When he walked to the viewing door, Jiang Hao found that the viewing door was closed, raised his hand and slapped it a few times. After about a cup of tea, the temple door creaked open. A young Taoist priest stretched out his head and asked after seeing Jiang Hao, "Is there anything wrong with this young master?"

Jiang Hao nodded to the young Taoist priest and said, "I have been traveling here and see a Taoist temple here. I'm here to sing incense sticks."

The young Taoist priest thought about it and opened the temple gate to invite Jiang Hao into it. There was a spacious courtyard in front of it with side rooms on both sides. First, he came to the Lingguan Hall, with a statue of Lingguan on it. Jiang Hao bowed to the statue of Lingguan.

Spiritual officials are the most respected Dharma protectors and gods in Taoism. There are five hundred spiritual officials, the most famous of which is "Wang Lingguan". Many Taoist palaces and temples have the Lingguan Hall. The spiritual officials guarding the mountain gate of Taoist temples are generally the Wang Lingguan, just like the Weituo Hall in the temple.

Wang Lingguan has golden eyes and red hair, yellow robe and golden armor, and a golden whip in his hand. Like Erlang Shen, he has a vertical pupil in his eyebrows. He is known as "three eyes can observe the world and awaken the people in the world with one whip". He is with the Jade Emperor.

In the original work of Journey to the West, Sun Wukong did not enter the Lingxiao Palace, nor was it scared that the Jade Emperor was blocked by the Wang Lingguan at the entrance of the hall. The two fought in a dark and dark way. Sun Wukong did not enter the Lingxiao Palace in the end.

After passing through the Lingguan Hall, behind is the Sanqing Hall, which is also the main hall of Xuanyuan Temple, which enshrines the statue of the Taoist ancestor of the Three Qings. Jiang Hao respectfully knelt down and kowtowed.

After kowtowing, Jiang Hao took out a ingot of twenty taels of silver from his sleeve and handed it to the little Taoist priest. The little Taoist priest's eyes suddenly became bright.

"Master, this is my indulgent oil money, please accept it." Jiang Hao said.

The little Taoist priest tried to smile on his face, quickly reached out to take the silver, and started heavy. He resisted the urge to bite and bowed to Jiang Hao, "Thank you, this young master, I will definitely burn a few more incense sticks for you in front of the Taoist ancestor."

"What is the name of Taoist priest?" Jiang Hao asked.

"The small path keeps morality." The little Taoist bowed his head.

"Master Shoude, I heard that Master Ling Xiao, the master of this temple, is proficient in divination. I will participate in the imperial examination next year and want him to calculate the future for me. Of course, after the calculation, I will thank you again." Jiang Hao said.

After hearing Jiang Hao's request, the little Taoist priest wandered for a while, "Our viewer is in seclusion, and it is not convenient to see guests."

Jiang Hao thought to himself, it seemed that Taoist Ling Xiao was indeed very hurt and could no longer see guests. He was moved.

"I love to learn Taoist scriptures. I don't know if I can stay in Guanshi for a few days and read the scriptures in Guiguan Sutra Pavilion." Jiang Hao said.

"I'm sorry, this young master, the Sutra Pavilion is an important place in the middle of the temple and is not open to foreign tourists." The little Taoist priest said.

"If you have a generous gift, how about a hundred taels of silver?" Jiang Hao said.

The little Taoist priest's heart trembled. One hundred taels, this is not a small amount of money, enough for more than a dozen Taoists in their Taoist temple to live for several months.

"I need to ask the master for advice to decide this." said the little Taoist priest.

Jiang Hao smiled in his heart. He just said that the host was in seclusion, and now he asked for instructions, but he didn't say it out loud, and nodded with a smile, "I'm waiting for news about the Master Shude."

Shoude left and quickly walked to the backyard. He saw a young Taoist priest sitting under the eaves basking in the sun. He asked anxiously: "Shouzhi, is the master still sleeping?"

"I woke up, I just had a meal and had medicine, and I lay down again. Why are you so anxious?" Shouzhi asked.

"If you have urgent matters, please ask the master." Shoude replied and immediately entered the house.

There was a smell of medicine in the room. When the little Taoist priest came to the inner room, he saw the old Taoist Ling Xiaozi lying on the bed, his face pale, and occasionally coughing twice, looking very weak.

Shoude came to the bed and asked if: "Master, a pilgrim has come outside. He just burned incense and gave twenty taels of silver incense oil."

Taoist Ling Xiao, who was lying on the bed, suddenly became a little energetic when he heard this. Looking at the silver handed over by Shoude, he reached out and took it over and touched it with his hands, "Well, it's enough silver, and the quality is also very good."

Judging from his agility in his movements when catching silver, Shoudexin said that the master would definitely not die.

Taoist Ling Xiao put the silver into his sleeve and sighed and said, "The master is injured, our Taoist temple has lost its income. If you have these twenty taels, you can block it for a few days." Taoist Ling Xiao said.

"Master, the pilgrim hasn't left yet. He is a young scholar. The scholar originally wanted to let the master show the future of the imperial examination, but I pushed him out when the master was injured." Shoude Dao.

Taoist Ling Xiao was just smiling. After hearing Shoude's words, he immediately looked stern, "If you lose a harvest in vain and your master is injured, you won't go on your own? How do you teach you on weekdays? You must learn to observe your expressions, learn to talk to others, and learn to fool others. If the master dies, you will all starve to death. It's really ineffective."

Shoude was scolded and couldn't help but complain in his heart.

"Master, don't scold me first. The pilgrim made another request. He is a scholar and likes to read Taoist scriptures the most. He hopes to go to the Sutra Pavilion to read books and stay in the Taoist temple for a few nights. The young master promised that he would have 100 taels of silver, incense, oil and money afterwards." Shoude Dao.

When Taoist Ling Xiao heard this, he immediately turned angry and happy.

"You can go to the Sutra Library to read books. No problem. I packed up a room for the scholar in the guest room. I read the Sutra Library casually. I was injured by my master. You guys are not good at it. I am afraid that I will not make money for a while. The Taoist temple has such a large expense, so I cannot miss this rare opportunity."

"Master, are there any secrets in the Sutra Pavilion that cannot be read by outsiders?" Shoude asked.

"The most important classics in our Xuanyuan Temple are the "Return to the Truth" practiced by our master and you, as well as several magical techniques for drawing talismans, subduing demons, and catching ghosts. How could those secret books be placed in the Sutra Library? They are all hidden by our master. There are no important classics in the Sutra Library, so let him read them at will." Taoist Ling Xiao said with a smile.

Jiang Hao stayed in Xuanyuan Temple and walked into Xuanyuan Temple's Sutra Pavilion that afternoon. He said it was a Sutra Pavilion, but it was just a room with a bookshelves on one wall. The back of the bookshelf contained books, and there were only more than one hundred sets of books in total.

Ancient books are not like modern times, but are precious objects. In addition, Xuanyuan Temple is not big, so only these collections of books can be understood by Jiang Hao.

A book of reading,

I have read the "Three Officials Sutra", the "Beidou Sutra", the "Sutra of Receiving Birth", the "Zhenwu Sutra", the "Sutra of Elimination of Disasters", and the "Sutra of Disasters".

Jiang Hao finally saw a book that he had never read before, called "Wenxian Lu", a set of three volumes, probably with a punch.

After opening and looking through the catalog, Jiang Hao was surprised to find that this was actually a book introducing the situation of various Taoist sects in this world. It contained the locations and mountain gates of various sects, historical evolution, famous figures of various sects, and even the heads of this generation, introductions of outstanding figures in the sect, etc.

The previous introduction is some major sects, such as Shushan, Kunlun Mountain, Longhu Mountain, Maoshan, Chunyang School, Laoshan, Ziyang School, etc., and behind them are some small sects and even individual Taoist temples. Until the end, Jiang Hao saw the name of Xuanyuan Temple.

hehe,

I don’t know if this set of books is the same as those in the modern world who call bosses, customize national celebrity catalogs, and rankings of famous companies. You can get it by paying money, and it can be considered as leaving a name on the book.

Perhaps the rankings are different, but Jiang Hao knows that most of the information in such books is still real, especially at the forefront.
Chapter completed!