The Daoist master is

The apprentices huddled in groups of three or four, squatting against the walls. Li Yuan sat hunched over his bowl in a corner, his shoulders aching from fatigue as he ate the steamed buns. A bitter feeling welled up within him.,“Could it be true that the old man has always longed for ‘becoming an immortal through ordination’”,“What if, no, Master Dao, I truly have the chance to ascend to immortality”。