In June, Jiyang City was hotter than in previous years. There was no rain for many days, and the breeze brought summer heat.
That is, a student rushed out of the No. 3 teaching building of Quedong College in the suburbs of Jiyang City. He was wearing a black and red sweater and jeans. He had handsome features and fair complexion. Laughing makes it easy to feel good.
After running to the flower bed in front of the building, someone leaned out from the window on the second floor and shouted at the student, "Xie Lingya, why did you slip away? I have to invite everyone to dinner next time!"
The student known as Xie Lingya turned around and said, "I have something to do at home, Mr. Fang, next time, please eat Mala Tang!"
Seeing Xie Lingya running away, Teacher Fang turned around with a smile.
Today is the day of the graduation thesis defense for students majoring in financial management at Quedong College. Xie Lingya is the first to go in the entire major. It seems that he has something to say hello to the teacher at home.
Although Mr. Fang didn't bring Xie Lingya's thesis, he also taught him a class. He just came over from the next classroom, and then asked casually with a little interest: "Speaking of which, I don't seem to have heard where Xie Lingya went for an internship. His thesis How was it written?"
Their habit is to combine the internship with the graduation thesis, and let the students choose the content related to the internship unit as the topic during the internship. While not mandatory, most students will.
Xie Lingya's instructor showed a strange look when he heard the words, he turned out the internship report, pushed it in front of Teacher Fang, and said, "The paper is well written, the internship unit..."
Teacher Fang curiously stretched out his head to look at the official seal of the unit on the top of his head, and suddenly became confused: "Baoyang Temple, Quyang City, Queshan Province, Huaxia? What the hell, go to Taoist Temple to practice, is this okay??"
At a glance, the topic selection of the thesis is indeed related to the concept of holding Yang, which is unique among the various topics selected by many students.
The instructor scratched his head and said, "I thought so too at first, and I also wondered if the Taoist temple has an official seal, but it is really serious, everything is available, and it can also provide jobs. There is a student internship unit in the next door. The supermarket is fine, but the Taoist temple can't work. And I asked, it seems that his uncle is a Taoist temple."
Mr. Fang couldn't help laughing and crying, "This Xie Lingya... He definitely doesn't want to work, so he can just find a relative's unit to stay in. Didn't he succeed in the postgraduate entrance examination, is he going to fight again?"
"I think so too." There were students waiting beside them, and the two of them didn't talk much, so the topic ended.
Jiyang Central Hospital
Xie Lingya pushed open the door of the ward carefully, and what caught his eyes was a little old man with gray hair and a look of haggard on the hospital bed.
This little old man is Xie Lingya's uncle, Wang Yuji. He became a Taoist monk at the age of fourteen. Now he is the only member of Baoyang Temple. He has led him for more than ten years.
It was only a few months ago that Xie Lingya asked Wang Yuji to help him to get an internship stamp. He didn't expect Wang Yuji to be a few decades older when we met again, which made Xie Lingya extremely horrified, "What's wrong with you?"
After Wang Yuji saw Xie Lingya, he showed a look of reassurance and bent down to touch something with difficulty. Xie Lingya quickly helped him get it, and found a wooden box under the bed, which looked familiar. If he remembered correctly, it should contain a wooden sword that Wang Yuji rarely leaves his body.
"Xiaoya, uncle's deadline is approaching." Wang Yuji's first words frightened Xie Lingya even more.
"You take the Three Treasures Sword. I have made a will a long time ago. I will go, and Baoyangguan will be transferred to your name. You are successful in your studies now, there is nothing to worry about. I only care about one thing, I haven't If you have time to accept a disciple and inherit the Dao lineage, you can help me see if you can find an apprentice in your spare time in the future... I guess it will be difficult." Wang Yuji laughed at himself, "The first half of my life was arrogant and arrogant, and the second half of my life left early and lived up to it. The teacher has no apprentice, and I hope he will not die."
Xie Lingya's mother went early, and when his father was busy when he was a child, he often hung out with his uncle. He had a very good relationship. When he saw his uncle's appearance, tears fell: "Uncle, don't scare me, what are you going to say?" Miserable, if you need an apprentice to accept me, I'll kowtow to you now, didn't you say I'm supposed to be an immortal?"
Wang Yuji was both funny and sad, smiled and scolded: "You bastard, you still want to be an immortal, your bones are probably wrong. I took you as my apprentice, and my master will not treat me like that. Your mother is going to strangle me down there."
Xie Lingya has known since elementary school that his uncle's occupation is different from the science taught by his teacher, and belongs to the part that "Approaching Science" cannot forcibly explain. But when his uncle, who is expected to be like a god, talks about his own death, it makes him very terrified.
Xie Lingya smiled reluctantly and asked, "Uncle, how are the results of the doctor's examination? I'll call my dad. Let's transfer him to another hospital. My dad seems to know a doctor from the first hospital."
Wang Yuji shook his head, "I'm at the end of my life, let's hurry up and say a few more words."
Xie Lingya couldn't believe it and said, "But, why suddenly... The last time I saw you, it was fine."
"I've dealt with some things, but I'm not good enough, that's all." Wang Yuji said softly, suddenly he had some energy, and he still had the strength to pat Xie Lingya's shoulder, "Take the sword, my unmasked apprentice will later If you are fortunate enough to come under my door, you will pass it on to him, those notebooks are in the old place, you know."
"Xiaoya, do you still remember, when you were a freshman in high school, you jumped off the wall with your classmates in the middle of the night, and stole my Three Treasures Sword and went to his house to exorcise evil spirits. At that time, I actually regretted it a little bit, and I said no to your parents. I will accept you as a disciple. Entering the Star Bone is really as talented as the legend. I have not taught you at all, not at all. You can make the Three Treasures Sword just by peeking a few times."
"But I don't know why. Later, you suddenly changed your nature and started to study hard. Your grades improved and you were admitted to university. Not bad. Your mother said before that children should read more books."
"When I was young, I also started by peeking at my master's work, but we were not as good as you back then..."
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When Wang Yuji talked about the old things, he became more and more energetic, and his face even showed a bit of ruddy, but Xie Lingya's face became more and more pale.
Huiguanghuizhao appeared in Xie Lingya's mind, he stretched out his hand and rang the nurse bell, then got up and said, "Uncle, I'll go call the doctor. Don't worry, I'll really go to your Taoist temple to work, we'll take dozens of his apprentices, and we'll expand if we can't live there. …”
Wang Yuji was dragging Xie Lingya's hand tightly, and the sudden burst of energy made him unable to escape, "Xiaoya, tell him that what the three treasures cultivate is not the sword, but the heart."
This "he" can only refer to Wang Yuji's apprentice who still doesn't know where he is.
Xie Lingya burst into tears and replied, "I will!"
The overall architectural style of Jingui Pedestrian Street in Jiyang City is very unified. From the street to the end of the street, whether it is a clothing store, a handicraft store or a restaurant, the gray-blue exterior walls, reddish-brown signboards, and sharp eaves are extremely unusual. Heart-wrenching antique style.
Next to Jingui Pedestrian Street is Liming Square. Where the two meet, there is a door that is not big or small. It is in the same style as the pedestrian street. The signboard of the same style has three big characters: Baoyangguan.
In fact, if you stand a little farther and look carefully, you will find that the outer wall is antique, and the faintly exposed roof of the building is very old. A lot, but not the slightest interest in it.
For several months, the gate of Baoyang Temple has been closed. Until now, Xie Lingya and his father have unlocked the door together. They had just finished Wang Yuji's funeral. According to Wang Yuji's wishes before his death, it was very simple.
Baoyang Temple looks bigger from the inside than from the outside. The main reason is that there is a space at the entrance to rent to others. It was changed to a small newspaper shop. The front of the door looks much narrower. , and it can be wider inside.
Different from the outer door, which is neither ancient nor modern, Baoyang Temple has a sense of history inside. The ground is paved with bluestone tiles, and once you enter it, it is like entering another world.
Now, the property owner of this place is Xie Lingya. I haven't been here for a long time, and I'm looking around.
Father Xie put Xie Lingya's luggage away, and it was only Xie Lingya's luggage. He was working in the county seat. If he asked for leave, he had to go back to work. He asked, "Have you decided?"
Xie Lingya glanced at his father and said, "Dad, don't worry, I'm definitely not going to be a monk. I still want to go to graduate school. It's convenient for me to live here to help my uncle fulfill his wish."
Father Xie twitched the corner of his mouth twice, inevitably a little guilty, "... I'm just afraid that you will be difficult to handle. Your uncle's incense here is deserted, and it's not easy to recruit people."
Xie Lingya said: "That's right, now the monks and priests are recruited for the base salary. I'll try my best."
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After sending Father Xie away, Xie Lingya cleaned up Wang Yuji's room and put the Three Treasures Sword in his room. As soon as he saw it, Xie Lingya remembered the words of his uncle, and felt very sad in his heart.
Xie Lingya also sorted out the notes mentioned by Wang Yuji. These are the generations of Wang Yuji's apprentices. In the future, Wang Yuji's apprentices who have never met will rely on these to learn.
Before Wang Yuji's death, he also said that Xie Lingya could watch it—and he couldn't help Wang Yuji find apprentices if he didn't watch it.
There are a lot of notes, and so many predecessors have learned a lot. Fortunately, Wang Yu also sorted out and marked it when he copied it.
Xie Lingya casually turned to a certain chapter of the physiognomy, and the first sentence was: "The one with the scorpion in the chest is famous for the star bone."
Thanks to this familiarity, Xie Lingya was slightly taken aback.
The last time I heard the word "bone" was when Xie Lingya committed suicide in the first year of high school. Wang Yuji accidentally said it, letting Xie Lingya know that he had a bone in his chest.
What is a hip bone
Those with the sacrum in the chest are named as the star bones. Yangu, also called into the star bone. Let's put it this way, in Taoist theory, the person who grows this star bone is the person whose name is on the immortal book, and the person with immortal fate!
It may be too illusory to say that, but hundreds of thousands of years ago, all those who have recorded the growth of a star bone are all the masters who founded the sect and led the whole sect.
Wang Yuji was also very emotional at the time, he said: "My master told me that there are people in the world who have cultivated the Tao for a lifetime and are trapped outside the door; there are those who have been meditating for decades to realize the Tao; and there are even those who become immortals with sixteen steps of kung fu!
"The more you get started, the more you pay attention to talent. Xiaoya has such talent, no wonder he can teach himself without a teacher!"
"He knows everything, he can't read a word of English!" Father Xie slapped Xie Lingya on the back of the head, who was so proud after listening to Wang Yuji's words.
Naturally, this is a new era, and it is better to go to university than to practice Taoism.
After Xie Lingya was fluttering like a fairy for a while, he encountered some things and plunged into the sea of learning, and never peeked at his uncle's superstition activities.
Xie Lingya's previous grades were rotten, but the prodigal son returned the money and studied hard for a year, and was admitted to the local two.
In addition, Xie Lingya has also learned the taste of ordinary, and when he went to college, he was immersed in the ocean of knowledge.
…
Xie Lingya came back to his senses and felt a little sigh. He pinched the notebook and secretly said, "Uncle, don't worry, someone as powerful as me may be rare in the world, but I will definitely help you recruit a spectator who is as close as possible!"
Wang Yuji's disciples, as his successors, must be the watchers, which does not conflict with Xie Lingya's identity as the owner of the property rights. And Xie Lingya thought that if the other party is really reliable, then he will transfer the ownership.
But what my father said was right, holding Yangguan incense was deserted, and it was estimated that it would be difficult to recruit people.
Xie Lingya checked the account, and Baoyangguan's income and expenses were very simple. In the past, my uncle occasionally had some other income, and the fixed income was only the rent of the newsstand, and after deducting the expenses of water, electricity, incense, candles, food, and drinks, there was very little left.
Many places in the Guanli need to be repaired, but they have been put on hold, also because of limited funds.
Xie Lingya received the official seal of the Taoist temple, thinking that there is no way to expand his wealth...