One Qi Chaoyang

Chapter 264: Practice and Preparation for Taoism
Zhao Fuyun's impression of Wuliangyuan was that it was crowded and busy.

Wuliangyuan is like the chief steward, handling internal and external affairs.

For example, the arrangements for the Taoist classes in the upper and lower houses, the annual recruitment of disciples, the assignment of disciples' tasks, and the information sent from various places are all summarized here and then forwarded to the main peak.

If someone comes to visit, the visiting card must first be delivered to Wuliang Courtyard, and then forwarded to the main peak by Wuliang Courtyard.

Therefore, under the Wuliang Courtyard, it is divided into the Internal Affairs Office, the External Affairs Office, and the Finance Office.

Among them, the main responsibilities of the inner affairs room are to arrange Taoist lessons for the upper and lower courtyards, maintain the growth of spiritual plants in the mountains, repair and distribute houses and caves, reconcile conflicts between disciples, etc.

As for the buying and selling of meals, pills, talismans, etc., the disciples can just trade among themselves. In fact, many times, conflicts between disciples do not need to be mediated in the internal affairs room, because they can mediate among themselves.

Wuliangyuan is located in a valley. At the end of the iron cable suspension bridge between the lower courtyard and the upper courtyard, there is a valley, and Wuliangyuan is located in this valley.

Wuliangyuan was built around a valley, and the entire valley was divided into two levels, both connected by corridors. Under the giant trees in the mountains were houses, and the walls of the houses were not made of bricks or wood, but stone houses directly transformed from mud.

Some of the walls were inlaid with gems, which emitted a cold light under the lights.

Because it is in a valley with towering trees, the rooms here are relatively dimly lit and lights are on day and night.

At this time, Zhao Fuyun was walking in the valley corridor. There was a faint breeze blowing through the valley. Although the mountain gate had been reopened and disciples from the upper and lower academies had been recruited again, the place seemed quite deserted, perhaps because no one had arrived yet.

Zhao Fuyun came to the house where the head of the courtyard was.

Unexpectedly, the president was not the original president Wu Weishan, nor the vice president Fei Yu.

It was someone he knew—Jin Ling.

When Zhao Fuyun saw her, a look of surprise appeared on his face. Jin Ling looked up, and when she saw it was Zhao Fuyun, a smile appeared on her face. Then she stood up naturally, walked around the big table in front of her, and then came to Zhao Fuyun with her hands behind her back and swaying her body.

In Zhao Fuyun's eyes, she was wearing a lotus-like long skirt, which made her look slender, with a slightly bulging chest and a waist that could be grasped with ease.

Compared with Xun Lanyin's plain and elegant appearance with a hint of nobility, she has a bit more gorgeousness after dressing up.

She wore ruby earrings on both ears, a phoenix-eye hairpin on her hair, and a string of small golden bells on her left wrist.

There was a smile on her lips and a smile in her eyes.

Obviously, she was very satisfied with her current identity, or in other words, she was happy about today's meeting.

"I entered the upper house earlier than you, and you were enrolled in the Secret Ring earlier than me. So, who is the senior brother and who is the senior sister between us?" Jin Ling asked with a smile.

"Senior Sister, I'm used to calling you that. I can't get used to you calling me Senior Brother." Zhao Fuyun also said with a smile.

He didn't have any extra thoughts about who would be his senior brother and who would be his senior sister, but he knew that Jin Ling in front of him might not want to be his junior sister.

"Well, it's settled." Jin Ling extended her little finger in front of Zhao Fuyun and said, "Pink, don't regret it in the future. It's not that I insist on you being my senior sister, it's you who are not used to changing your mind."

Zhao Fuyun thought it was funny and didn't want to do such a thing. When he was about to turn around, she grabbed his arm and said angrily, "If you don't want to pinky promise me, it means you are not willing. Then you should be my senior brother."

After saying that, she turned sideways to show Zhao Fuyun her pink earlobes and the dangling ruby earrings.

"Okay." Zhao Fuyun didn't want to get entangled in such matters and stretched out his hand.

Jin Ling immediately turned around and quickly hooked the little finger of her right hand on Zhao Fuyun's little finger, and said with a smile on her face: "It's a pinky promise. You have to call me Senior Sister for the rest of your life. No regrets!"

Zhao Fuyun smiled and nodded, then let go of her hand. She once again put her hands behind her back and came to the reception room on the side. She said, "Junior Brother Fuyun, I heard that you have been refining treasures since you returned to the mountain. I wonder what treasures you have refined? Now that you have come out of the mountain, I guess you have already refined it, right?"

"It's done." Zhao Fuyun knelt down on the seat opposite her.

She started making tea.

"That must be a great treasure." Jin Ling took out a can of tea from her treasure bag and asked with raised eyebrows.

"It's just barely formed, and it can't be considered a good treasure. After all, my refining skills are limited." Zhao Fuyun said.

"Junior Brother Fuyun is far ahead in cultivation, so his other skills must be no bad either." Jin Ling took out tea leaves and put them in the teapot.

He introduced: "This is where I opened the Purple Palace. The tea leaves picked from a tea tree here have a hint of gold on the edges of the leaves. I call it Golden Eyebrow Tea. Long-term consumption of this tea can help people realize the meaning of the Golden Nature."

"In that case, I'd like to try it." Zhao Fuyun said with a smile.

The water on the tea tray has boiled, with wisps of smoke rising. Pour it into the teapot, and immediately the aroma of tea mixed with hot steam rises.

Zhao Fuyun looked at it and sniffed it. She felt that the tea was indeed fragrant, richer than ordinary tea, and it complemented her temperament.

She poured the tea from the teapot into the cup and placed it in front of Zhao Fuyun. Zhao Fuyun stood up and took a sip.

He actually couldn't tell the difference between good and bad tea, but whenever someone introduced tea to him, he would always say "delicious" after drinking it.

However, he couldn't say this cup.

Because this tea has a sour taste.

He thought it didn't taste good, but he still drank it all.

Jin Ling smiled and said, "Junior Brother Fuyun doesn't think it tastes good."

Zhao Fuyun nodded and said, "It's very different from other teas I drink."

"That's right. How can the tea I, Jin Ling, drink be the same as others? I want others to remember me after drinking my tea. Now, Junior Brother, you remember me, right? At least you remember my tea."

"I always remember Senior Sister Jin Ling." Zhao Fuyun said.

“No, you don’t remember.” Jin Ling said, “But it doesn’t matter. Time is long, and we still have to form golden elixirs and transform into infants. As fellow disciples, we will watch the ups and downs of this world together in Tiandu Mountain.”

After hearing this, Zhao Fuyun took a serious look at the scheming senior sister in front of him for the first time. He was somewhat surprised that she had such an ambition. If it was about forming a pill, every Purple Mansion cultivator would think about it, but not many people would think about forming an infant at this stage.

Moreover, Zhao Fuyun felt a different mentality from her words "watch the ebb and flow of the world".

"Senior sister, you are a true cultivator." Zhao Fuyun exclaimed.

Jin Ling smiled, revealing her pearly teeth, and said, "Let's work hard together."

"Okay, this cup of tea is for Senior Sister, and also for Senior Sister." Zhao Fuyun picked up the teacup, and Jin Ling also picked up the teacup. On her white wrist, a golden bell slid down, making a crisp sound.

The rim of the cup rested between her red lips, she inhaled the tea and took a sip. She narrowed her eyes slightly, revealing a comfortable look.

She likes to drink this tea.

After that, the two talked for a while. She talked about her experience of establishing a government, and Zhao Fuyun briefly talked about his experience of collecting precious materials. After that, Zhao Fuyun told her the purpose of his coming here.

After she confirmed what class Zhao Fuyun was going to teach, Zhao Fuyun said goodbye and left.

Zhao Fuyun returned to the Lihuo Palace. The message he left with Jin Ling was.

You can talk about the "Red Flame Divine Method" and the "Scripture of the Beginningless Dao".

He had no way of explaining the "Taixu Wujie Zhenjing" that he had practiced, and he thought that his practice was not enough.

However, he believed that no one would choose him to study the "Sutra of the Beginning of the Tao", which is something that needs to be learned at the beginning of practice and is only required in the lower house. In the upper house, there is no need to learn it at all.

Anyone who truly practices fire magic will inevitably have to learn the 'Red Flame Divine Magic'.

In a sense, since the appearance of Lord Red Flame, it has been equivalent to an advanced method of fire magic.

In his own Lihuo Palace, after he was no longer so eager to refine treasures, he began to recite the "Taixu Wujie Zhenjing" repeatedly in his mind, and also practiced the "Secret Words of the Heavenly Commands" left to him by his aunt.

His 'Taixu Edict' and 'Chiyan Edict' were derived from this.

With his current state of mind, he felt that reading "The Secret Words of the Heavenly Commands" was just right. There were some parts that he didn't understand when he read it before, but now when he read it again, everything became clear to him.

With his enlightenment in mind, the Dharma thought in his body was instantly connected with the heaven and earth, and then as he practiced it several times, a "secret command" was completed.

As the legal ideas in his mind became more mature, his orders would become simpler.

Especially those talismans that have formed the meaning of the Dharma, he can make it into an edict with just a thought.

Of course, as he practices this command, his understanding of the Dharma will become deeper.

His magic spells quickly became more diverse.

As for the jade book obtained from the Nether Prison, when he calmed down and looked at it, he found that the words that had originally flooded into his mind had disappeared and he could no longer remember them.

I tried to feel it again, and wanted to comprehend the six desire prohibitions, but found it very difficult.

So he gave up, knowing that if he forced himself to understand now, he might be able to gain something, but it would be half the result with twice the effort. It would be better for him to practice all the methods he could practice now and integrate them. By then, his understanding of many things would be improved and his realm would be raised. Then it would be much easier for him to practice the Six Desires Prohibition Method.

While practicing this method, he also refined the yellow gourd that the man had obtained from the snake demon Taoist Suifeng, and took the time to wash away the snake demon's magic power from it.

This gourd is a magic weapon that can capture the body and soul.

There was an evil wind refined into the gourd. When people were taken in, they would become confused and lose their minds when blown by the evil wind. If they were blown for a while longer, their souls would be scattered.

Of course, you can also release the evil wind to hurt the enemy, but it is not as safe as keeping it inside.

Moreover, if it is released for use, the evil wind in it will be less each time it is used. If you want to keep the evil wind in the gourd full, you need to constantly collect the evil wind into it.

Zhao Fuyun himself did not practice wind magic, so of course he was unwilling to capture the wind evil. He could not find any place with wind evil for a while.

So it's just a simple ritual.

However, when he saw the statue of the Flame Demon that he had placed in the corner, some ideas suddenly came to his mind.

Of course, this idea is just a thought.

He saw himself again, and the paulownia branch that had been placed in his treasure bag for a long time.

This is also something of the magic weapon level.

He thought of Xun Lanyin's Xuanyin Pearl and his own Xuancai Pearl.

The Xuan Cai Pearl can be used to refine a second soul. It is a great treasure, but he cannot use it now because his soul has not been condensed.

Only after the golden elixir is formed can the initial rituals and refining be carried out.

After the golden elixir is formed, the essence, energy and spirit in the body become one, and a qualitative change occurs.

In this way, his Dharma thoughts underwent a qualitative change, and he could separate a little of it and inject it into the Xuan Cai Pearl to nurture and give birth to a second soul.

After Zhao Fuyun read Xun Lanyinhong's book on the method of cultivating the second soul, he knew that the Xuan Cai Pearl could be said to be equivalent to an 'egg', and Zhao Fuyun's current Dharma thoughts were equivalent to 'sperm'. When the two are combined, they will form a new soul, so it is called the second soul, which has many wonderful uses.

But now Zhao Fuyun has not formed the golden elixir, and his magic power has not transformed, so his magic power does not have the vitality to allow the Xuan Cai Pearl to give birth to the "primordial spirit". However, this kind of ritual method will take a long time to give birth to a second primordial spirit, and in the early stage it can only be used as a magic weapon.

Of course, there is another way to use it. That is after you have transformed into a Nascent Soul, when the Nascent Soul goes out, you can use the Xuan Cai Pearl as your body. In this way, you will not be afraid of contamination or harm.

However, this is all far-flung stuff.

However, after seeing the green jade phoenix tree branch, Zhao Fuyun wondered whether he could merge it with his Red Flame God.

He wanted to use the green jade phoenix tree branch as a wick.

However, he was also worried that his lamp would be destroyed, so he decided to find time to ask Xun Lanyin.

It was during his daily practice of Dharma, reading scriptures, and pondering and refining treasures.

three months later.

Outside the Fire Palace, a golden bird flew in.

The bird was a golden phoenix, and looked like a cut-out window paper-cut. It looked fake, but it was flying in the air, holding a letter in its mouth and hand.

Landed in front of Zhao Fuyun.

Zhao Fuyun reached out and pulled it over.

When he opened it, he found that it contained the schedule for his Taoist classes, as well as the name list of disciples who had signed up to attend his classes.

He glanced through the names, but there was an unexpected name.

Liang Jidao. He didn't know if it was the person deep in his memory.

As far as he could remember, Liang Jidao was Liang Daozi's elder brother who was adopted by him as his son. After so many years, he was now quite old.

Apart from that, there is no one I know or am familiar with.

This is not surprising, as the people he knows are all of the same generation. So many years have passed, and there is no time in the mountains, but outside, almost two or three generations have changed.

The time is tomorrow at noon.

The course is the Red Flame Divine Method.

After the golden paper-cut-like phoenix flew away, Zhao Fuyun sorted out what he wanted to say in his mind.

But it has not been completely decided yet, because tomorrow we need to confirm what level the upper house disciples who come to listen to the lecture are at.

(End of this chapter)