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Question. It’s only now that I’ve been able to come up today. This day really can’t be regarded as the end of the update. I’m wronged.
When Zhao Ran saw it, he was immediately overjoyed: "Senior Brother Pei, why is it you?"
Pei Zhongze said with a smile: "Why can't it be me? It's embarrassing to say that I haven't seen you for a year and a half since we said goodbye to Baima Mountain. I originally planned to come to visit you, but because I first entered Huangguan, I went into seclusion to consolidate after returning to the mountain.
There were some problems, so there was some delay."
Zhao Ran hurriedly asked: "What? But there is something wrong with you?"
Pei Zhongze nodded and said: "When I was at the Baoping Temple, the evil monk's Buddha nature entered my body many times and injured my meridians. Although I broke the bottleneck, it also left some infirmities. If they are not eliminated, I am afraid that there will be problems in my future practice."
hinder."
"Everything is fine now?"
"Yes, everything is fine, otherwise I wouldn't have left the mountain."
"That's great. Come, Senior Brother Pei, come into our temple and have a talk."
Zhao Ran took Pei Zhongze out of the Jade Emperor's Palace, passed through the dormitory, and came to the back garden. The water pool in the back garden was drawn from Xiaojun Mountain Lingyan, and it was arranged for Zhao Ran. The two entered the small pavilion beside the pool and talked.
Talking about farewell, smelling the spiritual scent of the pool, and looking at the scenery of Junshan Mountain outside the wall, it was dark before we knew it.
Zhao Ran took matters into his own hands and roasted a wild boar leg for Pei Zhongze in the pavilion. Pei Zhongze praised the meal that day: "That day I felt that my junior brother's craftsmanship was really good. I haven't tasted it for a year and a half. I miss it so much."
...What is this? Honey juice? It’s really unforgettable.”
After eating, Zhao Ran took out the home-brewed fruit wine, and Pei Zhongze said: "You are still at home here. Qingyun Pavilion is passed down from the lineage of Fujian Zhenren and was originally the Quanzhen teaching. Although the ancestors have changed the precepts, they are still the same.
It’s too restrictive. My father made it clear. Senior brother, I am traveling around all the time and am cultivating Taoism and wilderness. Haha..."
Zhao Ran said: "Why don't you go back, senior brother? Just practice in my Junshan Temple. It will be very uncomfortable to go back!"
Pei Zhongze said helplessly: "How can it be so easy? Let's not talk about this..." Then he showed his face and said: "But from now on, I can justifiably go down the mountain and don't have to live in the mountain."
"oh?"
"Now that I am a Taoist disciple of Qingyun Pavilion, I will have many opportunities to meet you, junior brother, in the future! Although running around is a bit tiring, it is just what I want."
"Congratulations, senior brother, come and have three more drinks!"
After the two drank three glasses of each other, Pei Zhongze said again: "Junior brother, I look at your complexion. It seems that your bones have not yet been corrected, but you have real power around you. It seems that you have reached the threshold of cultivation?"
Zhao Ran then told him that he had taken the bone-setting pill, but it had not fully worked, and he had only lost one of his bones.
Pei Zhongze comforted him and said: "Junior brother, don't take it too seriously. There is only one person like me who can practice cultivation with no bones. It is rare to see one in a hundred. Junior brother's qualifications are amazing. It is also a strange thing. Don't be discouraged and slack off."
Huayun Pavilion was originally a major sect in Sichuan Province, and it continues to this day. It is indeed said to have a profound foundation, and the Lingjian Pavilion lineage is even more famous. Although I am only a registered disciple, I still have a bright future."
Zhao Ran said: "Senior brother, don't worry. Junior brother, I want to become an immortal, and I will never give up easily. Don't say eight years, even eighty years. Junior brother, I will not slack off."
Pei Zhongze praised: "I hope that junior brother will keep this ambition forever. By the way, I wonder if junior brother, as the blessing of Junshan Temple, does he have free time?"
Zhao Ran said: "Wujiyuan has always ignored my little temple. As long as the Junshan area is well taken care of, you can come and go freely. What, senior brother, do you have any advice?"
Pei Zhongze said: "I am now walking as a Taoist sect of Qingyun Hall, inspecting the six counties of Tongchuan Prefecture, eradicating demons and deterring evil spirits. My responsibilities are not light. However, one person's power is weak and it is really beyond my ability. There is something in front of me.
I am in urgent need of junior brother's help. I wonder if junior brother can agree? If this happens, maybe I can ask for a bone-sparing pill from the museum and then set my bones for junior brother."
Zhao Ran was stunned, looked at Pei Zhongze who was full of sincerity, and felt grateful. He had already vaguely guessed Pei Zhongze's purpose, and he was eager to come over to repay his kindness. There was nothing that Huang Guan, a Taoist disciple, couldn't do, but he was asked to do it.
A Taoist priest helped? It was just to pull him to perform meritorious services together, so that he could have an excuse to ask for the Bone-Removing Pill. Perhaps it is further imagined that he had already obtained the Bone-Removing Pill, and he was afraid that Zhao Ran would not seek repayment for his kindness, so he just found an excuse.
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Zhao Ran is by no means pretending to be arrogant. Of course he wants to set his bones. Otherwise, if his bones are not straight, his essence will be insufficient, and his practice will be half the result with half the effort. Yu Zhiyuan can take three pills in a row to straighten his bones, why don't he try it? It won't work.
Forget it, once you succeed, will you save a few years on your cultivation path?
So he didn't refuse, and immediately asked: "Thank you, senior brother, for your support. Junior brother, I feel ashamed to accept it. I don't know what it is, can you tell me first and give it some details?"
The Ming Dynasty respected Taoist sects, but this does not mean that the only Taoist sects in the practice world of the Ming Dynasty were there. There were also a large number of small sects and scattered cultivating families among them, but they only accepted the jurisdiction and supervision of Taoist sects.
Qingyun Hall is the leading force in the Taoist practice world in Tongchuan Prefecture, but in such a large place, Qingyun Hall is not the only practice sect. In this six-county prefecture, there are actually two practicing sects and casual cultivating families.
Thirteen, in addition to many individual cultivators.
Just seven days ago, something happened to the Lu family who practice at the foot of Zhongyang Mountain in Shehong County. Wu Anxian, a friend from an aristocratic family who went to visit, found that corpses were strewn all over the Lu family village. Thirty-seven members of the Lu family, old and young, including three monks and
Thirty-four mortals, only one seven-year-old child survived.
Wu Anxian then immediately mobilized his family to launch a search. They searched for three days in a row but found no clue at all. The Wu family had no choice but to report to the Qingyun Pavilion and ask the Qingyun Pavilion to send someone to take charge of the investigation.
Pei Zhongze had just come out of confinement and happened to take over the Taoist walking team in Tongchuan Mansion, so he took on the case without hesitation. However, he did not go to Shehong County first. Instead, he ran hundreds of miles and came to Wuji Court to look for Zhao Ran. He heard that Zhao Ran
However, he went to Junshan Temple to serve as a temple consecrator, so he rushed over to meet him.
After Zhao Ran had a general understanding of the situation, he didn't ask any more questions. Pei Zhongze didn't go to the scene to see it, so he couldn't ask anything, so he agreed to go with him to handle the case.
Zhao Ran is quite interested in this kind of thing. Firstly, there will be a bone-dispersing pill to be obtained after the matter is completed. Secondly, he also wants to know more about the situation in the cultivation world. Thirdly, fighting can improve cultivation. Fourthly, this is also a matter of course.
It was a good thing, so he didn't delay. After giving instructions to Jin Jiu and others, he took the old donkey and headed to Tongchuan Mansion with Pei Zhongze.
The horse Pei Zhongze was riding was also a good horse. It was even more impressive than the horses of his uncles Da Zhuo and Xiao Zhuo. It could actually match the speed of the old donkey, which made Zhao Ran pay close attention. On the contrary,
When he came over, Pei Zhongze was also very curious about Lao Donkey and asked a lot of questions about Lao Donkey. Zhao Ran didn't hide anything about Lao Donkey and told him everything about Lao Donkey's origins, which amazed Pei Zhongze.
One donkey and one horse went hand in hand, and after only two days of delay on the road, they entered Shehong County and arrived at Zhongyang Mountain.
Pei Zhongze sent the messenger talisman in advance, and when they arrived at Wujiazhuang, Wu Anxian and three other monks of the Wu family had already come out of the village entrance to greet them.
Looking at the feng shui of the mountains, Zhongyang Mountain is slightly stronger than Xiaojun Mountain. There are two spiritual eyes. The Lu family and the Wu family each live in one. They have become family friends for hundreds of years. But these two spiritual eyes are nothing.
The best part is that the Lu and Wu families have never produced anyone who is extremely talented and beautiful. Therefore, they are a small family that is not in the upper reaches of the Tongchuan family. If it were not for the extremely strict rules of the Taoist family, I am afraid that the family would have been wiped out long ago.
It has been done countless times, how can it be passed down to this day?
Zhao Ran had heard Pei Zhongze introduce the situation of the Lu and Wu families on the way. The Lu family that was exterminated had only three monks, one Huang Guan and two Taoist priests. The Wu family who was helping each other with the Lu family had one more Taoist priest than them.
That's all. As for the mountain-protecting formation owned by Huayun Pavilion, it is impossible for the two families to have such good conditions. With Zhao Ran's eyesight, he could see through it at a glance. The illusion formation outside Wujiazhuang was indeed just an illusion.
It's just a formation, it looks like a bamboo forest, it can only be used to confuse other people's eyes, and it has no power to attack or defend at all.
Wu Anxian respectfully welcomed Pei Zhongze and Zhao Ran into the village, serving them good tea and fruits. Of course, the main person he welcomed was Pei Zhongze. Pei Zhongze was famous in Tongchuan Mansion and now he has become a Taoist priest. Of course, the Wu family must have a good life.
Flattery. As for Zhao Ran, of course he treated him with courtesy, but beyond the usual courtesy, there was more of a hint of indifference. This is also normal. Wu Anxian, who is Huang Guan, can tell at a glance that Zhao Ran is a
A novice monk in the Taoist realm, and he is still useless, so naturally he will not attach any importance or flattery. (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature, the novel is better and updated faster!