Xianmen does not ask about the mundane

There are a total of four direct disciples under the head of the sect, and after performing the ceremony of apprenticeship, Chou Yan has become the fifth disciple of the right name.

On the first day of entry, Zhu Lingyu took Qiu Yan all over the sect, leading him to know the way and familiarize himself with the terrain, and at the same time introducing him to the things in the sect.

Xuanqing Mountain Sect is a sect of cultivating immortals with a hundred years of experience. There are many disciples under the sect. Most of them come here to pay homage to the sect and study hard. Among them are some refugees who have nowhere to go because of natural disasters and man-made disasters. They were picked up by their master when they were young.

These exiles joined the Xuanqing Mountain School, if they had the ambition to practice Taoism, they would no longer need food and drink after passing through Bigu.If you don't have the mind of cultivating Taoism, you can do some logistical work, which can be regarded as a shelter.

Everything in the world has spirits, and the spiritual energy is the most abundant in the deep mountains where species are abundant. Most practitioners choose to practice in the mountains. Therefore, there are sects of cultivating immortals like Xuanqing Mountain School on several fairy mountains in the world.

Outside of the sect, there are also Sanxians with outstanding talents who have enlightened to Taoism only by their own understanding, but they are all one-in-a-million, existences like the favored sons of heaven.Most people who want to practice Taoism will still choose to attach to the Xianmen family.And each sect has different ways of cultivating and enlightening the Tao. The Xuanqing Mountain School entered the Tao by relying on the superior swordsmanship "Song of Stopping Drinking".

After Qiu Yan got started, the headmaster Zhu Hongyan personally led him to study swordsmanship.The sword technique "Song of Stopping Drinking" inherited by the Xuanqing Mountain School has a total of 23 moves. The sword moves that have been passed down for hundreds of years are only [-] moves. The remaining four moves were created by a genius who came out of the door decades ago. moves.Inheriting the usual vigorous atmosphere of the song of stopping drinking, these four styles also have a certain elegance and sharpness, which perfectly complement the previous nineteen styles, and were later compiled into the song of stopping drinking and taught together.

The 23 poses of the song of stopping drinking are all the essence, and it is not easy to practice.However, when Qiu Yan was still in the palace, he was lucky enough to meet a master swordsmanship because of his teacher Qiu Huijun. After learning swordsmanship for a while, he often practiced hard, so he already had a good foundation and learned very quickly.

After teaching the complete set of sword skills, Zhu Hongyan brought Zhang Le and Elder Zhang together to review.Seeing that Qiu Yan's moves are in place, the sword is powerful, the sword is drawn naturally, the posture is agile and the feet are steady, the whole set of swordsmanship is smooth and neat, and there is no half mistake.

"What do you think?" Zhu Hongyan said.

"He can be called a martial arts prodigy. The senior brother in charge of the sect has a good vision, and he was accepted as a direct disciple at the beginning. But right now, it is not enough to practice sword moves. It depends on how he practices after he enters the Tao." Zhang Leyu said.

"That's right. Besides, this son has a special status, so it's unknown whether he will have great achievements in the future. It's just that I'm about to retreat now, so I have to ask my junior brother to do it for me and take care of me."

"Brother is going to retreat? But what happened?"

"You only think that I have some insights in cultivation, so you should retreat and practice. After I retreat, I will entrust the affairs of the door to you."

Zhang Leyu knew that the senior brother must have his own unspeakable secrets, so he stopped asking and agreed.

The master leads the door, and the practice depends on the individual.After the disciples in the sect have finished practicing their own swordsmanship, the masters will no longer urge the disciples to practice swords every day, and let them comprehend each move by themselves.If there is something that does not make sense, then ask the master for advice.

Ever since Qiu Yan learned a complete set of sword skills, Zhu Hongyan couldn't get out of seclusion.Without the guidance of the master every day, Zhu Lingyu often came to discuss with him.The way to practice swords is not to be proficient in sword moves, but to be able to use them flexibly in actual combat.Swordsmanship is immutable, but people have different understandings of swordsmanship.Therefore, the same set of sword techniques can be used by some people as majestic as a torrent of water, while for others it is as long as a trickle of water.Qiu Yan made rapid progress in the process of discussing with Zhu Lingyu, and in less than a year, he mastered a whole set of songs about stopping drinking.

In addition to practicing swordsmanship, Zhu Lingyu also taught him some simple spell formations from time to time.

The talisman formation is another profound knowledge, which includes the knowledge of Liuyao, Bagua, Fengshui, celestial phenomena and other aspects, and it involves a lot.Among the several famous mountains in the world, there are sects specializing in this technique. Among them, the Fuyang School of Danqiu Mountain is best at Fuyang School, and the Cangjun School of Hejue Mountain is best at formation.The rest of the sects can only learn some simple techniques to avoid evil spirits, and if they want to study further, if there is no one who is proficient in this technique to lead the introduction, and then spend a few years of dedicated research, it will be difficult to make progress.

The days passed in the practice day by day, and in the blink of an eye, Qiu Yan had already stayed on Xuanqing Mountain for three years.

The Xuanqing Mountain sect uses sword qi to enter the Tao, so it naturally respects swordsmanship. Small arena competitions are often held in the sect to encourage disciples to learn from each other and seek progress.

Qiu Yan is not ashamed of the "martial arts genius" personally judged by Elder Zhang Leyu. In recent years, his swordsmanship has become more and more sophisticated. In the latest group arena match, he almost picked all the disciples in the school, and everyone was amazed.

It's just that his swordsmanship is so outstanding, his comprehension of swordsmanship should have surpassed ordinary people, but he has been a beginner for three years, but he has not been able to comprehend the way.If it weren't for the blessing of spiritual energy, swordsmanship alone would not be much worse than Zhu Lingyu, the strongest disciple among his peers.

Zhu Lingyou watched Qiu Yan walking all the way, and couldn't help but feel anxious for him.For others to learn swordsmanship at the beginning, those with mediocre aptitude have to spend two years to learn the whole set of swordsmanship, and then spend a few years to thoroughly study every move and style, and then spend several years to practice hard before they can comprehend and succeed. Entrance.This is the journey experienced by most people in the world.

As for those with outstanding aptitude like the direct disciples of the head elders in one school, they can master the whole set of sword skills in one year, master the sword skills in about two years, and comprehend Taoism in another year or so.And Qiu Yan is even more talented in the way of swordsmanship, he has learned the song of stopping drinking thoroughly in a year, and now he has few opponents in swordsmanship in the sect.In three years, he should have comprehended and entered the Tao no matter what, but he still didn't look like he was about to realize it.

Moreover, he started late, like Zhu Lingyu, who has been with the head of the sect since he was a child, had already entered Taoism when he was twelve or thirteen years old, and he has been practicing Taoism for more than ten years now.Qiu Yan only started at the age of 15, and now he is about to become an adult in two years, but he has not entered the Tao for a long time, so how can people not be anxious.

People in the sect also talked a lot about this martial arts genius.Some people admire Qiu Yan's attainments in swordsmanship, thinking that they can learn more from him in swordsmanship; some people feel sorry for him, who has such a high talent in swordsmanship but has been unable to enter the way to a higher level. realm.But more is the jealousy of this genius, wishing that he would not be able to comprehend and enter the Tao in his life, so that all his kung fu would be of use.

Zhu Lingyu was worried about him, but he didn't seem to care about it, and he continued to practice sword diligently every day.He has always been good at accepting the status quo. It would be best if he could enter the Tao one day, but if he could not enter the Tao for the rest of his life, with this kung fu, he would enter the world and become a traveler with a sword to the end of the world. The common people, it is not considered that they have lived their lives in vain.

Although the Xuanqing Mountain Sect has set up prohibitions not to allow common people to come up the mountain at will, but it considers itself a sect of cultivating immortals, and it is supposed to ward off evil spirits for the common people in the world.Therefore, the setting of the stopping pavilion is not only the dividing line of the prohibition, but also the place where the people ask for help.If there are anecdotes and strange things among the people or bizarre cases that even the government can't solve, they can write a letter and put it in the Qie Ding Pavilion.The sect will send disciples down the mountain to check every few days.

On this day, the disciples who went down the mountain took back an envelope from Qieting Pavilion. The letter said that a strange illness suddenly occurred in Quyang City recently. He will keep scratching his whole body with both hands, even if the scratching is bloody, he will continue scratching as if he doesn't know the pain.The patient's family members have already invited many doctors to check, but they couldn't find any symptoms, so they could only write to the Xuanqing Mountain School for help.

The disciples of the Xuanqing Mountain School are not allowed to go down the mountain at will, they have to obtain the consent of the elders in the sect and hold the token before they can go out.Zhu Lingyu got the news, and deliberately took Qiu Yan to experience it, so he asked to go to solve it, received a token from the elders, and went to find him.

On weekdays, at this time, Qiu Yan usually just finished his sword practice and was practicing in the waterfall in the back mountain.Knowing his habit, Zhu Lingyu went directly to the back mountain to look for him, and sure enough, he saw him meditating on the stone under the waterfall, and called him out, but the waterfall was too loud in his ears, and the distance between the two was far away. The sound did not reach Qiu Yan's ears.

It was the summer of June, and the weather was very hot. Zhu Lingyu felt itchy when he saw the clear flowing water, but seeing that the sound was unattractive, he simply took off his coat and shoes, and plunged into it, so that he could feel refreshed .

Zhu Lingyu dived under the waterfall so that he could lean out of the water suddenly to cause a splash of water, shake off the water on his face, and push back the wet hair on his forehead with his hands, calling him out.Unexpectedly, this person, who usually would immediately notice any movement, did not respond at this time.

Seeing this, Zhu Lingyou felt inexplicably angry, and looked at him fixedly, thinking of just staring at him like this, to see when he would notice her.After a while, seeing that the other party really didn't move and felt a little itchy, I couldn't help but want to reach out to pat him, when I suddenly remembered what Master had said to him.

He said that when people insist on doing one thing, their concentration will continue to improve. When the concentration reaches a certain level, they will enter a state of concentration.

In this state, people will be ignorant of the surrounding environment, and only immerse themselves in their own world, as if man and nature are one.After experiencing the state of samadhi, one's comprehension of things will improve to a higher level.I heard that Bai Yucheng, who was famous in the world back then, experienced this state for a short time before entering Taoism.

And Qiu Yan's current state looks exactly like what the master said about entering samadhi.Zhu Lingyu was overjoyed immediately, thinking that Qiu Yan might be about to realize Taoism, so he didn't dare to disturb him anymore, and stepped aside to protect him silently.

After waiting for about an hour, Qiu Yan slowly came out of the trance.In fact, Qiu Yan had already entered meditation when Zhu Lingyu arrived at the Houshan Waterfall. The real time for entering meditation must be longer than an hour, but in his opinion, it was just a flick of a finger, fleeting.

He felt the five senses gradually returning to his body, some blurred light and shadows began to appear in front of his eyes, and the sound of water flowing gradually sounded in his ears.After everything around him stabilized, he opened his eyes leisurely, with a calm and satisfied expression, as if he had just experienced a sweet dream.

During this period of time, Zhu Lingyu had been standing by the side, seeing that Qiu Yan finally came out of the samadhi, he immediately moved forward.

Qiu Yan was ignorant of the surrounding environment while he was in meditation, and at some point someone came, he was slightly startled, seeing that it was Zhu Lingyu, he immediately called happily: "Senior brother..."

Before he could finish speaking, someone suddenly reached out and pulled him off the stone.Chou Yanfang was in a cross-legged meditation position, and as soon as his legs were put down, he was caught off guard and pulled violently. Even if he couldn't stabilize his figure, he threw himself on Zhu Lingyou.Both of them fell into the water, thumped for a long time before stepping on the foothold, found their balance and leaned out of the water, looked at each other, and then both smiled.

Zhu Lingyu looked at the person in front of him, and suddenly wanted to touch his head, but when he stretched out his hand, he always felt that something was wrong with it, and then he realized that the two were about the same size.

When Qiu Yan was brought up the mountain by him, he was only fourteen or fifteen years old, and he was more than half a head shorter than him. He looked mature and stable, but in fact, he would tremble with anxiety when his long-lost relatives reunited, and feel helpless when encountering difficulties. A young man who is curious and amazed when he sees new things, who knows that he has grown so much in just three years, and has truly grown into a man who is as stable as Mount Tai, and will not be surprised by favor or shame.

Zhu Lingyou lamented how time went by, and felt that it was not appropriate to touch Qiu Yan's head now, but his hands were stretched out and could not be retracted, so he bit the bullet and rubbed the wet hair of the person in front of him.

Qiu Yan felt very comfortable being rubbed by him, he couldn't help but smiled, and asked, "Why are you here, brother?"

It was only then that Zhu Lingyuan remembered the purpose of this, and told him what he had conjectured and what was in the letter.

"How? You haven't been down the mountain since you entered the gate, so I just took this opportunity to take you out to get some fresh air."

Chou Yan said: "Of course it's good. It's just that I haven't entered Taoism yet, so I'm afraid I won't be of much help in this matter. Besides, disciples can't go down the mountain before entering Taoism?"

Zhu Lingyu said: "It's okay, it sounds like a trivial matter like being possessed by a resentful spirit, so there is no need to worry about it. Seeing that I am leading the team, Mr. Zhang readily agreed, and I have taken all the tokens. And you today Entrance to samadhi is probably not far from entering the Tao, how about feeling in advance how we cultivators eliminate demons and defend the Tao?"

Qiu Yan was also a little excited when he heard the words, so he complied.The two went back to their room to rest for the night, and set off down the mountain early the next morning.