The first Taoist priest of the Tang Dynasty

"Is this the ice sword technique? Or the recovery sword technique? Why is it so weird?"

Zhong Wen, who fell to the ground, felt the sword technique he had practiced just now, and he didn't know why.

When the sword was raised, the inner energy circulated, carrying a chill, and then the snowflakes were frozen by his own inner energy, and with his last sword, it began to turn into snow water again, just like the earth revived.

"Maybe, it's not the ice swordsmanship, maybe, it's a set of life and death swordsmanship, where there is death, there is life."

Zhong Wen didn't understand at all why the set of swordsmanship he had deduced was so domineering and powerful, with a huge aura that he probably could suppress his own Tai Chi swordsmanship so much that he couldn't hold his head up. coming.

"Nine heads, good swordsmanship, good internal strength, good internal energy."

Just because they didn't have any words to describe Zhong Wen at this time, they had never seen such a powerful swordsmanship.

Chapter 2 and Twelve on Dao and Wu

"Jiuku, you finally woke up."

Just as they were talking loudly to Zhong Wen, Zhang Chong, Daoist Zhang, came out of the room where he was after hearing the 'bang', and came to the training ground.

"Daozhang Zhang, it's all my fault. I didn't stop and hurt you."

After Zhong Wen saw Daoist Zhang coming over, he felt a little guilty, approached Daoist Zhang, supported Daoist Zhang with one hand, and held the long sword in the other.

"It's nothing, it's nothing. After seeing you wake up, I feel relieved, lest your master see me one day and blame me."

Daoist Zhang looked at Zhong Wen with envy.

He envied Li Daoling for having such a good disciple, but he felt sad in his heart that he did not receive a disciple with such a good talent and comprehension.

"Daozhang Zhang, it's cold outside, I'll help you go back and rest."

Zhong Wen listened to Daoist Zhang's words and understood in his heart. Then, a Taoist who handed over the long sword to one side supported Daoist Zhang and walked towards the house.

"Jiu Shou, from now on, you have to come to my Yiyang Temple to walk around more often, so as not to lose my relationship with your master."

Daoist Zhang thought deeply, for Li Daoling had accepted such a good disciple, and these disciples of his would probably not be able to compare with Zhong Wen in front of him in terms of achievements in the future.

I was afraid in my heart that Yiyang Temple would decline from now on, so I had such an idea, I hope that Zhong Wen will come to Yiyang Temple more in the future, at least, in the future, maybe I can still protect Yiyang Temple.

And his statement naturally has his own thoughts.

As for the reason, it is estimated that only the people of Yiyang Temple know. As for Zhong Wen, it is unlikely that he will understand.

"Daozhang Zhang, don't worry, as long as I come to Chang'an, I will definitely come. The friendship between you and my master has lasted for decades. As a disciple, I dare not listen."

Zhong Wen helped Zhang Daochang into the room, sat down, and responded respectfully.

"That's fine, that's fine."

"Your master and I are getting older and older, and our bodies are naturally not as good as before. I don't know when I will go to see the ancestor. In the future, you will need to undertake this friendship. Although, your master and I My friendship was born out of fighting, but it cannot be broken."

Daoist Zhang's words made Zhong Wen more and more puzzled the more he said them.

"Daozhang Zhang, speaking of it, you are my elder, so I should call you Uncle Master. As you said, I will definitely not break this friendship in the future, so don't worry."

Zhong Wen quickly responded to Daoist Zhang, fearing that the old Daoist's conversation would change again, making him not know how to proceed.

"Well, in terms of seniority, it's not too much for you to call me uncle. I'm one year younger than your master, so it's fine."

Hearing what Zhong Wen said, Zhang Chong felt happy, and it was very cost-effective for Zhong Wen to call him uncle, at least at the moment.

However, Daoist Zhang didn't say the whole thing, leaving half of what he said.

And what he didn't say clearly, in fact, it's really hard to talk about this generation.

According to his relationship with Li Daoling, it is true that Zhong Wen called him uncle.But according to the rules of Taoism, Li Daoling is the real person of the royal family. In terms of seniority, Zhang Chong is a bit shorter than Li Daoling.

If he really wanted to talk about it, Zhong Wen could call Zhang Chong a senior brother.

It goes without saying that Zhang Chong naturally has his deep meaning. As for what the meaning is, it is estimated that only he himself knows.

Besides, Zhong Wen wouldn't care about these things, after all, Zhang Chong's age can be put here, and it's not a loss to call him uncle.

"Jiu Shou, I see that you have such a high talent and comprehension, and you have studied Taoism and martial arts with your master for several years. It seems that you should also have made some achievements in Taoism. Come, everyone, sit down and listen carefully. Listen to the high opinion of the nine poems."

Zhang Chong's mind was jumping away, and the topic changed again, and it was time to talk about morals and martial arts.

"Uncle Zhang, the nine poems are quite complicated. When it comes to Taoism, law and martial arts, I can't compare with everyone present here, and I can't compare with Uncle Zhang."

How dare Zhong Wen have any high opinions, but there are low opinions.

What's more, he can only memorize and talk about Taoism. He really doesn't have the qualifications, but when it comes to martial arts, he can still say a few words.

"Junior brother Jiushou, your swordsmanship just now is so domineering, can you give us some pointers?"

Just listening to the conversation between his master and Zhong Wen, he felt excited.

His master's words are right in his arms. As long as Zhong Wen is willing to say a few words, it may improve his own martial arts and swordsmanship.

"Brother, my swordsmanship has not been perfected yet, and I just realized it just now. I can't give advice, but I can communicate with each other."

Listening to Zhengran's words, Zhong Wen understood in his heart that his epiphany this time brought a shock to the Taoists in this Yangguan, and gave them hope in their hearts.

"Jiu, how is your medical skill?"

Zhang Chong suddenly asked about Zhong Wen's medical skills, at least, Taoist people can be said to be nine doctors out of ten, so it must be one of the things they have learned.

"Back to Master Zhang, my medical skills are not good. After all, I have not been with the master for a long time, and I don't have much energy to learn medical skills."

Zhong Wen quickly responded to Zhang Chong.

As Zhong Wen said, medical skills are a pain point in his heart.However, he also made up his mind that after going to Chang'an Zongzheng Temple to change his degree, he must learn this medical skill well.

"What about Taoism scriptures? Have you learned it? Yesterday and this morning, I saw you doing morning and evening classes with us. I think you are doing well."

"Back to Uncle Zhang, Taoism scriptures and so on, I have almost learned the nine poems, and I am familiar with them basically."

"What about Taoist scriptures, calligraphy and painting? But it's the same?"

"Returning to Uncle Zhang, Taoist scriptures, calligraphy and painting are not bad, a little bit worse, but they are still familiar."

"What about the depiction of the scriptures?"

"Back to Uncle Zhang, I have basically learned the scriptures."

"There are also fists and feet, how many hands have you learned from your master?"

"..."

Afterwards, a group of people sat in the room and began to discuss Taoism, prove martial arts, and talk about swordsmanship.

Time, in the midst of everyone's conversation, was passing by mercilessly, and no one noticed that the sky outside had already begun to darken, and the snow was falling more and more.

"Jiu, as you said just now, the swordsmanship and the method of internal energy movement must match to have a different power. We know this, but this internal energy method is not so easy to obtain."

When Zhang Chong heard Zhong Wen talk about sword skills, he knew it clearly.

However, his Yiyangguan swordsmanship is naturally not bad in terms of power, but his inner strength method is somewhat lacking.

All Taoist temples and sects in the world hope to have this kind of matching swordsmanship and inner strength art. However, not all sects have a long-standing inheritance.

Some of them are missing, and some of them have even been lost long ago.

The sects that have been passed down from ancient times are very few in today's world.

For example, Yiyang Temple has only been passed down for a few hundred years, and the inheritance of the ancient times was broken as early as 800 years ago.

Even the Taiyi Sect, which has been passed down for more than 1000 years, still cannot escape the lack of some Taoist techniques.

"Uncle Zhang, I also know that this is very difficult. Maybe it will not be perfected in a lifetime, but as long as there are generations to perfect, there will always be a chance to perfect the internal skills of each sect."

Zhong Wen also understood in his heart that some things really cannot be done just by talking about them.

But time can always give them an explanation.

The sects that cannot be perfected, perhaps, will decline, and those who can perfect the inner strength method will naturally be able to flourish again.

"Do your best."

Zhang Chong was silent in his heart, he already knew about this kind of thing, but his life was almost the same, as for whether his inner strength method of Yiyang concept could be perfected, he didn't know.

But at this time, he made a decision in his heart, that is, before the end of his life, try to perfect his sect's inner strength method as much as possible.

The lights are on, and the sky is getting dark.

There is no light in the room, only the bright colors reflected by the white snow.

"Let's come here today and go to the dining room to eat."

Seeing that it was getting dark, Zhang Chong shouted.

"Master, I will help you up."

Zhengran got up quickly, approached Zhang Chong, helped him up, and then, a group of people went to the dining room.

The food in the dining room has already been prepared, but the person in charge of the dining room didn't come to bother him.

Like Longquan Temple, the people in charge of the dining room are also the family members of the Taoists who belong to Yiyang Temple. of.

Yiyang Temple, in Lantian County, is also a relatively famous Taoist temple.

Because it is located in the county seat and has no land property, it depends entirely on the salary and supplies of the imperial court, so it cannot be considered poor, but it is definitely not rich enough.

If you go to the ceremony or something, you can collect some money or food back, so that it can be used by the family members of the Taoists in the temple.

If there is a war, then Yiyang Temple will be a little sad.

Fortunately, it is considered peaceful at the moment, otherwise, this Yangguan Taoist would be poor enough to do things everywhere, or do things for others.

In the past, Zhang Chong was like this when he first entered Yiyang temple. There was no provision from the court, and there were few Taoists in the temple.

After all, in the Sui Dynasty, it was the world of Buddhism, and the people of Taoism could be said to have worked hard.

Every one of the Taoists who came from that era hoped that the Taoist sect would be strong and prosperous, but it was a mess, and no unified and powerful Taoist sect appeared.

But now, in the Tang Dynasty, the Li family advocated Taoism and raised the status of Taoism above Buddhism. This has led to the rise of Taoism in various places, and even the number of Taoists in various places has increased accordingly. .

Even so, it is still not comparable to the number of Buddhists, and the number is pitifully small.

Just like this Lantian County, there are only two Taoist temples, and Yiyang Temple is one of them.

On the other hand, there are as many as five Buddhist temples, and the number of people is more than ten times that of these two Taoist temples.

Even though the royal family Li has the decree to promote Taoism and suppress Buddhism, it still cannot withstand the respect of the people all over the world. Even if all the temples in the world are demolished, it will not be able to suppress the promotion of Buddhism.

Moreover, compared with Taoism, Buddhism is more united, but within Taoism, there are many sects, and there is no image of unity.

This makes the Daoist sect even more weak, and makes it impossible for the Daoist sect to stand out.

In addition, there are still many false Taoists in this world, deceiving the people, causing them to suffer greatly, and even reducing the number of believers in the Taoist sect.

Mistakes in the world, no matter what the cause is, are naturally man-made. Where there are people, there are interests and disputes. Once the news is passed, it will make the Taoism worse.

As for the future, Zhong Wen doesn't know.

Even the two most famous prophecy masters in the Tang Dynasty, Yuan Tiangang and Li Chunfeng, probably couldn't predict the future of Taoism.

Tomorrow is unknown and unpredictable.

Chapter 2 Thirteen To the Capital

After dinner, evening classes continued.

However, today's evening class time is a little later than before. After all, everyone spent a lot of time chatting with Zhong Wen.

Zhong Wen originally thought that Zhang Chong would waive today's evening class, but in the end, he still didn't.

In other words, Zhong Wen actually really doesn't like the daily morning and evening classes, and always feels as if his time is restricted.

Worshiping the Taoist Lord, the daily morning and evening classes are actually of little significance to Zhong Wen, but to ordinary Taoists, it is quite important.

After all, the daily morning and evening classes are a way to get familiar with the Taoist scriptures, and it also deepens each Taoist's familiarity and memory of the Taoist scriptures.

But Zhong Wen had already memorized the Daoist scriptures by heart, and it was really painful for him to have classes in the morning and evening every day.

However, if you place an order in other people's Taoist temples, where can you get your turn to speak, you just follow along with what the master does.

As the night darkened, the evening classes ended, and everyone left separately, returning to their homes or the houses they lived in to rest.

But the heavy snow outside still showed no signs of stopping.

The next day, the weather remained the same, with heavy snow falling.

On the third day, the heavy snow was much less, but the weather was even colder.