After Ma Chuan experienced the joy of holding thousands of troops and horses, he was no longer willing to be mediocre and determined to be a veritable great Sima. According to his estimates, the strength of the vassal state of the Desire State is not much less than the combined strength of the other six vassal states, so he wants to grasp the military power of the Desire State first.

After thinking about it, Ma Chuan finally came up with a way, he still had to spend two quarters of an hour every day to paint the moving image of Ni Lihua in his mind like when he was in Longquan Villa.

Because Ni Lihua is the most beautiful woman he has ever seen, there is no one, so that the desire in his heart can be fully loyal to him. Moreover, he and Ni Lihua have the name of husband and wife, and they are justifiable, and they will not make other vassal states strongly oppose, so Ma Chuan himself is secretly proud.

The inspiration for this method still comes from the critical moment when he was defeated when Sun Chuanming seized the house, that sentence: I can't die, I want to go back to have a round house with my senior sister!

Although this remark is simple, crude and direct, it is the most effective for calling on the troops of the country, of course, the premise is that Ni Lihua's moving image should be deeply imprinted in his heart.

After solving this problem, Ma Chuan decided to go to Zhong Lingcheng and go to apprenticeship, he wanted to cultivate to the foundation building realm and become a true cultivator.

During the ten days that Xia Qiuxue took care of Ma Chuan, she hinted to Ma Chuan, intentionally or unintentionally, that she was willing to leave a good memory with Ma Chuan.

Ma Chuan didn't dare to refuse directly this time, he could only avoid it, and refuse, and when it was time to part, Xia Qiuxue's resentful eyes made him unable to look directly. ......

Zhongling City is one of the few big cities in Hengguo, close to the Yunmeng Mountain Range, and the secular people in the vicinity often hear rumors of some immortals haunting, and some people even witnessed the immortals soaring through the clouds.

Therefore, in the vicinity of Zhongling City, the wind of cultivating immortals prevailed, and occasionally there were some specious methods of cultivating immortals, and most people regarded them as treasures. If there is an elixir somewhere, it will not hesitate to buy it.

There are many temples and Taoist temples in Zhongling City, and there are countless people who cultivate immortals, so that there are many swaggering and deceiving people.

The rich cultivate immortals to seek immortality and enjoy the glory and wealth they have in front of them for a long time. Poor people cultivate immortals because they want to learn some magic such as alchemy, so that they and their families' lives can be improved and not bullied by others.

However, most of the conditions for the spread of the method of cultivating immortals are very harsh, requiring a pure heart and few desires, and a calm mind, which is undoubtedly more difficult for secular people than to ascend to the sky.

Of course, there are also seemingly simple methods of cultivating immortals, that is, the method of double "cultivation" and taking the elixir, a long time ago, many people have tried these two methods, which do not need to strictly abide by the rules and precepts, and can successfully cultivate immortals.

However, those who practice the method of double "cultivation" have never heard of anyone who has achieved success in cultivation. On the contrary, because of this method, people find an excuse to indulge in "desire", and those who want to be healthy are riddled with diseases, those who want to be young and beautiful will age quickly, and those who want to learn spells will not achieve anything.

People who take the elixir are also poisoned without exception, ranging from mental disorder to death.

Some people have come to their senses and live a mortal life with peace of mind, while there are also some persistent people who continue to cultivate the method of purifying their hearts and desires, but there are very few people who can persist for a long time.

Most of the few people who persevered were mentally disturbed, their minds were distorted, and their bodies were damaged and their lives were ruined.

Zhang Tiegui of Zhong Lingcheng is such a person, his family has a grocery store in the city, which is relatively wealthy. He doesn't have to worry about his livelihood, he still has some money to spare, and he can read and write, so he naturally wants to live forever, at least not get seriously ill, and not be bullied by others.

The kind of luxury of the elixir, he can't afford it with his family wealth, but he is very obsessed with cultivating immortals, and he hopes to get the secret book of cultivating immortals every day, or directly pick up the elixir.

By chance, Zhang Tiegui went to the Taoist temple on the edge of the Yunmeng Mountain Range to incense, and inadvertently walked through a mountain road where there were occasional people, found a simple cave, and got a broken book in it.

The spell contained in this incomplete secret book is called Bigu Technique, and after a long period of interpretation, Zhang Tiegui learned that this technique is to make people not eat or drink. Although he didn't know how powerful this art was after he practiced, but not eating or drinking was in line with the legendary immortal ability, and while comprehending the broken secret book of the art of clearing the valley, he fantasized that one day he could practice this technique, and from then on he would be an immortal, and he would no longer have to look at other people's faces to act.

After a period of repeated study, Zhang Tiegui made up his mind and began to practice the art of Bigu despite the dissuasion of his family.

Zhang Tiegui didn't eat or drink for three days, but he did whatever he had to do, he was so hungry that he was dizzy, and he had to carry a bag of goods to the shop. In a daze, he directly bumped into an oncoming person, and he almost fell. was about to open his mouth to scold, but his head was dizzy, and he fell on the street first.

The person Zhang Tiegui bumped into was the one who rushed to Ma Chuan in Zhongling City after three months, either by boat or by dry road.

"Ah, how can a young man do this, to hit a man carrying a heavy load. Passers-by gathered around to see the excitement and talked about it.

"It looks like he hit it himself. ”

"I don't know, report to the police. ”

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Ma Chuan was a little stunned, then squatted down, took Zhang Tiegui's pulse, and thought secretly: Along the way, I have heard how rich Zhong Lingcheng is, but I didn't expect to meet a hungry person as soon as I entered the city.

Ma Chuan didn't want to cause trouble and planned to leave, but he heard a steady middle-aged man say: "Don't wronged this young man, the person lying on the ground is called Zhang Tiegui, and I often go to his shop to buy things." But recently, I heard that he is superstitious about cultivating immortals, does not listen to the persuasion of his family, does not eat or drink, I think he is hungry and faint!"

"It turns out that it's an immortal cultivator again, it's really harmful!"

"It's like, I have a distant relative who also believes in this, and he ended up going crazy. ”

"Everybody take this as a warning. The onlookers talked about the obsession with cultivating immortals and harming many people.

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When Ma Chuan heard these people's discussions, he became interested, and a few qi were injected into Zhang Tiegui's key points.

Zhang Tiegui woke up slowly, and when he saw Ma Chuan, he wanted to scold again.

Ma Chuan just glanced at Zhang Tiegui and said lightly: "This is not the place to talk, I have something to ask you, come with me." ”

Zhang Tiegui swallowed the curse back into his stomach, picked up the goods and followed Ma Chuan into a nearby teahouse.

"I heard that you are cultivating immortals?" After the two sat down, Ma Chuan began to ask what he wanted to know.

"Son, don't tease me, I'm awake now......" Zhang Tiegui smiled bitterly, babbling that his name was Zhang Tiegui, he opened a grocery store, his life was quite happy, his parents were alive, his wife was virtuous and housekeeping, and he had a pair of lovely children under his knees.

"Where did you get your method of cultivating immortals?" Ma Chuan interrupted Zhang Tiegui's words and asked.

"On a fragment. Zhang Tiegui drank several cups of tea in a row to relieve the hunger in his stomach.

"Can you lend me the fragment?" Ma Chuan's words were polite, but unquestionable.

"Since Childe needs it, I'll go back and get it. Zhang Tiegui always felt very depressed in the face of Ma Chuan, he just wanted to go home immediately, and then eat ten pieces of bread and drink a big scoop of cold water.

"Where did you get the fragments, and can you take them with me?" Ma Chuan didn't move, and continued to ask.

"Childe ......" Zhang Tiegui had a bitter face, he really didn't want to face Ma Chuan again.

"As a health practitioner, why should it be difficult for a mortal. Just when Zhang Tiegui was in a dilemma, a man in the corner of the teahouse spoke.

Ma Chuan's heart sank, and he turned his head to find a man in his thirties on a table in the corner, looking at him with a smile.

Daoyou smiled. Ma Chuan nodded at the man, and then said to Zhang Tiegui, "You go." ”

Zhang Tiegui was amnesty, and hurriedly got up and carried the goods out of the teahouse.

From then on, Zhang Tiegui no longer believed in the nonsense of cultivating immortals, and when others rumored that immortals appeared somewhere, they just laughed it off. He ran his shop with peace of mind, and after a few years, the shop expanded several times, and he accepted a concubine's room, and his life was like a fairy. And set up a family rule, the descendants of the Zhang family are not allowed to believe the rumors of cultivating immortals, which is a nonsense that harms others and themselves.

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