Chapter 10 Struggle for the Heavenly Gate on Swing

　　For ten consecutive days, Zhang Yan's cave was closed to cultivate, in order to break through. 　　However, I don't know if it is the reason that his work has not yet arrived, although he also feels that he can follow the meridians smoothly and freely, and a trace of Yuan Qi in his umbilicus has also become stronger and thicker, but he has not been able to step into the step he expects to take. 　　Not as last time as a breakthrough, he inevitably some regret, but also know that this is reasonable. That time was three years of hard work in one day, a good thing like this naturally can't happen every time. 　　In that case, there was no need to force it. 　　Cultivation of the road sometimes to perseverance, courageous forward, and sometimes to stop anxious and impatient, Xu Tu slow progress, how to choose, are in their own heart, now he is not a shortage of Taoist books and pills, breakthrough is just around the corner, there is no need to fight for these two or three days of time. 　　Some days ago, Ai Zhongwen had invited him to go to the meeting with him, but was politely declined by him for the reason that he had not yet completed his work. 　　Now, counting the time, the Dharma Assembly has already started for more than three days, but the duration of the Dharma Assembly is up to one month in total, even if it is for the sake of making a name for himself, there is no need to rush for a while. 　　The next day at the beginning of chen, he bathed and changed clothes, calmly cleaned up a bit, changed into a cloud patterned basalt-colored robe, ready to go, this is Shi Shi Ran to swinging cloud peak to go. 　　Dangyun Peak for Cangwu Mountain, the sixth peak, there is a Taoist temple named on the Zephyr view, covers an area of open, which waterfalls and springs in the eighteen peaks in the landscape is unique, is to be used as a meeting of the law of the dojo, he walked between the mountain road, look around, the various sects of the disciples from time to time, are all Eguan Boti, big sleeves floating, a faction of the dust of the gas. 　　About an hour later, he came to the door of the mountain on the Zephyr view. 　　The head of the mountain gate according to the practice of the law will be divided into a total of three doorways, above the respectively written "heaven", "earth", "people" three words, "heavenly gate The "Heavenly Gate" is traditionally used by the disciples of the Eastern Lord, the "Earthly Gate" is used by the disciples of the participating sects, and the "People's Gate" is reserved for the travelers of princes, nobles, officials and the rich. 　　Zhang Yan is a disciple of the Good Abyss view, of course, from the "Heavenly Gate" and enter, he showed the bronze token, the boy naturally did not dare to block, let other steps into the door. 　　But he just stepped into the door, but someone reached out to stop, cold voice: "Slowly, you are a disciple of which view?" 　　Zhang Yan glanced at him and realized that standing in front of him was a Taoist nun who was about thirty years old, holding a duster and had white skin, but this Taoist nun's eyebrows flew up, her gaze was sharp and compelling, and her nose was as straight as a man's, so a glance could tell that she was a character with a strong personality. 　　Zhang Yan executed a disciple salute to the Daoist nun and said, "Disciple Shan Yuan Guan Zhang Yan." 　　"You are Zhang Yan?" This Daoist nun seemed to have heard of Zhang Yan's name, looked him up and down, and spoke, "I heard that you're proficient in Eclipses, so let me ask you, from what canon does the phrase 'Elephant River' come from?" 　　Zhang Yan didn't even think about it, and immediately said, "From the 'New Sayings on Language Diagrams', which was authored by the loose man Kong Lan a hundred years ago." 　　The New Sayings of the Language Map was a travelogue, and "Elephant River" was one of the stories. 　　It is said that in the ancient barbaric period, there was a group of villagers at the foot of Hao Mountain, due to the scarcity of water, the village people relied on a spiritual stream to survive, but this spiritual stream was intermittent every day, the villagers suffered a lot. Because it is common to see ten elephants playing in the stream, so it is thought to be the fault of the elephant, after repeated unsuccessful efforts to drive away, the ten elephants will be killed, so the stream is open. 　　However, the villagers do not know that there is actually a giant snake upstream to practice, every time the giant snake down to drink water, elephants are up to drive it away, the group of elephants died, the giant snake will have no one to control, cultivate into a fine after they come down to the mountains every day cannibalism, the villagers are therefore scattered. 　　Taoist nun stared at Zhang Yan's eyes, said: "Since you know, I ask you again, if you are the villagers, what should you do?" 　　This story is intended to warn the monks, the cultivation of the road should not be confused by the immediate appearance, but to track down the root cause, to find a way to deal with the problem properly, so there are also masters and teachers used to check and test the heart of the younger generation of disciples temperament. 　　Some disciples thought that the elephant was there, although the water flow was intermittent, but the villagers could always survive, so they should maintain the status quo and endure; some disciples thought that the villagers could kill the elephant as well as the giant snake, so they should go to the upper reaches of the river to kill the giant snake; and some disciples thought that the villagers didn't know the cause of the problem, and could only remedy the problem after the fact, so they should push one person to feed the snake every day. 　　All in all, the answers were strange and varied. 　　Zhang Yan thought about it briefly and immediately answered without hesitation, "Just kill an elephant." 　　The Daoist nun's eyes flickered as she pursued, "Why?" 　　Zhang Yan said in a deep voice, "Although there are ten elephants today, if we let them multiply, do we know that tomorrow will still be the same? Elephant herd a more, one day the spirit of the stream will be cut off, so the elephant can not not kill; ten elephants can be driven by the snake, indicating that the community is in a strong, more than one less than one has nothing to do with the overall situation, the water flow was intermittent, less than one will be a lot of free flow, the villagers can live, but also not to the snake out to devour people." 　　There was no standard answer to this story, the Daoist nun was expressionless, gave way to the access road and said, "You can go in." 　　Zhang Yan arched his hand, lifted the hem of his Daoist robe, crossed the threshold, and took large steps inside. 　　Not long after he left, a young girl flashed out from the side door beside the Daoist nun, and it was Zhao Ying, Zhao Yuan's younger sister. 　　She grabbed the Taoist nun's arm and shook it, complaining, ''Senior uncle, why did you let that little thief through so easily? Last time he caused my eldest brother to vomit blood, I haven't settled the score with him yet!" 　　The Daoist nun stroked Zhao Ying's head and doted, "Do you know how your master answered when Master Ancestor asked your master this question back then?" 　　Zhao Ying's curiosity was aroused and he said, "What did Master say?" 　　"Kill an elephant." 　　Zhao Ying was surprised, "My master answered the same way?" 　　"At that time, your master was also satisfied, later I asked your master the reason, your master said that he answered this way because nine is the extreme of the number, ten is more than enough, more than enough is overflowing, less than enough is complete, this is the way of the heavens, so we have to kill one elephant." The Daoist nun sighed and said, "Zhang Yan's thoughts are secretly in line with the Way of Heaven, such a person's future achievements are unmeasurable, if you don't get rid of him now, you must not be easily offended, do you understand?" 　　Zhao Ying nodded his head as if he understood. 　　The Daoist nun gazed into the distance, seemingly deep in thought. 　　In fact, what Master Zhao Ying said that day was not "kill one elephant", but "leave nine elephants". Although there is no essential difference between "a kill", "a stay", but the temperament of the heart is completely different, from the answer can be seen Zhang Yan decisive, but without losing caution, but when he said this sentence, he killed the chest, eyes like awns such as electricity, the aura of her also do not feel chills. 　　Although she was not as proficient as her own senior brother in Yili arts, she could also tell that Zhang Yan had a great cause and effect on him, and couldn't help but sigh, not knowing whether it was a blessing or a curse for such a person to stay on Cangwu Mountain. 　　After Zhang Yan stepped into the mountain gate, he went all the way to the second mountain gate. However, he did not know, these three days, the Mingcang school of entry disciples were Guangyuan faction of a teenager blocked in the "Heavenly Gate" road in and out, no one can top three mountain door, but they also know that they are not right, do not dare to use force. 　　Three years ago, the South China School of the lower house for the meeting of the host, the Mingcang School then there is an entry disciple named Chen Feng, his sister ten years ago into a South China School under the door of the master, and then do not know what the reason for the tragic death, which is no longer known, in short, the two families from then on to have mutual enmity. 　　Chen Feng took advantage of the occasion of the ceremony, blocking the "Heavenly Gate" road, threatening to compete with the South China School disciples. 　　Originally, there is a pass through the mountain gate, as long as you think you are too good, you can stop any one of your fellow practitioners on the way through the mountain gate, and make a name for yourself, whether you win or lose, it is a beautiful story, so the disciples of the South China School did not care. 　　After that, whether it is deciphering the etchings or fighting skills, South China School disciples have lost one by one under Chen Feng, originally he would not be blamed for seeing the good, but know that this person is still insisting on refusing to open the mountain road, said that it is necessary to South China School disciples blocked in the mountain road until the end of the law will be. 　　In this way, there are people who can not see the eye, Guangyuan faction has always been friendly with the South China faction, there are more than a dozen disciples came up to the theory, and finally could not help but to do it, who knows that Chen Feng, although only one person, but to one against the crowd, not only do not lose the wind, but also will be beaten to the head and blood, and finally even said that the Guangyuan faction of disciples are also not allowed to pass. 　　After a month, the South China School even with the Guangyuan School disciples really no one can top the three mountain gate, resulting in the two schools of the lower house of the great loss of face, and therefore has been in the heart of the grudge, this time the turn of the Mingcang School to do the master, this is the two schools of the disciples which is deliberately to find face, and those who know the faults of the sects are intentionally playing deaf and dumb, just do not know. 　　Three years ago after Chen Feng returned to the mountain he opened the immortal vein and went to the upper courtyard to cultivate, with his current status it was naturally impossible for him to come back here again, but he left, but left this evil to the lower courtyard. 　　Mountain door in the middle of the hall, now gathered in the Mingcang school of the lower courtyard more than twenty entry disciples, these people are Xuanmen family origin, usually own a circle, so in the eyes of Cangwu mountain disciples are only heard of, not see their people. 　　At this time sitting at the top of the name Zheng Zhuan, is to repair the view of the lower courtyard of the big disciples, in a crowd of the oldest, the highest cultivation, but this person character calm, not good with people fight. 　　The first two days Mo Yuan blocked the way, said he wanted to compete with the etching of the text when he did not put this matter in his heart, but until today there is still no disciple can summit the three mountain gate, he realized that something is not right, know that this is the Guangyuan faction to retaliate, and then wait for it to go on, the Mingcang faction as the east master but no one in the peak, that can be a real disgrace to lose a lot of money. So he gathered all the initiated disciples together to discuss countermeasures. 　　Zheng Zhuan sighed and said, "Even though Senior Disciple Mo Yuan Mo of the Guangyuan Sect is still young, I heard that deciphering the etchings is only a matter of fingers, right now I have sent Senior Disciple Ma and Senior Disciple Zhen to face off with him, so we'll wait to see the results as to whether or not he can win." 　　Not long after, a young man walked in from the back of the side hall, bent down to the surrounding disciples and said with a gloomy expression, "Senior brother I am not as skilled as others, I can only hope for senior brother Zhen, I am ashamed." 　　The crowd was silent. 　　About a moment later, a child came in and reported, "Senior brothers, senior brother Zhen fainted." 　　The disciples looked at each other in disbelief, one of them stood up and said coldly, "Could it be that Mo Yuan saw that he couldn't win, so he used force?" 　　The boy was busy saying, "Senior brother Mo fainted only because his mind was exhausted." 　　The man grunted and sat down again, they were eager to make a move, just that Guangyuan Sect sent a thirteen year old teenager this time, and if they used force, the reputation wouldn't be too good to tell. 　　Zheng Zhuan's gaze fell on a white-clothed teenager and said, "Senior brother Chen, you ......" 　　That Chen Senior Brother waved his hand repeatedly and said, "Senior Brother Zheng doesn't need to say that, Senior Brother I am also a son of the Chen Clan, and this matter is not convenient to come forward." 　　Chen Feng is from the Deng Yang Chen Clan, Senior Brother Chen is from the Luo Chuan Chen Clan, although they are from the same lineage, they have long been separated a hundred years ago, although he said this as an excuse for not wanting to show up, it is not considered to be a strong defense, Zheng Zhuan is not good at pushing too much, his gaze turned to another man with a cold face. 　　"Lin Yuan Lin Senior Brother ......" 　　Lin Yuan shook his head and said, "Mo Yuan is only thirteen years old, winning is not a good idea, senior brother knows that I have always cherished my feathers, don't force yourself on me." 　　Zheng Zhuan smiled bitterly, and asked a few disciples in succession, some pushed that Mo Yuan is just a registered disciple, he went to no identity, won also be laughed at; some pushed that they are concerned about the reputation, unwilling to bully the small; some pushed that recently practiced too much, resulting in mental and spiritual depletion, can not be a fight. 　　In short, no one wanted to go. 　　In fact, they also know the name of Mo Yuan prodigy, just now the two disciples lost the battle they also saw, they may not be able to win not to mention that the loss is even with the family together with the shame, as for the honor and disgrace of the sect, naturally, is no more than the family reputation, so they would rather dry consumption here also refused to head out. 　　Ai Zhongwen at this time is doing in the lower end of the seat, heard these words can not help but shake his head, such a stalemate, when is an end? Could it be that the face of the Diming Cang Sect really doesn't want it? 　　After thinking about it, he stood up and said loudly, "Senior Brother Zheng, I know that there is a person in Shan Yuan Guan who has profound attainments in etchings, and he can surely outperform Mo Yuan!"