Chapter 30 Qingming
Qingming Peak is 12,000 meters above sea level, with an average annual climate of minus 50 degrees Celsius, and at the coldest time it is over minus 60 degrees Celsius. It is definitely not a place for ordinary people to stay.
The "Shenming Hall" of Qingming Temple is just above the peak. This can be said to be the forbidden area of Qingming Temple. Elders who are not in the "Little Innate" realm of the sect will definitely not be allowed to climb here.
The Taoist practice in the "After Absolute" realm is also called "Little Elders" in the sect, but these people are more in charge of trivial matters within the sect, and there are too many managers in this regard. In such a large sect, more than 100,000 disciples have exceeded 100,000. This is just the number of people within the "enterprise". If you even count the lowest level of "mountain disciples", you will probably not be as many as one million.
It can be said that one-tenth of the people under the Qingting rule focused on practicing Taoism, and the surrounding industries that have reproduced are extremely large, such as "Dan City", "Bao City", "Bing City", "Ji City", "Beast City", "Fu City", etc.
Danshi sells various medicine pills, rare flowers and plants, thousand-year-old Ganoderma lucidum, ten thousand-year-old ancient ginseng, or the inner elixir of strange beasts, or the unique pills, poisons and the like that spread from various sects;
Baoshi is the place where various treasures are operated, such as: bells, drums, cymbals, seals, tripods, furnaces, steles, flags, banners, orders, pictures, plaques, talismans, towers, seals, edicts, edicts, seals, etc.
The military market is full of various weapons, knives, guns, swords, halberds, axes, swords, hooks, forks, whips, maces, arrows, hammers, grabs, borings, sickles, spears, sticks, silks, ropes, sticks, pestles, bows, shields, etc.;
Jishi is a variety of cultivation secrets and sect secrets, classics, fragments, etc. that have been passed down from all kinds of worldly worlds;
The beast market is a business of various supernatural beasts, dragon, phoenix, tiger, leopard, unicorn, snake, bear, wolf, fox, dragon, python, turtle, roll, eagle, crane, etc.;
The Taoist talismans, spiritual talismans, secret talismans that Taoist cultivators need most have unexpected magical effects;
Such large markets are not uncommon in the capitals of various empires, especially in Kyoto, which is even more lively.
However, in the Qing Realm, which is covered by the power of the Qingming Dao Sect, martial arts are still everywhere. In fact, the Taoist method of cultivating the gods is not very practical for "national wars". In the battle between the two countries like abyss and seas, they still have to defeat them with strength. The physical foundation of martial arts is more solid than that of Taoist cultivation. The main reason is that the threshold for martial arts cultivation is relatively low and it is easier to get started. However, martial arts cultivation needs to work harder to reach a certain level of depth.
In fact, wars between countries are often destroyed by tens of thousands of people. If Taoist cultivators lose such losses, no major sect can stand it.
Especially the acquired realm of martial arts practitioners, the "understanding" nature required is not very high. There are many people who rely entirely on hard practice to reach the "acquired extreme". After those martial arts practitioners who are born with divine power have become first-class warriors on the battlefield after they have mastered martial arts and moves.
Martial arts are still the "main force" cultivation army in this world, but in the late stage of cultivation, it is very difficult for martial arts to break through. I don’t know how many martial arts who have accumulated merits have been stuck in this level of the "Little Innate".
For martial arts practitioners, the little innate is a desperate dragon gate. If you cross the dragon gate, you will be a smooth road and even go directly to the immortal path. If you can't cross this dragon gate, you will never be able to become a great person in your life.
Relatively speaking, it is much easier for Taoist cultivation, soul cultivation, and Buddhist cultivation to overcome the threshold of "little innateness" than for martial practitioners.
Therefore, many martial arts practitioners practice Taoism, soul art, and Zen art when conditions permit, just to break through the constraints of the Longmen ‘Little Innate’ even faster.
With a huge group of practice, a very large number of "markets" have been formed. This is the inevitable result of the general trend. The throughput and transaction volume of each city are also very large, and the tax benefits of the government are extremely considerable.
In addition, the best pills from various Zhengda sects can be circulated in Yishi, which is equivalent to the currency, gold and silver.
In other words, the elixir you have collected all kinds of medicines and how much currency (gold and silver) is equal to that. According to this standard, each sect has more accurate data when making elixirs, and they no longer reserve any gold and silver currencies.
The imperial courts of each empire implemented the "gold standard" monetary system, and the major sects implemented the "dan body" monetary system;
The circulation elixir medicine powder recognized by the major empires include seven major elixirs: Shenghuang Dan, Zixu Dan, Kunding Dan, Taiwu Dan, Qingming Dan, Zhenling Dan, and Chixiao Dan;
These seven kinds of elixirs are almost equal, and there is a saying that "one elixir and one gold", that is, a pill is worth one or two gold. They are all pure elixirs of the seven authentic sects, and are top-grade elixirs that only disciples above the "Tengtang" level can come into contact with.
One elixir and one gold;
One gold and ten silver;
One silver is used to exchange for a thousand words;
The Holy Huang Pill comes from Shenghuangding; the Zixu Pill comes from Zixu Palace; the Kunding Pill comes from Kunding Mountain; the Taiwu Pill comes from Taiwu Divine Palace; the Qingming Pill comes from Qingmingguan; the True Spirit Pill comes from Zhenlingbaozhai; the Chixiao Pill comes from Chixiao Immortal Palace;
The Seven Dansans represent the seven first-class sects recognized by the world;
In the past thirty years, there have been very few disciples of the two sects, "Zhenling Ling Baozhai" and "Chixiao Immortal Palace", but there are still "Zhenling Ling Pills" and "Chixiao Pills" circulating on the market, and some large merchants even have a large inventory.
For Yuan Zheng, such a prosperous ancient city only exists in his fantasy, and he never thought that one day he would be "in the scene";
This is the first time he has had the leisure to learn more about the world.
This all starts with the Qingming Realm.
The majestic Qingming Mountains run across Shu, connect to the Manxiong Glacier in the north and the Kunding Mountains in the south, extending to the east, like a giant dragon lying on the vast land.
Standing at the foot of the mountain, looking at the extremely majestic Qingming Peak, I couldn't help but feel a sense of heroism. One day, I, Yuan Zheng, can stand at the height of Qingming.
The huge Qingming Mountain Gate giant sign stands under the slope at the foot of the mountain. At the end of the ancient road of the winding mountain where the two mountains are the Qingming Taoist Sect that is curved upwards. The giant sign is five golden seal characters: the best way in the world.
The majestic momentum of the sky made people look up to the mountains, and seemed out of reach.
Many people standing at the foot of Qingming Mountain are full of desire, expectation, excitement, excitement, excitement, and even nameless awe.
Of course, there is another calm guy, who is Yuan Zheng, who is self-proclaimed as "Shenshan Hou".
He bought a green steel sword and carried it behind his back, pretending to be "I am also a Taoist man." However, his temperament is really good and his appearance is handsome and tall. Although he has not lost his youth, his body shape has changed after his father's initiation and loss. At first glance, he looks like a boy of seventeen or eighteen years old, not like he is only fourteen or five years old.
The most interesting thing is that the head shape has also changed. It used to be the young master's head, but now it has changed to the "Dao Kuan", but it has a little "Dao Bone Fairy Pose".
The large tea shed at the foot of the mountain is connected into one piece, with stalls such as melons and fruits, and the old swords and weapons stalls, which are also connected into two columns, and people are talking about it in a crowded manner.
This is the only way to visit Shangqing Mingguan. Many people from the world who come to learn from their masters and learn from their skills have been piled up here for many years.
Qingmingguan will not accept disciples casually, and the assessment is extremely strict. The nearly one million "mountain disciples" outside are just believers of Qingmingguan, and can also be said to be huge reserves. Even the "entrepreneurs" cannot be considered formal disciples of Qingmingguan. Only by reaching the "Entertainment Realm" (third level) can they be considered disciples recognized by Qingmingguan, and only disciples of the "Entertainment Realm" will be taught the authentic foundation-building arts belonging to Qingmingguan.
Yuan Zheng, with a letter of recommendation from his uncle Wei Kun, wanted to become a formal disciple of Qingmingguan.
"Did you come after you've been waiting for several days?"
A ray of sound suddenly came from the tea shed next to it, running straight into Yuan Zheng's ears.
Well, the sound seems to be... Lei Bing.
When Yuan Zheng turned his head, he saw Lei Bing, who was dressed as an ordinary female Taoist cultivator, sitting next to her a 17-year-old boy, with a very tall figure, with a leopard head and a round eyes, and was also looking at him with a burning look.
这时见元铮看他,那少年咧嘴一笑,束音成线道:“哈……我就是雷戈!”
Chapter completed!