Chapter 51: The King of Mediocrity
readx;? According to the original schedule, Ding Peng was supposed to return to the sect, but with the two episodes of the Jade Dragon Sutra and accepting Hu Weiming as a disciple, the original rhythm was disrupted, and he had to stay in Mud City for a while longer. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
The reason is to teach Hu Weiming martial arts.
Since he has become a master, he naturally can't suffer from other people's heads and tea in vain, and now it has reached the stage where the master needs to pay.
And Ding Peng couldn't bring Hu Weiming back to the Qianhu Basin, which would expose the old background of the Xingzhu faction, so he could only stay a few more days and cultivate this newly harvested apprentice.
As for what to teach him, after careful consideration, Ding Peng chose the rotten bone palm of the fire attribute, Hu Weiming is the body of pure yang, the five elements of the fire, and the rotten bone palm of the fire attribute is cultivated, which is exactly in line with Ding Peng's previous research results: the martial arts of the martial artist cultivating the matching martial arts corresponding to the physique and the five element attributes can not only get twice the result with half the effort, but also have a special bonus effect on the martial arts practiced.
This is one of the considerations, the second is that the rotten bone palm is only a primary poisonous skill, and the first stage of cultivation of the disciples of the Xingzhu Sect Fire Group is the rotten bone palm, which shows that this kind of poisonous skill is not very powerful, but it is only used to lay the foundation, although Ding Peng accepted Hu Weiming, but it still needs a period of time to examine his character and loyalty to himself, if the test is passed, Ding Peng will teach those more advanced martial arts corresponding to his talent, such as: Red Evil Palm, Thunder God Finger, Red Flame Divine Skill, etc.
Of course, Ding Peng can't be too perfunctory, after all, Diancang Shuangsha is also a big expert, they have great expectations for Hu Weiming's growth, if Ding Peng deals with it casually, Hu Weiming's cultivation of rotten bone palm will never improve much combat effectiveness, I'm afraid Shuangsha will be very unhappy in his heart.
In view of this, Ding Peng also gave Hu Weiming an empowerment and passed on the gong, giving him a trace of Yuan Yuan True Qi, which is very small, but once it takes root and sprouts, it will slowly increase, and the True Qi has a refining effect on the body of the martial artist, and it will also directly have an additive effect on the internal force, which is manifested in Hu Weiming's body that his strength will be significantly improved in a short period of time.
This change can make the two old men happy for a while, as for the next time Ding Peng comes back, it depends on Hu Weiming's performance, if it is worth cultivating, it will be cultivated, and it is not worth cultivating...... Maybe Ding Peng will even withdraw this meager true qi.
To guide Hu Weiming to practice, even if it is pretending, it will take Ding Peng to stay for a while, he is not an idle person, and he has just mastered a little bit of the fur of the Jade Dragon Sutra, so he suddenly had an idea to openly accept apprentices in the mud city.
The purpose of this time was mainly to test the effect of the Jade Dragon Sutra, and Ding Peng didn't like too many foreign disciples under his sect, so he set strict conditions for selecting apprentices in advance.
One is that you can't go down the mountain for ten years after worshiping the Star Sect, and once you enter the Xianmen, you will never say goodbye to your family, which is very unkind. This one blocks most of the children of rich and noble families.
The second is to clearly explain that there are risks in cultivation, the road to seeking the path is bumpy and difficult, and life and death do not matter after worshipping the Nakshatra sect, it is all up to one's own creation, and if there is an accident, the family is not allowed to make trouble.
The third is that the registration fee is five taels of silver, and the silver will not be refunded if you are not admitted. If the first two are still full of immortals, this one is simply a big surprise, and some people can't help but hesitate: Could it be that the immortals are still short of silver, is this a fake immortal?
As soon as these three came out, it naturally blocked many people who wanted to apprentice, especially those who were powerful children, but they couldn't bear that there were more people who wanted to cultivate and become immortals, especially the ordinary people, who were bent on getting rid of their humble fate, and accepted apprentices for ten days, with a total of thousands of people signing up, but in the end, Ding Peng only accepted eight disciples.
Originally, there were seven, among the thousands of applicants, Ding Peng used the newly learned Jade Dragon Sutra to perform to his heart's content, and in the end only seven people were selected, the worst of these seven people was the five-grade talent, that is, the system judged that the martial arts talents who barely passed, and the best was the third-grade talent, not to mention the first-grade talent like Hu Weiming, and even the second-grade talent was not found.
This also shows that the genius qualifications of Hu Weiming and Zhao Si are indeed one in ten thousand, and there may even be only one in hundreds of thousands or millions, Ding Peng was a little disappointed, he originally wanted to emulate Sage Kong, and also have three thousand protΓ©gΓ©s, and then seventy-two outstanding ones, but according to the current situation, it is easy for him to find three thousand disciples, but it is too difficult to find seventy-two geniuses.
The seven disciples accepted are all aliens, and there are two blonde and blue-eyed people who don't know what nationality, ranging in age from seven to thirteen years old, Ding Peng has a bad taste, and is ready to give this third batch of disciples a nickname called Seven Gourd Babies.
But before he could implement it, the prime minister came through the back door, he recommended the son of a colleague, this child is also strange, his elders originally never agreed to him to apprentice to the stars, but he actually made a hunger strike to protest, and finally his parents were stubborn with him, so they had to compromise and agree, but at this time Ding Peng had already announced the end of the apprenticeship, and they had to ask the prime minister to do this favor.
Ding Peng used the Jade Dragon Sutra's bone touching and qi pulse sensing techniques to carefully examine this child named Renqing, and the result was unexpected, just an ordinary qualification, but he couldn't help but give face at that time, Ding Peng reluctantly accepted this little guy who wanted to ask the Taoist Immortal.
Seven gourd babies have become eight, Ding Peng always felt that the eight gourd babies were too awkward, so he simply changed his original intention and temporarily called them the Eight King Kongs, but these King Kongs are still too small, and they should be called Little King Kongs.
The Xingzhu faction had a great time collecting apprentices in the mud city, but this big move finally alarmed the king of Loulan, and the king Touman asked Yu Shi to come to Ding Peng and invite him into the palace to meet the king.
Loulan King Touman, this is an old hero, he helped Loulan's good neighbor and the end of the army to conquer the brutal King Hu Ji when he was young, helped the wandering prince of Loulan to ascend to the throne, he also led the Western Regions coalition army to resist the invasion of the Great Xia Dynasty and the Mongols, there were victories and defeats, but in general, this is a well-known hero of the people of the Western Regions.
It's just that he's too old now.
Touman has reigned for more than forty years, and now he is seventy years old, he has long been ignorant of court affairs, and the military and political affairs of Loulan State are generally handed over to Yu Shi and An Guilie to be in charge, and only when he encounters particularly important affairs, such as the last time the envoy of the Dayue clan was killed, he will ask, and under normal circumstances, Touman only hides in the palace and plays with those little beauties.
It is said that in recent years, Touman has been particularly old and mediocre, and he even forced the eldest prince to become a monk. The Western Regions believe in Buddhism, and there have been precedents for princes and even kings to be monks, but that is just a symbol of identity, and Touman did it very well, forcing the eldest prince to take the name of Buddha, and directly let him completely follow Buddhism.
After receiving Yu Shi's notice, Ding Peng was a little surprised, and he didn't know why this old guy was looking for him. Before the start of the Loulan plan, he also thought about directly controlling the king to achieve better results, but there were many difficulties, far more difficult than controlling the minister, and although Touman was old, he was still a famous figure in the Western Regions, and controlling such a conspicuous figure could easily lead to the disclosure of his whereabouts. For Ding Peng, safety is his biggest concern.
Therefore, Ding Peng gave up direct control of Touman, and instead chose Prime Minister Yu Shi or General An Guilie as one of the control targets, what happened later was the result of his natural selection, it was some coincidences that made him choose Yu Shi, if he chose An Guilie, I am afraid that the unlucky guy lying in the ground now is Prime Minister Yu Shi.
Although Ding Peng was surprised, he didn't hesitate much, and immediately agreed, and in the next half a day, he pointed out some palace etiquette at that time, Ding Peng didn't take it seriously, first, he didn't take a small country like Loulan too seriously, although Touman was the king, he didn't want to get his big gift to pay homage.
On the second day, Yu Shi led him into the palace, to be honest, Ding Peng was a little disappointed, he had been to the Forbidden City twice in his previous life, and the land of the emperor in his mind should be like that, or at least it should be similar, but the Loulan Palace not only occupies a small area, but the scale and momentum of the building cannot be compared with the Forbidden City, only blindly highlighting the magnificent color, giving people the feeling of nouveau riche.
King Touman met him in a white house, the style of this house is like a combination of Western castles and Eastern wooden buildings, the inside is quite spacious, the roof is also very high, the floor is covered with handmade wool carpets, the king sits on a high golden throne, a little bit of the momentum of the lord.
However, Touman is too old, and his thin body is shrunk in a wide chair, giving people the impression that he is weak and old.
Ding Peng only bowed slightly with the etiquette of a monk, showing his respect for the king, and Touman did not express disgust, and said with a smile.
Yu Shi translated beside him: "The king asked the immortal master, why do you have to set the third condition for accepting apprentices, is there still a shortage of red dust and mundane things for the immortal master?"
Ding Peng said solemnly: "Returning to the country, the most important cultivation of the heart, if the heart is not sincere, the way of heaven is difficult to find, this time this seat to choose apprentices with silver, is to torture their sincerity, if even the things outside the body can not bear to give up, how to talk about cultivating the Tao to become immortals? β
After the translation, Touman's face floated with a contemplative look, and after a while, he closed his eyes again, looking as if he had not slept yet, just when Ding Peng suspected that the old guy might have fallen asleep, Touman opened his eyes, smiled and said again.
Yu Shi translated: "The king asked, where is the immortal master cultivating, and why does he favor the children of Loulan?"
Ding Peng said: "I don't know where to go in the deep mountains, I don't want to fall into the red dust, beyond the red dust is the Taoist cultivation place, don't ask the king anymore." As for the exclusive favor of Loulan, that may not be, it is still the word fate, this seat may go next time and the end of the country will not accept disciples. β
After listening to Yu Shi's translation, Tou Man nodded, the smile on his face did not change, and asked again.
When Yu Shi heard this, a complicated look flashed in his eyes, and he said word by word: "The king asked the immortal master, is there an immortal elixir in the world, and the immortal master can refine it?"
Ding Peng hesitated a little in his heart, Touman, the old man, was obviously nostalgic for Hongchen and didn't want to die of old age, maybe he could take this opportunity to use medicine to control him?
However, Ding Peng immediately suppressed this thought, Tou Man is too old, and all the functions of his body have long been exhausted, if he uses a fierce medicine like the Immortal Changchun Pill, I am afraid that he will die if he takes a few pairs. And how specific this matter is, it is necessary to come down and discuss it with Yu Shi, and not act rashly at this time.
In the end, Ding Peng cautiously said: "The cycle of life and death, this is the way of heaven, immortality is by no means easy, but it may not be impossible." β
He didn't say too much, although an old man like Touman has seen through the world, he may not be able to live the obsession of life and death, and he can't be too irritated.
After Yu Shi finished translating, Tou Man's face flashed with excitement and inexplicable expression, and after being excited for a long time, this strong expression slowly faded, and then he didn't say anything, smiled and made a "please" Loulan etiquette to Ding Peng, and then closed his eyes.
Yu Shi whispered: "Stand down, the king wants to rest." β
The two walked all the way out of the palace, and when they got into the carriage, they frowned and looked sad.
Ding Peng asked, "Why is the prime minister worried?"
Yu Shi sighed: "The minister is worried about the king's body. β
Ding Peng smiled: "Are you worried about his life or death?"
Yu Shi suddenly looked nervous, opened the curtain and looked at it, and found that he was far away from the palace, so he smiled bitterly: "Immortal master, don't scare me, the minister naturally expects the king to live a long life." β
Ding Peng asked, "You don't believe that there is an elixir of immortality in this seat?"
Yu Shi smiled bitterly again: "I naturally want to believe it, but how can there be an immortal medicine in this world? The king also wanted to deceive himself into believing it, but in the end he still didn't believe it." β
Ding Peng nodded: "You feel the same as me, although you are old, you are not confused at all." β
Yu Shi said something deeply touching: "The eldest prince thought that the king was mediocre, but in the end he entered the monk's door. β
Ding Peng thought for a while, and suddenly said: "There is a feeling in this seat, although he is smiling all the way, but this king may not be happy with me, this is just a feeling, and it may not be accurate." β
Yu Shi said in a deep voice: "It seems that the king does not like you to preach openly and accept disciples in Mud City. β
Ding Peng said with a smile: "Since this is the case, then I will go back to my paradise, as for here, I will have Prime Minister Lao to take care of me." β