Text Chapter 5 Sanji City
Yunshan Lao Dao said: "That's nature, Shangqing Mountain is the first immortal gate in the Eastern Qin Kingdom, with this method, you can spy on the way to cultivate immortals, do you say this method is good? As long as you can build a foundation, not only can you call the wind and rain, move mountains and seas, and have great magical powers, even the life span can be increased by three or four hundred, do you say these people can not worry?" Lao Dao, I also got this No. 1 cultivation method in Eastern Thailand by chance, and that's it, or did I have the opportunity to cultivate when I came out of the siege and interception of dozens of people, and it took me more than thirty years to cultivate to the seventh level of qi refining. ”
Zhang Zhezhi looked at the Yunshan Old Dao in surprise, he didn't expect that it would take more than thirty years for the Yunshan Old Dao to cultivate to the seventh level of Qi refining, if this was to cultivate to that level, wouldn't it take a hundred years? According to the age of Yunshan Old Dao, I don't know if there is still a chance to cultivate to build a foundation. If you can't build a foundation, you will eventually fall into dust and turn into bones.
"Master, are you old this year?" For so long, Zhang Philosophy had never asked the age of Yunshan Lao Dao, nor did he think of asking, but today he was curious, so he asked.
"As a teacher, I am already in my eighties and three this year. Yunshan Lao Dao sighed secretly.
Zhang Zhezhi always thought that Yunshan Lao Dao was only more than fifty years old, but he didn't expect that he was already more than eighty, which means that since Yunshan Lao Dao got this three-element qi refining method, he has hardly ever aged, so doesn't that mean that as long as he cultivates well, he can never grow old? This is a temptation, a very serious temptation, as long as he can cultivate, doesn't he say that he will be young for at least a hundred years, with his handsome appearance in this life, wouldn't he be able to soak in countless beauties? Good things, good things, must be learned, must be learned. Zhang Zhezhi thought through gritted teeth.
Yunshan Lao Dao looked at Zhang Zhezhi, and then said: "I have poor qualifications as a teacher, and when I started to practice, I was already old, and my qi and blood were exhausted, so it took me more than thirty years to cultivate to the seventh level of qi refining. If I had had the opportunity to practice when I was young, I thought that with the wisdom of my teacher, thirty years would be enough time to cultivate to the point of building a foundation. Now, if you want to build a foundation in advance, you can't get it unless you have a big opportunity. ”
Zhang Zhe saw that Yunshan Lao Dao was a little depressed, so he persuaded him: "Master, don't be discouraged, who can say for sure about chance? Don't talk about others, your apprentice and I were attacked and killed by a sneak attack in my previous life, who knows that I can be born in this world and live again? This shows that my apprentice is a person with great opportunity." If your old man can pick me up, shouldn't you also say that it is a chance? Maybe the opportunity for your old man to advance to build a foundation in the future will fall on my apprentice. ”
Yun Shan Lao Dao tilted his head and thought about it, and said with a smile: "You kid can persuade people." But what you said is also reasonable, who can say for sure that such a thing as chance? Maybe you are really a teacher's chance. You kid can live again in great trouble, you are indeed a person with great blessings, haha, as a teacher, I will borrow your luck. ”
Zhang Philosophy laughed and said: "It's easy to say, who is with whom!"
Yunshan Lao Dao said: "This time I changed places, I have to change my appearance, otherwise it is still the same as it was decades ago, and someone will always recognize it." ”
Seeing Yunshan Lao Dao say this, Zhang Zhezhi was very curious, he wanted to know how Sun Wukong's seventy-two changes changed when he was very young, and at this time, someone could change in front of him, how could he not stare closely. I saw that after Yun Shan Lao Dao took a deep breath, there was a crackling sound on his body, as if a breath of qi was blowing out of his body, blowing his robe flying.
Zhang Zhe's eyes widened, seeing that Yunshan Lao Dao's figure was slowly half a head shorter, and his originally thin figure and face became plump, turning into a man who walked on the street without anyone looking twice. When the changes in Yunshan's old path stabilized, he hurriedly asked, "Master, what kind of spell are you?"
Yunshan Lao Dao said while sorting out his clothes: "This is not a spell, it is a kung fu learned by the teacher more than ten years ago, it is just a matter of changing the body by relying on internal qi, there are always endless masters in this world, and this kind of change method can only be done with the strength of the day after tomorrow, which shows how smart the person who created this secret method is." ”
Zhang Zhe asked, "Master, when will you teach me this art of change?"
Yun Shan said with a smile: "When you practice to the germination of innate qi, you can learn." ”
"Then how long will it take for me to practice until the innate qi you mentioned germinates?"
Yunshan Lao Dao looked at Zhang Zhezhi and said, "I don't know. ”
"Then when will you start teaching me to cultivate?"
"Let's teach you when we're settled. ”
"yes, I can't settle down and I don't want to learn, so where are we going?"
"Sanji City. ”
The Eastern Qin Kingdom is located in the easternmost part of the Nanyun Continent, and further east is the Immortal Sea. The Eastern Qin State is long and narrow, there are more than 600,000 li from north to south, and only more than 100,000 li from east to west, it is not the smallest country in the entire Nanyun Continent, but it is not the largest country, and there are seven or eight countries larger than the Eastern Qin State, such as the Western Qin State, the Northern Han Kingdom, the Junshan Empire, and so on.
Sangjicheng is located at the junction of the Eastern Qin State and the Western Qin State, located in the middle of the military buffer zone of the two countries, is a three-regardless city, so here is a mixture of fish and dragons, the two countries wanted Jiangyang thieves, evil bandits and giants gather here. When Yunshan Lao Dao was still Chen He, he had been hiding in Sangji City for more than ten years, so he was relatively familiar with this city.
Sangji City is built by the mountain, half of the city is spread out on the plain, the other half of the city is built up to the mountain, straight to the middle of the mountain, the whole city is more than 90 miles from east to west, and the city wall is as high as 10 zhang. Before the Great Qin Empire was not divided into Eastern Qin and Western Qin, this city was located in the hinterland of the Great Qin Empire, and was originally the summer residence of the emperor of the Great Qin Empire, so it was built very tall and majestic. Since the two princes of the Great Qin Empire competed for the throne 500 years ago, dividing the Great Qin Empire into Eastern Qin and Western Qin, this place has become a military buffer between the two countries.
Although the city lord of Sangji City was sent by the Eastern Qin State, he was only a nominal city lord, and the city lord's orders could not leave the inner city at all, or he could not go down the mountain at all. If the city lord wants to carry out his orders outside the inner city, then within three days, the city lord will die on the bed inexplicably. Yes, indeed on the couch, without exception. Of course, it will definitely not die a glamorous death, it is basically a separation of the body and the head.
In fact, outside the inner city is controlled by the three families of Zhou, Chen, and Ge, and has been controlled by these three families since 500 years ago. For hundreds of years, these three families controlled more than eight million people outside the inner city.
Zhang Zhezhi followed the old road of Yunshan and walked on the road for half a year before arriving at Sangji City. It was the first time he had entered a large city in this world. On the way to Sangji City, the old road of Yunshan is all barren mountains and mountains as much as possible, and rarely enters the city. Finding food in the wild was not a problem for Yunshan Lao Dao at all, so there was no need for them to enter the crowded city at all, except for adding some clothes.
Along the way, Zhang Zhezhi found that Yunshan Old Road is actually very rich, and no matter how much he saves money on the road, he has never seen Yunshan Old Road unable to pay for it. Although Zhang Zhezhi didn't know where to put the money of Yunshan Lao Dao, he always saw a steady stream of silver taken out of Yun Shan Lao Dao's arms.
When he first came out of Yunshan, the old Taoist of Yunshan generously bought a few decent clothes for Zhang Philosophy, which made Zhang Philosophy very satisfied. A few times I wanted to ask Yunshan Lao Dao why he used to have silver but refused to spend it, but after thinking about it, he still didn't open his mouth, after all, the silver is Yunshan Lao Dao, in case he asked too much, he refused to pay the silver so generously, wouldn't it be a loss?
The master and apprentice entered the city through the west gate of Sangji City. Ximen is the most chaotic place in the entire Sanji City, where big thieves, giant bandits, liars and thieves all live together. At that time, the old road of Yunshan was not less mixed here. Zhang Zhezhi looked at the crowded street market and felt that everything was very novel. The whole thing looks like an African street market on Earth, only on a much larger scale.
Yunshan Lao Dao had already restored his original appearance at this time, and he and Zhang Zhezhi were both wearing Taoist robes.
Lao Dao led Zhang Zhi through the bustling city and walked into a secluded alley. At the end of the alley is a teahouse, the shop is very quiet, so clean that there is not a single customer, only a guy sleeping on the counter. Yun Shan Lao Dao walked to the counter, stretched out his hand and knocked lightly on the counter. The guy raised his head when he heard the sound, looked at Lao Dao in a daze, and then came to his senses with a start, and hurriedly asked, "Guest officer, do you drink tea?"
Yunshan Lao Dao took out a wooden card from his arms and put it on the counter, the guy took it and looked at it, and said, "Guest officer, you wait a minute, the little one will come when he goes." ”
At tea time, the guy came back and said to Yunshan Lao Dao: "Guest officer, please come with me." ”
The three of them walked to the backyard, and there was a rockery in the backyard against the courtyard wall, and the guy moved around on the rockery, and the rockery quietly moved to the side, revealing a secret door. Push the door and enter, it is a narrow alley. The three of them walked through the alley, through a garden, and then into a bamboo hut. The bamboo hut is elegantly built, as if it was woven from live bamboo, and the bamboo poles and leaves are still full of greenery. The guy invited Yunshan's master and apprentice to sit down, poured two cups of tea, and said, "The two of you will sit down for a while, and my master will arrive later." With that, he left the bamboo hut upside down and returned to the store.
Really just sat for a while, a middle-aged man dressed as an outsider walked over from outside, entered the bamboo house and stood still, and saw the Taoist priest dressed as a master and apprentice, so he arched his hand and said: "Daoist, Zhiheng is polite." Yunshan Lao Dao and Zhang Zhezhi hurriedly stood up and saluted back.
The three of them sat down, and the man named Zhiheng asked straight to the point, "I don't know if there is any place where I can work for the Taoist?"
Yunshan Lao Dao said with a smile: "Poor Dao has just accepted a disciple and wants to exchange some spars for my disciple's daily practice. ”