If you don't give up, I'd like to be your adoptive father.

Chapter 785 Daqin Situation

Gou Jiao said in a fascinated tone, "Master, you really haven't become an immortal? You can see all the traces of immortals in the world.

This is truly something that can scare away ghosts and gods. I feel like this is something that only gods can do.”

"When I improved the "Art of Righteousness", did I hide it from you? If I were a god, you would be one too." Xiao Yu said.

Gou Jiao said: "My spiritual realm is at least as high as the Seventh Heaven. Even if I can't see the gods of the Seventh Heaven, I can sense some of the gods of the Second Heaven and the Third Heaven, right?"

"You can indeed sense the evil spirits! For example, last night, even though you didn't open your Yin-Yang eyes, you could see the appearance of the Yin soldiers clearly.

The villagers and even the Taoist priests nearby knew that the mass grave was haunted, but they could only see a vague ghost aura. "Xiao Yu said.

He has no spiritual power, but his spiritual realm is very high. He can basically detect the daily prying of ghosts and gods.

This is stronger than many immortal warriors.

If a human immortal warrior does not practice Taoist or unorthodox secret techniques and simply trains his body and true energy, it will be difficult for him to deal with ordinary resentful spirits.

Gou Jiao hesitated for a moment, then asked, "Can the 'casting thirty-three layers of heaven' that the Taoist priest mentioned forcibly elevate the 'height' of the spiritual realm?"

Xiao Yu shook his head and said: "Forging the Thirty-Three Heavens is just to make the 'Heart Palace' more stable.

It is equivalent to building thirty-three layers of altars under your "Zhengqi Hall".

You must have experienced how unstable the Zhengqi Talisman and the Zhengqi Hall are and how easy they can disappear.

The creation of the thirty-three heavens was mainly to prepare for the final transcendence.

If the Zhengqi Talisman and Zhengqi Hall are not stable and solid, how can one transcend?

Even if you can transcend for a while, you will eventually fall down, like a castle in the air."

Relying solely on the current "2.0 Version of Zheng Qi Jue", it is impossible to find the true nature of the mind, and it is impossible to become a Buddha or achieve spiritual transcendence.

But Xiaoyu will obviously not stop the research and development of "Zhengqi Jue", nor will he stop practicing "Duoxinjing".

For her, the "Zhengqi Jue" was an unexpected surprise, but it was not everything to her.

Gou Jiao hesitated and asked, "Master, can you teach me the specific practice method? I really love the "Righteous Qi Jue".

Even if I have a great future of becoming a celestial being, I will not slack off in my practice of the Righteous Qi Sutra."

Xiao Yu thought for a moment and said, “The mental method for the subsequent stages is not yet mature.

When we get to Pingxiang, when you and I part ways, we'll see if we can work out a specific training method.

If I can create it, I will naturally pass it on to you on the same day.

Don't worry if you can't create it right away.

We are just separating, not saying goodbye forever. Even decades later, when we are old, we can still discuss and learn from each other.

I will not hide any of my research results on the "Righteous Qi Jue" from you, as long as you are still willing to learn."

Gou Jiao was filled with joy and thanked him repeatedly.

Xiaoyu was really willing to share with him her experience in practicing "The Art of Righteousness".

If she really creates a new method, she will definitely take him to practice together.

The reason why her spiritual realm could quickly rise to the fifteenth level was of course because she had practiced the "Duo Xin Jing" and had a good foundation.

But making friends with this high-quality guinea pig also played an important role.

He is very suitable for "The Art of Righteousness", more suitable than her.

His epiphanies and mistakes became her experience of crossing the river by feeling the stones.

Just like she said, they were just parting ways, not parting forever. His experience in practicing the "Forging Thirty-three Heavens" method would eventually belong to her.

"Master, I have thought about what to study next."

After thinking for a moment, Gou Jiao said, "The Taoist priest took me to see many demons and ghosts earlier, but I never saw a god. Can the Taoist priest teach me about the way of the gods?"

"Is it Shinto?" Xiao Yu activated the Qi-gazing technique, observing the evil spirit within a radius of dozens of miles, while keeping his hands in his sleeves and calculating.

Her level in "The Art of Righteousness" can be improved rapidly, and her achievements in making friends are outstanding.

He is the best guinea pig of number one.

Gou Jiao was able to make great progress in "The Art of Righteousness", and Xiaoyu made a huge contribution. She is the best mentor.

She can always find the most appropriate demon case and let Gou Jiao practice on the spot.

Two days later, early in the morning.

Xiaoyu led Gou Jiao with a bamboo pole and came to the east gate of Guangchuan County.

"Hey, you two, come here!"

There was a sparse group of laborers preparing to leave the city, with their families beside them crying and wailing as they saw them off.

Xiao Yu used a bamboo pole to lead Gou Jiao into line and waited for a while before preparing to enter the city. However, he was stopped by a "hundred general" (centurion) with a sinister face.

"What's the matter, General?" Xiaoyu asked.

"Where are you from? Are you a runaway conscript?"

After asking a few questions, the general waved his hand and said, "The court has issued an order that the Lishan Palace is under repair. All registered merchants, unregistered idlers, and peddlers in the streets must serve the king. You two, follow us."

Before he had even finished his words, four officers in black robes came over with ropes and happily tied up the two men, shouting, "We've captured two more. We only need twelve. The task assigned to our county by the court is now complete!"

"Hey, hey, hey, this is a county town, not a remote countryside, don't be so rude!"

Gou Jiao shouted as he quickly pulled out a dark brown wooden sign from his arms, "Look, look here, I am——"

"What are you looking at? I think you are just a lazy guy!"

The officers knocked the wooden sign out of his hand, one of them held him down while another tied his hands and feet.

There were two others who pounced on Xiaoyu with a laugh.

Xiao Yu stood there without moving, but a powerful energy burst out from his body, pushing the four officers to the ground, turning them into a bunch of rolling gourds.

"How dare you openly attack the police, you don't want to live anymore, do you?"

The mere means of the True Qi Realm not only did not scare the general at all, but also angered him.

He glared and shouted, his hand on the hilt of the knife, and half of the sharp blade was unsheathed.

Xiao Yu did not tolerate him, and shouted even louder, "You little general, are you going to bet the lives of your entire family that I am really a 'regular idler' with no connections?
He also sent me to Xianyang to build a palace.

Damn it, how could you, a country bumpkin, understand the Taoist priest’s connections in Xianyang city?
If you really go to Xianyang, do you believe what I said and let your whole family be exiled to Lingnan and follow General Zhao Tuo to fight against the Baiyue?"

The general's expression froze, and he was in doubt. His tone was not as strong as before. "Little Taoist priest, you are a wild Taoist priest, and your friend is a beggar. They are the same as homeless idlers."

Gou Jiao shouted, "You didn't even look at my name badge and just tore it off, and you still say I'm an idler?
In the Qin Law promulgated in the year Yiyou, Article 84 clearly stipulates that those who damage or disrespect public plaques shall be punished with the same crime as those who offend meritorious service and titles.

I am a public official. What crime should you be punished for offending a public official?" Baijiang glanced at the wooden sign on the ground and saw a very familiar identity symbol.

But he just sneered and said, "Doctor Gong is nothing."

He pointed at the servants who were tied together with ropes not far away and said, "Go ask them, who among them doesn't have meritorious service? Not to mention the officials, three of them were once the Minister of the Left!"

Gou Jiao was stunned and angrily asked, "Which general are you from? How dare you be so lawless that you even arrested Zuo Shuchang?

Even if you can act violently now, once we send the people to the inner pass and find the Imperial Censor to tell him about the grievances, you, your county magistrate, and your prefect will all be beheaded."

The general bent down and picked up his ID card, pretended to look at it, nodded and said, "Julu Pingxiang, Gou Jiao, named 'Muxian', paid 4,000 dan of grain, first class in the county government's civil service examination, a public official.

Yes, that's right, you are currently a public doctor.

But you attacked the officials and harassed the laborers, so you should be demoted five ranks. Now you are a "superior", and you must perform labor service."

As he spoke, he took out a dagger from his waist and carved tiny words directly on the back of the wooden sign.

Gou Jiao's eyes were red with anger. "You, you are simply lawless, lunatic, aren't you afraid that you will be punished by Qin's law and your life will be in danger?"

The general sneered, "If I can't gather the people together, I will go to the northern Great Wall to guard the border, and I will be subject to the Qin Law."

He glanced at Xiao Yu, who had a calm expression, and said, "This is an order from the imperial court! Those who don't understand can go and read the notice on the city wall. If the imperial court wants someone, we will arrest them from the bottom up.

Today is different from the past. Merit and honor come with difficulty but go with ease. They are worthless now."

Xiao Yu sighed: "You can take advantage of military merit and titles, but how can you take advantage of my status and strength?"

"What is your identity and strength?" asked the general.

Xiao Yu reached his right hand into his sleeve, took out something, and waved it in front of Bai Jiang, "Do you see it clearly?"

The generals were startled and quickly bent over, bending over 90 degrees, shouting, "It turns out to be the Taoist master. I am stupid and ignorant. I didn't recognize the great immortal. Please forgive me, Taoist master."

He slapped himself several times, and forced a smile. He first used his inner strength to smooth out the scratches on the wooden sign, and then handed it back to Gou Jiao, whispering: "Mr. Gong Dafu, you know the Qin law. Demotion is not something that can be done by writing a note or saying a word. It must be registered in the provincial government.

The file has not been changed yet, so please don't mind what I said just now."

Gou Jiao took the wooden sign in a daze, his eyes still glancing at the half-cut radish in Xiao Yu's right hand.

After Xiaoyu led him through the city gate and into the empty inner city, he asked in confusion, "Master, are you the Taoist master?"

With his knowledge, he certainly knew that those who could claim the status of "real person" were generally true immortals.

"Do you think I look like Taoist priest?" Xiaoyu said.

Gou Jiao nodded vigorously and said, "The Taoist priest has profound Taoism and great wisdom. If you say that he is a fairy who has come to the world, I completely believe it.

But the Taoist priest was clearly holding a half-cut carrot in his hand, so why did the general suddenly become respectful and then arrogant? "

Xiao Yu tossed the radish in his hand and said with a smile: "This is not an ordinary radish, it is the radish seal of my Taoist priest.

The radish is pickled using a special process, so it will not rot even when the temperature rises in summer. "

Now she is a Taoist priest who does not know any magic. When she exorcises evil spirits, cures diseases, and even performs daily rituals, she often has to write runes and disc texts (shutou), which require the use of seals, which are the Taoist "magic seals".

A Dharma seal is to a Taoist priest what a fishing rod is to a fisherman.

Other Taoists only regretted that they could not find better immortal materials and divine ingredients to forge their own seals.

Xiaoyu only used half a carrot to carve a seal.

At this time, the radish had already lost its water and turned into a milky white mass that looked very much like wood.

But Gou Jiao had seen her use the radish seal many times and knew that it was indeed a radish seal.

In fact, ordinary people can recognize it as a radish if they look carefully.

"Even if this is the Taoist priest's seal, it cannot prove that he is a real person!" Gou Jiao said.

Even though the radish seal has never disappointed anyone and has always been effective in performing rituals and writing talismans, it is still just half a radish.

“It’s just a carrot in your eyes, but in the eyes of others it’s a seal with dazzling divine light, or a divine seal made by the Great Qin Dao Palace.

Those hundred generals who called me "immortal" certainly did not really regard me as an immortal.

But the noble status of a Dao Palace disciple is definitely unavoidable." Xiao Yu said with a smile.

Gou Jiao's heart was moved, and he said in surprise: "Master, did you use an illusion? If you are discovered, even if you are disguised as a Taoist disciple and not a real person, you will still be regarded as an unforgivable evil Taoist.

They will be splashed with dog blood, thrown into a toilet, and hung at the city gate for three days and three nights.

Xiao Yu sighed, "It's not like we haven't been to the county town before. Could it be that I have been using the radish stamp to deceive people?"

"Master, you have a jade disc of status, why don't you take it out?"

Gou Jiao said half a sentence and couldn't continue. He just stroked his wooden sign silently.

Since Shang Yang's reform, the kings and emperors of the Qin Dynasty wanted to weld the common people to death in their hometowns. Apart from farming and doing corvée labor, it was best not to do anything else and not go anywhere.

The "Reclamation Order" directly states: People are not allowed to move without permission.

Whenever conditions permit, there is a pavilion every ten miles, and the pavilion chief must check the "talismans" of those coming and going.

The reason why Gou Jiao was able to wander around outside for three years is not because he has excellent escape techniques.

Because his family was wealthy, he had donated 4,000 shi of grain a long time ago and exchanged it for the status of an eighth-level official.

Of course, Gou Jiao was not simply donating grain in exchange for a title, he was also the famous "Julu Zidu" in the county.

My grandparents wore purple and silver clothes and were all high-ranking officials.

He also became famous in the official school for his talent and won first place in the examination.

If it weren't for that identity tag, what would the Mengshan bandits have extorted from him, a beggar with a dark, thin face and a dirty cotton jacket?
Theoretically, if one's military rank reaches the fourth level, "no change", one can be exempted from military service.

When it comes to corvée labor, priority will be given to people from the left neighborhood.

What is Luzuo?

In fact, just by looking at the word "left", you can guess the general idea.

The Qin people valued the right side, and all of them had their hair twisted on the right. Those who wore their hair loose and had their clothes on the left were considered barbarians.

The right is superior and the left is inferior.

"Lu" means "community", and "Lüzuo" means "left-class citizens", all of whom are poor people.

Chen Sheng, Wu Guang and others were people from Lu Zuo.

Theoretically, it is impossible for someone who can hold the title of "Bu Geng" to fall to the level of "Lu Zuo".

Xiaoyu previously held the second-class title of "Shangzao" in Yingxiang Mansion, which was two levels lower than "Bugeng".

(End of this chapter)