Chapter 5 First Visit to Yi Garden

　　The road to Shu is difficult, more difficult than the sky. This is the great poet Li Bai, on the western Sichuan Qinchuan transportation description, really very apt. Western Sichuan surrounded by mountains, steep mountains, the traffic road is very strange and dangerous, the ancient trestle road is desolate and steep, winding and circling, pedestrians do not fear. 　　On the desolate ancient road, a silhouette came from afar, and in a short time it had come close. Take a closer look, it was a teenager. About twenty-two or twenty-two years old, a blue Confucian dress, very handsome. A pair of eyes as clear as water, bright as a mirror, full of vigor, very attractive. This teenager gave the first impression that this was a weak scholar. One only didn't know where he came from and where he went. 　　This person was actually Lu Yun who had left home, and he was naturally going to Yi Yuan. In order not to let others see that he was a cultivator, that was why Lu Yun was dressed in this way and headed to the Yi Garden. Glancing at the small tea store by the roadside, Lu Yun slowly walked over with a three-quarter smile on his face. 　　The tea store was very simple, just two or three broken tables with a few stools, and the old shopkeeper was a poor old man in his sixties with a face of vicissitudes. Lu Yun looked around, at this time in here to rest there are two people, one is a firewood farmer, the other outside is a ragged robe of the teenager, about eighteen or nineteen years old, looks strange, a face of playful smile. 　　Lu Yun found a table and sat down, looking at the shopkeeper, he asked, "Old man, may I ask, how far is it from here to that Yi Garden, and how much time does it take?" As soon as Lu Yun's words left his mouth, instantly that teenager, who was dressed in a tattered Taoist robe, was busy turning his head to look at Lu Yun with a hint of surprise on his face. Only to see that teenager jumping to sit beside Lu Yun in a flash, cracking a smile, "Hey, you're going to the Yi Garden, I'm going there too, so it's just as well that I can go on the same road. Hehehe." After saying that, he smiled and laughed. 　　Lu Yun looked at him with a playful smile and a mischievous look, at eighteen or nineteen years old, he was like a child who hadn't grown up, very pleasing to the eye. Lu Yun laughed, "Yes, I'm exactly going to Yi Garden, I can't imagine that you're also going there, it just so happens that I still don't know the way, so I don't need to worry about it now." After saying that, he smiled blandly, appearing gentle and elegant. 　　At this time, the side of the old shopkeeper spoke up: "This gentleman ah, see your appearance, all dressed up, must be going to that Yi Garden to learn the art, right? That's a good place, every year, many students go there to study, and in the end, every one of them becomes a useful talent. There are still hundreds of miles to go from here to the Yi Garden, and according to your itinerary, you should be able to arrive tomorrow afternoon. Gongzi you can work hard ah, hope you can also learn more skills, the future good for the people to do more things." After saying that, he sent a cup of tea. 　　On the side of that little Taoist heard, busy said: "Hundreds of miles, that fast ah, where to tomorrow afternoon, a moment will arrive. Hey, what's your name, my name is Lin Yunfeng, how is it, it's a good name, right?" After saying that, he looked at Lu Yun, waiting for him to answer. 　　Lu Yun glanced at him and smiled, "My name is Lu Yun, how are you, Lin Yun Feng, that's a nice name you have, very loud. It's nice to meet you, I hope we can travel to the Yi Garden together." 　　Lin Yun Feng laughed, "I'm glad to meet you too, let's go together later, I'll lead you along, it'll take at most an incense stick of time to get there, and it'll save you the extra time. You go there this time, what are you learning to go, I'm going to learn the art of decapitating demons they have there, hehehe, I heard that the dao there can be very powerful." After saying that, his eyes were glowing as if he had already learned a great skill. 　　Lu Yun lightly savored the clear tea in his hand, looked into the distance, and softly said, "I'm going there just in admiration of the name, and want to see the humanities there. As for what to learn, it will depend on the situation when the time comes." 　　Lin Yunfeng's eyes twinkled and laughed, "I heard that there are especially many sword fairies there, if you learn some dao in this manner, and then learn some sword techniques, you might be able to become a sword fairy or not. Well don't say these, we'd better go, I can't wait." After saying that, he dropped a few coins and pulled Lu Yun away. 　　Lu Yun smiled and got up, following him away. Walking out not far, Lin Yun Feng laughed, "You look like this, how long will you walk, it's better for me to lead you." After saying that, he only saw his right hand, suddenly hit a talisman, instantly cremated, followed by a stream of air, it lifted his and Lu Yun's body, flying forward at great speed. 　　Lin Yunfeng looked at Lu Yun who was a bit surprised and laughed, "How about it, you've got two tricks up your sleeve, right? Hehehe, this is my specialty. I'm the best at demon slaying and ghost catching. In the future, when you arrive at Yi Garden, if you need any help, you can look for me, I will definitely help you." 　　Lu Yun smiled and nodded his head as he laughed under his breath, "I never imagined that you turned out to be a great warrior who beheads demons and removes ghosts, how rude of me. I will be able to look for you if I have any difficulties in the future, and I will have to ask you to take care of me when I arrive at the Yi Garden." Glancing at him, Lu Yun could not have imagined that he would have a few more insights into Taoist charms and incantations. The two of them were in mid-air, their speed was extremely fast, hundreds of miles of road, they arrived in a while. 　　Yi Garden, one of the six courtyards in the world, located between Emei Mountain and Qingcheng Mountain, occupying the treasure land of the Western Sichuan Spiritual Beauty, it was a world-famous cultivation sanctuary. The Yi Garden was founded more than a thousand years ago, and for more than a thousand years, the Yi Garden has always adhered to the fundamental principles of its original founding, practicing the cultivation of the heart as the main focus, cultivation of truth as a supplement, and cultivation of learning as the basis. It has continuously cultivated countless useful people for the world. 　　Easy garden is divided into four hospitals, respectively, Qian Kun Yin Yang four hospitals, these four hospitals in the cultivation world, to Qian Kun two hospitals are the most famous, and in the human world, go to the Yin hospital is the most famous. Because of the garden in the yin yard, in order to chop off the demon as the main ghost, the most disciples in the garden, all of them are some of the earth to get rid of the devil's chivalry, loved by the majority of the people's love and support. In the area of Western Sichuan, many demons and ghosts have been killed and countless people have been saved. 　　Easy garden recruitment of students is not very strict, but want to enter the cultivation of four hospitals, both Qian Kun Yin Yang four hospitals, is extremely difficult. Every year the disciples who can join Yi Garden are very few and far between. For this, the Yi Garden's requirements were very strict. Without a superb heavenly beauty and a clean origin, the Yi Garden would not include them. 　　When Lin Yunfeng and Lu Yun arrived at the Yi Garden, it was just after noon, just when everyone had eaten. The two of them took a look at this Yi Garden, which covered a huge area of no less than hundreds of acres, with countless houses in between, each one of which was staggered, and had obviously been built with careful design. Lu Yun looked at the place, a hint of surprise appeared in his eyes, the entirety of this Yi Garden was surrounded by a strange and incomparable formation, a hidden haze appeared and disappeared, and those without profound cultivation could not see it. 　　Looking at the entrance, those two big iron edges, Lu Yun eyes showed a trace of a bland smile, slowly went forward. Lin Yunfeng, who was on the side, had already run to the gate and talked to the receptionist at the entrance. When Lu Yun approached, Lin Yunfeng had already finished talking with that person, and as soon as he took Lu Yun's hand, he followed that person inside. 　　Along the way, Lu Yun carefully watched the structure of the surrounding houses, the buildings here were ancient and simple, not prosperous. Obviously, it had a lot to do with the poverty of the people of Western Shu. Along with that Yi Garden's disciple, after passing through a few corridors together, they came to a room. Lu Yun looked around, and in the room was sitting an old man in his sixties, with a clear appearance and an immortal style, who seemed to be no ordinary person. Lu Yun could see that this person's cultivation was extremely profound, and he was slightly wary in his heart, carefully hiding his aura and breath. 　　That Yi Yuan's disciple said a few words beside that old man's ear, and then turned around to leave. That old man looked at the two of them, a hint of appreciation appeared in his eyes as he faintly smiled and said, ''The two of you have traveled a long way, please take a seat. This seat is of the four courtyards of Yi Garden, the master of the Yang Courtyard, Ziyang Zhenran, you can just call me Zhenran. I heard that the two of you came here specifically to learn the art, wanting to enter the Yi Garden to learn the method of cultivation, I don't know if it's true?" 　　Lin Yunfeng spoke up first, "Your truthfulness has eyes like a torch, so naturally you can see that the little Taoist is here to learn the Tao. This partner of mine is also the same, his body is thin and weak, he wants to learn some immortal techniques to strengthen his body and also prolong his life. I hope that you will be kind enough to accept the two of us. My name is Lin Yunfeng, his name is Lu Yun, will the real person see if we are good enough?" After saying that, his eyes were wide open, looking straight at the Ziyang figure, and that appearance caused Lu Yun, who was on the side, to stifle his laughter. 　　Ziyang real person looked at Lin Yunfeng and laughed, "This is not something that can be counted on if I say so, our Yi Garden is very strict when it comes to recruiting cultivation disciples. That need to pay attention to a few points, one, the origin should be clean, those with unknown origins, Yi Garden will not accept them. Second, the posture to be good, the road of cultivation, hard and difficult, no good posture, it will only waste the time of the cultivator, and no progress. Therefore, the lack of talent, we also advise them not to waste time. Third, to be able to bear hardships and stand hard work, not easily give up, must be strong-willed. Cultivation is not as easy as one might think, and without perseverance and determination, it is very difficult to be successful. Fourth, to go through a rigorous screening. So, not everyone, can enter the Yi Garden to learn the method of cultivation. That depends on your identity and chance. Now you guys first tell me about your origins, let me listen to them and see if there is any hope?" After saying that, he looked at the two. 　　Lin Yunfeng glanced at Lu Yun and smiled, "Alright, I'll go first. My name is Lin Yunfeng, I am nineteen years old, I grew up as an orphan and was taken in by a broken old Taoist. Since I understood, I've been following that old Taoist master, learning the art of catching demons and ghosts, and over the years, I've gotten a little bit better at it. I thought I could always follow that old master to learn, who knows not long ago, one day he suddenly said something to do, tone mysterious, instructed me to come here to continue to learn the art of demon and ghost hunting, he disappeared the next day. I searched for a few days without finding him, so I came here." 　　The Ziyang figure frowned with both eyebrows at his words and said, "Then do you know who your master is?" Lin Yunfeng pondered for a while at his words and raised his head slightly and said, "I'm not very clear, but I remember once, he unintentionally seemed to talk about how he was some kind of cultivation world's famous Ghost Catching Master, as if he was known as some kind of Ghost Master or something, I don't remember it too clearly. Bodyman have you heard of any ghost masters?" 　　Ziyang Zhenren smiled at his words, a hint of laughter appeared in his eyes as he laughed softly, "So it was him, I can't imagine that you are his disciple, it's really fate. He was actually also a disciple of this Yi Garden back then, only that he was a senior brother of equal rank with me, I never thought that you would have met him. It seems that he called you here for a reason. I go to help you say, you stay the hope is very big. Because you've come at the right time this time, our Yi Garden recruits disciples once every ten years, and during the ten years, every six months, we will give our disciples a chance to join. And exactly two days later, it will be the last chance for this year, if you come a few days late, once you miss it, you will only have to wait for next year. This time the ten year period, eight years have already passed, only the last two years are left, good thing there are still vacancies in the four major other gardens of Yi Garden, you guys still have a little bit of hope." After saying that, he glanced at Lin Yunfeng, seemingly implying to him that there was not a small hope. 　　His eyes shifted to Lu Yun, Ziyang Zhenren asked, "What about you, Lu Yun? And are you a person from there?" 　　Lu Yun softly said, "Back to the real person, Lu Yun's ancestry is from the capital city, my father Lu Wenyu was once a scholar of the current dynasty, and all of his ancestors have been officials in the dynasty for generations, all of them with a scholarly background. Twelve years ago, Lu Yun migrated with his father and settled near Jiange in Western Shu, and has been living there ever since. Since I have been weak and sickly since I was a child, I have never been away from home, and this time my father also asked me to come here to see the world in order to let me come out to see the world, and if I can, learn a little bit of the art of strengthening my body in the meantime, as well as to avoid being pestered by the disease." 　　Ziyang Zhenran revealed a hint of surprise in his eyes when he heard this, and asked in slight surprise, "You really were in the capital back then, the descendant of that Lu Clan? Your father Lu Wenyu's great name I have heard, our Yi Garden countless disciples are in the dynasty as an official, once countless people have mentioned your father, that is the dynasty's most upright and good officials, but unfortunately now the court is corrupt, treacherous ministers are in the way, pity ah. I can't believe that the two people who came here today are all deceased people, so it's probably fate. I'll put in a good word for you. As long as the Master of the Garden speaks, you'll hopefully become disciples of Yi Garden. Now you guys sit here for a while, I'll go see the garden master and ask you two about your matter, let's see what the garden's say." 　　 It's such a joy." 　　Lu Yun looked at him and smiled, "Don't be too happy, this matter hasn't been decided yet? Even if you become a disciple here, you won't be able to learn anything without practicing hard." After saying that, he smiled, with a trace of indifference on his face, as if he didn't care about this matter at all. 　　In the Yi Tian Pavilion, Yi Yuan's contemporary Garden Master, or rather the person in charge of the Pavilion, Realist Xuan Yu was sitting above, his gaze looking at the several people below. There were a total of five people sitting in the pavilion, and other than Realist Xuan Yu, the other four people were none other than the heads of the four main courtyards of the Yi Garden. They were the head of the Qian Courtyard, Realist Qian Yuan, with an appearance of around sixty, and the head of the Kun Courtyard, Master Jing Yue. This Jing Yue master was the only woman among the four heads, looking thirty-seven or eighty, charming, with eyes that flickered with a silky cold light, and eyes that were incomparably stern, as if they could see through people's hearts. 　　The third is a robed old man, about sixty or seventy years old, with a hint of a hee-haw smile on his face, looking somewhat disrespectful for the old. This person was the head of the Yin Academy, the Xuan Yin Realist. And the last one was that Ziyang Realist. 　　At this moment, Realist Xuan Yu spoke, ''Senior Brother Ziyang has come at the right time, I was planning to send someone to you? Today's gathering here is to talk about the matter of recruiting disciples under the sect in two days. This time, after the following's full recommendation, after careful screening, a total of ten people were selected, which is quite a good situation. Now the quota of four people in the Qian Yuan, there is still one left, and the quota of six people in the Kun Yuan is also two left, the quota of twelve people in the Yin Yuan is still four left, and the Yang Yuan is five left, a total of twelve people are missing, and this time we can select ten disciples with potential for development at one time, it's also quite good, so that there is only a shortfall of two people, and it can make up for the lack of number of people, two days later you guys can select it properly. 　　Our Yi Garden has always been at the bottom of the six houses, mainly because over the years, there have been no outstanding talents, and we have been suppressed by the other five houses. I hope that this time we can shine and win a little honor for Yi Yuan. Because this term in our Yi Garden, there are two most outstanding characters, that is, Li Hongfei of the Qian courtyard and Zhang Aoxue of the Kun courtyard, as for the Yin courtyard and the Yang courtyard, the results are also good. I believe that with the strength of this time, we should have a chance to compete with the other five courtyards." 　　The following four people didn't say anything, only Ziyang Zhenran showed a trace of shame on his face, as if he was feeling a little guilty for not having cultivated outstanding talents looked at the four people, Ziyang Zhenran opened his mouth and said, "Senior Brother Xuan Yu, just now two more teenagers came to Yi Garden, all of them came here for the purpose of learning cultivation methods. The most peculiar thing is that these two teenagers, both have extraordinary identity backgrounds, and are considered to have some affinity with our Yi Garden." 　　Upon hearing this, Realist Xuan Yu was slightly surprised, "There is such a thing, why don't you tell us all about it." 　　Realist Ziyang spoke, "Those two teenagers, one is called Lin Yunfeng, his cultivation is already not shallow, he has already reached the late stage of Rune Sacrifice and is starting to enter the stage of harnessing things. The other one is called Lu Yun, but he's a young man with a superior heavenly posture, but unfortunately he hasn't cultivated yet, he's a piece of fine jade. That Lin Yunfeng is our Yi Yuan fellow disciples, Xuan Ghost's heir, this time is coaxed by his master to come, just he does not know. That Xuan ghost master brother's heart, you all know, so this time, our easy garden can add a disciple. And that Lu Yun, is the capital city's most famous after the Lu family, Lu Wenyu's son. Senior brother, do you think that these two, can be included for consideration?" 　　True Master Xuan Yu glanced at the others and saw that they all had a slight hint of realization in their eyes, so he couldn't help but softly say, "Since they are the descendants of a deceased person, and you also feel that they are good, then two days later, call them to come here, and let's all take a look together. If that senior brother is willing to recruit them, just accept them, and this matter is settled for the time being. For our six academies, there are only two years left in the once every ten years martial arts competition, so I hope everyone will work hard and step up their efforts, so that we can fight for our Yi Garden in two years time. Now does everyone have anything else to say?" 　　Has been sitting still Xuan Yin real person, this time opened his mouth, only to hear him say: "Recently, the southwest direction of the evil began to surge, there have been a lot of people have been affected, I've already sent another four under the door to support, this thing the palm teacher senior brother think, is not it should be a good to check out, has been almost a hundred years have not been like this time, appeared so many ghosts and monsters. I feel that I'm afraid that this portends something ominous, for safety's sake, it's best to send someone to check it out." 　　Realist Xuan Yu frowned slightly and said, "I already know about what you said. Recently, I have been observing the heavens at night, and I have already vaguely discovered that the seven stars are showing abnormalities, it's just that it's not obvious yet, so the emergence of this matter might just be a kind of precursor as well, so everyone should be careful. In order to cope with future events, everyone must strengthen the supervision of the disciples under their doors and accelerate the speed of their cultivation, so that they can be prepared for the future. I have already decided to reward the outstanding disciples this time around by allowing them to take the most precious 'Heaven Gathering Pill' of our sect in order to enhance their cultivation, to cope with the Martial Discourse two years from now, and also to facilitate coping with future changes." The moment these words came out, the four people below all changed their faces slightly, among them, the head of the Qiankun Two Gardens showed a joyful face, looking very happy. 　　They all understand, this "gathering heavenly dan" is easy garden untransmitted treasure, set heaven and earth aura and the world's rare and exotic, after forty-nine years of cultivation and become, the whole easy garden only twelve, from the beginning of the founding of the present, has been used up six, only six left. I can't imagine that this time, the Sect Master Brother is willing to take it out to reward his disciples, it's really surprising. 　　Glancing at the four people, Realist Xuan Yu spoke, ''The reason I'm doing this is also for the sake of our Yi Garden. It's been so many years, it should have been almost two hundred years if you think about it, and our Yi Garden hasn't produced any outstanding figures. This time did a Li Hongfei and Zhang Aoxue come out, their cultivation has progressed so fast that everyone has seen it, by now the two of them have already practiced seven of our 'Yi Tian Twelve Tricks' and started to enter the eighth trick, that speed is amazingly fast, that is the entire cultivation world is also rare, that's why I decided to vigorously cultivate the two of them, so that the That's why I decided to vigorously train the two of them, so that they can represent Yi Garden in the future and fight for a few points of honor for Yi Garden. Now in the cultivation world, experts gathered, than in the past, do not know what happened, can not think where so many experts, really let a person sigh, do not know what to say is good. Well, still not much to say, you guys go down." After saying that, he slightly raised his head and looked into the distance. 　　The four people glanced at him and each left. All of a sudden, in the Yi Tian Pavilion, there was only Realist Xuan Yu left. Getting up slightly, he walked to the doorway and looked at the sky, Realist Xuan Yu sighed softly and said, "The world will be in chaos, the demons will come out, and the cultivation world will face an unprecedented calamity. How many sects will there be this time, that will be able to finally not fall and stand forever in this heaven and earth? Perhaps, it's hard to find." Gently turning around, his back appeared somewhat vicissitudes, slowly disappearing around the corner.