Chapter 247: The Strange Taoist Master and Disciple
"My name is Wang Ping, and I am a disciple of this Taoist temple. I have yet to ask for your name."
The man introduced himself and then began to ask questions about Du Ruo.
"Hello, Taoist Wang. My name is Du Ruo. I know some boxing skills. This is my wife Xiang Yuanyuan. We come from a family of medicinal wine."
At this time, Du Ruo and Xiang Yuanyuan quickly stood up and introduced themselves very carefully.
"No wonder, no wonder, this place is too simple, wait a moment, we will go inside to have tea later."
Since the visitor is a guest, Wang Ping naturally could not be too neglectful. While speaking, he squatted down again and began to take out the firewood under the stove and cover the fire with the loose soil beside him.
He also took out all the ingredients in the stove. After doing all this, he invited the two to go to the Taoist temple.
In fact, the three of them are now at a corner between the Taoist temple and the accommodation building. There is a small path in the middle that leads directly to the small square in the middle.
"Let's go pay a visit to your sect's founder first."
Du Ruo had been quietly waiting for Wang Ping to pack up, but when she saw him holding the ceramic bowl of elixirs in one hand and the roasted food in the other, and about to take the two of them directly to the backyard, Du Ruo spoke up to remind him.
Du Ruo did not bow when he saw the gods, but it was just like visiting someone else's home and not greeting the elders. It was neither reasonable nor justifiable. It had nothing to do with faith, but only with politeness and family education.
"Well, I'll take you to the main hall first."
The smile on Wang Ping's face became even more intense. He did not go to the backyard, but walked along the path the two of them had come from, from the main gate to the main hall of the Taoist temple.
The main hall here is not much different from other Taoist temples, it is just relatively simple.
After entering from the gate, you will reach the main hall in just a few steps. The main hall is not as complicated as other Taoist temples. It is just a main hall with a statue of the ancestor.
"This is our sect's founder, Wang Chang."
Wang Ping put down what he was holding, then walked to the side, took out some incense from the altar, lit it, and handed it to Du Ruo and Xiang Yuanyuan.
Du Ruo and Xiang Yuanyuan straightened their clothes, bent down and bowed with incense in their hands. Then Du Ruo took the incense from Xiang Yuanyuan and inserted it into the incense burner.
"Haha, you two are welcome. Let's go to the back to have some tea and something to eat. If we wait any longer, the food will get cold."
When Wang Ping saw the two men finish burning incense, he immediately took them to the side hall. There was a back door in the side hall, and from there they could go out and see a small square.
The small square is paved with blue bricks, with a lot of medicinal herbs drying in the middle. Of course, there are also a lot of various utensils and minerals piled randomly under the eaves.
"Senior sister, there are guests in the temple. Please make a pot of tea."
As soon as Wang Ping entered the small square, he looked up and shouted loudly.
"Okay, just come up."
Next to it, there was a two-story building built against the mountain, and a voice came from above.
Du Ruo and Xiang Yuanyuan looked in the direction of the voice and saw a woman in a black dress with her hair tied up with a wooden hairpin looking down at them through the fence.
The woman had no makeup on and looked to be about 27 or 28 years old. She had a calm expression and was reading a book in her hands. The overall impression she gave was that of being dignified, peaceful and beautiful.
"Come on, let's go upstairs."
Wang Ping strode ahead, leading the two of them to go upstairs from the side.
"Let's just go up from here. I'm heavy, and I'm afraid the wooden ladder will break under my feet."
Du Ruo took a look and saw that the building was made of blue bricks, but the stairs on the side were made of wood and looked quite old. If he went up from there, Du Ruo suspected that those old wooden boards would be directly damaged by being stepped on.
"What did you say?"
Wang Ping obviously didn't understand what Du Ruo meant and turned to look at Du Ruo.
"We'll go ahead."
Du Ruo put his hand on Xiang Yuanyuan's waist, smiled at Wang Ping, then used his arms to lift Xiang Yuanyuan up, then took two steps forward, and finally stomped his feet, and Du Ruo flew into the air holding Xiang Yuanyuan.
At a height of more than four meters, Du Ruo took Xiang Yuanyuan and flew directly into the air.
After crossing the fence, Du Ruo landed lightly on the ground and then put Xiang Yuanyuan down.
"Wow~ Is this what you mean by knowing some boxing skills?"
Wang Ping was originally standing with his mouth wide open in a daze, until Du Ruo looked down from the railing. Then he reacted, shouted something, and then quickly ran towards the stairs.
The movement was so big that the wooden stairs creaked.
"Master, I am sorry to bother you."
Du Ruo looked at the railing. The senior sister Wang Ping mentioned was sitting on a wooden chair and looking at them. However, she seemed to be startled by Du Ruo's action just now. She held the teapot with one hand and did not pour water into it for a long time.
"Boss Du? The bar owner?"
The woman looked at Du Ruo and Xiang Yuanyuan carefully for a while, and then asked uncertainly.
"Huh? Taoist priest knows us?" Du Ruo was a little surprised when his name was called out. He didn't expect that no one recognized them along the way, but they were recognized in such a Taoist temple deep in the mountains. So the two of them stopped hiding it and took off the hats they had been wearing.
"Please take a seat. I am your fan. I have watched all your videos. I never thought you would come to our Taoist temple."
The woman stood up with a look of surprise on her face and invited the two men to sit down, while she couldn't help but look at them.
"Senior sister, do you know him?"
Wang Ping had already run up by now, put the things in his hand on the table, and while looking at Du Ruo, he began to ask questions about his senior sister.
"Well, I've watched Boss Du's video. By the way, my name is Li Ran, and I'm the eldest sister of this Taoist temple. Boss Du is a martial arts master, very famous."
Li Ran replied, and at the same time calmly covered his phone with a book, and introduced Du Ruo to Wang Ping.
"Are there only two of you in the Taoist temple?"
Du Ruo looked around curiously. This was a small courtyard on the second floor with a row of rooms on the side. The doors were open and he could see the beds and other things inside. Du Ruo didn't look at them much and started asking questions. He didn't hear any other movement except the two of them.
"There are only four of us in the Taoist temple, but the master was hospitalized a few days ago, and the little sister is taking care of the master in the hospital."
Li Ran looked a little embarrassed when she said this, and then she started to make tea. However, she also heard that Du Ruo might not be familiar with the Taoist temple, so she simply introduced it to him while making tea.
"Our Taoist temple belongs to the Danding School. I learned the Huangqi technique, my junior brother learned the Caomu Dan School, and my junior sister learned the Jinshi Dan School. Usually there are only four of us in the Taoist temple, and few outsiders come. Why are you here this time, Boss Du?"
The so-called Huangqi technique is Chinese medicine, the Herbal Alchemy School is the technique of making elixirs with herbs, and the Jinshi Alchemy School is the technique of making elixirs with gold and stone.
The art of alchemy has existed since ancient times, and has a history and inheritance of thousands of years. The earliest alchemy was basically done by the Herbal Alchemy School, which had the main purpose of curing diseases, while of course also taking cultivation into consideration. The Virgin School alchemy recipe that Du Ruo obtained belonged to the Herbal Alchemy School, which mainly used herbs.
But later on, many people began to pursue the art of immortality. As the saying goes, you are what you eat. Many people thought that gold and jade last forever in the world, so could they gain eternal life by replacing their bodies with gold and jade? As the saying goes, if you eat gold, you will get a golden body, and if you eat jade, you will get a jade life. So there was the Jinshidan School, whose purpose was to refine gold and stone, and then eat them to gain immortality.
"Oh, we actually just smelled the scent of the medicine that Taoist Wang was making by accident, and then we came here to look for him."
Du Ruo nodded, and didn't ask why Li Ran learned medical skills, but his master had to be hospitalized. He just nodded and explained how he came here.
"Come, let's eat first, Senior Sister. This is your favorite corn and taro."
At this time, Wang Ping pushed the roasted food forward, and took out the corn and taro and handed them to Li Ran. He also did not leave out Du Ruo and Xiang Yuanyuan, and shared the potatoes and eggs with them.
"Boss Du, was that Qinggong what you just did?"
Seeing that Li Ran and Xiang Yuanyuan had started eating, Wang Ping sat aside and made tea for everyone, but as soon as he opened his mouth he asked about the topic that he was most concerned about.
There is no man without a martial arts dream. Now that a real master appeared in front of him, Wang Ping naturally couldn't help himself.
"It's not considered a light skill, it just means you have more strength. You can do it with more practice."
Du Ruo did not eat the food on the table, but drank the tea brewed by Wang Ping.
"More practice?"
Wang Ping blinked, obviously not believing it.
"Alright, Junior Brother, you might as well spend your time studying alchemy, and don't end up poisoning Master like Junior Sister did and end up in the hospital..."
Li Ran obviously knew what his fellow apprentice was thinking, but seeing that Du Ruo did not say much about martial arts, he simply started to educate Wang Ping, but in the process he revealed the ugly things that happened in the Taoist temple.
"You processed the medicinal materials for this pill so roughly. You must have been lazy. With your personality, I'm afraid you can't endure the hardship of practicing martial arts."
However, Li Ran reacted quickly. In order to hide his embarrassment, he took the pill that Wang Ping had just made on the table and looked at the rough particles on the pill. That was because the medicinal materials were not ground and sieved. After saying that, Li Ran put the pill in his mouth and began to chew it.
"Forehead……"
After chewing a few bites, Li Ran's eyes widened. He then took a few bites of the corn and swallowed it. Then he glared at Wang Ping:
"Did you not add honey? It's so bitter."
When Li Ran finished speaking, even his voice became distorted.
"Yes... I put a little less. It's refreshing. A little bitterness is better for refreshing effect..."
Wang Ping was scolded and lowered his head in embarrassment. When he talked to Du Ruo, he could still make an excuse that the honey was gone, but the senior sister knew the temple well and knew best whether there was honey or not.
"Is that what you mean by refreshing?"
Li Ran took another sip of tea before he calmed down. He looked at Wang Ping speechlessly.
"hey-hey…"
The one who was laughing was Xiang Yuanyuan. She thought the people in this Taoist temple were quite interesting.
The medical skills of those who study medicine seem to be average, and their master has to be hospitalized even after being poisoned.
The person refining the elixir is a little unreliable. After all, other people have to find an auspicious time to refine the elixir, and even bathe and fast, but this person is very casual. He even bakes food in the furnace. It is not known whether he is refining the elixir or baking food.
But that junior sister is not simple at all. She was able to poison her master to the point of being hospitalized. Obviously, she is not an ordinary person.
As for a master having three such apprentices, it is a skill in itself.
(End of this chapter)
