Chapter 96: Obtaining the Way
The three suspected robbers were handed over to two Gukou soldiers, and Wu Qi returned along Minshui.
The water-avoiding beast traveled very fast under the water. It swam two hundred miles in one hour and arrived at the Fu River in Shu County.
When Wu Qi returned to the Youwei Yamen to work, he saw craftsmen and workers outside the city building temples in the bright summer sun.
This place was originally the Lingxian King Temple, but it collapsed after being burned by Deng Xiaoyi. Later, he encountered Dayou's troubles, and the governor was held accountable, and the Si Duwei was replaced... The reconstruction was almost stagnant.
But judging from today's situation, it seems that Chengdu Prefecture has allocated enough money to erect the temple in a short time.
Xu Shujing walked out of the temple wall and was shocked when she saw Wu Qi: "Aren't Taoist priest going to Yazhou?"
"Already been there."
"So fast!" Xu Shujing suddenly realized: "I almost forgot that the Taoist priest can walk on the sword..."
Wu Qi's eyelids twitched.
Can you not mention this?
Wu Qi calmed down: "There was a toad demon who was causing trouble to Xuan Du in Feixian Valley. It took a group of toad demon soldiers to entrench the valley, looking for the left alone, sucking it from the ground, and was mistaken for ascending in the sun..."
"Xuanyin Temple is actually a pool with a thatched roof on it. As for whether the bandits are true, it needs to be verified later."
He did not mention the incident of He Taoist and Hu Xiaodao taking bribes.
This matter is based on the toad spirit's side, and there is no sufficient conclusive evidence. Besides, other dereliction of duty has nothing to do with him and should not be involved too deeply.
Xu Shujing looked happy and said, "Well, kill well! The evil demon who is evil and evil should be executed on the spot."
He smiled and said, "Xu thought that the Taoist priest would probably save his life and catch it back with his heart."
Wu Qi said seriously: "We have no choice but to subdue demons and eliminate demons."
Behind him, Yasha Huang Shiro's neck shrank when he heard it.
Kindness? Is this Master Xu’s eyes a problem... When the Venerable smiles, he always gives people an illusion, as if he is friendly and easy to talk, but in fact he is ruthless and decisive.
Kill it as soon as you say it, no nonsense.
"Since all the criminals have been beheaded, the site still needs to be investigated before the case can be closed." Xu Shujing explained: "Therefore, the reward will take some days, and it will not exceed the Ullambane Festival in about half a month."
Wu Qi expressed understanding.
There is an inspection process within the government, which is normal.
At this time, the craftsmen were building walls with bricks and stones, and workers carried bricks, stone slabs, wood, and sand in groups. Judging from the prototype, the new wall of the temple was taller and wider than before.
Wu Qi looked around and said curiously: "The Lingxian King Temple was suddenly repaired faster. I wonder if there was any change?"
"This is not Lingxian King Temple."
Xu Shujing wiped the sweat from her forehead with her sleeve: "The Lingxian King Temple Fair was postponed to the river bank a little further away from the Fuhe River. This is the 'Liudao Temple'."
"Six Dao Temple?"
It was the first time Wu Qi heard the name: "Is it the six realms of reincarnation mentioned by Buddhism?"
"It has nothing to do with that, it is bamboo, rice, tea, porcelain, silk, and salt, the six paths of the six treasures that subdue demons."
Xu Shujing said: "Master Si Duwei is in the temple. The Taoist priest might as well go in and ask the master. By the way, you can also tell me the good news about Feixian Valley."
He lowered his voice: "Although the lord is a stern emperor, he has clear rewards and punishments. The Taoist priest has made great contributions to killing evil demons. It is no harm to show his face."
As soon as Wu Qi stepped into the Liudao Temple, he saw several great men carrying a human-shaped stone sculpture. Hey, hey, hey, put it on the stone mount.
The stone statue looks like it is in his fifties, wearing a bull-headed head, a long and wide-sleeved gown, holding a cup in his right hand and a bamboo fan in his left hand. He narrowed his eyes and sat on the stone, as if he was slightly drunk.
Holding a fan in one hand, clinking a cup in the other hand, squinting eyes, this image is recorded in the books Wu Qi has read.
Tea Saint Lu Yu.
The Dragon Girl of the Shui Shui stood in front of Lu Yu's statue and looked up at the stone statue.
"Does Si Duwei know the Tea Saint?" Wu Qi found a topic.
The Dragon Girl of Shui Shui didn't answer: "What's the matter here?"
Wu Qi briefly talked about the toad spirit in Feixian Valley.
"I already know, it's done well."
The Dragon Girl with Shuishui looked expressionless: "Is there anything else?"
Wu Qi didn't care whether she was happy or not and said, "I don't know what the Six Dao Temples are, so I want to ask for advice."
The Dragon Girl of the Shui Shui was silent for a while before she spoke: "Most of the people in the world only know how to subdue the six treasures of demons, but not the six realms. It's a pity."
"I don't know whether it is the three religions deliberately guiding it or whether the localities do not pay attention to it. To prevent trouble ghosts, people need to be enlightened and people's awareness of prevention. Remedies afterwards are just the worst way to do it."
These words surprised Wu Qi a little.
Previously, he had a good reputation for the Dragon Girl of the Shui Shui, but he did not expect that the other party saw through the essence and directly regarded the prevention and control of ghosts as a national issue, and popularized it from the perspective of educational cognition.
Wu Qi said silently in his heart that he should not underestimate the heroes of the world.
"In ancient times, there was a Tao but no immortal."
The dragon girl raised her head and looked up at the tea statue, which made her neck look slender: "The immortal was a title that was later, and it was called qian in the early days. The ancient immortal was a qian, meaning a person who migrated to heaven. Later, it evolved into a person and a mountain, and it also meant to sit in the cave and enter the mountain to practice."
"Have you thought about it? Where is the source of immortals? How did they define whether they were immortals in the beginning?"
"If you can ascend to heaven and become an immortal, then a monk who has elixirs can do it with magic weapons and magic weapons, but this level was also rare and ordinary in ancient times."
She looked at Wu Qi: "Do you understand?"
Wu Qi guessed: "I think that the immortal is the one who seeks the Tao."
"Not stupid."
The Dragon Girl of the Shui Shui nodded slightly: "People often say that seeking immortals and asking for Taoism, but they always ignore the most important Tao. Seeking immortals is to ask for Taoism. This is the order of order and cannot be reversed."
"In the world of Posa, why the six treasures of demons can deal with ghosts is not because they are born magical, but because they themselves are in harmony with the Tao."
She said casually: "Each of the six treasures of demon subduing, bamboo, rice, tea, porcelain, silk, and salt is given the way by those who have attained enlightenment, and they become secretly in line with the way of heaven in the world, so that they can suppress the ghosts outside the sky."
This is something Wu Qi has never heard of.
Most of the books collected by Fuyun Temple are complicated and simple, and rarely talk about them in such an in-depth manner.
Wu Qi was concentrating and listened attentively.
The dragon girl of the water said casually: "The ancient emperor Emperor Jun leaned on Qiu Nanzhu and asked, "The bamboo was his way."
Wu Qi followed the dragon girl's eyes and saw Di Jun's face blurred when he saw that he was leaning on Qiu Nanzhu with his hands.
"Houji asked for it by raising rice."
Hou Ji was like holding a rice grain in his hand, and his facial features were also unclear.
"The Emperor Suiren used fire branches to drill wood to make fire, and made the first piece of ceramic, and asked about the porcelain."
The statue of Suiren is made of a wood-drilling shape to make fire.
"Lao Zu raised silkworms and made silk, and used silk to protect all people, and asked about silk."
Laozu was holding a piece of silk in his hand.
"Sashi family, the Salt Sect, refined salt to appease the ghosts in the world, and asked the way with salt."
Susha's statue has square pieces of coarse salt in his hand.
"Tea Saint Lu Yu, searching for tea in the world, asks about the way with tea."
The Dragon Girl of the Shui Shui withdrew her gaze: "This is the six paths. If you use the six treasures to subdue demons, you must know the source of the six paths."
Wu Qi couldn't help but wonder: "In the world of Posa, are there only six people who have attained enlightenment?"
He remembered that since ancient times, there were far more than that of sages and immortals.
Among the Six Paths, Hou Ji was the great-grandson of Emperor Huang, Emperor Laozu was the concubine of Emperor Huang, and Susha was the minister of Emperor Yan. The significance of the two emperors Yan Huang to the human race is beyond doubt. The Tang Dynasty in the Posa World also has these characters.
"Those who attain enlightenment are called the supreme man. The so-called "the supreme man has no self, the gods and the saints have no name", there are more than six."
The Dragon Girl of the Shui Shui didn't care and said softly: "Only after attaining enlightenment, the supreme people asked the way of the world of Posa, and these six people supported the way of heaven with their own way. Among the supreme people, there are many who are stronger than them, but in the supreme world, only these six supreme people stand with thousands of creatures from beginning to end."
"If the ancient immortals are to make up for the shortcomings of the sky and fill the gaps, the six supreme people are to weave the heavenly way with their own body, which is to stabilize the foundation. Once the world of Posa is destroyed, the six supreme people will also eliminate the Tao and die."
"After the Six Paths of Sutra left the world of Posa, the 'Dao Sacrifice' was left, that is, bamboo, rice, tea, porcelain, silk, and salt, which were still in line with Tao..."
"Anyone who uses the Six Treasures to fight against ghosts will receive the assistance of the innate Qi triggered by the Six Paths."
"It is not just empty words to gain enlightenment."
The Dragon Girl of the Shui Shui looked at the Tea Saint Lu Yu quietly, and her tone was firm: "The people of Chengdu Prefecture need to figure out what the ghost is and what is protecting them."
"It's not like most of the gods who protect themselves, nor are it like the ancient immortals who leave behind misty legends."
"The six paths of supreme people have never abandoned everyone."
Chapter completed!