Controlling the Five Thunders and the Two Worlds

Chapter 33 Visiting Qingyang Palace
The beautiful girl is called Jiang Shishi, and the long-legged girl is called Xiao Ya.

Both of them are senior students in the Department of Traditional Chinese Music of Yandu Conservatory of Music. Jiang Shishi is good at playing the pipa and Xiao Ya plays the guzheng. Currently, both girls are interning with the Yandu National Orchestra and performing with a team across the country. Last time they were in Guangzhou and this time they are in Chengdu.

"Amazing! They're musicians!" Gu Zhao praised. "The Yandu National Orchestra is amazing!"

Gu Zhao didn't need to understand. The name was directly Yandu, and there were no other inexplicable middle words. It must be a government-affiliated company with a stable job in a public institution.

"What kind of musician is this? Just trying to make a living." Jiang Shishi shook her head. "The competition in the Yandu National Orchestra is too fierce. We may not be able to stay."

Gu Zhao explained to the two girls while chatting with them.

"Xiaoya's grandfather is in poor health. Every time Xiaoya arrives in a city, she goes to a famous local Taoist temple to pray for him." Jiang Shishi counted on her fingers and introduced, "We've already been to the Baiyun Temple in Yandu, the Bixia Yuan Temple in Quancheng, the Baopu Courtyard in Lincheng, the Yuanfa Palace in Yangcheng, and this time the Qingyang Palace."

Gu Zhao couldn't help but ask, "Guang is going to the Taoist temple?"

Jiang Shishi smiled and said, "Because Xiaoya's grandfather is a Taoist priest."

"He's not really a Taoist priest. Grandpa said he hasn't been ordained." Xiao Ya interjected.

"That's about right. The last time I went to your house, I saw your grandfather wearing a Taoist robe and chatting with an old Taoist priest." Jiang Shishi said while holding Xiao Ya's arm.

Xiao Ya nodded, then let go of Jiang Shishi, knelt on the cushion in the Sanqing Hall, made the Ziwu seal with her hands, and respectfully knelt down to pay homage to the Sanqing Patriarch with standard posture and a pious expression.

Gu Zhao was watching from the side, and then he heard the sound of a chime nearby. The female Taoist priest who was striking the chime looked at Xiao Ya with a very gentle gaze.

Then her gaze turned dull as another middle-aged woman knelt down beside Xiao Ya, her hands clasped together.

"Wow, the Twelve Golden Immortals! I know them. There's Guangchengzi and Nezha's master Taiyi Zhenren!" Jiang Shishi exclaimed in a low voice.

The Sanqing Hall is the largest in Qingyang Palace. In addition to the Sanqing ancestors in the center, there are six golden statues sitting on each side of the hall. They are the Twelve Golden Immortals from "The Investiture of the Gods".

Gu Zhao told the two girls the stories of the Twelve Golden Immortals as if they were stories, and also introduced their disciples and magic weapons, such as Guangchengzi's Fantian Seal and Taiyi Zhenren's Nine Dragons Divine Fire Cover.

Not to mention, compared to "Journey to the West" where even Zhen Yuanzi was plotted against, the Taoist gods in "Investiture of the Gods" sound extremely powerful, both in their names and in their magic weapons.

After visiting Doumu Temple, Jade Emperor Temple and Tang Wang Temple, Xiao Ya also drew a fortune stick at the Jade Emperor Temple. Then the three of them came to the tea garden east of Tang Wang Temple to rest.

"With you as our guide, it's much more interesting than visiting the Taoist temple on our own." Jiang Shishi ordered three vegetarian meals and a pot of tea.

Gu Zhao was not polite either, "Because I am also a Taoist priest in the wild."

Jiang Shishi remembered what happened last time and couldn't help but jokingly asked, "Have you encountered a female ghost again? Did the Five Thunder Talisman work?"

Gu Zhao sighed, "It's not just female ghosts. I also saw a child ghost and an old man ghost. If it weren't for my decent cultivation, I might have died."

The two girls laughed when they heard this. Jiang Shishi said seriously, "Next time you see a ghost, take me with you to see it. I have never seen a ghost in my life!"

Xiao Ya was worried that it would be inappropriate for Jiang Shishi to continue teasing her, so she changed the subject, "Just now in the Jade Emperor Temple, I felt that you were better than what that Taoist priest said."

Xiao Ya and Jiang Shishi had just been asking for divination sticks in the Jade Emperor Temple. The Taoist priest was a little impatient and sent them away with just a few words. Later, Gu Zhao took over the divination sticks and helped them explain it.

Gu Zhao looked at the papers in the hands of the two women. "Many Taoist temples use Lü Zu's oracle. I remember Yuanfa Palace does the same. This should be the special oracle for Quanzhen Taoism. I'm very familiar with it."

"That's not the case. The fortune stick I drew at Baopuyuan in Lincheng is the Baopu Lingqian." Xiao Ya said.

Gu Zhao could see that Xiao Ya did have some knowledge of Taoism, but just like the style of Qingyang Palace, not much.

So Gu Zhao explained, "Baopuyuan is a Taoist temple of the Lingbao Sect, belonging to the Zhengyi Sect. If they dare to use the Lu Zu divination sticks, it would be considered as betraying their master and ancestors."

"Huh?" Xiao Ya and Jiang Shishi were confused. "Isn't Lü Dongbin a famous Taoist?"

Gu Zhao explained, "But Lü Dongbin was a figure from the Tang Dynasty and is considered one of the Five Northern Patriarchs of Quanzhen Taoism. The Three Mountains Talismans of Zhengyi Taoism in Jiangnan have been around since the Jin Dynasty."

"Did Quanzhen Dao appear later than Zhengyi Dao?" Jiang Shishi asked. "Much later," Gu Zhao said.

"But it seems that there are more Quanzhen Taoist temples than Zhengyi Taoist temples?" Xiao Ya asked.

"This is the latecomer advantage." Gu Zhao smiled. "Zhengyi Dao concentrates the mind and uses talismans, allowing for long periods of sitting still. Quanzhen Dao refines Qi into elixirs, combining movement and stillness. Perhaps their health is better than that of the Zhengyi Dao."

"Hahaha, your words are so interesting!" Jiang Shishi laughed out loud, then asked curiously, "By the way, are you from Quanzhen Taoism or Zhengyi Taoism?"

Xiao Ya understood a little, "Five Thunder Talismans, is it from the Zhengyi Sect?"

"The Southern Inner Alchemy Sect also has thunder magic." Gu Zhao explained, then clenched his fists, "Whatever choice questions an adult would ask, I know them all!"

Jiang Shishi raised her eyebrows when she heard this, "So your health is also good?"

Gu Zhao was caught off guard by being driven suddenly, but before he could think of how to respond, he heard Jiang Shishi continue, "Then how about going to Qingcheng Mountain with us tomorrow?"

"Let us save some tour guide fees and we will treat you to a big meal." Jiang Shishi also made a heart sign to him.

"You are really pious!" Gu Zhao looked at the two women and sighed with a smile, "When girls go shopping, shouldn't they go shopping and get their nails and skincare done?"

Jiang Shishi hugged Xiao Ya, "Do you think we need skin care now? As for shopping..."

The two women looked at each other and said in unison, "No money!"

Of course they were joking. Gu Zhao could see that the clothes on the two girls were nice. It was obvious that they were not poor, but they had good family education and had no desire to compare with others in this regard.

"Okay." Gu Zhao had no objection. Although he wanted to go to Longhu Tianshan to seek the Vajra Sutra, it would be nice to go to Qingcheng Mountain first, not to mention with two beautiful young ladies.

"Then let's add each other as friends and meet up tomorrow morning!" Jiang Shishi took out her cell phone.

Since the girls had taken the initiative, Gu Zhao naturally would not refuse. He added the two girls as friends, and then they visited several side halls together. They took a photo with the ginseng fruit tree, which was the filming location of "Journey to the West", and then left Qingyang Palace and said goodbye to each other.

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"This handsome boy is quite interesting. Although he always looks at our strengths, his attitude is still quite correct."

"You are such a bitch, staring at people's eyes!"

"I think he's pretty good, but it's a pity that Yandu and Yangcheng are too far apart, otherwise I wouldn't mind giving him a chance."

"Let's talk about it if someone likes you."

"I'm pretty and have big breasts, why can't he like me?"

It was summer, and Jiang Shishi's clothes were quite slim-fitting, and her plump figure was quite spectacular.

"That's enough." Xiao Ya quickly interrupted Jiang Shishi, "It's really the best to be unattainable. There are several people in the group pursuing you. Why don't you agree?"

"Don't you know what kind of people they are? They all call themselves artists and are playboys." Jiang Shishi snorted, then said with a lewd look, "Of course, none of them are as good-looking as this handsome boy. He looks like a warm little puppy at first glance."

Xiao Ya said quietly, "Maybe he's actually a ferocious wolfdog in private."

"Okay, okay, I like it too!" Jiang Shishi nodded repeatedly.

Women's private conversations were even more ferocious than men's. Even the shy Xiao Ya was saying lewd things. "It's said that Taoism has the art of sex. Be careful of him taking your yin to replenish your yang."

Jiang Shishi hugged Xiao Ya and said, "Then it depends on you. Let's go together, sisters, and suck him to death!"

(End of this chapter)