Controlling the Five Thunders and the Two Worlds

Chapter 506 The Modern Taoist Sect Has More and More Promising Talents
"Blessings and Immeasurable Heavenly Lord!"

Daoist Yun Chang and Daoist Hai Zhao bowed in unison, saying, "Greetings, Sect Leader!"

Two young Taoist priests: ? ? ?

Gu Zhao reached out and helped the two old Taoist priests up.

The combination of these two experienced Taoists reminded Gu Zhao of Taoist Master Gao Yue and Taoist Master Xu Xing, who were from the Qingwei School and the Longmen School, respectively.

"In fact, the Taoist lineage of Kongdong Mountain mainly comes from Zhenwu."

Master Yun Chang explained, “In the early Ming Dynasty, everything was in ruins and needed to be rebuilt. Emperor Chengzu carried out a major renovation of Wudang Mountain and worshipped Zhenwu. There were tens of thousands of Taoist priests on Zhenwu Mountain, and then they were transferred to various places.”

Kongdong Mountain also inherited the Taoist lineage of Zhenwu back then, mainly focusing on the Quanzhen Longmen School and the Qingwei School. However, since several hundred years have passed, the generational differences have become quite significant.

"The difference is indeed quite significant," Gu Zhao said with a smile.

The generational names of Daoist Yun Chang and Daoist Hai Zhao are almost ten generations different from those of Daoist Gao Yue and Daoist Xu Xing of Zhenwu Mountain, indicating that their relationship has indeed been severed for a long time.

Fortunately, nowadays, different sects are all independent, and after joining the Great Luo Palace, there are basically only two generations. Apart from their respective sects, there are also grandmasters, grand-disciples, and so on. Basically, everyone is a senior uncle or junior nephew.

At this point, Gu Zhao, who had just scanned Kongdong Mountain with his divine sense, looked at Daoist Hai Zhao and said, "On Kongdong Mountain, there is another Daoist who has also cultivated inner true qi. Judging from his aura, he is also from the Qingwei lineage."

Master Hai Zhao immediately replied, "That's my disciple Qi Han. He just turned forty-three last month, so he's not in a hurry."

"Let's go together," Gu Zhao said.

Although Kongdong Mountain is also a famous Taoist mountain, it is ultimately not as beautiful as the famous mountains in the Central Plains. There are only three Taoists on the mountain who have cultivated internal energy.

However, Gansu and Longxi border Guanzhong, and some remote Taoist temples also have true Taoist practitioners.

Too lazy to travel to too many places, Gu Zhao decided to first recruit the true Taoists on these famous mountains before going to various small Taoist temples to recruit people.

So the group put away the chessboard and chess box, handed them to a young Taoist priest, and then walked down the mountain together.

Gu Zhao and Daoist Yun Chang and Daoist Hai Zhao walked in front, with two young Daoist priests following behind.

The two exchanged a glance, their eyes filled with shock.

The whole world now knows that Tianxia has a group of extremely powerful and extraordinary Taoist priests, and as members of the Taoist sect, they are naturally very aware of this as well.

They even know some more inside information.

For example, these extraordinary Taoist priests all disappeared for a period of time before they demonstrated their extraordinary abilities, and it is said that the place of their disappearance was Guangzhou.

For example, although these extraordinary Taoist priests are of different ages, there is a prerequisite that they have all cultivated internal energy.

For example, the disappearance of these extraordinary Taoist priests was mainly due to their journey to a blessed land full of spiritual energy.

For example, before these extraordinary Taoist priests disappeared, they all encountered a mysterious person, who was the owner of that blessed land.

It's said that this person is a rather handsome young man.

But none of the people who spread the news were sure whether the young man was truly young or had achieved immortality through cultivation and was simply looking young.

The young Taoist priest on the left looked at the chess box in his hand and winked at the young Taoist priest on the right, "He must be really young, otherwise his chess skills shouldn't be this good."

The young Taoist priest on the right gently shook his head, "That's not necessarily true. Maybe he's just naturally bad at chess."

The young Taoist on the left looked expectantly, "I wonder if we can come along?" The young Taoist on the right rolled his eyes, "Instead of dreaming about this, we should focus on our cultivation. When we develop inner energy, that will be a real opportunity."

The two were quite in sync; with just a few gestures and glances, they clearly conveyed their meanings.

Then they discovered that they each had an extra bracelet in their hands.

"This is a golden sandalwood bracelet with engravings of the Heavenly Gang Talisman and Vajra Mysterious Talisman. It is used to protect the righteous and ward off evil, safeguard life and defend oneself, and also to calm the mind and aid in spiritual practice."

Gu Zhao saw through their little actions and said, "You two have good aptitude and a good state of mind. If you can stabilize your Dao heart, you have a good chance of cultivating inner Qi."

The two young Taoist priests' eyes lit up as they understood the meaning behind Gu Zhao's words. They hurriedly and respectfully replied, "Yes, thank you, Master Gu!"

Master Yun Chang and Master Hai Zhao were also very pleased.

They took these two young Taoist priests under their wing because they saw great potential in them, and would give them pointers from time to time.

Although they are now going to follow Gu Zhao to another world to fight for justice and vanquish demons, the two young Taoist priests have already mastered all kinds of Taoist books and now have the Golden Gang Bracelet to help them.

As long as they maintain their Daoist faith and diligently cultivate themselves, they have a good chance of cultivating inner Qi within one or two years.

They're overthinking it.

Although most of the old Taoists travel to other worlds, once their cultivation level breaks through the five-hundred-year limit, they will return to the modern world for business trips, or sometimes return to the Great Luo Palace for quiet cultivation, which will also lead them to travel to the modern world.

They would all take time to return to their original mountain gates and Taoist temples to preach to the Taoist priests there.

This includes, but is not limited to, maintaining a steadfast heart, methods of cultivation, and the transmission of experience.

Not only are there many promising young talents, but many older Taoist priests have also shown great promise after focusing their attention on Taoist scriptures.

They are all of good character and have good aptitude, but they have always devoted their minds to philosophy, art and personal hobbies and have not truly practiced the Tao.

Of course, these people are just starting their cultivation. Even if they have cultivated internal energy, their cultivation period is short and they don't have much skill. Their priority is definitely lower than that of Taoists who have cultivated internal energy and true qi long ago.

But this is enough to prove their talent and potential; once they are given the Thunder Seed, they will be able to improve rapidly in the future.

In other words, even without the Thunder Seed, as long as they enter the other world, they still have a high chance of achieving cultivation. Even if they cannot ascend to immortality, they can still hope to live forever.

But that's all for the future; Gu Zhao won't take them on a time-travel journey now.

While thinking about this, the group had already descended Lao Jun Peak and arrived at the Lei Zu Temple not far away.

In front of the Leizu Temple, some tourists offer incense to the gods and take photos, while others buy religious items and seek divination.

A middle-aged, handsome Taoist priest sat behind the fortune-telling stall, interpreting fortune slips for two young girls.

"This set of divination slips was passed down from the Northern Emperor and is called the 'Four Saints True Lords Divination Slips,' consisting of forty-nine slips," the middle-aged Taoist priest said with a smile. "It is most effective for inquiring about marriage and career."

"Then can you help me see if I can find a husband who is A9 in wealth, has a master's degree from a 985 university, is 1.8 meters tall, has a good figure and good looks, is romantic and has a sense of ritual, loves to cook and do housework, is generous, ambitious, and preferably has a job in the public sector?"

“Yes, yes, me too. He’d prefer to be a bureau-level official.” Another girl nodded repeatedly. “You’re a real person with magical powers, could you give me a talisman? After casting a spell, I can make this god-given boyfriend fall in love with me?”

The middle-aged Taoist priest, "..."

(End of this chapter)