Depressed Fairy

Two days later.

"According to the general's instructions, those zombies have been moved to the back mountain, pressed down by iron soldiers, and buried in the ground."

In the newly built main tent of the remaining troops in Dingxi, Chen Yuan was sitting cross-legged to regulate his breathing. Zhang Que suddenly came in and reported the situation: "In addition, the governor sent someone to invite the general to the city, saying that a singing and dancing dinner was arranged to welcome you."

Speaking of the end, he couldn't help but curl his lips and said: "This Wang Hui was arrogant at first and then respectful. He avoided meeting you at first. Now that the general is powerful, he hurriedly invited you to the banquet. He really knows how to change his attitude according to the situation! General, are you going?"

"No." Chen Yuan shook his head. He was not interested in the customs and customs of Jincheng, not to mention that there were important things to do at the moment.

"Sure enough, he doesn't want to come."

In the main hall of the City Lord's Mansion, listening to his subordinates' report, Wang Hui felt uneasy and said to Liu Yisheng: "I deliberately distanced myself earlier, and now it shows the bad results, and I have done something wrong."

"If he had a scheming mansion, he would have come upon invitation. This shows that no matter how powerful General Chen is, he is young and energetic, and it is inevitable that he has the spirit of youth." Liu Yisheng was not surprised, "This is not a bad thing, but it is convenient to approach. Choose a day, and I will visit him in person to feel the temperament of this young general."

"You must be cautious!" Wang Hui warned earnestly, "Don't cause a conflict, as for how to sideline him..."

"It doesn't necessarily have to be sidelined," Liu Yisheng suddenly said: "If you can win him over, Master Bai and others will be cautious, and the lord can check and balance If you can do this, your influence in Longxi will also increase, and you may be able to compete for that position. ”

Wang Hui's heart skipped a beat, and then he waved his hand and said that he didn't count on it. Finally, he changed the subject and mentioned another thing: "Chen Tang was scared this time. I heard that he couldn't get out of bed and was often unconscious. He has sent someone to resign. You mean, the City Lord's Mansion recommended this Zhenwu General..."

"We can't interfere in this matter." Liu Yisheng's face was gloomy, "I just got the news that Chen Mian is going to take the position."

"The Chen family is very quick, so let's clear it up now..."

Just as he was talking, someone suddenly came to report that many big families and big households in the city sent people out of the city to send visiting cards to the Zhenwu General.

Wang Hui frowned.

Liu Yisheng sighed and said, "The noble families are the best at climbing up the ladder and bullying the weak. Now that they know General Chen's ability, how can they bear it? Besides, the news that we plan to host a banquet for Chen Shiji must have spread, and we have no right to blame others."

"That's right, let them be for now."

The next three days were calm.

Thanks to Chen Yuan's prestige in the army, the remaining soldiers of Dingxi benefited from it and changed their garrisons, and their living conditions improved a little.

With Chen Tang not showing up, there were fewer difficulties. Because of Chen Yuan, the relationship between the Jincheng soldiers and the Dingxi army became more harmonious.

On the other hand, the wealthy families in the city sent visiting cards one after another, wanting to visit Chen Yuan, but they were all rejected. Chen Yuan did not intend to waste time and energy on interpersonal communication.

However, even if they were rejected, the wealthy families still enjoyed it and sent people to send money and materials, allowing the Dingxi army, which had suffered a great disaster, to gradually recover its vitality.

"Today, the Li family, the Liu family, and the Sima family have sent a lot of military supplies. General, do you really not want to see him?" Zhang Que asked Chen Yuan with a list, hesitant in his tone, "Li Dingmo also came to see me."

"No, let's talk about it later." Chen Yuan rejected it with one word, and took out a list full of words, "Go and get the medicine according to the list. Some of them may not be named this way, but I have written down the characteristics and efficacy clearly. Get them according to the list. By the way, collect more books on elementary education and military exercises and send them over."

After a pause, Zhang Que took the prescription and nodded. I admired this young general more and more in my heart. In the past, the children of the noble families who came to the northwest to gild themselves were all living a life of debauchery and listening to music in brothels. This one is better. He almost grew up in the barracks. He either meditates and regulates his breathing, or reads and practices calligraphy. Oh, he also finds time to study the living dead.

"General, you have to take care of your body."

What body should I take care of? I am a dead man!

Chen Yuan was puzzled, waved his hand, sent Zhang Que away, and then lowered his head to fiddle with a brocade bag.

This was left by the barbarian worshiper who was killed in front of him. It looks small, but it actually has a lot of secrets.

"This brocade bag has a lot of secrets. It is about one foot square. It doesn't take much space, but it is convenient. Moreover, even in the Dongxu Realm, objects like Qiankun bags and storage rings are very rare. The barbarian worshiper is not very skilled, but he actually has this thing. It's really surprising."

The brocade bag was an unexpected gain. At that time, Chen Yuan was based on the idea of ​​plundering spoils. After searching, he didn't expect that the man was empty, cleaner than the mountain god, which disappointed him. When he got up and left, he found this brocade bag not far away. It was obviously dropped by the barbarian worshiper.

There were a lot of gold and silver treasures in the brocade bag, but what Chen Yuan really valued was a Gu bowl that had been sacrificed and a notebook.

Holding the thin book and looking at the four words "Experiences in Cultivation" on the cover, Chen Yuan was silent.

In the past two days, he spent most of his time studying this notebook, and during this period, he also studied the Daning characters with the help of the primer.

The author of this book is not the evil cultivator Xie Tuyin who was beaten to death by him, but a Taoist named "Lin Youzhi". There are traces of dried blood on the cover and sides, so how this notebook got to Xie Tuyin is worth pondering.

Taoist Lin did not introduce himself too much. He only mentioned at the beginning that he was a disciple of a hermit sect. He traveled in the northwest, recorded mountains and rivers, saw thousands of gas phases, and gained many insights in practice. So he recorded his experiences and observations. in this notebook.

Chen Yuan mainly looked at the cultivation part. It didn't contain much content, but it was concise and concise. It clearly explained the ninth level of martial arts, Xiantian and Grand Master, and even talked about the secrets of Taoism.

According to the information he obtained from "Cultivation Insights", the goal of the ninth level of qi and blood in this world is to open the essence stored in the lower abdomen, which can indeed correspond to the foundation building of self-refining.

Therefore, Chen Yuan's focus is mainly on the part after the ninth level, that is...

"Once you enter the Xiantian, your essence is as good as the sky."

According to the book, it is extremely difficult for a warrior to gain access to the innate world. Even the ninth-level warriors who have experienced thunder tribulations are only one in a hundred who can truly grasp the mysteries of essence, break the shackles, and gain access to the innate world.

But even if you set foot in Xiantian, there are still differences from the refining monks in the Dongxu Realm——

"In the cave world, the refining monks have to condense the five internal organs and the twelve orifices. The innate warriors here nourish the five internal organs and condense the nine orifices. Without three orifices, even if the refining is complete, they will not have the power of the ten images. Most of them only have seven. The patterns of Xiang and Baxiang are even lower due to the impurity of their skills, but generally speaking, innate warriors can correspond to refinement cultivators.”

After the innate warrior, there is the "innate great master".

Chen Yuan also heard others mention the Grand Master more than once.

In the part of the book, Taoist Lin uses a lot of words such as "said", "heard", "rumored", etc., which is not as detailed as the description of the innate part. It can be seen that the author himself is not a great master, but just summarizes what he has heard.

But for Chen Yuan, this is enough.

"It says here that the Grand Master unites nature and man, can move mountains and rivers with Qi, and has a long life. This is similar to the situation where the Qi Transformation monk opens the Dantian Qi reservoir, evolves the Qi sea, and refines the true Qi internally. Moreover, the Qi Transformation monk has spiritual awareness. Induction can release true energy and mobilize external energy, thereby greatly increasing the power of the technique, and it can also correspond to the movement of mountains and rivers. "

The Grand Master is the Qi Transformation monk corresponding to the Dongxu Realm.

The innate warrior and the grand master together are the complete refining of Qi.

As for whether there are subtle differences, the answer cannot be found in "Practice Insights".

However, what really surprised Chen Yuan was that Lin Youzhi wrote after this: "The great master is not the end of martial arts. In the heyday of practice three to four hundred years ago, there was a more advanced realm. Once the shackles were broken, one could transcend. The physical body has all kinds of incredible powers, even breaking through the void and soaring into the sky!"

"Break the void and soar into the sky?"

Chen Yuan's eyes changed slightly.

What realm do you want to ascend to like me?

"I have gone through refining myself to build a foundation, refining essence to transform into qi, refining qi to transform into gods, and refining gods to return to emptiness. After hundreds of years of cultivation, I thought about refining emptiness and joining the Tao. But according to what this note says, people in this world cannot break through refining." After the essence is transformed into Qi, is there a way to ascend? Where do you ascend? "

He just wanted to pursue Hedao's ascension, and he was reduced to ashes. That's why he has the current story, which is somewhat... broken.

"In the cave world, Qi refining monks collect the five qi, replenish their life grid, condense and accumulate true energy, and finally achieve the leak-free golden elixir. Then the elixir energy reaches the top, opens the Baihui Divine Treasure, opens the Niwan Palace, and begins to transform into a god. "

"A cultivator who transforms into gods can only develop spiritual thoughts after comprehending the hidden treasures of the gods and condensing his consciousness. He also has the roots of the divine soul, can cast spells, and can travel outside the world. The ultimate goal is for the spiritual thoughts to spread all things. Refining the aura of one’s destiny.”

"But whether it's refining qi or transforming into a god, how can the entire realm of refining qi and transforming into a god have anything to do with breaking the void and ascending in the daytime?"

Ever since he escaped from the bottom of the valley, Chen Yuan has noticed that there are many strange things in this world, but it was not until this moment that he noticed any traces of chiseling.

However, after all, Lin Youzhi just heard it from hearsay. After mentioning it, there was no further explanation. Even if Chen Yuan wanted to figure it out, he was unable to do anything and could only turn his attention to the second half of the note——

This part involves Taoism and a kind of "Guwen Guanyuan".

Chen Yuan has always wondered why the old Taoist masters and disciples of Qingling, Qiu Jingzhi, Zhiguang Monk, and even many monsters were able to use their spiritual thoughts, manifest human forms, and drive talismans and Taoist magic without refining their energy to become gods.

But the answers in the book disappointed him.

"There are no weird changes, special rituals, or the derivation of gods..."

According to Lin Youzhi, the so-called Taoist arts can only be performed by those with spiritual veins, and spiritual veins are predestined. Those with spiritual veins are born with them and can breed spiritual thoughts. Those without pulses will be ignorant for life and have no chance to be immortal.

As for the article on contemplation, the content was sparse and ordinary. It was nothing more than reading the article, concentrating thoughts, visualizing the scenes in the article, and condensing the consciousness, which was of little use to Chen Yuan.

He read "Practice Insights" again and closed his eyes in deep thought.

"Shen Nian Taoism has actually become a numerology theory. It is present at birth. It can be enhanced with age and through visualization. However, it has no system. It is like a plug-in that is outside the martial arts system. It is a minority. People have talents, but there is no way to advance, which is similar to the method of protecting the Tao. "

The answer disappointed Chen Yuan, but it also meant that the upper limit of humane cultivation in this world did not seem to be high, and even the great master could only refine and refine the Qi to perfection.

"But the specifics can only be confirmed after I confirm it. And it is wrong to say that the upper limit is low. It is not clear what the situation of Shinto is. This note only states that the three counties of Longxi, Qinchuan and Beidi belong to the Xiyue Divine Court. Not much to say. The Lushou Mountain God is quite strange. Is it an exception or a common phenomenon? "

The fact that Chen Yuan asked Zhang Que to go to the city to get medicine was also reported to the case of the City Lord's Mansion, and even the prescription was clear.

Looking at the prescription, Liu Yisheng frowned.

"Have you found anything?" Wang Hui asked from the side.

Liu Yisheng pondered: "The names of some medicines are different from what the world knows, but their effects are clear. I don't know if they have other meanings."

"Some kind of secret code?" Wang Jie became nervous, "Is he communicating with others about the music?"

Liu Yisheng stared at the prescription and made a decision.

"Prepare the medicinal materials he needs, and the student will visit him tomorrow!"

The next day.

"Liu Tongpan, wait a moment, I will inform the general."

After being led by Zhang Que to a tent and sitting down, Liu Yisheng recalled what he had seen along the way in the camp.

"The camp is chaotic, there is no structure, and everyone is doing their own thing..."

"This young general has been living in seclusion for three days in a row. He has hardly left the camp. At most he went to the back mountain to play with the living dead. I can probably grasp his temperament."

"It should be that he is not good at training soldiers and is not interested in military matters. Instead, he likes rare things. He is just like the elites from the famous families in the capital. It is just that his martial arts cultivation is too high and he may have Taoist talents, which hides these..."

After thinking about it, he sat upright and confident.

The next chapter will be available in a few minutes...