Mei Ruolan said: "I will take Xiao Yuan and Qing Yun there. If you want to go, I can ask Master. It should be okay."
Li Muchan was overjoyed, then thought about it and said, "The Canghai Sword Sect is dominated by women. How can I, a grown man, go there?"
Mei Ruolan shook her head and said: "Canghai Sword Sect is indeed dominated by women, but it does not mean that there are no male disciples. It's just that the status of male disciples is not high and they are at a disadvantage."
"So that's it..." Li Muchan suddenly felt thoughtful.
Mei Ruolan frowned and said nothing, pondered for a moment, and said: "Zhanran, you should go to the Wang family. The Wang family's martial arts are indeed unique. If you practice them well, you can become one of the first-class masters."
"I have a bond in my heart when I join Befu, so forget it... I might as well go with you to the Canghai Sword Sect and feel at ease." Li Muchan said with a smile.
Mei Ruolan looked at him, pursed her lips and smiled, brushed her hair on her temples, and said, "It's not too late to listen to what I have to say before making a decision."
"Miss, please speak." Li Muchan said.
"As a man, it is very inconvenient for you to join the Canghai Sword Sect!" Mei Ruolan sighed.
"The first step is to become an outer sect disciple and do chores for a while. Only after passing the assessment can you be qualified to practice martial arts. If you want to enter the inner sect, you must also take the assessment. Only after entering the inner sect can you practice superior martial arts."
Li Muchan immediately smiled bitterly: "What if a woman starts the program?"
Mei Ruolan smiled and said: "Women, you should also be an outer disciple first. Once you meet the requirements, you can directly enter the inner disciple to practice the superior skills, which saves you countless troubles."
"The head of the Canghai Sword Sect must be a woman!" Li Muchan shook his head and sighed.
Mei Ruolan nodded and smiled: "Yes, Master Zhuzhao Tai is naturally a woman."
Li Muchan asked: "If you do this, will there be any men left?"
Mei Ruolan smiled faintly: "The Canghai Sword Sect's martial arts skills are the best in the world. If you can become a martial arts master with some humiliation, who can refuse?...Besides, this humiliation is also a kind of motivation."
Li Muchan touched his mustache and said with a smile: "If I go with you, miss, I have to do some chores first. I wonder in which year and month can I practice the unique skills of the Canghai Sword School?"
Mei Ruolan smiled and nodded gently.
"How long will it take to be an outer disciple?" Li Muchan asked.
Mei Ruolan said: "Three years."
Li Muchan suddenly smiled bitterly, shook his head and was speechless. Three years, life is short, and the golden period of martial arts training is even shorter. How many three years can be wasted?
He then thought that it was not all a waste. In the past three years, he had devoted himself to training. He first practiced the Ziyang Monument and laid a solid foundation, and then it would not be too late to practice the Canghai Sword School martial arts.
Peace has been rare in the past three years.
Mei Ruolan smiled and said, "If you behave well, I can go and beg for mercy and it can be reduced to one year."
Li Muchan gritted his teeth and said in a deep voice: "Okay, I will go with the lady!"
Mei Ruolan shook her head, waved her hand, and said with a smile: "There's no rush, you should think about it carefully first. In one month, I will leave for the Canghai Sword Sect. It won't be too late for you to make a decision then."
"That's fine." Li Muchan nodded.
Mei Ruolan added: "The Wang family..."
Li Muchan waved his hand and said: "Miss, there is no need to say more, I will not go to the Wang family!"
"Alas..." Mei Ruolan looked at him and said helplessly: "You are so stubborn!"
She squinted slightly with anger, but the corners of her mouth were slightly raised. She glanced at him with blurred eyes and left the observatory.
Li Muchan said goodbye to Mei Ruolan and went home directly.
He changed back into his own attire, wearing a monk's robe and taking off his hat. His bald head was shining, and he plucked Buddhist beads with his left hand. He walked calmly and slowly.
After crossing the main street and leaving the city, he used his newly learned body skills to stride several feet away in one step, as calmly as if he were walking, walking across the mountains on a small path, as if walking on flat ground.
After a while, we arrived home.
After entering the house, there were two people sitting in the courtyard. He laughed: "Daozhang Zheng?!"
But next to the table in the courtyard, a middle-aged Taoist priest sat upright, like a javelin.
His face is like a crown jade, his beautiful beard is fluttering under his chin, his eyes are like cold stars, and he is full of energy. He is none other than Taoist Zheng of Chaoyang Mountain.
While stroking his beard, he held a large bowl and squinted his eyes, looking intoxicated. Li Yurong sat aside, holding a wine jar and pouring wine.
"Haha, little monk, you are walking too slowly!" Taoist Zheng stroked his beard and smiled, put down the big bowl, turned around and said with a smile: "Little girl, what do you think? I was right, you are not coming back now?!"
"I guess you're right." Li Yurong glanced at him sideways, stood up and faced Li Muchan with a smile as bright as a flower.
Li Muchan titheed and said with a smile: "I thought I missed it with the Taoist Master, but I didn't expect... the Taoist Master is really powerful!"
Taoist Zheng waved his hand and said with a smile: "Hey, it's nothing. I asked Old Man Lu about your identity. I'll find out when I go to Jinyang City... you are also considered a celebrity in the city!"
As the fragrance came over, Li Yurong came to him and took a look at him.
Seeing his bright face and high spirits, she nodded, dusted off the dust on his shoulders with her jade hands, and smoothed the wrinkles on his shoulders.
After finishing it, he punched him bitterly and hummed: "You, you, you are really annoying!"
Li Muchan exaggeratedly took a step back, as if he had been hurt internally by her, and said with a smile: "What did Second Sister hear?"
"Humph, elder brother told me!" Li Yurong rolled her eyes at him and hit him again: "If you have something to do, why don't you discuss it with me!"
Li Muchan shook his head and said with a smile: "Brother, I just can't hide things in my heart!"
He didn't care, but his heart was warm. The eldest brother looked cold, but he had the softest heart, and he couldn't be more concerned about himself.
He turned around and said, "Taoist Master, how do you like my wine?"
Taoist Zheng stroked his beard, nodded, and said with a smile: "That's right, that's right! Little monk, you're not boasting. It's really a jade liquid, rare in the world!"
Li Muchan smiled and sat across from him.
He used the distillation method of later generations, which has not yet appeared in this world. When it comes to the strength and purity of the wine, it is naturally far superior to ordinary fine wines, strong in nature and mellow in taste.
Li Yurong rolled her eyes at him, pressed his shoulder and said coquettishly: "You pour the wine for the Taoist priest, and I'll cook two dishes!"
Li Muchan nodded and asked, "Where are my parents and my sister-in-law?"
Li Yurong pursed her lips and said with a smile: "They are all going to Li Jian's house!... They regard Li Jian's house as their own home this time and stay there all day long."
"I miss my grandson." Li Muchan shook his head and smiled. He picked up the wine jar and said, "Second sister, bring me a bowl. I want to have a good drink with the Taoist priest!"
"I know!" Li Yurong said angrily, and quickly brought a big bowl.
Li Muchan asked again: "Why don't you see that senior sister Qingsi?"
Li Yurong pursed her lips and smiled and looked at him: "Senior Sister Qingsi went back today and will come over tomorrow."
Seeing her weird smile, Li Muchan shook his head and said, "I'm not worried about my family."
As soon as he saw her weird smile, Li Muchan knew that the second sister had misunderstood again and thought he was attracted to Senior Sister Qingsi.
Although Senior Sister Qingsi was beautiful, elegant and pleasant, he didn't have any evil intentions. He just felt that her presence would make the courtyard a little brighter and add a bit of charm.
Li Yurong walked to the kitchen and said, "Since the Taoist priest is here, Senior Sister Qingsi doesn't have to stay here all the time."
Li Muchan and Zheng Taoist were drinking.
Taoist Zheng stroked his beard and looked at him, nodded, and said with a smile: "Young monk, that's not bad, your kung fu has improved again!"
Li Muchan smiled and said: "It's just a fluke. Does the Taoist priest recognize Leng Feng?"
"Leng Feng?" Taoist Zheng raised his sword eyebrows and said with a smile: "Leng Feng, who moved the sky with his divine fist?...Have you met him?"
Li Muchan was holding the bowl with his right hand and suddenly struck with his left hand. His fist instantly reached Taoist Zheng's chest and stopped an inch away. The wind of the fist shook his Taoist robe.
Taoist Zheng kept his expression and body motionless, and nodded: "Well, it seems that you really met Leng Feng... He taught you the boxing skills?... No, he is from the Helian family."
Li Muchan shook his head and said: "When I met him, he knocked me down with one punch and humiliated me. Alas... I spent a lot of effort and finally escaped and saved my life.
"
Taoist Zheng smiled and said: "Leng Feng is not a simple person. He has a magical fist that moves the sky. Listen to this name, most people would not dare to use it! ... Little monk, you can escape from Leng Feng, you are proud enough!"
Li Muchan smiled bitterly and shook his head: "Oh..., this debt must be recovered eventually."
Taoist Zheng looked at him and said with a smile: "Your current kung fu is inferior to Leng Feng's. Just wait, you can take revenge after practicing for three to five years."
He added: "Leng Feng, this guy, has a cold face and a cold heart, and is as cunning as a fox. How can you escape...that's good, little monk!"
Li Muchan laughed, picked up the bowl, and drank it all in one gulp.
"Taoist Master, please—!" Li Muchan filled two bowls, picked them up, and drank them all in one gulp.
Taoist Zheng also drank it all in one gulp, wiped the wine stains on his beautiful beard, and said with a smile: "You really need someone to accompany you when you drink. Let's get drunk today!"
Li Muchan smiled and said: "It's a bit difficult to get drunk once you get drunk, but I can't get drunk after a thousand cups!"
"I am not drunk after ten thousand cups, let's compete!" Taoist Zheng raised his eyebrows and squinted at him.
Li Muchan showed no sign of weakness: "Okay, even if we compete, we can't do any exercises."
Taoist Zheng said proudly: "Of course, won't practicing martial arts waste the wine!?"
So, you two had a bowl, and I had a bowl. In a blink of an eye, the entire jar of wine was finished. Li Muchan went to the wine cellar again and personally moved the six jars of wine three times, placing the six jars of wine in the courtyard.
The two of them drank without stopping. Li Muchan filled the bowls, and they drank them all in one gulp. He filled the bowls again, and the two touched them again, and drank them all in one gulp.
Drinking like this, by the time Li Yurong had finished frying the two side dishes, the four jars of wine had been consumed.
When Li Yurong finished cooking the four dishes and brought them out, the two of them drank six jars of wine and lay motionless on the table. Their faces were red and their eyes were hazy. They were both drunk.
She pointed at Li Muchan's head and said angrily: "San'er, you got drunk just after you came back. Let's see how my mother will deal with you when she comes back!"
Li Muchan was lying on the table, mumbling to himself and smiling at her, but Taoist Zheng was honest, lying on the table, motionless, as if he had fallen asleep.
Li Yurong shook his head, ignored the two of them, and went back to the house to meditate.
Both of them have different physiques than ordinary people. In the evening, they woke up on their own, looked up, and laughed, feeling very happy.
"Young monk, you really have a good capacity for drinking!" Taoist Zheng said with a smile.
Li Muchan chuckled and said: "Taoist Master is not bad either, he is no worse than me."
"Hey - you are wrong, you are not inferior to me!" Taoist Zheng waved his hand and smiled contentedly.
Li Muchan smiled and said, "Okay, let's just assume that the Taoist priest is stronger."
Taoist Zheng shook his head and said seriously: "What do you mean by forgetting?... When you came here, I had already drank some. We were drunk at the same time, so I have a better capacity for drinking!"
Li Muchan had no choice but to admit defeat, and Taoist Zheng nodded with a smile, feeling quite proud.
He added: "According to me, it's rare to see someone as drunk as your young monk. It's a pity that you met me, an experienced Taoist!"
Li Muchan shook his head and laughed. He didn't expect Daozhang Zheng to be so obsessed with drinking.
The two chatted and laughed for a while. Taoist Zheng slowly stopped smiling and said, "Little monk, you are in danger now!"
Li Muchan smiled: "Is it the Helian family?"
"Humph, the Helian family is nothing!" Taoist Zheng curled his lips and waved his hand: "Don't mention them! ...I'm talking about your Kung Fu."
Li Muchan smiled and said, "Please give me some advice from the Taoist priest."
Taoist Zheng stroked his beard and said: "You have practiced too complicatedly! ... It is both Taoist Kung Fu and Buddhist Kung Fu. It is rare to practice both to a profound level. Unfortunately, the faster you practice, the sooner you will die!"
"Is Buddhism and Taoism incompatible?" Li Muchan asked.
Zheng Daoshi said: "I have told you this truth, but you haven't listened to it, have you?"
Li Muchan shook his head and said: "This junior understands, but the Ziyang Monument is very powerful, and the Vajra Indestructible Magic Technique is something I have learned through countless hardships, and I would not be willing to part with any of them."
Taoist Zheng's eyes flashed like stars, and he said in surprise: "You, a little monk, have actually learned the indestructible power of the Vajra?... It's rare! It's rare!"
He nodded and suddenly realized: "No wonder, let me just say, logically speaking, with your cultivation level, it won't be too late to change your practice within ten years, but now it has become dangerous...it turns out that you have practiced the indestructible power of the Vajra!
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His eyes were filled with admiration, and he smiled and said, "You are the second person under Divine Monk Huiguo, which is amazing!"
Li Muchan smiled modestly: "It's just a fluke. I have a foundation in Zen and am familiar with the essence of the Diamond Sutra. It is easier for me to practice than others."
Taoist Zheng nodded: "Well, in my opinion, you have to make up your mind now, whether to practice Taoist Kung Fu or Buddhist Kung Fu. You can't delay any longer!"
Li Muchan picked up the chopsticks, took a bite of the cold dish, chewed it slowly, and said with a smile, "Have you ever heard of the Dragon and Phoenix Chao Yuan Jin Jing?"
"Dragon and Phoenix Chao Yuan Jin Jing?" Taoist Zheng's eyes flashed and he said, "You also know?"
Li Muchan nodded: "I heard about it by chance."
Taoist Zheng also picked up his chopsticks, threw a peanut into his mouth, chewed it and said: "The Dragon and Phoenix Chao Yuan Jin Jing is amazing, it is a shortcut to the great road, and it is the real immortal method of enlightening the Tao! ... Have you ever been to the Yuxian Sect?
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Li Muchan said: "Yes, I heard about this Kung Fu in the Yuxian Sect."
Taoist Zheng suddenly laughed: "Jade Immortal Sect, Yuxian Sect,... Haha, I'm afraid no one knows about Jade Immortal Sect now. Everything in the world, the ebb and flow, the ebb and flow of clouds and clouds, it's all like this!"
Li Muchan asked: "The Jade Immortal Sect once produced immortals, but is it true?"
"Well, that's right." Taoist Zheng nodded and said with a smile: "Few people today know the glory of the Jade Immortal Sect. Only an old monster like me still has some impression..."
Li Muchan nodded slowly, thoughtfully.
Taoist Zheng's face darkened and he hummed: "Little monk, don't be careless. If you continue to practice, your life will be over. You can't delay any longer."
Li Muchan smiled and nodded. He felt very close to Taoist Zheng, which he attributed to fate.
This Daochang Zheng has unfathomable martial arts skills, a radiant spirit, and a free and uninhibited temperament. But when it comes to wine, he is very serious. He can be described as a stranger who plays games.
Li Muchan believed what he said.
He thought about it for a while, but he couldn't bear to part with either skill. The Ziyang Monument has endless mysteries, its internal energy is as solid as water, and its willpower is strong, and it can be done as you wish.
The magical power of Vajra Indestructibility is even more mysterious. The reason why I have survived against so many masters is mainly due to the Vajra Indestructibility. Otherwise, even if I had the Observation of Heaven and God's Illumination Sutra, I would have died long ago.
Without the indestructible power of the Vajra, if you are fighting with an expert, once you are hit in the palm or sword, you will not have time to use the Divine Illumination Sutra and you will be killed immediately.
It was really difficult for him to make a decision between the two.
After a while, Li Muchan raised his head and said, "Taoist Master, is there no way to have both ends?"
"You can think of good things!" Taoist Zheng shook his head and laughed.
Li Muchan smiled bitterly.
"Hmm..." Taoist Zheng pondered, stroking his beard.
Li Muchan perked up and said hurriedly: "Is there really a way?"
Taoist Zheng pondered for a moment and said slowly: "As far as I know, there is no way."
Li Muchan sighed.
Taoist Zheng said slowly: "It is wishful thinking to have the best of both worlds. Nothing in the world is perfect! ... Buddhist Kung Fu and Taoist Kung Fu are like water and oil. It is impossible to merge them into one!"
Li Muchan nodded.
Taoist Zheng pondered and said slowly: "There were many amazing geniuses in the past, and they also had the same idea as you. They wanted to integrate Taoism and Buddhism, take their essence, and achieve unparalleled achievements. Unfortunately, they ended miserably. They directly
It’s okay to die if you become obsessed with it, it’s considered a good thing, but there are many people who practice it to the point of confusion and madness, and life is worse than death, which makes people sigh with regret!”
He added: "Young monk, I am not joking. You must not practice the Ziyang Monument anymore. Otherwise, in the mild case, you will become obsessed with it, in the worst case, you will become insane and die suddenly."
"Thank you, Taoist Priest, for your concern." Li Muchan nodded.
Taoist Zheng said: "In Buddhist Kung Fu, Qi is generated from Shen, while in Taoist Kung Fu, Qi is generated from Jing. Although they are both internal forces, their natures are different. If you practice to a deeper level and the internal force is purer, you will know the difference."
Li Muchan nodded.
Taoist Zheng continued: "Practice essence to transform Qi, practice Qi to transform spirit, this is the practice of Taoism,... But Buddhism directly trains spirit, and uses spirit to make people angry. They are basically two paths. If you want to pull them together, you will ask for it.
Eat hard!"
Li Muchan nodded.
Taoist Zheng stroked his beard and smiled: "According to me, with your qualifications, it is best to practice Taoist Kung Fu. If you practice it to the extreme, you will live forever and live as long as heaven and earth!"
Li Muchan laughed, he didn't believe he could live forever.
Taoist Zheng smiled and said, "Look at me. I have lived for one hundred and twenty years. Can you tell?"