Yulin Ferry has been expanding to facilitate the docking of more large ferries such as Tongyin, so as to turn a temporary ferry into a permanent ferry. I heard that the Yunyan Kingdom's court has outsourced the government-run vinegar, barley wine and ink making. Some brave people
Young people from the capital are fishing here at night. Not far away is a colorful boat filled with the scent of fat and powder. They are drinking and drinking. Most of the hosts are dignitaries from the mountains. They are entertaining the immortal masters on the mountain here. They are enjoying the moonlight, chatting about friendship, and drinking gold and silver.
The people at the wine table were calling each other brothers, and both of them had the surname Qian. The teenagers by the river were whispering, saying that the few colorful boats that could be opened for business here belonged to which royal relatives, and which princes of the Zhengyin officials. The teenagers occasionally
Seeing the woman staggering to the side of the boat railing, she took out a handkerchief to wipe the corners of her mouth and tidy up her makeup. She hesitated again and again, and instead of putting the handkerchief into her sleeves, she threw it away and hurriedly returned to the feasting place.
Now everyone in the government and the public knows that the owner of Tongyin Ferry is an Immortal Mansion with the prefix Zong. In addition, the court also has martial law, and no idlers are allowed to approach Tongyin Ferry and disturb the Qing Dynasty of the sword immortals. Therefore, Tongyin Ferry
The nearby water area is still relatively quiet. Occasionally, a small boat approaches this place, and soon there are warriors performing Qinggong like wild birds scurrying out of the reeds. Dragonflies touch the water, reminding the small boat to turn around and leave quickly. The warrior curses in his heart, and his body
He turned around, lowered his head and bowed his waist, raised his breath and stepped on the water, floating like a feather, as if walking on flat ground, and wanted to quietly go to the shore. On the way, he saw two people on the other side of the boat railing looking towards him, a man in a green shirt, with an expression on his face.
Wen Xu, a Taoist with a long beard, carries a sword on his back.
The martial artist was startled, and he quickly stopped and bowed to apologize to the two unfamiliar-looking immortal masters on the boat. The man in green shirt actually smiled and clasped his fists in return. This made the worship martial artist who had recently eaten at Yulindu stunned.
Presumably the opponent is not of high level and has an average status. But the martial artist inevitably wonders how he can get to the Tongyin Ferry with an average status?
The entire territory of Yunyan Kingdom's Gyeonggi Province is loose on the outside and tight on the inside. As the top priority is the Yulin Crossing, some colleagues joke that even if a dog poops on the side of the Yulin Crossing, whoever steps on it will report it to the court for record.
Lu Yan smiled and said, "Why didn't you recognize your identity?"
Chen Ping'an said helplessly: "I heard from Dongshan that the Yunyan Kingdom's court may have wanted to express their gratitude. Even the records of all the genealogy monks of the Qingping Sword Sect, Yugui Sect, etc. only left text and no pictures."
Lu Yan joked: "It's not the ordinary accumulation of prestige."
Chen Ping'an didn't explain anything. In the past, any Immortal Mansion with a sect's head in Tongye Continent was worthy of being called God, and the joy, anger, sorrow, and joy of the Immortal Master was as clear as rain and snow.
The mountains and rivers are graceful, like a beautiful and affectionate mute woman.
The human body is floating like the dust on the road, and the world is like the ripples of water.
Lu Yan continued the previous topic and said: "Try not to delay Shanzhu Chen's practice time too much."
Chen Pingan said: "Protecting the Tao is not cultivating the Tao."
When a Taoist comes out of the mountain, in addition to gaining experience in the world of mortals and sharpening his Taoist heart, he also does nothing more than seek out celestial beings, collect heavenly materials and earthly treasures, accumulate merit, and increase his Taoist power.
There are also three external affairs, although they are done occasionally, they are of great importance. For example, the first one is to guard the gate for others, such as Yao Qing, the national master of the Qingshen Dynasty, guarding the gate for the ghost Xu Jun.
The next step is to save people and lead them up the mountain. To put it more bluntly, it is to go out to find Taoist embryos, accept them as disciples, strengthen the sect, and continue the Taoist tradition.
Then there is the matter of helping others to protect the way. For example, in the Ouhua Blessed Land, Jiang Shangzhen transformed into Zhou Fei of Spring Chao Palace in order to help Lu Fang of Bird's Eye View Peak break through a love barrier. Jiang Shangzhen spent a lot of time on this, but the problem was with the sword.
Xiu Lu Fang has never been able to break his inner demons, and he is probably still fighting in the Ouhua Blessed Land to this day. According to Chief Zhou afterwards, if Lu Fang had been willing to enter the Jade Gui Sect in his early years, he would not have to go to the Ouhua Blessed Land at all.
The twisted melon isn't sweet, but it quenches thirst. Unfortunately, Lu Fang's elm stick just didn't wake up and he had to hang himself from a tree.
Previously at the Fuyaolu Private Dojo, the old temple master made two comments about Xun Yuan, who was half a neighbor. One was derogatory and the other was praising.
One line is that he disliked Xun Yuan for not being broad-minded enough, and was one of the main culprits that led to the collapse of Yizhou. "What's the point of cultivating Taoism? It's just a private plan. The disadvantages of Tongyezhou are Xun and Du."
Another compliment, the evaluation is not too high, "Disciples like Zheng Juzhong and Xun Yuan, the more the better."
Lu Yan stroked his beard and smiled and said: "If Master Chen is so polite, then I will really have no contact with Master Chen."
Chen Pingan nodded and said, "No need to see anyone outside."
The reason why Lu Yan asked Chen Pingan to be his Taoist protector was of course not because Lu Yan could only find Chen Pingan. He traveled the world alone and Yunshui lived for three thousand years. Lu Yan still had several Taoist friends.
Just like Master Huolong who came to Tongyezhou with him this time, he is a good friend who has been with him for many years. However, as Master Huolong himself said, guarding the gate is worry-free and labor-saving. Pindao is still in a good state now. He will do his duty and never give up.
I don’t want to shirk it, but when it comes to the hard work of protecting the Tao, I have to change it. The poor Taoist’s ability to be patient is really not that good.
Someone on the mountain once made an analogy: Helping people guard the gates is a short-term job, while protecting people's roads is a long-term job.
Chen Ping'an said: "I hope the result will be a battle to protect the Tao. The younger generation will not have any merit, but will have a small amount of hard work."
Lu Yan smiled knowingly, "As expected, it couldn't be better."
The implication beyond the language is very good. The easier it is for Chen Ping'an to protect the Tao, the less he has to personally get involved in the situation and the less he has to work hard, which naturally means that the smoother Lu Yan's practice will be.
Lu Yan suggested: "Shan Master Chen might as well just use one clone to enter that blessed land. It's probably enough."
Chen Ping'an didn't dare to make a conclusion on how to enter the place. He said: "I know very little about that place. Does the senior have detailed files similar to the Zhi Shu? It's better for the junior to do his homework early."
Lu Yan shook his head and said: "I only have some hearsay information, so I can't give much inside information. I only know that because it is a first-class cave and a middle-class blessed land, there has always been a saying that it is 'top-heavy'. The access control is extremely strict, and the passes are
Many things. Pindao was able to go there to practice, but it was the Holy Master who helped mediate and opened the door. The Holy Master also made it clear to Pindao that there would be a price for making exceptions, but what is the price?
The teacher didn’t say it clearly, he just asked Pindao to think carefully before making a decision.”
Chen Ping'an secretly weighed it in his mind. A blessed land of medium rank? Does it mean that there are not too many Qi Refiners and the realm is limited?
During the study tour, Li Baoping discussed similar issues with Cui Dongshan.
At that time, the young man in white smiled playfully and asked the little girl in red cotton-padded jacket a question: Have you ever bought hot tofu from the roadside stall in that market?
It turns out that in the eyes of mathematicians who are proficient in mathematics, the total amount of the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, and the destiny of a dynasty, from the vastness of the world to any blessed land, is a certain fixed amount.
Therefore, every martial artist becomes a martial arts master, and a monk achieves the realm of immortality by cutting tofu on a chopping board. First come, first served. The weight of the tofu cubes is the level of achievement...
Li Baoping's next rhetorical question caught the carefree Cui Dongshan a little off guard, "Do you have to pay to cut off a piece of tofu? The price for buying tofu is set by everyone and the stall owner. Is there any discount?"
Chen Pingan asked a key question, "Senior, do you know who has the final say in that cave?"
Lu Yan hesitated for a moment and said: "The founders of the three religions only established some rules at first and did not interfere in specific affairs. I heard that there are only a few people who are actually in charge, each with his own god name."
The battle to ascend to the sky changed the heaven and the earth. Some of the ancient gods, such as Feng Yi, were able to retain their divine status. Later generations of mountain monks only knew the passages for these gods to and from the human world. Most of them were on the top of the mountain where the ancestral homes of military strategists from various continents were. But they lived, or to be precise There are always only some guesses as to where he was imprisoned. After all, the founders of the three religions could not let these gods scatter in the sky, otherwise Zhou Mi would go to the sky to attract the gods to their places, causing all the roads to gradually collapse, and the world would have been in chaos. , let alone good weather, I am afraid that even the bright and clear roads and the changing of the seasons have become a luxury. The founders of the three religions, let alone blocking the door with their Taoism, should be forced to disperse and mend the vacancies in those avenues.
As for this group of ancient gods, as well as the new batch of gods who were born following the four worlds, their "golden bodies" are fixed on the "cloud" where the cave, heaven and blessed land are connected.
That's why Lu Yan said, "There are strict rules over there."
Chen Pingan changed the topic and asked: "Senior, you have traveled around Qingming World, what is your biggest impression?"
Lu Yan smiled and said: "The color of the blue sky over there can be said to be 'green and dripping', as if it is really about to drip onto the earth."
Chen Pingan nodded and said: "It's like the glaze color of a certain kind of porcelain in my hometown. If I have a chance, I'd like to go and see the different scenery there."
Lu Yan waved his fly whisk lightly and said with a smile: "I met a stranger in a certain mountain before and said that the invisible time between heaven and earth was smelted from the fragments of the golden body."
Chen Pingan asked: "What is smelting?"
Lu Yan said: "Incense."
Chen Pingan thought for a moment and said, "Wonderful idea."
Lu Yan said: "This gentleman also said that dreams are one of the incense burners."
Chen Pingan shook his head and said: "It's unbelievable."
Lu Yan took out an inconspicuous yellow silk bag from his sleeve and handed it to Chen Ping'an. He briefly explained the situation inside the bag, "A dozen items are each packed in small bags. Except for Haoran, the five colors of Qingming Dayue There are also a few magic weapons that are not very valuable, but are not very common. Later, Master Chen can count them by himself. They will be regarded as the reward for the subsequent protection of the Tao."
Chen Ping'an stretched out his hand and gently pushed the bag back, and politely declined: "No reward will be given for no merit. When one day in the future the merits of protecting the Tao are accomplished, it will not be too late for seniors to discuss this matter."
"It's just a deposit. The remaining portion will be calculated separately at that time."
Lu Yan handed the bag to Chen Ping'an and said with a smile: "On the way here, Master Huolong said that when giving gifts, especially to Master Chen, it is best to give them separately, so as to show more courtesy and affection. If it’s heavier, I’ll skip it if it’s too troublesome for me.”
Chen Ping'an put the bag into his sleeve and gave a Taoist ceremony to Master Chunyang.
Master Huolong laughed and said: "Counting money, staring at a solitary ingot of silver on the table is not as fun as looking at a pile of copper coins."
Cui Dongshan's little chicken pecked at the rice and said: "It's so, so, so much. A grain rain coin, how can there be a pile of snow coins like a hill to look happy at."
Pei Qian said: "There is a premium between Guyu money and Xiaoshu money when converted into snow money. Master is pragmatic and not unrealistic, so he will definitely choose the former."
Cui Dongshan pretended to be suddenly enlightened. He took out a folding fan from nowhere and struck his palm, "I missed the chess piece. It seems that the senior sister understands the master better."
As he spoke, Cui Dongshan glanced at the bag from the corner of his eye, and Cui Dongshan reminded his husband in his heart, "The most valuable thing is that bag."
Master Huolong said from the bottom of his heart: "The five-element natal objects you have are of good quality. This Taoist friend from Chunyang likes to travel to famous mountains and rivers the most. The gifts he gave me are in contrast to each of the five elements. He said it is It may be a little too much to provide help in times of need, but to say it is the icing on the cake is an understatement of this gift. Return to the mountain dojo and refine it carefully. I believe it will be of great benefit and help you to reach a higher level in the immortal realm. It’s not difficult, this allows an expert to know if it’s there as soon as he takes action.”
Master Huolong hesitated for a moment, but still didn't point out something. In fact, the "reward" that Chen Ping'an should really ask for was to have a good discussion with Master Chunyang and ask for some Taoist mental methods that were "traditional and secret." They met. If a Taoist from Chunyang doesn't discuss Taoism and talks about the golden elixir, what's the difference between entering Baoshan and returning empty-handed?
To put it bluntly, this guy is so thin-skinned that he is so scrupulous about this and other taboos when doing business with others.
Chen Pingan and Lu Yan returned to the wine table.
Xie Gou had just told Cui Dongshan about the Taoist embryo and asked Cui Sect Master to decide whether to take her up the mountain.
Unexpectedly, Cui Dongshan revealed the family background, Taoist name, sect, and numerous family treasures of the female cultivator and fellow Taoists.
Xie Gou was puzzled and asked him if he had already taken a fancy to the woman's basic qualifications. Cui Dongshan laughed loudly and said that he had no such ability to predict the future or open his eyes, but he was still well-informed. A few of them arrived in the capital earlier than you and your husband. They had nothing to do. They often visited the various government offices. They looked through the official documents of the Ministry of Justice and remembered them after a few glances. They were not interested in it at first, but almost did it. If you want to miss this big leak, Xie Cixi can rest assured. Since it is a talent recommended by Xie Cxi personally, he and Qingping Sword Sect will definitely focus on cultivating it.
Cui Dongshan curiously asked about Xie Gou. Didn’t he think about the day he would found a mountain sect?
To be continued...