Under One Person: The Seeker of the Dao in the Lü Family

Chapter 93 We pave the way with our lives to welcome the Ancestral Master!

Hong Yin's words made Zhou Meng pause in his eating, but he quickly came to his senses again.

Zhou Meng, clutching the half-eaten steamed bun in her hand, picked up a piece of pickled vegetable and asked casually, "Have you all made up your minds?"

The celestial climate cycles through a year within an hour, so it can be said that when one cycle ends, it will be the time when these three fellow disciples in front of me perish.

Putting aside the fact that the Golden Summit was damaged, the burden of artificially channeling the Yang Qi of Heaven and Earth is immense.

It is said that during the process of the Feng Hou Qi Men cycle, the great power of heaven and earth will transform into two millstones, grinding the three people among them until they are completely destroyed.

It can be said that these three old men were determined to pave the way with their own lives, to welcome a patriarch and a true master to Wudang and Taoism.

Is it really worth it?

Zhou Meng looked up at his three fellow disciples on the stone platform and asked softly, "Isn't the world peaceful enough now? We old folks no longer need to risk our lives like this, do we?"

"Hahaha......"

Zhou Meng's words made the three people on the stone platform burst into laughter. They held their bowls and laughed heartily.

The elderly man surnamed Fang was the first to stop laughing. He looked at Zhou Meng with a smile and said, "Junior brother, you're getting carried away!"

The old man surnamed Lu and Hong Yin also stopped laughing, and the three of them stared at Zhou Meng below.

The elderly man surnamed Lu followed suit, saying, "The world is at peace now, yes, everything is stable, but is the world truly calm and tranquil?"

The meaningful words echoed in the cave, bringing it back to silence for a moment.

Hong Yin picked up the conversation, smiling as he looked at Zhou Meng, "Senior brother, you always said we were too attached to appearances, but I never imagined that even you, the Pure and Tranquil Immortal, would be so confused."

"Where in this world is there no worldly dust, and where in that world is there no chaos?"

"The mountain may seem quieter now, but it's still part of the human world."

"Where in this world can there truly be peace?"

At this point, Hong Yin excitedly raised his hand, almost spilling the porridge in his bowl, and he smiled broadly.

"Haha, now I, Hongyin, can also lecture you, my senior brother."

"Hey, I beat you this time!"

"Hahaha......"

The other two old men on the stone platform were not worried when they saw Hong Yin acting so mad; instead, they chuckled twice.

Now that their days are numbered and they are not fully awake, it's good that they can still dream.

Zhou Meng looked at the madmen huddled together on the stone platform, a flicker in the depths of his pupils, before his calm and indifferent gaze returned.

His lips trembled slightly, forcing a smile. "You won. You really did win."

After he finished speaking, he lowered his head and buried his face in the bowl, making it impossible for the three people above to see him clearly.

Yes, he really won this time, but he won by risking his life.

Zhou Meng swallowed the last bite of steamed bun, then lifted the bowl and finished the meal with the remaining porridge.

This porridge is a bit too salty today, probably because I put too much pickled vegetables in it!

The three people on the stone platform looked silently at the speechless Zhou Meng. After a long while, they all sighed in unison.

They put down their bowls, and the old man surnamed Fang spoke first, "Junior brother, you've worked hard all these years."

The old man surnamed Lu nodded in agreement. "You have done your best, junior brother. Over the years, we have wasted our own time and energy, and instead of helping Wudang, we have only been a burden."

"Now that we old bones have the opportunity to contribute to the continuation of the Wudang lineage, we are naturally happy and need not be sad."

The frenzied Hongyin gradually subsided. His hair was disheveled, obscuring his face, and his Taoist robe was askew, making him look like a corpse that had crawled out of the ground.

A pair of dark eyes peered through the gaps in his hair at Zhou Meng below, and a hoarse voice came from Hongyin's throat.

"Senior brother, we have no regrets."

A hoarse voice uttered a simple sentence, the sound like a vicious curse, yet the tone remained calm and composed.

Zhou Meng bent down to tidy up the dishes on the floor. "Okay, it's good that you've all decided."

After putting his bowl and chopsticks into the lunchbox, Zhou Meng turned his back, picked up the kerosene lamp in front of him, and slowly walked out along the way he had come.

"Shh..."

The sound of cloth shoes rubbing against the ground gradually faded away, and the dim, flickering light also gradually disappeared.

Inside the cave, the fireball ignited by Feng Hou Qi Men continued to burn brightly, illuminating the entire cave.

Silence filled the cave, with only Wang's rhythmic breathing echoing through it.

The three of them picked up their bowls and continued eating. They quickly finished their meal and placed the three empty bowls on the stone table.

The porcelain bowl struck the stone platform with a crisp sound.

"Tap! Tap! Tap!"

"Now that we've eaten and drunk our fill, it's time to train the younger generation."

Hong Yin glanced at Wang Ye on the ground, made a hand seal and incantation, and held her right index and middle fingers together in front of her chest.

【Separation • Crimson Serpent】!

"boom!"

A burst of raging flames suddenly erupted from the void a foot above Wang Ye, and the intense heat instantly roused him from his slumber.

"ah......."

The scorching heat wave quickly brought Wang Ye back to his senses. He opened his eyes abruptly, and the enormous fireball in front of him startled him so much that he rolled to the side and scrambled to his feet.

"Kid, your grandmasters are here to give you some more trouble."

As Hongyin spoke from afar, the hand gestures on his hands changed once again.

【The character 巽 (Xun) • Feng Jian】!

Suddenly, a gust of wind blew onto the fireball, the wind fueling the fire, and the fireball exploded violently, a wave of fire even more intense than adding oil to a raging fire swept towards Wang Ye on the ground.

"Kid, transform into something that can dodge fire."

"Grandmaster Uncle, I've only just learned the Feng Hou Qi Men method. Isn't it a bit difficult for you to make me transform into it now?"

Wang Ye used Tai Chi energy, moving his hands left and right, and with a turn of his body, he deflected the incoming wave of fire to the side.

"Pah! You've been learning for half a year, and you call this just learning?"

Hong Yin couldn't help but grumble, "Every day she studies for only a short while before complaining of a headache, and then says something like today isn't a good day for cultivation..."

"Hey, I'll show you what it means to be unsuitable for cultivation! Senior brothers, attack together!"

【The character "巽" (Xun) • The Merits of Sandalwood!

【Kun Character • Earth River Chariot】!

Inside the cave, various sounds continued incessantly, as if the earth-shaking commotion was confined within the cave and could not escape.

……

The scenery of Wudang Mountain remained unchanged. Zhou Meng leisurely emerged from the cave and returned to his residence.

He placed the oil lamp on the table, then sat cross-legged on the couch and closed his eyes to meditate.

But today was not as peaceful as usual. As soon as Zhou Meng closed his eyes, he recalled the time decades ago when his fellow disciples were still on the mountain.

He hadn't closed his eyes for long when he sighed and opened them again.

"These three fellows are truly my sins."

With a sigh, Zhou Meng pulled out two yellow papers covered with cinnabar runes from under the bed. The thunder pattern celestial script on them revealed its true meaning to this high-ranking official.

"We've passed Baiyun Temple, and next up are Da Chunyang Wanshou Palace and Chongyang Wanshou Palace."

"Hopefully, that kid can resonate with the inner Dao traces of Lu Zu and Wang Chongyang."