After Chu and Lu had a hearty meal, it was already the moon on the willow trees and the sky was dark.

During the Lantern Festival, at the foot of Laoshan Mountain, dragons and lions dance, and lanterns and candles are lit, it’s so lively.

The two of them walked side by side on Lantern Festival Street. One was gentle and handsome like a boy next door, while the other had a temperament that looked like a living immortal. The two handsome guys walked together and attracted the attention of countless girls.

Chu Yi saw that Lu Zhanyuan seemed to enjoy the lively atmosphere of this festival, so he joked: "Taoist Master Lu, I thought you were the kind of hermit monk who doesn't eat the fireworks of the world. I didn't expect that you also like to enter the secular world and the people."

Have fun together."

In response to this, Lu Zhanyuan just smiled calmly and said: "The immortal is not far away from the mortal world, and the Tao is not far away from the human being. The small one is hidden in the mountains, and the big one is hidden in the city. Hiding in the mountains is just for the convenience of meditation, and not to be disturbed by complicated worldly things.

If I can still uphold my original intention and not be affected by external things while living in the world of mortals, what difference will it make if I am in the bustling city of the mountains... Moreover, I am not just in the mountains for meditation, but more to wait for an opportunity.

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"Opportunity? What opportunity?" Chu Yi looked at him with a puzzled look.

I just heard Lu Zhanyuan chuckle and say: "Haha, the secret must not be leaked." After that, he took the breeze in his sleeves and strode away.

"If he can figure it out, he's waiting for me, right?" Chu Yi rubbed his chin and murmured to himself. When he saw Lu Zhanyuan walking away leisurely, minding his own business, he quickly shouted: "Hey, are you slow?"

Click, wait for me!"

The two of them went to a lantern festival together. They came here enjoying the excitement and left completely exhausted. They passed by the lanterns of the mortal world and were not stained by the slightest sorrow of the world. They were so carefree.

......

The next day, the two went to the vegetable market and bought a lot of medicinal materials, vegetables, fruits and meat, and also specially bought a few live and fluttering pullets.

After getting all the things they needed, it was almost dusk. Chu and Lu each carried a large bamboo basket and came to the small shop where Mr. Lu often went to rest for a while in the small town at the foot of the mountain.

Not long after, I saw a young man with a dignified appearance and elegant temperament approaching the store.

When he saw Lu and Chu, he suddenly smiled freely, stepped forward and bowed his hands, saying: "A group of people in Xia Pinghu have met two distinguished scholars."

Lu Zhanyuan glanced at him and turned a deaf ear, ignoring him at all.

When the young man saw this, his expression did not change. He had long been accustomed to this, so it was strange.

Chu Yi, who was sandwiched between the two, clasped his fists and returned the greeting: "Long time no see, Master Gu."

The young man nodded and asked with concern: "How is the recovery from the internal injuries going? Have the remaining poisons been cleaned up?"

Chu Yi replied seriously: "It's okay."

At this time, Lu Zhanyuan was heard saying in a weird voice: "If I take action, what problems can there be... But you just showed him the way, so you dared to catch this guy for nothing."

A little chance, you know it’s me who spends my energy! These days, he still eats and lives in my house! Should the entertainment expenses be reimbursed?"

When Chu Yi heard this, he felt embarrassed. He wanted to say something, but when he was about to speak, he was stopped by Lu Zhanyuan's eyes.

Gu Zezhi spread his hands helplessly, "He ate it, not me..."

Lu Zhanyuan said coldly: "Then I don't care, you asked him to come anyway, so I'm only looking for you!"

Gu Zezhi said in a dumbfounded voice: "Okay, stop beating around the bush. If you want me to do anything, just tell me."

As soon as he said these words, Lu Zhanyuan nodded with satisfaction, then pointed to the two bags of rice in the corner, showing a sinister smile that seemed to have succeeded, "Then I'll help you...Chu Yi, let's go.

"After saying that, he dragged Chu Yi and strode out.

On the same spot, Gu Zezhi looked at two bags of rice weighing about eighty or ninety kilograms, and said with a wry smile: "So they are waiting for me here!"

......

Among the snow-capped mountains, three young people walked through the snow carrying heavy loads.

Gu and Lu were seen walking light and fast, and soon they threw Chu Yi far away. Even if Chu Yi tried his best to chase, it was still difficult to keep up with them.

After Chu Yiqiang held on and walked a few more steps, he was no longer able to move forward. He could only stay where he was, panting, watching them go further and further away.

......

On a certain snow-covered mountain trail, Gu Zezhi looked back at Chu Yi, who was already far behind, and said softly: "How about we wait for him?"

But Lu Zhanyuan had no intention of stopping at all. He just walked forward without looking back and said: "The road up the mountain can only be walked by himself, and the same is true for the road of cultivation. You can protect him for a while, and you can also protect him."

Will he succeed in his life? He has to leave on his own after all. Besides, didn’t we leave footprints..."

There is a passage that talks about both going up the mountain and practicing cultivation. Why do people go up the mountain? Immortals...

When Gu Zezhi heard this, he nodded, said no more, turned around, and climbed up silently.

......

At this time, Chu Yi was panting heavily after his physical strength was exhausted. Although he knew that there was a big gap between himself and the two people, he never thought that the gap was so big that he couldn't even see their backs.<

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The sky is getting darker and the cold wind is getting biter. If it continues like this, I am afraid that I will not be able to return to the cave at night. The mountains at night are very scary. Just the sudden drop in temperature can be fatal. He has already experienced this.

Chu Yi forced himself to breathe slowly. After a while, he calmed down and his body recovered a little strength, but he couldn't walk very far with this little remaining strength.

After thinking for a moment, Chu Yi slowly assumed the posture of the Five Forms True Solution, and mobilized the gossamer energy in his body to start walking through the meridians throughout his body.

Lu Zhanyuan had already taught him the method of internal Qi training, and he was familiar with the way internal Qi had to pass through acupuncture points and meridians. However, Lu Zhanyuan had always been watching the exercises by his side, so he dared to move the internal Qi boldly...

.Now he can only rely on himself.

......

Among the captivating mountains, a young man carrying a basket on his back practiced a simple posture and walked slowly along the mountain road along the footprints left in front. Although the speed was slow at the beginning, every step he took was very steady.<

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As the young man gets further and further away, his walking speed is slowly increasing, and the footprints he leaves are becoming shallower and shallower. However, this improvement is difficult to see with the naked eye, but it is progress after all.

......

When Chu Yi returned to the cave, he happened to catch the last ray of light from the setting sun.

At this moment, his whole body was dripping with sweat, and he was even more hungry. When he smelled the aroma of chicken soup at the entrance of the cave, he was shocked. He took his last breath and rushed directly into the cave, picking up the bowl on the table.

Drink the chicken soup directly.

After Chu Yi finished drinking, he stretched out comfortably. At this moment, he only felt a heat rising in his lower abdomen. His fatigue suddenly disappeared, and his spirit was lifted.

Just in the next second, two streams of heat suddenly burst out of the nose, rushing straight.

Chu Yi wiped his nose and saw that his hands were full of bright red, so he turned to look at Lu Zhanyuan and said in shock: "Did you put that century-old ginseng in?"

Lu Zhanyuan smiled and said: "It tastes good. I only put in a small amount. It was neutralized with chicken soup and some other herbs, otherwise I would have to make up for your death."

Chu Yi pinched his nose and asked, dumbfounded, "Then what should I do now?"

"It's simple! Just continue to practice internally and turn all the medicinal power into the two treasures of essence and qi!"

As Lu Zhanyuan spoke, he took out the needle box from Chu Yi's ancestral wooden box, grabbed a handful of silver needles, and directly inserted them into Chu Yi's major points to help him refine the medicinal power.

It's just that Director Lu's attack seemed a bit heavy. Chu Yi grimaced in pain and his brows jumped, and he took several breaths of air-conditioning.

Fortunately, this needle-like stinging pain came and went quickly, disappearing without a trace in just a few breaths.

Afterwards, Chu Yi continued to practice the Five Forms True Solution and devoted himself wholeheartedly to it. By the time he had completely refined the medicinal power, it was already late at night.

This time I borrowed the medicinal power of century-old ginseng, which has greatly benefited me. The most important thing is that the inner Qi that was originally as silk-like is now as thick as a hair.

The progress in this process can be seen. I heard from Taoist Lu that if you can train your inner energy to the thickness of chopsticks, you will be a rare inner master in the world.

If practitioners want to use inner Qi to build a bridge to connect lives, theoretically speaking, even the Qi of gossamers can be used, but the single-plank bridge built by the Qi of gossamers is too narrow, too fragile, has an unstable foundation, and cannot withstand erosion.<

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Therefore, it would be safer to practice inner Qi until it is as thick as wool before trying to connect life.

Only by connecting one's life and uniting the three treasures into true Qi can one be qualified to cast spells.

But before the three treasures can be unified into one, one must see the Yuan Shen under the guidance of the light of nature...or wake up the Yuan Shen that has been dormant for a long time.

Because there is no way to practice the Dharma without a god, and the spirit controls the movement of Qi. Only under the leadership of the Yuan Shen can the three treasures of Yuanjing, Yuanqi, and Xingguang be unified!

......

When Chu Yi came back to his senses, he saw Gu Zezhi and Lu Zhanyuan each occupying a corner of the cave, where they were meditating and practicing with their eyes closed. They seemed to be refining the medicinal power of century-old ginseng.

Seeing this, Chu Yi silently walked to the entrance of the cave to protect the two of them, so as not to be disturbed by a stray beast in the mountains.
Chapter completed!