Pawn Crossing the River

The Lantern Festival has finally arrived.

There is no need to elaborate on the importance of the three major Taoist festivals, and among the three major festivals, the Shangyuan Festival is the most important.

First, the Shangyuan Festival is the Lantern Festival on the 15th day of the first lunar month as the people call it. People watch lanterns and celebrate the Lantern Festival. Second, even those who don’t know about the Shangyuan Festival have heard about the heavenly official giving blessings. Compared with the earth official pardoning sins and the water official relieving misfortune, the blessing is undoubtedly more festive and has a better meaning. After all, No one wants to be guilty or unlucky. Thirdly, the fifteenth day of the first lunar month is still lingering in the aftertaste of the New Year Festival. On the other hand, the days of the Hungry Ghost Festival and the Xiayuan Festival are not so good, especially the Hungry Ghost Festival, which is also the Ghost Festival. It is said that the gates of hell are opened, which is related to the ghost festival. There is nothing festive about it.

There's also the reason for the name. The water flows downward, but people's hearts still want to be high. Naturally, the lower yuan is not as good as the middle yuan, and the middle yuan is not as good as the upper yuan.

For Zhengyi, the Shangyuan Festival is particularly important.

Tian Guan, Di Guan, and Shui Guan correspond to the Taoist Celestial Master, Earth Master, and National Master, both in terms of name and status.

The Heavenly Official corresponds to the Heavenly Master, and the Heavenly Master is the leader of Zhengyiyi. Therefore, Zhengyiyi feels that Shangyuan Festival is its own festival, so its grandeur is greater than that of Zhongyuan Festival and Xiayuan Festival.

On this day, the entire Dazhen Mansion and the Shangqing Palace next to it were decorated with lanterns and festoons. Countless lanterns that had been prepared were hung on every lamp stand and branch. Heads, eaves, lampstands, poles, the atmosphere is already very lively even before evening. After night falls, the lanterns are lit and the atmosphere is almost crazy.

Many young children ran in and out carrying lanterns.

Adults are extra tolerant on this day.

Since it is the Lantern Festival, it is natural to eat Lantern Festival.

Those who are qualified to enter the lobby to enjoy the special Lantern Festival are all respectable people. Just like the Laba porridge the year before last.

Last time, Qi Xuansu missed Laba porridge. This time, he was invited to the lobby.

In all such gatherings, the ancient ritual of sharing meals is followed, with one person per table. In the lobby, the Heavenly Master sits alone in the center, facing south. The rest of the people were arranged on the left and right wings, facing east or west respectively.

Among them, seating is extremely important. Because before the Lantern Festival, Zhang Yuelu had reached a compromise with Zhang Yuelu. Zhang Yuelu promised to guarantee the status of the bulk, and Zhang Yuelu promised to support Zhang Yuelu as the successor of the Zhang family. Therefore, Zhang Yuelu's position was raised extremely high this time, not only The first person of the Yue generation, only Zhang Jucheng is ahead of her among the Jo generation, and other than that, there are several Zhang family members who have no generation, which already shows Zhang Yuelu's status as the leader of the third generation.

What Yao Pei and Li Changge had already obtained, Zhang Yuelu, after going through many twists and turns, only took it into his hands today.

If Qi Xuansu’s team in the Imperial Capital has achieved success in “Calming the Heart”, Qi Xuansu’s biggest gain is being promoted to the third-grade deputy hall master of Ziwei Hall, then Zhang Yuelu’s biggest gain is to use this opportunity to gain the recognition of the Heavenly Master, and then under the Heavenly Master’s guidance With the support, we completed the compromise with Da Zong and took a big step forward.

Although compromise is something that must be learned, everyone still wants to have it all, but they will compromise and give up some benefits when there is no other way. Therefore, there is a threshold for compromise. It depends on the qualifications. The Grand Master may compromise with the emperor, but he will never compromise with a fourth-grade Taoist priest.

In the past, Zhang Yuelu was undoubtedly not qualified to compromise with the Zhang family. But Zhang Yuelu is different now. There is no need to mention his own qualifications, mainly due to four reasons.

First of all, Master Cihang has clarified Zhang Yuelu's qualifications as a successor. Even if she leaves the Zhang family, she will be the next Master Cihang, with the support of Cihang's lineage behind her.

Secondly, Zhang Yuelu has made many military exploits and has been promoted one after another, becoming the youngest Taoist priest of the third rank Youyi. Even if he is not a Taoist priest of Cihang, he knows that there is hope for him.

Furthermore, Tianshi changed his attitude and no longer deliberately ignored Zhang Yuelu. He showed his support for Zhang Yuelu's rise to power, and even handed over the line of Ziguang Society to Zhang Yuelu.

Finally, the marriage between Zhengyiyi and Quanzhen Taoism will still fall on Zhang Yuelu. After all, the Earth Master is one of Zhang Yuelu's bosses. This is not the first marriage between the two families. Of course, Quanzhen Taoism hopes that a person with whom they have a closer relationship will be married. For the close Celestial Master to ascend to the throne, if Zhang Yuelu is regarded as a man, it means that she has strong support from the Yue family outside.

These four reasons put great pressure on the Zhang family, especially the Celestial Master's change of stance, which made it difficult for them to unite internally. Therefore, Zhang Jucheng assessed the situation and decided to compromise. Compromising now, the price paid is not a heavy price, but when Zhang Yuelu becomes Master Shenzhi before he compromises, the price paid will not be today's price.

Qi Xuansu is not only Zhang Yuelu's patron, but also a guest. In a sense, he also represents the Quanzhen Tao, so his position is next to Zhang Yuelu and above all the other seniors.

This naturally attracted the attention of many people, but no one raised any objections. Because this ranking was approved by Zhang Jucheng.

Qi Xuansu is now prosperous, but he still has a poor background. It was the first time he participated in a private banquet of this size. He finally saw what it means to eat with bells and cauldrons. Although there were no dancers to entertain and he never actually used the cauldron to eat, there was still music to play. The sound is not pre-recorded, but live music. The musicians are in the two side halls on the left and right of the lobby. The sound is loud and clear, but not noisy, making it difficult for people to hear what others are saying.

Because it was a private banquet, there were not many complicated rituals, and there were no special etiquette officials.

The Heavenly Master first raised his glass to everyone present and toasted a glass of wine, and then everyone returned the toast to the Heavenly Master.

A grand fireworks show has begun outside, filling the sky above Yunjin Mountain.

Then two rows of Taoist women floated in like clouds, offering Lantern Festivals to those present.

Qi Xuansu had never heard of Yuanxiao stuffed with red fruit, let alone eaten it.

Qi Xuansu put a Yuanxiao into his mouth with a spoon, and felt a hot steam flowing down his mouth, through his throat, esophagus, and into his stomach, as if a fire had been lit. Because he has the physique of a celestial warrior, he only feels warm and cozy. If it were an ordinary person, it would be like fire. It is not an adjective, but it can really scorch all the internal organs. This is a Zhu Guo that has been processed. If you eat the Zhu Guo raw, you will be unscathed. In addition to your extraordinary talent, you will only have Only a level one pseudo-immortal can do it.

This is why Dao Sect Huasheng Hall's medical skills are superb, but ordinary people still cannot escape birth, old age, illness and death, just because they can't bear it.

However, the effect was also very significant. Qi Xuansu clearly felt that his Sanren Qi had become much stronger, which was worth his three months of hard training.

One glutinous rice ball is equivalent to three months of hard work. This bowl contains four glutinous rice balls, which is exactly one year.

Qi Xuansu ate all four glutinous rice balls without hesitation.

If he still can't get the fifth piece of "Xuan Jade", it will take about ten years for him to reach the immeasurable stage, and now there are only nine years left. This is the benefit of a big family. Such resources are very abundant. As long as the talent is sufficient and the upper limit is high enough, it is never difficult to improve one's cultivation level.

However, what Qi Xuansu was most concerned about was not his own realm, but Zhang Yuelu.

When Zhang Yuelu left the Imperial Capital, he was only one step away from the immeasurable stage. After eating this bowl of Yuanxiao, he might not be able to reach the immeasurable stage on the spot.

Qi Xuan had the right information. After Zhang Yuelu hesitated for a while, he still ate the four yuanxiao in the bowl, and his aura immediately changed slightly.

The free stage of the banished immortal is when the small five qi heads towards the Yuan realm, turning the true qi into true essence.

The immeasurable stage of banishing immortals is the state of three small flowers gathering at the top. In ancient times, "hua" and "hua" were connected. "Hua" is the original character of "hua", so "three flowers" are "three flowers", which means the essence of the human body. The glory of God. The so-called "gathering at the top" means that the essence, energy and spirit are mixed together and gathered in one orifice of the entrance, regardless of each other.

Because there has always been a saying that banished immortals are high-grade Qi refiners and Sanren are low-grade Qi refiners, so banished immortals and Qi refiners have many similarities.

Human flower, refining essence into Qi, human beings are born from essence, so essence is the seed of reincarnation. The heart of a cultivator must be empty in the lower burner, abstain from sexual desires, and the essence should not be discharged indiscriminately, so it is necessary to abstain from sexual desire, otherwise the essence will not be full. Thinking about obscenity is a waste of time.

Earth flower, refines Qi and transforms into spirit. Human survival depends on Qi. The heart must be empty in the middle focus, with no fear, no anger, no resentment, then the Qi will be smooth, the road will be smooth, the middle Qi will be sufficient without thinking about food, and the silver will bloom. .

Smallpox, refining the spirit is still weak. Although the essence is sufficient, if there is no spirit, the body will have no light and the person will have no life. Therefore, the spirit is the master. Today, the heart is empty and the upper part is burnt. It is not attached to it. The spirit is full and it is often unable to sleep. If you are always awake, you will shed your shell and return to the void. If you return to the realm of emptiness, you will be a golden flower.

The direct expressions of the human flower and the earth flower are that the vitality is not lost and the grain is not eaten. The former erases human desires, which really means that only feelings are talked about but not lust, leaving only pure spiritual love. The latter said "not thinking about food" to explain everything. It was not that Zhang Yuelu was being pretentious and deliberately skipping meals, but that he really didn't want to eat.

After condensing the smallpox, even sleeping was omitted.

The Xiao Sanhua Gathering Realm is a combination of the six realms of refining the essence, transforming the qi, refining the qi, transforming the spirit, training the spirit, and returning to the void, and integrates them into one. The realm of returning to virtual reality corresponds to the stage of freedom between heaven and man.

After reaching this realm, the soul of the banished immortal will be extremely powerful. After leaving the body, it will be no less than the Yang Shen of the alchemist. It will be able to learn more great methods. It can also acquire an ever-changing innate magical power similar to that of a martial artist. It can transform three flowers and five qi. Make a happy cloud.

Qingyun is a further "Five Qi Yanluo", which can be called the strongest defense method in the infinite stage. It can defend against everything except various spells, including the "Six Destructions and One Thought Sword" and the martial artist's fist. It can be large or small, ranging from several acres to as small as a piece of head. If Qingyun cannot be broken, he cannot harm the banished immortal himself no matter what.

And because the Little Three Flowers Gathering Top Realm incorporates many residual skills of those who cultivate the mind, such as the heart must be empty in the lower burner, abstain from lustful desires; the mind must be empty in the middle burner, no fear, no anger, no anger. Resentment; an empty heart with a focus on it, no attachment, etc. Taking into account the theory of mind science, the saints of mind science believe that the human heart is the heart of heaven and earth. If heaven does not have my spirit, who will look up to him? If the earth does not have my spirit, who will bow down to it? Therefore, one of the major characteristics of exercises such as mind cultivation is extreme idealism.

The same is true for Tuizhi Qingyun. If you want to defeat Qingyun, you must be someone who has the intention. The damage of dead objects such as artillery and muskets will be minimized or even have no effect.

When Qiniang fought with the "Dragon Master", the reason why the proprietor was able to hurt Qiniang was because the martial artist in the pseudo-immortal stage had already touched the true meaning of Shattered Void, and punched out, shattering a thin line of vacuum, aiming at the void itself that carries all things. Instead of targeting all things, only in this way can they be dispersed in a shock, and Qingyun is naturally no exception. It is equivalent to firearms versus cold weapons, not on the same level. It would not be so easy if the same realm were ever-changing.

Qingyun can also fly in place of Yufeng, that is, soar into the clouds and ride on the mist, with faster speeds, and even lead people to fly, making the word "immortal" more worthy of his name.

If Zhang Yuelu reaches the immeasurable stage, Li Changge and Yao Pei who are only in the free stage will be no match.