Poor Taoist Qiu Chuji

Chapter 61: Enlightenment at Mount Lu
After putting away the Wu Mu's testament properly, Qiu Chuji lightly descended the Iron Palm Mountain and headed towards Mount Lu.

After several more days of traveling, they first saw the sparkling Poyang Lake in the morning light. Qiu Chuji's tiredness from the days of traveling was also cleared away at this moment.

There was no rush to climb Mount Lushan. Qiu Chuji first took a good tour of the Poyang Lake. After seeing enough of the beautiful scenery, he set out on his horse to get closer to Mount Lushan.

As soon as you enter the mountain, you will see steep cliffs all around, majestic and magnificent. Compared with Mount Hua, it is more secluded, and compared with Mount Zhongnan, it is less lonely. It is really a good place to go, a good place to escape from the world and practice.

Although Mount Lushan is so magnificent and is also a blessed place, there is no well-known martial arts sect stationed here because it is not far from Mount Longhu.

Of course, there are still some hermits in the mountains, and some of them have extraordinary abilities, but they just don’t show them to the world.

Qiu Chuji took out the map given by Wang Chongyang and began to search for the way.

After traveling for a period of time, Qiu Chuji got used to looking at the simple maps of this era, instead of relying on high-definition voice navigation that was accurate to the meter.

The main thing is that even if you take the wrong road, the worst that can happen is that you have to sleep in the wilderness. When you encounter some ferocious wild animals, it is hard to say who is more dangerous than who.

Anyway, after all this journey, Qiu Chuji is no longer curious about the taste of those beasts who have been in prison for a long time.

After wandering in the depths of Mount Lu for three or four days, they still didn't find their destination. However, using the Emperor's Qi-gazing Technique, Qiu Chuji did find several good medicinal herbs and brought them back to Mount Zhongnan. If Huang Yaoshi hadn't left yet, he might have asked him to stay and refine a few more batches of good pills.

"It shouldn't be like this! If the master is pointing out a great opportunity, there should be a bright light shining out. With my eyesight, I should have seen it after wandering around in the mountains for several days." Qiu Chuji was depressed and looked at the map again.

This time, he also did not ignore the "freehand" parts of Wang Chongyang's paintings, and even focused on studying the possible connotations they might contain, but still gained nothing.

Two days later, Qiu Chuji looked at the fog-covered mountains and the upside-down waterfalls, which looked like a river from the sky falling into the mountains. He then compared the map with Wang Chongyang's and remained silent.

He thought Wang Chongyang was painting in a freehand style, but he didn't expect it to be realistic.

It is only when you look at it at a special time that painting and reality can overlap.

The path was clear, and Qiu Chuji did not waste any time. His lightness skills seemed to generate auspicious clouds on his own. His body was stirring in the clouds and mist. He had already soared several feet high, circling up, and moving straight into the wind.

Not long after, Qiu Chuji found a place where he could still vaguely see some remaining traces of a thatched hut where a hermit had temporarily lived. However, both the cultivated medicinal fields and the dug canals had been completely abandoned. Only a large bluestone with traces of long-term cross-legged meditation remained in its original place.

"Is this the final destination indicated on the Master's map?"

"What's the secret?"

Qiu Chuji looked around but found nothing.

Finally, with the mentality of giving it a try, I sat cross-legged on the big bluestone.

I felt a little uncomfortable under my body, so I naturally adjusted my sitting position following the texture and marks on the stone.

After I sat down firmly, an inexplicable feeling of relaxation gradually spread throughout my body.

This stone was like a unique sitting posture adjuster. It actually made Qiu Chuji's body almost completely relaxed.

In this state of relaxation of both mind and body, Qiu Chuji took the initiative to move his true energy and practice internal skills. His efficiency increased by at least 50% compared to before. As his practice deepened, he gradually entered a state of confusion, like an infant with an empty mind.

If you have long-term contact with spiritually active two or three-year-old infants and toddlers, you will find that although they have no concept of good and evil, right and wrong, true and false, or right and wrong, their perception of the world is clearly far superior to that of adults.

They can be the first to feel the changes in the wind, the waxing and waning of the moon, the shape of the clouds, and use their innocent descriptions to depict a more unique world.

They can also see snails crawling to the treetops, hear soft calls from afar, see the ripples of raindrops falling into the water, and break the shackles of inherent thinking, as if thoughts have jumped out of the "three realms" and are not bound by the man-made "five elements". In Qiu Chuji's heart, the knowledge and cognition that were instilled were being broken up, reorganized, and redefined.

Those nouns that have been explained once before seem different when viewed again.

He is like a toddler who has just acquired a certain level of thinking ability but whose thoughts have not yet been solidified. He finds everything curious and does not restrict the shapes he wants to express.

call···!
A mountain breeze blew, and Qiu Chuji gradually woke up.

The logic and rationality of adults once again prevail.

"So comfortable, so unrestrained, so refreshing!" Qiu Chuji exclaimed continuously.

For him, this time of practice was better than obtaining ten magical secret books.

It reminded Qiu Chuji of what is "origin", what is "source", and what is "freedom" in thought.

In our practice we must follow the path explored by our predecessors and proceed cautiously, but we must also not lose sight of our exploration and imagination of all things in the world. Where people have walked is the Tao, and where no one has walked is a hidden Tao that has not been developed.

Twisting his butt, Qiu Chuji wanted to get into that state again, but it seemed that he had already adapted to the adjusted sitting posture, and this "correct" posture turned into an "incorrect" one.

After lingering here for two days, Qiu Chuji still couldn't get into the state. He realized that he had temporarily lost the opportunity to enter that childish state again.

After jumping off the big bluestone, Qiu Chuji bowed deeply to the stone.

He could not move this big rock, and it was impossible to move it. Its magic came from a great hermit who once sat on it for many years to meditate and attain enlightenment, and also from this mountain and the smoke, clouds and fog in the mountain.

Even if the angle changes slightly, its effect may no longer exist.

This is a miraculous coincidence formed in the interaction between man and nature.

Qiu Chuji took another look at the place, then packed his bags and prepared to leave Mount Lu and go to Xiangyang to look for Dugu Qiubai.

If we find it, we'll have a competition.

If you can't find it, then return to Mount Zhongnan and continue your practice.

After leaving Mount Lushan, they turned back north. Gradually, Qiu Chuji heard a lot of news related to the Huashan Sword Contest in some restaurants and teahouses, and his title of "number one in the world" was often mentioned.

There are several versions of this theory.

What people talk about most is that the Nine Yin Scriptures made him the best in the world. This peerless magic skill brought out by the golden man added a touch of achievement and made people more yearning for it.

In addition, there are also rumors that he is extremely talented and is a great master who founded a school. There are even rumors that he is the reincarnation of a celestial being who came here just to overcome the calamity.

The latter two statements are obviously trying to eliminate the influence of the Nine Yin Scriptures and attribute all of this to Qiu Chuji himself... although this is actually the fact.

Different statements represent different demands, and invisible fighting and gaming are taking place in the arena.

People were discussing heatedly, each with their own opinions, but they didn't know that the young Taoist priest who passed by them quietly was the protagonist of their topic.

Qiu Chuji led the horse, put on his bag, and rode away. His horse's hooves passed by the lake, but the ripples were left behind by him.

(End of this chapter)