—175 A.D.——

Jizhou, Julu County.

The Taiping Dao, which originated here, has far exceeded the influence of the Han Dynasty by virtue of a series of behaviors such as Fu Shui curing diseases and saving people with pills - this is also related to the fact that most of Jizhou belongs to the Hou State rather than the county.

The Jizhou Governance Office is located in Wei County, and when the relevant decrees of Taishou and Juncheng were sent to Julu, they were all directly issued to Taiping Dao, not the Yamen of Julu County, which could not be controlled anywhere except inside the Yamen, and if the people had disputes, they would only go to Taiping Dao for help for arbitration.

It stands to reason that this situation should be reported to Luoyang by the county magistrate, but the problem is that the official position of the Julu county guard was bought, and if he dared to report that the civil organization was powerful and the government decree was not working, the emperor who was addicted to fun would not hesitate to remove him and replace him with someone who would report that "everything is normal" to be the county guard.

Moreover, there is Taiping Dao, there is no need to worry about the surrounding security problems, if there is a bandit, there is no need for him to dispatch troops, the Taiping Daoists will directly go to take down all the robbers who are not long-sighted - they are not afraid of death one by one, and no matter how injured they are, a bowl of runic water or a pill will be alive in the blink of an eye, how can this kind of opponent fight?

What's more, that Taiping Dao Dao Ancestor, it is rumored that he has been taught by immortals, and he can do anything to call the wind and rain and scatter beans into soldiers, so he doesn't think he will die slowly.

I can only hope that one day they will suddenly want to get an official to be in charge.

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The suburbs of Julu City, the main altar of Taiping Road.

Sure enough, there is a limit to human talent...... Put down the "Book of Escape", Zhang Jiao sighed.

After twenty years of struggle, he is now known as the "Great Sage and Good Master", with millions of believers, nearly 1,000 loyal companions and disciples, mastering many wonderful spells, and he is extremely powerful by virtue of his control of the "phantom", but not only is he not one step closer to the "immortal", but he is even farther away.

Five years after getting the three volumes of the Book of Heaven, Zhang Jiao's analysis of them fell into a bottleneck here, and in the next few years, although he mastered some spells with difficulty, there was almost no difference in the overall progress.

According to Zhang Jiao's analysis, the key lies in the "realm", he can do this with the body of a mortal, it is already the limit, according to the explanation in the book of human escape, can "draw qi into the body", it can be called extraordinary, and "unequaled" is their manifestation, only after stepping into the realm, can be called "immortals".

Meteorites fall from the sky, aura is revived, and there is no difficulty in "inducing qi into the body", but what about after that? How to "refine gas and transform gods"?

Since there had been no progress for more than ten years, Zhang Jiao even tried to refine the "Condensing Pill" that could be said to make people ascend to the sky in one step, but only refined an enhanced version of the runic water, the "Nine Flowers Jade Dew Pill" - this name was still given by the Lin Fairy.

Yes, of course, the "South China Old Immortal" didn't just throw him three volumes of heavenly books and leave them alone, many of his disciples and companions have trained in the mysterious and unpredictable "Fairy Forest" that can simulate the battlefield, it can be said that if they are all thrown into the army of the Han Dynasty for training, they will definitely become famous generals like Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun (Jun).

Even if the fairy eventually moved the forest, which was exactly what the fairy family used, Zhang Jiao could still contact her through the "sacrifice".

Mix all kinds of unrelated herbs with unknown meaning and put them into the Dading and ignite them, and the herbs that should be burned quickly will burn very slowly, and there will be bursts of thin light smoke, and then just a little inhalation of this smoke can communicate with the "South China Fairy".

This is a way of "worshipping the heavens" recorded in the "Book of Escape", and if you think carefully about the meaning, it will inevitably make people a little creepy, but what dilutes this sense of horror is the information that Zhang Jiao obtained from it.

"[Whatever]", "[Look at it]", "[Just be happy]" This is the answer he gained the most after telling about the current situation, and the "South China Fairy" seems to have been busy with something, and has no time to talk to him more.

When he was still developing in Jizhou, Zhang Jiao was quite puzzled by this, and it was not until his influence gradually penetrated into other state capitals on the border of the Han Dynasty that it suddenly dawned on him - the fairy was busy saving more people from the hands of foreign races, and where did he have time to pay attention to him, a small Taoist sect that was developing steadily in the interior.

From the pre-Qin, the former Han Dynasty to the New Dynasty, to this time, the invasion of foreign races has always been a major problem in the Central Plains, although the successive generations of famous generals, but has never completely solved it, Qin Shi Huang in the north to build the scattered Great Wall not only not abandoned, but gradually connected together, and carried out a lot of reinforcement, is the proof.

Therefore, in Youzhou, Bingzhou, and Liangzhou, the three state capitals bordering Wuhuan, Xianbei, Xiongnu, Qiang and other foreign races, the rangers are extremely active and focused on dealing with foreign races.

As for the flag, it proves from the side that the South China Fairy is not really concerned about this, after the birth of his daughter, he said to the "South China Fairy" with the idea of showing off, but the fairy asked again and again if it was called Zhang Ning, and after learning that he named her "Jie", he was silent for a long time and gave a small apricot yellow flag.

The flag usually has no miracles, and it can't be found from the book of heaven, so it was offered next to the altar, until one day, it suddenly lit up with golden lotus, went straight through the air, and rescued Zhang Jie, who accidentally fell into the water while playing, from outside Julu City - no, the flag caught the little girl the moment before she touched the water.

Only then did Zhang Jiao realize that it was actually a talisman given to his daughter...... But how can the Nan Immortal Staff only have the effect of an amplification spell!

After this incident, her daughter couldn't put down the flag and had to take it with her at any time, and she used many spells without a teacher when Zhang Jiao had not taught it...... Well, if you said you were going to eat that flag, you can consider taking it back.

"Big brother!" "Brother!" Zhang Bao and Zhang Liang walked into the quiet room and saluted Zhang Jiao with fists, interrupting his musings.

"Your own brother, you don't have to be polite," Zhang Jiao waved his hand: "Is there any new news coming from all over the world?" ”

After years of growth, these two younger brothers have become reliable young people who can take charge of themselves, no longer chubby and thin, and have taken on the promotion of Fu Shui and pills, and at present, they are doing very well.

"Jingyang Erzhou is full of waterways, and the requirements for the water at the entrance are very high, so it is considered that Fu water is completely undrinkable," Zhang Liang said, "However, the 'Nine Flowers Jade Dew Pill' is quite popular, and as for Jiaozhi, the distance is too far for the preacher to come back yet." ”

"On the contrary to the south, there have always been demons in the three states of Liang and You, and the finished 'Nine Flowers Jade Dew Pill' is not very accepted, but the immediate Fu Shui has been well received after being verified to be effective, and due to the more wars, a lot of orders have been urgently added, and Qing Niujiao said that if he doesn't send people to support him, he will increase the price." Zhang Baochong spread his hands to his two elder brothers.

Qingniujiao's original name was Zhang Niujiao, but due to the collision with Zhang Jiao's name, after being confused a few times, he simply changed his name.

"I know you want to expand production, but this won't work for the time being," Zhang Jiao looked at his two younger brothers and shook his head slightly: "Not to mention that we don't have enough people who can draw effective talismans or refine pills, but the materials needed for drawing talismans and alchemy are also artificially limited." ”

"Who restricts? Those charlatans? Ha ha! Zhang Liang said with a smile.

"Ten permanent attendants." Zhang Jiao said a word, which instantly made the expressions of the two younger brothers become serious.

This group of people not only holds the imperial power to a certain extent, but also has the world's number one master behind them, although that person has not made a move for several years, but the weight of the word "Wang Yue" is there.

"Brother I told you that there are two immortals who will try their best to oppose us, named Zuo Ci and Yu Ji." Zhang Jiao said.

Since what Taiping Dao did was already close to the immortal law, Zhang Liang and Zhang Bao had no objection to this.

"Since we are doing the work of healing and saving people, they don't dare to stop it directly, otherwise they will be punished by the Heavenly Dao, but they can be obstructed through ordinary forces." Zhang Jiao continued: "Zuo Ci has a disciple named Ge Xuan, who now lives in Luoyang, and is proficient in the art of alchemy, and he has invented an elixir that can make people fall into a dreamlike realm, called 'Wushi San', which is very popular with the emperor, and he claims that the things needed for refining include all the materials for the preparation of talisman water and 'Nine Flowers Jade Dew Pill'. ”

"So, in order to curry favor with the emperor, the Ten Standing Servants bought all the materials on the market?" Zhang Liang snorted coldly.

"No, at least they can't buy all the water." Zhang Bao laughed.

"Since it is almost impossible for the Emperor and the 'Ten Standing Attendants' to be injured, our quick healing things are useless to them," Zhang Jiao said, "Brother Wei has sent Yuan Yi to Luoyang to try to give money to a few greedy Ten Standing Servants to recover some material channels. ”

"......" Zhang Liang and Zhang Bao looked at each other.

"What? Are you worried that Yuanyi won't be able to do this? Zhang Jiao raised his eyebrows: "Among the many second-generation disciples of Taiping Dao, only he knows how to change the most, even if he is troubled by those eunuchs, there is no possibility of conflict." ”

"Big brother, have you noticed that Yuan Yi is not only the best at improvisation, but also the most handsome of your disciples?" Zhang Liang said.

"Brother, when we came to look for you, little Jie'er didn't come to greet you—how long has it been since you saw her?" Zhang Baodao.

"Oops!" Zhang Jiao suddenly stood up, ran out of the quiet room in a few steps, and then hurried away.

"Do you guess the eldest brother is worried about Jie'er's safety, or is he worried that she will be closer to Yuanyi?" Zhang Liang smiled at Zhang Bao.

"Both?" Zhang Bao spread his hands.

"Tang Zhou? Tang Zhou? Zhang Jiao's voice came from afar: "If you don't have anything to do, go to Luoyang and bring Jie'er and your senior brother back safely!" ”