Longevity and Immortal Cultivation: Starting from Controlling Your Own Essence

Chapter 5 Several retreats

After the three of Zhang Yao returned to the mountain, it was already sunset time.

Daoist Qingliang took the two of them back to the Dharma Hall, took off the brand-new ring clothes and cloud shoes, and put on the gray jacket again.

After bidding farewell to Taoist Qingliang, Zhang Yao and Taoist Qingyu walked towards the Danding Hall.

"Brother Qingxu."

Qingyu looked at the Hongfa Hall reluctantly, with envy on his face:

"Tell me, if we were selected to serve as errands in the Hongfa Hall, how wonderful it would be in those days."

"If there is a way to transfer from Danding Hall to Hongfa Hall, that would be great..."

Zhang Yao glanced at him, shook his head and said:

"The errands in Hongfa Hall are everyone's envy, one carrot and one hole."

"Unless the palace lord speaks up, who else has the power?"

Hearing this, Daoist Qing Yu sighed a little.

The two of them returned to the Danding Hall, and the Daoist Guanlu in the hall was not reading as usual, but frowned, as if he had something on his mind.

"came back?"

When Master Guanlu heard the movement, he raised his head and glanced at the two of them.

"Meet Master."

Zhang Yao saluted first, took out the money bag, and handed it out respectfully:

"The disciple was at the foot of the mountain, accompanied Senior Brother Qingliang to do the deeds, and received some gifts from the Huang family in Sishui Town. I hereby dedicate them to Master."

"If it weren't for Master's preference, I wouldn't have this windfall, and I hope Master will accept it."

Daoist Qing Yu who was at the side was startled when he saw this, and quickly took out his own money bag, but his movements were a little awkward, obviously he was reluctant to part with it.

"Ok?"

Master Guanlu looked at Zhang Yao in surprise, showed a smile, nodded and said:
"It's a good thing that you have this kind of filial piety, but if I accept it, I won't accept this kind of filial piety."

"You have to grow up, and there will be times when you need money in the future, so you can keep this money yourself."

"Yes, Master."

Hearing this, Zhang Yao immediately said yes respectfully, and put away the money bag.

Of course he knew that Guanlu Daoist was in charge of the Danding Hall and was one of the high-ranking officials in the palace, so there was no shortage of his little money.

But he understands better that money is not important, but this attitude is very important. Since he will be working in the Danding Palace in the future, he must try his best to find opportunities to improve his impression points in the hearts of Immortal Guanlu.

Daoist Qing Yu who was at the side immediately breathed a sigh of relief when he heard the words, and happily put away the money bag.

"It is estimated that you have eaten at Huang's house, so go down early and rest."

Immortal Guanlu spoke again, his attitude was obviously milder.

"Yes, Master."

Zhang Yao bowed again and exited the Danding Hall.

…………

the next day.

Taking advantage of the opportunity of going into the mountain to gather herbs, Zhang Yao began to investigate the terrain of Cuiping Mountain and the surrounding hills, planning a way out.

"The current Qingping Palace is very safe, but it will not be safe forever."

"There is only one mountain road that has been built to go down the mountain, but when it comes to turmoil, it is too dangerous to escape directly from the mountain road."

With such thoughts in mind, Zhang Yao wandered around the nearby forests for several days.

Within a few days, he found several hidden paths leading directly down the mountain, but soon he had deeper considerations:

This kind of path is still not safe enough, what if someone is ambushing under the mountain?

After all, Cuiping Mountain is not big, if there are many enemies, they can come and catch a turtle in a jar.

So, he changed his mind and planned to find an escape route that could turn to other hills on the way and not take Cuiping Mountain.

In the end, he spent half a month, considering various possibilities of chasing and intercepting, and constructed several escape routes that he thought were relatively safe.

After checking it himself again, and basically confirming the feasibility, Zhang Yao was relieved, feeling a lot more at ease in his heart.

He has prepared more than one escape route, and the routes are different, so that they can be used in various situations. If he can still be chased and hacked to death, then he will admit defeat.

And half a month later——

The turmoil in the palace of Guanyuan Daoist returning to vulgarity, and the competition for the new Du Guan Daoist finally came to an end.

On this day, all the great masters in Qingping Palace, as well as Taoists and Taoist boys from various halls gathered together, even the palace masters who were cultivating in Shangqing Pavilion came.

Daoist Guanyuan, an old Taoist in his 50s, dressed in the brocade robes of an ordinary wealthy family, was sent off by everyone, and left Qingping Palace with his bags on his back.

"It seems that the rumors in the palace are true..."

Zhang Yao was among the many Taoist boys, standing next to Master Guanlu, looking at the back of Taoist Guanyuan, feeling a little emotional in his heart.

He found that after Taoist Guanyuan returned to vulgarity, he didn't look like a lonely old man returning home. Instead, he was beaming and relaxed.

This coincides with the rumors in the Qingping Palace: Several high-level officials in the palace secretly married wives and had children, and settled down at the foot of the mountain. Returning to the vulgar is actually bringing gold and silver treasures and going home to support their old age.

This news came to him only after a senior brother who often went down the mountain to visit the kiln accidentally slipped his mouth during a chat.

"Human nature is mostly like this, and it's nothing unusual."

Zhang Yao smiled inwardly, not taking it seriously.

After he knew the news, he realized the real reason why this body was not selected into the Propaganda Hall in the first place despite its good appearance.

Obviously, among the batch of innocent "orphans" recruited to the mountain back then, many of them had questionable identities. This is a tacit secret among adults.

Only these Taoist boys, most of them are still foolishly kept in the dark, and some are still lamenting their bad luck.

"Ok?"

Zhang Yao withdrew his gaze, looked at the real Guanlu beside him, and found that his face was gloomy, and he barely maintained a smile.

He knew it in his heart, knowing that this Guanlu real person had also competed for the position of Tuguan real person, but failed.

Not only him, but all the Daoists and Daoist priests in the crowd all looked a bit ugly, but everyone in the Hongfa Hall was full of smiles and happy.

"It seems that the final winner is the Daoist Master of Hongfa Hall."

Seeing this scene, Zhang Yao had a judgment in his heart.

The real person in charge of the Hongfa Hall won, and the real person was in charge of the promotion, which also meant that another high-level position was vacant.

The current situation is not clear, and naturally everyone is happy, but it is expected that a new round of open and secret fighting will soon be launched until a result is decided.

But all of this has nothing to do with him as a little Taoist boy, and he is also happy to watch the fun.

…………

After Guanyuan Zhenren returned to vulgarity:
The next day, Daoist Master Zhidian of Hongfa Hall was officially promoted to take charge of one of the three pavilions, Zangzhen Pavilion.

After several days in a row, a grand ceremony was held in Qingping Palace, and the owner of the palace canonized a new real person to be in charge of the Propaganda Hall.

So far, the turmoil has finally subsided, and Zhang Yao's life has returned to peace.

(End of this chapter)