Chapter 1979 Daoist Etiquette
Xiao Jian couldn't help asking: "Senior, you are old, why do you have to do everything yourself? You might as well leave these things to your disciples!"
"Hehe, Fellow Daoist Xiao, this porridge and meal should reflect the difficulties of the Taoist school, and every word and deed should emulate the compassion of the Taoist ancestors. Meditation is practice, qi refining is practice, and doing good deeds by giving porridge is practice. The old Taoist has been giving porridge for fifty years. Although he is dying now, he dare not be negligent!" Daoshan said with a smile after taking a rest.
"Si..." Not to mention Xiao Jian was surprised, even Xiao Hua was greatly astonished! Fifty years of porridge giving! This is not something ordinary people can do! Suddenly, Xiao Hua felt that he had lived on a dog for the past two hundred years!
That being said, Daoshan was old after all, and the wooden spoon was so big that the old Daoist couldn't handle it after scooping a few spoonfuls.
"Ya..." Xiao Jian yelled, "Where did you die? Why don't you hurry over here and help senior cook!!"
"Yes, Master!" Yuan Ya responded. It's just that, as soon as Yuan Ya came out of the shadow behind Xiao Hua, the shadow of that figure flashed past the porridge, and all the beggars showed panic!
"Daoist Xiao, let's go younger!" Liu Yi saw that although Daoshan didn't frown, there was obviously some worry in his eyes, and he hurriedly jumped off the carriage and said.
Liu Yi spoke sweetly, walked up to Daoshan, and saluted respectfully: "Grandpa Dao, you have been doing good deeds all your life, and this kind deed and kindness must be passed on to the future. The boy Liu Yi is not talented, and he is willing to take over the good roots of our Taoist school and pass on this good deed." Continue to give alms, if Grandpa Dao is worried, how about teaching the kid how to practice?"
"Okay!" Daoshan looked at Liu Yi's cleverness, and the pleasing words, he had to give the spoon to Liu Yi if he didn't give it to him.
However, Daoshan was still standing by the side, seeing that Liu Yi was serious about filling up every beggar's broken bowl without any slack, so he turned his head to Xiao Jian and said with confidence: "Xiao Dao is so friendly and blessed!" ! Your disciple is a hundred times stronger than the veteran disciple!"
"Don't dare..." Xiao Jian hurriedly waved his hand, let Xiao Hua out, and said with a smile. "Liu Yi is the boy sitting in front of Senior Xiao, not the disciple of the junior!"
"Oh?" Daoshan was obviously taken aback, looking at Xiao Hua who looked like a boy, he seemed to understand something, hurriedly tidied up his Taoist robe, and saluted very respectfully, "Poverty Daoshan. I have seen seniors!"
How could Xiao Hua be willing to let this kind-hearted old Taoist salute to himself, just waved his hand, the old Taoist couldn't bow down, and he bowed first and said: "Poverty Xiao Hua, I have met Master Daoshan!"
Dao Shan's figure couldn't bow down, and he knew Xiao Hua's extraordinary background. Surprise flashed in his eyes, and then he smiled wryly: "Old Taoists don't practice Taoism,
He only reads Taoist scriptures, is not good at almsgiving, only knows how to give alms, and has never practiced at all. How can he be called a master? "
"Master is wrong!" Xiao Hua said with a smile. "There are thousands of paths to practice, and none of them is smooth! The master puts goodness first, and his deeds are like drops of water. Nearly a year is like a day, and it will benefit all living beings. Although Xiao has done good deeds before, if he is as good as the master, Perseverance... I can't, a master can't be called a master, who can be called a master? If the master is not a master, then there will be no masters in the Hidden Immortal Continent!"
"Senior..." Daoshan is still humble, "The old Taoist has been in the Taoist sect since he was a child, and he has always admired the supernatural beings like senior, but the old Taoist has never had this opportunity in his life. That's why the old Taoist used such meager means to help me. Daoists do their best, which is really not worth mentioning in front of the seniors, and the seniors are ashamed to say so!"
"Call it fellow daoist!" Xiao Hua said with a smile, he really didn't want to be called a senior by such an old man. After all, the old man has reached the end of his life, and although he is old, he is just now in full bloom!
"Yes, Fellow Daoist Xiao!" Daoshan was very happy. But when he said it, he came to his senses again, "The two fellow daoists are a family!"
"Friend Daoist is wrong!" Xiao Hua shook his head, "Xiao also met this Daoist Xiao by chance!"
"Tianxia Daomen is a family, meeting is fate!" Daoshan said with a smile, and then looked at many beggars who came slowly from a distance, and the smile on his face disappeared again, "Oh, this year The Copper Pillar Kingdom is booming, and there are more and more beggars in this country..."
"Cuckoo..." Xiao Jian's stomach growled unexpectedly at this moment.
Although Lao Dao's ears are not good, but he is really close to Xiao Jian, Xiao Jian's thunderous noise immediately made him understand.
"Hehe, the old Taoist is really happy to see fellow daoists, but I'm being rude!" Daoshan smiled and said, "Fellow daoists, wait a moment, the old master will call his apprentices to come out and welcome you all!"
"Don't..." Xiao Hua saw Daoshan's whole body neatly and knew that the old Taoist was the most particular, and he didn't know what etiquette he had, so he hurriedly wanted to stop him.
Ke Daoshan waved his hand and said: "Confucianism cultivators have always used etiquette to govern the country with etiquette. Although my Taoist school does not have too many complicated etiquettes, but Taoist friends come from afar, my Seven Suns Temple must act solemnly! Cultivators will laugh at my sect when they see it."
Xiao Hua wanted to say more, but Xiao Jian smiled beside him: "Senior, Senior Daoshan's Seven Suns Temple is a real Taoist temple, if you don't let him welcome seniors in, I'm afraid you will lose the face of my Taoist school, pass it on It's not good to go out!"
"Okay!" Xiao Hua became a little curious, and didn't quite understand what etiquette to welcome him to a Taoist temple.
After a cup of tea, the iron pot in front of Qiyang Temple was empty, but there were still a lot of thin-faced beggars in front of the iron pot. Some of these beggars were disappointed when they saw that the porridge was gone. He left quickly, but he still watched helplessly, staying in front of the iron pot persistently.
"Taoist..." Looking at the empty gate, Liu Yi whispered, "Should these people leave?"
Xiao Hua smiled and said: "Let them wait first, wait until I wait in, and then let Master Daoshan cook the porridge!"
"Yes~" Liu Yi whispered, those beggars were overjoyed, and obediently waited there.
Just as he was talking, there was a sound of silk and bamboo coming from the Temple of the Seven Suns, and then a few skinny Taoist boys were seen, either holding flutes, or flutes, or sheng, While blowing, he walked out of the gate, and after these Taoist boys, You Daoshan led a dozen middle-aged and elderly Taoist priests in neat Taoist robes slowly out.
Daoshan, who was walking in the front, even held a long, whitish thing that looked like a board in his hand.
Xiao Hua intends to ask Xiao Jian, but Xiao Jian's face has changed into solemnity, and he hurriedly walked to the door of Qiyang Temple, standing straight, with his hands inside the Taoist robe, looking down at the ground . Seeing this, Xiao Hua didn't dare to neglect, and hurriedly walked to Xiao Jian's side and stood still.
Seeing Xiao Hua coming, Xiao Jian hastily stepped back half a step to show the difference.
Liu Yi was clever, and hurriedly pulled Yuan Ya who was stunned beside him, standing on Xiao Hua's side himself behind Xiao Jian, and letting Yuan Ya stand beside him was facing Xiao Jian.
Daoshan and the others walked in front of Xiao Hua, did not speak, and waited until the end of the song, and then said: "Poverty Dao Qiyang Temple Daoshan, welcome Senior Xiao Hua, Xiao Jian Daoist friend come to my Qiyang Temple!"
Following these words, Daoshan held up the board and saluted respectfully.
"Disciple welcomes the two Senior Xiaos!" Even though they saw that Xiao Hua was very young, many Taoist priests still saluted respectfully.
Xiao Hua and others also returned the gift. Although Xiao Hua didn't know the specific etiquette, he still raised his hand, and he lifted a dozen people up.
Everyone was shocked!
"Senior Xiao, please go to the temple to pay homage to the Taoist ancestor..." Daoshan's expression remained unchanged, he said word for word, and turned away.
"Yes, master please!" Xiao Hua replied, and walked towards Daoshan, waiting until Xiao Hua's figure had just passed Daoshan, Daoshan moved at the same time, and accompanied Xiao Hua into the Taoist temple.
The Qiyang Temple is really not small. When you enter the Guanmen, there is a rather large courtyard. There are two rows of wing rooms on the east and west. Opposite is a very grand hall. Although these houses are old, their scale is far from comparable to that of Jiangchao Temple. up! In particular, there are two side doors on both sides of the main hall, directly leading to the main hall, thinking about the situation seen from the small bridge, without Dao Shan's introduction, Xiao Hua also knows that there is a great place behind the main hall.
The main hall is brightly lit. In addition to a few oil lamps in the hall, there are three thick red candles on the altar table that are burning brightly. Besides the red candles, there is also an incense burner on the altar table, and a few sticks of incense are curling up in the incense burner. Rise up, and on both sides of the incense burner, several plates are placed one by one, and the plates are filled with some rice, noodles, grains and so on.
However, what puzzled Xiao Hua was that there was no statue of Dao Ancestor behind the altar, but several layers of niches, on which there were small signs with some handwriting written on them. There are small celadon bowls one after another!
"Worship Taoist Ancestor!" After Xiao Hua walked to the middle of the hall, Daoshan shouted loudly, full of energy, how could he look like an old man in his sixties?
Looking at the altar with nothing in front of his head, and the signs one by one, Xiao Hua was a little dumbfounded, he had already thought about this question when he was in Dawn Rain Continent, who is Dao Ancestor? Now in the Hidden Immortal Continent, this problem has not been resolved, even in the Xiaoyu Continent, he has never paid homage to Daozu today.
"The dead are the greatest!" Xiao Hua imitated Xiao Jian's appearance, put his hand in the Taoist robe, raised it very high up to his forehead, and then slowly bowed until his forehead was in line with the confession in front When they were even, they stopped, and then bowed twice, making three bows.
"Respect Master!!" After Xiao Hua got up, Dao Shan shouted again.
The posture of the three bows this time is a bit higher than the previous three bows, Xiao Hua paid attention to what Xiao Jian did, and he followed the steps.
"See fellow daoist!" Daoshan shouted, turned around, held the already yellow board in his hand, and brought his disciples to salute Xiao Hua, Xiao Hua could now see clearly, the yellow board The board is actually a jade carving...
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