Hou Ting slowly walked back to his residence in the south of the city in the drizzle. It was no longer the big house before his father left, but an ordinary small courtyard. All his wealth had been filled into the huge pit of cultivation.
Here, there is not much return yet.
For someone who grew up in a family environment like his, childhood memories are actually mediocre. Boring and numerous rules are the only thing that accompanies him as he grows up. Instead of having a lot of time to play like other children, even reading is just a piano.
Chess, calligraphy and painting, hundreds of schools of thought.
Therefore, his character is actually somewhat paranoid. This is an inevitable result for someone who grew up in a legal education environment.
He had no friends, and even the connections his father had made throughout his life were completely offended by him, and he was called a white-eyed wolf who was not well-bred.
It is said that paranoid people are more likely to succeed, but he fell deeper and deeper into the quagmire of failure.
Apart from him, there is only one old servant in the family, Uncle Sun. It's not that he can't afford more servants, but that no one wants to be a boss like him. Even if he goes out to buy groceries, he will be looked down upon, kept at a distance, or even treated coldly.
Fist service, who among ordinary people can persevere?
Uncle Sun is an old man who follows his father, and is taciturn; but no matter how honest he is, he still knows everything that happened in the government office today, and there is no need for him to inquire. The unfinished fireworks and firecrackers set off in front of the door tell everything.
"Master..."
Hou Zi waved his hand, "The Hou family is finished, there is no suspense anymore. Uncle Sun, how much money is left in the account?"
Uncle Sun said in a trembling voice: "Master, please bow your head just once. I had so many friends during my lifetime, so there is always a chance to be open to one another..."
Hou Zi smiled bitterly, "They are the ones who stepped on me the hardest! Why humiliate themselves? The old Hou family cannot afford to disgrace this person!"
Uncle Sun pulled his sleeve and said earnestly, "Either, young master, run away! If you go to other cities or other countries, can you still have no future with the young master's ability? The most important thing is that the flowers and branches must be left for the Hou family.
There’s a lot of blood and bones.”
Hou Ting's attitude was very resolute and he grabbed Uncle Sun's hand and said, "Uncle Sun, you can't escape. Have you ever heard of anyone in this world who can escape the pursuit of the Taoist sect? Not to mention other countries, I can't even get out of Fu Feng City.
Go ahead, it will be a joke if you get caught again.
Time is running out, Sun Boxiu wants mother-in-law and mother-in-law to hurry up and get down to business."
Uncle Sun burst into tears. He had served his old master all his life, and now he was reduced to this situation within a few years of following the young master. He really couldn't imagine how the young master got himself into this situation.
But one thing is that both the master and the young master have the same temperament. They agree with each other and will never change what they have decided. What can he, an old servant with little knowledge, do?
"...There are still more than 600 taels of silver in the account at home. This is living money, and there are also some items and so on..."
Hou Ting nodded, he no longer needed it, "Take two hundred taels and send it to Sister Hua in Kuanjie and Xixiang, as a thank you for her help over the years; you can keep the other uncles for retirement, including this one."
house.
I think no one will chase me after I leave. If you really can’t stand the harassment, Uncle Sun, then sell your house and go back to the countryside."
Sister Hua from Kuanjiexixiang is, well, a widow; anyone with a discerning eye knows what kind of help she can do; for Hou Zi, no one is willing to give his daughter to him when he gets married, and it is against the law to go to the land of fireworks, so
You can only compromise...
Uncle Sun was a little hesitant, "Master, Sister Hua gave birth to a son the year before last..."
Hou Zi turned around and walked towards the study, "That's not mine... just do as I say and do it."
In addition to comforting him, Sister Hua actually comforted other people. For a maternal grandmother, a person with a temper like his was too boring and really no fun at all. He knew this very well.
His interpersonal relationship is very simple, and he is alone, which is probably the final destination of all cruel people.
Walking into the study room, apart from the bookshelves full of Anhe laws, the only exceptions were some books on spiritual practice. Of course, there were no special collections. With his qualifications, even these mainland products could not understand.
Not to mention other profound Taoism.
Sitting down in front of the desk, looking back on his life, he felt a little gloomy. He had realized the original sin of his current result. He thought that he could achieve great ambitions by stepping into the Taoism. In fact, Taoism is the same as ordinary officialdom. What kind of status and strength do you have?
What kind of achievements can one achieve? How can one rely solely on ideals?
There is a book - A Summary of the Great Roads - placed neatly on the desk; he has read this book countless times over the years, and I am afraid he will never have such an opportunity again...
The path of human cultivation in the Splendid Continent began thousands of years ago, when spiritual intelligence began to revive; so there is the current saying of 1453 in the Splendid Calendar, but in various countries, people are still more accustomed to using the year of the current dynasty.
For example, in Anhe Kingdom, it now means the thirteenth year of Anhe Yuanhao and the thirteenth year of Emperor Yuanhao's accession to the throne.
As soon as the inspiration appeared, mankind immediately began the era of cultivation. This was a watershed. The entire continent was essentially different from the previous Jinxiu. After more than a thousand years of changes, the current continental pattern was gradually formed, and the cultivation of Jinxiu continent was unique.
world.
He doesn't understand things that are too profound, and there is no need to understand them. His current strength may not be able to understand that much; for him, the next few steps after embarking on the path are the most important, not being too ambitious.
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Pulsation, Qi-entraining, Yuan-building, Bigu, Lianqiao, Tongxuan... these are the levels of practice within the scope of his knowledge. There are still higher levels, but he cannot know them. As a practitioner, he has not really entered the Taoist sect.
, Xiao Yexiu, who succeeded just by chance, said that he was a Taoist disciple, which is a bit overestimating.
He is now in the most basic stage of pulsation entry, while Patroller Chongling is an expert who has reached the Lianqiao realm. He is only one step away from Tongxuan, and Tongxuan is very important to those who practice Taoism, because
Can fly!
It's a watershed.
Generally, if a cultivator like him who is not from the system has the opportunity to step into the pulse realm, he will usually seek the opportunity to join the real Taoist sect after consolidating it; it is not that he has never tried it, but unfortunately, they will not accept him because his qualifications are rubbish.
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This was undoubtedly a great insult to a young man who had just entered the road and was full of ambitions. As a result, Hou's family's originally relatively rich wealth was squandered in just two years. Hou's father's status as a mortal was
What may seem like a lot of money means nothing in the world of spiritual practice.
Hou Zi finally understood that there was a reason why Taoists looked down on him, and it was not intentional; in fact, nine out of ten people like him who entered the Tao by mistake had such a result.
As a result, there is one less ascetic in the world, but one more cruel official.
Don't ask anyone when you meet them. You'll be so frustrated that you forget to say anything.
