Qeng Ho Mage

Chapter 171 Signs of going crazy

Qu Ya is the guide and the recommender.

She introduced to Fang Dushu the fellows of the Zhenwen School one by one.

These fellow disciples basically come from the Dragon Elephant Vein.

Fang Dushu has a lot of contact with Longxiangmai. When he first joined the Zhenwen School, the blood mulberry tree he raised on the Gumu Peak in Dongfu, the spiritual leaves were mainly bought by the disciples of Longxiangmai.

The master of this lineage is called Hu Xiao, who is well-known in the Li country for his external skills and supernatural powers. He is also the only Jindan stage monk who cultivates body among the eight lines of Zhenwen, and his disciples often also practice the true external skills.

Xueyuan Yaoxiu is good at external skills, and has inherited many spiritual treasures and elixir related to body training, which is very attractive to the disciples of the Dragon Elephant Vein.

During the ten years that Fang Dushu settled in Xueqi City, among the monks of the Zhenwen School he received, the most disciples belonged to the Dragon Elephant Vein.

But in the past, the disciples of the Zhenwen School who settled in Xueqi City often came here alone, or in groups of three or five. It was the first time that Fang Dushu met a team of more than ten people like today.

The leading monk of this team is called You Ping, and she has already reached the late stage of Foundation Establishment.

As a representative, she negotiated with Fang Dushu about entering the city: "I heard it when I was in the faction that Junior Brother Fang was entrusted with a heavy responsibility by the Fengming faction to be in charge of a territory in the city. You are not familiar with him, so you found Junior Brother Fang and came to the door, will this make it difficult for you?"

She knew that Fang Dushu was collecting tribute in Xueqi City, but Fang Dushu, as an expatriate monk, had to pay a price for getting such great benefits from Fengming Sect.

So she said a word of courtesy first.

Fang Dushu replied: "There is no difficulty! I can arrange all of you to live in the city without paying tribute, but the number of spiritual peaks in the territory under my jurisdiction is limited, and most of them have been rented by other monks, leaving only one Lingfeng is idle!"

Fang Dushu personally picked out this unused spiritual peak, and specially asked Song Mozhu to build a large number of caves on the peak, which were specially provided for fellow sects who came from afar from the Zhenwen School, and no tribute was accepted.

No matter how many people Zhenwen sent, whether it was a few or dozens of people, they were all arranged in one spirit peak, which took care of the fellow disciples without affecting the collection of tributes from other spirit peaks.

You Ping said with a smile: "One Lingfeng is enough. After all, Xueqi City is a transit point to Xueyuan. We don't want to practice in the city. Having a place to stay is enough."

The rules of Xueqi City are different from other lands. Only tribute is accepted here. If it is a spirit stone, any monk in the foundation period can get it, but tribute is a bit difficult.

Fang Dushu is willing to waive the tribute from the same sect. This has been given special care. You Ping and others are not dissatisfied. Return it to Fang Dushu.

Seeing that they didn't make any other requests, Fang Dushu said: "I'll take you to go through the formalities first, and stay in the city first, and tomorrow I will guide you to familiarize yourself with the situation in Xueqi City."

You Ping and the others cupped their hands together: "Then there will be Junior Brother Lao Fang."

Fang Dushu did not let Qu Ya and Fang Xiande accompany him, he still had something to say to them.

He personally led the way and arranged for You Ping and others first.

On the way, he recalled a past event. When he first joined the Zhenwen School, accompanied by Qi Jianting, he went to the Zhenwen Hall to choose the bell tripod.

At that time, Yan Huayu chose the Wuclaw Ding. He once said that in order to take charge of this tripod, he went to You Ping to listen to the sermon.

This Wuclaw Ding, when Yan Huayu died on a cliff at the border of the Zhenwen School, was picked up by the foundation-building monk Situ Gun, and later Situ Gun was killed by Fang Dushu, and the Wuclaw Ding fell into Fang Dushu's hands.

The several bell tripods on Fang Dushu's body, the Xiyang tripod and the Wuclaw tripod are useless. After finishing the work of Xueqi City and returning to Shangfang City, he plans to hand over the two tripods to the Fang family for special use in sacrifices tribute.

But after meeting You Ping today, he decided to keep the two tripods with him for the time being, and wait for him to find out the depth of friendship between You Ping and Yan Huayu before considering whether to put the two tripods in Shangfang City.

It's not that he is jealous of You Ping, but that he doesn't want Shangfang City to be involved in any vendetta, which will affect the output of tributes.

He arranged the cave for You Ping and others, and returned to continue talking with Qu Ya and Fang Xiande.

Qu Ya took out Qi Changzhen's talisman letter and submitted it: "This is a letter from Senior Sister Qi. She originally planned to go to Xueqi City in person, but she has been unwell in recent years and has been in retreat in the cave, so it is inconvenient to travel back and forth."

"Unwell?" Fang Dushu asked: "When I saw her two years ago, she was in good condition, and there was nothing abnormal?"

"Her body is ill, and it only started in the past two years." Qu Ya described Qi Changzhen's physical condition in detail:
"After returning to the Zhenwen School from Xueqi City, Senior Sister Qi began to practice "Fa You Ling Xi" in retreat. She originally studied "Yi Tian Sword Art". Two years ago, she thoroughly refined these two Oracle Bone Scriptures to perfection. Her cultivation base has been promoted to the middle stage of foundation establishment, and after she advanced, she felt that the mana was running disorderly in her body, and occasionally her qi and blood would flow backwards, so she had to continue to avoid living in the cave to warm up and recuperate her body."

"After the monk advanced, the state of the Dharma body should be fuller than before. Why did Ah Chang feel uncomfortable?" Fang Dushu frowned: "Is her discomfort caused by other reasons?"

"The younger generation is not too clear." Qu Ya said with a bitter face: "I heard from Senior Sister Qi herself that after she was ill, she went to ask Master for advice. There are signs of madness appearing in the body!"

This is Master Xuan Jin's judgment.

"Desperation?" Fang Dushu knew about the situation of dementia. The mild symptoms are mainly "mana disorder" and "reverse flow of Qi and blood". If it is serious, it will cause serious damage to the meridians, and even the destruction of the dantian, and the cultivation level will drop.

Fang Dushu asked: "Did Ah Chang practice the new Oracle Bone Sutra after she advanced?"

Qu Ya nodded: "She is practicing the "Golden Wind and Jade Dew" that you gave her. She wants to refine the spirit dew by herself after she finishes her studies. Who knows, she felt something was wrong just after practicing."

Two years ago, Dushu returned to Zhenwen School. Seeing that Qi Changzhen had reached the middle stage of foundation establishment, he gave Qi Changzhen the "Golden Wind Jade Dew Method" and "Electric Light Morning Dew Method" he had cultivated.

Fang Dushu became confused: "Did she have a problem while practicing "Golden Wind and Jade Dew"? But I have already practiced this oracle bone scripture. Causing practitioners to go mad!"

Fang Dushu has practiced it himself, and he is very aware of the situation of "Golden Wind and Jade Dew".

Qu Ya said: "Master has read the scriptures of "Golden Wind and Jade Dew", and she also thinks there is nothing wrong with the scriptures, but neither she nor Senior Sister Qi can find out the crux of the problem, so she suggested to Senior Sister Qi to temporarily suspend "Golden Wind and Jade Dew" Let Senior Sister Qi concentrate on conditioning the dharma body!"

Speaking of this, she pointed to the talisman letter in Fang Dushu's hand: "Senior Sister Qi wrote all her situation in the letter, you might as well take a look first."

Fang Dushu immediately opened the letter.

The content of the letter is roughly the same as Qu Ya's narration.

However, Qi Changzhen mentioned in the letter that Qi Daoming, the founder of the Zhenwen School, traveled abroad a few years ago. Counting the time, it is time to return. When Qi Daoming returns to the mountain, the cause of Qi Chang's real discomfort will definitely be found out.

Fang Dushu closed the letter, feeling uneasy. If it is finally determined that there is a problem with "Golden Wind and Jade Dew", will Qi Daoming and Master Xuan Jin complain about him?

In fact, Qi Daoming and Master Xuan Jin have prepared other oracle bone scriptures for Qi Changzhen.

But at the beginning, Qi Chang was really willing to follow Sun Aofu to the snowfield, just for Linglu. When Dushu returned to Zhenwen School two years ago, she learned that Fang Dushu had completed "Golden Wind and Jade Dew", so she proposed to learn this scripture. It was impossible for Fang Dushu to refuse her.

But this matter should not be a big deal, after all, Qi Changzhen is only slightly unwell, not serious at all, and with Master Xuan Jin taking care of him, Qi Changzhen must be able to recover soon.

Fang Dushu will return to Zhenwen School soon, and he will visit Qi Changzhen then.

He put away the talisman, took out a storage bag from his cuff, and handed it to Qu Ya: "A few years ago, Master Tie Shuangfeng led his disciples to a corpse cave, which was the place where your ancestor fell. Master Tie Shuangfeng kept an eye on the traces of your ancestor, but found nothing until recently when he was clearing out other burial caves, Master Tie Shuangfeng's disciples discovered the skeleton of a golden feather carving with a storage bag left on it. This is a relic of your ancestor!"

Qu Feng has died.

Back then, Qu Feng was kidnapped by the corpses and went to Huashilu Pond. He let his spirit go out of his body and hid in Jin Lingdiao's body. The eagle shuttled through many corpse refineries, and then it may have discovered Qu Feng's soul, so he directly killed Jin Lingdiao and the spirit in one corpse refinery.

When the team of monks organized by Master Tie Shuangfeng found the body of Jin Lingdiao, the eagle had already been reduced to a skeleton. The storage bag in the bone was left by Qu Feng, and Master Tie Shuangfeng handed it over to Fang Dushu intact.

Fang Dushu returned it to Qu Ya today.

Qu Ya held the ancestor's relic in her hand, with a sad face, and said in her mouth: "Thank you, Senior Fang, for informing the ancestor of the news and sending back the ancestor's relic."

Fang Dushu knew that she was not feeling well, so he waved to Qingqing beside him: "Take Xiaoqu to choose a cave and let her live here."

Qingqing took the order to do it.

Wait for her to lead Qu Ya out.

Fang Dushu turned around and asked Fang Xiande: "What is the matter that you came to Xueqi City, you can talk about it now."

There was no one around, Fang Xiande began to reveal: "Seventh brother, before you sent from Zhenwen to Xueqi City, didn't you leave two oracle bone scriptures "Fa You Ling Xi" and "Dugu Sword Way" for our family?"

This was ten years ago.

Fang Xianfu, Fang Xiande, and Yin Jue had already built their foundations. They did not have the oracle bone scriptures to practice, so they asked Fang Dushu for advice. Home.

But "Dugu Sword Way" is not the complete version. Fang Dushu left the scriptures in Fang's house, which is the version taught by Qi Changzhen in Feixia School.

Fang Dushu said: "When I returned to Shangfang City two years ago, I left another copy of "Golden Wind and Jade Dew" for my third brother. The Oracle Bone Scripture should be enough for you to practice, right?"

Fang Dushu has just obtained Bi Xizhong's "Phoenix Fire Secret Record", which contains eight oracle bone scriptures, but Fang Dushu will not pass on all of them to the Fang family at once, he will pass on one every few years.

Fang Xiande smiled cautiously: "Brother Seven, I didn't come to ask you for the Oracle Bone Scripture!"

He hurriedly confessed: "When you returned to Shangfang City two years ago, didn't the third brother and sister Qiongying tell you that Shangfangcheng planned to marry Wuyuancheng, and they have been arranging weddings for the past two years. Last month, the head of the Fu family, Fu Guanzong Visit Shangfang City in person.

After finishing all the lists of happy events, he made another suggestion, to exchange the oracle bone scriptures collected in the two cities. Our family's "Fa You Ling Xi" is so powerful that it can raise all bells and tripods to the level of oracle bones, and the scriptures are not flawed. It's too bad, but if you don't change it, it's not easy to explain to Patriarch Fu. The third brother and sister Qiongying couldn't make up their minds, so they sent me to Xueqi City to ask your opinion. "

"Fa You Ling Xi" is the first secret method of the Fang family. Fang Xianfu did not want to pass it on to outsiders. "Dugu Sword Dao" was a gift from Qi Changzhen.

Right now, there is only one "Golden Wind Jade Dew" left in the Fang family that can be exchanged with the Fu family, but "Golden Wind Jade Dew" is tasteless, and the Fang family can't exchange it at all.

Fang Dushu felt that this was a trivial matter, so he first asked Fang Xiande: "Has Qiongying not succeeded in building the foundation yet?"

Fang Xiande sighed: "In the past ten years, the three brothers, brother-in-law, and I have found several foundation-building pills for her, but she still can't break through after taking them. The higher the difficulty, she no longer has the idea of ​​foundation building, and plans to concentrate on cultivating her children."

This is a question of qualifications, not something that pills can solve.

Of course, like Qu Ya, she can also try to use the Enlightenment Vessel to build the foundation. Fang Xianfu was able to realize the Dao and build the foundation with the help of Fang Dushu back then.

But where should the Enlightenment Vessel be found?
Fang Xiande secretly observed Fang Dushu's expression, and said again: "My brother-in-law entrusted me to ask you, if my brother-in-law came to the snowfield to explore, would there be a high chance of finding the Enlightenment Vessel?"

Back then, Fang Qiongying was married to guest Qing Yin Jue. The couple had a good relationship and were similar in age. Yin Jue succeeded in building a foundation by relying on elixir, but Fang Qiongying failed repeatedly. Yin Jue hoped to help her so that she would not face life and death in a hundred years.

Fang Dushu thought about it for a while, and said: "Soon, a war will break out in the snowfield, and it will last for a very long time. Go back and tell Yin Jue not to come to the snowfield and stay in Shangfang City honestly. As for the matter of Enlightenment , let me figure out a way."

If the siege of the lightning eagle is successful, the lost oracle bone inscriptions are recovered, and the shepherd girl is healed, Fang Dushu should be able to collect all the tributes needed for the alchemy.

At that time, he will use the tribute that the Fang family prepared for Fang Dushu in private, and he will use it on Fang Qiongying.

However, this does not mean that Fang Dushu left Fang Qiongying alone, and when he returned to Zhenwen School, he would go to Qi Changzhen to find out the origin of the Enlightenment Vessel used by Qu Ya, maybe Qi Chang would really have a way.

Fang Xiande heard Fang Dushu's decision, and asked for instructions: "How should we answer Patriarch Fu regarding the exchange of scriptures in Wuyuan City?"

"It's easy!"

Fang Dushu said: "I will prepare a new scripture for you, you can take it back to Shangfang City, first use this scripture to exchange with Patriarch Fu, and tell him that every ten years or eight years, we will have a scripture Give it to him."

Fang Xiande was overjoyed when he heard the words, which means that he can also practice new scriptures every ten or eight years. As long as there is no shortage of oracle bone scriptures, then his cultivation base will be able to reach the foundation-building stage and achieve perfection. ah.

(End of this chapter)