Chapter 11: Xuan Yuan
"Only the Trinity Sage ~ is a small Taiji ~ universally accepts the destiny of the family of havoc ~ and receives immeasurable praise ~ ....... Bestowing blessings and relieving the dead, universally helping the living and the dying, the Dao crowns all the heavens, the grace reaches the three realms, the great compassion and the great wish, the great sage and the great mercy ......."
The sound of rhythmic chanting echoed continuously in the spacious cave, and all six Qingfeng Guan disciples, including Li Huowang, sat cross-legged on their futons, following their master's morning lesson.
There was no scripture in front of all of them, so Li Huo-wang could only vaguely follow his brothers in the morning lesson.
While chanting the sutra Li Huo Wang looked up, his sight condensed on Danyang Zi who was sitting at the very front, the hostility in his eyes that had just surfaced was quickly suppressed.
For this disgusting fellow, he now hated to eat his flesh and pick his skin, but Li Huo Wang knew that he was too weak to be his opponent now.
The opponent is powerful, he can not be reckless, he is now the main thing is to hold back, secretly looking for opportunities.
This may be difficult, and perhaps even be found by Danyangzi die a miserable death, but Li HuoWang did not care about anything.
Upon seeing Danyangzi turn slightly sideways, Li HuoWang's eyes quickly moved upwards, over the three pillars of high incense, and looked towards the three idols that were placed on display within the hollowed out rock wall.
The three different-looking deities wore yellow Daoist robes and embraced floating dust, their eyes unsaddened and unimpressed as they gazed down at the tiny mortals below.
They did not have the appearance of immortal style, but instead had an unusual appearance, and if not for their robes they just looked like three large ordinary people.
Who these three idols were, Li Huowang of course did not recognize them, but he kept the looks of these three deep in his mind.
At this point the chanting began to slow down, and when the last small section of the sutra came out of his mouth, the boy on the side heavily struck three times on the red drum, and the morning lesson was over.
All the disciples followed Danyangzi and stood up, at the same time pinching the thumb of their left hand with their right hand, placing the four fingers of their left hand on top of the fingers of their right hand, and raising their hands above their heads to salute the idol.
After performing the salute, Danyangzi slowly turned around and surveyed the disciples behind him.
When he saw Li Huowang in his Taoist robes standing at the very end of the crowd with a calm expression, he nodded in satisfaction.
"Xuan Yuan, Xuan Yang has just joined this sect, there must be a lot of things he doesn't know, you as a senior brother teach him."
"Yes, master." A middle-aged man with a round face and a slightly chubby expression saluted Danyangzi.
"Alright, after the dawning hour, there's nothing more to do, all go and have your meal." Danyangzi finished speaking with his hands behind his back and walked towards the cave entrance on the side.
A young man wearing a mixed scarf with a somber expression followed him out together.
"That's senior brother Zheng Kun, since senior brother Zheng Kan Zheng Zhen defected, he's the only inner disciple of master, in the future when you meet within the Guan, remember to be respectful, he's not as good-tempered as master."
Xuan Yuan walked to Li Huo Wang's side, explaining the man's origin to him.
Li Huo Wang nodded, "Thank you senior brother Xuan Yuan for explaining, so does he also know the divine power like master?"
He didn't know about anything else, but Li Huo Wang knew that Danyang Zi would have the ability to control objects with one hand, and was incredibly strong, able to lift stone urns of several hundred pounds.
These were not the most taboo, what made Li HuoWang the most taboo was knowing anything that happened inside the cave, whether it was his own words about him being an ass, or the fact that he had not agreed to run away together before.
If he really wanted to deal with him, this point had to be clarified.
"He's an inner disciple, how would I know what he's learned from his master." Li Huowang sensed the jealousy within the other party's words.
"One person's power is too weak, should I look for other allies within Qingfeng Guan?" A thought flooded Li Huo Wang's mind, but soon the thought was immediately extinguished.
Those who had the heart to resist were probably long ago eaten by the Black Taiyou during the last time, and now the remaining ones, even if they were not dead set against Danyangzi, were probably timid and cowardly.
"Let's go, let's talk as we walk." After Xuan Yuan finished speaking, he turned around and led Li Huowang in the direction of the kitchen. "I know what you're thinking, don't think about Master's Immortalization Technique, to wheel down from above, you're the last one."
"As for you, just do your work at ease, what the master commands you to do, you just go and do it, when the time comes according to seniority, it will naturally be your turn."
At this time they had already arrived at the eating cave, the other senior brothers who arrived early had already started to drink porridge.
Three of them he recognized, the two Taoist priests carrying long swords were Chang Ming Chang Ren, and there was also a Xuan Yin who he had met once before.
Together with Xuan Yuan on the side, and himself Xuan Yang, the five named disciples within Qingfeng Guan were now all gathered here.
"The rules of Qingfeng Guan, eat without speaking and sleep without speaking, I'll teach you something else after you've had your meal." Xuan Yuan said and sat down to drink congee together.
Li Huowang sat down and picked up the black ceramic bowl and took a sip, his eyes silently observing the other senior brothers' demeanor.
These people were all different in looks, with nothing too conspicuous or ugly in appearance. But sitting together in their Taoist robes, Li Huowang always felt a bit strange.
When he saw Xuan Yin pressing the side of his nose and blowing his nose hard into the ground, while the other two senior brothers frowned slightly, Li Huo Wang finally reacted to the fact that they had different temperaments.
Some of these people were more bookish, while others with thick jointed hands and feet looked like they did rough labor.
"Where did Danyangzi find all five of these disciples from? It shouldn't be the same as me who lifted them up from the medicine guide, right?"
One by one the empty bowls were put down, the other senior brothers did not look at the new Xuan Yang senior disciple and walked towards the door with big strides.
When the meal was over Xuan Yuan brought Li Huo Wang to continue the introductions within the Qingfeng Guan, and learned from them that each of the five named disciples was responsible for a different position within the Taoist Guan.
Some of them are responsible for the management of Taoist children, some of them are responsible for purchasing out of the temple, and some of them are responsible for raising the black taiyou, and even the senior ones have to wear multiple hats.
Originally not so busy, but unfortunately after the death of a group of people, their responsibilities can only be forced to share to the remaining disciples.
Li Huowang's responsibility naturally need not be said, all things in the material room are his responsibility, and all they disciples do is to assist the master to become immortal.
After going around in circles like this for a whole day, Li Huowang finally had a detailed understanding of the entire Taoist temple from Xuan Yuan.
Li Huo Wang kept these things in his heart, this place was no longer an illusion to leave at any time, whether he could kill Danyang Zi or not, this information might come in handy.
After spending a day together, Xuan Yuan's relationship with Li Huo Wang was slightly energized, and the two of them were walking back from the Hall of Zheng Yi.
"Xuan Yang senior brother ah, actually there is no need to be so nervous, your work won't be that busy, and master doesn't refine pills every day."
"Oh? Please also ask senior brother Xuan Yuan to explain."
"Alchemy this kind of thing is closely related to the heavenly phenomenon of the hour, some things of the elixir must be a fixed hour in order to be able to play to the maximum effect, just for example, today and tomorrow will not be suitable for alchemy, but the day after tomorrow's Zi Shi is a very good day."
