Broken mirror to practice Taoism

After coming down from Wuwang Mountain, Xue Yuandao took Ergou back to Lingyue Mountain's Tianlingdao.

The main gymnasium of Tianling Dao is located on the top of Lingyue Mountain. From the middle of the mountain to the top of the mountain is the boundary of Tianling Dao.As Xue Yuandao's only disciple, Ergou was treated well in Tianlingdao.

Xue Yuandao's courtyard was built in the north of the square of Tianling Taoist main gymnasium, and it was as cold as winter all year round.Ergou didn't like that place very much, so from time to time, he would go for a walk in the bamboo forest by Ling Daochang's side in the east.

Leaning under the bamboo, Ergou calmed down and recalled what happened a few days ago.

There is a memory that is getting deeper and deeper in his mind——

Ergou has been a beggar since he was conscious, without father or mother.He started to remember things when he was six years old. He didn't remember where he was or who he met before he was six years old.

He has always been alone, in the same place, begging with the beggars around him every day.He didn't know what he was supposed to do, and in fact he didn't care whether he could live or not.The beggars around called him Ergou, and he thought it was a good name, so he took it as his own.

Afterwards, the memory began to be separated from the day before entering the spiritual path.

His ancestor, Taoist Ling Yue, a kind old man, walked up to him, smiled at him and asked, "Little friend, do you want to practice Taoism?"

He didn't know what cultivating Taoism was at the time, so he shook his head immediately.

"Cultivation? What is that, I won't go."

"Little friend, your desireless, non-obsessive temperament is a good foundation for cultivating Taoism. Do you really not consider cultivating Taoism with me?" beside.

"I don't know, but I always feel that it's not a good thing."

Ergou refused, Taoist Ling Yue kept pestering him and told him a lot about the benefits of cultivating Taoism.For example, in the future, you can overcome the calamity and ascend to immortality, or you can become a very great personage and save the people from the fire and water.

"Not interested." Ergou replied very coldly.

"Little friend." Taoist Ling Yue suddenly changed his attitude, looked at Ergou very seriously, and said, "You have a predestined relationship with my teaching, do you think that if you were an ordinary person, I would travel thousands of miles here to find someone like you Beggar?"

"Then go find someone else who is destined." Ergou said, "Anyway, I'm not interested."

For the next three days, Taoist Ling Yue followed Ergou all the time.Because Taoist Ling Yue's clothes are so different from those of beggars, with him sitting next to Er Gou, Er Gou can't beg for food at all.

Er Gou was not angry, but his stomach was rumbling, a little uncomfortable.

On the third day, Ergou, who had no food at all, finally couldn't hold on and collapsed.When Ergou woke up, Taoist Lingyue had already taken him to Lingyue Mountain.

His messy clothes were changed, and he was not used to the fluffy white clothes.However, the food on the table made his eyes light up.

"Are you awake?" Taoist Ling Yue looked at him kindly, then handed him a bowl of porridge, "Let's have some porridge first."

Ergou immediately drank all the porridge handed over by Taoist Ling Yue, and then looked at the food on the table, "Can I...can I eat it?"

"Of course." Taoist Ling Yue said.

Afterwards, Ergou immediately got down to the ground and cleaned up all the food on the table.Taoist Ling Yue didn't speak while he was eating, but just watched him eat kindly.It was not until he was full that Taoist Ling Yue said slowly: "Little friend, how about entering the Tao and cultivating the Tao?"

Er Gou put down the bowl, looked at Taoist Ling Yue and asked, "Can I have food every day?"

"That's for sure."

"Okay, I'm in!"

Ergou is leaning against the bamboo at this moment, looking up at the bamboo forest.For some unknown reason, this memory was suddenly imprinted in his mind, a messy memory.Obviously that day, when he collapsed to the ground from hunger, he suddenly met Xue Yuandao who came out to practice...

"You, practice Taoism with me."

"What?"

"Cultivate the Tao."

"Anything to eat?"

"Have."

"it is good."

Although the reasons for entering the Heavenly Spiritual Path are exactly the same, the details and the people involved have all been changed.

Afterwards, these two different memories merged together after Xue Yuandao came out of seclusion.In front of all the disciples of Tianlingdao, Xue Yuandao, who is the most powerful and has the right to speak in Tianlingdao besides Taoist Ling Yue, accepted his first apprentice since he practiced Taoism for so long.

When Xue Yuandao accepted him as an apprentice, he gave him a small knife, which can be seen to be carefully crafted by Xue Yuandao himself.Then, he said something——

"If you are my apprentice, I will protect you. I hope you will be free from disasters and troubles in this life, and you will ascend safely."

People who practice the Tao clearly know that it is impossible to be free from disasters and difficulties, and there must be calamities if they want to ascend.But when Xue Yuandao said it, Er Gou couldn't help but believe it.

These two memories are so real, like things that actually happened in the past.But the two memories are intertwined, but they are so contradictory.

Forget it, I don't want to.

No matter what happened in the past, now he can live every day in the future.Thinking about so many things, I have to be exhausted.

After shaking his head, Ergou happily stood up from the ground, patted his pants and prepared to go back to find Xue Yuandao.

After returning, Xue Yuandao was meditating inside the house.Although Ergou has worshiped Xue Yuandao as his teacher, Xue Yuandao has not actually taught him anything, so he has lived a very chic life these days.

At noon, Xue Yuandao slowly opened his eyes, and Er Gou fell asleep on the round table in front of him.Xue Yuandao looked at Ergou, a trace of satisfaction suddenly flashed in his empty eyes.

Xue Yuandao came down from the bed and gently hugged Ergou up.Ergou slept soundly, with the weight of his whole body on Xue Yuandao's body, but Xue Yuandao didn't feel displeased at all, instead, he clenched Ergou's hands slightly.

"read……"

——Master, if you really want to thank me, please give me a name. The current name is too inelegant. I also want to have a nicer name like Master and Mrs.

"Let's call it 'Nian'." Xue Yuandao decided, "I'll tell you when you grow up."

Xue Yuandao carried the sleeping Ergou to the bed. After Ergou touched the quilt, he immediately rolled up with the quilt and fell asleep peacefully.It wasn't until the evening that Ergou got up from the bed in a daze, and then stretched himself.Xue Yuandao had long since disappeared, and Ergou woke up a little bit, and then found that he didn't know how to get from the stool to Xue Yuandao's bed.

Presumably the master moved his position.

Er Gou didn't think much about it, but in his heart, he had gradually treated Xue Yuandao as a master.

The next morning, Xue Yuandao and Ergou were called to Lingyue Pavilion by Taoist Lingyue. Xue Yuandao first explained to Taoist Lingyue what happened to them the last time they went down the mountain.Taoist Ling Yue was a little surprised after hearing their experience, and then asked, "That's how you know that girl?"

"Master, do you think there is something wrong?"

"Not really." Taoist Ling Yue shook his head, "I've been watching as a teacher the ancestors of past dynasties crossing the catastrophe. When there is something, there are people, but anyone who meets someone is a word of 'love'. And this word... hey, I don’t know how many Taoists have stumbled on this word.”

"Then what I'm doing now, isn't it just right?" Xue Yuandao asked calmly.

Taoist Ling Yue felt that this matter was very strange, but he couldn't tell.

No, since it is doom, it shouldn't be so simple.Or is it……

Taoist Ling Yue took a look at Xue Yuandao. Xue Yuandao had been blessed since he entered the Tao. He was only over [-] years old, and he had already caught up with him who was over [-] years old.

Perhaps, it was Xue Yuandao's steadfast heart of cultivating the Tao that allowed him to survive this catastrophe?

Taoist Ling Yue couldn't help but think, "Since the calamity is over, let's let go of our hearts, but you have to be careful in everything, I'm afraid this is a little strange."

"Yes, master." Xue Yuandao obediently replied.

"This kid is your new apprentice, right?" Taoist Ling Yue looked at Ergou and asked.

Ergou happened to also look at Taoist Lingyue.

Sure enough, that part of my memory came from inexplicable.In that period of memory, he was more intimate with Taoist Ling Yue than his master, and Taoist Ling Yue would not know his situation through his master.

"Hello, Master."

Listening to Ergou's address, Taoist Lingyue smiled with satisfaction, and then commented: "Your apprentice, your six roots are clean, and you are an excellent cultivation root."

After speaking, Taoist Ling Yue counted again, and then he immediately said in surprise, "So that's how it is."

"What's the matter, master?"

"Haha." Taoist Ling Yue patted Ergou on the head, and said to Xue Yuandao, "It seems that Yuandao, you have passed the tribulation this time, thanks to this little friend."

Ergou looked at Xue Yuandao in some confusion, but Xue Yuandao frowned tightly at this moment, "Master, what did you say?"

"This child can help you cross the catastrophe." Taoist Ling Yue said, and then became confused again, "It's just that I don't quite understand why I can't see through the fate of this child."

Xue Yuandao stared at Er Gou, not knowing what he was thinking, but Er Gou shifted his eyes to the kind master in front of him.Taoist Ling Yue covered Ergou's head with his hands, felt Ergou's breath, and groped for his fate, "Your past and future are blank, you shouldn't exist here, but you exist here again ……you……"

Before Taoist Ling Yue finished speaking, Xue Yuandao got up and pulled Taoist Ling Yue's hand over, "Master, this is my apprentice."

Taoist Ling Yue was stunned for a moment, then smiled, "Hahaha, look at me, I was a little excited to see this child, and I forgot about it. This matter of fate is still up to you. It's just that your apprentice is really good at cultivating Taoism." Bones, you must grasp it well."

"Yeah." Xue Yuandao replied, "Speaking of Master, why did you say that he could help me overcome the tribulation?"

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