Daojun, start from Penglai foundation building

Chapter 42: Retreating from the world, late stage of foundation building

"Master is facing a formidable enemy. If my disciple escapes on his own, I may not be able to be a human being in the future."

"This disciple is new to cultivation and has never seen the power of Master Jindan."

"Master, just treat your disciple as a newborn calf and not afraid of tigers."

Tian Ming'an knelt on the ground and refused to raise his head, his voice trembling slightly.

"Ha, joke."

Jiang Sheng couldn't help but laugh and said, "Are you still holding on to some hope?"

"For example, what experts can I invite as a teacher to help me with boxing?"

"I'm not afraid to tell you that I am an inner disciple from Penglai, the most ordinary kind."

"I don't know how many inner disciples there are in Penglai, and it is even more common to experience casualties outside. No one will come to help my master, and no one will come to avenge my master."

"So, do you still want to stay and die?"

Tian Ming'an raised his head with a firm expression: "Disciple wants to stay."

Seeing Tian Ming'an's stubborn look, Jiang Sheng just said lightly: "Then just stay."

After saying this, Jiang Sheng flicked his sleeves and unleashed a burst of spiritual power.

The flowing light and clear water array deployed in the Taoist temple was completely activated, and a curtain of flowing light water rose up to cover the Taoist temple and isolate it from the outside world.

"To take care of myself, I went into seclusion for my master."

Jiang Sheng waved Tian Ming'an away and sealed the door of the Taoist temple's front hall, and then there was no more sound from inside.

Tian Ming'an looked at the closed front hall, pursed his lips, turned around and entered the side hall.

Since then, Qingxuan Temple has fallen into complete silence, and outsiders can no longer detect the reality within Qingxuan Temple.

The first person to discover that Qingxuan Temple was inaccessible was Tian Guofu.

He was about to go up the mountain to meet his grandson, but he didn't expect that the entire Taoist temple was blocked by a layer of water curtain, and he couldn't even get close.

Tian Guofu tried to shout, but his voice seemed to be blocked.

In desperation, Tian Guofu had to return.

When the time came for Jingzhe, Zhang Qing also wanted to come to the Taoist temple to see Jiang Sheng, but she also found that she could not get close to the Taoist temple.

Zhang Qing, who returned to the county government, told Zhang Qingyun the news and analyzed that Jiang Sheng was in seclusion and did not want to be disturbed by outsiders.

So Zhang Qingyun happily issued a notice telling the gentry, wealthy businessmen and people in the county that Taoist Master Jiang had gone into seclusion and practiced cultivation, and idlers were not allowed to approach Qingping Mountain.

At first, some people didn't believe it and thought it was Zhang Qingyun's trick.

But after several groups of gentry went up the mountain and were stopped outside the Taoist temple, everyone knew that Taoist priest Jiang had really gone into seclusion.

Since then, although there are still two or three people who want to come to pray for incense and talismans, they are all blocked by the water curtain and return without success.

As a result, Qingping Mountain was gradually forgotten by the world in just a few months.

Compared with the mysterious Taoist Master Jiang who could not be seen at all, the firewood, rice, oil and salt in front of him deserved more attention from ordinary people.

The casual cultivators are also working hard for spiritual stones, elixirs, exercises and other training resources, and they have no time to care about other people.

The two titles Qingxuan Guan and Jiang Dao Zhang just faded out of the sight of everyone in Dongjun.

But Jiang Sheng in Qingxuan Temple felt that his life was very comfortable.

Every day, he collects the morning glow and moonlight at night, and turns all the morning glow and moonlight into the pure spiritual power in his body, improving his cultivation level by bit.

Every day, Jiang Sheng's improvement is visible to the naked eye.

For casual cultivators or people from small sects and small aristocratic families who have poor understanding and lack of training resources, it may be common for them to not see any improvement in their cultivation for ten and a half months or even half a year.

But for monks like Jiang Sheng, who have built the foundation of heaven and earth, the foundation of heaven and earth in their bodies is absorbing the spiritual power from heaven and earth all the time.

Coupled with the extraordinary power of the Penglai Kung Fu "Tian Sheng Shui Jing", Jiang Sheng's cultivation level increased very quickly.

In just three months, Jiang Sheng's strength has increased to another level.

June, summer solstice.

Jiang Sheng left the front hall for the first time after more than three months of seclusion.

In these three months, not only did Jiang Sheng gain a lot, but Tian Ming'an also gained some sense of cultivation.

He is now a monk at the second level of Qi training.

When Jiang Sheng came out of seclusion, Tian Ming'an was very surprised: "Master, are you out of seclusion?!"

"I just came out to take a breath and check on you."

Jiang Sheng looked at Shimoda Ming'an, and then nodded. Tian Ming'an's understanding was not bad. He could practice to the second level of Qi training without any guidance in three months, which was already very good for a newcomer.

"If you have any troubles in practice, please tell me immediately. I don't know when the next time I will come out as a teacher." Jiang Sheng said.

After hearing this, Tian Ming'an quickly expressed some of his doubts about practicing the Qingyuan Talisman Sutra.

Jiang Sheng himself practiced the Qingyuan Talisman Scripture to the ninth level of Qi training before specializing in the "Tian Yisheng Shui Jing", so his understanding of the Qingyuan Talisman Scripture is naturally very deep.

In addition, Jiang Sheng is now in the foundation-building realm, and he has a deeper understanding of the Qingyuan Talisman Sutra from a high position.

Therefore, Tian Ming'an's doubts were quickly answered by Jiang Sheng.

Jiang Sheng even specially released spiritual energy to demonstrate the operation of the technique to Tian Ming'an, and explained to Tian Ming'an the two self-protection techniques in the Qingyuan Talisman Sutra.

After Jiang Sheng’s explanation, Tian Mingan obviously gained a lot.

The so-called true transmission of one sentence and the false transmission of thousands of books are like this.

There is definitely a difference in the speed of progress between having someone to guide you and practicing blindly on your own.

Seeing that Tian Ming'an was determined to practice according to his own method, Jiang Sheng said again: "Ming'an, being a teacher is just building a foundation now, but some of my insights are similar to yours."

"You should remember that any skill is compiled by its owner according to his own situation."

"If the master's cultivation is 100% effective, then when it comes to outsiders like us, it may only be 70% to 80% or even lower."

"The Qingyuan Talisman Scripture has actually been continuously repaired by Dao Zong from generation to generation to achieve the current Zhongzheng and Peace. It is suitable for the enlightenment of all monks."

"But despite this, everyone's situation is different, and practice cannot be generalized." "What I teach you is just my personal perception. You must not imitate me. There must be something of your own."

"Do you understand?"

Tian Ming'an nodded thoughtfully: "Disciple understands."

Jiang Sheng nodded, raised his head and looked at the mountains through the stream of clear water. He saw that the mountains were green and green: "It's a good time for all things to grow and flourish."

The next day, Jiang Sheng returned to the front hall for retreat again.

After Qingxuan Guan was angry for just one more day, he fell silent again.

Jiang Sheng sat cross-legged in front of the portrait of his ancestor, quietly running his exercises and meditating to practice his Qi.

Every time he practiced until noon, Jiang Sheng took a Yuan Ju Dan and drank it, and when he practiced in the evening, he took a Yuan Raising Pill.

Jiang Sheng only took these two pills every day and was not greedy for more.

No matter how good the elixir is, it will still be said to be erysipelas.

There has never been an elixir in the world of mountains and rivers that has no trace of erysipelas and is 100% effective for people to absorb and use.

Jiang Sheng knew very well that he should not be greedy and should make progress in practice.

Jiang Sheng would even take time out every month to eliminate erysipelas from his body, lest these things affect the formation of erysipelas in the future.

The sun and moon go by, summer rain and autumn wind.

Time has arrived in late autumn in the blink of an eye, and Qingxuan Temple has disappeared from the eyes of the people of Qingshan County for more than half a year.

Zhang Qingyun has felt very comfortable in the past six months.

Without Jiang Sheng showing up, Zhang Qingyun felt as if the mountain above his head had disappeared, and his whole body felt extremely relaxed.

And as more than half of the entangled gentry in Qingshan County have been cleared away, the remaining gentry also know who has the final say in Qingshan County now.

Everyone was submissive to him, making Zhang Qingyun's governance very smooth.

In Qingshan County today, there is no obstruction from the gentry, no river god on the side, and even Jiang Sheng has gone into seclusion.

Zhang Qingyun has never felt so good.

It is said that people are in high spirits during happy events. After more than half a year of fermentation, the imperial court actually handed out a reward to Zhang Qingyun.

The imperial court's encouragement came second. What pleased Zhang Qingyun the most was that the imperial court granted him a place to practice in the Qingzhou Taoist Palace.

That was the spot he had been fighting for for his daughter.

However, when Zhang Qingyun told Zhang Qing the news, Zhang Qing seemed very dull and did not feel very happy.

"Qing'er, this is the qualification to enter the Qingzhou Dao Palace to practice, aren't you happy?" Zhang Qingyun was very confused.

Zhang Qing said, "My daughter is naturally happy that her father has secured such a rare resource for her."

"But father, what is the cultivation level of Master Dao of Qingzhou Taoist Palace?"

"Zi Mansion, isn't it enough?" Zhang Qingyun asked in confusion.

Zhang Qing said: "The cultivation level of Zi Mansion is naturally not low. After all, the eight major families in the eight counties of Qingzhou are only at the level of Zi Mansion."

"But father, above the Qingzhou Dao Palace, there are three major sects in Qingzhou."

"Compared with Zhenren Jindan, is Zifu worthy of joy?"

As she spoke, Zhang Qing looked up at the scorching sun in the sky. The autumn sunshine was still a bit dazzling, so she had to raise her bare hands to cover it.

"Father, since you want to practice, you should naturally follow the best practice."

"Although my daughter doesn't know how savvy she is, she is still smart."

"My daughter also has ambitions. My mother was just a Qi-training monk throughout her life and was forced to death by the family because of overwork. Even the Foundation-building monk is just an ordinary elder in the family."

"My daughter wants to prove the golden elixir and see what the scenery is like in the real realm of the golden elixir."

Zhang Qingyun was stunned for a long time before sighing sadly: "After all, my father underestimated you."

The autumn wind is bleak, and the leaves are falling and turning yellow.

From late autumn to mid-winter, it seems like a blink of an eye.

A year seems to have passed just like that.

Mortals sigh, time passes by and it is suddenly too late, and the color is withered and not as good as yesterday.

Time is extremely precious to both mortals and monks.

Even a person who is as rich as anyone in the world and has hundreds of millions of wealth cannot buy time, and it is even harder to find a life-extending elixir in the spiritual world.

However, ordinary people think that a hundred years is too long, but monks think that one year is too short.

When a year goes by like this, many people lament how unrestrained or boring this year was.

Jiang Sheng in Qingxuan Temple finally came out of seclusion again.

It’s the twelfth lunar month of winter, and it’s another new year.

Outside the mountains, the sky is filled with fireworks, firecrackers and lanterns, and the atmosphere is full of joy.

The mountains are quiet and silent, the moonlight is cold and isolated from the world.

The Taoist stood in the courtyard and looked at the bright moon in the sky late at night, feeling the solid late-stage foundation-building cultivation in his body. Jiang Sheng's expression remained indifferent, not at all happy.

"Only one year left."

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