Chapter 5: Who Are You?
"It's ...... Shenghua rice?" Su Luo said in surprise.
He held a handful of crystal clear, plump, pearl-like rice, each one the size of a little fingertip, and the inside was crystal clear, and at a glance he knew that it was a rare ingredient.
"That's right. ”
Senior Brother Zheng Lin smiled beside him, "Oh, I know, Senior Brother Su, you are from the Dasheng Dynasty?"
"yes. "Su Luo used to be a slave of the Su family, a wealthy family of the Dasheng Dynasty for ten generations, which is not a pleasant memory, but he is a person from the Dasheng Dynasty after all, and he can't help but sigh at this moment.
"This is the most refined rice of the Dasheng Dynasty, only produced in a small area on the shore of Shenghua Lake near the capital of the Dasheng Dynasty, the annual output is very small, a small part is supplied to the royal family and the major wealthy families, and most of it is dedicated to Tianri Taoism. ”
He couldn't help but shake his head again and again: "I can't imagine that the top wealthy families in the Dasheng Dynasty are not Shenghua rice that everyone can eat, and they are actually used to feed pigs here?"
"Oh, not only to feed the pigs, but also to feed the chickens, the five-spotted pheasant over there, but the most favorite to eat this Shenghua rice. "Senior Brother Zheng Lin is a real person, he has one thing to say, and he knows everything, "There are many people in our Tianri Taoism who were born in the Dasheng Dynasty. By the way, I was originally from Chenguo, and I bordered on your Dasheng, and there have always been a lot of battles. ”
It is rumored that there are 3,000 Taoism in the Middle Metaverse and countless kingdoms. During this period, Tianri Taoism was said to be in the middle of the ranks, ruling over four secular kingdoms, the Dasheng Dynasty, the Chen Kingdom, the Chizhu Dynasty, and the Moro Kingdom. Among them, the Dasheng Dynasty has the most national strength, and it has always worshiped Tianri Taoism the most.
Zheng Lin was loyal to Senior Sister Xiu, and he was very serious about his work, and he didn't even talk much, so he quickly chopped up a handful of elixirs such as round-leaved thousand-leaf chrysanthemum, car-stopping grass, and flowerless wisteria with a guillotine, put them into a wooden basin, and handed them to Su Luo.
Su Luo used a mortar to mash the Shenghua rice, mixed it with the crushed elixir prepared by Zheng Lin, and then mixed it with the juice of the finest fresh red bamboo mill with at least three pieces of red bamboo milled by the Chizhu Dynasty, and stirred well.
Senior Brother Zheng Lin carefully took out a small jade pot and poured out some powder from it, and the fragrance was immediately overflowing, and it spread all over dozens of acres of land in the breath.
This spice, Su Luo could not imagine how precious it was made. Zheng Lin only took a little, melted it with clear stream water, and sprinkled it into the mixed food.
Zheng Lin smiled with satisfaction on his face, and raised the big wooden basin: "Feed the pigs!"
Su Luo hurriedly helped out.
In the entire dojo, there were busy servants everywhere, some of them fiddling with the medicine fields, dissolving the unknown elixirs with water, and then using them to water the elixir, and some even had to hold huge pu fans to fan the wind for those one-horned black antelopes...... Senior Brother Zheng Lin said that these beasts can grow fat when they are in a good mood, and Senior Sister Xiu will be happy when they eat them.
"These beasts eat better than people!"
Su Luo couldn't hide his unhappiness, but was immediately reprimanded by Senior Brother Zheng Lin with a straight face: "Senior Brother Su, you can't think like that. We are serving Senior Sister Xiu, and Senior Sister Xiu's cultivation is getting deeper and deeper, and the higher our achievements are, the better we will naturally be for us with the character of Senior Sister Xiu!
Su Luo was not displeased, because Zheng Lin was the most honest person he had ever seen, and suddenly his mind moved, and he asked curiously: "Senior Brother Zheng Lin, since you said that Senior Sister Xiu is so good, and you have also introduced several senior brothers to step into the righteous path of cultivation and become Taoist disciples, then Senior Brother Zheng Lin, and other senior brothers, don't you have the intention of being positive and fighting?"
He could see that although others were not necessarily, Zheng Lin was extremely peaceful and had no ambitions.
From this point, Zheng Lin was different from him and Na Su Wu. For example, he Su Luo, as a slave, has never been willing, ambitious, and never gives up the idea of turning over and getting up and climbing to the sky in one step.
Zheng Lin was not surprised, but smiled and said, "Senior Brother Su, you are not yet twenty years old, right? ”
"Why?"
Su Luohu asked.
Zheng Lin said: "You probably don't know, our daily Taoism does not prohibit anyone from striving for advancement, but there is a rule, that is, if you can't meditate and see God at the age of twenty, it means that your talent is limited, and it is difficult to have the opportunity to reach the way of the divine soul, and you will lose the opportunity to become an introductory disciple!"
Su Luo's heart moved slightly, and he thought secretly.
This is indeed the case.
When a person reaches the age of 20, his body has basically been formed, and before the age of 20, he has honed his physical body and meditated on his spirit, and if he is not able to see God at the age of 20, then even if he reaches the level of seeing God in the future, it will be difficult to have the opportunity to go further.
The foundation determines the height.
Talent is the most important, a person's talent is the foundation, and lack of talent is destined to be difficult to establish higher achievements.
This couldn't be simpler.
"I'm about to turn seventeen, if it weren't for this coincidence, and the wonder of the Emperor's Ascension to Immortals, I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to meditate on seeing God! It seems that my cultivation talent can only be said to be average, not outstanding......
His heart couldn't help but sink slightly, but then he swept away this depression with a firm will, and secretly said, "But this is because I was only a servant in the past, and I have not been truly taught. Now that I've stepped into this step, there's always hope for the future!"
"I became a slave of the Su family at the age of five, and my previous memories are all blank, why is the emperor's ascension to immortal on me...... If I don't understand this, don't I even know where I came from?
Su Luo let out a long breath and looked into the distance: "Only cultivation can give me the opportunity to break through the obstacle and realize my true self!"
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"Evening class!"
Just where the servants lived, under the wooden building where the morning meal was held, there was a flat land, rocky ground, with a radius of half an acre, which was just enough for twenty or thirty people to sit and practice.
Senior Brother Zheng Lin beat the bronze drum, shouted loudly, and summoned all the servants.
It was nearly dusk, facing the west end of the valley, and between the mountains and mountains, a round of dusk sun slowly sank, and within two quarters of an hour it would completely sink westward.
At this time, everyone has finished dinner, and it is the time when the abdomen is full, the body is replenished, and the whole body is full of qi and blood, which is suitable for meditation and practice.
Meditation, to mobilize all your energy and pursue the spirit in the mind, requires the support of a strong body.
Therefore, practitioners in the realm of meditation often eat a huge amount of food, precisely because the body needs a lot of essence to support, not only the need to temper the body, but also to replenish energy.
Starting from Senior Brother Zheng Lin, plus Su Luo, a total of twenty-five servants, each one foot apart on the rocky ground, sat cross-legged, with five hearts on one side, holding the yuan in both hands, and guarding the original one, which is the posture of cultivation.
Facing west, the direction of the sunset.
This is the practice of Sunset Peak.
There are three main peaks in Tianri Taoism, the main one is Tianri Peak, and the other two are Sunrise Peak and Sunset Peak. The disciples in these three main peaks also have different cultivation methods.
The disciples of Sunrise Peak originally started by meditating on the sunrise and rising from the sun, while Sunset Peak was the true meaning of meditating on the afterglow of sunset and the passing of pale yellow.
As for Tianri Peak, as the main vein of Tianri Taoism, the practice is on the day of the great day, which is always new and the truth of the world.
These three major methods are not higher or lower, as long as they are successful in cultivation and achieve divine souls, they all have extraordinary magical powers.
These foundations of cultivation are not forbidden in Tianri Taoism, and servants can also practice, but the difference between servants and real Taoist disciples is that in addition to meditation in the morning, noon, and evening classes facing the rising sun, the middle and the setting sun, the disciples can also receive the preaching and teaching of the master, and often receive external rewards to assist the practice.
For example, Su Rong has a "sunrise talisman" given to her by the unjealous Taoist, which has the imprint engraved by the unjealous Taoist with spirit, imprinting the true meaning of "rising to the sun", so that the disciples can sacrifice this talisman at any time and meditate, without just waiting for the daily sunrise morning class.
Even if a servant has the opportunity to practice, he is far from being able to compare with a true Taoist disciple.
Moreover, not all disciples are as lenient as Luo Xiuxiu. Daoist disciples like Su Rong and Yue Zhonglun, the servants who serve them should not say that they can enjoy a nourishing diet, and they will never allow the servants to meditate on the sun at the corresponding moment.
Otherwise, if any slave leaps up and sits on an equal footing with his master, will it be worth it?
Su Luo followed everyone, facing the sunset and meditating together.
He understands all the principles of meditation and practice, but he is actually already a cultivator of "seeing" God, and what he meditates on is the emperor's ascension to immortals, not the three major methods of Tianri Taoism, and meditation for the sunset has no effect on him.
Fortunately, he sat at the end with Zheng Lin, but no one cared about him.
He closed his eyes slightly, and his spirit worked, and he "saw" the cluster of spiritual fire in his brain, blazing white, scorching and burning, as if there was a little spiritual light in it, vivid and vivid, like a living thing, which could rise out at any time.
Meditation is a long-term effort.
Na Yue Zhonglun claimed to be the top ten disciples of the talent of the Unjealous Daoist, and it took three years and six months to achieve the divine soul after seeing the gods.
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Time passes like a quiet stream, and no one notices it. Su Luo's life here was also comfortable and comfortable, and after more than a month, he was worried that the trouble caused by killing Su Wu had not come, and he was gradually relieved.
When the mind is stable, the practice is smoother.
The spiritual fire in his brain is becoming more and more condensed, and there is a faint tendency to grow, and he eats very well here, and his body is getting stronger and stronger, which is more suitable for meditation and practice.
On this day, Zheng Lin said happily to him: "Senior Brother Su, your chance has come!"
"What chance?" Su Luo was stunned.
"Just now, Senior Sister Xiu sent a message that today I want to eat her favorite pan-fried chrysanthemum pig tail! We have a total of these pigs here, one pig and one tail, so Senior Sister Xiu only eats once a month, every time she is in the best mood, this time I will let you personally send it up the mountain!"
Zheng Lin smiled and said, "Didn't you come back from Senior Sister Xiu? Don't you want to thank Senior Sister Xiu? When you see Senior Sister Xiu, you offer her favorite pan-fried chrysanthemum pig's tail, and then thank you well, Senior Sister Xiu will be happy, maybe she will carry you! You know, Senior Brother, most of us are over 20 years old, and we have no chance, but Senior Brother Su, you still have a lot to do!"
Su Luo was shocked, his intuition was warm, he exhaled deeply, and said angrily: "Senior Brother Zheng Lin, it's a pity that a person like you can't become a Taoist disciple!"
Zheng Lin didn't think so, pulled him and left.
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Half an hour later, Su Luo carried a large food box and walked up the mountain road next to the Baizhang Cui Peak. Senior Sister Luo Xiuxiu lives in the elegant house on the top of the mountain, and there are usually people to deliver food, but today Zheng Lin specially asked him to deliver it.
Not long after, Su Luo arrived at the top of the mountain, and saw a few old trees, two small buildings, fresh and elegant, simple and unpretentious, there was a green skirt and wooden hairpin in front of the door, and the little girl with an elegant and quiet temperament was teasing a good-looking bird, and when she saw him carrying a food box, she stood up and said crisply: "Why did you send it to someone today, but I haven't seen you." ”
Su Luo knew that this must be Senior Sister Xiu's maid, so he hurriedly presented the food box and said respectfully: "More than a month ago, I was fortunate to be rescued by Senior Sister Xiu, and now I am working as a servant at the foot of the mountain, and I came to deliver food today, and I specially asked this girl to tell Senior Sister Xiu on my behalf in order to thank Senior Sister Xiu!"
Before he finished speaking, a gust of wind swept out of the building, accompanied by a cheerful girl's voice: "My pig's tail is here, give it to me, give it to me!"
Su Luo was shocked!
That's right, it's the sound!
He finally saw a small body floating in plain clothes, floating out of the building, landing in front of the door, staring at him with bright eyes, and then asked in surprise: "Hey, why is it a little familiar? Who are you?"