Longevity: Beginning from the Great Zhou Dynasty

Chapter 3

Dozens of yuanhui ago, Nanhua Taoist Patriarch Daqian first preached, and then Guangcheng and Duobao Patriarch Hongdao performed the Dharma.

The orthodox Taoism, Buddhism, heresy, etc. have appeared one after another, each shining in the universe and blooming everywhere.

However, the orthodox practitioners of the Daoist sect who have achieved success in refining qi have always seen their heads and tails, and it is rare to see them in the Dazhou in the past few hundred years.

After practicing overnight.

Lin Xuanzhi used the "Qing Jing Sutra", the Eight Great Divine Mantras, Nan Hua, Di Mu, Mu Gong, Jin Mu and other sacred treasures to do the morning class, and then he did a set of Bagua Swimming Palm to complete his work.

In the world of Chiming, there are relatively few rigid rules for Taoist morning and evening classes, and there are even fewer requirements for home practice and casual practice.

After breakfast, Lin Xuanzhi was studying talismans in the study. Before noon, he saw Biyue outside the door saying, "Young master, the eldest lady has sent Sister Jinsuo to invite you over."

Uncle Zhongyong's mansion came down from the old master Lin Tianhu. There are five houses in total. Among them, the first house, the third house, and the fourth house are descended from the old lady, and the second house and the fifth house are from Hua and Rong respectively.

And Lin Xuanzhi is the eldest son and only son of Lin Ze, the third-bedroom master, and his mother is the old daughter of Zhang Dongxian, a university scholar.

The eldest master of the big house is also a military general. In recent years, he was ordered to guard the northwest, and he has not returned for three years.

The eldest wife, Cui Shi, is from everyone. For many years, she has been in charge of the whole family's affairs, and presided over the intermediary and human relations, which can be regarded as fair and just.

In the clan, except for the old man who is the strongest and comparable to the Taoist monk Xuanguang, only the old man has stepped into the realm of martial arts.

Uncle Zhongyong's mansion is five deep, and there are many courtyards with east and west. The front and back gardens are three in size, and it doesn't look crowded when a large family lives there.

Men and women of the Great Zhou Dynasty usually meet and get engaged at the age of fifteen or sixteen, and it is normal to get married at the age of eighteen or twenty, but there are not many people like Lin Xuanzhi who are 23 years old and have not met and engaged.

The three elder brothers and two younger brothers in his generation in the mansion are all married, and there are also several sisters who married out.

Passing through the garden in the front yard, Lin Xuanzhi quickly came to the Yanqing Hall in the main courtyard, just in time to see a thirteen or fourteen-year-old boy in luxurious clothes walking out of the courtyard.

"Nephew has met Uncle Fifth." The young man greeted Lin Xuanzhi with a smile.

Lin Xuanzhi nodded gently: "It's Sheng'er, come to pay your respects to your grandmother?"

Lin Sheng smiled brightly and said, "I just came to report on my homework with my grandmother. Uncle Wu has something to do with my grandmother? My nephew will not delay you."

Lin Xuanzhi nodded slightly, then walked past him, and came to the front of the main hall, only to see a middle-aged lady in an apricot-yellow Chinese dress intently looking at the ledger on the head seat.

It was the head wife of the Lin family. Although she was over fifty years old, she looked only in her early forties. She was obviously well-maintained, and she did not appear to be frail in every gesture. It was obvious that she had good skills.

"Xuanzhi has met the eldest aunt." Lin Xuanzhi greeted the eldest wife with a soft smile.

The eldest lady raised her head and smiled, but she couldn't hide the shrewd and capable look on her face and eyes, and hurriedly said: "Look at me, I am so devastated by these bad books, I don't even know that Wu Lang is here."

With a just right smile on Lin Xuanzhi's face, he said slowly, "My aunt has been in charge of the family for more than 30 years, and even the bad ones are in your hands. Grandma always said that you have never been the most secure."

The eldest wife sighed when she heard the words: "What's the use of being safe. Outsiders only see how beautiful I am in charge of the whole family, but they don't know that I have endless worries every day, but you always know when you want to come to Wulang."

"Not to mention all the big and small things in the mansion, there are even more exchanges between gods and people, and letters from relatives and clansmen in my hometown, either missing one or missing that, and we can't shirk it, otherwise people will only think that our branch is a one-off. The dragon is in the sky, the mud under the feet of all the earth, I don't care about my clansmen anymore."

Lin Xuanzhi agrees with this very much. The job of housekeeper seems to be a good job, but it is really beyond the reach of ordinary people. The eldest wife has been able to manage Uncle Zhongyong's mansion in an orderly manner for so many years, and the property has increased every year, but she has the ability .

"My aunt is working hard, and my nephew and family members can see it."

The eldest lady's expression was relieved, but she also seemed to be unable to vomit and said: "But it's hard for a smart woman to cook without rice, and you also know that there are some things that cannot be exchanged for gold and silver."

"Auntie, I have reduced your tiger bone exercise soup every three days to one bowl every five days. Although the output of medicinal materials in Zhuangzi is stable and sufficient, the 500-year-old tiger bone It’s not so good, and those who have passed the millennium are no longer in the hands of third-class people like us, and now that the martial arts exam is coming, it is always important to take care of those in the clan who need to take the exam.”

Lin Xuanzhi smiled when he heard the words, and Fang Wen said in a warm voice: "Auntie called me because of this matter? It's nothing serious at all. In extraordinary times, resources should support those in need."

In the Great Zhou scientific examination, the military examination is held once a year, with the intention of selecting good soldiers to enrich the national power, and now it is rumored that the Wubarbarians are becoming more and more restless, I am afraid that the Shenchao side is also secretly preparing.

"Besides, Sheng'er has sharpened his sword this time, and his muscles and bones are strong. He is already at the second level of muscles and bones, right? It seems that he is confident to get a good ranking?"

The eldest lady smiled calmly when she heard the words: "If you say that you are the most considerate of my aunt at home, Wulang, others will only think that I am taking advantage of the housekeeper's house to enrich my own pockets."

Thinking of her eldest grandson, the eldest wife smiled even more: "Unexpectedly, Goro saw it just after he broke through the realm of muscles and bones. It seems that you are really successful in cultivating Taoism."

Lin Xuanzhi just smiled when he heard the words, but the beauty of his practice is not as good as that of outsiders!
There are many dignitaries and dignitaries in the capital of the gods, and there are not a few people who practice Taoism simply to live a few more years. Naturally, Lin Xuanzhi is not the only "noble monk".

But there are not too many people who can get started and succeed, and they are basically still building their foundations. More than [-]% of them are difficult because they are unsteady in their minds. Due to many internal and external factors, the entry into the country is slow.

After all, the gods are prosperous, and there are too many temptations. If one can't hold it, his practice will be abandoned.

Even when you visualize your mind, you can't control your thoughts and thoughts. If you don't feel good, you will hurt your mind, and there will be foolishness and madness.

Therefore, even if there is no shortage of high-ranking dignitaries in the hands of some sect cultivators, it is rare to hear that anyone whose family's children have stepped into the level of Gang Sha, and those who are truly on the way have probably left home to practice.

There are only three or five fellow Taoists who have been able to persist in communicating with Lin Xuanzhi for so many years, and there are only two who have a good relationship. As for the older generation, he cannot get in touch with them.

Lin Xuanzhi thought that his aunt had taken good care of him since he was a child, so he immediately smiled and said, "Sheng'er has just made a breakthrough, and I'm afraid soup and medicine are indispensable, so I will provide Sheng'er with my daily practice, which is also a little bit of my uncle. Mind."

The eldest wife couldn't help but hurriedly said: "Wu Lang, it's my aunt's fault to reduce your share by a few points, it's up to me, the elder, to subsidize you."

"If it's normal, it's fine. You can always get enough materials at a high price, and you won't be able to reduce the quota, but now..."

"Goro, you know that it's okay for my aunt's natal family Cui to help me collect some precious medicines, but now I can't help."

Lin Xuanzhi also knew that the current market is very chaotic. Although the Cui family and the earl's mansion are not bad, they can't compete with those real big families, princes and nobles.

"You also know that grandma gave my nephew Jiaogu body nourishing ointment, and tiger bone exercise soup for Sheng'er to use."

After several evasions, the eldest lady finally accepted Lin Xuanzhi's kindness with a blushing face, and then took out a post and asked the maid to hand it to Lin Xuanzhi, but she almost ordered: "On the third day of the next month, the eight virtuous princesses will be in the city. There is a peach blossom feast in Dongwan Taoyuan, many young talents and ladies are among them, you should get married long ago, but you keep refusing, don't be absent this time, otherwise the old lady will beat you and me."

Lin Xuanzhi was unwilling to socialize on such occasions before, and the eldest wife often covered him up, but this time it seems to be impossible?

With a helpless smile, he had no choice but to take the post and said softly: "My nephew always listens to my aunt."

The eldest lady just smiled, then turned to Jin Suo and said, "You still haven't brought the jade pendant I prepared for Wu Lang."

Jinsuo retreated respectfully, and after a while, she saw a palm-sized brocade box come to Lin Xuanzhi to open it, but it turned out to be a milky white round jade pendant carved with the shape of a pine and crane. I heard the eldest lady say: "This is a jade pendant made of thousand-year-old Yuanyang jade. It has the effect of calming the mind. There is no one more suitable for you in the mansion."

Lin Xuanzhi didn't refuse, took it respectfully, and chatted with the eldest wife for a long time before thanking him and leaving.

Now is the time to bury your head in self-cultivation, but grandma said, this post is really not good.

"In March... that guy should almost be back to his senses."

"And Sister Qing..."

"Both are older youths, maybe the two of them will be dragged away by force."

Thinking of his two good friends, Lin Xuanzhi smiled a little more, but he didn't resist so much.

Otherwise, when a group of princes, dignitaries, and eunuchs get together, he will only find it annoying and boring.

　This week, the manuscript and the outline need to be revised once a day. From next week, there will be two updates per day, a total of about 4k to 5k.

　　
　
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