Journey to the West: I want to be sanctified

Chapter 4 Temple Town Bear Claw Mountain

"Well, Zhou Yin, as the saying goes, the way of heaven is impermanent, and people should be self-reliant. You are also one year old, and you should also be self-reliant."

After licking the last grain of rice in the small pottery bowl, and putting down the bowls and chopsticks in his hand, the old Taoist tasted the taste carefully and said calmly.

Zhou Yin stood on the stool in front of the dining table, raised his head buried in the bowl, supported the bowl with both hands, and looked at the old Taoist priest with horror, "Master, I'm only one year old."

"Don't panic, disciple. Being a teacher means that over the past year, you have grown older and your food intake has also increased. You and I, master and apprentice, have not yet practiced to the realm of not eating the fireworks of the world, so you should also be with the teacher. Work hard and strive for this chance of survival."

This means that you can't let me have a free meal, right?
Zhou Yin translated the master's words in his mind.

If you don't eat, you will die, which is what it means to fight for this chance of survival.

"I understand, next time I will go down the mountain with Master to exchange food!" Zhou Yin replied in agreement.

The old Taoist cleaned up the dishes and tidied up the table, and his good apprentice also carefully climbed off the stool and helped to clean up. Although he couldn't do much, he pretended to be with the broom, and the smell of sweeping was full.

"My apprentice is really smart. You are still young, but as a teacher, I also taught you the principles of dealing with people in advance. There is a great cause and effect between heaven and earth, and there is great terror between life and death!"

Listening to the old Taoist's words, Zhou Yin didn't know how to react to fit the personality of a one-year-old child.

Are one-year-olds in this age so tough?
Or is the old Taoist too confident about the intelligence of his apprentice?

The old Taoist ignored Zhou Yin's confused expression at all, and continued to clean the bowl with a rag.

"Just now in the main hall, you asked about the way of longevity, it seems that you have a little sense of 'there is great terror between life and death', so I won't say more.

There is a great cause and effect between heaven and earth, do you know why? "

Zhou Yin thought for a while, and tentatively said, "Good will be rewarded with good, and evil will be rewarded with evil?"

The old Taoist nodded:

"There is no way for good and evil, good and evil rewards follow you like a shadow, and there is nowhere to escape. There is a definite number of causes and effects, and people can't know it, so be cautious."

Zhou Yin said that he understood: "So, the master raises the apprentice, and the apprentice must share the master's worries."

The old Taoist cleaned up the bowls and chopsticks, wiped his hands, stroked his beard again, and smiled, "My apprentice is smart, and my teacher is very comforting!"

"Is the old Taoist here?"

There was a sound of footsteps outside the door.

The old Taoist priest opened the door of the wing room, and there were two young men standing at the door, with simple and honest smiles on their dark faces, dressed in hard attire, carrying packages, homemade bows and arrows and knives on their backs.

"Big Dog and Er Gou."

Zhou Yin followed out the door of the wing room, looked at Da Gou and Er Gou, and knew that they were going to hunt in the mountains.

"Old Daoist, excuse me, let's go offer incense to Grandpa Dongyue."

The old Taoist looked at their feet and stroked their beards, "Go, remember to shake off the dirt on the shoes first, it will be troublesome for me to clean."

"Okay. Oh, my little apprentice can walk today."

Da Gou and Er Gou were about to leave, but when they saw Zhou Yin standing beside the old Taoist priest with an adult face, he couldn't help but want to tease him.

"The two of you should hurry up and burn incense, don't delay the time."

Zhou Yin said wittily, otherwise it would be really uncomfortable to be teased by two men.

If a flicking bird came, wouldn't it be a big loss of face!

The old Taoist also said, "Big Dog Ergou, Zhou Yin is my apprentice, don't laugh, hurry up and offer incense."

"This little Daoist Zhou is probably not a child prodigy. A one-year-old child can say such a thing. Look, people don't wear crotch pants anymore. Ergou, you are still wearing crotch pants at ten years old, hahahaha."

Ergou gave Zhou Yin an aggrieved look, then followed the big dog in admiration, boasting that Daoist Zhou was precocious, so he didn't delay any longer, and hurriedly went to the main hall to kowtow and offer incense.

The two stepped into the main hall, picked up the god-worshiping incense wrapped in the package, lit it with flint, respectfully inserted it into the incense burner in front of Emperor Dongyue, and kowtowed a few times.

"Grandpa Dongyue Great Emperor, bless my brothers and sisters to have a fruitful harvest today."

After the two finished their work, they bid farewell to the old Taoist priest and Zhou Yin, and went deep into the forest.

Looking at the main hall, Zhou Yin asked curiously, "Master, why do so few people come to offer incense?"

The old Taoist leader said leisurely, "As a teacher, I traveled all over the world 30 years ago. I saw that Fengshui here is good, and there happened to be this Dongyue Temple. At that time, this temple was mostly abandoned. I was also a Taoist child. I saw the temple dedicated to the Taoist seniors. It’s so dilapidated, so naturally I can’t stand by and watch, and I happen to be a teacher and have no place to live, so I stayed here to help clean up the temple of Emperor Dongyue, and I don’t take advantage of Emperor Dongyue.”

"As for why it was abandoned, the villagers at the foot of the mountain said at the time that this temple has been established for hundreds of years, but I don't know when, some new temples were built in other places under the mountain, and the villagers thought the mountain was high and the road was far away. It faded away."

After the old Taoist finished speaking, he made a Taoist salute to Emperor Dongyue in the direction of the main hall, and then said to Zhou Yin with a smile:
"Emperor Dongyue is the righteous god of my Taoism. He is in charge of life and death, and he is in charge of the underworld. How can he care about the wild beasts in the remote mountains here. Those two Orion boys just now asked for the wrong god."

Zhou Yin also imitated the old Taoist priest and saluted in the direction of the main hall, "Master, why didn't you tell those two hunters?"

The old Taoist frowned:
"I just taught you as a teacher that there is a great cause and effect between heaven and earth. If you tell them, they will definitely ask you to point out the maze. Do you point out or not? If you don't point out, they will get angry; if point out, they will fight with the mountain god." The land has karma, so counting, those beasts they hunted and killed also have karma, endless, endless troubles, why not be a remote steward for Emperor Dongyue with peace of mind, wouldn't it be beautiful?"

Zhou Yin nodded frequently after being taught by the master's words, "Master is right, the disciple has been taught."

"Okay, eat and drink enough, continue to practice, build up your strength quickly, and go to pick up some herbs with my teacher in a while, go down the mountain tomorrow, and exchange for a few liters of food!"

"Okay, Master!"

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"Teacher, do you know the name of this mountain?"

"do not know."

"I tell you, my teacher, this mountain is called Bear Claw Mountain."

"Oh."

"Teacher, do you know why it is called Bear Claw Mountain?"

"do not know."

"Master, I'll tell you that the mountain got its name because five mountain ranges are juxtaposed, and when viewed from the highest point, it looks like a bear's claw."

"Oh."

"Tu'er, do you know where the Dongyue Temple is located in Xiongclaw?"

"Could it be?" As he spoke, Zhou Yin gave the old Taoist a middle finger.

Seeing this scene, the old Taoist clapped his hands and laughed happily:

"

As expected of a wise disciple, this Dongyue Temple is located exactly in the center of the middle finger of the bear's paw. It can be seen that the people who built it at that time knew the art of Fengshui and chose a good location.

Dongyue Emperor Temple Town Demon Claw,
Our master and apprentice are good at picking medicine!
"

Happily speaking, the speed of the old Taoist master's identification of herbs has also accelerated a bit.

Zhou Yin lamented that his master not only has a heart of compassion, but also a heart of rap and singing.

"Roar!"

The sudden roar of the beast scared Xiao Zhouyin to the ground!
(End of this chapter)