White Bone Monkey King

Jin An and the others waited for a long time, until the fortune teller fell asleep, his head bit by bit like a chicken pecking at rice.

Suddenly, the fortune teller's head hit hard, and he almost fell to the ground. He immediately woke up and stood up.

Just at this moment, a lively sound came from outside the Taoist temple of the five internal organs of the underworld. It sounded like many children were laughing and chasing each other, approaching here.

Jin An frowned, paused his chanting and stood up.

Before I saw the group of children, I first heard about grandpa, grandpa, grandpa...

Jin An and the fortune teller both showed surprised expressions and looked at each other. Just as Jin An pondered for a moment and was about to leave the Taoist temple to check the situation, several children ran into the Taoist temple laughing and playing, some holding small windmills in their hands. , some wore animal masks on their faces, and were beating around with wooden sticks and swords.

The Taoist Temple of the Five Internal Organs of the Underworld is very small, and can even be said to be very simple. The main hall is opposite the gate. As soon as a few children ran into the Taoist temple, they saw Jin An and the others in the main hall.

"Dongdong, A Yuan, Little Caterpillar...why are you standing at the door and not going in? Could it be that the Taoist temple finally has its first pilgrim today?"

A friendly voice came from the alley outside the Taoist temple.

Then a half-hundred Taoist priest wearing five-color Taoist robes appeared at the door, and around the old Taoist priest there were twenty or thirty children, shouting "Grandpa, Grandpa". The number of these children was about the same as the number of spiritual tablets in the Taoist temple.

At this moment, the Taoist priest of the five internal organs met the Taoist priest of the five internal organs. The two looked at each other and saw surprise and confusion in each other's eyes.

"Master!"

The two children ran out like the wind, threw themselves into the old Taoist priest's arms, and burst into tears.

"Xiao Fei! Zi'er! It's great that you are safe and sound! I heard from the people who created the Animal Cult that your ship sank in a storm. Master thought..." The old Taoist priest was overjoyed and recognized his two lost disciples.

"How did you guys find this place? Didn't you escape the clutches of those beasts from the Animal-Zhao Cult and were driven into the sea of ​​ghosts by them?"

This half-hundred Taoist priest, who was wearing the same five-color Taoist robe as Jin An, was surprisingly the only living uncle of Wu Zang Taoist Temple, Uncle Yuyangzi!

"Master, it was Taoist Priest Jin'an who saved us! My sister and I found the Five Zang Taoist Temple. Taoist Jin'an rescued my sister and me from the people who created the Animal Cult!" My brother hurriedly explained what happened to him in Jiangzhou Prefecture.

When he heard that Jin An could see through the animal-making talisman of the animal-making ancestor and rescued so many people, not to mention the look of surprise on Uncle Yuyangzi's face, even the fortune teller looked at Jin An in surprise.

"Master Nephew pays homage to Master Uncle. Jin'an is the disciple of Wu Zang Taoist Master. The purpose of making a special trip from Wuzhou Prefecture to Jiangzhou Prefecture is to find Master Yuyangzi to complete the entire Wu Zang Taoist Temple."

Jin An did not show his indifference due to his cultivation. Instead, he respectfully bowed to the younger generation and took out the Taoist disc he carried with him.

Then he talked about his experiences in the past year and a half, starting from when he accidentally met the escort agency for Jiangnan businessmen, and accidentally found out the whereabouts of Master Yuyangzi, and came to Jiangnan specifically to find Uncle Yuyangzi.

Then he was rescued by the Wu Zang Taoist’s benevolent thoughts after his death from the cannibal temple in Chang County. He brought the Wu Zang Taoist’s relics to Fucheng to find the Wu Zang Taoist temple, and then went to Wutou Village to find the bones of Master Yu Youzi...

Finally, he finally found out the whereabouts of Uncle Yuyangzi and made a special trip south to Jiangnan...

Jin An has experienced a lot in the past year or so. Everyone sat in the main hall and listened attentively to what he had to say. Even the children who were laughing and playing sat quietly in a circle and listened carefully and quietly as if they were listening to a story.

When he heard that Taoist Wu Zang had died, Uncle Yuyangzi looked sad and shed tears; when he heard that Jin An went to Wutou Village to bring out the bones of his senior brothers, and enshrined the urns of the two senior brothers in the Hall of Merit At this time, Uncle Yuyangzi's face showed emotion, with expressions ranging from surprise, sadness, and relief.

When he heard that in order to go south to the south of the Yangtze River to find him and attract his attention, Jin An opened a five-organ Taoist temple in Jiangzhou Prefecture on a one-to-one basis. Even the coffin shop across the street copied it, Master Yuyangzi was stunned. ,.

In the end, it was the fortune teller who was the first to break the atmosphere: "Taoist Master, your Five Zang Taoist Temple is amazing. You have such a good disciple who respects his master and knows how to repay his kindness! With such a disciple in charge of the Five Zang Taoist Temple, why can't we carry it forward? Spread the branches and leaves! It’s really enviable to others!”

"Little old man, I have never been so convinced by a person. The Five Zang Taoist Temple is the same! The Wu Zang Taoist who kindly saves people, the Yuyouzi Taoist who helps the villagers in the headless village feel unhappy, opens the Wu Zang Taoist Temple in the underworld, and places spiritual tablets for those poor children. Taoist Yuyangzi, coupled with Taoist Jin'an's respect for teachers and Taoism... Phew, after listening to Taoist Jin'an's experience along the way, I understand what it means to be loyal and loyal! To say that the whole family is loyal and loyal, Wu Zang Taoist Temple must be counted. Wherever there is suffering in the world, there are Taoist temples with five internal organs that go through fire and water to save people and save the world!"

The fortune teller gave a thumbs up and was full of praise.

Even the brothers and sisters sitting aside looked at Jin An with brighter eyes, with little stars in their eyes, looking at Jin An with admiration.

When he heard outsiders praising the Five Zang Taoist Temple, Master Yuyangzi's face lit up, he laughed heartily, and said three good things in a row.

Afterwards, Uncle Yuyangzi stood up solemnly and saluted Jin An with clasped fists: "My senior fellow apprentice, Taoist Wu Zang, was the previous headmaster. Since nephew Jin An studied under my senior brother, Taoist Wu Zang, and he has cultivated both virtue and talent, he should succeed him." My senior brother will continue to sit in the position of master. Yu Yangzi, the 16th generation disciple of Wu Zang Taoism, pays homage to the new master."

Uncle Yuyangzi's trip this time was to find the Wu Zang Taoist priest who had been missing for ten years and whose whereabouts were unknown, so as to prevent the Wu Zang Taoist temple from being withered and leaving only the two brothers and brothers, really falling apart and existing in name only.

It’s just that things in the world are unpredictable, and fate always plays tricks on the Wu Zang Taoist temple. The Wu Zang Taoist died ten years ago in a man-eating ghost temple in Chang County. No matter how he traveled through thousands of rivers and mountains in Kangding, he could not find out the whereabouts of the Wu Zang Taoist.

"Xiao Fei, Zi'er, come and meet the new master with Master." The amiable Master Yuyangzi showed a rare serious expression this time and called his two disciples.

"The new headmaster, these are the two new disciples I have accepted during this trip to the south of the Yangtze River. The elder brother's real name is Ye Fei, and the younger sister's real name is Ye Zi'er. The new headmaster has already met them. At first, I thought they had a pitiful background and were helpless. , so I took him under my wing so that I could give them a home to live in."

"Ye Fei meets the new headmaster."

"Ye Zi'er pays homage to the new headmaster."

The two children also imitated the master's example and saluted Jin An. The two little guys shouted with conviction. They looked at Jin An with little stars in their eyes.

How could Jin'an dare to entrust him? He hurriedly went to help Uncle Yuyangzi.

Unexpectedly, Master Yuyangzi is as stubborn as Master Yuyouzi and must perform the complete etiquette: "Although the talents of our Five Zang Taoists have withered and are no longer as famous as the ancestors were during the time, no matter how small the Taoist temple is, we cannot lose these etiquettes. Not only is it related to the integrity of my Five Zang Taoist religion, but I also want to thank the new headmaster in person for the three of us senior brothers! Thank you to the new headmaster for everything he has done for my WuZang Taoism and our three senior brothers over the past year. You have worked so hard for our three senior fellow apprentices, and Yu Yangzi has nothing to repay. Only by doing this can you repay the ten thousandth of the kindness that the new headmaster has shown to me, Wu Zang Taoism, and to my three senior fellow apprentices!"

Hearing what Uncle Yuyangzi said so seriously, Jin An quickly interrupted: "Uncle, you are too serious. Master Wu Zang Taoist saved my life that day, which is more than anything else! They say that life-saving kindness cannot be repaid, and it is as heavy as Mount Tai." !”

Seeing that Uncle Yuyangzi was still opening his mouth, Jin An quickly changed the topic deliberately: "Uncle, don't wait until you go back to Wuzhou Mansion to verify what I said. Do you believe everything I say so easily?"

Uncle Yuyangzi raised his hand with a smile and pointed at the Zhenhai stone carp placed with the spiritual tablets. It was the Zhenhai stone carp brought in by Jin An, and it was Jin An who put it together with the spiritual tablets to recite sutras for salvation.

"You won't be a despicable evil person who can understand the pain and suffering that happened to these children. Moreover, Wu Zang Taoism has been in decline for many years and is unprofitable. No one will spend so much effort on a small Taoist temple." Yu Yang Master Zi's uncle was very generous and bluntly said that Taoism about the five internal organs was poor and useless.

Why.

Jin An sighed silently in his heart.

The same thing happened when I met Uncle Yu Youzi in Wutou Village. Uncle Yu Youzi easily believed everything he said.

Now that I have reunited with Master Yuyangzi, I still choose to trust him after just one meeting.

This kind of simplicity of heart made him feel like he felt like he was at home, but he also felt a heavy burden on his heart. That was a responsibility!

Yu Yangzi has been away from Wu Zang Taoist Temple for so many years. Like a wanderer who has been away from home for many years, he misses Wu Zang Taoist Temple very much. Now that he meets Jin An, he can’t wait to ask about all the details of Wu Zang Taoist Temple. When he heard that Wu Zang Taoist Temple has been greatly expanded and renovated, , not only hired the most famous painter in Wuzhou Prefecture to reshape the statue of the ancestor, but also expanded several temples. Now it has been completely changed. Hearing the familiar and unfamiliar Taoist temple of the five internal organs, Uncle Yuyangzi was stunned. He was stunned for a long time and could not calm down for a long time.

The fortune teller also widened his eyes in surprise: "I was really right, the old man, the Five Zang Taoist Temple has really flourished in the hands of Taoist Master Jin'an!"

"Okay! Okay! Okay..."

"Two senior brothers, have you seen that my Five Zang Taoism finally has a successor, the Taoist temple has been renovated, and finally the founder no longer needs to be exposed to the rain under the broken tiles."

Uncle Yuyangzi was so happy that he cried.

Jin An spent a lot of time talking about his experience. At this time, the sound of evening drums and morning bells rang outside the Taoist temple.

The night in the ghost town is about to fall.

Uncle Yuyangzi, who was still full of energy just now, changed his expression when he heard the sound of the dusk drum: "New headmaster, you shouldn't have come to the sea of ​​ghosts to find me. Although I am touched by what the new headmaster has done, I You are a dead tree and have lived for half your life. The new leader is still young and has an infinite future. You should not take the risk to come to the ghost sea, let alone this ghost town! Once you are trapped in the ghost town, you will never be able to leave. "

"The new headmaster, take Xiaofei, Zi'er, and this gentleman and leave the ghost town quickly. Before it gets dark, you still have a chance to leave, so hurry up and get as far away from the ghost town as possible! When you get back outside Don’t come to me again, find a way to leave the sea of ​​ghosts, and never come back to me again!”

Master Yuyangzi picked up his two young apprentices, put his two young hands into Jin An's hands, and asked Jin An to take care of his two homeless young apprentices.

They had just reunited with their master, and when they heard that they were about to be separated again, the two children hugged their master and cried sadly, refusing to be separated from him again no matter what.

Yuyangzi's eyes were slightly red with emotion, and he patiently persuaded the two of them to follow Jin An and leave, not to stay here and lose their lives in vain.

It's not worth it.

The two children still hugged their master and refused to let go.

Jin An glanced at the sky outside and listened to the sounds of vendors outside and the footsteps of pedestrians on the street that were slowly becoming thinner and getting farther away. He did not choose to run away, but looked at Uncle Yuyangzi resolutely: "Master Uncle, the reason I came to Jiangnan this time is to find you, Uncle Master, to make up for the number of people in my Five Zang Taoist Temple. If I want to leave Uncle Master to join us, I will not escape alone."

"Master, we are not leaving either!" The two children also had firm eyes.

"Uncle Master, what is going on in this ghost town? Why did you come here? Why can you never leave after spending the night in the ghost town? What on earth is in this ghost town?" Jin An asked.

Uncle Yuyangzi looked anxiously at the sky outside, and said hurriedly while pushing Jin An and the others away: "I have been trapped here for several days, and I still haven't found out the truth here. I only know that the evening drum represents chaos, and the morning bell represents chaos. Life. Once I hear the twilight drum ringing and don't leave, I will be trapped in the ghost town forever. And when the morning bell rings again, I can't remember what happened after the twilight drum fell into the night, and there is a gap in my memory."

After listening to Uncle Yuyangzi's words, Jin An pondered for a moment, and then expressed his conjecture. He suspected that this was a world in a time cage. At night, everyone disappeared without knowing their whereabouts. During the day, these people would appear out of thin air. People's Memories are only retained at a certain moment, and even the food on the table is always retained at a certain moment.

When he heard that Jin'an and the others had been in the ghost town for several days and had already observed the rules of the ghost town, Yuyangzi had a complicated expression, showing both appreciation and regret: "The new headmaster is extremely intelligent and neither arrogant nor impetuous. He takes things step by step and observes three things. Bu, with such a character, he will definitely become a great weapon. Why would the new headmaster take the risk to come to the sea of ​​ghosts for a half-mortal person like me? New headmaster, you shouldn’t have come, you shouldn’t have come, hey..."

But no matter how much he pushed Jin An to leave, Jin An just took root in the same place and refused to leave.

"Uncle Master, I told you that I am here to take you out of the sea of ​​ghosts! No one is missing from the Five Zang Taoist Temple!"

"I want to see which bull, ghost and snake god are here today to show off their magic. If anyone stops me from taking you away, Uncle Master, I will destroy his temple!"

Even the fortune teller was determined not to leave, saying that Jin An had an unusual destiny and was the noble one in his life. If he left Jin An, he would never be able to escape from the sea of ​​ghosts for the rest of his life. It was better to live and die together with Jin An and still have a chance of survival.

Even Xiao Fei and Zi'er couldn't tell them to leave.

"Hey, you, you...why bother..." Yuyangzi sighed and hugged his two little apprentices in distress.

"Because the Taoist temple of the five internal organs is indispensable." The reason given by Jin An is simple, but it is a heavy responsibility.

There has to be someone in this world who stands up and does something.

Uncle Yuyangzi,

Since you and Uncle Yu Youzi both call me the new head teacher,

I always have to do something for the Five Zang Taoist Temple.

Even if the sky falls,

There must be one person who can stand up and support the Five Zang Taoist Temple.

…

Finally, night falls.