Chapter 92: Disciple
The whole village was busy. The villagers of Fenshui Village only discovered that the Taoists had gone down the mountain to harvest rice after they had harvested most of the rice.

They were not in a hurry to go back for dinner, so they stood on the road and chatted with Wang Feiyin and others. "Master Wang, I saw a lot of things piled up at Xiaojing's house. Are you planning to build a temple?"

Wang Feiyin responded, “When the autumn harvest is over, please come and help.”

All the villagers responded, "We will definitely go."

The rice took two days to harvest and was dried in the fields for two days before being sent to the large area in the village for drying and threshing.

Only then did Pan Jun recognize everyone in the village.

They really recognized them all, it was so lively.

From the elderly in their seventies to children as young as one year old, everyone gathered here in Daping.

The adults would beat the rice to thresh it while watching over the children and chatting with them.

There were many people who were older than Wang Feiyin. When they saw him, they all shouted, "It's Erya. It's been such a long time since we last met. How come you still don't look older?"

There were people who were about the same age as Wang Feiyin, but looked like he was his elder generation. They felt very complicated, "Second boy, how did you maintain your looks?"

Wang Feiyin smiled and said, "If you live a life of luxury and don't worry about your children, you won't get old. You guys are just worrying too much."

The old friends were delighted. "Oh, we have to worry about it, Erya, your Wang Cong hasn't married yet. He's already over 20, right?"

Wang Feiyin: "I will be crowned next year, I will be crowned next year, I won't be more than twenty."

"You are old now, it is time to get married. If you don't, you will end up like your fellow apprentices."

After saying that, he glanced at Tao Ji and Xuan Miao who were busy photographing rice, and expressed disappointment.

Wang Feiyin smiled and said, "We cultivators pay attention to fate in marriage. We don't force it. We don't force it."

The 70-year-old man taught him, "It's fate after you've been married. There are so many people in this world. It's fate to meet each other. It's even deeper to be connected. It's even greater fate to be married. Respect each other and you can live your life. You keep looking for a good partner while you're still riding a donkey. You say you're not destined to be together when you see this one and you say you're not destined to be together when you see that one. You'll never be able to be married this way."

Wang Feiyin: "Their karmic affinity is deeper."

The villagers looked away in disgust, not believing it.

The old man looked away and saw Pan Yun. He quickly leaned forward to look at her face. After a moment, he nodded with satisfaction, "This child is good-looking, just a little worse than Miaohe, but her face is also like a full moon. You can tell at a glance that she is a blessed person."

Pan Yun said: "My senior brother said the same thing."

Wang Feiyin lowered his voice and said, "Don't talk nonsense, be careful not to smash my sign. With your luck, do you think you are blessed?"

Pan Yun ignored him and went up to talk to the old man, "Old man, how about we expand the mountain temple at the foot of the mountain?"

"That's good, but do you have the money?" The old man said, "We don't know how much we have to hand in this year. We can contribute our labor, but we can't raise the money."

Pan Yun immediately said, "I won't ask you for money. I will pay you for your work. I just want to ask the mountain god in advance if there are any incense offerings after the temple is built."

"Of course there is," the old man said with a smile, "Every year in our village we worship the mountain god and pray for a good harvest. When the temple is built, I will pray for you to find a partner in marriage."

Pan Yun: "Good old man, please pray for my fortune. I will pray for my marriage myself, and my heart will be more sincere."

"Yes, you have to seek your own marriage."

The people nearby heard this and asked hurriedly, "Is praying for wealth in the mountain temple effective?"

Pan Yun's heart tightened. With her master in that state, she had no idea whether the magic formula would work or not.

She smiled stiffly and said, "Sincerity is the key to success. But I know that praying for peace and health in our mountain temple is quite effective."

Everyone was in low spirits.

Safety and health seem to be very important, but people still prefer to seek wealth and good marriage.

Especially money, it is not only related to money, but also to power and future.

It is the most popular project of all time.

"Where do you plan to build the mountain temple?"

There are certain considerations on where to build a mountain temple.

Wang Feiyin subconsciously constructed the buildings on Mount Sanqing according to the Bagua, and the mountain temple at the foot of the mountain was no exception.

There won't be a better place than the mountain temple now.

So they decided to build the mountain god temple on the original site, but to level the back of the current temple, cut down the trees, and fill the land, so that there would be a flat and spacious place.

Wang Feiyin and Pan Yun collaborated on the drawing.

Yes, Pan Yun’s painting skills are quite good. When she first decided how to build the mountain temple, she already had an idea in her mind.

After she finished drawing it, Wang Feiyin modified some details. When all the rice was threshed, the drawing was ready.

The autumn harvest is over, and most of the villagers are free and willing to come and help.

The trees were cut down, the land was leveled, and no one dared to touch the small temple on the roadside.

Wang Feiyin and Pan Yun did not move either. The two brothers and sisters bowed towards the temple, and then began to build the temple.

Wang Feiyin did the math for her. If he added up the one hundred taels given by Sun Xianniang and the existing Taoist temple funds in Tao Ji's hands, minus the three months' worth of body-refining herbs for the three of them, there were still eighty-nine taels left. He was willing to take out eighty taels.

Even if a total of one hundred and eighty taels were invested, it would still not be enough.

"The temple must have a statue. What kind of statue do you plan to cast?" Wang Feiyin said, "Even if it is made of clay and is as tall as a person, it will cost at least fifty taels. If it is made of porcelain, judging by the picture you gave, it has many colors and requires fine details. Even a hundred taels may not be enough to make it."

Pan Yun was surprised, "Porcelain is so expensive?"

"Of course. A kiln can only fire one statue as tall as a person at a time, and the success rate is extremely low. If he can fire it within ten kilns, he will make a profit. If he fails to fire it after ten kilns, he will lose money and have to pay for it himself."

Wang Feiyin said: "This is not a good omen. We can't let people lose money. We will have to add some more when the time comes."

He said: "Clay and porcelain are the cheapest. The more expensive ones are copper, gold, and wood." Pan Yun: "Wooden..."

Wang Feiyin: "Don't think that it's cheap just because it's made of wood. There's no cheap wood that can be used to make statues of gods. And if you want fine wood carvings, the price is, wow, wow, wow, wow. Good wooden statues are more expensive than bronze ones."

Pan Yun decided, "Then we have to make porcelain."

The clay ones are not good, they are too cheap. She can't afford the expensive ones, so the mediocre ones are better.

I hope her master is an average god who doesn't cause any trouble.

Wang Feiyin: "Then we have to find a kiln."

"I'll go look for it," Pan Yun said, "It's just right. I want to go see if there is any letter from Datong."

Wang Feiyin waved his hand, "Go, go, take Miaozhen Miaohe with you."

They had been holding it in for a while, so it was a good opportunity for them to go down the mountain and see the outside world.

Wang Feiyin gave Tao Ji the purchase list and asked him to take them to purchase. Unexpectedly, the next day, someone from the foot of the mountain climbed up the mountain to seek medical treatment. "It was introduced by Mr. Qian from Yushan County. Our Mr. Cheng heard that Taoist Tao has superb medical skills, so he asked Taoist Tao to go to Guangxin Prefecture. Don't worry, our Cheng family will cover all the food and accommodation along the way, and there will be one or two taels of silver per day as wages."

Even if you do nothing in a day, you can still earn one tael of silver, which is equivalent to thirty taels of silver a month. This income is quite good.

Thinking that all the money had been used to build the temple, and that the next time he could make medicine for alchemy would be a long time coming, Tao Ji agreed, "Okay, I'll go."

He took Tao Yanbai with him.

Then the purchasing task could only be left to Xuanmiao to lead them.

Suddenly, Wang Feiyin was the only one left on the mountain.

Wang Feiyin was very happy and enthusiastically sent them to the mountain gate, saying, "Come back after you have bought everything. If you can't make it back in time, just stay in the city for one night. There is no need to rush back."

Miao He: "Master, we are all gone, what are you going to eat for lunch and dinner?"

Wang Feiyin: "I am fasting."

Miaohe felt that Master Uncle was so pitiful that she didn't want to go down the mountain.

Wang Feiyin was afraid that she would not leave, so he quickly waved his hand to drive her away, "Go, go, why are you worrying about this at such a young age?"

He turned his head and warned Xuan Miao, "Junior sister, you should teach them more. They should be more free and easy. Think more about themselves and don't always think about others."

mysterious:"……"

She turned her head and looked at the three people, "Did you hear it?"

The three of them nodded together.

Xuanmiao nodded to Wang Feiyin, "Big Brother, they have all learned it."

Now it was Wang Feiyin's turn to be speechless.

Tao Ji and Tao Yanbai were heading towards Guangxin Prefecture, while Xuanmiao and the others were heading towards Yushan County, so they were not going the same way.

The two groups separated at the foot of the mountain. Tao Ji and Tao Yanbai left in the Cheng family's car, while Xuan Miao and the others drove their own mule cart.

Wang Xiaojing had been waiting for them. He pulled the mule over and harnessed it to their cart, then smiled at them embarrassedly.

Miaohe didn't react at all and was hugging the mule and interacting intimately.

Pan Jun asked, "Do you want to go to the county town with us?"

Wang Xiaojing nodded immediately, his eyes shining, "Is it okay?"

Xuanmiao asked him, "What are you going to do in the county town?"

"I don't want to go to the county town, I want to go to the kiln," Wang Xiaojing said, "Master Xuanmiao, my family wants to send me to learn carpentry, but I don't like carpentry, I want to make porcelain."

Xuanmiao: "Have you told your family?"

"My grandfather knew I wanted to go, and he agreed. As long as the Taoist priests in the temple take me, I can go anywhere."

Xuanmiao said, "Get in the car."

Wang Xiaojing was overjoyed and quickly climbed into the car and sat down.

Pan Yun and the other two also sat down and headed leisurely towards Yushan County.

The old mule knows the way, so you don't need to drive it too hard. You just need to control the direction and the mule can run on its own.

It was Wang Xiaojing's first time going to the county town with them. He was very excited and couldn't sit still in the car. He waved his arms and said, "Miaohe, I have learned all the boxing techniques you taught me last time. I will show you how to fight when we get off the car."

"Okay, but those are all external skills. I recently looked for a book and found the internal skills. I asked Master Uncle about it and he said it can be taught to outsiders. I will teach you the internal skills when the time comes."

"Okay, okay." Wang Xiaojing clasped his fists towards her, "I should call you Master."

Miaohe narrowed her eyes and smiled.

Pan Yun: "Then you should call me Grandmaster Uncle?"

Wang Xiaojing then remembered, "You are of a very high generation."

Pan Jun: "Just tell me whether you want to scream or not."

Wang Xiaojing thought about it and felt that it was right to call him that. After all, he was Miaohe's uncle, and it was Miaohe who taught him martial arts. So he clasped his fists and said, "Uncle Master!"

Pan Jun narrowed his eyes and smiled, "Good disciple!"

Miao Zhen: "Then I am the uncle and aunt."

Wang Xiaojing turned his head and looked at Miaozhen's face. He couldn't even call her "uncle master" let alone "aunt master" and his face flushed red.

(End of this chapter)