Later, in July of the same year, Ryoo visited Ingen while Ingen was staying at the Kofuku-ji Temple (present-day Nagasaki City, Nagasaki Prefecture), afterward Ingen allowed Ryoo to become his disciple.
そののち、同年7月、興福寺(長崎市)（長崎県長崎市）に滞留中の隠元を訪ね、入門を許された。