Then some Yin soldiers came to the stone house and invited Xu Dao and Yu Yangyan to go to the dormitory.
Along the way, Xu Dao met many new Taoist disciples.
Including him, there are a total of eight new Taoist disciples this year. Although the relationship between the eight people was indifferent before, because they were Taoist disciples who became disciples in the same year, they are quite destined and they all know each other.
After entering the dormitory, they entered the lobby instead of the side room. After a while, they reported their names, explained their cultivation level, received benefits... and so on. After completing the promotion ceremony, the group of people Shi Shiran walked out of the lobby.
Wearing black and white patterned robes, they all had happy faces and spoke briskly. Even the aloof and arrogant ones among them all had smiles in their eyes and nodded to each other.
After everyone walked out of the hall, they did not disperse immediately. Instead, they stood in front of the hall and started talking, which temporarily attracted people near the dormitory.
From time to time, other Taoists would come forward to congratulate someone among the new Taoist disciples and give them some gifts.
Xu Dao, a farmer, was born as an orphan, and his talents were not extraordinary. Naturally, he didn't know a few old Taoist disciples. But what surprised him was that some people actually came to congratulate him.
I saw a young boy who looked like a Taoist boy with his head lowered, walked timidly to the crowd, saluted and said, "May I ask who is Mr. Xu Tao?"
Everyone looked at Xu Dao. Xu Dao was slightly startled, then walked out and responded: "I am a poor man."
When the Taoist boy heard this, he bowed quickly, took out a wooden box from his sleeve, and said, "Congratulations to Master Xu Dao for breaking through to the realm of Qi refining. Master Wenshi specially ordered me to send you a gift to express my congratulations!"
Xu Dao was even more confused when he heard "Master Aragonite" in the other party's mouth.
Fortunately, the Taoist boy explained in time: "This is the Fox Soul Refining Pill, which was refined by Master Shi on thirty-six days using the eyes of a red-eyed white fox and the fox's heart as the medicine... Master Ling Xiao
He also said that he thanked Mr. Xu Dao for giving the fox as a medicine."
Hearing this, Xu Dao suddenly realized that the Master Aragonite mentioned by the other party was probably the red-robed Taoist disciple seen in the ghost market.
This person had bullied him that day, but was rescued by Taoist disciple Mo Wen.
Xu Dao asked Tao Tong a few questions and immediately confirmed the identity of the other party. He was surprised and thought: "Why did this person give me the elixir?"
After careful consideration, Xu Dao found that the news of Ma Pi's death must have reached the other party's ears. Perhaps in the other party's view, Xu Dao had just broken through to the realm of Qi refining and killed Ma Pi as soon as he came out of seclusion, so he must have a character that is bound to retaliate.
Today, this person sent someone to deliver the elixir in the name of a congratulatory gift, probably with the intention of easing the holiday.
Someone nearby heard the young man's words and said with a smile: "Hey! Humei Soul Refining Pill, this is a good thing! Not only is it interesting, but it can also assist in spiritual practice. Hahaha, Brother Xu is enjoying the blessing! Why don't you take it quickly?"
When Xu Dao heard this, he thought, "One more enemy is worse than one more friend." So he bowed to the Taoist boy and accepted the wooden box. "I thank Taoist friend Aragonite!"
He added: "The trivial things that happened before are not worth worrying about."
After the Taoist boy delivered the elixirs, he saluted everyone and quickly bowed his head and left.
Xu Dao was calculating in his mind. Hearing others talk about the elixir in his hand, he opened it generously and let everyone enjoy it...
After chatting for about half an hour, everyone also wrote down each other's names and faces, and then left one after another.
Xu Dao and Yu Yangyan were walking together, and the other party said aloud: "Brother Xu, why don't you and I hire a Taoist disciple who is capable of finding a geomantic treasure to build a cave?"
Qi Lian Taoist disciples already have the right to live alone in the White Bone Temple, but it is not allocated by the temple. Instead, the Taoist disciples themselves find a deserted place in the mountains to build it.
However, Xu Dao politely declined Yu Yangyan's kindness.
On the one hand, it was because the other party said that hiring Kanyu Taoist disciples cost money, at least twenty or thirty, and Xu Dao had no money.
On the other hand, it was also because Xu Dao did not want the other party to know the location of his cave.
After achieving Qi refining, Taoist disciples will rarely leave their homes in person. They will directly leave their bodies and use their Yinshen to walk outside. The home is the place where the physical body of Taoist disciples is placed. It is the most important thing and cannot be taken lightly.
Will tell others.
After receiving Xu Dao's answer, Yu Yangyan didn't care. He bowed to Xu Dao and said, "Then I'll leave first."
Xu Dao watched this man leave, thought about it, and then walked towards the ghost market.
Just when they were receiving the benefits, the Lao Yuan distributed fifty "Tao Gong" to each new Taoist disciple.
For Taoists, the White Bone Temple is used to record the points of merit. Taoist children with fetal breath are not eligible for contact. Only those who have achieved Qi refining are eligible for calculation.
Taoist skills can be exchanged for exercises, elixirs, spiritual food, spells, formations, talisman money, etc. in the temple. Compared with the things in the ghost market, the quality is more guaranteed.
One of the skills can be exchanged for one talisman money, but one talisman money cannot be exchanged for one skill. It can only be obtained by completing the large and small tasks in the temple.
And Xu Dao had already spent half of the fifty Dao Gong in his hand before he even walked out of the dormitory gate.
Twenty of the skills were exchanged for a low-level formation, which could be used to cover the cave and protect the home. In addition, he also exchanged a small bottle of bigu pills and a set of talismans for digging and building caves.
Thinking of this, Xu Dao suddenly frowned secretly. You must know that he has not even redeemed a spell.
Books on martial arts and the like are often the most expensive, whether in dormitories or ghost markets. Even the lowest level Qi refining spells cost twenty or thirty talisman coins.
Xu Dao comforted himself: "Fortunately, there are still ten merits coming in every month."
Shaking his head, Xu Dao strode towards the ghost market. He planned to sell a few talismans in his hand in exchange for one or two talismans so that he could buy some miscellaneous items cheaply in the ghost market.
Although the items in the dormitory are of good quality, they are not cheap.
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In the next few days, Xu Dao wandered around the realm of White Bone Temple. He rode a paper horse and climbed mountain after mountain, carefully searching for a suitable place for a cave.
The location of the cave is very particular. Firstly, it has to be surrounded by mountains and rivers, and the location is hidden. Secondly, it has to be at a high place, so that it is convenient to collect the moon and the sun. Thirdly, it is best to be a place full of spiritual energy, so that Taoist disciples can absorb the essence of the sun and the moon.
In addition, you can also breathe in some spiritual energy to speed up your practice.
The third point among them is the most difficult, it can be encountered but not sought!
The White Bone Temple itself was built in a place filled with spiritual energy, commonly known as "Spiritual Vein", but the large and small places where the spiritual energy gathered in the temple have long been occupied by people, leaving only a few traces and fish that slipped through the net.
Even if a new Taoist disciple hires a well-known Taoist priest, it is difficult for him to find a spiritual land. At most, he can find a place with good feng shui and where the light of the sun and moon can easily gather.
And Xu Dao was so poor that he couldn't even afford to hire Kanyu Taoist disciples. After wandering around for a few days, he didn't even see a geomantic treasure.
When he found a stream, Xu Dao sat on a stone and washed his feet. He thought to himself: "It's better to invite a Taoist from Kanyu..."
One can live in a cave for at least several years or ten years, and at most it can last for decades or even hundreds of years. Moving a cave is an extremely troublesome matter, so Xu Dao hesitated for a moment.
Suddenly, a banging sound was heard near the stream. Xu Dao listened for a moment and put down his vigilance.
The stream is a place where water flows. It is not surprising that there are often handymen washing clothes by the stream.
Xu Dao has been searching the mountains and looking for land in the past few days, and he has met many handymen in the temple, including those who wash clothes, those who cut wood, those who dig soil... all kinds of things. What surprised him a little was that the stream here was already relatively far away.
Looking at the door, there are actually people washing clothes here.
Xu Dao raised his head and glanced casually, and saw a handyman dressed in clothes appearing by the stream.
He recognized it, his eyes suddenly froze, and he said aloud: "Fellow Taoist You Bing?"
The handyman in wash clothes has his sleeves rolled up, his arms are white, and her hair is tied back. She is a woman. She is squatting on the stone, holding a wooden stick in her hand, and is immersed in swinging it.