Eggplant and diced meat noodles, fried eggs, meat buns...
The old Taoist priest lived in seclusion in the mountains and hadn't eaten such a sumptuous breakfast for decades. He couldn't help swallowing and said, "Boy, is this breakfast for me alone?"
"yes!"
"You're being too wasteful! I usually just have a bowl of wild vegetable porridge with some pickles. I won't dare make such a sumptuous breakfast in the future!"
"Oh, okay. From now on, I'll have breakfast like this and prepare wild vegetable porridge and pickles for you, Taoist Priest."
"I……"
"Okay, Taoist priest, you can eat without worry. I have all kinds of vegetables, grains and meat here. Eat as much as you want. Don't worry about waste."
"real?"
"Of course it's true! If you don't believe it, you'll know when you go out and take a walk!" Xu Jianguo said with a smile.
"Okay!" The old Taoist agreed and stopped being pretentious. He took the plate from Du Yu and went back to the house.
Xu Jianguo said something to Du Yu, asking her to go back and get the tea set and tea leaves, and then followed the old Taoist priest into the house.
Looking at the old Taoist priest wolfing down his breakfast, Xu Jianguo couldn't describe the feeling in his heart, but it was uncomfortable. Guarding a tradition day after day for decades requires perseverance that not everyone can possess.
"Huh, I haven't eaten such delicious food for a long time." The old Taoist put down his bowl and chopsticks, let out a long breath, and said with some emotion.
"You can eat like this every day in the future. Just tell me what you want to eat and I guarantee you will be satisfied." Xu Jianguo said.
"Boy, you've got a heart!"
"Come on, Taoist priest, try this tea!" Xu Jianguo put the brewed Longjing tea in front of him and said.
"Slurp" the old Taoist priest picked up the teacup and took a sip. He immediately felt the fragrance of tea, his mouth was watering, and he squinted his eyes comfortably.
"Good tea! Really good tea!"
"Boy, you don't have to eat so well in the future, but can you give me more tea?" said the old Taoist priest.
Xu Jianguo smiled and said, "There's plenty of tea, and the food won't be bad either. Come and make yourself comfortable here!"
The old Taoist priest didn't say anything, but gave Xu Jianguo a thumbs up.
"Master, I have a few things I would like to ask you." Xu Jianguo said.
"Ask me, I will tell you everything I know!" Xuanjue said.
"Okay, first of all, are there any Buddhist or Taoist scriptures hidden in Wuwei Temple?"
The old Taoist priest was slightly stunned. He didn't expect Xu Jianguo to ask such a question. He hesitated for a moment, nodded and said, "Yes!"
"The second thing is, have you known for a long time that Fu Niu is a Taoist spirit child?"
"yes!"
"If that's the case, can you tell me what's going on?" Xu Jianguo asked.
"Alright, although I don't know if you're truly a protector, after observing you for the past two days, I know you're not a bad person. It's okay to talk to you about this. This story begins on the day my master returned to Wuwei Temple..."
Half an hour later...
Xu Jianguo basically figured out the whole story. It turned out that two years ago, Xuanjue and Xuanyuan's master, Taoist Wuwei, returned to Wuwei Temple from outside. There were more than a dozen people who came back with him. Among these people, in addition to the Taoist priests, there were also several monks and lamas.
Taoist Wuwei told Xuanjue that these people were all famous monks and Taoists of Longxia Kingdom, and were great beings. They came back with him this time to hide some important scriptures in Wuwei Temple in order to deal with the impending disaster. If something happened to them, then Wuwei Temple would become the hope for the continuation of the incense of Taoism and Buddhism.
The group followed Taoist Wuwei into the secret room, which was the secret passage that Xu Jianguo had found at that time, and hid the important books in batches under the stone steps.
According to Xuanjue, after passing through the underground cave and entering the stone gate, one needs to climb 999 steps to enter Wuwei Temple. Xu Jianguo did not pay attention to these at the time, nor did he open the Eye of Time and Space, so he did not discover the secret under the stone steps.
When Wuwei Temple was built, a secret compartment was built under each stone step. Therefore, Xuanjue did not know where the ancient books were kept. However, his master, Taoist Wuwei, once said, "Nine is the ultimate number. When all nine numbers return to one and the spiritual child's bloodline appears, the ancient books will be revealed to the world."
After listening to Xuanjue's story, Xu Jianguo did not say anything, but held the teacup and slowly thought.
Everything Xuanjue said was exactly the same as what the old Taoist priest said in the letter he left for him in the tomb. There should be no problem with its authenticity.
But there was still a question in his mind that remained unanswered, which was how the Taoists planned to use Funiu's bloodline?
In fact, Xu Jianguo didn't care about the inheritance of Taoist and Buddhist classics at all. He only cared about Fu Niu. As long as the little girl was not harmed, it didn't matter to him what other people did.
But what Xu Jianguo is worried about now is that if the blood needed to open these inheritances requires the blood of Funiu, then sorry, he will use his own way to protect the little girl's safety.
"system!"
[Ding, host, please speak.]
"When you took over the Taoist temple last night, did you also bring the underground secret passage with you?"
[Ding, yes, but only the secret passage connecting to Wuwei Temple was collected.]
"Connected to Wuwei Temple? Are you referring to the stone steps behind the stone gate?"
[Ding, yes.]
“Okay, thank you!”
Xu Jianguo communicated with the system in his mind. After getting the answer, he looked at the old Taoist priest and said, "Master, I want to go take a look in the secret passage."
"Okay!" The old Taoist priest agreed without hesitation.
The two men stood up at the same time and walked towards the antique display cabinet in the room. Xu Jianguo pulled open the cabinet, revealing a gap about one person wide behind the wall.
Just as Xu Jianguo was about to go in, he was stopped by the old Taoist priest. He said, "Boy, are you going in like this?"
"Yeah, what's wrong?"
"It's pitch black in there, can you see?"
“I can see it!”
"I...you go, I'll wait for you here!" said the old Taoist priest depressedly.
Xu Jianguo looked at the old Taoist priest's frustrated look and then remembered that he was just an ordinary person. He smiled and said, "Okay, I'll go in and take a look. You wait here!"
The old Taoist nodded, returned to the table and sat down, picked up the teacup and continued to drink tea.
Xu Jianguo ignored him, opened the Eye of Time and Space, turned around and walked into the secret passage.
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