Chapter 21: Buddhism and Taoism as One Family

  "Father, he is not a Taoist boy, he is one of us, pretending to be a Taoist boy here..." The young lady said as soon as she understood.

  "What nonsense! How could he be one of us, and how could he pretend to be the Taoist boy? He's been helping the Taoist priest all along, if he was pretending, wouldn't the Taoist priest have noticed?!"" The old master of the Mo family said in a deep voice, already showing some dissatisfaction with the young mistress.

  "Yes, Xiaoyu, don't talk nonsense. Daozhang is a superior being, how could he let someone impersonate his Dao child?" The old man frowned and said.

  "But I didn't speak nonsense, can't you see who he is?" The young lady did not lower her head to admit her mistake, because she was right about this matter.

  Even if she's wrong, her highness wouldn't easily back down, let alone when she's right!!

  “……”

  "Feels kind of familiar..."

  Under the reminder of the big sister, everyone took a few more glances at Xiao Yao, and with one look, they all felt a bit familiar.

  Xiaoyao is this kind of person, although everyone may not necessarily know him, but more or less have seen him, making people feel like they've seen him before, yet can't quite recall who he is, unless someone among them has taken notice of him.

  To put it in one sentence, it's just a familiar face!!

  "This Dao child, indeed looks very much like one of our family servants named Xiao Yao..." The second master and mistress spoke up at this time, they were a bit uncertain, although they had already recognized him as Xiao Yao, but they still felt that the incompetent Daoist priest shouldn't have let Xiao Yao do this thing.

  In everyone's eyes, Wu Caodao is a mysterious and powerful figure, and they all show great respect to him. From a psychological perspective, no one would think that such a powerful person would casually find someone to be his assistant, especially a low-ranking servant from his own household.

  "Little boy, you tell me yourself, why did you become a Taoist child? Are you causing trouble or cheating people out of food and drink?" The big sister asked Xiangyang.

  "I..." said Xiao Yao, but he had only just spoken one word when he was immediately interrupted.

  "Shh!!" The old master of the Mo family said in a low voice, "Don't be rude in front of Daozhang, whatever it is, let's talk about it later!!"

  No matter what the situation is, Mo Jia's old master doesn't want to make Wu Cai Dao Chang feel embarrassed, especially in front of everyone. From past interactions, Wu Cai Dao Chang is absolutely not a mixed bag.

  Although it is said that a person without talent is a person in the mysterious gate, and the technique of the mysterious gate is being talked about, but some things, after being in contact for a long time, can naturally be understood, and it can be known whether there is real material or not.

  Since it's not a mixed bag, but rather someone with real talent and substance, the great Mozi naturally wouldn't ask about such trivial matters. Who Dàotóng is doesn't matter to him.

  That's why he doesn't want to talk about it anymore.

  "But..." The young lady still wanted to continue saying something.

  "Wait and talk later!" said Mo Jia Ye, the father of Da Xiaojie, in a soft voice, making an eye gesture to let his daughter listen and wait for later to discuss whatever it was.

  So, the big sister reluctantly let go of Xiangyang!!

  He smiled and shrugged, then continued to do his thing. He didn't explain the situation, perhaps because he didn't want to explain anything in front of so many people, thinking it was unnecessary to clarify things with them.

  There is no need for a talented person to explain things at length. As the saying goes, "A superior man does not need to explain so much."

  Moreover, the work done by Xiao Yao seems to be just measuring, which shouldn't be that difficult. It's possible that a master didn't have an assistant, so they casually found someone to do it.

  That's why even though everyone knows about this matter, they also don't take it to heart, except for the eldest sister.

  The big sister has always followed behind Xiao Yao, wanting to see what Xiao Yao is doing, and perhaps also wanting to know if Xiao Yao will or won't!!!

  "Big sister, do you have any questions?" Xiao Yao asked after finishing up.

  "Nonsense! If I didn't have any doubts, would I have followed you for so long?" The young lady said irritably.

  "I know you're following me, so I'm asking if you have any questions." Xīao said calmly, as if he didn't understand the meaning of Big Sister's words.

  "Little brat, you're making a fool of me! Watch out or I'll ruin you!!" The big sister said with slight anger.

  "What's going on? I'm not pretending to be stupid. If you don't ask me a question, how can I answer you? It's impossible for you to not ask a question and then expect me to answer. You have to ask the question, otherwise, how would I know what you're thinking? You ask, and then I'll know what you want..."

  "Alright, alright, what a mess! I admit it, I'm afraid of you!! Tell me, how did you become a Taoist priest? Do you really know all this stuff?" The young lady got straight to the point, talking to this kid was either going to give her a heart attack or exhaust her.

  "Didn't I say it before? I'm going to help Wú Cái Dào Cháng, and you're the one telling me this?" Xiāo Yáo looked at the young lady, his eyes full of questions, as if saying, "You're asking on purpose, aren't you?"

  "I knew it, but I thought you were going to refine his elixir, didn't expect you would be doing the Taoist child." The young lady said somewhat weakly.

  " Wu Cai Daozhang is a geomancer, it's obvious I'm helping him with this. Why would you think I'd help him refine the elixir?" asked Xiao Yao in some confusion.

  "Because it's said that he can also practice alchemy and Feng Shui, I couldn't have thought of it, you actually know a bit about this too." The young lady explained, while also expressing her own opinion.

  "This is actually something I only vaguely understand. What I'm doing now isn't very difficult, it's just helping with surveying, anyone can do these things." Xiangyao replied.

  "No matter how difficult it is, I always feel that you're a bit strange. You're just a house servant, why do you need to know about this too?" The young mistress looked at Xiao Yao, "Tell me, what else can you do?"

  "Anything else? You said if it's about Taoist mysticism, I know a bit. Destiny, Feng Shui, divination, and fortune-telling, I have some basic understanding." Xiangyao replied.

  "......" The young lady fell silent for a moment, then asked again: "You're just a small household servant, what can you do with these things? We're not the Xuanmen family."

  "This I also can't do anything about, the boss asked me if her fate has changed, so I went to check." Xiangyang replied, "For our kind of small household, whatever the boss wants us to learn, we naturally have to learn."

  "Who is your boss?" The young lady was very curious about Xiao Yao's boss at this time, and from Xiao Yao's words, it can be heard that the reason why Xiao Yao knows these Taoist magical arts is because of his boss.

  Life? Could it be that her life is particularly special?

  "You can go check it out yourself, don't ask here anymore, or else the old master will be unhappy." Xiangyang glanced at the old master, and his eyes seemed to have a hint of pity.

  Pitiful? Why would I have such a feeling?

  "That's too troublesome, can't you just say it directly? And what does this have to do with Grandfather?" The young lady was puzzled, unable to understand the carefree and pitiful Xiang Yang, nor could she understand why he would be related to the great Mo Family elder.

  "Just check and you'll know!" Xiao Yao still said the same thing, without saying anything more.

  "Hmph, go ahead and investigate!!" The young lady realized that she could only find out about this matter herself, and couldn't get anything out of Xiao Yao's mouth.

  Actually, this matter is just as Xiangyao said, as long as you go and investigate, you'll know, it's not some kind of secret matter, although it's a taboo that can't be spoken of, but it can still be investigated.

  However, Big Sister said she would go check, but at this time she said it, next time she may not remember, and I don't know when she will actually go to investigate clearly.

  In some people's words, it may be soon, or maybe in three to five months, that all depends on heaven's will!!

  After looking at the Feng Shui, Wu Cao Dao pointed out some places that need to be modified and also reminded Mo Jia to pay attention to certain things, then he took the money and left.

  During this time, Mozi did not explain the matter of Xiao Yao, and at the same time, the Mohist people did not ask or investigate further, as if everyone considered that nothing had happened.

  The Mo family thought it was easy to do this, just lending a hand, and Wu Caodao had also revealed that he lacked an assistant, possibly just casually grabbing someone.

  But he didn't think it was necessary to explain, because he thought that Mozi would go ask Xiang Yu himself, and Xiang Yu would naturally tell Mozi about the matter. As a superior man, why should he bother to explain anything?

  He had no idea that the Mohist would not ask Xiang Yu, otherwise he would have made some clarification and explained why he used Xiang Yu.

  In fact, Wu Caichang has been letting Xiangyang assist him for years, it's just that no one noticed before and no one paid attention to Xiangyang's existence.

  He will use his carefree nature to help out, actually it's just to solve things faster and hurry to the next one, he doesn't only have Mo Jia as a client.

  Although he himself is also a Taoist, it seems that he has found that the speed of carefree wandering is the fastest, and the survey is also the most accurate, and will not let himself make low-level mistakes in these places.

  A few years ago was also a coincidence, the young apprentice of Daochang appeared with a small problem, so he found someone to do some simple work, and thus Xiao Yao this little household servant was chosen.

  After coming into contact with Xiao Yao, Daozhang found that Xiao Yao was a talented person, much better than his own apprentices. He even had the intention of accepting him as an apprentice, but was rejected by Xiao Yao.

  The reason is, I don't want to be a monk yet!!

  Although Xīao refused to accept Wú Cái Dào as his master, he would often ask him questions and even borrow some unimportant Daoist books from him, which made Xīao's mastery of the Daoist mysteries increasingly profound.

  In fact, it was because of Xīao Yáo's desire to learn these things that he would find opportunities to get close to Wú Cái Dào Zhǎng, and even more so after being discovered by Wú Cái Dào Zhǎng for his potential.

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