Dragon's Origin

“I don’t care if he’s a charlatan or half-baked, a good trick is one that fools people.” Wang Sheng retorted with a laugh without hesitation.

They both seemed to miss the days in the small mountain village when they could chat and joke around without any formalities. Hearing the familiar tone, they both burst into laughter.

“You’re really unlucky, even your closed-door cultivation made you unable to wake up.” After laughing, Wang Sheng immediately teased him again, then asked with a grin, “You haven’t moved for more than half a year, don’t you want to take care of your personal needs first?”

“You’re ruthless!” The old Taoist pointed at Wang Sheng and cursed, then carefully stood up with Wang Sheng’s help.

Although the old Taoist’s cultivation realm could be said to have surpassed the common understanding, his body still couldn’t withstand strenuous exercise immediately after not moving for more than half a year. Even if Wang Sheng used the Nine Character Incantation to regulate him, it would still take a process of activity and adaptation.

When the abbot outside was comprehending, Wang Sheng stopped chanting, which instantly brought the abbot back to reality. Although he was a little displeased with the interruption of his epiphany, he was overjoyed when he heard Wang Sheng and the old Taoist’s voices. He quickly ordered the young Taoist to go in and serve them.

The old Taoist slowly moved around for a long time, more than half a day. During this time, Wang Sheng quietly cultivated and waited, until the young Taoist specifically came to invite him over.

“Are you alright?” Wang Sheng looked at the old Taoist’s radiant appearance, greeted him, and couldn’t help but mutter, “As expected, high cultivation is good, you recover so quickly.”

Old Taoist Ling Xu had indeed recovered very well. The bloodless look on his face was completely gone, as if hibernating for half a year had no effect on him. When Wang Sheng came over, he was sitting and drinking a bowl of millet porridge, taking each sip very seriously. If Wang Sheng hadn’t seen it with his own eyes, he would have thought he was drinking ginseng bird’s nest soup.

Someone who hasn’t eaten for more than half a year, drinking porridge after recovering, it seems that the old Taoist really knows the way to maintain health! Wang Sheng nodded secretly in his heart, then unceremoniously sat down opposite the old Taoist and asked the young Taoist for a serving of the same porridge.

“After being in seclusion for so long, let’s go out for a walk together!” Wang Sheng told Ling Xu about his intention when the young Taoist was serving him millet porridge: “With you by my side, I can be safer.”

Wang Sheng didn’t intend to hide the last sentence from the beginning. He had originally planned this, and Wang Sheng didn’t think there was anything he couldn’t say.

“You’re really impolite, just making me be your bodyguard?” The old Taoist buried his head in his porridge, paused, looked up at Wang Sheng, and pointed at him with his spoon, scolding, “You can look around the world, even the emperor, or the heads of those families, see if they are qualified to have me, an old man, go out and be their bodyguard?”

“Cut it out, when you were in that small mountain village teaching children to write, why didn’t you say that?” Wang Sheng ignored his words. The old Taoist was just like that, and he would soon ask about the destination.

Sure enough, the young Taoist brought Wang Sheng a bowl of porridge. Wang Sheng hadn’t even put a spoonful in his mouth when the old Taoist asked, “Where are you going?”

“Thousand Serenity Ground.” Wang Sheng stopped his movement and replied, then stuffed a big spoonful into his mouth before continuing, “Didn’t the Song family have hundreds of elites cultivating inside for more than ten years, and they all became experts when they came out? They want to hunt me down, and in a fit of anger, I decided to build a place where I can live and cultivate in the Thousand Serenity Ground. It will take some time, are you going?”

Old Taoist Ling Xu had just come out of seclusion and didn’t know much about many things. Wang Sheng explained the cause and effect to him in a few words. After listening, the old Taoist began to ponder.

Wang Sheng didn’t urge him, but quietly drank his porridge, waiting for the old Taoist to make a decision. However, Wang Sheng believed that the old Taoist would definitely agree. Would the old Taoist miss this opportunity to sense the core of the Thousand Serenity Ground at close range? Even if the old Taoist wasn’t willing, the experts of the Old Lord Temple would be moved after hearing the news.

“The Song family’s hundreds of people all became experts when they came out?” The old Taoist became interested and asked his doubts: “How strong are they?”

“At least about ten ninth-level masters.” Wang Sheng said his judgment: “The rest are all eighth-level and seventh-level, none of them are below the seventh-level.”

“Alright!” As soon as he heard that the Song family’s cultivation had soared so much, the old Taoist directly agreed: “After I settle things here, I’ll go in with you to take a look.”

Having achieved his goal, Wang Sheng began to quietly drink his porridge. After only a few sips, the old Taoist changed the topic.

“Those nine characters you chanted have a very special effect, what’s the reason?” The old Taoist had almost finished drinking. He hadn’t been awake for long and couldn’t eat much. He put down the small bowl and asked, “Also, where did that sentence 'The Dao that can be described is not the eternal Dao' come from? I feel that it is the most profound principle of my Taoist school, not even in the Daoist scriptures.”

Wang Sheng had long known that the Nine Character Incantation and the Dao De Jing scriptures he used to awaken the old Taoist would definitely cause big trouble. Sure enough, the old Taoist had just agreed to accompany Wang Sheng into the Thousand Serenity Ground, and the next moment he immediately asked.

“I haven’t fully comprehended the Nine Character Incantation myself.” Old Taoist Ling Xu was definitely a high-ranking Taoist with great virtue, and he was definitely proficient in all kinds of things in the Taoist school. How could the old Taoist not feel the charm of such a pure Taoist Nine Character Incantation? So Wang Sheng told the truth.

“Very exquisite!” The old Taoist rarely praised: “One word can calm the mind, two words can regulate the body and mind, and two other words can make people feel happy, very good! Thank you!”

This thank you was for Wang Sheng awakening the old Taoist. Wang Sheng was not polite, he did help the old Taoist, and it was justifiable to accept his thanks.

“Mysterious and profound, the gateway to all wonders!” The old Taoist then sighed: “So that’s the origin of the mysterious and profound in your couplet. How do you explain 'That which is looked at but cannot be seen is called Yi; that which is listened to but cannot be heard is called Xi; that which is grasped but cannot be obtained is called Wei'? ”

“That which is looked at but cannot be seen is called Yi, that which is listened to but cannot be heard is called Xi, that which is grasped but cannot be obtained is called Wei. These three cannot be fully fathomed, therefore they are mixed and regarded as one. Its upper part is not bright, and its lower part is not dark.” Wang Sheng had memorized the Dao De Jing, so he immediately recited the relevant parts. However, the specific understanding depends on the old Taoist himself, Wang Sheng will never easily explain.

It’s not that Wang Sheng doesn’t want to explain, but that Wang Sheng can’t explain. Reciting it is okay, but for the understanding of the Dao De Jing, a hundred Wang Shengs are probably not as good as an old Taoist who has just heard the original text.

“How about joining my Taoist school?” The old Taoist pondered for a while, then very seriously asked Wang Sheng: “I will accept you as a disciple on behalf of my master. If you join the Taoist school, you will be of the same generation as me, how about it?”