Chapter 6: Like a puppet and a county honor
“When you are away from home, your own cultivation is the most important.”
“You must not delay your own cultivation no matter what.”
Jiang Sheng pressed Putting aside the chaotic thoughts in my mind, I sat down cross-legged on the top of Qingping Mountain, took a pill and started practicing at noon.
Monk Penglai, if there is no accident, morning and evening classes are indispensable every day.
The more diligent monks also practice midday classes.
Although noon is the anode of the day, and the sun is the most dazzling and intense. Ordinary monks will not absorb the essence of the sun at this time, but they can absorb the free spiritual energy between heaven and earth or take food. Pills are no problem.
The existence of elixirs is to facilitate monks to practice day and night.
From ancient times, monks could only gather morning glow and moonlight at dusk, but now they can practice uninterrupted twelve hours a day. The emergence of elixirs is undoubtedly extremely important.
The pill Jiang Sheng took was the Juyuan Pill most commonly taken by Daoji monks.
The Juyuan Pill produced in Penglai not only has the least erysipelas, but also has stable quality, and there will be no poisonous pills.
When a monk is traveling, who wouldn’t be more cautious when buying other people’s elixir instruments?
Who can be sure that those elixirs that appear to be of good quality and have excellent finished products are actually non-toxic?
Rogue cultivators do not have so many choices, and they have almost no ability to identify elixirs. Apart from robbing others, they can only go to elixir shops to buy them, and cannot ensure the condition of the elixirs.
Monks like Jiang Sheng who come from the Xuanmen sect can purchase elixirs from their own sect.
This can be said to be a hidden benefit. Whether it is elixirs or magic weapons, purchasing from the sect is always the most secure, and there is no need to worry about any future troubles.
This period of time can be said to be the calmest since Jiang Sheng left the sect.
Every morning, when the sun rises, collect the purple energy of morning glow, take a Juyuan Pill at noon, and at night, collect the energy of lunar moonlight for practice.
As the practice continues to improve, the Taoist temple on the mountainside is also constantly being repaired, and it has begun to take shape in a short period of time.
Those people in Qingping Town only repaired the Taoist temple halfway up the mountain every day. No one dared to come to the top of the mountain to disturb Jiang Sheng's practice.
Although there are more hunters in the mountains, they all know how to restrain Jiang Sheng.
The most important aspect of spiritual practice is the state of mind. If you cannot control your mental ape, you cannot control your mental horse, and you cannot calm your mind to practice, you will not be able to make progress, and you will not be able to continue climbing the road to immortality.
Jiang Sheng's state of mind has always been praised by the elders of the sect, not to mention that Jiang Sheng likes the feeling of practicing quietly by himself without being disturbed by the outside world.
Unfortunately, such days are always short.
After a month of rare quiet practice in Jiang Sheng, the people from Qingping Town finally came to find Jiang Sheng.
In the early morning of this day, Jiang Sheng was absorbing the purple energy of the morning glow and practicing as usual. Before Jiang Sheng could finish his homework, Tian Guofu came over panting with several followers.
Seeing Jiang Sheng practicing, Tian Guofu did not disturb him, but stood quietly aside. It was not until Jiang Sheng completed his homework that he said: "Master Jiang, the Taoist temple has been built."
< br>Jiang Sheng felt calm and calm: "It was completed in just over a month. Mayor Tian, your speed is fast enough."
Tian Guofu smiled coquettishly: "Everyone is grateful to Mr. Jiang for doing this. We got rid of a bad thing, so we can work very quickly."
Jiang Sheng stood up slowly, exhaled a breath and turned to look at Tian Guofu: "Thank you? Thank you very much.”
When Tian Guofu was stared at by Jiang Sheng's eyes, he felt sweat dripping down his back. His whole body was being looked at clearly, as if all his thoughts could not escape those eyes that were like stars.
"No, how dare you? Chief Jiang, you are joking." Tian Guofu said with a smile.
Jiang Sheng nodded: "It's because I don't dare, not because I don't want to." "The people in Qingping Town helped Pindao build a Taoist temple. Although Pindao killed the tiger monster in the mountain. But the most important thing is that Pindao killed the tiger monster in the mountain. , or do you think Pindao can help you get rid of the river god of Taiping River?"
"But Pindao didn't agree to you, so you have resentment in your heart and feel poor. Tao takes money and does nothing.”
Jiang Sheng walked down the mountain as he spoke: "Mayor Dantian, do you know that Pindao never owes you anything?" The Taoist building was not built by the poor Taoist people. If the poor Taoist people don’t try to repay their kindness, why don’t you expect a Taoist temple to threaten the poor Taoist people?”
Seeing Jiang Sheng go away step by step. , Tian Guofu became anxious and hurriedly followed him: "Director Jiang, I and the people in Qingping Town definitely have no intention of threatening you."
"That's fine. In that case, you can go down the mountain. Jiang Sheng said calmly.
Tian Guofu was stunned for a moment, did not dare to say anything, and led the people down the mountain obediently.
Back in the town, Tian Guofu told the result and couldn't help but sigh: "This Taoist priest is really capable." The demon swallowed him, but Dao Zhang Jiang can kill the tiger demon, which shows that he has some real ability."
A wealthy gentleman said dissatisfied: "So what if he has real ability? Get rid of the demons of the Taiping River for us."
"You know, it will be our turn to produce the six pairs of boys and girls."
An old scholar suddenly said: "We. Please don’t move, it’s because we don’t have enough status and Dao Zhang Jiang doesn’t like us.”
Although everyone was reluctant after hearing this, they had to admit that it was indeed the case.
Tian Guofu asked again: "What should we do according to Mr. Yi's opinion?"
The old scholar stroked his beard and said with a smile: "Didn't our new county magistrate from Qingshan County say that we want to make something like this?" After such great achievements, do we need to get rid of the demons in the Taiping River?”
“The mayor might as well inform the county magistrate about this and ask the county magistrate to send someone to invite him. This is finally worthy of Chief Jiang. Is that your identity?”
Everyone couldn’t help but nodded in approval.
At the same time, in Qingshan County, the new county magistrate Zhang Qingyun was full of anger.
“I came to Qingshan County for the first time, and I didn’t expect to be so despised!”
Zhang Qingyun was the first magistrate of Qingshan County, and he thought he would be able to fulfill his ambitions after taking office.
In the beginning, Zhang Qingyun did receive warm hospitality from the gentry and wealthy businessmen in the county, which made Zhang Qingyun think that these local gentry would cooperate with his administration.
I never thought that on the surface, these people claimed that the county magistrate looked respectful to him, but in fact, his decrees were not implemented at all!
Those gentry have been rooted in the place for decades or hundreds of years, and they control everything during the annual River God Festival. The people in every town almost obey them.
The wealthy businessmen colluded with the gentry to tightly control the whole Qingshan County, from the county government office to the shops in the county to the towns.
There is no room for him, Zhang Xianzun, to show off.
On the surface, these people respect him, but secretly, those gentry are the real masters of Qingshan County!
This made Zhang Qingyun feel extremely humiliated. His dignified county magistrate was actually ignored by his subordinates!
Just when Zhang Qingyun was at a loss what to do, someone suddenly came to report.
"The county magistrate, Tian Guofu, the mayor of Qingping Town, reported something."
Linyuan explained: Jiang Sheng is a monk, not a knight who is eager for justice. Monks always do things according to their own preferences, and they have the ability to do things according to their own preferences. This is a world where great power belongs to oneself. Jiang Sheng has a good nature and comes from an authentic Taoist sect, but this does not mean that Jiang Sheng is a good person in a pure sense. It can be said that rescuing people is a casual act, not a necessary act.
(End of this chapter)