This middle-aged man is a little thin, with three wisps of whiskers. He looks gentle and has an ordinary sense of intimacy. He dresses very ordinary. He looks like a teacher in a rural private school, but he can vaguely see a lazy and casual look in his eyebrows and eyes. In short, this person can feel close at first glance, without any pride, hostility, air conditioning and other uncomfortable things, like a warm breeze with the smell of sunshine, giving people a very easy to approach.

The middle-aged man picked up a pair of chopsticks on the table, picked up a few slices of mutton and put them in his mouth to taste it, and praised: "No, it is Lao Li's sauce-based meat craftsmanship in Nanhua Town. I didn't expect that he would not have a rest during the New Year, it was rare." He picked up a pot of wine and took a sip, nodded and said: "This is not bad, twenty years old flower carvings, who can match this wine and meat? It took some thought."

Xiao Xia stared at the middle-aged man blankly, feeling familiar with this person. It seemed that he had seen it not long ago, but he just didn't know him and couldn't find this person in his memory.

Mingyue also opened her eyes wide and looked at the middle-aged man who suddenly appeared beside her curiously.

There was already silence around, and other young Taoists, including Xiningzi, were staring at the middle-aged man blankly. The difference was that they seemed to know this man, and everyone's eyes were wide open and their mouths were open.

"But this fireworks really don't have a big deal. How old are you, and you still play with these things? Isn't it the same to just find a few talismans from the Five Elements Sect to put them on? Is it just used to practice Taoism, is it just used to fight, kill, and recite scriptures and memorize?"

The middle-aged man waved his hand, and some boxes piled up in the distance suddenly jumped up, and the remaining fireworks that had not been set off. Just like he suddenly came to life, these wooden boxes jumped automatically, opened the lid, spit out all the fireworks and firecrackers inside, and then the fireworks also overlapped together like life. In a blink of an eye, a big human figure was pieced together. A bang. Two balls of firelight burst out under the feet of the human figure, and the whole human figure rushed into the sky and then exploded.

All the fireworks exploded in one place, and the flames and flashes flew out naturally hundreds of times heavier than before. The fireworks exploded did not splash around randomly, but were condensed together as invisible force, and were waving four big words in the air like ink: Congratulations to the New Year.

"Wow, this looks good. This is fun." Mingyue clapped her palms and looked excitedly.

Looking at the four vulgar words in the sky, Xiao Xia's eyes almost fell out, and her mouth was as wide as other young Taoists. It was not because the word was well written - the word was indeed well written, the fireworks exploded like a huge invisible pen writing, the horizontal and vertical strokes between all the strokes, pauses, character, and even the flow and stagnation of the fireworks "ink" on the void "paper" were all clearly and clearly - but the spell used by the middle-aged man to write this big fireworks word was completely beyond his imagination. Needless to say, he almost never thought that the spell could be like this.

Just now, when the middle-aged man waved his hands, when the wooden boxes just moved, he could vaguely feel that this was the "Five Ghosts Movement" in the Shangqing Dharma of Maoshan. However, this was not a single spell, but each wooden box was individually affected by a spell, and then the fireworks and firecrackers that popped out of the wooden box were all affected by a single Five Ghosts Movement. The Five Ghosts Movement is not a profound spell, but the middle-aged man could emit these dozens or hundreds without moving while raising his hands and feet. This not only exceeded his imagination, but simply subverted the common sense of applying Taoist talismans.

This is nothing. Before he could be surprised, the hundreds of spells were entangled with each other. They pulled each other, and they moved their whole body like countless silk threads twisted together to form a rope, manipulating fireworks and firecrackers into a human form. This seemed to be a talisman array composed of multiple talismans, but it was much more complicated than the talisman array, because the spell combination was changing at any time, and it seemed like it had come alive. Until the fireworks exploded, the five ghosts transport method was once again complicated and complicated in the void.

The manipulation of the fireworks was so complicated that it was impossible to recognize. Xiao Xia was dizzy and almost fell to her head. When he took his attention and spiritual consciousness back from the countless magics and looked at the middle-aged man again, an inexplicable feeling arose: All this is actually not complicated at all. It was so simple that the fireworks would gather and explode like that, just because the middle-aged man wanted to do that. As for those magics, those fireworks evolved automatically with the middle-aged man's thoughts.

Dharma is the mind, mind is Dharma, and a little bit of spiritual light in my heart is all the laws in the world. Xiao Xia finally understood what this sentence means.

Xiao Xia has seen many top-grade Taoist talismans in his life. The Heavenly Fire Sect's Heavenly Fire Furnace Array, the Fire Rainbow Piercing Heaven Escape Technique, the Purgatory Extreme Fire Cover at the Sky Volcano Mountain, and the Qiantian Lock Demon Talisman that is said to be made by Master Zhang Tian, ​​are all top-grade magic spells that are rarely seen by ordinary practitioners. But no matter how powerful those spells are, they are shocked by the past and present, if they are shocked, they are still not as good as the middle-aged man in front of him. This is a gap in realm.

And who would be able to use such a spell?

When Xiao Xia came to her senses slightly, when she thought of this problem, Xiningzi had already kneeled on the ground with a soft foot, and kowtowed in trembling voice: "Palm...the master of the master...please forgive me!"

As soon as he knelt, all the other young Taoist priests around him knelt down. For a moment, only the middle-aged man, Xiao Xia and Ming Yue, were left in the field. At this time, Xiao Xia finally understood and finally remembered. He had indeed seen the middle-aged man in front of him. He was the real person in the Maoshan Sect who presided over the ceremony for the heaven sacrifice ceremony, who presided over the ceremony for three days not long ago, and He Jinzhi, one of the three heavenly masters.

"Why kneel? The New Year is over, can you still want red envelopes? Get up."

He Jinzhi glanced at the Maoshan disciples kneeling around him and smiled faintly. He took off the robe of the Heavenly Master with gold and silver threads and took off the Shangqing hibiscus crown. It really seemed difficult for him to get along with the "Zheng Zheng Zhenren" who was very powerful and majestic. At first glance, he was a scholar who gave people a sense of easy access.

The young Taoist priest who was kneeling quickly stood up after hearing this. Xiao Xia did not kneel down, and at this time he still bowed honestly according to the rules: "I have seen the real person in charge of the sect."

"What are you afraid of? The fasting period has passed at this midnight, and drinking and eating meat is not a violation of the precepts. Setting off fireworks and firecrackers is just a common way of fun. Why are you afraid to see me?" He Jinzhi looked at the Maoshan disciples around him with a smile, his voice and expression were very relaxed. It was very soft, without any severity or blame, but the disciples were still silent. Several bonfires were still burning, the wine and meat on the table were still there, and the smell of fireworks in the air had not dissipated, but the bustle just now had not been left. No matter how friendly the man in front of him seemed, he was indeed a real Maoshan master.

"You are afraid. It's because you have a ghost in your heart and feel guilty, right? Because although you don't violate the precepts, you have prepared to drink and have fun here in this season. This is indeed not the behavior that a Taoist disciple should have. Although you haven't violated the rules on the surface, you have already violated the rules in your heart. So you feel guilty, right? Since you have a guilty heart, no one has forced you to come here to drink and have fun, why bother? You dare not act so hard, and you don't even dare to act like an ordinary reckless man. How can you practice Taoism and seek truth?" He Jinzhi said lightly, and sighed again. "Whether you go back, each of you will carefully copy the Sutra of Jing Jing a thousand times. Be careful to understand what the people in my Taoist sect should have."

"Respecting the teachings and teachings." These Maoshan disciples could only bow and agree honestly.

"By the way, who prepared this wine and meat?" He Jinzhi asked.

Xiningzi could only step forward and replied, "...It was prepared by my disciple. Disciple Xiningzi, from Guangning Temple in Jingzhou, went to Maoshan for the first time, and wanted to get closer to all the brothers in the sect..."

"Well, it can be seen that you have spent a lot of effort." He Jinzhi nodded. "I ate your meat and drank your wine, which can be considered as accepting your affection. This way. You only need to copy the Jingjing Sutra nine hundred and ninety times, but you have to send me what you copied to see if I really tried my best to see if I had finished copying and when I would go down the mountain."

"...Respecting the order of the master's teachings." Xiningzi's expression was very strange. Being able to get to the Maoshan teachings' eyes and letting the master check the writings personally is also a great luck and opportunity from a certain perspective. If it is spread, it may also attract many people's secret envy and their reputation has increased. But this also means that the 990-time Pure Land Sutra cannot be asked for perfunctory words, but it must even copy them seriously. It is even harder than some hard labor.

"Where are you, do you feel guilty?" He Jinzhi turned to look at Xiao Xia.

"Ero..." Xiao Xia certainly felt guilty. Because he didn't regard himself as a true Taoist disciple at all. However, the reason for not kneeling was that he did not recognize the Master He. At that time, his attention was more shocked by the spell that lifted heavy weights and did not pay much attention to the reactions of others around him. Otherwise, just to be inconspicuous, he would kneel down with others. The details of this cannot be clearly stated. Fortunately, this kind of verbal wisdom has always been his best. He just paused and opened his mouth and replied in a very natural tone: "There is wine and meat passing through the intestines in the Buddhist sect, and the Buddha sat in his heart. The purity and freedom that I seek for is not just the purity outside the body, the purity in the heart, and the natural purity. The disciples just chatted with these brothers here with all their hearts, and really didn't care whether it should be like this."

"Oh?" He Jinzhi raised his eyebrows. The other Xiningzi and others around him were stunned when they heard this. They might have a look of admiration after a sudden realization, or a confusion in their thoughts.

"Hehe. Taoist Xia, you are lying to others again." At this time, a voice suddenly came from the side, but Mingyue was laughing.

Xiao Xia's face couldn't help but turn slightly red, but fortunately, it was not very conspicuous under the night fire.

"Hahahaha..." He Jinzhi laughed and nodded at Mingyue. "It's still Miss Mingyue who is so straightforward."

"Oh, uncle, do you know me?"

"Of course I met. You are the girl Mingyue." He Jinzhi nodded and smiled, as if there were two morning stars in his eyes. "I was about to go home, but I saw the excitement here before I came over to see it. How about going to the house for a cup of tea? I was about to ask you and this boy who was pure but talk nonsense in his heart."

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He Jinzhi was holding his hands behind his back, walking slowly on a path in the forest like a teacher after class. It turned out that this master did not live in the Maoshan School's palace courtyard like other Maoshan Taoists, but was in the back mountain of Maoshan.

Xiaoxia and Mingyue followed behind and walked slowly along the path. Mingyue was talking to He Jinzhi all the way. She rarely talked so much, and rarely was she willing to talk to people other than Xiaoxia. The temperament of this Maoshan sect is indeed different from others, and even Mingyue completely let go of her guard.

He Jinzhi seemed to be very interested in her, and kept chatting with her with a faint smile on her face. Sometimes she asked Mingyue about the situation under the Tianhu Mountain that day, sometimes she asked Mingyue's teacher and hometown last year, and sometimes she asked Mingyue's teacher and hometown. Fortunately, Xiao Xia had already carefully arranged the answers to these questions. Although Mingyue doesn't like to lie, even if you are honest, just paying attention to the methods and methods of speaking is enough to deal with many situations. Moreover, the way Mingyue speaks is a bit confusing. At least most people can't hear any flaws.

Xiao Xia, who followed behind, was a little absent-minded and didn't even care about Mingyue and He Jinzhi's words. His mind had not yet fully recovered from the previous fireworks spell. Now he has a new shock along the way.

At midnight, the forest could not see the five fingers, but with He Jinzhi's footsteps, all the scenery within a hundred feet of him could be seen clearly. He also looked at where the light source was. It seemed that as he moved, the surrounding environment was automatically glowing, but it looked so natural, without any strange feeling. The bright moon jumping in front seemed to have not even noticed this.

Xiao Xia couldn't tell which sect, which sect, which spell it was, and even if it was a spell, it wasn't sure whether it was a spell. But he couldn't think of what it would be. Originally, he was still a little complacent with his own miscellaneous struggles with spells and talismans, and realized that he still had some talent in the way of talismans. But until today when he saw He Jinzhi's methods, he was extremely frustrated and had to admit that he was just a frog in the well. What he saw from this Maoshan sect was no longer a sect of spells, the types of spells, the levels of power, but a concept of spells and a completely different realm.

"Brother Xia, why are you stunned?"

This sentence came from the front. Xiao Xia was shocked and looked up. He Jinzhi was turning his head and smiling at him. He quickly closed his hands and bowed: "How dare you be called such a real person in the head? Disciple..."

He Jinzhi smiled faintly: "Okay, your identity as a disciple of Maoshan was originally given to you by my girl. There are no one else here, so who do you do this for? Could it be that you really want to enter the wall of Maoshan Gate?"

Xiao Xia couldn't help feeling a little embarrassed, and then she sighed a long sigh, and gave a fist-clapping ceremony from a junior in the world with conscience: "He Zhenren is very arrogant. I really want to use this Maoshan disciple to avoid a lot of trouble and offense."

He Jinzhi waved her hand and said, "I want to thank you. Two years ago, you saved my girl from the hands of the Five Ghosts of Tianhe. Although she was her own work at that time, how could she kill the five Ghosts of Tianhe and Wan Yufeng who had been famous for a long time with her little traits? Later, after she returned to the mountain, she worked harder and tried to learn about various tricks in the world. It seems that she was stimulated by you. She was always very dissatisfied with you. Now that you have something to ask her, she used this method to tease you and wanted you to be a disciple of Maoshan, so that you can point fingers at you? It's really hard for you. However, walking in the world, having a door wall background can indeed reduce a lot of trouble. Don't worry, I will turn around and ask someone to apply for your magic card."

"Then I'm thankful for Zhenren He!" The stone in Xiao Xia's heart finally landed on the ground. The Maoshan sect said in person, which was naturally a hundred times safer than He Sier. Once this identity is implemented, there will be no mistakes in Qingzhou.

"It's just a temporary stopgap. You don't have to pay too much attention. You can see that you are not used to being a true Taoist disciple, right?"

Xiao Xia thought about it and nodded honestly: "It turns out that being a real Taoist priest is so tiring."

Unexpectedly, He Jinzhi nodded, spread his hands and smiled, "Yes, being a Taoist priest is so tiring. So when I am fine, I don't think I am a Taoist priest."

Xiao Xia was immediately ridiculous and wailed. The head of Maoshan, one of the Taoist priests in the world, actually said that being a Taoist priest was so tiring. If you told others about this, I would probably have to be regarded as a madman. But seeing this Zhenren He dressed up in an ordinary manner and could not see the taste of a Taoist priest at all, maybe this is really not a joke.

"You don't have to be a Taoist priest, and you don't have to be a Taoist priest. In fact, being an unrestrained wild Taoist priest is the real right path to practice Taoism. I can't even envy this." He Jinzhi sighed. Suddenly he stopped and turned his head to look at Xiao Xia. "I heard that you have some experience and talent in the way of talismans. Although talismans and magic are just some details of practicing Taoism, you can still use it to walk in the world. If you have any questions about it, you can ask me. As long as it is not related to the direct inheritance of my Shangqing Sect, I can teach you everything else."

"Ah?" Xiao Xia almost wondered if she had heard it wrong.

Mingyue clapped her hands and smiled, "That's great. Taoist Xia, you can learn the tricks you just now and play them every day." (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to Qidian to vote for recommendations, monthly votes, and your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile phone users please go to m. Read.)
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