Chapter Thirteen: A Superior Man Does Not Recall The Slanders Of Inferior People

  "Alright, since Master doesn't mind the humble people's mistakes, then please let them come in."

  Xiao Man ran out and said, "Come on in."

  "Thank you, Daoist priest."

  As soon as I entered the house, Xiaoyan's father handed me a cigarette, "Won't you have one?"

  "Oh, that's it, this is a little something from me, take it." I pointed to the Three Purities in the Taoist temple and the ancestral master of my Yuelan Mountain Sect. "Oh, look at me, I forgot."

  Several people are burning incense at the same time. I took a glance at Xiaoran, he still looks elegant with his hat on, but somehow lacks spirit and has lost some weight.

  "Cow Daozhang, the little girl returned home and never told me. It wasn't until I inquired that I found out Daozhang was a student at the lower school. What a big wave crashing into the Dragon King Temple! I'll bring the little girl to apologize to you." Ah, even such a big shot has times of compromise, thinking about it is really relieving.

  "Xiao Ran, quickly apologize to Niu Daozhang."

  "Sorry, Master, I'm truly sorry for what happened before - don't forget it in your heart."

  "Alright, alright, I know what's going on. You've lost your hair, right? Take off that hat and let me see." Actually, I just wanted to see his ridiculous look, but now it seems like I really did hurt a girl's heart.

  Tang Xiaoran's hair, which was once so clean and beautiful, has now fallen out in large clumps. Her skin, which was once smooth and delicate, is now covered in black spots. In the past month at school, she has made even greater progress in her study of Taoist magic, and has also studied traditional Chinese medicine on the side. She has just learned how to take a pulse, and today she decided to try it out on Tang Xiaoran.

  "Come, let me take your pulse."

  "Master, when will you take my pulse?" Jiucheng was extremely excited. I just wanted to try out my skills a bit and these good-for-nothings almost exposed me. Fortunately, it's not possible without two brushes.

  "Get out of here and bring me a stool." Tang Tianhu looked at me with a glance, not knowing what to say.

  Tang Xiaoyan's pulse is vacuous and stable. What does it mean by vacuous and stable? It's like a battery, you see that it's full, but after using it for a while, it runs out of power. Tang Xiaoyan has this kind of illness, which in Taoist terms is called Zhongsha.

  In terms of Taoist teachings, the main body of a human being is the hun (soul), and the main body of the hun is the po (spirit). The po comes together to form the hun, while the hun is used to form life.

  In Buddhism, it is said that a person has three souls and six spirits, because the soul and spirit also need to take turns to reincarnate. Those who lack souls and spirits are called "Ji".

  Humans are the main body that carries the soul, once this carrier undergoes pathological changes or degeneration and loses its carrying function, the soul will separate from the carrier and go find other carriers. The three souls and six spirits will be separated for a period of time during this period, forming a demon. When they gather together, a brief condensation of human energy will occur, releasing a human form in an instant. If these souls find a carrier, they will leave; if not, they will continue to stay with humans. If the carrier had unfinished business when alive, these demons will help complete it before searching for the next carrier.

  Because the soul is separated at the moment of death, the human form displayed by the gathering of souls is the phenomenon that occurred in the last instant of the carrier, so it can be extremely terrifying. This is where the origin of ghosts comes from, but such situations are generally rare.

  Tang Xiaoran's situation is that after being invaded by evil, the evil energy broke through the three souls and six spirits, and under the condition of separation of the three souls and six spirits, a demon was formed.

  When I was performing the soul-calling ritual on Tang Xiaoyan, this evil energy was too powerful. After the three souls and six spirits were separated, the charm that formed would disperse again. At this time, it was extremely weak, and the remaining evil energy suppressed the spirit of the three souls and six spirits. In scientific terms, it's like being frightened, causing neurological disorders and psychological trauma, leading to a severe decline in immunity. Isn't this hysteria?

  So Tang Xiaoyan is not ill in medicine, but very ill in Taoism.

  The most reasonable explanation was heard by several people, and his father finally spoke up, "Our school really has evil spirits."

  "Hmph, it's all because of you people doing good deeds for money." I had already investigated the school's affairs long ago, but I thought it was right to do so, that's why I didn't intervene.

  Why?

  I mentioned earlier. This was originally a chaotic tomb, and to suppress the spirits of the dead, a thousand-year-old temple was built. But in order to build a school, they demolished someone's thousand-year-old ancient temple, which has been rebuilt until now without any news. You're competing with ghosts for land, that's fine, but the gods have lived here for over a thousand years, and you've actually demolished their home, who else would they look for?

  "Alright, I'll get you some of our special stuff."

  "Ah Biao, hurry up and take note quickly."

  "Rub chicken head with garlic on your scalp every day, wash off with clear water after 15 minutes. As for the rest, the key part is still up to your dad."

  "Master Dao, what do you want me to do?"

  "My god, how can you not know what to do now?" Tang Tianhu understood, "This damn principal, took my money and has been deceiving me all along, until now the school is still not built, causing my family's Danyan to have such a big problem, thank you Daozhang."

  "Don't thank me yet. It's not over."

  "Go back to the mountain and build a big temple, when the time comes, I'll come to call those Zhongsha classmates, I'll make a vow, this three-foot-tall has a divine spirit, they won't be unreasonable."

  The temple was finally repaired, and the temple statue was an old man with a white beard.

  I went to host the temple opening ceremony.

  Hello everyone, today I'm here to host this temple opening ceremony and also fulfill a promise to all of you.

  In the past, this place was a tomb. Later, in order to suppress the spirits of the dead, a temple was built. The gods and immortals lived here for over a thousand years. However, just a few years ago, we demolished their houses to build a school and didn't even rebuild them. As a result, the gods became unhappy and often come out to wander around.

  We little girls are too young, the immortal old man accidentally bumped into everyone and passed by, this person has a different aura, the immortal old man didn't want to provoke anyone either. After all, you're human, can't withstand such a huge atmosphere. Besides, the immortal old man had nowhere to live, how could he not come out? The immortal old man gave me a dream last night, saying that the temple has been rebuilt for him too, and he also has a place to live now. He asked me to apologize to my classmates who were affected, and to study hard in the future, serve China well, they will be watching from heaven, let everyone be safe and sound.

  Alright, here's a prescription, everyone drink this medicinal water and you'll recover soon.

  I made them a bowl of delicious San Gui Yuan Qi soup and added fragrant ash for them to drink.

  "Is it done?" Tang Tianhu asked me.

  "What else do you want?"

  City people seem to be a little unbelievable in their eyes, such a young Taoist priest is still the first time they have seen, "Hey, can this young man be trusted?" The parents who come here are all those whose children cannot be cured by medical treatment and then start to believe in superstition. They have run to countless temples and Taoist temples, but always treat the symptoms not the root cause. In their minds, hope is already slim, but still full of hope.

  "My name is Tang Tianhu, and I'm a trustee of this university. Due to my negligence, aside from this major incident, I'd like to apologize to everyone. This Cow Daochang is indeed an extraordinary person, renowned throughout the region, even in the county town, who doesn't know his reputation? My daughter, Tang Xiaoran, was saved by him, and I believe you all trust Cow Daochang."

  "Niu Daochang, on behalf of our classmates' parents, thank you. Please accept this small token of appreciation." As he spoke, Tang Tianhu handed me a 10,000 yuan red envelope.

  How can there be a reason for not giving money back? Fellow students' parents saw that I really had two brushes, and they all came to me to return the money. Take it back to give Master Ancestor a golden body, I thought, what does Master Ancestor want with that?

  This can indeed be eaten for three years.

  "Mom, this medicine may be hard to swallow, but after drinking it, I feel like the burden in my heart has been lifted and I'm much more relaxed. Now I just want to sleep."

  "Oh dear heavens, Master Niu has really worked his magic! My daughter hasn't slept well for who knows how many days and nights, just look at her now, she's even calling out to him and is hungry too. Master Niu, you are our savior, I'm kneeling down to thank you!" With that, they all knelt down with a thud.

  "Oh dear, hurry up, I'll tell you, as long as you follow the principles of being a human being, be honest and do things with integrity, do things that your conscience can afford, you don't need me at all." The speech made everyone cry bitterly.

  "Daughter, it's all your father's fault, I shouldn't have done that despicable thing back then."

  As a Taoist, seeing people's kind hearts makes me feel at peace with myself and my actions, to be honest, it brings a warm feeling to my heart.

  Tang Tianhu came to the Taoist temple specifically to ask me to go back to class, "Niu Daochang, no, now I should call you Niu classmate. You'd better go back to class, the teacher and classmates are all missing you."

  "Mother, come up with an eight-character phrase. You ruined the school and made my master suffer so much humiliation. Do you still have the face to invite him back? Get out of here!" Jiucheng was furious because whenever anyone mentioned something related to the school, I would immediately smash things.

  "It was I, Tang Tianhu, who wronged you, I'm sorry." Tang Tianhu bowed deeply to me and left.

  Three months later, there were still parents coming to my Taoist temple to thank me specially. Now that Tang Tianhu has spread the word, the school's misunderstanding of me has turned into a positive impression. Just listen to what people are saying.

  It's said that Niu Shan Yun Niu Da Dao Chang is the reincarnation of Tai Shang Lao Jun, who came to school, saved a life, and yet was misunderstood and suffered all sorts of hardships and tribulations without giving up his desire to help the people.

  That Daoist priest unexpectedly didn't say a word and returned to the temple.

  The school board's rich second-generation daughter was originally saved by Master Niu, but she didn't even know how to thank him. When Master Niu suffered from such misunderstandings, she also didn't come forward to testify and clear up the truth. But heaven's will is to punish those narrow-minded people who don't follow the right path. The school board's daughter contracted an incurable disease and actually had the nerve to ask Master Niu for help again.

  Niu Daochang also had a Bodhisattva's heart, and without holding grudges, he settled the matter for everyone. From then on, Niu Daochang wandered the world, unknown to others.

  "What nonsense are you talking about? I'm drinking tea at the Taoist temple. What's this crap about roaming around the world? I don't have time for that nonsense."

  "Jiucheng laughed, Master, you're awesome! Now even people from the city know your great name. Every day, luxury cars specially come to our village to find you to handle affairs. As for the gifts, let's not mention them."

  "Haha, gotcha!!!"

  The village head arrived, "My goodness, what wind blew Village Head here."

  "My big brother, ah, spit it out, Niu Daochang, don't mention it, you've brought honor to our Yang Village. Now our village is lively, and many people want to come and see your legendary beauty, even the young girls are smitten, hahaha."

  It was none other than Tang Xiaoyan who came today.

  Ninety percent of her didn't stop, her hair has grown long, and her complexion is very good. The black spots on her face have also faded away. She's really charming, but thinking about those boys makes me feel uneasy.