Zhao Ran wouldn't really be too lazy to bask in the sun all day long, under the potential guidance of the sense of crisis, in the past year and a half, he had paid much more attention to his own cultivation than ever before.

After more than half a year of hard work, relying on the multiplication of the efficiency of the essence element, the rich merit power accumulated in the sea of merit and power has been transformed, and all of it has been refined into merit mana.

And the sea of spiritual power is still full of merit, waiting for Zhao Ran's transformation. Zhao Ran was no longer able to continue the transformation, so he could only transfer these merit powers into the already empty sea of merit power, and wait for his Dansheng Divine Sense before continuing to cultivate.

Six years ago, when he became the abbot of the White Horse Academy, he opened the exercises of Dansheng Divine Sense, and two years ago he sat in the Tianhe Palace, and opened the exercises of the Yuan Shen giving birth to a baby, and last month he promoted the abbot of the Tianhe Palace, and further possessed the exercises of the infant Yang God, which can satisfy his cultivation until the realm of the Great Refiner, at least for ten years, he no longer has to worry about the exercises.

Now that the golden pill is complete, he will go all out and start practicing the water stone pill method.

The second layer of the Water Stone Pill Method, Zhao Ran had already completed his visualization in March, and the bottom outline of the strange stone on the picture scroll was completely revealed, and since then, he has begun the cultivation of the third layer.

The most difficult part of the third layer is that it is necessary to visualize the flow of clear spring water on the first layer and the craggy strange stones on the second layer at the same time, not only to visualize, but also to allow the two to naturally coincide to form a scene of the upper flow of the clear spring stone. This is the true meaning of the Water and Stone Dan Method—water and stone exist separately, but they are in two spaces that are superimposed on each other but have nothing to do with each other.

This is a wonderful state of mystery and mystery, which can only be understood but not spoken.

Zhao Ran was able to make Qingquan appear on the picture scroll, and he could also outline the strange stones, but the two were separated, the first moment was water, and the next moment became stone, and he could instantly imagine which one appeared. But this is already his current extreme, no matter how he visualizes, he will never be able to make the water stone appear at the same time. Of course, this is not an overnight effort, but more about perception, and when you are so distressed that you want to vomit blood, you may suddenly understand the trick.

This is also the reason why Louguan recruits disciples to pay more attention to qualifications, the qualifications are not high, and the state of impervious to the duality of the stone is not realized, and the path of cultivation will stop, and the highest achievement is Jindan.

On the last day of the end of June, the nine girls were going to meet a certain elder and left Jingyang Tower, Longhu Mountain has always been the Taishan Beidou in the cultivation world, and it is easy to understand that the nine girls are busy with entertainment.

Pei Zhongze also waited for two friends who had just arrived, these two were the abbots of the county court below Sichuan Province, and this time they were also transferred to the lecture hall for further study, and they were arranged in the abbot class A of the county court.

Pei Zhongze and them were going to go out for a walk together, wanting to pull Zhao Ran up, and Zhao Ran readily agreed. As soon as a few people walked out of the gate of the Rooster Temple, they saw a young scholar with a servant walking up the stairs.

Zhao Ran couldn't help but be happy.

"Uncle?"

The young man was Zhang Juzheng, and when he saw Zhao Ran, his face was full of joy: "Abbot!"

Including Pei Zhongze and two Sichuan Provincial monks, six or seven Taoist priests outside the gate of Jimingguan turned their faces at the same time, and two of them who didn't know each other responded in unison: "Hey!"

Then all the Taoist priests laughed, and they staggered by.

Zhao Ran said with a smile: "Today's Jilong Mountain, pouring cold water on ten people, nine of them are abbots, and one is in charge. He was talking about a small number of Taoist palaces and Taoist courtyards around Nanzhili, and they specially sent the capital manager to accompany him to see him off, which caused Pei Zhongze and others to laugh.

Zhang Juzheng also found it interesting, and couldn't help but smile: "In the capital, it is unprecedented to be able to gather so many Xuanmen authentic high-level cultivators. Is Abbot Zhao going out?"

Zhao Ran introduced Zhang Juzheng, Pei Zhongze and others to each other, and said: "We are about to go out for a walk, and my uncle has something to do here? Do you have time? You are the landlord, just for us to wait for the guide." ”

Zhang Juzheng hesitated and said: "Xiaguan is indeed here to visit Abbot Zhao, and it is natural to lead a few Taoist elders to take a look at the boundary of the capital, but it is just ......."

Pei Zhongze hurriedly said: "Since there is something to do, let's go by ourselves, the left and right are just hanging out, and there will be plenty of time for another day, and then we will meet with this master bookkeeper." ”

Zhao Ran nodded and agreed, Zhang Juzheng summoned the servants behind him and asked him to take Pei Zhongze and the others on a trip, and the two sides were separated.

Zhao Ran and Zhang Juzheng got off Jilong Mountain, and a sedan car had been prepared at the foot of the mountain, and when they got into the car, the coachman whipped and urged the horse to go.

"Where are we going?"

"Go to Taoyedu, Ganfu. Gan Shangshu held a banquet in the mansion and was waiting for the abbot. ”

Zhao Ran nodded, he entered Beijing this time, Gan Shutong was on the list of contacts, and people took the initiative to invite him at this moment, so he would definitely go to see him.

"Uncle just said, now is the head of the Zhan Mansion? This is a good place to go, Uncle works hard!"

Zhang Juzheng said: "Thank you to the abbot, if it is not for the abbot's recommendation, where can there be this opportunity? After returning to Beijing from Xixia on the same day, Xia Guan brought a letter from the abbot to meet Lord Gan, and for his appreciation, he first transferred the household department to walk, and then transferred to the mill for two years. In the first month of last year, Lord Gan entered the book from the waiter, so the lower officials were also transferred to the main bookkeeper hall of the Zhan Shifu and served as the chief bookkeeper, which was really ashamed. ”

Six years to promote two levels, from the eighth grade to the eighth grade, and then from the eighth grade to the seventh grade, this speed is quite fast, among the young jinshi, and Zhang Juzheng on the same list, except for the first three people and the top few in the second grade, few people can reach this promotion speed.

Especially when he was transferred to Zhan Shifu and jumped into Qinggui, it was really not easy, I don't know how many people are willing to go down to the next level for this, Zhang Juzheng is good, not only entered, but also promoted to one level.

Zhang Juzheng was encouraged by Zhao Ran in his year, and did not have a few more years of experience in the imperial examination, so he was full of enthusiasm to devote himself to it. But because he was too young, the article failed to be mellow and spicy, so his ranking was not high, and he failed to enter the Hanlin Academy.

This is the biggest regret of the court officials, the Ming Dynasty has gradually developed a culture in the past few decades, without the Hanlin Academy, the Six Branches, the Zhan Mansion and other noble positions, in the future want to be pushed by the court into the cabinet, the chance is quite slim.

But after Zhao Ran's introduction, Zhang Juzheng entered the eyes of Gan Shutong, the court bigwig, this step of transfer, is equivalent to opening the way for Zhang Juzheng to go to the top of the court in the future.

Chatting all the way, after a little half an hour has arrived at Taoyedu, the main gate of Ganfu is opened, and the sedan car goes straight into the door of the house, and stops in front of the wall. Gan Shutong waited in front of the car: "Today is fate, and I finally met the abbot." ”