Liaozhai Story: Laoshan Taoist

There was a scholar surnamed Wang, the seventh in the family, from a declining family.

When Wang Sheng was a teenager, he was very fond of Taoism, and when he heard that there were many immortals in Laoshan Mountain, he carried a book box to study.

When I arrived at Laoshan Mountain, climbed to the top of a mountain, found a Taoist temple with a quiet environment, entered the Taoist Temple, saw a Taoist monk sitting on a futon and meditated, only to see this Daoist man with white hair hanging down his shoulders, a heroic look, and an extraordinary temperament!

Wang Sheng then prostrated his head and spoke to him, and found that the truth contained in his speech was very mysterious, so he offered to worship him as a teacher. The Taoist priest said, "I am afraid that you are too lazy to suffer hardships." Wang Sheng swore an oath and said, "I can bear hardships!" "There were many disciples of the Daoists, and in the evening they all gathered together, and Wang Sheng performed rituals with them one by one, so he stayed in the temple.

When it was almost dawn, the Daoists shouted wang sheng up, gave him an axe, and asked him to go with the others to chop firewood, and Wang Sheng respectfully accepted the arrangement. After more than a month, Wang Sheng's hands and feet were calloused, and he privately had plans to go home.

One night, Wang Sheng saw Master and the two of them drinking, when the sun had already set, the house had not yet been lit, so Master cut a piece of paper, round as a copper mirror, pasted on the wall, and in an instant the room was full of brilliance. All the disciples were on the sidelines, listening to the command, and were busy.

One of the guests said, "Tonight is a good night, a grand pleasure, why not have fun?" So he took out a pot of wine and gave it to the disciples, and told them to rest when they were drunk. Wang Sheng thought to himself, "Seven or eight people, how can a pot of wine be drunk?" "I saw that the disciples each found a drinking vessel, and rushed to pour the wine later, afraid that when it was their turn, the wine would be gone. Strange to say: everyone pours me a drink, pours wine back and forth, and there is no less wine in the jug.

After a while, the guest said: "Thanks to your bright moonlight, but you can only drink, it is really boring, why not call Chang'e out to help?" Saying that, throwing chopsticks into the "moon", only to see a beauty come out of the "moon", just less than a foot at the beginning, and when it fell to the ground, it was the same height as the person, born with a "slim waist show", and then danced and danced a neon dance.

After the dance, he sang again: "Immortals, and return, and I am in Guanghanhu!" "The song is quiet and beautiful! After singing, she spiraled up and jumped on the table, and everyone was surprised to see her turn into chopsticks again. Master and the two guests laughed.

At this time, another guest said, "Tonight is very happy, and I am no longer able to drink, can you entertain me in the Moon Palace?" Only to see the three of them leave the case and gradually enter the "moon", everyone saw the three of them drinking in the middle of the moon, and their eyebrows and beards could be seen clearly, just like the images in the mirror!

After a while, the "moon" gradually darkened, and the disciples rushed to bring candles to light, only to see the Daoist sitting alone, and the guests were gone. Only scraps of paper were left on the table, and there was only a piece of paper on the wall that was as round as a copper mirror. The Daoist asked, "Have you drunk enough?" The crowd replied, "Enough! "Since you have drunk enough, go to bed early, and don't delay cutting wood tomorrow."

The crowd agreed to retreat, and Wang Sheng was very envious in his heart, so he dismissed the idea of going home.

After another month, Wang Sheng could not bear the hardships, but the Daoists had not taught a single spell. So he bid farewell to his master and said, "Disciples have come hundreds of miles to worship the master and receive karma, even if they are not allowed to have the art of immortality, even if they learn a little skill, they can comfort my desire to learn." It has now been two or three months, and every day I have returned from chopping wood in the morning and returning at night, and my disciples have never suffered from this at home. ”

After hearing this, the Daoist smiled and said, "I originally said that you can't suffer hardships, but now it seems that this is indeed the case, and I will send you back early tomorrow morning." ”

Wang Sheng then said, "The disciple worked hard for many days, and asked Master to teach me a little skill, and I also lived up to this trip." ”

The Daoist asked, "What Daoist technique do you want to learn?" ”

Wang Sheng said, "Every time I watch Master walk, the walls can't be stopped, and it's enough for a disciple to learn this technique." ”

The Daoist smiled and agreed.

So the Daoist taught Wang Sheng the mantra and asked him to recite the mantra himself, and the Daoist said, "Go into the wall!" Wang Sheng faced the wall but did not dare to enter. The Daoist said, "Try to enter." Wang Sheng calmly walked toward the wall, but when he touched the wall, he was blocked.

The Daoist said, "Go in with your head down, and don't hesitate to wander." Wang Sheng took a few steps back, and then ran towards the wall, touching the wall for a moment and finding nothing, and when he looked back, he found that he was already outside the wall. Wang Sheng was ecstatic and went back to thank Master. The Daoist instructed, "When you go back, you must clean yourself up, otherwise it will not work." "The next day I gave him some coils and let him go home.

When he arrived home, Wang Sheng boasted that he had met a god, and now the hard walls could not stop him. The wife did not believe it, and Wang Sheng followed the Taoist teachings, a few feet away from the wall, and then ran into the wall, only to see his head hit the wall and was suddenly bounced back and fell to the ground. His wife rushed to help him up, only to see a huge egg-sized pimple on his forehead.

His wife began to tease him, and Wang Sheng was indignant, scolding the old Daoist for not being at ease and cheating on him.

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3. Handian Network

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