In the early morning of the second day, Lu Yu slowly opened his eyes, felt the wisps of spiritual power in his body, and suddenly felt excited.

After one night's effort, the spiritual energy in the spirit stone was continuously transformed into spiritual power in the body, and a total of nine wisps of spiritual power were refined.

According to ancient records, this efficiency is okay, not talented, at least not bad.

"Finally embarked on the road of cultivating immortals, but ......"

"Shangqing Dao Xuanzhen Sutra" is only a method of internal cultivation, even if it is cultivated, it barely steps into the ranks of qi refiners.

But because there is no combat technique, when the cultivation is low, there is still no combat effectiveness.

Alchemy, spells, talismans, and killing techniques, Lu Yu didn't know anything about these techniques.

He is not a genius who can understand on his own without a teacher.

The old Taoist priest passed on a copy of "Shangqing Dao Xuanzhen Sutra".

None of the other spells were taught.

It's normal to think about it, if you don't have spiritual power, those spells can't be used, what's the use of passing them on?

Maybe the old Taoist priest didn't know it himself.

"I'll have to find the other spells myself."

Lu Yu did not practice anymore, but continued along the riverbed.

……

Outside the county seat of Nanyang County, tens of thousands of homeless people gather here.

Officers and soldiers were stationed outside the city, and the victims were not allowed to enter the city, and those who forcibly broke through the pass were killed.

There are also porridge sheds built by the gentry, boiling old rice, ready to relieve the victims.

But after hundreds of people were relieved, some officials shouted: "Today's porridge is exhausted, and tomorrow will come again!" ”

Tomorrow? These victims have worked so hard to come here, and they are already on the verge of starvation, where can they survive until tomorrow?

At this moment, a group of people stood up and pulled people.

"The Li Mansion accepts slaves, and those who are strong are preferred! Those with beautiful faces are preferred! Only 20 people are accepted! ”

"Tianfu collects slaves! A woman with a good face can exchange for half a bucket of rice! There is no limit to the quantity! Collect it if you meet the standard! ”

"The Zhou Mansion accepts slaves! Children under the age of 10 are preferred, no disease or disease, and their health is intact, regardless of whether they are male or female, they can exchange a bucket of rice! ”

It was originally the scene of the imperial court's relief of the victims, but with the arrival of these large families, it suddenly became a population trading market.

Victims of the disaster lined up to come to these people for an interview with their children, wives, or even themselves.

For a while, all kinds of bargaining were endless, and the fight for that was called a red-faced and red-eared person could not be opened.

Although everyone knows very well that once they enter someone else's mansion and become a slave, there is a chance that there will be no good end, but in order to survive, they have no choice.

When these big households finished collecting people, a group of Taoist priests wearing Taoist robes rushed over from outside the city with truckloads of corn.

"Don't panic!!"

The Taoist priest at the head opened his mouth and shouted: "We are Taiping Taoists, and now we are here to give porridge and save our lives on the orders of the great sage and good teacher!" You don't need to fight, everyone has a share!! ”

When some of the victims heard this, they immediately cheered and praised the great sages and good teachers without hesitation.

There are also victims who hold the two buckets of rice they got from selling their wives, sons and daughters, and they can't help but cry bitterly, tearing their hearts and lungs.

If you wait any longer, when these Taiping Dao people come over, maybe you don't have to sell your family.

There are also some victims talking everywhere: "The people of Taiping Dao can't come over early, don't pretend to give porridge to the gentry, and don't collect slaves for those big families, how can they be qualified to come here to give porridge?" When the time comes, you will be polite to raise your porridge shed directly! ”

"Yes, this is already the limit of what Taiping Dao can do! In order to help us, there is only one way to compromise! Afterwards, the reputation of this relief of the victims will probably be taken away by those gentry! ”

"The great sage and good teacher used Fu water to cure the plague, and now he is giving porridge to help the victims, what a saint in the world! If you can follow such a saint, why die even if you die? ”

In the crowd, there was a lot of discussion, but Lu Yu's expression was a little subtle.

Taiping Dao, a great sage and good teacher?

Isn't this a horn?

The characters who want to rebel in the future are actually in the soup kitchen outside the city to help the victims at this moment, winning the hearts of the people, and the soldiers who are not far away from the city guard see it, but they still turn a blind eye.

How ridiculous this scene is, but when you think about it, it makes sense.

As early as a few years ago, Zhang Jiao took his two younger brothers, Zhang Bao and Zhang Liang, to preach everywhere.

The way of preaching was to use water charms, mantras to heal people, and then began to preach to the common people.

To be able to operate in a plague-ridden place and successfully heal sick people is not something that charlatans can do.

The plague of the Eastern Han Dynasty was mainly hemorrhagic fever and typhoid fever, which could only be cured by enhancing immunity, while typhoid fever could be cured with cinnamon branches, peony and artemisia.

Therefore, those talisman waters are actually medicinal soups, which are mixed with herbs such as cinnamon branches, peony, and artemisia grass to complete the healing effect.

The ancients were not fools, and if it really didn't have any effect, they would have been regarded as charlatans a long time ago.

In the years that followed, Zhang Jiao traveled from place to place as a missionary, not less to various disaster areas, which amassed a large number of followers for him.

As the scale developed, Zhang Jiao began to accept a large number of disciples and believers, and developed the Taoist sect "Taiping Dao".

After the establishment of the sect, Zhang Jiao sent his disciples to various places to propagate the teachings and win the hearts of the people.

Now.

The sphere of influence of Taiping Dao has long covered the eight prefectures of Qing, Xu, You, Hebei, Jing, Yang, Yan and Henan.

Not to mention this Nanyang county town, even in the capital city of Luoyang, there are many Taiping Dao believers.

In many wealthy families, there are people who believe in the way of peace.

Religion has been a very lucrative industry since ancient times.

Therefore, there is no shortage of money in Taiping Road, as evidenced by this truckload of corn.

The officers and soldiers of Nanyang County have long been accustomed to the activities of Taiping Road.

Occasionally, some officials couldn't help but sigh: "The grain of Baihuahua has been fed to the victims, what a sin." ”

Outside the city.

When the Taoists of Taiping Dao finished giving porridge, they began to preach the teachings and ideas of Taiping Dao.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I am Han Zhong, a disciple of the Great Sage and Good Master, and today I will tell you the teachings of my Taiping Dao!"

As soon as these words came out, the tens of thousands of homeless people who were originally a little noisy quickly quieted down.

Everyone sat on the ground honestly and listened carefully to the speech of Han Zhong, a Taiping Daoist.

Even those who were drinking porridge tried not to make any noise.

This scene was a bit spectacular, Han Zhong looked around at everyone and was very satisfied with it.

Han Zhong also knew that many of the victims of the disaster were afraid that they would not be able to read a single big character, so he made the teachings as simple as possible.

"Everyone, the Yellow Sky and even the High God!"

"Opening the heavens and creating all living beings is all done by the god of the yellow sky."

"As early as ancient times, the Yellow Emperor was the representative of the will of the Yellow Heavens."

"So the world during the Yellow Emperor period was an unprecedented peaceful and prosperous era!"

"In that peaceful and prosperous world, there was no exploitation and oppression, no hunger, cold, disease, no fraud and theft, and everyone was free and happy, living and working in peace and contentment."

"If everyone in the world believes in the Tao of Peace and respects the supreme god of the Yellow Sky, then one day, the world will return to the peaceful and prosperous era of the Yellow Emperor!"

"The original intention of the great sage and good teacher to create my Taiping Dao is to end this miserable world of years of famine, death and cannibalism!"

"In ancient times, there was Zhou Gong as a weekly ceremony, to the peace, and now there are great sages and good teachers to create the Taiping Road, to the peace and prosperity in the world!"

"If there are people who are willing to believe in the Taiping Dao, they can enter my Taiping Dao and become a member of the Taiping Dao!"

As soon as these words came out, many victims immediately stood up and wanted to join the Taiping Dao.

Not to mention anything else, if you join the Taiping Road, you don't have to starve, which is very exciting.

But...... Although Han Zhong did not say the qualifications to join Taiping Dao, this threshold obviously exists.

The old and the weak, the young and ignorant children were rejected on the grounds of "disbelief."

Because most people really don't believe that much, this reason is really unassailable.

The people who are qualified to enter Taiping Road are basically some young and strong men.

Lu Yu thought for a moment, then walked over, stood at the back of the crowd and began to line up.

After waiting in line for a long time, when it was Lu Yu's turn, Han Zhong took a closer look, and felt that the temperament of the young man in front of him was completely different from those homeless people, so he couldn't help but light up, and asked, "What's your name?" ”

"Lu Yu."

"How old are you?"

"Seventeen."

"Why do you want to join me in Taiping Dao?"

"I want to enter the Tao and practice, so that the world is peaceful." Lu Yu said truthfully.

"Good!" Han Zhong was very satisfied: "To join me Taiping Dao, ordinary people have to start as a disciple, but I see that you are talented and intelligent, you can worship me as a teacher, and start as a disciple of the outer sect!" Would you like to? ”