Chapter 48 Yangshen Peak

A month is finally over.

Daliang Shen Xiuming opened his eyes, took a deep breath of warm air, and completed the first meditation class every morning. He walked to the window and looked at the completely different severe winter scene on the distant mountain peaks, and once again marveled at the magic of magic. In order to take care of new disciples, Yangshen Peak is like spring all year round.

The room is seven or eight feet wide, five or six feet high, and more than ten feet deep. It is not a very large room. The doors and windows are all on one wall. There are tables and chairs under the windows. On the table are neatly arranged pens, inkstones, paper, and a small incense burner. The wooden floor has been damaged, but it is spotless, without even a piece of debris. A simple wooden frame stands against the wall to store basins and face towels. Inside is a low small bed with a rattan box stuffed under the bed.

This is the standard residence for new disciples. Except for Shen Hao, the other children in Yelin Town are very satisfied. Daliang has not been able to get out of sadness. If it were before, he would be the happiest one to live in such a house.

"People who practice Taoism also have joy, anger, sorrow and happiness, but the heart of a Taoist is like a calm lake." Because of Erliang's death, Daliang Shen Xiuming received special care from the Dujiao. Lin Dujiao once comforted him privately, "The lake can reflect the clouds in the sky and the plants on the shore intactly, but it is unmoved. You don't need to deliberately forget anything, but don't be controlled by it."

"Sad but not hurt", Daliang Shen Xiuwei can't do it yet. He picked up the two copper coins beside him, and the inner peace he gained from thinking about it instantly turned into grief and anger.

"Daliang." A familiar voice came from the door.

"Xiao..." He raised his head suddenly, saw the familiar figure, rubbed his eyes in disbelief, "Brother Xiaoqiu! I thought you could only do it tomorrow..."

Xiaoqiu grinned, raised his hand to touch the high bun and long hairpin on his head, and looked down at the blue Taoist robe on his body, "They counted the day I entered the cave as one of them. A Taoist priest took me back, gave me this set of clothes, and combed my hair. I'm really not used to it."

"Yes, I always felt uncomfortable on my head for the first two days, and it's better now. If it were Erliang..."

Xiaoqiu stopped smiling. The copper coins in Daliang's hand were left by the Five Elements Master Li Yuechi. There were a total of ten coins, and each young man in Yelin Town was given one.

Daliang dragged a wooden box out from under the bed, took out a few things from it and put them on the table, "They sent Erliang's things here, but unfortunately I didn't get to see him for the last time.

A small box containing Bairun Dan, a gold soul, ten silver souls, a small leather bag and half a copper ring. The latter two were also Li Yuechi's relics. The boys wanted to return them to Grandmaster Pangshan, but Ning Qiwei allowed them to keep them.

"They told me Erliang's last words." Daliang choked up, and clenched his fists tightly against the table. It took him a while to recover, "Erliang left the gold soul and silver soul to me, left the Bairun Dan and the copper ring to you, and left the leather bag and copper coins to... Xiao Qingtao. "

Xiao Qiu looked at the items on the table and said nothing. With those items in his eyes, he looked extremely calm.

Da Liang was surprised. This was not the passionate Xiao Qiu in his impression. Could it be that the effect of a month of reflection was so obvious? He pushed the golden and silver souls to Xiao Qiu——

"I want to give all these things... to you, because... because..."

"Because I will avenge him." Xiao Qiu turned his eyes to Daliang, "Let's avenge Er Liang together. Shengeng reflected for five years, so we will wait for him for five years."

"Yeah." Daliang responded heavily, and found that this was still his good friend before, "But it mainly depends on you. At least your ears are open, and I don't even have a single ear."

Xiao Qiu smiled,

without mentioning his experience at the Reflection Cliff, he only picked up the Bairun Pill and the copper ring of unknown purpose, "Whatever Er Liang says, it's his last wish, and we shouldn't violate it. "

Daliang hesitated for a moment, nodded, put away the golden and silver souls, and finally pushed the leather bag and copper coins to Xiaoqiu, "You give them to Xiaoqingtao."

"What's wrong?"

"I hate the people of the Pei family."

It was because Pei Zihan was afraid of Shen Ji and wanted to fight Xiaoqiu that Erliang stood opposite Shen Geng. In Xiaoqiu's view, the Pei siblings were no more responsible than him and Fangfang, but non-demons were always more likely to provoke hatred. Xiaoqiu did not persuade Daliang and took the leather bag and copper coins in his hands.

"How is Shen Ji?"

Daliang's face changed slightly, "He has made amazing progress. In just one month, it is said that all seven orifices have been opened. You came back just in time. Today is the day of ancestor worship at the end of the month. The sect wants to check the practice results of the disciples. Everyone says that Shen Ji will be the first to get the Quandao fruit hairpin. "

Daoguo is another name for the realm of cultivation. Opening the seven orifices is the lowest level. As long as one orifice is opened, a special hairpin can be obtained. Opening the seven orifices belongs to the full Daoguo, and the corresponding hairpin is called the full Daoguo hairpin. Xiaoqiu remembers these, Fangfang has introduced them in detail.

"That's good." Xiaoqiu was still so calm.

Yangshen Peak is hidden in the mountains. From a distance, it is a huge cone. It is not as tall as Laozu Peak, but it covers a much larger area. It is surrounded by dense forests. The houses of new disciples are built on the mountain. There are tall and short trees in front of and behind the houses. Thirty to fifty houses are connected together. There are no walls between each house, only forest paths.

"Why are there strangers?" There are more than thirty disciples living in this house, at least fourteen or fifteen of them are people Xiaoqiu has never seen in the Jinghu Village Hall.

"These are all disciples who stayed here in previous years." Daliang explained in a low voice, "They have never been able to open up, so they have to stay here to practice with us. I heard that disciples with worse performance will be sent to Zhiyong Institute, where they can only learn some secular skills and basically lose the opportunity to practice Taoism. I am really afraid that I will be sent there one day."

"No, don't think too much, you will have a breakthrough soon. No one in our Yelin Town will go to Zhiyong Institute." Xiaoqiu said affirmatively.

The two houses share a dining room with three long tables. There Xiaoqiu met more partners from Yelin Town. They were very surprised and ran over when they saw him. Only Fangfang was not seen. In fact, there was no female disciple in the entire dining room.

"Female disciples live on the other side." Shen Hao sat opposite Xiaoqiu and disagreed with Pangshan's arrangement. "It's hard to see Fangfang now."

"I can see her every day when I concentrate on practicing. What's the difficulty?" Lengzi Mu Feihuang retorted.

"That's different. When you practice, you have to be focused and not even talk. How long ago was the last time we talked to Fangfang?"

"Daliang talked to Fangfang yesterday." Lengzi turned to Xiaoqiu again: "Do you know that Shen Hao has opened his ears and noses, and survived the thunder tribulation safely, which is one of the best among all the new disciples."

Shen Hao pushed Mu Feihuang away, but a hint of pride appeared on his face, "Don't flatter me, Shen Ji is one of the best, there must be many people who are faster than me, we will know after the test today."

"Congratulations, it seems I have to work harder." Xiaoqiu swallowed his saliva and looked around for food. For a month, he could only eat one meal a day. He had never had such an experience before.

"Xiaoqiu is actually the disciple who got enlightened the earliest, earlier than Shenji, but he was delayed for a month and will catch up soon." Daliang's words were unanimously agreed by the teenagers in Yelin Town, "But Fangfang surprised me. She said she didn't get enlightened at all, which shouldn't be the case."

The meal came, and everyone sat upright. The dining room with 60 or 70 people was silent, and then bowls of breakfast automatically fell down and landed accurately in front of everyone.

The ordinary porcelain bowls were filled with more than half a bowl of rice, with a few vegetables on top. It was lighter than the food in Jinghu Village Hall, and the same as the food Shen Geng and Shen Ji had at that time.

Everyone picked up the bowls almost at the same time, chewing slowly and silently, and even Shen Hao, who was the most picky about food, did not show any dissatisfaction. Xiaoqiu knew that he had missed the opportunity to learn the new rules in the past month, so he didn't say much and ate his meal with big mouthfuls. After the meal, he asked, "Is there lunch and dinner here?"

"Of course." Shen Hao smiled and then sighed. The food here was really hard for him to swallow. "Brother Xiaoqiu, you have suffered a lot in the past month, right?"

"I--" Xiaoqiu frowned, "I can't remember."

He was telling the truth. Life in the cave seemed like a long dream. It was very clear at the time, but after waking up, it all disappeared, leaving only a few incoherent fragments.

Shen Hao patted Xiaoqiu's shoulder sympathetically and didn't ask any more questions.

The disciples walked out of the dining room and followed the corridor to the Sizu Hall. Today was a special day. They would undergo a monthly inspection of their practice results and then worship the ancestors of all generations. The new disciples had been reminded that this was an extremely important procedure and must be taken seriously.

Sizu Hall is a huge cave with two entrances. Male and female disciples walk separately. There are futons arranged on the floor of the hall. They sit down according to the arrangement. Xiaoqiu didn't see Fangfang, but saw Xin Youtao. The prince had a blank expression on his face. Even though people around him were pointing and talking, he still pretended not to see Xiaoqiu.

The Pei brothers nodded to Xiaoqiu from a distance of more than ten steps away, but didn't dare to get closer. They were now trying to keep a distance from the young man from Yelin Town.

Xiaoqiu returned the greeting, and his eyes were still searching in the crowd.

"Fangfang and the others are on the other side, and we can't see them here." Shen Hao smiled.

Xiaoqiu also smiled. He was not looking for Fangfang, but another person - someone who could remind him of what he had experienced in the past month.

Shen Ji is here.

Almost all eyes were on him, but he was only looking at one person. "Daoyou Mu Xingqiu, welcome." He walked over, looking very much like his brother, with a hint of melancholy on his expressionless face.

"I remember now!" Xiaoqiu pointed at Shen Ji, and the fog in his mind gradually dissipated, "You have been to my cave and challenged me."

"What do you mean by that?" Shen Ji was slightly surprised, "Once you enter Yangshen Peak, you will not leave the valley for three years. This is the rule of Pangshan Taoism since ancient times. How could I go to see you?"

Shen Hao and others all nodded gently, indicating that Shen Ji's words were correct.

Xiaoqiu stared at Shen Ji, the scene of the two meeting at that time was vivid in his mind, and he could almost repeat what he said word for word, especially the emerald green jade ruyi was still deeply imprinted in his mind, how could it never have happened?

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