And said you're not a fairy

Chapter 142: Encountering an Immortal in the Late Night

"It's just an unknown Taoist."

The Taoist priest looked calm and did not reveal his identity.

Seeing that the other party didn't want to say anything, Chen Yuan couldn't ask any more.

"Little Taoist, what are you doing here late at night?"

Then the middle-aged Taoist looked at Chen Yuan and asked.

"When the junior Yuanshen was traveling, he saw that the lights were still on in the house late at night, so he walked in to have a look."

Chen Yuan explained.

"Since you're all here, why don't you accompany me to read the Taoism scriptures! In the dead of night, it's very lonely to read the Taoism scriptures alone."

The other party suggested.

Chen Yuan thought for a while. Although he was a Taoist priest and his master Lu Yan had taught him for a while, he had not read many Taoist scriptures. There are so many Taoist scriptures here, it is not impossible to read a few.

"Looking at your attire, plus the aura of the primordial spirit, you should also be a Taoist disciple."

"Don't worry, reading the Taoism is beneficial and harmless to you."

Seeing Chen Yuan's hesitant expression, the middle-aged Taoist said to Chen Yuan again.

"That will disturb the seniors."

Chen Yuan has also made a decision, he said to the middle-aged Taoist priest.

While speaking, his soul walked to the bookcase on the first floor, and randomly selected a book from the many Taoist scriptures in it.

The name of this Taoist scripture is "The Wonderful Sutra of Induction of the Three Senses"!
This is a scripture about saving people.

Chen Yuan took the scriptures and came to the table where the middle-aged Taoist was reading, sat down on the floor, took this "Three Officials' Sensation Wonderful Sutra", and started to read.

And this middle-aged Taoist, seeing that Chen Yuan really took a scripture and sat next to him to read it, he was very satisfied and continued to read the Taoist scripture in his hand.

Time passed quickly while reading the scriptures. After Chen Yuan finished reading the "Three Senses Response Wonderful Sutra", he got up and looked for a "Three Worlds Karma Sutra" to read.

But this is a scripture that persuades the world to do good and do good to accumulate virtue.

Unknowingly, in the night sky outside the house, the bright moon gradually fell to the west.

As the stars receded, a ray of light appeared on the horizon, and a ray of gold rose up, making the night recede and the day come.

When Chen Yuan noticed the light outside the house, it also passed to the Daojing Pavilion. There was the sound of a Taoist waking up and talking outside. After dawn, he put down the Daojing in his hand, looked at the oil lamp on the table, and found that the lamp oil It has dried up, and the black wick is slightly bent after being scorched, and there are still wisps of blue smoke. It seems that this oil lamp has just been extinguished not long ago.

"It's dawn, little Taoist priest, you should go back too."

At this time, the middle-aged Taoist also put down the Taoist scripture in his hand, he looked at Chen Yuan who had withdrawn his thoughts from the Taoist scripture in his hand, and said to Chen Yuan with a smile.

"Dare to ask about the long name?"

Chen Yuan asked the middle-aged Taoist curiously.

"My name is Li Shaojun. I usually read the Taoist scriptures in this Taoist Pavilion at night. Little Taoist, if you want to come, you can come anytime."

The middle-aged Taoist stared at Chen Yuandao.

"The younger generation will come again."

Chen Yuan agreed and came down.

After reading two Taoist scriptures, he realized that the middle-aged Taoist with a mysterious identity was not aimless in letting him read the Taoist scriptures overnight.

Instead, reading Taoist scriptures is indeed good for practice.

After watching the two passages of the Dao that night, although his cultivation base did not directly improve, he felt that his soul had become more solidified, and he had some new insights in his practice.

Although the Taoist scriptures collected in this Taoist Scripture Pavilion are just ordinary Taoist scriptures, they are not the method of practice.

But while reading Taoist scriptures, it will indeed increase one's own understanding of practice.

"Ruzi can be taught."

The middle-aged Taoist named Li Shaojun laughed when he heard this.

After making an agreement with the other party, Chen Yuan got up, put the scriptures in his hand back on the bookcase, and was about to go downstairs to leave.

"By the way, little Taoist priest, what's your name?"

The middle-aged Taoist Li Shaojun, who had been watching Chen Yuan leave with his eyes, suddenly asked behind Chen Yuan.

"Senior, the junior's name is Chen Yuan, Taoist name Qingming Jushi, surname Suchu."

Chen Yuan stopped, turned around, and reported his Taoist number and name.

Seeing that after he reported his Taoist name, the middle-aged Taoist named Li Shaojun stopped talking, and Chen Yuan turned around and went downstairs to leave.

Yuanshen passed through the door directly and walked out of the first floor of Daojing Pavilion. Chen Yuan returned to the third floor and was about to pass through the door and return to his body.

But he suddenly realized that he was in a state of traveling with his soul, and it was daytime, and his soul didn't feel the slightest discomfort.

"It seems that during this period of time, my cultivation of the primordial spirit is indeed very fast."

Chen Yuan said happily in his heart.

With this progress in cultivation, he felt that it only took a few years for him to cultivate the state of spiritual cultivation to great success, and to step from the state of inner cultivation to the state of life was a certainty.

After sighing, his Yuanshen walked through the door and returned to the room. Seeing his body lying on the collapsed boat, Yuanshen walked over and lay down to the position of his body.

The primordial spirit and the body gradually merged, and the primordial spirit also returned to the body.

"Although it feels good to travel with the Yuanshen, it is still the most comfortable to return to the body."

Chen Yuan opened his eyes and sat up from the bed.

Although with the improvement of his cultivation base, traveling with the soul has become more and more proficient for him.

But under normal circumstances, Chen Yuan still prefers to keep the soul in his body.

How can I describe this feeling!
In the state of Yuanshen, it is like walking naked outside without clothes, and the Yuanshen is very insecure.

Although things are different, Chen Yuan thinks this is the most appropriate metaphor.

After Yuanshen returned to his body, Chen Yuan got up from the bed and scanned the room.

I found the little yellow dog with its head on its tail, curled up in an open area of ​​the room, lying on the floor, sleeping soundly.

He didn't realize that Chen Yuan had returned.

Only Xueniang was very vigilant. When Chen Yuan sat up, Xueniang, who was lying at the foot of Chen Yuan's bed, opened her eyes and quietly looked at Chen Yuan with a pair of mouse eyes.

"Chen Yuan, you are back."

Seeing Chen Yuan coming back, Xue Niang greeted Chen Yuan very happily.

"It's back, it's still early, you can sleep again."

Chen Yuan responded.

Hearing what Chen Yuan said, Xue Niang fell asleep again.

However, Chen Yuan didn't sleep anymore. When his Yuanshen traveled, he was equivalent to sleeping, so when his Yuanshen came back from the trip, he didn't feel sleepy at all.

After lying on the bed for a while, Chen Yuan dressed up and went out.

After thinking for a moment, when Chen Yuan passed the first floor of the Daojing Pavilion, Chen Yuan went in again.

Compared with the emptiness at night, on the first floor of the Daojing Pavilion during the day, there are a small number of two or three Qingyang Taoists who watch the Daojing walking around, but it still looks a bit empty.

Chen Yuan found the stairs and walked straight up to the second floor where he stayed all night last night. Then, behind the table at the entrance of the second floor, he saw the middle-aged Taoist named Li Shaojun sitting behind the table and busying himself, as if What are you sorting out.

"senior!"

Chen Yuan walked over and greeted the middle-aged Taoist named Li Shaojun.

Hearing the sound, the middle-aged Taoist named Li Shaojun paused his movements and raised his head.

He looked at Chen Yuan with a somewhat puzzled and confused expression.

"Who are you? I don't know you?"

The middle-aged Taoist Li Shaojun said.

Seeing Li Shaojun's expression, some guesses in Chen Yuan's mind were faintly confirmed. He smiled and said to the middle-aged Taoist Li Shaojun:
"Senior Li Shaojun, have you forgotten? We sat here together last night and read the scriptures all night?"

Li Shaojun looked like he was trying to remember, but he couldn't think of when he would meet the young Taoist in front of him.

But the young Taoist priest in front of him actually knew his name, which caused a flash of shock in his eyes.

"Looking at your appearance, you are somewhat familiar. We may have met somewhere, but I can't remember it for a while."

Li Shaojun, who was looking at Chen Yuan, looked puzzled.

He also felt that Chen Yuan's appearance was somewhat familiar, but he couldn't remember where he had seen Chen Yuan.

But he was very sure that although he stayed in this scripture pavilion last night, he was sleeping normally, and he definitely did not read the scriptures all night with this handsome young Taoist with a noble temperament.

"That's it, I understand."

Chen Yuan looked at Li Shaojun in front of him, he seemed to think of something, and a flash of surprise flashed in his eyes.

Li Shaojun who was reading the scriptures with him last night should also be the other party, but the other party didn't know it.

"In any case, thank you Senior Li Shaojun for your guidance."

Chen Yuan thanked the middle-aged Taoist Li Shaojun.

"No, no, Daoist, you can just call me by my name. My name is indeed Li Shaojun, although I don't know where the Daoist knew my name."

"By the way, I remembered that the temple master came to me yesterday and said that a Taoist came to Jingge. He is the Taoist leader of Fuhu Temple. He has a practice inheritance and has a noble status. He should be the Taoist priest." Yes. The temple master specifically told me that if the Taoist priest wants to come to the Daojing Pavilion to read the scriptures, he can come anytime."

Seeing what Chen Yuan said, the middle-aged Taoist Li Shaojun said.

"Senior, you are too worried. You and I met last night, but you don't remember it for the time being."

Chen Yuan had a smile in his eyes, looked at Li Shaojun in front of him and said.

After saying goodbye, he went downstairs and left Daojing Pavilion.

But Li Shaojun looked at the back of Chen Yuan going downstairs and leaving, but he was extremely puzzled in his heart.

It was obviously the first time he met Chen Yuan, and Chen Yuan just came here yesterday, they had never met last night, why Chen Yuan not only knew his name, but also called him senior.

This is really too strange!
And Chen Yuan, who walked out of the Dao Jing Pavilion, suddenly stopped, stood in front of the Dao Jing Pavilion, turned around and glanced at the Dao Jing Pavilion behind him.

"Would you like to meet a fairy just after arriving in Jianghuai City?"

Chen Yuan said in his heart.

The reason why he went to look for Li Shaojun again during the day was because he sensed that something was wrong with this Li Shaojun. Sure enough, he didn't remember him at all when he saw him again, and he looked like he didn't know him at all.

This is entirely because the Li Shaojun I saw last night and the Li Shaojun today, although they look the same, are both called Li Shaojun.

But not the same person at all!

It is very possible that the one last night was a fairy who walked in the world and could not see the end of the dragon.

It's just that I happened to meet him.

As for whether this person is a human immortal, an earth immortal, or a god or heavenly immortal, Chen Yuan doesn't know.

It's just that who would have thought that this Qingyang temple is actually hidden, and there is an immortal hidden in it.

The former Nanshi Mountain God, Shi Xuanyuan, even passed on the position of Mountain God in order to go out to sea to find immortals, but who knew that he met an immortal just as soon as he arrived in Fucheng.

"I don't know if Shi Xuanyuan went out to sea and found an immortal?"

Chen Yuan left the Daojing Pavilion while guessing.

After leaving Daojing Pavilion, Chen Yuan didn't go anywhere, but went to Changchun Taoist's residence and visited Changchun Taoist, who had just woken up.

When Chen Yuan explained his purpose of coming, the Changchun Taoist was a little surprised: "Master Taoist, do you want to say that you want to find a person with high carving skills and a person with high painting skills?"

Chen Yuan nodded and said: "Pindao wants to learn sculpture and painting because of the need for cultivation."

Changchun Taoist thought for a moment when he heard the words, he seemed to think of something, and said to Chen Yuan: "If the Taoist wants to learn painting, the old Taoist just knows that there is such a person around Jianghuai City."

Chen Yuan was unexpectedly delighted and said, "Please also tell me the information about this person."

Changchun Taoist said:
"This person is called a saint of painting."

"It is said that in the early years, he studied painting for several years under the guidance of an eminent monk with profound painting skills. Later, this person's painting skills entered the realm of enlightenment, but his reputation was not obvious."

"It is said that once this "painting saint" was invited by someone, and on the way to draw a bird at the other party's house, the bird came back to life, flapped its wings and flew away under the watchful eyes of the public. Since then, this "painting saint" has become famous Noisy, and won the title of painting saint."

"Later, this matter became more and more mysterious. It is even said that down to the high officials of the imperial court, up to the present emperor, they all asked this "Painting Saint" for paintings, but they were all rejected by this "Painting Saint."

"Since then, this painting saint has retired because he didn't want to be disturbed by others. Few people know his information."

"It just so happens that the old master knows something. After the painter retired, he returned to live in his ancestral home in the countryside."

"But later, the people living around the ancestral house of the painting sage often encountered all kinds of strange things. Some people said that they heard the sound of gongs and drums in the ancestral house of the painting sage in the middle of the night. The sound of laughter, and the cry of evil spirits."

"Everyone is saying that this is the movement of this saint of painting when he is painting."

Chen Yuan was shocked after hearing this.

If the rumors are true, it is possible to achieve this level with simple painting alone. The skill of this painting saint in painting can be called extraordinary and holy.

When others call him a saint of painting, they are not flattering him.

"May I ask where this painter is?"

Chen Yuan asked Changchun Taoist.

"The saint of painting lives in his ancestral house in the countryside of Jieyang County."

Changchun is humane.

"By the way, the artist's name is Wu Yeshou."

Changchun Taoist added.

"Thank you, Lord, for telling the truth."

Seeing that he found out what he wanted from the master of the Qingyang Temple, Chen Yuan bowed his hands to the Changchun Taoist and thanked him.

"It's good to be able to help the Taoist priest."

Changchun Taoist said.

"However, it may not be easy for the Taoist master to learn painting skills from this painting saint. Over the years, there have been countless people who have found the other party and wanted to ask for painting from the other party, or who wanted to learn painting from a teacher, but unfortunately they were all rejected by the other party. So far So far, there is no precedent for this painter to let go."

Changchun Taoist said again.

"Let's try it first, and think of other ways if it doesn't work."

Chen Yuan was not surprised either. Such a capable person must be a little arrogant, and it must be difficult to achieve his goal from the other party.

"Then I wish the Taoist priest the best of luck. As for those who are proficient in carving skills, the old Taoist will also help the Taoist priest to inquire."

Changchun Taoist blessed him, and promised to help Chen Yuan inquire about craftsmen who are proficient in carving.

"Thank you, Lord."

Chen Yuan thanked him, then took his leave and left.

(End of this chapter)