Mixed in the heavens, merits and virtues become immortals

Why not worship Lü Dongbin in Chapter 369?

"Humans eat five flavors, and each of the five flavors returns to one organ..."

After completing the cultivation of the Nine Returns Sun Scripture, Gu Qing held the Dongxia Secret Pill in his hands and softly recited it, savoring the secret alchemy of the Dongwanggong lineage, pondering the changes in the inner elixir, and comparing it with the Nine Returns Sun True Scripture to observe the differences.

"The Dragon King's Division sent over a lot of jade."

Xiaoqing curled up on a box filled with gold, silver, pearls, jade, and various hairpins. She looked at many things and wanted many things, so she simply lay on the box and took it all for herself.

After all, everything here reflects the dragon's aesthetic, making it completely irresistible to Xiaoqing.

"Qing'er, let me get a few beads to string."

Bai Suzhen wanted to retrieve the jewelry, and smiled gently at Xiaoqing.

Xiaoqing moved aside so that Bai Suzhen could take the jade.

Seeing this, Gu Qing smiled and continued reciting the scriptures.

After killing Wang Daoling, Gu Qing completely won the approval of all the gods and immortals in Hangzhou. After all, it was a fact that Gu Qing communicated with the Seven Stars of the Big Dipper. All the gods and immortals in Hangzhou looked at Gu Qing with great respect. The things that Gu Qing had given away were now returning to him.

Everything in the pharmacy is now in Xu Xian's hands. He is focused on mastering the art of medicine, and with Gu Qing's guidance, he is becoming more and more daring in treating patients and prescribing medicine, which has earned him the recognition of the neighbors.

"It's time to make offerings to the toilet god."

Gu Qing closed the book in his hand, took the incense and candles, and walked towards the toilet.

The Toilet God is a very difficult deity to invite. Gu Qing was able to invite him not only because Gu Qing kept the toilet clean, but also because Gu Qing is a Daoist being, and his body is pure.

Once inside the outhouse, Gu Qing lit incense and offered it with great care.

Bai Suzhen and Xiaoqing both knew that Gu Qing was skilled at dealing with immortals, and they supported Gu Qing's meticulous offerings to the immortals. After Gu Qing came out and washed his hands, Bai Suzhen gave him the strung prayer beads and asked him to look at them.

"good."

Gu Qing played with the prayer beads in his hand for a moment, then put them aside. Just as he was about to take out the Taoist book again, he heard a commotion outside. He and Bai Suzhen walked towards the front yard and saw a middle-aged beggar in the main hall of the pharmacy. He was being arrogant and unruly, grabbing the fruit offered in front of the Medicine God and eating it greedily, while Xu Xian was trying to persuade him to stop.

"Uncle, our Tongren Hall has always upheld the principles of benevolence and righteousness."

Xu Xian advised the beggar, "If you have any difficulties, just tell us. Whether you want your medicine waived or food given to you, you can't just rob us like this and offend the gods."

Gu Qing has always taken good care of this statue, and this beggar's destruction will probably enrage him.

The beggar, seemingly unfazed, continued munching on the fruit in his hand and said, "Nothing offensive, it's just unfair!"

Gu Qing walked over at this moment and looked at the beggar in front of him.

The beggar pointed to the image of the medicine god hanging in front of him and said, "Shennong, Bian Que, Sun Simiao, and Wei Shanjun are all medicine gods in folk legends. It's fine for you to worship these four, but why don't you worship Lü Zu?"

Lü Dongbin can also be considered a god of medicine. In the Suzhou storyline of The Legend of the White Snake, Xu Xian opened Bao'an Hall, which was dedicated to Lü Dongbin.

"You're talking about folk tales."

Gu Qing calmly said, "The reason I worship these four is because it is written in the Taoist scriptures."

Upon hearing this, the middle-aged beggar immediately flew into a rage and said, "Official document? What official document? What nonsense are you spouting? Hurry up and hang up the statue of Lu Zu!" After saying this, the middle-aged beggar turned around and said loudly, "All the offerings you have made to them over the years should be given to Lu Zu in full. That's what you call fair."

This middle-aged man seemed to be standing up for Lü Zu.

The people who came to see the doctor began to speculate about the middle-aged beggar's appearance.

"Could this be Lu Zu manifesting his power?" "Doctor Gu's sincerity and earnestness have moved the gods in heaven."

Someone nearby was whispering.

Gu Qing glanced around the crowd, waved her hand to signal the people next to her to calm down, and said, "You're from Suzhou, right?"

Upon hearing this, the middle-aged beggar looked somewhat flustered, but quickly concealed it and exclaimed, "Suzhou? What makes you think we're from Suzhou?"

Looking at the middle-aged beggar's appearance, Gu Qing bluntly exposed him: "I've heard that when swindlers come to your door, some people will pretend to be crazy to appear mysterious... You're not pretending to be Lu Zu, are you?"

Gu Qing's words were so blunt that the middle-aged beggar froze on the spot. Those around him pointed and said that the middle-aged beggar didn't seem like a good person from the start.

"I didn't impersonate Lu Zu!"

Even the middle-aged beggar's voice had changed.

"So you are Lü Zu?"

Gu Qing then demanded an explanation.

The middle-aged beggar's face was tense, and he remained silent. He dared not admit it, fearing that Gu Qing would come to verify it.

"It's ok."

Gu Qing asked the middle-aged beggar to sit down for the time being, and said to Xu Xian, "Go to your sister's house. There should be officials from Suzhou there. Go and inform them to come and identify her."

Gu Qing knew that the Suzhou prefect's advisor had died here some time ago, and the Suzhou constables had come to investigate.

As soon as these words were spoken, the middle-aged beggar panicked and tried to get up to leave, but Gu Qing held him down with one hand.

Xu Xian rushed to his sister's house and soon returned with more than ten constables. The first man was tall and thin. After arriving at Tongren Hall, he looked around and immediately spotted the middle-aged beggar sitting in a chair.

"Liu Ba, I've finally caught you!"

The constable apprehended the middle-aged beggar and then announced to the surrounding crowd, "This is a swindler from Suzhou. He was originally sentenced to exile, but somehow he ended up in Hangzhou. His specialty is swindling people by disguising himself as a deity and then cheating them out of money."

After these words were spoken, the middle-aged beggar lowered his head in shame, and the people around him cheered.

"And these few too..."

Gu Qing then pulled out a few more people from the crowd who claimed that Lu Zu had manifested his divine power, and had the constable identify them. Sure enough, they were in cahoots with the middle-aged beggar Liu Ba.

"We were not careful enough and caused you trouble."

The head constable of Suzhou bowed to Gu Qing and said, "Doctor Gu, we have all heard of your name. There is a Three Emperors Ancestral Master Association in Suzhou, which is full of medical practitioners. If you have some free time, Doctor Gu, you can go and have a look."

Gu Qing nodded, looked at the head constable from Suzhou, and asked for his name.

"My surname is Hao, and my name is Hao Jianghua."

The constable introduces himself.

Gu Qing understood that this was the same person who had acted as matchmaker for Xu Xian after he was exiled to Suzhou.

It's just that this name is a bit hard to keep up with.

This farce came and went quickly. After Hao Jianghua arrested the man, the patients in the shop continued to receive their treatment obediently. However, when no one was paying attention, a man in white was still standing in the shop. He looked at the statues of Shennong, Bian Que, Sun Simiao, and Wei Shanjun, reached out, took a piece of fruit from the rearranged offerings, took a bite, and left.

(End of this chapter)