Chapter 44: Master Canglang
Dragon and Tiger Mountain, the top of the cliff.
In the early morning, the sun has not yet drilled out of the clouds, only a red light is reflected, the sea of clouds in the col of the East Mountain is churning, the red light is full of eyes, the autumn wind in August blows through the pine forest, setting off a burst of pine waves, rattling, like the waves looking forward to the sunrise.
The sky is high and the clouds are surging, and the golden wind is cool.
Master Canglang and his apprentice Zhang Ruyi sat on the top of two pine trees, meditated with their eyes closed, and gathered their qi to cultivate the true element in their bodies and stabilize their foundation.
Master Canglang was still dressed in white like a fairy, her demeanor was calm, she opened her eyes and glanced at the apprentice not far away, Ruyi was concentrating on meditating, but her brows were slightly furrowed, and the beads of sweat on her face were like condensation, a little bit of dripping, she was worried that something would go wrong with the apprentice, so she opened her mouth and shouted: "Ruyi, how do you feel?"
When Ruyi heard Master's words, he slowly opened his eyes, let go of his hands that had been refined, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and said with shame on his face: "Master, I still can't understand the method of entering concentration, and I always see strange pictures. ”
"Oh, what did you see?" Master Canglang looked at the thirteen-year-old apprentice, his eyes were full of his young self, ignorant, serious, and innocent like a white dress.
She remembered the scene when she went up the mountain with her master, Canglang Shitai was originally a native of Jinxi County, Fuzhou Prefecture, Jiangxi Province, and her father Jin Wanquan was a talent in the village, and repeatedly failed to take the exam, so he lost the meaning of his career, worked in the family farming, devoted himself to Buddhism, fasted and participated in Zen, obsessed with cultivating immortals, married his wife Hu after the age of thirty-five, and gave birth to a daughter, named Jin Wanfeng, his mother was virtuous and weak, diligent and thrifty, and the family of three was poor and poor, but also happy.
Xiucai Jin Wanquan regards this daughter as the pearl of the palm, loves it very much, and teaches her to recite the Taoist scriptures since she was a child, Wanfeng is very intelligent, less than seven years old, she has read the collection of books collected by her father thoroughly, talking about Taoism, the insights are incisive, the analysis is subtle, even the father is ashamed, the villagers know that the Jin family has a little fairy, and the wisdom is outstanding.
That year, Wang Yaozong, the master of Lingyun Guanguan, passed by Jinxi County, happened to encounter heavy rain, stayed at Jin Wan's family, and talked with the master, Jin Wanquan marveled at Wang Yaozong's profound Taoism, and sincerely admired, called out his daughter Jin Wanfeng to meet, Wang Yaozong looked at the cardamom girl in front of him, slim and elegant, with Taoist bones, and his eyes were shining, and he couldn't help but sigh in surprise.
Jin Wanquan had the heart to let his daughter worship him as a teacher, so he set up wine to entertain, the wine was hot, Jin Wanquan and the plate out, wanting to entrust his daughter to Wang Yaozong, Wang Yaozong cherished talents, so he had the intention of taking in, although Jin Wanfeng was influenced by his father, but also from the bottom of his heart to admire the Taomen, not in love with the world, so he happily obeyed.
Jin Wanfeng went to Longhu Mountain at the age of thirteen, and Zhang Simu, Zhou Wuyi and other senior brothers followed the master to cultivate.
Later, Wanfeng's parents passed away one after another, she took care of her parents' funeral, and then devoted herself to cultivating immortals and crossing the world, calling herself "Canglang Shitai", and later, at the foot of the mountain, she met Zhang Ruyi, who was wandering alone, saw that she was helpless, very pitiful, and moved her compassion, so she accepted her as an apprentice, taught her to raise her, and treated her like her own daughter, the season was like a stream, and thirteen years had passed.
On the top of the pine tree, Zhang Ruyi didn't open her mouth, her face turned red first, and she muttered for a long time before she said a name: "Stone." ”
Master Canglang had already known what had happened between her and the stone, and when the stone left that day, she saw the embarrassment of the stone in front of Ruyi, and couldn't help but laugh at the stone's stupidity, but she didn't know what Ruyi thought about the stone in her heart, she wanted to know. "You're talking about the small stone of the Maoshan faction?"
Zhang Ruyi nodded hurriedly and said, "Yes, last time I teased him with my senior brother, I always felt sorry for him." ”
Canglang Shitai nodded and said: "What happened last time, it was indeed yours, although the master of the Guan Dynasty has already punished you, but I think it's all the fault of the teacher, I am too indulgent to you on weekdays, and you must not be reckless in the future, especially for the stone, his life is miserable, the Maoshan faction is also in danger, and the people of Lingyunguan should not take advantage of the situation to bully others." ”
"Got it, the disciples didn't dare anymore. Zhang Ruyi agreed and continued: "I hope to see the stone side again, I don't know if he is still complaining about me." ”
"You don't have to blame yourself too much, I see that the face of the stone is strange, it must be someone who has an adventure, if you are fateful, you will see you again. "Canglang Shi Taiyi stood up in the dust, in the breeze, the clothes were blowing in the wind, the sun was rising, hanging in the sea of clouds, sprinkling ten thousand golden lights, on the top of the pine forest, the figures of the two were also submerged in the golden light.
Ruyi was attracted by this sunrise scene of a sea of clouds and looked blankly.
"Ruyi, as a teacher, you have to go far away, you must abide by the rules during this time, practice diligently, and don't waste your Taoism. Canglang Shitai greeted the golden light, made a difficult decision in his heart, and said to Ruyi.
"Master rest assured, Ruyi will definitely not violate the rules this time, but Master should be more careful and come back to see Ruyi as soon as possible. Ruyi's little face was full of determination.
"Let's go, let's go back. Canglang Shi glanced at Ruyi with great relief, and fell to the top of the pine tree, and Ruyi also fell, standing firmly on the ground.
The two were walking back, and suddenly, Liu Dianzong came to meet him, saw Mrs. Canglang, looked humble, bowed his head, bowed, and said: "Senior aunt is early, I haven't seen my senior aunt for many days, and my nephew misses it so much, I don't want to meet here." "Master Canglang should be Liu Dianzong's aunt and sister-in-law in terms of seniority, but Master Canglang doesn't like people to call her aunt, so he doesn't stick to etiquette, and orders Yuandong Zhenren and other masters and apprentices to respect each other as masters and aunts, but everyone knows the relationship between generations.
Seeing that Liu Dianzong was a little handsome, well-behaved and sensible, Master Canglang couldn't help but be very happy, and said with a smile: "Sure enough, what kind of person accepts what kind of apprentice, your mouth is about to flow honey, how is your master lately?"
"Thanks to my aunt's concern, my master has always been well, but lately he has been so busy with trivial matters in Guanzhong that he can't care about teaching me the Tao. Liu Dianzong said with some complaints, "It just so happens that Sister Ruyi is also here, how about we go to the dojo to learn the Dao together?" He winked at Ruyi, and Ruyi also looked at him and smiled, in fact, it was Ruyi who informed him of this place that he would come as promised.
Mrs. Canglang did not object, but instructed Liu Dianzong: "Dianzong, according to the generation, Ruyi was originally your aunt, but since you were a child, you have been commensurate with brother and sister, so I, my aunt, do not interfere with pedantic etiquette, but, when my aunt is away, you, the elder brother, must take care of Ruyi, and you must not mess around with Ruyi, understand?"