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Chapter 135: Chapter 130
Xuanming Temple is located on Luming Mountain in the north of Xuandu, shaded by green mulberry trees, it is a temple for children and grandchildren.This temple has been handed down from master to apprentice from generation to generation, and there have always been only three or five Taoist priests who are lonely.This kind of temples with weak orthodoxy are prone to outages. Probably since the Longxuan period of the previous dynasty, there has not been a single practitioner of Taoism in Xuanming Temple.

However, although Xuanming Temple's orthodox tradition has declined, the organization of this temple still maintains its grandeur, covering an area of ​​more than [-] mu.It is only because the former master of Xuanming Temple was very good at management. Not only did he manage the secular property in an orderly manner, a hundred years ago, he was called by the Chongxuan Administration to open a museum and spread education. , the name is "Lu Ming".Guanzhu Xuanming served as the head of the Luming Academy, preaching to the students from all over the world, and selected the best ones, and recommended them to the higher-level Chongxuan Department.

For more than 30 years, Luming Academy has had more than [-] signed students, and it is said that more than [-] of them finally entered the orthodox Taoism and practiced the true method.Among the [-] people, seven people entered the Three Sacred Lands of Taoism and Qianyuan Academy respectively.In this way, because of the existence of Luming Academy, although the Taoism of Xuanming Temple has declined, its reputation has grown day by day.

Luming Academy is built in the mountains, with quiet cottages and elegant pavilions. It is a good place to study.In addition to the students of the academy, there are also foreigners living here temporarily.Some are celebrities invited by the academy, and others, like Li Chan, come here on their own initiative, either in pursuit of purity or fame.

Today's Xuanming temple master and head of Luming Academy is called Sun Jingran, who is near his fate and has a rather elegant appearance.Du Jinyou invited Li Chan to visit, and Li Chan took out a piece of jade and daisy inkstone from the four treasures of the study given by the old painters, and gave it to Sun Jingran as a gift.After some contact, they found a place to live in Qingxinyuan on the west side of Luming Academy.

There are more than [-] students in Luming Academy, and most of them live in the newly renovated dormitory on the east side of the academy.The old school on the west side, the environment is naturally much simpler and dilapidated.

After Du Jinyou left, the direct student of the academy led Li Chan and the ox cart with luggage to the outside of Qingxinyuan.On both sides of the courtyard gate, the paint on the couplet "Listen to the white deer after the rain, see the Taoist heart in the sky" is old, obviously for some years.

There are six dormitories in this courtyard, five of which are vacant, and only one academy student lives in the dormitory at the far east.The student's surname is Liu and his name is Jian. He was born in a family of government officials, and his mother is clever, so his family is quite prosperous.However, such a family is very reluctant to afford the training of the Taoist Academy and the consumption of practicing inner martial arts. In order to save some fees, he lives in this old school dormitory.

Liu Jian always felt that this place was too deserted, and when she saw someone living in, she was very warmly welcomed.Li Chan's alias Li Dan asked Liu Jian's hometown in Jingchuan in the north of Lizhou, and he said that he was from Qingling in the south of Lizhou, so he chose the westernmost school to live in.

The six dormitories of Qingxin Academy were divided into three rooms on the east and west by a moon gate. Seeing that Li Chan had chosen the west side, Liu Jian knew that the new resident was probably a quiet person.

Although the west courtyard is dilapidated, the space is not small. In front of the school building, white walls and black tiles enclose an open space five to twelve feet long, paved with blue bricks, which is used for martial arts training.In the corner of the courtyard, there is a big pagoda tree with three people hugging each other. Just when the sun is setting, the red wall is reflected in the glow, and the shade of the tree is green, which is very quiet.This season is suitable for cool and hot, and there are no mosquitoes, which is suitable for mountain living.The furnishings in the dormitory are simple, separated into two rooms, the front room has a table for reading, and the back room has a bed for sleeping.It is cleaned regularly, but there is only a little dust in the corners.

Li Chan brought a ready-made mattress, after cleaning it up a bit, made the bed, pushed a few wooden boxes under the bed, tidied it up roughly, saw that it was time for dinner in the evening, found Liu Jian from the east courtyard, and went together Go to the Zhaitang.

Li Chan is accompanied by a group of monsters, even if some monsters can rely on absorbing the vitality of heaven and earth to make food, his daily food consumption is much greater than that of ordinary people.But this problem is easy to solve. After eating in the Zhaitang, Li Chan approached the person who manages the Zhaitang and sent some money. He asked the servants in the Zhaitang to send some meals every day, using the excuse that his martial arts training was very expensive. Go to Qingxin West Courtyard.

That Huotou himself has practiced Xuanmingguan's "Dragon Elephant Fist" for a while. When he practiced hardest, he ate more than ten catties of meat every day, and ate a whole cow for more than a month. Follow Li Chan's request.

After roughly solving the problems of food, clothing, housing and transportation, it was already dark when we returned to Qingxin West Courtyard.With no one around, Li Chan opened the scroll.With the help of Sao Qingniang and Hongyao, after only a few moments, the schoolhouse was tidied up, the pens and ink in the box were placed on the table within easy reach, and the clothes that were often worn were also arranged in the cabinet. Only the water tank in the corner of the courtyard It was still empty, making people feel that something was missing, so Li Chan went to Liu Jian to borrow a jug of water.Liu Jian put clean water of hibiscus and peach and almonds in the tank in the east courtyard. The mountain spring water has a very light fragrance, which is very refreshing when used to wash the face, and has a special flavor when used to make tea.

Li Chan was sipping tea at the table, his face was yellow from the light, and his pupils were black.When he was away from home for the past two days, he used the magical power of changing his tongue to disguise his appearance.Although it was only a slight modification to the eye-catching mandarin duck eyes, the whole face was not transformed, but the divine pattern was not perfect after all, and it had reached its limit to last for several hours.

However, in Ximoju, people from Xiyishan or the Cui family may still come to the door. At this time, there is no need to worry too much.He dispelled the enchantment, and under the light, his eyes were dyed with two colors of blue and blue again.

Hong Yao stroked her sleeves, revealing a white wrist, compacted the incense ash in the stove, ignited a piece of incense, and asked, "Ah Lang, how long are we going to stay here?"

Li Chan said with a smile: "Why, this place is not good?"

"That's not what I meant." Hong Yao quickly denied.

"It won't be long." Li Chan held the tea bowl, "Du Jianyin found this place for me. First, he wants me to avoid the limelight. Second, if I go to Qianyuan Academy, I should also pick up books like Daozang. Check it out."

"Does Ah Lang want to study here?" Hong Yao suddenly felt that it would be interesting to be Li Chan's book boy, and maybe she could learn something along with her.

"It's just a rough look. I have been studying in Qingque Palace for two years."

As Li Chan said, she put down the tea bowl and went to the back room.Hong Yao went to the door to wait and see through the curtain, wondering what Li Chan was going to do.

Li Chan took out a scroll from the box, lifted the curtain back to the front room, and unfolded it on the table.On the paper, a boy is all white, his face is like a jade carved from ice, facing the sun with his back.

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In the half-day workshop, the residents of Ximoju went to empty the house.Although the neighbors were curious about this mysterious courtyard, no one pryed it rashly.Only the night owl boldly landed on the tiles, looking for the mice walking under the wall.

In the bronze mirror shop across the street from Ximoju, Lu Zijing looked at the picture of peach blossoms on the wall, looked at it for a while, and returned to the bedroom.

He dragged out a sackcloth package from under the bed, and the bronze mirror inside the cloth clashed with each other, clanging.These bronze mirrors are all unpolished, no more, no less, exactly 24 sides.

(End of this chapter)