Dragon's Origin

Chapter 135: Old Taoist Ling Xu (Part 2)

Expert! This is a true hidden master. Wang Sheng looked at the chopstick tip that suddenly stopped in front of his eyes, his eyes shining as if a pervert had seen a real beauty.

Wang Sheng also picked up a chopstick and waved it like the old Taoist. As a result, there was the sound of wind, but it didn't carry the power that the old Taoist's chopsticks had. Wang Sheng waved it a few more times, unwilling to give up, and then the chopstick broke.

Looking at the old Taoist who casually put away his chopsticks and continued eating, Wang Sheng was extremely impressed. What is a master? This is a master!

From the beginning until now, if the old Taoist hadn't actively shown it, Wang Sheng wouldn't have been able to tell that the old Taoist was such a sharp master. What kind of realm is this? Wang Sheng couldn't even guess.

No wonder the shadow eunuch kept saying that if he went to the Old Lord's Temple and was lucky enough to meet a truly compassionate person, he might be able to come out alive. If everyone had the cultivation of the old Taoist in front of him, then the Old Lord's Temple would be no less dangerous than a dragon's pool or a tiger's den!

"There are many masters in the Old Lord's Temple, but they are just some lost masters," the old Taoist said dismissively when talking about the masters of the Old Lord's Temple. "They only think about cultivation and improving their realm all day long, completely forgetting the teachings left by the Old Lord."

"One or two of them say they want to form good relationships, but in the end, they are still doing it for spacious houses, fertile land, gold, and jewelry." This topic couldn't be brought up, as the old Taoist would start complaining endlessly. "On the surface, they want me to promote the teachings of our sect throughout the world, but they have almost completely deviated from the Old Lord's teachings of purity and inaction."

"They teach people to kowtow and burn incense, teach people to worship the Old Lord, teach people to believe in the Old Lord's blessings, but they make people no longer believe in themselves." The old Taoist said angrily and asked Wang Sheng loudly, "More people worship the Old Lord, and more people ask for blessings, but tell me, is this still following the Old Lord's teachings?"

"People burn incense and kowtow, isn't it just to seek psychological comfort?" Wang Sheng was definitely not as cynical as the old Taoist. "The Old Lord's original intention must have been to educate the world. If everyone thinks of going to the Old Lord's Temple to burn incense and kowtow when they have troubles, then you have to admit that they are doing a good job."

The old Taoist didn't expect Wang Sheng to disagree with his point of view. He stared at Wang Sheng with wide eyes, as if waiting for Wang Sheng's explanation.

"However, you are right about one thing. It's not wrong to ask the Old Lord for blessings, but the most important thing is to believe in yourself." Wang Sheng didn't completely deny the old Taoist, but affirmed part of his ideas.

"Promote the teachings throughout the world, humph!" The old Taoist's face finally looked a little better. He snorted coldly and stopped talking about this topic. Fortunately, Wang Sheng didn't completely deny the old Taoist, which prevented the old Taoist from turning hostile.

However, the old Taoist was still unhappy today. After eating and drinking, he drove Wang Sheng and the little teacher away.

"Are spacious houses, fertile land, gold, and jewelry not good? Why does Grandpa Ling Xu dislike them so much?" Not far away, the little teacher asked Wang Sheng. The little teacher didn't understand many of the things Wang Sheng and the old Taoist said today, and only asked now.

Ling Xu was the old Taoist's Taoist name, but he was the only Taoist here. As long as people mentioned a Taoist, they knew it was the old Taoist Ling Xu, so no one called him by his Taoist name. Only the children would call him Grandpa Ling Xu.

"You don't understand!" Wang Sheng stroked the back of the little teacher's head and said as he walked, "Grandpa Ling Xu is a true master. A thousand spacious houses, one only needs six feet to sleep in at night; ten thousand fortunes, one only needs three meals a day. When you understand this principle and can do it, you will be able to become a grandmaster like Old Lu."

"Oh!" The little teacher said oh and firmly remembered Wang Sheng's words. It's okay if he doesn't understand now, he can slowly figure it out later. This is the principle his master taught him.

"Do you understand these principles?" The little teacher asked again, "Are you also a master?"

"Me? I'm not a master." Wang Sheng laughed, "I understand all the principles, but it's easy to know and difficult to do, you know? I'm just a common person, I still like spacious houses, fertile land, gold, jewelry, beautiful wives, and concubines. Don't learn from me, there's no future!"

"Tch!" The little teacher made a contemptuous sound. Wang Sheng and he were getting further and further away from the small Taoist temple.

In the small Taoist temple, the old Taoist Ling Xu, who had driven away Wang Sheng and his little teacher, was closing his eyes to ponder. At this moment, he suddenly opened his eyes and smiled. This little guy is quite interesting. That sentence, "A thousand spacious houses, one only needs six feet to sleep in at night; ten thousand fortunes, one only needs three meals a day," really spoke to his heart.

The next day, Wang Sheng still lived a regular life. He learned clay sculpting in the morning and writing in the afternoon. When he went to the old Taoist's place, the old Taoist didn't give Wang Sheng a hard time and still treated him as before. However, he gave a few more pointers.

After a month, Wang Sheng's clay sculpting was already quite decent. Although the clay sculptures couldn't be said to be lifelike, they were already pleasing to the eye.

As for calligraphy, there was also a significant improvement. The characters were still ugly, but he could easily hold the brush without worrying about accidentally crushing it. The characters he wrote had made great progress compared to the beginning. Most importantly, the old Taoist allowed him to use a brush to practice with water on animal skins.

This month of meticulous practice allowed Wang Sheng to understand power on a deeper level. It's not that being able to unleash the greatest power with the greatest force every time is impressive. Being able to control one's power and use the most appropriate power to do the most appropriate thing is true control.

Wang Sheng still served the old Taoist with wine and meat every now and then. Anyway, Wang Sheng had plenty of gold coins. Even if the prices in the capital were higher than in other places, they were not as high as in Worry-Free City. Wang Sheng, with so much money, could easily afford to treat the old Taoist to good food and drinks.

"Old man, do you know anything about the records in the Old Lord's Temple?" Once again, the conversation turned to the Old Lord's Temple, and Wang Sheng simply asked a question he had always wanted to ask.

"What do you want to know?" The old Taoist Ling Xu didn't blame Wang Sheng for asking about the Old Lord's Temple's records. He answered while drinking wine, "I've read some of the older classics, but not the ones from the last ten years or so."

Hearing this, Wang Sheng knew there was a chance. He didn't want the records from the last ten years, but rather the events of the previous dynasty. Wang Sheng thought he could only find records in the Old Lord's Temple, but he didn't expect to find them so easily. The old Taoist Ling Xu knew about them.

"Actually, I just want to know some things about the previous dynasty." Wang Sheng didn't hide anything and asked directly, "Do you know how the Thousand Serenity Ground was formed? What's inside?"