Everyone Knows I’m a Good Man

Cultivation, cultivation of immortality? ? ?

All the disciples were stunned when they heard this.

They are Taoist priests, but in the modern world, everyone has a mobile phone. Although they live in the mountains, they don't really know the world and what it means to cultivate immortality.

But here's the thing.

Cultivation.

This is cultivating immortality.

To them, it's like modern technology suddenly appeared in the ancient world, or the Mowu Continent suddenly appeared in the interstellar era.

Yuan Heng asked cautiously: "...Uncle Master, isn't this a bit too sudden?"

Ji Changze nodded in agreement: "I know, it's hard for you to accept it when I suddenly tell you the truth, but now that Tianhai Temple has undergone a sudden change, there are some things you still need to know."

He raised his eyes and looked steadily at the statue of his ancestor.

"You all grew up in the temple, and you should know that our Tianhai Temple was established hundreds of years ago. The location was chosen here because the spiritual power is strongest here and is conducive to practice. "

"Taoism was prevalent at that time, and Taoist temples were built in both prosperous cities and remote towns. However, our Tianhai Temple was the only one that was far away from the world. It was built on top of the clouds and was not worshiped by incense or in contact with the people below."

"This is because all the disciples in Tianhai Temple were practicing."

Duzi generation: "..."

Source: "..."

Du was stunned for several seconds before he reacted, and said with a confused face: "But when my master told us about this past incident when we were young, he said that at that time, the temple was poor and there was not much money on hand. The reason why Tianhai Temple was chosen in Qingling was because of this. There is miasma everywhere, and the land is sold cheaply, and the higher the mountain, the colder it is, the less people will fight for it, so the Tianhai Temple was built on the top of the clouds..."

Ji Changze smiled, and there was a hint of "you are still too young" in his smile.

"Back then, I, Tianhai Temple, was the leader in Taoism. How could I be so poor? When the Patriarch realized the Tao and was determined to teach it to his disciples, he was worried that Tianhai Temple would be involved in the secular world and disrupt cause and effect, so he ordered the whole temple to Send away all your money, live in seclusion on the top of the clouds, and devote yourself to practice."

The disciples were all shocked.

"Leader, leader?"

Haven't their elders been telling them that Tianhaiguan has been extremely poor since hundreds of years ago, so everyone must practice martial arts well and go down the mountain to make money when they are short of money?

Why did he suddenly jump from a pitiful little Taoist temple to the leading position? ?

Looking at the uncle standing in front of him, he stood with his hands tied and his eyes were deep:

"Have you never thought about it? Taoism has been passed down for more than a thousand years. Why is it so popular in Anguo? It's just because, starting from hundreds of years ago, Taoism has truly entered the realm of cultivating immortals."

Du was stunned: "But the popularity of Taoism in Anguo was not because the king at that time believed in Taoism?"

"These words are just used to frustrate the world."

Du was startled and felt a little guilty: "But it is written in the history books that although there are only two generations of Anguo, the first generation of monarchs was very faithful and left a lot of evidence of their faith."

Of course Ji Changze knew, he only asked Du Su:

"At that time, the belief in the king was the destiny of heaven, but our Taoism advocates disbelief in destiny and fighting with heaven. Do you think the king of Anguo will overthrow his destiny? He just knows Taoism and wants to fight with heaven. Just fight for your life and live forever.”

The disciples all suddenly understood.

yes.

At that time, it was still a feudal dynasty. The king would claim to be the real dragon emperor and be governed by destiny, but Taoism did not believe in destiny.

If the king really believes in religion, wouldn't that mean he has denied his destiny?

But if it is for the sake of immortality, then that makes sense. As a king, if you can really live forever, why should you mention your destiny? Wouldn't it be good for him to sit in the position of the king forever and live forever?

In this way, as the king of a country, the king of Anguo believed in the truth, and the logic was very smooth.

Seeing their expressions of understanding, Ji Changze let out a long sigh with melancholy on his face.

Hey, I've coaxed him over again.

Sure enough, children are children, and they can be bypassed without any effort.

Of course, even though they had successfully fooled these children who had grown up and practiced in the mountains, the finishing work that needed to be done still had to be done.

Ji Changze: "I know you have doubts about this. You want to know why I, Tianhai Guan, were practicing hundreds of years ago, but now, hundreds of years later, my disciples are simply practicing martial arts."

How can we seize control?

Of course, he took advantage of the fact that the other party didn’t ask questions and asked and answered his own questions.

His eyes were deep, as if looking at the statue of the Patriarch, he was looking at the prosperous age of Taoism hundreds of years ago:

"Back then, when Tianhai Temple was established, all the disciples under my sect were very strong. Not long after it was established, it became famous in the court. However, the disciples of Tianhai Temple focused on cultivation and were not interested in being awarded official titles. They only liked walking with swords. Practicing in the world is precisely because of this, we have avoided the great catastrophe that could sweep the entire Taoist sect."

Du Zhen has a good history, and he quickly remembered what the Anguo catastrophe was referring to: "Uncle Master, the catastrophe you are talking about is when Anguo was destroyed and many Taoist temples were destroyed in one fell swoop?"

Ji Changze recalled (fabricated) it very fascinatingly: "In terms of Taoism, Anguo was a prosperous and troubled time. At that time, Anguo was just an ordinary country. The old king was doing well at that time. He wanted to join Taoism to find the way to immortality. But He failed to do so until his death. After the old king passed away, the new king came to the throne. "

"The new king is different from his father who was obsessed with immortality. He also admires Taoism, but what he wants is to use the power of Taoism to annex other countries."

"At that time, many Taoist temples were used by the new king. With Taoism joining in, the annexation of other countries went very smoothly. However, in Taoist practice, the most taboo thing is to involve cause and effect. Although we compete with God for fate, the only thing we can compete for is our own life. If Forcibly interfering in other people's lives will naturally lead to backlash."

The disciples listened intently, even the youngest Yuan Qing opened his eyes red from crying without blinking. When he saw Ji Changze stopped with a look of sadness on his face, he asked in a sweet voice with a hint of sobs: "Uncle-Master, did they suffer backlash later on?"

"Yes, you forcibly messed up the fate of the country and used your own cultivation to attack other countries. How could you not suffer backlash? That day, thunder struck the sky and shattered countless Taoist temples. Many disciples died in the thunder. The thunder from the sky continued to strike for three days and three nights. The situation changed dramatically and the day turned dark. It was so terrifying.

The people were hiding at home and did not dare to go out, and the new king in the palace did not dare to venture out. When everything calmed down, the Taoist temples that participated in the government were in tatters, and the Taoist priests who took the lead in participating realized that they had committed a crime. What a heinous crime it was that caused the whole family to suffer, and it was too late to regret it. Most of them were haunted by inner demons and were depressed but happy.

Later, the matter was sealed and no one dared to mention it. Even if it was passed down, it sounded like a lie made up by Zhou Guo to show that the capture of Anguo was in accordance with Tian's will. "

Du was stunned after hearing this.

In the unofficial history, there is indeed a description of the time when Anguo was destroyed. It is said that because the king of Anguo caused trouble to the people and did many evil things, God punished him, and thunder struck the palace for three days and three nights.

When the sky thunder stopped, Anguo was exhausted and had no intention of resisting anymore. Zhou State took the opportunity to lead troops to attack and destroy Anguo.

But unofficial history is sometimes extremely exaggerated, and sometimes written like a fairy tale. This section is precisely because it looks too much like a fairy tale, so no one believes it.

Even if someone has studied this record, they have said that this may indeed be the case. It was already a rainy season at that time, and the palace was the tallest building in the country. It was normal for lightning to strike down. If it rained for a few days, the thunder would strike again. After all, the Zhou Kingdom destroyed other people's countries. In order to show that they were not cruel but that Anguo's energy was exhausted, they just complied with the destiny and exaggerated the thunderstorms into darkness. It was normal.

No one believed that the thunder struck for three days and three nights would really happen.

Until Ji Changze told them with a serious face that this was true.

"Since then, no one can practice Taoism."

Yuan Qing listened with seriousness on his face: "Is it because you were punished for doing something wrong that you don't dare to practice?"

"No."

Ji Changze shook his head: "After the thunder stopped, the spiritual energy between heaven and earth for Taoist practice disappeared."

"Without spiritual energy, even if Taoism has ever embarked on the path of spiritual practice, it will not be able to move a step."

Reiki?

The disciples with good memories suddenly thought of Ji Changze's previous words to retrieve the spiritual energy placed on the statue of the Patriarch.

Uncle Master just kept sitting on it and couldn't get down.

Is it just absorbing spiritual energy from it?

Du was stunned and asked: "Uncle Master, since there is no spiritual energy in the world, why did you just...?"

"Did Grand Master tell you this? Why have my disciples never heard of it?"

It stands to reason that such a secret matter should be passed down from generation to generation, and only the host should be informed.

He was not surprised when the Grand Master told his direct disciple, but as the host, shouldn't he also know about it?

Ji Changze shook his head: "Your master doesn't know about this either. He only thinks that our Tianhai Temple is just an ordinary Taoist temple that only knows some martial arts."

Du's eyes were full of surprise.

"But, uncle, you are a disciple of Grand Master. If he doesn't know about it, how do you know about it?"

Ji Changze looked at the statue of his ancestor.

"Have you ever heard of the art of military solution?"

"Do you know that when Tianhai Temple was first established, there were thirteen direct disciples."

Du replied in shock: "Of course I know."

Ji Changze: "I am the fourteenth."

Du was stunned: "???"

Other disciples: "???"

Ji Changze looked at the Patriarch. He must not mind having more direct disciples after having an additional cultivator character.

He was right to say so. The Patriarch only had thirteen disciples, and when he called him Master, he was not the fourteenth.

It's really shameful that you have to force yourself to become a disciple at such an old age. I heard that my ancestor's greatest wish during his lifetime was to become famous all over the world. He will definitely work hard to spread the word.

These young disciples were so shocked that they were speechless.

"This, this... how is it possible??? The founder of Tianhai Temple passed away hundreds of years ago."

This world is different from the world Ji Changze encountered before. It may be because of the prosperity of Taoism. There are all kinds of sects, and everyone worships their own ancestors.

How could the disciples of my ancestor not know all kinds of things? I had never heard that my ancestor had accepted a fourteenth disciple.

And the most important thing is, even if it is really accepted.

After hundreds of years, how could Ji Changze stand in front of them so well?

If Ji Changze had told them this kind of thing before, they would have never believed it.

But now, they are shocked, confused, and at a loss, and they actually feel dubious in their hearts.

After all, immortal cultivators have appeared, and it seems normal for the disciples of the founder from hundreds of years ago to travel hundreds of years later... right?

Because Yuanqing was the youngest, he was the calmest among the people. He just asked out of curiosity: "Uncle Master, haven't you lived for hundreds of years?"

When Ji Changze saw the child obediently raising his hair and asking questions, he couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth, touched Yuan Qing's little head, and said softly: "That's not true. Back then, I had the best talent among my brothers, but I had bad health. , my life is over, Master... Grandmaster was reluctant to let me leave early, so he thought of a way to deceive the way of heaven and erase my existence in this world. Then I fell into a deep sleep. When I woke up again, I had already It’s a baby.”

Watong: "Rebirth?"

Du Xuan: "Time travel?"

Okay, it seems like they usually read novels.

Ji Changze shook his head: "It doesn't count. It should be regarded as reincarnation. I am still me, but I have more memories of my previous life. Master Ancestor acted like this. I am afraid he also anticipated the decline of Taoism. Please teach me not to forget the inheritance."

Du Su was already in chaos.

Forget about him, all the other disciples who have a clear mind and normal outlook feel like they have passed through thousands of alpacas.

Uncle Master, who has been living in a Taoist temple for more than ten years, is not only a useless person, but also a cultivator of immortality.

Not only is he an immortal cultivator, he is actually one of the ancestors from hundreds of years ago.

It's all so fantasy.

But within the same day, I experienced "my classmates turn into zombies and bite people", "being bitten by a zombie will be contagious", "my uncle can jump three meters high like a flea", "my uncle uses spiritual power to remove zombie poison", "my uncle can get rid of zombie poison with spiritual power" After my uncle said that they in Tianhai Temple are cultivators of immortality."

"My uncle is actually my great-uncle, my wife, my wife, my great-uncle" seems very reasonable.

Du Xun, who had become the leader of this generation since the death of the host, was completely confused. His mind was in chaos and he didn't know what to think. After thinking for a long time, he finally squeezed out a sentence from his throat:

"Uncle, no, Mrs. Madam... Nor, Uncle Grandmaster?"

Ji Changze: "Based on your seniority in this life, just call me uncle."

Du was stunned: "...Master, Master-Uncle..."

"Then, then, just now you said that there is no spiritual energy in the world, but you just used spiritual energy again. How did you do this?"

Ji Changze made it up seriously: "It was true that hundreds of years ago I had no spiritual energy at all, but I discovered it after I was born."

Hearing the words "after birth", the flesh on the faces of all the disciples present bounced.

I'm afraid no one can have an experience like theirs.

Listening to our uncle who has become an ancestor tell the story of his birth.

This title is exciting enough no matter where it is placed.

Ji Changze continued: "At that time, I discovered that although spiritual power is so thin that it is almost non-existent, it is indeed there, and it is best to practice before the age of five. I was also very lucky to meet my parents."

Lucky enough to meet your parents?

Could it be that when Uncle Master's parents saw Uncle Master who was different from ordinary people, they not only did not regard him as a monster, but also protected him and helped him practice?

Then the disciples, who were replaying a very touching scene in their minds, heard Ji Changze say in a very pleased tone: "They gave birth to a child out of wedlock, and no one wanted me, so they abandoned me at the door of the orphanage. They are really lucky." "

Disciples: "???"

Disciples: "..."

Du was stunned and stammered. He was curious, confused and afraid of stepping on his uncle's trap. He asked cautiously: "Master, uncle, you were thrown away... are you still lucky?"

"nature."

Ji Changze had an expression on his face that said, "Isn't this a matter of course?" "As a cultivator, the most taboo thing is to be involved in cause and effect with others. They are my parents, and they were born to be my cause and effect. But when they abandoned me, their involvement with me was naturally broken. , I can practice with peace of mind without being distracted. If I am raised by them and have feelings for them, how can I resist not helping them when they encounter any difficulties.

After the thunder of that year, cultivators can no longer interfere with other people's cause and effect, especially destiny. If the destiny is messed up, you will suffer backlash. If your parents are in trouble, you will naturally want to help, but if you help, you will suffer backlash. If you don't help, what will happen? Can be the son of man. "

He sighed with a bit of luck: "When they threw me away, I was relieved."

Disciples: "..."

Although the logic was sound, when they heard their ancestors so grateful that they were thrown away at birth, they still felt the huge generation gap between themselves and their ancestors hundreds of years ago.

No, this is not a generation gap.

It's simply a trench.

Ji Changze did not look at the strange expressions on the faces of these juniors at all, and continued: "Later I grew up in an orphanage. Hundreds of years later, the country of China was really good, and it also took good care of orphans. I was taken care of It’s great, I really can’t go to Tianhai Temple, I can only accept the situation, learn and grow up.”

"Later, I slowly discovered that the current country is really much stronger than before. Even if you don't practice, living as an ordinary person is more comfortable than that of the princes and nobles hundreds of years ago. Slowly Yes, I stopped thinking about Anguo and Tianhaiguan, and just wanted to live a peaceful life as an ordinary Chinese. "

The disciples felt as if they had listened to a life experience of a boss with its ups and downs.

Yuan Qing discovered a blind spot: "But my uncle still came to our Tianhai to watch. Is it because he missed home too much?"

The expression on Ji Changze's face paused.

It was the first time that the disciples around him saw him showing such a complicated expression, and they all looked at him very carefully.

Yuan Heng even gently covered Yuan Qing's mouth and smiled apologetically at Ji Changze: "Uncle Master, don't argue with Yuan Qing. He is young and ignorant and asks random questions."

"fine."

Ji Changze wiped his face, and the expression on his face became relaxed again, as if he had turned into the unsteady uncle familiar to his disciples, wandering here and there every day, not doing morning lessons or practicing martial arts.

"I betrayed my karma, suffered backlash, and almost lost my life. It was Master who saved me. He didn't know my true identity or that I was practicing. He just thought that I was good at Taoism and wanted me to return with him. View of the sky and sea.”

Du thought in amazement that this was indeed something that the Grand Master could do.

Grand Master has been fond of martial arts all his life. He never gave up practicing martial arts after becoming a disciple of Tianhai Temple. When he was young, the country of China had not yet been settled. At that time, Grand Master loved to carry a sword on his back.

Later, I couldn't change this habit. I still like to walk around even when I am very old. At that time, communication was not so developed, and there was not as complete a system as it is now. I heard from his master that every time Taishi went down the mountain, he could magically collect it. The apprentice returns.

He waited until he was older and the Chinese system was perfected. Every child was the treasure of the parents. They couldn't just pick up apprentices as they did before. Then he gave up and slowly stopped going down the mountain.

Ji Changze could say such words, so he naturally knew the character of the old host.

Speaking of which, the old host did indeed save the original owner.

As a seventy-year-old old man, he always wears a Taoist robe when he goes down the mountain. Taoism believes in restraining oneself and not restraining others, so he will never point at others unless someone bumps into his hand. , he will give people a few words of advice.

Of course, a person who can bully an old man cannot be persuaded to abandon evil and promote good in a few words, so every time the old host always talks nicely first, and if the explanation doesn't make sense, then the force value is increased.

I have developed this skill since I was a child. It is so easy to beat someone until the whole body hurts but no scars can be seen on the outside. Every time I try to persuade someone with virtue, the person cries for mercy and swears to the heavens to start a new life. , the old host will be satisfied and leave tremblingly on crutches.

It's just that he didn't expect that the evil people in the world are not all those who look fierce. There are also the original owners who look kind on the outside, but in fact they are just dormant and waiting for opportunities.

There's nothing we can do about it. After all, the old host has been up the mountain since he was a child. Every time he comes down the mountain and encounters bad people, he convinces them with virtue. He has never suffered a loss, so naturally he can't learn any lessons.

Having said that, the disciples all know the old host's behavior. As soon as Ji Changze said that the old host saved him, they all automatically figured out that this was another act of persuading people with virtue to do good deeds.

I was just stunned, but there was still one thing I didn't quite understand.

"Uncle Master, you said that your parents abandoned you at the gate of the orphanage. In this case, they have nothing to do with you. How did you mess up your destiny and get the backlash?"

Ji Changze glanced at him indifferently: "It's just an old thing. Even if we don't care about the sorrow and anger hundreds of years ago, I am also your elder now, and I can still say a few words to you."

"Now that our Tianhai Temple has become like this, we still don't know what is going on at the bottom of the mountain, and the disciples have not been comforted yet. What I have just said to you is to tell you that the world has changed, and the spiritual power in the air is slowly increasing. , I, Tianhai Guan, can embark on the path of cultivating immortality again. As the host, you don’t want to think about how to arrange everything else. Why are you just asking about these old things? "

Du was stunned: "..."

After Ji Changze finished speaking, he waved his sleeves and turned to the door: "I'm going to practice pranayama. You should take good care of these disciples. Think about everything you need to do next and write it down on a memo. I'll ask for it when I come back in two hours." I saw the memo you wrote.”

Then, he flew directly to the top of the cloud peak opposite.

From the eyes of the disciples, they could vaguely see him sitting cross-legged and forming mudra with his hands, as if he was practicing.

Du was stunned: "..."

With a confused look on his face, he asked his junior brother standing next to him: "Uncle, why does he... look like he's angry?"

The junior brother felt sad: "Senior brother, it's not just looking at him, he is obviously angry, and he is still angry with you."

Du was stunned: "...I didn't say anything just now. Why did my uncle suddenly become so angry? He wasn't like this before..."

Hey, no, my uncle was like this before.

This is also the reason why the disciples don't like this master uncle.

As an elder, I should be tolerant of the younger generation, but what about my uncle? Even if he is casual every day, he still gets angry at every turn.

The atmosphere became tense, and the juniors were too embarrassed to talk back, so they could only admit guilt and apologize.

Over time, the disciples' resentment towards this uncle became deeper and deeper, and they couldn't understand why there were such unreasonable elders in the world.

"Uncle Master, what was the reason for being angry in the past?"

"Most of it is because our family members bring food and drinks, right? If my uncle catches me while delivering money and food, he will definitely be angry. A person can be angry for a long time if he is locked in a room. In the past, when Taishifu was here Fortunately, since the great master left, it has become more and more powerful. "

Du thought for a long time in shock and suddenly realized: "Is this why Master was angry just now?"

Junior brother reminded him:

"You didn't mention your family just now."

"yes."

Du Xun was so stimulated today that his mind couldn't wrap his head around it for a while: "What did I just say? By the way, I asked my uncle where the cause and effect were involved, and why did he suffer the consequences?" It’s backfired.”

The junior brother thought for a while: "Could it be that uncle is like this because of his family? Isn't this why he gets angry every time?"

"Have you forgotten what my uncle just said? He was abandoned by his parents. And my uncle is not sad about this at all. He is very lucky. How could he have a family?"

Junior brother: "Family does not have to be parents. Wife and children are also family members. Our Tianhai Temple does not prevent people from marrying and having children. However, since my uncle is devoted to Taoism, I am afraid he will not marry and have children. Otherwise, wouldn't it be a waste of money?" According to what Uncle Master just said, if there is cause and effect, it's okay. If something happens to your family, if you help, it will backfire. If you don't help, you may go crazy. Uncle Master is devoted to the Tao, so there is no reason to do it. Find your own weaknesses.”

Du Xun felt that what he said made sense and nodded, then asked: "So why is Uncle Master angry?"

Junior brother: "..."

He doesn't know either.

The two of them looked at the Taoist sitting on the top of the cloud peak in the distance.

The cold wind gusted, but it seemed that the method had no effect on the uncle. He just closed his eyes tightly and formed seals with his hands, as if he was immersed in practice and couldn't extricate himself.

Only his eyebrows were deeply locked together, as if he had encountered something very entangled, and he did not let go for a long time.

"I feel like Uncle Shi is a little unhappy."

"I feel so too."

"Should we coax our uncle? He just saved so many people."

"But something suddenly occurred to me."

"What's up?"

"Uncle Master seemed to be unhappy every day before."

As soon as these words came out, all the disciples suddenly realized.

Yes, Uncle Master used to be unhappy every day, so isn’t it normal for him to be unhappy?

They used to think that the uncle was unhappy because the position of host was not given to him, but now it seems that the uncle is cultivating immortality, so naturally he will not be resentful about such a small host position.

However, since Uncle Master can practice cultivation, why are he still unhappy every day? If it were them who could practice cultivation, I don’t know how happy they would be.

Hey, my uncle’s heart is like a needle in the sea.