When he arrived at the foot of the mountain, he turned back and looked up at the lush green mountains. Gritting his teeth, Zhao Ran turned around and headed towards the back mountain. The road to Xuanyuan Temple was unavailable, so I tried to take the path to Yuhuang Pavilion!
Zhao Ran had been to Yuhuang Pavilion two years ago, so the old donkey was familiar with the roads. He carried Zhao Ran to the southwest corner of the foothills, went into the dense forest, followed the clear stream, and arrived at the foot of Qingyun Peak in a deserted place.
He threw a flying talisman to Dongfang Jing at the cliff shrouded in clouds and mist. After a while, the clouds turned into a Yin-Yang Gate. Dongfang Jing walked out and said with a smile: "Junior Brother Zhao, after so many years of separation, you can still return the favor."
Okay?"
The Yunshui Hall is still familiar, the bamboo forest is still green, and the cliff pavilion is still magnificent. Zhao Ran looks at the steaming clouds in the distance and can't help but sigh: "I used to stand here a lot when I came here two years ago, and I couldn't get enough of it. Wuji Mountain
There is also a cloud-viewing platform, where you can also see thousands of mountains and mountains."
Dongfang Jing asked: "How does it compare with here?"
"It's not as magnificent as this place. It doesn't have such a fairy atmosphere, but it has a bit more worldly dust."
This was not Zhao Ran's speaking style. Dongfang Jing remembered Dongfang Li's evaluation of this junior brother Zhao and waited silently for him to continue.
"Although it is the smoke and dust of the world, but to me..." Zhao Ran suddenly couldn't go on. Literary youth is a disease, and it's terrible to pretend it! Zhao Ran, who couldn't pretend anymore, decisively changed his painting style.
"Forget it, let's be honest, junior brother, I'm here to see Senior Brother Dongfang Li. I've sent him talismans several times, but there's no reply. I heard that he's been in seclusion for almost a year, right? Senior Brother Li
Will anything happen?"
Dongfang Jing smiled, this is Zhao Ran. Although you know that he must have a purpose for coming to you, the preparation before he made the request made you disgusted and said: "Senior brother has been here for a while.
It has been twelve days since the year, which is indeed a long time, but every level above the Golden Elixir Master is not so easy to climb. In my Jade Emperor Pavilion, there was also an elder who spent seven years and six years in the level of spiritual sustenance.
Months…”
Zhao Ran was speechless after hearing this. What kind of state is it like to be in seclusion for seven years? Not caring about anything, only thinking about the thing in his stomach? He couldn't help but complain: "Seven years and six months... still
It’s really sad...and tearful..."
Dongfang Jing couldn't help but smile: "I remember that Junior Brother Zhao spent three days in seclusion last time, right?"
"Yes, after I came out, I quickly took a shower and shaved..."
"It's very fast. Few people can be that fast. After your realm improves, the days of retreat will be longer and longer, so... don't be surprised!"
Zhao Ran then thought about it and realized that his teacher Jiang Tenghe seemed to have been in seclusion for more than half a year when he broke through to become a master, so he had no choice but to accept the fact.
"I understand, Senior Brother Dongfang... But what about my affairs? You know that I went to Xia Kingdom, but do you know what Senior Brother Li promised me? He said that after I return to the Ming Dynasty, he will help me be promoted to the Supervisor of Wuji Academy..."
Dongfang Jing spit out a mouthful of tea, choked and coughed a few times, and busily wiped his mouth with his sleeve...
"...Senior Brother Dongfang, can you still have a good chat like this?..." Zhao Ran's face looked a little unsightly.
"Yes, yes, it's my fault. I'm just surprised. It turns out that my junior brother has this ambition. I didn't expect that my senior brother promised you this."
Zhao Ran had explained this problem in front of many people. He was a little overtired from struggling with this problem, and he was in a bad mood at the moment. He simply didn't bother to waste any more time and directly grasped the key point and asked: "What Senior Brother Li promised, Dongfang
Senior brother, can you help me?"
Dongfang Jing thought for a while and said, "I don't know how to help you. The general manager has always ordered that the monks in the temple are not allowed to interfere in the secular affairs of Shifang Jungle. Think about it, if we all go to Xuanyuan Guan Li Supervisory Academy and others,
Tell them that you want to do this and that, then who do they listen to? Will the world be in chaos? The reason why a system is a system is to maintain order in all aspects of the world and ensure the normal operation of all places."
How could Zhao Ran not understand these principles? Correct procedures are more important than correct results. He had heard this sentence countless times many years ago. Now he only mentioned this matter to Dongfang Jing because he was a little anxious. Listen to Dongfang Jing.
After finishing speaking, he also knew that he was too anxious now, so he took a deep breath, calmed down his emotions, nodded and said: "Thank you for your guidance, senior brother, I understand."
After thinking for a while, he asked: "As a monk, Senior Brother Li, is it against the law for him to help me?"
Dongfang Jing shook his head: "I'm not from Sanqing Pavilion, so I really don't know. Maybe Sanqing Pavilion has a way."
"Then for a monk like me to serve in Shifang Jungle, does it count as interference?"
Dongfang Jing thought for a moment and said: "You are originally an ordained Taoist priest from Shifang Jungle. It seems that I have never heard of someone like you who has entered the threshold of spiritual practice but did not resign from the Taoist profession or go to the mountains to practice... I really can't say
... Lushan has never issued an edict that monks who have entered the threshold must resign from their Taoist posts... When you were the master of the temple and the temple blessing, did you make any comments on Xizhenwu Palace and Wuji Temple in the name of the pavilion?"
Zhao Ran shook his head: "Never! Senior brother, if I did this, how could I have wasted four years in the temple appointment?"
Dongfang Jing nodded: "That shouldn't count. Since your practice is in the secular world, you should try to be careful in the future to avoid violating the prohibition and not to be caught in pain."
"I know, senior brother."
Well, now Zhao Ran can only pray that Dongfang Li can successfully break through the seclusion as soon as possible. If he really has to stay in seclusion for three to five years, it will be too tragic for him. He can't help but maliciously speculate that Dongfang Li will not deliberately hide in seclusion.
Cover yourself?
Dongfang Jingdao: "I met your master a few days ago. My father went to Lushan Mountain with them. Master Jiang praised you a lot and said that you participated in co-authoring a martial art. I didn't expect that my junior brother would still be there."
Such great talent is truly admirable.”
Zhao Ran smiled bitterly and said: "If I tell you that I am a trial product of the martial arts, will senior brother still admire me?"
"Haha, that's not bad!"
After talking with Dongfang Jing for a long time, Zhao Ran proposed that he wanted to visit Cai Yunshen, and Dongfang Jing said: "It seems that junior brother's trip this time will be in vain. Master Cai also went into seclusion, just the day before yesterday..."
"Senior Brother Dongfang, is it popular to retreat recently?"
"Um?"
"It's okay... Uncle Cai is seventy this year, right? I see he has a head full of white hair..."
"Today I am seventy-nine."
"This is really... I wish Uncle Cai good luck, can be released from confinement as soon as possible, and live a long life."
The longevity of the monks in this world is only slightly stronger than that of ordinary people. Only after they form the Golden Pill, will there be a greater increase, but it will never change for a hundred years. For example, the longevity of the Golden Pill Master can be averaged by the average of ordinary people.
The age of five or sixty increases to over ninety, but that's it.
So Zhao Ran had been worried about Cai Yunshen's lifespan before. He is still a Jindan Master at almost eighty years old. What will he do in the future? You must know that there is not much difference between the lifespan of a great mage and a mage. Breaking through to the great mage realm will only increase by ten
Year.
Master Cai treated Zhao Ran very well, but Zhao Ran really didn't want to see Master Cai's scene like that of Zuo Yunfeng happen again.
Back then, Zuo Yunfeng's master and apprentice committed a massacre in the village for the sake of a dragon's head orchid herb that could prolong life for three to five years. It was really because these three to five years were too important.
For monks who have exhausted their lifespan, this is the key to reversing their luck. Zuo Yunfeng, with his cultivation as a great mage, fell short of a hundred years of lifespan before he was about to break through.
If Uncle Cai succeeds in breaking through the barrier, it means that in the remaining twenty years, he only needs to break through one more level to have hope of striving for the next step of living a hundred and twenty years old.