Pharmacist Li felt very sad since he learned that Li Dibo was Li Yuan, the Duke of Tang Dynasty.

I just feel that I treat people sincerely, but what I get in return is some falsehood.

His usual interest in sightseeing has been reduced by nine points because of this. These days, he only spends these days at home, quietly reviewing the lessons taught by his master. His master Xuan Zhongzi, as a rule, only opens the school to teach students around the spring and autumnal equinoxes, and the rest of the time

They are all retreats.

Now that Master is about to open his shop, Medicine Master Li packs up his books, bids farewell to his parents, and goes to Tiankiao Mountain, where Master has been staying in recent years, to wait for Master to leave confinement.

Tiangua Mountain is located dozens of miles west of Zhao County. The mountain is steep and beautiful, towering into the clouds.

The southern slope of the mountain is gentle, but the northern slope is a cliff hundreds of feet deep. When Li Yaoshi came to the mountain, he saw the peaks with strange shapes, some rising straight into the clouds, or cliffs and natural chasms.

The ancient trees and vines in the mountains, the blooming spring flowers, and the waterfalls are all breathtaking.

He suddenly felt relieved and thought to himself: "Even people like Cao Zijian sometimes have to say, 'Why are we so special? We have no friends but no friends.' Why should I worry about my friends?"

So I put my melancholy behind my mind and felt that the scenery in front of me was just like what Cao Zijian said in "Xianju Fu":

Jade soars in Nanzhi

The black crane cries in Beiye

Black carp leaping in the east marsh

White Bird Playing in Xizhu

He then followed Cao Zijian's example, walking through the valley with his back, facing the green waves, borrowing the yin and spring flowers, wandering among the colorful colors of mid-spring.

Tiangua Mountain is the northern edge of the Taihang Mountains, and further north it enters the Wutai Mountains.

There are many natural stone caves among the cliffs in this area, which are majestic and deep and mysterious. Although the valleys on the southern slope of Tiangui Mountain are covered with green grass, the caves on the mountain walls are full of strange rocks, all of which are natural wonders made of blue milk.

Among them, the Zangfeng Cave is even more unexplorable. There are mountain springs and flowing water inside, which sometimes separate and merge with the walking bird path, sometimes rising and sometimes falling.

There are caves in the Zangfeng Cave, and there are caves above the cave, winding and twisting, with mountains and rivers. The stone milk on the top of the cave hangs upside down, layer upon layer, like a sea of ​​clouds. The karst drips to the ground and accumulates over tens of millions of years to form stalagmites.

, colorful and standing tall.

What's more, the stone milk and stalagmites have been connected up and down to form stone pillars, standing tall against the sky and on the ground, surrounded by stone forests, stone flowers and stone curtains, which is breathtaking.

The place where Xuan Zhongzi currently sits is within this cave.

Pharmacist Li walked ruggedly in the mountains and meandered to Zangfeng Cave.

Since he came ten days early, he meditated on his homework in the cave and spent his free time enjoying the clear and deep stone forest scene in the cave.

Within a few days, classmates arrived one after another.

Xuan Zhongzi was very strict in selecting his disciples, and he only had ten disciples. The older ones were already in their forties, and the younger ones were still young.

Among the elders of my sect, those who have profound cultivation are already masters of the generation. When they came to Zangfeng Cave, they practiced with great respect.

Young people such as Li Yaoshi, although still lively and active, only laughed outside and did not dare to go inside to disturb the master's spiritual practice.

Xuan Zhongzi's knowledge is based on Laozi's "seeing simplicity, embracing simplicity, being less selfish and having fewer desires", and is based on humility and concession.

However, modesty and retreat is a skill of cultivating Qi, which requires time to practice.

The older disciples are probably already able to hold their own and keep quiet. However, senior disciples like Li Yaoshi are at an age when their ambitions are high. They are expected to be respectful and courteous in front of their elders, but how much more can they do?

It goes against the nature of teenagers to ask them to be modest and restrained among their peers.

Taoist practice places the first priority on nature, so it does not suppress nature.

Li Yaoshi and other young disciples had not seen each other for a long time. Once they met, they would each talk about their progress in cultivation in the past six months.

Among the young fellow disciples, Li Yaoshi and Fang Xuanling were the best friends.

Although Fang Xuanling was younger than Li Yaoshi, he behaved like a scholar.

He also came from a wealthy family, was extremely smart, had a photographic memory of what he read, could write well, and was even more talented in his articles.

However, he is as brilliant as the disciple of Master Shenguang. Although his understanding is extremely high, he has no connection with martial arts.

Fang Xuanling was young and weak, so Pharmacist Li treated him like a younger brother, taking care of him and protecting him.

Early that morning, Medicine Master Li finished his morning lessons and was about to go out of the cave to practice his sword, when he saw a little Taoist boy coming out of the cave.

This little Taoist boy has big ears and is more childish than Fang Xuanling.

Pharmacist Li recognized him as Wei Xuancheng, a disciple whom his master had just accepted a few years ago.

Both of his parents died, and his family was poor, but he had great ambitions and loved reading.

Xuan Zhongzi kept him by his side and served him during the retreat.

When all the fellow disciples saw Wei Xuancheng coming out and knew that the master had come out of seclusion, they followed the order of entry and walked into the inner cave.

It is mid-spring at this time, and although the spring flowers are blooming outside, it is still damp and cold inside.

Fang Xuanling followed Li Yaoshi into the inner cave and couldn't help but shudder.

Li Yaoshi turned around and held Fang Xuanling's hands. He felt that his hands were weak and cold, and suddenly his own palms felt particularly warm and strong.

I felt quite proud for a moment, thinking that I had grown up and had the ability to take care of others, and I held Fang Xuanling's hand tighter unconsciously.

Although Pharmacist Li has a younger brother at home, Master Li and Pharmacist Li are both lively and active, full of masculinity.
Chapter completed!