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On the way back to Wuji Mountain, Zhao Ran didn't say a word, and had a closed meal at Heshan Station, and he could already foresee what attitude Liu Zhuangyi would have towards him, so to be honest, he was a little depressed. But not long after he was depressed, his mood suddenly improved a lot—and at that moment, he felt a little more heat in the sea of qi.

The old donkey got up with four hooves, and a donkey was the first to kill back to Wuji Mountain, throwing Guan Er and Lu Jin away, not mentioning how the two people felt about the old donkey in their hearts, only saying that Zhao Ran rushed back to his house, immediately closed the door, and according to the method in the first chapter of the "Innate Merit Sutra", he converted a total of three traces of merit power he obtained into mana.

The "Innate Merit Sutra" does not emphasize pranayama and breathing, so the transformation is very fast, and it is completed in a few breaths. But after the transformation, Zhao Ran realized that the little mana in his qi was too little, almost to the point of being inaudible. He roughly estimated the ratio of transformation in his heart, which was about ten to one, but the mana after transformation was much more condensed than the merit power before transformation. If merit is like cotton, then mana is like a rope.

What is this bit of mana enough for? Almost nothing, the only thing Zhao Ran can do is to verify it according to the method mentioned in the scriptures - a small spark rose from his fingertips, and it annihilated itself in a few breaths, and as the spark disappeared, the mana in his qi sea was immediately exhausted.

Zhao Ran was not in a hurry. He closed his eyes for a moment, then walked around the Wuji Courtyard again, and after about an hour, the mana was raised again, and Zhao Ran could continue to play the little trick of igniting the fire at his fingertips.

It may be just an insignificant small step in the eyes of others, but for Zhao Ran. But it was a big step for the whole world! Zhao Ran was so excited that he wanted to shout out -- Lao Tzu can finally practice!

After the excitement, Zhao Ran began to think about his cultivation plan.

The first thing that needs to be solved is the problem of lack of merit, because it is not absorbed and absorbed, so Zhao Ran thinks that perhaps the word "cultivation" is more in line with the actual situation. At present, this question has become an eyebrow, that is, to do good deeds, to do practical things, and to do things that are beneficial to others. The establishment of the relief station is a useful attempt he has made, and with the smooth progress of the rescue at the sheep and horse station, he can cultivate merit from time to time, as long as the rescue is not reduced. The merit will continue to increase.

Then you need to consider what exercises you should practice after you have converted your merit power into mana that you can use. The "Innate Tao Te Ching" solves the problem of existence or non-existence, but after having mana, how should it be used? Therefore, the problem in front of Zhao Ran now was that he did not have a Dao book in his hand that could be used for cultivation. How to draw talismans, how to cast spells, how to fight. These things are all means of saving lives, and there are no corresponding means. He has no mana and can't use it, let alone fight with people.

But now it seems that he still has some time to buffer, after all, if he wants to learn the magic method, he must first accumulate enough mana.

Zhao Ran pondered carefully for a long time, and many ideas popped up in his mind. Isn't it easy to do good deeds? Learn from Uncle Ray's good example. He was deeply educated from a young age, and he took this to heart.

As soon as he thought of it, Zhao Ran immediately asked Guan Er and Lu Jin to summon him. The task given to them was simple, that is, to recruit workers in the surrounding fields. Guan Er was very inexplicable, but he still went to several villages under Wuji Mountain according to Zhao Ran's intentions. I didn't return to the mountain until very late.

Early the next morning, Zhao Ran took Guan Er and Lu Jin down the mountain, and a group of strong laborers had already arrived as promised. According to Zhao Ran's instructions, Guan Er and Lu Jin recruited ten great boys, and also specially invited a mason from Guyang County. The negotiated remuneration was ten cents for a day's work, in addition to two meals, and the mason's pay was doubled. Now it is the time of the farm, and these people are also willing to come to listen to the errand and earn some household subsidies.

A group of people drove two large carts, one carrying various tools, and the other full of new tiles and lime and other materials, and followed Zhao Ran to the countryside.

The first village Zhao Ran went to was Niu Village, five miles northwest of Wuji Mountain, and this village was almost all tenants of Wuji Courtyard, and all the rented land was the land in the courtyard - of course, good deeds must start from their own side.

After entering the village and calling the elders in the village, Zhao Ran explained his intention with a few simple words, which made the old man stunned for a while, and he didn't react for a long time. Zhao Ran's request was very simple, that is, let the old man lead the way and be responsible for communicating and explaining, and to renovate the houses of all the dilapidated houses in the village.

Of course, the old man's surname is Li, he actually understood what Zhao Ran meant, but he didn't understand "why" Zhao Ran did this, so he could only be "escorted" by Zhao Ran to the first family in Dongtou in a daze. Zhao Ran looked at the few holes in the walls of this house that were filled with thatch, and immediately expressed his satisfaction. The old man stepped forward to negotiate, and then the family looked at Zhao Ran's construction team with frightened faces. Zhao Ran didn't explain, and said directly to the mason: "Lao Zhang, it's up to you, let's do it." ”

The bricklayer answered "yes" and began to direct his group of strong laborers to start work. After more than an hour, the Zhao construction team added and leveled the broken walls of the house, replaced all the broken tiles on the roof, and started to re-tie the crumbling fence courtyard wall.

This move stunned the old man Li and the family, and when they reacted and wanted to step forward to thank them, Zhao Ran had already waved his hand: "Call it a day!" Zhao Ran didn't have time to talk to them, and he had to hurry up to do good deeds.

A trace of merit was cultivated in the sea of qi, Zhao Ran was very satisfied, and urged Old Man Li to go to the next house.

After seven days of continuous work, the Zhao construction team finally repaired the thirty-six damaged houses in Lijia Village, and Zhao Ran had thirty-six more traces of merit in his body, all of which were converted into mana. The approximate settlement cost, the sum of wages, materials, and food, totaled four taels of silver.

In the meantime, the rescue behavior at the end of the Sheep and Horse Post Relief Station was also continuing, bringing Zhao Ran twenty-three merits and power bonuses, which were also transformed by Zhao Ran.

Now Zhao Ran could already feel the gradual growth of the mana in the sea of qi, and the sparks on his fingertips were already able to last for half a cup of tea.

Li Jiacun was certainly surprised up and down, this feeling of smashing pies in the sky was indeed not bad, and Guan Er and Lu Jin, who had been helping Zhao Ran, were also puzzled, but they were soon relieved - Lord Zhao seemed to be more and more compassionate.

So Guan Erjin said and asked Zhao Fangzhu if he was going to repair all the dilapidated houses in the surrounding villages, and Zhao Ran replied that this was really not, and Poor Dao was planning to renovate all the dilapidated houses in all villages in the entire county!

Guan Er and Lu Jin slapped a lot of sycophants, and then cautiously said, saying that Zhao Fangzhu was so ambitious, which was really admirable. In this case, wouldn't it be much faster to recruit more strong laborers and start work at the same time?

Zhao Ran slapped his head and secretly said that he was really confused, so he decisively adopted a good strategy.

Zhao Ran's position is the head of the Fang Hall, mainly responsible for patrolling the county border, and one of the most important tasks is to assist in the investigation of demon traces. After the Changworm Mountain Oolong incident, Zhao Ran got the guidance of Uncle Da Zhuo and Uncle Xiao Zhuo, and he already knew that there were several rumored demon locations in the county, most of which were already listed in the Daomen case book, that is, they were all big "good demons", so he temporarily stopped thinking about catching demons. Now that there is nothing to do, he simply sent out ten groups of inspectors in Fangtang, each group of two people is responsible for recruiting a construction team, and each construction team is responsible for demarcating the village and each is responsible for a stall.

The vigorous "New Rural Movement" in Guyang County officially began.

Zhao Ran rode the old donkey around to inspect the construction effect, and at the same time, the merit power in the sea of qi began to increase ten times the degree before. On the twenty-third day of the Lunar New Year, Zhao Ran offered a double salary, that is, as long as he was willing to continue to work, he could get 20 wen every day, and the masons and masters could get 40 wen, and meat was added to the meal. Almost all the laborers could not resist this temptation, and they did not finally finish work until the evening of the 29th day of the new year, and made an appointment to continue to work after the 15th day of the first lunar month.

In more than ten days, Zhao Ran's merit power in the sea of qi has increased in a straight line, and the transformed mana can already be clearly felt, drilling around like a mouse, which is very pleasing. And the flames on Zhao Ran's fingertips have reached more than three inches high, dazzling!

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