The heavens start from Quanzhen swordsmanship

If Yao Ji could take a different path, Yang Jian's future route should also change, right?
If Yang Jian practiced freely, what would his achievements be?

Not to mention achievements, at least life won’t be so miserable.

I wonder if Yao Ji will listen to his advice.

……

Time flies like water, and three months have passed in the blink of an eye.

Xiaolongnu, Cheng Jiayao and others also gradually integrated into the city of Yanzhou.

Everyone in Shanliu Town also knew that there was a Quanzhen Temple in the apricot forest not far from the Yang Mansion.

It's a courtyard, not a Taoist temple.

If it is a Taoist temple, and a Taoist has so many wives, what if a god passes by and hears about it and dislikes him?
Xu Zhiqing didn't want to inadvertently attract any bad guests because of these little things.

In Quanzhen Temple, a man came up to Xu Zhiqing with a grateful look on his face.

"Master Xu, I asked my brothers to bring you the bamboo. Where is it?"

The man is Huang Shi, a carpenter from Shanliu Town. He is about forty years old and is wearing coarse cloth clothes.

His sleeves were rolled up, revealing two lean and strong arms.

Not long ago, he heard that there was a Taoist priest named Xu in Quanzhen Temple who was good at medicine.

So he brought his sick wife here.

None of the famous doctors in the city of Yanzhou could cure his wife. After Xu Zhiqing examined her, he prescribed some medicine for her and her condition improved.

In the past, his wife suffered from severe pain and had difficulty sleeping at night, which made him very distressed.

Now, after taking a few doses of medicine, I can sleep well every night.

Huangshi is grateful to Xu Zhiqing.

The reason he came to deliver bamboo today was because he felt that Master Xu's yard was short of a few reclining chairs, so he personally brought people to deliver them.

Originally, he wanted to make the chair and send it over.

After listening to his idea, Master Xu told him not to rush and asked him to send the bamboo over.

"Brother Huang, thank you for your help!"

When Xu Zhiqing heard Huang Shi say that the bamboo had been sent over, his eyes lit up.

Now, he does nothing else except practicing.

All I think about every day is how to live a more comfortable life.

He has no enemies and no need to fight.

He was only given an exploration mission, and he was not forced to do it.

Unlike in Uncle Jiu's world, if the problem of yin and yang balance is not solved, the yin energy may leak into the Hall of All Worlds and cause adverse effects.

It can be said that this is the time when he is having the easiest time.

He likes this peaceful and tranquil life.

When he heard that Huangshi wanted to make a chair for him, all he wanted was to make a few lounge chairs.

When he has nothing to do on weekdays, he can lie in a chair to bask in the sun, study some Taoist scriptures, and look at some magic spells.

He felt that he could never have enough of such pleasant days.

“Just put the bamboo outside in the yard!”

"They are all bamboos as thick as arms, right?"

As Xu Zhiqing spoke, he was also walking out of the yard.

He practiced in the morning and now it was time for him to rest.

Xiaolongnu and others are also practicing.

Huang Shi followed behind Xu Zhiqing.

"I got the bamboo just as you said, and I also prepared all the tools you asked me to prepare!"

Huangshi seemed to be hesitant to speak.

Xu Zhiqing glanced at it and said with a smile: "Brother Huang, just say whatever you want to say!"

"Master Xu, can't you just let me make the chair you want?"

"It's not that I don't want to give it to you, it's that I thought you wouldn't be able to do it!"

"What kind of chair does Master Xu want to make?"

"Lounge!"

"A recliner?"

When Huang Shi heard this, he laughed.

"Master Xu, you underestimate me, don't you? It's just a recliner. I can do it!"

Xu Zhiqing stopped.

"You can?"

He had been in Shanliu Town for such a long time, but he had never seen a recliner.

He thought they didn't know how to make a recliner!

"Master Xu, is this the recliner you mentioned?"

Huang Shi said this and gestured with his hand.

After watching Huang Shi's gestures, Xu Zhiqing laughed and said, "It seems that I really underestimated you. It is exactly as you said!"

Recliner?

In the Ming Dynasty, productivity was still relatively backward, and some tables were simple octagonal tables.

The stools are all four-legged stools.

He really thought that the carpenters here didn't know how to do it.

"That's fine!"

Huang Shi breathed a sigh of relief.

If it were anything else, he probably wouldn't.

But he is still quite good at making chairs.

He did not continue to talk about Xu Zhiqing looking down on him, but asked: "Master Xu, do you want to use these bamboos to make chairs directly?"

Xu Zhiqing nodded.

"Master Xu, you should actually leave the task of making chairs to people like us!"

Huang Shi shook his head.

"If you want to make those bamboos into chairs, you need to go through other methods. If you make them into chairs directly, they will crack in no time!"

"Brother Huang, since you can make recliners, I will give these chairs to you!"

Xu Zhiqing didn't expect that Huang Shi really understood all this.

He really underestimated people.

After all, even paper is extremely scarce in this world, and most people use bamboo slips.

Even the gods used bamboo slips instead of paper.

When Huang Shi heard that Xu Zhiqing was willing to entrust him with the task of making the chairs, he immediately patted his chest and made the promise.

"Master Xu, please be at ease. Give me eight or nine days and I will make you a few exquisite chairs!"

He added one more sentence.

“It’s also strong!”

Xu Zhiqing clasped his fists towards Huang Shi and said, "Then I'll leave it to you, Brother Huang!"

"Master Xu, don't worry!"

Huang Shi finished speaking and directed the people outside the yard.

"Old Song, carry the bamboo to my house, and I will give you instructions when you get there!"

Upon hearing this, Lao Song and the others had no complaints, and they worked together to carry the bamboo away again.

After Huang Shi and others left, he turned around and bowed to Xu Zhiqing.

"Master Xu, I have to get busy now!"

"Good work!"

Xu Zhiqing bowed and saw Huang Shi off.

At this moment, he was thinking about something else.

Make paper.

He didn't want to make money at once, but he was thinking that he would need a lot of paper when drawing talismans in the future.

The paper he uses now is all brought from another world.

I have never been to town to buy paper.

Thinking of this, Xu Zhiqing came up with an idea.

After lunch, Xu Zhiqing rode his donkey to Yang's house.

Xu Zhiqing looked at the open gate of the Yang Mansion. Through the wall he saw Yang Tianyou and Yao Ji sitting in the yard.

The Yang Mansion is not a large compound with high walls.

The courtyard is surrounded by wooden walls, as is the gate to the mansion.

That's why he could see Yang Tianyou and Yao Ji in the yard through the wall. As soon as he arrived at the door, the two people sitting in the yard also saw him.

Yang Tianyou stood up and shouted to Xu Zhiqing who had just gotten off the donkey: "Brother Xu, why did you come after this hour? You should have come earlier so that you could have a meal!"

Xu Zhiqing walked towards the yard.

"Do I still need your meal?"

"Haha, yes!"

Yang Tianyou invited Xu Zhiqing to sit down.

Yao Ji stood up.

"I'll go get some tea for Brother Yang!"

Yao Ji is now three months pregnant, but her belly is not visible at all, just like that of a young girl.

Xu Zhiqing raised his hand.

"Thank you, sister-in-law!"

Yao Ji nodded slightly, turned around and walked away with small steps.

"Brother Xu, why do you have time to come to me when you are not at home with your close friends?"

A few days ago, his wife Yunniang went to Xingzilin to go out for fun with Xiaolongnu and others.

After returning, Yunniang told him that his brother Xu's confidantes were all beautiful and kind people.

They are all people with miserable lives.

His wife asked about the backgrounds of several people.

After I came back, I told him about it.

"Brother Yang, of course I have something to do with you!"

Hearing this, Yang Tianyou asked curiously, "What's the matter?"

Xu Zhiqing took out a yellow talisman.

"Brother Yang, where can I buy this kind of paper?"

Yang Tianyou reached out and took the paper from Xu Zhiqing.

"You can buy this in the city of Yanzhou, but the paper is quite expensive. I have a little paper at home. If you need it, Brother Yang, I can give you some!"

"Brother Yang, you misunderstood me. I didn't mean to ask you for it. I just wanted to ask if you have a lot of this kind of paper in the city of Yanzhou?"

"Of course not much!"

Yang Tianyou laughed and said, "Brother Xu, you don't think these papers are ordinary, do you?"

"Oh? What do you say?"

"These papers are very complicated to make, so the output is very scarce. Not only are they very expensive, but sometimes you can't even buy them!"

Yang Tianyou felt a little emotional when he spoke of this.

“It would be great if this kind of paper could be popularized and made cheaper!”

"This way, I don't need to use bamboo slips to record things!"

When Xu Zhiqing heard this, he was silent for a moment.

He still knew too little about life in this world.

For example, he knew very little about the situation in the city of Lingzhou.

Many of the things he needs, including food, clothing, shelter and transportation, may not be available in the city of Luzhou.

Thinking of this, Xu Zhiqing said directly: "Brother Yang, I came to you because I have a method to make paper, which can produce yellow paper in large quantities!"

“There’s even white paper!”

Yang Tianyou was stunned.

"Brother Xu, are you telling the truth?"

Xu Zhiqing nodded, took out the paper he had written at home, and handed it to Yang Tianyou.

Yang Tianyou took it, took a look at it, and quickly looked away.

"Brother Xu, this is the formula for making paper, how can you show it to me?"

If this formula can really produce a large amount of yellow paper and white paper as Xu Zhiqing said, then this formula is priceless!

“Brother Yang, it’s okay to show you this recipe!”

Xu Zhiqing said seriously: "I came here to give the formula to Brother Yang, so that we can cooperate to make paper!"

Selling paper is a way to make money.

Even though cultivation requires a lot of money, Xu Zhiqing would not personally do this.

His purpose of looking for Yang Tianyou was to get Yang Tianyou to provide people and then produce a large amount of paper.

If paper could be mass-produced, it would be a good thing for the scholars of the Ming Dynasty.

After listening to Xu Zhiqing's words, Yang Tianyou stood up and bowed deeply to Xu Zhiqing.

"Tianyou, on behalf of all the scholars in the world, thank you, Brother Xu!"

"Brother Yang, what are you doing?"

Xu Zhiqing quickly stood up and helped Yang Tianyou up.

"Besides, you haven't verified the authenticity of my formula yet!"

Yang Tianyou looked at Xu Zhiqing.

"Brother Xu, if someone else told me this formula, I might not believe it, but this formula was given to me by you!"

What Yang Tianyou implied was that he believed in Xu Zhiqing.

Xu Zhiqing didn't expect that Yang Tianyou would trust him so much.

This surprised him.

"Brother Xu, if this paper is produced in large quantities, it will be a good thing for those who read books, and it will also allow more people to afford to read books!"

"You don't know how much influence your formula has on the world!"

How could Xu Zhiqing not know?

He knew it, but he still had to do it.

"Brother Yang, you think too highly of me. I just need a lot of paper when I practice Taoism!"

“It’s a bit troublesome to buy, so I came up with the recipe!”

Yang Tianyou shook his head. He no longer believed Xu Zhiqing on this point.

"Brother Xu, you should take this formula! I can help you with whatever you need now! But let me take the formula and make it..."

Before Yang Tianyou could finish, Xu Zhiqing interrupted and said, "Brother Yang, if you don't want to do it, then I'm too lazy to do it!"

When Yang Tianyou heard this, he moved his mouth.

Finally, he sighed and said, "Since Brother Xu trusts me so much, I will definitely do a good job!"

Yao Ji came over with tea at this time, and she heard what Yang Tianyou said.

"Husband, what is it?"

When Yang Tianyou saw his wife coming over, he quickly said, "Yun Niang, it's like this..."

After hearing what Yang Tianyou said, Yao Ji looked at Xu Zhiqing in surprise.

"Brother Xu, if you can bring out this recipe, it will benefit people all over the world!"

Xu Zhiqing laughed and said, "Sister-in-law, please don't say that! If I come up with something else later, wouldn't it benefit the world?"

Yao Ji poured a cup of tea for Xu Zhiqing and handed it to him.

"What else do you have, brother?"

"Thank you, sister-in-law!"

Xu Zhiqing took the tea.

Hearing Yao Ji's question, he smiled slightly.

"When it's out, you'll know!"

He would try his best to get what he needs.

For him, benefiting the people of the world is just a matter of course; the main thing is that he needs to live a comfortable life.

After Xu Zhiqing finished his tea, he looked at Yang Tianyou.

"Did sister-in-law take Brother Yang to practice?"

Yang Tianyou was looking at the recipe. When he heard Xu Zhiqing say this, his face turned slightly red and he seemed a little ashamed.

When Xu Zhiqing saw this, he knew that Yao Ji must be practicing with Yang Tianyou.

"Brother Yang, when it comes to cultivation, you need to take your time. Don't be so anxious!"

"Right, sister-in-law?"

Yao Ji nodded slightly.

Even though she was anxious, she couldn't say anything.

"First understand the method, then enter the door, there is really no rush!"

Yang Tianyou smiled bitterly and said, "Don't comfort me, the two of you. It's been three months and I haven't even started yet! I may really not be cut out for cultivation!"

When Xu Zhiqing heard Yang Tianyou say it had been three months, he turned and looked at Yao Ji.

He really wanted to know what kind of skills Yao Ji taught Yang Tianyou to practice? (End of this chapter)