Just as he was talking, Zhao Ran received the flying talisman from Dongfang Li: "Junior brother, are you free? Can you come to Qingcheng Mountain? My teacher wants to meet junior brother."
Zhao Ran smiled at Wei Zhizhen and said, "What a coincidence. There are no coincidences. The Eastern Heavenly Master asked me to go to the Jade Emperor Pavilion and said he wanted to see me if he had something to do."
So Wei Zhizhen returned to the back mountain to continue consolidating his cultivation. Zhao Ran summoned Taoist Nangui and handed over the work again: "Director Nangui has invited me. I have something urgent to go to Qingcheng Mountain, so I would like to ask the director to make a hard trip."
Director Nangui had no choice but to take Zhao Ran to Qingcheng Mountain. He was familiar with the roads and arrived in less than two hours. He was still under Qingyun Peak and was about to fly high when he was stopped by Zhao Ran: "Director Mo
Go away in a hurry, and wait here for a while, I will continue to trouble the director after I finish my work."
Dongfang Li welcomed Zhao Ran into the Jade Emperor Pavilion. On the way, Zhao Ran asked, "What does Uncle Dongfang want from me?"
Dongfang Li said: "The main thing is that you returned the "Ten Sons of Xuanyuan" last time. The teacher wanted to reward you well, but the result was not satisfactory, so it has been postponed until now."
"Senior Brother Li, why did you say this? Why do you need any reward..."
Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Dongfang Li: "Teacher went to Wudang first this time, and then went to Zongguan. He went to Zongguan to see if he could replace the "Five Mountains True Shape Map" of your school.
It’s a pity that it didn’t work out.”
Zhao Ran said hurriedly: "With this intention, I will be satisfied with everything in my building. As for success or failure, it is all chance and cannot be forced."
When Dongfang Tianshi saw Zhao Ran in the Jade Emperor's Palace at Hunyunding, he smiled at him and said, "Oh? Zhiran has formed an elixir? It's so rare, so gratifying and congratulatory."
Zhao Ran said: "Thank you so much, uncle. I'm very motivated. I remember that when I was a Taoist priest in the Yuhuang Pavilion, I had the guidance of Uncle Cai, Senior Brother Jing and Senior Brother Li. I am able to form elixirs now, thanks to the care of Senior Uncle and Senior Brothers."
, this kindness and virtue, this disciple dare not or forget."
Dongfang Tianshi waved his hand: "What are you talking about? This is the result of Zhiran's own efforts." After pondering for a moment, he said apologetically: "Zhiran returned the "Ten Sons of Xuanyuan", but I have postponed it until today to talk to Zhiran.
See you again, please forgive me."
Zhao Ran said: "Returning the "Ten Sons of Xuanyuan" is my duty as an envoy to Xixia. There is no need for my uncle to worry about it. There is no need to mention it again, otherwise I will have no shame in going to Qingcheng Mountain in the future."
Dongfang Tianshi said: "Having said that, I feel uneasy after all. After thinking about it, there is nothing I can give in return. Since the tower was newly established in Songfan, I must have a lot of money to spend, so I took some yellow and white common things.
Come out, please Zhiran and don’t dislike it.”
Dongfang Li handed over a gift list from the side. Zhao Ran glanced out of the corner of his eye and saw that the first column on it said three hundred kilograms of purple black gold, eighty liters of mercury silver, twenty kilograms of East China Sea green jade, five hundred square meters of asparagus wood, and yellow lead sand.
Eight hundred kilograms, a thousand knives of Daluo talisman paper... Just these materials, Lou Guan himself can't buy them without spending three to five years.
Zhao Ran raised his brows and couldn't help but look at the second column, but there were more than ten high, high, and low-level magic weapons. Apparently, they considered Lou Guan's need to recruit disciples after the new establishment.
Further down, there are one hundred thousand taels of silver, three hundred bolts of silk, eight hundred bolts of Songjiang cloth, two hundred jars of spiritual wine, several bags of seeds of various elixirs and herbs, a thousand catties of incense and candle oil, a complete set of "Tao Zang", etc.
.
A rough calculation shows that the total value should be between 300,000 taels and 400,000 taels.
How much is the "Ten Sons of Xuanyuan" worth? Zhao Ran exchanged it for his Nine Heart Sons Mandala. For such a magical weapon with important historical significance, if someone exchanged it for silver, the price would definitely be more than this amount.
But everything cannot be measured by money alone. At least these items in the first and second columns would be quite laborious to buy with money. It would be impossible to buy them within three to five years. In the case of Jade Emperor Pavilion,
He must have had the financial resources to come up with so many things at once, and he must have gritted his teeth.
What's more, these things are indeed what the Louguan of the newly established Shanmen needs most.
Zhao Ran was cruel, and forcibly looked away from the gift list, and said to Dongfang Tianshi: "Thank you very much, uncle, but it is indeed my duty to return the "Ten Sons of Xuanyuan", and I dare not accept it from my uncle.
Thank you. However, I do have one thing that I would like to ask Master for permission to do."
"Oh? What's the matter? Just tell me."
Zhao Ran then told the story about how his teacher and several disciples broke through. Dongfang Tianshi laughed and said: "Master Jiang is about to be promoted to a great master at such a young age. The following four disciples are all golden elixirs, and Lou Guan
The same lineage will surely rise. I congratulate your master and disciple on this! Louguan has newly occupied Songfan. There is not much credibility in that place. I’m afraid it won’t be that easy for you, master and disciple, to accept death. So, you
Louguan disciples, anyone who needs to be punished can come to Yuhuang Pavilion within three years!"
After a pause, he added: "You also accept this gift list, and it can be regarded as a congratulatory gift from our Jade Emperor Pavilion to your master and apprentice for breaking through. It's settled!"
Zhao Ran didn't need to say anything anymore, Dongfang Tianshi directly guaranteed the post of Lou Guan Sect for three years. At the same time, he added this gift list and packed it up as a reward for Zhao Ran's return of the "Ten Sons of Xuanyuan".
Zhao Ran naturally had nothing to be dissatisfied with, so everyone was happy.
After the matter was settled, Dongfang Celestial Master's expression became obviously much more relaxed. Taoism emphasizes karma and blessings, and you should try your best to resolve any debt you owe to others. Otherwise, it will be of no benefit to the Taoist heart. In serious cases, it may aggravate the heavenly calamity.
After chatting with each other for a few words, Zhao Ran asked about what the Eastern Celestial Master had experienced in Wudang Mountain: "Uncle, in your opinion, what is the biggest reason why Chen Zhenren failed to retreat? My teacher has been accompanying Zhenren Xu to become a hermitage in Wudang.
After that, I was in a bad mood, and as a disciple, I asked twice, but he didn't say anything."
Dongfang Tianshi sighed: "Anyone who hopes to touch the realm of refining the void will not be in a good mood after hearing this. When I heard about this that day, Junior Brother Yangcheng and I rushed to Wudang to investigate the cause of Chen Zhenren's failure.
Because. Within the next six months, there will be no fewer than dozens of high-level cultivators in the Void Refining Realm who will come up the mountain one after another."
After a pause, he pointed at Dongfang Li and said: "On that day, Wu Tianshi of Sanqing Pavilion and Li Tianshi of Dongji Pavilion also took the elites from the pavilion up the mountain to verify the cause of Chen Zhenren's death. Fortunately, Sun Zhenren rushed back to Wudang to preside over it after hearing the news.
A big plan to enable the verification to proceed smoothly."
"The biggest reason why Chen Zhenren failed to break through the realm was his impatience. In the past three years of seclusion, he had left seclusion several times. When talking to his disciples, his words were full of anxiety. He told his disciples many times that he was afraid that he would not be able to make it in time.
. Judging from the few words he recorded during his temporary outings, there is worry between the lines."
"Too late?"
Dongfang Tianshi nodded: "There are currently a total of nine Hedao monks in our Taoist sect. If he can enter Hedao as soon as possible, regardless of merit, he can temporarily grab the tenth place and just catch up with one tail. Of course, the premise is that he
Can live to be three hundred years old."
Seeing that Zhao Ran didn't understand for a while, he added: "The accumulated faith of our Taoist sect, based on the cultivation and cause and effect of the ascended monks, will take about twenty to thirty years to ascend to the next level."
Zhao Ran had never thought about the issue of ascension from this perspective before, because it had nothing to do with him at present. After listening to Dongfang Tianshi's explanation, he suddenly woke up and couldn't help but be horrified.
The seat of ascension is actually the most decisive factor in the life and death of every Hedao realm monk!