All cultivators need to go through the periods of refining qi, building foundations, forming pills, and transforming spirits.

Practicing Qi is the foundation of cultivation, and Taoists believe that Qi is the source of essence, and when cultivating, it is necessary to meditate and exhale essence into qi, and incorporate true qi into the dantian qi sea.

Most of them have joined the major monastic sects since they were teenagers, and the young people with excellent qualifications were accepted as inner disciples. Those teenagers with poor qualifications become outer disciples and learn some basic exercises and various skills. When the outer disciples reach adulthood, they usually serve in various industries of the sect, and can receive corresponding remuneration according to their seniority and position, and are also called deacon disciples.

Those inner disciples need to go through a lot of selection and various tests, if they are eliminated, if they are willing to stay, they can also be turned into outer disciples, after all, they will have a stable career and income, and it is enough to support their families.

Inner disciples who have passed the test officially become cultivators, and it generally takes five to ten years to gradually rise from low-level disciples to high-level disciples to start diligent cultivation from Qi cultivation.

When the cultivator's internal strength is strong and full, he can try to build a foundation.

If the foundation is successfully built, at this time, the cultivator's body and cultivation begin to be combined, and he can practice the "Jue" type of exercises according to his own five element attributes, so as to achieve the intention to resist the qi, and the true qi in the body is cast from the fingertips, palms and other parts, such as the fire summoning technique can turn the true qi from the fingertips into flames, and the flying stone trick is to turn the true qi into stones.

The foundation building period is divided into three levels: primary, intermediate and high-level, with the improvement of cultivation, the imperial qi reaches the point of stopping at will, and it can be increased to cultivate "spells" and "spells" spells, such as fire spells, falling stone spells, light body spells, flying sword techniques, etc.

The ability of high-level cultivators in the foundation building period gradually increases, and they can try to condense their true qi, and if they can successfully solidify, they can form a qi core the size of a lotus seed, which is also known as an inner dan.

When the cultivator's inner pill is successfully condensed, he enters the knotting stage, and continues to cultivate to further nourish the inner dan, which is also divided into three levels: primary, intermediate, and high-level.

Cultivating to a high level of cultivation during the Dan period, he can fly with imperial objects and refine simple talismans and magic weapons.

Beginner-level cultivators in the Yudan period usually hold high-ranking positions in the sect as Daoists and enjoy honorable positions, while high-level cultivators will choose to leave the sect and find a secluded cave in the back mountain.

On this day, Qingxu Dao Chang saw a majestic mountain gate from afar, and there were three golden characters written on the archway on the top of the door: "Dixuanmen", and then he showed a slight smile: he had arrived at the first mountain gate under Qingyu Mountain. There is a post station set up and operated by the Bishan faction at the foot of the mountain, with dozens of large and small pavilions.

There are many gods enshrined in the Qingyu Mountain Temple, usually there is an endless stream of good men and women, and when it comes to various festivals such as the birthday of the gods, the pilgrims are rubbing shoulders and rubbing shoulders, and the water is impassable. Everyone wants to burn the incense, so they come early. However, there are only dozens of guest rooms on the Qingyu Mountain, and only the most distinguished guests can stay, and the pilgrims are not entertained, so many pilgrims live in the post house set up at the foot of the mountain, in order to repay their vows early the next day.

There are about four or five hundred rooms in the Bishan Post House, which are usually free, but during the holidays, it is difficult to find a room, so the rich and noble usually pre-rent the rooms in advance, and those ordinary people can only rest in the towns far away from the inn.

There are less than 2,000 disciples in the Bishan Sect, and there are only about 800 inner disciples, and the rest are outer disciples. The supply of fasting, offerings, sacrifices, medicinal herbs, food and vegetables on this Qinghu Mountain is also a huge amount. These items are of a variety of types, transported to the inn by specialized merchants, some of which are supplied once every three days, while others need to be replenished every day. After all the materials arrived, the deacons and disciples of the outer gate who were in charge of the profession checked the products, and after confirming that they were correct, they were transported to the mountain, and some items that were not urgently needed were temporarily stored in various warehouses set up by the post house.

Therefore, this post station is also an important material supply turnover station and trading center of the Bishan faction, with various pavilions, shops, etc. However, because the main thing that was traded was the various materials needed by the Bishan faction, as well as the incense candles, talisman paper, pills and other items that the pilgrims needed to buy from the Pishan faction, this small post station was not very lively at ordinary times, and the important goods trading still had to go to the nearby towns, after all, the transportation was convenient and the items were much richer. Therefore, this post station is also one of the financial resources of the Bishan faction, and there are many disciples stationed on weekdays.

Although it was still early, Daoist Qingxu was not in a hurry to go up the mountain, but found a secluded pavilion to prepare to stay. Most of these guards are the outer disciples of the Bishan Sect, and their seniority is not long, plus the Qingxu Dao has been down the mountain for many years, and today they are disguised and deliberately avoided everyone's sight, so no one recognized the old man in coarse cloth as his head.

Daoist Qingxu walked into a secluded pavilion and handed a letter written in advance to the deacon of the pavilion. The deacon of the hall was a newcomer, and he didn't know the head of Qingxu Dao, and when he saw an old man coming to him, he didn't speak, but just handed himself a letter, and took it with some confusion. The deacon of this building looked up and was about to ask, when he saw that the old man handed over a palm-sized cyan jade pendant, with a "green" character engraved on it, and was taken aback: "Qingzi jade plate!"

The blue character token is an important physical evidence of the Bishan faction, which is only issued to guests with extremely special identities, and can be helped by the disciples of the Bishan faction within the sphere of influence of the Bishan faction, and can travel unhindered like a distinguished guest, of course, the forbidden place in the Bishan faction is still not allowed to enter at will.

Seeing that the old man dressed as a villager took out such a jade plaque, the deacon of the pavilion did not dare to ask, let alone slack off, so he hurriedly took out a black brocade bag from the cabinet behind him, carefully loaded the letter and the blue jade plaque, carefully wrapped the mouth of the bag, and hurriedly picked up a bronze waist tag with the word "urgent", summoned one of his subordinates, and asked him to hurry up the mountain with the brocade bag and the waist tag to report the news.

The deacon of the pavilion then led Qingxu Daoist and Feng Shaoyang to a quiet and elegant single courtyard room at the back, first arranged for clean water to wash, and put on some exquisite and delicious meals, and waited respectfully and carefully.

Feng Shaoyang was dazzled, and the many days that he had walked with Qingxu Daochang all the way, although it was not a wind meal and sleeping in the open, but because Qingxu Daochang deliberately avoided large towns, he only chose those small villages and towns that were not very lively to stop, even if he had to pass through larger towns, he also chose relatively simple inns to stay.

Therefore, although this courtyard is not large, the layout of this guest room is magnificent, with brocade beds and embroidered quilts, and the brilliance is gorgeous. How did Feng Shaoyang know that the people who could stay in this post station were all rich and noble, and this single courtyard wing room was one of the few noble rooms in the post station.

Feng Shaoyang had been happily watching the deacon of the building for a while, and when he finished going out, he couldn't help cheering, happily ran to the bed, lay down on the bed, rolled back and forth, and shouted in his mouth: "It's so soft, it's so comfortable, it's great!"

Qingxu Dao Chang knew that Feng Shaoyang was suffering from the bumps of the donkey cart along the way, and he endured without a word of complaint every day, and today he was completely liberated, so it would be like this. Watching Feng Shaoyang play around for a while, Qingxu Dao Chang stepped forward and said softly: "Good boy, you can sleep beautifully on this bed today." Feng Shaoyang sat up and said "um", his expression was still excited, but he was obviously tired from churning, and he lay down and gasped, closed his eyes and enjoyed it, with a pleasant smile on his face.

Qingxu Daoist thought that Feng Shaoyang was tired and wanted to sleep, so he hurriedly said: "You can't sleep now, otherwise it will be difficult to sleep at night, besides, I want to see an important guest at night, don't talk nonsense when the time comes." ”