautiful expectations and sustenance on the spiritual level. For example, when Zhang Yan flipped the "talisman" in the Yubei Mountain Fortress, the flower dog disliked it.
The "talisman" Zhang Yan made was too ugly, so he said he had it himself. In fact, the so-called amulet Hua Gou used at that time was a common spiritual sustenance here in the Huangtian Realm. It originated from "ancestor worship."
Pray for the protection of ancestors, pray for good luck and ward off disasters. There is actually a certain inevitability in simple wishes.
The blessings Wang Lanping just mentioned is a custom derived from ancestor worship. This custom is not only found in Langyuan City, but also in most places in Nanyuan Kingdom.
It’s actually simple to say, that is, hang the portraits of your ancestors in the central hall of your home or in a special side hall, offer fruits and melons, and do some ceremonial worship activities during festivals or ancestors’ birthdays and memorial days. Generally speaking,
It is not much different from the situation of enshrining spiritual tablets on earth.
It's just that not every ancestor will be hung up as a blessing to be worshiped by future generations. Only those who are highly respected or a representative of great significance in the family can be hung up as a blessing.
Moreover, the saying in Langyuan City does not necessarily mean that only the dead can be regarded as blessings, but living ones can also be used. Even having the blessings while alive is a good thing to pray for a hundred years.
Seeing that Zhang Yan was in a daze, Wang Lanping asked again, and finally said: "Master has been kind to our family for a long time. He is fully qualified to be our elder. Just say something."
Although Wang Lanping felt that he should hang a blessing on his old acquaintance to pray for a hundred years, but now the person in charge of the family is his second son, and the final decision has to be made by his second son. Wang Lanping naturally knows the propriety in this.
Zhang Yan nodded and agreed with his mother's words. But what he was thinking about was something else. Because he himself knew that his skills were not taught by a master, but from the Taoist sect of Longhu Mountain.
His background, as well as the fact that he has studied intermittently for so many years on earth.
So whose portrait is hanging in this blessing?
Zhang Yan thought about it for a long time before finally making a decision. Since he was going to die, he had to do it in one step. As for how to explain it, he had already told so many white lies before, so he didn’t care to add a few more.
After breakfast, Zhang Yan went to the carpentry shop first. When he saw Zeng Hao, he came here and started working there consciously. He was also having a heated fight with Carpenter Liu and didn't even notice him entering the door.
So Zhang Yan did not call Zeng Hao, but turned around and walked out of the carpentry shop. He was going to visit the new house today, and by the way, he would settle the matters concerning the blessing arranged by Wang Lanping.