Volume 1: Zhao Shanhe Chapter 25 Changing the Court
"Those two boys and girls, I heard that they were soaked in medicine jars since they were young. Not only were they born with good bones, but they also had a strong foundation the day after tomorrow."
Under the eaves, the old Taoist priest squatted on the steps, looking at the small pond not far away in a daze: "Even though they have just begun to practice, they will definitely make great progress in the future. One small state a year is not excessive at all."
To ordinary people in the secular world, soaking in a medicine jar is not a pleasant thing to say. It means that this person has a congenital defect and needs to be relieved with pharmacology.
But among practitioners, this is an enviable word, but not everyone can afford to spend this money to lay a solid foundation in the medicine jar since childhood.
And even if the family is barely enough, not everyone can do it. It needs to hire an alchemist at a high price, because everyone's situation is different, and even if there are established prescriptions, they cannot be used indiscriminately.
In the hut, Ji Yuan stood the oil lamp in a wooden basin, thought for a while, and put three copper coins into it, and then poured all five bottles of Huiling Water into the wooden basin with distress.
While he was doing these things, he asked angrily: "What exactly do you want to express?"
Ever since those Jiuxuanmen disciples left, the old Taoist priest kept talking to him about how there was only half a stick of incense, and almost every sentence was about Jiuxuanmen. After listening to it too much, it actually made him a little bored.
No matter how good someone's sect is, it still belongs to them. Even if you really envy it, you can just develop it yourself. Why do you have to be so obsessed with it?
To be honest, the little Taoist priest is in a bad mood now, even more uncomfortable than being disliked.
However, the old Taoist priest did not seem to notice the change in his mood, and continued to talk to himself: "Jiuxuanmen, the most powerful spiritual sect in Feiyun County, it is said that there are nine peaks in the mountain gate, and the inner and outer gates add up to seven.
Eight hundred disciples, elders."
"If we really want to trace it back to its origins, in fact, our Xuantian Temple was also separated from the Jiuxuan Sect, and now it can be regarded as the relationship between the upper and lower sects."
It is said that the Jiuxuanmen should have been called the Shixuanmen earlier. Unfortunately, the founder of Xuantianguan separated from it, so it changed its name. However, its position as the leader of a county's cultivation sect has remained untouchable for hundreds of years.
Moreover, although Xuantian Guan has separated from the Jiuxuan Sect, the friendship between the two sects has always been very good. The disciples of the sect travel around the world and often accompany each other.
"You see, although our Xuantian Temple has declined, the Jiuxuan Sect has not forgotten us. In fact, this incense and love has always been there. Didn't they still send their outstanding disciples to Qianyu every four years?
The city maintains friendship."
The old man chuckled, as if he had thought of something wonderful.
However, when Ji Yuan in the room heard this, he couldn't help but rolled his eyes: "Is that called maintaining relationships? They do this just to let the best disciples come to us to find opportunities."
"Outsiders don't know, but they do know that our ancestor left behind a lot of good things, but even our younger disciples can't find these opportunities."
Once every four years, the Jiuxuan Sect sends outstanding disciples from Feiyun County all the way to Luoxia County. To put it nicely, it is to maintain the relationship, or to put it bluntly, it is to find the good things left by their ancestor.
thing.
It’s just that for hundreds of years, there hasn’t been much gain.
But those few people who occasionally got a little bit of something have now become the elders of Jiuxuanmen. At least they can control the wind and rain in one county, and most of them can dominate several counties.
"Master! Stinky old man!"
Ji Yuan sighed, and then shouted loudly: "What exactly do you want to say!?"
When the old man outside the house heard the sound, he lowered his head inconspicuously, and the fly whisk in his hand fell to the ground.
He put away the smile on his face, turned his back to the little Taoist priest in the room, and thought for a moment: "Do you want to... go to Jiuxuanmen to practice?"
In the room, Ji Yuan was sorting out the discarded elixirs produced by his failed elixir refining in the past. At this time, the movement of his hands suddenly stopped, and a look of confusion appeared on his face.
He had thought about many possibilities, and even wondered whether the old Taoist priest could not bear the poor life and wanted to sell Xuantian Temple in exchange for endless glory and wealth from the hands of Jiuxuan Sect.
But he never thought that his master, who had been nagging him for so long, actually wanted to send him to practice in Jiuxuanmen.
"Our Xuantian Temple has not had any cultivators in the past three hundred years or so."
The old man sighed: "But you are different. You just read a few Taoist scriptures, and then you enlightened yourself and started to practice. You also attracted the Taoist brochures left by the ancestors to appear in the world."
Mortals in the world who want to embark on spiritual practice, whether they are Taoists or Confucianists, or military strategists or Buddhists, all have one thing in common, that is, they need to read the scriptures and articles written by the saints of their respective sects and spread throughout the world.
Only by thoroughly reading Tao Zang can one strengthen the soul.
This step is also called enlightenment, which is the birth of a little spiritual light in the soul. Otherwise, even if you read the scriptures and articles of saints for a lifetime, it will have no effect and you will not be able to embark on the path of spiritual practice.
Ji Yuan grew up in a Taoist temple since he was a child. Most of what he learned in order to make a living was the ability to exorcise evil spirits and catch ghosts. Until more than a year ago, when he was thirteen years old, he took a few scriptures in his master's house and randomly
Look through.
As a result, after seeing this, he was directly enlightened, and a little spiritual light was born in his soul, and he embarked on the path of spiritual practice. From then on, he could gradually strengthen this little spiritual light and his own soul by constantly reading the Taoist canon.
Although the old Taoist priest has been reading Taoist scriptures all his life, he has not been able to enlighten himself, but he still has a certain vision.
Naturally, he knows that his disciple's situation, even if he is placed in a famous sect, can definitely be regarded as a talented person, and he will be cultivated as a direct descendant.
If it is left with only a trace of energy left, Xuantian Guan is just lingering on. Instead, it will be a waste of this talent and delay the future practice of the young Taoist priest.
Originally, the old Taoist priest had decided that Xuantian Temple would be completely reduced to an ordinary Taoist temple in his generation, so he did not even teach a few disciples to try to see if they could become enlightened and start practicing cultivation.
After he dies, the few apprentices can divide the almost-impossible wealth and rely on their skills in catching ghosts and exorcising evil spirits to make a living wherever they go, or to join other Taoist temples.
But I didn’t expect that the youngest disciple would become enlightened on his own after reading a few Taoist scriptures!
This also made him change his mind many times, thinking about finding a better way out for this amazingly talented young apprentice.
Not to mention that the path of cultivation under his feet should be as smooth and smooth as a broad road. At least other disciples have it, and his little disciple should also have it.
"Jiuxuanmen is actually not as good as you think, Master."
Ji Yuan crossed the door and knelt down next to the old man: "Besides, you don't know that I am an alchemy master now. I can just make a few batches of elixirs to meet my own cultivation needs."
"It's much better than going to the Jiuxuan Sect and waiting for the sect's blessing."
What's more, his luck is so strong that it's scary!
However, the little Taoist priest did not say this. There are some things that the master knows, such as the Taoist brochure left by the ancestor.
But there are some things that it is better for the master not to know, such as the sword of the ancestor that fell into the purple palace of his eyebrows on the beam of the main hall, and the fundamental skills and sword techniques inherited by Xuantian Temple contained in it.
Oh, by the way, the Patriarch's sword has now been squeezed out of the Zi Mansion by a white jade flying sword, and he casually threw it on the tea table in the house.
It’s not that these things cannot be said, but just saying them out means that there will be a trace of cause and effect, which will be inherited by the listener. Whether the future will be good or bad depends entirely on their own destiny.
"Just wait!"
Seeing that his master was about to speak and persuade him to go to Jiuxuanmen to practice, Ji Yuan suddenly felt something in his heart, and then cast a suspicious look: "Why do you convince Jiuxuanmen to let me go there to practice?"
"Zhang Zhiya! Are you going behind our disciples' backs! Are you hiding some private money secretly?"
"Actually, you have been hiding the family fortune left by your ancestor, haven't you?"
The little Taoist priest stood up suddenly, looked at his master in disbelief, and deliberately looked like he couldn't stop being angry.
The old Taoist priest whose real name was Zhang Zhiya suddenly turned red in the face and hesitated, not daring to look directly into his young apprentice's eyes.
Seeing this scene, Ji Yuan was immediately stunned. He originally just wanted to liven up the atmosphere, but now he really got something out of him? This chapter has been completed!