Reborn Tianlong: I practice martial arts for immortality

Oblivious to the surrounding scenery.

In a few minutes, Jiang Weichen reached the top of the mountain, and a three or four meter high eaves hall appeared in front of him.

The main hall door was open, creaking in the breeze.

Several clay statues are enshrined inside.

There are several houses on both sides. The blue bricks are covered with moss, and the wooden windows are dark in color, obviously quite old.

Jiang Weichen saw an old Taoist priest and a little Taoist boy sitting cross-legged in the hall opposite, playing chess.

He came to the front of the hall with the package in hand and said, "My name is Jiang Weichen, nice to meet you, Taoist priest."

The old Taoist ignored Jiang Weichen. When he saw the little Taoist boy looking up, he quickly placed two pieces.

The situation suddenly changed from disadvantage to advantage.

The corners of Jiang Weichen's mouth twitched slightly, he didn't know whether the old Taoist was really a noob or was deliberately teasing his disciple.

"Qing Yi, what are you looking at? Just focus on playing chess."

The old Taoist ignored Jiang Weichen. Qingyun Temple was not very famous. Only ordinary people came to worship occasionally, and not even a single dignitary came in a year.

This person must have come here for a purpose.

Jiang Weichen glanced around the hall. It was very clean, but also very empty.

There is nothing else except clay statues, incense tables, and cushions.

There isn't even a lottery box.

A quarter of an hour later, the little Taoist boy said excitedly: "Master, I won, I'm going to play now."

"Go, go." The old Taoist waved his hand.

The old Taoist put away the chessboard and then said, "Tell me, what brings you to my Qingyun Temple?"

Jiang Weichen asked in return: "Master, can't I just come here to burn incense and worship the gods?"

"My Qingyun Temple is unknown, and the people who come here are just poor people or those who come from the mountain to seek medical treatment."

Jiang Weichen stepped forward and bowed three times to the clay statue before saying, "Master, I have come here to learn Taoism from you."

The old Taoist was stunned and said, "You want to become a Taoist monk in my Qingyun Temple?"

Jiang Weichen shook his head and said, "I don't want to become a monk, but I want to ask the Taoist master for advice on Taoist scriptures."

This was an idea Jiang Weichen had long ago, and he came here mainly to ask for advice.

Not only Taoist classics, but also martial arts classics.

This old Taoist is at least innate. Although Jiang Weichen has the Taoist Temple, which can help him avoid detours, only by communicating with the strong can he trigger inspiration and increase his knowledge.

He did not dislike Taoism, but he was not sure which sect Qingyun Temple belonged to, nor did he want to be bound by some of its rules and regulations.

The second thing was to create evidence that he was not in Yangcheng. Hua Yunxuan targeted the Supreme Alliance and ended up dying.

No matter how you look at it, he is the most suspicious, but he has been in Qingyun Temple all this time, so how could he have the time to commit a crime?

The old Taoist priest asked in return, "But why should I teach you?

Is it because you have the heart to seek the truth? There are many people in this world who have the heart to seek the truth.

"Because you are rich? If the old Taoist wants to make some money, he can just find a landlord, ask him to see a doctor or tell his fortune, and he can get it easily."

Jiang Weichen had anticipated this a long time ago. Other religions like Islam and Buddhism were all keen on missionary work.

But as for Taoism in China, it has developed for more than two thousand years, but it has always been lukewarm and has not spread beyond the world.

It is because these Taoist masters are not very keen on preaching.

They mostly do things as they please, and usually practice meditation and seek immortality.

But you can't provoke them, otherwise they will use thunder and lightning to avenge you.

Otherwise, your spiritual practice will be affected because your mind will be disturbed.

This is also the reason why they practice seclusion in prosperous times and come down the mountain to save the world in troubled times.

It's not just because of the greater good, but also because if they watch the lives of the people in the world suffer and remain indifferent, their moral integrity will be tarnished.

Jiang Weichen took the package he had just put down and said, "I brought a gift for the Taoist priest. I believe he will like it."

The old Taoist Qingyun took the package with some doubt, opened it and saw that there were ten scriptures.

"Tao De Jing"

Qingyun didn't care. As a Taoist temple, how could Qingyun Temple not have Taoist scriptures? Almost most Taoist temples have the Tao Te Ching.

Zhuangzi, Chongxu Sutra, Dongling Sutra, Baopuzi...

Taoist Qingyun looked at these Taoist scriptures and sighed, "What a pity that they are not the original ones."

Just by looking at the newness of the book, you can tell that it was copied recently.

Taoist Qingyun's mood has not changed much. Although his Qingyun Temple has declined, he still has like-minded people.

As a Taoist, it is not difficult to borrow Taoist classics. Except for some particularly precious ones, all others can be borrowed, and even copied and brought back.

But there are really one or two precious books among them that he has never read before.

Qingyun said without pretense, "Okay, I'll accept your gift. If you have any questions, you can ask me."

"Thank you, Taoist Priest. I am sorry for bothering you during this period of time."

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Chapter 135 Asking for advice

Jiang Weichen stood on the bluestone next to the Taoist temple on Qingyun Mountain with his hands behind his back.

The view here is broad. At a glance, you can see the crisscrossing farmlands below the mountain and the curling smoke from the village.

Outside the village is a lush green area with shrubs and jungles, a scene full of vitality.

Villages can be seen faintly not far away, and even Yangcheng, a few kilometers away, can be vaguely seen.

However, Jiang Weichen had no intention of appreciating this scenery, and could only practice his internal and external skills step by step.

However, his boxing and swordsmanship never improved. Even if he practiced more moves, it only increased his means of fighting the enemy, but did not increase his combat power at all.

I don’t know if it’s due to the limitations of my realm or other reasons.

Jiang Weichen started studying Chinese martial arts and internal boxing three or four months ago, but there was no progress.

At this time, Niu Gui hurried to Qingyun Temple to report: "Leader, Hua Yunxuan is dead."

Jiang Weichen turned around on the top of the mountain. Nine days had passed, and Jiang Wenguang finally succeeded.

"If he's dead, then he's dead." Jiang Weichen took out a small porcelain bottle from the Yandao Hall and handed it to Niu Gui, saying, "Just give this antidote to Jiang Wenguang."

Niu Gui took the antidote and left. He was the only person who knew about the plan between the leader and Jiang Wenguang.

After Niu Gui left, Jiang Weichen came to a pavilion not far away and watched Qingyun playing chess with his disciples again.

He was deliberately teasing his disciples again.

This old Taoist had superb Go skills, and Jiang Weichen had taken the opportunity to learn the rules of Go during his previous performance.

I also memorized many Go-related endgames in the long river of imaginary time.

Thinking of the Zhenlong chess game, Jiang Weichen asked the old Taoist for advice a few days ago and then proposed to compete in chess with him.

I thought I had memorized many chess games and could definitely beat the experienced ones.

After all, when the Taoist priest was playing chess with his disciples, his chess skills were extremely poor, and he would often divert the disciples' attention and steal chess pieces.

As a result, the old Taoist changed his style instantly when playing against him. After ten rounds, Jiang Weichen didn't win a single round and was defeated.

The chess game he had memorized was completely useless.

Jiang Weichen's current chess skills are not yet good enough to be used flexibly, so just memorizing them is useless.

If he can't even beat this old Taoist, how can he be a match for Su Xinghe?

The Zhenlong chess game can defeat countless masters, and it can also trigger obsessions in people's hearts and make them fall into demonic barriers.

Both Murong Fu and Duan Yanqing were almost driven to suicide.

No one has cracked it for decades, and Jiang Weichen naturally can't solve it by memorizing some endgames.

A year has passed, and I don’t know whether Wang Yuyan has completed her body training.

After the old Taoist lost to his disciple again, Jiang Weichen said, "Qingyi, go play. I'll play a few games with your master."

Qing Yi ran away immediately. He had not wanted to play chess for a long time, but his master forced him to play chess every day.

"Haven't you been abused enough by me before?" Taoist Qingyun said while packing up the chess pieces.

"Master, you drag your disciple to play chess every day. It's one thing to deliberately lose to your disciple, but why are you cheating?"

"Humph, what do you know? Qing Yi is less than five years old and is not yet old enough to practice martial arts and study Taoist scriptures.

The old Taoist asked him to play chess every day to exercise his brain.

Most of the time, losing to Qing Yi is just to give Qing Yi confidence. Didn't you see that Lao Dao's chess skills are only slightly weaker than Qing Yi's every time? "

Jiang Weichen understood the good intentions of Taoist Qingyun. This was just like a puzzle game in later generations.

It’s just that the form of this era is simple.

The two began to play chess, and Jiang Weichen also wanted to practice his chess skills.

Jiang Weichen played first with black pieces, but he lost soon after.

"Your mind isn't even on chess, you're just wasting my time."

Qingyun threw down the chess piece and said.

“Master, an ordinary man weighing over 100 kilograms can, after training, lift an object weighing over 200 to 300 kilograms off the ground.

Some people who are naturally strong can lift weights of five to six hundred kilograms or even more after training.

Although I am not born with a strong physique, I have strengthened my muscles and bones through training and building a foundation.

Now the meridians are opened up, the circulation of qi and blood is promoted, and the internal force circulates in a small circle to further strengthen the body, and the external skills are practiced.