Chapter 68: Tao is always inaction and yet it can do everything
And the matter was settled.

Chu Yuan took out his self-created "Nine Heavens Gangqi" and passed it on to the senior masters of the temples here.

There is no need to be too proud of one's possessions. After all, we will all be members of the Qingcheng Sect in the future and we are all family.

Martial arts can only flourish if there are people who practice them.

If it is created and no one practices it, or only a few people practice it, it is just for their own entertainment.

What's more, the current "Nine Heavens Gangqi" is just the previous version.

Since it is called "Nine Heavens Gangqi", naturally one must be able to practice all nine meridians. Now there are only six meridians.

Chu Yuan decided that when he had time, he would update the version and upgrade the six meridians of "Nine Heavens Gangqi" to nine meridians.

It’s just that Chu Yuan has too many things to do now and doesn’t have time to do it.

In addition to the "Bixie Sword Manual" obtained in Fuzhou Prefecture, it will take time to study it to see if there is anything worth learning from it.

He also promised these temple masters and seniors that he would create a martial art that could grant him immortality.

Although he said this, it was just a pie in the sky in order to get these temple masters and seniors to agree to merge into the Qingcheng Sect.

Even if this martial art that can grant immortality could really be created.

It will also take countless efforts and time, and it is definitely not something that can be done in a short period of time.

But the boasting has already been made. No matter whether it can be done or not, at least we have to pretend to do it and show some respect to these senior temple masters.

Don’t say it yet!
These senior temple masters, who were able to become the temple masters, all had very good memory.

Even though they were all old Taoist priests, after Chu Yuan explained it several times, they basically memorized the practice formula of "Nine Heavens Gangqi".

As for training...

It is definitely not difficult for these old Taoists who have studied Taoist scriptures and practiced Taoism for many years.

Seeing that their goal had been achieved, these senior temple masters gradually left.

After all the senior masters of the temple have left.

Baiyun Temple.

In a quiet room.

Only Master Ziyun, Senior Brother Yu Canghai, Chu Yuan and other close friends were left.

"When did you come back?"

After letting Chu Yuan sit down on an empty cushion in front of him, Ziyun asked Chu Yuan.

"Not long after I came back, I heard from the younger generation in Songfeng Temple that the master asked me to come over to discuss matters, so I hurried over."

Chu Yuan replied.

"Gather all the masters of the Qingcheng Mountains. This is what the master is doing."

Ziyun admitted.

"I saw your senior brother has been working on this recently, but unfortunately there has been no results. I heard it was your idea, so I invited them to Baiyun Temple. Who knew they were all very stubborn? Fortunately, you came back in time and successfully persuaded them, otherwise I'm afraid they would fail again this time."

Then Ziyun glanced at Chu Yuan and said.

"Junior brother, I didn't complete what you asked me to do."

Yu Canghai stood beside him with a look of ashamed expression.

If Chu Yuan had not just returned and personally convinced these Taoist temple masters in front of them, this would probably have ended in vain.

Chu Yuan said: "Brother, this matter is not your fault, it is me who thought this matter was too simple."

Firstly, Yu Canghai’s seniority is not high in front of this group of senior temple masters, so his words have little weight.

Secondly, although he was the leader of a sect, in front of these senior temple masters, he seemed to be an impostor of "Qingcheng" and they were repulsed by him.

Naturally, no matter what he said, they would not agree.

"Master, I have to thank you this time. If it weren't for you, this matter wouldn't have gone so smoothly."

Chu Yuan thanked his master Ziyun.

His identity as a disciple of Ziyun helped him a lot.

According to what those senior temple masters said, Master Ziyun has often praised his disciple in front of these seniors.

"You are my disciple. Since you want to accomplish this, I, as your master, will help you if I can."

Ziyun smiled.

He looked at his disciple Chu Yuan in front of him, and the more he looked, the more satisfied he became. Ziyun continued:

"And your idea is very much to my liking. Although Qingcheng Mountain has a long history and many Taoists, it is a mess."

"Only when someone who is capable, talented, and able to convince the public appears can the Taoist temples on Mount Qingcheng be united and become one."

"And Chu Yuan, you are this person..."

Chu Yuan blushed a little when he was praised by his master Ziyun:
"Master, I'm not as powerful as you say."

Ziyun said, "But if we merge with Qingcheng Sect, won't this be done by you?"

Chu Yuan said: "Master, there is a lot of luck involved."

Ziyun looked at Chu Yuan and said, "Ever since the Taoist founder Zhang Daoling had been practicing in Qingcheng Mountain, in the past 1,400 years, you are the only one who has managed to combine these Taoist temples into one. Even if there is an element of luck, it is also because of you. No one else would be able to accomplish this."

Yu Canghai: ...

Why did he feel that Ziyun's words were directed at him?

But he had to admit that what Ziyun said made a lot of sense.

It has been almost a year since Chu Yuan came down the mountain. During this year, he has been planning the merger of the two sects.

Unfortunately, the senior masters of the Qingcheng Mountain didn't pay much attention to him and didn't take him seriously at all.

If Ziyun had not taken action this time, it would not even be possible to gather the masters of all the Taoist temples on Qingcheng Mountain to one place.

"I heard that you made a lot of noise when you came down the mountain this time, and defeated the Five Mountains Sword Sects by yourself?"

Ziyun's tone changed.

"Master, do you also know what happened in the martial arts world?"

Chu Yuan said with some surprise.

"You asked your senior brother to plan and arrange everything. In the future, all the Taoists on Qingcheng Mountain will be from the Qingcheng Sect. How can I, an old Taoist, not learn about the affairs of the Jianghu and martial arts world?"

Ziyun asked Chu Yuan back.

Hearing Master Ziyun say this, Chu Yuan could only smile awkwardly.

"Although I am not a martial artist, I still have some connections."

Ziyun glanced at Chu Yuan and continued:

"Now, you are famous in the martial arts world. Everyone in the martial arts world knows that Qingcheng has sent out a young master who is so young that his martial arts skills are enough to defeat the head of the Five Mountains."

Chu Yuan corrected: "Master, to be exact, there were four. The head of Huashan Sect, Yue Buqun, did not make a move, and I did not defeat him."

Seeing that Master Ziyun was about to get angry because of his joke, Chu Yuan quickly changed the subject:

"By the way, Master, I have accepted a disciple this time when I came down the mountain. Can you let her come in and meet you?"

Ziyun looked a little surprised and said, "You kid actually accepted a disciple? This master must meet her, let her in."

Chu Yuan turned around and shouted to the door: "Fei Yan, come in."

Hearing Chu Yuan's shout, Qu Feiyan walked in from outside the door.

"Disciple Qu Feiyan, I come to see Master!"

Without Chu Yuan's reminder, Qu Feiyan knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Ziyun immediately after coming in. She was extremely smart.

"It turns out to be a little girl!"

Ziyun looked a little surprised when he saw Qu Feiyan.

He looked at the little girl in front of him and saw that she had red lips, white teeth, fair skin, and eyes like crescent moons, revealing an indescribable cleverness.

"Yes, you made the right choice in accepting this disciple. If you don't have time to teach her, you can ask her to come to my Baiyun Temple often."

Ziyun praised and said.

He had no objection to Chu Yuan accepting a female disciple.

Because most Taoist temples in Qingcheng Mountain do not ban Kun Dao, and there are also quite a number of Kun Dao disciples.

"No problem. I will let her come and bother Master more often in the future."

Chu Yuan said immediately.

Chu Yuan knew that his master Ziyun liked him very much, and Qu Feiyan was influenced by his master Ziyun.

"Get up, little girl. You don't have to kneel. From now on, treat Baiyun Temple as your home."

Seeing that Qu Feiyan was still kneeling on the ground, Ziyun immediately reached out and helped Qu Feiyan up from the ground.

"In addition to this little girl, I heard that you also made friends with a demon cult leader when you came down the mountain this time..."

Just after helping Qu Feiyan up from the ground, Ziyun suddenly changed his tone and looked at him with inquiring eyes.

"How did Master know?"

Chu Yuan was a little surprised.

"Junior brother, you don't know that the news has spread all over the martial arts world. The Songshan Sect is spreading the news that you are colluding with the Demon Sect and are good friends with the Demon Sect leader Dongfang Bubai. You are traveling together."

Yu Canghai also said beside him.

"Senior brother also knows?"

Chu Yuan was surprised.

He hadn't returned to the mountain yet, but unexpectedly, news about him had already been transmitted back to Qingcheng Mountain.

"It should be the Songshan Sect who did it. Seeing that they were no match for you, they spread rumors that you, Junior Brother, were colluding with the Demon Sect."

Yu Canghai looked cold and angry.

"Master, Senior Brother, what the Songshan Sect said about me colluding with the Demon Sect is false, but it is true that I have been traveling with Dongfang Bubai for a long time and we became good friends right away."

Chu Yuan said to his senior brother Yu Canghai and master Ziyun.

"Junior brother, you should pay attention to these."

Senior Brother Yu Canghai looked at Chu Yuan and said.

"The martial arts world is different from the mountains. People's hearts are different. If they are not your opponent, they will try every means to suppress you. This time, the Songshan Sect is like this."

Yu Canghai continued.

“Don’t be afraid, Brother. It is precisely because they are no match for me that the Songshan Sect and Zuo Lengchan want to slander me in this way…”

Chu Yuan said calmly.

"You also know that they are slandering you. Now that this matter has spread like wildfire and everyone in the world knows about it, I'm afraid they have plans to deal with you next."

Taoist Ziyun looked at Chu Yuan and said.

The reason why many temple masters on Mount Qingcheng are unwilling to merge is not because they are against practicing martial arts.

The main reason is that the martial arts world is full of struggles for power and profit, which many Taoist predecessors are tired of.

Just like Chu Yuan now, after going down the mountain, although he became famous, he was also unknowingly drawn into the vortex of fighting in the martial arts world.

"I am not afraid, Master. Let them come."

Chu Yuan said indifferently: "As long as the disciples are strong enough, they can't do anything to them." Zi Yun looked a little worried and said: "You are not afraid, so does Qingcheng Sect not fear either?"

"Master, after the Qingcheng Sect merged, they wanted to gain a firm foothold in the martial arts world. This kind of fight is inevitable. As long as the Qingcheng Sect and I show enough strength to shock them, they will no longer have such thoughts."

Chu Yuan said seriously.

In the world, right and wrong are inevitable.

As long as you infringe upon the interests of others, even if this incident does not happen, there will always be the next incident.

Even a large sect like Wudang was once forced to hand over Zhang Cuishan and his wife by the five major sects who stormed the Golden Palace under the pretext of celebrating a birthday.

The purpose is to obtain the Dragon Slaying Sword and the Heavenly Sword.

What’s more, the Qingcheng Sect is still far from its peak period with Zhang Sanfeng in charge of the Wudang Sect!

"A good blacksmith must have strong tools himself. Strength is everything in the martial arts world. As long as the disciples and the Qingcheng Sect have enough strength, the Songshan Sect and Zuo Lengchan will naturally not dare to cause trouble for us."

"If he dares to look for me, it means that the Qingcheng Sect and I are not strong enough."

Chu Yuan said again.

"Right."

After hearing Chu Yuan's words, Ziyun's originally anxious expression gradually relaxed.

It seems that his disciple has considered all the causes and effects and benefits of this matter very clearly.

"Master, Senior Brother, do you know what the biggest threat is for us to gain a foothold in Ming Dynasty after the merger of Qingcheng Sect?"

Chu Yuan then asked the two of them again.

"Although the Five Mountains Sword Sects are strong, their four sect leaders were all defeated by my junior brother. In addition, they have many internal conflicts, so they are not a concern..."

Yu Canghai frowned and thought.

"Could it be Wudang and Shaolin?"

Ziyun blurted out.

Wudang Shaolin!

They are the leading figures in the martial arts world. Even those Taoists who do not practice martial arts have heard of the great names of Wudang and Shaolin.

"Yes, it is Wudang and Shaolin."

Chu Yuan looked solemn and nodded.

"There are many sects in the Five Mountains Sword Sect that have traces of support from Wudang and Shaolin, and they are used to balance the Demon Sect."

"In fact, in the martial arts world, the ones who really have the final say are Wudang and Shaolin."

As he spoke, Chu Yuan stood up from the futon:

"Originally, Wudang and Shaolin were the two strongest factions in the martial arts world. Suddenly, the Qingcheng Sect emerged and wanted to share their power over the martial arts world. They would definitely not be willing to do so. They would try to deal with the Qingcheng Sect and weaken it, which would be in their best interest. But I don't know when they will make their move."

The Jianghu and the martial arts world, apart from the superficial struggle between good and evil, are actually just a struggle for power and discourse power.

When the Wudang Sect was just rising, it was often targeted by the Shaolin Temple.

It’s just that the Wudang Sect had Zhang Sanfeng, so they held on.

Later, the dragon slayer became the evil dragon, and together with the Shaolin Temple, he became the leading figure in the martial arts world.

The only difference is that now the Qingcheng Sect is about to be targeted.

Zuo Lengchan's propaganda just happened to give Wudang and Shaolin an excuse to target Qingcheng Sect and themselves.

"Brother, what should we do?"

Yu Canghai frowned.

After Chu Yuan's analysis, he felt that what Chu Yuan said made sense.

But then I became worried again, because that was Shaolin and Wudang!
All the sects have produced martial arts masters and have become top sects that have stood tall in the martial arts world for thousands of years.

"We can't help it, Senior Brother. This is what our Qingcheng Sect must go through. Only by winning the fight can our Qingcheng Sect truly stand up in the martial arts world."

Chu Yuan said.

"Chu Yuan is right. Unless the Qingcheng Sect gives up on development, we must get through this hurdle."

Taoist Master Ziyun has studied Taoist scriptures all his life and practiced Taoism for decades.

He read Taoist scriptures and knew that in the pre-Qin period, Taoists advocated the doctrine of inaction.

But in Ziyun's view, the so-called inaction is more like doing everything in line with the trend.

There is also an original text in the Tao Te Ching: "The Tao is always inaction, yet nothing is not done."

If you want to do nothing, then just give up on all matters and let them develop.

"There is no other way now. We can only hope that Wudang and Shaolin will take action later, so that our Qingcheng Sect can develop its strength."

Chu Yuan said.

The development and rise of a sect!
Individuals play a vital role in this.

But the sect must also keep up with the development.

Fortunately, he had just persuaded the senior masters of other Taoist temples in Qingcheng Mountain and successfully completed the merger.

This greatly enhanced the Qingcheng Sect's foundation.

They also have the confidence to fight against Wudang and Shaolin.

……

after that.

Chu Yuan, Yu Canghai, Qu Feiyan, Lin Pingzhi and Yu Renyan bid farewell to Ziyun and returned to Songfeng Temple.

It was already dusk, and the blood-red setting sun was hanging in the western sky.

"Master, where do I live?"

After returning to Songfeng Temple, it was already late. Everyone went to the dining hall to have dinner and then prepared to go back. Qu Feiyan, who had just returned to the sect, had nowhere to go, so she asked Chu Yuan.

"Almost all of us in Songfeng Temple are Qian Dao, there are no Kun Dao, it is inconvenient for her to live with other disciples."

Yu Canghai heard Qu Feiyan's words.

"Master, what do you mean?"

Qu Feiyan asked Yu Canghai.

"Your master lives in a small courtyard by himself. There are several vacant rooms in his courtyard. You can choose one and live in the same courtyard with your master."

Yu Canghai said.

"this is okay too."

Chu Yuan agreed.

Qu Feiyan is just a five-year-old girl, so it’s not inconvenient for her to live in the same yard with her.

"Junior sister, I'll come and play with you tomorrow."

Lin Pingzhi saw that Qu Feiyan looked a little reluctant to leave, and he said to Qu Feiyan.

He didn't like Qu Feiyan either. He was still young and had no feelings for her. It was just because Qu Feiyan had lived in the Fuwei Escort Agency for a while and the two of them were most familiar with each other, so he treated Qu Feiyan as a sister.

"Let's go, Junior Brother. Junior Uncle and Junior Sister have been running all the way. Let them rest early."

Lin Pingzhi was taken away by Yu Renyan.

Everyone went their separate ways.

Chu Yuan brought Qu Feiyan back to the courtyard he had been away from for nearly a year.

Pushing open the door of the courtyard, the yard was still tidy and clean, just as when he left.

Chu Yuan didn't see any lush weeds when he opened the door of his room, nor did he find any spider webs or dust in the room.

It can be seen that when he was away from Songfeng Temple, someone must have helped him clean the yard and the room.

"Fei Yan, I live in the north wing. The other rooms in this courtyard are empty. You can choose one to stay in."

It was already completely dark outside. Chu Yuan lit the oil lamp with a tinder, protected the flickering flame with his hand, walked out of the house, and said to Qu Feiyan who was following him.

Qu Feiyan followed Chu Yuan and looked at the remaining two rooms in the courtyard:
"Master, then I will live in the west wing next to you."

Chu Yuan said: "It's up to you."

Chu Yuan was just about to go find a Taoist priest in the Taoist temple to get some bedding, toiletries and other things for Qu Feiyan.

"Uncle Master!"

There were three figures outside the door, carrying lanterns and walking into the yard.

"I'm here."

When Chu Yuan heard this, he knew that it was Hou Renying, one of his nephews, who had come.

He took the oil lamp and walked into the yard with Qu Feiyan.

The person standing in the yard was indeed Hou Renying.

Behind him were two young Taoist priests, about thirteen or fourteen years old, carrying bedding, toiletries and other items in their hands.

"Uncle, I just heard from Ren Yan that Junior Sister and you live in the same courtyard. I thought you might need these things, so I asked someone to bring them over."

Hou Renying smiled.

"That's great, I'm just about to go find someone to get it!"

Chu Yuan said happily.

"We got it."

Waiting for the Yingdao.

"Go and help Junior Sister make the bed..."

Hou Renying then commanded the two young Taoists.

Soon, the bed in the room was made, and Hou Renying took out another bag, which was the bag that Chu Yuan asked him to keep during the day.

"My uncle asked me to take this bag back to my room during the day, but I saw that no one had lived in my uncle's yard for a long time, so it was not safe to leave it here, so I kept it myself. Now is the perfect time to return it to you."

Hou Renying said.

"sorry to bother you."

Chu Yuan said.

"It's not a bother. It's getting late. Uncle and Junior Sister should go to bed early."

Hou Renying left with two young Taoists.

Only Chu Yuan and his disciple Qu Feiyan were left in the room.

"I'll leave the oil lamp for you. Go to bed early and remember to close the door when you go to bed at night."

After leaving a word, Chu Yuan turned around and left, returning to his room.

Qu Feiyan looked at Chu Yuan's back as he left, then looked at the small room that belonged to her, and suddenly felt extremely relieved.

“This will be my home from now on.”

Qu Feiyan muttered to herself.

Lying on the newly made wooden bed, the child quickly fell asleep with his eyes closed...

(End of this chapter)