Chapter 2 The stars fall into the cold night
What the Taoist sect calls for practice requires is the perseverance and patience of the Taoist, which is to find a place far away from the world and refine the incense and beliefs day after day.
Chen Liang was dedicated to practicing, and even in the remote place of Jiangyangguan, he could stand his mind and never felt that life was boring.
Qingning, who is lively, not only stayed very happy in Jiangyangguan, but also hoped to stay there. Not only did she want to stay in Jiangyangguan, but she also wanted to go to the surrounding villages and towns to see the fireworks on the earth.
Chen Liang naturally understood all this, but did not reveal anything.
Because four years ago, before Chen Liang's master died, he carefully instructed Chen Liang about an important matter.
Chen Liang's master once used the remaining half of his life to spy on the secrets of heaven. In that illusory secret, he learned about the important things about Chen Liang in this life and the opportunity for life and death that arises from the decline of Taoist temples that had been passed down for a hundred years.
The name of the Taoist temple is very strange, and it is named Luoyan Sect for some reason. But according to Tianji, the Luoyan Sect will have a major change in the third year after the death of his master. In that change, Luoyan Sect will be completely sealed, and Chen Liang will also lose everything due to this change and wander around the world.
But in the third year after the incident, Chen Liang would face a huge opportunity. This opportunity was a blessing or a disaster. Even the master could not tell from the secrets of heaven. Only after Chen Liang experienced it personally did he know it.
If it is a blessing, Chen Liang can not only take the opportunity to get back everything he has lost, but also break through all barriers in Taoist practice. If it is a disaster, Chen Liang will fall into a state of endless disaster.
If we want to turn that opportunity into blessing as much as possible, Chen Liang must follow three things.
First, after leaving Luoyan Sect, he must stay away from the hustle and bustle of the world. It is best to choose some Taoist temples in remote mountains to stay in it and deal with secular people as little as possible.
Secondly, even if he wanders in the secular world, he must not live in the same Taoist temple for more than three months.
Third, it is the most important thing. During these three years, Chen Liang must diligently practice the "Three Thousand Small Taoist Arts". Before that opportunity of unknown fortune and misfortune comes, he must practice at least fifty small Taoist arts or small talisman arts.
The so-called secret of heaven is the secret of the evolution of heaven and earth, and it is also what Taoists believe most firmly.
All this is just as Master Chen Liang said. A year ago, the Luoyan Sect of Taoist Temple was sealed, and Chen Liang lost everything and wandered around the world since then.
Therefore, while Chen Liang was patiently wandering among the secular and remote Taoist temples, he was practicing the "Three Thousand Small Taoist Techniques" seriously.
The so-called "Three Thousand Small Taoist Arts" is the only thing that Chen Liang took away from Luoyan Sect. According to the master, this book covers all the orthodox small Taoist arts in the Taoist sect for thousands of years. Even the Taoist arts that have been lost a thousand years ago are still available in this book "Three Thousand Small Taoist Arts".
During this year, he roughly read the "Three Thousand Small Taoist Techniques", and the content of his practice was roughly divided into two categories: Small Taoist Techniques and Small Talisman talismans, which were all cultivated by Taoists' incense beliefs. They are all small Taoist Techniques or small talismans that are closely related to secular people, and their uses are nothing more than the following types.
The demons in this world are rampant and hide in the dark to covet the names of secular people. Therefore, the most common thing the Taoist does is to kill demons. Most of the small Taoist techniques or small talisman techniques in "Three Thousand Small Taoist Techniques" are methods that Taoists can use to kill demons. There are many techniques and countless examples.
In addition to killing demons, the trial of the small Taoist art or small talisman art is often used in ghosts, gods, yin and yang. People in the world all have three souls and seven spirits. The heaven and earth are divided into two realms of yin and yang. The places where they live have bad luck and prosperity, and the strange and unpredictable Feng Shui fortunes are all closely related to the world. In "Three Thousand Small Taoist Arts", there are also many small Taoist arts or small talisman arts for people to attract souls and attract qi, reverse yin and yang, attract souls and temptations, and check Feng Shui.
The small Taoist techniques or small talisman techniques that are often practiced by these Taoists, but they rarely take risks to perform. Only when facing a wealthy family of royal families will they take great risks to deduce the secrets of heaven, check the numerology of noble people, and continue the lives of those who will die.
Although he has always been called a fool by his Taoist children, Chen Liang has held the "Three Thousand Small Taoist Techniques" left by Luo Yanzong and has only been practicing the small Taoist Techniques and small talisman techniques for only a year, but has mastered eleven small Taoist Techniques.
Thinking about the Taoist in the world who practices ten kinds of small Taoist techniques or small talisman techniques, he will be considered a qualified Taoist. Chen Liang worked hard for another year and practiced twenty kinds of small Taoist techniques or small talisman techniques, he will be considered the best among the Taoists with outstanding strength.
Now during this period in Jiangyang Temple, what he is practicing is an interesting Taoist technique: Qi-seeing technique.
This qi-seeking technique was originally a small qi that flourished in the Taoist corpses four thousand years ago, but was later lost in the secular world for some reason. As the name suggests, the qi-seeking technique is to see the bad atmosphere of secular ants.
According to the description of "Three Thousand Small Taoist Arts", after practicing this small Taoist art, if Chen Liang sees anything except the people from the three schools of Taoism, Buddhism and Confucianism, he can see the breath above all the heads of all secular people. This breath is divided into five colors: red, green, yellow, blue, white and black. The breath can be divided into strength and size. Different colors and sizes will represent the recent luck of the ants in the secular world.
Chen Liang has been practicing Qi-seeking Technique for half a month, and it is estimated that he will be able to finish it in about ten days.
After his Taoist boy looked angry and refused to say the first half of the sentence to him, Chen Liang could only calm down and abandon all his distracting thoughts, and concentrate on practicing the qi-seeing technique.
The incense beliefs accumulated in Jiangyang Temple over the past ten days were squandered by him for more than a decade. The empty vein in his body is now empty.
Incense belief is the foundation of Taoist practice. Without incense belief, you will not be able to practice any minor Taoist techniques!
But Chen Liang stopped quickly and focused all his attention on the third vein in his body.
It was a strange vein, which was different from the meridians that originally owned it and the empty vein that absorbed incense beliefs. That vein was born in the dantian in the body and then spread throughout the body along the empty vein. On weekdays, that strange vein was hidden in the body, and it would appear whenever Chen Liang thought about it.
There are two veins in the body of Taoists in the world. One is the normal veins in the body, and the other is the Taoist veins attached to the normal veins. As for Taoists like Chen Liang who have the third veins in their body, they have never appeared in the Taoist sect before.
Regarding this matter, Chen Liang had read many classics in Luoyan Sect and asked his master but did not get an accurate answer. Therefore, he no longer had to worry about this third line and let it exist like that.
Chen Liang took a deep breath, controlled the breath in the vein, and only took out a trace of the breath from the third vein and merged into the vein of nothingness. The trace of breath immediately turned into a huge incense belief, filling the originally empty vein of nothingness instantly.
In Jiangyang Temple, the following days returned to the previous day of cultivation.
After that awkward Taoist Qingning returned to normal the next day after that awkward Taoist temple, and got along well with Chen Liang in this boring and lonely Taoist temple. Chen Liang also talked to Qingning as usual and seized all the time to practice. When he had free time, he and Qingning walked around Jiangyang Temple with Qingning.
But Chen Liang saw it more clearly when Qingning wanted to go out for a walk in the surrounding towns.
Wang Qian later came to Jiangyang Temple and started from the third day of Shen Liang's practice.
The door of Jiangyangguan was closed as usual. Wang Qian did not dare to act rashly, so he could only knock on the door. After knocking for a long time, no one paid attention to him. Then he smiled helplessly, and then stood outside the door and shouted loudly. However, from beginning to end, no matter what he did, no one opened the door.
In the next few days, even though no one paid attention to him, Wang Qian still came every day and waited patiently outside the door.
Chen Liang once agreed to Wang Qian about Yushi Town, but he did not forget it. He practiced the Qi-seeking technique in "Three Thousand Small Taoist Techniques" in a very good manner, but now it is a critical moment. He felt that his eyes had changed in absent light, as if he could see the transportation of the secular people.
He made a decision and went to Yushi Town to help after he finished practicing Qi Homing Technique.
As for the decision to sit down, Chen Liang did not open the door to tell Wang Qian. For the secular people to speak up this matter in a low voice, it is impossible for the arrogant Taoist.
Two more days later, Jiang Yangguan's knocking sound became more and more impatient. Wang Qian was not as calm as before, and was paced back and forth anxiously outside the door, shouting loudly outside the door from time to time.
Wang Qian's affairs were urgent, so he had to come in Jiangyangguan today to talk to Luo Yidaoren.
Chen Liang was practicing in the inner world and could not be disturbed by these chaotic sounds. Qing Ning went over and opened the door with a little anger. Her tender little face looked fierce and stared at Wang Qian fiercely.
"This Taoist boy, please forgive Wang Qian's trouble. I must meet Luo Yidao Ren today." Wang Qian said in a hurry. At this moment, he was sweating heavily. Seeing Qing Ning's unhappy look, he begged, "If the Taoist is really busy, I don't expect to have a long conversation with the Taoist. As long as I can meet him, I will say the last word to him."
Seeing Wang Qian's nervous and serious look, Qingning couldn't say anything anymore. The anger on her face disappeared, she just smacked her lips, then turned around and called Chen Liang out.
Seeing Chen Liang come out, Wang Qian's nervous expression disappeared a lot.
He couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, apologized to Chen Liang repeatedly, and then begged in a low voice: "Yushi Town is in danger. If a man does not come out of the mountain today, hundreds of people in the town will undoubtedly die!"
"Hmph!" Chen Liang was not moved by this low begging, but just snorted coldly, but said with some dissatisfaction, "Will you threaten me with the lives of these hundred people?"
"Don't dare!" I thought Chen Liang would be moved by this, but Chen Liang was angry, Wang Qian was shocked and felt that the Taoist had a strange temper and could only respond in a low voice, "Yushi Town is really in danger. I only ask the Taoist to feel pity and help."
"Then you wait!" Chen Liang said coldly, looking at Wang Qian with an anxious expression in front of him, then turned around and went back to the Taoist temple.
Next, Wang Qian was waiting at Jiangyangguan, standing at the main entrance of the Taoist temple, waiting patiently. As time went by, his face showed an increasingly anxious expression, and he kept paced back and forth during the observation. He made several moves of rushing in, but in the end he was still held back.
Until dusk, when he saw Chen Liang and Taoist appear together, Wang Qian let go and immediately greeted him with a smile on his face.
Jiangyangguan is more than two hours away from Yushi Town. It was dark after walking for a while. Chen Liang and others could only move forward in the dark, and the torches were lit up one by one.
The cold wind blew from time to time, and the fire on the torches flashed. Chen Liang inadvertently glanced at Qingning under the night flames, his tender face was red, but his little eyes looked around in surprise, blinking from time to time.
"Master Stupid Taoist, you are so stupid! Since you promised these guys, why did you have to wait until the evening to leave? Qingning wanted to stay in the viewing with Master Stupid Taoist at night, and he hated walking in the dark!" Qingning was inexplicably happy at this time. Although she was complaining to Chen Liang, her tone was very happy.
Chen Liang quickly pulled Qingning down by his side, deliberately stayed away from Wang Qian and others, and kept an arrogant attitude and replied in a low voice: "In the world, the Taoist should be the existence of the ants dominating the world. Everything in the world, whether to do or not, should be decided by our Taoist. Even if this matter is necessary, the Taoist should nod and grant it. How to do it, everything can only be directed by our Taoist, and the ants in the world can only obey the Taoist's instructions."
"This worldly ants are really delusional. Do we think that by just relying on our own sweet words, we can follow our instructions and follow our instructions immediately?"
"But it's all night now!" Qingning pouted with dissatisfaction after hearing Chen Liang's explanation.
"If it is really an urgent matter, those ants will wait no matter what. If it is not an important matter, they bluff and notice the boredom, and they will retreat." Chen Liang said, saying freely with a tone of seeing through everything.
Qingning tilted her little head seriously and listened to Chen Liang's first half honestly. Suddenly, a trace of surprise flashed across her dark eyes, and she quickly looked up at the night sky.
I don’t know what she found, but she screamed in surprise. While cheering happily, she pulled Chen Liang’s sleeves, so that the stupid Taoist priest who often makes her angry quickly took a look together.
After being reminded by Qing Ning, Chen Liang also looked up and saw a dazzling meteor suddenly appearing in the dark night sky above his head, quickly passing by.
A wave of cold wind blew, causing the torches on Wang Qian and others to dim. Suddenly, the cold wind became stronger and stronger, and all the torches on Wang Qian and others to extinguish them, and the surroundings fell into complete darkness.
There was no light except for the panic sounds of Wang Qian and others, there was no other sound around Chen Liang.
In the dark night sky above my head, meteors quickly passed by, disappearing into the night sky, as if they were about to cut the entire sky.
Chapter completed!