Shu Guan walked out of half the building, turned around and closed the door, then leaned down and took a look at the bottom of the cliff.
Beside the lake on the cliff, senior brother, second senior brother, fifth senior brother, and sixth senior brother were all already there.
The senior brother seemed to be playing with the four-legged snake he had brought. The second senior brother placed fruits and melon seeds on the table, the fifth senior brother was making tea, and the sixth senior brother was eating melon seeds and reading the newspaper.
When Shu Guan poked his head out from the cliff, second senior brother Mu Yao happened to raise his head.
At this time, the straight-line distance between the two people was about two thousand meters.
Of course, for practitioners like them, there is not much difference between a distance of two thousand meters and two meters.
So Mu Yao immediately saw Shu Guan leaning his head on the cliff.
"Seventh Junior Brother, come down quickly."
Mu Yao smiled and waved to Shu Guan, and his mellow voice directly rang in Shu Guan's ears.
Shu Guan said "Okay" quickly, and then thought about whether to jump off the cliff directly. At this time, the second senior brother said another sentence:
"When you come down, go call your fourth senior brother. I'm afraid he will forget the time again."
When he met Shu Guan, he said "Okay" again, then retracted his head and walked on the mountain trail honestly.
This is the tenth day of his retreat to practice Taoism, and the seventh day of his mastery of wall penetration.
Perhaps, for Shu Guan, it would be more appropriate to call that Taoist art the art of traveling through mountains.
That night, no one knew that a disciple who was practicing Taoism for the first time in the temple recreated a Taoism as it should have been in ancient times.
At that time, after falling on the grass and getting up, Shu Guan immediately wanted to go to the top of the cliff to ask his master what was going on.
But on his way to the top of the cliff, a few questions came to mind.
The first question is, why can I activate the spiritual energy of heaven and earth and successfully perform a Taoist technique without comprehending the meaning of Taoism?
The second question is why the Taoist magic he performed has such a great effect.
Based on Shu Guan's current knowledge of the practice world, he knew that since the Fourth Yuanhui, the power of Taoism has been continuously weakening. In today's era, the power and effect of the same Taoism are compared with what they were in ancient times. , like the difference between a stream and the sea.
In the past few months, my practice seems to have been full of accidents.
Twelve paths that appear when choosing a path.
Successfully entrained the air overnight.
For practitioners, the source of power comes from the key of "Tao".
But for me, it seems that I don't need this key, everything just falls into place.
That night, Shu Guan was walking on the mountain path and originally wanted to go to the top of the cliff, but his steps became slower and slower. In the end, he did not go to the top of the cliff, but returned to the half-side building.
He was a little worried, not about Li Zhixia or others in the Taoist temple, but about himself and some unspeakable and unclarifiable thoughts.
Keep it a secret as long as you can.
Shu Guan finally chose such an ostrich mentality to deal with this matter.
Then in the next few days, he did not use the wall-penetration technique again. It can only be said that he was not discovered by anyone because of luck. If he was seen after crossing the cliff again, it would be difficult to explain.
Then he practiced the Yan Zhi Technique. Compared with the Wall Penetrating Technique, the Yan Zhi Yan Technique was indeed much simpler. It took Shu Guan a day and a half to master this Tao technique. From then on, there will always be a ray of spiritual power between the skin. Wander around and keep your skin young and energetic.
However, the effect of the anti-aging technique will not be visible for a while.
In the next few days, Shu Guan practiced Qing Ping's sword-controlling technique.
It took five days for Shu Guan to master Qingping's sword-wielding technique.
But Shu Guan doesn't know if he has mastered it, because he hasn't tried it yet.
It's not that Shu Guan is afraid of anything. Although the effect of his wall penetration technique is a bit exaggerated, Shu Guan is not afraid to practice other Tao techniques. In fact, he also really wants to know about his Qing Ping sword control technique. When it is used, what kind of power will it have? Will it become much more powerful inexplicably like the wall penetration technique?
But he has no sword.
To perform sword control, you naturally need a special flying sword, just like the green sheath and black handle of the Xue Zhan sword owned by the third senior sister.
As for the last yin-yang and co-facility techniques, Shu Guan also carefully "examined" them.
Now he has learned several Taoist arts, and can roughly understand the complicated and awkward formulas and words in these Taoist manuals.
So when Shu Guan took a look at this secret technique in the house, it was an eye-opener. It turns out that there are so many ways to play it. For a while, Shu Guan felt that he was so pure in his previous life.
However, Shu Guan did not speculate too much, mainly because this book of secrets of Fangzhongshu contains a large number of pictures that make people's eyes and hearts beat hot. None of the women in the pictures are naked. It is not known whether Lu Zu himself drew them. , the expressions and postures of those women when they are having sex are depicted in every detail, and they are extremely vivid.
For people like Shu Guan who have not known the taste of meat for many years, taking another look at it would make them uncomfortable.
Ten days later, Shu Guan finally walked out of the building, because this day was the day when the disciples of Shan Ji Guan gathered.
In fact, the days when the disciples of Shanjingguan gather are not fixed. Sometimes every few months, sometimes every two or three months, it mainly depends on whether everyone has any tasks. If it happens that someone is in retreat, then it is okay to gather every six months. possible.
And this time, Mu Yao came to ask Shu Guan yesterday and asked him how his cultivation place was going. He organized it only after Shu Guan made it clear that he had no problem.
Shu Guan, who was walking on the mountain road at this time, was also looking forward to attending his first gathering among his senior brothers.
Starting from Banbianlou, he turned two turns along the mountain road and saw the cement box-like house. Shu Guan walked to the big iron door, knocked on it gently, and waited for two minutes. The door doesn't respond.
Shu Guan recalled what happened when he followed his second senior brother here that day, then he clenched his fist and punched the iron door twice, shouting "fourth senior brother".
This time, after waiting for more than ten seconds, with a harsh creaking sound, the iron door finally opened from the inside, and a shaggy-haired head poked out from behind the iron door.
"Who are you?"
Qiu Yang, who had a chicken coop hairstyle, looked blankly at the young Taoist priest wearing gray robes outside the door.
Shu looked behind him, and then helplessly determined that the fourth senior brother was asking himself.
This was the third time he met his fourth senior brother. He didn't know how many more times he would have to meet again so that he wouldn't have to reintroduce himself every time he met.
"I am Shu Guan, the seventh senior brother. The second senior brother asked me to invite the fourth senior brother to a party."
Qiu Yang said oh and smiled at Shu Guan sheepishly.
"Wait, it'll be ready soon."
I don't know if he was embarrassed because he didn't recognize Shu Guan, or because he forgot about the party.
Then Qiu Yang's big head retracted, and Shu Guan waited for another two minutes before Qiu Yang's burly figure appeared at the door again, a loose brown robe held tight by his huge body.
"Seventh Junior Brother, let's go."
Qiu Yang took the lead and strode down the cliff. The large iron gate automatically closed slowly behind him.
The two of them didn't talk along the way. Qiu Yang was probably a very poor talker. Except for some special topics, he didn't seem to know how to deal with people.
Even if he went to a party at this time, his eyebrows would still be furrowed, as if he was thinking about something very complicated, as if he was in a daze.
Shu Guan was not surprised. In his impression, this is what a scientist who is immersed in his own research field should look like.
Compared to a practitioner, Siqiu Yang did feel more like a scientist to him.
When they reached the foot of the cliff and walked towards the lake on the other side, Shu Guan's heart moved and he asked tentatively:
"Fourth Senior Brother, I wonder if you have time these days and can you help me refine a flying sword."
Qiu Yang turned around and said cheerfully:
"No problem. Seventh Junior Brother, do you want a more traditional flying sword, or the special flying sword that I modified?"
Qiu Yang stared at Shu Guan with burning eyes, as if looking forward to it.
"...It's better to be more traditional."
Thinking about the second senior brother's advice about the fourth senior brother, Shu Guan avoided the fourth senior brother's gaze and whispered.
Qiu Yang's eyes flashed with unconcealable disappointment, and then asked:
"Seventh Junior Brother, what kind of flying sword do you want?"
Shu Guan recalled what was mentioned in Qingping's sword-control secret book about the most suitable flying sword style for this sword-control technique, and then replied:
"Three feet long, two fingers wide, and the sword should be stronger. There are no other requirements."
"Okay, junior brother, let's pick it up in a few days."
While talking, the two arrived at the gathering place. At this time, the third senior sister Rui Jianqiao had also arrived, so everyone was here.
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As a newcomer attending this party for the first time, and as everyone's younger brother, Shu Guan did not speak much at the party. Most of the time he spent serving tea, pouring water and peeling bananas for the brothers and sisters, or sitting and talking. Listen quietly to the chats of the senior brothers and sisters.
He is now a little familiar with his second senior brother Mu Yao and fifth senior brother An Zichun, but he still feels a little strange to the others.
Mu Yao seemed to be aware of this situation, so he specifically wanted Shu Guan to chat more with other senior brothers and sisters.
"Junior Brother Shu, how is your Taoist training going now?"
"Senior Brother Mu, it's okay."
To be honest, this is the last thing Shu Guan wants to talk about right now.
So he simply said "okay", hoping to get over it quickly.
Unfortunately, the fifth senior brother An Zichun next to him heard their conversation and joined in the conversation with interest.
"Seventh Junior Brother, what kind of Taoist techniques have you practiced now?"
"Wall-penetrating technique, face-stopping technique, Qingping's sword-controlling technique."
Shu Guan didn't mention yin and yang or the art of sharing the room, after all, the third senior sister was sitting next to him.
"Have you learned everything yet?"
"about there."
Shu Guan continued to be perfunctory.
Unfortunately, the third senior sister also joined the conversation at this time.
Just now when Shu Guan mentioned Qingping's sword-wielding skills, Rui Jianqiao's eyes flashed, he looked over here, and then asked.
"Seventh Junior Brother, how bright is the sword, how many feet does the sword fly?"
Shu Guan was startled for a moment, then smiled and said:
"Sister Rui, I haven't tried it yet. The main reason is that I don't have a flying sword, so I just practiced the luck method and haven't tried the sword yet."
So Rui Jianqiao threw her flying sword with a green sheath and black handle over.
"Use my sword!"
Shu Guan's smile suddenly turned into a bitter smile.
"Your spiritual power now is only a few days."
Shu Guan replied while holding the flying sword.
"Three little Sundays."
Rui Jianqiao nodded and said:
"Three little Zhoutians, Junior Brother, if you can make the tip of your sword emit half an inch of sword light and fly ten feet in the air, then Seventh Junior Brother, your talent in swordsmanship will be quite good."
"Then, Third Junior Sister, when your cultivation level was about the same as that of Seventh Junior Brother, how much more sword light could you make the sword produce?"
Mu Yao couldn't help but asked with a smile.
"At that time, I was a swordsman with a two-inch sword and could fly up to 18 feet in the air. However, junior sister, I was originally trained in swordsmanship. Naturally, I cannot allow my seventh junior brother to use this as a standard."
"If Qing Ping's sword control skills can reach the perfection of Zhou Tian Gong, we sword practitioners should be able to make the sword light reach one and a half feet, fly hundreds of meters in the air, and be sharp enough to cut through an iron pillar as thick as a bowl."
The woman with gentle eyebrows also smiled and explained a few words, then turned to Shu Guan who was still standing with the sword in hand, raised her eyebrows and said:
"Seventh Junior Brother, why don't you try the sword yet?"
Shu Guan groaned, his hand on the hilt of the sword, but he still didn't pull it out.
Do you want to show yourself in public?
If the light of my sword exceeds half an inch, what is the explanation? Well, that might be explained by his excellent talent in swordsmanship.
But what if it’s more than two inches? Better than the third senior sister who specializes in swordsmanship? This is a bit unreasonable.
And what if it's more than a foot and a half? That's really completely unexplainable.
So Shu Guan was in a dilemma, wondering whether he should try the sword or not.
Of course, if you really can't dodge, you will have no choice but to draw your sword.
Fortunately, Mu Yao saw that something was wrong with Shu Guan at this time, so he waved his hand in a considerate manner and said:
"Why don't we try again another day? Junior Brother Seventh has just completed three Taoist techniques in a row, and his spiritual energy must not be stable yet. His swordsmanship is no better than other techniques. A slight error in the flow of Qi can easily damage his own meridians, so there is no need to try it today. "
Shu Guan glanced at his second senior brother gratefully, quickly held the sword in both hands, and returned the sword to Rui Jianqiao.
The third senior sister took the sword and did not force Shu Guan any more.
Then everyone continued chatting, and Shu Guan continued to serve tea, pour water, and peel bananas. The senior brother seemed not to be in high spirits today. Shu Guan didn’t eat a few of the bananas he peeled, and he just sat there drowsily, with his legs on all fours. The snake crawled all over him happily.
It is said that this four-legged snake doesn't come to him much now, but hangs out with his senior brother all day long.
Then in the late afternoon, today's gathering finally came to an end. At this time, Sixth Senior Brother Sang Liren, with a smile, took out two small pieces of paper one finger long and two fingers wide, with pictures printed on them, and looked towards Everyone shook and said:
"Who will go to the theater with me tonight?"
Everyone looked at him, and Shu Guan discovered that the words "Lanxin Theater" were printed on the front of the two small notes, and below there was a line of small words "One person per ticket, admission on time."
Sang Liren said to everyone with an exaggerated expression:
"You don't know, right? Today is Jin Sufang's last performance in our Jingcheng city. I finally asked someone to get two tickets. Which of you wants to go with me? You know that if you miss this time, you will not be able to do it in the future. There won’t be much chance to catch a glimpse of Dahua’s number one swordsman.”
Everyone said oh.
"I'm going back to the equipment room first."
Then Fourth Senior Brother Qiu Yang stood up first and left in a hurry.
Then the third senior sister walked towards the waterfall carrying a long sword.
"I am not interested."
Fifth senior brother An Zichun smiled at Sang Liren and then walked away.
"I'm not interested either."
Second senior brother Mu Yao cleaned up the mess on the table without raising his head.
Finally, the Sangli people looked at Shu Guan.
Shu Guan showed a bright smile and nodded quickly:
"Sixth Brother, I will accompany you."
