After Qi Wuhuo left Zhongzhou City, he did not return to Shuiyun Township immediately, but went towards Juyun Peak.
Along the way, he practiced the key steps in the "Hunyuan Sword Classic" to make his soul, essence, and energy flow actively. In this way, walking, sitting, and lying down could all be in a state of "nurturing" the three elements. Taoists naturally kept themselves in the most harmonious posture at all times, but the speed was quite slow. He thought while walking, trying to see if he could use the earth god's technique of escaping underground.
But it is difficult to operate simultaneously.
The footwork of Hunyuan Sword Canon is mainly about [cultivation] and [nurturing].
The law of the earth gods' escape into the earth is to connect with the earth veins of the outside world, which is [use].
The styles of the two methods are completely different, and many parts even conflict with each other. There is no way to integrate them smoothly, but Qi Wuhuo doesn't care. He just tries them with interest as if he has found something interesting. When the sunset glow gradually disappeared, Qi Wuhuo finally arrived at Juyun Peak.
The mountain spirit I had seen before when it rained was hidden at first.
When they sensed the pure and spiritual energy of the young Taoist, they emerged one by one.
Some carefully poked their heads out from the tree trunks.
Some of them held a large leaf as an umbrella to cover themselves. The accumulated rain water slid down from the petiole and wet their small palms.
"Ah, it's the little Taoist priest from before!"
"You're here again!"
The spirits in the mountains came up and greeted happily.
Then he said a little embarrassedly: "But we haven't found the person named Lu Chunyang yet!"
“Maybe we have to wait a little longer.”
The young Taoist raised his eyes and smiled gently, "There's no rush for this."
He knew that the thing his teacher left him was actually the hope that he would not be too aimless in the worldly world, but this purpose was not the only one. In the process of completing this task, everything he saw and experienced were the focus of this trip. Only by following the Tai Shang lineage, witnessing all sentient beings in the worldly world and seeing all the magical powers, could one achieve something.
This is true for both Yu Yangzi and Senior Sister Yu Miao.
Make your own choices and create your own methods and paths.
Qi Wuhuo raised the things in his hand and said, "It's just that last time you said you liked osmanthus cake, so I bought some in the city."
"Do you want to eat?"
“Oh my!!”
The spirits looked at each other with surprise on their faces, and then dispersed together.
Suddenly it was like the wind.
After a while they came back again. The first one was a naughty boy as big as the palm of the boy. He used both hands to hold a big peach and floated out with a hey hey hey sound. It seemed that the peach was too big and blocked his sight, so he flew unsteadily and almost hit the tree trunk. Then he fell down with a "ah" and was held in the hands of the young Taoist.
Still feeling dizzy, he could hardly stand steadily. After taking a few steps, he fell back and sat on the boy's palm.
Holding his head, he shook it.
Then he pushed the peach to Qi Wuhuo and said, "I picked it in the summer and hid it quietly."
"I have magic."
“So peaches are still edible!”
“This is the sweetest kind!”
It placed the peach in Qi Wuhuo's palm, then picked up a piece of osmanthus cake and ate it happily.
"I'll trade with you!"
The young Taoist was slightly startled, then smiled and said, "Thank you."
In the forest on a winter night, a little light suddenly appeared.
The strange insects flying through the woods and mountains were glowing, rising and falling in the night, and gathered around the young Taoist. The spiritual beings in the mountains took out all the treasures they had accumulated and saved up over the past year. Some were peaches and fruits, some were just petals of a flower, some were the most beautiful raindrops that fell from the sky that day, and some were the most perfect snowflakes.
The young Taoist gave out some osmanthus cakes.
Got the cutest treasure from this mountain in a year.
A sip and a peck, a take and a give, it's a return.
Old Pine Tree Man coughed and said, "Little Taoist, I'm really sorry, but I haven't found Lu Chunyang yet."
"I originally wanted to ask the Mountain God of our Juyun Peak."
"But I don't know why, the mountain god seems a little worried these past two days. He came back once today, and then went out again. He hasn't come back yet, and he hasn't said what happened."
"Next time I will go look for that Juyun Lingmiaogong."
"He is a man of great powers and knows everything. He must know where the person you are talking about is."
When the old pine tree talked about Ling Miao Gong, he was full of confidence again and said:
"Besides, Mr. Lingmiao is best at the Taoist art of divination and calculation. It shouldn't be a problem for me to plead with him when the time comes." The old pine tree felt a little embarrassed when he thought about how he had promised before but failed to do it. If the bark of the five hundred year old pine tree had not been thick enough, his face would have turned red.
The young Taoist thanked him.
Then he thought about it and had nothing else on hand, so he had to hand over a piece of osmanthus cake.
The old pine tree shook his head and waved his hands, saying, "I'm already five hundred years old. Five hundred years old!"
"How can I like something so sweet and sticky?!"
"It's a five-hundred-year-old tree..."
"This kind of food, ahem... But if you are so enthusiastic, little Taoist priest, I can't refuse."
The old pine tree coughed a few times, and amid the laughter of the spiritual incarnations in the mountains, he took the snack from Qi Wuhuo. He thought, these little guys gave him some good things, how could he be inferior to them? Wouldn't this lose the title of "500-year-old pine tree"? So he shook off a pine needle and handed it over, saying:
"These are the pine needles on my body. They have some plant spiritual energy, but they cannot be used to defend against the enemy."
"But if it comes to acupuncture, there is something mysterious about it."
Old Pine Tree is very generous.
Anyway, he has a lot of pine needles. He has lived for five hundred years, so he must have many treasures.
The young Taoist played with these mountain spirits for a while. When the moon rose above the willows, he left. Relying on the earth god's method of escaping underground, he returned to Shuiyun Township. Then he pushed open the door locked with a black iron chain, stepped in, and took out many things he had purchased from the sword box. So this place finally had some breath of life.
Then he went to a place not far away and looked at the girl's mother.
To circulate qi and consolidate the foundation.
When Mr. Zhou asked about the situation, the young Taoist thought for a moment and replied, "Wait for me to go to the mountains to collect some herbs. I will use them to replenish his vital energy. He should be much better than he is now. He should be able to recover to his normal physical condition by slowly recuperating." After a round of greetings, Qi Wuhuo politely declined the old man's invitation to dinner and returned to the house where he was temporarily living.
We fried a few dishes and the staple food was steamed corn bread made of sorghum flour.
I also took out the fish sauce I bought in the market today.
Use one pound of fish, chop it up and wash it, then stir-fry three ounces of salt, one qian of pepper, one qian of fennel, one qian of dried ginger, two qian of Shenqu and five qian of red yeast rice, add wine and mix well with the fish meat, put it into a porcelain bottle and seal it. It can be eaten in ten days and it tastes quite good. Qi Wuhuo first tore off the softest part in the middle of the steamed bun and ate it slowly, then put a few dishes in with his chopsticks, and finally put in a little bit of fish sauce.
Then I ate slowly, the flavors of the steamed corn bread, the fried vegetables, and the fish sauce all combined together.
It tastes delicious.
It’s a pity that I’m alone now.
After dinner, the young man looked through the mountain god's practice records. At about three o'clock in the morning, he felt calm and took out the mirror. He performed the [Circular Light Revealing Method] according to the spell. The moonlight was clear and bright, and slowly, the mirror began to light up. Qi Wuhuo's guess was correct. When his cultivation level was further improved and he reached the Three Talents, he would be able to slightly support the consumption of this spell.
This bronze mirror covered with light green patina shimmers with light, forming a picture.
The girl held her chin with both hands, as if she had been waiting for a long time. When the picture was formed, her eyes lit up slightly, and she stretched out her hands, grabbed the mirror, and brought her face closer, saying:
"Qi Wuhuo!!!"
"Something happened, something happened!"
The young Taoist was surprised, and then asked: "What's the matter?"
Yunqin zoomed in the picture and said, "Mirror!"
"And the spell you gave me!"
Qi Wuhuo didn't quite understand and just said, "Tell me slowly..."
Yunqin paused and briefly recounted the incident, saying that the mirror had a great origin, but she couldn't say exactly how great it was, or else it would be easily discovered. She then told him that her teacher had mistakenly believed that the spell was created by her, and finally she exhaled slowly and said, "I don't know how to explain this to the teacher, so I'm waiting to discuss it with you."
The young Taoist didn't care, shook his head and replied: "It's just a spell."
"Didn't you also teach me the method of circular light manifestation?"
The girl shook her head vigorously and replied, "That's different! This one is the creator of magical powers!"
"How can I take this title?"
"I thought about it and found that I was still too inexperienced. The excuses I found were hard to deceive the teacher, so I finally asked Uncle Niu."
Yunqin paused and said forcefully, "He said there is a way!"