Saying goodbye to Lao Dao at the ancient road pavilion, Xingyan went on the road with the disciple of Shangqing Palace who accompanied him.

The journey to Luofu Mountain was very long, and he used the gold and silver obtained from his own reward to buy two donkeys, one for each of them and the young disciple who saw them off.

Walking on this dirt road on a donkey, the road is green and green, and the breath is full of the smell of the smoky grass and trees - in this vast spring light, the young man on the donkey's back unconsciously thinks of Lingyi'er's delicate and delicate appearance. For a while, Xingyan was a little dazed, the scene of the two of them swimming in the Poyang Lake, and Ling Yi'er's half-disgusted and half-happy figure only lingered in the young man's mind, and he couldn't get rid of it for a while.

It's just that, compared to the state of mind that was inseparable from the girl half a year ago, now Xingyan is much more indifferent - after all, this time I went to the Shangqing Palace to learn the Tao, even if the immortal mountain is far-reaching, but it is also a return. Moreover, unlike that Juying, Xingyan knows the location of this Lingyi'er, and there will be a chance to meet in the future. So now he doesn't have to worry so much.

Speaking of which, this young man who was heading to the first gate of the world was no longer the same as he was more than half a year ago. Although it has only been six months since I met Na Juying, in the past six months, the tempering of Xingyan has been unprecedented. Now, his heart has matured a lot. Moreover, he read many poems and books, which can be regarded as a clear understanding of the surname, and the understanding of this gathering, whether it is measured by hours, or by days, or by months, or by years, but there will always be a time for parting;

Therefore, this open-minded teenager parted with this young girl for a long time, and it was not so difficult to part, at least, he himself thought so.

In fact, maybe Xingyan himself doesn't understand, but in him, there have always been two soul temperaments, which are controlling his mood. Although he has had some unusual encounters recently, in the final analysis, he has always been just a poor boy from a humble background who has been running at the bottom of the market against dust. Confined to his family background, when he was very young, he had to go to the teahouse wine shop, fireworks and willow alleys to seek food.

To say, in this market, there are many poor children like Xingyan. But among them, Xingyan is more special - the biggest difference between the young man and them is that under the coincidence of karma, he studied poetry and books with a full degree of Confucianism. Although this reading and literacy made him understand a lot of pleasures that he had never had, at the same time, it also brought him a kind of confusion and hardship that few people at that time had: Xingyan could no longer be as insensitive to such a groveling life as other similar peers.

It's just that fortunately, his natural spleen surname is more easy-going, so he doesn't feel so painful, and he continues to do that market thing.

And it is precisely because of his humble background that he knows that he knows that he will never have anything to do with Ju Ying, the daughter of the Xian clan, and Lingyi, the princess of the Dragon Palace, and what the result will be - although the young man has never seriously thought about it, such thoughts have penetrated deep into the bone marrow in the subconscious. Therefore, when Xingyan intersected with these two girls, he was very free and easy, and when he got along, he acted with his surname and his real surname, regardless of the status and humility - even, when he forgot his feelings, Xingyan secretly kissed the princess of the dragon clan!

Just, is it really what he expected?

-- This young man, who is now riding on a little green donkey and looking at the scenery along the way, has never known how soft and soft people are in the deep locked heavy buildings beyond the thousands of miles of Guanshan, at the bottom of a lake and spring water more than ten miles away......

The post road was long, and after a while, the scenery was tired, and Xingyan talked with the disciple of the Shangqing Palace beside him.

The young disciple who led the way to accompany him to report to the Shangqing Palace, surnamed Chen, named Ziping, is three years older than Xingyan, and this year is already in his twenties.

After a few words, Xingyan found that this Shangqing Palace Gate was not very good at words, and he often asked a question before he answered. Looking at his face again, it makes people feel dignified and solemn, and he never smiles.

In particular, his two eyebrows, which were born more specially, looked a little longer than ordinary people, flew diagonally to the left and right, and were around the center of the eyebrows, and seemed to be closer than everyone else. Just these two thick eyebrows made this young man dressed as a Taoist priest show a bit of heroic spirit.

Because of the last time I saw the means of Lingchengzi, during this chat, Xingyan was particularly interested in the Taoist technique of the Shangqing Palace. When it came to the Dao of the Shangqing Palace, Chen Ziping seemed to become talkative. After listening to it all the way, Xingyan also generally knew how the Shangqing Palace taught Taoism.

It turned out that in terms of this Dao inheritance, compared with other Dao Sects in the world, this Shangqing Palace was a little different. In the Shangqing Palace, not all Shangqing disciples can study spells. Ordinary people think that if you go up to Luofu Mountain and enter the gate of the Qing Palace, you can learn its subtle and profound spells, but that is absolutely a misunderstanding.

The disciples who can enter the Shangqing Sect, no matter how old or young, can only study the Taoist scriptures and the simplest and most basic magic principles at the beginning. Only after the routine question-and-answer inspection of the teacher, if the performance is good and is considered to be more talented in cultivating spells, can he officially enter the "Qing" character of the Shangqing Palace and start cultivating the Dao. Of course, the study of Taoist righteousness still has to be continued.

Here, Chen Ziping specifically mentioned that if among these disciples, there were people of extremely high quality, who might be favored by the elders of the Shangqing Palace of a higher rank, and they would be directly assigned to practice under him—it was obvious that such a lucky disciple would not be comparable to other ordinary disciples in the cultivation of that Dao Fa.

Although, Chen Ziping, who walked with Xingyan, was not such a lucky person. But between his words, there was still a bit of a rare eyebrow flutter. Because, he told Xingyan that every time he was selected, there were not many junior disciples who were selected by his uncle and uncle, and he was able to enter the Qing Palace earlier, and he waited until four years later, that is, the year before last, to be fortunate enough to enter the Qingyun Dao Changmen and practice Taoism.

As soon as he heard that this disciple who was a little talker, but had already begun to formally practice Taoism, Xingyan was very interested, and hurriedly asked for the details-but, when he asked, Chen Ziping's face showed a little alcohol, and he only told Xingyan that he was practicing gold-based spells, so he refused to say more--Look at the look on his face, there was a little bit of cowardice!

Awakening is not the dull and ignorant person, as soon as he sees this situation, he knows that he can't ask too much, so he has to divert the topic. Thinking about what Chen Zifang just said, a question came to mind:

"So, the teaching methods in other sects are not like this?"

Seeing that Xingyan didn't ask questions, Chen Ziping's face naturally became natural again; when he heard Xingyan ask, he specially mentioned the Heavenly Master Sect, which is as famous as the Shangqing Palace:

"There are several major sects in the world, but they are not as harsh as I am in the Shangqing Palace. Just like the Heavenly Master Sect of Heming Mountain, it is very different from our sect. Ordinary children, as long as they enter the Heavenly Master Sect, can follow the master to study the Dao. ”

"Oh, that's good! It's the so-called 'education without class'......"

Hearing the sober words of admiration, Chen Ziping just smiled and said:

"I set such a rule in the Qing Palace, which has its own profound meaning. Just like the Heavenly Master, although the responders were very enthusiastic because it was easy for a disciple to practice Taoism, in this way, it was inevitable that the good and the bad would be mixed, and they could not teach according to their aptitude——"

In order to enhance the persuasiveness, this young disciple of the Shangqing Palace added another sentence:

"Because of this, every year at the Taoist Jiayuan Meeting, the three great comparisons say that although there are many disciples of the Heavenly Master Sect, the one who finally wins the first place has not had a disciple of the Heavenly Master Sect for many years!"

"Hmm, Jiayuanhui, Dabi—what is this?"

Speaking of which, the matter of the Qing Palace on Luofu Mountain, Xingyan doesn't know much now. Now that I heard this fresh word popping out of Chen Ziping's mouth, I was very curious.

"Uh~ This Jiayuan will be a big competition, that is, once every three years, on the birthday of the Yuan Shi Tianzun, the head of the three Qings of my teaching, gather the three major gates in the world: Shangqing Palace, Miaohua Palace, and Tianshi Sect, all of which select outstanding disciples from the younger generation under the door, gather together, and hold two comparisons: a fighting method, and a talking about the scriptures. The contest of studying the scriptures and the righteousness is not enough, but the contest of Taoist spells is the most eye-catching. ”

"Oh, that's normal!"

Xingyan also felt that the Taoist spell was much more interesting in comparison.

"Yes! The three disciples who won in the final victory of this Dao method comparison can all get a treasure. And what makes me most envious is that the disciple who finally won the first prize can also choose any senior grandmaster with advanced Taoism among the three masters to ask for Taoism and righteousness!"

Speaking of this, Chen Ziping, who was originally dignified, is now bright-eyed, and his speech is much smoother than before:

"Speaking of which, those Dao treasures that have been awarded are often pills that assist in cultivation, although the benefits are also great, but in comparison, they are not enough-especially this opportunity to ask for Taoism, which is really precious. You must know that those seniors, even if they are disciples of their own sect, are rarely seen in ordinary times. If you can take this opportunity to get the guidance of these unfathomable Dao techniques, you will often be worth ten years of groping in the dark ground!"

In the end, the young disciple of the Shangqing Palace spoke sonorously and powerfully, and the young man's words were also fascinated when he heard them on the side.

Unconsciously, the donkey under the two of them had already kicked and walked a long distance on the dirt road between the green bushes.

Xingyan heard Chen Ziping's words, and he was also full of interest and yearning. After a little reflection, he heard him say to the Shangqing Palace disciple beside him:

"I'm ashamed! I have been wandering around for a long time, but I don't know that there are such grand events in my teaching!"

After a pause, Xingyan made up his mind:

"Well, I have to follow the elders in the door in the future and study the Dao art well - if the Dao method is a small achievement, I will also go to the big competition, and do my best to win face for our Shangqing Palace!"

Imagining that beautiful prospect, I only felt proud for a while!

-- In the final analysis, Xingyan is still just a teenager; when he heard Chen Ziping talk about this big competition, he couldn't help but feel the spirit of competitiveness.

It's just that after he finished his bold words, he found that Chen Ziping heard his bold words, and after being stunned for a while, he didn't answer for a while.

I was wondering in my heart, but when I saw this young disciple, I paused for a moment before I said:

"This is the ...... Ahem, "

"Don't you know -- Brother Zhang Dao, you are the master of the 'Four Seas Hall'; in my Shangqing Palace, like the heads of the Chongde Hall and the Dharma Promotion Hall, you can be regarded as a Taoist Venerable -- this, how can you re-enter the door of others to learn Taoism?"

"Huh?!"

Hearing him say this, he remembered his identity, and felt a little bad, but he heard Chen Ziping continue:

"Not only that, but when it comes to that big competition, I'm afraid you'll still be one of the judges on that throne - it's really impossible to talk about this comparison!"

This disciple of the Shangqing Palace, who is very Pu Ne, honestly said these words and listened to them.

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