Liang Xingyang and Xue Lingfeng killed the group of evil spirits and entered the Chuanxin Cave to search. Everyone was gone. He took out the Xuanyang Orb and released the Xuanyang True Fire, burning everything in the cave to ashes.
When he went back to pick up Bai Muling and Zhou Hongshuo, he met several of Jinhong's senior brothers, the same people as Jinlou, Jinxuan and others whom he had met in the capital city before. They were ordered by their teachers to come out to help the people in the government and clean up the evil spirits. , were busy living, Jin Hong was lost, everyone gathered together to look for it for a long time, but no one was seen. It was not until they saw the sound transmission signal from Jin Hong that they hurried over.
Jin Hong had already told a few people what had happened. Jin Xuan and Jin Lou heard that their opponents were evil bosses such as Chuan Xin, Hong Fu, Jin Xiang, and Hei Shan, so they did not dare to come over to cause trouble, so they stayed where they were.
Seeing the return of Liang Xingyang and Xue Lingfeng, Jinxuan and Jinlou expressed their sincere gratitude to the Baiyang Sect and Liang Xingyang on behalf of the Five Elements Sect for saving their junior brothers.
Jin Hong still couldn't turn the corner and was holding his neck. Jin Xuan had just told him to thank Liang Xingyang, but he refused: "Aunt Xue and Brother Zhao from the Baiyang Sect saved me this time. Then Although the boy has contributed, he has also killed so many of us! Our Five Elements Sect is sworn in with him! If he wants me to thank him, I will not do it to my death! If it doesn’t work, I will give him my life! "
Jinxuan couldn't defeat him, so he had no choice but to give up.
Liang Xingyang didn't want his thanks. He came to Wuhui Mountain this time just on a whim. He wanted to kill this nest of evil spirits. It didn't matter whether there was Jinxuan or even Xue Lingfeng.
The Five Elements Sect, the Baiyang Sect, and Liang Xingyang, the leader of the Tianxin Sect, all three parties returned to the capital together.
Both sects have Taoist temples in the capital, and there are elder-level people stationed here. Xue Lingfeng invited Liang Xingyang to be a guest at Baiyang Temple, but Liang Xingyang refused. Although when there was a big commotion in Yujing City, the main force besieging him was He didn't have any deep grudges with the Five Elements Sect, the Dongyang Sect, or the Baiyang Sect, but he still couldn't get over the matter of Qian Zhong. Uninvited guests came to the door, and it was boring to look at each other with disgust.
So everyone went back to their respective homes, and Liang Xingyang left his home address to Xue Lingfeng so that she could have some free time.
Standing on the street of the capital, Liang Xingyang asked Zhou Hongshuo: "I will give you another chance to choose. You are a son of an official and have seen the prosperity of the world. You have been well-dressed and well-fed since you were a child. You have a group of maids to serve you when you eat and sleep. You go to the mountains to practice Taoism." , these are all gone, and sometimes you even have to cut off the desire to eat. If you are willing to continue to follow me, I will take you under my sect and teach you Taoism. If you don't want to, I will give you one hundred taels of gold. , you can go find your relatives and old friends at home, or take the merit test again, or whatever, from now on we will forget each other in the world."
Immortal fate is not uncommon in this world, especially high-ranking officials in the court. Not only do they practice Haoran Zhengqi themselves, but they also often interact with Taoist priests from various sects. It is not difficult for the children of officials to become monks and practice Taoism.
Zhou Hongshuo knelt down with a bang: "My family has been destroyed. All my relatives are gone. Even if I have some distant relatives, people don't recognize me. It's annoying to just live under someone else's roof. I have seen the magic power of the immortal master." , I am willing to accept this unparalleled immortal fate, and I sincerely ask the immortal master not to give up and take me back to the mountain. If I can learn the immortal method, I will have to endure a lot of hardships and be happy."
Liang Xingyang nodded, let him get up, took him back to his big house, introduced him to An Luoyi, and made Zhou Hongshuo serve tea and become his disciple in front of An Luoyi.
Zhou Hongshuo has been pampered since he was a child, but he suffered a big change overnight. He was arrested by the Lianshan Cult and sold to Taoist Black Snow. He witnessed a series of various human tragedies. His personality was originally a bit shy, and now he is even more shy. He was taciturn, so Liang Xingyang asked An Luoyi to take him. An Luoyi was the young master of the villa. His family was extremely rich and he had a cheerful and lively personality. Although he was the "Son of the Golden Lantern", he still had a knight-errant temperament. He took Zhou Hongshuo, his junior brother, with him. Junior Brother Chang shouted shortly, not only patiently teaching him martial arts and swordsmanship, but also cooking for him himself, making him local delicacies to make him happy. The two brothers got along very harmoniously. .
Liang Xingyang has been practicing in the Immortal Formation in the back garden since then. As time goes by, more and more people believe in the Golden Lantern Saint Ancestor. When he calms down and concentrates, he can feel all kinds of things in the sky. Divine thoughts appeared in his mind in detail:
"Poor girl Zhang Wang, please ask the Holy Ancestor to help me cure my third son's illness..."
"Believing daughter Chen Xiu'e, now that she is old, I sincerely ask the Holy Ancestor to give me a husband as I wish..."
"Boy Zeng Aniu, I beg the Holy Ancestor to bless my parents so that they can live happily in the underworld and entrust me with dreams..."
There are so many of these thoughts. If they entered the minds of ordinary people, they would cause memory confusion and mental explosion. But Liang Xingyang's heart is like a bright mirror, reflecting back the light. No matter how many thoughts he has, they will automatically be "reflected" in the mirror. That's it.
Through the prayers of these believers, Liang Xingyang learned the information from the south: Our Lady of the Golden Lantern, who was in charge of the negotiations last time, had arrived in Quzhou Prefecture and asked to see the Holy Son. She said that there were too many divine messengers from overseas and they were too fierce and wanted the Holy Son to go. Support, call the Holy Ancestor to come when necessary!
Liang Xingyang was a little curious about the divine envoys of the Overseas Guangming Sect. They actually beat the Golden Lantern Sect until they cried for their fathers and mothers. Not only did they allow him to occupy the Quzhou Prefecture, but they even shamelessly asked for help. This was too embarrassing.
He originally thought that the Golden Lantern Sect just wanted to stabilize him temporarily, and then deal with the God of Light before they could use their hands to deal with him. He never expected that they could come to him for help.
Liang Xingyang originally planned to destroy the Golden Lantern Sect, but he would not go to the rescue. He wished that the Golden Lantern Sect would be destroyed by the Guangming Sect as soon as possible!
Speaking of which, the teachings of the Golden Lamp Sect include those from the Illuminati Sect, Zoroastrian Sect, Vajra Sect... It's simply a hodgepodge, and the leader of the Golden Lamp Sect who created this sect's teachings is really a talent. Come to think of it, no matter what the Illuminati Cult, the Zoroastrian Cult, the Vajra Cult, or whatever, they are probably all the same as the Golden Lantern Cult. Let them fight each other to the death, and when one party is left in the end, Liang Xingyang will clean up the mess!
He settled down in the capital with peace of mind, taught his two apprentices the exercises every day, and practiced by himself. When he had free time, he would go out, either go shopping with Xue Lingfeng, or go into the palace to play with Xia Yuanjun.
As the prince, although Xia Yuanjun was young, he had already begun to receive imperial education. The emperor often sent people to make separate copies of the government affairs and sent them to the prince, asking him to analyze how to deal with them, and asked the tutor to write down some suggestions before sending them to the emperor. go back.
The most important thing at the moment is the private casting of jade coins by the major families in the south of the Yangtze River. The Lianshan Sect has just invaded and invaded the capital. A large area in the north has become a hell on earth. The imperial court must organize troops to guard the borders and provide relief to the victims. All these must be done However, the Jiangnan region, the richest region in the dynasty, could not collect taxes and had to raise taxes from other poor areas. The Qianyuan, Duiyuan, and Kunyuan states in the west have just experienced the White Bone Rebellion. In the past two years, the old White Bone Bandits have rebelled again. The wars in various places have become more and more intense. Not only will they not be able to increase their wages, but if the increase is successful, they will also trigger greater civil unrest.
The five states of Zhongyuan had just experienced floods and famines, and they all needed money for disaster relief. Three months ago, the emperor had just raised 200,000 taels of silver and scattered it, but it was withheld by middle-level officials. Only tens of thousands of dollars actually reached the hands of the victims. At first, the local officials pretended to be peaceful, saying that the victims had been properly accommodated, and praised the emperor for his wisdom. Knowing that the news had just been revealed yesterday, the emperor was furious and beheaded thirty-eight officials one after another, and more than a hundred more. Those who were dismissed from office and exiled, but those who were newly replaced, were almost the same.
Xia Yuanjun's topic during this period was the imperial court's financial crisis and how to raise money. Even the emperor couldn't solve this kind of problem. Xia Yuanjun didn't even know about it. He could only follow the instructions of his master and say something about benevolence and righteousness to save face.
Liang Xingyang came three times, and each time Xia Yuanjun cursed those aristocratic families in Jiangnan, wishing he could personally send his troops to Jiangnan to arrest all those who secretly minted jade coins and kill them all!
Liang Xingyang didn't know how to govern a country. Although the "Tao Te Ching" contains a large chapter on how to govern a country, he only focused on cultivating one's moral character. It can be said that he knew nothing about these economic studies. In his previous life, he lived in seclusion in the Qinling Mountains. In this life, he began to practice Taoism after Ming Shi. , naturally I still don’t understand.
But after listening to Xia Yuanjun talk a lot, he probably understood the reasoning behind it.
To be fair, the Golden Lantern Sect he is "in" now is among the interest groups that mint money, and he is also a beneficiary. He told Xia Yuanjun that he was the same as when the governor, governor and other officials of Liyuan came to "share the spoils" with him After comparing and verifying what I said at that time, I finally got a rough idea of the main context of this matter.
The result shocked him: in the Jiangnan area, the four states of Sunda and Yuan, the nine states of Liyuan, and the two states of Zhenyuan in Jiangnan, all
Some aristocratic families, sects, rich and powerful gentry, landowners, officials... are all involved in this matter! They joined forces to obtain jade from overseas that was not available in China, minted jade coins, circulated in the market, and controlled the economy of Jiangnan, thus affecting the economy of the whole country.
At present, the face value of jade coins is still very high. They are only circulated in the upper class of society and are used for "bulk transactions". They are constantly penetrating into the middle and lower classes.
He told Xia Yuanjun what he thought, and Xia Yuanjun was surprised after hearing it. This was the "homework" he wrote that day, and he gave it to the emperor. After reading it, the emperor was so angry that he dropped the brush in his hand.
Because no one told him about these things, since he ascended the throne, he kept sending people to Jiangnan, some were officials, some were Yulin guards. He even hired a person who was against the party, and those who came back to tell him were He Qing Haiyan, The world is at peace, but taxes are not coming in. There are many things these people say about each other. The emperor himself is very smart. He synthesizes all the information together and analyzes it to make some useful decisions.
"Let me do whatever I want in this world!" The emperor's anger finally turned into a long sigh, and he slumped back on his chair.
"Do you want me to support another Zhang Tianxi? Zhang Tianxi has already been buried with the late emperor brother, where can I find another available Zhang Tianxi?"
The emperor thought for a moment and sent someone to invite the elders of the Shenlu Sect in the capital. Among the four major sects, the Shenlu Sect was the closest to him. It turned out that there were many people from the Shenlu Sect in the palace, including several companions around the prince. Du is also a disciple of Shenlu Sect.
He wants to send people from the Shenlu Sect to Jiangnan to do things for him.
According to the ancestral teachings, in order to learn from the lessons of the previous dynasty's demise, Taoist priests are strictly prohibited from taking up important positions in the court, otherwise they can form a Talisman Guard...
Liang Xingyang lived in the capital. When he practiced meditation every day, he would feel a large number of believers' spiritual thoughts pouring into his sea of consciousness.
If it were anyone else, they would definitely no longer be able to practice the original elixir method.
In order to cultivate the inner elixir, the human body is used as the cauldron, the three treasures of essence, energy and spirit are used as the medicine, and the mind is used as the fire.
The mind should be extremely quiet, and it is used to control fire, just like cooking. If the fire is too strong, it will be scorched over time. When the fire is gone, if time is not enough, it will get burned again. The practice of alchemy requires concentration and subtle control of fire. The alchemy method There is a saying: Water is afraid of dryness, fire is afraid of cold, and if it is even a hair thin, it will not make the elixir!
The inner elixir is based on the outer elixir. When refining the external elixir, you must also look at the alchemy furnace attentively. The fire cannot be too big or too small. The same is true for the inner elixir. Guarding your body means guarding the cauldron.
At this time, outside interference is the most taboo. Some people, in a state of silence, suddenly hear a cough two or three miles away, their heart skips a beat, their nerves tremble, their breath becomes immediately disordered, and they become obsessed.
Therefore, before refining the elixir, it is necessary to lock the heart ape, collect the mind horse, kill the six thieves, and achieve tranquility both internally and externally.
However, with such a large amount of complex thoughts being poured into the brain, even a person like Liang Xingyang, who is dedicated to cultivating his mind and perfecting himself, is very uncomfortable at first and cannot enter a state of silence. His mind always follows all kinds of strange and weird thoughts. That's all, many thoughts carry various emotions, some are sad, some are painful, some are resentful, and some are irritable. These negative emotions are more powerful than any poison in the world. They are invisible and colorless, but they are It is the most contagious thing. In a room, if one person is angry and has a straight face, it can affect everyone to feel bad. It is almost impossible to accept so many negative emotions at the same time and calm down to practice Taoism. .
"Sure enough, those who practice immortality disdain to cultivate the gods, and it is difficult to practice both the immortal and divine ways. Unless you are like Lu Zu, after you have achieved pure Yang, you can have people build temples to worship without being affected." From this, Liang Xingyang also inferred Many things come out.
First of all, the vast majority of practitioners in this world, not to mention those who are heretical, even if they are from a well-known and upright sect, such as Shang Qionghua, who has achieved Nascent Soul, it is impossible for her to practice both immortality and god based on her character. If you practice Shinto at the same time, you will definitely go astray, and there will be no possibility of great success.
Secondly, it’s no wonder that the people of the Golden Lantern Sect are so weak in their own cultivation. Even the Holy Mother of the Golden Lamp, when she was only in the realm of Hunyuan Zhoutian in the late stage of foundation establishment, she could gain the upper hand by fighting against the Holy Mother of the Golden Lamp with the Pure Yang Fairy Sword. , if she hadn’t extracted millions of willpower, it would not be her opponent to release the primordial spirit body.
hand! Later, the Golden Lamp Holy Mother whom I met in Longyan Mountain had improved in skills, but that was all. Without the power of aspiration, it would be at the level of the elixir formation stage. As for those Golden Lamp masters, they were even more useless. heap!
