As Qi Yun entered the temple, Lu Yuan's eyes swept around him habitually. What he saw was that it was still as simple and shabby as before.
This Taoist fellow Qi Yun is really an ascetic monk. He can endure loneliness and concentrate on cultivating in this mountain.
However, after looking around, his expression soon changed slightly, and he saw a timid look hiding in the room next to him, secretly looking through the crack of the window.
Although it was blocked by the window and could not see the full sight, judging from the eyes exposed by the other party, there was no doubt that it was a child.
"This is..." Lu Yuan looked at Qi Yun with a little confusion on his face.
Qi Yun also noticed fellow Taoist's gaze, laughed, then waved to the window sill next to him: "Xiao Zhuo, come here."
Seeing his master calling to him, the child hiding behind the window sill hesitated and walked out of the room.
When he arrived at Qi Yun's side, he called out: "Master."
Hearing this title, Lu Yuan looked surprised, and then looked up and down the child seriously. He looked about twelve or thirteen years old, and his face was quite handsome. He should be a Taoist priest as rich as jade in the future.
But looking at the other person's appearance, he always felt a bit familiar.
But recalling carefully, I have never seen this child.
This made Lu Yuan a little confused. Where did the familiarity come from?
With this thought in his mind, Qi Yun had already pulled his disciple in front of Lu Yuan and introduced him: "This is Fellow Daoist Lu, you can call him uncle."
"I've met Uncle Lu."
Although this disciple named Xiao Zhuo was a little afraid of strangers, he still listened to his master and saluted Lu Yuan.
"Get up." Seeing the junior salute, Lu Yuan also had a smile on his face.
Qi Yun, who had always been a widow, was able to receive a good disciple, which made him very happy for this fellow Taoist.
After thinking about it for a while, he took out a jade bottle from his arms and gave it to Xiaozhuo. He said gently: "I have a close relationship with fellow Taoist Qi Yun. Since you call me uncle, you are my junior.
The uncle came in a hurry and didn't bring any greeting gifts with him.
Here is a bottle of spirit-boosting elixir, a pill that can help people improve their internal strength for five days. I will give it to you. "
In the past six months, Lu Yuan's registered disciples, who were responsible for collecting centuries-old medicinal materials, bought him a lot of spirit-boosting pills.
After buying these medicines, they were refined more than ten times, leaving Lu Yuan with more than twenty bottles of elixir in his hand.
However, in the past six months, he had been busy practicing the Chiyang Magic Kung Fu. He was mainly busy transforming the nature of his internal energy and had no time to practice.
Therefore, these refined soul-boosting pills were left empty and have not been used much.
Fortunately, in the past two months, Lu Yuan's disciple Zhou Qing also completed the conversion of the technique and successfully transformed the internal energy into Chiyang internal energy.
Therefore, Lu Yuan gave most of the spirit-boosting pills he had made to Zhou Qing for this disciple to use in his cultivation.
Zhou Qing's retrieval of the Chiyang Magic Power was a great help to him.
Lu Yuan has always been thinking about compensating and rewarding this disciple.
Now that he has set his sights on the Pure Water Black Ox, the Spirit-Building Pill is of little use.
It just so happened that my disciple had a blood feud and always wanted to break through the cultivation level quickly, so he simply used the spirit-boosting pill as a reward.
Therefore, after Lu Yuan handed over the refining method of the Spirit-Building Pill to Zhou Qing, he asked this disciple to be responsible for refining the pill in the future.
The purchased elixirs will be sent to Zhou Qing in the future, and the spirit-boosting pills he refined will also be used by him for his own cultivation.
This is also the reason why Lu Yuan previously rewarded Gu Wei and other disciples and asked them to go to their senior brother to receive the spirit-boosting pills.
Because he really didn't have the spirit-boosting pill in his hand, he just had the last bottle, and he originally planned to keep it on him for emergencies.
Now, since I recognized my nephew, it was natural to send him away casually.
"I still haven't thanked you, Uncle Master."
Qi Yun couldn't help but be slightly surprised when he saw Lu Yuan casually handing out pills that could increase his skill. Then he looked at the disciple who was still confused by the lake and couldn't help but patted his head and said.
"Thank you, Uncle Master." Xiao Zhuo reacted, quickly put away the elixir happily, and saluted Lu Yuan.
Looking at this uncle at this time, he was much less afraid and more familiar.
When Lu Yuan saw this, he couldn't help laughing: "What a cheap kid. He really doesn't see any benefits or smiles."
Qi Yun knew that his fellow Taoist was teasing, but he still looked at his disciple and said sternly: "Your uncle and I will go to the guest room to discuss Taoism. You can go and review today's lessons. I will take the test later."
"Yes." Xiao Zhuo's face turned red when he was told that, and he quickly ran to the main hall to read his scriptures.
Lu Yuan looked at the little guy's back, couldn't help but smile, and then walked towards the guest room in a natural and familiar way.
The layout of the guest room is as simple as ever.
He found his usual seat, sat down, and began to cook tea on the tea stove in the center of the tea room.
After lighting up the fire and taking advantage of the tea-making time, Lu Yuan said with a leisurely smile: "Fellow Taoist Qi Yun, I thought you would wait until you were in your late seventies or eighty and could no longer walk on the Tao before you would accept a disciple and pass on the Taoism of Qingyun Temple.
Unexpectedly, after only a few years of not seeing each other, you would actually accept me as a disciple. This really surprised Pindao. "
As a fellow Taoist, Lu Yuan knew very well how firm his Taoist heart was.
With the other party's temperament, he would never waste time and find an apprentice to distract himself before his search for immortality and Taoism was completely hopeless.
After all, immortality is hard to find. It is so difficult for one person to find immortality. If you devote your energy to doing other things, it will be even more difficult.
But such a man who was determined to seek immortality made an exception and accepted a disciple. You can understand how surprised Lu Yuan was when he found out.
Seeing the shocked look on his Taoist friend's face, Qi Yun couldn't help but smile bitterly and said: "I know what you are thinking. In fact, if it were possible, I wouldn't want to accept a disciple so early.
How short is a hundred years of life?
If you cannot devote all your energy to seeking immortality, the years will pass by in a hurry, and you will be nothing more than a handful of loess in a hundred years.
But Xiaozhuo is different. I may not want to accept others as my disciples, but Xiao Zhuo must definitely accept them. "
Having said this, Qi Yun glanced at Lu Yuan and sighed: "I believe that if I were a fellow Taoist, I would have accepted Xiao Zhuo as my disciple if I had met him first."
"I will also accept him as a disciple?" Lu Yuan was a little confused by these words, and then he remembered the familiar feeling Xiao Zhuo gave him just now, and he vaguely noticed it in his mind.
But for a moment, I still couldn't think of anything. I could only look at Qi Yun and wait for this fellow Taoist to explain.
When Qi Yun saw fellow Taoist looking at him, he said with a slightly sad expression: "Just now I saw fellow Taoist's expression, and I should have noticed that Xiao Zhuo looks like an old friend. In fact, this is not an illusion, Xiao Zhuo is indeed the queen of my old friend. He is The son of Taoist friend Kong."
"Fellow Daoist Kong?" Seeing Qi Yun's expression, Lu Yuan's heart suddenly suddenly thought of something.
Qi Yun said with a trace of sadness: "Just last year, I received a letter from fellow Taoist Kong, saying that he had been transferred from Nanhai County back to Dongting County and was now serving as the county magistrate in Lianshan County, Yangshan Prefecture.
Daoist friend Kong and I had not seen each other for several years, so he wrote to me and invited me to visit Lianshan County.
Pindao was also delighted after receiving the news, so he went to Lianshan County.
Unexpectedly, when I arrived at Yangshan Mansion, I heard that the Five Poison Sect was rebelling. Tens of thousands of troops were fighting for the city, and the place was full of Miao rebels.
Seeing this situation, I naturally did not dare to delay and rushed to Lianshan County.
But when they arrived in Lianshan County, they found that thousands of Miao people had surrounded the county town and were constantly attacking.
I dare not force my way through the army. We had to wait until the enemy withdrew their troops late at night before sneaking into the city from outside the city.
When I arrived in the city, I saw fellow Taoist Kong and talked with him, only to learn that there were only five hundred soldiers in the city, and I feared that they might not be able to defend the city this time.
I advised him to leave with me. With my strength, it would not be difficult to protect him and Jiajuan from evacuating safely.
But Fellow Daoist Kong said that as the king of a county, he bears the favor of the emperor and the popularity of the people. Now that thieves are approaching the city, how can he abandon the city and flee?
So he asked me to send his only son away, but he stayed to lead the county soldiers and fight against the rebels to the end. "
Speaking of this, Qi Yun was silent for a moment, and then said quietly: "Xiao Zhuo, whose full name is Kong Zhuo, is the son of fellow Taoist Kong. I was entrusted by fellow Taoist Kong to take him away from Lianshan County.
Later, I took Xiaozhuo and stayed in Yangshan Mansion for a few days.
On the seventh day after leaving the city, I heard that the Miao people had invaded Lianshan County and killed the officials in the city. Unfortunately, Daoyou Kong was killed in the rebellion.
Then he endured his grief and led Xiaozhuo away.
Later, when Xiao Zhuo recovers from the pain, I will accept him as a disciple and prepare to take care of the only descendant, Daoist Brother Kong. "
Qi Yun's tone was slightly lowered, and he slowly told the story of last year.
After Lu Yuan heard this, he couldn't help but remain silent.
As for Kong Yuzhu, after the other party introduced him to Qi Yun, he served as county magistrate for three years the next year, and then was transferred to Nanhai County as county magistrate.
Because they had only known each other for a short time, he was not as close to this person as Qi Yun.
However, as the person who introduced him to Qi Yun and was one of the Taoist friends who discussed Taoism at the beginning, Lu Yuan still had a very good relationship with him and recognized this person as his Taoist friend.
When I heard that the other party had passed away, I couldn't help but feel a little sad.
This fellow Daoist Kong is very unlucky.
He originally did well as an official in Nanhai County, but he was transferred back to Dongting County last year.
Just transfer it back.
If Kong Yuzhu was transferred back to the place where he was appointed as an official, it would be Shaoyang Mansion where Lu Yuan was located, or Yueyang Mansion where the county seat was located, etc. With him and the county soldiers suppressing it, it would be safe.
But it happened that the place where Kong Yuzhu was appointed was Yangshan Mansion, where the Miao people were the strongest, and it happened to catch up with the rebellion of the Five Poison Sect here. This can only be said to be fate.
"Fellow Daoist Kong..."
Lu Yuan had mixed feelings in his heart and opened his mouth, still not knowing what to say.
What can be said?
Praising the other party's integrity, can he die loyally to the country and the people?
Both he and Qi Yun knew that neither of them were such people, nor did they agree with this concept. It was meaningless to say these words at this time.
What made Lu Yuan's mood even more complicated was that he saw a bit of Sun Siwen in Kong Yuzhu's matter.
He can be sure.
If this friend of mine encountered the same thing, he would probably make the same choice as Kong Yuzhu.
If that happens, Lu Yuan really doesn't know how he should face it?
"Let's not talk about this anymore. Although Taoist friend Kong has gone, Xiao Zhuo is still there. It is enough for him to inherit his father's legacy."
Qi Yun noticed Lu Yuan's depressed mood, smiled and shook his head, and took the initiative to change the subject: "I haven't seen you Taoist friend for several years. I can see that your Taoist temperament has changed a lot. It is much better than it was a few years ago.
If you want to practice Taoism, you will gain understanding and make progress.
You and I haven't talked about Taoism for a long time. Today we are gathering together to ask for advice. "
Lu Yuan pulled away from these sorrows, looked at the Taoist friend's invitation, and also smiled: "I have studied Taoism in the past few years, and I have learned a lot, but I have also been confused. I have always been worried that no one can discuss Taoism with me. , it seems that I can get what I want today.”
So next, the two began to exchange their experiences in cultivating Taoism.
After practicing Taoism in the past few years, Lu Yuan's Taoist realm has improved a lot compared to a few years ago.
Although there is still a lot of gap compared to Qi Yun, this gap has been narrowed a lot.
The most obvious example.
Even though Qi Yun was able to solve most of the confusions he had accumulated through his current practice, there were still two or three questions among hundreds of questions for which he could not give clear answers.
This means that Lu Yuan's progress in learning Taoist scriptures has begun to slowly approach his Taoist friend who leads the way.
After a discussion on the Tao, Qi Yundu sighed: "My Taoist friends are much more talented in cultivating the Tao than me. In another three to five years, I will be able to catch up to where I am now. Maybe in ten years, I will be able to reach my current level." I need to ask my Taoist friends for advice."
When Lu Yuan heard this, he was also a little happy. But he still said humbly: "Fellow Taoist Qi Yun is over-reputed. With your Taoist cultivation level, it is difficult for me to reach it even if I practice for another ten years. I will still have a long time to consult my Taoist friends in the future."
"Fellow Taoist, there is no need to be humble. I see your talent and progress in my eyes." Qi Yun shook his head and smiled, and did not argue with his fellow Taoist in this regard.
After finishing speaking, he just pondered for a moment, then looked at Lu Yuan and said seriously: "Fellow Taoist can reach such a state in just ten years. His talent is really amazing.
I originally thought that it would take another ten years for fellow Taoists to achieve this level. But now it seems that it is just in time. "
Lu Yuan was confused by these words in the clouds and couldn't help but said: "What do you mean by fellow Taoist? What does it mean to catch up just in time?"
Seeing his confused look, Qi Yun couldn't help but smile and said, "Fellow Taoist, you don't know something. In our Taoist sect in Yue country, there is a grand gathering of Tianluo every ten years.
This conference is organized by Tianluoshan Ziyun Dao, the leader of the Junior High School Dao Sect, and is held every ten years. Every time, all major sects in the country and even other national Dao Dao sects are invited to participate in the conference.
During the conference, we as Taoists can discuss mysteries and Taoism with Taoist people from all over the world, and exchange Taoism and Dharma.
In addition, several real people in our Taoist sect will personally demonstrate Taoism and explain the mysteries of immortality to us.
That is the real magical method of immortality..."
When Qi Yun said this, there was a hint of reminiscence on his face, and his eyes were full of envy and yearning.
It can be seen that he is extremely looking forward to this Tianluo event and takes it very seriously.
Seeing this scene, Lu Yuan couldn't help but feel extremely curious.
