As soon as Mr. Zhu left, Mr. Dai hurried to the backyard. When he saw his son lying on the ground, he quickly asked: "Is the dog's illness... cured?"
"I have expelled the possessed spirit." Zhao Shu picked up the bamboo basket and said, "Thanks to the help of the other two comrades."
"Okay, okay." Master Dai quickly ordered his servants to help the young master elsewhere. Wang Miaoshou also reminded:
"Master Dai has been possessed by a spirit these days, and his body probably needs to be recuperated slowly. After he wakes up, feed him more light soup, and avoid contaminating meat or wine."
"Not bad." Zhao Shu agreed and nodded.
"Okay, okay." Mr. Dai couldn't hide his excitement and pointed outside: "Then Mr. Zhu just..."
Zhao Miao smiled and said: "Mr. Zhu has contributed a lot, but he doesn't like secular affairs."
Master Dai naturally knew this, so he quickly arranged for the butler to pack a silver cake and give it to Mr. Zhu as a reward.
"The dog's recovery today is all thanks to you two. I should give you a generous gift to thank you." Master Dai said with a smile on his face: "Why don't you go to the front hall to rest and have a meal, and stay at the house tonight to talk with each other?"
Wang Miaoshou waved his hands a little cautiously: "No, there is still a robe in the temple waiting to start the party, so I will go back first."
Master Dai also sent Wang Miaoshou a pack of silver cakes and a lot of cooked noodles wrapped in lotus leaves. Wang Miaoshou showed an awkward smile and carefully put away the gift without saying anything else, holding a jujube stick.
Leave quickly.
"Wang Miao Shou is not having an easy time?" Zhao Shu said, stroking his chin: "I think his skills are not bad, he must have been on the battlefield."
"Don't Zhao Sheng know?" Mr. Dai explained: "After the Five Kingdoms War, Chengyang County resettled many old soldiers, and Wang Miao Shou was one of them. Those who lived near Jiangjun Temple were all these lonely old soldiers.
Many of them are physically disabled and cannot go to the fields or do work, so they rely on the help of the royal temple guards to survive."
"Oh." Zhao Shu responded casually.
"Sheng Zhao, there is no need to look for another hotel to stay tonight. The beds and bedding in those places are not clean, and there may be petty thefts at night." Mr. Dai looked concerned about the younger generation: "If you don't mind, just stay at my house for a few more days.
.”
It doesn't matter to Zhao Shu, the matter has been resolved anyway, who wouldn't be happy to be able to eat and drink?
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It was already dark, and Zhao Shui returned to the guest room arranged by the Dai family. There was a cloth bag on the table with folded silver cakes inside.
This kind of silver cake with a diameter of two inches and the words "Tianxia Tongbao" engraved on it is the official silver cast by the former Tianxia Dynasty. Because the craftsmanship is stable and the stock is abundant, even though the Tianxia Dynasty has long since fallen apart, similar silver cakes, gold
Cake is still a currency that circulates freely in various countries.
"You're so rich. I gave away almost two hundred taels of money." Zhao Shui played with the silver cake.
"How can you still enjoy yourself by showing off your skills and asking for money?"
Suddenly a cold female voice sounded in his ears, and a woman appeared out of thin air and floated near Zhao Shui. She looked to be about twenty years old, with a clear and radiant appearance, bright eyes, and a half-bundled bun with black hair on her head.
, wearing a dark purple traditional skirt with wide sleeves, a green cord girdle around the waist, and a jade pendant. She is pure and transcendent, unlike ordinary people.
Zhao Shu was not surprised by the appearance of this woman. He put the silver cake on the table and swirled it: "It's not like I asked for it, it was given to me on my own initiative. Besides, wouldn't it show that I don't take it if I don't take it?"
Are you noble and upright, and no longer admire worldly glory?"
"Indulging in worldly sentiments is the way to immortality from afar." The woman in the purple skirt said calmly.
Zhao Mian shrugged: "Master Lingxiao, what you said is wrong. Mortals are already far away from the path of the Immortal Family, which has long been seen for a long time. How many people who have cultivated immortality and learned Taoism have spent their whole lives, but in the end they are just a pile of bones.
. Let’s just talk about Mr. Zhu during the day. His appearance is quite refined, but is he really cut off from the secular world?”
The Lingxiao Lingxu is leaning against his body, with no support under his body, just like an immortal sleeping on a cloud: "This person is just obsessed with the appearance of being unworldly, but his heart is still in the world."
"Not only is the mind unworldly, but the body is also in the world." Zhao Shu mentioned a silver cake: "In the final analysis, Mr. Zhu also lives in the world. Although he has achieved initial success in breathing and refining qi,
He has not yet reached the state of being completely free from grains and grains. Eating clouds, drinking wind, swallowing light and absorbing dew sounds quite transcendental, but only if he can do it. If someone can really live without eating, he can even fly into the sky and escape from the earth, calling for wind and rain.
, then he really doesn’t have to worry about making a living. Making money is not shabby.”
Lingxiao stared at Zhao Mi for a long time, until the other person was stunned for a while and then said: "If you can use your skills in cultivation, your progress will be great."
"How can it be so easy?" Zhao Shu said: "Let's talk about breathing and refining qi. The first step is to breathe clear air, clear out the five treasures, condense the five treasures' true qi, and then cleanse the muscles and meridians. This is not the case now
In ancient times, the pure air in the world was sparse, and there were only a few famous mountains and blessed places full of pure air. I saw that Mr. Zhu, the turbid air in his body had not yet been eliminated, and he was punched a few times by the young master of the Dai family.
I was still hurt when I left!"
"So you have to find the True Essence Lock as soon as possible." Lingxiao lowered his eyes and said, "With this object, you can open the True Essence Jade Mansion. The pure energy inside is abundant, which is of great benefit to your cultivation."
"But the True Essence Lock was sent to the Chongxuan Hall of Dongsheng City." Zhao Shu put away the silver cake and sat on the edge of the bed: "I am not one of those powerful children of Dongsheng City. If I want to enter the Chongxuan Hall, I must first
It was necessary to get a recommendation from the head of the local government office. I tried to go out to work in front of Mr. Zhang just to get this recommendation.
As for money, spices, baits, medicines, spells, and spiritual materials for refining weapons are all free these days. Just the 'Qingxu Mu Shen Formation' you taught yesterday. Where can I find such a large piece of Guishan Xuan?
Yandang formation pedestal? I have never heard of this thing before!"
"If you don't have Guishan basalt, you can use Kunlun jade as a substitute, but the effect will be slightly less effective." Lingxiao treasured it: "Kunlun Continent is rich in Kunlun jade. Even if the time has changed, this will not change."
Zhao Shu was convinced: "No matter how abundant Kunlun jade is, it is also a precious spiritual material, known as ten taels of gold and one tael of jade! It would be great if the charlatans can have finger-sized Kunlun jade in their hands. Kunlun jade can allow one person to sit and lie down to practice Qi.
, I’m afraid I don’t have to break into the palaces of various kings to find it!”
"The pure Qi is sparse, and it is difficult to achieve results by exhaling and refining Qi. Even if you think carefully, it will only be a waste of energy." Lingxiao said.
"The effect is still there." Zhao Shu sat cross-legged on the bed, raised his hand and nodded between his eyebrows: "The Nine Palaces Guarding One Method you taught is indeed exquisite and unique. Today I noticed that my writing skills are much faster than before, even if
It is a talisman seal made of smoke, but it can also be written in one stroke, and the true energy will move along with it, without any lag or delay."
Lingxiao's expression was still cold: "The nine palaces are guarding a great achievement, not to mention that there is no need for pen and ink, and there is no need to even lift the finger to draw. When I think of the place where I started, the clouds and seals are formed in the Niwan Palace, and everything outside me will evolve accordingly...
...However, with this kind of cultivation, you have reached the highest level of innocence. What’s more, the method of keeping one in the nine palaces does not exist alone. Without the foundation of breathing and refining qi, you can’t even touch the gate of Niwan Palace.”
"Look, we're talking about it again, right?" Zhao Shu spread his hands and said, "I'll leave tomorrow after I get Master Dai's reply. I'm still far away from Chongxuan Hall."
"It's a pity that the True Essence Lock was once in front of you." Lingxiao sighed.
"I couldn't keep it even if I wanted to at that time."
A few months ago, the fortune-telling masters of the Huaiying Hall discovered that there was a spiritual light rising into the sky in the northeastern mountains and forests, which was clearly a sign of the birth of rare treasures. So the Huaiying Hall went out collectively to find a tomb that had been visited by tomb robbers.
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In order to prevent other guilds from coming to compete for credit, or other mountain cultivators getting involved, Zhang Duanjing, the leader of the Huaiying Pavilion, immediately led a group of guild members into the mausoleum, and Zhao Shui was naturally among them.
Later, everyone discovered that this place was called a mausoleum, but it was actually to cover up a training cave, which contained many spiritual materials, treasures, and secrets of exercises.
In the process of scattered exploration, Zhao Shu accidentally touched a jade cong, which aroused surging power and stunned Zhao Shu. When he woke up, he had been dragged to the ground for treatment.
At that time, the Chongxuan Pavilion in Dongsheng Capital also discovered the situation of the cave. A large number of people went to the area, forcibly occupied the cave, and ordered the Huaiying Pavilion to hand over all the things they had discovered before. Then they completely emptied the mausoleum cave and took a group of people with them.
Pile the treasures and leave.
Zhao Shu didn't know why at the time. Afterwards, when he returned to Huaiying Hall, he began to dream about the Lingxiao.
According to Lingxiao, she was an ancient immortal in Kunlun Continent. The world in the past was different from the present. Immortals and mortals were everywhere, all kinds of spirits and monsters were rampant, and disputes between all parties broke out frequently.
As for Lingxiao himself, his true form was destroyed in a battle of spells. A bit of his true spirit escaped into the True Essence Lock, the jade cong magic weapon he refined, in order to avoid the disaster and slowly rebuild.
However, the True Essence Lock later changed hands several times, and finally fell into the hands of an expert casual cultivator named Bai Egong. This man was a great demon who cultivated into a human body from a white-fronted tiger. He deeply admired the Xuanmen Immortal Way, and was extremely biased.
He was good at fighting and fighting, and made a lot of enemies. Finally, he hid in a cave in the mountains and built a mausoleum as a cover.
It is a pity that the White-headed Master failed to realize the immortal way in the end and was dissolved in the cave. The True Essence Lock was also isolated from the world for nearly a thousand years.
Fortunately, Zhao Shu's arrival allowed Lingxiao to take the opportunity to escape from the True Essence Lock and see the light of day again.
Lingxiao claims to have opened a fairy cave in ancient times called "Zhen Yuan Jade Mansion". The Zhen Yuan Lock is the key to opening the cave door. As long as Zhao Shu retrieves the Zhen Yuan Lock, he can follow the instructions to go to Zhen Yuan.
In Yuanyu Mansion, Lingxiao himself can rebuild his true form. In return, Zhao Shu can practice and understand the magical magic of the immortal family and the treasure of innocence hidden in the cave. There are also gold and jade treasures, and countless elixirs and immortal grasses.
, let him use it as he pleases. What’s more, the clear air in the cave sky is full of energy, which is a wonderful place for cultivating immortals.
Zhao Shu was confused for a long time after this huge fairy fate fell, because in his opinion, the spirit flute had no physical form, and a bit of real spirit was hidden deep in the brain palace. Her situation was not much different from that of a female ghost. In the past,
For a while, the two only met each other in dreams, and it was only in the past few days that the Lingxiao appeared in front of them.
If it weren't for the fact that Lingxiao had taught him several profound techniques and that Zhao Shu himself was very effective and successful, he might have suspected that he was possessed by a female ghost.
Putting aside these distracting thoughts, Zhao Shu straightened his body, slowly breathed in his refining Qi, concentrated his mind, and began to practice his daily exercises.
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It was already dark, but the sky was sparse and clear. The bright moon hung high in the sky, and the hazy moonlight shone over the hills. Even ordinary people could tell the direction of the road with the naked eye.
Mr. Zhu walked quickly and carried a large baggage on his back. This was what he purchased in Chengyang County today, and he spent it naturally on the silver cakes presented by the Dai family.
Mr. Zhu, who is or thinks he is a cultivator, does not like to deal with common people. Even though Mr. Dai can easily take out four or five heavy silver cakes, which shows that his family is rich, but Mr. Zhu
I still look down on this person.
"My family is rich, but I still miss love in this world. I am really trapped in a house of fire. If it were me, I would have spent my money in the mountains, built an altar, and burned it day and night... And that Zhao Shu, because he is the imperial palace
I come from a poor family and always show off and show off, lest others don’t know about it. I can’t stand being vulgar, and I can’t stand being vulgar!”
While thinking in his mind and cursing, Mr. Zhu suddenly felt a dull pain in his chest and abdomen, his breath was uneven, and he couldn't stop coughing.
"What a shame! That young master of the Dai family was possessed by a spirit, yet he actually knew how to inject evil and turbid air into his meridians. If I had known this, I shouldn't have rashly stepped forward."
Mr. Zhu was filled with anger because his cultivation was still shallow. Although he accidentally found the Qi refining technique left by his predecessors in the Lishan Rock Spring Cave, after spending decades, he only gained a light and healthy body and a slight improvement in physical fitness.
Small skills such as vertical and air distribution, and entry has become increasingly difficult in recent years.
If he hadn't been so poor in the mountains that he couldn't get rid of the trouble, why would the dignified Mr. Zhu of Lishan Yanquandong have gone down the mountain to do the dirty work of exorcising evil spirits for a wealthy family?
"Shameful, really shameful...who?!"
Mr. Zhu was walking on the road when he suddenly saw a figure in front of him. Under the moonlight, he could be vaguely seen wearing a simple short brown suit, with his head covered and his face hidden.
After refining Qi for a long time, Mr. Zhu's sense of Qi movement is much more sensitive than ordinary people's. He immediately noticed that this person was full of murderous aura. This is a temperament that can only be cultivated by a strong man who has spent his whole life fighting!
Mr. Zhu instinctively raised his hand, intending to pull out the wooden sword on his back. Unexpectedly, the masked man was like lightning, and a wooden stick came straight towards him.
There is no edge or sharpness, it penetrates the chest and back.
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Xiaohong sat at the table and yawned. As the girl who married the first wife, she was more concerned about taking care of the young master of the Dai family than others. In any case, she was bought by the Dai family. If she wanted to stand firm in the future, she would have to do it.
It is a big tree that hugs the young master tightly.
So after learning that the young master's madness was cured, Xiaohong was very happy. Even if she didn't sleep, she would wait until the young master woke up.
Seeing that she was about to spend the whole night, Xiaohong also felt sleepy, but as soon as she heard movement on the bed, she excitedly opened the gauze curtain.
She saw the pale and thin young master of the Dai family, staring at her with a pair of eyes. Xiaohong's heart was pounding and she said, "Master, are you awake? I, I will call the master..."
Just as Xiaohong was about to leave, her wrist was grabbed hard. When she turned around, she saw Master Dai dragging her to the bed.
"Young Master?" Xiao Hong's face was as red as a ripe apple: "Are you hungry or thirsty? I'll get it for you."
The young master of the Dai family seemed to understand, his pupils were stained with a layer of green, he grinned unconsciously, his mouth and nose protruded outward, and the hair on his cheeks and temples grew rapidly.
When Xiaohong saw this, she opened her mouth to scream, but the sharp teeth of the young master Dai's mouth bit her throat, and bright red blood spurted out, dyeing Xiaohong's face even redder.