The first Taoist priest of the Tang Dynasty

The Zhong Wen brothers and sisters will not express any opinions at this time, just listen to them, if they talk too much, they will destroy this warm scene.

After breakfast, Zhong Wen sat under the tree in front of the open space, eyes slightly closed, Xiao Hua sat next to Zhong Wen, the two of them seemed to be waiting for something good to happen.

Speechless, but at this moment, the Taoist text in Zhong Wen's mind naturally emerged.

For what happened last night, I still remember it vividly, and I dare not study it, because I am afraid that there will be some problems, but if I don’t study it, can I stop?Of course it can't. The Taoist essay in my mind doesn't mean that I can't read it if I don't read it.

Word by word, paragraph by paragraph, presented in Zhong Wen's mind, as if a picture scroll appeared out of thin air, spread out in front of Zhong Wen.

The scene of "Boom" reappeared, Zhong Wenyou's soul seemed to be stripped out directly, standing on top of his head, looking around.

Although the soul is not really stripped, this is Zhong Wen's feeling, because in his mind, everything around him appears in front of his eyes, even if a flying bird not far away passes by, it is so clear.

Zhong Wen stopped immediately, turned his head to look at the place where the bird passed by, but he really found a bird.

This time, Zhong Wen was stunned, his eyes were open, he was at a loss, just now he could feel everything around him with his eyes closed, this was like a big joke to Zhong Wen, It's more likely that God is playing tricks on him.

"Try again, does this article have this function?" Zhong Wen thought to himself, this matter is really unbelievable to him.

Then, he closed his eyes slightly again, "Boom", the picture appeared again, everything around him was still as clear, just like looking around with his eyes open.

When a little bird flew over from the corner of his house, Zhong Wen opened his eyes again, looking at the bird in the corner of the house, Zhong Wen didn't know how to describe this, is this the eye of God?Or out of body?Or is it divine consciousness?

Zhong Wen didn't know, and didn't know, all this happened very suddenly, and everything became unbelievable to him. Of course, there was a little excitement and happiness in his heart.

Who wouldn't want to have a different ability, but this ability is a bit too abnormal, even if it's a goddamn thing, if you give yourself a system, it won't be as unsolvable as it is now.

In fact, Zhong Wen can’t be blamed for this, because this Taoist essay was written by a powerful person in ancient times, and after the last character was drawn by this powerful person, he passed away without informing him. Anyone, what do these characters mean, and no one knows how to arrange them. After being immersed for more than 1000 years, he is finally waiting for his destined person.

Originally, after these characters were drawn, the disciples of the mighty were used to suppress something, but hundreds of years later, they were used to build the base of the Taoist temple Longquan Temple.

After confirming Zhong Wen again and again, he began to formally write this essay. Perhaps, all of this will usher in new opportunities. Of course, this is something Zhong Wen does not know.

Zhong Wen, who closed his eyes slightly, can only call it a divine consciousness. For Zhong Wen, he didn’t know how to name it, so he used it directly. Otherwise, it should be called a spiritual consciousness. What?

With a flash of consciousness, he looked around and looked at the little girl sitting next to him, but at this moment he was asleep.

Zhong Wen didn't care about the little girl beside him, but wanted to try whether this thing like spiritual consciousness could stay away from him and go to a farther place, or a higher place.

Under the control of Zhong Wen, the spiritual consciousness walked far away, came to the back of the house, saw a butterfly dancing, and then walked further away.

All kinds of trees and thatch appeared in Zhong Wen's mind, and even the breeze could be felt, although this was just Zhong Wen's own opinion.

Once again controlled to walk into the forest, a small snake swam past, scared Zhong Wen almost opened his eyes, fortunately he knew that he was not in the forest.

Go forward, go forward, and stop until you can no longer move forward. It seems that this thing still has a range. This is the cognition in Zhong Wen's brain. It is impossible to extend indefinitely, because there is no way to move forward. As for whether there will be an increase in the future, it can only be seen in the future.

Zhong Wen is sure that this thing can really stay away from him, and he can see some things in the distance. Although the distance is not very far, at least there is a distance of 600 meters.

After opening his eyes, Zhong Wen wanted to confirm whether this could be done without closing his eyes, so he thought about opening his eyes to try.

"Boom" As long as you think about this Taoist text in your mind, something like spiritual consciousness can appear with your eyes open.

Zhong Wen was overjoyed, all this seemed like a golden finger, but it didn't seem to be, maybe all this was just the beginning of a golden finger.

As noon was approaching, Zhong Wen raised his head to look at the sky, the sun was shining directly down from the sky, making it difficult for him to open his eyes.

But in Zhong Wen's heart, he was as excited as if he had taken some happy pills. He wanted to laugh three times, but he didn't really like this, so he could only laugh in his heart.

The heart in the chest was beating even more happily, and the blood flow in the whole body accelerated, which made Zhong Wen's breathing difficult.

In order to suppress this excitement, Zhong Wen supported Xiao Hua, so that Xiao Hua would not fall down after getting up, and lay flat on the ground, stood up, and walked back and forth in front of the open space.

But in my mind, I was thinking about how to maintain this ability without making it disappear. I finally settled down and decided that in addition to exercising, I also need to study this sermon every day. Maybe after studying for a long time, Then you will be able to understand its meaning, and it will be more likely to deepen this ability.

"Well, that's it. It's better to study it several times a day than not to read it. It's just that my body is too thin, so I don't know if there will be any consequences."

Zhong Wen, who was talking to himself, was thinking while walking, and babbled a few words from time to time, which made Xiao Hua who had just woken up a little confused.

"Brother, what are you doing?"

Xiao Hua sat up on the ground and saw Zhong Wen walking up and down in front of the open space alone, still muttering something.

"Little sister, you're awake. I just took a walk. My legs were numb just now."

Zhong Wen heard Xiao Hua's voice, approached Xiao Hua, and made up a random reason to explain.

Xiao Hua undoubtedly had him, got up from the ground, and found that her legs were also numb, she also followed Zhong Wen's example, and walked in front of the open space to relieve the symptoms of leg numbness.

"Brother, what are we going to do in a while?"

Xiaohua relieved the numbness in her legs, and asked Zhong Wen. Although it was noon, the sun would not be so hot that it would be too hot, otherwise the people working in the fields would have gone home long ago.

"Let's go fishing. After fishing, brother has to cut some wood to make a frame. Otherwise, it's not good to put the beans on the ground in the house."

Zhong Wen didn't have much time to think about Dao Wen's affairs. Life is always simpler than everything else, but it is also practical. As for the use of that spiritual consciousness, it can only be studied slowly in the future. The current matter is the most important thing. heavy.

Moreover, since the consciousness can be released with eyes open, all this becomes easier, and it can be done when fishing.

The brother and sister dug some earthworms, came to the small river, and started fishing.

While Zhong Wen was bored while fishing, he released his spiritual consciousness again, and began to control the distance not far away, turning around every place, which also made him use it more easily.

"Brother, there are fish, there are fish." Just as Zhong Wen released his consciousness and ran around, Xiao Hua's voice shouted.

"Shhhhhh" a palm-sized fish was pulled up, but fortunately he recovered quickly, otherwise, the fish would probably be unhooked.

"Brother, didn't you see the fish floating just now? You were sitting there in a daze."

Xiao Hua looked at Zhong Wen, and felt a little dissatisfied in her heart. She didn't concentrate on fishing. This is a fish, not a grass.

"I was thinking about something just now."

Zhong Wen explained cheekily, but his hands didn't stop. He untied the fish from the hook and continued to string the earthworms to catch the fish. It will leave her with no fish to eat.

When the fishhook was launched into the water, Zhong Wen was no longer too distracted. He released his consciousness and went to the fish float, wanting to see if this consciousness could enter the water, but after he really fell into the water, the excitement in his heart came up again. up.

All new things can make people extremely happy, just like Zhong Wen at that time, when his consciousness entered the water, apart from being excited, he was happy.

The world in the small river water is unfamiliar to Zhong Wen, his spiritual sense goes towards the hook, and three or five palm-sized fish are pecking around the hook, not eating, just testing there .

Chapter 42 Year

The mind sinks, and the world at the bottom of the river appears in Zhong Wen's mind. The silt is thick, but there are many bottom fish swimming below.

But when Zhong Wen was immersed in the world at the bottom of the river, he found a huge fish. According to Zhong Wen's judgment, it weighed at least a hundred catties, and it felt like it was about to become fine.

The spiritual consciousness circled the big fish with the magic power of love, over and over again, in Zhong Wen's heart, he actually wanted to bring this big fish home, so that he could have a big meal, but now, it seems like There is no way.

Immediately after that, he withdrew from his spiritual consciousness, returned to his original position, and concentrated on fishing.

Maybe, Zhong Wen can't do two things at the same time, maybe in the future, he can do it, and he can also fish while investigating something, which is convenient and fast.

Although I haven't found out how useful this divine sense is, there must be a lot of help. For example, if you go to the mountains and forests, you can go on a tour to see if there are any wild animals or something. At least you can avoid some dangerous existences.

An hour later, Zhong Wen walked home with a basket of fish, and Xiao Hua followed behind with something in his hand.

I have to cut down trees to make a frame later, so I have to speed up the time, otherwise the frame will have to be made overnight, and Zhong Wen may not be able to do it himself.

Fortunately, I went to Guanli yesterday to ask Li Daochang to borrow a knife, otherwise it would not be so easy.

After returning home, Zhong Wen left Xiao Hua at home and went to the edge of the forest with a knife. In an hour, he cut down several small trees.

"Brother, why did you make it like this? The baskets are all round, how do you put them in?"

Xiaohua looked at the rectangular shelf made by Zhong Wen. Each layer was inlaid with three or four sticks, and the height between layers was only about ten centimeters.

"Little sister, just put the bamboo basket in the middle of this shelf. It doesn't need to be beautiful, as long as it can be used. If you want to make it beautiful and round, brother, I don't have that skill either."

Zhong Wen really doesn't know how to do carpentry, and he just thinks about some simple styles. Zhong Wen is quite good at electrical work, but this is not modern times but the Tang Dynasty, and he wants to use his professional skills , that will have to wait until more than 1000 years later, but I don't live like an old monster. It is estimated that after a hundred years, I will almost be a handful of loess.

"Xiaowen, is this what you put on airs? Well, it's not bad, it's strong."

At this time, Zhong Mugen and his wife came back from working in the farmland and saw Zhong Wen making the final touches on the wooden shelf.

"Father, it's not good to put the beans on the ground in the house. They are easy to get dirt and dust. With this wooden shelf, they can be stored. Besides, it's impossible for our family to make bean paste only once. I guess we will make it more often in the future." .”

Zhong Wen then explained that this was originally Zhong Mugen's business, but now it was Zhong Wen who came to do it. Zhong Mugen listened, feeling a little guilty in his heart.

Listening to Zhong Wen's words, the couple knew that this was their own son, and that they had grown up watching them, but now, they have become the pillars of the family.

The couple were very emotional. Their son had grown up and become sensible, and he was able to bring a lot of things to the family, which also solved the crisis of food shortage at home.

Although the two didn't know why their son had changed so much, for the two of them, it was all due to the old man. If there was no old man, their family might be full of sorrow at this time.

The tofu in the stove had almost been suppressed, Zhong Mugen and his wife started to make dried tofu, placed it on the earthen stove, and started to dry it.

And Zhong Wen, in the house, stored the baskets containing beans on wooden shelves.

After dinner, the family returned to the house happily. The vacated land was good for the family, and Zhong Mugen and his wife could weave silk and spin hemp.

Zhong Wen, who was lying on the thatched mat, started his study of Taoism again, his mind was immersed in his world, and he didn't know anything about the outside world.

The spiritual consciousness is still there, because Zhong Wen has not released it, and at this time he is studying the Taoist text word by word, everything seems so interesting and profound.

Zhong Wen didn’t know how to understand the ancient thinking, because the words were few and obscure, and there might be several interpretations for a single word, especially for a sentence, so that Zhong Wen would sometimes get stuck in it and have no direction at all. Formula to calculate, to guess.

Since the emergence of divine consciousness, it must have been helpful to the progress of the study. As for how much, it can only depend on Zhong Wen's calculation ability.

Fortunately, Zhong Wen's calculation ability is not bad, otherwise, I don't know how long it will take to study.

The days passed day by day like this, from early summer to early winter, and then to early summer. In a year, the changes in the family can be said to be great.

Dried beans are baked in the kitchen almost every day, because these are the source of money from the family. Every seven or eight days, Zhong Mugen will pick some to sell in the city, and sometimes pick some beans back , so that I can make some tofu next time.

The copper coins at home have also gradually increased a lot. So far, Xiu has not counted the number of copper coins at home. Fortunately, Zhong Wen helped sort out these copper coins, otherwise, Xiu would have been unable to count them.

For people who don't know how to count, it's really a troublesome thing. Fortunately, Zhong Wenzai also knows a specific number. Be careful to check it out, for fear of losing something.

As for the lack of money at home, Xiu could only do so, looking at the copper coins in the basket, squinting her eyes and laughing.

These are the copper coins that Zhong Mugen earned in the city during this year, hare fur, dried mushrooms, dried tofu, and some herbs collected by Zhong Wen and his sister.

Of course, dried tofu accounted for about [-]% of it, hare fur also accounted for [-]%, and the others were relatively less.

In this year, the biggest change can only be said to be the spirit of the family of four. The family has money and food, and there is no need to drink gruel every day like before. Now it has been replaced by white rice. dinner.

Two meals a day of rice, as well as rabbit meat and fish, the body of the family of four has already become stronger, and their complexions have become much ruddy, at least, Xiaohua is like this.

Although the dried tofu that Zhong Mugen went to sell in the city was loved by many people, it was also coveted by many people. Fortunately, with Li Daochang's dealings, nothing happened, but it couldn't last long. Yes, it is estimated that it will take two or three years at most. After all, not everyone can have this craft, let alone a farmer's family.

During this year, apart from studying the Daoist essay, Zhong Wen basically focused on family affairs. Every ten days and a half months, he would visit Li Daochang in the temple and give him some water. Dried tofu, or send a rabbit or fish or something.

Of course, I will also ask Li Daochang for advice. The ancient prose is difficult to understand, which is also Zhong Wen's shortcoming. Dowen's Calculus.

The daily exercise made Zhong Wen's strength and speed increase a lot, it can be said that it has increased several times.

In the past, when he was ten years old, he could only lift a weight of about [-] catties at most, but now, nearly [-] catties is no problem, and his hands, legs and body are full of muscles. This is what Zhong Wen exercised. bring good results.

The same is true for Xiaohua, who insists on exercising with Zhong Wen every day. Although the intensity is not as high as Zhong Wen, she persists every day. Even at the age of five, she can trot with a thirty-pound load without losing her breath. Breathless, and all of this is in the eyes of Zhong Mugen and his wife. In the next half a year, they also began to join in the morning exercise.

Now, Zhong Mugen and his wife have gradually increased their body muscles. However, the most difficult thing is the previous month. After getting through the previous month, everything seems to be used to it naturally.

The clothes worn by the family have also changed. After all, the family has earned a lot of copper coins, so they must pull some cloth to make some clothes.

As for the people in the village, although many people will come to inquire about the situation at home, they are also envious of Zhong Wen's family's ability to make money, but they dare not come to the public. Secretly, there will always be some villagers who will come to investigate. Fortunately, Zhong Wen went Daoist Li begged, which made Daoist Li speak, and the villagers' little thoughts were dispelled.

Li Daochang has always had doubts in his heart during this year. Seeing the changes in Zhong Wen's family, he was also shocked by Zhong Wen's learning ability. I will honor him once in half a month.

Li Daochang is not because of those filial pieties, but because he is curious about Zhong Wen. On weekdays, when Zhong Wen goes to Guanli to ask for advice, he will pay attention to observe Zhong Wen, but he has never understood. In addition to his lame leg, it is impossible to go down to the village below the mountain every day to watch and follow Zhong Wen.

In fact, in Li Daochang's heart, he also began to think about whether to take this little boy of the Zhong family under his family, even if he was a registered disciple and cultivated slowly for a few years, he might be able to inherit his mantle in the future. Therefore, during this year, This is good for Zhong Wen. Daoist Li would not take care of the other children in the village too much.

And these changes of Li Daochang can be regarded as the changes caused by Zhong Wen's factors. It is unlikely that he can travel far to find a suitable disciple now. If he has a nearby disciple, it is also possible.

As for Zhong Wen's biggest change, it can only be said to be the study of the Taoist essay. After nearly a year of study and the interpretation of Li Daochang's ancient essay, he has already mastered it.

And what Zhong Wen called the divine consciousness is much more useful than before. Its range has changed from the original five to six hundred meters to the current one kilometer. Although it has only doubled or so, this But it was caused by Zhong Wen's non-stop practice day and night, otherwise, it's really hard to say.

In addition to probing, the divine sense has another function developed by Zhong Wen.

One time, when Zhong Wen released his spiritual consciousness, he wanted to test whether he could wrap a small butterfly, and suddenly found that he could hold a small butterfly, which moved Zhong Wen's heart at that time.

Because Zhong Wen always thought that this divine sense could only be used for investigation, but he really didn't expect it to have such a function.

Although it was only a small discovery, it opened a mysterious door.

When wrapping the little butterfly up, it was only held for a while, and then the little butterfly flapped its wings and flew away again. Afterwards, Zhong Wen tried every day and never stopped.

Starting from a small butterfly, it slowly becomes a frog, then a mouse, a hare, and finally a river fish while fishing.

Up to now, it has been possible to wrap a mouse and not let it move. As for the hare, it can only hold on for a while. For the fish, it is a little more difficult.

Zhong Wen believes that as long as he persists in his efforts, he believes that one day he will be able to lift things weighing tens of catties. As for when, he does not know for the time being. It may be a year, or it may be decades. It's hard to say, after all, I don't have a master to teach me, I have to explore everything by myself.

Every day, Zhong Wen would hold the long spear he made in the past and practice marksmanship by brandishing it. Without systematic learning, Zhong Wen's marksmanship has always been at a low level. Except for stabbing, picking, and sweeping, it seems to be just Not much has changed.