Apprenticeship at Qingcheng Mountain, Senior Brother Yu Canghai

Chapter 229: The Master of Shangqing Temple

"You two, come to the master!"

"Master, do you want to make arrangements for your funeral again?"

"You bastard, I told you something in advance, do you wish I would die?"

"But you've been telling us for months, and we've taken note of it."

"I've made note of it and I'm listening."

"Okay, Master."

In front of the dilapidated Taoist temple.

An old Taoist with white hair and beard was sitting in a rocking chair, rocking rhythmically back and forth with a relaxed look on his face. Two young men were kneeling in front of him, one fifteen years old and the other thirteen years old.

The older boy had thick eyebrows, big eyes, dark skin, and a strong body. Although he was only fifteen years old, he was already six feet tall. The originally loose Taoist robe actually looked slimming on him.

The younger boy has red lips, white teeth, fair skin, and a very delicate and tender complexion. He has an extraordinary temperament.

The master and his two disciples were chatting.

The old Taoist's name is Chiwei Taoist.

He is ninety-eight years old this year and has reached the end of his life. He is making arrangements for his two apprentices about his funeral arrangements.

"After the master dies, Kunyang, you must listen to your junior brother. Although you are the senior brother, you are not as smart as your junior brother. Your junior brother Qingyang is more careful and has a quick mind. It won't hurt to listen to him more."

The old Taoist Chi Wei said to the two disciples standing in front of him while shaking his chair.

"Master, rest assured. I will listen to you after you leave."

A strong Taoist named Kunyang said.

"Qingyang, after I die, you two brothers should not come down the mountain. The current king is incompetent and violent, and he loves to show off. He has launched three expeditions to Goguryeo, all of which ended in failure. There are already signs of chaos in the world. You don't have martial arts to protect yourselves, and I'm afraid you will be in danger if you go down the mountain. I only hope that you two can live well in this world and pass on the incense of our Shangqing Temple..."

After giving instructions to Kunyang, the old Taoist said to another disciple beside him.

"Master, rest assured. I will definitely pass on the Shangqing Temple well."

Qingyang...is also Chu Yuandao.

When Chu Yuan regained consciousness, he found himself in a completely unfamiliar world.

Compared to the Song Dynasty in the previous world, the dynasty in this world is called the Sui Dynasty.

The current emperor is Yang Guang, one of the few "tyrants" in history.

Just like the previous two times, Chu Yuan also had a new identity and body!

Half a month ago, Chu Yuan's memory awakened in the body of a young Taoist priest named Qingyang.

Chu Yuan didn't know whether he was awakening his innate wisdom or just occupying someone else's body. His soul, as a visitor from another world, had taken over someone else's body.

But Chu Yuan felt that it should be the awakening of innate wisdom!

How else to explain that his name was Chu Yuan in every life?
In this life, his name is still Chu Yuan.

But this is just his secular name, Qingyang is the Taoist name given to him by his master.

The ascension in the previous world must have failed.

Otherwise, why would he change his body and identity and become Qingyang, the Taoist priest in Shangqing Palace, instead of his previous self!

"Junior brother, Master is not moving, it seems he has ascended to heaven!"

At this moment, Senior Brother Kunyang turned to Chu Yuan and said.

Chu Yuan glanced at his master, Taoist Chi Wei, and said helplessly, "Brother, Master is just asleep, he is not dead yet."

I don’t know if it’s because this senior brother is too straightforward. He keeps saying that their master has ascended to heaven. No wonder their master, Taoist Chi Wei, is always unhappy when he sees Kunyang.

Although Taoist Chi Wei is not dead yet, he will be dead soon.

Chu Yuan could tell from Taoist Chi Wei's face that the Taoist Chi Wei's innate vitality had been exhausted and death energy had appeared between his eyebrows. He might pass away at any time in the next two days.

If Chu Yuan had regained his memory a few years earlier, he would have passed the "Longevity Skill" to the old Taoist priest. After the old Taoist priest had mastered it, he could have lived longer.

But now it's too late.

Even if Chu Yuan passed on his martial arts to the old Taoist, the old Taoist would not have enough time to practice.

However, Taoist Chi Wei lived to be ninety-eight years old, which was more than twenty years beyond the age of seventy, so it could be considered a happy funeral.

Snapped!
As soon as Kunyang finished speaking, Taoist Chiwei opened his eyes, stood up with full energy, and slapped Kunyang on the head.

"You evil disciple, you look forward to your master's death every day."

Chi Wei scolded angrily.

"I'm sorry, Master. I know I was wrong."

Kunyang admitted his mistake straightforwardly.

But he will dare to do it next time.

He wasn't hoping for his master's death, it was just that his master Chi Wei had said he was going to die for more than half a year, yet he was still alive and well, which made him feel a little indifferent.

"Oh, forget it..."

Chi Wei originally wanted to teach his disciple Kunyang a lesson, but after thinking about it, he gave up and leaned back on the recliner.

"It would be great if you were half as filial as Qingyang. Let's not talk about anything else, just look at this reclining chair that Qingyang made for me. It's so comfortable. Lying there leisurely, my life is like that of a god!"

The old Taoist hummed, especially when the sun was shining brightly in the sky and the temperature on the mountain was already low, and the sunshine made people feel warm.

"That disciple can't compare. I don't have the quick mind of my junior brother."

Kunyang kept shaking his head.

Chu Yuan looked at Taoist Chi Wei and felt a sinking feeling in his heart, because only a dying person would alternate between sleeping and waking!
This is the cause of severe decline in body functions and failure of various organs.

This old Taoist's life has indeed come to an end.

"Qingyang, show me your self-created martial arts."

The old Taoist said to Chu Yuan.

Ever since Chu Yuan regained his memory, he has shown extraordinary intelligence.

These include but are not limited to making furniture that does not belong to this era, gaining insights that transcend this era, and creating one's own martial arts!

There are only three masters and disciples in Shangqing Temple, and none of them know martial arts, so there is no martial arts inheritance.

Chu Yuan wanted to practice martial arts, which could only be attributed to his own extraordinary talent. He displayed some of his martial arts from his previous life, saying that they were created based on his observations of nature.

Therefore, Chu Yuan naturally became a genius in the eyes of Taoist Chi Wei and his senior brother Kunyang.

"Yes, Master!"

Chu Yuan responded and performed the "Tian Gang Di Sha Palm" on the side!
After performing the technique once, Chu Yuan turned around and saw that the old Taoist had fallen asleep on the recliner again.

Chu Yuan was not surprised to see this scene. He turned around and walked to a bluestone placed on the side in front of the gate of Shangqing Temple, where he sat cross-legged and meditated to practice.

This bluestone has many uses. In Chu Yuan's memory, the master and his two apprentices used it as a table for eating, and sometimes placed a chessboard or chess box on it for playing chess.

At this time, Chu Yuan used it as a cushion for meditation and practice.

Shangqing Temple is built on the mountain, on the top of a cliff facing the sun.

Standing at the entrance of Shangqing Temple, you can overlook the scenery of Qingcheng Mountain below, and there is a straight stone wall on the left.

Coincidentally, Chu Yuan traveled through time for the third time and actually came to Qingcheng Mountain again.

However, the Qingcheng Mountain at that time was not called Qingcheng Mountain, but Qingcheng Mountain.

Chu Yuan had lived in Qingcheng Mountain for many years, so he recognized Qingcheng Mountain as Qingcheng Mountain at a glance.

The Shangqing Palace is a Taoist temple on Qingcheng Mountain. However, the temple is not very populous. In this generation, there are only three masters and apprentices, and it seems that the inheritance is about to be broken.

"Junior brother, I have just learned the first move of the Tianshan Six Yang Palm that you taught me before. Can you teach me another move?"

Chu Yuan had just started meditating for a short while when his senior brother Kunyang came over to ask for advice.

Chu Yuan didn't think it was troublesome, so he taught his senior brother Kunyang a palm technique and let Kunyang practice it by himself.

However, Senior Brother Kunyang was quite slow in learning martial arts. It took him ten days to learn the first move of the "Tien Shan Six Yang Palm" taught by Chu Yuan.

After sending his senior brother Kunyang away, Chu Yuan continued to meditate and practice to recover his strength.

After coming to this world, although Chu Yuan had lost his previous life's skills, he found that he didn't know if it was influenced by his previous life, but he was born with all his meridians open, making him a one in a million martial arts genius.

This is not even something that can be described as a martial arts genius or a martial arts prodigy!
But a monster.

Even cheating!
Chu Yuan felt that it would only take him a year at most to recover his previous life's skills.

More importantly, the sky and earth of this world did not look as desolate and barren as the worlds he had experienced before.

This world actually has the spiritual energy of heaven and earth!

You can feel it on Qingcheng Mountain.

And there are quite a few.

In other words, once Chu Yuan starts practicing, his progress will be amazing.

A day passed in practice.

The next day.

On the eve of dawn.

When night turns to dawn.

For some reason, Chu Yuan felt a little uneasy and woke up from his sleep.

Chu Yuan sat up from the bed, put on his Taoist robe, opened the door and walked out.

Looking up, I saw a ray of light breaking through the darkness and rising slowly in the sky.

After staying at his door for a moment, Chu Yuan turned and walked towards his master Chi Wei's room.

Shangqing Temple is a quiet and secluded courtyard, facing west and east, with only a front yard and no backyard. Apart from the statues of the Three Pure Ones in the main hall, the rooms on both sides are where the master and his two disciples live.

The kitchen and the room where Master Chi Wei lives are both in the north wing.

Chu Yuan and his senior brother Kunyang's rooms are in the south wing.

Chu Yuan and his master, Taoist Chi Wei, had rooms just diagonally opposite each other.

The door of Taoist Chi Wei's room was ajar. Chu Yuan pushed it gently and walked in.

After entering, with the help of the light from outside, he discovered that his master Chi Wei was not lying on the bed sleeping, but was sitting on the edge of the bed, staring at him as he walked in from the door, as if he knew he was coming.

"Qingyang, you're here!"

When Taoist Chi Wei saw Chu Yuan coming in, he said to Chu Yuan.

"Master..."

Chu Yuan shouted.

"You don't have to call me Master. I have noticed the changes in you over these days. Although my disciple Qingyang is smart, he is not smart enough to make furniture that has never been seen before, or to create his own martial arts. I want to ask you, are you really my disciple?" The Taoist Chi Wei's eyes were very bright in the darkness, with an inquiring look. Although he did not know martial arts, he seemed to be able to see through people's hearts in his last moments.

"I'm."

Chu Yuan said without hesitation.

There is no doubt that he is still the little Taoist Qingyang, but there are many more memories in his mind.

"That's good!"

Taoist Chi Wei breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this.

There are many martial arts in this world, all of which possess incredible means and powers, especially the magic sect.

Even those of them, who were not Taoists in the martial arts world, had heard of some of it.

He was afraid that his disciple would be killed and replaced by someone else, or that someone would take his place without him knowing it.

"Qingyang, I am really leaving this time. I will leave Shangqing Temple and your senior brother to you. From now on, you will be the abbot of Shangqing Temple."

"Since you were not replaced by someone else, you must have had a fortuitous encounter. No matter what goals and ambitions you have in the future, I just hope you remember that you are the abbot of Shangqing Temple."

After saying this, Taoist Chi Wei was like a deflated air bag. His spirit quickly weakened. He turned over and lay on the bed, closed his eyes, and gradually lost his breath and vitality.

The vigor he seemed to have just now was actually just a last burst of energy before death.

Chu Yuan looked at the old Taoist priest lying on the bed with a complicated expression.

To be honest, it stands to reason that he is a time traveler, so it is nonsense to say that he has a master-disciple relationship with this old Taoist priest.

But the memories that kept emerging in his mind reminded him that this was his master in this life.

Chu Yuan stood for a moment, then knelt down and kowtowed three times to the old Taoist on the bed: "Since you have handed over Shangqing Temple to me, I will definitely be a good abbot of Shangqing Temple."

After half an hour, it was already bright outside and Kunyang, who had just woken up, walked into the Taoist's room.

"Junior brother, what are you doing in Master's room? He is in good health, there is no need to accompany him!"

Kunyang walked into the Taoist's room and said to Chu Yuan who was standing in the Taoist's room.

Any elder in the family, if they have been saying they are going to die for more than half a year but are still doing well, they would probably have the same reaction as Kunyang.

pity!

This time it's true.

"Brother, Master, the old man just passed away."

Chu Yuan reminded Kunyang.

Kunyang's expression changed when he heard this. He walked to the old Taoist lying on the bed, checked his breath, and then reached into his arms to touch him. He felt the old Taoist's body was cold, no longer warm like a living person. His expression changed drastically.

……

The old Taoist has some connections and prestige in Qingcheng Mountain.

Upon learning that the Taoist priest Chi Wei had died, many Taoist priests from other Taoist temples on Qingcheng Mountain, who had a good personal relationship with the Taoist priest, came to visit him.

As disciples of the old Taoist priest, Chu Yuan and his senior brother Kunyang should take care of his funeral affairs.

It just so happens that they are all Taoists, so there is no need to ask others to perform the ritual.

After chanting sutras for three days, he found a tomb for the old Taoist not far from Shangqing Temple and buried his body.

From then on, the Taoist temple that originally had three masters and apprentices suddenly became a temple with only two brothers.

Chu Yuan took over the position of abbot from the old Taoist priest and became the new abbot of Shangqing Temple.

Before his death, the old Taoist priest had repeatedly instructed that the position of abbot of the temple would be passed to Chu Yuan.

Kunyang, a simple-minded man, naturally had no objection to the old Taoist priest's decision.

In fact, there is nothing to fight about Shangqing Temple today.

There is nothing there except those few houses and some statues in the Taoist temple.

Even among the Taoist priests, there are only two, Chu Yuan and Kunyang.

So poor.

Even the old Taoist priest did not even produce a decent token when he passed on the position of the abbot of Shangqing Temple to Chu Yuan.

Therefore, things like fighting for power and profit would naturally not happen in Shangqing Temple.

After burying the old Taoist priest, Chu Yuan took the time to practice martial arts and restore his strength.

There are endless masters in this world, and the fighting is fierce. It is not like the previous worlds he experienced where there were small fights.

The evil emperor Xiang Yutian!
The four great masters!

The battle between good and evil!

At the end of the dynasty, the world was in chaos!
Four great books!

Just as the old Taoist Chi Wei said, if you don’t have enough strength, don’t even go down the mountain.

It's safest to stay in the mountains.

……

This day.

Chu Yuan called his senior brother Kunyang to his side.

"Brother, how are you doing with the martial arts I taught you before?"

Kunyang said somewhat embarrassedly: "I haven't fully learned the palm technique yet!"

Chu Yuan said: "I will teach you another martial art, do you want to learn it, brother?"

He was originally planning to learn the "Northern Sea Divine Art" from his senior brother Kunyang!

But later he came to realize that "Northern Divine Art" is a magical skill in the Tianlong world, but it may not be the case in this world.

And he just happened to need a helper, so Chu Yuan decided to pass on his own creation "Nine Heavens Gangqi" to his senior brother Kunyang.

After his many improvements, the "Nine Heavens Gangqi" can now absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth and cultivate innate true qi after being practiced.

Chu Yuan felt that this martial art would not be too bad even in today's world.

And after he integrated some concepts of "Tai Xuan Jing" and "Shenzhao Jing" into "Jiuxiao Gangqi", although "Jiuxiao Gangqi" became extraordinary powerful, the difficulty of practicing it was also reduced a lot. It is not known whether Kunyang can practice it.

Kunyang asked curiously, "What martial arts?"

Chu Yuan said: "Nine Heavens Gang Qi, a martial art I created myself!"

Chu Yuan specifically emphasized that compared to the Xiaoyao School's martial arts such as "Tianshan Six Yang Palm", "Nine Heavens Gangqi" is his truly self-created martial arts.

Kunyang nodded immediately: "I will learn."

After Chu Yuan was accepted into the sect by his master Chi Wei, he could be said to have been raised by him since he was a child. He believed that Chu Yuan would not harm him.

Chu Yuan said: "Okay, I'll teach you."

Afterwards, he told his senior brother Kunyang the complete mantra of "Nine Heavens Gangqi" and the qi circulation routes, but what made Chu Yuan feel frustrated was that Kunyang still couldn't remember it even after he told it three times.

Chu Yuan finally understood the thoughts of those parents in his previous life who helped their children with their homework.

Seeing Chu Yuan's tone getting deeper and his emotions showing signs of going crazy, Kunyang said ashamedly: "I am not as smart as you, and I learn a little slower. If you don't have time to teach me, just copy it down for me and I can study by myself. If I don't understand, I will ask you for advice."

Chu Yuan pondered for a moment and said, "This is indeed a good idea."

Kunyang immediately turned around and went back to the Taoist temple, took out the writing brush, ink, paper, inkstone and wooden stool, and placed them on the bluestone next to him.

Chu Yuan immediately sat down and copied down all the moves of "Tianshan Six Yang Palm" and the formula of "Nine Heavens Gangqi" that he had taught Kunyang before.

After doing all this, he threw the two secret books to Kunyang and let him practice on his own.

Chu Yuan continued to practice!
Because Chu Yuan's meridians were all open, he was able to practice the "Nine Heavens Gang Qi" much faster than he had imagined, and his progress could be described as a thousand miles a day.

All the meridians in his body were opened, which means that he practiced internal energy and circulated the Qi in his body.

There is no need to accumulate internal strength and go through great pains to open up the meridians like other people.

Because all the meridians in his body are already open.

You just need to keep practicing and fill your own Qi Sea and Jiang Palace.

What surprised Chu Yuan even more was that when he held his breath and concentrated his mind, circulating the Qi in the meridians, he discovered that as soon as he meditated and practiced, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth around his body would continuously enter his body.

He absorbed the innate spiritual energy, and what he cultivated was actually innate true qi.

Finally, the innate true qi that was cultivated returned to the Crimson Palace.

"It is said that the 'Eternal Life Secret' in the Four Great Books is to directly cultivate the innate true qi, rather than the acquired true qi, and to cultivate the acquired true qi to return to the innate true qi. My 'Nine Heavens Gangqi' can also be regarded as a disguised way of directly cultivating the innate true qi, right?"

After finishing the training that day, Chu Yuan said to himself as he felt the huge increase of innate true energy in his body.

The so-called acquired true qi is the internal force in the dantian qi sea.

"If you count it this way, then I am already a congenital master. I just don't know how the martial arts realms are divided in this world?"

Chu Yuan thought again.

Although the innate masters in this world are powerful, they should not be that powerful.

By chance, he obtained the "Eternal Life Secret", mastered two of the pictures in the "Eternal Life Secret", and cultivated the innate true energy. However, Shuanglong was chased everywhere by various forces in the martial arts world.

"Although my self-created 'Nine Heavens Gang Qi' is powerful, I'm afraid it can't be compared with the four great books in this world. Yangzhou has one of the four great books that is easiest to obtain. I have to practice quickly, and after my strength is restored, I will go to Yangzhou to find 'The Secret of Immortality'."

Chu Yuan said secretly in his heart.

For the next year, Chu Yuan sat cross-legged on the blue stone in front of the Shangqing Temple, motionless, day and night, and regardless of whether it was sunny or rainy, he practiced meditation diligently.

Once the innate true qi in the body reaches a certain level, one will be able to go without sleep or food for a long time.

As time goes by, the innate true energy in Chu Yuan's body grows at an extremely fast rate.

At first, Kunyang thought that Chu Yuan's practice of sitting cross-legged on the bluestone in front of the Taoist temple for twelve hours a day, being exposed to the sun and rain, might harm his health.

But one time when it was raining, it was seen that there was an invisible air shield three feet around Chu Yuan's body, protecting him and helping to separate the rain, so that not a drop of rain could fall on him.

He thought of the contents recorded in the secret book "Nine Heavens Gangqi" that Chu Yuan gave him.

"Junior brother has cultivated a protective qi system that makes him invulnerable to swords and spears, water and fire. A mere rain cannot do anything to him."

Kunyang sighed.

After a long time, Chu Yuan found that neither heavy rain nor sunshine could affect him.

Chu Yuan had been without sleep or food for a long time, but he was still alive and well. He had naturally gotten used to it and gradually stopped regarding Chu Yuan as a normal person.

However, there is no wall that is impenetrable, so Chu Yuan sat on the bluestone in front of the gate of Shangqing Temple and practiced meditation day and night. He was often seen by Taoists from other Taoist temples on Qingcheng Mountain.

The news spread quickly, and all the Taoist priests in other Taoist temples on Qingcheng Mountain knew at once that the current abbot of Shangqing Temple, Qingyang, was very extraordinary. He was not afraid of the sun or rain, and he did not sleep or eat. He sat in front of the gate of Shangqing Temple for a long time to meditate and practice.

For a time, everyone treated him as a deity. Many Taoists came to visit him every day. Even many villagers from the foot of Qingcheng Mountain came up the mountain with offerings to worship Chu Yuan as a deity.

(End of this chapter)