Two days after the Jixiang Sect Mountain Gate was closed, Tong Li and Tong Lan finally got the news that Li Zhen was out of the customs and could meet them.

Hurriedly followed the deacon of the sect who came to lead the way, went up the long climbing stone steps, and walked halfway up the mountain through the trestle bridge to the center of the Nine Palaces Bagua, and came to a pavilion made of fragrant wood and shaped like a birdcage.

It is a gazebo built on a platform several feet square, with no support at the base below, and just suspended out of thin air on the berth between the two trestles.

"Please. The deacon stood by the pavilion and motioned for Tong Li and Tong Lan to go in.

The two of them walked in cautiously, but they felt like they were walking on the ground, and they couldn't notice the difference from other places at all.

The deacon also walked in, pressed the mechanism on the pillar of the pavilion, and then saw the pedestal float up, and went straight up with a faint golden light imprint.

After a short time, they finally ascended to the floating cloud platform where Li Zhen was.

This is a floating platform composed of five floating islands, the main island in the middle is about 100 zhang square, there is a big three-story building standing on it, there is a slightly lower wing room nearby, the attic, there are pavilions and pavilions in the east and west, north and south, the viewing platform, the middle is connected by a trestle bridge, just like a whole.

Now the place where they landed is the east side of the main island, out of the pavilion, in front of which is a courtyard more than ten zhang square, planted with all kinds of exotic flowers and plants, in full bloom under the nourishment of rich aura.

Walking along the brick and stone floor, I saw Li Zhen sitting cross-legged on the stone platform in front of the court, and the sun of Hexi shone on his body, like a layer of gold leaf like a god on it.

His breath is deep and distant, and the surroundings are filled with a faint fragrance, like a hollow valley orchid.

He seemed to be cultivating a new incense, a canopy like a cloud of mist floated in the sky, like a heat wave rising from the summer heat, which contained a strong vitality and aura, not to mention Tong Li, even a mortal like Tong Lan could feel a little bit of the rhythm of life from it.

With these disturbances, the canopy floating overhead seems to become thicker and thicker, and the sunlight shines on it, as if it is a transparent auspicious cloud.

Tong Li felt that Li Zhen's cultivation was becoming more and more advanced than in the past few years, and it was difficult to guess.

"Tong Li, you did a good job this time. "Li Zhen's eyes drooped slightly? Still sitting cross-legged in place, looking thoughtful? But it didn't prevent Tong Li and Tong Lan from meeting him?" If the people of the country are enriched by the sect, many of the plans of our sect can be successfully completed. ”

"See Sect Master Li. Tong Li and Tong Lan came back to their senses and hurriedly saluted.

Tong Li flattered and said: "Sect Master Meng Li will not give up, and allow me to ask the people of the country to seek immortals and ask for the opportunity? This is my honor? On behalf of the five million people in the country, I am grateful, but I hope that it can be established to recruit disciples in our country every five or ten years. ”

"Hehe, Xun Xian asked, although it is a chance, but the parents don't see their children, and the children can't be filial piety?

Besides, if it continues, all the people of the Aqili Kingdom are not doing their jobs, they are all looking forward to changing their lives against the sky, and if they become immortals, they will be able to have everything? This is really a fallacy.

As the so-called blessings and misfortunes depend on each other, it is still unknown whether this kind of thing is good or bad for your country and the people in your country. ”

Li Zhen smiled faintly, opened his eyes, and said leisurely.

Hearing Li Ji say this, Tong Li always felt that there was something else hidden, but it was not good to say anything, so he could only say it.

Li Zhen asked him about the details of the country and the production of various resources, and then heard Tong Lan say: "The small country admires the Immortal Sect and is willing to be a vassal, and I also ask the Immortal Master to have mercy on the widows of my small country and promise to protect ......."

Li Zhen groaned slightly and said, "Yes." ”

Tong Li and Tong Lan glanced at each other, both of them showed joy, and hurriedly bowed and saluted, "Thank you, Sect Master Li!"

Li Zhen pondered for a while and asked, "I summoned you here today, and there is another matter. ”

Tong Li hurriedly said, "Please also command." ”

Li Zhen said: "What do you know about incense skills?"

Tong Li and Tong Lan stiffened slightly: "This ......"

Li Zhen smiled slightly and said: "The incense person, the way that penetrates the heavens and the earth, the incense person's qi is right, he can understand the heart, see the nature, Nade, and preach, which is really the foundation of my generation's cultivation."

Although it is not clear that everyone is refining qi to build a foundation, there are many means to make a living and establish a career.

In your opinion, if I let them obtain the true scriptures and return to China to start a business, will they be able to promote the development of local incense and Taoism, which is better than the protection of ordinary monks?"

Tong Li was surprised: "Return to ...... Returning to China to start a business?"

Li Zhen said: "Yes, the foundation of the monk is for Xiangfang, Xiangzhai, Xiangliao, those who have obtained my Tao can also become a teacher and teach apprentices!"

In fact, if you want to avoid disasters and sea beasts, you don't need to ask me for help, and you can also look at those who have achieved cultivation in your own country.

It's just that this kind of thing may have an impact on your Tong family, so I'll talk to you in advance and see how to solve it. ”

When Tong Li and Tong Lan heard this, they really had mixed feelings, and they didn't know what to do for a while.

To be sure, they do need asylum supporters, but if these patrons come from other families and forces in the country, they may in turn overwhelm the Tong family and take away their name and authority.

I thought that once I entered the immortal gate, it was as deep as the sea, and those people would never come back, but I never expected that Li Zhen adhered to the preaching concept of spreading branches and leaves, and intended to let them return to the country to develop and spread incense skills.

In this way, if the country obtains the true scriptures, it will definitely be able to become a place where incense is developed, and the people will have many inheritances and blessings.

This is better than the promise of a monk, there are too many shelters.

But after becoming so rich and strong, is the country of Aqili still the country of their Tong family?

This is really questionable.

Li Zhen also took this into account and explained to them in advance.

Tong Li gritted his teeth and promised: "A small country and a widow, how dare you delay the general trend with the rise and fall of a family, and I am willing to obey Sect Master Li's arrangement." ”

Li Zhen nodded with satisfaction and said, "For specific matters, you go and talk to the master of Shu Yuan of the Imperial Court." ”

The sect is a tool for monks to cultivate, and they can't work on themselves for political chores.

Anyway, there are already ready-made charters and rules and regulations of other sects, and there will be nothing wrong with copying them in general.

Soon after, the two of them retreated and left, and Li Zhen still sat cross-legged, thoughtful.

"Husband, this sect is newly established, there has been no vassal, and other forces have already intervened in the Zhubu Kingdom, I am afraid it will take a few more years to seek attachment, and it is not bad to have this Aqili Kingdom first. ”

Mu Qingsi walked out of the house and said with a smile.

Li Zhen bowed slightly, and said: "There are many small countries and widows in the land of Beihai, and they can't be like those countries on the Xuanzhou continent, with tens of millions or hundreds of millions of people.

However, the total population of the island countries is not small.

Collecting more vassal small countries can effectively increase the foundation of the sect. ”

The sea produces abundant resources, but these populations are often exposed to various natural disasters and sea beasts, and many of them are damaged, so they need the protection of monks, and this kind of active seeking to belong is quite common.

However, it is often seen that three or five monks shelter a country, worship as an offering, the national teacher and the like, and can take refuge in the sect, one side of the force, it is rare.

"The kingdom of Aqili happened to be in a period of scarcity, the previous asylum had died of old age, and Tong Li became a monk among the royal family, so he was able to form a contract with this sect.

Zhubu Guo's words are seeking the asylum of casual cultivation, and I don't want to oppress people with force, and let them fulfill the current contract, and talk about it in a few decades.

However, one yard is one yard, the sect's talent selection ceremony is a real big policy, and I can't easily limit the place of origin to any one country.

It is still necessary to open up more and seek more places to settle. ”

Mu Qingsi said with a smile: "That Tong Li just now was quite interesting, so I agreed to come down immediately." ”

Li Zhen said lightly: "It's useless if he doesn't agree, since I have told them about this big policy, I plan to implement it with all my might, if they want not to be eliminated, they can only let their children accumulate more knowledge, learn more scriptures, and seek to start a sect in the future, maybe they can continue to enjoy support with incense." ”

Mu Qingsi said: "If this matter can be done, there may be one more incense sect in the country, no matter what it is called, it is the inheritance of the husband and your Taoism."

Then there are many boundaries such as Zhubu Country, Qingchuan Fang, etc., and incense forces can be established. ”

Li Zhen said: "Indeed, I expect that within a hundred years, a number of small sects will be cultivated, just like branches and leaves, scattered everywhere.

They are not included in the system of the Jixiang Sect, nor are they directly under my jurisdiction, but use the Dao inheritance as the hub to establish an alliance of incense and Taoist forces similar to the tributary system. ”

Similar to the territory of the country, there are feudal sub-thatched soils, or county systems, and many models of feudal and town division, and the sects also have the inheritance of the patriarchal and Taoist systems, each with a different emphasis.

Some sects attach importance to integrated development, but they are mostly found in systems with mature paths.

Some sects retreat from the world and cultivate, but they are just carrying on the sage of the past.

Li Zhen's new Xiangdao sect is naturally based on a positive and enterprising attitude.

He can foresee that the spread of incense will bring trouble to future generations for unification or other things, but he can only obey the limitations of history and finish what he can do as the founding patriarch.

Leave the rest to posterity.

Therefore, if the disciples are successful in their studies, they must be sent out to spread the branches.

In the future, the Xiangdao Sect will definitely not be the only one that he founded, but there are many other sects.

Xiangdao is also facing competition from other side sects such as Dan Dao, Fu Dao, Array Dao, Qi Dao, etc., so you should take advantage of your influence to stake more land and take root.

......

Half a month later, the children from the country of Aqili have been arranged, and their names have been registered and registered.

They entered the basic school set up by the sect, where they were awarded literacy and hyphenation, daily encyclopedias, and strive to become knowledgeable and thoughtful people of the Immortal Sect, but they did not force any cultivation for mana.

Not everyone is suitable to become a monk, and Li Zhen has no way to solve some problems in terms of talent and talent, so he can only go with the flow.

But this does not mean that Li Zhen should be completely laissez-faire.

The tests that should be done, the attention that should be done, or the usual ones.

There are as many as 1,000 children in this group of children, and ten of them have been found to have complete spiritual roots, all of which were simply screened by Tong Li and others in advance, and then sent.

This is a person who is traditionally expected to cultivate the Dharma Dao, but it is not necessarily a talent that the Incense Dao needs.

Then he carried out a different kind of smell and dyeing tests, and found that there were three suspected nasal psychics, one person with special perception, and one person with special spirits, all of which were recorded in the secret file and secretly concerned.

The system that Li Zhen has single-handedly established is operating rapidly and effectively, and has begun the process of digesting and absorbing these populations.

It is a process that starts in ten years, with the arrival of an ignorant child, and after ten years, an incense apprentice, a technician, or a more sophisticated incense monk or the like.

At this time, Tong Li and others had already embarked on the return journey, preparing to inform China of what they had seen and heard during this period of time and the future changes they learned from Li Zhen, so as to respond in time.

Along with the boat, there are various specialties that have been traded in the market on Jiuwan Island.

When they come here, they don't go on a trip empty, and this trip is not only to transport young children here to worship in the sect, to study and study, but also to do business.

If the route is reliable and the purchase of commercial goods is profitable, the distant market will also be more interested, so as to give birth to new businesses.

In addition to these things, there are also a few classics designated by Li Zhen to be printed.

It was specially prepared by Li Zhen to spread the incense.

On the treasure boat, Tong Li flipped through a thin copy of the "Simplified Book of Incense" in his hand, thoughtful.

"Sect Master Li's plan is very big!"

Just as ordinary casual cultivation also has a method of inducing qi into the body, or a simple five-element spell, he has prepared some simple and easy-to-use incense recipes for casual cultivation in the market, and after learning, he can refine the spirit incense and the two things of drunken incense to assist in cultivation.

In addition, Tianxiang Yinzhong, the more simple and easy-to-learn half of the book has also been circulated.

This will allow the monks in the market to also get a glimpse of some of the mysteries of building the base through the two methods of smelling incense and eating incense.

But Tong Li does not think that these measures will have any effect in the short term.

"In the world of cultivating immortals, those who are born in casual cultivation can also obtain a lot of simple methods from the market and know the principles of cultivation, which is the legacy of the ancient monks. ”

The Dharma is spread all over the world, and the monks of all Dao also know more or less the methods of inducing qi into the body, alchemizing pills and taking bait, and drawing talismans and arrays.

Some are versatile, and they will also divinate each other and refine magic weapons.

If incense wants to occupy a place in it, it will take time to ferment.

"No matter how many of it is, we just have to bring it back to China and spread it, anyway, we can get close to the water and get the moon first, and have all these classics. ”

Tong Lan flipped through another book that was also a classic of incense and said to him with a smile.

Just as they were discussing Li Zhen's scheme, there was also a turmoil brewing on Beixiao Island, thousands of miles away.

Some time ago, the research results submitted by Li Zhen are now being verified.

"Xiaolan Island really has to turn waste into treasure, and the production in it is completely enough to supply the needs of refining the Destiny Great Dan!"

In an unknown secret room, several powerful figures in the chamber of commerce secretly discussed.

"Are we going to find a way to take this island back and take charge of it ourselves?"

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