Chapter 1069.1: Ancestors Were Wise - Part 1
The Qingshan Prefecture where Danxiao City is located has long been privately referred to by daoist cultivators as the Land of Myriad Techniques. The reason is simple: with the Infatuation Daoist Temple, the leader of Daoism, stationed here, there is a saying that the world's daoist techniques originate from this place.
This has resulted in daoist temples being scattered throughout Qingshan Prefecture like stars, with daoists as numerous as clouds. In the past, the common people naturally both respected and feared these daoists.
But things were much better now. When facing these daoists, most of the people of Qingshan Prefecture could remain neither servile nor overbearing, at most putting on a smile. As for bowing and scraping, that was simply impossible.
The more daoist temples there were, the fewer Buddhist monasteries there were in Qingshan Prefecture.
The reason had been simple. As early as when Infatuation Daoist Temple had been established, daoist sages had frequently appeared in the world. The first place to bear the brunt of this had naturally been Qingshan Prefecture. Since daoists had often appeared and occasionally performed acts to aid the world, the common people had naturally come to believe in them more. As one side had waxed and the other waned, most of the monasteries in the prefecture had found it difficult to survive, with few worshipers, and the monasteries had consequently found it extremely difficult to remain in existence.
After all, those so-called eminent monks who had not entered cultivation still needed to eat.
By then, throughout Qingshan Prefecture, there had only been three or five temples that could still be found within its borders.
One of those temples had been in Bluestone Commandery, and its name had also been ordinary: Stone Well.
Its origin had been simple as well. It was said that back then, Bluestone Commandery had suffered a drought, and the common people had been unable to get water to drink. As it happened, an ascetic monk had come to this place. After surveying several locations, he had dug a well here, relieving the local drought. Later, when the local people had learned that this monk had no monastery, they had contributed money to build a monastery for him, and this had become Stone Well Monastery.