御剑道士 Sword Daoist
访道远寻师，笃志入剑门。
剑门通幽处，升仙见性根。
To seek the Dao, he journeys far,
With steadfast heart, he finds the gate.
In the depths of sword skills,
He glimpses roots of ascension's innate.
每十载，黄花观便大开门庭，广招一批弟子。
这日，有个新入门的小道士，发现内门师兄，共有三种不同功法的派别。
一种使杖，一种使拂尘，还有一种使剑。
小道士细细观察他们，发现使杖与使拂尘的师兄，除了要负责观中杂事吃穿用度也较不如意。
反观使剑的师兄，他们只需专心练功，每日还能受到师父的点拨。
小道士又私下跑去请教不同的师兄，发现使剑的师兄也是最快得道飞升的。
但要成为剑门的弟子并非易事，需经过师父的查考，只有被定为悟性最高者，才有机缘。
小道士挨个拜访了师兄们，记下了当年师父查考他们的题目，做了万全的准备。
其后，他如愿以偿，一举夺魁，师父还亲为他簪了发髻、赐了佩剑。
自他入了剑门，他日日早起，在虫总兵的监督下练功，午后，又在师父的指点下练气。生活乏味又艰辛，他却很满足。
十数年的艰苦修持，他们这批剑门弟子，终于盼来了师父的认可。
师父告知他们，他们如今功法已熟，可入山闭关，若有仙缘，便可入梯仙国，等待升仙。
Every ten years, the Temple of Yellow Flowers opens its doors to recruit disciples.
One day, a newly admitted young Daoist discovered that the disciples focused on innate practice were divided into three different groups based on their skills. One group used staffs, another used fly-whisks, and the third used swords.
The young Daoist observed them closely and noticed that the disciples who used staffs and fly-whisks were also responsible for various chores around the temple and had less favorable living conditions. In contrast, the disciples who used swords only needed to focus on their training and they were even privileged to receive daily guidance from the master. The young Daoist secretly consulted the senior disciples and found out that the sword disciples were also the quickest to achieve enlightenment and ascension.
However, becoming a disciple of the sword group was no easy task. It required passing a rigorous examination by the master, and only those deemed to have the highest potential were given the opportunity. The young Daoist visited each senior disciple, noting down the questions the master had asked them in the past, and made thorough preparations. Eventually, he succeeded in his endeavor, winning first place. The master personally tied his hair into a topknot and bestowed upon him a sword.
From the moment he joined the sword group, he woke up early every day to train under the supervision of Beetle Commander. In the afternoons, he strengthened his Qi under the master's guidance. Though the life was monotonous and arduous, he was very content.
After more than a decade of rigorous cultivation, the disciples of sword group finally earned the master's approval.
The master informed them that their skills were now proficient enough for them to enter the mountains for secluded meditation. If they were fortunate enough, they could achieve their ascension.
