But people can’t bear to travel for a long time, so they need to rest every once in a while.
Therefore, this month and a half is actually very compact.
When getting on the ship at the pier, Fang Xiaoyue sent a letter to Zhang Yuanming through the inn near the pier.
On the surface, this letter was just a letter home informing the other party that he was going to the northwest to take office, but in fact, it contained the code words agreed upon by Fang Xiaoyue and Zhang Yuanming.
The general idea is to ask Zhang Yuanming to lead people to the northwest.
After boarding the ship, Fang Xiaoyue felt a little headache about the need to use letters to convey information in this era.
Therefore, during the time he spent on the ship, his energy was mainly used to analyze the Taoism of this world.
If it can be successful, it will be much easier to send messages in the future.
Of course, from the Yanfu Ceremony, he knew that there were Taoist techniques related to the transmission of messages.
It is said that emergency communication between the imperial court and various places was carried out through this kind of communication technique.
However, it is very difficult for Fang Xiaoyue to come into contact with this kind of channeling technique at present.
No matter the Taoist temples scattered around the country or the Taoist officials in the Taoist Supervisory Department, they would not teach Taoism to Fang Xiaoyue.
Needless to say about the former, unless Fang Xiaoyue joins the other sect and it takes several years to undergo inspection before she can be exposed to Taoism.
The latter is a department directly under the emperor. Even the cabinet and the six ministries will only ask the Tao Supervisor to help convey messages in emergencies, and there is little contact with them at ordinary times.
Think about it, the Taoist Supervisor Department is actually equivalent to the emperor's royal guards in the Taoist sect.
If any ordinary official tries to be attentive and contact the Taoist Supervisor without any problem, His Majesty the Emperor will probably think that you want to do something.
From the capital to the northwest, you can take a boat for six hundred miles, and then you need to go ashore and take a carriage.
What made Fang Xiaoyue regretful was that he was unable to analyze the Taoism of this world until he got off the ship.
Of course, this is not surprising, as the world itself limits a lot of his power.
If his divine power was not limited, it wouldn't be a problem to analyze a few simple Taoist techniques in a matter of minutes.
But in the current situation, without local Taoism as a reference, trying to analyze Taoism is as difficult as building a physics laboratory from scratch in primitive society.
After all, local Taoism, dragon energy, etc. all come from the origin of this world. Fang Xiaoyue's analysis of Taoism out of thin air is equivalent to analyzing the origin of the world in disguise.
Although it is not necessary to completely analyze the origin of the world, at least a part of it must be analyzed before it is possible to create Taoism out of thin air.
Therefore, since getting off the boat and landing, Fang Xiaoyue focused on asking about Taoist temples along the way.
It is impossible to worship in a Taoist temple, but it is much easier to find a way to find a Taoist skill in a Taoist temple.
In order to facilitate the journey, after landing, Fang Xiaoyue went to a car dealership near the port to rent four carriages.
This was also a helpless matter. There were a total of eight people in Fang's house, including him.
It couldn't fit into a carriage at all.
Each carriage carries 2 people, and you buy some things to load along the way, and that's it.
The place where they landed was Heron County, Heishi County, Panshi Province.
There is a Taoist temple in Heron County, but Fang Xiaoyue went to look around, shook her head and left.
The people in the Taoist temple don't even have the most superficial magic power, they are all ordinary people.
After riding a carriage for two days, they arrived at the county seat of Blackstone County.
The county seat of Heishi County not only has a Chunyang Temple, but also a Feilong Temple.
Since Feilong Temple was located in the county town, Fang Xiaoyue asked Fang Shangou to take Cheng Xiaoyue and the cook's family to the inn to rest first, while she went directly to Feilong Temple first.
This Feilong Temple is larger and more magnificent than the Wude Temple that Fang Xiaoyue has seen, both in terms of area and buildings.
The origin of Feilong Temple is engraved on the screen wall upon entering the Taoist Temple.
To put it simply, the Feilong Temple was built by a Feilong Taoist priest. When he came to the county town, he rode a flying dragon down, so the Taoist temple was named Feilong Temple.
Perhaps because of its location in the county town, the popularity of Feilong Temple can be said to be at its peak.
After entering the Taoist temple, a row of incense burners in front of the main hall were filled with long incense candles, and devout believers could be seen everywhere in the Taoist temple.
However, after Fang Xiaoyue saw several Taoist priests who were responsible for explaining hexagrams to the believers, she knew that she could not find any Taoist skills in Feilong Temple.
They are all ordinary people.
When returning to the inn, Fang Xiaoyue was thinking, are there very few Taoist priests like Taoist Master Qingyu in this world?
Of course, there is one Chunyang Temple that I haven’t visited yet.
After lunch, Fang Xiaoyue gave Fang Shangou a few taels of silver and asked him to take everyone out to play and relax, and then left the county town on foot.
Chunyang Temple is located on Chunyang Mountain more than ten kilometers west of Heishi County.
Just by looking at the name of the mountain, you can tell where the name of the Taoist temple came from. Of course, it may be that after the Taoist temple was built, the name of the mountain also changed.
For Fang Xiaoyue, who has already practiced Wuquzhuang to level 14, running all the way over ten kilometers is not considered a hard task.
When they arrived at Chunyang Mountain, looking at the dilapidated Taoist temple on the mountain, Fang Xiaoyue thought that her trip was in vain.
But when he reached the top of the mountain, he knew he had come to the right place.
Although the Taoist temple looked dilapidated, there was a faint sword energy condensing in the sky above the Taoist temple. If you looked carefully, you could feel a sharp edge piercing your eyes.
Fang Xiaoyue had seen this kind of aura in the sky above Wude Temple, but the aura above Wude Temple was just a faint layer of starlight.
He guessed that this kind of energy should be related to the exercises practiced by people in Taoist temples.
Taoist Master Qingyu of Wu De Guan practices the Wu Qu Xing Dao Jue, so what appears on it is the starlight.
And the people in this Chunyang Temple probably practice Taoism related to swords.
As soon as she reached the entrance of the Taoist temple, Fang Xiaoyue saw a Taoist priest waving a broom to sweep the floor.
"Heavenly Lord of Infinite Blessings, is this person a visitor?"
The Taoist priest looked to be in his forties, but he had a good-looking face, with a face like a bright moon and brows like swords. In Fang Xiaoyue's original world, there would be no problem in playing a handsome swordsman in a martial arts movie.
"Taoist Priest, I heard that Chunyang Temple is quite efficacious, so I came here specifically to offer incense and pray."
But what Fang Xiaoyue never expected was that after the Taoist priest of Chunyang Temple saw him, his eyes shrank slightly, as if he had seen something extraordinary, and then his expression towards him became extremely peaceful, even faintly...
Somewhat respectful.
After the two sides exchanged pleasantries, Fang Xiaoyue learned the other party's Taoist name.
Junyangzi.
According to Chunyangzi, every time the Taoist director of this Taoist temple takes office, he will change the Taoist name to Chunyangzi to show respect for Chunyang Master.
Later, Taoist Master Chunyangzi invited Fang Xiaoyue into the Taoist temple and asked the Taoist boy to serve tea.
When Taoist Master Chunyangzi heard about Fang Xiaoyue's intention, he took out the Taoist secrets collected in the temple without hesitation for Fang Xiaoyue to see.
Later, Taoist Master Chunyangzi even demonstrated Taoism in person, explaining things that Fang Xiaoyue didn't quite understand.
This made Fang Xiaoyue feel a little weird.
So when he was about to leave, he couldn't help but ask: "Why is the Taoist so kind to me?"
However, Taoist Master Chunyangzi's answer surprised him: "I have the art of hope, Mr. Fang is like the sun hanging in the sky."
The art of hope?
In an instant, Fang Xiaoyue understood.
Although Chunyangzi's qi-gazing technique is somewhat different from his own, it is still possible that he has seen the essence of his own soul.
As a god, he is in charge of many priestly duties. When the essence of his soul falls in the eyes of the other party, it is indeed like the sun hanging in the sky.
Under the Qi Watching Technique, my own brilliance may be even greater and more dazzling than the Chunyang Master enshrined in Chunyang Temple.
When Fang Xiaoyue returned to the city, she no longer ran quickly, but walked slowly.
While walking, I took out the Taoist secrets that I had memorized before in my mind.
The first Taoist technique he looked at was the Qi Watching Technique.
If you want to learn Taoist techniques such as Qi Watching, you must first generate mana in your body.
Mana is the source of Taoist priests' Taoist magic.
If there is no mana in the body, no matter how much Taoism you learn, it will be useless.
According to Chunyangzi, since he was six years old, he would follow his master to the cliff behind the Taoist temple every morning to absorb the trace of purple energy born from the sun's birth.
This process alone took him three years.
It wasn't until he was 9 years old that the first trace of mana was born in his body.
At the age of 10, he was able to release his first Taoist technique - the nectar technique.
The nectar technique is the Taoist technique that consumes the least mana in Chunyang Temple.
In other words, if you want to get started with Taoism, even a Taoist boy like Chunyang Guan who has been trained since childhood will need five years.
According to Chunyangzi, it would take at least ten years for Taoist priests with ordinary qualifications in other Taoist temples to learn Taoism.
But for Fang Xiaoyue, none of this is a problem.
After reading all the contents of the Qi Watching Technique, Fang Xiaoyue used the star power in his body according to the requirements of the Qi Watching Technique and concentrated it on his eyes. Then the environment within his sight range changed greatly.
Most of the pedestrians on the roadside had a faint white haze on their heads, while the landowner riding a carriage had a red and white faint haze on his head.
When they arrived at the gate of the county city, the ninth-grade city gate officer had a faint red mist above his head.
When passing by the Sheriff's Mansion, he saw a faint orange haze floating in the sky above the Sheriff's Mansion.
On his head was an extremely dazzling golden ball of light, surrounded by a layer of rich red light mist.
The golden ball of light should be the embodiment of one's own divine nature, while the red light mist should be the embodiment of one's official position as county magistrate or one's sixth-grade official rank.
When he returned to the inn and met Fang Shangou, he saw the rich white light mist suspended above his head.
This qi-gazing technique is indeed somewhat different from the qi-gazing technique that comes with one's own god.
The gods have the ability to see the fortune manifested by extraordinary things.
For example, the magic energy manifested by the Taoism above Chunyang Temple, the dragon energy enveloped by the officials, the demon energy of monsters, etc.
But in this world, there is no way to check everyone's luck like the qi-gazing technique.
This can only be said to be that both have their own merits.
Back at the inn, Fang Xiaoyue asked Fang Shangou to buy some cinnabar and paper.
The Taoist magic in this world can be released by relying on mana to run certain circuits in the body, or it can be released by relying on talismans.
It's just that it's easier to rely on talismans to release it.
For example, when Chun Yangzi was introduced to Taoism, he relied on the talismans he drew to release Taoism.
It's just that after the mana becomes stronger, the number of Taoist spells released directly by mana becomes more frequent, and the talismans drawn are more used in some special situations.
If Fang Xiaoyue wants to truly analyze the Taoism of this world, it is naturally more convenient and faster to start by drawing talismans.
Fang Shangou bought back the cinnabar and paper and gave them to Fang Xiaoyue.
But he was very curious as to why the master wanted these things.
But Fang Xiaoyue didn't give him a chance to explore the secret at all, and directly kicked him out of the room and asked him to practice sword skills in the backyard.
Since Fang Xiaoyue requested to buy the toughest and smoothest paper, Fang Shangou bought kraft paper.
Use a knife to cut a large piece of kraft paper into a half-foot-square rectangle. This basic talisman paper is ready.
After that, Fang Xiaoyue mixed cinnabar with good white wine and drew the simplest nectar charm with a silver pen.
Even though Junyangzi had magic power, she failed more than ten times when she drew the nectar talisman for the first time.
But in Fang Xiaoyue's case, it's very simple, it's successful in one go, and it's very fast.
This is not surprising. The requirement for drawing talismans is that all drawing steps are accurate. When drawing, the mana must be input in a balanced manner.
As long as you can do these two things, it is not difficult to draw a talisman.
However, for most Taoist priests, it is simply impossible to achieve these two points without long-term practice.
And Fang Xiaoyue, not to mention her god-level control, has drawn too many talismans in the planes she came to before.
Although the drawing methods of those talismans are different from now, the basic requirements are the same.
Holding the newly drawn nectar talisman in her hand, Fang Xiaoyue shook it gently, and then a ball of light green nectar formed out of thin air and fell into the tea cup prepared by Fang Xiaoyue.
Then, he tasted the nectar in the tea cup and felt pretty good.
Whether it is a nectar charm or a nectar technique, the nectar produced can cure minor illnesses.
Therefore, whether the spell is successful depends on whether the nectar contains medicinal power.
What contains medicinal power is nectar, and what does not contain medicinal power is pure water.
And the more medicinal power contained in the nectar, the higher the caster's understanding of this Taoist technique.
After Fang Xiaoyue drew the nectar talisman three times, the nectar created was almost as powerful as the nectar created by Chunyangzi's demonstration.
You know, Chunyangzi only has such a foundation after practicing Taoism for more than 30 years.
Fang Xiaoyue had reached this level by drawing the nectar talisman three times. If Chunyangzi knew about it, his world view would probably collapse.
And through drawing the nectar talisman these three times, he already had a deep understanding of the nectar technique. He gently squeezed a talisman with his right hand, and the star power in his body circulated. In an instant, a group of green nectar was generated out of thin air.