White Bone Monkey King

Fucheng.

There has been a severe drought for so many days, and after these days of continuous rain, there is a lot of vibrant greenery in the city.

There are many tenacious weeds and wild flowers on the roadside, sprouting like bamboo shoots after the rain.

Jin An thought of a passage he once read——

The wind roars and rolls in, and the rain comes like a sword. The wild grass never bows or bends to the violent storm. Facing the storm, it stands unyieldingly on the barren land.

Are people using this as a metaphor for themselves?

Not long ago, there was a severe drought, and Fucheng was lifeless. After several days of continuous rain, Fucheng gradually became prosperous again, and the streets and markets were full of people.

"Little brother, what do you want to buy on this trip?"

On the way, two Taoist priests, an old man and a young man, were walking on the streets of the market. The old Taoist priest asked curiously.

Jin An did not hide anything and told his plan. After hearing this, the old Taoist priest was amazed and asked, "Little brother, you have made so many preparations. Are you preparing for the passage that is about to open and enter the Cave Heaven Paradise?"

The old Taoist priest just asked out of curiosity. Seeing that Jin An did not nod or object, he did not continue to inquire further.

Purchasing supplies went smoothly.

It was those yellow talisman papers that the old Taoist priest requested. I went to a few Fushou shops to find them. It's not that the yellow talisman papers were difficult to find, but that the yellow talisman papers that met the old Taoist priest's requirements were difficult to find.

There are few real Taoist priests these days, and there are many fake Taoist priests, fake goddesses, and fake Feng Shui masters who defraud people's money. These people don't know that there are so many taboos and taboos on a seemingly ordinary yellow talisman paper, as long as the price is cheap. In order to avoid inventory risks, the owner of the Fushou store also stocks fake yellow talisman paper or low-quality yellow talisman paper to deceive laymen.

This is called bad money driving out good money.

When you are surrounded by filth and you are awake, then you are a sinner.

Jin An accompanied the old Taoist priest to find four or five Fushou shops before buying the real yellow talisman paper.

In fact, after they had been in Fucheng for so long, the old Taoist priest had a regular place to buy yellow talisman paper. However, there was a severe drought some time ago, so the owner of that shop closed the shop and fled to another place to seek refuge.

"Two Taoist priests, could you tell me which Taoist temple you are from?" The owner of the Fushou shop asked with a polite smile when sending Jin An and the old Taoist priest out.

"how?"

The old Taoist priest did not hide anything and directly said that the two of them came from the Five Zang Taoist Temple.

The owner of Fushou shop explained the reason with a smile: "It is not common these days to understand the taboos of yellow talisman paper and cinnabar. To be honest with the two Taoist priests, these yellow talisman papers have been overstocked in the store for almost a year and have not been sold. , those ignorant laymen shook their heads and left when they heard that this yellow talisman paper was so much more expensive than their counterparts. This yellow talisman paper cannot be stored for a long time, and it also takes up space in the store. I feel sad every day. What to do with these yellow talismans."

"If I hadn't met two Taoist priests who know the goods today, I would have planned to sell them off as fake yellow talismans in a while, and never purchase such thankless genuine products in the future."

"Since the two Taoist priests are people who know the goods, they must be people with real skills. Occasionally, someone encounters some bad luck and comes to my Fushou store to find someone with real skills who can help them solve the bad luck. From now on, I will do it for them. They introduced the Five Zang Taoist Temple.”

When talking about this, the owner of Fushou shop said with emotion: "For people like us who deal with dead people, the more we do business with dead people, the more we believe in the merits of good fortune, prosperity, longevity and the reincarnation of future generations. This can be regarded as a blessing to me and future generations." Accumulate merit and eliminate disasters."

The Fu Shou store owner was not exaggerating when he said this.

Every industry has its own circle and various taboos and taboos.

These Fushou shops firmly believe that by dealing in the dead, they are giving living people an opportunity to pay homage to their loved ones. They are earning yin and merit, and can bless their descendants.

"Blessings and blessings are immeasurable."

"The donor is also a great benefactor. I would like to thank my boss for today's kindness on behalf of future donors."

The old Taoist priest saluted with a serious face and said.

"Today, the boss has established a good relationship with our Five Zang Taoist Temple. In the future, when our Five Zang Taoist Temple needs these things for rituals, we will definitely think of the boss's Fushou shop immediately."

There are some things that don't need to be said too clearly. They smiled tacitly at each other. The owner of the Fushou store smiled politely and said that the president was too polite. Everything was left unspoken.

Jin An also didn't expect that by going out to buy yellow talisman paper, he could take the opportunity to promote the Five Zang Taoist Temple. In the future, the Wuzang Taoist Temple would have a few more incense believers.

After coming out of Fushou shop, Jin An was in a good mood and praised the old Taoist priest so much that his tail was raised to the sky. What if the old Taoist priest had a tail?

On the way back to Taoist Temple, the street was very lively.

After a rain, the earth returned to coolness, and people took to the streets one after another. Some were selling candied haws, some were selling oil, some were selling mung bean cakes, some were looking for day laborers, and some were buying rice from rice shops.

There were also children running around chasing and fighting with the candied haws sellers.

"Cold cakes, we sell cold cakes. They are delicious, sweet, refreshing and delicious cold cakes...Eat a bowl of cold cakes in summer to relieve summer heat, clear away heat and dampness, strengthen the spleen and stop diarrhea..."

In front of a shop specializing in cold cakes, a child stood at the door and shouted at the top of his lungs, attracting passers-by.

There was a couple busy in the shop.

The child who shouted so hard must be the son of this couple.

Jin An stopped at the door of the store with a smile: "Old Taoist, let's pack five bowls of cold cakes and take them back to Wu Zang Taoist Temple, and let's eat them with Xi Jian and Uncle Lin."

When the old Taoist priest heard that there was cold cake to eat, he said yes with a smile. He smashed it and recalled it, saying that the last time he had cold cake was last year.

The reason.

Very simple.

He is an old man who has a breeze on his sleeves and saves money when he can.

Speaking of this, Jin An couldn't help but curiously asked the old Taoist priest: "Old Taoist, every time we go out to perform rituals or exorcise evil spirits, I share the money given by others in half with you. We have also made a lot in the past six months. The average family of three can't spend all the money they have in a few years, so why are you still so cool?"

"Every time we finish rituals and the patrons give us money, you always disappear for a while. Where did you go during that time?"

Jin An asked the old Taoist priest.

But the old Taoist priest didn't seem to hear Jin An's question. He squeezed to the cold cake shop, waved to Jin An, and said that he had occupied a good position.

Seeing the old Taoist priest pretending to be crazy, Jin An shook his head and smiled, but did not expose the old Taoist priest: "Boss, please bring us five bowls of cold cakes to pack. We want to pack them up and take them away."

Jin An's words put the boss in a difficult position: "Two Taoist priests, this cold cake can only be eaten freshly from the well water and eaten while it's cool, which can best relieve the heat, clear away heat and remove dampness."

"Besides, this cold cake cannot be packaged. The lotus leaves cannot wrap the cold cake..."

Jin An took out the money bag from his body and said with a smile: "Boss, just sell me a bamboo basket and five bowls. We happen to have a well in the Taoist temple. I will bring the cold cake back to eat with my disciples. We don't It will make it difficult for the store owners to ask how much we should pay.”

The boss finally found a bamboo basket and five clay bowls for Jin An. When Jin An wanted to pay, the boss politely said that these things were not worth a lot of money and gave them to the two Taoist priests for free.

Jin An smiled and didn't say much. In addition to leaving the money for the cold cake, he left an extra ten coppers to buy the boss's basket and bowl.

There is no rule without rules.

He cannot arbitrarily destroy other people's business principles because of his own selfish desires.

If he doesn't pay today, more people will follow suit in the future, which will eventually implicate the boss.

The boss was an honest man. When he found out that Jin An had paid ten coppers more, he hurriedly chased him out to refund Jin An, but before he could chase him out of the store, a middle-aged man who was about to buy cold cakes came to his shop. Suddenly he pulled the old Taoist priest with excitement: "Daozhang Chen, my great benefactor, my great benefactor, I, De Shu, have finally found you! Last time you left without saying goodbye, I, De Shu, thought I would never see you again in this life! You are me The great savior of the Toshu family!"

"Thank you, Director Chen, for your generous help last time and paying for my daughter's medicine. If it weren't for Director Chen, who helped us buy medicine last time and paid two cents, I...I...my daughter would probably be no longer alive now and would never be able to call me daddy again. "

The middle-aged man became more and more excited as he spoke. He was so excited that he was a little incoherent. When he finished speaking, his voice was so choked that he wanted to kneel down and kowtow.

"Daozhang Chen, Mr. Chen Engong, your great kindness will never be forgotten by me! Don't worry, I will definitely make money as soon as possible to repay the money you advanced for my little girl! Now that my little girl's illness has fully recovered, I can go out wholeheartedly. I work part-time, and my mother helps the rich family with some needlework. We make money together, and we will make money as soon as possible to repay the money you advanced for us."

The man's eyes were red, his voice was choked with sobs, and there was joy and gratitude on his face. Seeing that De Shu was about to kneel down, the old Taoist priest hurriedly stretched out his hand to stop him.

But how could he, an old Taoist priest, compare to the strength of a man? Fortunately, Jin An reached out his hand in time to help the old Taoist priest stop him from kneeling.

The man named De Shu insisted on kneeling down and kowtowing to the old Taoist priest, but his face turned red and he couldn't kneel down. Jin An supported him with one hand, his arm motionless as a mountain. De Shu looked at the young man in front of him in shock. A young Taoist priest who is younger than him.

Unexpectedly, there is so much strength hidden under the beautiful body.

At this time, the people around heard the commotion and gathered around to watch the excitement. When everyone learned the whole story from De Shu's excited words, they all looked at the old Taoist priest with sincere admiration.

It turned out that De Shu and his wife had a daughter. Because the couple came from a poor family and the wife did not eat well during pregnancy, the daughter was born prematurely. She has been frail and sick since she was a child. Now she is almost six years old. She is thin and frail and has a sallow complexion.

The couple saw it with their eyes and were anxious in their hearts, but their family was poor, and they had spent almost all their savings buying medicines for their daughter to maintain her health over the years, so they never had the money to find a better doctor for their daughter. , completely cure the root cause of the disease in the body.

They asked the doctor that if they wanted to cure it completely, they would need to use a good medicinal primer, at least several taels of silver.

But for them, who are impoverished and whose family has already saved a lot of money, this is undoubtedly a death sentence.

Just about ten days ago, his six-year-old daughter was weak and fainted again. He took her to seek medical treatment, but because he had no money to buy medicine, several medical clinics refused to give him medicine on credit. He felt desperate. Fortunately, I met an old Taoist priest. The old Taoist doctor provided consultation, paid for medicine, and took the initiative to pay for the medicine in advance for their family.

Deshu and his wife were grateful to the old Taoist priest. They originally wanted to keep this great benefactor at home for a meal that day, but the old Taoist priest took advantage of the couple being busy cooking and left quietly, doing good deeds without leaving his name.

Since taking the medicine, his daughter has been getting better and better these days, and she is much more cheerful and lively than before. Seeing his daughter getting better day by day, De Shu was happy from the bottom of his heart. No, he took out a bowl from home. I was buying cold cakes at the shop, intending to help my daughter cool down from the summer heat, but unexpectedly she met her great benefactor, who was so excited that he became incoherent on the spot.

According to time calculation, the day when De Shu met the old Taoist priest happened to be the day when Jin An and the old Taoist priest had performed rituals for Mr. Jia's family. The Jia family had given two red envelopes worth money, and the old Taoist priest had asked for leave from Jin An and disappeared for a long time. one day.

After hearing what De Shu said, the people around them applauded loudly, saying that De Shu had met the ninth great virtuous man, and that there was such an extraordinary person with so little fame and fortune in this world. Then everyone asked which local Taoist temple this was. The two Taoist priests who came out were going to burn incense later. They must have been particularly effective.

Before the old Taoist priest could speak to Jin An, someone in the crowd had already recognized the five-color Taoist robe on Jin An's body and shouted loudly: "I remember that there is only one Taoist temple in the city where the Taoist priests wear five-color Taoist robes. They are from the five internal organs." Taoist temple!"

"I heard that several Taoist priests came to the Five Zang Taoist Temple half a year ago, and then the Five Zang Taoist Temple began to flourish, with more and more incense, and quickly became famous in the city. Even the local wealthy He family took the initiative to expand and renovate the Five Zang Taoist Temple. . Among the new Taoist priests, there happens to be one old and one young, who are similar in age to the two Taoist priests in front of me."

When it comes to the Five Zang Taoist Temple, everyone has some impressions.

"I've heard of the Five Zang Taoist Temple. This is the only Taoist temple that has recently been expanded on a large scale in the city."

"I have also heard of the reputation of the Five Zang Taoist Temple. There are real gods in this Five Zang Taoist Temple. I heard that the He family, the Xue family, and the Jia family have all invited experts from the Five Zang Taoist Temple to come and perform rituals."

"Which He family, Xue family or Jia family?"

"Nonsense, there are other He family, Xue family and Jia family in Fucheng. Of course they are the He family, Xue family and Jia family of the three major herbal medicine families."

The discussion became more and more intense. The owner of the cold cake shop who originally had ten coppers in his hand to return to Jin'an was shocked when he heard that Wu Zang Taoist Temple was so famous.

Seeing that more and more people were crowding around him, the old Taoist priest clasped his fists at the people around him and said, "Old Taoist, I would like to thank everyone for their kindness and love. At present, the Wu Zang Taoist Temple has not been fully repaired. You are welcome to wait until the Taoist temple is fully repaired and reopened. On the day of receiving donors, please come to my Five Zang Taoist Temple to offer incense, and then I will give you a fortune telling for free."

When the people around heard that there was free fortune telling, they all clapped their hands and praised the old Taoist priest and the Five Zang Taoist Temple.

At this time, the old Taoist priest did not forget to build publicity for the Five Zang Taoist Temple. He pulled Jin An who was standing aside: "This is the master of the Five Zang Taoist Temple. He is good at subduing and eliminating demons. All donors have heard that 'the devil is as high as one foot and the Taoism is as high as one foot.' "Have you got it? It's the exorcism ability of the master of the Five Zang Taoist Temple."

"Which company is better at exorcising demons? You have to look for Taoist Master Jin'an from Wu Zang Taoist Temple in Fucheng!"

Jin An couldn't laugh or cry as he watched the spittle fly everywhere. He never forgot to promote Taoism about the five internal organs wherever he went.

The old Taoist priest really regards Wu Zang Taoist Temple as his own home.

There is Jin'an where food and accommodation are provided.

There are people who work hard and help them guard the sharp sword of the Taoist temple.

There is a big brother goat, bah bah bah... The old Taoist subconsciously recognized the goat as the big brother and hurriedly bah.

When the old Taoist priest introduced the Five Zang Taoist Temple to the people around him, he spared no effort and was very happy.

Jin An and the old Taoist priest went out to buy supplies, and ended up forming good relationships twice. The Five Zang Taoist Temple gained many incense believers.

Everything is ready only for the Wuzang Taoist Temple to be renovated and reopened. The Wuzang Taoist Temple has not yet been renovated and many details are not perfect, so it has not officially opened its doors to accept incense. Currently, the only people who come to the Wuzang Taoist Temple are He, Xue and Jia. believers.

In the end, De Shu grabbed the old Taoist priest and Jin An with both hands and said that he would take them to his house as guests today no matter what, and let the child's mother kill an old hen for laying eggs to honor the two nobles.

…

The Deshu family were very polite and respectful to the old Taoist priest and Jin An.

The couple hurriedly cooked a large table of meals and stayed there until almost sunset before the curfew, before Jin An and the old Taoist priest left.

Walking on the way back to Taoist Temple.

Jin An looked at the old Taoist priest with a smile: "Old Taoist, it's no wonder that you always have a clear mind. You have been a wandering Taoist priest for most of your life, but you haven't saved much savings. You have spent all your savings to help poor people."

"It's no wonder that every time we get the money after performing rituals, you, old Taoist priest, always disappear for half a day. It turns out you just dispersed the money."

"This is a good deed. Old Taoist priest, please don't be secretive in the future, just be generous and generous."

When talking about this, Jin An's eyes were thinking: "But I'm curious about one thing, why do you, old Taoist priest, spend all the money every time you earn it, instead of leaving some savings for yourself? I've never seen You have more than a hundred coppers. I am not opposed to your good deeds of helping others, old Taoist priest. I just think that people should save more for themselves, so that if they encounter any emergency in the future and need money urgently, they will not be arrogant."

The old Taoist priest was still the same old Taoist priest, and said happily: "Money is something external to the body. If you don't take it with you in life, you won't take it with you in death. It's useless if you have more. Old Taoist, I will follow my little brother for the rest of my life, as long as you have food, drink and shelter."

"There are rare times of freedom in this world. As an old man, I neither seek immortality nor immortality. I just want the breeze to blow on my face and feel free and at ease."

Jin An is not stupid.

He saw that the old Taoist priest was playing tricks on him.

The old Taoist priest usually behaves a little greedy for money, but every time he gets a profit, he immediately spends all the money, helping the poor, doing good deeds and accumulating virtue, and his savings never exceed one hundred coppers. This is not as simple as the old Taoist said.

But he had no intention of getting to the bottom of it.

…

Taoist temple of the five internal organs.

"Sharpen the sword and see what master brings you, cool cake."

"Now that the cold cake is a little cold, let's put it back into the well water to chill for a while, and then take it out to Uncle Lin's coffin shop to eat together after dinner."

Jin An bought a total of five cold cakes, three of them, one sheep, and Uncle Lin all had their share.

But these cold cakes were bought again by Jin An later, and the five cold cakes he bought for the first time were given to De Shu's family.

This cold cake has a unique flavor when eaten after being chilled in well water.

Cool, sweet and soothing to the throat.

According to the old Taoist priest, it can be compared with the big iced watermelon that Mrs. He family treated them to.

After eating and drinking, we got down to business.

Because carving words on the gourd this time is much easier than copying scriptures on Taoist robes. There is no need to worry about the fire poison and the Holy Blood Tribulation thunder method burning through the fabric like the Taoist robes. So Jin An picked up the carving knife and felt confident. He carved the "Golden Light Divine Curse" on the gourd.

There were no surprises in between.

Perhaps it was because he had practiced with the stone tablet for an hour before the official carving, so everything fell into place as smoothly as a matter of course.

Edict! When the last two words were engraved, the "Golden Light Divine Curse" that originally looked like an ordinary gourd with ordinary engraved words was suddenly stirred by thunder and fire.

Extraordinary things are born.

In Taoism, edicts have far-reaching meanings.

It symbolizes the decrees and edicts issued by Sanqing Tianzun.

It is also an edict that symbolizes the Taoist talismans and seal scripts.

It means that the decree is established and the decree is established.

The vision of thunder and fire dissipated after a few breaths. Jin An found that the color difference on the surface of the gourd was too obvious. After thinking about it, he asked the old Taoist priest for some cinnabar, grinded it into fine powder and dissolved it in water. After stirring, it was almost done. , start brushing the gourd over and over again.

Every time he painted it, Jin'an used the internal air of the Black Mountain Pagoda to dry it, and then painted it again.

This goes on and on.

Until all the engraved words were filled with cinnabar, the original yellow gourd turned into a red gourd with cinnabar.

Imperial seal!

A thousand virtues!

Taking advantage of the momentum, Jin An took out another Five Thunder Evil Evil Talisman and sealed it.

An edict! A thousand virtues!

An edict! Two thousand virtues!

An edict! Three thousand virtues!

An edict! Four thousand virtues!

All of a sudden, ten thousand moral virtues were gone!

When the fourth edict was sealed, the tide of the great road in Jin An's hand lasted for almost ten breaths before it finally faded away, and a brand new four-edicted Five Thunder Evil Killing Talisman appeared in Jin An's hand.

The pattern of five thunders on the yellow talisman was more domineering, and the aura of pure Yang was more pure and continuous. I felt a completely different feeling of heart palpitations from the three times I had sealed the five thunder evil slaying talisman.

Just a glance.

Jin An actually felt the pain in his eyes.

It's not because he has evil intentions and can't look directly at the divine magic thunder path, but because there is a lustful thunder in the pattern of the five thunders.

The thunder method on the yellow talisman is so thick that even the talisman paper cannot suppress it.

The manic and domineering thunder method was ready to move on the surface of the talisman, and it would explode uncontrollably at any time... The heart-stopping vast power of thunder made Jin An's temples jump. He had a hunch that if this yellow talisman really let In an uncontrolled explosion, let alone the Wu Zang Taoist Temple, this street would probably be razed to the ground and turned into a scorched earth sinkhole.

Jin An held the Five Thunder Evil Talisman in his hand, and after studying the thunder spells on it for a long time, he was able to completely control the yellow talisman in his hand.

When he finished all this, his soul felt a little tired, so he took out the Six Ding Liujia Talisman to rest his soul and calm his soul, and then he recovered.

Originally, he was planning to seal the Five Thunder Evil-Slaying Talismans five times at once, but it seems that he has put this idea on hold for now.

Four seals are the limit of what he can control with his current cultivation. Only when his cultivation reaches a higher level can he continue to grant seals. Jin An was worried that the imperial edict would not be able to control Huang Fu next time, and that the five thunders would really go out of control and explode.

Qi gazing technique.

Now Yin De, forty-seven thousand four hundred and thirty.