From a Zhengyi Taoist Child to a Master of All Laws

Chapter 448: May you all live forever

Night, Qiwu Palace, dormitory.

The moonlight is cold and clear, shining silently on the empty mountain.

Qiwu Palace is very quiet tonight.

After a busy day, everyone would have gone to sleep at this time in the past. Well, they all practiced the Wudang Sect's Sleeping Dragon Dan Gong sleeping posture taught by Taoist Master Yubao.

The Sleeping Dragon Dan Gong is the so-called "Dragon returns to the sea of ​​origin, Yang hides in Yin. People say hibernation dragon, but I hibernate my heart. I hide my use silently, and breathe deeply. I lie high in the white clouds, and there is no one in the world who understands me." It is a first-class "heart and breath depend on each other" lying method.

But today was different. The sandalwood was half burned, but the girls in the dormitory still couldn't calm down.

No one was asleep, and several girls were thinking about their own things. They lived in the mountains and were busy with their daily practice, so they didn't feel the passage of time. Until this moment, they suddenly realized: Oh, it's almost been a year!

If someone had said to herself before, hey girl, you can live a year without using Tik Tok, using pesticides, socializing, doing manicures, taking selfies, and even not having a barbecue or hot pot... everyone would have scolded her to death!

And now, it has become a reality without us noticing.

The constant sounds of tossing and turning, the creaking of the bed frame, as well as the light breathing and mumbling of oneself, were constantly mixed in the room.

"Song Ling, are you asleep?"

Suddenly, Chen Li couldn't help but greet him, her words carrying a hint of worry.

"No, I'm thinking about the selection and assessment after a month." Song Ling said.

"What do you have to think about? You've already drawn the qi."

Song Ling got up and whispered to Chen Li: "I am thinking about you, I don't want to be separated!"

Li Mengyuan had been tossing and turning, but when he heard Song Ling and Chen Li talking, he immediately perked up. He sat on the bed in his pajamas and said, "Okay, let's study together and find out what the situation is with this selection."

"What else could it be? It's so obvious!" Song Ling took over and said, "I've said it before. During the one-year probation period, those who can cultivate aura will stay. If they can't, they will be expelled from the academy with their college entrance examination scores retained."

Li Mengyuan still wanted to stop her, but Song Ling had already said it clearly.

As soon as Song Ling said this, the dormitory immediately became much quieter. In the lower bunk bed, a girl from Suzhou could even sob faintly.

Among the six girls in the dormitory, only Song Ling, Li Mengyuan and a girl from the Western Desert have cultivated their Qi.

This girl from Suzhou is named Lai Yu, and she also hasn’t yet developed her sense of qi.

Chen Li listened to Song Ling's words and suddenly fell silent. She lay on her back and stared at the dark ceiling in a daze.

Song Ling quickly realized that something was wrong with the atmosphere in the dormitory. She knew she had said something wrong, so she opened her mouth several times but stopped herself from speaking.

It was Li Mengyuan who broke the silence first, saying in a puzzled tone: "Logically speaking, this year's assessment should not only look at our cultivation, but also our character, our sincerity in cultivation, and our credit points."

"You mean, those who have high written scores, good performance and great contributions to the Taoist academy can all stay?" Lai Yu, who was in the lower bunk of Song Ling, said hurriedly.

"I didn't say that, it's just possible." Li Mengyuan realized that his words were a bit exaggerated and quickly made amends.

Song Ling carefully considered her wording and agreed, "I think it's possible. We are a Taoist academy, which is similar to a university. Don't universities look at GPA and comprehensive assessment? It's true that talent and progress in cultivation are important, but character should also be important. Otherwise, only those with high cultivation will stay, and what if a few demons emerge?"

"Don't think about it, there's no such possibility." Chen Li, who had been silent all this time, suddenly spoke.

With eyes like a drowning fish, Chen Li spoke in a flat tone, as if she was narrating someone else's story: "Don't forget how we were selected into Baiyun Taoist Academy." Song Ling and Li Mengyuan's faces changed, and Lai Yu's face turned ashen and pale in an instant.

Some things have long been tacitly acknowledged by everyone, but in despair, human instinct forces us to believe in some beautiful possibilities.

The three refinements of Baiyun are character, aptitude, and heart of Tao.

The so-called sincerity in practicing Taoism had already been cruelly screened once in the maze at the foot of Baiyun Mountain and the Golden Summit of Mount Emei. How could it be possible to use this as a basis for elimination in this year-end assessment?

"Even if it has some impact on the final elimination, it will definitely not be a big impact. Without the induction, it is basically impossible to stay."

Although every word sounded like a knife cutting her own flesh, Chen Li's voice was calm and steady, like a pool of stagnant water without waves.

Perhaps only Liu Ming, a veteran who is well versed in human relations, can taste the turbulence and unrest beneath this stagnant water.

Song Ling and Li Mengyuan opened their mouths several times but finally stopped talking, not knowing what they were thinking.

The dormitory fell silent again, with only faint sobbing sounds coming from the darkness, from his own dormitory, the next door, the entire Qiwu Palace, and the Linlang Garden opposite.

"..."

The room was silent and the atmosphere was heavy. After a long while, someone spoke from the darkness, "Okay, it's getting late, let's go to bed."

Then there was the sound of someone turning over.

The bed creaked for a long time in the darkness, and then there were the rustling sounds of people getting dressed, getting up, and carefully opening the door.

The sound continued for a long time. When Song Ling got out of bed to urinate, she found that she and Li Mengyuan, who was also awake, were the only ones left in the dormitory.

There was a faint noise outside. Song Ling pushed the door open carefully and finally got a clear view of what was outside.

The moonlight was clear and bright, like the rippling of water, and the entire Baiyun Taoist Temple seemed to come alive.

People of all kinds and ages came out from the dormitory next door, from the Linlang Garden opposite, from the first and second buildings of Qiwu Palace. One or two, three or four, seven or eight... quickly gathered on the road, heading towards the Chunyang Palace, the Dharma Hall, and the meditation room.

Tension, irritability, desire, and yearning are like a growing torrent, flowing silently forward under the dark sky.

As she watched, Song Ling's eyes turned red and she shed two lines of tears...

"May you all be immortals forever, and may we all be fellow Taoists in the coming year."

"May the Qi of the heavens be vast and my Taoism flourish..."

……

January is not a long time, and in a blink of an eye it is already June 8th.

One year ago today, the national college entrance examination began, and the Taoist Academy enrolled its first batch of students, which excited the whole country.

Neither Li Yang nor Chi Yanhong showed up at the final elimination scene, and all matters were handed over to the four counselors Wang Xin, Zhu Ling, Zhao Ziyao, and Yu Bao.

Logically speaking, this should be a very simple matter. There are about 1,800 disciples, and their progress in cultivation has been almost counted this month. With the two innate masters, Yu Bao and Zhao Ziyao, there will basically be no omissions.

However, the screening and elimination process continued until the evening. When the setting sun was only a silhouette left on the top of the mountain, the four counselors, Wang Xin, Zhu Ling, Zhao Ziyao and Yu Bao, knocked on the door of Yuchan Hall with heavy steps.

(End of this chapter)