Immortality: Start Cultivating Immortality From Pingshan Mountain

Chapter 67: Retreat at Guanyun Tower

 “Sent away?”

 Chenjiazhuang inner city.

 On a tall building.

 Chen Yulou, who had already bathed, changed into a blue gown, lay on the bamboo chair, and gently swayed back and forth.

 There is a new cup of Mingqian tea on the coffee table.

 Finger points at will.

 It feels like playing chess with someone out of thin air, or like writing and painting.

Not far away from him, Hua Maquan was sitting on a bench.

Looking past the floating gauze curtain, he stared blankly at the mountains in the distance.

 The setting sun shrouded the dense forest, and the clouds dyed the sky red.

 Although I have been here countless times.

 But every time.

 He still couldn't hide his surprise.

This Guanyun Tower was built when the old shopkeeper was still here.

 There are six floors in total.

At that time, there was no one in Xiangyin who could build high-rise buildings, so he sent someone to the provincial capital to invite them.

Not only that.

 He also went to the south to hire a master who was good at wood carving.

 Inside and outside the building, there are carved beams and painted pillars, brackets and flying eaves, which are extremely luxurious.

It is said that when it was built, it caused a sensation throughout the three areas of Hunan and four rivers.

 Countless people came to watch the ceremony.

　　It lasted three days before and after the flowing water table.

 No invitation is needed, just congratulations and you can sit down and have a meal.

And its original name was Jin Yutang.

　　taken from Chen Yulou’s character.

It also means that the Chen family is full of gold and jade.

 And it deserves this name.

 On the six floors, there are countless collections of antiques, each of which is a rare treasure of infinite value.

 In addition, the Jinyu Hall is also equipped with earth dragons and ice cellars.

 Warm in winter and cool in summer.

 It is extremely comfortable to live in it.

 However, the shopkeeper has always been critical of this name.

 Even half a year ago, he directly changed it into Guanyun Tower.

 Others certainly don’t dare to have opinions.

It's just that the servants of the Chen family have long been accustomed to Jin Yutang, but they are not used to the elegant Guanyun Tower.

“Yes, the shopkeeper, I just said a few random words and he didn’t dare to think too much.”

Seeing him ask, Huamaguai looked away and replied with a smile.

 “Next, it’s best to give me a place to calm down.”

Chen Yulou didn't know what he was thinking, so he just said coldly.

 Looking from memory.

 Over the years, he has secretly supported three people.

 But only Mr. Luo did the most crooked things, and he often came to Chenjiazhuang to fight against the autumn wind.

 He has already reminded me before.

 Let the kidnapper give another warning.

If he is still the same as before and doesn't know how to restrain himself, then don't blame him for being ruthless.

 In any case, that guy succeeds more than he fails.

 It would have been better if someone else had changed.

"Hey, shopkeeper, don't worry. Although Luo Laowai is reckless and irritable, he is still a bit shrewd. When he gets blown by the wind when he gets back, he should be able to wake up."

 Huamaguai sees people quite clearly.

In his opinion.

Luo Laowai doesn't have the big city, but he has some small tricks.

To put it bluntly, his ability cannot support his ambition.

 It means he was lucky enough to get on the big ship owned by the shopkeeper, otherwise he would have been swallowed up to the point where no bones were left.

　　“It’s better that way.”

 Chen Yulou nodded.

"By the way, Guaizi, if you have free time in the past two days, send a few trustworthy people along both sides of the Yuan River to find the current owner of Fengwo Mountain, named Yang Shuguo."

“Let’s see if we can invite him to Zhuangzi for a few days.”

"good."

Huamaguai wrote down the name carefully.

 “Shopkeeper, do you have any other orders?”

"No, I will be in seclusion for the next few days, and I will leave the matters on the mountain to you and Hong Gu."

Chen Yulou waved his hand.

 He could still trust the kidnapper's loyalty and ability.

“What about the bright artifacts brought back from this trip?”

Seeing that the shopkeeper didn’t mention it, Huamaguai reminded him cautiously.

 “Is the channel at home still there?”

“He’s still here, a few uncles have been guarding the shop.”

 Chen Yulou nodded, "That's fine."

“After we have clearly distinguished the obvious items, whether to sell them in stores or to deal with them through channels, you can come up with a countermeasure and then just give me a look.”

 The Chen family started their careers by doing reverse fighting for several generations.

 After 100 years of operation.

  It is no longer the original banker's style.

 From counties, roads to provincial capitals, Chen's stores are operating everywhere.

 As for the buyers, they come from all provinces and governments, even Beiping City, Shanghai Beach, and Hong Kong City.

 After all, the two names of the Chen family are a golden sign.

 The uncle in Huamaguai's mouth.

 Some are elders of the previous generation of the Chen family, and some are loyal associates who have worked in the Chen family for many years.

 “Yes, from the shopkeeper.”

Hearing this, Huamaguai’s anxious heart finally fell back.

 He is not afraid of the shopkeeper's rejection.

 But he still has to take control of big things.

"Okay, you have been busy for a few days, go back and rest."

Chen Yulou waved his hand.

During the trip to Pingshan, I calculated all my plans and managed to save a few of them.

 He doesn’t want to make people sick because of these things.

 In such a huge Mount Changsheng, a kidnapper has to do all the big and small things for him.

 “Thank you very much, shopkeeper.”

"Then I'll go back. If you need anything, just give me your orders."

Huamaguai didn’t dare to disturb his rest.

 I stood up immediately, cupped my hands, and walked all the way downstairs.

 Not long.

 Others appeared downstairs.

Chen Yulou stood at the window with his hands behind his hands, watching him rush to his residence along the path paved with bluestone slabs.

  As the highest point in Zhuangzi.

 He can see everything easily.

From his perspective now, looking down, the entire Chenjiazhuang is like a piece of Nine Palaces and Bagua.

This was the suggestion of the Taoist priest who took him to the mountains to practice.

  Surrounded by mountains and rivers.

 Occupy the terrain and feng shui.

In the past, he didn't see much profound meaning, but now when he looks at it again, he just feels that the whole Zhuangzi is connected with the earth's energy at the bottom and the heavenly phenomena at the top.

 Everywhere in the eight directions has its own aura.

 The morning sun comes from the wind, and the night comes from the water.

 Perform the four words "situation and qi" incisively and vividly.

 As time passes by.

As the sun sets, the night gets darker, and the lights in the village gradually light up.

 It is more than ten miles around.

 It is like a city that never sleeps.

 The night breeze was blowing gently. Standing on the high building, Chen Yulou felt that his mind was clear.

 The slight dullness in my heart was swept away in an instant.

 “Kunlun, let’s go downstairs.”

 Withdraw your gaze from a distance.

 Chen Yulou greeted.

 At the entrance of the stairs, there was a tall figure guarding him.

 Take Kunlun with you and descend with your hands behind your back.

Not long after, he appeared on the first floor, but instead of opening the door and leaving, he walked to a huge screen.

 Although it is not carved from jade.

 But he also hired craftsmen from Sichuan City to carve them carefully from green bamboo, which is of astonishing value.

However, Chen Yulou only glanced at it casually, then walked straight around the screen to the back.

 Hand out his hand on the wall, he pressed lightly.

 A slight clicking sound came out.

  It seems that some kind of machine expansion switch has been triggered.

 The next moment, a dark hole appeared out of thin air on the water-polished tiles at his feet.

Sweeping down, a long staircase suddenly connected to the back.

 The space underneath is huge.

 Lights can be seen everywhere, illuminating it as brightly as day.

 Others only think that Guanyun Tower has six floors, but in fact there is one underground floor.

 Except for Kunlun, Guaizi and Honggu, almost no one knows about it.

 Since the discovery of this place.

 He directly regarded this place as a place of practice.

"Kunlun, guard the entrance. No one is allowed to disturb me without my order."

"Did you hear me?"

 Seeing the stairs appear at my feet.

Chen Yulou glanced at the tall and majestic figure behind him and whispered.

 The latter just nodded heavily.

Seeing this, he walked down the escalator without further delay.

 Wait for him to appear in the basement.

At a glance.    It is fully furnished.

 It is not an exaggeration to say that it is an underground palace.

 When the Jinyu Hall was first built.

 The old shopkeeper had thought about it, if the Chen family declined, there would be a big disaster, and soldiers and bandits would attack and kill them.

　　It is really impossible to be punctual.

 The descendants of the Chen family can still hide in it and escape the disaster.

It is precisely based on this idea that this basement is simply a shelter.

 What he can see now is just the tip of the iceberg.

There is also a secret door, which opens into a tunnel that connects the inside and outside of Zhuangzi.

It is said that in the original idea of ​​his cheap dad, it would be best to build several structures similar to troop transportation roads, from Chenjiazhuang to Changsheng Mountain.

but.

 Finally it was terminated because it consumed too much manpower and material resources.

 And he merges memories.

 When I saw this paragraph, I almost couldn’t stand it.

 I just feel that the cheap old man is more like a time traveler than him.

 Have you experienced the end of the world?

 That’s why I have such strong resentment towards asylum.

 But I have to say, this place is really good.

 No one will bother you, you are quiet and free, and you are always prepared with food and water that can last at least half a month.

  It is simply an excellent place for retreat.

 Walking through all the way, he stopped outside a pill furnace after a short while.

 That’s right.

It is the one that was brought back from the Danjing in Pingshan.

 Compared to being covered in dust for thousands of years in a dark well.

 Now it has been cleaned from the inside out.

at this time.

 Under the light of the lights overhead.

Complex cloud and thunder patterns, sun, moon, stars, birds and beasts all appear one by one, making it look more simple and heavy.

  On the other side.

There is a conspicuous blank space.

 Look at the traces like the shape of a mirror.

Chen Yulou sighed secretly.

The scene I saw in the Sutra Cave that day seemed to reappear in my mind.

  Today's alchemy furnace is completely different from its original form.

 From the faint luster, he suddenly felt like the world has changed.

 Over several thousand years.

 Hateful life.

 To this day, it cannot even maintain its original appearance.

 “There are also hexagram mirrors and fish and dragon talismans.”

 “The dragon talisman is quite simple.”

“It’s the Fish Talisman and the Trigram Mirror. It’s as difficult as climbing to heaven to find them.”

I don’t know how long it took before he slowly woke up from his daze and murmured to himself.

 The reason why I want to find the One Mirror and Four Symbols so strongly.

Of course it’s not a collection habit.

 Chen Yulou is not that boring yet.

  purely because of the ability of One Mirror and Four Talismans that is difficult to copy.

Divination by candlelight in the mirror can reveal the secrets of heaven!

The secret of heaven seems to be illusory, but in the world of ghosts blowing out lanterns, it seems to have traces and always exists.

Especially the path to immortality that he sought was going against nature.

If he can survey the secrets of heaven, it will definitely be of great benefit to his practice.

"hold on."

"Zhelong Mountain, Kunlun Temple, Baiyan Cave, Dixian Village... I have to go to Guixu Land in the future."

 I silently calculated the progress in my mind.

Chen Yulou couldn't help but let out a long breath.

This journey has been more than half a year, and now I have just passed through a bottle mountain. The road ahead is really difficult and long.

 This alchemy furnace.

 It shouldn’t be used for a while.

 His initial idea was to bring it back to make elixirs.

 But the Four Arts of Cultivation are not that simple.

 Everything needs to take time to be polished slowly.

Shaking his head and not thinking more, Chen Yulou turned to the desk not far away.

Paper, ink and pen.

 Paperweight and pen holder.

They are all deliberately and carefully crafted.

 The depth of the Chen family’s heritage can be seen from this.

But his gaze did not stop, but looked across the desk and towards the shelves of books behind it.

 Originally, the items on it were all rare curios.

However, he put them away, and now there are countless jade boxes on the shelf.

 That’s right.

 In addition to the hundred-year-old elixir collected from Yaobei.

He also brought back all the treasures and inner elixirs stored in the four exposed pavilions of the Yunzang Palace.

 It’s a pity that thousands of years have passed.

 Most of the elixirs in Luge have lost their potency seriously.

 There is not one out of ten that can be used.

 But the amount brought back is also extremely amazing.

Along the way, he also thought about the fact that the Taoist palaces in the hinterland of Pingshan continued to the Song Dynasty.

 It was most likely built by the Taojun emperor.

Among the 18 emperors in the two Song dynasties, he was the only one who paid special attention to taking elixirs for immortality, even to the point of obsession.

 After all, in order to build Gen Yue and build a large-scale Huashi Gang, the country's destiny was almost ruined.

 He is definitely the first one in history.

 With Gen Yue in front, it seems that the overhaul of Pingshan Taoist Palace is nothing.

 Handlessly took out a jade box and opened it.

 A palm-sized piece of blue-black Ganoderma lucidum lay quietly in it.

Although thousands of years have passed, almost half of the medicinal power is still there.

 The aura of vegetation in it is extremely rich.

He also picked up a few jade boxes. They were either old wild ginseng or shaped polygonum multiflorum, both of which were rare treasures in the world.

 “It seems that I really have to thank the Daojun Emperor.”

Chen Yulou’s mouth curved up a bit, he shook his head and said with a smile.

not him.

Where can I get so many spiritual herbs at once?

 At once, he did not delay.

 Like a diligent medicine farmer, sorting the elixirs on the shelf into categories.

It took almost two hours to finally finish sorting it out.

 Although he is not very proficient in pharmacology.

 But Chen Yulou has abilities that ordinary people cannot imagine.

 The one I practice is Aoki Kung Fu.

 For the genus of plants and trees, the spiritual energy contained in them is the most sensitive.

 The stronger the spiritual energy, the more powerful the medicine is.

At this moment, he divided the three ancient shelves behind the desk into first, second and third grades from high to low.

 The third level of spiritual energy is the thinnest.

 Most of them are precious medicines that have seriously lost their medicinal power and are on the verge of destruction.

 The second class is the next best.

 First class is the best and has the least quantity.

Except for the more than 30 vintage herbs collected from the medicinal walls, only seven were picked out from Luge's collection.

 The most astonishing part of it.

 Just the jade box that holds the medicinal stones is extremely luxurious.

 Use a whole piece of mutton-fat white jade and carve it into the shape of a jade letter.

The whole body is covered with colorful lacquer paintings, all of which are auspicious patterns of pines, cranes, and grasses.

 The seal is then sealed with fire paint and wrapped with gold thread.

Even Chen Yulou was amazed when he saw it.

 Finally, I opened it and saw that it was divided into five compartments, which contained spiritual objects and inner elixirs.

He has never heard of snake eyes, turtle treasures, lion claws, and the rest.

 But the spiritual energy in each inner elixir is abundant.

are comparable to the formed Polygonum multiflorum.

“Pingshan started from the Qin Dynasty to the end of the Song Dynasty, which lasted for at least one thousand and hundreds of years.”

“How many heavenly and spiritual treasures must have been burned...”

Chen Yulou held his forehead and sighed.

 Immediately, I couldn’t help but grit my teeth.

Those sorcerers and Taoists are really trashing things.

　　If this were given to him, he would be able to ascend in the daytime.

but.

Random thinking comes down to blind speculation.

Chen Yulou did not dare to delay his practice.

I immediately took a piece of Polygonum multiflorum and took the jade letter with me.

 Find an open space and sat down cross-legged.

The lights above him were as bright as the sun, shrouding him.

Hold your breath and concentrate, your whole mind begins to empty out, and your whole person gradually enters concentration.

 Perform the Aoki Kung.

 Wait until the moment when your mind is as clear as water and there are no more distracting thoughts.

He just picked out a turtle treasure, raised his head and swallowed it in one gulp.

Boom—

 The majestic and complex spiritual power instantly turned into a great tide and rushed towards the limbs and veins.

 As for others, they are like an alchemy furnace.

Water and fire are tempered together.

 Refining the spiritual power in the turtle treasure bit by bit, turning it into pure spiritual liquid, and slowly returning it to the sea of ​​​​qi.

 Time passed suddenly.

 Only that face under the firelight becomes more and more transparent!

 (End of this chapter)