Volume 1: Zhao Shanhe Chapter 117 Xuantian Sword Art
Since ancient times, disaster relief has always been the most difficult at the beginning. Once the early and middle stages are passed, it means that the overall situation has basically been decided.
Of course, this only applies to man-made disasters, and it is another matter if it is a natural disaster.
Now, the disaster relief work in Qianyu City has entered the mid-to-late stage.
In fact, although this disaster swept across a huge area and involved dozens of innocent people, it would not be too difficult to deal with it.
Just ensuring enough order and sufficient supplies such as food will be enough to stabilize the situation.
The only thing to worry about is the possible civil unrest and plague.
However, for nearly 800 years since the founding of the Dayu Dynasty, the country and the people have always been peaceful and the weather has been smooth. It is almost impossible for a popular uprising to occur.
As for the plague, the bodies of the people who died in the city have almost been cleared away, plus some preventive measures and decoctions are brewed every day.
Even if a plague does occur, Qian Nichang is confident that Ming Xinxuan can suppress it in a very short period of time and prevent it from spreading among the people.
And it is only a matter of time before the suppressed plague is eliminated.
Under such circumstances, there are indeed not many opportunities left for the gentlemen in the county government.
If they start now and use all the materials they have prepared to provide disaster relief, they can still gain some fame and even some merit.
But let alone Qian Nichang, even Ji Yuan, who didn't know much about the county, didn't believe that this group of people would do this. Even if at the last moment, they were willing to return empty-handed, they would never give away any supplies.
It may sound cruel to say it, but in the eyes of these big shots, the lives of ordinary people are not even comparable to a few taels of silver in their hands.
If not for this, when Qianyu City suffered a blood sacrifice and tens of thousands of people were killed in the city, they would not have been waiting for disaster relief from the county and city. Instead, they would have been scrambling after Ming Xinxuan took action.
Come and compete for benefits.
"I hope they can really be quiet. The people of Qianyu City have already suffered enough."
Ji Yuan sighed, and suddenly a stern look flashed in his eyes.
If someone is really restless, then he naturally has nothing to worry about. Compared with the lives of hundreds of thousands of people, they are just a group of gentlemen from the county.
Just kill him.
He still doesn't believe it. With the strength of his side, without the masters of the Three Realms sitting in charge, can the people in the county government really resist?
Of course, if you really start to do it, it won't be as easy as you say, but it is indeed not difficult to find a few people who jump the most energetically among the crowd.
After all, even Shen Lang, who had been planning for three hundred years, and many of his chess pieces were killed by them one by one. How much stronger could the group of people in the county government be, even if they came from all the major forces in the county.
What's more, if you have advanced cultivation and extremely powerful methods, you won't appear in this place.
Those who can be thrown into the county and city by the forces behind them are basically those who have no hope of entering the country in this life, or who have a short life expectancy.
"By the way, my boss, do you know Master Qidao?"
When he thought of Shen Lang, he thought of the magic weapon he left behind.
The seven-story magic tower is in very good condition. If the evil spirit and wronged souls in it can be washed away, there is no need to put it in the mountains and rivers bag to eat ashes.
If you want to achieve this step, you must at least be a master of Qi Dao, but such people are rare, and they are even better than masters of alchemy.
"In Mingxinxuan, there is a Qi Dao master who belongs to my Qian family, and he usually sits in the county."
Qian Nishang turned around and looked, but there was no doubt at all: "I originally thought that you wanted to sell that magic weapon or replace it with other magic weapons, but I didn't expect that you wanted to use it yourself."
Regarding the magic weapon in Ji Yuan's hand, it is not difficult to find out, and she naturally knows it clearly.
However, he never thought that he would actually want to keep it and use it instead of selling it.
Get out, or change to something else.
You must know that the money required to forcibly refine a magic weapon and turn it into something usable by immortal monks is already equivalent to half of the magic weapon.
And this includes the remuneration of the Qidao master and the spiritual materials that will be repaired and replaced after the demonic energy is refined. These are not a small amount of money.
"After all, it is a relic of an old friend. If it is not necessary, I still want to keep it with me."
He smiled bitterly, his eyes a little sad.
Putting aside the many wrong things and sins Shen Lang has committed, during the years the two of them got along, he did receive a lot of help from each other, and their friendship was very deep.:
If possible, he would naturally want to keep this magic weapon with him, not only as a thought, but also as a trump card.
"When this matter is over, you can return to the county with me, and then you can ask this master to help you refine it."
Qian Nishang was straightforward and agreed immediately.
She even promised that the reward for the weapon master's action and the consumption required to refine the demonic energy would be accounted for in her account, and Ji Yuan only needed to prepare the spiritual materials to fill it.
After all, refining the original attributes of a magic weapon is not without consumption, and the separated parts need to be filled with new materials.
This is why it takes a weapon master to successfully refine a magic weapon. It is impossible for ordinary weapon masters to do this.
"Speaking of which, how long do you still want to drink spiritual tea here?"
Qian Nishang raised her eyelids and asked with a half-smile.
Hearing this, Ji Yuan poured the tea for a moment, then put down the teapot with a natural expression, drank all the spiritual tea in the cup, and then stood up to leave.
After he walked out of the room, he patted his stomach with satisfaction, which was already full of spiritual energy. Then he calmly walked downstairs, walked through the lobby and returned to his room.
At this time, Zhao Yuebai and Jiang He were still concentrating on refining alchemy. Over this period of time, their alchemy skills had improved rapidly. The only thing lacking was their familiarity with medicinal materials and their mutual pharmacology.
However, with their talents, there is no need to worry about the accumulation in this area. They just need to spend more time.
According to Ji Yuan's estimation, it may not take more than a year or two for them to reach the threshold of alchemy master. As for whether they can successfully cross the threshold, it depends on the hard work each of them has put into this aspect.
After watching for a while, he didn't bother the two of them while they were refining the alchemy. Instead, he walked into the room at the other end and sat cross-legged on the bed.
Now that the city's disaster relief has steadily entered the mid-to-late stage, and with enough elixirs refined previously, there is naturally no need to be as urgent as it was at the beginning.
But now that I have done everything I need to do, I feel more relaxed for a while.
After pondering for a moment, Ji Yuan closed his eyes, and a shadow of a Taoist scripture suddenly appeared in his mind.
On the cover of this book, the four words "Xuantian Dao Jing" are simple and unpretentious, but they seem to be blooming with dazzling brilliance.
This Taoist scripture passed down by Xuantian Temple is said to have been created by the patriarch who broke away from Jiuxuan Sect and established his own school outside. It took him a lifetime to gradually perfect it.
In addition to the general outline of the Heart Method, the entire Xuantian Dao Sutra is also divided into two parts: "Tao Method" and "Sword Technique", both of which are supreme methods that lead directly to the golden elixir.
There is no distinction between the two parts. The Tao Dharma Scroll emphasizes the path of one Dharma, all Dharmas, and all the Dharmas in the world are in the palm of my hand. After cultivating to a profound state, all the Dharmas in the world can be grasped at my fingertips.
Although Xuantian Guan's first ancestor was a master of swordsmanship, his achievements in Taoism were even higher. When fighting with others, he could unleash endless spells with every movement of his hands, and they were all linked together without any flaws.
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It was precisely by virtue of his ability to return to the sect that the first-generation patriarch managed to gain a huge reputation in the entire Shuiyun Continent, and even almost ascended to the position of Taoist Master of the Continent.
The other sword technique was perfected by a third-generation ancestor who was astonishingly talented. With his natal flying sword, he used his golden elixir body to attack the mighty man and even almost killed him.
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If we talk about the inheritance of sword cultivation in the Dayu Dynasty, even if this sword technique cannot be called the first, it is at least among the top five.
*** Dharma scroll, a sword art, is the fundamental inheritance of Xuantian Temple. If you can cultivate one of them, you can far surpass the monks in the same realm. If you condense it into a golden elixir, it will be even more powerful.
If not for the fact that more than 300 years ago, the founder of Xuantian Temple was robbed and died one after another, I am afraid that today's Taoist temple would have become the state religion of the Dayu Dynasty.
At this time, after a brief pause, Ji Yuan focused on the sword technique.
This sword manual records in detail the casting method of the Xuantian Sword and the things needed for subsequent maintenance. It can be said to be very detailed.
Different from ordinary sword arts, the cultivation method of Xuantian Sword Art is not entirely based on the nourishment of a natal flying sword, but more focused on the practitioner's sword intention.
There are even instructions left by the three generations of ancestors. If you want to practice this sword art to a high level, you must concentrate on practicing the Tao Dharma scroll. Only by truly understanding Xuantian's sword intention can you be considered a master of the sword art.
"This Patriarch is amazing. While others focus on their flying sword and constantly sharpen its edge, he cares more about understanding the sword's meaning."
After pondering for a long time, Ji Yuan couldn't help but sigh in his heart.
Sword cultivators in the world mostly focus on the maintenance and sharpening of the flying sword, pursuing the power of the sword to break all laws. Even if they understand the sword's intention, they are just trying to increase the killing power of the flying sword as much as possible.
But in the eyes of this third-generation patriarch, sword intention is the foundation of a sword cultivator. As for the natal flying sword, although it is equally important, it is not that important.
"The flying sword is destroyed and rebuilt. Only the sword's intention is indestructible and will remain with the body forever!"
Ji Yuan murmured, and many thoughts suddenly came to his heart.
For sword cultivators, is flying sword important?
That is of course extremely important, but compared to the sword intention that you have comprehended yourself, no matter how much you cultivate with the flying sword, it is still just a foreign object.
This view is similar to that of a pure martial artist.
No matter how powerful the power is, even if it is closely connected with one's own path, it cannot change this fact.
On the contrary, the sword intention comprehended by the sword cultivator still exists in the soul no matter how many times the flying sword is changed or even if the Taoist cultivation level is gone.
Therefore, the fundamental core of the Xuantian Sword Technique is that with one's own abundant sword intention, one does not seek that sword to break all laws, but only seeks the existence of a sword intention that soars straight into the sky after the destruction of all things.
The so-called pursuit of immortality is also based on this principle. Monks have practiced hard for hundreds of thousands of years in order to become an immortal in one day. Even if the world collapses, my body will still exist with the Tao forever.
Ji Yuan's view is very similar to that of the third-generation patriarch. In his opinion, no matter how precious the magic weapon or spiritual object is, it is not as reliable as his own cultivation.
Just practicing sword skills, but also needing to be distracted while practicing Tao Dharma scrolls, this was something he had never thought of before.