The master comes down the mountain: I don’t want to be a son-in-law

"Zhang Yunpu?"

Li Muchen frowned slightly. This person was involved in the mass murder that besieged the Li family in the capital twenty years ago. Hu Yuntian, the Jiangnan medical sage who helped his mother get rid of her evil heart, was the one who sealed his soul in the well of Wutongju after he killed her.

"Yes, Master Zhang is out of seclusion."

In the minds of many Zhengyi sect disciples, Zhang Yunpu is the contemporary Celestial Master. Previously, he was in retreat and was temporarily replaced by Zhang Xikun.

Therefore, Zhang Daoyuan naturally called him "Zhang Tianshi", even though he had just been removed from the title of Tianshi.

"Did Zhang Yunpu come in person?"

"Yes."

"Let's go to your Star Watch." Li Muchen said.

The two went to Tianxing Temple together.

The Tianxing Temple has become a ruin. Above the ruins, there is an aura of golden thunder, which must have been caused by the use of spells such as the Five Thunder Method or the Earth-shaking Talisman.

Li Muchen had a good impression of Zhang Xikun, but Tianshi Mansion was the ancestral court of Zhengyi after all, so it was normal to draw a clear line with him after his remarks were spread.

But Zhang Yunpu appeared in Hecheng, which was a bit strange.

"Did Zhang Yunpu say why he came?"

"No." Zhang Daoyuan shook his head and said, "As soon as he came, he asked me a lot about you, and then asked me to cut off all contact with you from now on. I argued for a few words, but I didn't expect the Heavenly Master to be furious and first answered. He used thunder from the sky to level the newly built Taoist temple..."

When he said this, Zhang Daoyuan's eyes were full of regret, anger and sadness...

The Tianxing Temple collapsed three times, but he built it brick by brick. For the last time, with the help of Mu Xingye, the two of them worked together to expand the scale of Tianxing Temple, and finally it became somewhat grand. It’s okay now, it’s time to do it again.

"The Heavenly Master also announced that I would be expelled from Zhengyi and wanted to destroy my cultivation. Fortunately, the Heavenly Master Xikun spoke for me and said that the Heavenly Master's Mansion only gave me an ultimatum and did not really teach the Dharma. He thought that my Taoism was low. Just give it up."

Zhang Daoyuan suddenly knelt down towards Li Muchen and said, "Master Li, I have a merciless request."

Li Muchen hurriedly helped him up: "What's the matter? Just tell me. No need to salute."

Zhang Daoyuan hesitated a little, but finally summoned up the courage and said, "I want to become your teacher, but... you are just a bit stupid and a bit older..."

This "Zhang Banxian" who was once respected by all the wealthy families in Hecheng actually showed a bit of childlike shyness on his face.

Li Muchen laughed loudly and said: "You are not stupid. I don't think there are many people in Longhu Mountain Tianshi Mansion who are smarter than you. Besides age, are you very old? Isn't Zhang Yunpu much older than you?"

Zhang Daoyuan was overjoyed: "Then you agree?"

Li Muchen shook his head and said, "I didn't say I promised you. Apart from taking a little girl named Lantian as my disciple in Huangze, I have never had any apprentices, and I don't plan to take on any more disciples in the future."

Zhang Daoyuan, who was just overjoyed, felt disappointed and asked puzzledly: "Why?"

Li Muchen smiled and said: "Since you want to worship me as your teacher, you must have some understanding of the Tao I advocate. Under the way of heaven, Taoism is passed down to various sects. On the pretext that the Tao is not passed down lightly, each sect cherishes its secrets and its disciples are self-conscious. Superior to the world, but ordinary people have no way to enter the Tao. This is what I want to oppose. How can you come to me and recruit disciples to start a sect? Isn't that just following their old path?"

"The poor rebelled, using the slogan of equalizing the wealth and the poor, and finally made themselves emperors. It seemed successful, but in the end they turned themselves into the people they once opposed. What's the point? The cycle of chaos in the world is not the same at all. The solution is just to change the King's flag on the city wall."

"Since I want to rebel against heaven and pursue the original Tao, naturally I cannot do such a thing. So I will not accept any more disciples. But we can practice together and explore the true meaning of Tao. My understanding of Tao and the methods I have obtained , I will announce and teach it without reservation. You and I are both Taoist friends and pursuers of the Tao. We can just communicate with each other all the time, and there is no need to care about the status of master and disciple."

Zhang Daoyuan bowed deeply: "The realm of the young master is beyond the reach of anyone. I am Meng Lang."

Li Muchen asked: "Have you gained anything from meditating three times this year?"

Zhang Daoyuan said: "When you asked me to cultivate the Taoist temple, I had to do it brick by brick by myself, without any external help. I didn't understand it at first. I thought you were punishing me, and I still had resentment in my heart."

"You must have scolded me a lot behind my back, right?" Li Muchen said with a smile.

"Hey...hehe..." Zhang Daoyuan laughed a few times, "I scolded him secretly at first, but later my resentment gradually disappeared and I concentrated on building the Taoist temple. The body and mind are in harmony, the heart is in harmony with the actions, the actions are in harmony with the thoughts, and the thoughts are in harmony. Combined with Qi, each brick and tile is like my cells, and each floor and building is my body. When the second Taoist temple was built, I obviously felt that my realm had improved, and I realized that the master was not punishing me at that time, but You are testing and supporting me!"

"Listening to Master's sermons recently gave me a feeling of enlightenment. A few days ago, I was still thinking that the temple I built was like my universe. But later I thought it was ridiculous. How can I have such a state of mind? What are you talking about about your own universe?”

Zhang Daoyuan smiled sheepishly as he spoke.

Li Muchen said: "Some people use martial arts to enter the Dao, some use swords to enter the Dao, and some use elixirs to enter the Dao... If you use clay foundations to enter the Dao, you can be considered a unique branch. There are three thousand avenues, and there is no distinction between superior and inferior; there are no different kinds of living beings. There is a difference between high and low. Since you have this understanding, use it as a basis and practice hard."

Zhang Daoyuan bowed and said: "Thank you for your advice, sir, I will go and build it right now."

Li Muchen said: "It only takes three. You have practiced contemplation three times and it is considered complete. This time, let me help you."

After saying that, he stretched out his right hand, and the thunderous energy all over the ruins roared upwards, creating many fine lightnings in the air, and finally gathered into the sky and condensed into a ball.

Li Muchen gently held his hand, and there was a loud crack, thunder on the ground, a bright light flashed, and the thunder energy disappeared without a trace.

Then, he spread his arms, closed his eyes, and slowly moved upwards. The ruins, bricks, stones, and dust that had long been in ruins all floated up.

Zhang Daoyuan looked at the scene in front of him in shock.

Time seemed to be reversing, just like a video played backwards, the gravel and dust merged together again, turning into bricks and tiles.

Stone pillars are erected one after another, beams are framed one after another, surrounded by walls, connected houses, connected by corridors and bridges, with cornices and brackets...

Just listen to Li Muchen's voice: "Do you have any enlightenment?"

Zhang Daoyuan was suddenly startled and blurted out: "The temple is my body, and building the temple is like cultivating my body."

Li Muchen's louder voice came from the void: "Now that you have cultivated your body, where is your mind?"

Zhang Daoyuan was startled again, sweating all over his body, and said: "Viewing is my body, and the God in the view is my heart. Therefore, serving gods is like serving the heart, and nourishing the heart is like nourishing the spirit."

Li Muchen nodded slightly: "That's very good."

He stopped his hand, and a simple yet exquisite palace appeared on the original site of Tianxing Temple.

While Zhang Daoyuan was amazed, he suddenly remembered something and asked: "I am not a disciple of Zhengyi, so naturally I no longer need to worship the Zhengyi Patriarch in this temple. Then whose statue will be enshrined in my Patriarch Hall in the future?"

Li Muchen smiled slightly and said: "The use of a house is not in its bricks and tiles, but in its space. The use of a person is not in my body, but in my heart. Since I regard the temple as my body, and building a temple is like cultivating one's body, the temple is also Why worship other gods?”

"Remember, you are your god! If I practice my way, I will become a god!"