Ji Yuan and Qi Wen ate up all the remaining dishes on the table together. Ji Yuan ate more, so Qi Wen could only watch.
At this time, Qi Wen asked him while he and Ji Yuan were cleaning up the leftovers on the table.
"Mr. Ji, is the master okay? What kind of wine did you give him to drink?"
Only because this person was Ji Yuan, Qi Wen was not so anxious. If it was someone else he didn't trust, he would have suspected that the other party had drugged his master.
Ji Yuan used the soup bowl as a storage container and swept all the vegetable scraps, bones and the like into it, trying his best to avoid Taoist Qingsong's head.
"Help me pick up the oil lamp, I'll wipe this side."
"oh."
The bowls were stacked up and the table was roughly cleaned. Ji Yuan then said to Qi Wen who was about to put the bowls in a wooden basin to wash them.
"The wine your master drinks contains many precious medicinal herbs. The medicinal properties are strong and the alcohol is strong, but drinking it is very good for your body. However, if you drink too much at once, you will probably have to sleep for three to five days."
Drink too much at once
Qi Wen shrank his neck. Although the kitchen oil lamp was not very bright, he could still see clearly that it was you, Mr. Ji, who poured it in.
However, after hearing Ji Yuan's next words, Qi Wen reacted immediately.
"Sleeping for three to five days? That long?"
"Yes, the medicinal power in the wine will penetrate into every part of your master's body. Given his personality, he must have been beaten a lot over the years. Some of his old illnesses and injuries will heal, and his body will be stronger than before."
In fact, only Taoist Qingsong and Ji Yuan knew that his master had lost half of his life because of a divination. Although Qi Wen knew that there was a big problem with his master's fortune-telling, he had been kept in the dark about Qi Xuan's life span, so now Ji Yuan only said that he was in good health.
However, Qi Wen's thoughts turned to another place, and his face suddenly showed some excitement.
"Mr. Ji, is this the kind of magical medicine you brought that is rumored to be the kind that can greatly increase one's martial arts power or open up some meridians, making one a martial arts master?"
Ji Yuan was also amused, thinking that Qi Wen had heard too many stories from storytellers.
"It's almost like that, but your master himself doesn't practice martial arts, so he can't become a martial arts master."
The two chatted while cleaning up the kitchen, and finally carried Taoist Qingsong back to his room, one on each side.
Even though Taoist Qingsong doesn't look fat, he actually felt quite heavy when Ji Yuan was carrying him, which means he had solid skin and flesh, and could withstand a beating.
The beds in the Taoist temple are not the common wooden beds outside, but brick beds. They are somewhat like kangs, but without heating function. There are several layers of straw in the middle and bedding on it. It is a long bed big enough for four or five people to sleep on. Now it is the dormitory shared by the master and the disciple.
There is another dormitory in the Taoist temple, which is of a similar style and is where Ji Yuan will temporarily stay.
After settling Taoist Qingsong, Qi Wen took Ji Yuan to another room. There was not much dust because it was always kept clean.
Qi Wen brought some straw and spread it under the bed with Ji Yuan, and then he brought another blanket.
People living at the foot of the mountain mainly rely on straw for firewood. Every household in Bingzhou has a straw shed, which is enough to burn until the rice is ripe and new straw is needed to replenish it. However, here in Yunshan Temple, people rely on firewood for firewood, so the straw is just a kind of bedding resource.
The two of them worked together to prepare a resting place for Ji Yuan, a rare visitor to the Taoist temple.
"Mr. Ji, our Yunshan Temple is rather simple, so you can only make do with it."
Qi Wen made the bed and scratched his head feeling a little embarrassed. The conditions were indeed poor, at least not as good as the inn room that Ji Yuan had booked for them, the master and disciple.
"Hey, it's not bad, it's not bad. I've stayed in the worst places. At least there's a bed here. Well, it's getting late. You should go back and get some rest."
"Well, I have to go look after my master. I heard that drunk people can feel bad at night."
Ji Yuan waved his hand.
"Go ahead, but you don't need to worry about your master's condition. He will wake up on his own in a few days. Just prepare some cold water for him."
"Oh... By the way, Mr. Ji, make sure to keep the doors and windows closed at night. Although it's rare, sometimes animals like jackals come to Yanxia Peak to wander around."
"I know, I know!"
Ji Yuan replied indifferently.
"Mr. Ji, you are a skilled martial artist, but you still have to be careful. Don't take it lightly!"
Seeing that Qi Wendu adopted a teaching tone, Ji Yuan had no choice but to bow and speak solemnly.
"Okay, thank you for telling me, Master. I will definitely pay attention to it!"
After Qi Wen left scratching his head feeling embarrassed, Ji Yuan also took off his shoes and sat on the bed. He could vaguely hear some noise coming from the opposite room. After sitting there for more than a quarter of an hour, Yunshan Temple became quiet.
Calculating the time, it is only the hour of Xu now, which was around eight or nine o'clock in the evening in my previous life.
There are wooden windows in the room, supported by wooden poles, through which you can see the starry sky.
Ji Yuan looked out the window, thinking about the things happening at Yunshan Temple.
I was chatting with the master and his disciples at the dinner table just now, and learned that this Taoist temple was built a long time ago. It was built by several Taoists of the generation of Taoist Master Qi Xuan about forty or fifty years ago. They dried the bricks and carried them themselves, and later they received help from local gentry to build the temple.
Taoists generally like to build Taoist temples on high mountains because they are closer to the stars.
The Taoists at Yunshan Temple, in addition to seeking tranquility, also practice health-preserving techniques to strengthen their bodies, as well as divination and some crude methods of exorcising evil spirits. They have been using divination all the time, and those tricks of exorcising evil spirits are actually quite useful.
During the heyday of Yunshan Temple, there were eight Taoists practicing here. Now, there are only Taoist Qingsong and his disciple Qi Wen.
It’s not that all the Taoists have passed away. In fact, the only ones who really passed away in the temple were Taoist Qingsong’s master and his uncle. Most of the other Taoists left and never came back.
Some of them went down the mountain to get married, have children and live their lives, while others have disappeared without a trace.
The Taoists here can get married and do not have to be vegetarian all the time. They only need to abstain from the five pungent vegetables on certain days, but no Taoist goes up the mountain to marry, and those who go down the mountain to start a family no longer consider themselves Taoists.
"Is quietness hard to find, or hard to endure..."
Ji Yuan simply got out of bed, put on his shoes, opened the door and went outside. The lights in the house opposite had been turned off, and the entire Yunshan Temple was quiet.
Ji Yuan looked up at the sky; the stars seemed so close that he could almost touch them.
In this world, there are also the Big Dipper in the sky, which is familiar to both lives. The sun still rises in the east and sets in the west, and the time is about the same, but the mountains, rivers, geography and other conditions are very different from the previous life. Even the heaven and earth are more vast.
Not to say more is something that Ji Yuan occasionally thinks about and cannot figure out.
“Oh wow…oh wow…oh wow…”
The sounds of animals can be heard at the foot of the mountain, and there is a sense of leisure in the mountains.
Ji Yuan looked far to the east. The mountains in front were not as high as Yanxia Peak. Most of the peaks higher than Yanxia Peak were on both sides. The sunrise could be seen clearly from this peak. The situation was similar when looking to the west.
Looking at the sky, the earth, the mountains and the wind, after a week of scanning and feeling, Ji Yuan couldn't help but sigh in his heart.
'It's a great place indeed, this is it!'