I wish for longevity in the Peach Blossom Temple

Chapter 27: Hearing the Truth in the Morning, Knocking at the Gate of the Entrance (Two in One)

"Master Su, I have something urgent to do."

The old Taoist no longer had the temper he had before, but was just laughing.

"If you have something to say, please tell me quickly."

Su Yang had an annoyed look on his face. The old Taoist was being so rude in front of his mountain gate, so he naturally didn't look happy.

He was pressed for time now, and even if knocking on the entrance door was not urgent, he still had a lot of things to do.

"I wonder if Master Su has heard of the old Taoist's name. His surname is Li, his name is Suiyuan, and he lives in Linjiang City."

"Li Suiyuan, a master of painting?"

"I don't deserve it. I don't deserve it." Li Suiyuan smiled awkwardly.

Su Yang pondered for a while, then put Li Suiyuan down.

He had actually heard of this man. He was one of his pilgrims. Eleven days ago, he had prayed in his temple, wishing to pray for the world to be brighter. His idea coincided with Su Yang's, so Su Yang paid more attention to him.

I wish to shorten my life by twenty years.

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Su Yang looked at the gray-haired, old Li Suiyuan in front of him.
What a strange person!

A master of painting actually calls himself an old Taoist.

"Master Su, I was indeed rude today, but I had to act according to the circumstances. City Lord Xu had forced me many times, so I had no choice but to resort to this last resort. Please forgive me." Li Suiyuan smiled flatteringly, bowed his hands and apologized, then said seriously, "I don't have much time left. I have been trying to practice Taoism for forty years but have not been able to enter. I beg Master Su to accept me as his disciple. I am willing to offer you a great gift, which is the result of my life's hard work!"

As he said this, Li Suiyuan suddenly knelt on the ground.

His eyes were sincere, with a hint of sadness.

"Is this the big thing you mentioned?"

Su Yang laughed angrily.

Li Suiyuan was serious and solemn just now, and he made quite a fuss. He took it seriously, but who knew that Li Suiyuan would do such a thing?
Are you kidding him?

"Master Li, you are good at painting, but you don't have the spiritual roots to practice Taoism. You can't enter the Tao. Just forget it."

Su Yang waved his hand, controlled the mysterious light, and flew into the temple.

When Li Suiyuan saw Su Yang controlling the mysterious light, his eyes were filled with envy. He sighed but did not stand up. Instead, he took out a painting tube from his waist, took out the painting scroll, and spread it out, which was five feet long.

The scroll was painted by him, and it included mountains, rivers, grass, the rising sun, clouds and mist, and cranes flying. It was what he had in mind, the dream path to immortality.

He looked at it carefully, fascinated, and then frowned.

There is something missing.

This kneeling lasted for a day and a night.

Not a drop of rice to eat, not a drop of water to drink.

Kneeling until almost exhausted, barely able to breathe
"Master, are you really going to ignore that old man?"

On Peach Blossom Mountain, Yun Biechen stood beside Su Yang, looking at Li Suiyuan at the foot of the mountain, feeling reluctant.

He didn't expect that Li Suiyuan could kneel for so long.

It didn't take long for his knees to hurt after he knelt like this.

Su Yang was also surprised.

A whole day and night of exposure to wind and sun was like torture for an old man in his seventies or eighties. It shows that Li Suiyuan was strong-willed.

"Seeking the truth for more than forty years?"

Li Suiyuan's determination to pursue the Tao is far greater than that of his previous life.

However, Su Yang did not want to fulfill his wish. Li Suiyuan was too old. Even if he accepted him as his disciple and let him see the brilliance of Taoism in the world, it would shorten his life by 20 years. By the time Su Yang fulfilled his wish, wouldn't that be the day of his death?

Another day and night passed.

Li Suiyuan changed from kneeling to lying on his stomach because he didn't have the strength to kneel anymore.

But he still didn't want to leave, holding the scroll in his hand. Taohua Temple might be his only chance in this life. His wish could be fulfilled by shortening his life span. What a magical method.

This is the path to becoming an immortal!
Su Yang watched from the mountain and finally let out a long sigh.

In his previous life, the Three Pure Ones had responded to his wishes, so he had no reason not to respond to his wishes.

Li Suiyuan is really dying.

Immediately, a mysterious light flashed, and Su Yang stood in front of Li Suiyuan, transferring a trace of yang energy into Li Suiyuan's body.

"Mr. Li, why are you doing this?"

Su Yang no longer had any complaints in his heart, and he even had more admiration for Li Suiyuan. In his previous life, he would never have been able to kneel for two days and two nights.

"Master Su, please don't blame me." With the influx of Su Yangyang's energy, Li Suiyuan finally regained a little strength.

"I can't say I blame you, but you should also know that I can't help you enter the Tao, nor can I accept you as my disciple." Su Yang ruthlessly interrupted Li Suiyuan's dream.

"Yes, yes, I don't want to be a disciple of an immortal, but! Cough. Cough. Cough."

Li Suiyuan's shrunken chest rose and fell violently. He stretched out his hand and pointed at the sun rising over the distant mountains. "I, the old Taoist, have been seeking the truth for forty years, but there is no way to heaven or earth!"

"Everyone in the world says that I have no roots and am not good at martial arts, but I believe it!"

"All the immortals say that I have no spiritual roots and cannot practice Taoism!"

"I absolutely do not believe it!"

"I, the old Taoist, believe that all things in the world, including billions of lives, cannot be bound by the word 'spiritual root'!"

"Who came up with the term 'spiritual root'?"

"That bright sun, above the clouds, even the immortals can sit there, so why can't I, Li Suiyuan, sit there!"

"Therefore, I, Li Suiyuan, will enter Taoism through the art of painting!"

"Master Su, please look!"

Li Suiyuan took a deep breath, his eyes showing unprecedented determination, and pointed to the five-foot painting on the ground, "This painting is the result of my seventy years of hard work."

"I, the old Taoist, only ask Master Su to take me to the clouds to see the wonders of the world and the brilliant Dao. I am only one step away from entering the Dao through the art of painting!"

Su Yang was silent for a while.

He did not comment on the art of painting.

"Master Li, have you heard about my prayer for shortened life at Taohua Temple?"

"That's why the old Taoist came."

"Then do you know that your life span is less than 20 years? How can you pay for it?"

"This"

Li Suiyuan was suddenly stunned. Was it because of his insufficient life span that Master Su refused?

He suddenly slumped down on the ground, muttering, "I shouldn't have wasted my time."

"The way is unfair!"

He let out a long cry, the anger attacked his heart and he vomited blood continuously.

Su Yang was shocked.

He has hinted very clearly that if you fulfill your wish, you will die.

But Li Suiyuan didn't seem to care about this.

If you don't go, you will die.

What's up with this?

Never mind, I'll help you this time. It's a good opportunity to try out new ideas.

A mysterious light flashed, and Su Yang, holding a seedless longevity peach, handed it to Li Suiyuan.

"Master Li, eat a peach to refresh yourself."

"After you finish eating, I will take you on a journey to the top of the clouds to see the splendor of the Dao!"

"Really?" Li Suiyuan woke up as if from a dream.

"really."

"Okay, okay!" Li Suiyuan laughed.

However, they did not expect that a burly middle-aged warrior in martial arts official uniform rode a fast horse to the entrance of Taohua Town, followed by hundreds of city guards, all of whom had extraordinary energy and were high-level blood-moving martial artists.

Soon we arrived at the foot of Taohuaguan Mountain.

"Master Li, please give me a hard time to find a good one. I will consider it for a day and agree to increase your conditions by 30%, no, 50%! Master Li, are you willing?"

The middle-aged military officer stepped forward quickly and wanted to help Li Suiyuan up.

But Li Suiyuan hurriedly picked up the scroll on the ground, not caring about the wrinkles, and hid behind Su Yang, "Master Su, please save me. City Lord Xu has wanted to buy the scroll several times. This is my life's work, but I, the old Taoist, did not agree."

The middle-aged military officer was none other than the Lord of Linjiang City, the fifth-rank beacon master, Xu Wanxing.

Just traveling, there are hundreds of city guards accompanying him. Seeing Li Suiyuan hiding behind Su Yang, Xu Wanxing's face suddenly darkened, "Master Su, I have an agreement with Master Li to buy it with a large sum of money, please give me some convenience."

"I have met City Lord Xu."

Su Yang smiled slightly and bowed, "However, City Lord Xu, Li Suiyuan and I still have some private matters to discuss, please wait a moment!"

After saying that, Su Yang grabbed Li Suiyuan, and controlled the small pure Yang Xuan Guang, going straight into the sky.

Xu Wanxing's face suddenly turned ugly.

"City Lord, do we want to chase after them?" A man stepped forward from behind Xu Wanxing and asked. He was a fourth-rank beacon master.

"How are you going to chase?"

"This..." The fourth-rank Fenghuo Grandmaster was stunned and realized that he had said the wrong thing.

Xu Wanxing looked at him as if he were a fool. "A cultivator in the Xuanguang realm can fly under the Xuanguang. You and I are both Fenghuo masters, not Baodan Wusheng. We don't have the ability to fly. How can we chase you?"

Xu Wanxing watched Su Yang fly into the sky, but he could do nothing.

Su Yang took Li Suiyuan flying in the clouds.

It was morning now, and the sun had just risen and was standing in the east.

Because of the fast speed, Li Suiyuan's mouth was filled with strong wind, but no matter how scared he was, he forced himself to open his eyes.

This was the first time in his life, and perhaps the last time, that he flew among the clouds.

The little Chunyang Xuanguang was like a golden flying sword, breaking through the clouds straight away.

Li Suiyuan widened his eyes and looked in shock at the scene that suddenly appeared before his eyes.

Above the clouds, everything seems much clearer.

Even from a distance, you can still see a shadow.

The sun was born, like a huge red wheel, rising from the top of a distant place. The vast sky and earth were all illuminated by the red sun's flames, as if covered with red golden sand.

In an unimaginable distance, the peak of Kunlun Mountain is like a long sword, breaking through the clouds and stretching to an unknown place in the sky.

"The sun in your eyes is actually a huge piece of red essence, which is the treasure that all monks dream of."

"The mountain in the distance whose height cannot be seen is the Eastern Mountain. It is located outside the four seas. It is one of the eight levels and is the boundary between heaven and earth."

"It is said that beyond level eight, only immortals from the cave can go there."

"The sky you see is the Nine Heavens, and you are in the first heaven."

"In the world of cultivation, there are twelve caves and seventy-two immortal gates."

"The realm of cultivation is divided into life fire, mysterious light, and elixir formation."

"There are countless ways in the world, called the Hundred Arts of Immortal Cultivation, Alchemy, and Weapon Refining."

Su Yang began to tell Li Suiyuan in detail everything he knew about the world of cultivation, most of which came from his master's daily chatter and the records in [Taoyang Ghost Talk].

That day he entered the Xuanguan Realm and gained the ability to fly. He also watched from the clouds for a long time.

One day is far from enough, even one month or one year cannot truly depict the real world of cultivating immortals.

Li Suiyuan listened very carefully.

Everything Su Yang said.

Many people in the immortal sect knew about it, but no one was willing to take the time to explain it to him in detail.

He was just a small painter in Linjiang City, revered as a master by mortals. In pursuit of immortality, he traveled through countless mountains and rivers and visited countless Taoist temples in the countryside, but no one accepted him as a disciple.

But in fact, he never left Nanchuzhou in his entire life.

Because he went in the wrong direction, heading south, he thought that all the immortal gates in the world were located in the mountains. Then he encountered the Ten Thousand Mountains and was scared back by countless ferocious monsters.

He wasted more than forty years of his life because of this.

And now, a truly magnificent, magical and mysterious world of cultivation is slowly unfolding before his eyes.

"Good good!"

"it is good!"

Li Suiyuan's eyes were filled with tears, which passed across his old and withered skin.

"Master Su, please help me!"

He unfolded the five-foot scroll in his hand. Su Yang understood what he meant, and the mysterious light rose up and spread it out evenly.

Li Suiyuan took out a brush and ink from his arms, and without caring about Su Yang being beside him, he held the brush in his hand.

"Wrong, this mountain is wrong!"

"Dainichi is wrong, Dainichi is a burning stone!"

"It turns out that the boundary of the world is eight levels, eight high mountains!"

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Li Suiyuan was splashing ink crazily, looking like a madman.

After half a day.

He modified his paintings bit by bit, using his painting skills acquired over seventy years.

He did not stop until he had painted all the scenery before him within the five-foot scroll, satisfied.

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Li Suiyuan was suddenly stunned.

There seems to be something missing from the picture.
Correct!
It’s an immortal!
There is no immortal.

He slowly looked at Su Yang.

Su Yang still understood what he meant. He unfurled the peach wood sword in his hand, which turned into twelve sword lights, flying freely above the clouds.

Li Suiyuan was fascinated by it.

He slowly picked up the pen and drew the figure of a sword fairy among the clouds.

The sword immortal, holding a long sword, stood above the clouds, at the top.

Not until Su Yang had finished performing every move of the [Peach Wood Ghost-Slaying Sword] did he suddenly turn around and bowed to Li Suiyuan.

"Su Yang of Taohua Temple, I have met Mr. Li Daoyou"

"Hahaha, Li Suiyuan from Linjiang City, nice to meet you, Fellow Daoist Su."

Li Suiyuan returned the greeting, his old face full of smiles.

"When I was young, I was very intelligent and good at painting. I once painted by the river. My colors were so vivid that they attracted people's admiration. One day, I saw a woman coming from the sky and landing on the riverside. She looked so carefree. I approached her and asked her how she became an immortal. The woman replied, 'How dare I, a mortal, seek immortality?'"

"I then determined to seek immortality and the way to enlightenment, but forty years have passed in vain and I have never achieved my wish." Li Suiyuan returned the greeting and continued to paint.

"Today, I soar above the sky and say: 'With a mortal body and the art of painting, one can become an immortal'!"

The final touch, completed!

A hint of Taoism suddenly appeared on the scroll.

The sun shines on Li Suiyuan's laughing figure
Li Suiyuan.
Gradually, the sound died down.

The power of shortening one's life caused him to die in a short time.

Li Suiyuan actually did not enter Taoism, but his paintings had a hint of Taoism.

[Li Suiyuan, a master painter in Linjiang City, saw the great Dao of the world and saw the brilliant Dao. His wish was fulfilled and he was granted a life span of thirteen years]

Su Yang sighed in his heart.

Li Suiyuan actually only has eight years to live. He originally thought that after taking the immortal peach and enduring the twenty years of shortened life, he might be able to follow the Taoist ideas in the scroll and formally enter Taoism, thus living for another thirty years.

Unfortunately, Li Suiyuan failed.

If I hear the truth in the morning, I will be satisfied if I die in the evening. Li Suiyuan is so decisive and his determination to pursue the truth is so firm.

Su Yang silently looked at the scroll in front of him. In the scroll, there was a young swordsman in black, holding a peach wood sword, and hovering over the clouds.

Suddenly, Su Yang seemed to understand.

A mysterious force suddenly appeared in Su Yang's body, and some obscure power in his body seemed to have finally found an outlet.

The entrance is broken!

The second level of Xuanguan Realm!
Su Yang looked at Li Suiyuan's scroll in astonishment.

The Taoist ideas in this scroll helped Su Yang to open the first hurdle.

This entrance is called - Xiang Dao!
Su Yang had a complicated expression.

After collecting Li Suiyuan's body and the scroll, Su Yang descended from the clouds.

In front of Taohua Temple, Xu Wanxing had already become impatient waiting.

This chapter, my thoughts after watching episode 86 of the anime version of Mortal

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