After noon, all the people fleeing the famine on the outskirts of the city had a full meal, and if no child was selected as a Taoist child, the Taoist temple ignored it. The rest of the Taoist family members were taken by Daoist Qingrong to a worship manor in the east of the city to settle down temporarily, and then they would be arranged to become hired tenants in various places.

Yang Shao and a group of Taoist children, under the leadership of Xuandu, Qingcang and other Taoist leaders, first said goodbye to their families, and then took their clothes and luggage to the south of the city with a group of Taoist priests, and took a carriage to Chixia Mountain.

Chixia Mountain is located in the Qingxia Ridge of fifty miles south of Liangqiu County, the mountain is about 500 zhang high, the circling mountain road is steep and rugged and difficult to walk, there are fierce beasts such as tigers and leopards inhabited in the mountain, it is very dangerous to go up the mountain after dark, so the night stay in the manor of a Taoist temple in Qingtai Town, under the Qingxia Ridge,

The next morning, I walked for a whole day to reach the halfway point of the mountain, but the mountain gate of the clear and wonderful view was already in sight, and the bell was empty and lonely, echoing in the mountains. The white marble embossed with the pine welcome ornament of the mountain gate archway is very gorgeous and magnificent, and there are three strong and powerful characters of "Qing Miaoguan" in the book.

Xuandu and Qingcang led the team to walk in front, the Taoist children walked with sore feet and weak legs, complaining bitterly, some followed to the mountain gate, and some were estimated to be halfway, but Xuandu and Qingcang didn't care at all.

The old Taoist priest of Xuandu was indifferent to others, but he seemed to be very good to Yang Shao, seeing that he had never been left behind, he looked back and smiled from time to time to show encouragement. Yang Shao secretly remembered in his heart that he thought that the master handed the kettle to him twice on the way, but he didn't know where he got the clear water, and he didn't see him with the kettle.

The mountain gate is located in a mountain mouth, the other side is the canyon, you can see the large halls and houses in rows after row after row when you enter the mountain gate, leaning on the mountain to build in the mountain depression, the golden glazed tiles reflect a little red glow in the sunset, it is dazzling.

Entering the mountain valley, there is a huge white jade square in front, and under the high steps of the main entrance of the Taoist temple, there is a half-human gourd-shaped incense burner, with a lid on the top, and a treasure temple-like top bead in the center of the lid, and a three-legged support at the bottom. The surface color is not black, white is not white, I don't know whether it is copper or iron, and the whole body is a special blue-gray, which looks simple and mysterious.

A large group of green-robed Taoist priests surrounded an old Taoist priest wearing a gossip robe, wearing a Baolian crown, and a white-haired old Taoist priest who walked down the steps quickly, and Qingcang instructed the Taoist children to wait in front of the square for a while, and greeted him by himself.

Xuandu Zhenren took two steps forward, then turned back to Yang Shao and said: "Apprentice, you are a lay disciple, you don't need to participate in the ceremony of ordination, and go to the gate of the square to wait, go to meet Senior Brother Xuanmiao for the teacher, and take you back to the Tibetan Gate Valley later!"

Yang Shao nodded, walked away according to his words, and saw that the group of Taoist priests finished saluting each other, and then assigned disciples to prepare a guard of honor, which does not seem to be grandiose, it should be a general etiquette, and the formal ceremony is obviously going to be tomorrow.

After a short time, Master Xuandu Zhenren came back, greeted Yang Shao, took him back to the outside of the square, took another fork road to the west, crossed three or four mountains, between the two towering cliffs in front, there was a gloomy and narrow mountain road that was wide and led to the distance where the head could not be seen.

At the bottom of the blue-gray cliff, there is a stone monument standing next to the road at the entrance, with three big red characters on it: "Zangmen Valley". Fortunately, this mountain road is only more than a mile long, from the mountain road gradually to the height, over a stone mountain without grass, and there is another mountain depression inside, and there are several rows of houses and courtyards at the foot of the mountain in the distance.

When Yang Shao walked to the gatehouse in front of the courtyard with his master, he deliberately looked up and saw that the plaque on the door had three big characters "Xuanguang Yuan", and he couldn't help but think, with the books he had read, he couldn't remember the origin of the allusion to the word "Xuanguang".

Entering the compound, there was a half-human-high blue-gray incense burner standing under the steps in the middle of the front door, exactly the same as the one in the square in front of Qingmiaoguan. This time, Yang Shao took a closer look, only to find that the surface of the furnace body has uneven shallow relief patterns, and the decoration is subtle and vivid, including the sun, moon and stars, wind and clouds, thunder and lightning, mountains, rivers, lakes and seas, forests and swamps, beasts, birds, insects and fish......

Other large-leaved vines split into three from the middle of the lid on the top, extending to the edge of the lid on three sides, and then down to the small hearth, the large hearth, and the three legs at the bottom. Three vines connect the lid, body, and foot. The strange thing is that there is a pattern of everything, but there is no one.

It stands to reason that it is a thing used in Taoism, how can there be a Sanqing Patriarch, Zhenwu Emperor or something, but ...... No!

In Yang Shao's view, although this incense burner is good-looking, it is really clumsy, and there are no holes in the large and small furnace bodies, only between the three vines an inch away from the eaves of the lid, there are three octagonal, about palm-sized holes, which are full of red incense, and light blue smoke continues to emerge from the three holes, and the smoke lingers at the eaves of the lid for a long time before dissipating.

"Master, your old man is back!"

At this time, a big black man came out of the left wing, not only his face was as black as the bottom of a pot, but also his face was full of meat, thick eyebrows and big eyes, tall and sturdy, walking with a tom tom sound, a pair of big hands looked much longer than a normal person, and he made a snapping sound when he hugged his fists and saluted, which seemed to be infinitely powerful, and his voice was rough like the friction of gold and stone, which sounded very uncomfortable.

"Well, that's right! This is a new disciple for the teacher, in the future, you can be commensurate with the senior brother, take him to settle down first, and come to see you tomorrow morning!"

Xuandu Zhenren commanded, and walked towards the main courtyard inside.

The big black man glanced at Yang Shao curiously, and walked over in two steps, so frightened that Yang Shao couldn't help but take two steps back, but seeing that he had a sincere smile on his face, there seemed to be no malice, Yang Shao hurriedly bowed down and said, "I've seen senior brother, but I don't know how to call it?"

"My name is Liugang, and I am up and down! What is your name, junior brother?"

The big black man grinned, and against the backdrop of the big black face, he showed Bai Sensen's big teeth. This image saw that Yang Shao was a little afraid of him, and reluctantly squeezed out a smile, and replied: "Yang Shao!

"From now on, we will be senior brothers, I have been practicing Xuanjia Gong and Broken Jade Fist with my master for three years, and my strength is great, what will you do? Have you practiced martial arts? Oh...... Come with me......! I've just finished dinner, and you haven't eaten yet, so I'll go to the kitchen first to see if there's anything left, or I'll have to find a handyman to make another one. ”

I can't see that this senior brother Liugang looks a little clumsy at first glance, but he is a chatter, but he should not be a slippery person. Yang Shao secretly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and couldn't help but smile bitterly and followed.

The room was quickly found, and there were two small rooms on the north side of the east wing of the vestibule, and a fairly spacious hall. There are also three rooms in a row to the south, which is the residence of the senior brother. To the east is a row of utility rooms, which seem to be stacked with firewood, worn-out furniture, and so on. Soon, Liugang went to the kitchen and brought a bowl of noodles and two snow-white steamed buns.

Yang Shao was tired and hungry after walking on the mountain road for a day, but he was soon swept away and fell asleep. Before dawn in the morning, Yang Shao was woken up by Liugang, hurriedly washed and ate breakfast, and went to the main courtyard in the north to meet the real people of Xuandu.

Xuanguang Courtyard is not a quadrangle, but composed of three large courtyards, one in front of which lives in the disciples and miscellaneous servants, and two courtyards in the back, which are not arranged in a very regular manner, the northeast courtyard is the Zhenwu Palace, and there is another door to enter and exit. In the northwest courtyard, there are more than 30 large and small houses, and there are real people in Xuandu.

Out of the backyard gate, in front of a two or three zhang high bluestone wall, there are steps in the middle, above is a large square, there are corridors on both sides to the front door archway of Xuanguang Courtyard, along the side of the front corridor to the west, the courtyard where Xuandu real people live is located on a high pedestal.

Liugang is familiar with the road and is used to it, and soon took Yang Shao to the inside and outside the main hall, at this time the sky is still dark and green, and there is no light in the hall, and there is no half of a figure in the empty space, and he is hesitating, when he hears a faint voice from inside.

"Yes! Get there on time! Come in!"

Yang Shao was secretly surprised that Xuandu Zhenren's ears were so clever, but when he walked into the main hall with Liugang and turned into a large room at the back, he felt that Xuandu Zhenren was simply divine, how did he know that someone was coming?

However, at this time, he didn't think much about it, and when he entered the room, he saw a lamp flickering like a bean, and the light was uncertain, illuminating the rows of tall bookshelves around the walls and showing dark shadows.

Xuandu Zhenren sat behind the tall bookcase, showing only the shoulders of the green robe, one white hair and a forehead full of wrinkles and furrows, and the other half of his face was covered by the blue cover that his hands flipped through, and the book with black letters in white frames.

As soon as Yang Shao saw the bookshelf and books, he was inexplicably excited, and quietly raised his eyes to look, on the book cover that the master flipped through, there were five words "Gengjin Zhengqijue", and he couldn't help but be surprised in his heart, what kind of book is this, is it a Taoist classic, is there anything special?

Yang Shao wanted to ask, but seeing that his senior brother Liugang was standing respectfully, and he didn't dare to say anything, he didn't want to talk nonsense, and then stood still with low eyebrows, and suddenly felt that the atmosphere was a little depressing, not what he imagined when he came.

Standing straight for more than an hour, the sky outside was getting brighter, and the sun's rays also shone into the room, Xuandu Zhenren put down the book, coughed lightly, slowly raised his head and glanced at the two of them, leaned comfortably on the chair, stretched his waist as if no one was around, staring at Yang Shao sharply, expressionless.

Yang Shao's heart suddenly became nervous, and when he saw that the master's straight gaze seemed to be looking into his heart, he couldn't stand this stalemate, so he took half a step forward, bowed down and saluted: "Disciple to meet the master, please give your old man a greeting!"

"Hmm......" A hint of surprise flashed in Xuandu Zhenren's eyes, but he turned his head to look at Liugang, waved his hand and said, "Go ahead!

Liugang respectfully agreed and walked out of the room quickly.

Xuandu Zhenren spoke again: "Do you know why the teacher accepted you as a lay disciple instead of going to Guanzhong to be a Taoist child?"

"The disciple doesn't know, please ask the master to solve the doubts!"

Yang Shao was shocked in his heart, isn't it true that the acceptance of Taoist children and lay disciples are all required by the Taoist temple? Could this have anything to do with the master.

"It's very simple, to go to Guanzhong to be a Taoist child, not only to learn Taoist classics, exorcise ghosts and summon spirits, but also to pick up water and cut salaries, receive pilgrims, and have less time to practice martial arts. And when you become a teacher, you don't have to do any mundane things, you only need to practice this "Gengjin Zhengqi Technique", the sooner the better, and pass on the mantle of the teacher, understand?"

Yang Shao was stunned when he heard this, looking at the old face of the master, I am afraid that time is short, and he is eager to find a disciple to inherit the mantle, which is reasonable, but he doesn't understand anything, can he really practice martial arts, but seeing that the master's face is eager and stern, he must not allow himself to hesitate, so he bowed down and said: "The disciple obeys the master's orders and is willing to practice martial arts, but ...... It may be difficult for the disciples to understand the meaning of the scriptures......"

"Huh...... Don't worry about this, as long as you can read and write, you can first study the "Xuanqing Medical Classic" with the teacher, this classic contains medical acupuncture, human meridians and bones, and learning this martial art must be based on this. In addition, the essence of this exercise mantra is annotated by the teacher in a separate copy, listen to me explain the basics of the exercise first, and then go back and try to practice......"