Different from ordinary slow-moving white clouds, Fayun performed the art of escape and transformed into a ray of white light flying between heaven and earth, giving people a feeling of speeding, especially for ordinary people like Sun Yaya who were flying for the first time.
Ji Yuan just stood on the cloud and looked into the distance, while Sun Yaya's gaze kept moving back and forth between the mountains and rivers on the earth and the sky. The beautiful scenery between heaven and earth overwhelmed her.
'There is no place to find the immortal, he travels around the nine heavens, this is the immortal in the clouds!'
The initial fear of heights also gradually faded away, leaving only excitement and strong anticipation. Half an hour later, Sun Yaya finally calmed down. She looked at Ji Yuan beside her, his eyes slightly closed as if he was in a dream state, or perhaps he was in a trance.
Only then did Ji Yuan open his eyes and look at Sun Yaya who had calmed down.
"What do you want to ask?"
Sun Yaya smiled.
"Sir, how many immortals are there in this world?"
Ji Yuan had no time to think about the Tao.
"Although there aren't many immortals like you think, there aren't too few either. They all practice in their own immortal temples and are scattered all over the world, so it's hard to encounter them."
Sun Yaya understood the meaning of Ji Yuan's words and asked a follow-up question.
"What about the immortals that the master recognized? How many are there?"
Ji Yuan glanced at her and then looked into the distance at the sky.
"Very little."
"Oh, sir, we are going to Yunshan Mountain in Bingzhou, right? Is it a famous fairy mountain? Is the fairyland called Yunshan Mountain, or does it have another name?"
Ji Yuan smiled and answered truthfully.
"The Yunshan Temple on Yunshan Mountain is unknown, even unknown to the immortals."
Sun Yaya's eyes lit up when she heard this. She didn't think the unknownness Mr. Ji mentioned was a bad thing at all.
"Is he considered a 'hermit' in the immortal world?"
"Why do you think so?"
Ji Yuan asked half curiously, and Sun Yaya's eyes and mouth corners smiled into crescent shapes.
"Because I feel a lot like you, sir. You are not well-known and no one knows your background, but you are a real master..."
After a pause, Sun Yaya continued.
"Sir, the book passed down by Yunshan Temple is amazing, isn't it?"
There was no need for Ji Yuan to be modest about this question, he said with a smile.
“Excellent!”
Sun Yaya smiled as if she expected it. Although she didn't know where Mr. Ji ranked among the immortals, she always believed in Mr. Ji's vision.
It was not even noon yet, but Yunshan Mountain had already appeared before their eyes. Sun Yaya looked into the distance and saw that the vast land of Bingzhou was all plains. Even if there were mountains, they were all small hills. Yunshan Mountain in the distance was a unique standout.
…
In Yunshan Temple, there are not only two Taoist priests, Taoist Qingsong and Taoist Qingyuan, master and apprentice. In the past few years, they also accepted a few children to the mountain.
It has been nearly ten years since Ji Yuan left the first part of "The Wonderful Law of Heaven and Earth" at Yunshan Temple. During these ten years, Taoist Qingsong and Taoist Qingyuan have never slacked off. They have been diligent in their practice and have not forgotten to sort out appropriate Taoist classics. After consolidating their practice in the first few years, they have been getting more and more into the state, and Yunshan Temple has also gotten on the right track.
However, Taoist Qingsong still occasionally went to tell fortunes for people, either by setting up a stall or just wandering around to see if he could come across any interesting faces. It was during this period that he accepted several children into the Yunshan Temple.
When Ji Yuan and Sun Yaya arrived on the cloud, Qin Zizhou was already waiting on the top of Yanxia Peak. He saw Ji Yuan and a woman flying on the white cloud from afar. Qin Zizhou stood on a huge rock on the top of the mountain and bowed to them.
"Mr. Ji, long time no see!"
Ji Yuan in the clouds also bowed in return.
"Mr. Qin!"
Sun Yaya was very excited and bowed behind Ji Yuan.
"Junior Sun Yaya, greetings to Lord Qin!"
Qin Zizhou stroked his beard and nodded, looking Ji Yuan and Sun Yaya up and down after they landed on the top of the mountain.
"What a smart girl."
"Mr. Qin is overpraising me. It is Mr. Ji who taught me well."
Sun Yaya's words were just modesty, but Qin Zizhou looked surprised. He looked at Ji Yuan and then at Sun Yaya.
"Are you Mr. Ji's disciple?"
"Yaya, you're still far from that. The teacher just taught me how to write..."
Sun Yaya wanted to say yes immediately, but after looking at Ji Yuan, she didn't dare to say it definitely. However, she said it very cleverly and she even glanced at Ji Yuan's reaction while speaking.
Ji Yuan did not comment and looked towards the direction of Yunshan Temple.
"Yunshan Temple is a little more lively now!"
Qin Zizhou smiled and nodded.
"That's right. We can't keep it so deserted forever. At least we should have some Taoist origin. Well, let's go downstairs and talk. Mr. Ji, please!"
"Please, Lord Qin!"
The two walked down the mountain, Sun Yaya stuck out her tongue and hurried to follow. On the way down the mountain, Qin Zizhou also told Ji Yuan how the four extra children in Yunshan Temple came from.
The first one he mentioned was also the most interesting. It turned out that Taoist Qingsong had to trick people into going up the mountain through deception and torture.
It is said that a few years ago, due to fate, Taoist Qingsong met a child in the market somewhere in Bingzhou. The more Taoist Qingsong looked at the child, the more he felt that the child would have a promising future and had a good character. He secretly observed the child for half a month, and then went back to see the child every time he went down the mountain. Sometimes he pretended to meet him by chance, and sometimes he just looked at him secretly. It took about two years before he made up his mind to accept him as a disciple.
"Oh, so this kid went up the mountain first?"
Hearing Ji Yuan ask this, Qin Zizhou couldn't help but smile.
"Sir, don't be impatient. Qin hasn't finished speaking yet. Qi Xuan wants to take this child as his disciple, but even if he wants to, he may not necessarily go up the mountain. Especially the child's parents, they are simply seeing a Taoist priest as a disaster star. The child is only seven years old, and a Taoist priest wants to take him up the mountain to practice, but the parents don't want to, especially since they saw this Taoist priest being beaten for fortune-telling..."
Ji Yuan smiled when he heard this, and Sun Yaya also covered her mouth with her hands behind him. She knew that this Taoist Qingsong must be a master, but what Mr. Qin said was too interesting. She had never heard of a god being beaten by a mortal.
"Then what?"
"Haha, then, I kept persuading and convincing the parents to understand that Taoists can get married and have children, and that learning Taoism is also a skill. Plus, the child was already calling me 'Master Master' happily, so the parents reluctantly agreed."
Ji Yuan was amazed when he heard this. Is this the first time in the world that an immortal has accepted a disciple as high as Taoist Qingsong
"From the beginning to the end, Taoist Qingsong has not revealed his magical skills?"
Qin Zizhou said with a smile.
"I didn't dare to show it to others easily, but I did reveal some of my tricks. Otherwise, the parents would not agree. But they definitely didn't regard Qi Xuan as an immortal. At most, he was a wizard who could ward off disasters and tell fortunes."
The other three children had a slightly more miserable life. In the same year that the first boy was adopted, a major "kidnapping case" (an ancient case of human trafficking) occurred in Shuilou Prefecture, Bingzhou. The presiding official was the prefect of Shuilou Prefecture, a student of Yin Zhaoxian, one of the prime ministers of the time. After a fair trial, ten people were sentenced to crucifixion (beheading and then dismembering the body) for "kidnapping."
After the criminals were dealt with, there were thirty or forty more children. Although we tried our best to send them all back to their original families, except for a few, most of them could not find their families, even with the criminals' explanation.
So Taoist Qingsong, who happened to be nearby, used divination to help the government find the addresses of the children's homes. However, there were still three people who could not find their relatives, and they were eventually taken up the mountain by Taoist Qingsong.
After hearing the life stories of the four new disciples in Yunshan Temple, Ji Yuan and the other two happened to arrive outside Yunshan Temple, where they met Qi Wen, who was carrying a bucket and preparing to go down the mountain to fetch water.
When Qi Wen saw Ji Yuan and others coming, he was obviously stunned for a moment, and then a look of joy appeared on his face.
"Mr. Ji, you are here? Who is this?"
"I am Sun Yaya, a junior, and I have only studied calligraphy with Mr. Ji for a few years."
Seeing Sun Yaya saluting solemnly, Qi Wen quickly put down his carrying pole and bowed in return.
"My name is Qi Wen, and my Taoist name is Qing Yuan."
After saying this, Qi Wen hurried towards Ji Yuan and Qin Zizhou, as a sign of respect to his elders. While welcoming Ji Yuan and others into the courtyard, he turned around and shouted towards Yunshan Temple.
"Master, Mr. Ji is here!"
Qi Xuan was teaching a few children and two gray martens the Taoist health-preserving boxing in a corner of the Yunshan Temple. Hearing this, he looked towards the gate of the temple and immediately showed joy, and quickly spoke to the children beside him.
"Hurry, hurry, come with me to see Mr. Ji! He is the master in the portrait!"
As soon as Ji Yuan entered the door, he saw Taoist Qingsong trotting towards him with four children, accompanied by two little grey minks. When they arrived, both the people and the grey minks bowed to Ji Yuan.
"Meet Mr. Ji!"
"Greetings, Master Ji!" "Greetings, Master Ji!" "Squeak!"
The voices aren't quite uniform, the names aren't quite uniform, but it looks quite lively.
This is indeed the case. With four more children and the two gray martens now acting like disciples, the entire Yunshan Temple is more vibrant than before. The young, beautiful, knowledgeable and charming Sun Yaya became friends with the children of Yunshan Temple in two days and even went with the children to see the two extremely vivid paintings hanging at the back of the main hall.
Only then did Sun Yaya realize that Mr. Ji was actually called "Big Master" here, and Mr. Qin was a "God", both of which sounded very powerful.
It so happened that these children had been practicing Taoist exercises and health-preserving boxing for three years, and like Sun Yaya, they would be watching "Wonderful Law of Heaven and Earth" for the first time.
…
On the third night, Ji Yuan and Qin Zizhou watched the stars and the moon together on the top of Yanxia Peak.
Qin Zizhou drank a cup of jujube honey tea, looked up at the bright moon, and said lightly.
"Mr. Ji, Qin is not a true wandering god after all. The two volumes of "The Wonderful Law of Heaven and Earth" and the "Wonderful Transformation Book of Heaven" which is not only a heavenly book of the Way of Instruments but also involves the principles of Yin Yang and the Five Elements are all things that can seize the fortune of heaven and earth. Yunshan Temple already has a deep enough foundation, and it will not be able to bear any more!"
Ji Yuan put down the teacup in his hand and nodded.
"That's true. Besides, it's inconvenient for you and me to interfere too much in the affairs of Yunshan Temple. Otherwise, it will easily make the Taoists over-rely on us."
"Yes, Qin has the same intention. In the past two years, except for Qingsong who occasionally asks for answers to his questions, Qin has rarely appeared in public. He has been traveling around the world to seek stars and spirits."
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