White Bone Monkey King

Yonglefang is very lively on this day. The gongs, drums and lion dance teams are as lively as the temple fair, bringing joy to the neighbors living in Yonglefang.

The Five Zang Taoist Temple was finally built. Today is the important day for the opening of the Five Zang Taoist Temple in Jiangzhou Prefecture. Jin An and the old Taoist priests changed their clothes and burned incense, prayed to heaven, and invited the gods to live in the Taoist temple. They invited the ancestors, the Sanqing saints, and The Great Emperor of Five Thunders, the Divine Generals of Six Ding and Liujia, the Great Emperor of Five Blessings, and the True Lord Erlang.

Seeing that the Wu Zang Taoist Temple invited so many gods to stay, the people in the south of the city who came to watch the excitement showed expressions of surprise. But thinking of Jin An's ability, everyone felt normal again. Without God's favor, how could Taoist Jin An do this? A person who the world calls unfair?

The ceremony to invite the gods is very complicated and must be grand enough. When the invitation to the gods is completed and the gods are successfully carried into the temple, it happens to be noon. At this time, Jin An and the old Taoist priest specially set up a thatched shed at the entrance of the Taoist temple and gave rice porridge to everyone. , regardless of whether they are neighbors or beggars, they are all given rice porridge and white flour steamed buns, and when it is the children's turn, they are also given candies.

Especially the old Taoist priests who know some folk tricks, from time to time, they will give the children little tricks such as taking objects from the air with one hand and hiding the universe in their sleeves. These children will admire them and chase the old Taoist priests and call them grandpa and grandpa, which makes the old Taoist priests very happy. Mouth from ear to ear.

The Wu Zang Taoist Temple became very popular on the first day it opened. Not only did many people from the south of the city come to watch the excitement, but it was also because of Jin An's pleas for the people and justice that won the favor of the local people. In a short period of time, it established a firm foothold in the Jiangnan area.

Those who have attained the Tao will be helped a lot, and if they are helped a lot, the world will follow. If the people of the world are in compliance, attack those who are close to your relatives. Therefore, if a gentleman does not fight, he will definitely win in battle.

This is called popular support.

In fact, the Wu Zang Taoist Temple occupies a small area. In order to allow Master Yuyangzi to find them, Jin An specially built the Jiangzhou Prefecture Taoist Temple to be exactly the same as the Wuzhou Prefecture Taoist Temple, trying to restore every detail.

The only difference is that there are two merit stone tablets inlaid on the brick walls on both sides of the Taoist temple gate.

"Scholar, what is written on the stone tablet at the entrance of the Taoist temple?" Some illiterate people grabbed a young scholar and asked curiously.

The scholar shook his head and answered: "The stone tablet on the left is engraved with the history of Wu Zang Taoism and the meritorious deeds of the founder of Wu Zang Taoism."

"The stone stele on the right is a merit stele. The names of all the craftsmen, masons, and carpenters who participated in the construction of the Wu Zang Taoist Temple are engraved on it, and they received a share of merit. The names of the Tian family and the Song family are also engraved on it. The Tian family donated a hundred taels of money and supplies. A certain amount, the Song family donated three thousand taels of money and a certain amount of materials..."

What?

Can the names of the craftsmen who built Taoist temples be engraved with merit monuments?

The people watching the excitement were a little surprised and lost their minds for a moment, and then showed envy. With the current reputation of Wu Zang Taoist Temple, its reputation will only be higher in the future. This is a great thing for honoring the ancestors!

While everyone was envious, they couldn't help but marvel at the broad-mindedness of Wu Zang Taoist Temple. In other Taoist temples and temples, only those who contribute enough incense can enter the merit monument. They are all officials and business figures who are either rich or noble. How can they not only not donate money but also make money instead? The name of the craftsman is written in the merit monument.

Scholars, farmers, industry and commerce, workers' status is lower than that of farmers. What Wu Zang Taoist Temple is doing today can be said to have broken people's traditional concepts.

When the Wu Zang Taoist Temple was opened, it was natural that the craftsmen came over to join in the celebration. When they heard that their names were also engraved on the merit stone, Liu Shoushan and other craftsmen were so moved that tears rolled in their eyes, and they were very emotional.

"Grandpa, why are you crying?" The little granddaughter tugged at the corner of Liu Shoushan's clothes.

Liu Shoushan bent down and picked up his little granddaughter: "Grandpa, this is not crying, grandpa's tears have gotten into the sand."

The little granddaughter looked at her grandfather who was still crying in confusion. She picked up her sleeve and wiped away her tears seriously, then handed out a candy: "Grandpa, eat it. This is the candy given to me by the Taoist Grandpa. It's so sweet." Now, secretly tell Grandpa a little secret, Guoguo will stop crying after eating the candy."

The little granddaughter lay next to Liu Shoushan's ear, whispering her little secret.

Liu Shoushan smiled and ate the candy: "It is indeed very sweet."

The little granddaughter giggled happily: "Guoguo also has two candies, keep them for grandpa. Next time grandpa cries again, you can ask Guoguo for them."

"Good boy, you can eat it yourself." Liu Shoushan lovingly touched his little granddaughter's head.

Even Jin An and the old Taoist priest did not expect that so many people would come to congratulate the Five Zang Taoist Temple just after it opened today. The two of them were a bit busy dividing rice and porridge. Fortunately, the Song family and the Tian family called many people to help. This allowed Jin An and the old Taoist priests to devote more energy to receiving more pilgrims. On the first day of the tour, there was a spectacular scene of pilgrims queuing up to offer incense.

Because Jin'an solved the unjust case of the pig butcher and contributed to the local area, even the Chengnan County government specially sent Wang Baotou to deliver congratulatory cards and gold-lettered couplets to celebrate the opening.

In the end, the people were reluctant to leave because the curfew time was up. This was the first day of the Taoist temple's opening. Many people were vying to burn incense on this day, thinking that this day would be very efficacious.

The first day of the opening of the Five Zang Taoist Temple ended in the excitement of being surrounded by people. The Taoist temple, which was bustling during the day, became quiet at night.

Jin An and the old Taoist priests cleaned the Taoist temple inside and out, and then went to the main hall to burn incense and light up the everlasting lanterns on the statues of the Patriarch, the Sanqing Saints, and the gods. This ended their busy day.

Because this Five Zang Taoist Temple was designed based on the original Five Zang Taoist Temple, the floor space was limited. Jin An expanded the main hall a bit and placed the statues of gods in the main hall for the time being, and then expanded it again after finding Master Yuyangzi.

"For the five internal organs Taoist temple, you have worked hard these days, old Taoist priest. You don't have to stay with me in the Ming shop tonight. I can guard the Ming shop alone." After walking out of the main hall, Jin An nodded to the old Taoist priest and said.

The old Taoist priest also knew that Jin'an Yuanshen was strong and energetic, but he failed to show off this time and went back to his room to sleep with a tired look on his face.

The starry sky was clear tonight and nebulae dotted the night sky. Jin An looked up at the deep starry sky for a while, then lowered his head and walked out of the Taoist temple to the coffin shop opposite.

Busy with Taoist temple affairs during the day, the coffin shop is now only open late at night.

I don’t know whether it’s because Jiangzhou Prefecture is peaceful, the people are prosperous, the government office shines brightly in the courtroom, and there aren’t too many unjust, false, or wrongful cases, or because after the dead man with the slit eyes in the coffin shop was dug out, the Feng Shui situation in the coffin shop was broken. , in short, after the pig butcher, the coffin shop has been peaceful these days, and the daily business it receives is very ordinary business.

It was late at night and the streets were deserted. It was rare to have some free time today. Jin An once again took out the "Secret Sutra of the Five Internal Organs" that had been sealed by the imperial edict and read it.

After so many days of repeated meditation, he has fully understood the contents of the scriptures. Taking advantage of the silence of the night, he plans to try to practice the first Taoist platform.

After thinking for a moment, he temporarily closed the coffin shop to avoid disturbing the first practice platform and any accidents. If business came to the door, people outside the door would knock on the door.

According to what Uncle Lin said when he asked Uncle Lin for advice that day, the Taoist platform is related to the foundation of a great religion. It is a secret path to heaven hidden between the second realm and the third realm. It can not only increase the success rate of breaking through to the third realm, but also It’s more about how far the future growth potential can go...

Every secret that involves the foundation of the great religion must involve a fairy fate.

Today is the first Taoist platform for Jin'an to build the foundation. He must be more cautious. Jin'an did not practice immediately. Instead, he adjusted his breathing and emptied the turbid air accumulated in the body and distracting thoughts in his heart. Then he began to raise his five hearts to the sky and hold the essence. Shouyi built the first Taoist platform.

There has always been a saying in Taoism that it takes a hundred days to build the foundation. When a high-rise building rises from the ground, building the foundation is to plug the leaks and fill the gaps, and to complete the acquired mortal body into a perfect holy body.

Tao gives birth to one, one gives birth to two, two gives birth to three, three gives birth to all things, Tao follows nature, the method of building a Taoist platform recorded in the "Five Zang Secret Sutra" is Tao follows nature, all things return to the two qi of yin and yang, and all things return to one to reproduce the chaos of the universe. .

The Tao, nature and all things here refer to the cycle of the five elements of nature, which is endless.

What Jin An has to do is to combine the Tao Qi in the Immortal Temple of the Five Internal Organs into a Taoist platform, remove the false and retain the true, and achieve success in learning Taoism.

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The next day, as the golden morning glow shone through the crack of the door into the coffin shop, Jin An slowly exhaled a breath of turbid air, quit practicing, opened his eyes and woke up.

"Sure enough, it lives up to the name of 'hundred days of foundation building'. I didn't expect that the process of unifying the magic would consume so much energy and spirit. Thanks to the string of bone beads I got from the leader of the Blackstone clan, the three extremes are sealed inside. The essence and blood from the heart of a powerful person made up for my lack of energy and spirit, and I successfully succeeded in casting the Taoist Platform for the first time."

"However, I have only received two drops of the heart essence of the three extreme realm experts. If I want to build five Taoist platforms, there is still a long way to go."

He whispered for a while.

He has been concentrating on these days, constantly comprehending, and pondering the "Secret Sutra of the Five Internal Organs", which has also brought him a lot of benefits, that is, he succeeded in casting the Taoist platform for the first time.

Everything is a matter of accumulation and success.

The heart belongs to fire, and the first Taoist platform he built was the red Taoist platform in the heart source.

The next step in building the Taoist platform is that fire generates earth, and the spleen belongs to earth.

Then this cycle continues, and a total of five Taoist platforms are cast, namely red, white, green, black, and yellow Taoist platforms.

Jin An was naturally excited after the first Taoist platform was built, and he inevitably wanted to find a chance to test how much his strength had increased.

"I wonder how far I can reach for peaches after the first platform is built?"

It just so happened that he hadn't eaten peaches for a long time.

Jin An rubbed his hands and was about to get up when his angina pectoris suddenly broke out again. He covered his heart with his palms. It took him a while to catch his breath and regain his balance.

After hesitating for a while, he gave up the idea of ​​picking peaches in despair: "Forget it, I feel cold today, not suitable for eating peaches."

Jin An opened the door and walked out of the coffin shop, and happened to bump into the old Taoist priest squatting at the door gargling. The latter exclaimed: "Little brother, you are full of energy, the purple aura of Yintang is as bright as a bean, and the auspiciousness is stacked. This is PepsiCo." My appearance! If you are an official, you will be promoted in your official career; if you are a businessman, you will be welcomed by nobles and riches; if you are a bride and groom, you will have a son early; if you practice cultivation, you will make rapid progress! My little brother, you are neither an official nor a businessman, and you are not married. Congratulations, little brother. Congratulations, little brother, your cultivation has broken through again!"

"It's been a long time since I've eaten the peaches picked by my little brother. It's a rare good day today. Can I treat you to some peaches?" The old Taoist priest came over with bright eyes and shouted that he wanted to eat peaches so early in the morning.

Jin An's face turned dark: "..."