From a Zhengyi Taoist Child to a Master of All Laws

Chapter 5 Another Spirit
Wang Xin performed Buddhist salutes towards the Taoist temple. He felt a little embarrassed and scratched his head, saying, "Yes, Taoism is about following the laws of nature. It is not like the monks who have so many precepts and cannot eat meat."

Baiyun Temple rarely sees outsiders, so Li Yang was happy to chat with them. He shook his head and said:
"You are wrong again. Taoism is now mainly divided into two schools: Quanzhen and Zhengyi. Quanzhen relies on the three major ancestral temples, Shanxi Yongle Palace, Shaanxi Chongyang Palace and Shangjing Baiyun Temple, and has many branches such as Longmen School, Dantai Bidong Sect, Yushan School, etc.

Zhengyi does not prohibit the consumption of meat, but Quanzhen strictly abstains from meat."

Although he was a Taoist priest who came to power halfway, Li Yang was a normal school student in his previous life, so he was familiar with these basic sects.

At this point, Li Yang suddenly thought of a point of knowledge he had learned in his previous life: "Besides, do you think that Buddhism does not eat meat because of compassion? Buddhism originally ate meat. In ancient times, Emperor Wu of Liang, Xiao Yan, issued an order to ban monks from eating meat, but Buddhism had no moral integrity and agreed, and instead promoted it as the Buddha's compassion. In fact, your old man Sakyamuni also ate meat."
Although Wang Xin was confused by what he heard, he still clapped and cheered: "The Taoist priest is indeed a real person, what he said is really good!!"

"You understood it now?" Yang Yingying rolled her eyes.

"What's so hard to understand? Monks are hypocritical, while Taoists are genuine."

Li Yang waved his hands. He was not respecting Taoism and disparaging Buddhism. What he meant was that the depth of a person's Taoism and compassion cannot be measured by whether he eats meat or not.

Yang Yingying was speechless for a while and secretly cursed her cousin for being a flatterer.

At this time, Li Yang suddenly spoke to an ancient locust tree in the courtyard: "Baiyun Temple is under the jurisdiction of Zhengyi, so I can't stop eating meat. My friend on the tree, if you don't come down, I might have to eat meat."

Wang Xin and Yang Yingying were shocked, thinking that the white snake had returned. They hid behind Li Yang and looked at the locust tree nervously.

Amid the tense atmosphere, a rustling sound came from the locust tree, and then a fat black shadow fell to the ground with a plop.

It turned out to be a squirrel with gray-brown hair. Its small green bean-sized eyes rolled around and it stared at the three people.

Yang Yingying, who was hiding behind the two men, finally felt relieved. She was frightened by the white snake.

The little thing was obviously not injured. It strolled a few steps on the ground and began to jump around.

"You bastard, you stole things from me!" Li Yang took a closer look and saw that the little guy's mouth was bulging with rice.

Wuliang Tianzun, in this deep mountain and old forest, where else can one find fine rice except Li Yang’s rice jar?
The three men and the squirrel looked at each other for a long time. Seeing that something was not right, the squirrel rolled his eyes and wanted to run away.

"You little beast, still want to run?" Li Yang's reaction speed and physical fitness are now much better than before. With Wang Xin and Yang Yingying blocking him from the side, he picked it up in the air.

The rice in the little squirrel's mouth fell out, and it bared its teeth and claws towards Li Yang.

Looking at the cute little squirrel, Li Yang couldn't help laughing.

"You kid, you actually picked a fight with me." Li Yang poked the squirrel's belly while laughing.

Not to mention, the little thing feels pretty good.

Seeing that he couldn't break free, the little squirrel glared at him.

Wang Xin, who was standing by, was drooling. He had only eaten some biscuits tonight, so he suggested, "Master, I've never seen such a fat squirrel. I know there's a dish called salt-baked squirrel that's pretty good. I can also grill squirrels. Why don't you give it to me?"

Yang Yingying looked reluctant and interrupted, "Eat, eat, eat, all you know is eat. Why are you eating such a cute little squirrel?"

“Hehe, cousin, that’s not what you said about the spicy rabbit head before.”

Unexpectedly, after hearing Wang Xin's words, the little squirrel's expression changed in a human way from anger to pleading, and its two front paws actually bowed to him and begged for mercy like a human.

Damn, it’s another spirit!
Li Yang was a little puzzled as to why the animals nearby were becoming more and more abnormal. First it was the white snake, and then this squirrel.

Of course it wouldn't eat it. Li Yang just wanted to scare it. As soon as he let go, the little squirrel ran to the courtyard wall, waved its paw threateningly at Wang Xin, and ran away without looking back.

"Master, did you see that? It actually threatened me!" Wang Xin was a little surprised. In this day and age, can squirrels threaten people?
Nothing happened that night. At dawn the next day, Wang Xin arranged for someone to deliver a lot of rice, oil and vegetables.

Wang Xin wanted to stay for a few more days, but Yang Yingying had difficulty walking, so he was finally dragged down the mountain by the ear by Yang Yingying, who said that they did not want to disturb the immortal's meditation.

Li Yang was also happy and at ease, but he was the only one left in the Taoist temple, and cleaning the main hall was exhausting and really kept him busy.

Two days after Wang Xin and the other man left, Li Yang prepared dinner in the afternoon and drank white porridge while feeling the changes in his body. When he was practicing Taoist health-preserving exercises in the morning class, he felt the weak fluctuations around him again, which were very similar to the cool breath in his lower abdomen.

Li Yang had already understood that [Golden Light Mantra] was different from [Zi Ping Fortune Telling]. It would consume blue. The strange energy in the lower abdomen was the blue bar.

Although he could sense this strange energy from the outside world, he had no way to absorb it. He could only let the air mass in his lower abdomen replenish itself, which was very slow. It took a day and a night for the cool air in his lower abdomen to recover to 2/3.

This feels a bit bad. It's really just five minutes of pretending and two hours of charging.

"Hey……"

Li Yang sighed. The mage has no mana and can't produce the Holy Grail. What's the difference between you and a thirsty widow who can't buy a cucumber?
With a thought, the system panel appeared in front of me.

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[Divination: Level 1 (15/1000), unlocked: Zi Ping fortune telling]

[Taoist Health Preservation Technique: Level 1 (5/1000), Unlocked: Golden Light Curse]

[Breathing: Level 0 (36/100)]

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We received several tourists yesterday and the experience points increased.

"It's probably difficult to upgrade the fortune-telling and Taoist health-preserving exercises in a short period of time. The next focus is to improve my breathing."

Li Yang was full of expectations. It was much more difficult to gain experience points from breathing skills than from the other two skills, and the benefits brought by upgrading would definitely be extraordinary.

After dinner, Li Yang had just put away the dishes when he heard a familiar voice. Turning around, he saw a squirrel squatting behind him, holding a small red fruit in its hand.

Shit! Aren’t those cherries Wang Xin gave to him as a gift? This little thing only eats the expensive ones!

The little squirrel's fur was unusually shiny, and its green bean-sized eyes were rolling around. It had no awareness of being caught stealing.

Seeing Li Yang looking at him, the little guy finished eating the cherry in three bites, then waved his paw at him in a humane way.

"..."

Li Yang looked at him without saying a word.

"..."

It looked at Li Yang.

The scene was a little awkward for a moment. The little guy was a little puzzled as to why such a powerful biped had such low IQ and didn't understand what he meant.

The little squirrel thought for a moment, pointed in a direction with its right paw, and waved its left paw towards Li Yang.

Li Yang took a closer look and found that the little guy's furry right paw was curled into a fist with a finger extended.

"Brother Squirrel, do you want me to follow you somewhere? And who did you learn the hand gestures from?"

The little squirrel scratched his head and tilted it, not understanding what was going on.

"Forget it, lead the way..."

Li Yang was a little curious about where this overly smart squirrel was going to take him.

(End of this chapter)