As soon as Zhang Yan finished speaking, the three disciples knelt down, banged their heads on the ground, and expressed their willingness with excited tones.
The most surprising one among them is naturally Yang Rui. His talent is not as outstanding as Liu Xin's, and his cultivation is not as good as Wang Nian's. He has always been worried about whether he will be suddenly kicked out. Now when I suddenly heard Zhang Yan's proposal, my face turned red with excitement. After all, he is only at the late stage of the Qi Entrainment Realm and has not yet reached the Xuan Vein Realm, yet he can actually officially enter the realm?
Liu Xin was also very excited, but it was better than Yang Ruilai. After all, he had already expected and knew that his talent was already within the consideration of the teacher's entry-level disciples.
The most depressed person is Wang Nian. His cultivation at the Mysterious Vein Realm has been waiting for this day for a long time.
Three bows and nine kowtows.
Under the witness of Sanqing, Wang Nian was the leader, Yang Rui was the second, and Liu Xin was the last. The three of them officially became the only three disciples of the Longhu Mountain Sect in the Huangtian Domain besides Zhang Yan.
For a moment, even Zhang Yan didn't notice it, a thin ray of fluorescent light emerged from the Sanqing statue and covered his body. In just a moment, it seemed to penetrate into his body and disappear. . Zhang Yan was completely unaware of all this.
"Respect teachers and Taoism, don't be stoic with evil spirits, don't fight against fellow disciples, don't be ungrateful or unjust, don't be arrogant, don't belittle oneself. Have kind thoughts but don't overflow with kindness..."
Zhang Yan used a chant-like tone to lay out the lengthy sect rules for the first time in front of the three kneeling disciples. When Zhang Yan heard this nearly thousand-word sect rule for the first time like Wang Nian, he knelt on the ground and memorized it over and over again. Even now, he has never forgotten a single word.
The three children were busy memorizing the first three times Zhang Yan read it. By the fourth time, Liu Xin had raised her head and started to recite along with Kengbengpengpengpengpengpengpengpengpengpengpengpengpengpengpengpengpengpeng. By the fifth time, Yang Rui was able to recite it, and by the seventh time, Wang Nian finally joined in.
After nine times, Zhang Yan stopped. He walked up to the three of them and reached out to touch the tops of their heads.
"You must remember the sect rules and never forget a single word. If anyone violates the sect rules, he will be punished. In serious cases, such as those who deceive their masters and destroy their ancestors, their souls will be destroyed forever and they will never be reincarnated. Do you understand?"
"Disciple understands!"
Once the mountain gate is established, Zhang Yan will lead three disciples to practice in the mountain. As far as Zhang Yan was concerned, it was not to escape the world, but simply to benefit from the great spiritual vein at the foot of the cliff mountain. One day of casual practice here can be worth two days in the quiet room of Langyuan City. The amount of gains accumulated over time is huge.
But it is not without worries after death, except for Liu Xin's miserable life experience and loneliness. Including Zhang Yan, there are still many worries around him that can't be let go.
Zhang Yan calls this state of practice "half-worldly", which is also "half-worldly". Not only did the three apprentices clearly feel the difference between exit and entry, but he himself also felt the contrast was sharp.
Langyuan City is becoming more and more lively with commotion. Not only the daily flatterers, but also the trivial matters and joys of the family.
In the mountains, apart from going down the mountain with Wang Nian to hunt and satisfy his cravings from time to time, Ping Ping Dan Dan only had to do one thing most of the day: practice.
Yang Rui is the person in Longhu Mountain Gate who enjoys the tranquility in the mountain gate the most. There were even times when he did not return with Zhang Yan, but stayed alone in the mountain gate, enjoying himself.
Liu Xin went wherever Zhang Yan went. She could eat big fish and meat from the Zhang family in Langyuan City, and she was also used to the coarse tea and rice in Shanmen. No matter where she is, the only thing she is interested in is practicing, to become as powerful as her master!
The only one who has always felt lonely and unaccustomed to life in the mountains is Wang Nian. For him, staying in the mountains for a few days was fine, but staying for a long time was unbearable. There is nothing delicious or interesting, and it is even impossible to eat a candied haws in the mountains. The only fun is wandering around the mountains and teasing the mountain beasts that seem to be getting smarter and smarter. But he could only look at it to tease the wild beasts, because the wild beasts in the mountains were afraid of him. The master said that it was because these beasts had spirits and were naturally afraid of people like him who were "covered in fire".
So every time Zhang Yan wanted to return to Corangyuan City, Wang Nian was the most active one.
Time in the mountains leaves no trace. Especially for a monk like Zhang Yan who no longer even needs sleep or food, sometimes his mind is lost in thought and his mind wanders for several days. It is much easier to forget yourself than being tied up by things in Langyuan City.
If this is true Qing Xiu, that's all. The poor people in the mountains are doing it for cultivation. The three children who follow Zhang Yan cannot always practice on their own. So Zhang Yan carved more than a dozen stone tablets in the side hall in order to prevent himself from losing sight of anyone for three to five days and leaving behind his apprentice's practice. There is a magic circle on the stone tablet, mainly a magic circle, which can be activated with spiritual energy. After falling into the magic circle, you can see Zhang Yan's questions and explanations of the spells and exercises engraved in it. It is all about problems that are likely to arise on the path of cultivation for the three disciples.
Of course, new methods require face-to-face guidance. This is also the most solemn scene that is held every once in a while at Longhu Mountain Gate. The three apprentices listened attentively and later asked questions in their hearts.
For example, today the four masters and disciples gathered together. It was not the majestic Dharma transmission hall, but the first building built on the cliff mountain, the Meditation Pavilion.
The small pavilion hangs on the cliff in mid-air, and you can reach out and touch the waterfall rushing down from the side. Amid the roar of falling water from the waterfall, there was a question-and-answer session about Shinto practice methods.
But in fact, sometimes Zhang Yan can't explain everything. Because there are some things that he still can't figure out.
For example:
"Master, the power of the divine descending technique comes from the gods all over the sky. But do they really exist? And where are they? If we can become immortals, can we also see them?"
Yang Rui's thinking is not the most out-of-the-box and active among the three apprentices, but he is the one who likes to ask questions the most.
The Shinto method is one that Zhang Yan feels is most suitable for monks like him in the Wild Sky Realm at this stage to use to suppress the enemy. Even if the cost is high, you can still make up for it through elixirs. After all, the cost of saving one's life and fighting for one's life is actually very small.
However, teaching the art of divine surrender made it difficult for Zhang Yan to answer Yang Rui's question.
"Where are the gods? Where is the heaven? How can I see them? I want to know too."
Who would have thought that as soon as Zhang Yan answered this, Liu Xin couldn't help but asked curiously: "Master, since the divine descending technique can prove the existence of gods and can answer their requests, then why do they sit back and watch the demon clan in the wilderness? It goes rampant, and the human race is weak and indifferent?
Is it because people in the world are hopelessly ignorant and unworthy of saving?
Just like in the "Journey to the West" you mentioned, people have to save themselves first, and then the gods will take action? "
