Through the widening gap, you can see the foot of the mountain.

Yan Fang stepped over the threshold with one foot, and walked towards the foot of the mountain on the smooth bluestone slab under the sound of the surrounding bamboo leaves.

As soon as he stepped on the last bluestone slab, a dilapidated wooden door suddenly appeared in front of Yan Fang's eyes.

An old voice came from the wooden door:

"Why did you come here to seek enlightenment?"

...

This is the question that each examiner faces in the end, and the answers of the examiners are also strange and different.

In other words, the focus is not on the content of the examiners' answers, but on the Dao heart that the examiners showed when answering the questions.

There are thousands of avenues in the world, and different paths lead to the same end. Just like all creeks eventually join the sea, but the process is different, and the end result is the same.

No matter what your purpose is to learn the Dao, as long as you have a firm heart in the Dao, you will be able to go far on the path of cultivation. Of course, Fuhu Mountain still has certain requirements in terms of heart when recruiting disciples. Like some people who are extremely gifted and have a firm heart, but obviously have bad intentions, they will still be turned away.

...

Yan Fang was a little stunned after hearing this question, and many answers came to his mind: in order to avenge his parents who died tragically, in order to stand higher and see more scenery, he wanted to realize his dream of cultivating immortals in his previous life...

These can all be said to be the reasons why Yan Fang came to Fuhu Mountain to seek Taoism, but they can be listed separately, and each one does not seem to be completely summarized.

It seems that the reason that supported him to come thousands of miles to Fuhu Mountain to seek Taoism is not only this, but he can't tell what is supporting him to come.

It was a somewhat complex and somewhat simple emotion, or feelings.

Just when Yan Fang didn't know how to answer, he suddenly remembered what Zhang Zai of the Northern Song Dynasty had said in his previous life, which was very consistent with the emotions he wanted to express in his heart now, so he blurted out:

"Establish a heart for heaven and earth, establish a way for the people, continue to learn for the saints, and open peace for all generations. That's why I'm here to seek the Tao. ”

In his previous life, Yan Fang was an idealist, and his favorite sentence was, "We firmly believe in something, not because it will have an effect, but because we firmly believe that it is right to do so." ”

He lives in modern times, but his heart is a little like the ancients, or he admires the mind and feelings of ancient readers.

A weak scholar like Zhang Zai, although he can't resist on his shoulders and can't lift his hands, he has the lofty ambition to establish a life for heaven and earth, point out a common road for the people to abide by, inherit the knowledge that the saints do not pass on, and open up a permanent peaceful foundation for future generations. This made Yan Fang very impressed.

In the ancient times of the previous life, if you wanted to "open peace for all generations", you had to rely on reading, but in this world with cultivators, if you want to achieve this very idealized goal, of course, you have to rely on cultivation:

Through hard work, go far enough on the road of pursuing the avenue, and then use your own strength to achieve "peace for all generations". ”

This is the big wish hidden in Yan Fang's heart.

...

As soon as the words fell, the dilapidated wooden door in front of him slowly opened, and Yan Fang stepped out.

The moment he stepped out of the wooden door, he seemed to lose consciousness, and when he came to his senses, Yan Fang found that he had arrived in a large hall, not the square he was in when he first entered the world of the scroll.

There were only three people in the hall besides him: a handsome man from the royal family wearing a python robe and a purple crown, a blind boy in a gray robe holding a bamboo cane, and a girl in a yellow dress with a sword box on her back.

After the three of them saw Yan Fang, who had just come out of the world of the picture scroll, they gestured slightly and then turned their heads and continued to wait. They all seem to be the kind of people who are firm in their hearts and don't smile.

...

A secluded hall in the mountain behind Fuhu Mountain

The old man wrapped in a broken sheepskin sheepherd looked at Yan Fang in the mirror and slowly opened his mouth to the wooden door, stroked his palms and laughed: "What a "heart for heaven and earth", from the first time he injured the black-armored soldier on the second mountain, I can see that this doll is good, there is such a big pattern at a young age, and it will definitely not be a thing in the pool in the future. ”

The sloppy old man who was squatting in the corner heard the words and received: "Old man Gu, since you are so optimistic about this kid, it is better to accept him as a closed disciple." Although this kid's qualifications are not excellent, they are also good, the key is that his heart is first-class, which is quite suitable for your lineage. ”

The old man surnamed Gu was silent for a moment, and said: "This doll is really good, but you still have to take a look at it again if you accept it as a closed disciple, our heart has always been a single line, and you can't choose a disciple sloppily." ”

The sloppy old man teased: "You old man is too far-sighted, so you haven't found a successor until now." ”

The old man surnamed Gu smiled and counterattacked: "You are not a madman. That little blind man hasn't agreed to be your apprentice yet. ”

...

Of course, Yan Fang and the others, who were in the outer mountains, couldn't hear the conversation between the two old men, and they were still waiting in the main hall.

With the passage of time, more and more examiners came out of the world of picture scrolls. A day later, Mo Shanshan also came out of the world of picture scrolls, and the girl still had tears on her face when she came out, as if she had just cried. After seeing Yan Fang, he burst into tears and smiled, and the two hugged each other excitedly.

After another two days, there were already nearly two hundred examiners in the main hall.

At this time, an old man wearing a moon-white robe and white hair walked in from outside the hall.

Yan Fang looked at the moon-white robe on the old man's body, and felt a little familiar, but he couldn't remember where he had seen it.

The old man looked at the young people in front of him and spoke calmly, with a hint of hoarseness in the old voice: "You one hundred and ninety-seven people have passed this second round of assessment in the picture scroll world, and from now on, you will officially become a disciple of the outer mountains of Fuhu Mountain." ”

The boys and girls around were all excited when they heard this, and their hard work for so long finally paid off.

At this time, a fat man in a yellow robe asked with some confusion: "Senior, I heard that in addition to the outer mountain disciples, there are also inner mountain disciples, and the inner mountain disciples are the core of Fuhu Mountain. May I ask how we can be promoted to the inner mountain disciples?"

The white-robed old man glanced at the fat man in front of him lightly, and said, "The disciples who have just started are all disciples of the outer mountains, and when you cultivate to reach the Qi Sea Realm and can pass through the Thousand Soldiers Bridge connecting the outer mountains and the inner mountains, you will be able to become inner mountain disciples." ”

The white-robed old man paused for a moment, as if he had thought of something, and then added: "It is not easy for a Qi Sea Realm monk to pass the Thousand Soldiers Bridge, there are many disciples from the outer mountains who have stayed in the Qi Sea Realm for more than ten years and cannot pass the assessment, and in the end they can only break through to the Burning Lamp Realm and stay in the outer mountains for the rest of their lives. ”

The boys and girls who had just become disciples of the outer mountains were shocked when they heard this, those who could join Fuhu Mountain could be regarded as geniuses, but there were still so many disciples from the outer mountains who could not join the inner mountain in their lifetime.

The white-robed old man looked at the young men and girls in front of him who were a little depressed, his eyes suddenly softened, as if he thought of the fact that he was as young as this when he first entered the sect, and comforted him: "You don't have to be discouraged, as long as you practice diligently, the chance of becoming a disciple of the inner mountain is still very high, now I will take you to understand the outer mountain, and keep up." ”

After speaking, he turned around and walked towards the door, and everyone hurriedly followed the old man's footsteps when they saw this.

...

Like the blind boy, the man in the python robe and other people who first passed the assessment have been out of the picture scroll world for three or four days, but because they have not been allowed to move around at will, they have been staying in the main hall. Therefore, the new disciples have only seen the scenery of the outer mountains for the first time until now:

The first thing that catches your eye is a small stream that runs through the valley, the water is crystal clear, you can see pebbles of different sizes and shapes scattered on the bottom of the water, and you can see the petals and leaves floating on the water in the distance, and the downstream of the stream is full of towering trees, and there are several buildings scattered in between. Upstream, there is a hillside with hundreds of thatched huts. Looming in the clouds.

The white-robed old man pointed in the direction upstream and said, "Do you see those thatched huts? That's where you lived before you broke through to the Qi Sea Realm." One room per person. Each thatched hut will be separated by a courtyard wall. ”

"After you break through to the Qi Sea Realm, you can choose a cave to live in on the peaks of the outer mountains. The white-robed old man pointed to the green mountains around him and said. Through the clouds and mist, you can vaguely see the caves carved out of the cliffs.

"I'll take you downstream again. The white-robed old man turned around and walked downstream with his hands behind his back, and everyone followed behind the old man.

From a distance, the scene is spectacular.

....

A large group of people followed the sound of the stream, all the way to the south, and saw a small two-story building with black tiles and white walls, located between two towering trees.

The white-robed old man pointed to the plaque that was a little dazzling in the sunlight and said, "This is a small library building, which contains books in all aspects, including medicine techniques, sword techniques, sword techniques, formations, and so on. Of course, there are also the cultivation techniques of the Qi Condensation Realm and the Qi Sea Realm. The books inside can be borrowed at will, but only one can be borrowed at a time, and they must be returned on time, otherwise there will be severe punishment. ”

After speaking, he cleared his throat, paced a few steps forward, pointed to a building with red and black eaves not far away, and continued: "That's the Little Treasure Pavilion. There are all kinds of weapons, magic weapons, and strange things in the world, and the things in them can't be taken casually, and they need to be exchanged for contribution points. There will be a special person to explain the contribution points to you in detail later. ”

Next to the building with red and black eaves is a large hall with blue walls and black tiles, and the old man looked at the hall and slowly spoke: "There are three places that you most often come into contact with in these buildings downstream, and I have already introduced two of them just now, and the remaining one is the big hall, called the preaching hall." ”...