When Xu Zhuang and Sun Suzhen came out of Deyun Palace, it was already getting late. In the far west, half of the clouds had already set on the sun, and the sky was filled with twilight.
The two of them admired the sunset outside the Cloud Palace for a while, and only looked away after the clouds officially set on the sun.
Xu Zhuang was about to say goodbye to Sun Suzhen, but Sun Suzhen suddenly spoke first: "Junior brother Xu, do you have time to sit down at my brother's place for a while?"
In fact, Xu Zhuang had no leisure time. He had been delayed in Xiaoqingshan for several months and still had a lot of homework to do.
However, he felt that Sun Suzhen seemed to have something to say. After pondering for a moment, he said, "Okay, I haven't been to Suzhen Peak for a while, so I will go to my senior brother to borrow a cup of spiritual tea for a drink."
Sun Suzhen smiled and said: "This is a coincidence. Someone just gave my brother a box of Yushu tea the day before yesterday. This tea does not produce much every ten years. This box of mine is still the best product. It has not been opened yet. Today Then I asked my junior brother to taste it happily."
So the two of them set up the escape light together, left the Cloud Palace, and flew in the right direction. They arrived at Suzhen Peak in just a moment.
Xu Zhuang had been to Sun Suzhen's place once or twice and was very familiar with it. As Sun Suzhen walked into his gorgeous palace, the Taoist boys and maids in the palace saluted one after another.
The two came to the main hall and sat down as guests and hosts. Sun Suzhen was not in a hurry to talk, called the maid, and ordered the fairy tea to be served.
Now that he has arrived, Xuzhuang is not in a hurry. He waits happily for the maid to serve him the jade tree tea. He takes a sip and finds it refreshing and sweet. It is indeed a good taste. As for the aura in it, for Xuzhuang For such a level of cultivation, it seems insignificant.
After the two of them drank tea, Sun Suzhen smiled and said: "What, this Yushu tea is quite suitable for junior brother's taste."
Xu Zhuang responded: "It's indeed good."
Sun Suzhen said leisurely: "If junior brother likes it, I have a way to make junior brother unable to lack this thing in the future."
Xu Zhuang asked with a smile: "Senior brother, do you want to spread some tea leaves for me?"
Sun Suzhen laughed loudly and said: "Yunshi Yushu tea only gave me one box, but I still want to keep it for myself!"
"Oh? Yunshi?" Xu Zhuang rubbed the tea cup on his fingertips and said thoughtfully.
Sun Suzhen said: "Yes, it seems that I borrowed the help of my junior brother. Yun knew that I had a good relationship with my junior brother, so she sent me this tea and asked me to be a middleman for my brother."
Xu Zhuang knew that he had got to the point, so he was not in a hurry to ask and listened carefully.
Unexpectedly, Sun Suzhen smiled mysteriously and suddenly changed the topic and asked: "At the ceremony a few days ago, it was the first time that junior brother met Yun Yaoguang, Senior Sister Yun, right? I wonder what junior brother's impression of Senior Sister Yun was?"
Xu Zhuang's eyelids twitched and he asked, "Senior brother, what do you mean by this question?"
Sun Suzhen said leisurely: "The current head of the Yun family, Uncle Yun Hengce, has no children, but he has three daughters. The eldest daughter is already married and married to a child of the Han family, which can be regarded as a trust. And the second daughter, That is, Senior Sister Yaoguang, who has refined the top-grade golden elixir and has been the pride of recent generations of the Yun family. He only has a daughter left. Although she is well-behaved and beautiful, she does not have much talent for cultivation. He wants to find a good son-in-law for his daughter..."
Speaking of this, Sun Suzhen laughed and continued: "Nowadays, when it comes to who is the most promising and talented person in my Taisu sect, naturally I can't get around you, Junior Brother Xu."
"That's why Uncle Yun specifically found me and asked me to find out what my junior brother said and listen to what he said. As long as he nods his head, I can make the decision to marry my little girl to him."
"But I think that junior brother must have extremely high vision. If he is not a Taoist companion who can help each other on the road, he will not be his choice. So I didn't want to take on this matter."
"But when I refused, Senior Uncle Yun said that if Junior Brother is interested in Senior Sister Yaoguang, he can also try to contact Senior Sister Yaoguang. Senior Uncle Yun also agrees with this matter."
"This..." Xu Zhuang suddenly felt that the tea in his hand became hot. He brought it to his lips and put it back on the table. He sighed helplessly and thought about his refusal.
When Sun Suzhen saw his expression, he knew what he meant and said with a smile: "Junior brother, there is no need to be embarrassed. Senior Uncle Yun just asked me to find out what's going on. He just wanted to talk to me as much as possible for my brother's sake."
Xu Zhuang breathed a sigh of relief and responded: "My younger brother has committed to the great road in this life and has no thoughts of starting a family for the time being. Please, senior brother, please reject Uncle Yun's kindness for me."
Sun Suzhen was not surprised, and just said: "That's fine, but even though the marriage failed, we have released goodwill with the junior brother. Junior brother might as well spend more time with the Yun family. Although the Yun family is lonely now, after all, it is the foundation of a wealthy family..."
Xu Zhuang's eyes moved, but he suddenly remembered something important, so he asked: "What do you mean, senior brother?"
Sun Suzhen said calmly: "It has only been more than thirty years since the 'True Lord's Innate Taisu Realm' was launched. Is Junior Brother confident that he can refine the Nascent Soul within these thirty years?"
"If that doesn't work, borrowing the power of the wealthy family might be an option. Although the Yun family is lonely, they are the foundation of the wealthy family after all. In addition to Senior Sister Yaoguang, support another true disciple to obtain the 'True King's Biography' There are more than enough places for those who are born in the Taisu Realm."
Hearing this, Xu Zhuang frowned slightly, took a sip of spiritual tea, and fell into thought.
The so-called innate Taisu realm of Zhenjun's performance is a secret realm left by the Zhongxing Patriarch, Yushou Zhenjun. According to legend, entering it, one can appreciate the scene of the creation of Taisu by Yushou Zhenjun's performance.
Even for disciples who are not practicing the Three Great True Traditions, this kind of opportunity is highly sought after and has infinite benefits.
The True Lord's Immortal Taisu Realm opens every five hundred years, and many people want to enter it to practice. However, every time it is opened, the number of places that can enter it to practice is limited, and the rules for allocating these places can be said to be very fair. Very unfair.
Fairness lies in the fact that no matter what, it must make way for the sect's Tao-carrying seeds. After the true disciples refine the Nascent Soul, they will definitely get a place to enter the realm of the True Lord's Innate Taisu. If there are remaining places, Only then will it be left to others in the door.
The method of allocating the remaining quotas is even simpler. It is based on good deeds. If you have made enough contributions to the sect, you will naturally get a quota.
In the Taisu Sect, there are twelve giant families standing. Each family has many disciples who can take on sect tasks for the family, refine elixirs, forge magic weapons...all of these can accumulate good deeds. .
And those aristocratic families in their heyday had even more control over countless resources. They even occupied the blessed land outside Taisu's door, and even the stars in the sky, cultivating spiritual veins, mining treasure mines, cultivating elixirs... and providing Taisu with countless tools for cultivation. , replacing good deeds.
Therefore, unless they have made great contributions to the sect, how can ordinary sect members compete for quotas with people supported by aristocratic families? This is why the quota regulations are said to be both fair and unfair.
Xu Zhuang pondered for a long time, and Sun Suzhen was not in a hurry. He drank tea silently, and then he heard Xu Zhuang say: "Senior Brother's words, I have taken note of them, but I still have some time. Let me consider them carefully."
Sun Suzhen smiled and said: "That's natural. I'm just giving you my suggestion. After all, you and I are just talented people. No matter how dedicated we are to practicing, it's hard to say whether we can become a Nascent Soul within thirty years."
"Although if you miss this time, you will naturally be able to get a place five hundred years later, but I don't know what the situation will be like at that time... As we practice Taoism, we are always right to strive for the first step."
Xu Zhuang nodded and responded: "Don't worry, little brother." He raised his tea cup to indicate, took a sip, and said: "But senior brother has obtained the Dharma of Returning the Rivers of Ten Thousand Rivers for the sect, and his good deeds should be enough to occupy the title, right?" .”
Sun Suzhen said with a smile: "Fayuan Dongtian and his team are not the result of me alone. After I asked you to divide the good deeds equally among the five of our brothers, it will not be enough."
Xu Zhuang raised his eyebrows, but without saying any polite words, he asked, "Does senior brother have something planned?"
Sun Suzhen said with a smile: "The Nangong family wants to send a group of disciples to practice the Wanchuanguiliu Dharma. They must not fall under my disciples in the future. I have reached a small consensus with my brother."
"I see."
Sun Suzhen said: "With your current status, junior brother, every family wants to make peace with you. Options other than the Yun family will be presented to you sooner or later. Junior brother, there is no need to worry."
Xu Zhuang smiled and said, "I wonder which other family is looking for a son-in-law?"
Sun Suzhen laughed when he heard the sound.
The two drank tea for a while, talked about some secrets and interesting things in the sect, and exchanged Taoism. After a few hours, Xu Zhuang said goodbye to Sun Suzhen.
After escaping to the clouds, and not long after galloping, I saw the peak of Chongyun Peak rising in the clouds.
Xu Zhuang returned to his mansion and sat down, thinking about it.
What Sun Suzhen said is indeed true. The path to Taoism is to strive for the lead step by step. Who knows what the situation will be like five hundred years from now?
Refining the Yuanying is just a matter of course, but achieving the Yuanshen is rare.
For thousands of years, the high-grade golden elixirs of each generation have never been extinguished. This does not need to be discussed in detail. Let’s just talk about the twelve generations of true traditions, from Dao Chen’s master a thousand years ago to the seven true traditions of today. How many high-grade golden elixir brothers who have become Nascent Soul are still practicing hard?
If Yuanshen is so easy to achieve, why has Taisu only been passed down to twelve generations today?
The Dao of Yuanshen is difficult, difficult, difficult! It can no longer be described in any words. Perhaps just because the practice is a step slower, the possibility of further progress is cut off. This is not a non-existent situation.
Therefore, the opening of the innate Taisu realm of the True Monarch’s performance this time is indeed worthy of competition.
However, how to fight requires careful consideration. The method of marriage... is indeed not what he wants, but if it is not this method, why should the family support an outsider?
Even though Xu Zhuang has unlimited potential and is worthy of being cultivated by the family, what you gain today will be repaid in the future, and casually involving cause and effect cannot be regarded as a superior method.
After thinking for a moment, Xu Zhuang thought: This matter needs to be carefully considered. What the senior brother said is not bad. There will be other options in the future. But the current plan is to focus on practice first.
Now that he has refined gold and mercury, the next thing he has to do is to combine the spirit and the energy to give birth to a baby of the soul. This step is also a hard work. He can quickly become a soul within thirty years. It is not that it is impossible to do it, but there is something else in it. There are gains and losses.
Cultivation in the Nascent Soul realm is divided into three realms.
The first level is to refine the Nascent Soul, and the third level is to achieve the completion of the Nascent Soul. There is no need to talk about these.
The second level is to refine the Gangyun. This Gangyun can be regarded as the result of the Yuanshen monk's achievements, which is also the prototype of the top Qingyun.
When monks reach this level, they can practice Taoism into the Gangyun. From then on, this Taoism will be like derived magical powers such as 'Innate Taisu Yiqi Big Capture' and 'Taisu has invisible sword energy'. Not only does the power increase infinitely with practice, but it can also be picked up easily and adapted to one's heart.
When the monks were refining the Gangyun, they had an opportunity to refine all the Taoist skills into the Gangyun at once. This was really a rare opportunity. If you missed this opportunity, you would not be able to refine the Taoism again in the future. It takes a lot of effort to refine the technique into the Gangyun.
And why is Xu Zhuang worried about this now? But because refining the Nascent Soul is just a matter of course for high-grade golden elixirs, even many high-grade golden elixir monks with deep foundations will refine the Gangyun and step into the Nascent Soul at the same time as they are giving birth to the Nascent Soul. In the second level.
Such examples are not uncommon, so many high-grade golden elixir monks will make sufficient preparations before refining the Yuanying. This is why it is easy to obtain the high-grade golden elixir after refining the Yuanying. The reason for staying in the realm for a long time.
With Xu Zhuang's foundation, he wouldn't think that he couldn't refine the Gangyun in one fell swoop, so before he could refine the Nascent Soul, he needed to practice the Taoist techniques he wanted to refine into the Gangyun.
Although many of his Taoist skills have reached the most basic fifth-level realm, before refining into Gangyun, the higher and deeper he can practice, the more benefits will naturally come. Obviously, the fifth-level Taoist skills are still far from reaching his level. limit.
Xu Zhuang briefly sorted out the Taoist skills he needed to practice, the Five Elements Escape Technique. Xu Zhuang has now practiced to an advanced level. In addition to flying escape, he also has many wonderful functions. The Five Elements Dao is indeed worthy of being the material foundation of Taoist theory. , Xu Zhuang still has to focus on practicing this escape method.
It was an unnamed art. Xu Zhuang had not paid much attention to this art at first. It was not until he caught a glimpse of Zhong Shenxiu's vision of purple and auspicious clouds filling the sky with this art that Xu Zhuang noticed the difference and persisted in practicing it. Today, he was in Yungong again. , he caught a glimpse of Zhou Jun's vibrant five-qi auspicious clouds, and he had already made a guess about this technique.
Perhaps if you practice this art to such an advanced level, it can be used to peek into the mysteries of other people's feet and luck. In this case, Xu Zhuang will not be able to let go of this art.
In addition, there are also the Mysterious Fire and True Thunder, Qianjun Magic Qi, the False Form Technique, and even the five-clawed flame dragon magical power that he is still brewing...
After practicing all these things one by one, it is still unclear whether there will be any achievements within thirty years.
Therefore, becoming a Nascent Soul quickly is not an excellent choice for Xu Zhuang, unless he can find some way to ensure the growth of his merits while practicing Taoism... Xu Zhuang does not want to have more of this kind of delusion Do it, otherwise, let alone make progress together, I'm afraid we will end up with nothing.
What's more, Xu Zhuang hasn't forgotten it yet. He still has a letter, which he should have sent to Tianzhu by now.
Although Li Changfeng has not returned yet, Xu Zhuang has already felt something: "Zhong Shenxiu, I think you will not break your promise."
This matter passed through Xu Zhuang's mind and he didn't think about it anymore.
Xu Zhuang suddenly stood up and turned into a stream of smoke, drifting across the hall, into the quiet room, and fell towards the Xuanbing cave.
In just a few breaths, he had cut away all distracting thoughts and collected his mind. The moment he sat down, he entered a state of tranquility and could no longer move.
(End of chapter)
