Time is like running water, and twelve years have passed in the blink of an eye.
The northern border of Jiuzhou, the southeast of Yan State, and the city boundary of Heyang.
Heyang City was named because it was located on the north side of Yanshui, the largest river in the Yan Kingdom. This city has a boundary of thousands of miles, with numerous villages and towns within it, and the folk customs have always been fierce.
At this time, Fulai Tavern in Machi Town.
It was the dog days of summer, and the sun was blazing in the sky. Pedestrians walking on the bluestone road in the town were in a hurry, but there were some people who took a leisurely stroll in the summer heat without showing a trace of sweat.
That was an old man and a young man.
The old man, who looked to be over seventy years old, was wearing a worn-out sheepskin coat and a pair of rough straw sandals. He was holding a shiny wooden stick in his left hand, with a wine gourd hanging on it, and one end was missing in his right hand. A bald-tailed donkey with one front tooth.
The youngest one, only twelve or thirteen years old, was also dressed in shabby clothes, wearing a pair of straw sandals, with a piece of foxtail grass in his mouth. He had handsome features, but his face was as black as mud.
The old and the young are Xie Xuan and Bai Ze.
"Old man, after this job is done, we will be able to enjoy spicy food for about a month, right?" Bai Ze put his head in his hands and followed the bad old man Xie Xuan, walking step by step.
It has been more than ten years since he came to this world, but in these years, except for teaching him a mysterious breathing method, Bai Ze has learned nothing else.
This breathing and breathing method is called "The Infinite Sutra" by Xie Xuan.
The name sounds domineering, but after so many years of practice, Bai Ze still doesn't understand what he is doing by inhaling and exhaling like this all day long.
The Infinite Sutra makes it clear that it is impossible to practice qi if it is not a Taoist mental method.
This Kyushu world is a fantasy world.
The world is filled with all kinds of energy. This energy is called "qi" by the world.
Among thousands of people, one person is favored by heaven and can practice Qi. Such people are called "monks".
As for monks, there are currently two realms known to Bai Ze. They are mortal and extraordinary respectively.
The world of mortals is divided into three realms: the sea of suffering, the other shore, and Zhiwei.
There are four realms of transcendence: supreme, sage, saint, and legend.
Bai Ze is now not even a rookie in the sea of suffering, let alone becoming one of those legendary masters who can pick leaves and fly swords, bring luck and fortune, and fly with weapons!
"Hey, Fulai Tavern!" Xie Xuan didn't seem to hear Bai Ze's muttering. After seeing the tavern sign and smelling the rich aroma of wine in the hot air, Xie Xuan suddenly started to make bold moves.
The old man was holding the stubborn donkey with his right hand. His pace was so long that he was almost dragging the lazy donkey along. Bai Ze could only keep up with him at a trot.
"Hey, I said you haven't stopped drinking along the way, are you still drinking?" Bai Ze's arms and legs couldn't stand the torment, so he shouted, "Are you reincarnated as an alcoholic!?"
"Hehe, wine is to me like roast chicken and goose to you, the same, the same." Xie Xuan dragged the bald-tailed donkey towards the tavern, but the donkey had a stubborn temper. The more Xie Xuan pulled it, the more it The more you resist.
"Uh-huh?" Xie Xuanniu also lost his temper. He threw the wooden stick at Bai Ze, grabbed the stubborn donkey's hoof, and put it on his shoulder. He let the stupid donkey struggle desperately and screamed like a flower. , the old man ignored him and strode towards the tavern.
The waiter at Fulai Tavern was dumbfounded and stared at the strange combination of an old man and a young boy walking into the tavern.
"Feed this stupid donkey with a bald tail some chaff!" Xie Xuan's nose was so angry that he threw the donkey to the ground and gave the reins to the boy at the door of the tavern.
"I say, old man, you are really good. There is no one else like a donkey." Bai Ze trotted into the tavern.
"A bowl of drinks at Fulai Tavern costs five cents!" The waiter in the tavern shouted in disgust when he saw the two people's outfits.
A group of diners in the tavern also frowned. The appearance of the two of them was really unsightly and degrading to their elegance.
"Blinding your eyes!" Bai Ze got angry. He pulled out the demon elimination notice at the entrance of Machi Town from his arms and slapped it on the wine table. "My master is a famous Taoist master in Jiuzhou. Who in the north can do that?" Extraordinary masters don't show respect to the old man? The Lord of Heyang City has to bow when he sees my master, who do you think you are!?"
"You have such a strong tone, and you are not afraid of the wind blowing your tongue!" On the first floor of the tavern, the knife-catching man shouted loudly and stood up, slapping the table, "I don't know, what ability do these two Taoists have to make the Lord of the City bow? !”
Bai Ze glared, and he vividly demonstrated the power of a dog over a man. He rolled up his sleeves and was about to fuck him.
Xie Xuan ignored it and smelled the intoxicating aroma of the wine in the tavern. He closed his eyes and opened his mouth to take a sip. A jar of aged wine sludge opened on the counter of the shopkeeper and a mouthful of mellow green ant wine flew out of the air like a dragon and flew into the old man's mouth. Between the jagged teeth, he tasted it on the tip of his tongue and swallowed.
"Good wine, good wine!" The old man shook his head, and then grabbed Bai Ze, "How can a Taoist cultivator be so moody and easy-going? That's all, that's all."
Everyone in the tavern was silenced by Xie Xuan's hand taking something from the air.
At least, this is a monk in the world of knowledge, and the one with the highest cultivation level in the whole tavern is only in the other side realm.
The big swordsman sat down awkwardly and drank in a muffled voice.
"Master Dao, please take a seat!" The shopkeeper is a man. When he saw something was wrong, he rushed over with a big smile on his fat face, like a chrysanthemum. He kicked the waiter away and said with a smile: "Master Dao, please take a seat!" He has so many magical powers, how can he care about ordinary people like us! Waiter, here comes the good wine and good food! The Taoist master has eaten and drank enough, and is rushing to slay the demons for me in Ma Chi Town, hurry up!"
"Okay!" The waiter quickly ran to the kitchen.
"I want to add roasted chicken!" Bai Ze shouted, "It would be better to have roasted goose!"
"How can a Taoist be so concerned about his appetite?" Xie Xuan led Bai Ze to sit down and scolded him.
"Then don't eat it." Bai Ze whispered.
Before it's time for a cup of tea, the food and wine are all ready.
Fulai Tavern's best green ant wine, brewed for ten years. One roasted chicken and one roasted goose, and four large pig's trotters were included. The aroma was so fragrant that Bai Ze almost swallowed his tongue.
The shopkeeper sat with him, watching the little Daoist who was only seven years old in front of him not moving with the bowl and chopsticks, and started to grab the whole roast chicken and gnaw it!
"Respect your teacher!" Xie Xuan shouted over with a slap. He grabbed the roasted chicken before Bai Ze, tore off a chicken leg full of oil and water and threw it to Bai Ze. Then he held the rest of the roasted chicken and ate it. Started chewing.
"How can a Taoist be so concerned about his appetite!?" Bai Ze said sarcastically while chewing the chicken leg until his mouth was full of oil.
The shopkeeper was stunned.
If it weren't for what the old man did just now, he would have almost thought that these two people were reincarnated as hungry ghosts and had been beggars for three lifetimes.
The old man and the young man were in a hurry, and in the space of three cups of tea, the food and wine were eaten in a mess.
"This Taoist master, don't you know how to get rid of demons?" The shopkeeper rubbed his hands and laughed.
"The mountain man has his own clever plan." Xie Xuan said inscrutably, "This matter will be resolved within three days. Now I am tired and need a room."
"Okay." The shopkeeper shouted, "Waiter, go up to the room and prepare some for the Taoist Master and the Younger Taoist Master!"
The waiter led the two of them up to the residence on the second floor and took a bath in a large bucket. They washed three buckets of mud before they stopped.
"Are these two Taoist masters the reincarnation of the earth master?" the waiter complained.
"Probably most of the world's masters are like this." The shopkeeper touched his chin and said, and ordered the tavern boy to go to the clothing store in the east of the town to buy decent clothes and good cloth shoes for the two of them.
"Shopkeeper, Master Tao's stubborn donkey won't eat chaff!" The stable boy ran over and reported, "What should we do?"
"Idiot!" the shopkeeper kicked the waiter, "We are serving the best carrots in the back kitchen! How can Master Dao's donkey be an ordinary stubborn donkey? It must be a psychic beast!"
"I don't know if I'm a psychic or not, but that donkey's fart smells really bad..." the man muttered in a low voice.
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The upper room on the second floor of the tavern.
Eat and drink enough, and purify your body. Bai Ze was lying on the bamboo mat bed and asked Xie Xuan: "Sir, I am already twelve years old. I should practice Qi and practice, right?"
"Aren't you practicing the Infinite Sutra?" Xie Xuan said, sitting on the edge of the bed and clasping his feet.
"Don't fool me!" Bai Ze sat up, "The Infinite Sutra is not a qi training method at all, okay? I have been breathing and breathing for more than three years. After all, it is time to get started in qi training, right?"
"You know nothing!" Xie Xuan flicked the mud from his yellow hard nails, and then said, "The breathing method in the "Infinite Sutra" is the superior Taoist method of nourishing Qi. Don't get advantageous and still be good. "
"Nurture qi?" Bai Ze was about to say, "I don't even have qi, so I have to raise a ghost's qi." Suddenly, an idea struck him, and he remembered that his master had mentioned his special physique, the innate Tao fetus!
The innate Tao embryo is one of the three innate divine bodies highly respected by Taoists. To put it simply, the owner of this divine body does not need to practice Qi. At the beginning of his birth, there is an innate true Qi in his body!
This innate true energy is particularly extraordinary. It can be transformed into energy and form, and can cut through gold and stone just as easily as it can pick up flowers.
Is it possible that all these years that I have practiced the Infinite Sutra have been cultivating this innate true energy?
"But after calculating the time, it's enough." Xie Xuan finished buckling his feet without washing his hands. He unscrewed the wine gourd and started drinking. "As a novice monk, there are three realms in the world of mortals, namely the Sea of Bitterness, the Other Shore, and Zhiwei. The exercises and Qi training, Only then can we gather the sea of suffering.”
"The Sea of Bitterness is actually the sea of Qi that we as cultivators gather during Qi training, in the Dantian area." Xie Xuan said, "The reason why it is named after this is to tell monks all over the world that practicing a path is to go against heaven. The road will be hard.”
"You mean, you want to teach me the method of refining qi?" Bai Ze jumped up, almost trampling the bed, and squatted in front of Xie Xuan, his eyes blazing.
"Yeah." Xie Xuan nodded, thinking that the true energy contained in the innate Tao fetus has been cultivated and strong enough. With it as a foundation, this kid's subsequent journey of practicing qi will be much smoother, "But I First of all, I want to ask you, what do you want to cultivate?”
"The Jiuzhou Dao Sect has many branches. There are only three excellent ones." Xie Xuan stretched out three fingers, "They are Qi Cultivation, Heart Cultivation, and Mind Cultivation. The three correspond to Dao Qi, Dao Heart, and Dao Intention respectively. Which one do you want to major in? ?”
"Can't we all practice together?" Bai Ze asked.
"The three sects of this Taoist sect each have their own strengths, and their methods are all profound and mysterious. With your current level, fellow practitioners may be useless." Do you understand the principle of biting off more than you can chew?"
Taoist Qi cultivation is the best in the movement of Qi across the universe, and the powerful and unrivaled Tao Qi can dominate the world and prove the Tao with Qi.
The Taoist heart cultivation focuses on tempering the Taoist heart, using the mental state and the heavenly phenomena to encompass all things and transforming them, and using the heart to prove the Tao.
In Taoist cultivation of mind, the victory lies in Wuji's technique, using skills to control nature and letting the world go freely, and using mind to prove the Tao.
Without even thinking, Bai Ze opened his mouth and said, "I want to cultivate Chunyang!"
"Pfft!" Xie Xuan sprayed out a mouthful of old wine and helped Bai Ze wash his face.
