Chapter 1 "The Recipe for Longevity"
Yangzhou City gradually became lively.
After the city gate was opened, the merchants and peasants rushed in and out of the city gate.
The boats that arrived yesterday were unloaded at the wharf and sent into the city at this time.
From Yangzhou to the east of the Yangtze River, you can go to sea to the Wa Kingdom, Ryukyu and Nanyang places, so Yangzhou has become one of the most important transfer stations in the country, busier and more intense than any city.
There are a total of five markets in the city, among which the South Gate Market facing the Yangtze River is the most prosperous, and there are dozens of stalls offering all kinds of food, which are of different sizes, making it an ideal place for passengers who are ready to take a boat to the river.
In addition to being the hub of transportation, Yangzhou is also a famous fireworks resort since ancient times, whether it is a wealthy businessman with a lot of money, or a famous man with literary style, a swinger of fencing, if you do not visit here, you are not a good man in the wind and moon field.
Therefore, the situation is prosperous, and we can meet each other.
Since Yang Guang ascended the throne, he served as the governor of Yangzhou City. It was officially renamed Jiangdu. Not only expand the city outline, Guangxing palace, and build gardens. In the north of the city by the mountains and rivers, there are "Shugang Ten Palaces" such as Guiyan, Huiliu, and pine forests, which have become a scene in the south of the Yangtze River.
But also because of the large-scale construction, Yangzhou can be described as the most in the country.
Therefore, when Liu Ruoshui arrived, Yangzhou was already extremely prosperous, but the people's livelihood withered, and it can be said that there were frozen bones on the stinky road of Zhumen's wine and meat.
"Yangzhou, it's not a place to stay for a long time. Liu Ruoshui sighed softly.
Although Jiangdu is prosperous, although it is one of the three capitals in the world, if you want to dominate the world, it is the worst place to start.
To be precise, not only Jiangdu, but also the entire south may not be a suitable place to start.
If it weren't for "The Secret of Longevity", Liu Ruoshui should not be in Jiangdu at this time.
Since he determined that the current world is the world of "The Legend of Double Dragons of the Tang Dynasty", he has the idea of dominating the world.
Not for power, not for fame and fortune, just for his martial arts.
Because in this era, the real profound martial arts secrets are not in the hands of the so-called Jianghu knights, but in the hands of the family gatekeepers, the two masters of Buddhism and Taoism, and the demon gate.
The rivers and lakes and the court are no longer two parallel lines, but intertwined.
The three great masters in the world, in addition to the "secluded" "Sanren" Ning Daoqi, the "Yijian Master" Fu Cailin and the "Wuzun" Bi Xuan are the national teachers of Goryeo and Turkic respectively, and they have supreme prestige and deter Xiaoxiao.
If Liu Ruoshui only messes around in the rivers and lakes, all he can get is some of the most ordinary martial arts cheats.
Of course, it is not a simple matter to dominate the world, and if one is not good, it will die.
The Datang world, it is easy to get in, but it is difficult to get out, the level of the Datang world is probably one level higher than the world he has encountered in the past, and he can't "shatter the void" at all with his national art cultivation alone.
If Liu Ruoshui didn't guess wrong, unless he really stepped into the realm of "refining the Void and Merging the Dao", even if he used the "Flesh and Blood Restoration Method", he would not be able to break free from the shackles of this world.
In other words, if he can't step into the "Refining Void and Combining the Dao", the Datang World may be the last stop of his life.
But this is also good, just so that Liu Ruoshui can give it a go.
Liu Ruoshui once thought that he had never been able to reach the realm of "refining the void and merging the way", perhaps because he had a back road, so he didn't dare to really "break the kettle".
He even suspected that if he continued like this, even if he traveled through thousands of worlds, he would not be able to reach the supreme realm of "refining the Void and Merging the Dao".
Therefore, there is no way back, but it is a good thing.
However, Liu Ruoshui also knew that if he wanted to step into the "Refining Void Combination Dao", he had to solve a problem first.
That is how to "refine and refine qi" and turn the "essence qi" in the body into "true qi".
For ordinary people, this is a very easy thing to get, unless it is extremely dull, otherwise as long as there is a second-rate exercise, you can step through this threshold.
But Liu Ruoshui is different, because he has practiced the national art to the highest level, so his whole body is as hard as iron stone.
Therefore, it is almost impossible to "refine and refine gas".
Although Liu Ruoshui is a scholar, he is also puzzled.
After all, except for Liu Ruoshui, none of the "predecessors" had encountered his problems, and he could only rely on his own figure to solve them.
Liu Ruoshui knew that the reason why this happened was not because there was no answer, but because his knowledge was not enough.
Therefore, Liu Ruoshui had to pin his hopes on the "Recipe for Longevity", hoping that this supreme secret book of Taoism could bring him a solution.
One of the four great wonders (Catalogue of the God of War, The Recipe for Longevity, The Sword of Cihang, and The Heavenly Demon Strategy), the Recipe for Longevity is the highest Taoist treasure book, and is said to have been written by Guangchengzi, the teacher of the Yellow Emperor in ancient times.
According to the oral tradition of the past dynasties, this book comes from the ancient Yellow Emperor's teacher Guangchengzi, written in oracle bone inscription, esoteric and difficult to understand, the sages have read this book, although there is no lack of wisdom through the heavens, but no one can understand it, deciphering the whole book. There are 7,400 glyphs in the book, but only about 3,000 glyphs have been deciphered.
The book is also densely packed with annotations from those who have read the book, but they are often more confusing than the original text.
Fortunately, there are seven humanoid figures in the book, none of which are oriented towards each other, and are guided by various symbols such as red dots, arrows, etc., as if they are describing a certain method of cultivation, but those who do not understand its meaning can not practice.