Chapter 1482: Leaving the World and Returning to the True Self

Everyone came to a small courtyard in the southeast of Dai's house. This small courtyard was simply a small temple. When he opened the temple door, Jiang Hao found that there were many statues of gods inside, including Taoist statues and Buddhist bodhisattvas.

Jiang Hao used the power of the City God to look over and found that none of the statues in the room had divinity. In other words, even if Dai Yuanwai worshiped them, it would be useless.

"Uncle Dai, there are so many gods and bodhisattvas in your house. If something happens, which one would you like to ask for help?" Jiang Hao asked.

Dai Yuanwai was stunned, "Of course everyone can help."

"Haha, it is indeed a mistake to worship too many gods. Too many gods are too complicated, which only shows that you are not sincere and disloyal. Also, you thought that everyone would come to help, but you never thought that the gods and bodhisattvas would also make excuses. When the time comes, you will reject me. Come on, I'll push you, I'm afraid there won't be anyone to help you." Jiang Hao said with a smile.

When Dai Yuanwai heard that this was indeed true, his face was a little frightened.

"Then Master Jiang Xian, which god do you think I should worship?" Dai Yuanwai now respected Jiang Hao very much.

"It's better that the county magistrate is in charge now. You can just pay homage to the City God." Jiang Hao said.

If the wealth does not flow to outsiders, he is the City God, and perhaps the only real god in the world. He can freely let them worship the City God.

Dai Yuanwai nodded immediately, "Okay, tomorrow I will put away all the other statues, and from now on I will only enshrine the statue of the City God."

Jiang Hao walked around the temple and saw a shrine in the corner. There was a statue of a god wearing a red robe and with five faces on his head. The five faces were either green faces and fangs, or angry eyes. Opening their eyes, or gnashing their teeth, all five faces looked fierce.

"This is the Wutong God. It was popular in Hunan, Hubei and Guangxi before. Later, it gradually spread to us. It is said that worshiping the Wutong God can bring wealth, so many people worship it. I also put one in my home." Dai Yuan Heretic.

Jiang Hao held up the lantern and took a closer look, only to find that the Wutong statue had been broken into pieces, and its body and face were covered with crack marks. He looked closely and found that these crack marks were very new, as if they had just formed.

There were many thoughts in his mind at once.

Back in the small courtyard of the Dai family's guest room, Ling Xiaozi was still excited. Today he saw Senior Jiang use the Flying Sword, which was Shushan's special skill. He also saw Senior Jiang use the more powerful thunder method. Although he was a monk, But I had only heard of Leifa before, but never actually seen it.

At this moment, Jiang Hao suddenly said: "Taoist Master Ling Xiao, there is something that you want to send someone to investigate?"

Ling Xiaozi was startled and immediately calmed down, "Senior Jiang ordered."

"When I was checking the Wutong statue in Dai Yuan's house just now, I found that the statue was broken. I will investigate tomorrow to see if there are any other Wutong statues that are broken." Jiang Hao said.

Ling Xiaozi's heart tightened when he thought of the evil ghost who claimed that he was a subordinate of the God of Five Powers before he died. He immediately said, "Okay, I'll ask the disciples to check around tomorrow."

"Also, collect more information about Wutong God."

"Ling Xiao understands."

The next day.

Dai Yuanwai set up a table at home. He thanked Master Jiang Xian and Taoist Master Ling Xiao. While drinking, the concubine also came out. She had Jiang Hao's prescriptions and disease-repelling charms. After two days of cultivation, the concubine had recovered. She is almost the same. She wore new clothes today and put some makeup on her face. She really looks like a beauty. No wonder Dai Yuanwai is so reluctant to part with her.

The concubine came over and thanked Jiang Hao and Taoist Master Ling Xiao before leaving. Dai Yuanwai waved his hand again, and several servants brought a box. After opening it, it was filled with white silver ingots.

"Thank you Master Jiangxian for saving Yuerong and relieving the Dai family's crisis. I will give you a thousand taels as a reward." Dai Yuanwai said with a smile.

Jiang Hao did not refuse, he deserved it, but he did not intend to ask for it, so he said to Ling Xiaozi: "You will have someone take it back to the Taoist temple in a while, and use the money to paint and tidy up the three pure statues in the hall. , I see that the patent leather has fallen off in some places.”

Ling Xiaozi nodded immediately.

Dai Yuanwai blinked his eyes and said with a smile, "For such a good deed, I should also contribute. How about I donate another thousand taels to Xuanyuan Temple."

Ling Xiaozi was overjoyed when he heard this. He didn't expect to earn two thousand taels of silver this time. This was the biggest income he had earned over the years of catching ghosts. However, he knew that all this was due to Senior Jiang.

After lunch, Jiang Hao and Taoist Master Ling Xiao said goodbye. They got into the carriage, with several apprentices walking underneath, and left the city.

But not long after leaving, I heard a lot of noise outside. Taoist Ling Xiao opened the curtain and saw people outside pointing at their carriage and chattering.

At this time Shoude came to the window and said happily: "Master, these people came out to see us. They heard that we eliminated the evil spirits who caused trouble in the Dai family. Many people also heard and saw what happened last night. Dao Tian Lei, now everyone says that the master summoned the sky thunder to kill the evil ghost."

Ling Xiaozi's face was filled with joy, knowing that the reputation he had lost after being beaten away by evil spirits had returned, and it had also increased greatly. From now on, Xuanyuan Temple's popularity should not be lacking, or even more prosperous.

Jiang Hao thought of something else.

He said to Ling Xiaozi: "When the monster was leaving, Old Man Dai said that there would probably be a lot of people on the street to see him off. I'm afraid he had spread the news early in the morning that the evil ghosts of the Dai family had been killed, so that the affairs of his Dai family would be settled. Lifted."

Upon hearing this, Taoist Ling Xiao felt that this was indeed the case, "Old man Dai is really cunning and has taken full advantage of us."

"Haha, everyone takes what they need, and it is also good for your Xuanyuan Guan." Jiang Hao said with a smile.

Taoist Ling Xiao felt that Senior Jiang was right and waved to Shoude outside. Shoude approached the car. Taoist Ling Xiao ordered: "Let your junior brothers bring out the master's flag and raise it higher."

Jiang Hao felt funny in his heart. This Taoist Master Ling Xiao is really a guy who loves to show off.

The streets were lively and the carriages deliberately slowed down. Several young Taoist priests in Shoude held high the flag of Xuanyuan Temple and finally returned to Xuanyuan Temple.

Taoist Ling Xiao did not forget what Jiang Hao ordered last night and immediately called all his disciples over.

"You guys, go to the city and other towns to inquire about whether the Wutong God's statue is broken, and also find out the spread of Wutong God in our area." Ling Xiaodao said.

Several young Taoist priests immediately took the order and worked in pairs.

Jiang Hao had nothing to do and came to the Sutra Pavilion to look through any books worth reading.

After all, Xuanyuan Guan is a small sect and doesn't have anything good. Except for the "Wen Xian Lu", Jiang Hao only found two sets of Taoist scriptures that he had never read before. They were better than nothing, so he took them back to the room and looked through them.

While Jiang Hao was reading, Taoist Ling Xiao was in his room. He took out a box from under a floor tile, blew the dust on it, opened the box, and took out three thread-bound books.

Ling Xiaozi looked at these books and practiced magic arts and ghost-catching and demon-catching spells. They were the most precious things of Xuanyuan Temple.

After stroking it gently for a few times, I still felt a little hesitant.

Should I show it to Senior Jiang?

What if Senior Jiang doesn’t express anything after reading it? Then you are not at a loss?

These thoughts went around in his mind, and then Ling Xiaozi coughed in his heart. With his cultivation and Taoism, he may not be able to appreciate these things. He comes from a high sect, and he doesn't have any skills, just a A flying sword and a thunder spell are stronger than these spells of his own.

After thinking about this, he felt that he had nothing to lose, so he decided to give it to Jiang Hao to see, but now he was worried that Jiang Hao would take a fancy to his things.

Jiang Hao was reading in his room when there was a knock on the door. Jiang Hao had sharp ears and eyes, and he didn't need to open his spiritual eyes. He could tell it was Taoist Lingxiao outside just by the sound of footsteps.

"come in."

Taoist Ling Xiao opened the door and came in. He saw Jiang Hao reading a book. He stepped forward and bowed to Jiang Hao, then placed the box he was holding in front of Jiang Hao's desk.

"Oh~ what is this?" Jiang Hao looked at the box and asked in surprise.

Taoist Ling Xiao said with a smile: "I know that seniors like to read books, but the Xuanyuan Guan Sutra Pavilion contains some ordinary Taoist classics. Those seniors must have read them a long time ago."

"The few books in this box are the most precious secrets of our Xuanyuan Temple, and they are also the foundation of our Xuanyuan Temple inheritance. One exercise method and two magic books are specially given to seniors to read." Ling Xiaozi said.

Jiang Hao was stunned. He didn't expect that Ling Xiaozi would give him such a precious thing to see. These things should usually be hidden deep.

"Thank you, Taoist Master Lingxiao, but is it appropriate to show me the inherited skills in Guanzhong?" Jiang Hao said.

"What's inappropriate? The senior comes from a high-ranking sect, and I don't even know if I can fall into your eyes." Ling Xiaozi said.

Since the other party wanted to send it over, Jiang Hao was not polite.

Ling Xiaozi said goodbye and went out.

Opening the box, he revealed several books inside. The pages were yellowed and looked very old at first glance. Jiang Hao took out several books. The first book read "Taoist Talisman and Seal Ribbon".

Jiang Hao knew many of the talismans in this book, but he also discovered some new talismans that he had never seen before.

The mosquito repellent talisman, deodorizing talisman, dust removing talisman, and heat-repelling talisman are not of high level, but he feels that these talismans are quite interesting and may come in handy sometimes.

He took out the second book, and the name on it read "Thirty-Eight Ways to Catch Ghosts and Subjugate Demons".

The name is simple and straightforward enough.

Opening it and looking through it, I saw the following words: "Leibu's method of catching ghosts", "Curse dates to catch ghosts", "Twelve generals' method of catching far away", "Nine-day cloud road chasing generals", "Tian Guan Earth axis four". Straight catch method" and so on.

Take out the last one.

"The Decision to Leave the Dust and Return to True Truth"!

As soon as he saw the name, he knew that this was a practice book. Jiang Hao had always been lacking in practice skills. Touching this book, he felt excited. He didn't expect that it would take no effort at all. It was the practice he had always wanted. The exercises are automatically delivered to you.

Turning over the first page, there is a sentence written on it,

"The heart leaves the worldly world and returns to the true self, which is the ultimate decision to leave the worldly world and return to the true self!"

Continuing to scroll down, the second page is an explanation.

"This Taoist was born in Laoshan. After leaving the mountain, he established Xuanyuan Temple. This technique is the inherited technique of Xuanyuan Temple and is passed down to his disciples."

"This technique is peaceful in nature, and it progresses slowly but it is extremely difficult to get carried away. Since a certain founder of Laoshan Mountain created this technique, many disciples have practiced it, and no one has ever gone crazy. However, this technique emphasizes understanding. Those who are not very enlightened may not achieve great results.”

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