Chapter 1979 Taoist Etiquette

Xiao Jian couldn't help but ask: "Senior, you are old, why do you have to do everything yourself? You might as well leave these things to your disciples!"

"Haha, fellow Daoist Xiao, this porridge and meal should reflect the difficulties of Taoism, and every word and deed should imitate the compassion of Taoist ancestors. Meditation is practice, refining qi is practice, and the good deeds of giving porridge are practice. The old Taoist has been giving porridge for fifty years, Although he is about to die now, he dare not neglect it!" Dao Shan took a short rest and said with a smile.

"Si..." Not only Xiao Jian was surprised, but Xiao Hua was also greatly shocked! I have been giving porridge for fifty years! This is not something ordinary people can do! Suddenly, Xiao Hua felt that he had lived like a dog in the past two hundred years!

Having said that, Dao Shan was old after all, and the wooden spoon was so big that the old Taoist couldn't even scoop out a few more spoons.

"Ya..." Xiao Jian yelled, "Where did you die? Why don't you come over quickly and help senior make meals!!"

"Yes, Master!" Yuan Ya responded. However, as soon as Yuan Ya came out of the shadow behind Xiao Hua, the shadow of his figure flashed past the white porridge, and all the beggars showed fear!

"Daozhang Xiao, you should come as a young man!" Liu Yi saw that although Dao Shan did not frown, his eyes were obviously worried, so he hurriedly jumped off the carriage and said.

Liu Yi had a sweet mouth, walked up to Dao Shan, and saluted respectfully: "Grandpa Dao, you have been doing good deeds all your life, and these good deeds and good intentions must be passed down. Liu Yi is not talented, so he is willing to take over the good roots of our Taoist family and continue his good deeds." "Continue to give alms. If Grandpa Dao is worried, how about giving guidance to the boy's practice?"

"Okay!" Dao Shan looked at Liu Yi's cleverness and his pleasant words, and he had to give the spoon to Liu Yi.

However, Dao Shan was still standing by, seeing that Liu Yi was very serious about filling every beggar's broken bowl without any slack, then he turned to Xiao Jian with confidence and said: "Xiao Dao is so friendly and blessed. ! This disciple of yours is a hundred times stronger than the experienced disciples!"

"Don't dare." Xiao Jian waved his hand hurriedly, let Xiao Hua out, and said with a smile. "Liu Yi is the boy sitting in front of Senior Xiao, not the disciple of this junior!"

"Oh?" Dao Shan was obviously taken aback. Looking at Xiao Hua, who looked like a young man, he seemed to understand something. He hurriedly arranged his Taoist robes and bowed respectfully, "I am a poor Dao Shan. I have met my senior!"

How could Xiao Hua be willing to let this kind-hearted old Taoist salute him? He just waved his hand, but the old Taoist couldn't bow down. He bowed first and said: "Xiao Hua, a poor Taoist, has met Master Dao Shan!"

Dao Shan couldn't bow down, and he even knew that Xiao Hua had an extraordinary origin. Surprise flashed in his eyes, and then he smiled bitterly and said: "The old Taoist does not practice Taoism, he only reads Taoist scriptures, he is not good at alms, he only knows how to give, and he has never practiced at all. How can he be called a master?"

"Master is wrong!" Xiao Hua said with a smile.

"There are countless roads to practice, and none of them are smooth! The master puts kindness first, and his deeds are like drops of water, and one day is like a day, benefiting all living beings. Although Xiao has also done good deeds, if he is like the master, Persistence...it’s impossible, a master cannot be called a master, who can be called a master? If the master is not a master, then there is no master in this Hidden Immortal Continent!”

"Senior..." Dao Shan was still modest, "Old Taoist has been entering the Taoist sect since he was a child. He has always admired people like Senior who have magical powers in the Taoist sect, but he has never had this opportunity in his life. That's why he used such meager means to help me. The Taoists have tried their best, but this is really not worth mentioning in front of the seniors. The seniors said this makes the old Taoist feel ashamed! "

"Call fellow Taoist!" Xiao Hua said with a smile. He really didn't want to be called senior by such an old man. After all, the old man has reached the end of his life, and although he is old, he has just been in his prime!

"Yes, Fellow Daoist Xiao!" Dao Shan was very happy. But after saying this, he suddenly realized, "The two fellow Taoists are actually one family!"

"Fellow Taoist is wrong!" Xiao Hua shook his head, "Xiao also met this Taoist Master Xiao by chance!"

"Taoists in the world are all one family, and meeting each other means we are destined!" Dao Shan said with a smile, and then looked at the many beggars slowly coming from a distance, and the smile on his face faded again, "Well, this year, The Bronze Pillar Kingdom is recruiting troops and horses, and there are more and more beggars in the country..."

"Gugu..." Xiao Jian's stomach actually growled unsatisfactorily at this time.

Although the old Taoist's ears didn't work very well, he was really close to Xiao Jian, and Xiao Jian's thunderous sound immediately made him understand.

"Haha, the old Taoist is really happy to see fellow Taoists, but that's rude!" Dao Shan smiled and raised the walking path, "Fellow Taoists, please wait a moment. The old Taoist will call the disciples to come out and greet you!"

"Don't..." Xiao Hua saw that Dao Shan was neatly dressed and knew that the old Taoist was the most particular about it. He didn't know what etiquette he had come up with, so he hurriedly called him to stop him.

But Dao Shan waved his hand and said: "Confucianism cultivators have always used etiquette to stabilize and govern the country. Although we, Taoists, do not have too many complicated etiquette, but Taoist friends come from far away, we, Qiyang Guan, must act solemnly! If you are a Confucian, The cultivators will definitely laugh at my Taoism when they see it.”

Xiao Hua wanted to say more, but Xiao Jian smiled beside him and said: "Senior, Senior Dao Shan's Seven Yang Temple is the real Taoist temple. If you don't let him welcome senior in, I'm afraid you will lose the face of my Taoist family. It’s not nice to go out!”

"Okay!" Xiao Hua was a little curious and didn't quite understand what etiquette he needed 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 many thin beggars in front of the iron pot. Some of these beggars left disappointed when they saw that the porridge they gave was gone, but some still looked eagerly and stayed in front of the iron pot.

"Master..." Looking at the empty gate, Liu Yi whispered, "Let these people leave?"

Xiao Hua smiled and said, "Let them wait first. When we go in, let Master Daoshan make porridge!"

"Yes~" Liu Yi whispered, and the beggars were all very happy and waited there obediently.

As he was talking, a sound of stringed instruments came from the Qiyang Temple, and then, several skinny Taoist children, some holding flutes, some holding Xiaos, or holding Shengs, walked out of the gate while playing, and after these Taoist children, Daoshan led a dozen middle-aged and elderly Taoists in neat Taoist robes to slowly spread out.

Daoshan, who was walking in the front, even held a long, whitish board-like object in his hand.

Xiao Hua wanted to ask Xiao Jian, but Xiao Jian's face had changed to solemnity. He hurried to the door of Qiyang Temple, stood straight, put his hands in his Taoist robe, and looked down at the ground. Seeing this, Xiao Hua did not dare to neglect it, and hurriedly walked to Xiao Jian's side and stood still.

Seeing Xiao Hua coming, Xiao Jian hurriedly stepped back half a step to show the difference.

Liu Yi was smart, and hurriedly pulled Yuan Ya, who was stunned beside him, and stood on Xiao Hua's side behind Xiao Jian, and let Yuan Ya stand next to him facing Xiao Jian.

Daoshan and others walked in front of Xiao Hua, and did not speak until the song ended, and then said: "I am Daoshan of Qiyang Temple, welcome Senior Xiao Hua, and Fellow Daoist Xiao Jian to my Qiyang Temple!"

With these words, Daoshan raised the board and saluted respectfully.

"Disciple welcomes the two seniors Xiao!" Even though they saw that Xiao Hua was very young, many Taoists still saluted respectfully.

Xiao Hua and others also returned the salute. Although Xiao Hua did not know the specific etiquette, he still raised his hand and lifted more than a dozen people up.

Everyone was shocked!

"Senior Xiao, please go to the temple to worship the Taoist ancestor..." Daoshan's face remained unchanged, and he said word by word, turning around.

"Yes, Master, please!" Xiao Hua replied, and walked towards Daoshan. When Xiao Hua just passed Daoshan, Daoshan also stepped forward and accompanied Xiao Hua into the Taoist temple.

Qiyang Temple is really not small. After entering the gate, there is a large courtyard, two rows of side rooms in the east and west, and opposite is a very imposing hall. Although these houses are old, the scale is far from comparable to Jiangchao Temple! In particular, there are two side doors on both sides of the main hall, leading directly to the back of the main hall. Thinking of the situation seen from the small bridge, Xiao Hua knew that there was a huge place behind the main hall without Daoshan's introduction.

The hall was brightly lit. In addition to several oil lamps in the hall, there were three red candles as thick as arms burning on the altar. In addition to the red candles, there was also an incense burner on the altar. Several incense sticks were rising in the incense burner. On both sides of the incense burner, several plates were placed in order, and the plates contained some rice, noodles, grains and other things.

However, what puzzled Xiao Hua was that there was no statue of Daozu behind the altar, but several layers of niches. There were small signs on the niches with some words written on them, and there were small celadon bowls in front of the signs!

"Worship Daozu!" When Xiao Hua walked to the center of the hall, Daoshan shouted loudly, full of energy, how could he look like a sixty-year-old man?

Looking at the niches with nothing in front of him, and the signs one by one, Xiao Hua was a little amused. He had thought about this question as early as when he was in Xiaoyu Continent. Who is Daozu? Now that I have come to the Hidden Immortal Continent, this problem has not been solved. I have never worshipped the Taoist master in the Dawn Rain Continent. Today, I have to worship the Taoist master.

"The dead are the greatest!" Xiao Hua imitated Xiao Jian, put his hands inside his Taoist robe, raised them very high to his forehead, and then slowly bowed until his forehead was level with the altar in front of him. Then he stopped, and then bowed twice, making a total of three bows.

"Respect to the Master!" When Xiao Hua stood up, Dao Shan shouted again.

This time, the three bows were a little higher than the previous three bows. Xiao Hua paid attention to what Xiao Jian did and followed the steps.

"Meet Taoist friend!" Daoshan shouted, turned around, holding the yellowed board in his hand, and saluted Xiao Hua with his disciples. Xiao Hua now understood that the yellowed board was actually a jade carving...

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