Chapter 3251
Chapter 3251
Although he had already greeted Dao Shan and the others outside the Seven Suns Temple, Xiao Hua still followed the so-called etiquette of the Daoist Sect and greeted them again.
After the greeting, Dao Shan's smile became even wider. He walked to the altar and placed the jade board on it. Then, he picked up three incense sticks and said to Xiao Hua with a smile, "Senior Xiao, please light the incense for the Daoist Ancestor!"
"Okay!"
Xiao Hua took the incense sticks and waved his hand. A flame flashed and the three incense sticks were immediately lit. A strange expression appeared in the eyes of the dozens of disciples who saw this.
After Xiao Hua respectfully placed the incense sticks on the incense burner, Dao Shan was obviously relieved. He raised his hand and said, "Thank you, Senior Xiao. Please, please come to the side hall for tea!"
As he spoke, the Daoist children holding the flute and other musical instruments started playing again. Under Dao Shan's lead, Xiao Hua walked past a yellow curtain and arrived at the side hall. There was a yellow praying mat and a few tables and chairs here.
However, Dao Shan didn't sit down immediately when he walked to the chair. Instead, he closed his eyes slightly. This made Xiao Hua confused. He looked at Xiao Jian and was also confused. However, the two of them could only do as they were told. When the music floated into the night sky, Dao Shan opened his eyes and raised his hand with a smile, "Senior, Fellow Daoist, please sit!"
"Fellow Daoist, please!"
Xiao Hua smiled and sat down. After that, Xiao Jian and Dao Shan also sat down. Liu Yi and Yuan Ya obediently stood behind the two of them. A Daoist child with delicate features hurriedly came over with a tray that had some paint chipped off. He brought over three cups of green tea.
When the Daoist child went down, he seemed to have something to say. However, when he saw that Dao Shan's attention was on Xiao Hua, he didn't dare to speak. He waved his hand at a slightly older disciple behind Dao Shan and went down.
That older disciple glanced at Dao Shan who was talking to Xiao Hua and nodded slightly at Xiao Hua. Then, he quietly walked out. Dao Shan's ears weren't very good, so he naturally didn't notice.
"Senior Xiao, where do you cultivate?
How many disciples do you have? "Dao Shan asked respectfully after inviting Xiao Hua to drink a mouthful of tea.
Xiao Hua drank a mouthful of tea. This tea was very bitter and astringent, making the tea somewhat black. Xiao Hua only touched his lips and felt relieved. He replied with a smile, "I'll let Grandmaster know. This Xiao … used to cultivate overseas, so I don't have any disciples!
This Liu Yi is just a servant! "
"Overseas?" Dao Shan's eyes lit up. He said anxiously, "Is it the Eastern Sea?
When I was young, I wanted to go to the East Sea to take a look, but until now, I still haven't had the chance to see the magnificent East Sea! "
Xiao Hua smiled and shook his head: "Don't ask too much about which overseas master!
In short, it's very far … Of course, if you want to go, you can find some time to go and take a look! "
"Sigh, I am old. I can't walk anymore!" Dao Shan said with a smile. Although it sounded like a sigh, there wasn't much sadness in his tone.
Xiao Hua comforted, "Grandmaster is wrong. Grandmaster's good deeds are clear, the Heavenly Dao is naturally fair. It definitely won't let Grandmaster give up at such a young age!
There are too few people like Grandmaster in this world. Since Grandmaster has met me, it's an opportunity given to Grandmaster by Dao Zu. Grandmaster will continue to do good deeds in the Seven Suns Temple in the future! "
"Hehe, thank you senior for your auspicious words!"
Dao Shan knew that Xiao Hua was a cultivator, but he didn't dare to believe what Xiao Hua said. He only smiled and said. Xiao Hua wasn't in a hurry to take out the Rejuvenation Pill. After all, Dao Shan was an ordinary person. Xiao Hua didn't know if Dao Shan could withstand the effects of the Rejuvenation Pill. Since he came to the Seven Suns Temple, he naturally wanted to help this kind person from the Dao Sect to live a long life.
"Rumble …" Xiao Jian was already hungry. Now that he drank a few mouthfuls of tea, he became even hungrier.
"Haha, I forgot!" Dao Shan laughed. He turned his head and ordered, "Disciple, go and get a bowl of porridge for Martial Uncle Xiao!"
A disciple behind Dao Shan had a difficult expression. However, he still responded and prepared to leave. At this moment, the disciple who just walked out returned to the entrance of the main hall. When he heard Dao Shan's order, he hurriedly walked to Dao Shan's side and whispered a few words.
"Oh?"
Dao Shan frowned and a trace of awkwardness appeared on his face. He then smiled and said to Xiao Jian, "Fellow Daoist Xiao, you must be joking. I have already finished the porridge.
Moreover, today is the Hungry Ghost Festival. This old Daoist wants to let the benevolent masters around me eat more, so I cooked all the food in the temple into plain porridge. Now that there is no food in the temple, this old Daoist will ask my disciples to pick some vegetables from the backyard. Fellow Daoist, you can cook some. Tomorrow morning, this old Daoist's disciples will sell the vegetables in the market and buy some food.
Xiao Hua who was at the side heard everything clearly. He smiled and said, "Master, you don't have to be so polite. There is no need to persuade the kind people outside to leave. Previously, you were the one who gave the porridge. Now, it is time for me to give the porridge. Master, please let your disciple send me to the place where we store the food!"
"Oh?
Senior Xiao, this is … "Dao Shan didn't understand. Obviously, he didn't understand the Dao Sect's spells.
"Senior, Immortal Xiao is a famous cultivator in our Dao Sect. He has the ability to transform beans into soldiers and move mountains and seas!
You only need to bring Immortal Xiao there! "Xiao Jian said with a smile.
Dao Shan naturally wouldn't let his disciple bring Xiao Hua there. He personally brought Xiao Hua to the main hall and walked through a few deserted courtyards. Finally, they arrived in front of a small courtyard. Xiao Hua glanced at the wooden door on the left side of the courtyard. Outside the door, under the moonlight, there were a lot of vegetables. In this courtyard, there were two Daoists with strong hands and feet. They were washing the iron pot that they just brought back from outside the temple.
"Inside here …" Dao Shan raised his hand and was about to speak. Xiao Hua shook his head and said, "This place is too small. Is there a bigger place?"
Dao Shan was helpless. He pointed to a few houses opposite the courtyard and said, "This is where the winter vegetables are stored. It is empty now. Senior, do you really have a spell that can make something out of nothing?"
"Seeing is believing. Hearing is false!"
Xiao Hua strode to the front of the few houses. He waved his hand a few times and said with a smile, "Master, take a look for yourself!"
"Oh?"
Dao Shan held a lantern in his hand as he walked shakily to the front of a house. Looking at the tightly packed food inside, tears almost flowed out of his eyes. "Shanzai, shanzai, this winter, my Seven Suns Monastery will not starve to death again!!"
"Sweat …" Xiao Hua couldn't help but sigh. It is only summer and Old Daoist Dao Shan is already thinking of giving out porridge in winter. It seems like … this kindness has already penetrated deep into Old Daoist's bone marrow!
"Quick, disciples. Let's cook some porridge and invite Senior Xiao to eat. Hurry up and cook the porridge with the iron pot. Let Benevolent Master outside the temple eat his fill!" Dao Shan hurriedly instructed.
Dao Shan's disciples all went crazy. They looked at the few houses again and again. After confirming that the food inside was piled up like a mountain, they carefully took some of it to the opposite courtyard and let the Daoist cook it.
Everyone looked at Xiao Hua with reverence and respect. This was no different from the Immortal Xiao Hua in their hearts!
"Ai, Senior Xiao indeed has divine skills ~" Dao Shan accompanied Xiao Hua back to the side hall. He said emotionally, "This is something that junior would never have dreamed of!"
"What divine skills!"
Xiao Hua waved his hand, "It's just that this Xiao has a Qiankun Pouch and carries some food with me!"
Dao Shan really didn't know what a Qiankun Pouch was. He only understood after Xiao Jian explained it to him.
"Wait till tomorrow. This Xiao will let you see what a true divine skill is!" Xiao Hua pretended to be mysterious and said.
"Okay, junior will wait and see!" Dao Shan didn't know what Xiao Hua wanted to do. He only smiled and agreed.
Xiao Hua looked at the main hall and asked again, "This Xiao remembers that there should be a golden body in the Daoist temple. Why isn't our Daoist Ancestor here?"
"Ai, I'll let senior know!"
When this matter was mentioned, Dao Shan's face revealed a worried expression, "Tong Zhu Country was founded by Confucian cultivators and has always rejected our Daoist Sect!
This Xiluo Ridge originally didn't have any Daoist temples. A hundred years ago, it was just a barren slope. All the dirty things in the country were discarded here!
Later on, this Daoist Ancestor came here and used silver to buy this barren slope. He then built the Qiyang Temple here!
Later on, the King asked about this matter and wanted to demolish the Qiyang Temple. The Daoist Ancestor led a few disciples and went on a hunger strike for ten days straight. Seeing that our Daoist disciples were determined to keep the Daoist temple, the King was touched and agreed not to demolish the Qiyang Temple. However, he also didn't allow any golden bodies to be erected in the temple!
Thus, the Daoist Ancestor placed the spirit tablets of the previous generations of seniors here to worship. He didn't want to erect any golden bodies! "
"Believe in your heart. If you don't believe in it, even if you reconstruct a golden body … it will only be a wedding dress for others!" Xiao Hua didn't speak. Instead, Xiao Jian spoke with sorrow.
"That's right. If you believe in it, there will be a golden body of the Daoist Ancestor everywhere!"
Dao Shan nodded, "Later on, master and this Daoist Ancestor knew that the King didn't like Daoist Sect. Thus, we kept a low profile and only did good deeds.
Everything in the temple was personally built by this Daoist Ancestor and his disciples. There is almost no charity in Tong Zhu Country! "
At this point, Dao Shan sighed again, "Even so, the Seven Suns Temple is still a little difficult.
Originally, no one paid attention to this barren slope. However, now that there are more people than land in the country and this place isn't far from the palace, many people's gazes fell on the Seven Suns Temple again.
If not for the recent war between Tong Zhu Country and Jiang Country, this Daoist Ancestor wouldn't be so free here! "
As he spoke, a Daoist child served a few bowls of plain porridge. Xiao Hua naturally didn't need it. Instead, Yuan Ya and Liu Yi accompanied Xiao Jian to drink a few bowls. Out of Xiao Hua's expectations, Dao Shan also drank a bowl. So this Daoist Ancestor who gave the porridge didn't eat his fill at night!
After everyone finished eating, Xiao Hua glanced at Liu Yi and turned to Dao Shan, "Fellow Daoist, this Xiao will be staying at the Seven Suns Temple tonight!
However, this Xiao still has some matters to attend to at Bright Moon Lane. Fellow Daoist, please rest first. This Xiao will pay you a visit tomorrow morning! "
"Bright Moon Lane?" Dao Shan heard and frowned. He hesitated for a moment and asked curiously, "Senior, why are you going there?
We are outsiders … We shouldn't go there! "