I am an immortal in heaven and earth

Chapter 344: Master Xu's Third Visit to America

Xu Jia sensed the crude steam engine magic weapon, which was full of power, dragon soul and fire spirit, and naturally had an extraordinary response, giving people a visual shock.

The person who made this thing was a young eunuch in the Salt and Iron Administration who was obsessed with materialism. He was the godson of the previous eunuch in charge of mining. That eunuch died, but he survived. Xu Jia sent people to take charge of this place and isolate it from the court, so he also stayed here.

Later he also learned Taoism. Perhaps because he was a disabled person, he was very interested in mechanical things. This Taoist priest who had experience in refining firearms in the Shanju Temple was on two different paths.

"What's your name?"

The young eunuch said shyly, "My name is Xiao Anzi, old immortal."

Xu Jia praised him, "You are a talented person. From now on, you will be in charge of the steam engine. Select another 20 people to form a team and set up a separate steam laboratory. I hope that the steamboat and steam train can be built quickly."

Steamships and steam locomotives are transportation capabilities, the key to logistics, and the basis for the development of the times and the flow of population and materials.

Xu Jia had to at least lay tracks in the Jiangnan West Road coal mines, iron mines, and copper mines to transport more ore out.

"It's not just my servants who have contributed, but others as well. For example, this Hundred Forged Rune Steel was made by a Taoist who combined his own magic power with iron ingots and repeatedly forged them to form patterns that resemble tree rings, or even more like the meridians of the human body."

"For example, this cylinder alchemy room is an idea given by the Taoist alchemist. He believes that the true qi of collecting medicine is the heart fire and kidney water, and the qi of this steam is also the same, which is the transformation of water and fire. In this way, the qi cylinder is like the spiritual orifice of the elixir field, drawing Kan and filling Li. The water vaporization force is Qian, and the slag is the turbid air that descends and is Kun."

Xu Jia listened to this extremely unscientific and non-fantasy theory and actually felt that it made some sense. He commented: "As the saying goes, Tao follows nature, man follows the earth, the earth follows the sky, and the sky follows Tao. This instrument's way is to imitate the way of living things in the world. It is the instrument that imitates man, and this man is all human beings, all living beings with spirits."

"This Qi jar imitates the erection of the heart. Can it imitate a bird flying in the sky, a dragon diving in the water, or a tiger to create these mechanisms?"

Xiao Anzi said, "I heard that the Ministry of Works of the imperial court has many inheritances from the Hundred Schools of Thought of the Pre-Qin period, such as the Mohist School and the Gongshu School, but most of them are mechanical arts used to defend tombs. I also heard that there are wooden oxen and flowing horses that can fly for half an hour. They also have some magic tools combined with mechanical arts, but I have never seen such creations. If it weren't for the Tiangong drawings left by the old immortal, we wouldn't be able to make them. It's simply impossible to refine ordinary tools like that. Only by refining magic tools and slightly modifying them can we make them."

Xu Jia couldn't give a specific reason. It might be the rules of the world that do not allow things to be exactly the same, so innovation is needed to pass. Or maybe he is biased towards cultivating immortals, and it is not the end of the law era yet, so the power of idealism is still relatively strong.

Xu Jia nodded: "Then we should refine it according to the idea of ​​magic weapon. This one is too small. When can it be used as power to drive the treasure ship? Even if it is successful, we should think more about the blueprint."

"Once this is done, the rest is not difficult. It's just the difference between single cylinder, double cylinder, or even four cylinders."

Xiao Anzi thought about it and said, "After this model is made, there will definitely be some problems when it is enlarged proportionally, but it should not be difficult to solve. If there are more than 20 people and enough money and materials, we should be able to make a machine as big as a room in half a year."

It was the size of a room, but not really, just the size of a locomotive. "Wait for your good news," Xu Jia encouraged, and then refined a strand of Dan Qi from Madam Anji's inner elixir, and added his own Qingyang immortal spirit Qi to refine a small golden elixir: "This golden elixir can slowly release Qingyang Qi to help you balance your yin and yang. I will teach you another set of exercises, which is passed down from Buddhist yoga. It is a technique for reincarnation of heaven and man. It can be said to be reborn from the dead, just like a golden silkworm spinning a cocoon. If you practice it to a deep level, you can make up for your defects and become a healthy person."

Xiao Anzi was incredulous: "Is this true?"

However, Xu Jia gave him a hint of spiritual enlightenment and directly gave him an initiation. When Xu Jia reached his level, it was not difficult to invent a method to reach the realm of immortality according to the individual's needs.

After Xiao Anzi got the secret, his face turned red, but he was extremely excited. Although he was a eunuch who had been ordained, he still had physical defects and there was a faint smell of urine all over his body. The castration they performed required them to eat egg yolks when they were young, and then tie the wound with a rope and squeeze it slowly until it became numb and had no feeling. Then it could be crushed and necrotic, and then they would be castrated. The pain they had to endure was unimaginable.

It is said that women were persecuted in the old society, but men were persecuted as well. As long as they were alive, they were persecuted. Cattle and horses were even more precious than human lives.

Xu Jia said quietly: "You don't need to say more, and don't call yourself a slave from now on, and don't call me old immortal. Just call me leader, Taoist master, or real person. All of these are fine."

After saying this, Xu Jia turned into the wind and left, leaving Xiao Anzi sobbing on the spot.

When Xu Jia returned home, he felt that the arrangements were almost ready and his father was capable of taking care of the logistics, so he sat cross-legged under the umbrella of the Three Emperors and Ten Thousand People, holding the Chaos Pearl in his hand, sensing the treasure and the space of his own temple to see if he could anchor his past life in this treasure as well.

Unfortunately, it cannot be done. This treasure is the treasure of the Huangtian Sect. It connects the thirty-six desire realms and Xu Jia’s previous life. The Huangtian belief was in the Han Dynasty, which was two thousand years ago. It has not become a rule since then. It can only be mentioned at the beginning of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms when the Yellow Turbans were killed and the brotherhood was established.

Xu Jia just thought that this thing was useless. Maybe next time he met Master Huang from the underworld, he could ask him how to refine this thing freely and make it helpful.

The next moment, his mind became heavy and he was wandering in the void.

. . . . . .

In the Tongtian Temple opposite the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in San Francisco, America, the incense is burning brightly at this moment. More than 3,000 disciples of Xu Jia during his lifetime, as well as their descendants, had dispersed before, but they reunited not long after this moment, and it was all very lively.

It can only be said that Xu Jia's manifestation of power is much better than those evil cults that do not manifest power and only hold parties. Another thing is that the four major disciples practiced in the Feng Shui blessed land, purified the Dharma Realm, and became the main ghost immortals of the underground, which can be regarded as "spiritual revival."

Although America itself is very magical, with vampires, werewolves, witches, shapeshifters, and hell demons all interfering with reality, the energy absorbed by the practice is light and ethereal, which is inconsistent with their system, and it is still quite difficult to get started. It can be practiced, but it is difficult. Now that there is some achievement, naturally many people have followed it, especially since Xu Jia offered sacrifices and blessed them last time, and gave them some elixirs, dragon horns, and dragon beads in return. In America, the spiritual energy of these things is like a torch that reaches the sky, attracting many people of the same frequency, that is, those who practice Qigong.

(End of this chapter)