XXXIII. Exchange and Intelligence (1)
But now that we have sat down face-to-face, we can always avoid misunderstandings by talking clearly.
Of course, Huang Chang will not tie his hands and feet, and promises for no reason that he will not participate in the competition for various resources. He just made it clear to Lou Lao Dao that he had no intention of being an enemy of Xuanyang Guan, and he didn't intend to break his rules - on the point that "it is not allowed to use Dao to hurt people in the city", he has quite a common language with the other party. He felt that restricting the activities of the monks in the city was the best way to ensure the safety of Baonan County.
The two talked about it, but it was also enjoyable. Lou Laodao's quality is not bad, at least he has been in Baonan City for decades, and he has always maintained the peace of the city. Huang Chang also appreciates this β his own family has also benefited from it.
So he said that he could continue to respect the rules of the other party, and he would not use the Dao method to deal with mortals casually in Baonan City, of course, if he was bullied to the head, or if his family was threatened, then he had no scruples - if Lou Lao Dao himself was attacked in Baonan City, or if the members of Xuanyang Guan were in trouble, he would have to rely on immortal magic and Taoism when he made a move.
To put it bluntly, this kind of rule only restricts others. If you don't have enough strength to restrain you, then this rule doesn't make any sense. Of course, Lou Laodao would not make unrealistic demands on him, and Huang Chang was able to make such a statement, which already made him very satisfied. And it is bound to have to pay a corresponding price - Lou Laodao agreed to allow Huang Chang to borrow the well of spiritual energy in the Xuanyang Temple when he needed it.
In fact, Huang Chang himself was not in a hurry, anyway, he was still in the bottleneck period, and his cultivation progress was not satisfactory even when he was on Kunlun Mountain. It's better to slow down and play something else, maybe you can naturally overcome the obstacle - it sounds like a bit of a child's play, but the bottleneck period of many immortal cultivators really passes like this: I don't know what caused the bottleneck, and I don't know what factors will end it, anyway, it is to grow slowly, and when the cultivation is improved, it will naturally pass the barrier.
Moreover, as a true disciple, he can return to West Kunlun Mountain at any time. If you really want to have a whim one day, you feel the need to do penance, return to Kunlun, go to the master's spiritual peak for retreat, no matter the spiritual energy resources or the degree of safety, but it is stronger than the mortal world I don't know how many times, where can I see a mere spiritual well.
Therefore, his request is mainly for Huang Xu, Huang Xu's "special training" has been quite smooth so far, Huang Chang estimates that after another month or two of training, he will almost be able to meet the requirements of real qi refining. At that time, a special place with abundant spiritual energy will definitely be needed as a way to attract spiritual energy into the body and break through the induction level.
This step can be done anywhere on the Kunlun Mountains, but in the mortal world, you have to find a special environment. In Huang Chang's eyes, the spiritual well in Xuanyang Guan can only be said to be average, and it is suitable for novices to open the spirit, but this is already the best spiritual place near Baonan County. Lou Laodao is also able to control that piece because of the support of the county guard.
And when Ji Wushuang dies in the future, the new Baonan county guard will take office, and this spiritual land will be returned for the new county guard to use to win over his guest secretary - unless Lou Lao Dao is willing to continue to work for the new county guard, but this also requires the other party to be able to look down on him. The Ji family itself is an immortal cultivator family, and there is no shortage of immortal cultivators, and there are not many cases like Ji Wushuang recruiting people with foreign surnames as guest secretaries.
Therefore, when the old Taoist priest Lou talked about the future prospects, he also sighed unpredictably. Most mortal monks are like this: after a lifetime of hard work, they either lack resources or have few exercises, and if they do not lack resources for exercises, they can make rapid progress in cultivation, but when they encounter difficult obstacles, no one can guide them, but they will inevitably be stuck, in short, all kinds of suffering, and so on.
Lou Lao Dao was lucky when he got started, he apprenticed to a certain master, and in the early stage of getting started and refining qi, relying on the support of the master, he went all the way down quite smoothly. But when he apprenticed, his master was already very old, and his longevity was limited, and he would not be able to fight against the Heavenly Dao after all.
After the death of the master, Lou Lao Dao inherited his entire inheritance, but it was quite difficult to cultivate alone. After entering the middle stage, the demand for resources and exercises far exceeds that of the early stage, and the confusion and confusion accumulate more, and there is no place to get help. Everything can only be slowly explored by yourself, and after so many years, the improvement of cultivation is very limited.
While speaking, the old Taoist priest mentioned his apprentice Qingfeng several times, saying that he is now the same as himself back then, only knowing that the master has great ability and can cover it, and everything seems to be very beautiful. Usually naughty and naughty all day long, but he refuses to take it seriously and calm down and practice Taoism.
As everyone knows, everything in front of him is just a scenery on paper, and once he dies, he will return to his original shape in an instant. When the time comes, there will be no one to teach, no one to support the path of cultivating immortals, and the road to cultivating immortals will suddenly become extremely bumpy. Not to mention that when the time comes, even the foundation of Xuanyang Guan will have to be returned to the hands of the Baonan County Government, and there will not even be a place to settle down - these are all things that Lou Laodao has experienced, but unfortunately the current breeze is still incomprehensible.
Huang Chang was a little surprised by this, he felt that this old Taoist priest had just met him and said this, it seemed that there was a taste of "shallow and deep", this kind of topic related to the inheritance of teachers and inheritance, generally not very familiar friends, will not say this, otherwise people will have ulterior motives for you.
But since the other party is willing to speak, then he listens quietly, nothing more than taking the initiative to answer the phone.
Old man Lou saw his embarrassment, smiled slightly, and when he changed the topic, he began to introduce to him about the power of the various immortal cultivators in Baonan County, as well as the general strength of the strength.
This is what Huang Chang urgently needs to know, although he has inquired about it before, but the rumors in the rivers and lakes are not as detailed and detailed as these "professionals" after all. Even if Lou Laodao was willing to tell him only some basic information, it was enough for him to have a deeper understanding of the local situation.
ββThe most powerful immortal cultivation family in the Bao Kingdom, of course, is the Baohou Mansion and the Ji family. Tens of thousands of years of inheritance, it is said that its history is older than that of the Ji clan of the Great Zhou Dynasty. And the best fairy land here in Bao Country is naturally occupied the most by the Ji family - in fact, most of the spiritual land here is the property of the Ji family.
And most of the rest have something to do with the Himese family - the subordinates and guests of the past dynasties have made meritorious contributions and received the rewards of the Himese family and obtained the spiritual land. To this day, except for a very small number of quite ancient sects and small families, the spiritual land owned by the rest of the local immortal cultivator forces is **, and it is all rewarded by the Ji family.