My years as a fortune teller

The night in the mountains comes earlier.After the walk, Master and I went back to the small yard and sat by the big bluestone.I went to boil another pot of water and pour tea for Master.

While drinking tea with the master, he talked about the things at the Eight Immortals Temple.When I mentioned Taoist Mu Qingzi, Master looked up at the night sky and nodded.Suddenly I thought of the monk Master I met when I came to Master's place, so I told Master about it.

Master laughed out loud when he heard it, and I hurriedly asked Master why he was laughing?The master held back his smile and stroked his beard and said, "You actually met that crazy Taoist priest?"

"No way?" I shouted in surprise: "Is he a Taoist priest? I thought he was a monk by looking at his outfit? Why is he a crazy Taoist priest?"

I hurriedly asked Master to talk about the mad Taoist priest. Master glanced at the night sky and said, "Go and meditate and rest. Do you have something to do tomorrow?" Shall I be a coolie?"

The life of Qingxiu in the mountains is very hard. In addition to daily practice, he also has to do some farm work within his ability to support himself.Therefore, I go to bed early at night and wake up early in the morning, basically adhering to the daily routine of working from sunrise to rest.

Generally, when it gets dark, it is almost time for evening classes.Each faction has its own way of practice, so the evening class is also different.

And we generally at this time is the time when the master teaches the knowledge of Yi Xue and Feng Shui.Generally, the master talks for an hour or two and then meditates with the master. As for how long you can meditate, it depends on your cultivation level, and then rest for a few hours.I get up around five o'clock in the morning, do morning classes, meditate, and do exercises.Eat breakfast at seven o'clock and start the day's work.

Today, I had a long day's journey. Master knew that I was very tired, so he didn't give a lecture. Instead, we meditated for a while and then I went to rest.I suddenly changed the bed and couldn't fall asleep. After finally falling asleep, the master woke me up.

I went out rubbing my sleepy eyes, scrubbed my face with the mountain spring water I brought yesterday, and rinsed my mouth.The gusts of mountain wind and the coolness of the mountain spring made me wake up immediately.

Master has already sat on the big bluestone to meditate, this is his habit, as long as it is not rainy or snowy, he will sit on the big bluestone and meditate.

I hurriedly went to offer incense to the patriarch, and then came to sit next to the master and meditate under the big blue stone.I don't know how long I sat there, but when I felt the red light shining on my face, I knew it was the rising sun.

Our location is actually good to watch the sunrise.I opened my eyes and rubbed my hands together.I started to practice Hunyuan Gong, and in about half an hour I finished the morning practice.Getting ready to make breakfast, while Master is still meditating.

After a while, I finished my breakfast and quietly stood behind Master.The master was practicing Hunyuan Gong at this time, and there was a faint white mist on his head.

A strange fragrance wafted gently, like this every time Master practiced Hunyuan Kungfu.Master slowly recuperated, and I just delivered a wet towel. "Breakfast is ready," Master asked me while wiping his hands and face.

"It's already ready." I took the towel that Master handed me and said, "Shall I eat it now?" Master hummed lightly.

I brought the cooked millet porridge and put it on the bluestone, and then brought two plates of small pickles.For breakfast, we generally don’t eat things like pots and helmets, just drink some porridge.Master strictly abides by the health-preserving rule of eating seven percent full.

"Let's go and have a look in the field after we finish eating." Master took a few sips of porridge and said, "If there is nothing wrong with the field, come back and turn over this field for me." Then Master pointed to the place where I slept. The ground outside the house.

I hurriedly asked, "Why?" Master finished the porridge in the bowl and said, "I saw some wild chrysanthemums on the mountain over there, and I want to transplant them over."

I'm dizzy, I want to see so many jobs for me when I come.Master seemed to see through my heart, and said, "After you're done, you also need to clean up that toilet over there, or you won't grow fat..."

I almost spit out a mouthful of porridge.I grew up in the city, and now I know how to do farm work, and I have to dig out dung... Oh my life....Master looked at me and smiled slightly: "Life is cultivation, cultivation is life, understand? The way is simple..."

When I came back from the vegetable field, I picked a lotus white, which is usually called cabbage or cabbage.This dish is usually cheap.And it needs to be easy to survive, so most of the rough vegetables that are easy to live are grown in our fields.

I put the vegetables next to the stove, and said to Master, "Should we dig the floor or clean up the toilet?" Master chuckled and said, "Boil some water first, there is nothing to clean up the toilet."

Usually we don't have any visitors here, so it's basically convenient to find a corner outside, because all the people living here are men.But after a period of time, I still need to clean it up, because the stool is still there.

After I boiled the water, Master sat by the big bluestone and drank tea: "Now go dig the ground!" It was so easy to say, and I was the one who suffered.

I took off my coat and put on my shirt and started digging the ground as Master asked.Suddenly I thought of the "monk" I met on the road when I came that day and said to Master: "Master, please tell me about that crazy Taoist, so I will be motivated to do it."

The master smiled after hearing this: "You boy, I knew that I wanted to know if this person was from last night. Hehe, good, you dig the ground for me and I will tell you." Master took a sip of tea and slowly told me.

It turned out that the so-called "monk" was actually the successor of the Quanzhen Suishan School Huizi.Suishan School was founded by Master Liu Chuxuan, one of the famous Quanzhen Seven Sons.

After Immortal Chongyang emerged, Immortal Liu Chuxuan and Ma Tanqiu guarded Xiaolu's tomb for three years, obeying the teacher's last words and went to Luoyang with Changzhen Tan Chuduan, just like Immortal Tan Chuduan.

Living by begging for food from wandering places, he cultivated his temperament in the streets and willow alleys, and later took over as the third head teacher of Quanzhen Sect.Later, Master Liu Chuxuan established the Suishan School in Taiqing Palace in Laoshan to teach his own way of practice.

The mad Taoist, whose real name is Li Dake, traveled to Xi'an Baxian Nunnery to place orders.Later, he followed a Taoist priest from the Eight Immortals Nunnery to practice penance in Zhongnan Mountain. Later, the Taoist priest went back, and he is still practicing penance here. He has been reconciling the five qi from last year to this year.The last time I had a discussion with my master and Tan Dan lost, I shaved my head in a fit of anger and went to be ordained as a monk.As a result, within a month, I came back to start a new practice.

Hearing this, I stopped what I was doing and took a sip of tea: "It turns out that it is a high way of Quanzhen, no wonder the power of meditation is so deep."

Upon hearing this, the master said: "One of the [-] articles of the Quanzhen teaching is to sit quietly. This must be the absorption and integration of Zen Buddhist meditation. This has to be said that the erudite Wang Chongyang, the founder of the Quanzhen teaching, ah."

Hearing this, I hurriedly asked: "Then why do you call him a madman, just because he shaved his head?"

The master shook his head and said, "This person is restless and eager for success. Sometimes, for a reason or a method, he often takes off his clothes and runs around here. Once he has figured it out, he will go back and put on his clothes. Good. Fortunately, it’s relatively remote here, what if strangers see you? You must think he’s crazy!” Master smiled when he said this.

I think so too, when I saw his bald head that day, I thought he was a monk, and when I asked him how he was, he actually practiced Buddhism for me.If it is not crazy, it is also a fool.

Thinking of this, I secretly smiled, and only heard the master say: "Quickly dig the ground, and I will transplant those chrysanthemums in the afternoon, and I will test your recent practice in the evening."

"No way? You have to do so much work, and you still have to test me at night. What's the reason?" I shouted with a hoe.Where is the master, he is always happy.Unexpectedly, not long after, I saw the "madness" of the "crazy Taoist"

Even if you don't want to, you have to do it. This is a practitioner's daily work, and it is to hone the practitioner's will.

I wiped the sweat off my face and saw that it was past 12 o'clock.Only in this case, you will feel that time flies.

I went to scrub and cut the lotus white, put it in the pot and stir-fried a dish with green peppers.Then I took some pot knuckles, warmed up the leftover millet porridge from the morning, and served it to Master.

The three meals a day are simple and solid, and they taste delicious after a morning's work.After eating, I broke off some of the pot helmets and gently scrubbed the porridge bowl aside, then put the pot helmets stained with the remaining porridge into my mouth, and Master showed approval.