The steward of the Confidential Department, whose surname is Wang, is an old man with gray hair and a slender face.
When Zhao Lin walked in, he was holding an ancient book and was fascinated by it. From time to time he picked up the fragrant tea at hand and took a sip, looking very leisurely.
Hearing the footsteps, Manager Wang looked up and saw that it was a young disciple from the Spiritual Dao Academy, so he ignored it and continued reading with his head down.
Zhao Lin knew that this person could be in charge of such a confidential place and must be someone trusted by the master. He disapproved of his attitude and said, "I have met Mr. Wang. I am Zhao Lin, a disciple of Lingdao Academy. I am here to receive the gift." Good deeds.”
Manager Wang had a sullen face, but he immediately laughed after hearing this.
Although he looks only in his fifties or sixties, he is actually over ninety years old.
Before practicing Taoism, he was a scholar in Hanchijie who failed to pass the examination for a long time. In order to gain fame, he studied the books of saints all day long, and his temperament was somewhat pedantic.
After practicing for many years, I still attach great importance to the etiquette of the world.
The disciples from the Spiritual Dao Academy who came the day before yesterday kept calling him senior brother, which made him very angry.
If they were in the mortal world, the grandfathers of these young men would probably be a generation younger than themselves, yet they actually had the nerve to call themselves senior brothers?
Where is the ethical code?
I can't help but punish these boys who don't understand etiquette.
Zhao Lin's title made him very satisfied.
Manager Wang smiled and said: "My little friend, are you here to receive good deeds?"
He didn't like young disciples to call him senior brother, but Zhao Lin called him Mr. Wang, but he was willing to lower himself to show his closeness. This is the subtlety of human nature.
Zhao Lin was slightly startled, thinking to himself, didn't he just say that he came here to receive the meritorious deeds? Why would he ask again?
Moreover, it is a bit strange that this person is arrogant in front and respectful in back.
But he still replied: "Exactly, I'm sorry to bother Mr. Wang."
"No trouble, no trouble."
Manager Wang waved his hands repeatedly and said: "Wait a moment, don't stand, sit down quickly!"
As he spoke, he took out a wooden box from the cabinet next to him, rummaged through it for a while, and took out two pieces of jade, one green and one red.
The two jade stones are the same size, three inches long and two inches wide, slightly smaller and thinner than the spirit stone.
Zhao Lin took the jade stone and was stunned for a moment, thinking that he was here to receive good deeds, why did he give two jade stones?
Manager Wang laughed when he saw this, "This is a jade slip. It's my first time seeing you..."
Then he explained it pleasantly.
In fact, Zhao Lin has been in the clan for more than half a year, and many things have become clear. Of course, he also knows about the jade slips, but he has never seen them.
After listening to what Manager Wang said, he understood what he was holding.
Jade slips are similar to spiritual stones. They are also a special kind of jade, but they store spiritual thoughts instead of spiritual energy.
As long as a specific magic circle is refined in the jade slips, spiritual thoughts can be turned into words or even graphics.
Jade slips can be understood as books in the world of immortality. They can be used to pass down Taoism, record the monks' insights, and can also be used as notes.
Compared with books, jade slips contain more content and are more convenient. Contents between jade slips can also be easily copied.
In addition to ordinary jade slips, there is also a kind of true meaning jade slip, which can record more complex information such as sounds and images.
"Why are there two jade slips?"
Zhao Lin didn't rush to check, but asked.
"The red jade slip is also called the Zhaoshen Stone. Your good deeds are recorded in it. The green jade slip is for your own use."
Manager Wang said with a smile, "As for how to use it, you will know once you try it."
Zhao Lin was also a little curious, and immediately separated a ray of consciousness and sank into the blue jade slip.
When his spiritual consciousness entered it, he immediately saw a long and narrow space, like a long unfolded book. Every foot or so, there were vertical lines that divided the long book into multiple pages.
Zhao Lin knew that this was not a real space and could not be used to store items. It was just a mirror image displayed by the magic circle for the monks to read.
With a thought in his mind, he used his spiritual consciousness to write on the first page: Xuanyuan Continent.
Sure enough, these words immediately appeared on the jade slip, and with another thought, these words were erased, which was quite magical.
Zhao Lin tried to draw a bird again, and the painting was also completed, which was better than his usual drawings.
"interesting."
In front of outsiders, Zhao Lin couldn't wait too long, so he put down the green jade slip and picked up the red one.
When his spiritual consciousness entered, he saw a paragraph of text: "Zhao Lin, Hanchijie martial arts cultivator, entered the sect in the year of Renyin, had middle-grade spiritual roots, and was thirty-one years old..."
"Cumulative good deeds: one hundred and three."
Zhao Lin suddenly understood that this jade slip was equivalent to his personal file. As long as he showed this jade slip wherever he went in Chenghua Sect, the local stewards would know his identity.
I tried writing on it, but found that the jade slip had no response. It seemed that only the sect could modify it using secret techniques.
Manager Wang warned: "The jade slips are important things. They must be taken care of, especially the body-illuminating stone. Don't lose it."
"In order to avoid being picked up and pretended to be someone else, I remember to drop blood when I go back so that I can recognize the owner."
"Thank you, Mr. Wang, for reminding me."
Before Zhao Lin left, he suddenly remembered something and asked, "Mr. Wang, can I ask if good deeds can be exchanged for spiritual stones?"
The spiritual chart analysis spell is very expensive, and a perfect spell requires thousands of spiritual stones. Zhao Lin is still in the apprenticeship stage and has no way to earn spiritual stones.
Although good deeds are very important, as long as the spells are practiced well, you can earn more good deeds in the future, and it is not impossible to exchange a small amount for some.
Manager Wang raised his eyebrows and said: "Good deeds can be exchanged for anything, including spiritual stones. However, one good deed can only be exchanged for five spiritual stones."
Zhao Lin was surprised and said: "So few?"
Manager Wang smiled "hehe", "That's why no one is willing to exchange good deeds for spiritual stones."
"This rule was set when the sect was founded. At that time, spiritual stones were rare and precious, so they were rarely exchanged."
"Now that the production of spiritual stones has increased, no one is willing to use good deeds in exchange for it, and no one suggests changing the rules, so it has always been used."
At this point, he said earnestly and sincerely: "You can use your good deeds for anything, but don't use them to exchange for spiritual stones. It's not cost-effective!"
But at the end, he added, "Even if you change, it won't be this way."
Zhao Lin heard what he meant, his expression changed, and he asked: "Mr. Wang, good deeds cannot be transferred, right? What do you mean?"
Manager Wang smiled slightly and said in a low voice: "Of course good deeds cannot be transferred, but you can ask other monks what they need. If you use your good deeds to get it, he will give you the spiritual stone. Isn't that enough?"
Zhao Lin suddenly realized that this method was easy to say, and he might not have thought of it if no one suggested it. He thanked him seriously before leaving the confidential area.
…
Early morning, Qianbu Cliff.
Zhao Lin sat cross-legged and carried out his daily practice exercises as usual.
Breathe in and out, move the energy and Qi.
Just when the red sun was rising, a soft "chi" sound came from the body.
Zhao Lin was overjoyed that he finally opened the thirteenth acupoint and entered the second level of Qi Refining.
There is a small gap between each level of the Qi Refining Realm. It took him twice as long as before to open this Qi orifice.
After breaking through the first level, I could clearly feel a slight increase in spiritual power within my body.
In the world of immortality, spiritual power and magic power are often used interchangeably. In fact, the two are a little different.
The monk absorbs spiritual energy into the body, turns it into spiritual power, and then uses it to cast spells, which is magic power. The two have similar meanings, so no wonder some people can't tell them apart.
"My spiritual power has increased a bit. I wonder if I can use the spell to a small degree now?"
Zhao Lin exhaled a breath of white air and slowly stopped the exercise. He decided to stop practicing here today and go back to try the Rock Armor Technique later.
Although he has absorbed the spirit of Pipa Catfish and his cultivation speed is no longer slow, even catching up with many disciples with high-grade spiritual roots, Zhao Lin still has a sense of urgency.
There is no other reason than age.
Others are only in their teens and can take things step by step and move steadily, but I can't wait.
On the one hand, we must speed up our practice, and on the other hand, we must accumulate more good deeds. One foundation-building pill will not make two pills, and two pills will not make three pills...
Zhao Lin once told a rumor that there was a small sect on the island south of Chenghua Sect, and the sect’s supreme elder in the Purple Mansion Realm had a very beloved great-great-grandson who was a mortal spiritual root.
The Supreme Elder was nearing the end of his life. In order to allow his great-great-grandson to establish a foundation, he did not hesitate to drain the sect's wealth for ten years and misappropriated a large number of precious pills for his great-great-grandson to take, including more than thirty foundation-building pills alone.
Relying on these elixirs, a mortal spiritual root can be pushed into the foundation-building realm.
However, his behavior also aroused public anger, and the sect soon broke into internal strife and fell apart soon after.
The rumors sounded a bit outrageous, and Zhao Lin didn't believe it at first, but after asking Elder Wu, he didn't expect that it actually happened.
It can be seen from this that no matter how poor your qualifications are, as long as you have enough pills, you can at least enter the foundation building realm.
I don't have such a grandfather, so I can only obtain the Foundation Building Pill by accumulating good deeds.
"Don't be afraid of a long road, as long as there is a road..."
After letting his thoughts wander for a while, when the sky was bright, Zhao Lin and the disciples went down the mountain and walked towards the Lingdao Temple.
There are a lot of people in Lingdao Academy today. In addition to the disciples in the academy, there are also many monks who came from other mountains.
A rough count showed that there were five to six hundred people, and most of the monks from Hanchi County were present.
The reason why everyone is here is because today is the day when Miao Kefa, the honorary elder of the sect, comes to the county to give lectures.
When it comes to Miao Kefa, he is a famous figure in Chenghua Sect.
Although he is only at the eighth level of Qi Refining, he is the only monk in the entire sect who has perfected two first-level spells.
Because of his poor spiritual root qualifications and the accidental damage to his spiritual roots during practice, taking various elixirs including the Foundation Establishment Pill failed to improve his cultivation further.
But even so, Miao Kefa was awarded the title of Honorary Elder by the sect for his achievements.
You must know that there are many elders in the sect, including county-level elders and state-level elders, but Miao Kefa is a sect-level elder.
It has been extremely rare in history to receive this honor with a cultivation level in the Qi Refining Realm.
"My magic skills are perfect...very good. If you don't hit me with your magic twice today, I won't be able to leave!"
Zhao Lin stood in the crowd, staring at the high platform in front of him, thinking anxiously and expectantly.
(End of chapter)
