Chapter 128: Wenshi Taoist Temple

Yin Lingzhi jumped down from the pine tree, with a calm and dignified attitude. She was about to wake up Li Changsheng, but on second thought, she calmly returned to the Wenshi Taoist Temple. She felt that after all, she was a senior sister. In traditional Chinese beliefs, younger siblings should respect their older brothers and sisters. This ethical and moral code still needs to be followed. If Li Changsheng feels that she is too easygoing, he is likely to be presumptuous towards her in the future. Yin Lingzhi arrived at the west wing of the backyard of Wenshi Temple and woke up the young Taoist Ruoshui, saying, "Li Changsheng is here. He is resting on the persimmon tree at the foot of the mountain. The night wind is cold in the mountains, go and ask him to come in and rest."

Ruoshui rubbed her sleepy eyes and said with a silly and cute expression, "Oh!" She agreed and walked out of Wenshi Taoist Temple holding a lantern.

In the morning, when a ray of morning light shone on the window of the room, Li Changsheng opened his eyes. He saw himself in a strange room, with beams and columns crisscrossing the ceiling, and only then did he realize that he had arrived at the Wenshi Taoist Temple.

Last night, he was led by Ruoshui into a side room in the backyard of the Taoist temple to rest. At that time, he didn't have time to see the full picture of the Taoist ancestral home. Unable to resist his curiosity, he gently pushed open the door and walked out.

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The Wenshi Taoist Temple is located in a slightly flat area halfway up the Qinglong Ridge, covering an area of about 1.3 acres, similar to a typical farmyard. In this secluded deep mountain forest, the best Taoist of all dynasties practices here. Only a few people from each generation are qualified to come here, so the scale of the Wenshi Taoist Temple is very small.

Li Changsheng walked out of the Taoist Temple and looked down from Qinglong Ridge. He saw that the front door of the Wenshi Taoist Temple was facing south and the back door was facing north, forming a layout of three courtyards. Entering the front door leads to the front yard. There are pavilions on both sides of the courtyard, with bronze bells and leather drums placed respectively. People in the Taoist temple will ring the bells in the morning and drums in the evening. This is the so-called morning bell and evening drum. The front and rear courtyards are separated by the central hall. The main hall of the central hall is the Xuantan Hall, where the statue of Laozi preaching is placed. Across from it is the statue of Yin Xi, who is listening attentively. On the left side of the lobby is the Sutra Pavilion of Wenshi Temple, which contains notes left by practitioners of Wenshi Taoist Temple throughout history, including Laozi's Tao Te Ching and Yin Xi's Yin Zi Zhu. On the right is the Wanfa Pavilion, which houses relics left by practitioners of various dynasties.

Behind the main hall is the backyard, and in the middle of the courtyard is the tallest building of the Taoist temple, the Star Observatory, which is actually slightly higher than other buildings in the temple. The stargazing platform faces the back door of the Taoist temple, which is flanked by rooms and kitchens inhabited by practitioners throughout history. There is a small pool outside the back door, and a clear spring flows into the pool day and night, overflowing from the pool and flowing down the mountain. It is the water source for washing vegetables in the kitchen.