黑手道人 Venom Daoist
机关难算大聪明，鲁直冲动是本性。
犹谢腰间两面刀，一刃断执一刃明。
Schemes and plots, hard to outsmart,
Impulsive nature, a straightforward heart.
He should thank his twin blades,
One cuts through folly, one has the truth displayed.
山风细细，野花满地，观后石窟内。
绛色面庞的道士，温和问道:？你来这观中多少时日了?
“弟……弟子不知，只记得天雷过殿，有百余回了。”黑手道人站在一旁，有些戒备。
那便有百余年了。
道士说罢，走至光秃秃的石壁前，正要伸手摸摸。
“师父。”黑手道人急急唤道。
“……弟子来了许久，也未曾得师父传个什么法门，不知师父今日可能乘兴教弟子几招。”
“你想学?”
“既来拜师，自是想学的。”
“我看你根基扎实，气脉调和，自己的功法已然大成了。”
黑手道人听罢，心下一紧。
未料那道士又道:“虽无功法可授你，本派却有些练功的奇巧。你若不怕苦磨，我倒能让你试试。”
“不知是怎么个奇巧?”
“传丹不传火，你若不试，我如何肯说与你听?”
黑手道人苦思，拿不定主意。
道士循循善诱:“我这观中不少弟子都练过，你来此这也没学，那也不试，岂非白走一遭?”
黑手道人一听，想到郎君临行的嘱托，问道:“精进躯壳，助益神功，登仙不难矣!”
“竟有这般玄妙?”
“觉不玄妙，你随时停下便是了，为师不怪你。”道士满脸自信!
黑手道人心下大动，立时应承:“敬听师父安排。”
“你随我来。”
道士又看看那石壁，带着黑手道人离去了。
Gentle mountain breeze, wildflowers-covered ground, inside the stone cave behind the temple.
The purple-faced Daoist Master asked with a gentle smile, "How long have you been in this temple?"
"I... I do not know. I can only remember that the thunder has struck the hall over a hundred times," replied the Venom Daoist, standing cautiously beside the master.
"Then it has been over a hundred years," the master said, walking towards the bare stone wall, about to touch it.
"Master," the Daoist called out, "I have been here for a long time, yet you have not taught me any skills. Could you perhaps teach me a few moves today?"
"You wish to learn my skills?"
"Since the day I called you 'Master', yes."
"Your foundation is solid, and energy channels harmonized. Your have already achieved high. I am afraid learning my skills won't help you much."
The Daoist tensed up at the master's words, fully on guard.
Yet, out of his expectation, the master uttered, "Skills, I can offer no more, but some unique methods of practices, I can offer. Yet they are beyond the minds feeble, and demand strong willpower to succeed. If you are not deterred by hardship, I can let you try."
Intrigued, the Daoist asked, "What kind of unique methods?"
The Daoist shook his head and said, "Without your willingness to learn, I cannot tell you that."
The Daoist pondered deeply, unable to make a decision.
The Daoist gently persuaded, "It is a path trodden by many of my disciples. If you come here, attempt nothing, and achieve nothing, would it not be a journey in vain?"
Hearing this, the Daoist remembered his brother's instructions and inquired, "What can this method achieve?"
"It will refine your body, elevate your divine skills, and the path to ascension shall be an ease!"
"Is it truly so profound?"
"If you find it not helping, you can stop at any time," the master said confidently.
Moved by these words, the Daoist agreed immediately, "I am ready to follow your instructions, Master."
"Come with me," the Daoist said, glancing once more at the stone wall before leading the Daoist away.
