Under the Baizhang Tower, Zhao Ran walked up the steps and took the first step. Suddenly, his mind was shaken, and various scenes from the past emerged.
Chatting with the deacon Taoist boy Gao Yuqian outside the illusion array...
I'm eating the side dishes fried by Quan Zhi Ke...
Watching the snow on Mount Cointreau...drinking at Calabash Pass...
Love in Qukong Temple...
Duanmu Angqing attained enlightenment and formed elixirs...
The bustling snow lotus auction...
The ripples that appear in the sea of qi when you break through the realm and become a Taoist priest...
Bone setting at Qingyun Pavilion...Apprenticeship and engraving...Rong Niang's laughter...The completion of Junshan Temple...
The first page of the Merit Sutra... The Aquarius Monk is swimming happily in the sea of qi... and the Zhuo brothers are killing monsters...
The celebration of becoming a Taoist boy...climbing with Zhang Laodao...being taken into Wujiyuan by Chuyang City...the battle at Qingping Mountain...farming in the hot summer...
The scene suddenly stopped, stopping at the moment when I woke up from the time travel, and then dissipated like fragments.
Zhao Ran suddenly realized that he had climbed onto the high platform at some point. He was sweating profusely and was holding on to the railing and breathing heavily.
Master Jiang Tenghe poured an elixir into Zhao Ran's mouth. The elixir melted immediately in his mouth, and a warm current flowed through his body, protecting Zhao Ran's Qi sea. Only then did Zhao Ran realize in surprise that at some point, the elixir in his own Qi sea had The energy has been exhausted.
Jiang Tenghe said: "Look up, what do you see?"
Zhao Ran raised his head and looked at the sky for a long time, then said: "Stars..."
Jiang Tenghe laughed: "It's not wrong."
Zhao Ran didn't understand, so Jiang Tenghe explained: "Everyone sees it differently. What you see is the galaxy. That's right, it's true!"
Zhao Ran seemed to understand, but asked: "What did the teacher see?"
Jiang Tenghe pondered for a moment: "A chance of great truth is fleeting and cannot be understood."
Zhao Ran suddenly felt that the image of this master was extremely tall and admired him: "I hope the teacher will realize the great truth soon."
Zhao Ran calmed down and walked around the high platform. There were mountains behind him, buildings at his feet, and stars hanging in the sky above his head, but he felt like he was in an endless night. He really couldn't tell the difference between up and down. I didn't know what was going on, so I asked: "Teacher, where is this? Is it the teacher's little world?"
Jiang Tenghe said: "It is indeed a small world, but it is not the small world of being a teacher, but the small world in the cave and sky of Huayun Mountain. Being a teacher is just a way to evolve. In the future, if you break through the realm and form a baby, you will enter the realm of master training. , you can also come to this Huayun Mountain to choose a cave and evolve your own small world in your own artistic conception."
"What is the name of this small world that the teacher evolved?"
"This is the Tower Viewing the World, and this is the Tower Viewing Mountain Gate in my mind. The mountain is Zhongnan Mountain, and the platform is the Star Observation Deck. If you look at the lights in the distance, it is Chang'an."
Zhao Ran heard a lot about the Lou Guan lineage from his senior brother Wei Zhizhen, and he learned a lot more when he was interested in reading the classics. He knew that his master's greatest wish was to revive the Lou Guan lineage. But I didn’t want it to evolve here.
This kind of immortal method really made Zhao Ran yearn for it. He stood on the high platform for a long time, the expectation in his heart became more and more strong, and he thought that one day, I will also open up a cave and evolve my own small world. He also thought , what kind of sofa should I get? How big should the bathtub be? How many layers of cushions should I use for a big bed?
Just when Zhao Ran was thinking about these extremely embarrassing questions, Jiang Tenghe suddenly asked: "When you took the stage just now, how many levels did you reach?"
When Zhao Ran took the stage, his mind was filled with scenes from his past experiences. He had never counted how many steps he had climbed, and he couldn't even explain how he climbed the steps. But when the master asked, he seemed to have climbed the steps.
I once carefully counted the levels, and a clear answer immediately appeared in my mind: "Level sixty-seven."
Jiang Tenghe said: "I have reached level 503 as a teacher."
Zhao Ran seemed to have some realization and asked quickly: "How many levels will it take to finally achieve the Great Dao?"
Jiang Tenghe said: "I don't know either. Who can know the number of the way of heaven? When you really know it, you will have achieved the great way."
Zhao Ran nodded and secretly added another thought in his mind. If he evolves into a small world in the future, he must also evolve this observatory. This thing is very useful.
While Zhao Ran was standing high on the stage, looking curiously, Jiang Tenghe asked: "How is your trip to Xia Kingdom? It has been more than a year since you left. How is everything going smoothly? Has there been any delay in your cultivation?"
When Zhao Ran broke through the Taoist realm in the Jade Emperor Pavilion the year before last, his master Jiang Tenghe told him that he must understand the principle of seeking good fortune and avoiding disaster, and that he cannot do everything by himself. If he is afraid that the Jade Emperor Pavilion will not give him the essence and blood of the Black Armored Turtle,
Jiang Tenghe was willing to personally take action and travel to Beiminghai for his disciple. Zhao Ran still clearly remembers what his master said: "If Cai Yunshen can get it, I can't?" This sentence has always been in Zhao Ran's heart.
It flowed and moved him all the time.
Zhao Ran poured out everything he had done in Xia Kingdom like beans from a bamboo tube. Zhao Ran really felt that there was nothing to hide from his master.
After hearing this, Jiang Tenghe smiled unconsciously and said with a smile: "Your practice is quite interesting. Others try their best to push things out and leave more time for practice. It's better for you to let go.
Please take it from yourself... Come and let me check whether your practice has fallen behind. Close your eyes and concentrate."
Zhao Ran closed his eyes, concentrated his consciousness, and guided the magic power of Jiang Tenghe's fingertips into the sea of qi. After a while, Jiang Tenghe closed the Xuan Gong and thought thoughtfully, "I remember that you straightened your bones for the first time in Ye Xueguan.
Afterwards, he achieved some success in his spiritual practice, and then he had his second bone-setting session at the Qingyun Pavilion, but it was still not complete until he took the essence and blood of the Black Armored Turtle in the Jade Emperor Pavilion, and thus entered the realm of Taoist priests..."
Looking back on it himself, Zhao Ran sometimes finds it incredible. From the beginning of his formal practice, he entered the Taoist realm one year and entered the Taoist realm two years ago. So far, he has practiced in the Taoist realm for one year and three months.
It only took four years in total, which is really fast. What is the normal progress that a useless person should have?
Jiang Tenghe continued: "...With your abilities, you don't have enough time to practice. If it were anyone else, it would be great to be a Taoist priest. But you are four, and you have broken two in five years."
Guan... do you know why I included you as my disciple at that time?"
Zhao Ran said: "This disciple is stupid and really doesn't know."
Jiang Tenghe said: "Before you entered the mountain gate, my master asked Zhizhen to inquire about you. You have done three things very well. One is to help poor people, set up inns, give out porridge, repair houses, and help orphans and widows;
Secondly, reform the money for young crops, suppress treacherous tyrants, stabilize food prices, and turn around farmers; thirdly, build Junshan Temple, reclaim wasteland, relocate people, and rescue disaster victims. From this we can see that your nature is excellent."
Zhao Ran felt a little embarrassed: "It turns out that the teacher has been paying attention to my affairs. These are just secular affairs. I didn't expect that I could get into the teacher's eyes."