The Heavens: A Qing, the Yue Girl at the beginning

At present, even if only a small part of the time is spared, the comprehensive value of Zhao Qing's research is undoubtedly far higher than that of other people, or the research content is completely different from the same era, except for Lu Miaozi, Xiang Yutian and a few other geniuses, it is even difficult to understand;
However, there is a reason for her to spend time reviewing these papers. She can get inspiration from countless people, so as to innovate and save a lot of time for repeated experiments;

It is also possible to improve, improve, and promote some of the research to increase the current productivity that can be used by oneself, such as the output of steel, coal, and black iron, which in turn facilitates various large-scale projects that one can carry out.

In fact, because Zhao Qing has been practicing at a very fast speed and has not encountered any major obstacles, and her understanding of ordinary people with low-level aptitude is limited, the step-by-step martial arts exercises she created for a large number of people must still have a lot of room for improvement.

To put it simply, as described in the article on the advantages of "Shenzhao Gong", although various exercises have made great efforts to be popularized and understandable, they are still the "optimal solution" with many special effects, rather than the "general solution" that is more widely used.

To promote martial arts on a large scale, the difficulty encountered is not only low literacy rate, what is too stupid to understand the complicated changes of exercises, physical disabilities and lack of meridians, insufficient food cannot provide the nutrition needed for practicing exercises, and distracted minds make it difficult to achieve tranquility...

Under normal circumstances, just one step into tranquility is enough to stop [-]% of people in the world who want to practice inner strength. It takes amazing perseverance and talent to be able to not feel angry for months or years, and still maintain peace of mind with few distracting thoughts.

Regarding these types of problems, although Zhao Qing, who knows that he is "divorced" from the masses, can personally solve them for a small number of people, but for the time being, he can't think of a suitable method that can be applied to the majority of people. What is more needed is naturally their own special research.

In her opinion, the real "universal" martial arts must abandon many characteristics. It is better to develop a series of specialized martial arts such as "exploration skills", "sterilization skills" and "iron smelting skills" that can be transferred to advanced skills.

Accompanied by Zhao Qing's rustling sound of turning the pages, the sound of airflow at the cauldron as if someone was breathing, and the hissing sound of the current on the coil at the furnace, time passed slowly.

After turning over the last article "A method of using cold energy to enhance the efficacy of "Mabosan" and using it to improve various medical methods", Zhao Qing also happened to use up a small piece of cinnabar in his hand as a pen and ink, and handed over the two volumes of "Tao Ji" and "Tian Lun" that had been annotated to Xiang Yutian, and began the preparations for collecting the pills.

In an instant, the purple flame flow that originally pointed to the fire below the pill furnace split into five beams, all of which were connected to her five black iron rings, showing five colors of blue, yellow, red, white, and black.

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In a blink of an eye, the "golden elixir" in the three-legged ancient tripod was finally refined out of all impurities under the fierce fire below. The complex medicine properties in the five spirit mines derived hundreds of mysterious changes under Zhao Qing's seemingly ordinary but extremely efficient fire control method, and finally blended into one body, turning into a progressive, restrained nature of the five elements.

Sensing that there was an extra wave of hazy air in the room that would clear the mind and sublimate the mind as soon as one smelled it, Xiang Yutian held his breath subconsciously, not because he knew that Zhao Qing was about to receive the pill cautiously, but because he was worried that this improved version of the "Five Stones Powder" golden pill would have some side effects that would corrode the spirit of the cultivator, so there was no need to try the medicine by himself.

In fact, his idea does have some truth. According to Zhao Qing's derivation in this alchemy process, although the original formula and refining method have been changed dozens of times, the current "Five Stone Pill" still has a small amount of negative effects of "Five Stone Powder", and the pill qi carries a poison that is difficult to dissolve.

However, precisely because of retaining this feature, while this pill slightly improves the quality of the divine weapon, it also adds a bit of a confusing and psychedelic air to it, thus adding new changes when facing the enemy, which is actually a good thing.

In the next moment, the lid of the cauldron opened wide, and the dense alchemy rose up into the sky, but it did not diffuse outwards, but was completely captured by the three lunar auras that had already been arranged above the mouth of the cauldron, and was highly compressed during the rotation, quickly condensing three groups of pale golden phantom spheres;
As Zhao Qing stretched her fingers, they landed on the top of her palm lightly like a mist, flowing and swirling continuously, and faintly glimpsed five-color awns flickering at its core, as well as mysterious air patterns formed by the intersection of colorful awns, as if three extremely bright pearls were born.

When the three "five-stone golden elixirs" were successfully refined, the black iron furnace next to the cauldron also absorbed a small amount of pure elixir that was emitted when the furnace was opened, and the refining progress was greatly increased in an instant, saving half an hour. It can be seen that the effect of this elixir in enhancing the golden energy is really amazing.

Feeling like warm jade in his hands, Zhao Qing opened the stoppers of the two dark ice copper pots and put two of the qi elixirs into them, leaving only one "five stone golden elixir" that twirled endlessly at his fingertips, which quickly condensed from a high-temperature gas state to a liquid state, and would be used to test the efficacy of the medicine.

In an instant, Xiang Yutian understood what she meant, and casually took a piece of refined steel that was one foot square, and the Sigu sword came out of its sheath in an instant, gently slashed out a sword aura, leaving a deep sword mark on the steel block, and then handed the sword to Zhao Qing.

Carefully observing the extent to which the steel block was damaged by the sword energy, Zhao Qing's fingertips were filled with innumerable ups and downs of magnificent starlight, and the "five-stone golden pill" that had not yet condensed into a liquid state suddenly turned into a large cloud of golden mist, enveloping the edge of Sigu Jian Senhan in it, like a bright film that emitted a halo.

As the real water and real fire she poured into the sword body changed repeatedly, and guided by this, the rich aura in the pill quickly penetrated into the depth of the blade, and the pill body gradually cooled down, condensing on its surface into a translucent multicolored gelatin, as if covering the sword with a layer of crystal thin jade;

After a while, the color of the jelly became dim after the medicinal properties were absorbed, and was shaken into pieces by the sword energy diffused by the Sigu sword, and all of them were rolled up and flew into the ventilation hole in the distance with Zhao Qing's slight movement of his mind.

I didn't see any movement from her, just a flash of sword energy, and there was a deeper sword mark on the piece of refined steel just now, and compared the two to judge the specific strength of the golden elixir.

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Seven days later, between Zhao Qing and the Buddhist sect, the ten-day important competition to decide the ownership of the two "Holy Lands of Martial Arts" Cihang Jingzhai and Jingnian Temple officially began.

In the center of the newly built square in Pingkangfang, there stands a giant steel furnace divided into several floors, with a strange shape and a square of two feet. Dozens of auxiliary and complex machines are placed around it.

Outside the fence specially guarded by experts, more than a dozen exhibition areas were drawn up in the remaining half of the square, and various exhibits such as education, industry and mining, agriculture, food, arts and crafts, gardening, etc. were arranged, which was equivalent to holding a grand exposition.

Through a wide range of exhibits, tens of thousands of exhibits, and propagandists who specialize in explanations from the perspective of improved Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism, no matter what the identity of the visitors is, they can gain a lot from it, broaden their horizons, and no longer be constrained by a certain backward and narrow thinking.

As for whether Yang Guang would stop the exposition from being held in Daxing City, which was still under the control of the Sui Dynasty, Zhao Qing said that he didn't need to think too much about it after wandering around the Daxing Palace with "Hexintong".

The reason is very simple. Even if he was deceived by a bunch of treacherous ministers and bribed his cronies, after all, Yang Guang himself had just suffered a big defeat at Yanmen Pass, and he still had a lot of wisdom left, and he was keenly aware of the imminent and irreversible fate of the Sui Dynasty.

Under such circumstances, he couldn't find anyone who could be relied on, and he was already desperate for the future, so he could only give up struggling, and paralyzed himself with drunken dreams, dreaming about the mighty power of the year in this small world that still belonged to him.

Since he planned to enjoy every day, Yang Guang obviously found out that Zhao Qing, the "leader of thieves", was in the city, and deliberately punished those who mentioned it deliberately to prohibit his subordinates from provoking her.

Not to mention Yang Guang, who dreamed of becoming another Chen Empress in the new dynasty, turned his perspective back to the venue of the exposition, and saw that the outside of the square was full of horses and carts, crowded with people, a large number of tourists from afar, local officials and nobles, wealthy merchants and peddlers, and hundreds of servants waiting for their masters outside.

When Lei Jiuzhi, who was in charge of maintaining order, announced that they were allowed to enter, everyone looked excited and rushed into it in small groups, chatting and laughing, pointing at things that were particularly eye-catching, stopping to watch, and making detailed evaluation and research.

The most eye-catching area is undoubtedly the two huge curtains unfolded, and the two movie projectors with gears on the opposite side constantly rotating, transporting the film, and projecting black and white images.

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Dongda Temple is located in the east of Daxing City and the south of Dongshi City. It is large in scale and famous in the whole Guanzhong area. It has a close relationship with Jingnian Temple, and it is near the Yuhe Temple under Cihang Jingzhai. Therefore, it was selected as the place to open the altar and teach the Dharma in the Buddhist competition.

The outer halls are arranged along the central axis. From the courtyard gate to the inside, the halls and pavilions are staggered. More than a dozen halls are orderly in height and closed tightly, which sets off the characteristics of each hall. Like a movement, it brews the climax of the main hall Mani.

The structure of the Mani Hall is ingenious. It is an all-timber building with nine rooms in width and seven rooms in depth. There are single-eave and Xieshan buildings with double eaves on each side. The most distinctive feature is that the dougong on the capital of the pillar has four floors, and the beam is supported by the dougong with four jumps. The structure is simple and powerful;
The top of the hall has a rich and beautiful combination. The body of the hall has two columns inside and outside, which are [-] feet higher than the other halls. Therefore, there is also the most magnificent giant Buddha statue in the city inside, and smaller Buddha statues are carved at the bottom of the Buddha seat.

Under the bright sunshine in the morning, an elegant and moving figure walked out from the depths of the Buddhist hall. The large incense burner leaning over in front of Shakyamuni's altar lit sandalwood, and the fragrance curled up, adding a mysterious and supernatural atmosphere to the upcoming major ceremony with the participation of many eminent monks and famous Taoists.

This person is the contemporary descendant of Cihang Jingzhai, the concubine Xuan who has just glimpsed "the sword heart is clear". She is dressed in green clothes and wears a colored empty sword.

Immediately after Master Concubine Xuan walked out of the Mani Hall, it was Master Huangshan, the abbot of Todai Temple, and Chang Shanni, the abbot of Yuhe Temple. As the two of them waved their robes lightly, hundreds of incense candles were lit in front of the Buddha statue.

Although the confidence in defeating the opponent is not very high, but in order to preserve the two holy places that are of great significance to Buddhism, the opening lecture will be presided over by the four holy monks in person, and it will continue day and night, without sleep, hoping to enlighten all beings who are drowning in the sea of ​​suffering in the world with the boundless Dharma.

In addition to the participation of as many as hundreds of outstanding eminent monks, the entire Todaiji Temple, Yuhe Temple, and some surrounding areas will be covered with canvases to promote Buddhism. There will also be a large number of ordinary monks who will provide sandalwood for worshiping Buddha for free, and randomly distribute small Buddha statues and hand-copied scriptures to attract more people.

Eminent monks and mages read the Dharma section by section to the young monks, but the listeners have limited literacy and comprehension, and often cannot understand.

In order to gain the upper hand in this competition, just for the sandalwood used to burn, the Buddha Sect assembled a full [-] carts, which will burn for ten days and ten nights. If the wind is right, it can be smelled from tens of miles away.

As we all know, Buddhism exposes a lot of wealth, which can easily cause dissatisfaction from the court. If the response is inappropriate, or if there are hostile forces obstructing it, there is a high probability that it will be suppressed, and even a movement to destroy Buddhism will appear.

Under the current situation, all the leaders of the Buddhist sect know that even if they barely win this competition, there is definitely no way to prevent Zhao Qing from dominating the world, so they have arranged their retreat as much as possible:
Internally, secretly and strictly clean up those "fake monks" and "fake temples" that hide dirt and collect money to confuse people, and distribute these illegitimate money to victims of disasters everywhere, so as not to leave behind possible attacks in the future;
Externally, they immediately cut off political ties with the Li Clan and other forces, extensively communicated with Anguo in the south, and at the same time sent several groups of people to expand to the Western Regions as a fire to preserve the sectarian inheritance.

After several trade-offs, they finally chose to gather a large number of eminent monks and assemble hundreds of carts of sandalwood to compete with Zhao Qing's side. In fact, they clearly felt that they were walking on thin ice. If they did not have a devout belief in Buddhism, they would not have made such a decision at all.

... (end of this chapter)