Chapter 79 Without courage and perseverance, how can one meet Tianzun
In April in spring, Shiyuan Town at night should almost be called Shiyuan City now. The entire town is being expanded and has almost turned into a large construction site.
A young man was carrying a piece of pork and knocking on a wooden door: "Mom, I'm back."
"Atie, are you back?" An old woman The man opened the door wearing clean washed cloth.
"What did you buy?" The old man's eyes were not very good in the night, so he looked down for a while.
Li Tie lowered his head in anticipation, and then he was hit on the head.
"You are so disrespectful, what kind of meat are you buying? Prodigal son, get out of here!"
"Brother~brother~meat, meat!" Li Tong ran from the house When I came out, I couldn't take my eyes away when I saw the big piece of pork in my brother's hand, so I rushed forward and hugged my brother's arm.
“You brat, kiss me right now.”
“Mother, you are wrong. In a few days, it will be a gift to the gods. I didn’t buy it in advance. You can marinate the meat and eat it during the festival, so as not to increase the price of the meat in those days. Of course, you can stew it a little today.”
"This prodigal boy, you work as a mason on a construction site and only earn a few copper coins a day, why don't you save it?"
Soon, the smell of pork stew wafted through the house, and the old mother used the pork to cook it. The knife cut it into small pieces, added some salt, and put it into the iron pot that was cooking. The smell of pork wafted in the room. This piece of pork cost Li Tie four days of wages, but for the four This is a miracle for a family that almost starved to death just a few years ago.
The family is well fed, clothed and occasionally able to eat meat.
“Thank you to the innate leader, the Three-Five Train King, who protects the way with his heart, and the mighty spirit of the Heavenly King, who manifests the power of the Heavenly Lord and protects the Dharma! Thank you for bringing us peace, thank you, we serve you wholeheartedly.”
< br>Although facing delicious food, Li Tie's family of three still prayed before the meal. The more people have experienced suffering, the more they know that this day is hard-won.
The Lord of Red Hearts is like the red sun in the sky, shining through the darkness.
"Mom, I don't want to work on the construction site anymore, I want to be a divine guard in Chixin Temple!"
After dinner, Li Tie said to his old mother.
"Being a divine guard? Is it dangerous? And aren't we protected by heavenly soldiers and divine generals?" She still vividly remembers the divine general who saved her family and defeated evil spirits four years ago. .
“The Heavenly Soldiers and Gods will only protect us from evil laws and sorcery. Mortal affairs still have to be managed by mortals. If we need Chijun’s protection for everything, it will consume Chijun’s energy. Divine grace.”
Li Tie repeated the words of the chief priest in the temple. He actually didn't understand it very well, but he knew that if he became a divine guard, he could help Chi Jun.
"...Then...Then" the old woman hesitated. On the one hand, she was grateful to Chi Jun, and on the other hand, she was concerned about real life.
"As long as you choose, the monthly silver taels will be twice as much as working as a mason on a construction site. It is said that it can even rise again in the future." Li Tie quickly realized what his mother wanted to ask and answered like this.
"Thank you Chijun. Ah Tie, our family was all saved by Chijun. You must be brave when you become a divine guard."
"Well, mother, I understand. ”
Similar conversations were repeated throughout Ishihara County tonight. In the eyes of Taoist practitioners, the wisps of aspiration fire are almost connected into one piece, converging on the Chixin Taoist Temple.
As nearby residents became more and more affluent, their desire for cultural needs and rituals to worship gods emerged in response to the situation.
Gradually, together with the Spring Festival of the Tang Dynasty, it became the largest local festival. Even locally, the ceremony of worshiping gods in Chixin Temple was more grand than the Spring Festival. Even the power of the government could not match Chijun's local festival. influence.
In Chixin Temple, between the pavilions and pavilions.
Feng Yunwu, the local commander of the Xuanjia Army, was drinking tea leisurely, but as the expression of the young Taoist opposite turned cold.
A thick layer of dense clouds gathered in the sky above the entire Chixin Temple.
The clouds are like a canopy, covering the top of the mountain tightly, blocking all the light of the stars and the moon, and the air between heaven and earth seems to be frozen.
There seemed to be some huge existence flying and shuttling in the clouds. Gradually, an ancient red dragon spread down in the clouds. It landed on the pavilion behind the Taoist and climbed down. Watch yourself.
“Roar!”
“Ah!”
As Cang Long roared angrily, Feng Yunwu fell to the ground in fear, and the tea in his hand spilled all over his face. But at this moment, he could no longer care about the pain, and backed away with his limbs on the ground.
"General Feng, what's wrong with you?"
With the young Taoist's words, the red dragon, the sea of clouds, and the canopy all disappeared. Gone.
Only the young Taoist pulled Feng Yunwu up.
However, frightened into his heart, Feng Yunwu had forgotten the purpose of his trip and left in embarrassment.
Lu Cheng smiled gently and watched him leave.
"Sir, this man is just asking for some property, just give it to him. I'm afraid you will endanger the local Xuanjia army."
Sit back and drink tea in Lucheng At that moment, an old woman walked in and said this with a slightly worried expression.
“I don’t hate his greed, but I hate his incompetence. As an official, I don’t know the background of Chixin Guan. As a monk, I can’t resist even half of the pressure of the Sword Intent in this Guan. Greedy You can talk about it, whether you are incompetent or willing to abide by the rules, it doesn't matter. If you are greedy, incompetent, and do not abide by the rules, then you will have to ask someone else to come."
This local Xuanjia Army Commander Feng Yunwu came to Chixinguan to extort money. In ancient times, the border army was stationed on the border. Appropriate exploitation of local big players is common.
It can even restrict local land annexation appropriately, so the government turns a blind eye to it.
Shiyuan County is becoming increasingly prosperous, but there is only one person with a sincere heart. Who will eat him if he doesn’t?
Lu Cheng doesn't mind paying some resources in exchange for convenience, but he hates greedy but incompetent people.
Except for being happy when collecting money, this kind of person is completely unreliable at other times.
“Isn’t that Feng Yunwu a general? He is also a Foundation Establishment monk who has practiced for many years. According to what you said, how can someone like him reach the Foundation Establishment realm?”
He Lan is also practicing, but she is practicing the Heavenly Weapon and Divine General Technique given to her by Lu Cheng. It is a Shinto method that is almost impossible to build a foundation. However, even if she has a physical body, even if she has poor qualifications, she is still more powerful than Li. Yin spirits like Tunuhu cultivate faster, and after death they are included in the ranks of heavenly soldiers and generals, accumulating good deeds to prepare for a better reincarnation.
Therefore, I often listen to Lu Cheng’s lectures, and over the years I have gained an understanding of Taoist practice.
“It is true that people in the imperial court are good at practicing cultivation, but being an official in the government is also the most damaging thing to practice. Many official positions in the Tang Dynasty were held by disciples of the eight major sects and some small and medium-sized sects. The Tang Dynasty wanted to provide these sects with many resources, and these sects also sent some hopeless disciples down to enjoy the power, glory, and wealth in the world. "
"If you have no hope of success after building the foundation and are still wallowing in this world of mortals, how can you still persist in practicing? After decades, your energy and energy have been scattered and you are not advancing but retreating, even if you have some power. The growth is actually getting weaker."
"That's it, thank you sir, He Lan has learned a lesson." The old woman bowed and bowed.
"Don't use Xuanmen as a marketplace, and use less scheming to serve the gods."
"He Lan, you have been following me for more than ten years. Normally, with your qualifications, it is impossible to make progress on the road. Realm, but remember that Chi Jun has immeasurable magical powers, Since you have believed in Chijun, you must remember this!”
At this moment, Lu Chengruo felt something, and for the sake of their long-term relationship, he gave He Lan some advice. This is the only point on her path! possible way out.
"Thank you, Master." He Lan thought for a moment and then bowed deeply again.
The man retreated, and in the courtyard, Lu Cheng was drinking tea alone. At the same time, he also felt that the huge flame of the will of all living beings was gathering and burning in his body:
The first protector of Taoism, he is responsible for the inspection and punishment of heaven and earth. He is in charge of natural forces such as thunder, fire, and wind. He can exorcise evil spirits, cure diseases, and protect the orthodoxy and tranquility of Taoism.
Chijun’s priesthood includes fighting, guarding, patrolling and punishing.
The stronger the will of all living beings, the more the power of the Red Heart God will wrap up Lu City, constantly trying to contaminate it.
However, Lu Cheng's own magic power remains pure and independent. The Great Five Elements Earth Real Fire can dissolve and dissolve all laws in the world, including divine power. Lu Cheng's sword intention is also constantly becoming stronger. Divine power contaminates and kills. "It turns out that this is the reason why the immortals and gods cannot be cultivated together, or it may be that I am too weak now and cannot reap the benefits without suffering the disadvantages."
During these days of the annual divine sacrifice, the will of all living beings rises, and Chijun's divine power will continue to grow stronger and ignite, hoping to introduce Lu Cheng into the Shinto lineage.
But Lu Cheng had Kangzhuang's immortality method and the golden elixir avenue in front of him. How could he give up all this and follow the divine way that he had inexplicably cultivated with some incomplete methods?
Therefore, on these days every year, I can only use my own five elements of magic power to resolve it, kill with my own sword power, and keep my foundation pure.
Actually, Lu Cheng has already tried that physical distance can also greatly weaken this contamination with divine power. However, because this kind of thing itself is also a good practice and tempering, Lu Cheng stays there every year. In pure heart contemplation, you can refine your own mind and magic power and strengthen your path:
The body is like a bodhi tree, and the mind is like a mirror. Wipe it frequently to avoid dust. A wipe this year will be quite helpful.
In the process, Lu Cheng also understood more and more the mystery of the path of divine law:
“I originally thought that the more believers the better for the gods, but in fact it is not the case. The will of all living beings is more important to the gods. It is said that it is like rice. Eating it can strengthen the body and help growth. But from the perspective of God, it is better to have one million devout believers than 100 million or even one billion pan-believers, or even followers who are not pan-believers. ”
< br>“Because the faith of all living beings is like rice, the faith of devout believers is white rice, and the faith of pan-believers is not even pan-believers, their faith is moldy rice or even sand.”
Ishihara now The county town is the best Shinto execution ground, because the people's faith is pure and firm. If Chijun's faith spreads to the entire Tang Dynasty a few hundred years later, and the faith of all living beings is not firm, it will be time for Chijun to leave.
This is why, in Lu Cheng’s memory, many religions in history have experienced: the birth of faith, the frequent occurrence of miracles, the rise of faith, the combination with secular forces, the division and decline or the complete secularization, and the separation of humans and gods.
The gods come because of the call of living beings and leave because they are no longer needed.
The ritual of the Chixin Guan Shen Sacrifice has developed into a major event in the local spiritual community in recent years.
Many nearby cultivating forces will send people to give gifts. Even if the gifts are not expensive, they still represent an attitude.
"The Jiang family in Chenxi County offers a pair of black rhinoceros horns as a gift to the gods."
"The Zhang family in Wudu County offers a pair of first-class green bamboo flying swords as a gift to the gods. ”
"The Wei family in Baocheng County offered two thousand spiritual stones as a divine sacrifice."
"The Hu family in Zhen'an County offered two thousand spiritual stones as a divine sacrifice."...
Previous years The price of the divine sacrificial ceremony offered by each family in each county is around fifty spiritual stones. After all, the divine sacrificial ceremony is held every year, and it is not hosted by the temple master in Lucheng himself.
But this time it is obviously different. The Jiang family in Chenxi County and the Zhang family in Wudu County are still the same as in previous years, while the Wei family in Baocheng County, the Hu family in Zhenan County, and even many nearby cultivating families have given gifts. The ceremony of offering sacrifices to gods is somewhat extraordinary.
The person officiating this time was the experienced He Lan, but Mrs. Yuzhen also came to participate, so she quickly sensed something was wrong and quickly came to find Lu Cheng who was still studying in the backyard of the temple. .
Pass the obviously abnormal gift list to Lu Cheng.
After Lu Cheng took the list and thought about it for a moment, he roughly understood what was going on.
This time, the nearby southern Xinjiang families probably collected gifts worth thirty thousand spiritual stones and came over to buy "peace" for themselves.
Obviously, the continuous blood draws in Shiyuan County over the past four years and the large number of farmers fleeing have united these families. Today's event is both a sign of weakness and a demonstration.
"Take them all. As for those families, don't worry about them. Everything will be fine as usual."
If he wanted to show his unwillingness to accept the offer, he should return the spiritual stones, but Lu Cheng was not interested in returning the spiritual stones so that the other party could have more capital to hire high-level monks to kill him, so the gifts were not returned and things were done as they were.
“Okay.”
After understanding Lu Cheng’s intention, Yun Yuzhen originally turned around and planned to leave.
But before leaving the room, she suddenly turned around again:
"Master Guanzhu, I don’t understand why you have to take action against those nearby practicing forces? You need the skills and techniques. ? You don’t seem to be interested in spiritual stones and spiritual objects? Even if you are an expert in swordsmanship, the monks who cultivate Yin Gu in southern Xinjiang are ruthless. Why do you have to fight them?" br>
Yun Yu really couldn't understand. What Lu Cheng did seemed to be completely opposite to ordinary Taoist people.
Unless the calamity energy enters the brain, or there is a demonic monk with a surly personality, how can any serious monk take the initiative to invite disaster and calamity in this way?
"...Probably because it looks uncomfortable."
The young Taoist in the room was flipping through the book, thinking, and replied:
"Look The bones in the children’s bodies are clearly visible due to hunger, and their arms and legs are as thin as reed poles.”
“I saw a family so poor that they only wore a pair of trousers, and whoever worked put them on and went out.”
“I saw the same people, the practitioners standing high above them, tying up the farmers living in the cowshed with iron chains , They are only given enough food to survive starvation, and they have to work like cattle and horses."
"I saw those monks who practiced the ghost technique skinning the sick old people and children. Bone Extracting Cultivation Artifact (Thangka)"
"I know they can also find the foundation-building monks, and I also know that the Yin Gu technique is very powerful and difficult to prevent, but I think my sword is better than theirs. Strong, a lot stronger. I think we, the cultivators, don’t necessarily want to be a good person, but there are some things we can do.”
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The southern border was remote, and Lu Cheng had to wait for four years before a third-level weapon refiner who was good at weapon refinement wandered here.
This veteran helped several monks refine weapons, and also gave guidance to local weapon refiners. Soon, his reputation spread.
In a cave connected to the fire veins, a skinny old Taoist priest looked at the young Taoist in front of him, taking out the high-grade magic weapons one by one, with a sad look on his face:
Originally I wanted to come to the south to relax, but this guy is good. Judging from his attitude, he has to work day and night for half a year.
Besides, a boy with dark skin like an iron tower burning a fire couldn't hold back anymore and said:
"Don't take it. My master promised to refine magic weapons for you? And with so many magic weapons, do you have enough spirit stones? My master comes from a famous weapon refining family in Middle-earth. Don't take it. A third-level weapon refiner in Southern Xinjiang. Calculate the net worth.”
“Haha, as long as the Taoist master’s skills. Exquisite, there is no such thing beside the poor road. I have never lacked the spiritual stone since I started practicing Taoism."
Lu Cheng smiled when he heard this, and then he waved a row of high-grade spiritual stones filled with spiritual light, making the iron tower burn like a fire. The boy and the old Taoist were both stunned and speechless for a long time.
One hundred low-grade spiritual stones are equal to one medium-grade spiritual stone, and one hundred medium-grade spiritual stones are equal to one high-grade spiritual stone.
"I have the Taoist Priest to sacrifice and refine these three flying swords for me to the third level. In addition to these items, Taoist Priest will see what they can help me refine."
Lu Cheng took out the white tiger inner elixir, the dryad inner elixir, the Tianmu crystal, the purple heart warm jade, and the stalactites and strange stones in order, five spiritual objects that had absorbed a large amount of spiritual energy.
Five Qi foundation building does not mean that the five third-level spiritual objects must be completely sucked dry. If the meridians are used like this, no matter how strong the Qi training monk is, his body will definitely explode and die. Lu Cheng devoured most of the spiritual energy of the five third-level spiritual objects, and the five-level Qi Chaoyuan Dao foundation was already deep.
But after the ninth round of Lu Chenggong’s practice, he realized that he had a faint echo with these five spiritual objects, so he sealed them away and took them out today.
"You practice the Five Elements Taoism?"
The skinny old Taoist's eyes flashed when he saw these five spiritual objects, and then he looked Lu Cheng up and down.
"The Qi of the five elements are mutually reinforcing and restraining each other. Its operation and changes are simple to say, but most monks in the world have difficulty mastering even one element, let alone being able to control and balance the five elements. Unexpectedly, the old Taoist actually saw a monk with profound Taoist foundation in southern Xinjiang. , I’m afraid there will be another Yinshan Master in the future.”
“Forget it, you. This living old man took over, there are four magic weapons in total. The magic weapon I refine is three times more expensive than the local weapon refiner, but if one is broken, the compensation will be three times. If you are willing, go outside the cave. Just wait.”
“Thank you, senior.”
After hearing this, Lu Cheng bowed out of the Fire Vein Cave.
"Master, didn't you always say that we came to southern Xinjiang this time to travel around, pick fairy grass, seek immortal fate, and refine fairy elixirs? Why did you go back to your old job?"
The boy complained about the iron tower-like fire, which was smoky and scorching for a long time.
"Hurry up and light the fire. When the killer came in just now, I felt that he was filled with evil aura. God knows who he wants to kill. Let us master and disciple hurry up to avoid being beheaded by others if we are slow. Then, It’s true that when people sit at home, disaster comes from the sky.”
The old Taoist priest no longer had the immortal spirit he had just now, and began to curse and prepare to refine the weapon.
My favorite novel website has stopped updating, woo woo woo, the author cried and passed out in the toilet, I will start updating diligently tomorrow
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