After learning the location of Zhen Xuanhua, Yuan Ming immediately left the small town and set off for the Yue Kingdom.
Yue is the largest country in the eastern region of Southern Xinjiang. Its territory borders the Central Plains. More than a hundred years ago, it conquered a small country in the Central Plains and took its territory as its own. In fact, it can no longer be regarded as a pure southern Xinjiang country.
Ningcheng is a large city in the Yue Kingdom, located on the coast with beautiful scenery.
A few days later, Yuan Ming stood on the edge of a cliff outside the city, overlooking the sea.
As far as the eye can see, there is boundless blue water. The sea breeze stirs up the waves, which rise and fall in rows, splashing layers of white foam, and there is a trace of salty breath in the breath.
Generally, sea-going ships hang gray or white sails, sailing or anchoring on the sea. The sunlight shines on the sea, reflecting countless golden scales, which spread to the end of the field of vision and are indistinguishable from the light blue clouds and sky.
Wherever there is the sea, there lies the sky. Sometimes there are groups of seagulls flying freely above the surging waves, tapping the top of the waves and emitting a few high-pitched and loud calls.
Yuan Ming lived in the capital of Jin Dynasty since he was a child. He had never been to the seaside. He had only heard people mention the majestic waves of the sea since he was a child, but had never seen it with his own eyes. In the past, his mission to southern Xinjiang was mainly through land and river routes. Now the first
When I visited the beach for the first time, I was really shocked. "The rocks and clouds collapsed, the waves cracked the shore, and thousands of piles of snow were rolled up. It was really shocking." He murmured to himself, somewhat understanding why the Uru people longed for the sea so much.
Yuan Ming did not stay at the beach for long. He quickly turned around and entered the city.
The country of Yue straddles the Central Plains and Southern Xinjiang. Both the street layout and the urban architecture combine the characteristics of the two. Surrounded by lush broad leaves, the buildings and pavilions are mostly made of trees or bamboos. The spaces are scattered and green.
, giving people a refreshing and exotic feel.
It was just that Yuan Ming had something on his mind and had no time to appreciate the scenery of Ningcheng. He actually came to a dilapidated temple in the west of the city. The three characters "Xuanhua Temple" were written on the plaque on the door. He walked over and knocked on the closed door.
After a while, an eleven or twelve-year-old Taoist boy with fair skin came out. Seeing Yuan Ming's unfamiliar face, his little face showed a somewhat nervous look.
"Senior, you are polite. What's the important thing for you to come to my Xuanhua Temple?" Although the little Taoist boy was nervous, his etiquette was not lacking. He saluted Yuan Ming and asked crisply.
"Your Majesty, Yuan Ming, is an old friend of Master Xuanhua. I am passing through Ningcheng and came here to visit. I also asked my fellow Taoist to inform me." During the time when Yuan Ming was possessed by Master Xuanhua, he had seen this person before.
After several times, the little Taoist boy found out that he was the disciple of Master Xuanhua, so he took out the bronze token and said.
"Master is practicing in the temple, senior, please wait a moment." After hearing the origin of Yuan Ming's name and seeing the token, the little Taoist boy seemed relieved, turned around and ran into the temple.
Yuan Ming raised his eyebrows, looking at the expression on the little Taoist boy's face, Xuan Hua Guan didn't seem to be at peace?
After a moment, a hearty laugh came from inside the temple.
"Haha, it turns out that fellow Taoist Yuan is here. What a rare visitor, a rare visitor." Master Xuanhua walked out wearing a pair of wooden clogs and laughing.
"Fellow Taoist Xuanhuaxin, Yuan came to the door rashly. I hope I didn't disturb your Qing Xiu." Yuan Ming raised his hand and said. Why would you disturb me? Come in quickly." Master Xuanhua smiled and introduced Yuan Ming into the temple.
While the two were chatting, the little Taoist boy had already quickly set up a banquet table in a living room and started to arrange the dishes.
"Fellow Taoist Xuanhua hosted a banquet, and Yuan took out a jar of beautiful wine." Yuan Ming smiled and took out a jar of bright red wine.
This was the wine he bought on a whim from a market he passed by on his way to Ningcheng. It was a spirit wine brewed from a century-old spirit fruit and cost him more than twenty spirit stones.
"Passion wine? Fellow Daoist Yuan has some good wine!" Master Xuanhua was startled and then said with a smile.
The two of them talked about trivial matters after a long absence, and finally got down to the main topic after having had a good meal and a drink.
"Fellow Daoist Yuan traveled thousands of miles and came to Ningcheng from the Northern Territory. He must not have just come to see Pindao, right? Master Xuanhua asked.
"Fellow Taoist Xuanhua spoke quickly, and Yuan Ming got straight to the point. Yuan used the incense that my Taoist friend sold to me last time very smoothly, and he spent even more time after that. He spent a lot of time learning the art of making incense. Come to Ning today.
I visited the city and discussed with fellow Taoists about making incense.
Secondly, I also want to buy some more spiritual incense from fellow Taoist Xuanhua." Yuan Ming said with a smile.
"Fellow Daoist Yuan is also interested in the Tao of Incense? Compared with the characters of alchemy, this Tao of Incense is a small Tao, but it is not well received by others." Master Xuanhua looked at Yuan Ming and said with some surprise.
"I don't think so. Spiritual incense has many wonderful uses. Among other things, the Qingxuan incense is not as fast and obvious as the effect of elixirs in speeding up cultivation, but it is better than the long flow of water and can complement each other. Moreover, the incense is easier to make than
Refining elixirs, refining weapons, and magic formations are much simpler. I just wish I didn’t come into contact with the Tao of Incense sooner." Yuan Ming said.
Taoist Xuanhua looked at Yuan Ming's sunlight getting brighter and brighter, but soon became dim again: "Fellow Taoist Yuan can see the uniqueness of Lingxiang and has a bright vision. It's a pity that today's world of immortality is eager for quick success and has no regard for elixirs and magic weapons.
People are flocking to them like ducks, but there is no one who is looking for spiritual incense. Even in shops in the city, spiritual incense is sold in every corner." As he spoke, he took a deep sip of wine, shook his head and smiled bitterly.
"Because of this, we, the incense makers, should work harder to not only make fine incense, but also change the world's misunderstanding of incense." Yuan Ming added wine to Taoist Xuanhua's cup and encouraged him.
"Haha, what Yuan Daoyou said is that the poor Taoist has become decadent. Master Xuanhua adjusted his breathing, smiled, and then asked: "Since Yuan Daoyou is interested in discussing it, the poor Taoist is naturally disrespectful. I wonder how far you have reached now?
Is there any scent of the finished product that I can take a look at?"
Yuan Ming knew that what he had just said had moved Master Xuanhua, and he was secretly happy, so he took out a stick of Purple Xuanxiang and handed it over.
"Zixuanxiang!" Master Xuanhua squinted his eyes, took the Zixiangbao and looked at it carefully, his expression gradually became serious.
He then took an incense burner, inserted the incense into it, lit it, closed his eyes and exercised.
After a while, Master Xuanhua opened his eyes and looked at Yuan Ming with a strange look.
"Is there something wrong with this fragrance?" Yuan Ming asked.
"No, this Zi Xuan incense is made extremely well. Except for one or two slight flaws in the processing of details, it is perfect."
"Fellow Taoist Xuanhua, thank you very much." Yuan Ming said with a smile.
"It's just that I don't understand something. I am the only one who has the formula of Zi Xuan Xiang in the entire Yue Kingdom, France and even Southern Xinjiang. Where did fellow Taoist Yuan get it from?" Master Xuanhua stared at Yuan Ming, as if he wanted to follow it.
I see something in my eyes.
Yuan did not have the formula for Zi Xuan Xiang, but he had explored the refining of Qing Xuan Xiang before and accumulated some experience. A few days ago, he accidentally bought a root of Zi Xuan Xiang at a market he passed by. After identification,
While groping for the imitation, Yuan Ming looked at each other and spoke.
"What!" Xuanhua's eyes widened and he looked at Yuan Ming with disbelief.
There is a proverb among alchemists: Shenxian Nanbi Gao Wan San, which means that it is almost impossible to reversely deduce the formula from one elixir alone. Although the spiritual fragrance is simpler than the elixir, it can be inferred from the spiritual fragrance of the finished product.
The recipe is also extremely difficult and requires extremely rich experience, talent and skills.
Master Xuanhua asked himself that he could not do this, but the Yuan Ming in front of him could actually do it? "Although I don't know how Yuan Daoyou did it, I admire him from the bottom of my heart. Now I have a cruel request, I wonder if Yuan Daoyou can do it?"
"Would you like to make a stick of Zixuan incense on site, so that I can better understand your current level of incense making." He paused and said.
"Of course, I'm going to ask fellow Taoist Xuanhua for advice." Yuan Ming agreed.
Master Xuanhua took Yuan Ming to the temple, and soon came to a secret room. There was also a set of incense-making equipment here, which was simpler than the set of Master Xuanhua, but much better than what Yuan Ming had in his hands.
Yuan Ming was not polite. He took the set of utensils, took out the materials for Zi Xuan Xiang, and began to make the incense. In the past month or so, he had repeatedly possessed the real person Xuan Hua, and learned about the process of making Zi Xuan Xiang. He also learned a lot about it.
After this practice, I have become thoroughly familiar with the process of making this incense.
Of course, in order to avoid arousing the other party's suspicion, he had already made some minor adjustments to the incense making process, which took a little longer than it originally took. Even so, it didn't take long to make a finished product.
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Master Xuanhua took the newly made incense, carefully inspected it and sighed. His whole body seemed to have been greatly affected, and he seemed to have aged several years.
If the process of this Zixuanxiang was ignored, the finished product would be perfect. He asked himself, even if he did it himself, he would only streamline the process, and the quality of the finished product would be no more than this.
Yuan Ming felt a little apologetic, but did not say anything to comfort him.
"Fellow Daoist Yuan's talent in making incense is really unparalleled. I am far behind me. Do you really study the incense method on your own and no one has taught you?" Master Xuanhua recovered quickly and asked.
"A few months ago, I visited temples in various cities and towns in order to make incense, and I got some introductory knowledge on incense from a senior. After that, I just thought about it on my own without any system, so I came here today to visit fellow Taoist Xuanhua.
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Yuan Ming said half-truthfully.
"With just some basic knowledge, Taoist friends can easily imitate Zi Xuan Xiang. It seems that the senior may be a hidden great master of Xiang Tao. I wonder if I am lucky enough to know his name?" Master Xuanhua asked.
The senior did not reveal his name to me, and strictly prohibited me from telling anyone about him. I also asked for your forgiveness, Yuan Ming said with a cupped hand.
"I didn't tell my name, which means I didn't become a disciple. That's great, that's great. Master Xuanhua murmured in a low voice.
"What did fellow Taoist Xuanhua say? Yuan Ming asked.
It’s nothing. My Taoist friends are already very good at making incense. I have almost nothing to offer you. I see that you just dealt with some materials and you don’t seem to know much about incense. Taoist Xuanhua said with a straight face.
"This is indeed my shortcoming, and I would like to ask Fellow Taoist Xuanhua to give me some pointers. Yuan Ming sat up straight, cupped his fists and performed the apprenticeship ceremony.
This chapter has been completed!