Chapter 1269 Extra 24: Master and Disciple

My name is Qi Mingyun. I was born a noble and was born into the royal family. However, I only maintained this status for five years before it came to an abrupt end.

Since the appearance of the Taoist priest who looked nothing like the legendary immortal, I became a little Taoist boy who lost my noble status. My Taoist name is Changdu, which means to save people, ghosts and myself.

When my master, whose Taoist name is Xuanyi, appeared, I was panicked and felt that I was being abandoned. Sure enough, he wanted to take me away and accept me as his disciple.

I don’t understand. He looked at me with disgust. Why did he bear the pain to accept me as his disciple? He clearly thought I was a big trouble.

Don’t ask me how I know. The answer is that I am a child of the royal family. I am born to be able to read people’s expressions. Others think I am stupid and dull, but in fact, I am clear-headed.

I didn’t want to leave, but my master said that if I didn’t leave, I would not live to be ten years old. I was scared and used my fat and short little fingers tucked in my sleeves to carefully calculate how long it would take to reach the number ten.

You don't know until you calculate. Once you calculate, you'll be shocked.

I, Qi Mingyun, don't have many years left to live.

My heart sank. I looked eagerly at my grandfather, who was so thin that he was almost unrecognizable, lying on the dragon bed. Suddenly, I felt fortunate. If I had died at the age of ten, I would never be as skinny and scary as my grandfather, right?

It seems that being fat is still useful.

I pinched the soft fat on my body and felt sad.

Who wants to die when you can live?

I looked at my grandfather for help. What should I do?

But my grandfather asked me to leave, saying that I was a person with great fortune, so I waited for such a master. I was a little confused.

If I had good fortune, how could I become a fat boy who couldn't even run, carrying a medicine jar all day long? My mother was gone, and my father didn't love me much. If it weren't for the attention of my grandfather since he was a child, his little body would probably have died long ago.

But my grandfather wouldn't lie with his eyes open.

He asked me to go, so I went, because he was the most important in the royal family, and I only believed in him.

So I worshipped my master and entered Taoism under the eyes of my grandfather. From then on, there was no Qi Mingyun in the world, only Taoist Changdu, the sixth-generation direct disciple of Qingping Temple.

Because my grandfather said that if I entered Taoism, I would no longer be a royal child, and I should turn a blind eye to the royal family, not participate, not listen, and not care.

So, after my grandfather passed away, I soon "died", and the one who lived was Taoist Changdu.

I cried like a tearful person in front of my grandfather's dragon coffin. What surprised people was that no one could see me, or my master.

This is a trick, my master said, as long as I learn the five arts of Xuanmen well, I can perform such a small trick at any time.

And what I thought was, if I performed such a trick, does it mean that no one can see me even if I take off my clothes?

That scene seems a bit powerful.

I said this unconsciously, and my master's face was darker than the bottom of a pot. He disliked me even more!

My grandfather passed away, and I was "dead". I followed my master step by step to leave Shengjing, where I was born and raised, and walked out of the capital. As soon as I left the city gate, I fell to the ground with my five bodies on the ground.

I was in a mess and didn't even have the strength to get up. My eyes were dark, and I raised my head slightly. My master stood in front of me with a frown, blocking the sunlight on my head.

He didn't hide his dislike at all.

I was very discouraged.

"Can you get up?"

I didn't say a word and decided to lie on the ground and pretend to be dead. I felt that my feet had been rubbed with blisters and I couldn't walk a step.

I heard a sigh and a barely audible murmur, but I heard it clearly.

"My master didn't teach me how to raise an apprentice. It's really troublesome."

I wanted to laugh, but I didn't dare.

I'm already thirty-something, don't I know how to raise a child?

Later, I realized that he really couldn't do it. I was raised in a free-range environment with bumps and bruises. Master said that he grew up like this too.

So, this is a continuation of the same lineage. What kind of master you have, what kind of apprentice you have. What about me, will I be the same as my master in the future?

I know a little bit about everything, but I can't raise a child?

Master carried me on his back and walked away from the capital, taking me on the path I should take, which is also the road.

I followed my master, walking from north to south, sleeping in the open, measuring the land with my feet, and seeing the various forms of life in this world, as well as the ghosts in the ghost world with my eyes.

Master said that my fate is strange, and it is easy for evil spirits to covet my body. In the past, I was protected by dragon energy in the palace, but I lost the protection after leaving the capital. It can be said that I have seen more ghosts than people along the way.

I still remember the first time I saw a ghost. It was a starving ghost who was so skinny that his bones were visible. He was attracted by my fat body and wanted to tear me apart and swallow me. I will never forget his ferocious expression.

When the starving ghost rushed towards me, a golden light flashed on my body and slashed at the starving ghost. He only heard a scream and disappeared.

I was stunned.

And my master who was meditating just opened his eyes and looked in the direction of the starving ghost. His voice was cold: "My disciple, this real person is protecting me. Whoever touches me will die!"

He said this as if he was talking to the starving ghost, or to other lonely ghosts. I suddenly felt the yin energy around me disappear instantly.

My heart was shaken, I felt a little happy, a little moved, and a little bitter.

Even my grandfather had never said so righteously that he was protecting me!

But this master said so.

At this time, a cool breeze blew, and an unspeakable smell penetrated my nose. My crotch was chilly and cold.

The master snorted and stared at me: "Wash your clothes yourself."

I was startled, and subconsciously looked down along his line of sight, and my face suddenly turned the color of pig liver.

I was so scared that I peed!

I was so embarrassed that I wanted to crawl into a hole in the ground.

The master said again: "I can protect you for a while, but I can't protect you for a lifetime. I can't follow you all the time. It's better to rely on yourself than on anyone else. You have to learn Taoism well to have the power to protect yourself. Otherwise, according to your physique, it's not uncommon for ghosts to eat you."

I seemed to understand.

The master said again: "If you don't learn well, I will beat you!"

I looked at his clenched fist, afraid that he would really beat me, and hurriedly agreed.

This is the world I will experience in the future. There are people, ghosts, and monsters. At first, I was afraid of ghosts and couldn't sleep at night, afraid that they would possess me and devour my soul. Later, I got used to it and realized that sometimes, people are more terrifying than ghosts.

Ghosts sometimes didn't hurt me at all, but people hurt me to pieces. For example, when I was a wandering Taoist, I helped them with their pulses and diagnoses. If I told them the truth, they would beat me just to avoid my diagnosis and divination fees.

They were so greedy that they didn't want to give me any divination fees. I had to change their fate and tell them that they were poor!

In this world, there are many different kinds of people, but I am like a fish in water. (End of this chapter)