From the time travel, I became extraordinary

Chapter 35 Where is my bicycle?

"Who knows what the higher-ups are thinking?"

Facing Jiang Yao's question, Carpenter Xu shrugged his shoulders, laughed, and said, "Buddhism and Taoism claim to be the orthodox sects of Taoism. After all, don't they still need the power of ghosts and gods to cast spells?"

"Have you ever seen those Taoist priests perform rituals? When they start chanting, they also have to ask for help from some gods or ancestors or something."

"The only difference between them and us is that they are large in scale and well developed, so there are more gods who will respond to them."

"Modern science denies the existence of ghosts and gods, and is the opposite of metaphysics. Do you think you can't understand the classics without a bachelor's degree? In my opinion, this is bullshit."

"Whether it's Buddhism or Taoism, their practice is basically meditation and chanting."

"Those scriptures and books, just by looking at the names, you can tell that they correspond to different gods, immortals and Buddhas."

"In my opinion, these scriptures are like introductions. When reciting them, there is a certain chance that the monks and Taoists will fall into a certain state and be able to glimpse the various gods corresponding to the scriptures. Then, they will naturally understand some mysterious things."

"So, when those monks and Taoists talk about spiritual practice, they themselves can't explain it clearly. They can only say that it can only be understood, not expressed in words, or that if you understand it, you understand it, and if you don't understand it, you don't understand it."

"If you want to learn the true Dharma, what does it have to do with whether you have a bachelor's degree? On the contrary, the more scientific knowledge you learn, the more ghosts and gods will dislike you."

"In ancient times, those who were willing to become monks or Taoists were basically children from poor families. How many words could they recognize?"

"At that time, there were many monks and Taoist priests with some real skills. It's not like now, after the threshold for becoming a monk has been raised, there are many monks and Taoist priests who can make money. How many of them can you find who really know magic?"

"You think that the higher-ups restrict the diplomas of monks and Taoists so that they can understand all kinds of classics, but that's just your opinion. Who can be sure that the higher-ups are not doing this to restrict the development of Buddhism and Taoism? To prevent the emergence of people who understand the true Dharma in these two schools?"

……

Carpenter Xu spoke eloquently for more than half an hour. If he hadn't been thirsty, he might have continued talking.

This old man has been living a life of idleness and idleness for so many years. He may not know much about other things, but when it comes to these mysterious things, he is eloquent and can talk endlessly.

Of course, no one can say for sure whether what he said is true.

Perhaps, he just came up with it when he was lying down at home every day with nothing to do.

Jiang Yao could only believe about 60% to 70% of what he said, but even so, he still felt that his horizons and perspectives had been broadened a lot.

An old person in the family is like a treasure!

In order to get more out of him, after sitting for a while, Jiang Yao went to a nearby store and bought half a pound of wine and a few dollars worth of peanuts.

But when he returned home, Carpenter Xu was nowhere to be seen.

Looking more closely, he found that the bicycle he often rode, which was parked in the main room, was gone.

"Where's my bike? Damn it, you damn Carpenter Xu, I treat you as my brother, but you actually stole my bike..."

Putting down the wine and peanuts in his hand, he hurried to the road outside.

From a distance, he could still vaguely see the languid figure of Carpenter Xu riding a bicycle.

The old man rode his bicycle crookedly, and every few steps he would look back furtively.

I don’t know if it was because he happened to turn around and saw Jiang Yao and was a little scared or what, but he lost control of the bicycle and both he and the bicycle flipped into the vegetable field on the side of the road.

At this time, his waist was no longer sore, and his legs seemed to be no longer lame. In a few seconds, he climbed up from the vegetable field, put the bicycle on his shoulder, and ran away. He didn't breathe a sigh of relief until he saw that Jiang Yao didn't catch up with him after running for dozens of meters. He got back on the bicycle and drove away like flying.

"It's just an old bicycle that I've ridden for seven or eight years. Never mind. I'm too lazy to bother with this old guy!" Jiang Yao muttered to himself, hesitating for a moment, and ultimately did not chase after him.

If he really wanted to, he could just yell "Catch the thief" at the top of his voice. Even if Carpenter Xu had run hundreds of meters away, it would be difficult for him to escape from here.

When people in this place talk about catching thieves, they get very excited.

In the vegetable garden and every house, there will definitely be many people coming out with carrying poles, machetes and other weapons to help Jiang Yao catch people.

Just a few days after traveling through time, Jiang Yao saw an unlucky guy who was caught for stealing vegetables.

After being stripped down to a pair of shorts, the man was hung on a tree by the villagers. The belts whipped his body with loud snapping sounds, as if they were beating him to death.

Call the police? People these days are tougher and haven't developed that concept yet.

In their view, as long as no one is beaten to death, they are not breaking the law.

When Jiang Yao ran to watch the excitement that day, the man had already been knocked unconscious. Several villagers nearby were holding basins and pouring cold water on him. Among the villagers watching the excitement, several even suggested adding some salt to the water.

"It takes me about an hour to ride my bicycle from here to Carpenter Xu's home in Ma Wan Village."

"This old man walks with a limp. It will probably take him several hours to get here."

"I guess the old guy is really tired. If he sneaks back on my bike, he should feel a lot more relaxed."

"It's not like I don't know where he lives. Next time I go to his place, I'll just ride the bike back."

……

After talking to himself for a few sentences and trying to find a reasonably reasonable explanation for Carpenter Xu's stealing of his bicycle, Jiang Yao went back into the house, picked up the page of the book, and began to ponder.

It is now the eighth month in the lunar calendar. Any day that is the day of the Shen sign will be the day when the Heavenly Doctor descends to earth.

After looking through the old almanac at home, Jiang Yao already had a rough idea of ​​the days of the Celestial Doctor's descent this month. However, if he wanted to learn the Nine Dragons Bone-Transforming Water, August was not suitable, and an odd month and day was needed.

The effect of this little spell is very general, and it is almost impossible to make money with it.

However, after this month is over, Jiang Yao still plans to learn the Nine Dragons Bone-Transforming Water.

He did it for no other reason than to see whether the spells he had learned through his own abilities could be displayed in the skill column on the panel screen.

If this experiment is successful, perhaps he will not need to worship the ancestor Lu Ban and become a disciple of Lu Ban. He can still successfully practice the small spells recorded in Lu Ban's book.

The only thing Jiang Yao didn't understand about the content on the page was the day when the Heavenly Doctor descended to the earth. However, he had already gotten the answer to this question from Carpenter Xu.

Holding the page of the book, he pondered over it for about half an hour. After feeling that there was nothing he did not understand, Jiang Yao returned to his room and put the page away.

"I can't stop fishing to make money. This month, the fish are biting pretty well in the middle of the day. I hope I'll be lucky today and catch a few more big fish."

After checking the time, Jiang Yao carried his fishing bag with fishing gear as usual, locked the door, and strode towards the road out of the village.

(End of this chapter)