Chapter 7: Ten Years of Cultivation, Only Persistence [When you were fifteen, the Taoist priest with the golden toad on his shoulder wanted to accept Lu Yu as his disciple. He admitted that he had not accepted any disciples for many years and now wanted to accept him as his last disciple.] [The Taoist priest showed off his special skill in order to recruit a disciple. He could fly to the top of a tree with a light leap and land silently like a feather.] [The people in the Lu Mansion were extremely shocked and called him an immortal.] [Surprisingly, Lu Yu refused, and even Taoist Liu was a little shocked.] [The uncle quickly interrupted Lu Yu and reminded him to be respectful and polite. The mother also knew that he was extraordinary and quickly persuaded Lu Yu to become his disciple.] Lu Yu said firmly: "If you want to accept me as your disciple, you must accept my brother as well." [After hearing this, the Taoist frowned slightly and did not agree immediately.] [After another month, Lu Yu's cultivation level improved further, and his Xiantian Gong had already reached the fourth level. His speed was amazing.] [His uncle fought with him, and it took him more than a hundred moves to defeat him. His uncle was deeply shocked.]
[The Taoist surnamed Liu was so excited that he thought Lu Yu was gifted and was definitely a perfect candidate to become the Three True Ones.] [He offered to take Lu Yu as his apprentice again, but was rejected again.] [Lu Yu said, you can become my disciple, but you must accept my brother as well.] [The Taoist heard this and fell into deep thought.] [He recalled the prophecy left by a Taoist master fifteen years ago: "A star will descend to the world, and the battle between Taoism and the devil will begin."] [From then on, a group of Taoists began to recruit disciples] [At this time, Lu Yu was about fifteen or sixteen years old, which matched the description in the prophecy. The Taoist thought that perhaps this Taoist son would come to the world and it would be Lu Yu.] [As for Lu Chen, although his martial arts aptitude is not as good as Lu Yu's, he is mature beyond his years, has a calm mind, does things in an orderly manner, and never makes mistakes. He will surely achieve great things in the secular world.] [Unfortunately, it is not suitable for cultivation. ] [However, for the sake of Lu Yu, a possible disciple, he was willing to make an exception.] [So, the two of you became disciples of the Taoist priest, and your mother was overjoyed.] [The Taoist tells his real name: Liu Jinchan.] [This year, your uncle went north to join your father, and you two brothers followed your master to Mount Zhongnan, which is where the Sanzhen Sect was founded.] 【This is your first time away from home.】 【Unlock a new check-in location, Zhongnan Mountain. 】 [On this day, the two of you received the Three True Teachings’ True Scriptures.] [Unlock the identity of a righteous disciple - a disciple of the Three True Sect] [The Three True Ones have few disciples, but all of them are extraordinary. Now you know how senior the Taoist surnamed Liu is. The head of the Three True Ones actually calls you two uncles.] [The Taoist surnamed Liu is well versed in the Four Books and Five Classics, Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism. You two brothers should bow down to him.]
[After that, you and your brother began to practice Taoism in Mount Zhongnan, and he personally taught you Taoist books and martial arts.] [This year, the world is in chaos and strife, and you live in the mountains, isolated from the world. ] 【Practice is a daily routine.】 [Every day you climb from the foot of the mountain to the top, bathe in the morning sun, walk on the stone steps, and exercise in the pool. ] [From the first ray of sunlight in the morning until nightfall, when everything is quiet, you are still practicing hard in the field, sweating like rain, and your clothes are soaked. ] [Year after year, from the blooming of spring flowers to the falling of winter snow. However, your martial arts progress is not as rapid as expected. ] [Two years have passed in a flash, and you are still lingering in the second level of the Great Yellow Court, only with a little more strength than ordinary people.] [On this day, you fought with Lu Yu. His palm skills were fierce and his body movements were agile. In just a few moves, he put you in danger.] 【Lu Yu saw that you were doomed to fail, and he couldn't bear to hurt your pride, so he fought with you again. This time, he let you win on purpose, and only won after two hundred moves.】【You had seen through him a long time ago, but you just smiled and didn't get discouraged. You practiced martial arts more seriously, often practicing to the point of forgetting yourself, and you were extremely happy every time you gained something.】 [This year you are eighteen years old. Your mother sent a letter to you and your brothers. She misses you and is concerned about whether you and your brothers are getting used to the hard life in the mountains.] [The letter said that the world was becoming increasingly chaotic. The Northern Xuan Kingdom crossed the border after the autumn harvest. The drums of war were beating, and the North was in panic.] [My father returned with white hair. He passed by our house three times but did not enter. My father told my mother to prepare to move the whole family south. The Beifeng Xuan Kingdom was about to move south.] [In the autumn of this year, your cultivation finally made a breakthrough and reached the third level of the Great Yellow Court. This is considered a slow progress, and the cultivation level of the new disciples who have been in the sect for a year has surpassed yours.] [On the other hand, Lu Yu is only seventeen years old, but he has already made a name for himself. Apart from the elders in the mountains, he has almost no rivals. ] [The inner Qi in his body can be controlled and released freely, which is enough to protect himself. He has already become one of the top masters in the martial arts world. ] [He has great prestige in the sect, and all new disciples bow down to him.] [Lu Yu had a pure heart, and Taoist Liu praised him as a natural talent for cultivation.] [Another year has passed, and you are 19 years old today. ] [As Bei Xuan's cavalry crossed the Yellow River, the voices of the Three True Sect calling for people to go down the mountain to save the world intensified.] [Lu Yu was filled with righteous indignation. He gathered a group of like-minded disciples and planned to sneak down the mountain under the cover of the morning mist to save the people.] [However, this time Lu Yu took the initiative to ask for your opinion the night before.] So, you decide. 1. Tell the master about this. 2. Turn a blind eye and let it go its own way. 3. Go together. 4. Get involved personally. (0/3) Yu Ke looked at the options that appeared in his mind and pondered for a moment. At this time, Lu Yu's cultivation level is much higher than yours. Ordinary men cannot get close to him at all, so he has the ability to protect himself.
Since he is over 18, it would probably be useless to stop him. Moreover, with the master's vision, he had probably guessed Lu Chen's personality. Yu Ke chose 2 and turned a blind eye. 【Lu Yu was very happy to know that you would not stop him, and said, "Wait for it, brother. I will definitely achieve great things."】 [As soon as Lu Yu came down the mountain, Taoist Liu quietly appeared in front of you and watched Lu Yu and a group of Three True Disciples go down the mountain. As you guessed, this matter could not be hidden from the master.] [The Taoist smiled lightly, "In fact, the one who should go down the mountain to gain experience the most should be you, my disciple."] [Liu Jinchan sighed in his heart. One of his two disciples was born to be a Taoist, but his heart was in the secular world. The other should have been a talent for governing the world, but he chose to be a prime minister in the mountains.] [You don’t understand what it means, but you just feel that you practiced more seriously tonight.] [Another winter and summer have passed, and you have not wasted a single day. There are no chickens or dogs in the mountains, but you have accompanied the morning dew and wandered under the stars at night. ] [This year you turned twenty, but your cultivation level still remained at the third level of the Great Yellow Court, with only a few improvements.] [But you are not in a hurry, and you still practice according to the previous method every day without fail. ] [Some of the newly recruited disciples have already cultivated the Great Yellow Court to the fourth level.] [You have become a disciple of Taoist priest surnamed Liu, so you don’t need to follow any of the seniority or morning and evening classes.] [This caused dissatisfaction among the disciples, and many of them mocked you, saying that you only got to this position by currying favor with the seniors in the sect.] [Lu Yu has a high reputation among the new disciples in the sect. Especially after his departure, the disciples in the sect have become more and more dissatisfied with you.] (End of this chapter)
