Wang Baole murmured softly. Chen Yunluo and his wife couldn't hear his voice. Only the child looked at Wang Baole in surprise. He could hear it. Although he couldn't understand it, he didn't know why, deep in his heart, he was here.
For a moment, a wave of heat that was both unfamiliar and familiar emerged.
This heat was very hot, permeating his heart, body, and soul. It was like this moment when the first snow falling between heaven and earth this year became warmer.
It seemed that the Taoist priest in front of me made me feel very safe and at ease.
It seemed that the figure in front of me made me miss him very much and wanted to be by his side.
In this warmth, Chen Yunluo and his wife also felt Wang Baole's kindness and recognition, and were infected by the warmth that permeated the surroundings. They felt happy, bowed to Wang Baole gratefully, and left with the child.
Before leaving, the child, whose father held his hand, turned his head three times.
Finally, when he turned around for the third time, the child couldn't help but spoke loudly to the figure in the Taoist temple.
"Taoist Priest, have we... met?"
His sudden voice made Chen Yunluo and his wife very nervous, but the reproachful look from his father and the nervous expression of his mother did not make the child turn around. He still looked at the Taoist temple, as if waiting for an answer.
"I've seen it before..." Wang Baole smiled, nodded heavily, and murmured in his heart.
"In your previous life."
"Okay." The child's eyes were a little confused, but he was a child after all, and he quickly recovered. Under his parents' apology and Wang Baole's gentle smile, the family of three walked farther and farther away.
Faintly, Chen Yunluo's voice lecturing the children could be heard in the wind.
Looking from a distance, the sky is gray and there are more and more snowflakes falling on the city, as if the city is dressed in a white gown. In addition to being elegant, outside the Taoist temple, Chen Yunluo's family of three, their figures slowly blur in the sky.
In the wind and snow.
In the Taoist temple, Wang Baole stood by the door, holding a broom in his hand, looking up, with a smile on his face. Until the snowflakes covered the world in front of him, his body and soul seemed to have sublimated in the wind and snow.
This snow has been falling for a month. For some people in the world, a month of continuous snow may be a disaster, but for Xiangang Continent, this is a normal thing.
Although the snow is still falling, it cannot hinder the children's enlightenment. Every morning, the children in the Taoist temple will come to the Taoist temple within a limited time to listen to the Taoist priest's sermon.
Chen Qing is also among them.
He liked the friends around him and Erya at the next table, but he liked the always gentle Taoist priest even more.
Wang Baole's sermons are not much different from other Taoist temples. They all talk about the insights of spiritual practice. These principles are difficult to describe in simple words that children can understand, but his body exudes the charm of Taoism all the time.
Under the influence of this rhyme, even if these children cannot fully understand, they are still in ignorance and remain in the depths of their memories. In the future, as they grow and practice, the knowledge from the enlightenment will be revealed.
Enlightenment and Taoism will become the beacon for their practice.
And this beacon of light was particularly bright in Chen Qing's heart.
He wondered why the other friends didn't understand very well, because it seemed to him that he could fully understand every word spoken by this gentle Taoist priest.
In this way, the days passed day by day, and in this enlightenment, a year passed.
Chen Qing is six years old.
Compared with other children, from this year onwards, Chen Qing often asked his own questions while gaining insights, and for every question, the gentle Taoist priest would answer him with encouragement in his eyes.
This made Chen Qing full of expectations for practice. At the same time, he gained more and more from comprehending the charm of the Tao. Likewise...as his companions, other children in this group also benefited from this.
"Taoist Priest, why is there spiritual energy between heaven and earth?"
"Because vegetation, animals, you and me, heaven and earth, and even all things, all have spirits, so this universe... naturally also has spirits, and this spirit is its breath."
"Taoist Master, what is Tao?"
"Tao is not important. If you go home like Chen Qing, there are many ways to go. Each road can be different. Just like Tao is different, going home is the key. So Tao... In my understanding, it means that when you have
After knowing the direction, the path you choose is the way to go.”
"Taoist Priest, what if the direction you choose has no road?"
"Then carve out a way home by yourself." Wang Baole took a deep look at Chen Qing and replied softly.
Chen Qing was thoughtful, and he still had many questions. As time passed and another year passed, Chen Qing, who was already seven years old, had all the questions in his heart answered. On the day of his seventh birthday
, through spirituality.
The ultimate goal of children's enlightenment is to become spiritual, which is like catching a breath of the universe and making it a part of themselves. Generally speaking, most children will go to Taoist temples on their own when they are seven or eight years old.
Be enlightened and psychic.
The timing of this time does not actually represent qualifications.
Chen Qing's channeling is also somewhat different. During these two years of enlightenment, Wang Baole has already left the underworld in his heart. How he chooses in the future depends on Chen Qing's own decision.
On the same day, Wang Baole gave Chen Qing a birthday gift.
Those are... nine illusory balls of suns, and an equally illusory mark. This mark is like the moon.
Floating beside Chen Qing, this day... was also winter, and just like when he first came, it also began to snow for the first time.
In the wind and snow, Chen Qing looked at the nine suns and moon seals around him, with confusion in his eyes as he looked at Wang Baole.
"Choose one as your first path in this life."
Chen Qing was silent, looked around, then looked at Wang Baole, and hesitated.
"Can I follow you?"
Wang Baole smiled, touched Chen Qing's head, and spoke softly.
"But I have to do something soon, so you choose one first and then wait for me to come back."
Chen Qing nodded happily, then scanned the surrounding Nine Suns and the Moon Seal, and grabbed the Moon Seal in his hand.
"Then I'll choose this first."
Following his choice, a long laugh came from the sky. Situ's figure transformed in the sky and walked step by step. Nine vast figures could be vaguely seen in the clouds and mist behind him. They sighed and nodded towards Wang Baole.
, after Wang Baole returned the gift with a smile, they left one after another.
Only Situ took long strides and landed next to Wang Baole and Chen Qing, laughing.
"Baole, Chen Qing's vision is much better than yours. I have had no disciples for too many years. I barely accepted half of them back then, and I managed to teach him a supreme master." Situ laughed loudly, and Wang Baole was beside him.
He laughed, then his expression became serious, and he bowed deeply to Situ.
"Thank you, senior."
"I'm here, don't worry, Chen Qing, let's go." With that, Situ waved his hand, rolled up Chen Qing, and headed straight for the sky.
"Taoist..." Chen Qing's reluctant voice came from the sky. In his eyes, the Taoist temple was getting smaller, and the city was also getting smaller. Only the gentle Taoist, waving his hands, always existed.
"Don't be reluctant to leave me, little one. Your junior brother has something to deal with and will probably be back soon." Situ said with a smile.
"My junior brother?" Chen Qing was stunned.
"Yeah, I don't dare to be your first master, I can only count you as half, because you are the disciple that Wang Baole accepted on his behalf, and he is willing to let you be his senior brother, so little guy, you have to work hard to practice
La."
"Uh..." Chen Qing's eyes showed confusion again. When he wanted to speak again, what he looked at was that the city was almost invisible and getting further and further away.
Inside the Taoist temple, the wind and snow were still there. Wang Baole stood there, staring at his senior brother's retreating figure. The snowflakes falling on the ground from the sky seemed to have fallen into Wang Baole's heart, forming circles of ripples that gradually spread out and swept him away.
The body and soul are filled with it.
For a long time, Wang Baole's smile became gentler, he turned around and walked towards the distance, step by step...
In my previous life, you stood in front of me and shielded me from the wind and rain at the beginning of my spiritual practice, so that the cold wind could not freeze my body and the falling rain could not reach my soul.
No matter how my life goes, your figure is always high up, paying silent attention, reaching out in crisis, and melting away in nothingness, making my journey smooth and happy.
Because, I am your junior brother.
Because you are my senior brother.
Your tall figure is like a big tree in my eyes. More often than not, you don't even look like a senior brother, but more like a master, and more like my real brother.
I can't forget the first time you appeared, wearing a green shirt, a bottle of wine, a wooden sword, and long flowing hair, like a sword, like an immortal, out of the world, extraordinary.
I can't forget your parting back, the green shirt turned black, the gourd turned into turbid wine, the wooden sword also had spots, everything was desolate.
I look at you, melting into nothingness, and I know that you are not only seeking your own path, but also... you are trying to prove the path of brokenness for your incompetent junior brother.
At this moment, staring at you, in my mind, I unconsciously recalled the path of cultivation in that life, your love for me, your protection for me, your kindness to me, and your love for me.
smile.
Chen Qing, Chen Qing.
"In this life, I will protect you."
"In this life, I will take you to the Tao."
"In this life, I will still be your junior brother."