Everyone thanked Zhou Heng for their kindness: "Thank you, sir!"

Zhou Heng hurriedly waved his hand and said: "It's not easy to open a store, and you have to work hard next! ”

He knew that these were honest people, so he had to think carefully for them, and thought for a while: "Xiao Shi, you bring enough silver tickets tomorrow, go to the martial arts hall to find a few masters, and ask them to protect the jade shop." ”

"Is this useful?" Wang Xiaoshi was a little unimpressed.

"It's useful!" Zhou Heng said solemnly.

In the famous jade workshop in Chang'an, an old man with gray hair is carving intently, surrounded by more than a dozen young people watching intently.

Soon a vivid jade phoenix carving was completed, the technology is too good to say, but unfortunately the jade is not good enough, so it cannot be regarded as a flawless top grade, even the old man sighed regretfully.

A young man with a jade tree in the wind quietly walked in and gently placed a piece of jade on the table.

Everyone looked straight at once. The old man turned the jade over and over again, sighed deeply, and said, "I have carved jade all my life, and I have never seen such a good jade, but it's a pity!

The young man smiled and said, "This piece of jade is given to the old gentleman, I still have a few pieces of such jade at home, I wonder if the gentleman can take a look?"

The old man knew the value of this jade, his hands trembled with excitement, and he agreed without hesitation: "Only such jade can carve a real heirloom!

The group came to the Wang family's new house.

The young man took out five identical pieces of jade for everyone to watch, and then said, "My surname is Zhou, and I want to invite the old gentleman to come here to carve jade, and I will receive 100,000 taels of silver a year, I don't know what Mr. wants? Your apprentices can come with an annual salary of 10,000 yuan." ”

The old man and the apprentices looked at each other and nodded. After all, craftsmen belong to the lowly class, and such an annual salary is too high for them.

Zhou Heng knew in his heart that for a craftsman like the old man, compared to the hard-nosed ones he dug up, the more attractive ones might be those excellent jade materials.

On the same day, "Qing Yu Shou" went back with his apprentice to pack up his tools and prepare to start work tomorrow.

In the afternoon, Wang Xiaoshi came back, with four or five big men with bulging temples, and at first glance he was a master of foreign practice, and the level of these people should be enough in the world.

Zhou Heng asked a few words casually, and felt that it was okay. These people can't deal with cultivators, it's more than enough to scare a few thieves.

In the evening, Zhou Heng pondered Guiguzi's Qimen formation with his heart, and felt that the more he pondered, the more interesting it became.

In the middle of the night, he continued to practice the kung fu of divine consciousness possession, trying to make divine consciousness draw out his sword, although the sword was drawn, it seemed very difficult, and a set of Qingcheng swordsmanship actually took an hour. But he was very satisfied.

Three days later, the jade shop officially opened. Zhou Heng named the jade shop "Qingyi Jade", which is very similar to the name of the jade carving master.

On this morning, Qing Yushou and a few apprentices were happily discussing.

"Master, I think it's better to carve this jade into a dragon and phoenix!" a young man shouted.

"I don't think it's better to carve a vase. Another interjected. When Qing Yu's hand was silent, he suddenly heard someone say: "It's better to carve a jade Guanyin." ”

Everyone looked back and realized that the shopkeeper had arrived, and they hurriedly saluted.

A young man asked, "Why do you want to carve a jade Guanyin?"

Zhou Heng explained: "I heard that today's saints worship Buddhism, and even canonized several national teachers, and they are in the palace all year round. I was thinking that if it was carved into a statue of Kannon, or a statue of the Buddha, it could be sold for a good price, and maybe it would be bought by dignitaries or even offered to Ouchi. (Sorry, I'm a Taoist priest, and I like to make money from bald donkeys the most)

Everyone nodded in unison, and Qing Xuanyu stroked his beard and said, "There is some truth." I'll have a good idea of it and try to make it a masterpiece. Such a good jade material can't be wasted!"

Zhou Heng said with a smile: "The master has thought about it and boldly started, there is no shortage of jade materials, and this piece will be replaced if it is broken." Qing Yushou shook his head and snorted lightly: "I call myself Jade Hand, how can I do such a violent thing?" The implication is also: "Although you are the shopkeeper, you have to respect me as a master in terms of jade carving." Saying that, he ignored Zhou Heng anymore, and took a pen and paper to draw a sketch.

Zhou Heng saw that he couldn't paint for a long time, and he was not satisfied with the changes, so he smiled and said, "I think of a pattern, maybe you can try it." Otherwise, let me draw it, and ask Master Qing to refer to it in detail?" When Qing Yu's hand was meditating, he was impatient when he heard the words, threw the pen away, and said lightly: "You come to draw!"

Zhou Heng didn't care about the tone of his speech, thinking back to the hundreds of ancient books he had read, including various Buddhist painting rubbings, and picked up the pen to draw pictures one by one, each of which was exquisite and unique. (Maybe the protagonist was a drawing book, Khan)

I painted more than a dozen paintings in one hour, and everyone was stunned, and they were so impressed that they fell to the ground.

Qing Yushou was also in awe, and admired: "Not only is the idea exquisite, but Mr.'s painting is also a must! Apprentices, treasure these pictures well! Go back and ponder slowly!"

Zhou Heng smiled and retreated, he stayed in Chang'an for a few more days, seeing that the jade shop was doing a prosperous business, with tens of thousands of taels of silver per day, everything was on the right track. He decided to leave here and visit the famous mountains and rivers to improve his skills as soon as possible, and at the same time try to find more immortal treasures.

Fifty miles to the south of Chang'an, is known as the "fairy capital", "the world's first blessed land" reputation of Zhongnan Mountain. Zhongnan Mountain starts from martial arts, east to Lantian, thousands of peaks are stacked and green, and the scenery is beautiful.

As soon as you enter Zhongnan Mountain, the first thing you see is the Louguan Platform. The observation deck is not a simple terrace. It is rumored that during the reign of King Kang of Zhou, the astronomical astrologer Yin Xi ordered the Hangu Pass, and built grass as a building in the Zhongnan Mountain, and climbed the grass building every day to watch the stars and look at the qi. One day, I suddenly saw the purple qi coming from the east, and the auspicious star went west, knowing that there would be a saint passing through this pass, so he waited for the pass. Soon an old man dressed in colorful clouds and rode a green ox to arrive, which turned out to be Lao Tzu's westward journey into Qin. Yin Xi hurriedly invited Lao Tzu to Louguan, performed the disciple ceremony, and invited him to lecture and write books. Lao Tzu taught Yin Xi the 5,000 words of the Tao Te Ching on the high post in the south of the building, and then drifted away.

Since Yin Xicao created the building view, all dynasties have built in Zhongnan Mountain. Qin Shi Huang once built a temple in the south of Louguan to worship Lao Tzu, and Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty built Lao Tzu Temple in the north of Louguan. Entering the Tang Dynasty, because the Tang clan recognized Laozi, the ancestor of Taoism, as the holy ancestor, a large-scale Zongsheng Palace was built in Zhongnan Mountain. On the wall of the Zongsheng Palace is a poem by Wang Wei: "Taiyi is close to the sky, and the mountains are connected to the sea." The white clouds look back, and the blue mist enters to see nothing. The peaks in the field change, and the clouds and sunshines are different. If you want to stay with someone, ask the woodcutter across the water. ”

Zhou Heng savored the leisurely elegance described in the poems, while walking around the Louguan platform.

Ascending along the mountain road, soon see a number of building views, among them, there are Chongyang Chengdao Palace, Yuxian Temple, Tongxian Wanshou Palace, Jixian Temple, Taiyi Temple, Yuhua Temple, Bailu Temple, etc., most of them open the door to let people enter the incense, and you can also visit at will. Zhou Heng looks like a traveling gentleman, and every time he goes to a Taoist temple, he has to enter the incense and watch the ceremony, leaving a lot of incense and silver, so he is treated well. (Pig's feet mainly count on those big guys to pull him around.) ）

Later, he left the main road and walked off the beaten track and in beautiful scenery.

There are many medicinal materials on the mountain, such as the best yellow berries, atractylodes, rehmannia and angelica.

On the cliff behind the mountain, where there was no sunlight, he even found a few yellow essences that had grown for thousands of years, which was a holy product that greatly replenished the Yuan Yin, and if it could be matched with ginseng, it would be of great benefit to the cultivation of the Yuan Shen.

He persevered and continued to search, hoping to find good mountain ginseng, but he didn't find it after walking many places, but he found some cork, fritillary, Chuanxiong, and safflower, which are all medicinal materials needed for alchemy, so he picked some of each and put it in the Qiankun bag. (Whatever, if the alchemy can be used in the future, start digging three feet into the ground and licking the turf.) ）

In addition, he also found a few ancient swords, as well as some jade slips that recorded the cultivation techniques of the Taoist priest of Zhongnan, and checked them slightly, although they were of some value, they were not rare. In a stolen ancient tomb, he even picked up a volume of poems, the beginning is Li Bai's "Zhongnan Mountain over Husi Mountain People Stay Wine": "Twilight from the Bishan down, the mountains and the moon return with the people, but take care of the path, the sky is green and slightly ......" There are a lot of poems attached to the back, Rao is already a monk in the rotation period, after reading it, people feel that their divine sense has improved greatly, and they have not seen such beautiful (cow criticism) poems, and they are immediately like a treasure and treasured. (Think about it in the future, I can go to other worlds in front of Li Bai and use his poems to force it, and the thief chicken is exciting.) ）

Walking into a forest two or three miles away from Chongyang Wanshou Palace, the Tongling Jade on his chest suddenly became very hot. If you look closely, there are several rows of pines and cypresses in front of you, arranged in rows, which is completely different from the chaos around you. Among the many pines and cypresses, there is a towering ancient tree, more than ten zhang high, the trunk has been cracked, but the crown is still green and vigorous. The tree is covered with coniferous pine cones. (What kind of psychic treasure jade is used, isn't this obviously a treasure?)

Zhou Heng searched for a long time, and finally determined that the treasure was located five feet in front of the tree. He took out the sword and dug it carefully, and as a result, he dug up a sarcophagus three feet underneath, and the coffin was engraved with a few words: "The relics of the ancestor are backed up here, and the future generations will have a fate, and I will be true." Changchun real questions. "It turned out to be something left behind by the Dan Dao master Qiu to prevent the loss of the Quanzhen Sect. Open the lid of the coffin, there is only a jade box with a foot in it, and there is a roll of parchment paper in the box, densely filled with small characters like ants, and the first page is inscribed "The Five Ancestors of the Northern Sect". (Qiu Chuji is really alchemy!)

Zhou Hengxian took a general look and found that it recorded the practice methods of the Northern Sect Taoists, and the content was very detailed, much more detailed than the "Overview of Daozang". The five ancestors of the Northern Sect refer to Donghua Shaoyang, Zhongli Zhengyang, Lu Yan Chunyang, Liu Haichan and Wang Chongyang and other five real people, the school pursues "all true and immortal", and its cultivation is mainly pure, that is, "knowing the heart and insight" as the first priority, refining the heart and refining has been the foundation, and at the same time does not waste the cultivation of essence, which is why Wang Chongyang later called "Quanzhen Sect".

He studied the Dan Jue as he walked: "All forms are bad, heaven and earth are also illusory bodies, the Yuan will end, there is only a little sunshine, beyond the calamity, in the human body is the sea of sex, that is, the Yuan Shen is also ...... The secret of Jindan lies in one life and one life. Sexuals, the sky, often lurk at the top. The fateful one, the earth, often lurks in the navel ......" he was impressed while studying. The value of these scriptures is immeasurable, and they are especially important for the Yuan Shen Out of Body that he is cultivating.

When he came to Chongyang Wanshou Palace, he burned a few sticks of incense, and then put ten taels of silver in the Gongde box.

When the little Taoist priest next to him saw it, his eyes lit up, and he hurriedly invited him to the inner room to drink tea. Zhou Heng took out a piece of jade found on the mountain and handed it over, and said with a smile: "Little master, I picked up this piece of jade, and there are some handwriting engraved on it, I don't know what it means." (In this great world of practice, the devil knows if there is cause and effect, especially after knowing that there is a Buddha.) ）

The little Taoist priest took it, just glanced at it and exclaimed, and then jumped and ran out, and after a while, a white-haired old Taoist walked in and shouted at the little Taoist: "Change the fragrant tea, and bring the best jade dragon Panhao that I have treasured for many years." Then he came to Zhou Heng and bowed deeply.

Hurriedly return the salute. Lao Dao touched the jade and said: "This is the relic of the ancestor of Yi Zhiping, the sixth generation head of this faction, I don't know how the donor found it." ”

Zhou Heng replied: "I saw it by chance, and I thought it was interesting, so I stayed." Since the master thinks it's useful, please keep it. "Thank you!" Lao Dao carefully held the jade slip in his hand and looked at it.

Zhou Heng looked around and asked, "I saw that most of the nearby Taoist temples have been in disrepair for many years, I don't know what's wrong?"

Lao Dao sighed: "I think that back then, after the creation of Chongyang Zhenren, through Ma Yu, Tan Chuduan, Liu Chuxuan, and Qiu Chuji reached its peak, at that time the Jin Dynasty was about to perish, the Southern Song Dynasty was very weak, only the Mongolian power was in the ascendant, but Patriarch Qiu was a golden envoy, Xie Song hired, at the age of seventy-three, willing to brave the hardships of wind, sand and heavy snow, led eighteen accompanying disciples, traveled thousands of miles, and arrived at the Genghis Khan military camp in the Great Snow Mountain of the Western Regions. Genghis Khan personally summoned three times and had a long talk. Patriarch Qiu gave careful answers to his questions about the cure and the way of longevity. He was deeply respected by Genghis Khan, revered him as an 'immortal', made him 'in charge of the world's monks', and pardoned the taxes of the Taoist priests under the Quanzhen sect.

Since then, I have sent to build a palace view, accept disciples, the wind is greatly inspired, the Quartet is full of admiration, and the apprentices gather. However, the good times did not last long, and later caused the Yuan Court to be suspicious due to its excessive influence. Buddha and Tao competed, and the imperial court favored Buddha and degraded Taoism, so it has been declining since the seventh generation of Zhang Zhijing. Now it is even more of a decay of the palace, the Taoist scriptures are lost, the Taoist system is lost, and it is becoming more and more difficult to cultivate the truth. After speaking, he couldn't stop sighing.

Zhou Heng saw that he was so pitiful, and wanted to return the scriptures left by Qiu Chuji to Wanshou Palace, so he said: "Master, I used to read a lot of books, and I once saw a scripture that seems to be related to the Quanzhen Sect, I will recite it, please see if it is useful." (If you have a good fate, you will meet the true predecessor of the ascension one day)

"Really?" said Lao Dao, who agreed casually, not taking what he said to heart.

Zhou Heng smiled slightly, and began to recite the "Five Ancestors of the Northern Sect" he had just read from the beginning: "One by one, the origin of heaven and earth, and the ancestors...... The one who is in the middle of the top, lead, tiger, water, gold, ......"

As soon as he heard this, Lao Dao was suddenly shocked: "This, this is the secret of this sect! Where did you get it? Without mentioning the reason, I am afraid that the benefactor can only rest for one night today."

Zhou Heng didn't answer, but just recited all the way.

Lao Dao was a little skeptical at first, but the more he listened, the more shocked he became, his ears were like thunder, and his heart was beating wildly, "It's really the secret of this sect! I haven't even heard of the latter! It seems that I blame you." ”

After finishing speaking, he shouted: "The patriarch has a spirit! The patriarch has appeared!"

Zhou Heng didn't dare to accept his big gift, so he hurriedly stepped forward to help. (Mainly because he was afraid that others would see him and say that he was bullying the elderly.) ）

Lao Dao refused to get up, and pleaded in his mouth: "Ask the immortal master to speak slowly, let the disciple write it down!" This is all a treasure book of our sect, a priceless treasure......" said he hurriedly looked for paper and pen. (Lick the dog lick the dog, lick everything to the end)

When the pen and paper were brought in, Zhou Heng stretched out his hand to take it, and said, "I'll write it!" As for the advanced exercises, he was afraid that the ones he was passing on would not be human, so he had reservations and was ready to examine his character before teaching them in the future. (I'm sorry, you can't play me)

Lao Dao held the notebook in his hand, his hands trembled, and he shouted: "Thank you Immortal Master!

Zhou Heng turned sideways, turned around and walked out. When he went out, he saw dozens of Taoist priests in Wanshou Palace kneeling down.

After Zhou Heng waved his hand back, he didn't look back, and walked south.

Five miles away from the corner of Zhongnan Mountain, there is a Taiyi Town, standing on the street, Zhou Heng looked at the quiet and peaceful people coming and going, and felt like he had returned to his home. Maybe he is suitable for the mountain, in the previous life, home is at the foot, and it is the same in this life, the same is to look up at the mountain, towering into the clouds, look around, the town is warm.

He was walking down the street, and soon he saw a teahouse, so he stepped in. There was a storytelling room in the teahouse, and there were forty or fifty people sitting in it. A storyteller was beating a drum at the front desk, waiting to speak.

Zhou Heng found a seat in the back row and sat down, Xiao Er had just sent the tea, and the storyteller had already started: "But it is said that in the prosperous era of the Tang Dynasty, there was a Puzhou person surnamed Lu Mingyan, the word Dongbin, who failed to pass the scientific examination of Jinshi three times, and came to Chang'an Liquor Store in extreme frustration and met Zhongliquan, a real person in Zhengyang. Seeing that he had a wisdom root, the real person recruited him to enter the Zhongnan Mountain, invited him to drink the wine of Shao Xianyuan and He, and then sat on the stone to talk about the Xuan, and taught him the twelve subjects of "Lingbao Bifa". A few years later, Lu Dongbin became an immortal and flew away. Then the storyteller entered the main topic: "Lu Dongbin flew the sword and cut the yellow dragon". (Sure enough, the characters in the script are more awesome.) ）

The story was told vividly, and Zhou Heng was also fascinated by it. After a long drum beat, the story ended, and everyone woke up like a dream. (It's better to know a little more, in case you meet him in the future, you can brag about him.) ）

Then the storyteller came over with a plate and asked everyone to give alms of money, and at the same time took out a notice, saying that the daughter of Zhang Yuanwai in the town had fallen ill recently, and it was difficult to enter the water and rice, and she dreamed at night.

Everyone talked about it, but everyone left after giving a few copper plates, and in this world where gods and ghosts coexist, no one dared to unveil the list.