"Woof?! Little sister, I allow you to reorganize your language. What do you mean by fat? This is strong and vigorous, okay? "The Husky was very dissatisfied.
Generally speaking, the word fat was used to describe pigs.
"Ah? How dare you talk to me in this tone. Hee hee, general, you've become arrogant after you can talk. " Wang Shiyu ran directly over, grabbed the Husky by the back of the neck, and stroked the fat dog's neck.
When she was on Earth, she teased the Husky like this, so she was familiar with the dog's weakness.
As Wang Shiyu stroked it, her eyes narrowed into a crescent moon. She smiled contentedly and said, "Ah, it's so soft and smooth … Ah, it's so cute. Stroking a dog makes me happy, and I can't help it."
"Ah, woof, let go … I'm the White Wolf Emperor of the grassland, and I also have dignity." The Husky was anxious and struggled, but it couldn't break free. Because it felt guilty, it didn't dare to really resist fiercely. In the end, it could only silently endure the "humiliation" of this weak woman. It was really miserable.
Li Mu laughed on the side.
At this moment, other than the fact that the stupid dog's words were a little out of place, the scene seemed to have returned to Earth. After school, the sun shone on the campus, and Wang Shiyu laughed and teased the Husky, while he watched on the side with a smile … Time was gone forever.
In such laughter, everyone entered the inner courtyard of the Daoyin Temple.
The surrounding buildings were all made of red bricks and green tiles, with a history of a thousand years, and were antique.
The main hall of the Daoyin Temple was called the Longevity Hall, which was built by the royal family of the Northern Song Dynasty. The meaning could be seen from its name. When it was first built a thousand years ago, it took a lot of effort. The main hall was extremely high, and it was a wooden structure without nails. Its shape was gorgeous and exquisite. After more than a thousand years of wind and rain, it was still extremely strong.
Several Taoist True Gods were enshrined in it, as well as the memorial tablets of the emperors of the Northern Song Dynasty.
Unlike the other empires, the emperors of the Song Dynasty, regardless of their cultivation or lifespan, would never reign for more than a hundred years. Even if they were still at the peak of their lifespan, they would choose to abdicate their throne and become monks, placing their memorial tablets in Daoist temples.
However, as the capital of the Northern Song Dynasty moved to the south in recent years, the status of the Daoyin Temple gradually declined. The Longevity Hall was no longer as magnificent as it used to be, and there was less maintenance. Therefore, layers of moss grew between the blue tiles, and the wood had some decayed gray and black, full of a sense of history.
Led by Taoist Daoqin, the abbey dean of the Daoyin Temple, Li Mu and the others walked past the side of the Longevity Hall and came to the backyard.
The backyard was filled with the smell of life.
Almost all the Taoists in the Daoyin Temple lived in this area. Chickens and dogs could be heard, cocks and hens were leisurely, and yellow dogs were chasing each other. There were also neat vegetable ridges. Different fruits and vegetables were planted on different ridges. In the distance, several young Taoists rolled up their trousers and stepped on a rotary waterwheel beside a pond to irrigate the vegetable fields.
Low tile-roofed houses were lined up vertically under the stone cliff.
Between the tiled houses, there was a well-maintained courtyard. The pine and cypress trees at the entrance were carefully trimmed, and the vermilion gate was bright red. The surroundings were clean and tidy. This was a place used to entertain the guests of the royal family. Even though the number of royal guests had decreased in recent years, this tradition was still preserved.
Li Mu and the others were all arranged to stay in the courtyard of this fine house.
After all, Lord Virtuous the Eighth was old and his cultivation was not high. These days, he had been living in fear and was drugged once. Therefore, after chatting with Li Mu for a while, he soon felt tired and fell asleep under the service of the maids.
The others also went to rest for the time being.
Li Mu was arranged to stay in an extremely exquisite house.
In the room, he closed his eyes to rest and operated his Qi to comprehend the Broadsword Intent.
Today, in the camp of the Glory Army, the Broadsword Intent he displayed of the Southern Fire Emperor had vaguely taken shape. Now, he was concentrating on deducing it. In fact, Li Mu had some general ideas in his mind. He wanted to deduce a method of the Natural Invisible Body-Broken Broadsword Intent. When the Broadsword Intent was activated, the invisible Broadsword Intent could kill the enemy. That was the beginning of the Broadsword Intent.
But now, the Broadsword Intent he displayed was vague. It was very effective to deal with ordinary martial artists. For example, when he killed the Glory Army today, he only needed to think about it to turn those elite soldiers into ashes. But when he fought against Du Lvji, the Fierce Spear, and Zhao Chen, the Broadsword Intent that killed Lord Jin, he needed to fight at close range to be effective.
That was the shortcoming.
Li Mu was perfecting the method of the Natural Invisible Body-Broken Broadsword Intent that he imagined.
He concentrated his spiritual force and focused on deducing it.
Half an hour later, there was a sudden knock on the door, interrupting his training.
"Let's go. I'll show you a place." Wang Shiyu showed up on the back of the Husky. She suddenly knocked on the door and said mysteriously.
The Husky wagged its tail like a fan and stuck out its tongue. Li Mu didn't know whether it was tired or hot, but it looked so happy that its eyes were almost squeezed together. Li Mu didn't know how Wang Shiyu coaxed it, but it was willing to be ridden, which surprised him a lot.
"What place?" Li Mu looked puzzled.
Wang Shiyu deliberately kept him guessing and said, "Let's go. You'll know when we get there."
After a while, she led Li Mu to the end of the house at the foot of the cliff. They stepped on a path and made a few turns. "Here we are." Wang Shiyu pointed to the front.
Li Mu saw that at the corner of the cliff, there was a piece of flat land that covered an area of about one acre. A small stone hall was hidden in the towering old pine and cypress trees. If he didn't look carefully, he wouldn't notice it.
He approached the stone hall.
Li Mu saw that at the door of the stone hall, there was a statue of a green bull lying on the ground, carrying an upright rectangular stone tablet on its back.
There were four ancient characters on the stone tablet in Yang seal script on the earth —
Taoism is natural.
Li Mu raised his eyebrows.
Looking at the green bull lying on the ground again, he vaguely realized something.
He walked forward.
The stone hall was carved out of rock and was very complete. It was 3.3 meters high, three meters long, and seemed to be three meters deep. He walked up the nine stone steps and came to the door of the stone hall. When he looked up, he saw a stone plaque hanging on it with three big characters in Yang seal script —
"Morality Hall".
Li Mu looked at Wang Shiyu.
Wang Shiyu said, "I've been here before. When I saw these, I couldn't help but think of the ancient sage on Earth, Laozi. But to be honest, I didn't think much about it. I thought it was some very bizarre coincidence. However, after hearing you say that the ancient sages on Earth opened up the Immortal Path, walked out of Earth, and stepped into the universe, I thought it might not be a coincidence. So, I think I should take you to see it."
Laozi went out of Hangu Pass in the west, riding the green bull and stepping on the purple air. He left a book called "Tao Te Ching" on Earth, which contained the way of self-cultivation, governing the country, using troops, and keeping fit. It stressed the principle of "Taoism is natural", which was the four characters on the stone tablet on the back of the statue of the green bull in front of the stone hall.
Everything in front of him was definitely not a coincidence.
Li Mu realized that this Daoyin Temple was related to Laozi.
But this was the royal Taoist temple of the royal family of the Northern Song. Could it be that the royal family of the Northern Song had something to do with Laozi?
But it was not right.
Yu Hualong, the crown prince of the Great Moon Empire, once said that the Great Moon Empire was the empire founded by the sages on Earth, and the three later empires were founded by the traitors after the Great Moon Empire was destroyed. That was to say, the three empires, the Western Qin, the Northern Song, and the Southern Chu, were opposed to the sages on Earth. From this point of view, the royal family of the Northern Song was also hostile to Laozi.
"Why is there a Morality Hall in the royal Taoist temple of the royal family of the Northern Song?"
Li Mu was puzzled.
He walked into the main hall and saw that in the center, where the statue of the deity should have been enshrined, was actually empty. There was no statue on the lotus pedestal placed on the stone foundation. Around the pedestal, there were some knife and arrow marks, as well as marks left by axes, as well as traces of smoke and fire … They did not seem to be original marks, but rather, they seemed to have been deliberately destroyed.
There was nothing else in the hall. The whole stone hall seemed very empty.
But Li Mu could see that the original appearance of the hall should not be like this, but the things inside had been destroyed and moved away.
"My adoptive father said that there were many relics and artifacts from before the era in this Morality Hall, which were originally enshrined and kept by the royal family of the Northern Song. Later, the capital of the Northern Song moved to the south, and the status of the Daoyin Temple declined. Many of the artifacts here were moved to the Taiyi Palace in Lin 'an. However, the Taiyi Palace was strictly guarded. Except for the special order of the emperor, no one was allowed to enter. I didn't have a chance to go in, so I don't know what was going on inside."
Wang Shiyu said.
But Li Mu didn't think it was so simple to say that the royal family of the Northern Song "moved" the things here away. Judging from the traces on the scene, it was more like a robbery.
They wandered around the stone hall again and found nothing else, so Li Mu and Wang Shiyu had to leave.
However, when they walked to the stone tablet on the back of the cyan ox, Li Mu stopped again.
Because at this time, he found that there were also words engraved on the back of the stone tablet —
"The Tao can be Tao, but it is not the Tao. The name can be named, but it is not the name. The nameless is the beginning of heaven and earth, and the famous is the mother of all things. Therefore, when there is nothing, one wants to see its wonder; when there is something, one wants to see its name. These two things have the same origin but different names, and they are both mysterious. The most mysterious of all, the door of all wonders! "
Sure enough, it was as expected.
This paragraph was the content of the first chapter of the Tao Te Ching, the king of scriptures written by Laozi.
It was also the opening chapter of the Tao Te Ching.
When Li Mu was on Earth, he had read the Tao Te Ching.
Back then, under the coercion and temptation of the old faker, Li Mu was familiar with the classics of the hundred schools of thought. He only wanted to memorize them but not understand them. The old faker didn't explain the content. But in his spare time, the old faker spoke highly of the Tao Te Ching and regarded it as the "beginning of the Great Way". Many times, the old faker read the content of the Tao Te Ching aloud in Li Mu's ears. But at that time, for some reason, Li Mu didn't understand it at all. That made the old faker so angry that he loudly scolded Li Mu for being a blockhead.
But at this time, when he saw that line of words on the stone tablet, Li Mu suddenly felt a little absent-minded.
He rubbed his eyes and was shocked to find that the line of words seemed to be alive and began to swim on the stone tablet. And his whole mind was instantly drawn into the moving words, ignoring everything around him.
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