Controlling the Five Thunders and the Two Worlds

Chapter 21: Which master gave you this amulet?
“Has the blogger finally stopped pretending?”

"Wow, mass-produced lightning-struck wood, huh?"

"Not professional, try mahogany next time."

"Nice palm thunder, you're obviously a martial artist. We can have a sparring match if we have a chance. I'm good at the Type 81 automatic rifle!"

"Didn't that blogger [@航哥带你飞] say he was good at fortune-telling and feng shui? Why is he now playing with Taoism?"

"It's a bit fake, not as good as Ruo Zong Zhenren. They even added that it was a special effect, afraid that we would really believe it (covering face.jpg)"

"I'm not afraid of special effects, I'm afraid there's a real thing hidden inside the fake (break into laughter.jpg)"

“Blogger, I want to learn this!”

"Blogger, you've got it. Next time, remember to take photos of flying swords. All you need to do is invest in a drone (laughing.jpg)"

Of course, no one on the Internet took this video seriously. The active ones were making jokes in the comment section, while the less active ones were just watching for fun. Since Gu Zhao didn't have many fans at the moment, no trolls appeared yet.

Gu Zhao happily watched the slowly increasing number of comments, likes, and reposts, and then saw Zhang Hang's message in the comment section.

Brother Hang takes you flying: "I underestimated you. I didn't expect that you, with your thick eyebrows and big eyes, would start playing with special effects!"

Gu Zhao smiled without saying anything, already wondering what expression Zhang Hang would have when he discovered the truth about this special effect.

……

On the other side, Yuanfa Palace.

Huibin and several fellow apprentices stood at the door to welcome the guests.

"Who is coming this time? Has the association president also come to welcome the guests?" Huibin looked at a middle-aged Taoist priest not far away and asked his senior brother beside him in a low voice.

"I heard he was an old Taoist priest from the Longmen ancestral temple in Yandu," said another Taoist priest with the name Huiting. "He dedicated his life to visiting Longmen Taoist temples and collecting and organizing the Longmen sect's classic scriptures."

Huibin couldn't help but look back in the direction of the Sutra Library inside the temple, "Do we still have scriptures here that Yandu doesn't have?"

"Who knows? Come and take a look. Our Yuanfa Palace was incorporated into the Longmen Sect three hundred years ago. The abbot at that time was an authentic Longmen. The Sutra Library has been preserved since then. Maybe there are unique scriptures in it." Huiting said.

"Oh!" Huibin nodded, quite proud. "I thought orthodox Taoism was only in the south and north of the Yangtze River. I didn't expect that our little place also has such good things."

Huiting shook his head and said, "We were already very prosperous during the Ming Dynasty, so we must have had some good things. In comparison, the Yuchan Palace in Qiong Province is a purely new building."

Huibin continued, "So is the Huangxian Temple in Guangzhou!"

The two smiled at each other, and then they saw several cars turning at the intersection and stopping in front of the Yuanfa Palace.

Everyone stepped forward, and the Taoist priest at the outermost corner opened the car door and put his hand to block the roof to prevent people getting out of the car from accidentally hitting their heads.

The next moment, an old Taoist priest wearing a blue cloth robe and a Hunyuan scarf on his head bent down and got out of the car. He first thanked the Taoist priest who opened the door for him, then straightened up and looked at everyone.

"Master Yihong!" Everyone bowed and greeted the old Taoist priest.

"Okay, okay!" Taoist Master Yihong smiled and returned the greeting.

"Master, please come in. You just got off the plane and must be tired from the journey. Please go to the quiet room and rest first." A middle-aged Taoist priest came forward and said.

"No hurry, no hurry. Although I'm old, I'm still strong." Taoist Master Yihong smiled. "I told you not to make a big fuss, but since you asked everyone to come to the door to greet me, it would be rude of me if I didn't say hello."

Taoist Master Yihong was not arrogant. He got off the car and walked towards Yuanfa Palace while greeting the Taoist priests of all sizes who came to greet him.

"May you be blessed with infinite happiness!" The young Taoist priest bowed.

"Hello, hello," Taoist Master Yihong said with a smile and a bow. Among the welcoming crowd, the leaders of the provincial and municipal Taoist associations stood at the front, the senior Taoists from the Yuanfa Palace stood in the middle, and the younger ones like Huibin stood at the back.

Taoist Master Yihong did not stop along the way, greeting all the Taoists, treating them equally, and strolled by.

But just when Taoist Yihong finished greeting Huiting and came to Huibin, he couldn't help but pause.

"Hello...Master Taoist!" Huibin greeted politely.

Taoist Master Yihong stopped and couldn't help but exclaimed. He carefully sensed it for a moment, and looked at Huibin with some surprise and doubt.

This look made Huibin tremble with fear, not knowing what was wrong with him or what mistake he had made.

"Could it be that he heard my complaints just now?" Huibin was shocked and terrified. "This old Taoist priest, no, this old senior, can hear the wind or read minds?"

"Master Yihong?" A middle-aged Taoist priest came to the old Taoist priest, somewhat confused as to why he suddenly stopped.

Taoist Master Yihong chuckled, reached out and took Huibin's wrist, and said in a gentle voice, "What's your name?"

"My... my name is Lin, no, my name is Huibin." Huibin almost said his secular name.

"Okay, okay." Taoist Master Yihong pulled Huibin to walk with him. While greeting the others, he asked Huibin, "Where are you from? How many years have you been an apprentice?"

"I'm from Hunan Province. I've been here for six or seven years and have been in Yuanfa Palace." Huibin replied.

Taoist Master Yihong nodded and said, "It hasn't been long since you started practicing. Why did you start? Are there any Taoists in your family?"

"I just like the traditional culture of my country, and I also like the pure and natural nature of Taoism," Huibin replied. "I'm the first person in my family who doesn't have a Taoist sect."

"Yes." Taoist Master Yifeng nodded, "You are a person with wisdom."

"Thank you for the praise, Taoist priest!" Huibin hurriedly thanked him.

"You don't have to thank me, I didn't notice it." Taoist Master Yihong laughed, "It must be a Taoist master who saw it and gave you a truly blessed amulet."

At this point, Taoist Master Yihong asked curiously, "There aren't many Taoists in this country who have this ability. May I ask who gave you the amulet? Do you know him?"

"Ah?" Huibin looked confused.

"Ah?" The people following behind the two were also confused.

Huibin was very flustered and quickly denied, "Did you misunderstand? No one gave me an amulet?"

Taoist Master Yihong was stunned. He turned around and carefully studied Huibin's expression. After confirming that he was not deliberately hiding something, he became even more curious. "No one gave you a talisman?"

"No!" Huibin shook his head decisively.

Taoist Master Yihong patted Huibin's chest and asked, "Where did you get the amulet inside your clothes?"

"Inside my clothes?" Huibin was stunned when he heard this. "How could there be anything inside my clothes..."

Speaking of this, Huibin suddenly remembered that a few days ago, a young man had indeed drawn a Five Thunder Talisman and given it to him. He casually put it in the inner pocket of his coat and then forgot about it.

I haven't washed my coat these days, so I haven't taken out the Five Thunder Talisman.

Huibin reached into his arms and took out the yellow talisman folded into a triangle. He asked in disbelief, "This one?"

Taoist Master Yihong took a deep breath and said affirmatively, "This is it."

(End of this chapter)