Chapter 38: Huang Lao Taoist Temple
Nakajima, this is Wang Ping's second time on the island, the last time he came in a hurry, he only cared about going to the Taoist temple to find people, and did not observe carefully.
The island is high in the east and low in the west, and only the ferry in the southwest can dock, and the rest of the island is full of large and small reefs that even small boats cannot approach. If it is built in place, it can indeed become an easy fortress to defend and difficult to attack.
The south side of the island is a large forest with a variety of birds, and the trees inside are very thick, and the thinnest ones require three people to surround them. Wang Ping thought that these trees were good materials for building houses and ships.
On the north side there is a hill 20 zhang high, and there is a sweet spring on the top of the mountain, and the spring water flows down the small stream to the lake in the middle of the island, which is called Nakajima Lake by the local fishermen.
The lake is about five zhang deep, the area is quite large, 100 fishermen settle in the vicinity of this lake, the island is surrounded by the sea on all sides, and the island has mountains and waters, trees and forests, it is indeed a good base worth developing.
On the shore, Yu Qing took Wang Ping directly to the Huanglao Taoist Temple in the east of the island, the Taoist Temple was built in the highest position on the island, and the top of the hill in the north could almost be seen from the courtyard of the Taoist Temple.
The Taoist temple is a cliff to the east, Wang Ping looked at this cliff as smooth and steep as if it had been cut down by the immortals with a divine axe, and the sound of the waves crashing against the reef at the bottom of the cliff made people feel more awe-inspiring when they heard it.
When Wang Ping was led to the edge of the cliff by Yu Qing, he looked at Yu Qing suspiciously, and thought, could it be that the real Huang Laodao is under this cliff?
At this time, Yu Qing narrowed her lovely eyes and said to Wang Ping with a smile: "Wang Ping, you have to take care of it, this fairy Gu is about to cast a spell." ”
Saying that, she still had a three-mountain duel in her hand, pointed at her feet and "opened", and then pulled Wang Ping to the air.
Wang Ping was so frightened that he hurriedly grabbed Yu Qing and said, "Yu Qing, you want to jump off the cliff?" ”
But Yu Qing ignored Wang Ping at all, shook off the hand that held her, and jumped straight into the air.
At this time, Wang Ping was surprised to see that Yu Qing not only did not fall, but also floated in the air, and was stunned.
Seeing that he was dumbfounded, Yu Qing hurriedly shouted to him: "You stupid mortal, don't you hurry up and jump to Ben Immortal Gu's side." ”
Although Wang Ping was scared in his heart, he still jumped towards Yu Qing with his eyes closed, but his feet were too strong and he directly fell down Yu Qing, Wang Ping closed his eyes and felt that the two of them seemed to fall to the cliff, and he was so frightened that he hugged Yu Qing tightly and shouted that he was going to die, he was going to die.
And Yu Qing was angry and shouted: "You fool, hurry up and open your eyes to see where we are!" ”
At this time, Wang Ping also felt like falling, not like falling off a cliff, so he quickly opened his eyes and saw that there was a cliff in the position just now, which was simply connected to the Taoist temple, just like the backyard of the Taoist temple.
Wang Ping looked at Yu Qing with confused eyes, hoping that she would explain the scene in front of her. And Yu Qing told him not to worry, to lead him to visit this backyard first.
The yard is simple and there is a plane tree with a deep well under it, and a row of houses to the north. When I went out of the courtyard to the east, I saw the cliff again.
At this time, Yu Qingcai explained that this is the backyard of Huang Lao Taoist Temple, and the cliff just now is a scene conjured up by Yu Ji with a spell, which is used to separate the front yard and the backyard to prevent outsiders from entering casually.
After speaking, Yu Qing took Wang Ping into the house to meet Yu Ji, Yu Ji was meditating in the Zhengbei house at this time, and saw Wang Ping's dazed and overwhelmed face after coming in, knowing that he must have a lot of questions about the Xiuzhen world, so he called them to sit down beside him, and prepared to tell them about the Qi Refiner and Huang Lao Taoism.
According to legend, people with spiritual roots are inherited from the inheritance of the ancient immortal clan, these people with spiritual roots have superior mana through the cultivation of spiritual energy, and people become qi refiners, in ancient times the aura is sufficient, each qi refiner as long as the cultivation to the fourth stage, can break the void into the fairy world and be called immortals by the world.
These four stages are the Qi refining period, the foundation building period, the Dan period, and the Yuan infant period. And what realm he can continue to cultivate after entering the immortal realm, Yu Ji does not know.
Legend has it that after the Great War of the Gods, the earth was shattered, and a large number of Qi Refiners were also killed in the Great War.
And cultivators also have a lifespan limit, they can't fly to the immortal realm can only grow old slowly, even the monks in the infancy stage only have a lifespan of a thousand years, plus the aura in the world is getting more and more dirty, and the living qi refiners no longer dare to use spells easily, because too much consumption of spiritual power in the body is equivalent to the loss of life.
Yu Ji told Wang Ping that there are still three monks left in this land, and they are the three land immortals in folklore, Nanhua Old Immortal, Zuo Ci, and Yu Ji himself.
After Wang Ping listened to Yu Ji's introduction, the original concept of the world in his mind collapsed instantly, and his heart was even more turbulent.
He asked Yu Ji a little tremblingly if he could still become a qi refiner since his spiritual power was already scarce.
Yu Ji smiled and explained to him that aura is also divided into pure levels, and there is no need for too pure aura during the qi refining period, only needs to be purified in the true qi in all natural things.
The requirements for aura in the foundation building period are much stricter, and ordinary purification can no longer meet the needs, and the aura needed for the Dan period in this world has long been absorbed, which is why there are only three land immortals left in the world.
Then Yu Ji made a comparison between the qi refiner and the martial arts master, simply saying that the martial arts master of the innate true qi is to absorb and transform the true qi in all things, while the monk in the qi refining period is to purify the aura in the true qi, and the pure purity alone is much more powerful than the innate master.
However, once a person with a spiritual root has cultivated the innate true qi, he or she will not be able to become a qi refiner, because they have already adapted to the true qi in their bodies and can no longer withstand the impact of the aura with a higher degree of refinement.
At that time, Yu Ji shouted at Zhao Yun on the boat, but it was a pity that it was for this reason, and in the same foundation building period, he would be much stronger than the master of the God Realm.
Wang Ping was extremely excited when he heard that a Qi Refiner of the same level was stronger than a martial arts master of the same level, and he was glad that he had not yet comprehended the Innate True Qi, otherwise he would not be able to become a Qi Refiner.
He secretly thought to himself that as long as he finished the Qi refining period, he would be able to become a master who was even more powerful than his senior brother Zhao Yun, and when the time came, he would definitely beat all the people on the martial arts list, and those who were convinced would be accepted as his subordinates, and those who were not convinced would be thrown into the sea to feed the fish.
Yu Ji saw that Wang Ping was secretly happy there, so he knocked him and said: "Don't be happy too early, you kid, Qi Refiners are the most jealous and impetuous, you know that the Qi Refining Period is divided into nine layers, and every three layers are a stage, and only when you cultivate to the eighth layer of Qi Refining can you become a real Qi Refiner." ”
Wang Ping asked excitedly, "Grandpa, can I cultivate to the eighth level of qi refining in a year?"
Yu Ji said: "If you only seek quick success, you can enter the late stage of qi refining in three or two months, but in this way, the foundation will be unstable, and there is a possibility of exploding and dying at any time when you communicate with the aura of heaven and earth, so don't be complacent with a little progress, you must sink down and temper the foundation repeatedly, so as to go long on the road of cultivation in the future." ”
Wang Ping listened to Yu Ji's lesson and quickly put away his impetuous mood, thinking that cultivation would definitely not be so simple, he must not be in a hurry, it would be sad to really explode and die.
Then Yu Ji introduced the Huang Lao Taoist Temple he founded to Wang Ping, which was established by Yu Ji in the early Han Dynasty after entering the Yudan period, and 'Huang Lao' was Yu Ji's master, so this Huang Lao Taoist Temple was actually built by Yu Ji to commemorate his teacher.
It's just that Yu Ji has always been at ease, and he has never planned to accept apprentices, so he gave the front yard of the Taoist temple to a few Taoist priests to live in, but he rarely appeared in the temple.
It wasn't until more than ten years ago that Yu Ji picked up an abandoned baby on the beach, and in order to raise her, he isolated the backyard with a spell, and this abandoned baby was Yu Qing.
After saying this, Yu Ji gave Wang Ping a volume of "Taiping Qing Lingshu Qi Refining Chapter", telling him to practice on his own according to the records on the book, and also warned Wang Ping not to easily enter the house to disturb his cultivation, and not to step out of the Taoist temple casually during this year.
After listening to Yu Ji's teachings, Wang Ping followed Yu Qing down to settle down, Yu Qing's room was next to the alchemy room in the west house, and Wang Ping was arranged to live in the house on the east side, next to the plane tree.
After Wang Ping entered the house, he found that the daily necessities in the house were all available, and these things were bought by him with Yu Qing that day, thinking that Yu Qing said that the move that day was actually prepared for himself, and it was so happy to be able to live in the same yard with her in the future.
Wang Ping was extremely curious when he first came into contact with the Xiuzhen world, and after he learned about the Huang Lao Taoist Temple, he naturally wanted to know about the other two land immortals, so he cleaned up a little and ran to chat with Yu Qing.
As soon as he went out, Wang Ping saw Yu Qing carrying food into the kitchen, and hurriedly stepped forward to help: "Xiaoqing, leave all these rough jobs to me in the future, don't do it if you are so weak." ”
Yu Qing felt very kind when he heard him call himself Xiaoqing, and he also learned his tone and said: "Little bottle, you have to cultivate hard in the future, you can't be lazy, if you encounter anything you don't understand, you can come and ask me." ”
Wang Pingzheng wanted to ask the Nanhua Old Immortal and Zuo Ci what it was, so he put down his things and pulled Yu Qing to sit under the tree, and asked her to quickly tell herself the story of these people.
I heard Yu Qing introduce him that this Nanhua old immortal cultivated earlier than Yu Ji, and there were many apprentices in Nanhua before the pre-Qin period, and many of them cultivated to the foundation building period, but later for some reason his apprentices rebelled against him, and Nanhua personally killed his apprentice and then destroyed the mountain gate and no longer accepted apprentices.
When Wang Ping heard that it was another immortal who did not want to accept disciples, he asked very puzzledly: "Could it be that there are only three monks left in this world, and there are no big sects and disciples?" ”
Yu Qing said: "Zuo Ci has an apprentice, he established a sect called Danding Sect in Hesoap Mountain, and later devoted himself to cultivation and passed the sect to his apprentice Ge Xuan, this Ge Xuan is very good at refining medicine, and he once came to the island to ask his grandfather. ”
She thought for a while and said, "When Grandpa's doppelganger traveled to Jiangdong, he also met a monk named Zheng Yin who seemed to be Zuo Ci's disciple, and it is unknown how many Qi Refiners there are on Hesoap Mountain. ”