Chapter 136 Learning and Breaking Off the Worldly Ties
Time flies, like flowing water. Long Qi and the other two have been learning Taoism from Ling Xiang for three months. It is true that the spiritual roots and heavenly spiritual roots make rapid progress in cultivation. In just three months, the two have made some achievements in magic. Long Qi even broke through not long ago and is now at the foundation-building stage.
At this rate, I think I’ll be able to catch up with Lingxiang in less than half a year.
Although Lingxiang taught well, she felt extremely unhappy when she thought of this.
As a master, I am actually being overtaken by my apprentice. How can this be right?!
But unfortunately, she herself had a residual spiritual root. Even though she was proficient in all kinds of techniques, she still could not improve her cultivation to a higher level. This made her so angry that she was fuming over the past two days. Even when she saw Long Qi, she was still furious and just couldn't stand him no matter how she looked at him.
Xinyi's cultivation level is higher than hers to begin with, so with a little guidance she could naturally get closer. But this little brat actually wants to take advantage of me. The more I think about it, the more irritated I feel.
But even if he watched him surpass himself with tears in his eyes, there was nothing he could do, because he was his own disciple.
Because of his spiritual roots, Honeysuckle was able to practice magic quite smoothly, but it was difficult for him to improve his skills. Fortunately, he was now very calm and did not feel unhappy because of the progress of Long Qi and Xinyi. Instead, he devoted himself to his practice.
Seeing Honeysuckle like this, Lingxiang felt deeply relieved.
After all, there is always someone at the bottom, so that her master will not appear incompetent.
But even so, Lingxiang did not dare to neglect Rendong's practice, and often looked for other ways for him to practice, hoping that one of them could become his opportunity. Today, she pulled Rendong out again.
"Now that you have been practicing the five elements of magic for some time, and have also read the book of talismans, I think you must know why I asked you to practice these two subjects."
Hearing this, Honeysuckle smiled. He was indeed a little hasty at the beginning, and he actually finished reading the only book on fan skills first. However, when he read the book on talismans, he discovered Lingxiang's good intentions.
At that time, when Rendong received the fan given by Lingxiang to Suidong, he was just happy. Later, he noticed that the patterns on each piece of the fan were different. After he finished reading all the books on talismans, he realized that there were runes on each piece of the fan. Except for the two outer bamboo slips, the other twenty bamboo slips had runes. The imperial edicts and the five elements of the sky were painted on them, which was really ingenious.
No wonder Senior Sister Maidong said when she came that day that Lingxiang wanted to make Suidong into a spiritual treasure rather than a weapon, because of this.
He took out Suidong from his waist, opened it, and threw it into the air. Then he made a hand gesture, and the pieces of the fan separated. The runes on the fan seemed to come alive and surrounded Honeysuckle.
When Lingxiang saw this, she couldn't help but feel happy.
"You actually made Suidong gather spirits!"
Only objects that have gathered spiritual power can be used as spiritual treasures.
Lingxiang suddenly felt that she was a useless master. Now that even Rendong could apply what she had learned, she really had nothing more to teach.
This made her feel a little sad.
She taught them all she knew, and they all turned out to be so outstanding. No wonder the old masters in the mortal world always kept some tricks back when teaching their disciples, so that they could save face for themselves at the critical moment. Look at me now.
Lingxiang couldn't help but sigh, her face looking extremely lonely.
The child cannot help his mother!
They are all like this, how unfilial! Honeysuckle was performing magic with great pride, but seeing Lingxiang's expression made him confused - was there something he did wrong?
He quickly put away his spell and asked, but Lingxiang just waved her hand and walked towards Xianyunju. Her back looked like a hunchbacked old woman, leaving Rendong alone standing there in a daze, not knowing what was going on.
That day, the sect sent a Taoist servant to Xianyunju early in the morning, saying that the master had something to say, and asked all the disciples to wait in the Qinsi Hall. However, Lingxiang disappeared early in the morning, and Long Qi and the other two were very confused.
When they arrived at the Qinsi Hall, all the people present were the disciples who had been promoted to the inner sect and the disciples who had been taught by the emperor himself. Long Qi saw Liu Xia at a glance. He was talking to Zhao Wuyang, who seemed to be much taller. Although he still looked a little immature, he was not as timid as before, but rather had a calm look.
It's only been a few months since we last met, how come there has been such a change?
Long Qi was about to go forward and greet them, but he heard the Taoist servant in front of the hall singing:
"The headmaster has arrived!"
Everyone quickly lined up in two rows and bowed to greet each other.
Following the word "excuse me", it was seen that in front of the hall, except for the headmaster, several elders were present.
Seeing this, Long Qi was confused. Could something have happened again? He forgot to glance at Xin Yi, who was standing beside him. Xin Yi also didn't understand and just responded with a look.
After everyone stood still, they heard Shangqing Zhenren speak.
"You have been in my Yuanqing for some time, and you have learned something more or less. But some of you may have healthy parents, or wives and children at home. But since you have entered the Taoist sect, you have to give up these worldly ties. Some of you may have parents who are still alive. This is also a kind of practice." He said this and glanced at Zhenren Qianyuan beside him.
After receiving the instructions from Shangqing Zhenren, Qianyuan Zhenren bowed and said to the crowd, "I think you all understand what the headmaster means. If we practitioners want to continue to seek immortality, we will definitely live longer than others. Regardless of whether we can achieve enlightenment or not, we must give up those worldly ties."
"I have summoned you all here today to send you down the mountain. One reason is to allow you to gain experience and test what you have learned in the past few days. The other reason is to return home and end your worldly ties. If you cannot let go, it only means that your path has ended here. If that is the case, you don't have to worry about it. Everyone has their own fate. There is really no need to stick to these. Just follow your heart."
After Master Qianyuan's words, everyone was either shocked or calm. Some of them had heard about this when they came to seek the truth, while some of them were indeed alone and had no worries.
After waiting for everyone to talk for a while, Zhenren Qianyuan cleared his throat and everyone immediately quieted down.
"Three days from now will be an auspicious day. You all should go back and pack your things now. I will see you off in three days. Regardless of whether you have a destination or not, you must go down the mountain to gain experience."
After Taoist Qianyuan finished speaking, a group of elders, led by Taoist Shangqing, actually saluted towards all the disciples. The disciples were shocked and knelt on the ground one after another, but they were extremely confused.
At this time, Master Chengxin said, "Don't panic. This is as it should be. Everyone is born of parents. But if you want to end your earthly relationship, it is like cutting out the heart and flesh of your parents. If you come back in the future, what we have done will be to apologize to your earthly parents. If you don't come back, it will be to preserve the friendship between master and disciple over the past few days."
If these disciples were really asked to go down the mountain to renounce worldly ties, I think only a few would come back. Otherwise, the mountain would not be so sparsely populated. Most people would still be unable to leave, just like He Zhifu of Liangcheng.
The reason why Magistrate He could see the fox demon's tricks at that time was because he had practiced in Yuanqing Sect for some time, so when he saw Lingxiang, he was so respectful, that was a great gift of apprenticeship! And when he went down the mountain to practice, he really couldn't stand his mother's pleading, so he gave up practicing Taoism.
Finally I’m going down the mountain! Finally the outline is on! I&*(……(&*……%*&
(End of this chapter)
