Chapter 9: The Six Pillars
Fang Huan only remembered that he was being held on the shoulder by the tall ghost general, and due to the excessive use of Qi Qi Force, the strong sense of exhaustion caused him to fall into a deep sleep on the ghost general's shoulder.
When he woke up again, he found himself lying on a plank bed.
"Where is this?" Fang Huan only felt that his whole body was sore at the moment, and he looked around, it was a clean cabin.
The cabin had a small boxy window, and when Fang Huan looked out the window, it was a verdant bamboo forest.
Fang Huan wanted to go down to the ground and push open the wooden door to see where he was, but the soreness in his body and the feeling of dizziness in his head made him have to lie on the wooden bed honestly.
After a long time, the wooden door was pushed open, and a man in a light yellow robe walked in, revealing a warm smile after seeing Fang Huan: "Little guy, are you awake?"
"Who are you, where am I?" Fang Huan asked two questions in succession.
The man walked to Fang Huan's bed, sat down on the edge of the bed, and said with a smile: "My name is Zhang Gongliang, and this is my room." ”
Fang Huan thought in his heart, since the other party didn't hurt himself after seeing with his own eyes that he had killed so many villagers, it meant that he had no ill will towards himself, so he asked, "How long have I slept?"
"It's been three days. Little one, can you tell me what's going on with that thing in your body?" asked Zhang Gongliang gently.
Zhang Gongliang gives people the feeling of turning rain and spring breeze, and it is easy for people to let down their guard.
"It says it'...... Poor Qi. Fang Huan didn't hide it, and told the experience after losing his mother as it was, including Qi Qi's intention to take away his body.
Zhang Gongliang kept frowning after hearing the word Qiqi.
After Fang Huan finished speaking, Zhang Gongliang said: "Legend has it that in ancient times, Emperor Yu governed the flood and pacified Kyushu, and once suppressed and sealed countless ancient evil beasts, and Qi Qi was one of them. That old man broke the seal of Emperor Yu by mistake. Taking boys and girls as sacrifices is really insulting to the name of Xianmen's decency. You don't have to worry too much, little one, that day, under my blow, the Qiqi in your body has fallen into a deep sleep and will not wake up in a short time. ”
The young man who didn't care about life and death didn't care, but he still said, "Thank you, Brother Zhang." ”
Zhang Gongliang waved his hand and said, "If it weren't for Qi Qi just breaking the seal, Zifeng and I would not be opponents." The Ancient Beast is no joke, and when the Master comes in a moment, there may be a way to help you get it out of your body. ”
"Master?"
Zhang Gongliang smiled.
Soon, Fang Huan saw the white-clothed young man with a sword on his back walk into the house with an old Taoist priest that day.
The old Taoist priest has a thin body, white beard and hair, a jade-colored face, no wrinkles, a black Tai Chi Taoist robe, lined with white clothes, and a string of copper coins tied around his waist, a total of twelve.
When Zhang Gongliang saw the old Taoist priest walking into the house, he quickly got up and shouted, "Master." ”
The young man in white stood respectfully to the side, silent.
The old Taoist priest waved his hand, approached the bed, squinted his eyes and looked at Fang Huan on the bed, and said after a while: "It's Qiqi." ”
Fang Huan was stunned, he had just told Zhang Gongliang about the strange thing, how did this old Taoist priest know.
The old Taoist priest didn't wait for Fang Huan to answer, slowly turned his thin body, and said: "Let him stay here, cut wood and boil water, wash and cook in three years, and I may be able to expel Qi Qi for him in three years." After speaking, the old Taoist priest walked out of the house directly.
Fang Huan was confused, what is this?
Zhang Gongliang and the young man in white glanced at each other, Zhang Gongliang turned his head to Fang Huan and said, "Little guy, you will be our junior brother from today onwards." ”
The young man in white glanced at Fang Huan seriously, and left the house without saying a word.
Zhang Gongliang pointed to the back of the young man in white and said, "Zifeng's surname is He, he doesn't like to talk, don't be surprised." ”
Fang Huan actually had a good impression of this young man named He Zifeng, because in the heavy rain that day, in the face of the accusations and abuses of the villagers, he was the one who stood in front of him.
"The master asked you to stay, which means that he agreed to accept you as a registered disciple. Originally, there were only two people under Shizun's disciple, Zifeng and me, but now there is one more you, by the way, what is your name, junior brother?" Zhang Gongliang seemed to be very happy.
Fang Huan couldn't quite understand why Zhang Gongliang was so happy.
"Fang Huan, Brother Zhang, I ......"
"Call Senior Brother!" Zhang Gongliang interrupted.
Fang Huan said helplessly: "Okay, senior brother, can I not apprentice to the teacher......"
"Why?" Zhang Gongliang was stunned and blurted out his question.
"That's it...... I don't really want to ......" Fang Huan seemed to feel that it was not appropriate to refuse the kindness of others, and he was a little embarrassed.
Suddenly, for some reason, there was an extra master and two brothers, which always made him feel weird.
Zhang Gongliang thought for a while, looked at Fang Huan's expression, and quickly understood what this twelve-year-old boy was thinking, and then asked seriously: "Little junior brother, have you ever thought about cultivation?"
"Cultivation?" Fang Huan looked dazed.
Since I was born, I and my mother have been living in the small place of Longweipo, except for going out to see the old man in the village, almost all of them live in Longweipo.
I went to the town several times to see a doctor, and I heard from the storyteller in the restaurant about how good a cultivator is, but in his heart, it was all unattainable, and he never thought that he would practice one day.
"Cultivation is the process of becoming extraordinary from a mortal, simply put, to make yourself stronger, and then to deal with all difficulties. When you're strong enough, no one will bully you anymore. Zhang Gongliang said very seriously, and his voice was as warm as a spring breeze.
Since the death of his mother, it has been a long time since no one has spoken to Fang Huan in a pleasant manner.
Fang Huan shook his head while being moved.
has been bullied since he was a child, and he has seen the ugly faces of the people in the village. If it weren't for Fang Rou who had always taught him to be kind, this young man would have developed a gloomy and obedient temperament. Now that his mother has passed away, there is indeed nothing in the world that can make him nostalgic anymore.
Zhang Gongliang stretched out his hand and touched the young man's head.
"Little junior brother, your mother must want you to live......" Zhang Gongliang looked at the young man's lifeless eyes and said in a calm tone.
Mother...... I guess I hope I can live well......
As if he was sure that he could impress this little guy with one sentence, Zhang Gongliang continued: "Qi Qi is an ancient evil beast, even Emperor Yu back then could only suppress and seal it, and there was no way to kill it completely, there are only a handful of people in the world who can drive it out of your body, Shizun is one of them, if you want to live, you must stay." ”
"Good. The boy's answer was only one word, a little reluctantly.
"You kid, our master is the sixth master of the Dao, but you are a great real person in the realm of immortality, you look at your unwilling look, and you have to sell cheaply. Zhang Gongliang quipped.
"Immortal real person?" Fang Huan, who didn't know anything about the cultivation journey, looked dazed.
"Most people who practice do it for the word immortality, but most people will find it difficult to get what they want in their lifetime. Thousands of years ago, Emperor Yu governed the flood, cast the Kyushu Ding to suppress the Kyushu dragon vein, and at the same time created the practice method of casting the Ding to pass on to future generations: the practitioner absorbs the aura of heaven and earth, condenses and casts the Ding in the body, and the strength of each Ding will be greatly improved. After casting the Nine Tripods, gather the spiritual sea, you can get immortality, and immortality also has nine realms, every breakthrough has to experience a thunderstorm, and after the breakthrough, you can increase your life for a thousand years. Our master is now a true person of the Five Realms of Immortality, with a lifespan of five thousand years. ”
Fang Huan's mouth opened wide in surprise, so much, a hundred years of life is common sense, how can someone live for five thousand years?
"Little junior brother, you can stay here and practice with peace of mind, according to what the master said, chop wood and boil water every day, do laundry and cooking, hahaha, finally someone is working." Zhang Gongliang's slender figure stretched out and got up to leave.
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In the following month, Fang Huan finally understood why Zhang Gongliang was so happy after the six real people agreed to accept him as an apprentice.
In the past, before he came, among the three masters and apprentices, He Zifeng only cared about practicing swords, and the master and the six masters read books and cultivated the Tao every day, and the work was done by Zhang Gongliang, He Zifeng was still a person who didn't like to talk, and Zhang Gongliang didn't dare to go and chat with the master and the six masters, which really made this senior brother depressed.
The residence of the three masters and apprentices is in a canyon bamboo forest called Yinlonggou, and a total of four cabins have been built in the bamboo forest, one for each person for three people, and one is the book house of the real person of Liuyao.
Fang Huan has been living in the book house since he came.
The collection of books by the six real people is very complicated, divination astrology, marching formation, pharmacological and medical books, Qimen Dunjia, and almost all the houses are full of books.
After Fang Huan arrived here, in addition to working every day, he read books and learned words in the room under the guidance of his senior brother Zhang Gongliang.
Zhang Gongliang, who was finally able to have someone to talk to, was like a chatter, and he took the trouble to teach him to read and write in front of Fang Huan every day, and told him some anecdotes.
Different from the life of being bullied in Longweipo, the boy has come out of the haze of losing his mother, although he is still a little gloomy, but he is no longer bent on death, which is a good thing.
In the past, when he was in Longweipo, Fang Huan followed Mr. Yao Lao as an apprentice and learned a lot of pharmacological knowledge.
Zhang Gongliang practiced the demon way of controlling ghosts and raising corpses, He Zifeng practiced the way of swords, and Fang Huan, who was found to be quite talented in medicine, was arranged by the six masters to learn the way of medicine.
The reason why this little guy who had no father was chosen as an apprentice was on the one hand because he took pity on the mother and son, and on the other hand, Fang Huan's talent in studying medicine was really good.
Liuyao Zhenren seems to be a lazy character, Zhang Gongliang's ghost path is to find a place to ponder by himself, and He Zifeng is also practicing swords alone in the bamboo forest, and he has never seen Liuyao Zhenren instructing them.
Fang Huan, a registered disciple, let alone mention, rarely even said anything, unless he asked Fang Huan to work.
Fortunately, Fang Huan's talent in medicine is not weak, and Lao Langzhong also taught him a lot of basic pharmacological knowledge, there are many medical books in the library of the six real people, plus the grass and trees in the hidden dragon ditch are flourishing, and there is no shortage of various herbs, Fang Huan can also learn a lot of seven seven eight eight by spending some time pondering and studying.
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A month later, in the bamboo forest of Yinlonggou.
"Little junior brother, casting tripod is divided into five steps: copper mining, furnace opening, polymerization, tripod standing and carving. Reiki is the so-called copper, between heaven and earth, there are many kinds of aura, you have to choose the aura corresponding to the path you are cultivating to cast into a tripod. Since you are following the path of medicine, you must choose the aura of the type of grass and trees. Zhang Gongliang said with a folding fan in his hand.
"Senior brother, what kind of aura did you choose when you cast the tripod?" Fang Huan asked curiously.
"I follow the way of controlling ghosts and raising corpses, and what I ingest is not spiritual energy, but corpse demon qi. Zhang Gongliang said.
"Corpse Demon Qi?"
"The qi of the corpse demon is a different kind of aura that absorbs the undead soul or the ghost qi of the corpse. ”
"Oh. ”
"Our Yinlonggou is full of plants and trees, and there are many medicinal herbs, and you can practice medicine here to get twice the result with half the effort. You sit cross-legged now, close your eyes, and I will teach you how to sense the aura and absorb it into your body. ”
Under the guidance of Zhang Gongliang, Fang Huan felt the lush grass and trees in the bamboo forest seeping into the pores of his body little by little, wandering around his body, and the rich vitality made Fang Huan feel very comfortable.
With a smile on the corner of his mouth, Zhang Gongliang shook his head, remembering the pain that seemed to devour him when he guided the qi of the corpse demon into his body, and sighed: "Alas, people are more angry than people." ”
The young man sitting cross-legged surrounded his whole body with a turquoise and crystal aura.
The power of plants and trees is one year old and one withered.
The power of medicine, white bones and flesh.