Chapter 153: There are also gains

Zhenren Decheng and Zhenren Shanzheng took the two children out of the city gate on foot. Outside the city gate, they saw Zhenren Qiyuan brothers and Xia Yu and his two companions who were also walking.

They walked together all the way to the foot of the mountain, and Qi Yuan said to De Cheng and Shan Zheng, "We will stay on the mountain for a few days."

Master Decheng smiled and said, "We will go into the city this afternoon. We will meet again after you return to the city."

The two sides separated, Master Qiyuan and Master Qicheng walked up the mountain, and Xia Yu followed behind them.

"Brother, can we go to the Taoist temple and sit there that day?"

"Maybe next year. This year I want to stay in the temple for a few more days."

Qi Cheng Zhenren looked at Xia Yu who was walking behind him and said with some disapproval: "Brother, Yu'er is still young. Living in a Buddhist temple all the time can easily change her mind."

"We live back in the city, and he often goes to play with Lan Jie'er. What if they fall in love with each other over time?"

After hearing what Qiyuan said, Master Qicheng hesitated for a moment. As long as Xia Yu was not blind, he would definitely notice Shi Zelan's brilliance.

Qi Yuan Zhenren sighed and said, "Let's stay in the mountains for a few days and let Yu'er calm down."

Taoist Qiyuan and his brothers are taking Xia Yu to a Buddhist temple to stay for a few days. Taoist Decheng and Taoist Shanzheng are a little surprised. It is obvious that Xia Yu is not a child with a restless mind. Is it necessary for him to live in a Buddhist temple to meditate?

After Master Decheng and Master Shanzheng exchanged glances, they decided not to say anything more.

At the foot of the mountain, after walking deep into the mountain for a while, you can see a courtyard with blue bricks and black tiles.

Shi Xiaoliu and Shi Zelan followed their elders inside. When they saw the courtyard in front of them, their eyes lit up. It was a very elegant and small courtyard.

In spring, peach blossoms bloom at the foot of the mountain. What a beautiful scene.

Master Decheng knocked lightly on the courtyard door. There were footsteps coming from inside. A little Taoist boy opened the courtyard door. He saw Master Decheng and Master Shanzheng and said happily, "Hello, Master Cheng, Hello, Master Shan."

"Okay, how about Xiao Daoyuan?"

"Dogen is very good."

"Ha, ha, ha, I got up early and had my fortune told, and it said that a distinguished guest would arrive, and sure enough you are here."

Before the person appeared, a very straightforward voice could be heard from inside.

Master Decheng smiled and said, "We brought our disciples here to visit the abbot. We were worried that he would not be available to meet us."

"Ha, ha, ha." A middle-aged man walked out from the inner courtyard. He looked at Shi Xiaoliu and Shi Zelan calmly.

Shi Xiaoliu and Shi Zelan saluted him respectfully. He smiled and returned the salute in a very casual manner: "So there are two more friends here. Welcome, welcome."

The temple's abbot welcomed Decheng Zhenren and his entourage into the temple to talk. Shi Xiaoliu and Shi Zelan stood behind the elders, listening to them discuss Zen and Taoism.

In the afternoon, Master Decheng and his entourage returned to the capital. The temple master and Daoyuan Xiaotong sent them to the side of the mountain road and watched them go away.

The little Daoyuan boy said to the master of the temple: "Master, they are not ordinary people."

"Oh, what makes you think they are anything but ordinary people?"

"For lunch, they only had vegetarian food and never had any meat."

Zhenren Decheng and Zhenren Shanzheng had come to the temple to sit and relax before, and the abbot also invited them to have a meal together. Zhenren Decheng and Zhenren Shanzheng mentioned their eating habits to him.

"Master, I think they are immortals. Their clothes fluttering when they walk are very beautiful."

The master of the temple chuckled twice: "You just like to think about things. You like them because the four of them are dignified and good-looking."

Dao Yuan looked at the master for a while and said, "Master, I still think they are all immortals. Ordinary people are not all born so good-looking."

Shi Xiaoliu and Shi Zelan also thought that the master of the Taoist temple made people feel like they were bathed in spring breeze. No wonder Zhenren Decheng and Zhenren Shanzheng liked to come and sit in the temple.

Shi Zelan and Shanzheng Zhenren said: "Master, I won't come with you next time. At my age now, I probably can't reach the highest level of meditation and enlightenment."

Shan Zheng Zhenren smiled when he heard her words: "Okay, you don't have to accompany me next time."

After hearing this, Shi Xiaoliu quickly said to Master Decheng, "Master, I won't come next time."

Master Decheng smiled and said, "Okay, just bring it here to see the Taoist temple. It's good enough once you've seen it."

Shi Xiaoliu exhaled, and said to Shi Zelan a little embarrassedly: "Sister Lan, I feel that my life is lacking depth now."

"Xiao Liu, you are better than me. At least you think about the problem of depth, but I just want to live a good life."

After they returned home, Master Decheng and Master Shanzheng quickly went into their rooms to meditate and practice, while Shi Xiaoliu and Shi Zelan stayed under the eaves in the front yard.

Shi Xiaoliu transmitted a message to Shi Zelan: "Every time my master and your master go to the Taoist temple, they seem to have some enlightenment when they come back."

Shi Zelan nodded in agreement, then said hesitantly, "Xiao Liu, when we reach Master's age, wouldn't we also like to go to the Taoist temple to sit for a while?"

Shi Xiaoliu shook his head: "I think my master prefers to sit in the mountains."

Shi Xiaoliu was actually worried that Shi Zelan would like to sit in the temple in the future, because she occasionally said that the sound of the bells in the temple when people were doing their homework was very calming.

That night, Shi Xiaoliu and Shi Zelan sat under the eaves and talked a lot about the future.

Shi Zelan said to Shi Xiaoliu: "After I find a fire seed, I will practice the "Fire Separation Art" carefully, so that I can make the spirit-replenishing elixir myself."

Shi Xiaoliu looked at her and agreed, "Okay, but your spiritual energy is different from ours. Will the spiritual replenishing elixir be of great use to you?"

Shi Zelan took a deep breath and said, "After the curse on me is broken, my cultivation will surely improve by leaps and bounds."

Shi Xiaoliu didn't dare to provoke Shi Zelan at this moment, so he could only say to her with a smile: "If I find more fire, I will definitely give you one, okay?"

"Okay. Xiaoliu is the best."

When it was daybreak, Master Decheng came out of the room and saw the two children, and immediately asked them to go back and rest for a while.

Shi Xiaoliu and Shi Zelan left quickly. After a while, Master Shanzheng came out of the room and saw Master Decheng under the eaves and said with a smile: "Brother, let's go visit the master in a few days."

"I also gained something from listening to the master's words yesterday. It turns out that going out for a walk is good for our realm improvement."

"Where are Xiaoliu and Lan Jie'er?"

"They sat under the eaves all night yesterday. Maybe they had some insights, but I don't know how much."

Master Decheng went into the kitchen and started a fire. After the smoke from the kitchen had drifted for a while, Master Shanzheng went into the kitchen and said to Master Decheng, "Brother, if you don't want to boil water, don't waste firewood."