mtlumby2d Chapter 226
Chapter 226
Suddenly the wind blew past, crossing the barrier, like a cloud emerging from the water or dew gathering on a lotus. Ni Yangzhou, who was stepping on the ancient sword, exhaled a breath of foul air from his chest and quietly let go.
The boy poked his head out from behind his master.
The towering sect seemed to be held up by clouds and mist, with towering mountains and steep ridges, winding for thousands of miles, and endless valleys. Countless palaces with golden walls and blue roofs were scattered among the mountains. The scenery of plants and trees, green waves and blue waters, shaded each other. Sometimes there were cultivators flying on swords, as fast as shooting stars.
This extraordinary place is truly spectacular.
Compared with what you see with your eyes, the Taoist temple on the mountainside looks like it is made of straw and is in a dilapidated state.
There were disciples on duty at the entrance to the barrier. When they saw the two people appear, they bowed and greeted them: "Master Guanjiao."
Ni Yangzhou did not dare to look around here, and fixed his eyes on the two disciples. The two disciples had extraordinary figures, uniformly dressed in blue Taoist robes, and were respectful and polite.
The young man felt very uncomfortable with such courtesy and lowered his eyes.
Yan Congzhi nodded and said "thank you for your hard work", then he took the boy and flew up with the wind. There was no need to fly the sword anymore, and the boy was lifted directly to the top.
The towering palace seemed to have no end in sight. Ni Yangzhou landed on the solid ground and saw his face, which looked a little dark due to the sun and wind, on the shiny reflective brick surface. He couldn't help but move closer to his master.
Yan Congzhi gently pushed the young man on the back. Ni Yangzhou understood, took a deep breath, and stepped up the stairs step by step.
In the distance, the flying stars suddenly stopped. It was the disciples walking in the sect who stopped to watch.
Many people began to secretly communicate using telepathy.
"Master Guanjiao brought back a child?"
"He accepted a disciple?"
"Why do you look like a mortal?"
"Isn't it that he hasn't established his foundation yet? I just saw the real person carrying him up!"
“That must be a great talent!”
"Maybe he is a disciple that Master Guanmiao has recruited. Master Guanmiao loves recruiting disciples the most. Even his disciples love recruiting disciples and help him with everything. I really envy him!"
"Envy, you have to be qualified to go there, aren't you afraid of being heard by your master?"
"Hey, don't tell on me—"
"This child is very skinny and dark. Maybe he was some kind of demon beast? Was he captured by the real person?"
"Ah, brother Wang, you know what, it really does look a bit like a raccoon becoming a spirit? A squirrel becoming a spirit?"
Yan Cong's Taoism was more than a little bit better than everyone else's. To him, the inner disciples' whispers were no different from a free talk in his ear. However, he rarely saw people in the past, so he was used to not responding. When he heard the discussion getting more and more off-topic, he finally couldn't help but open his mouth to stop it:
"Be careful what you say."
"Hey, who was that talking just now? It made my head buzz."
"Amitabha Buddha! He is Guanyin Bodhisattva!"
"Can he hear?"
"I thought the real one would use the Silence Technique to shield us!"
"It's over! Last time, I secretly told him in front of him that I wanted to be his Taoist partner!"
"Shh!"
"Oh, really, I don't think his Taoist partner heard it!"
"Amitabha! Please offer yourself as a pillow and don't drag me into the water. I'm going to go—"
A shooting star flew away.
Ni Yangzhou knew nothing about it.
Walking to the center of the main hall, the highest seat was empty with only a whisk placed on it. This was the spiritual weapon of an ancestor who had ascended to heaven, and was placed there to show that he was looking after the sect.
On the left side of the main hall, there was a Taoist priest who looked like a middle-aged man. His facial features were ordinary and not particularly outstanding, but his temperament was calm. He was smiling and waving at Ni Yangzhou.
Ni Yangzhou glanced outside the hall. His master was standing alone in the empty square, not following him in. No one knew what he was thinking.
The young man walked forward a few steps and came in front of the middle-aged Taoist priest.
"Are you the new disciple of Guanjiao?"
Ni Yangzhou remembered the way the gatekeeper disciples addressed their master, and nodded, "Disciple Ni Yangzhou."
The middle-aged man smiled and looked very kind: "Then you are the last disciple of Guanjiao. You are the only one, so you must study hard and practice diligently, and don't waste your talent."
Ni Yangzhou didn't know what talent he had. During all these days together, apart from using willow branches to exorcise ghosts at the beginning, he had never used any magic, and his master had never taught him anything.
But the other person's words were kind, like the weak teacher in the village, speaking softly, so he did not want to refute, but nodded seriously: "Disciple must follow your teachings."
The middle-aged man flipped his palm and took out a bunch of thin slices, stringing them together like a long bunch of grapes.
"I am busy with cultivation and have no time to pay attention to trivial matters. If there is anything I cannot take care of, you can come to Danxia Peak to find me. My Taoist name is Guanmiao. If I am not here, these are the contact signs for your senior brothers and sisters."
Ni Yangzhou took the white jade "grapes" in a daze. Before he could say thank you, Guan Mi Zhenren took out two bunches from his left and right, and Ni Yangzhou took them again.
Then Guan Mi took out a few more strings and stuffed them into the boy's arms: "You can call anyone, they are all disciples, there is no distinction between one, two, three, and four. You can sneak in and someone will naturally take you in."
Ni Yangzhou was holding a chest full of jade pieces, not knowing what to do.
Guan Mi looked at the boy and thought he was very well-behaved, just like his own disciples when they were children. He couldn't help but stroke the top of the boy's head as if he was stroking his mount, and sighed that young disciples were indeed adorable, and when they grew up they would be as crooked as those senior brothers and sisters, each with their own unique characteristics.
Guan Mi smiled and said, "There's nothing to do here, you can go with Guan Mi."
The young man met the sect's so-called leader, Guanmiao Zhenren, in a daze, and returned to Yan Congzhi with a bunch of things.
Yan Congzhi glanced at the boy:
"Brother, you have many disciples, and they all have different talents and personalities. Don't invest too much energy in them. You need to keep your mind pure while cultivating the Dao."
Ni Yangzhou looked back at the hall, it was still empty. It seemed that Master Guanmiao came just to see him and left after seeing him.
Then he turned around and said, "I will follow the master's instructions."
Yan Congzhi said, "Hmm," and said, "Let's go back to Bi Se Peak."
"That is……"
Before he could finish his words "where", his collar was lifted up with a "whoosh". The jade tablets in his arms were almost dropped. Fortunately, he caught them. His master carried him for a long time and finally he arrived at a sparsely populated green mountain area.
On the huge rock on the mountain wall, there are four big characters written in a dancing dragon and phoenix style - Spring is back with green colors.
The scenery in the mountains is different from before. There are no tall pavilions on the Bi Se Peak. Most of the scenery is free-growing magical herbs and trees. There is an open space in the southwest corner with a bamboo house in it, which looks quiet and peaceful.
There were only three bamboo houses, arranged symmetrically on the left, middle and right. Ni Yangzhou stood in the open space in front of the houses, not knowing what to do.
Yan Congzhi put his apprentice down, waved his hand, and three identical bamboo houses rose from the ground, shoulder to shoulder with the place where he originally lived. He handed the young man a emerald jade pendant and said:
"Go to your room and rest. There are some introductory techniques in the jade pendant. Remember to study hard and practice diligently. Don't cause trouble when you have nothing to do. Concentrate on practicing Taoism. Do you understand?"
Ni Yangzhou looked at the jade pendant that was placed on the white jade piece. It was green and transparent, like a pool of spring water. He then looked at the other party who seemed to have taken off his burden and was about to let go. He took the initiative to attack:
"Master, I want to live with you."