abnabooks Chapter 16: Formal Cultivation - What kind of good person would dare to break into the mountain in t
Chapter 16: Formal Cultivation - What kind of good person would dare to break into the mountain in t
"Have you memorized all the key points and formulas?"
Master Yunlong stroked his beard and looked at Lü Qian, who was meditating with his eyes closed, and asked.
"I'll remember that. Taoist cultivation is indeed meticulous and rigorous."
Lu Qian nodded, opened his palm and looked at it, carefully sensing the circulation of energy within his body.
"This is nothing. Furthermore, the methods I taught you to stabilize and preserve your Yang energy are only a temporary solution. To truly prevent your Yang energy from leaking out and keep your life force burning eternally, you still need to rely on your own cultivation."
"Sitting in meditation, entering a state of deep concentration, and subduing the yang energy and fire dragon within the body are what practitioners should do."
"One must learn to control oneself and one's desires, rather than simply severing all worldly desires. One must be able to do as one pleases without overstepping the bounds; this is true spiritual practice."
"yes!"
Lü Qian bowed his head and agreed.
"Alright, it's getting late. Get some rest, you have early class tomorrow morning."
Master Yunlong looked at Lü Qian with satisfaction, put down his hand that was stroking his stubble, stood up from the futon, pushed open the door and walked outside.
"Disciple respectfully sees Master off."
Lu Qian got up from the futon, escorted Daoist Yunlong to the door, watched Daoist Yunlong's figure disappear from sight, and then turned around and closed the door.
"Squeak!"
The wooden door hinges made a slight scraping sound, and the closed door isolated the room from the outside world.
Lu Qian closed the door, turned around and walked back to the futon on the ground, sat down, and closed his eyes to meditate.
"Phew~"
He let out a soft breath, feeling all the joy and fatigue of the day vanish without a trace, the thoughts that had been lingering in his mind peeled away, and his whole body exuded a natural aura.
With such talent, it's no wonder that Lü Qian claimed to be unparalleled in the Lü family and possessed the qualities of a divine being.
After entering a meditative state, the circulation of Qi within Lü Qian's body accelerated even more rapidly, and the Qi flowed more smoothly along the meridians and internal organs. His essence, Qi, and spirit were carried by the blood and Qi to his limbs and bones, and finally returned to the furnace, where they were constantly tempered and refined.
Having grasped the true essence, why not cultivate it further!
Since you have entered the Wudang Mountain gate with a sincere heart, you will naturally be sincere to yourself and to others.
The moonlight, slanting westward, streamed into the room through the window and shone on Lü Qian.
With each breath he took, his breath became long and smooth, as if he were also drawing the moonlight into his body to refine it.
The pitch-black night, accompanied by silence, enveloped the entire Wudang Mountain, but there were still people awake.
After leaving Lü Qian's room, Daoist Yunlong did not rest upon returning to his own room. With a solemn expression, he carried a lantern out and walked along the mountain path towards the back of the mountain.
On the dark mountain path, only the evening breeze gently blew by; there was no one in sight, only the stars in the sky and the moon still shining brightly.
From a distance, a point of light, like a yellow star, was slowly moving along the mountain path.
Master Yunlong, dressed in a white Taoist robe and carrying a lantern, walked slowly up the stone steps.
The cloth shoes made a slight rustling sound as they rubbed against the stone steps, which was more noticeable in the quiet environment.
"Thump!"
As they walked further and further away, Master Yunlong's brows furrowed more and more, and he gripped the lantern pole tighter and tighter.
Suddenly, the sound of something heavy hitting the stone steps came from ahead.
Although the sound was faint, it still did not escape the notice of Yunlong, who possessed profound cultivation.
Upon hearing the sound, Master Yunlong's expression changed. He quickly circulated his Qi, lifted himself up, and strode forward, carrying the lantern as he leaped up the stone steps.
On the mountain path, Master Yunlong, carrying a lantern, moved faster and faster like a yellow star, gradually approaching the back of the mountain.
"Phew~"
The mountain wind whistled past Master Yunlong's ears. He moved nimbly and nimbly up the stone steps, taking several steps at a time, and in the blink of an eye, he had climbed more than a dozen stone steps.
He held the lantern firmly in his hand, and as he moved rapidly, it steadily emitted the dim yellow light of a candle.
Soon, Daoist Yunlong approached the source of the sound.
He stared intently into the distance and saw two dark figures ahead.
One of them was lying on the ground, while the other was short, less than half a person's height, and looked at Master Yunlong with his hands behind his back.
"Master!"
From afar, Master Yunlong recognized the short figure standing there as Zhou Meng, the leader of Wudang Sect.
At this moment, Zhou Meng stood with his hands behind his back on the stone steps in the distance, gazing into the distance.
At his feet lay a middle-aged man, his life hanging in the balance.
The man was dressed in light black clothes, and his face was covered with a black cloth, making it impossible to see his features.
"Yunlong, you've arrived."
"What's going on?"
Master Yunlong did not slow down and soon arrived in front of Zhou Meng. He moved the lantern closer to the person lying on the ground, illuminating his black clothes.
"Coming masked, doesn't look like a good person!"
"Ouch! Why did you hit me, sir?"
Before Master Yunlong could finish speaking, Zhou Meng suddenly leaped up, his short figure swiftly kicking Master Yunlong in the back of the head from mid-air.
"Nonsense, who would be a good person trespassing in the mountains at midnight? They're definitely not a good person."
After landing, Daoist Zhou Meng gracefully tucked his hands into his sleeves, glanced sideways at Yunlong beside him, and praised him.
"Alright, the fact that you can patrol the mountains at night shows that you're not bad at being vigilant."
"You flatter me, sir. I just had a feeling that things might not be peaceful on Wudang Mountain lately, so I came out for a stroll. I didn't expect you to be the first to open a business."
Master Yunlong touched the back of his head, straightened his slightly crooked headband, and then shook the lantern in his hand.
The light flickered, illuminating the stone steps beneath their feet.
"I've already killed this man with one palm strike. It's past midnight now, and I doubt anyone will come tonight. I'll stay here and watch over him. You can drag him to the back mountain and bury him."
Zhou Meng pointed to the ground with his hands in his pockets, then turned and stared at the mountain path below.
"Sir, why didn't you leave one alive so we could interrogate him before killing him?"
"Or, let's lift his mask now and find out which side he's from."
"They just killed him without any explanation and then buried him?"
Master Yunlong pointed to the dead body on the ground with his lantern and asked Zhou Meng in confusion.
"No need to ask anymore. Just take care of your own little corner of the world. We can't interfere with what happens outside of Wudang Mountain."
"Since we're already here, the outcome will be the same anyway. So why add to the trouble by just delivering a blow?"
Zhou Meng stared at the mountain path without turning his head, and spoke calmly to Daoist Yunlong with his back to him.
"Then... is it possible that they were sent by the Lü family?"
"It's perfectly normal for Lü Ci, the head of the family, to take action today, as he just arrived at Wudang Mountain."
"No, it's not Lü Ci, nor is it the Lü family."
Zhou Meng turned around. His short stature barely reached Yunlong's waist. He looked up and shook his head at Daoist Yunlong.
"You met Lü Qian today, and you can say that he is truly a genius. I think even if Grandmaster Zhang Sanfeng were alive, he wouldn't be any better."
"That old fellow Lü Ci values bloodlines, but he values talented offspring even more."
"He's such a cold-hearted person, yet he accompanied Lü Qian to my Wudang Mountain these past few days, and today he even personally attended Lü Qian's apprenticeship ceremony. After it was over, he didn't say a word and immediately went down the mountain, completely entrusting Lü Qian to Wudang."
"This is enough to show how much he values Lü Qian, and it also shows that he won't use Lü Qian to frame others. These people are probably trying to take advantage of the chaos."
Zhou Meng recalled Lü Ci's actions over the past few days and explained them to Daoist Yunlong.
"Alright, let's not worry about that. We can't control all those chaotic designs outside, but once we get to Wudang Mountain, our skills will come in handy."
Nowadays, only Zhou Meng is openly active in Wudang Mountain; he has no control over the world outside the mountain.
The only way to deal with these people with ulterior motives is to remain unchanged and adapt to any situation.
Once you arrive at Wudang Mountain, you still have to rely on your own fists to prove yourself.
"Alright, forget about that now, let's get rid of this guy quickly, and remember, make sure it's clean!"
"yes!"
Master Yunlong nodded in agreement, then channeled his Qi into his hands, bent down, picked up the corpse from the ground with one hand, and quickly darted towards the cliff behind the mountain.
"Sigh~"
Watching Master Yunlong's figure disappear into the night, Zhou Meng sighed, then shook his head and turned to stare intently at the mountain path below.