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Zhongli Quan Teaching Lu Dongbin the Secrets of Alchemy and Immortality

🐉 Chinese MythologyMount Zhongnan, Shaanxi, ChinaZhongli Quan • Lü Dongbin • The Eight Immortals

The legend of the scholar Lu Dongbin and his transformative encounter with the immortal Zhongli Quan, beginning with the famous 'Yellow Millet Dream.' After realizing the vanity of worldly success, Lu Dongbin undergoes a series of spiritual trials and deep alchemical instruction in the Zhongnan Mountains. Through the mastery of internal alchemy and the cultivation of the Tao, he eventually...