"Wang Chen, is this the master's name? Master has never mentioned it to me." Liu Shang said in surprise.
I only know that Master's surname is Wang, but I have never heard him mention his own name. Master thought that the name was just a code name and it didn't mean anything!
What the old Taoist priest said next shocked Liu Shang's jaw.
"Yes, your master's name is Wang Chen, and he is also my senior brother. Back then, a catastrophe came to our Longhu Mountain, which almost caused our Taoist sect to split and collapse. Your master came down from the mountain at that time and resolutely left without looking back. Alas.
"The old Taoist priest fell into long memories...
More than seventy years ago, the entire Chinese world was immersed in a day of great joy. The Japanese surrendered and the war finally ended.
At that time, Wang Chen, who was only in his twenties, was a proud man. He went down the mountain to fight against the Japanese for several years. Only after the Japanese surrendered did he return to the mountain.
A few years later, Wang Chen, who was already well-known in Taoist sects, practiced the Taoist secret method at a young age, the method of becoming a god with Cunsi. In fact, he was the second person from the Taoist sect to successfully practice the method of becoming a god with Cunsi.
Liu Shang was just a mistress, while Wang Chen was unparalleled in the Taoist sect, even more famous than Zhang Xuanzhen, the legitimate son of the Longhu Mountain inheritance at that time.
Ten years later, Wang Chen achieved great success in Taoism and was already a great practitioner at the intersection of yin and yang. Such talent in cultivation was really unmatched. Even Zhang Xuanzhen had just entered the realm of first acquaintance at that time. Wang Chen, as a Zhengyi
The ancestral court cultivates a genius, so naturally he is arrogant.
Gradually, he developed a desire to compete with all the Taoists in the world, and was unwilling to just practice in the mountains. He felt that in order to realize the Tao, he needed to travel around the world to find his own destiny.
The Taoist sect lost two artifacts during the catastrophe in China. He wanted to go down the mountain to find them himself to prevent them from being lost in the hands of foreigners.
One is the Dongtian artifact of the Qingcheng Mountain Dojo, the Mirror of the Three Worlds, which is said to be the magical artifact of Guangchengzi, the founder of Taoism. The other is the Dongtian artifact of Laojun Palace, the Pure World Bronze Furnace. It is said that the Taoist ancestor personally sacrificed and refined it.
They all disappeared during the war between China and Japan. He wanted to retrieve these two Taoist artifacts. With a goal in mind, Wang Chen said goodbye to his brothers and went down the mountain.
Zhang Xuanzhen is the old Taoist in front of him, the eldest heavenly master of Longhu Mountain. He has always respected Wang Chen in his heart and wants to catch up with that man, but he doesn't want to know the news about that senior brother again. Heaven and man have been separated forever.
There is no more intersection.
Back then, news came from the outside world that Wang Chen went to the Japanese country and fought against the Japanese spiritual world. With his own strength, he penetrated the entire Japanese spiritual world, which made people shocked and angry. They didn't know this.
What will the Chinese Taoist master suddenly appear?
Wang Chen searched everywhere, even if it was the palace, he forced his way in. Although he found many Chinese artifacts, he did not find the two missing artifacts.
Later, I don’t know what kind of powerful man he encountered in the Japanese country, and there is no news about him in the world.
I don't know if he ever recovered those two artifacts.
Wang Chen, a name that no Taoist sect can forget, but unfortunately he was like a flash in the pan, blooming for a short period of time and dazzling his life. He was known as a person like Quanzhen Zhang Sloppy. He might have become a land god, so he disappeared from the Taoist sect.
in the world.
Who would have thought that he would come to this southwestern mountain city, hide in a dilapidated Taoist temple in the mountains, and transform into an ordinary old Taoist priest, hiding from the world until his death.
Zhang Xuanzhen silently narrated the life of his senior brother, which was full of legendary color and filled with infinite longing for his senior brother.
"This is your master's life. Although I don't know what kind of hardships he went through before he refused to go back to the mountain and stayed here quietly, I guess my senior brother must be very miserable." Zhang Xuanzhen sighed and said to himself.
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Liu Shang was dumbfounded. Master, is this the master he is familiar with?
He thought of everything he had with his master in the past, but he couldn't bring the two completely different people together. If it was true, then his master's origins were really extraordinary. There was such a glorious and splendid life in the past.
Legendary experience.
Wait... Zhang Xuanzhen, ah, no, it's Uncle Master. I just talked about the two artifacts of the Taoist sect, the Third World Mirror, and what else, the Purifying Copper Furnace. These two things, I don't know where the Third World Mirror is, but
, that bronze furnace for purifying the world, is it the copper incense burner in the mountain?
Gulu, Liu Shang swallowed secretly, her heartbeat accelerated, and her breathing became a little unsmooth. If it were real, it would make a lot of money.
But soon, he became a little unsure again. If the master had already had the magical object in hand, how could he have not made great progress in cultivation and still hide in some mountain to wait to die? It doesn't make sense.
"Senior...Master, Master Uncle." Liu Shang still called Senior, but Zhang Xuanzhen glared at him and immediately changed his name and called him Master Uncle.
There was a powerful elder added for no reason. Is it a loss? This guy is still very unconvinced.
"My master has never said this to me. Before, uncle, just think of my master as your senior brother. So, uncle, come to me, right?" Liu Shang didn't know what this old man meant.
Zhang Xuanzhen took a careful look at Liu Chang and sighed again: "Senior brother chose you. Your vision and talent are indeed ten times better than mine. Even your disciples have such a good deed. I am not as good as you." Zhang Xuanzhen envied his senior brother very much.
Vision and talent.
Liu Shang blushed in embarrassment. Seeing as you are my uncle, well, I forgive you for the previous misunderstanding and treat you as one of my own.
"Uncle Master, my disciple's practice is not bad. I think he has lived up to his master's reputation, hehe." He began to feel complacent without being subtle about it.
Zhang Xuanzhen did not refute in his heart, but felt even more that Liu Shang's true temperament was exactly the same as any of his senior brothers, which made him feel close to him, but his temperament was not like his own senior brothers.
"Based on your current cultivation level, you are still far from disgracing your master's reputation. Only when you truly merge with yin and yang to become a grand master and enter the palace can you be considered to have inherited your master's mantle." Zhang Xuanzhen said deliberately to hit him.
Although I was extremely satisfied in my heart, I was merciless in my mouth.
Liu Shang said nonchalantly, "Uncle Master said that the disciple will work hard to make Master's reputation shine again. Just wait and see."
Zhang Xuanzhen smiled and refused to comment. He picked up the tea cup and took a sip of tea. Only then did he notice Xiao Zi and Xiao Qing looking at him obediently. They were a little afraid and a little curious about the strange old man in front of him. After all, they
She had just become a demon, her mind was still undecided, and she still had the naivety of a young girl.
"Just now I suddenly saw the evil spirit rising up here, so I took action without noticing, but it was the poor Taoist's fault." Zhang Xuan can really say these words and cup his hands to cum, which already speaks volumes. This old Taoist priest is really worthy of his reputation.
He was a heavenly master of the previous generation, and his magnanimity was extraordinary. If it were another Taoist master, I'm afraid he wouldn't be so polite.
Xiao Zi and Xiao Qing quickly waved their hands as a courtesy to the old Taoist priest, and got out of the way at a loss, and ran outside.
Liu Shang was even more curious when she saw that he didn't mind the little monsters in his eyes at all.
Zhang Xuanzhen stroked his silver beard and explained with a smile: "Many of our Taoist sects have ways to transform beasts and monsters. Don't be surprised. Practitioners don't have to stick to other people's opinions. As long as you keep your own heart, it will not hinder the movement of the world.
, naturally there are no taboos.”
Liu Shang accepted the instruction. He was originally worried that his uncle would be taboo about these little monsters appearing in the temple. Now it seems that the worry is unnecessary.
"Where is your master buried?" Zhang Xuanzhen asked.
Liu Shang was silent for a moment, thinking about whether he should tell him that there were only ashes left after being buried behind the Taoist temple in the mountain.
"Uncle, the master has been cremated." Liu Shang replied anxiously. He didn't know whether the uncle would blame him.
Zhang Xuanzhen sighed and said in a low voice: "Senior brother left so cleanly, ashes return to dust and dust returns to dust, coming and going is innocent, junior brother came late."
The Taoist sect advocates that dust should return to dust, and burial and resting in peace is the right way of heaven. Cremation is the most taboo, because it means leaving no trace at all, and there is no chance of reincarnation. Therefore, people in the Taoist sect call fire and weapons weapons.
In times of calamity, soldiers are weapons, and fire is the aura of evil. Together they are an aura of evil. How can a person die with an aura of evil, let alone a Taoist?
Although Liu Shang was familiar with the Taoist scriptures, he couldn't make the decision on this matter. At that time, he didn't have any cultivation skills. The Chinese official did not allow burial and advocated environmental protection. But is this really environmentally friendly? That's not true.
It was hard to say who was right and who was wrong, but he could only watch his master being pushed into the cremation furnace without any solution.
"My condolences, uncle. I also know that this is wrong, but I can't refuse. You also know that this secular government is not the same as before." Liu Shang comforted his uncle and explained.
When Zhang Xuanzhen heard this, he became even more angry, and for some reason, he gave Liu Shang a violent blow on the head.
Boom.
"Bastard, with your master's cultivation, even if you travel to the immortal world, your body will not be harmed. What's more, our Taoist sect is so high, how can we allow the secular world to interfere in the affairs behind us? This is simply unreasonable." Zhang Xuanzhen and Wang Chen are worthy of being brothers.
, the methods used to beat Liu Sang were exactly the same.
Liu Shang didn't have time to avoid it. She covered her head in pain and looked at this uncle she had never met before sadly, grinning.
It's such a familiar feeling, a familiar smell. It seems that this old guy is really my master's junior brother. Even the method and strength of beating me are exactly the same. It's annoying. Damn it, I can't beat him, even if you are my master.
Uncle, you can't bully me like this.
This guy still has the nerve to criticize others. The way he beats people is also something he learned from Wang Chen. It's like being carved from the same mold.
It’s no wonder that Zhang Xuanzhen is so angry. Taoist sects really make their own decisions on their own affairs. Except for the obligation to cooperate, their Taoist priests are buried in their own tombs after their death, or they are enshrined in the sect, or buried in the back.
Shan, I have never heard of people being taken away and directly cremated. This is really the most ridiculous thing in the world. No wonder the old guy is angry.
Zhang Xuanzhen asked some more details about Senior Brother Wang Chen's experience in recent years, and understood that there was a big problem with Senior Brother's cultivation. His brows gradually wrinkled, and his expression became solemn.
"You said that your master has been in poor health over the past few years and his moral conduct is average?"