After leaving Yunkong Pavilion, Li Yizhi found Yaxing again.
He first paid compensation for the ruined house, and then asked, "I want to buy a martial arts gym, or find a street house suitable for a martial arts gym, preferably in a civilian area. Do you have any suitable ones here?"
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Yaren said in confusion, "Sir, why do you want to put the martial arts gym in a civilian area? It is said that the poor are poor in culture and rich in martial arts. If you put the martial arts gym in a civilian area, it will be difficult to recruit disciples. I happen to have a seat here.
The martial arts school is located in the bustling Zhuque Street, so it should be the most suitable for you."
"This is my plan, just tell me if you can find a suitable place?" Li Yizhi said calmly.
He opened a martial arts gym not to make money, but to spread martial arts throughout the world.
To spread martial arts all over the world, he cannot do it alone. He needs a large number of disciples who are willing to open martial arts schools all over the country.
And for such a disciple, only commoners are the most suitable.
Because they long for success in martial arts, they also long for money.
If you were a person from a wealthy background, and your family already had a lot of money, how could you be willing to open martial arts schools all over the country? Taking part in the imperial martial arts competitions was the only way to go.
Yaren hurriedly smiled and said, "Yes, I can find it. Master, do you have any requirements for the place?"
"More than three acres and less than ten acres is fine."
"There happens to be a private house suitable for the young master. It is located on Dahe Street in the south of the city. It covers an area of five acres and one-third, and the price is twenty-five thousand taels."
"It's okay, let's go take a look first."
In a city, generally speaking, civilians live in the south of the city.
Dahe Street is a relatively lively street, with residential houses located on the east side of the street and a small river flowing through it.
The private house has a three-entry layout, with many green bamboos planted along the walls, making the environment quite quiet.
After entering the house, Yaren showed Li Yizhi the house and introduced, "The original owner of this house was a porcelain businessman. He shipped a ship of porcelain from the south last month. Unfortunately, he accidentally collided with a wealthy man's cargo ship.
If it is overturned, not only will the tens of thousands of taels of porcelain be wasted, but the rich and powerful will have to be compensated, so they will not be able to start selling off their property."
Li Yizhi looked inside and out and decided to buy the house.
Li Yizhi was busy in the next few days. After trading with the porcelain merchant, he moved into the house.
However, the transfer of ownership will still take three days and must be filed at the Yamen.
Although Li Yizhi does not have a household registration, it is really simple for people from Yahang to register.
Of course, this requires a cashier.
Opening a martial arts gym is no small matter. It requires a slight renovation of the house and the purchase of a group of servants to maintain the daily operation of the martial arts gym.
The matter is not big, but it is very complicated and needs to be done personally.
After five busy days, everything was finally done, and the custom-made plaque was hung up. It was just covered with a layer of red silk and could not be opened until the opening day.
As for the name of the martial arts hall, Li Yizhi named it Zhutian Martial Arts Hall and it is scheduled to open in three days.
On this day, Li Yizhi was practicing boxing in the backyard. His punches were steady and powerful, fierce and steady, like a wild bull charging forward.
There are three forms of the Bull Demon's Powerful Technique, namely the 'Ox Demon's Top Horn', 'The Ox Demon's Treading Hoof' and 'The Ox Demon's Hide Transport'.
Each pose has a hundred variations, which are complex and varied. It can be used from simple to complex, from meat training, muscle training, to membrane training.
After half a month of practice, he has now moved beyond muscle training and started to practice skin membrane.
With the end of the meat training and muscle training, the benefits of Li Yizhi's re-cultivation of Yangshen Martial Arts gradually became apparent. Not only was his physical strength greatly increased, but the color of the blood pills in his Dantian also deepened a lot, and his strength was greatly improved.
According to Li Yizhi's estimation, his strength at this time should be considered to have steadily entered the level of human immortal.
At this time, an old man in his fifties came in, bowed and said, "Master, there are two people outside who want to see you. One calls himself Xiao Anran and the other is Chen Zimo. The old slave has already led them to the living room. ."
Li Yizhi stopped, feeling a little surprised.
Xiao Anran is the leader of Fang Xiandao, and Chen Zimo is the lay name of the painting saint Qian Daozi.
The two of them came together, probably for the painting, because according to the plot of the original work, during this period, Fang Xiandao should have asked Qian Daozi to paint the portrait of the Taoist ancestor.
Five days have passed since the portrait auction. According to Fang Xiandao's influence, it is not difficult to find him.
Thinking of this, Li Yizhi said, "Okay, I understand, go down, Old Hu."
Lao Hu, whose full name is Hu Zhong, is one of the slaves purchased by Li Yizhi and is the steward of Zhutian Martial Arts Hall.
In fact, Lao Hu was once the housekeeper of an official. Because the official committed a crime, his home was confiscated and executed, and Hu Zhong was demoted to a slave.
"Yes, sir!"
Lao Hu bowed again, turned and left.
When Li Yizhi came to the living room, he saw two people sitting on each side. On the left was a middle-aged Taoist priest, who was Xiao Anran, and on the right was an old man with gray hair. He probably painted Shengqian Daozi.
"Two seniors came to this humble abode, but they couldn't welcome you from far away. They still hope to atone for their sins. Haha!"
Li Yizhi bowed his hands and said with a smile.
Xiao Anran and Gan Daozi both stood up and said, "Where is it? We are taking the liberty of visiting this time. We hope not to disturb Mr. Li."
After exchanging pleasantries, both parties took their seats.
Li Yizhi asked, "Two seniors came here to meet each other. What's the matter?"
Xiao Anran bowed his head and said, "Mr. Li, our Fang Xiandao would like to ask you to draw a picture of Yuanyang Taoist Master, and we hope you can agree."
Li Yizhi chuckled lightly and said, "Senior Xiao, why should we sacrifice the near and seek the far away? Senior Qian Daozi is the most famous painting saint in our dynasty. How can I use my meager skills well?"
Gan Daozi shook his head and said, "Mr. Li's words are embarrassing to Lao Cheng. Your self-portrait contains endless Confucian truth, which Lao Cheng is far inferior to. If it is just an ordinary Yuanyang Taoist portrait, Lao Cheng can naturally do the job." .It’s just that what Brother Xiao wants to ask Mr. Li to draw this time is the Yuanyang Taoist used to practice visualization.”
Li Yizhi raised his eyebrows. Gan Daozi's words moved his heart, and he realized something he had ignored before.
In terms of painting, his self-portraits are almost comparable to the great Buddhas in the Amitabha Sutra in the past.
Since the Buddha can be used to visualize, suppress the soul, and make the soul immortal, why can't his self-portrait be used to visualize?
Of course, his previous self-portrait contained the meaning of Confucianism and Taoism, which at most opened up people's wisdom and had little practical significance in cultivating Taoism.
But what if it were other paintings?
Such as Pangu Tu!
If he could give Pangu Tu the artistic conception of opening the sky, wouldn't he be able to create his own Taoism and Taoism?
Of course, Li Yizhi also knew that it was not easy to create a Taoism. The reason why his self-portrait could contain the endless true meaning of Confucianism was because he was proficient in Confucianism.
But he didn't know anything about Kai Tian's intention.
On the contrary, Li Yizhi was extremely familiar with the true meaning of Qian and Kun in the "Qian Kun Dian", but he could use it as a foundation to create his own Qian Kun Taoism.
However, before creating his own Taoism, he must read various Taoism classics to increase his knowledge.