Dragon's Origin

Chapter 197: The Old Taoist's Troubles (Part 1)

Regarding Wang Sheng's plan to build an advance base for the Thousand Absolute Ground in Worry-Free City, Song Hongde sent a stern warning.

Of course, everyone knew it was useless, but this was to show the Song family's attitude.

Yu Baozhai(御宝斋: name of a shop) was definitely bearing the greatest pressure, and Lu Wenhou(吕温侯: name of a person) was responsible for this aspect.

As for Wang Sheng, during this period, seeing Yu Baozhai's(御宝斋: name of a shop) preparations becoming increasingly sufficient, he also began to wonder if he also needed to find a helper to do this.

The Worry-Free City Lord was certainly willing to send experts to protect Wang Sheng, but Wang Sheng did not want to be under the protection of the Worry-Free City Lord all the time.

After pondering for a few days, Wang Sheng decided to set off to the Lao Jun Temple(老君观: name of a temple) in the capital to find Lingxu(凌虚: name of a person) Old Taoist.

He didn't know if the old Taoist had come out of seclusion, but Wang Sheng hoped that there would be a supreme expert who could hold the fort when he entered the Thousand Absolute Ground.

In this regard, if any sect sent an expert, other sects would probably not be happy.

Only the old Taoist from the Lao Jun Temple(老君观: name of a temple), whom Wang Sheng himself found and who didn't care about worldly affairs, might be acceptable to everyone.

Moreover, Wang Sheng always felt that Lingxu(凌虚: name of a person) Old Taoist would definitely be interested in the Thousand Absolute Ground.

Even if it wasn't for some secret manual or something, the opportunity to feel the martial arts will at close range, he believed that the old Taoist would put down everything in his hands and follow Wang Sheng into the Thousand Absolute Ground.

Even if he was already in seclusion, he could use this reason to wake him up.

The old Taoist would definitely have to be invited by Wang Sheng himself.

Others might not even know that there was such an old Taoist in the Lao Jun Temple(老君观: name of a temple).

He might even be kicked out when he asked to see him.

After saying hello to Lu Wenhou(吕温侯: name of a person), Wang Sheng once again set out alone.

If Song Yan(宋嫣: name of a person) had not returned to the Song family manor, she would probably not have been able to see Wang Sheng if she came to Worry-Free City at this time.

No one knew where Wang Sheng was going, the Worry-Free City Lord didn't know, and Lu Wenhou(吕温侯: name of a person) didn't know either.

Similarly, no one knew who the person Wang Sheng was going to invite was.

At the Lao Jun Temple(老君观: name of a temple) in the capital, Wang Sheng did not barge in rudely, but donated fifty gold coins as merit money, and then requested to see any one of the abbot or deputy abbot of the Lao Jun Temple(老君观: name of a temple).

Those abbots had seen Wang Sheng when they were carving the Lao Jun(老君: name of a god) statue, and he believed that they would not drive him out.

The process went smoothly, and one of the deputy abbots of the Lao Jun Temple(老君观: name of a temple) happened to be in charge at the Lao Jun Temple(老君观: name of a temple).

The other abbots were all stationed at the Sanqing Temple(三清观: name of a temple) recently, and there were not many people at the main base here.

The last time Wang Sheng met this abbot was with another face, so Wang Sheng had to show his other face again to verify his identity before he could meet him.

"Invite the ancestor to take action?" The abbot's eyes widened as soon as he heard Wang Sheng's intention: "The ancestor is still in seclusion!"

There was an indescribable anxiety in his expression.

Wang Sheng didn't think much of it, thinking that the abbot was afraid that Wang Sheng would interfere with the ancestor's seclusion.

When Wang Sheng left, Lingxu(凌虚: name of a person) Old Taoist said that he was going to go into seclusion, and Wang Sheng had been back for more than half a year, but he still hadn't come out of seclusion.

It seemed that he had indeed encountered a bottleneck, otherwise he would not have spent so much time.

"It shouldn't be difficult to wake him up, right?" Wang Sheng pondered for a moment and asked cautiously.

This was the Lao Jun Temple's(老君观: name of a temple) ancestor, and he was in seclusion.

It seemed a bit too much to wake him up for no reason.

"Alas!" Hearing Wang Sheng say wake up, the abbot sighed: "If only we could wake him up!"

"What's wrong?" Wang Sheng instantly heard the problem.

Was there something wrong with the seclusion?

The abbot explained for a long time before Wang Sheng understood what had happened.

Before going into seclusion, Lingxu(凌虚: name of a person) Old Taoist was mentally prepared that this breakthrough might not be so easy.

Although Wang Sheng's three couplets were exceptionally integrated with the Taoist mindset, the three couplets alone were not enough to allow the old Taoist to break through easily.

They only gave him a direction for thinking and an opportunity for breakthrough.

Knowing that he might not succeed, the old Taoist specifically instructed his disciples and grandchildren that this seclusion would last for a maximum of three months.

If he didn't succeed after three months, he was afraid that he would be trapped in a demonic obstacle.

Therefore, the old Taoist specifically told them to wake him up after three months.

The disciples and grandchildren were filial and waited carefully until after three months.

Knowing that the deadline mentioned by the ancestor had passed, they began to try to wake up Lingxu(凌虚: name of a person) Old Ancestor.

Of course, you can't use barbaric methods to wake up a master in seclusion, so the abbot and the others carefully opened the room where the ancestor was in seclusion.

At first, they wanted to light some refreshing incense to wake him up, but the ancestor did not respond.

Later, they changed to several relatively gentle Taoist music, wanting to wake him up through music and sound, but the ancestor still did not respond.

Although there was a spirit gathering formation in the place where Lingxu(凌虚: name of a person) Old Taoist was in seclusion, and the spiritual energy was sufficient, not eating or drinking for a while would not be a big problem, but after a long time, it was still a mortal body and would definitely not be able to withstand it.

Later, under duress, the abbots even wanted to gently push the old ancestor awake, but as soon as they started, they were knocked away.

No matter how high the cultivation level of the Taoist priest who came over, the result was the same.

In the end, there was really no way, and the Lao Jun Temple(老君观: name of a temple) could only send two or three young Taoist boys to take turns reading Taoist scriptures and the three couplets in the place where the old ancestor was in seclusion, to see if they could deepen the old ancestor's understanding and wake him up from his dream.

Wasn't Wang Sheng's request for the old ancestor to come out of the mountain at this time making things difficult for the Lao Jun Temple(老君观: name of a temple)?

After listening to the abbot's story, Wang Sheng was also dumbfounded.

He had closed himself off so much that he had sealed himself off.

Wasn't this too profound?

However, it seemed that Wang Sheng had heard on Earth that Lingxu's(凌虚: name of a person) performance seemed to be the closure of his six senses, which required great opportunity to achieve.

The old Taoist was indeed extraordinary, and even his seclusion could be so fresh and refined.

"The couplets were carved by you back then, is there any way to wake up the old ancestor?" The abbot was also a little desperate and sought medical treatment, and when he saw Wang Sheng, the culprit, he naturally felt a surge of hope again.

Lingxu(凌虚: name of a person) Old Taoist could be said to be the sea-stabilizing needle of the Lao Jun Temple(老君观: name of a temple).

Outsiders didn't know, but he, as an abbot-level, didn't know?

In any case, he couldn't let the old Taoist remain trapped in this state.

"Let's go take a look!" Without seeing any specific situation, Wang Sheng certainly couldn't guarantee whether he had a way, he could only say that he would go take a look first.

The abbot led Wang Sheng all the way into the Lao Jun Temple(老君观: name of a temple), and soon arrived at the scripture copying building of the Lao Jun Temple(老君观: name of a temple).

The place where Lingxu(凌虚: name of a person) Old Taoist entertained Wang Sheng and solved his doubts last time.

Then, Wang Sheng saw Lingxu(凌虚: name of a person) Old Taoist in seclusion.

The old Taoist maintained a five-hearts-to-heaven(五心向天: a meditation posture) sitting posture, sitting upright on a circular futon.

His eyes were tightly closed, and his whole body seemed to be stiff.

If Wang Sheng hadn't been able to detect the old Taoist's breathing every now and then, he would have mistaken the old Taoist for being gone just by looking at his face.

"You are really something, you can make yourself like this in seclusion."

After seeing this scene, Wang Sheng calmed down, sat opposite the old Taoist, and started chatting with the old Taoist.