Since Sun Zhenren said that he didn’t have to worry about it, Zhao Ran really stopped worrying about it. He just told Yang Zhiwen his request, which was to paint as many stories about Lou Guan as possible and create more statues of the ancestors of Lou Guan.
Then he threw some documents about the inheritance of Lou Guan left by the teacher to the other party, and let them gather together and murmur.
Of course, the most important thing is the "Biography of Immortal Master Lou Guan", but the real copy is in the hands of the teacher, but this does not prevent Zhao Ran from giving a flying talisman to Senior Brother Wei and telling him to take it with him when he comes back.
Wei Zhizhen quickly sent a flying talisman to inform Zhao Ran that they had arrived at the foot of the mountain and would be back soon.
After four months of separation, the senior brothers met and it was quite lively. Qu Fenghe, the third generation disciple of Lou Guan, was also there to join in the fun. This made Zhao Ran finally feel the warmth of his classmates after a long absence.
Wei Zhizhen handed "The Biography of Immortal Master Lou Guan" to Zhao Ran, who quickly took it and said: "Senior brother is really foresighted."
Wei Zhizhen said: "Zhenren Sun had contacted Teacher Fei Fu a long time ago and said that he wanted to invite someone to draw beam paintings and bake statues, so the teacher asked me to bring them back."
Zhao Ran didn't say much, and handed "The Biography of Immortal Master Lou Guan" to Pei Zhongning who was chatting with Yu Zhichuan at the side: "Junior Sister Zhongning, I have an important task for you, and we urgently need to use your exquisite calligraphy and painting skills."
"Your sister-in-law and the others are going to use this treasured book from Lou Guan. The text and drawings in it need the help of my junior sister to copy it again."
"Okay, I'll go now."
"Be sure not to damage it. This is a unique copy."
"Don't worry, Senior Brother Zhao... Senior Brother Yu, I'll look at your notes later. I'm going to get busy first."
Zhao Ran took several fellow disciples to visit the Louguan Mountain Gate, which was beginning to take shape. While pointing out the progress of various places, he asked: "Teacher went to Wudang with Master Xu, when can we return?"
Wei Zhizhen said: "Master Xu will marry in Wudang in March, and the teacher plans to accompany him. By the way, junior brother, in your opinion, when will our Louguan Mountain Gate be completed?"
Zhao Ran said: "I estimate that in March we can almost invite Patriarch Longyang and Uncle Wenqinggu Lin to move in. However, carving beams and painting pillars is all fine work. Just now Yang Zhiwen said that our mountain gate is too big, they
It took a few hands-on work, ranging from half a year to a year at most, and the need came slowly."
Wei Zhizhen nodded, raised his hand and made a flying talisman and went out. Not long after, he caught a flying white light in his hand and said to Luo Zhiqing: "I have invited Senior Brother Lu to come to Dajun Mountain as a guest. Senior Brother Lu said that I will wait until the new master comes back to the mountain."
After that, I will come to Songfan as a guest, and there are still three to five months left, so hurry up, junior brother."
Luo Zhiqing immediately said: "I will go to the main peak to practice." After saying this, he raised his feet and stepped away.
Zhao Ran asked: "That senior brother Lu, is he Lu Xixing? Very powerful? He put so much pressure on senior brother Luo."
Wei Zhizhen nodded: "It is indeed powerful. We are in the Archmage realm again. Junior Brother Luo has encountered a tough opponent this time. Although Senior Brother Lu was defeated by me in the end, it also gave me more ideas about Dansheng Divine Consciousness. This time I returned to the mountain.
, Senior brother, I plan to go into seclusion."
Zhao Ran was overjoyed: "Senior brother, do you have any signs of breaking through?"
Wei Zhizhen nodded and said: "It's too late to talk about it. I formed the elixir nine years ago and completed the tempering the year before last. It's just that I don't have a thorough understanding of how the elixir generates spiritual consciousness and how the spiritual consciousness can be entrusted to external objects. I don't want to be too
I’ve been worried about it, so I’ve been keeping it in mind. This trip to Helin Pavilion in Fujian Province really benefited me a lot, so I plan to give it a try.”
"Then I really have to congratulate you, senior brother."
Wei Zhizhen said with a smile: "Jindan has been in trouble for nine years. If it is delayed any longer, it will be ten years. If the situation is broken again by then, it will not be nice to talk about it."
Zhao Ran is very happy for Wei Zhizhen, and even more happy for his disciples. Now, among the Louguan sect, there is only one alchemist, two mages, two Huang Guan, and one little Taoist priest. If the senior brother can break through, there will be more
With the addition of a great mage, the power of the sect is further enhanced.
As for whether the senior brother can successfully break through the realm, Zhao Ran is not worried at all. The level from mage to archmage is not a big hurdle in the first place. The success rate of monks breaking through the realm is about one-half. Lou Guan accepts disciples.
It's strict. With the senior brother's qualifications, he must be in this half.
Suddenly I remembered that the second senior brother Yu Zhichuan will be thirty-six years old next year, which means he has completed twelve years in the Huangguan realm. According to the age at which he broke through the realm, he became a Taoist priest in three years, a Taoist priest in six years, and nine years
After entering Huangguan, he will be able to form a golden elixir in twelve years - this is also the teacher's prediction for him. So, as long as he waits until next year, won't Lou Guan have another golden elixir?
Wait, there is myself!
Last year, Zhao Ran received two large amounts of merit in a row. The first one was to indirectly help the old monk Xuanci achieve nirvana. This merit power directly advanced his practice progress by a year; the second one was to help Zhang Laodao ascend.
The causal entanglement between him and Zhang Laodao is very deep, and the power of this merit is even greater. If he didn't have insufficient energy every day, I'm afraid he would have broken through on the spot.
Seven months have passed since Zhang Laodao ascended to today. During these seven months, Zhao Ran used all his energy to refine the power of merit every day, making the merit elixir more solid and beginning to gain luster.
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And the luster is the precursor of the elixir that is about to be achieved.
So, Zhao Ran quickly took the time to ask his senior brother, who was about to go into seclusion, for advice on how to form pills.
In Louguan Sect, Senior Brother Wei Zhizhen has the responsibility of supervising the practice of all the juniors. In fact, he was also the teacher of several juniors when they were at lower levels. He is very experienced in teaching. After inspecting Zhao Ran's Qihai, he immediately pointed out that the young master
Then in two or three months, no more than half a year, Zhao Ran should enter the period of elixir formation. At that time, he will need to retreat, so that he can be prepared and handle the secular affairs at the foot of the mountain in advance.
At the same time, Wei Zhizhen also took Zhao Ran to teach him in detail various problems that may be encountered in the process of forming pills, and told him how to deal with them accordingly.
This is the advantage of having a disciple and a teacher. If there is no one to guide you at the critical moment, if you jump into it confused, you will not know how you will die.
From the yellow crown to the golden elixir, this is a major hurdle in spiritual practice. Ninety percent of monks cannot pass this threshold. There are many difficulties involved, but whether there is guidance from a famous teacher is also an important factor.
Zhao Ran was indoctrinated by Wei Zhizhen, forcing a lot of knowledge and experience into him, and he still had to find time to slowly understand and ponder it later.
After the teaching was completed, Wei Zhizhen said earnestly: "If you can successfully break through, by next year, all of our second-generation disciples of Lou Guan will be Master Jindan. Therefore, junior brother, you must be extremely prepared and strive to pass in one go.
Don't rework! If you can't break through the situation, your personal cultivation will be small, your reputation will be reduced, and the rise of Lou Guan will be delayed. This is a big deal."
Zhao Ran immediately promised: "Senior brother, don't worry. I know that my own practice is not a trivial matter, and I will treat it with caution. By the way, senior brother, the teacher is in Wudang, and you are in seclusion with the third senior brother. I have to go down the mountain to handle the affairs of the White Horse Courtyard."
, only the second senior brother is left in the mountain gate, how should we arrange so many things?"
Wei Zhizhen said: "Second junior brother is indeed not good at secular affairs, so just let him practice on his own in the mountain gate. I have sent a letter to Huayun Hall, and Quanzhike and the others will move here with the disciple. I think they will arrive soon. You go down the mountain
After that, he will take care of all these things, so you can go with peace of mind."