Zhongnan Mountain is worthy of being a Taoist blessed land, and it is indeed a beautiful place.
Along the way, Zhao Rong witnessed many strange people and interesting things. To sum up, it was Sanduo.
First, there are many hermits.
When a group of three people are walking on a steep and dangerous road between cliffs or on a winding path in a lush mountain forest, if they look casually, they can see secluded monks sitting cross-legged in caves or on bluestones, absorbing dew in the evening glow, and living their lives.
Years in the mountains.
Second, there are many Taoist priests.
Zhao Rong had known about this for a long time. After all, the Zhongnan Kingdom was a country of Taoist priests. In every village or town that Zhao Rong passed by, there were Taoist temples and the incense was flourishing. Sometimes, the three of them even went to the secluded mountains and forests.
You can see a clean ancient temple, enshrining statues of gods that Zhao Rong doesn't know. After asking around, it turns out that they were all built by Taoist priests of Chongxu Temple.
The people of Zhongnan Kingdom are indeed very believers, but Zhao Rong is also slightly surprised, because according to what he has seen, although Zhongnan Mountain is fertile, there is not much flat land suitable for farming and convenient living. Now these fertile fields are all used to build Taoist temples.
The various Taoist temples are magnificent, but they are indeed a waste of time and money.
But he just thought about it when he was distracted. He was just passing by anyway, so he didn't need to worry about it.
The third is that there are many Confucian scholars, or famous scholars.
This was something Zhao Rong didn't expect. However, after walking for a while, Zhao Rong slowly learned that although Zhongnan State designated Taoism as the state religion, it did not exclude Confucian scholars, and many middle and lower-level officials were Confucian scholars.
It is said that the leader of Zhongnan Kingdom, who likes to make alchemy, often invites some famous Confucian scholars to help him govern the country.
Well, a king who likes to make alchemy but is also good at raising scholars. Zhao Rong couldn't help laughing.
However, this phenomenon also created a special Confucian atmosphere in Zhongnan Kingdom, and cultivated celebrities who complemented Confucianism and Taoism.
Along the way, Zhao Rong saw high-ranking scholars who exposed their breasts, drank and sang wildly; saw scribes who had nowhere to go and cried at the end of the road; and saw madmen who took medicine and indulged in prostitution during the day in front of the wooden house in the bamboo forest.
I saw a group of famous people looking for a clear stream in the high mountains and lush forests and bamboos, drinking and talking, talking endlessly, and drinking and drinking. Even when Zhao Rong and three people were passing by, a very drunk person saw the scholar Zhao Rong dressed up.
Holding a cup in one hand and a pen in the other, he stepped forward and invited Zhao Rong to drink and write poems together. However, Zhao Rong declined, smiled, drank a glass of wine, and continued on his way.
"This Zhongnan Kingdom is indeed interesting, but I am just a passerby, not a returnee." Zhao Rong said softly.
This kind of straightforward and flamboyant behavior reminds him of the romance of the Wei and Jin Dynasties. Maybe when he gets tired of the world in the future, it would be a good idea to come here to live in seclusion?
"Where is the fun? Why are they so shameless? Just now, Xiaoxiao saw a person in the banquet with a red face taking off his clothes and acting like a gangster... What a strange place this is." The little fox demon said with a sullen face.
His tone was shy and annoyed, but his face was like a peach blossom, white and rosy.
Zhao Rong looked at her pink little face and wanted to pinch it gently, but he just thought about it. If he really dared to pinch it, she would probably explode, just like the last time he accidentally touched her hand.
, and I don’t know who her great-grandmother is.
Although Su Xiaoxiao is a little crazy, she really listens to her grandma's words. There are so many "grandma's sayings" that come out of her mouth that Zhao Rong can't count them. Hey, let's put it this way, this little
Fox demons aren't that stupid either.
"Zhao Rong, don't imitate their hooligan behavior."
"Can reading and studying personnel be called a hooligan?" Zhao Rong looked serious.
"What's that called?" The little fox demon's eyes widened.
"This is called uninhibited. It is a natural way of being naked." Zhao Rong said in a leisurely tone. "The sky and the earth are the building, and the mountains and forests are the trousers. Su Xiaoxiao, why do you get into my trousers?"
"Bah!" Su Xiaoxiao blushed with embarrassment and turned her head away from him. "Zhao Rong, Xiaoxiao doesn't care about you anymore, so just learn to be bad."
But after saying that, it seemed that he was really angry. The little fox demon bit his lower lip and for the first time mustered up the courage to reach out and punch Zhao Rong "hard".
After being hit by a pink fist, Zhao Rong covered his chest with his hands and looked in pain.
"What kind of boxing technique is this? It's so powerful and domineering!"
"Are you okay?" Su Xiaoxiao's pretty face turned pale. "Xiaoxiao just touched her lightly."
"Don't come here, Fox Fairy, spare your life! Your Excellency does not remember the faults of villains. The Prime Minister's belly can support a boat. The moon is setting and the sky is full of frost. The husband and wife will return the home..."
Su Xiaoxiao: "???"
Zhao and Rong stayed at a farmhouse for the night. The next day, Zhao and Rong got up from the rooster's crow. After practicing calligraphy for a while, they began their daily boxing exercises.
There are five types of fist piles in "Fu Shan Xi".
Riding a dragon upside down, tying the sword and furnace, holding the elbow, taking a quick step, lazily tying up the clothes.
What Zhao Rong is currently practicing is the sword furnace, which is a fingering technique in which ten fingers are tied together to form a hand shape, nine of which form the furnace for forging the sword, and the other finger is used to temper the sword.
According to Liu Sanbian, when he went to the mountains to practice boxing when he was young, he tied up his sword furnace to resist the cold night.
Zhao Rong practiced hard for a while, but when he saw that it was getting late, he stopped.
"Brother Sanbian said that the Climbing Heaven Stage is divided into three levels: Gold and Stone, Qingxu, and Zhenyi. Currently, I already have the sense of Qi. I am in the Gold and Stone stage. Standing and taking medicinal baths are all to strengthen my muscles and bones."
"If you want to break through to Qingxu, you must find that innate vitality. Innate vitality is the most fundamental energy of the body. Everyone has it, but it is just different in strength. Due to my physical problem, my innate vitality is very weak, so
It is extremely difficult to find. The reason why I am working hard to temper my body now is to strengthen it through the methods of tomorrow."
"Hey, I don't know when I will be able to reach Qingxu."
Zhao Rong sighed and suddenly remembered that someone seemed to have not spoken for a long time.
"Hey, Gui, what are you doing?"
After a moment of silence, Gui's voice sounded in Xinhu. I wonder if it was Zhao Rong's illusion. It was still very deep, but not as hoarse as before. It seemed a little crisper?
In fact, if you listen to it every day, you may not feel anything, but during these days, Zhao Rong was busy practicing and traveling, and he never had time to communicate. Therefore, when he heard Gui's voice again at this time, he could obviously notice the difference.
"I have recovered a bit recently. Thanks to your physical training and medicinal bath at the Gold and Stone Realm, your soul has grown a little stronger, and Fushiya relies on your soul, so I have also recovered, well,
Just keep practicing."
"When can I find my innate vitality?"
"I'm not sure. Your innate vitality is already weak. Now you can only fully strengthen it. When it reaches a certain level, you will be able to find it naturally. Before that, it was impossible to find it in advance unless there was an accident."
"If it grows naturally, how long will it take?"
"Based on your current practice progress... it will take about one year."
"So slow? What about going from Qingxu to Zhenyi?"
"It's about a year."
"What about the breakthrough from Zhenyi to Fuyao?"
"About a year and a half, well, what I'm talking about is assuming there are no accidents and you're not bad luck."
"That's too slow..."
Suddenly, Zhao Rong seemed to remember something. "Well, I remember it took her about four years to reach the Heaven Realm. So, I was pretty fast."
Zhao Rong was instantly full of energy and felt that his future practice life was promising.
"Who is she?" Gui sneered, "How can she give you such confidence?"
After finishing speaking, Gui said lazily with a contemptuous tone: "Four years to reach the heaven realm, huh, even if you are a useless person with the worst cultivation qualifications, as long as you are not the kind of body that is congenitally disabled, if you practice as hard as you are now, you can still
It’s only been three and a half years, and she still needs four years? How useless is that?”
The most useless? Three and a half years? Zhao Rong felt that something was wrong with this statement, but he no longer cared about it because he had bigger doubts.