Chapter three hundred and eighty first practice shortcuts
Time passed quickly, and just when Chai Daguan decided to practice the concept of spiritual soul, Lu Junyi, a rich man in Daming Mansion and known as the best hero in Hebei, was also deceived into Liangshan by Wu Yong using clumsy tricks.
To be honest, Chai Daguan's people looked down upon Wu Yong's methods and could not stand up to the challenge.
If you really want to win over Lu Junyi, there is no need to use such clumsy methods.
Lu Junyi has a huge flaw, that is, he has no direct blood descendants, but he is one of the top tycoons in Daming Mansion. How can it be said that the officials of Daming Mansion have no intention of embezzling the Lu Mansion's property?
All you need to do is establish a good relationship with Lu Junyi in advance, make him feel good about Liangshan, and then privately encourage Liang Zhongshu of Daming Palace to take action.
With the IQ shown by Lu Junyi in the original work, there is a high probability that he will be tricked into prison. Liangshan rescued people at this time, and it was easy to pull the people to the cottage, and he could also gain Lu Junyi's infinite gratitude.
Unlike the original work, Lu Junyi and Song Jiang seem to be inseparable, artificially creating the biggest hidden danger in Liangshan!
Disapproving in his heart, Chai Daguan did not come forward much.
Ordinarily, Cangzhou is located in Hebei, and he is the strongest local gangster in Cangzhou, so he and Lu Junyi have a lot in common.
It's just that he was unwilling to cooperate with Wu Yong's clumsy methods. He only attended a few banquets in the first few days after Lu Junyi was tricked into going up the mountain, but he didn't show up much after that.
Although Wu Yong felt unhappy, he was helpless with the firewood...
On the other hand, Lu Junyi and Yan Qing, who were forcefully invited up the mountain, were quite curious about everything on Liangshan Mountain.
How should I put it, Liangshan's forced invitation naturally aroused their dissatisfaction, but people had to bow their heads under the eaves.
As time passed, Lu Junyi was still fine, and Yan Qing, who was attentive, noticed some subtle abnormalities on Liangshan Mountain.
Except for the first few days on the mountain, where we enjoyed big fish and meat, the meals we enjoyed during the rest of the time were all small but very delicate and delicious dishes.
Although the taste is not as good as that of famous chefs from Daming Mansion, it is still quite rare. After all, Liangshan is a strongman's village, so you don't have to expect the quality of the food here to be high.
Not only was the quality of the food rare, but Yan Qing was also surprised by the neat clothes worn by the villagers.
After all, Liangshan is just a den of thieves. Even if the leaders all wear gold, silver, silk and satin, it is understandable.
But the life and clothing of the low-level minions are definitely not very good.
It's the Daming Mansion Forbidden Army, just like that bird.
The generals are living a comfortable life, but the officers and soldiers at the bottom are really miserable.
In particular, many of the lower-level officers and soldiers of the Daming Prefecture Forbidden Army make extra money in the three-tile-two-house building where Yan Qing often hangs out.
Playing and singing, working as an errand boy delivering takeaways, etc. He is a good player.
But that's the case. Few of the lower-level Forbidden Army officers Yan Qing has come into contact with wear new clothes. It would be good if they can insist on keeping their clothes clean and tidy.
He originally thought that a den of thieves like Liangshan would be more unbearable, but what he saw was a surprise to him. It felt quite incredible.
The soldiers of Liangshan's front camp were all dressed in bright clothes. Although many of the clothes worn by the minions were not fresh, overall they were clean and tidy, without many patches or the like.
This is really remarkable, considering that in this era, cloth was almost like currency.
Ordinary soldiers in Liangshan can wear undamaged, clean and tidy clothes. This kind of financial resources is quite remarkable.
Not just clothes, Yan Qing keenly discovered that the daily necessities on Liangshan were no less than those in Daming Mansion, and were even more colorful.
Yan Qing was quite confused by this situation.
Doesn’t it mean that strongmen make a living by looting?
These days, the Lord of Liangshan, Song Jiang, has been with him almost every day, but he has not seen anyone from Liangshan going out, let alone going out to plunder. Where do they get their daily necessities?
It's not that I didn't think that they were left over from previous plunders, but some living supplies couldn't be kept for a long time at all, and Liangshan was still able to take them out in a steady stream, which is very interesting.
Another thing is that the environment of Liangshan Qianying is quite good. It is clean and tidy and makes you feel comfortable. It is not dirty or messy at all as expected.
On the other hand, the environment and order in the military camp are similar to those of the Forbidden Army barracks in Daming Mansion. They are just as bad.
Since there is a front camp, there will naturally be a rear camp, but Yan Qing has never heard Song Jiang and other accompanying Liangshan leaders mention the rear camp.
Of course, as a 'guest', it's not easy to do much research. I just feel that the overall feeling of Liangshan is quite strange and weird.
Just like the original work, Liang Shan's process of wooing Lu Junyi was not smooth.
Think about it, if you are a good official of the Daming Palace, you don’t want to work outside, but you come to Liangshan to be your younger brother?
As long as your brain is not broken, such thoughts will not arise.
Chai Daguan had no interest in this at all. Lu Junyi's martial arts skills were indeed not bad, but they were not so strong that they were difficult to understand.
Yu Qilin is obsessed with martial arts, and his abilities in other areas are inevitably lacking.
Of course, Lu Junyi was born into a wealthy family after all. Even if all his thoughts were focused on martial arts, his knowledge and abilities were stronger than most of the leaders in Liangshan.
After all, he is also the head of the wealthy Lu family, and he still has some management skills. Otherwise, he would not be the only person in Liangshan who can lead an army in the original work.
But even so, Chai Daguan didn't pay too much attention.
At the moment, he is putting most of his thoughts on cultivating the Soul Contemplation Method.
The method of contemplating the soul chosen by Chai Daguan is the top method of conceiving the main world - "Eternal Star Map"!
As the name suggests, it is to visualize the eternal stars and form the state of the eternal stars in the sea of consciousness. It is said that if the visualization can be completed completely, the soul will be infinitely elevated.
That being said, it's really luck...
I originally thought that the highest level of the method of conceiving the soul in the main world would not exceed the middle level.
Who would have known that when I was thinking back, I would discover such a top-notch method of contemplating the soul as the "Eternal Star Map".
It stands to reason that even in the Dharma Ending Period, such a top-notch contemplation method would not be easy for people to look at.
However, the "Eternal Star Map" method of contemplating the soul is a bit strange.
Chai Daguan thought about it carefully, and after he figured it out, he couldn't help but smile bitterly in his heart. This thing is really cheating.
If you want to learn the top-level observation method of "Eternal Star Map", you must have a sufficient understanding of the starry sky in the main world, as well as enough knowledge of astronomy and stars to be eligible for entry.
No matter which world, or which time and space, astronomical knowledge is the most advanced knowledge, and it is also the most difficult to understand or get started with.
In the main world, ordinary powerful children cannot learn astronomical knowledge. There are simply no resources and teachers in this area.
In the world of Water Margin, the situation will only become more extreme.
Except for the nobles with profound knowledge, the royal family and the Qintian Prison, there was no other place where one could learn astronomical knowledge.
If you want to successfully visualize the ancient stars, in addition to understanding astronomical knowledge, you must also have a very in-depth understanding of the condensed stars. At the very least, you must understand their trajectory and patterns in the starry sky.
In short, without profound knowledge and a deep understanding of star charts, it is simply a dream to practice the "Ancient Star Chart".
The huge calculation amount of star trajectories alone is enough to make an innate master collapse.
I estimate that even in the ancient Qi training era, this method of spiritual soul visualization and cultivation was quite difficult to practice, or even difficult to get started with.
With such huge restrictions, it is no wonder that this top-notch spiritual soul visualization and cultivation method is not taken seriously in Zhenbei Gongfu in the main world.
Even if it is presented openly, how many people can successfully get started with cultivation?
Even for Chai Daguan, it is quite difficult to get started with cultivation.
But in the world of Water Margin, he has a shortcut...
As Liangshan became more and more powerful, people from Chai Daguan clearly felt that good luck was coming, which was very abnormal.
After all, they were just a bunch of bandits. Even during the Sui and Tang Dynasties, Wagang Village was at its peak, and the luck it could muster was probably not as good as that of Liangshan.
But is Liangshan comparable to Wagang Village in its heyday?
The only explanation is that the heroes of Liangshan really have the fate of the stars, so they can gather great fortune when their momentum is not strong enough.
Chai Daguan's natal star is Tiangui. When Liangshan's popularity rises, he will naturally follow the rising tide and be able to reap a steady stream of star luck.
And if you use your own natal star luck as a guide and visualize the 108 stars of Tiangang and Earth, you can get twice the result with half the effort in the Liangshan realm of the Water Margin world.
Therefore, after choosing the method of soul visualization and practice in "The Ancient Star Map", Chai Daguan built a new observatory somewhere in the back camp on a starry night, and worked hard to find the natal star Tiangui Star.
Instead, it can be visualized smoothly in the sea of consciousness.
A twinkling star suddenly appeared in the originally chaotic sea of consciousness. Without Chai Daguan's active guidance, it followed some strange trajectory and swayed in the chaotic space of the sea of consciousness.
I don't know why, but the power of the soul, which was originally strong but scattered, seemed to be pulled, and like the swallows throwing themselves into the forest, they all poured into the imagined shining star.
In the sea of consciousness, the visualized Tiangui Star became more and more dazzling after absorbing a large amount of spiritual power. The qi, blood, muscles, bones, and internal organs seemed to be pulled by mysterious power and slowly vibrated according to some magical laws.
The next moment, Chai Daguanren opened his eyes...
I just feel that the whole world is clearer, and the bright starry sky above my head seems to be within reach. A stream of magical power and mysterious tracks appear in front of my eyes. The energy, blood, muscles, bones, and internal organs in my body seem to be shaking constantly following the trajectory of a certain star.
At this moment, he seemed to be breathing the same fate as the bright starry sky above his head. A magical feeling of unity between heaven and man came to his heart. It seemed that if he wanted to, he could completely integrate into the entire bright starry sky.
Um?
Chai Daguan suddenly woke up. The previous strong expectation to completely merge with the bright starry sky dissipated in an instant, and a layer of cold sweat appeared on his forehead unknowingly.
It's so dangerous, I almost lost my mind completely just now and couldn't wake up...