This is a town that is not easy to find on the map, and it is not even called a county seat, but because it is close to the official road, it can still be marked on the map.

Such a small place close to the imperial capital is contaminated with a little bit of the atmosphere of the imperial capital, and it is difficult to hide a little embarrassment, and it can't help but reveal a little bit of broken settlement.

Then the semi-closed door business opened here can be imagined.

Zhang Yuelu frowned, followed behind Xuanji, and looked around, because it was daytime, there were no guests, and it was quite quiet, but she felt a little uncomfortable.

It's not that she hasn't been to the store, but the houses she goes to are all first-class and second-class, not just limited to the leather and meat business, or rather, the leather and meat business is dressed up so that it is almost unrecognizable. Just like a wine seller, after the business became bigger, they began to sell fennel beans and other sake ingredients, then sold stir-fried vegetables, and then started a lodging business, and finally even the storyteller was invited. Then it's not a tavern, it's an inn. Since it's going to an inn, it doesn't matter if you don't drink.

But it's different here, it's naked, and you do that when you enter the door, there's no tea around, listening to music, flirting foreplay, it's not elegant at all, it's not clean at all. If the Daxingyuan is just morally unclean, then there is a bit of a sense that reality and morality are not clean here.

Cramped, cramped, and dark.

Sewage, all kinds of garbage, suspected products of drowning and vomiting, full of unpleasant odors.

Messy women's belongings can be seen everywhere, some are unwanted, some have been washed and dried, small clothes belly pockets, embroidered shoes and pants, because of the snow, they are all frozen, probably because the owner is still sleeping, so they have not been cleaned up.

Along the way, women who often seem to have unkempt hair and seem to have just gotten up have a sleek, yellow complexion, and need to be covered up with fat powder. If you use the "Immortal Qi Technique" to see it, Zhang Yuelu is a flawless piece of beautiful jade, but they are already full of holes, hollowed out, like rotten wood, and their future fate will not be too good.

Naturally, the guests who come here will not be rich and noble, they are all low-level people, and even singles.

Yujing, Jinling Mansion, Dijing, and here are actually under the same sky. Zhang Yuelu thought she knew about the suffering of the world, but at this time she was a little less sure. Just as Qi Xuansu thought he was a self-reliant wild Taoist, after learning Qi Niang's true identity, he was also not so sure.

Zhang Yuelu resisted the urge to cover her nose with her hands, after all, it was daytime, and this was only a backyard, not a place to pick up customers, there were some unpleasant smells, but there was no strange smell, but she was just prejudiced against this kind of place. She constantly admonished herself that she should uphold the idea of equality, should not think of herself as noble, should have a normal attitude, and should not be pretentious.

After a while, Zhang Yuelu returned to his usual normal.

Xuanji glanced back at Zhang Yuelu: "I am three times a day, in terms of mentality alone, you have surpassed countless children of the Zhang family who are lying in the ancestral merit book." ”

Zhang Yuelu was not complacent, and asked, "As a high-level member of the Purple Light Society, why are you hiding here?" ”

Xuanji said: "It is precisely because I am a high-level member of the Purple Light Society that I can only stay here. After all, the three secret associations are not good to enter the imperial capital at will, and small fish and shrimp are just fine, and a high-level person like me, once he enters the imperial capital, it is easy to fall into the situation of being wanted and hunted by both the imperial court and the Daomen, especially after the matter of Jinling Mansion, the defense of the imperial capital is even more strict. ”

Zhang Yuelu nodded, this answer was reasonable. This also did not affect the Purple Light Society to help, because the final battlefield would be located in the Five Elements Mountain, not the Imperial Capital City.

Finally, the two of them came to a small living room that was quite elegant, and it was like two worlds from the outside, and they locked all those unbearable doors out.

Xuanji motioned for Zhang Yuelu to take a seat, and then said, "Before we officially talk about things, I want to fulfill my promise. As I said earlier, if Zhang Gaogong wins, then I will give a little chance to let Zhang Gaogong go faster. ”

She paused slightly: "In all fairness, Zhang Gaogong is already walking very slowly, at least when I am Zhang Gaogong's age, I am far inferior to Zhang Gaogong, but the world is different, the number of days has changed, and the catastrophe is coming, according to Niangniang, this is the last return to the light, not only will there be a large number of celestial beings, but also a few real geniuses, such as thirty-year-old immortals." ”

Zhang Yuelu said: "With my qualifications, it is undoubtedly a fool's dream to become immortal at the age of thirty. The genius that Zhenjun said would probably not be me. ”

"Zhang Gaogong, don't be in a hurry to deny yourself first." Xuanji smiled slightly, "Niang Niang also said that things are man-made, and many people who have achieved fame and achieved positive results are half of them providential, and half of them are man-made. If there is only providence and no one does it, then it will not work. In my opinion, Zhang Gaogong only has the will of heaven but no human help, and he wasted his good years in vain. ”

Zhang Yuelu frowned slightly and said, "What do you mean by this?" ”

Xuanji said: "Back then, whether it was Xuansheng or Donghuang, most of the time was personally taught by the Great Sword Immortal Li Daoxu, and a small part of the time was taken care of by the senior brother, from a baby to a teenager, ten years like a day, laid the foundation, set the charter, and then let them develop on their own." There is also the first generation of earth master Shangguan Guan after the integration of Daomen, which was also taught by Xu Wugui himself, from the foundation building enlightenment and enlightenment, to all kinds of questions and answers later, all of which are the same. On the other hand, Zhang Gaogong, has the Heavenly Master personally taught you? As for Cihang Zhenren, not to mention that she is slightly inferior to Li Daoxu and Xu Wugui, let's just say that she is a real person who is a counselor, busy with official business, and has so many disciples, how much time does she have to spend on you? The earth master has also taught you, but how can more than half a month or less than ten years of contact be compared with the ten years of work of others? ”

Zhang Yuelu was silent.

Because she was born in a small sect and was feared by a large sect, it was naturally impossible for her to be taught by the Heavenly Master personally, and she was a family scholar since she was a child. Later, he apprenticed to Cihang Zhenren, but he never even went to Putuo Island, and has been living in Yunjin Mountain, at that time, Cihang Zhenren was still the head of Jiangnan Province, and only occasionally went to Dazhenren Mansion, and taught Zhang Yuelu to practice the "Cihang Pudu Sword Codex", until she went to Yujing, she had the opportunity to have a long-term contact with Master Cihang Zhenren.

Now there are two evaluations of Zhang Yuelu, one is that it is not easy to get along with, and the other is that he is willing to do things. Some people say that Li Changge has the style of Xuansheng relics, and some people say that Zhang Yuelu has the style of the five generations of great masters, but it takes time to do things, Zhang Yuelu is busy with various mundane affairs, and her own cultivation will inevitably fall, making her in Jinling Mansion to rely on taking pills to forcibly become a celestial.

From the perspective of seeking longevity, Xuanji said that Zhang Yuelu was wasting a good year, which also made some sense.

Seeing that Zhang Yuelu did not refute, Xuanji continued: "The difference between the Inner Dan and the Outer Dan lies in the proportion, not that the Inner Dan faction does not take the pill at all, nor does it mean that the Outer Dan faction does not have to practice daily, it mainly depends on the proportion. Like Li Changge, the Outer Dan accounts for more than seventy or eighty percent, and naturally belongs to the Outer Dan faction, such as Zhang Gaogong, the Outer Dan only occupies one or two percent, which is the Inner Dan faction. ”

When Zhang Yuelu heard this, she already roughly understood that most of the things that Xuanji wanted to give would be related to external forces, and her words were mainly to tell her not to have too many scruples.

In fact, Zhang Yuelu's obsession is mainly to change the Daomen, as for the inner Dan and the outer Dan, she doesn't care. The reason why she took the path of Neidan was not because she had a long-term vision, nor because her heart was higher than the sky, but mainly because no one gave her the "Heart of the Immortal Stone" or the "Elixir of Immortality".

The Waidan faction is either rich, such as Li Changge; Either there is luck, such as Qi Xuansu.

There are neither, and it is safer to go to the Neidan faction.

Zhang Yuelu said: "Xuanji Star Lord don't sell Guanzi, please speak up." ”

Xuanji said: "Niangniang is the mother of the stars, but she is not as good as several special star masters. Manjushri and Guanyin are the teachers of the Seven Buddhas, and they are not Buddhas themselves. Legend has it that Guangchengzi was the teacher of the Emperor of Heaven, and his final achievements were far inferior to those of the Emperor. On the other hand, whether it is Niangniang, Guangcheng Patriarch, or the two Bodhisattvas of Buddhism, they are limited and cannot reach a higher level, but it is not difficult to enlighten others. ”

Zhang Yuelu said: "With my realm cultivation, I probably don't need the True Monarch to take action personally, I don't know how the Xuanji Star Lord plans to enlighten me?" ”

A slightly weird smile appeared on Xuanji's face: "Zhang Gaogong, don't be presumptuous. Now there are two methods, one is that Niangniang personally ignites Zhang Gaogong, so that Zhang Gaogong can immediately have the realm cultivation of the creation stage, but there is a little price, when the time comes, Niangniang will ask Zhang Gaogong for something. ”

Zhang Yuelu did not doubt the means of Ziguang Zhenjun, back then, Xu Wugui had helped his disciple Shangguan Guan directly become a creation celestial from an ordinary celestial, but there was a great hidden danger.

In other words, the Purple Light True Monarch can indeed fulfill people's wishes, but this wish is always fulfilled in a distorted form, and it comes at a very heavy price. This is a bit like borrowing, nine out of thirteen, no matter how you calculate it, you will lose money, and don't touch this kind of thing until you are in a desperate situation.

This also reminded Zhang Yuelu of a Western story she had read, where someone made a wish to the devil that his injured arm would no longer hurt, so the devil sawed off his arm and it would never hurt again.

Zhang Yuelu said directly: "I refuse." ”

Xuanji nodded unexpectedly: "That's the second way, I will take action and send Zhang Gaogong a small creation, in order to let Zhang Gaogong reach the immeasurable stage faster." ”

Zhang Yuelu was very dissatisfied with Xuanji's constant circle, and asked, "What is the solution?" If it's a room in the room or a double cultivation method, don't even say it. ”

Xuanji smiled: "Zhang Gaogong is so smart, I really have this idea, since Zhang Gaogong said it in advance, then I have to change it." ”

With that, she flicked her fingers, and a point of light flew out of her fingertips.

The point of light hovered in front of Zhang Yuelu.

Xuanji said: "Take it, this is also what the Heavenly Master means." ”

Zhang Yuelu did not let her guard down: "What the hell is this?" ”

Xuanji said softly: "This is a thunder talisman left by the Ancestral Heavenly Master. ”