Apprenticeship at Qingcheng Mountain, Senior Brother Yu Canghai

Chapter 254 The strongest surface creature!
Chu Yuan looked at Li Shimin in front of him. He saw that he had sharp eyebrows, bright eyes, a high nose bridge, and eyes that revealed a wise light. He looked truly extraordinary.

Chu Yuan looked at Li Shimin and smiled: "Do you know who I am?"

Li Shimin stood up from the ground and asked, "May I ask who is your master?"

I guess I’m the only one who would agree to be someone’s disciple without even knowing his identity, right?

As Li Shimin spoke, he realized that everything that had just happened on the surrounding streets had returned to normal.

Passersby on the street walked past them normally, as if everything that had just happened was an illusion.

Even the horse that had been still under him just now returned to normal at this moment, rubbing its head against his arm affectionately.

Chu Yuan said: "My surname is Chu, my name is Yuan, and my Taoist name is Qingyang Taoist."

Li Shimin stroked the horse's head and soothed his mount. When he turned around, he was surprised and realized, "Master Qingyang, you are the Taoist Qingyang who has recently become famous in the martial arts world and is said to have mastered the "Eternal Life Secret", one of the four great books in the world?"

Chu Yuan said: "Not bad."

It's a pity that he was too young and didn't have a long, elegant beard on his chin. Otherwise, if he held his beard with his hand while speaking, he would have looked more like a master.

Taoist Qingyang!

Li Shimin looked at his newly worshipped master, who was much younger than himself, and was speechless for a moment.

If it is that person, then it seems that both myself and the entire Li family would not be at a loss by taking him as my master!
Among the four major clans in the world, the Song clan, the Yuwen clan, and the Dugu clan, all have their own famous masters.

In comparison, there is only one person in the Li family, that is his uncle Li Shentong, who can barely be considered a master.

But even his uncle Li Shentong's martial arts could not compare with those of masters like Song Que, Yuwen Shang, and You Chuhong.

In terms of the number and quality of masters, there is a huge gap between them and the other three valves.

Now that he has Taoist Qingyang as his master, it means that the Li family has gained another master to help.

And there is a high probability that he is a master who is more powerful than his uncle Li Shentong.

Besides, his master is not alone.

Behind him is a self-created martial arts sect called the Qingcheng Sect, which is also considered a big sect in Shu.

The Li family gained Chu Yuan's support, which was in disguise the support of the Qingcheng Sect.

Chu Yuan looked at Li Shimin and asked, "Do you want to learn the Secret of Immortality? I can teach you."

This was the thought that had already occurred in Chu Yuan's mind before he came to Taiyuan again.

Chu Yuan couldn't imagine how powerful Li Shimin would be, one of the few emperors in history who was regarded as the greatest emperor of all time by history books. With the help of the "Secret of Immortality", he would be the strongest creature on earth.

After Li Shimin mastered the "Secret of Immortality", the Tang Dynasty could not only sweep away the nomadic forces in the surrounding grasslands and many small countries, but it might even be possible for the Tang Dynasty cavalry to reach Europe!
Li Shimin nodded without hesitation and said, "Master, I do."

After all, this is one of the four great books in the world left by Guangchengzi, the teacher of Emperor Huangdi in ancient times, which even the foolish emperor Yang Guang wanted.

Indirectly speaking, it was because of the "Secret of Immortality" that Yang Guang encountered Yu Wenzhi's rebellion and lost his life.

It is said that if one can understand the secret of "Eternal Life", one can achieve immortality and break through the void.

Who in this world doesn't want to live forever?

However, up to now, there is definite information that the only person who has deciphered the secret of "The Art of Immortality" and mastered it is his master.

Chu Yuan smiled and said, "Then you have something to learn. It's not easy to master the "Eternal Life Secret."

Since ancient times, the more powerful the martial arts, the more difficult it is to practice.

Even though it took him less than three years to master the seven diagrams of "The Secret of Immortality", that was because Chu Yuan was a time traveler who had experienced several worlds and accumulated a profound foundation.

Born with all meridians open!
The ability to enter dreams!

Plus the martial arts knowledge accumulated from several worlds!
All these combined are the reason why he was able to practice all seven diagrams of "The Secret of Immortality" in less than three years.

Chu Yuan was willing to teach, but there was nothing Li Shimin could do if he couldn't learn.

In the original story, even the two protagonists, Shuanglong, only learned one human body diagram each.

Li Shimin assured: "Master, rest assured, I will definitely study hard."

After learning about Chu Yuan's identity and Chu Yuan's promise to teach him the Secret of Immortality, Li Shimin truly regarded Chu Yuan as his master.

The initial embarrassment that he had to call Chu Yuan master despite his young age quickly disappeared.

Because the master in front of him, who was a few years younger than him, had such impressive achievements and deeds.

The other party had comprehended the "Eternal Life Secret" when he was only in his teens, and had mastered the "Eternal Life Secret" which no one had mastered for thousands of years. He also founded his own sect, and not long ago he even swept away all the masters of the Shu martial arts world by himself.

In addition, according to the information sent back by their Li family’s spies in Jiangnan.

The Shilong Martial Arts Arena, which was founded by Shilong, the number one martial artist in Yangzhou City, was recently renamed the Qingcheng Sect Yangzhou Taoist Temple. All the disciples dressed up as Taoists, wearing Taoist robes and carrying long swords. They also formed a Taoist army to confront the Jianghuai Army in the Jianghuai area. All of this seemed to be related to the master in front of him.

In any case, it was clear that the master in front of him, who was much younger than him, was extremely extraordinary.

Chu Yuan said: "That's good."

Li Shimin then thought of something and said, "By the way, Master, it is not a small matter for me to become your disciple. I need to inform my father and get his consent."

Chu Yuan smiled and said, "Your father already knew that you wanted to be my disciple."

Li Shimin was stunned for a moment, then he suddenly realized, "So I was the last one to know that Master accepted me as his disciple?"

This also means that his father had already agreed to Chu Yuan taking him as a disciple, and he was used as a bargaining chip in the transaction between the family and his master Chu Yuan.

However, as a member of a prominent family, he had long been accustomed to such transactions, and he had no aversion to his master.

Li Shimin glanced at the busy street and continued to say to Chu Yuan: "Master, there are too many people on this street, let's go back to the mansion first."

Chu Yuan agreed: "Okay."

As he spoke, Chu Yuan waved to Fu Jun'er who was waiting at the street corner not far away, and Fu Jun'er walked over.

Li Shimin looked at Fu Jun'er and asked in confusion: "Master, she is..."

Chu Yuan said: "She is my teacher's maid."

Fu Jun'er immediately said angrily: "I am not his maid."

Li Shimin looked at Fu Jun'er, then at his master Chu Yuan. If she was not a maid, could she be his master's wife?
But considering the ages of the two men, although the woman is beautiful, she is not quite a good match for them.

Li Shimin thought for a moment, his eyes lit up: "Rumor has it that Master Yijian's disciple, the 'Rakshasa Girl', fought with Master in Yangzhou and was impressed by Master's martial arts, so she voluntarily followed Master. This girl is the 'Rakshasa Girl', right?"

Fu Jun'er said angrily, "Who was convinced by him?"

She was obviously forced, right?

The true energy in his body was sealed by Chu Yuan's strange martial arts, and he was unable to mobilize any of the innate true energy in his body, and became an ordinary person!

You can't escape, you can't escape, you can't fight.

What else can she do if she doesn't surrender to Chu Yuan?

Who knew that the rumor would spread so wildly.

She was really worried that if the news got back to Goryeo, her master and other fellow sisters would regard her as a traitor and think that she had betrayed Goryeo.

In the few letters she sent back to Goryeo before, most of them were just a brief introduction of her current situation. She just said that she was now staying with Chu Yuan, and that Chu Yuan was very powerful. He not only understood the "Eternal Life Secret", but also practiced the "Eternal Life Secret". This was to show Chu Yuan's extraordinary talent and the importance of this person...

Because he was still hesitating whether to write a letter to ask his master to kill Chu Yuan, the letter sent back to Goryeo did not contain any content that was unfavorable to Chu Yuan.

But Chu Yuan also said later that all the letters she sent out were under Chu Yuan's control, and she could not send out any letters that were unfavorable to Chu Yuan.

She was unwilling to go back and kept praising Chu Yuan...

From this perspective, she might really be regarded as a traitor by her master and fellow sisters.

Fu Jun'er was so angry that she almost cried, and looked at Chu Yuan with red eyes.

Chu Yuan was a little puzzled.

Chu Yuan said to his new disciple Li Shimin, "Don't worry about her. Let's go back to the Li Mansion first."

Chu Yuan stood up first and walked towards Li's house. The street was indeed a bit noisy.

Li Shimin looked at Fu Jun'er, whose eyes were red with anger, and then looked at his master Chu Yuan who was leaving. He still didn't understand what the relationship between this "Rakshasa woman" and his master was!
He didn't know how to ask, so he could only follow.

Fu Jun'er watched Chu Yuan leave like that. Although she was angry, she had no choice but to follow him.

At the same time, she made up her mind that if she was really misunderstood by her master and fellow sisters that she had betrayed Goryeo because of Chu Yuan, she would not let Chu Yuan go even if she became a ghost.

Even if I die, I must pull Chu Yuan with me.

……

Return to Li Mansion.

Chu Yuan and Li Shimin went to see Li Yuan first.

When Chu Yuan, Li Shimin and Fu Jun'er came back, Li Yuan was in a meeting room discussing things with three members of the Li family.

Seeing Chu Yuan and Fu Jun'er, two outsiders, walking in with Li Shimin from outside, the four members of the Li family, including Li Yuan, kept silent. After Chu Yuan and Li Shimin sat down, they looked at the three people in the room and found that one of them was in his early thirties, tall and handsome, and the other looked younger than Li Shimin, about twenty years old. His appearance and temperament were inferior to Li Shimin and the young man in his early thirties.

There was another middle-aged man who was less than fifty years old, dressed in tight clothes, had a large and majestic beard, and wore a black gauze hat. He looked somewhat similar to Li Yuan.

Li Shimin told Li Yuan that he had taken Chu Yuan as his teacher. Li Yuan was very happy to see that Chu Yuan and his two sons had become master and apprentice as they had wished.

Because this shows that the Li family not only has one more master, but also has an additional force to support them.

"Master Qingyang, let me introduce them to you. They are my eldest son Li Jiancheng and my third son Li Yuanji. As for this one..., he is my younger brother Li Shentong. He is very skilled in martial arts and has a higher reputation in the martial arts world than his brother. He is good at using the three spears and halberds, hooking, pecking, cutting, and stabbing. He has a myriad of changes and is famous in the north."

Li Yuan then introduced the three people in the room to Chu Yuan.

Chu Yuan looked at the three people, his eyes swept over them one by one.

There is no need to say much about Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji!

Later, Li Shimin launched the Xuanwu Gate Rebellion, and these two unlucky guys died at the hands of Li Shimin.

This disciple of his was extremely cold-blooded and heartless, with no regard for brotherhood at all.

But power is the cruelest thing. When fighting for power, even between father and son and brothers, there is no family affection at all. It is either you die or I die.

This may also be the common point among those emperors in history who were able to leave their names in history books.

The First Emperor, Emperor Wu of Han, Emperor Taizong of Tang, Emperor Taizu of Ming…

Finally, Chu Yuan's gaze fell on Li Shentong again.

To be honest, Chu Yuan had no impression of this master from the Li family. Judging from his aura, he should be at the level of innate perfection.

But in the realm of innate perfection, it is worth discussing as to what level it belongs to!

But he shouldn't be considered a particularly powerful master.

Jie Hui, the lord of Duzun Castle, is also a master of innate perfection.

But he still lost to Chu Yuan.

"Shentong, you and Taoist Qingyang are both masters. You can exchange martial arts more often in the future."

Li Yuan didn't know what Chu Yuan was thinking yet, his eyes fell on his younger brother Li Shentong.

Upon hearing this, Li Shentong looked at Chu Yuan with an inquiring look, "I've heard of the great name of Taoist Qingyang. It's said in the martial arts world that Taoist Qingyang is very talented and has amazing comprehension at a young age. He not only comprehended the secrets of the "Eternal Life Art", but also mastered the "Eternal Life Art". I heard that he just accepted my nephew Shimin as his disciple?"

Chu Yuan nodded and said, "Yes, sir, what advice do you have?"

The other party was Li Yuan's brother, so Chu Yuan simply called him "Sir".

Li Shentong said with a sharp look: "I don't deserve your advice. I would like to exchange martial arts with Taoist Qingyang someday when I have time to see if Taoist Qingyang is qualified to be the master of my nephew."

Chu Yuan chuckled, pointed at Li Shentong, then pointed at himself: "You want to spar with me?"

Li Yuan saw Chu Yuan and his brother Li Shentong meeting, and they were on the verge of a fight, and he was just about to say something to persuade them.

Sudden……

He found that his younger brother Li Shentong, who was sitting on the chair, turned pale and sweated all over. His face was covered with dense beads of sweat. His body was trembling a little, and he seemed to be under tremendous pressure.

But what was strange was that Chu Yuan was still sitting there, looking at Li Shentong with a smile on his face, without any sign of taking any action.

This situation lasted for nearly ten breaths. Just when Li Shimin, Li Jiancheng, Li Yuanji and Li Yuan in the room were all confused and guessed that all this was related to Chu Yuan, Li Shentong suddenly woke up as if from a dream. He looked at Chu Yuan with fear.

"Master Qingyang is a master of martial arts, Li Shentong admires him very much."

Li Shentong panted, shook his body, stood up and bowed to Chu Yuan.

At this moment, he was completely convinced by Chu Yuan and no longer had any intention of competing with Chu Yuan or testing Chu Yuan's martial arts.

He experienced again everything that Anlong had experienced before.

However, unlike An Long, Li Shentong relied on his own martial arts to break free from the oppression of Chu Yuan's "divine" power.

Chu Yuan concluded that Li Shentong's martial arts was probably slightly weaker than Jie Hui's, but slightly stronger than An Long's.

"Yes, sir, you were able to break free on your own. Your martial arts skills rank second to none among the masters I have ever seen."

Chu Yuan said with a calm look.

"Who's number one?"

Li Shentong asked.

"Xie Hui."

Chu Yuan replied.

Li Shentong was silent for a while.

Just now his brother boasted that his martial arts were famous throughout the north.

But just now Chu Yuan didn't even move his hands, leaving him powerless to resist...

If Chu Yuan took action, he couldn't imagine how strong Chu Yuan's martial arts were!
We are all human beings and we all practice martial arts, so why is there such a big gap between us?

Not only is there a big age gap between the two of them, but there is also an even bigger gap in martial arts skills.
If he had known earlier, he would not have any resentful thoughts when facing Chu Yuan, and he would not have been so embarrassed just now, especially since he felt that he had let down the Li family!

Although my nephew Li Shimin just said that Chu Yuan has agreed to accept him as a disciple, and they will all be family members in the future, Chu Yuan and the Qingcheng Sect will also provide great assistance to the Li family.

However, Chu Yuan, who had just accepted his nephew Li Shimin as his apprentice, was not like himself after all, as he was a member of the Li family.

Li Yuan asked curiously: "Master Qingyang, was that the "Eternal Life Secret" one of the four great books?"

Although the people in the room didn't know what had just happened, they had a vague guess in their hearts that a silent contest had just taken place between Chu Yuan and Li Shentong.

It seems that the result is not favorable to Li Shentong, or Li Shentong simply lost.

That's why Li Shentong admitted defeat to Chu Yuan in person.

Li Shimin recalled the scene of meeting his master Chu Yuan on the street just now.

Now it seems that his master is not just being mysterious. This must be a very powerful martial art or ability that even his uncle is unable to resist.

Chu Yuan replied: "I guess so."

When Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji saw this scene, they couldn't help but reveal a hint of envy on their faces.

At this moment, they were actually a little envious of Li Shimin.

They were brothers born of the same mother and were naturally close. Just now, Li Shimin felt that it was very embarrassing for him to worship a young Taoist priest who was only sixteen or seventeen years old as his master and would have to call him master every day in the future. So he was in a mood to laugh at Li Shimin.

However, when they saw that their uncle Li Shentong, the best master of the Li family, was inexplicably defeated by them, they suddenly realized that their second brother, who had such a powerful master as his master and backer, was much stronger than them.

After ending this farce, Li Shentong sat back in his seat with a tired look.

"Dad, when I returned to Taiyuan, two more anti-Sui rebel leaders declared themselves kings. I still need you to make a conclusion on how to proceed."

Li Shimin said to his father Li Yuan at this time.

"This……"

Li Yuan's eyes fell on Chu Yuan and Fu Jun'er standing beside him. He was a little shy and didn't dare to speak.

Li Shimin immediately stood up and said with a sincere look in his eyes, "Dad, since my master has accepted me as his disciple and said that he will work with the Qingcheng Sect to help my Li family in the future, he is one of us. You don't need to be on guard against him."

Seeing Li Shimin say this, Li Yuan said: "I don't think it's mature enough to start a war. We have to wait a little longer."

Chu Yuan looked at the disciple next to him with great interest. He had to admit that although he was still a young man, his ability to win people's hearts was already perfect, as if it was an innate ability.

If those who had just joined the Li family had been treated like this by Li Shimin, they would probably have been extremely moved and burst into tears of gratitude.

After expressing his feelings, Chu Yuan said, "Master Li, I have something to say, but I don't know whether I should say it or not."

Li Yuan was surprised and said, "Master Qingyang, if you have anything to say, please feel free to speak up!"

Chu Yuan said: "Now the world is in chaos, heroes from all over the country have declared themselves kings, but I think it is not important to declare yourself king, and we should wait. If the Li family wants to seize the world in the future, they should first send troops to Luoyang and seize Guanzhong. Among the heroes of the world, whoever can seize Guanzhong first will have the righteousness and initiative. Don't forget that the remnants of the Sui Dynasty are still in Luoyang. Fighting for the world requires a legitimate reason. Although Yang Guang is incompetent, the Sui Dynasty is still the orthodox court of the world so far."

Chu Yuan’s words immediately reminded Li Yuan of a hero in history.

Cao Cao!

Chu Yuan wanted him and the Li family to learn from Cao Cao and use the emperor to control the princes!

However, it should be noted that although Cao Cao did not become emperor when he was alive, his descendants did and established the Wei Kingdom, which divided the world into three parts.

However, Chu Yuan's words made Li Yuan look at Chu Yuan in surprise.

How is it that this Taoist priest Qingyang, at such a young age, is not only so skilled in martial arts, but also has a broad mind and knows the strategies to conquer the world?
Upon hearing this, Li Shimin looked at Chu Yuan with some surprise. His master's words coincided with some of his own thoughts.

It seems that my master is a man of great talent!
It's not just a warrior who has martial arts skills.

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