Chapter 26: Entering the Palace
Hanging Moon Peak.
I saw that the peak of the golden rooster was independent of the mountains and went straight to the top of the clouds.
Everywhere in the mountains, the clouds and waves are curling, and the trees are of thousands of kinds, reckless. In the forest, there are cranes and deer, and apes come and go.
And when the twilight smoke rises everywhere and the eyes are blank, a bright moon will hang out in the recess of the peak, a round of bright moon.
The Taishang Palace is on the Hanging Moon Peak.
Qin Zhan was dressed in green clothes, standing on the mountainside, looking at the clear moon in the sky, and his heart was full of emotion.
He originally thought that as soon as he entered the Taishang Palace, he would be able to worship the profound person as a teacher, and since then he has risen to the top and cultivated the profound Taoism.
But the reality is that not only did he not see any master, but even Zhao Qingyuan didn't see a figure.
Taishang Palace is a great sect of immortal cultivators in the Immortal Gate, so after Qin Zhan left Ruyi Fang, he didn't spend much effort to already know where Taishang Palace was. Then after a few days of hurrying, Qin Zhan arrived at Hanging Moon Peak.
There are many disciples in the Taishang Palace, and they are heavily guarded. When Qin Zhan entered the foot of the Hanging Moon Peak, he quickly met the disciples of the Taishang Palace. And after Qin Zhan explained his intention and handed over the token given by Zhao Qingyuan to the disciple of Shoushan, under the guidance of an elder who was in charge of the affairs of the initiation disciples, after some verification, he received the Taishang Palace Taoist uniform, and finally became an ordinary disciple of the Taishang Palace.
In the Taishang Palace, ordinary disciples are all dressed in green clothes. And what the disciples of Tsing Yi practiced was the basic exercises and basic supernatural powers. And in addition to practicing every day, ordinary disciples are also responsible for miscellaneous work in the sect.
Above the ordinary disciples are the elite disciples. To become an elite disciple, one needs to enter the realm of Qi refining or above. Those who are considered to have high qualifications naturally also include the Qi Refining Realm. After becoming an elite disciple, wearing a blue shirt, there is no longer a need to be a handyman in the door. In addition, if you are fortunate enough to be favored by the uncle in the door, you can worship the master.
And at the top of the elite disciples, there are core disciples. The core disciples are the backbone of the Taishang Palace, representing the strength of the Taishang Palace. The core disciples were wearing gray robes, and their cultivation strength had entered the advanced realm. As long as you concentrate on cultivating, you can ignore the affairs of the sect.
Qin Zhan is now just a triple eater, so naturally he hasn't even touched the threshold of an elite disciple.
After entering the Taishang Palace and becoming an ordinary disciple, Qin Zhan should have also been assigned to do chores. But fortunately, Qin Zhan was also flexible enough when he entered the palace, and after observing the elder who was in charge of the affairs of the introductory disciples for a while, and this elder kept hinting at how much bribes he wanted, Qin Zhan couldn't help but secretly laugh. Then, as soon as Qin Zhan made a move, he threw dozens of spirit stones to the affairs elders, which made the affairs elders both happy and surprised.
After this bribe, Qin Zhan was also a small reward. was originally responsible for the work of miscellaneous servants, but under a series of operations, it became the work of guarding the Dan furnace fire in the Alchemy Pavilion of Taishang Palace.
Compared to other miscellaneous affairs, guarding the Dan furnace fire is relatively leisurely and has more time to cultivate. This can be regarded as a blessing in misfortune for Qin Zhan.
Qin Zhan counted the spiritual grasses placed in the basket on the ground, and there were exactly thirteen in total.
Originally, he was still guarding the furnace fire in the Alchemy Pavilion today, but the original disciple who was responsible for picking the alchemy spirit grass here had made great progress in cultivation, and he was also recognized by a certain Taishang Palace uncle, so he was promoted to an elite disciple. In addition to being envious, Qin Zhan was also temporarily recruited. Therefore, he not only has to guard the fire today, but he is also called out to be responsible for picking spiritual grass, and one person does several jobs.
Fortunately, the elders of the Alchemy Pavilion had already made it clear that it was only a temporary call, which was still a blessing in misfortune.
After seeing that the spirit grass matched the number, Qin Zhan quickly carried it on his back, and hurriedly ran towards another place on the mountainside.
The reason why Qin Zhan was in such a hurry was only because today was still the day when Uncle Taishang Palace came out to preach.
In addition to guarding the Dan furnace on weekdays, he is also like other disciples who do miscellaneous labor, and in his spare time, he will practice the basic exercises of the Taishang Palace and some basic spells such as the Wind Resisting Technique and the Water Avoiding Technique.
Although Qin Zhan had already cultivated the exercises in the wordless book, because the Taishang Palace would let ordinary disciples practice the exercises and methods after the exercises, they would also be assessed every once in a while, so he also had to work hard here.
In addition to practicing the exercises and guarding the Dan furnace fire, some senior uncles in the Taishang Palace who have advanced cultivation will also preach to ordinary disciples every once in a while to solve their doubts, and today is such a day.
For the preaching of these uncles, Qin Zhan not only cherished it very much, but also benefited a lot.
Although he practiced the Taishang Palace exercises on weekdays, he didn't know if it was because he had already cultivated the wordless calligraphy exercises. When I came to practice the Taishang Palace exercises again, I actually felt that the basic exercises of the Taishang Palace were easy to understand, and I would be able to learn them as soon as I learned them. As for the extra effort, it was because I hadn't learned this kind of spell before, so I lost some time.
After listening to Uncle Taishanggong's explanation, what Qin Zhan benefited was not the understanding of the exercises, but the improvement of his ideological realm. As he listened to more and more of his uncle's wonderful explanations, Qin Zhan actually began to feel that the ancient characters that appeared in his dreams had changed. Sometimes I think it's because the dancing posture of the ancient characters has changed, and sometimes I think it's because the shape of the ancient characters has changed.
In short, everything can make Qin Zhan have an indescribable feeling.
There are two important places on the mountainside of Hanging Moon Peak, one is the Alchemy Pavilion, and the other is the Refining Pavilion.
Ordinary disciples can only move below the mountainside, and even some elite disciples are generally not allowed to enter without permission.
And Qin Zhan is quite able to come and go freely because of his duties. It's just that in the Alchemy Pavilion, the alchemy pills are generally supplied to the disciples of the Taishang Palace for cultivation, so when Qin Zhan enters and exits the Alchemy Pavilion, he needs to go through a review to see if there is any stealing of the pills.
In this regard, Qin Zhan has long been accustomed to it. Although he brought a lot of things with him to the Taishang Palace. But those things such as a lot of spirit stones, he had already hidden. Therefore, with nothing to hide, he quickly entered the Alchemy Pavilion.
After entering the Alchemy Pavilion, Qin Zhan was already familiar with all the miscellaneous matters. After handing over the spirit grass and handing over the class with another disciple who was guarding the furnace fire, he quickly left the Alchemy Pavilion and ran down the mountainside.
At the foot of the mountainside, it is the place where most of the ordinary disciples who have just entered the immortal gate stay. And there is a discussion platform among them, which is the gathering place where Uncle Shi preaches to many ordinary disciples.
By the time Qin Zhan arrived at the platform, Uncle Preaching had already arrived, and a group of ordinary disciples were also struggling to listen to the explanation.
But when Qin Zhan appeared, all the ordinary disciples couldn't help but look at him one after another. The gaze seemed to be looking at an anomaly, a gaze that was either contemptuous, jealous, or avoidable.
For these projected gazes, Qin Zhan also knew the reason and accepted it more calmly. There are two main reasons why he provokes these glances among ordinary disciples.
One is because of the bribing of the relationship between the affairs elders. When he first arrived, he had a good reputation, and naturally he was eye-catching among ordinary disciples, and became a figure that others paid special attention to.
The second is that he was recruited into the Taishang Palace from the prison of the dragon, and for some reason it was also widely circulated among ordinary disciples.
Originally, the first reason was enough to make other ordinary disciples look up to Qin Zhan a few points. But less than two days after Qin Zhan entered the Taishang Palace, rumors about his status as a prisoner spread among the ordinary disciples. Because of this rumor, all the ordinary disciples immediately looked down on him a lot.
In addition, Qin Zhan was always guarding the Dan furnace on the mountainside, and he didn't have much time to communicate with ordinary disciples, so there was almost a layer of estrangement between Qin Zhan and ordinary disciples at this time.
At that moment, Qin Zhan ignored these gazes, and as soon as he arrived at the discussion platform, he silently chose a place to sit down. At this time, perhaps the only one who ignored Qin Zhan was the senior uncle on the platform. Uncle Shi was still preaching on the platform.
After sitting down, the disciples who were a little closer to Qin Zhan actually deliberately moved away from him a little.
Fortunately, Qin Zhan still didn't care about this. He had discovered these things early on, but he had no intention of making friends. Therefore, whenever I sat down, I was meticulous and listened to every sentence that my uncle said.
This sermon sometimes goes on for many hours, sometimes only for a moment or three.
Everything varies from preacher to uncle.