Refining Taoism and ascending to immortality

Hearing Zhou Qing's words, Li Wenqing's heart moved slightly. The golden light on the copper pillars reflected the power of Dansha on his top door, hanging behind him like a fan, making the expression on his face blurry. .

Disciples of the Shinichi Sect do not necessarily have to rigidly accept and complete tasks in the Gongdeyuan in order to gain merit. The sect also encourages its disciples to take the initiative to develop, be proactive, contribute to the sect, and solve problems.

However, it is rare for disciples at the Qi refining level to be involved in such matters.

On the one hand, the disciples of the sect at the Qi refining level mostly practice in the mountain sect. Even if they do things, they are within the sect's sphere of influence and have no chance to do things. On the other hand, monks at the Qi refining level are limited to realm cultivation and working outside. They may think that they have opened up a new situation, but in fact they are just making small efforts. From the perspective of the sect, their contribution is limited.

The Merit Academy has reviewed many cases where the Qi Refining monks thought they had done great things, but in the end, the final verdict was that they were all minor merits. Or three, or seven, or nine, even the tasks assigned by Gongdeyuan are not comparable.

No matter how you say it, Zhou Qing is a Qi-refining monk, can he break the rules?

Li Wenqing's gaze became profound, and the power of the elixir on the top door also changed accordingly. The upper part gathered like a crane's beak, holding a bead in its mouth and shining down, creating a dark color.

Zhou Qing sensed this strangeness, but he didn't care. There was a pearl hanging from the crown on his head, just a wisp of light, and the clear air reflected in his eyes, making his eyes as clear as pearls and jade, and his voice as clear as a jade. , continue to talk about what happened in Tongbaizhou.

From first entering Tongbaizhou, to Luanshiwan, and then taking charge of Shuifu, to finally becoming the official title of Luanshiwan River God of Jinghe River.

He only talked about the situation that opened up in Tongbaizhou, but did not mention how to achieve it.

Li Wenqing listened quietly. At the beginning, he looked relaxed and just listened to the story. After listening for a while, the smile on his face faded and he became extremely serious. His eyes were like a falcon, shining brightly. Finally, when he heard that Zhou Qing had completely mastered Stone Bay, he couldn't sit still anymore and stood up.

He walked back and forth on the high platform, getting faster and faster as he walked, and circles of silvery white naturally appeared under his feet, striking each other from left to right, shining brilliantly, illuminating everywhere, showing his inner peace.

After thinking for a quarter of an hour, Li Wenqing turned around, faced Zhou Qing, and said: "This matter is of great importance. I can't make the decision. I will take you to see Zhu Zhenren in the courtyard."

"good."

Zhou Qing had no objection and followed behind.

Not long after, Zhou Qing saw Zhu Youde, the deputy head of the Gongde Academy. The real Yuanying was sitting on a copper couch, with a jade like a mirror polished behind him. There was a hole in the center of the jade, and there were thin The auspicious energy came out of the air, folded out of thin air, and fell down, forming various auspicious signs surrounding him.

Zhu Zhenren had already listened to Li Wenqing's report. At this time, he looked at Zhou Qing who came in, and a strange light shone in his eyes.

In his Dharma eyes, this young man who had recently made such a big splash in the sect had wisps of water vapor rising above the top door, like gurgling spring water. When they gathered together, they formed an abyss with no bottom. It was freezing cold.

At first glance, it looks like a hidden dragon motionless in a deep water.

To be able to have such a presence in the realm of Qi refining, the Luochuan Zhou family has produced a good junior.

Zhu Zhenren looked at it for a while and then said: "Zhou Qing, although I know you will not cheat, but this matter is important, I have to ask you personally, is everything you said true?"

"Absolutely true."

Zhou Qing held his head high and answered decisively, containing a kind of firmness like stone. He knew the importance and did not add any extravagance to the matter.

"good."

Zhu Zhenren took a deep look at Zhou Qing. A rainbow of seven colors appeared above the clouds at the top of the door. He went to the door again and held up a jade album. When he opened it, countless words were flying inside, like thousands of tangible and intangible words. The sword energy collided, making a pleasant and crisp sound.

Following his thoughts, a golden pen appeared, wrote a paragraph on the jade book, and then bloomed with light.

After doing all this, Zhu Zhenren looked down and said: "I am fully responsible for this matter. I will notify you as soon as there is a ruling."

Compared with accepting tasks and completing tasks in Gongdeyuan, things like this are more complicated. Not only does it need to be verified from beginning to end to ensure that it is consistent with the facts, but more importantly, what is the merit of the ruling?

The merits in the Court of Merit are divided into small merit, great merit and superior merit. Eighteen small gongs accumulate into one great gong, and nine great gongs accumulate into one superior gong.

In the Zhenyi sect, in principle, if you accumulate a certain amount of superior skills, you are even qualified to exchange for one of the five qi and four methods of the Zhenyi sect.

Precisely because Shang Gong is so precious, Gongdeyuan strictly adheres to every aspect of every Shang Gong it adjudicates, and does not allow anyone to find fault with the slightest problem.

But now, as long as Zhou Qing's incident in Tongbaizhou is verified, he will be able to make a lot of achievements. The question is, how many people should be given the gong?

Before Zhou Qing came, he had done some research and understood the process, so he knew it well. He just reminded him and said: "Zhenren Zhu, now is the critical time to attack the true inheritance of the sect..."

Zhu Zhenren's eyes were deep and he gave a guarantee, saying: "It will never delay your promotion to the True Successor."

"Thank you, Masato."

Zhou Qing thanked him, saying that as long as he could make up for his shortcomings in merit, he would be worthy of anyone in this true inheritance battle.

After everything was done, Zhu Zhenren sent a Taoist boy to lead Zhou Qing away.

In the main hall, it became quiet.

Only the auspicious aura kept coming out from the holes of the jade disk, in small pieces, like the night rain hitting the windowsill, and when it condensed, it was like the green of thousands of bamboos in the valley, which was poetic and picturesque.

Zhu Zhenren paced around and stopped. He waved his sleeves, and there was a sound of wind and thunder. He said in a deep voice: "Li Wenqing, I don't want to hear a word from outside about what Zhou Qing said when he came to the Merit Court today."

When Li Wenqing heard it, a large piece of frost seemed to fall in front of his eyes, like thunder in the sky, containing supreme majesty. He did not hesitate and said immediately: "I will keep my mouth shut about what happened today."

Zhu Zhenren waited for Li Wenqing to finish speaking, stared at him for a while, his eyes were grim, and he looked away when a layer of cold sweat appeared on his forehead.

He couldn't help but make such a big fuss, because what Zhou Qing said was of great importance.

First, this matter will determine the success or failure of Zhou Qing's impact on the true teaching of this generation of the sect to a certain extent. At this critical point, anything related to the true teaching must not go wrong.

Second, this matter happened in Tongbaizhou, which will help the sect to open up the situation in Tongbaizhou.

"Tongbaizhou."

As the deputy dean of the Merit Academy, Zhu Zhenren understands the sect's eagerness to open up the situation in Tongbaizhou. He believes that Zhou Qing's actions in Tongbaizhou may alarm the real high-level of the sect, the high and mighty Dongtian Zhenren.

Dongtian Zhenren is very observant and has great power. Once they see any violation, the consequences will be disastrous.

Zhu Youde, the Zhenren, reminded Li Wenqing again before letting him leave.

In the hall, only Zhu Zhenren was left.

The auspicious aura coming out of the holes on the jade disk became thicker and thicker. Wherever it went, it kept arranging and combining, forming birds and beasts, going back and forth.

This strange treasure evolved into different scenes depending on the mood of the owner here. At this moment, Zhu Youde, the real person, was not calm.

He sat for a while, made a decision, took out the sound transmission order, picked up the golden pen, wrote down the matter briefly, and then sent it out.

Not long after, Zhu Zhenren seemed to have realized something, raised his head, and saw a rainbow light split the clouds, and in just a moment, it arrived in front of the hall. Wherever it went, it rubbed the air and turned the surroundings into a jade-like white light. At first glance, it was like winter has gone and spring has come, the ice skin has just melted, the cold river water flows downstream, the ice sinks and floats between the waves, and there is light up and down.

The white light did not stop when it reached the steps, but bounced and went straight to the hall, then circled left and right to form a vertical arch ring.

On the ring, there were spiritual texts that were suddenly large and small, fine and dense, and there was an incredible power rising.

"Dean."

Zhu Zhenren looked at the ring in the hall and the crystal light surging like a mirror in the middle of the ring. He immediately recognized that this was not only the work of Dongtian Zhenren, but also the dean of Gongdeyuan, Yunji Zhenren.

"Such a quick reaction?" Zhu Zhenren was secretly surprised. He calculated the time. It was less than a pot of tea after he sent the message, and the dean summoned him.

The great things Zhou Qing did in Tongbaizhou might be more important than he thought.

Zhu Youde was thinking about things, but his movements were not slow. He walked to the ring. Suddenly, a beam of light shot out from the ring and wrapped around his body.

From the outside, Zhu Youde, the Yuanying Zhenren, seemed to have become the size of a grain of rice and entered the ring. Then the ring shrank inward at a speed visible to the naked eye. In less than three or five breaths, it disappeared.

The whole hall was completely calm again. All signs disappeared, as if they had never appeared.

When Zhu Youde woke up, he heard a bell ringing in front of him, and the clear snow in the sky fell and landed on the green bamboos, with each bamboo pole turning green and white and making a rustling sound. Then, a cloud platform appeared, on which sat a Taoist priest. He was not wearing a crown, and his hair was tied up with a bamboo hairpin. He was wearing a pure white Taoist robe embroidered with black and white yin and yang fish. His face was hidden in the halo and could not be seen clearly. Only a pair of snow-like frosty eyes made people feel cold at first glance.

"Master."

Zhu Youde stepped forward to salute.

Master Yun Ji's eyes were clear, and his eyes looked even colder, as if he had no human emotions. He said, "Regarding Zhou Qing's affairs in Tongbaizhou, I have listed it as a secret of the Merit Academy. Except for you, no one else can inquire about it or read it without my permission."

"If anyone violates it, it will be punished according to the rules of the sect."

The voice was not loud, but there was determination in the words.

Given the other party's status as a real person in the cave and the head of the Merit Academy, it is conceivable that if someone really disobeys, the end will be miserable.

"This is a promotion." Zhu Youde was shocked, his face was solemn, and he said loudly: "Yes, head."

On the other side, Li Wenqing returned to his hall and sat down on the high platform again.

On the lamps on both sides, there were lotus lamps carved from jade. The bright light color was cast through the blooming petals, and it circled around, and on his robes, it was like a sparkling new color, reflecting the changes in his face.

Knowing that this matter was serious, he would definitely not go out and talk nonsense, but just thinking about it in his heart, it was inevitable that thunder would be aroused.

Looking at Zhou Qing's confident look, the things he reported about Tongbaizhou should not be false. No one expected, including himself, that Zhou Qing would have such a "darkness" hand.

With this hand, the dispute over the true teaching gradually became clear.

At least, in Li Wenqing's eyes, Zhou Qing has already taken half a step into the true teaching. If nothing unexpected happens, he will definitely get one of the three true teaching quotas.

The rest of the people can only compete for the remaining two quotas.

"How did Zhou Qing do it?"

Li Wenqing picked up a jade ruyi from the jade table in front of him, placed it in his palm, and gently rubbed it, his thoughts turning non-stop.

All those with backgrounds in the sect knew that the sect was concerned about opening up the situation in Tongbaizhou, and all wanted to make efforts in Tongbaizhou, but few succeeded.

It was not that the disciples of Zhenyi Sect were incompetent, but the situation in Tongbaizhou was extremely complicated. The major forces were intertwined, and as a latecomer, Zhenyi Sect was collectively excluded.

The high-level of Zhenyi Sect also thought of ways, but the results were minimal. Anyway, as far as he knew, Zhou Qing's move in Luanshi Bay could be regarded as the sect's biggest breakthrough in Tongbaizhou in hundreds of years.

Zhou Qing was only at the Qi Refining Realm, but he dared to make a fuss in Tongbaizhou, and he succeeded. The determination, courage, wisdom, and means contained in this were admirable and unbelievable.

Let's talk about Zhou Qing, leaving the Merit Courtyard and returning to Denglong Qi Mansion.

Coming to the quiet room, through the open large window, you can see outside, it is the mountain clouds filling the lake, the forest is deep and birds can be seen, but it is silent.

Zhou Qing took a look, closed the window, sat down on the cloud couch, and then thought about it, communicating with the spirit of the mysterious weapon, and the treasure gold cloud tripod flew out from the corner, and then hung in the sky, dropping golden light one after another.

Looking down from above, it was like a makeup treasure tree, with thousands of golden flowers in full bloom, and strands of golden air hanging down, like a necklace with spiritual texts.

The whole room was filled with the golden energy, a golden color.

Zhou Qing lowered his eyelids and reviewed the process of his trip to the Merit Court. It was indeed carried out according to plan, and there were no accidents, so he was relieved.

"Luanshiwan Water Palace, Tongbaizhou."

Zhou Qing's pupils were covered with a layer of brilliant gold, which kept turning.

No one could have imagined that he was practicing the real skill of the Biyou Palace "Yuanhuang Hualongtu", and with this mysterious skill of turning decay into magic, he disguised himself as a water creature and opened up a new situation in Tongbaizhou, which the sect had been striving for.

This one merit alone is worth the effort of constantly completing tasks in the Merit Academy.

After the Merit Academy reviews and decides, his merit in the competition for the true teaching may no longer be a shortcoming compared to other competitors, but may be a strength.

"Wait for the result."

Zhou Qing took a deep breath and temporarily put it aside. He calmed down, and in his sea of ​​consciousness, his soul shone with light, and the Taoist spell of the Flying Golden Emperor White Wheel in the "Spiritual Life Gold Book" emerged.

He was ready to work hard to practice this Taoist technique.