Tianyun Seeking the Tao Chapter 7 Five Spirits Cultivate
When the sun rose, the gates opened. However, Han Nuo was not in the queue to enter the city, and with him were a few farmers and their burdens. They appeared in a place less than two miles west of the city gate, where there was a moat, along which were shackled about, and in which some unclothed people lived. Han Nuo saw a greedy gaze in the eyes of those people, and the focus of his gaze was the burden on the shoulders of those farmers.
The little beggar leading the way in front pointed to one of the shacks, where lay an old woman who was missing a leg. The old woman's eyes were closed, and her skin like dead leaves was tightly wrapped around the body, and there was no trace of life on her body except for her slightly heaving chest. Han Nuo stepped forward and gave the old woman a trumpet and nodded at the little beggar.
The little beggar got Han Nuo's instructions and immediately took out a sweet potato and put it in the broken crockpot in front of the shack. When a farmer who came with him saw this, he immediately grabbed a handful of rice from his burden and put it in it. The little beggar took water from the bamboo tube next to him and poured it inside, and then waited quietly for the sweet potato porridge to be cooked.
Before the sweet potato porridge was cooked, Han Nuo asked the residents of the shack to divide the grain that the farmers had brought, and then paid the farmers a silver tael that far exceeded the value of their goods. The farmers thanked them gratefully and shook their heads away.
The people who had received the food were very excited to return to their shacks, and soon wisps of cooking smoke rose. Seeing that there was no one around, Han Nuo came to the old woman, put a pill into her mouth, and then used spiritual power to assist the old woman to swallow it. The little beggar saw all this, but said nothing.
When it was almost time, a carriage came in front of a Taoist temple called Truffle Temple in the south of Anfeng City. A young man got out of the carriage, and he stopped the other party before the Taoist boy inside closed the door. The other party looked him up and down, and called out in surprise, "Senior Han". This Dao Tong is none other than the sprinkler Dao Tong Qing Songzi that Han Nuo met in the Truffle View three years ago.
Qing Songzi excitedly led Han Nuo into the Taoist temple, and Huang Songzi, the Taoist boy who was in charge of welcoming and sending him off, also greeted him when he saw this, and before Huang Songzi went in to say goodbye, a young Taoist priest wearing a yellow Taoist robe floated out.
Han Nuo glanced up at the man, and was shocked to see that this person was the first person he had seen in the world, one of the two guards in charge of guarding the coolies in the mine. However, the other party, like Huang Han, doesn't seem to have an impression of himself.
"In Xia Hannuo, I had an old relationship with the predecessors of the previous Guan Zhufeng, and I came to visit today, I don't know if Huang Guan is here?" Han Nuo arched his hand forward.
Without waiting for Han Nuo to finish speaking, Huang Songzi's face sank, and he looked at the young Taoist priest in a yellow robe in embarrassment. The young Taoist priest had an expression on his face that didn't mind, "It turns out that Your Excellency is the Han Xiaoyou that Uncle Feng is talking about, Xiao Yunshan is polite." The Taoist priest also bowed his hand to Han Nuo.
"Senior Han doesn't know anything, Senior Xiao is now our watcher." Huang Songzi immediately stepped forward to explain.
"Oh? So, Senior Brother Huang, he has also successfully built a foundation? Han Nuo grabbed Huang Songzi's sleeve excitedly and asked.
"This ......" Huang Songzi glanced at Han Nuo, and then cautiously glanced at Xiao Yunshan. Seeing this, Xiao Yunshan shook his head and motioned for the two Dao boys to step aside, and then glanced in the direction of the gate. "I don't know what you have to say about your visit this time?"
"Don't hide it from Senior Brother, in the next year, I was instructed by Uncle Feng in the Truffle Temple, and I got to enter the immortal path. Before leaving, Uncle Feng advised me to practice with my heart, and after I had grown in cultivation, I would be introduced to the sect under the sect. After a few years of painstaking practice, my cultivation has made some progress, and today I came to find Senior Brother Huang to ask him to help contact Uncle Feng for a recommendation. Han Nuo made no secret of the purpose of his trip.
"This ......" Xiao Yunshan took a deep breath and glanced at Han Nuo suspiciously. Senior Brother Han didn't go directly to the mountain gate to worship, why did he come to the truffle view? ”
"Senior Brother Xiao doesn't know anything, and I never know where the mountain gate of your sect is. Otherwise, why go all the way back here to find Senior Brother Huang Han? ”
"Then that's puzzling." Xiao Yunshan frowned, "Senior Brother doesn't know, the night after Senior Brother left, Senior Brother Huang disappeared. And as far as I know, back then, Uncle Feng obviously handed over an immortal recommendation order to Senior Brother Huang and asked him to pass it on to you. After saying this, he stared at Han Nuo intently.
Hearing this, Han Nuo was stunned for a moment, "Ah! Worst! Could it be ......" he stomped his foot suddenly, "When Senior Brother Huang came, he settled all the affairs in the Taoist temple with him and wanted to leave. As a result, he was dragged by Senior Brother Huang to drink a few glasses, so he didn't leave until late at night, and he was going to say goodbye to Senior Brother Huang, but when he saw that he was refining the Benxian Fruit, he only left a letter and left. Could it be that later my senior brother went after me in order to give me a recommendation order? ”
"Benxian Fruit?" Xiao Yunshan had a trace of doubt on his face, and immediately changed his tone and asked, "Then Senior Brother didn't see Senior Brother Huang in the end?" ”
"No, on the next northbound journey, I went to a fang market that Uncle Feng told me. As a result, because he didn't know how to enter, he stayed in the dense forest outside Nafang City for three days...... "Han Nuo began to introduce Xiao Yunshan to some stories about his trip to Fang City, as well as the story of how he later opened a pottery workshop in a small town near Fang City, and used the income from the pottery workshop to cultivate until now.
"In this way, Senior Brother Han has missed some opportunities." Xiao Yunshan looked up at the sky, "Senior Brother doesn't know, just half a month after Senior Brother Huang's disappearance, a cultivator took an immortal recommendation order to the sect to worship, at that time, Senior Uncle Feng thought that something was wrong, but because he couldn't confirm that the immortal recommendation order was the one he gave to Senior Brother Huang, he gave up." Now that I think about it, I'm afraid that Senior Brother Huang was plotted on the way to give you the Immortal Recommendation Order, which caused the Immortal Recommendation Order to fall into the hands of others. ”
"Ah...... This ......," Han Nuo gritted his teeth, "No wonder Senior Brother Huang strongly persuaded Zai Xia to continue to stay in the Guan Nei to practice, and also told me many stories of killing people and seizing treasures in the Immortal Cultivation Realm. Ay! Senior Brother Huang's accident is all guilty! ”
"Senior disciples can't think like this, the matter of cultivating immortals, immortal fate is very important. Senior Brother and Senior Brother Huang survived and died because of a recommendation order, which shows that the will of heaven is so. Anyway, who are the two in the carriage outside the junior brother? Xiao Yunshan pointed out the door.
"I've almost forgotten!" Han Nuo patted his head. "On that carriage was an old man and a young man whom I had rescued outside the city today, and because the old man was weak and needed healing, I could not bear to throw him outside the city to fend for himself, so I took him with me. Since it's not early, I won't bother anymore, and when I'm done with this mundane matter, I'll come to my senior brother to ask for advice or two. ”
Xiao Yunshan looked at the sky and did not stay. After Han Nuo went out, he got into the carriage and asked the coachman to go to the nearest inn.
A quarter of an hour later, the carriage stopped in front of an inn. Before the carriage had stopped, a small man rushed out of the door and stood respectfully under the carriage. Han Nuo threw out a small ingot of silver with a flick of his hand, and the little guy quickly caught it, his face full of flattering smiles. "Give us two rooms, and cook two pots of hot soup by the way." Han Nuo stepped aside, and the little beggar helped the old woman out of the carriage.
When he saw the little beggar and the old woman, the smile on the little girl's face froze, and he looked at Han Nuo, then at the two people in the car, and then at the coachman. The coachman glanced at the little man with disdain, and went around to help the old woman get out of the car. The old woman thanked the coachman gratefully, and led the little beggar into the inn on a crutch.
The servant immediately rushed in the door to lead the way for the two, glancing at the shopkeeper behind the counter. "Three people live in the hotel, two rooms in the upper room!" The little maid sang, and then took the little beggar and the two to the upper floor.
Seeing this, Han Nuo didn't follow up immediately, turned his head and handed the coachman an ingot. The coachman took the ingots in surprise and said that he could not find them. Han Nuo smiled, told him not to look for it, and asked him to pick him up after noon tomorrow. The coachman naturally agreed, and watched Han Nuo enter the inn before driving away.
When Han Nuo entered the door, the little maid had already placed the two little beggars and was waiting for him at the corner of the stairs. Han Nuo ignored him, first went to the shopkeeper to pay half a month's room fee, and asked the other party to help prepare two sets of women's clothes according to the figure of the old woman and the little beggar who came in just now. The shopkeeper saw that he was generous, and readily agreed.
An hour later, Han Nuo comfortably took a shower and changed into clean pajamas. The reason why it is called pajamas is because it is a short-sleeved and shorts that he found someone to make himself according to the style on earth. Although he has already lived the life of cultivating immortals, in terms of dressing, it is still refreshing to wear short-sleeved shorts. Just as he was about to go to bed and start meditating, there was a knock at the door.
Han Nuo frowned, draped a robe over his body, and made a gesture to let the door open by itself. Standing outside the door was none other than a groomed old woman and a little beggar. However, the two of them at this time are completely different from when they first met in the morning, not to mention that the old woman's face is much better, and the whole person also reveals an indescribable style. The little beggar combed two pigtails, like a delicate and lovely little girl, with red lips and white teeth.
The two looked at Han Nuo standing in the room and were stunned for a moment. The old woman reacted first and bowed her head to Han Nuo. "The immortal master's life-saving grace cannot be repaid, but he is inconvenienced, and the etiquette is not careful, and he hopes that the benefactor will forgive his sins." The little girl also bowed her head with the old woman.
"You don't have to be formal, please sit down and talk." Han Nuo placed three teacups on the table, then lifted the teapot to pour the tea.
When the old woman saw this, she stopped being polite, and took the little girl and went inside. As soon as the two of them entered, the door closed by itself. When the old woman came in, she dragged herself over a stool and sat down, while the little girl stood next to the old woman.
"With the talent of his predecessors, why did he fall into such a situation?" Han Nuo handed the two cups of tea to the old woman and the little girl.
"The immortal master said that he laughed, in the next mortal body, how can he say that he is talented?" The old woman took the tea and took a sip, and stroked her hand on the head of the little girl beside her.
"The seniors laughed, although they were also new to the path of immortals, but they could see that the seniors had practiced immortal arts." Han Nuo drank all the tea in his hand, and lifted the pot to add another cup to himself.
"The immortal master's words are true, but now he is a mortal, and it is not false." The old woman smiled bitterly and told Han Nuo a story.
In the story, there is a talented woman who embarked on the road of cultivating immortals by chance, and finally cultivated to the top level of qi refining, and received a Zhuji Dan from the master. Just as this woman was looking for a secret place to prepare to attack the foundation building, she was plotted by a senior sister of the same sect, and finally lost the hard-won Zhuji Dan, as well as a body of cultivation and a leg.
When the woman woke up again, she was under a cliff and a handsome young farmer had rescued her home. The farmer saved the woman's life, and gradually let the woman let go of her hatred. In the end, the two spent a life of not envying mandarin ducks and immortals in that small village.
If life continues like this, it will be a perfect ending. Unfortunately, four years ago, a drought swept through the village and a large area around it. In order to survive, the elderly farmer brought the same old woman to the vicinity of Anfeng City to make a living. In the end, the farmer died in a foreign land, and the woman, because of her inconvenient legs and pennilessness, could not even bury her husband.
In desperation, the woman had to turn to people who passed by for help, but no one helped. Just as the woman was about to give up hope, a man with a broadsword on his back broke into her field of vision. The man had a two- or three-year-old daughter, and although she was also a homeless, she had a chivalrous spirit. He dug up a grave for the farmer with a knife, untied his cloak and wrapped him in a burial place. Later, he used it as his own knife and gave the money to the old woman who had no relatives.
At this point, the old woman burst into tears, and her hand kept rubbing gently over the little girl's head. Only then did Han Nuo understand that the old and the young, who depended on each other, were not blood relatives, but I am afraid that the relationship between the two of them had already surpassed blood and family affection.
"Where is the child's father?" Han Nuo took out a piece of cloth and handed it to the old woman.
"The child's father was quickly plotted by his previous enemies because he lost his saber, and you must know that it takes strength to do chivalry. When I met the child, she couldn't tell where her father was. For her, the old body barely supported until now, otherwise he would have gone with his late husband a long time ago. This time, I thought that the deadline was approaching, but I didn't expect to be rescued by the immortal master, and it was also the child's father who accumulated yin virtue through chivalrous deeds, so that she could turn evil into good fortune. The old woman said with emotion.
"And what are you two going to do?" Han Nuo then asked.
"The old body made a mistake late at night, and I came here for this." The old woman took out a stack of pamphlets from her body and placed them in front of Han Nuo, who saw that they were actually five volumes of basic exercises. "If the old body is not mistaken, the immortal master must be a rare body of five spirit roots in the world, if he can cultivate the five elements together, he will be able to become a great avenue in a short period of time in the future."
"This ......" Han Nuo glanced at the old woman in surprise, and then at the little girl. Isn't it true that everyone says that the Five Spirit Roots are waste spirit roots like mortals? ”
This is true for most people. However, what the immortal master didn't know was that the five spirit roots were actually the same qualifications as the heavenly spirit roots. It's just that the cultivation methods of the two are very different, and the Heavenly Spirit Root is the same as the ordinary cultivation method, so the cultivation speed is twice as fast as that of ordinary people. And there are very few people who have the five spirits, so the cultivation method of the five spirit roots is also rarely known. But fortunately, one of the ancestors of the Old Body Sect was made into a great avenue with five spirit roots. ”
"What are you going to do when you say this?" Han Nuo frowned, not scrutinizing the truth of the old woman's words.
"The old body hopes that the immortal master can give me a place for the two of them to live." The old woman said unabashedly.
"If it's just money, it's enough to bring a little money on this trip, buy an annex, and let the two of you live a few years of leisure. But my predecessors didn't come up with these things before their lives were in danger, so I'm afraid it's not just money that I'm asking for, right? Han Nuo said with his hands on his chest.
"The immortal master doesn't know, if the two of us take out this thing in front of the others, I'm afraid that the ditch has been filled at this moment. The Chu people are not guilty, but they are guilty. If it weren't for the immortal master's unstinting magic skills three years ago to save hundreds of millions of people from fire and water, and now he is generous enough to pull out the two of us in the sloppy, I wouldn't dare to ask the immortal master for help. The old woman smiled. In fact, the immortal master doesn't have to worry too much, I ask the immortal master, and it is very easy for the immortal master to do. ”
"How easy is it?" Han Nuo found that the other party recognized his identity, but he didn't hold it up.
"No matter which sect or sect you are in, as long as you are a monk who has successfully built the foundation, you have the authority to open up your own cave, and there will be three or two servants in the cave, and no one will care. I see that the immortal master's cultivation is only one step away from building the foundation. If we succeed, we will have a place to live. The old woman explained.
"According to what the predecessors said, the habitat you need is probably not a simple habitat, but a safe place where you can practice immortal arts at will." Han Nuo finally heard the old woman's voiceover.
"This female father has great kindness to the old body, if he dies young because of the old body, the only thing the old body can do is to give him a long-lived daughter." The old woman's words were firm and powerful, which made Han Nuo a little shocked.
"So what's the benefit for me?" Han Nuo asked.
"A piece of news, news about the Five Spirits Qi Cultivation Method." The old woman replied.
"You don't have an exact method, just a message to find a way?" Han Nuo asked the old woman with half-squinted eyes, and the old woman nodded slightly. Han Nuo hesitated for a moment, then smiled.
"The terms of this deal are not yet in place, so I will give you some money and goods so that you can live in this city. If I don't build the foundation, who knows what will happen next? After he finished speaking, he took out a stack of silver tickets and handed them to the old woman, who took them without the slightest hesitation, but left the five basic exercises on the table, and led the little girl back to their own room.