Daojun: Start with the top-grade golden elixir

Chapter 89

After sending off the sword master, Xu Zhuang was a little disturbed, so he simply asked the boy to close the door, no longer see the guests, and returned to the quiet room, he cut off all distracting thoughts and concentrated on practicing.

After refining gold and mercury, Xu Zhuang's practice progressed rapidly, and he refined the ice essence. However, after half a year of practice, the combination of spirit and energy has begun to show results, and the movement of alchemy and mana is much more flexible.

According to Xu Zhuang's own estimate, if he does not count Taoism practice, he can really become a Nascent Soul in about 30 years.

He is not slow to practice Taoism now, the Five Elements Escaping Method, Qianjun Fa Qi, etc. are only a short step away from the practice to the sixth level.

If the effect of practicing "Yin Yang Can He Dao" is gratifying, it seems that it is not empty talk to become a Nascent Soul within 30 years.

Thinking of this, the appearance of the sword master appeared in Xu Zhuang's mind again. Since he left that day, it was not until three days ago that the sword master sent a letter asking him to make a decision as soon as possible.

Xu Zhuang is not really a very entangled person, nor is he really heartless and desireless, but from the bottom of his heart, this way is not what he wants.

But there is no doubt that compared with getting involved with the aristocratic family, participating in the yin and yang with the sword step master is completely a better choice, otherwise he will simply refuse, instead of thinking about it.

In fact, since Xu Zhuang retreated for half a year, he has never opened a mansion to welcome guests or interact with aristocratic families, and his heart is obviously inclined to the choice of the next step sword master.

"Since I don't want him to choose, I'd better answer Senior Sister as soon as possible." Xu Zhuang made up his mind, but his heart was not lighthearted, he couldn't feel any charm for a while, shook his head, stepped out of the quiet room, and came to the lobby In the middle, it happened that the boy came back from outside the mansion.

As soon as Xu Zhuang's mind changed, he knew that he must go to the General Affairs Hall to get the true Dharma relics.

Seeing Xu Zhuang leaving the customs, the boy hurried up to salute, and reported: "My lord, today, when I went to the General Affairs Hall, there is still no Yuanyuan Yugui and furnace sand to exchange."

Every time I went to fetch the relics, I would ask by the way if there was Yuanyuan Yugui and the sand in the furnace. This is also what Xu Zhuang ordered. For half a year, there has been no news, and the boy is quite suspicious.

Xu Zhuang raised his eyebrows, but he said strangely in his heart, the sand in the furnace is a common thing, there is no reason why it should be in short supply for a long time.

Naturally, Xu Zhuang didn't mean to blame Tong'er, he waved his hand to make him retreat, after pondering for a moment, he left the cave, set up a light escape path and went to the general affairs hall.

Time passed and the world changed. Deacon Zhu, whom Xu Zhuang was familiar with in the past, had resigned from the General Affairs Hall. It seemed that he had taken up a leisurely job to teach his children how to practice Taoism. Now, a deacon surnamed Liu is on duty in the General Affairs Hall.

Hearing the news of Xu Zhuang's arrival, Deacon Liu hurriedly appeared, welcomed Xu Zhuang into a side hall, and asked Xu Zhuang's purpose after he sat down.

Xu Zhuang was not polite, and asked directly: "I want to refine the magic weapon, I need to use the sand in the furnace, and I have sent Tong'er to Shuwutang several times, but I have not got it, so I made a special trip to ask about it. .”

"Ouch." Deacon Liu said with a bitter face, "It's true that the hall has been short of furnace sand for a long time, please forgive me, Senior Brother Xu."

Xu Zhuang asked: "The sand in the furnace is a common thing, why is it so scarce?"

Deacon Liu looked bitterly, looked left and right, waved back a few Taoist boys, and said in a low voice: "Senior brother also knows that in my Yunmeng Lake, the water vapor is heavy and the fire vapor is light, and there is no fire that produces high-grade cinnabar." pulse."

"In the past, the cinnabar in the gate was all mined by Tianwai and traded with the foreign sect. Later, the in-laws of the Chen family and the Tianhuo Yang family got two volcanoes as a gift. The production of cinnabar was very large, and gradually they took over the supply of cinnabar."

"Later, the Chen family and the Tianhuo Yang family had an unpleasant quarrel, and the two families continued to fight until they officially fell out not long ago, and the Yang family unexpectedly took back the volcanic sand field in a surprise attack..."

"Huh?" Xu Zhuang's expression changed.

Deacon Liu coughed a few times, and said, "In short, since then, the supply of cinnabar in Menzhong has ceased for a while. Although Menzhong has restarted the Tianwai sand field and trade, it is still very tight in a short period of time."

"Now the sand in the furnace in the door has been wiped out by Tiangong Hall, Danxia Courtyard, Fangchen Courtyard... and the rest will be allocated to the General Affairs Hall."

"So that's how it is." Xu Zhuang pondered, "I can't blame Deacon Liu, but the sand in the furnace is what I need. If there is a share in the future, please pay attention to Deacon."

Deacon Liu hurriedly said: "This is what it should be." After hesitating for a moment, he said cautiously: "Actually, the Chen family has been managing the Chensha business for a long time, and there should be a lot left in the door. If the brother really needs it urgently, why not..."

"Oh?" Xu Zhuang glanced at Deacon Liu, and suddenly asked, "Is the deacon a relative of the Chen family?"

Deacon Liu was taken aback for a moment, and replied embarrassingly: "Yes, my wife is from the Chen family." He hurriedly explained: "Brother, don't misunderstand, this is my own opinion, because I heard that the Chen family is now I only say this because I want to show my brother's kindness."

In fact, what he said was not bad. In the past year and a half, Xu Zhuang did receive a lot of invitations and gifts from the Chen family, but Xu Zhuang ignored them all the time.

Xu Zhuang pondered for a moment, then smiled and said: "Junior brother, don't worry, your suggestion is very good, I will go to Chen's."

"Huh?" Deacon Liu was taken aback for a moment, then he saw Xu Zhuang get up and clasped his hands, strode out of the general affairs hall, and disappeared in a rainbow.

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Chen Zonghe hurried into the main hall, and saw Chen Zong sitting on the main seat, sinking like water, and several brothers had already taken their seats.

Chen Zonghe found a place to sit down, and then he heard someone say: "You have taken back the volcanic sand field, and sent people to attack the Yunsha Tianchi. The Yang family is too crazy. Do you really think you can compete with my Chen family?"

Another person said coldly: "Old ghost Yang has inherited the earth fire method, and Yang Huaizun has always believed in the hope of the primordial spirit, how can Yang's arrogance not be arrogant?"

Chen Zonghe said indifferently: "So what about the Earth Fire Aspect? Old Ghost Yang dares to use the Earth Fire Aspect to provoke my Chen family, will the sect turn a blind eye? As for Yang Huaizun, I want to compete with him."

Chen Zonghe's attitude was tough, but someone worried: "Yang's attacks are all properties that my Chen's has not registered in the sect, and the sect may not take care of this matter."

Someone said in a deep voice: "The Earth Fire Dharma is not the property of the Yang family, so why worry about it. Besides, the Yang family has the Earth Fire Dharma, so my Chen family doesn't have the patriarch's magic weapon?"

The man still said: "Although this is the case, it is not an important foundation, and there is no need to fight with the Yang family..."

Chen Zonghe raised his eyebrows, and said in a deep voice: "It doesn't matter how important it is, it is also an industry that my Chen family has been running for a long time, so there is no reason to let it out easily."

Everyone obviously held their own opinions, and the hall was a bit chaotic for a while, Chen Zong was sitting on the first seat, and he kept silent, but his eyes suddenly fell outside the hall door, only to see a guard showing half of his body, knocking lightly on the hall door .

Everyone suddenly stopped discussing and looked together. Chen Zongzheng frowned slightly, nodded his head, and the guards stepped into the hall, whispering to him.

Chen Zongzheng frowned, and said to himself in a low voice: "Xu Zhuang..." He waved his hand and ordered: "Please come to Boxin Boat Building, and I will receive him personally."

The guard replied: "Yes." He hurriedly retreated, Chen Zongzheng looked around, and said calmly: "It's just a little bit of petty gain, but it's worth getting angry like this. Where are you practicing?" Then he waved his sleeves and said : "I still have important matters to deal with. All the properties outside the gate will be sent additional tribesmen and Taoist soldiers to guard them. Let's discuss the rest in another day."

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Following the guards, Xu Zhuang came to a lake with rippling blue waves, crossed the covered bridge and boarded the covered bridge in the middle of the lake. When he reached the top floor, the guard said: "Please, the Patriarch is already waiting inside."

Xu Zhuang nodded, walked through the aisle alone, opened the bead curtain, and saw a middle-aged Taoist with good features sitting inside, pouring tea, when he noticed Xu Zhuang entering, he nodded and said: "Junior brother Xu, please sit."

Junior Brother?

Xu Zhuang raised his eyebrows, cupped his hands and said, "Patriarch Chen." He was not polite, and sat down beside Chen Zongzheng.

Chen Zongzheng said: "Brother, you are being polite, you and I are the same generation, and we call each other brothers."

It's not that Xu Zhuang didn't know that the Patriarch of the Chen family in front of him was also one of the twelve generations of true biography, but even among the same generation, except for a few people whose time was not far behind Wei Jin's true biography, and the true biography of hundreds of thousands of years apart It is also difficult for disciples to say that they have any sense of brotherhood.

So Chen Zongzheng's words surprised Xu Zhuang, he pondered for a while, and then called out: "Senior Brother Chen."

Chen Zongzheng nodded, kept moving his hands, poured the tea and pushed it away, without saying anything else, he said bluntly: "I don't know why the younger brother came to visit suddenly today?"

Xu Zhuang had already made preparations. Seeing that Chen Zongzheng asked the question in vain, he didn't bother to detour, and said straightly: "I heard that there is a surplus of furnace sand in the Chen clan, so I'm here to see if I can ask for a dendrobium."

Chen Zongzheng seemed a little surprised, moved the teacup by his mouth a little bit, thought for a while, and said: "This is a small matter, I will ask someone to prepare it for my junior."

After finishing speaking, he lightly knocked the table, and a Taoist boy entered the inner room. Chen Zongzheng gave some instructions, and the Taoist boy hurriedly took the order and left.

This was much smoother than Xu Zhuang expected, Xu Zhuang's heart turned a few times, and he asked calmly: "I came here on purpose today, but there is one more thing, senior brother has sent people to my residence many times to submit greeting cards, invitation cards, I don't know what is the reason for the hospitality?"

Chen Zongzheng stroked his short beard lightly, and said slowly: "I want to support the younger brother on behalf of the Chen family to obtain the quota for the congenital Taisu realm."

Xu Zhuang frowned, and said in surprise, "I don't know what the brother's condition is?"

Chen Zongzheng smiled and said, "I hope to resolve the misunderstanding between Mrs. Chen and my junior."

"Oh?" Xu Zhuang said with a faint smile, "There seems to be no misunderstanding between me and Mrs. Chen."

Speaking of this, Xu Zhuang narrowed his eyes, and continued: "Because of this, I was disturbed by evil spirits, my senior brother lost his younger brother, and his sister and his in-laws turned against each other, causing the family to suffer losses... between Chen and me, Is it just a misunderstanding?"

Chen Zong's positive expression changed slightly, he put down the teacup, and said in silence for a while: "It's my fault as the head of the family that I can't teach well."

Xu Zhuang frowned. He knew that Senior Brother Chen in front of him was not saying everything against his will, but he was definitely not so cold and absolute in his heart, so he couldn't help asking: "Brother, do you think such behavior is worthwhile?"

Chen Zongzheng said indifferently: "I'm just leading Mrs. Chen on the most correct path."

The most correct path?Xu Zhuang looked at the adult baby in front of him who had accumulated more than [-] years of true biography, and his heart was a little shocked.

At this time, the bead curtain rolled, and Daotong carried a red dendrobium with bright cinnamon inside, and put it on the table respectfully.

Both of them were not in a hurry to pay attention to this thing, Chen Zongzheng seemed to have regained his composure in a moment, and asked again: "How are you thinking, junior brother?"

Xu Zhuang said: "Brother's condition, is that all?"

Chen Zongzheng affirmed: "That's all."

Undoubtedly, the most correct path appeared in front of Xu Zhuang at this time, but Xu Zhuang sighed lightly and replied, "Thank you, senior brother, for your kindness."

Chen Zongzheng frowned, his voice was low, and he asked, "What does Junior Brother mean?"

Xu Zhuang said unhurriedly: "It's just a trivial matter to settle the suspicion, and the matter of the quota is unnecessary."

Chen Zongzheng asked in surprise: "Isn't Junior Brother now seeking to enter the realm of Xiantian Taisu?"

Xu Zhuang got up suddenly, laughed and said: "It is indeed the most beneficial choice for me to accept the brother's affection without heart, but it is not what I want."

What is to see the nature?Not benevolent, not vicious, has nothing to do with right or wrong, but directly refers to the original heart.

Many people understand this truth, why can't many people really practice it?Without it, just because of being trapped in this mountain.

The correct road was paved in front of Xu Zhuang one after another, but Xu Zhuang had doubts.

Why are these choices so difficult for me to choose?
I am afraid that I will be involved in cause and effect, and I will not be able to pay back in the future?no!
I am afraid that my heart will be restrained, and I have already cut off my love and sex?no!
I will take revenge for my grievances, and I am absolutely unwilling to settle the old feud with Chen Shi?no!
I feel that I don't have much enmity with the Chen family, so I can't bear this gift?no!
It's all because I don't want it, it doesn't go my way.

Yes, no matter what interests, cause and effect, they are absolutely not as important as what I wish.

"I'll just take the sand from the Dendrobium furnace, and let's settle the suspicion, and go, brother." After saying this, he flicked his sleeves, put away the sand from the furnace, cupped his hands slightly, and strode out.

"Not what I want?" Chen Zongzheng was stunned, but it had nothing to do with Xu Zhuang.

After getting out of the inner room, looking up at the blue sky, Xu Zhuang felt a sense of openness in his heart.

With a fixed number in his mind, the troubles of the past were swept away, Xu Zhuang made a sudden leap, turned into a rainbow light and rushed into the clouds, identified the direction to escape, and not long after, a column of steep peaks like the sharp edge of a sword came into view eye.

"This is Senior Sister Bu's cave." Xu Zhuang paused and stood on the top of the cloud, no longer thinking about it, and flew down a talisman with his fingers, fluttering down on the cliff, and submerged in the restriction.

Xu Zhuang waited for a while, and saw that the forbidden hole was opened, and an opened gate appeared on the cliff, a sword light shot up from the sky, and it arrived in front of Xu Zhuang in a moment, revealing the slim figure of a stepping swordsman.

"Senior Sister." Xu Zhuang cupped his hands slightly.

The sword step master curled a lock of temple hair on his fingertips, nodded, and said coldly: "Junior brother, you can think about it."

Xu Zhuang said: "That's right. After thinking about it for a long time, I still decided to reject Senior Sister's kindness. Please forgive me."

Xu Zhuang's answer was different from what she thought, the sword step master tightened his fingertips, stretched his temple hair straight, and said after a while: "Why?"

Xu Zhuang replied: "This is not what I want."

The stepping swordsman asked doubtfully, "Is it because of my ugly appearance?"

"...cough." Xu Zhuangwan didn't expect such a question from the sword master, he almost choked out, and hurriedly said: "Senior sister's looks are all excellent, don't misunderstand."

The sword-stepping master said again: "Brother, cut off your feelings and nature?"

"That's not the case." Xu Zhuang sighed: "It's just that such behavior is too utilitarian, and it's not what I want."

The sword step master finally frowned and asked, "Isn't it beneficial to trade with the aristocratic family?"

Xu Zhuang said: "It's not my wish to trade with aristocratic families. After today, my younger brother will release news to reject all invitations from aristocratic families."

The sword step master opened his eyes slightly, and asked: "Junior brother, don't you want to enter the realm of Xiantian Taisu?"

Xu Zhuang smiled and said: "My little brother just needs to concentrate on practicing. If you can succeed, you will succeed, if you can't, you will give up. Although the innate state of Taisu is good, it will not disturb your true heart. Otherwise, what is the practice?"

The sword step master was shocked.

Seeing that Bu Jianshi didn't speak anymore, Xu Zhuang didn't say much either, he cupped his hands and said his farewell, and left through the sky.

Only sword master Yubu stood in the wind, and he didn't know what to think.

Ps (free word count, because some readers will not read the author's words): After two days of typing, the liquid brain is still a bit muddy, and I feel that the writing is a bit messy, but I really don't want to procrastinate any longer. I may modify the word order later, and the content Will not change, fire forgives.

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