Chapter 4: Visiting the Deacon's Hall
The residence of the temporary disciple is not far from the mountain gate. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
Here at the mountain gate, there is a wide stone staircase.
The stone steps are about three zhang wide. It is divided into twenty sections, and there are buffer platforms between segments. There are 20 stone steps in each section, and there are 400 steps in total. Depending on the mountain, the whole stone staircase is about curved. It's not the legendary trial ladder, it's just an ordinary stone ladder.
At the bottom of the stone stairs is a large platform. Although it can also be called a square, it is not a gathering place for disciples. It's actually an airport for docking spaceships.
Further down the airport, there are no stone steps. There is only one path, and there are disciples in the Qi cultivation period who occasionally walk.
Up the airport, the buffer platform behind the five stone steps stretches out ten zhang to the side along the terrain. This is the place where the flight of the Edgeworth, a disciple of the foundation building period, takes off.
Further up, after seven stone steps, there is the mountain gate.
Here at the mountain gate, there are high-level Qi cultivation stage disciples on duty. But it does not mean that within the mountain gate is the scope of the Yanlong Sect. Actually, the following airport, too.
At the top of the 20 stone steps is the deacon's hall.
This deacon hall is not only responsible for the daily arrangements of the disciples in the Qi cultivation period, but also responsible for the entry and exit registration and task distribution of the disciples in the foundation building period. The task of practicing qi and building the foundation is issued in one place, in order to better coordinate the materials.
Lu Linlan stepped out of the courtyard gate, and the place she was going to was this deacon hall.
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Lu Linlan is currently only a temporary disciple, and places such as the Tibetan Scripture Pavilion and the Missionary Hall are not qualified to go. There are not many places where Lu Linlan can hang out, just two mountain bends and a small hill. This range, there are some people, except for the mountain gate, which is the deacon hall. After thinking about it, Lu Linlan chose the latter.
Some people may want to say that it is completely possible to walk over and over, and after a long time, won't you be able to get acquainted with the disciples who pass by on the road?
Not really. Because there was hardly anyone on the road.
In Lu Linlan's previous life, the road was crowded with natural people. However, if the official prompts that there are homicidal maniacs, will there still be crowds on the road?
Cultivating the world of immortals is equivalent to having murderers on the road.
You have absolutely no idea if the next person you meet will kill you.
So, there was almost no one on the road.
Therefore, Lu Linlan had no choice but to visit the deacon's hall.
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The Deacon's Hall has a list of tasks to be issued. Lu Linlan stayed in the deacon's hall, which could be interpreted as being browsing the task.
Therefore, it is normal for Lu Linlan to stay in the deacon's hall every day, at least in accordance with the door rules.
Lu Linlan accosted the disciples of the deacon hall and slowly got acquainted with the process, there is no technical content, so I won't talk about it.
It is worth mentioning that it is naturally the dialogue between Lu Linlan and other fellow disciples who came to the deacon's hall to do business.
However, there are too many to go into detail one by one.
Here are just a few examples.
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Cannon fodder type and background disciple of normal immortal cultivation: Deng Jiasi, female, sixth-layer qi training, double spirit root, general recruitment disciple in the last period, now eighteen years old.
In fact, the word "layer" in the six layers of qi training can also be written as "cheng". One percent, which means one-tenth. The entire Qi training period is ten percent, and it is also ten layers.
The foundation building period is upward, and according to custom, it is no longer so divided. Instead, it is divided into early, middle, and late stages. One of the periods is divided into three stages: a certain period, a certain peak, and a certain period of perfection. Three three get nine, a total of nine paragraphs, corresponding to the first nine out of ten.
In the last paragraph, some of them are called Dzogchen, and some of them are moved out of the name of the next order and crowned with the word half-step. For example, the foundation building period is full of perfection, also known as half-step Jindan.
Except for the Qi cultivation period, all levels are ten percent. The Qi training period is special, with two more. The eleventh layer of Qi practice refers to those who have not completed the foundation at one time, and the twelfth layer refers to those who have failed to build the foundation many times, and the latter is equivalent to those who have never had the hope of building the foundation. On the path of cultivating immortals, only the backlash of the failure of foundation building does not damage the foundation, so there are no longer eleven or twelve layers in the stages above the foundation building.
Deng Jiasi's six layers of qi training, converted, that is, the middle stage of qi training.
Yes, three to four, six to seven obstacles, if it's a ditch, the ditch is bigger, if it's a wall, the wall is thicker.
Deng Jiasi has been cultivating to the sixth layer of Qi cultivation for almost two years, and he has not been able to cultivate the seventh layer for a long time. Her heart was already a little anxious.
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When Deng Jiasi arrived at the deacon's hall, he naturally came to take over the task.
Different from the fourth layer of Qi training, Deng Jiasi, who was at the sixth level of Qi training, completed the basic tasks of the sect early. The tasks I want to undertake now are all related to advanced breakthroughs.
It seems that Deng Jiasi has two tasks.
The embarrassment is that Deng Jiasi can only complete one of the tasks.
Which task should you choose?
Deng Jiasi couldn't decide, his eyes fluttered, and he saw Lu Linlan.
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Deng Jiasi had something in his heart, and unintentionally, his gaze stayed on Lu Linlan's face for a little longer.
Lu Linlan replied with an inquiring look.
This inquiring look is naturally calm, slow, and firm.
Deng Jiasi's feeling became insistent and harmless.
Realizing that he was staring at people first, in order not to offend Lu Linlan, Deng Jiasi smiled apologetically.
Lu Linlan also smiled tolerantly and said, "There are difficult things in my heart. If you can talk about it, you can talk about it, and if you can't talk about it, you don't talk about it. Just do whatever you want. ”
Deng Jiasi felt that it was very reasonable, and his difficulties were not a secret, so he saluted Lu Linlan and told him about his difficulties.
Lu Linlan said: "It is difficult to choose, but in fact, the difficulty lies in 'having to choose'. If the boss gives an order at this time, you will have no choice, and you will not have the trouble of choosing. It seems that in that case, it is painful. ”
Deng Jiasi said: "Yes. Thinking back to the past, when I had just practiced the fourth layer of qi, I was too busy all day long, where would there be such troubles. Now, life is easier and freer, and from time to time I encounter this difficult dilemma. ”
Lu Linlan said: "If it is obvious that one is good and one is bad, anyone will choose, and it doesn't matter if there is a choice." The difficulty of choosing is that there is no obvious good or bad compared with the two. ”
"Exactly. Deng Jiasi nodded.
Lu Linlan said: "What you are worried about is: after the incident, looking back, those two tasks that were not good or bad were actually one good and one bad. ”
"Yes, yes, that's right!" Deng Jiasi nodded wildly.
"Then you can cast a time spell and take a look at the back first. Lu Linlan said.
"Time...... Is there such a spell?"
"If you can't, don't think about it so much. Because, what causes you to regret it is not that you chose the wrong one now, but that you still don't know how to spell time. Time spells, and you're not alone. What is there to regret!" Lu Linlan said, "So, you just choose a random task." ”
"That's really the case," Deng Jiasi solemnly saluted Lu Linlan again, said "thank you", and then happily took the task.
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The protagonist type and hostile social disciple of bitterness and hatred: Duan Hongyi, male, fifth layer of qi training, five spiritual roots, a general recruitment disciple in the last period, and is now twenty-four years old.
Duan Hongyi is from Dingzhou, thousands of miles away.
Dingzhou is not the territory of the Yanlong Sect. On the Dingzhou side, it is the sphere of influence of the Feiyun Sect.
The Duan family, where Duan Hongyi belongs, is one of the affiliated families of the Feiyun Sect.
In the Duan family, Duan Hongyi is the son-in-law. But because it is only a five-spirit root, it is not taken seriously. Cultivating the world of immortals, talking about the ancestors, but also about the spiritual roots. Therefore, Duan Hongyi was trampled under the feet of many people.
In fact, Duan Hongyi is not the worst. Those children of the family who had no spiritual roots at all were far worse than Duan Hongyi.
Of course, Duan Hongyi can't see it.
He only felt that he was the worst in the world, and everyone in the world was sorry for him.
He has always had a wish, one day, to take revenge on all those who look down on him, to beat them to pieces.
To do this, he worked very hard.
After experiencing all kinds of persecution, resistance, and escape, Duan Hongyi joined the Yanlong Sect.
However, due to his poor qualifications, at the age of twenty-four, Duan Hongyi is still at the fifth level of Qi training, and hard work seems to be useless.
He turned to dream that one day earlier, he would encounter some great opportunity.
Or find a cave mansion immortal mansion and get the inheritance of great power, or directly encounter a certain great power and favor yourself.
At this time, Duan Hongyi saw Lu Linlan.
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As mentioned earlier, the world of cultivating immortals is equivalent to a world where murderers can come and go at any time, and there are almost no people on the road.
Whenever you go out, your spiritual sense goes first, and when you see no one, you go.
Of course, during the Qi cultivation period, the spiritual sense cannot be released yet. Spiritual consciousness comes first, and it is changed to feeling first.
Feeling, that is, hearing, seeing.
There was no one nearby, so Duan Hongyi went out. What are you doing when you go out? Go to the deacon's hall to receive the mission.
After walking for a while, Duan Hongyi saw Lu Linlan.
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At this time, Lu Linlan was walking on another road.
The territory of the disciples in the Qi cultivation period is extremely numerous, and it is extremely non-standardized. With a spell in hand, I felt inconvenient, so I immediately built a road and sprinkled water.
Seeing Lu Linlan from a distance, Duan Hongyi estimated the speed of the two sides in his heart and promised not to approach the other party.
After walking for a while, Duan Hongyi suddenly realized that something was wrong, Lu Linlan's speed was not as slow as he had estimated before.
When you get to the intersection ahead, the distance between the two sides will be less than 10 feet.
Ten zhang distance, very dangerous.
So, Duan Hongyi simply stopped and let Lu Linlan, who was in the other direction, go first.
Feeling that Lu Linlan didn't look in his direction, Duan Hongyi glanced at Lu Linlan several times. At this look, Duan Hongyi quickly discovered the mystery: it seemed that Lu Linlan only walked one foot five inches per step, but in fact, he walked more than one foot nine inches per step.
Looking at Lu Linlan's height, he was only five feet seven minutes, and the curvature of her legs apart was not greater than four minutes of a right angle. How could she be able to step a foot and nine inches with each step?
If you are an ordinary person, the direction of thinking is not necessarily.
Duan Hongyi, who is eager for adventure, can think of only one answer: shrink the ground into inches!
The other party is a powerful person who can shrink the ground into inches!
At that moment, every cell in Duan Hongyi's body was shouting: I have met the power!
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At this time, Lu Linlan was mixing faces. If Duan Hongyi pleases as soon as he comes, he can still get along happily for a while.
However, Duan Hongyi did not.
People who are proud often have low self-esteem, and Duan Hongyi is worried that if he is not careful, he will be able to shoot himself to death.
Therefore, after Duan Hongyi entered the deacon hall, he only secretly glanced at Lu Linlan a few times. I hurriedly received a task and left.
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The second time he met Lu Linlan in the deacon's hall, Duan Hongyi mustered up his courage and gave Lu Linlan a salute, saying, "I've seen this senior!"
Lu Linlan was naturally not in a hurry. After Duan Hongyi finished speaking, he responded: "I'm not a senior. ”
Duan Hongyi didn't know what to say for a while.
Lu Linlan asked, "What's the matter with you?"
"It's okay, it's okay. Duan Hongyi said repeatedly.
"It's okay, please over there!" Lu Linlan pointed to the deacon's counter.
"Good, good. Thank you for the advice!" Duan Hongyi gave another salute and left.
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The disciples of the foundation building period lived in the inner area, and it was basically impossible to see Lu Linlan walking on the road.
The Lu Linlan they saw in the deacon's hall was standing.
They hurriedly glanced at it, and felt that Lu Linlan practiced qi at the first level, or at the second or third level of qi training. In short, the cultivation is very low, and it is not on the same level as them. I didn't care.
So when the disciples of the foundation building period came and went, they regarded Lu Linlan as nothing.
There was no conflict, and there was no familiarity.
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Objectively speaking, Lu Linlan's behavior of visiting the deacon's hall is dangerous.
Although with Lu Linlan's experience and cultivation, the danger has been greatly reduced. But there are always dangers that cannot be avoided.
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There is a kind of person who is easy-going most of the time, a few times he is also a person who comes to things, and sometimes he is a person who praises the high and the low.
This kind of person can't be said to be hateful. But this kind of person will always bring a lot of trouble.
"Xiao Lanlan, you said that you came here to mingle with your face, why don't you talk to those foundation building uncles?" Chen Qihua asked.
"Yes," Gu Qingxue said, "Remember the group that went out just now, right? The leader is called Linghu Tianzong, and he is the son of the peak master of Danyang Peak. If you catch him, there will be no shortage of elixirs. Maybe we'll be able to get some light too. ”
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Chen Qihua and Gu Qingxue, both practicing qi at the ninth level, are twenty-six years old. The former is selected by the family, and the latter is from the general recruitment.
Lu Linlan said: "I just want to be familiar, not to catch anyone." ”
"But if you continue like this now, even if it is ten or eight years, I believe that the uncles of the foundation builder will not remember you. Chen Qihua said.
"That's a good point!" Gu Qingxue said, "Take out your courage and go, Lu Linlan!"
Lu Linlan smiled: "You want to see jokes, I know." But this, it depends on the timing. ”
The time was fast in coming.