readx;? Zhang Lu went to Juntian World to carry out a mission this time, and there was only one book he got - he forgot to take the "grass and return the pill" at the beginning, and there was no corpse for him to touch during the mission; theoretically, Guo Chongli may have some good things on him, but touching the corpse and touching the living are completely two different concepts, and his bottom line is not so low......

Besides, he didn't plan to touch the body of a dead eunuch who was still alive......

When I returned to the Tengaki World, it was still dawn, so I lit a candle and hurriedly flipped through the book. www.biquge.info The name of this book is not very reliable, it sounds like a philosophy book rather than a qigong method, and when you open it, you can see that most of the content is discussing the relationship between name and reality.

On the earth, there are many contents in pre-Qin philosophy that involve this aspect, and the most prominent one is Gongsun Long's He, which belongs to idle books, and ordinary scholars do not read it. But Zhang Lu was bored in Zhongding back then, and read a lot of ancient books collected by Pei Xuanren everywhere, including these two articles. However, this one, which was obtained as a reward for the mission, is different from Gongsun Long's writings, emphasizing the differences between things, and the differences that are difficult to generalize with concepts.

In a sense, this book elevates martial arts to the level of martial arts, that is, from a philosophical point of view, it expounds the possibility of entering the Tao with martial arts. The text of the whole book is clear and easy to understand, and Zhang Lu is a person who has cultivated immortals, and he is familiar with it in his chest under ten lines at a glance. But does this thing really work for me? What I need now is the technique, not the Tao!

Of course, there are also some contents about "art", and the last two sections are attached to a diagram of the body's qi pulse, proposing a set of ingenious and unique methods of qi. But Zhang Lu looked left and right, looked up and down, and tried for a long time, but he was always denied entry. Theoretically, this set of exercises should be effective, but in practice, it is always a little bit worse, and it cannot be practiced at all—the true qi cannot be followed at all.

It wasn't until the light of day that he finally sighed and left the book behind. Thinking back to the process of his mission this time, he felt that Taisu Shengzun must have drunk too much, otherwise there was no reason to make a group of himself and Li Yanchao. His own strength is far behind them, and he completely pulls back his hands - as for outwitting to win, but for a world that he is not very familiar with, can intrigue really come in handy?

From entering the Juntian world to thinking back to the departure of the whole team, it is not so much that the basis for basically achieving the goal is their own deception and hostage-taking, but that it is all based on the mutual trust between their companions. But for the first time in cooperation, where did you get any trust at all? Either the goods were too superstitious about the sky, or the gambling was too big......

Zhang Lu has studied the connection between things, as well as the phenomenon of cause and effect, and he believes that there are certain laws in the development of things, but at the same time, he also insists that the factor of chance plays a considerable role in it—so the future can be divined, but it is difficult to divide. Could it be that the Taisu Saint Venerable could really grasp the direction of development of things completely and thoroughly? If this is the case, there will be no occasional deaths in a similar time-traveling mission.

To put it bluntly, he didn't think that the Taisu Saint Venerable could be convinced that his tricks could greatly compensate for the lack of strength, unless he converted all his intelligence and force into numerical values, and then simply and irresponsibly used addition and subtraction to determine the level needed to carry out the task......

Besides, Zhang Lu also has a relatively clear understanding of his own ability, he is indeed smart, and his brain moves quickly, but to say that he is a resourceful and genius military advisor is completely nonsense. This is not right, either something has gone wrong with the Taisu Holy Venerable, or there is some unknown conspiracy hidden behind it......

But in any case, he still has a lot of expectations for continuing to form a team and still walking with Li Yanchao, Tang Liyu and others on the next mission. When teaming up with Zhu Xuanfu and others, Zhang Lu often felt a sense of powerlessness in his heart, which was quite like taking a child to play at home - even if Zhu Xuanfu could fight better than himself. But teaming up with Li Yanchao and them, they felt quite down-to-earth, feeling that the sky was falling from an elder to carry it, and they only needed to take the designated responsibility.

The reason why he resurfaced and interjected was based on the hostage-taking plan determined by the eye contact of the other three people, not because his companions were helpless, so he had to take it himself.

And as far as the trust they showed in themselves, although Zhang Lu felt a little nonsense, he was more or less moved...... From the very beginning of the crossing, he can be said to be alone, with only mentors and leaders, but no companions. Could it be that this time, I have found a companion who can entrust the dead and alive? Ahhh......h Raven's Beak......

He was really worried that half a year later, a new mission would begin, and as a result, Li Yanchao and the others all entered the realm of selflessness, leaving themselves alone in the realm of asking questions, and then Tianye finally came to his senses, so he divided himself into another team...... No, of course, they are geniuses in the sky, and they are the number one young man in the surrounding counties and even in the entire Tianyuan Dynasty, aren't they themselves? What they are poor is just a little fame and prestige - I have only been practicing martial arts for a long time!

So Zhang Lu made up his mind that he must study hard and practice hard, quickly improve his ability, and in the next Mingdao Pavilion competition, he should show his strength to some extent, at least let the Dongli Hou Mansion admit that he has entered the Mystery level. A county's peeping mystery, except for those who have been asking for years and have no hope of breaking the realm, there are only twenty or thirty people, but when you enter the peep mystery, your name will inevitably sound on the rivers and lakes.

Although Lao Tzu is actually over 70 years old, who knows? Just looking at the surface, he is less than 30, and if he can reach the pinnacle of the Olympic Games, he will be the pillar of a county.

But he didn't expect that Tong Dewei would announce the postponement of the competition-

"The Hou Mansion has important matters, and several important inner disciples have tasks, so this competition will be postponed indefinitely for the time being—if it drags on for fifty days, then simply cancel it, and compare it next time. ”

Most of the inner disciples recruited by various prefectures, including county governments, state capitals, and even imperial courts, are in the age group of sixteen to thirty—if you are less than sixteen years old, you will not be able to produce a genius who is qualified to enter the inner gate for about a hundred years; The study time of the inner disciple is very long, about ten years, and on the earth, it is equivalent to high school plus college, or college plus graduate school.

It can be said that a person's most golden years are spent on learning - of course, this is as far as the earth is concerned, the martial artists of the Tianyuan World do not have any physical strength and intellectual peak, as long as you break through to the selfless realm, and the body and mind are initially refined, it is far from being comparable to the young people of the Dao realm. If we only ask the Dao realm, the peak of body and intellect is also between the ages of thirty and forty.

Therefore, if you start at the age of 30 and can't break through at the age of 40, there is basically no development at all, but there is still a future, and above the peak of the Ao, they all belong to the backbone of the government. If you are in your twenties or thirties, you will reach the pinnacle of the Mystery, or even break through into selflessness, you will be able to be hired as a guest secretary or worship, and most of them will be awarded the position - which is equivalent to you having an official to do. After that, you don't have to go to the Ming Dao Hall to study every three days, and the Fuzhong is likely to appoint a master to guide you one-on-one.

It is equivalent to being a graduate student, studying and researching at the same time—cultivation.

And once you enter the intermediate level of selflessness, you will become your own way, and with your own unique way of martial arts cultivation, others really can't guide you with your own orders, so you have to rely on your own study. On the road from then on, it is more important to learn more than to be taught, and to hone more than to learn.

Zhang Lu inquired, the shortest time to be an inner disciple is about four or five years, and there are very few people who spend up to the upper limit of ten years, usually eight or nine years, either break through in time and graduate, or the teacher sees that your future is hopeless, and directly recommends it to the Hou Mansion, and sends it away to a petty official. But even so, it will be a long time, and you can't always be asked to work behind closed doors with the Ming Dao Pavilion - even if the Hou family has a big business, it can't afford to raise so many idlers. Therefore, there are often tasks assigned, and while you are studying, you also have to contribute to the Hou Mansion.

The task this time is actually very simple, that is, to escort the convoy and go to Beijing to pay tribute. The Tianyuan Dynasty belonged to the feudal system, which was a feudalism in the state system, not just a feudalism in the relations of production, and the autonomy of each king and prince was very strong, and the imperial court did not interfere in the military and political affairs of the state and county, but only required you to pay tribute on time, as well as serve in the military and labor - in fact, it is quite similar to the Western Zhou Dynasty in China.

The tribute was divided into two parts, one part was tax money and one part was specialty. The specialties of Dongli County are iron ore concentrate and dragon scale sand, the former is the main raw material for smelting weapons and armor, and the latter is a mineral medicinal material that helps to cultivate internal strength in the realm of selflessness. Zhang Lu's long sword was made of fine iron, and according to his observations, it was much tougher and sharper than the average iron soldier on earth—before industrialization, of course—but not to the level of a divine weapon. As for the dragon scale sand, its color is red, and a pound can be worth 10,000 dollars, and he doesn't understand the specific ingredients and effects at all, he only knows that there should be no such thing on the earth.

Dongli Hou Mansion paid a tribute of 50,000 catties of fine iron and 500 catties of dragon scale sand to the imperial court for two years, and under normal circumstances, one son of the Yan faction was the envoy, two masters of the realm of no self were the deputy envoys, and then more than a dozen inner disciples were the backbone, and 200 soldiers were guarded, and they were transported by 60 mule carts and 200 laborers. This scale is something that ordinary bandits and bandits dare not touch.

Especially this time, the main envoy turned out to be Li Shijie, who ranked third in the realm of Dongli County - he was already at the level of the fourth order of the selfless realm, and there were only Li Shizong, the marquis of Dongli, who was also at the first level, and Li Yuanlu, the elder of the family who had reached the god level. Anyone with a discerning eye can see that this is Li Shizong's abdication of the throne, so let the brothers go to the capital first to establish a good relationship with the bigwigs in the DPRK and China, so that they can succeed smoothly in the near future.

Although the imperial court basically does not interfere in the inheritance and election of various states and counties, it is not allowed by the system, and it is not that the courtiers themselves have no ideas. The new prince and prince must theoretically be canonized by the Son of Heaven, and if the courtiers deliberately interfere with it and delay it for a few months, it will be enough for you to be disgusted, your prestige will be frustrated, and it will be difficult for the rule of law to be carried out smoothly.

The two deputy envoys, one is Zhang Lu's teacher Tong Dewei, and the other is Zhai Tong, a general who is enshrined in the palace and ranks fourth in military affairs, both of them are at the level of the second-order Wangxuan in the realm of no self. Zhai Tong was responsible for leading the soldiers and servants, and Tong Dewei was only responsible for bringing out the inner disciples who had been trained. A total of thirteen inner disciples were selected, including five of them who had reached the peak of the Mystery Rank, and the rest were all in the room—including Zhang Lu, who was currently in the mansion and was only entering the room.

First take the boat, the boat will be on the shore in two days, and then set foot in the jurisdiction of Tang County. Because the two counties have always been good friends, Tang Hou specially sent people to greet him, and asked Li Shijie to take a slight detour to meet him in the county town. Li Shijie happily agreed, and arrived in Tang City in a few days, and Tang Hou personally led many of his children out of the city to greet him. immediately led into the city, and set up a banquet in the Hou Mansion to entertain Dongli's team.

The procession was divided into three parts: Tang Hou personally entertained Li Shijie, Tong Dewei, and Zhai Tong, and set up a seat in the hall; Zhang Lu and his inner disciples were not qualified to enter the hall, including the two military generals, who could only sit under the hall and be accompanied by the children and officials of the Hou Mansion; as for the vast number of soldiers and servants, they were not qualified to eat at all.

Zhang Lu has been carefully observing since he entered the city, but he didn't see Tang Liyu. When he entered the table, he deliberately sat next to his junior brother Liu Yan - that guy was born in the Tang Mansion. Someone from the Tang Mansion came to toast, and Liu Yan got up to help introduce: "This is my father's ......" and "Old man Liu Xiaojie." ”

Taking advantage of the opportunity of Liu Xiaojie coming to him, Zhang Lu asked: "I heard that there is a female son-in-law in your mansion, who has reached the peak of peeping at the peak, and is a young man in a state, I don't know where it is?" And the people who followed Tang Hou out of the city just now did include a few women, so Zhang Lu's question was not rude.

Liu Xiaojie raised his glass with one hand, twisted his beard with the other hand and smiled: "It's Miss Liyu, I expect Dongli Junyan to come to the door, and there will be ......people who want to see his face." ”

That is to say, when she was on a mission, Tang Liyu had already left home, and she didn't know who she was visiting...... Could it be Li Yanchao and Feng Heran? Or go to Guimenglou to inquire about Ji Lianchi's death? Zhang Lu was a little disappointed.

I heard Liu Xiaojie say again: "I peep into the mystery and reach the peak, and I am expected to break into the realm of no self, so Miss Liyu left the house to travel, to see and hear widely, and to cultivate martial arts." Martial arts practice can't be done behind closed doors, only by learning more from colleagues can you make progress - several of them are also handsome for a while, and I believe that there will be such opportunities soon. ”

In the distance, Li Shijie's voice came from the hall: "What Liu Gong said is very true. I don't want these inner disciples of our Mansion to follow here, how can they enter Baoshan empty-handed? I want to ask the young talents of the Tang Mansion for some advice, I don't know if the Hou Ye may give you permission?"

Tang Hou laughed and said, "I don't dare to ask for it." What to say, let the young people have a discussion. ”