The next day, in front of the Taoist Temple Ningxiang Courtyard.
Chu Chen was surprised to find that Wang Ping was also here.
"Brother Wang, why are you here?"
Wang Ping chuckled, took out an incense card from his sleeve, and shook it.
"I have it too."
"Bought with money?"
Wang Ping shook his head: "No, no, no, how could it be bought with money?"
Chu Chen was puzzled: "Where did that come from?"
"This starts with my father, the county governor..."
Wang Ping Balabala started talking.
The matter was very simple. Wang Ping complained to his family after he returned. It happened to be a coincidence. Wang Ping's father was the governor of another county and had a wide network of contacts. He got in touch with Ningxiang and everyone overnight.
Seeing that Wang Ping barely passed the exam and that he was a good friend, Ningxiang and everyone accepted him.
After Wang Ping finished speaking, he took out three packs of Yihun Xinxiang from his sleeves and handed them directly to the little ghost lying on Chu Chen's shoulder, giving him a thumbs up.
"Little devil, I misunderstood you. My luck was really good yesterday, and I just passed the test. Tsk, tsk, tsk, you can also calculate this. Your ability to foretell bad luck is really amazing."
Chu Chen: "..."
What does this have to do with the little devil's omen of bad luck?
It's entirely due to your father, the county governor!
On the other side, the sleepy kid's eyes widened and he suddenly became energetic.
Three packets of incense, how many incense sticks are there!
"Thank you, Senior Brother Wang~ Senior Brother Wang, you are such a good person!"
The little devil "snatched" the Yihun Xinxiang and held the Xinxiang in his hands. When he turned into a "little dot", his whole face was "swamped" by the three packets of incense, and his face was full of happiness.
"Senior brother, you see, I am also very good at auspicious omens."
The little kid looked at Chu Chen proudly.
With three packets of incense in hand, he felt that he was ready again.
Chu Chen smiled and did not hit the little guy.
...
In the next few days, Chu Chen had another lesson in the Taoist temple - learning the art of making incense.
Becoming a disciple of Master Ningxiang is not a formal introduction, it is more like learning a "craft" and not joining other people's sect.
There will be no pie in the sky, and learning a craft naturally requires tuition and a generous stipend.
Shu Xiu doesn't want bacon, longan, etc., so I can give them all in cash - five thousand jade coins.
This is similar to a training class. Everyone in Ningxiang can promote the way of fragrance and make money.
Although Ningxiang and everyone are here to make money, there are requirements for accepting disciples, and they can teach real skills, so they have a good reputation in the Taoist temple.
After Chu Chen passed the assessment of everyone in Ningxiang, both Chen's father, Chen's mother, and his master and uncle were very happy.
Learning the art of making incense is quite expensive.
In addition to the gift of five thousand jade coins, the subsequent practice of making incense will cost even more money.
That night, Chen's father and Chen's mother gave Chu Chen five thousand jade coins.
Chen's father, Chen Jiaxian, was famous for his achievements, was a seventh-level Taoist, and did not go out to serve as an official. It was not easy to give him five thousand jade coins.
It’s not surprising that parents support their son’s education.
To Chu Chen's surprise, his master, Taoist Master Xu Ping, also gave him five thousand jade coins.
Even the master, Taoist Boyunlei, gave him two thousand jade coins.
Chu Chen was inexplicably moved when he received 12,000 jade coins.
A person's life is full of worldly affairs, and what makes people obsessed with them is nothing more than these little bits of warmth.
Three days to get started.
Chu Chen learned the "Wonderful Method of Condensing Fragrance".
"The Secret of Ningxiang" is a technique for making incense created by Ningxiang masters. It is divided into two volumes.
The first volume is "The Wonderful Method of Incense"
The second volume is "Secret Tips for Making Incense".
After studying the second volume of "The Art of Making Incense", you can master the art of "combining incense", which is a serious art of making incense.
As long as you have the Xinxiang Lingxiang recipe, you can try to make incense.
After studying the previous volume "The Wonderful Method of Incense", you will be able to master the "sincerity and tranquility" of the incense, and the ultimate principle of the incense.
To put it bluntly, the first volume of "The Wonderful Method of Ningxiang" trains incense masters, and the second volume trains incense craftsmen.
Disciples from the outer sect who pay a high amount of rituals can generally only learn the next volume of "Secrets of Making Incense".
Chu Chen learned the art of making incense just to refine [Tongtian Ruyi Xinxiang] for himself, and did not intend to further his studies in the incense path.
"Secrets of Making Incense" was enough for him.
After learning the secret of "combined incense", Chu Chen had the ability to refine spiritual incense.
As for the level of ability, it depends on daily practice.
A superb craft is inseparable from hard practice day and night.
In the next half month, Chu Chen spent the rest of his time practicing the art of making incense, in addition to practicing his morning and evening exercises every day and refining his weapons.
After practicing like crazy, his incense-making skills have improved significantly.
He quickly mastered several common spiritual incense incense, such as Yihun Xinxiang.
The progress was gratifying, but Chu Chen was not happy at all.
Of the twelve thousand jade coins given by my parents, master, and uncle, I spent only more than one thousand jade coins in just half a month.
Next, he had to rely on his own savings to practice the art of making incense.
The only one who is happy is probably the little devil.
In the past half month, the little ghost boy has been full of enthusiasm and happiness every day he saw everyone.
According to the little ghost's words, it has reached the Paradise of Paradise, and its ghost life is complete.
Yunshuiju.
Master and apprentice Chu Chen and Xu Ping were dining at the table.
For those who are practicing Buddhism, their need for food is no longer a necessity, but more of a desire for food.
In addition, grains and grains contain a small amount of spiritual energy from heaven and earth. Eating them occasionally is of great benefit to practitioners.
"Little devil, if you don't practice hard every day and smoke incense every day, your senior brother's cultivation will soon catch up with you."
Taoist priest Xu Ping was quite displeased when he saw that the kid had no intention of inhaling the aroma of coriander and coriander, and he scolded him.
The little kid was hiding in the corner, quite humble, not daring to refute even a word.
Chu Chen smiled. During this period, in addition to practicing hard on the incense making technique, he also kept up with his daily practice. The fifth "Yuanjun of the five internal organs" was about to be enlightened into a Yuanling.
Once he is refined, he will be at the ninth level, and his promotion is just around the corner, and he will soon be able to catch up with the little devil of the eighth level.
Speaking of which, the little devil's Taoist cultivation is not low. It has been many years since he entered the eighth level, but he has not been able to advance to the seventh level. In addition, except for the ability to predict "bad luck", his other magical powers are very average.
After Taoist Xu Ping finished talking about the little devil, he asked about Chu Chen again:
"Apprentice, how are you learning the art of making incense?"
Chu Chen smiled and said, "It's not bad. I have mastered some of the more common spiritual incense such as the Soul-Benefiting Xinxiang and the True Spirit Revealing Incense."
Taoist priest Xu Ping nodded: "That's right! The Lingxin incense recipe is quite precious. You don't have to search for it specially. You can collect it slowly in the future. You must first master the basic skills and your incense making skills will become more and more refined."
Chu Chen nodded and did not say much about himself. Instead, he looked at his master, Taoist Xu Ping, and asked:
"Master, something happened. I'm always absent-minded when I see you today..."
In fact, as soon as Master Xu Ping came home, Chu Chen found that Master was a little different from usual today. He was always a little absent-minded and wandering.
"Yes, something happened."
Taoist priest Xu Ping frowned, worried.
Chu Chen was stunned, something really happened.
