Xianlu

Chapter 217
In the blink of an eye, nearly a year passed.

During this period of time, Xu Daozhen has been retreating in the quiet room, studying the scale charms, and polishing his own cultivation.

Of course, it's not that he has no contact with the outside world, he just put up a sign saying that it is not convenient to go out.

In fact, whether it is the monthly business of the talisman store or some spiritual materials, Ya Jianglinbing will fetch them for him to take care of, and will also transport out the talismans he has successfully drawn.

Even every few days, Xu Dao would call Su Jiu into the secret room to comfort him, lest the two of them would not see each other for a long time and their relationship would become unfamiliar.

As for Taoist Chen Wan, and other Taoists in the ghost market, such as Bai Gongfeng in the Demon Hall, although they were all surprised that Xu Dao could not retreat for a long time, they didn't think there was anything unusual about him.

After all, they are all cultivators. Whether it is refining methods or refining treasures, they will often stay at home for ten days and a half months. Although a year is relatively long, considering Xu Dao's cultivation in the later stage of Qi refining, These people also understand.

It's just that since some people understand, there are probably some people who don't understand, and have some complaints about Xu Dao's retreat.

The person was not from the ghost city in Jiangcheng, but a person sent from the capital of the state of Wu, the Demon Demon Division.

The opponent's cultivation base is also at the late stage of Qi refining, and he is also a late stage Taoist who has completed 50 years of Taoism and perfected Qi refining.

According to the rumors in the market, this person seems to be not only a demon master, but also a member of a powerful force. He was originally one of the tribes of the Six Edicts of the Wu Kingdom. He took up the post of the Demon Envoy in the Demon Suppressing Division, responsible for patrolling the world, calming disasters, and killing demons, with a very good background.

When Xu Dao decided to retreat for a long time that day, it was this person who happened to come to Jiangzhou City from the capital with the imperial order, and entered the demon hall in Jiangzhou City.

The first thing the other party did after settling down was to invite the late-stage Taoists in the city to prepare a banquet.

Under the persuasion of Bai Gongfeng and others, this person also reserved more than half a month for the late-stage Taoists in the city under the pretext of being too tired to travel, lest some Taoists miss it due to various reasons.

Therefore, when the banquet was held, all the late-stage Taoists in Jiangzhou City were present to welcome this man, but Xu Dao was the only one missing.

Even the few Shezhao Taoist priests who were in charge of Jiangzhou Dangyaotang sent people to give condolences, and one of the Taoist priests went to the banquet in person and drank a glass of wine.

Therefore, according to what Xu Dao learned, he should have hated this person, and various signs later showed that this was indeed the case.

Because during a certain period of time, the business of a talisman store was suppressed by all kinds of overt and covert measures, which made Taoist Chen Wan sigh all day long, and even had to resign from his job in the demon hall.

Fortunately, at that time, Xu Dao had already passed the stage of building a foundation in a hundred days. Although the ordinary spiritual materials and the flesh and blood of monsters could play a certain role in his physical body and increase his blood, they could no longer refine the blood in his physical body. , so that it can achieve substantial growth.

Therefore, he no longer paid as much attention to the profit of the Fudian as when he first opened the shop, and let the other party go. Anyway, the signboard of the Fudian has been put out, and the business will not plummet directly, but it cannot maintain its prosperity.

As a result, what turned around later was that in the late stage of Xu Dao's retreat, his lazy and indifferent attitude, coupled with the fact that he had been staying in the quiet room for retreat, never meeting outsiders, and playing with monsters The envoy's festival was also known to the Taoists in the ghost market, but it made him even more famous as a talisman master.

After all, people with superb skills in the world, such as alchemy, weapon refining, animal husbandry, etc., are mostly proud of their talents and have eccentricities. Xu Dao is too lazy to meet people. Just recovered.

In just one year, the name of the talisman store actually took down several other time-honored brands and became the first-class talisman store in Jiangzhou Ghost City.

And because of the rules that Xu Dao set up early on, many casual cultivators even came here especially to borrow the spiritual materials from the talisman shop on credit to supply the talisman paintings for the talisman shop, hoping to get some advice from Xu Dao in a few words.

In such a situation, Xu Dao himself didn't pay much attention to it. Chen Wan, who had been worrying about business all night long, was pleasantly surprised by the past. His admiration for Xu Dao was beyond words. The way promotes fame.

Today, in a quiet room.

Xu Dao lay lazily reclining, playing with something in his arms, and said to Su Jiu with great interest:
"So, my lord, I have become a well-known hermit in Jiangzhou City?"

Su Jiu lowered her head and replied in a low voice: "Yes, yes."

"Thanks to the master, the current business of the talisman shop is booming every day. People in the city also say that it is no wonder that the master is not only highly cultivated, but also has such a good skill in drawing talismans. If he can retreat for a year without leaving home, the whole city will be able to do so." Not many."

Hearing this, Xu Dao couldn't help but sneered.

Although he is in retreat, he is not ignorant of the news from the outside world. On the contrary, he will pass out notes from time to time, or make arrangements for the business of the talisman shop, or give instructions to some casual practitioners on how to draw talismans.

The reason why he is talking with Su Jiu now is mainly to connect the feelings between the two of them, just chatting.

And the so-called praise of people in Jiangcheng Road is not just as simple as praise, but also contains the psychology of many people's jealousy and hatred.

Because the Taoists in the city are all casual cultivators, even if they want to practice in seclusion for a long time, they cannot last a year because of the lack of resources for cultivating Taoism.

Only people like Xu Dao, who are rich in wealth and making money every day, can keep their ears to the outside world and focus on cultivating immortals and learning Taoism.

The above is not that Xu Dao used the heart of a villain to measure the belly of a gentleman, but what he got out of his body on purpose recently, wandering in the ghost market, and inquiring about teahouses, restaurants, and street vendors.

Some people are not only envious of his talisman store, but also despise him for having such a great reputation after only one year in Jiangzhou, and want to give him a deceitful name.

And behind all of this, apart from the fact that Fudian has been a bit of a big fan recently, there are also people who are behind the scenes and fueling the flames.

As for the person who secretly contributed to the flames, Xu Dao had already figured it out without asking too much.

"It seems that Lao Shizi's swindling demon envoy has a strong background, but he is not big-minded. The poor have avoided him for a year, but he still remembers him."

Xu Dao was stunned, he stretched himself, then yawned and said:

"Forget it, it's time to go out, get some fresh air, and meet other people."

When Su Jiu heard this, she quickly raised her head, surprise appeared on her delicate face: "Master is going to leave the customs!"

"Exactly." Xu Dao nodded.

After nearly a year of research, he has successfully figured out the Scale Talisman, which not only can suppress the dragon's blood in the flesh at any time, but also gives him a big way to fight against the enemy.

As for how to deal with the enemy, he had to test it later and make adjustments based on actual combat.

In addition, during the process of retreat, although his physical body did not increase much, it also became more vigorous, allowing him to perfectly control the strength of the foundation building body, its foundation is solid, and the anger is completely dissipated!

Even in the realm of Immortal Dao, there is ample supply of merit and food, one year of which can be equivalent to five years of cultivation for ordinary Taoists, and the cultivation of Yin Shen Dao has grown to 35 years, only 15 years away from consummation of Qi Refining.

There is no need to describe the rest of them one by one.

In general, Xu Dao gained a lot from his retreat this year, digested all the benefits he got from Shezhao, and turned them into strength.

While speaking, he patted Su Jiu's body, and the other party immediately stood up understandingly, took Taoist robes, belts and other things from the side, and put them on for Xu Dao.

During the dressing process, Su Jiu asked again: "After the master leaves the customs, do you need to tell Bai to enshrine them, or go to visit them? If so, this slave will make preparations for you."

Hearing this, Xu Dao pondered, but didn't make a sound immediately.

It wasn't until Su Jiu dressed him neatly and straightened his clothes that he just said:

"I'm going to visit, but I'm not in a hurry..."

What Xu Dao hesitated was not whether he wanted to meet Bai Gongfu and others, even the demon envoys from that country were not considered by him.

The above people, etc., he wants to see them whenever he wants, and disappears if he doesn't want to see them. It's not worth his troubles at all.

What Xu Dao was really thinking about was whether he would take the initiative to visit a few Taoist priests in Jiangzhou City—Taoist Shezhao after leaving the customs.

In the past year of retreat, the reason why he has stayed at home on the surface and offended people for this is not only because he really needs to practice in retreat, but also because he is actively avoiding contact with the priests of Shezhao.

After all, although he had built the foundation before, the time was too short and he was not very familiar with the realm. If he confronted the Taoist priests of Shezhao in a hurry, exposed his cultivation, and did it, although he would not die, he would definitely be unworthy To the benefit.

So he simply retreated completely as soon as he retreated, and he ignored anyone or anything who asked him to leave the retreat.

The situation was as he had expected, not only Taoist priests appeared at the banquet of the Demon Envoy, but Taoist Shezhao would appear in Jiangzhou City from time to time in the following time.

Xu Dao's prudence successfully prevented him from meeting the Taoist priests of Shezhao, and prevented his foundation building cultivation from being exposed to outsiders.

But now it is different, after a year of retreat, Xu Dao has not only completely controlled the cultivation of the Foundation Establishment Realm, but also has a certain degree of confidence, allowing himself to hide his cultivation in front of the Foundation Establishment Taoist.

In this way, no matter if his luck is good or bad, whether his cultivation base will be seen through, he has the confidence to meet with the priests of Shezhao, and the worst thing is to do it once, and then fly away.

Xu Dao continued to think in his mind, he thought to himself:
"Speaking of which, after these few Shezhao Taoist priests arrived in Jiangzhou, they were more law-abiding than me in the first period of time."

This made Xu Dao a little concerned. According to his inquiries, when the Shezhao Taoist priests came to Jiangzhou City, they just wandered around the ghost city in the city, revealed their identities and cultivation bases, and assigned their respective positions. After the five cousin masters, they didn't pay any attention to anything in Jiangzhou City, as if they were just holding a job here.

And because the five Taoist priests did not live in the city, but occupied a mountain on the outskirts of the city. There were temples on the mountain, and they were occupied together with temples and witches.

So there are good people in the ghost market, so they are called "Wutongshen" to show their flattery.

But it is a pity for these people that the five Taoist priests lived alone, and their compliments could not be heard by the Taoist priests, but were despised by other Taoists, which made the title "Wutongshen" not at all conspicuous at first.

But after more than a year passed, the five Taoist priests ended their retreat and began to haunt Jiangzhou City, causing an uproar among ordinary people. The name of "Wutong God" has been completely spread by ordinary people.

Affected by this, the Taoists in the ghost market also used the title of "Wutong God" to refer to the five Shezhao Taoist priests to show respect, and they didn't care about flattery or not.

Xu Dao secretly guessed that the five Shezhao Taoist priests should have recovered from their injuries, or had been dormant for too long, and were about to start managing Jiangzhou.

And this is also the main reason that led him to end the retreat.

When the Taoist priests are not out for activities, there are a group of Taoist disciples nearby. No matter what happens, Xu Dao does not panic, and he has the confidence to deal with it. He can retreat and practice with peace of mind, and just go about his own business.

But as soon as the Taoist priests came out to do activities, and there were signs of making trouble, he had to prepare quickly to avoid being implicated. After all, the Taoist priests of Shezhao were in the realm of foundation building, and all of them were more profound than him, so he had to guard against it.

If it weren't for this, Xu Dao was in seclusion in Jiangzhou Ghost City, full of talisman money, not to mention a year, he would still want to continue to retreat for two or three years, and he would not come out until the cultivation base of Immortal Dao Refining Qi reached the perfect state. Turn off ventilation.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but sigh softly, "Stable days are rare after all."

The little fox girl Su Jiu has been dealing with people in the talisman store for a year, and she has grown a lot. She heard Xu Dao's sigh, her face was slightly moved, as if she understood something, and her hand movements couldn't help but stop.

Seeing Su Jiu's actions, Xu Dao burst out laughing. He stretched out his hand, pinched Su Jiu's cheek, and said:
"I'm afraid, there are no waves without wind, but sailing is only possible when there are wind and waves. With the master here, it's just a little trouble."

Su Jiu has followed him for a long time, knows a lot about him, and has gained insight, and has already realized that Dao Xu Dao's cultivation is already in the foundation establishment state.

Thinking of this, the other party's nervous little face relaxed, leaning against Xu Dao, lowering his head and saying, "Your servant knows."

Tapping the other person's head lightly, seeing that she was already dressed, Xu Dao made a pinch.

Kaka, the sound of the stone door opening and closing sounded in the quiet room.

There was golden light shining into the secret room from the outside. Although the light was not too strong, when it fell on his fair cheeks, it still made him squint his eyes comfortably.

Shaking his sleeves lightly, Xu Dao stepped outside with his hands behind his back.

"Let's go out and worship God."

(End of this chapter)