Zhao Shu sat cross-legged alone outside the quiet room to cultivate his spirit, waiting from late at night until early afternoon, until Lu Wangji took the initiative to go out and said:
"Marquis Zhenming, Miss Jiang Ru is awake."
Zhao Shu breathed a sigh of relief and stood up first to bow to Lu Wangji and said, "Thank you so much, fellow Taoist, for your wonderful treatment. Please take a short rest. I will immediately send someone to deliver the tonic elixir."
"Marquis Zhenming is interested." Lu Wangji nodded slightly: "Miss Jiang Ru wants to see you, so I won't bother you."
Lu Wangji said so and left with his qin in his arms. Zhao Shu called his attendants to give some instructions, and then came to the quiet room alone.
They saw Jiang Ru lying on the soft couch. Her face was not looking very good, but at least she was awake. As soon as she saw Zhao Shu, she planned to get up.
"No need to get up." Zhao Shu raised his hand and pressed softly, and was about to sit down on the couch. As soon as he moved his legs, he felt something was wrong, so he gently moved a chair and sat down.
"How do you feel?" Zhao Shu stretched out his hand to test Jiang Ru's pulse. He could sense that although she was weak, there was a vitality flowing through her body.
The cultivation of monsters is not as good as that of human beings, and different races have different starting points. Jiang Ru and her tribe serve the Yongjia Liang family, and they must have been taught immortal magic in the past. They are different from those mountain monsters who have tried their own way and still retain the habit of eating flesh and blood.
Zhao Shu has been testing Jiang Ru's pulse these past few days and found that after she changed her body, her vitality pulse was similar to that of an ordinary person, but it was still somewhat mysterious. The changes in Qi of the sun, moon, day and night had a particularly obvious impact on her.
"I'm just a little sleepy and don't have any strength." Jiang Ru replied softly.
Zhao Miao nodded: "After all, you were hit hard by the Renwang Tide. Fortunately, you have the protective crotch silk fairy clothes, which blocked part of the power of the will-o'-the-wisp magic."
"Thank you for saving me." Jiang Ru looked at Zhao Shu.
"How did you know it was me who saved you?" Zhao Shu asked: "Your soul was shaken by the will-o'-the-wisp. You should not be aware of external events when you are in a coma."
Jiang Ru's eyes softened and she slowly explained: "Once the fox demons of our lineage are seriously injured and cannot be saved, their souls will hide in the inner elixir for self-protection and wait for rescue and treatment by the tribe. In case the body's vitality cannot be sustained,
Then the clan members will escort the soul to the corpse. Therefore, the facial features of my house are unknown, but the soul hidden in the inner elixir can still know that you saved me."
"Oh, that's it, I've learned a lot..." Zhao Shu remembered his actions during the first aid and couldn't help but avoid Jiang Run's charming gaze.
"Actually, you don't have to work hard to save me." Jiang Ru said with a smile: "Our Jiang family and the Liang family have concluded a contract to ascend to immortality. Even if we are unfortunately robbed, our souls will be listed in the jade book. As long as the first one ascends, I can follow him.
Let’s go to the cave together, receive its enlightenment, and form the true form.”
When Zhao Shu heard this, he knew that Jiang Ru was comforting himself. However, thinking that Qingya Fairyland had been attacked by evil gods from outside and most of it had been destroyed, it would be difficult for Jiang Ru and her people to realize their cherished wish, but he also
It’s hard to say clearly.
Even if Liang Tao not only wants to ascend to immortality in the future, but also create a Taoist kingdom in the world, who can say for sure what will happen in the future? Liang Tao asked Zhao Shu to help arrange the rituals and rituals, but there is no follow-up until now, and he doesn’t know what he is doing.
What.
"Since I asked you to lure out evil spirits, I certainly won't sit back and watch you get seriously injured without doing anything." Zhao Shu said.
Although Jiang Ru's body was weak, there was a warmth in her heart. Her jade wrist moved slightly and silently held Zhao Shu's hand that felt the pulse.
Zhao Shu's mind moved inexplicably and he suddenly pulled his hand away.
"You..." Zhao Shu stood up with a hurried expression: "You should take a good rest first. I have official duties, so I won't accompany you."
After saying this, Zhao Miao rushed out of the quiet room without looking back, leaving Jiang Ru lying alone on the couch with a lonely look.
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After Zhao Shu left the quiet room, his thoughts were confused. He quickly returned to the office and ordered his people to do things. Here he counted spiritual materials and artifacts, there he arranged for people to be sent to Jianjia Pass, and he also helped General Wei select monks to assign Wu Kui army.
Each camp.
After all the trivial matters were dealt with, the sky turned dark unconsciously, and everyone went about their business. Zhao Shu was left alone and had some free time.
"Why do you do this to yourself?"
Zhao Shu was about to prepare a batch of magic water when he saw Liang Tao floating over, holding a small wine jar in his hand, and said with a smile: "This Chu Mengchun actually hid more than a dozen jars of Taihuang Jianyu Brewing. As a result, every year
Just send an altar to Difei Mountain, how greedy!"
"Where did you find it?" Zhao Shu was already used to Liang Tao's elusiveness: "All Chu Mengchun's properties have been confiscated, and no Taihuang Jianyu brew was found in the stone cellar where the wine was stored."
"You guys don't even know how to ransack a house." Liang Tao put the wine jar on the table in front of Zhao Shu, with a few bits of dirt on the surface: "How can such wine made with elixirs be placed in an ordinary cellar?
?Naturally, it has to be buried under the Jiamu spiritual soil, and it is warmed by the earth's veins and energy. As time goes by, even the wine jar itself will appear to be somewhat of a jade quality."
When Liang Tao spoke, he also tapped the wine jar with his fingers, making a crisp sound like a bell.
Zhao Shu was silent when he heard this. The Bihu Manor built by Chu Mengchun did have a medicinal field and spiritual garden. Even if the manor was confiscated, it would not be possible to easily destroy this carefully managed medicinal field and spiritual garden. Who would have thought that there was a wine jar hidden underground.
"Is this wine very precious?" Zhao Shu asked casually.
"Taihuang Jianyu Brewing, as the name suggests, is made from Taihuang ground and refined into Sanyuan Shisheng Dan. However, this elixir has one shortcoming, that is, it is easy to be exposed to wind after being refined, and it is difficult to preserve it." Liang Tao said.
Tao Lai:
"Later, I, the immortal ancestor of the Yongjia Liang clan, Qingya Zhenjun, changed the elixir recipe and melted the elixir into wine to condense its medicinal properties. However, ordinary wine is not enough to condense the medicinal properties of the elixir. It is necessary to refine the Kunlun jade with real fire to make it hot.
Put it in the wine. While the water and fire are simmering together, add the elixir and slowly mix it."
"You're just telling me how to make wine, aren't you afraid that I'll learn it secretly and teach it to others?" Zhao Shu asked.
Liang Tao smiled and said: "Do you know how to refine the Taihuang Dishi into the Shisheng Dan? How to adjust the temperature of the real fire to refine the Kunlun Jade? And what kind of wine should be used to match the elixir? Which solar term and at which time should it be done?
Can you tell me about the fire retreat talisman?"
Zhao Shu was too lazy to argue with the other party, so Liang Tao waved his hand and said: "Don't be idle, bring two wine cups. Go to the waterside pavilion by the lake, the moonlight is very beautiful tonight, just hold the wine cup in front of the moon."
After saying this, Liang Tao turned into a ray of light and fled away. Zhao Shu had no choice but to follow his temperament, find two wine glasses and go to the pavilion by the lake. But Liang Tao said:
"I asked you to get a wine cup, but you only took the wine cup? You really have no eyesight! There is wine but no food, there is a banquet but no fun, how can you live this life?"
Zhao Shu put the wine cup on the table and said bluntly: "There is still half a braised duck in the kitchen. It was leftover from He Dangguan's meal. Do you want it?"
"I'm convinced." Liang Tao shook his head and sighed: "After all, you are still a descendant of the Tianxia Dynasty's praise officer, don't you even pay attention to this daily life and diet?"
Zhao Shu sat down and said, "I don't come from a wealthy family. When I was a child, I had to move with my grandfather to escape, and I also suffered from hunger for several days. I have never experienced the influence of wealth from a wealthy family, so naturally I don't have these things to pay attention to."
"If you don't have any, then you should learn. You are Marquis Zhenming after all." Liang Tao opened the lid of the wine jar, and a fragrant fragrance rippled out. He praised: "Yeah! It still tastes like this!"
Watching Liang Tao pour the wine, he didn't have any dignity at all as a national master. Instead, he looked like the Xian family disciple who patrolled the country with a sword and was brave and sincere.
Liang Tao saw Zhao Shu sitting there and making no move, so he shook his wine cup and said, "Drink, why don't you drink?"
When Zhao Shu heard this, he frowned slightly: "Have you visited Jiang Ru?"
Liang Tao nodded: "After taking a look, this little fox huddled up in a ball and cried. You are really unkind this time."
"I didn't understand." Zhao Shuyan said.
"That's why I said you were pretending." Liang Tao raised his finger and pointed: "You pulled Jiang Ru back from the door of death. Can she not be tempted by you?"
"On the battlefield, it is normal to reach out to save someone. There is no need for you to think wildly." Zhao Shu had no expression on his face.
"Random thoughts?" Liang Tao looked at Zhao Shu with interest: "Oh, I understand, are you thinking too?"
"I have no intention of doing this, you don't need to say more."
"You are a person who obviously has the courage to face the overwhelming monsters and monsters, but you dare not face your own thoughts." Liang Tao took a sip of the fine wine and looked at the moonlight reflection on the water: "Your ancestors who praised the official also admitted that the words "food and sex" are
Human nature, why do you bother to imitate Zhang Duanjing and be alone? If you can achieve something by enduring hardships and hard work, the donkey who pulls the grinder should have attained enlightenment and ascended to heaven long ago!"
"I would like to ask you, since you aspire to the immortal way, why do you want to indulge in the secular world?" Zhao Shu looked at the bright moon hanging in the sky: "A master like you will not fail to understand that the worldly world is like a snare and fetters.
It is a big violation of Xuanmen's order of peace and tranquility in the Immortal Way. When you patrolled the territory with a sword and intervened in it, when you were recalled by the late emperor, you could have taken advantage of the situation to retreat and cultivate in order to calm people's hearts. But why did you become more involved in the world? "
"People's expectations? Is there really such a thing?" Liang Tao shook his head: "You are now attracting much attention in the government and the public in Huaxu Kingdom. How do you think you are in the eyes of others?"
Zhao Shu was silent for a moment: "In the eyes of different people, I naturally have different appearances. At least in the eyes of the powerful people in those places, I am the king's hawk, dog and cruel official, ransacking homes and destroying families everywhere."
"Isn't that it?" Liang Tao spread his hands: "I, Liang Tao, never look at the expectations of others when doing things. Ordinary people's minds change when encountering difficulties, and their emotions are moved when encountering difficulties. I will try my best to cater to them. Do you still want to do it?
Have you cultivated immortality?"
"You really don't care about people's expectations?" Zhao Shu suddenly laughed and said: "You are not Hongxueke, and you can't be free from worries. Chongxuan Hall and the four surnames of the Immortal Family will always be a burden to you. You, the Imperial Master,
Identity still ties up some of your thoughts, so much so that you have to transform into an avatar to deal with the world."
Liang Tao raised his chin and nodded slightly: "These few sentences are indeed a bit of progress, and Cangshui Riverside did not realize them in vain."
"You actually expected that I would break through the border and enter the country when facing the evil forces, right?" Zhao Shu asked: "That's why you were reluctant to take action at that time."
Liang Tao poured himself a drink: "Who can completely predict the cultivation? I see that you are ready. As for whether you succeed or not, it still depends on you. But I have opened my eyes and built a temporary
By using the magic altar, you can force Ren Wangchao, the drowning ghost, to fail in two moves, causing him great loss of face, and the effectiveness of the spell will be greatly increased by dozens or hundreds of times."
"How is it? Is this kind of ritual and ritual satisfactory to the Master?" Zhao Shu asked.
"What? Are you anxious to work for me?" Liang Tao asked with raised eyebrows.
"Some things should be taken care of as soon as possible, the easier it will be." Zhao Shu didn't like that Liang Tao kept hanging him over this matter, making him unable to get the True Essence Lock back for a long time.
"Are you so impatient because of this thing?" Liang Tao made a move with his hand and revealed a jade cong that was square on the outside and round on the inside.
Seeing the True Essence Lock again, Zhao Shu's face couldn't help but change slightly, and then calmed down in an instant: "It seems that the master of the state has not given the treasures in Bai'e Gong's cave to his disciples casually."
"Mr. Bai E, Mr. Bai E... you are good at climbing." Liang Tao played with the True Essence Lock and asked, "Do you know what this is and what its purpose is?"
Zhao Shu was secretly nervous and kept a calm expression on his face: "Oh? Please give me some advice from the Imperial Master."
"In ancient times, jade bis were used to salute the sky and jade congs were used to salute the earth. Most people in later generations do not understand the mystery and think that they are just ordinary ritual utensils and sacrifices. In fact, the ancient kings looked up to the heaven and the earth and set them up to calm down the wilderness." Liang Tao said:
"And this jade cong is a treasure that the ancient immortals deduced about the creation of heaven and earth. It has a void inside it, which can accommodate foreign objects just like the pot that contains the heaven and earth."
"Like those Universe Bags and Hundred Treasure Bags?" Zhao Shu was surprised. Lingxiao had never mentioned the wonderful function of the True Essence Lock to him in the past.
"I can also refine something like this." Liang Tao tapped the jade cong lightly with his finger, and a light flashed on the table. A dozen small wine jars appeared out of thin air. They should be Chu Mengchun's private collection of Taihuang Jade Brewing.
.
"Since it's not a rare magic weapon, can the Imperial Master give it to me?" Zhao Shu asked tentatively.
"There's no need to be clever." Liang Tao then showed some of the mysteriousness and unpredictability of an expert in the immortal family: "I ask you again, do you know whose thing this originally belonged to?"
Zhao Shu knew it was not good to use Bai Egong to cover it up anymore, but he couldn't mention Lingxiao, so he casually replied: "It should be some unknown ancient immortal family."
"When the Chongxuan Hall was in the Tianxia Dynasty, it collected anecdotes from the immortal family from ancient times to the present." Liang Tao said: "I have a glimpse of the refining technique of this jade cong, and after many comparisons, it should be the work of Taixu Yuanjun in the palace of Ziji.
A legacy treasure."
"Taixu Yuanjun?" Zhao Miao was startled. Xuanmen has always had a complicated number of titles for the Immortal Zhen Ancestor Sanctuary, and each title is more mysterious than the last. Outsiders are often confused when they look at it.
However, although these names are complicated, they also have inner truths. Ziji Shanggong should refer to the name of Dongtian, the master of Xianzhen. Taixu Yuanjun also shows that he is a Jurchen who has attained Taoism. However, according to Liang Tao,
It's completely inconsistent with what Lingxiao said.
"Have you ever heard of this immortal family?" Liang Tao asked.
"No." Zhao Shu shook his head and said: "What's more, this kind of honorific title can be seen as being used by later Xuanmen monks. Don't think that I don't know that when Chongxuan Hall was in the Tianxia Dynasty, it was responsible for drafting honorary titles for ancient and modern immortals. Where do I go?
Can you know everything?"
"Then why do you want this jade cong?" Liang Tao said, "If it's precious and rare, you won't be so worried about this thing."