Qiu Zu: From an apprentice in a medicine shop to an immortal ancestor

Chapter 102 Studying the Book of Changes and finally revealing one's true colors
Seeking truth in the valley.

"Master, Master, what happened just now? Why did you stand there for so long? I called you but you didn't respond."

Baizhu and Xiaozaozi surrounded Qiu Zhen, very curious.

They had spread all the "wood ash" of their three wooden puppet mechanical beasts and were waiting to be assigned tasks.

"Sir, do you have any new insights?"

"That's it."

Qiu Zhen shook his head and weighed the "little wooden beast" in his hand. Without explaining anything to the two little guys, he used the Eye Writing Talisman to outline a thunder character in the void, which generated thunder and fire and burned the core of the "little wooden beast" formation.

Soon, the last wooden puppet mechanical beast was turned into ashes by the burning of thunder and fire.

Seeing this, Atractylodes macrocephala and Ziziphus jujuba quickly started to "spread ashes" on the medicinal field, full of energy.

Qiu Zhen ignored him and found a corner to sit down and rest, feeling a little relieved.

After thoroughly analyzing and understanding the grandmaster-level "Demon-Suppressing Talisman", he guessed that the leader of the Wooden Puppet Sect would definitely come to cause trouble for him, and he felt somewhat uneasy.

For this reason, he has made up his mind to take Mr. and Mrs. Qiu to Qingmu City to live for a while tomorrow.

In Qingmu City, even if Taoist Mu Rong had a hundred times the courage, he would not dare to take action.

However, the plan could not keep up with the changes.

Master Mu Rong showed up so quickly.

Of course, Master Mu Rong is not a reckless man.

It was neither his real body nor his ghost spirit that came out for travel. Instead, he stepped on the dust and set up a magic circle, casting spells from dozens or hundreds of miles away, using the "little wooden beast" as a medium to drag him into the illusion of spiritual consciousness and attack his spiritual consciousness.

From Taoist Mu Rong's perspective, this is undoubtedly the safest approach.

After all, Qiu Zhen is currently under the attention of the Demon Suppression Bureau. If he comes to cause trouble for Qiu Zhen, he will surely be killed without a burial place.

There was nothing wrong with Taoist Mu Rong's approach. With his spiritual awareness, he could easily suppress acquired martial artists, even martial artists who had just entered the innate realm, and Yin Shen masters with the [Qingmu Illusion] constructed by his spiritual awareness.

It’s a pity that he met Qiu Zhen.

When Qiu Zhen saw the other party taking action, he was not afraid at all. Instead, he was delighted and eager to try, thinking of taking the opportunity to "intimidate" the other party.

The fact was just as he expected.

As soon as the primordial spirit and Dharma body appeared, the illusion created by the opponent's consciousness was shattered in the blink of an eye. He was no match at all.

"I wonder if this wooden puppet master has been frightened."

Qiu Zhen muttered secretly, feeling extremely relieved.

After this "action", it is likely that "Master Mu Rong" will not be able to figure out his true intentions at all this time.

In the short term, no one would dare to attack him easily.

The only drawback is that this time, it will "expose" that there is an "old monster" beside him.

This matter may cause some trouble later, but compared with the current predicament, it is nothing.

Prioritize things.

The current situation is favorable to him and can give him a chance to catch his breath.

"I guess Master Mu Rong won't dare to trouble me for a while. Next, the most important thing is to deduce the [Method of Summoning Divine Generals]."

After that, Qiu Zhen's life suddenly returned to its former peace.

Early in the morning, he rushed from Qiujia Village to Qingmu City, first went to An Mansion to practice martial arts, and in the afternoon he either went to Yaowang Qingmu Hall for medical treatment or went to the Demon Suppression Division to exorcise evil spirits.

At nightfall, he went to Qiujia Village to practice, and deduce the "God-making Method" in the "Zhaohe Lianjiang Method".

The days are calm.

Two days later.

West of Aoki Castle, Baihe Academy.

Qiu Zhen came to Baihe Academy, presented a visiting card, and paid a visit to the principal of Baihe Academy.

After the doorman informed everyone, he politely invited Qiu Zhen in and brought him to the reception room.

"Little Divine Doctor Qiu, how come you have time to come to White Crane Academy today?"

As he was talking, a scholar in his fifties with a slightly graying beard came into the room and greeted Qiu Zhen with a smile.

This person is Yan Shangyuan, the principal of Baihe Academy. He is a great scholar and has a very high reputation in Changle Prefecture. When something unexpected happened in Qingmu, he returned to his hometown and established Baihe Academy to educate the people there.

Qiu Zhen once visited Yan Shanzhang's child to treat his condition and had some interactions with him.

This can be considered a natural advantage of a "doctor". Even if he does not deliberately work on anything in this area, he still has a wide network of contacts.

"Shanzhang Yan, I have developed an interest in the Book of Changes. I heard from my teacher that you are an expert in this field, so I came to the White Crane Academy to study. I hope you will accept me as your student."

Qiu Zhen had no interest in imperial examinations or fame.

He did it purely for the sake of reading the books of sages.

He was particularly interested in the "Book of Changes" among the Four Books and Five Classics.

His innate life magic weapon [Tianyan Forty-nine Divine Pearls] is extremely compatible with the "Book of Changes". Majoring in the "Book of Changes" is of great benefit to the deduction of his life magic weapon.

Originally, he wanted to ask Pharmacist An for advice.

Although Master An had some knowledge of this subject, he was not proficient in it, so he recommended Dean Yan of Baihe Academy to study there.

"So that's what Brother An meant."

When Yan Shangyuan heard that it was An Jishi's idea, his slightly frowned brows quickly relaxed and he said with a smile, "Little Divine Doctor Qiu wants to learn, so there is no reason for Baihe Academy not to accept you. It's just that I am usually busy with many things, so I am afraid I don't have the time to teach you in person. I can only give you some pointers occasionally."

"That's good."

Qiu Zhen didn't think that the great scholar could teach him personally and give him occasional guidance, probably because of Master An's face.

"The student has met the headmaster."

"Great!"

With the approval of the president of Baihe Academy, Qiu Zhen successfully entered Baihe Academy to study the "Book of Changes".

In a blink of an eye, a month had passed before I knew it.

During this period, Qiu Zhen's life was extremely fulfilling.

Study, deduce the method, practice
Day after day, regular and fulfilling.

After practicing for a month, his superficial cultivation gradually stabilized and became extremely solid.

Qiu Zhen was not surprised that his cultivation had stabilized; it was something that was expected. What surprised him was that after entering Baihe Academy and studying the "Book of Changes" with the lecturer of the academy, he gained a lot.

The Book of Changes is the first of all classics.

The Book of Changes is not only practiced by Confucians, but also contains the ultimate principles of spiritual practice for Taoists and is the source of the great way.

After Qiu Zhen started to study the Book of Changes, he gained new things and were surprised every day, and his cultivation level improved a lot.

Of course, after studying the "Book of Changes", his innate magic weapon [Tian Yan Forty-nine Divine Pearls] became more and more magical, and was of great help in deducing the [Method of Summoning Divine Generals].

After a month, Qiu Zhen had made billions of deductions and finally found a clue among the myriad of ideas. His goal became clearer and clearer.

"The difficulty of creating a god lies in gathering the spirit. If you use the evil energy of heaven and earth to condense a god, it will only have a form but no spirit. If you can..."

That night, in the Qiuzhen Valley.

Qiu Zhen sat cross-legged on the cushion, his eyes focused, and continued to deduce.

Aoki County, Demon Suppression Division.

The Qingmu area has never been truly peaceful since the beast tide began a year ago.

In the eyes of ordinary people, there may be "calm" days, but in the eyes of the martial artists in the Demon Suppression Division, every day is thrilling and exciting, with endless tasks to do and endless demons and monsters to kill.

Of course, there is also everything you need and endless money to be made.

The entire Demon Suppression Bureau operates precisely and efficiently.

The Demon Suppression Division, a quiet courtyard.

Lin Shoulong, deputy commander of the Demon Suppression Division, rushed over in a hurry. After some reporting, he entered the study in the courtyard.

"I've met the commander!"

Wei Tanzhi put down the file in his hand and was a little surprised to see Lin Shoulong looking exhausted:

"Shoulong, you are in such a hurry, but what happened?"

"It's a happy event."

Lin Shoulong's face showed excitement:
"A few days ago, you asked me to pay attention to Dr. Qiu, and now there is progress in the case."

"Oh."

Wei Tanzhi became interested:
"Did you really find any clues?"

"Yes, after you arranged the task, I immediately sent a secret agent to investigate secretly, and we actually dug up a lot of things."

Lin Shoulong did not keep his boss on suspense and continued to talk:

"After a secret investigation, we found that a year ago, Qiu Zhen asked his neighbor Li Yufu to buy the shrine, the Three Pure Ones statues, incense oil and other items from the villagers of Xiangyang Village."

"Although Xiangyang Village was haunted at that time, it was normal to buy these supernatural things, but Qiu Zhen had already become a martial artist at that time, with masculine energy and blood, so how could he be afraid of mere wandering ghosts? He probably used the excuse of the haunting to buy these kinds of cultivation items to cover up his cultivation."

"This is indeed a clue, but it is not enough."

Wei Tanzhi shook his head. Even though he became a martial artist, he was still a mortal, so it was not unreasonable for him to be in awe of gods and ghosts.

Since all the villagers had one, it wasn't a big deal for him to follow suit and buy one.

This piece of evidence alone is not convincing enough.

"Of course it's not enough. I knew about this clue a month ago, but I knew it wasn't convincing enough, so I didn't investigate further. However, a few days ago, I got another clue."

Lin Shoulong looked excited and said:
"There is a wealthy family named Li in Xiangyang Village. The cook in his family encountered a wandering evil spirit and was trapped in a nightmare. His family brought him to our Demon Suppression Division to report the case. Originally, our Demon Suppression Martial Master did not take it too seriously and planned to use the usual nightmare illusion to clear his mind."

"However, I never expected that when I was trying to resolve his nightmare, a scene appeared in our demon-suppressing weapon [Nightmare Relief], showing that he had been infiltrated into his dream by a Yin Shen master."

Wei Tanzhi was a little surprised:
"The Yin Spirit sneaked in? What does this have to do with Qiu Zhen?"

"Commander, after the cook woke up, my demon-suppressing martial artist interrogated him afterwards. He had a dream that a ghost was chasing him during the "evil cultivator exorcism case" last year. Later, a black cat appeared in the dream and caught the ghost and saved him."

"After this incident, ghosts never harassed the villagers again."

"This incident also matches what happened in our Demon Suppression Division. That night, our Demon Suppression Division used the Kaosumiao Dafa to interrogate the little ghost and learned the whereabouts of the evil cultivator who exorcised ghosts. However, we were a step too late. When we rushed over, the evil cultivator had died at the hands of a Yin Shen master who was proficient in thunder magic."

Lin Shoulong talked nonstop, very excited:

"Commander, one thing may be a coincidence, but so many things are related to Qiu Zhen. I'm afraid it can't be explained by coincidence."

Upon hearing this, Wei Tanzhi nodded slightly, and couldn't help but think of his own servant's speculation.

A master of thunder magic and Yin Shen.
(End of this chapter)