Taishang asks longevity

Chapter 898 Taoist Temple
Inside the Taoist temple, there is no one, and it looks very deep and quiet.

There is a faint scent of incense inside, which seems to make people feel refreshed. Once entering here, it seems to feel the quiet atmosphere, which makes people calm down.

Li Changsheng walked slowly towards the inside of the hall.

Inside the hall, it was quiet. The god statue inside was majestic and grand. His gaze was fixed on the front, as if it had never changed since ancient times. The old breath emanated from the god statue, melodiously.

The statue of Sanqing is enshrined in the middle of the main hall, and on both sides are the other gods enshrined.

Although this Taoist temple is secluded and small, the gods enshrined are quite complete.

Li Changsheng picked up three incense sticks from the incense table outside the door, lit them, worshiped outside, and then inserted them into the incense burner in the middle outside the hall door.

In temples, there is generally a free supply of incense, and each person is limited to three pillars.

Of course, there are censers and incense burners in the main hall as well, but outsiders cannot insert incense into the censer of this main hall, they can only insert it into the censer outside.

There are still rules, and Li Changsheng is naturally aware of them.

He is a Taoist priest, but he didn't wear a Taoist robe. He wanted to offer incense in this hall, lest the master of this Taoist temple would disagree.

Li Changsheng walked into the main hall, looked up at the three bronze statues of Sanqing, took a deep breath, and stood there quietly.

The faint and ancient atmosphere seems to be floating in the air, and the statue seems to be rusty because of its age.

In such a small Taoist temple, the incense has already withered, and there are very few faithful men and women, and it is unlikely that the temple owner has extra money to repair the statue.

Kexin did not accompany Li Changsheng into the main hall, but just stood outside the door and watched.

The statues in this Taoist temple, except for the Sanqing statue in the middle, which is kind-hearted, the statues on both sides are quite stylish, and they seem to be a bit fierce.She is a girl from a family with modern education. She has never respected or opposed these ghosts and ghosts, but... she is inexplicably afraid of these gods.

Since Li Changsheng came to worship the god, she waited outside the gate of this hall.

It never occurred to me that when Li Changsheng stood there, it seemed that Li Changsheng was frozen there, and he didn't know what he was thinking about, and he didn't move.

After about a quarter of an hour, a Taoist priest appeared outside the main hall.

The Taoist priest looked a little old, with a gray beard, and kindness and kindness in his eyes.

The old Taoist first glanced at Ke Xin outside the hall, nodded slightly, and then he looked at Li Changsheng inside the hall, seeing him standing still, the old Tao smiled slightly, and walked into the hall.

This Taoist temple may go down for a day on weekdays, and there is not a single person. Now, there is a person standing piously in the hall with a dignified expression. The old Taoist naturally wants to ask clearly.

"Layman!"

The old man walked to Li Changsheng's side and smiled slightly.

Li Changsheng seemed to have come back to his senses, looked at the old Taoist beside him, smiled, saluted, and said, "Old Taoist, you're being polite!"

The old Taoist said: "The layman stood here for a long time. Could it be that he has some worries in his heart and wants to ask the gods to give him an answer?"

"Yes." Li Changsheng smiled faintly, but shook his head, looked at the statue of Sanqing again, and said calmly: "It's just...they can't give me the answer, and they won't give..."

"Oh?" After listening, the old Taoist said, "You can tell me what's bothering you, layman. Maybe...the old Taoist can solve your worries and problems."

If the old Taoist could help Li Changsheng solve his problems, I am afraid that Li Changsheng would not stand here for a long time.

Li Changsheng knew in his heart that the old Taoist in front of him was no different from ordinary people, he was just a Taoist priest who had practiced for many years, and he guarded this Taoist temple all his life, and he couldn't control the worldly affairs outside.

Thinking of this, Li Changsheng sighed and smiled, but shook his head and said nothing.

Seeing Li Changsheng's expression, the old Taoist said again: "If the layman doesn't want to tell me, you can tell the god in front of you."

After finishing speaking, he pointed to the stick on the table in front of him, and said slowly: "How about layman asking for a stick?"

Li Changsheng saw that the old man seemed to insist, and he couldn't refuse, so he smiled slightly and picked up the lottery on the table.

"Sincerely meditate on the problems you encounter, and pray to the gods to show you the way, and the gods will give you an answer!"

The old Taoist was beside him, speaking lightly.

Li Changsheng shook the stick, and with a "crack", a stick fell down.

Picking up the lottery, Li Changsheng looked at it, then laughed loudly, and said, "It seems... my question really won't be answered."

"Oh?"

The old Taoist was startled, took the lottery from Li Changsheng's hand, glanced at it, and was also startled.

Not a single word was signed.

Generally speaking, inside the lottery tube, there will be all kinds of lottery, such as upper lottery, lower lottery, middle and even lottery, etc. Each lot has some meaning behind it, which represents the gods' love for you. Answers to questions.

However, there is another lot, which is blank, and is also inside this lot.

Although there are only one hundred and nine lottery sticks in the lottery tube, almost no one will draw the extra one.

Unexpectedly, today, Li Changsheng was drawn.

The old man was a little surprised, with a puzzled look on his face, looking at the young man in front of him.

"Old Daoist, in fact, I came here today to ask for something."

Li Changsheng said suddenly.

The old man was taken aback, and asked, "What's the matter?"

Li Changsheng pointed to the incense burner on the Sanqing altar table, and said, "I want some incense ash to go back."

"what?"

The old man was stunned.

The censer is the rice bowl for the gods to eat. Generally speaking, the censer should not be moved, whether it is in a temple or on the altar at home. However, the incense ash around the censer can be cleaned.

"What do you want this incense ash for?" The old man looked surprised.

Li Changsheng smiled faintly, and said: "I want a piece of incense ash to purify my body and drive away evil spirits."

"This..." The old Taoist trembled in his heart, frowned slightly, and said, "A fellow?"

"Exactly, Daoist!" Li Changsheng nodded.

"It turns out to be a Taoist friend, I'm sorry for your disrespect!" The old Taoist hurriedly saluted again, then came back to his senses, and said: "Since a Taoist friend has something to ask for, as the master of the Taoist temple, I will naturally not refuse. Wait for a while, while I go to fetch the container and collect the incense ash for fellow Taoists."

After the old Taoist finished speaking, he left quickly.

Not long after, I took a small porcelain bowl, walked to the side of the altar, carefully removed the incense ash on the table with a blanket, put it in the small porcelain bowl, and then sealed the mouth of the bowl with a lid, and then handed it over to the Li Changsheng.

"Thank you, Master!"

Li Changsheng saluted with a smile, then turned around and left the hall.

(End of this chapter)