Cultivation of true medicine and saints in the city

Chapter 190
"So it is."

Zhao Yifan nodded, "Don't worry, I understand." The reason why he agreed to Liu Xiaotong's participation in the Xuanmen Conference was to see if he could get news about Senior Brother Yang Zhiyuan at the Xuanmen Conference.

Several people passed through the VIP security check channel and boarded the plane.

Sitting in the seat, Zhao Yifan noticed Zhao Bin next to him, peeking at him from time to time, and asked casually, "Zhao Bin, what's the matter?"

"what?"

Zhao Bin was taken aback, and quickly said humbly, "I'm fine, Elder Zhao."

"Then why do you keep looking at me?" Zhao Yifan smiled.

"Ahem...it's okay." Zhao Bin was a little embarrassed.

"Zhao Bin." Seeing this, Liu Xiaotong scolded, "It's nothing, what are you looking at?"

"Xiao Zhao, Elder Zhao is an elder in our bureau with a distinguished status. If you ask me anything, you should answer honestly." Fang Jianbo reprimanded Zhao Bin dissatisfied.

"Elder Zhao... I saw that you are quite young, and I wondered how you have such a high level of cultivation. Out of curiosity, I took a few more glances."

Zhao Bin explained with a bitter face: "I really have no other meaning."

"presumptuous!"

Liu Xiaotong was startled, and quickly scolded: "You can inquire about this kind of thing? Zhao Bin, I think you really don't understand any rules!" Has an official status, but so does what they were previously taught.

It is a big taboo in Taoism to inquire about other people's cultivation methods hastily.

When you meet someone with a bad temper, you may turn your face on the spot.

Fang Jianbo was also frightened, and said angrily: "Zhao Bin, what are you thinking about all day long, why don't you hurry up and apologize to Elder Zhao?" He quickly explained to Zhao Yifan: "Elder Zhao, this kid Zhao Bin belongs to that kind of family tradition Practitioners, that is, casual cultivators, do not understand many rules in the Taoist sect."

"I'm sorry, Elder Zhao."

Zhao Bin also came to his senses, a layer of cold sweat oozed from his forehead in shock, he quickly apologized respectfully to Zhao Yifan, and carefully explained: "Elder Zhao, don't be angry, I didn't mean to inquire about your practice, just It's just curiosity."

Seeing the nervousness of Liu Xiaotong and others, Zhao Yifan couldn't help laughing, and jokingly said, "Why are you so nervous? I'm not an unreasonable person, everyone has curiosity."

Liu Xiaotong and the others nodded repeatedly, feeling a sigh of relief. After all, each practitioner has different cultivation methods, and each practitioner treats his own cultivation methods as secrets that cannot be passed on. Zhao Bingang said: The meaning of the words, replaced by a multi-hearted person, I don't know what I would think.

Once Zhao Yifan's misunderstanding is caused, it will be troublesome.

"The practice method is different for each sect, but in general, it should be similar."

Anyway, it's okay to be idle, Zhao Yifan said casually: "My master said that the purpose of the earliest practitioners at the beginning of their practice was to fight against the destiny and try their best to prolong their lifespan. Based on this foundation, some people later created many various cultivation methods, and sects were born, but in the final analysis, each cultivation method still has to follow the 'people-oriented' approach, right? As for the difference in cultivation level..."

"People-oriented? Get through the meridians in the body?"

Liu Xiaotong couldn't help interrupting him, and said with a shocked face: "Elder Zhao, this is the first time I've heard of your practice philosophy and method!"

"Oh?"

Zhao Yifan was stunned for a moment, and said suspiciously: "Shouldn't practice be based on people, open up the meridians in the human body, absorb the vitality of heaven and earth, and the essence of the sun and the moon for your own use?"

Zhao Bin and the others were stunned when they heard that, and shook their heads in unison: "The people-oriented things you said, and the meridians of the human body are opened up. This is the first time we have heard of this kind of cultivation method."

Immediately afterwards, Liu Xiaotong said: "Elder Zhao, we know about absorbing the vitality of heaven and earth, but, as for what you said, absorbing the essence of the sun and the moon for your own use, it seems that few people can do it!"

"It is said that among the Taoist practitioners in the past, some people were able to absorb the essence of the sun and the moon for their own use, but they must be masters who can draw talismans and be proficient in magic circles!" Fang Jianbo added.

"I heard that in the current Xuanmen world, even those ancient hermit sects, no one can draw magic circles!" Zhao Bin continued.

"Then how do you usually practice?"

Zhao Yifan was dumbfounded when he heard this, "Is it just by meditating?"

"Then what do you rely on if you don't rely on meditation?"

Liu Xiaotong and the others said in unison.

Zhao Yifan was stunned, and suddenly realized that since he entered the world, the highest cultivation practitioner he had seen was nothing more than an elder of the He family in Hunan Province, a practitioner at the fifth level of Qi Refining.

Thinking of the piece of jade pendant he refined at random, which was auctioned for a sky-high price of 1 million yuan at the charity auction in Kyoto, he couldn't understand it at the time.

Now, the reaction of Liu Xiaotong and others made Zhao Yifan understand the reason.

It turns out that the current Taoist sect has declined to such an extent that even many practitioners in the past used the usual methods of using formations and talismans, and absorbing the essence of the sun and moon as their own cultivation methods. They have all been lost!

No wonder Zhao Yifan has never seen a real "master" exist since joining the WTO!
It is estimated that it will take dozens of years to absorb and refine the vitality of the world and refine oneself just by meditating, that is, it can only reach the third or fourth level of qi refining.

If the cultivation method of meditating to absorb the vitality of the heaven and the earth is regarded as walking; then using talismans and drawing circles to absorb the essence of the sun and the moon can be called riding a motorcycle, and using the alchemy furnace to refine medicine can improve cultivation. The way to do it is simply to drive a Ferrari sports car!

Zhao Yifan sighed, feeling extremely complicated.

Although the advancement of science and technology and the birth of hot weapons are one of the reasons for the decline of practice, in the past, in the Taoist world, talismans and magic circles, which were not considered esoteric and complicated, have become legendary existences today. That's a real tragedy.

"The only one who can defeat you is often yourself..."

Inexplicably, Zhao Yifan suddenly thought of this sentence, and he thought that this was simply the best interpretation of the Taoist world.

"Elder Zhao."

Seeing Zhao Yifan's changing expression, Liu Xiaotong vaguely guessed what was going on in his heart, and said euphemistically: "The decline of Taoism is caused by many reasons, such as technology, the progress of the times, and humanistic concepts. The times have changed. The decline of Taoism may be a kind of sadness to practitioners, but for ordinary people, is it not a good thing? If it is not for the decline of Taoism, it may be a good thing. It is not certain that the consequences will be more serious."

Zhao Yifan thought about what he said, and nodded involuntarily. Indeed, when he met Mr. Lin for the first time, Mr. Lin had mentioned this topic.

"The purpose of the earliest practitioners was to fight against the destiny, but in the later development process, some practitioners burned, killed and looted in order to obtain the resources for cultivation. , neither in the past nor in the present, that is not allowed."

Liu Xiaotong said in a deep voice: "Elder Zhao, the existence of our Xuanmen Administration Bureau has made many practitioners in the Xuanmen circle hate and hate us, and they think we are Taoist traitors and lackeys of Xuanmen; We exist, if we supervise them and restrain them, perhaps the three words Xuanmen Realm have disappeared as early as more than ten years ago."

"Boss Liu is right."

Fang Jianbo nodded seriously and said: "Without our supervision and restraint, many Xuanmen practitioners will inevitably rely on their own abilities and act recklessly. In that case, what awaits them is disaster. So from a certain point of view, We can still be regarded as the protectors of the Taoist world. Of course, we are the kind of protectors who are unpopular and despised everywhere."

"Fang Ju, you might as well just say that you are a running dog in the Xuanmen world."

Zhao Bin said with a playful smile: "Anyway, I'm used to this name."

"Elder Zhao is here, watch your words!"

Fang Jianbo gave him a blank look, and reprimanded him, "It's not big or small!"

Zhao Bin stuck out his tongue and dared not speak.

Zhao Yifan put away his thoughts, smiled, and said, "It's okay. I'm not an old man in his seventies and eighties, how can I be so particular? You just treat me as an ordinary person, and don't have so many rules. Otherwise, I will I don’t feel comfortable waiting.”

"Yes, Elder Zhao."

Fang Jianbo and Zhao Bin both nodded. Although Zhao Yifan said so, after all, his cultivation is right there. A master of the seventh level of Qi Refining Realm, this kind of strength can only make them admire and awe, how could he really dare to treat him as ordinary people to look at?
On the other hand, Liu Xiaotong, who has dealt with Zhao Yifan several times, knows that although he has a high level of cultivation, in fact, he is really easy to get along with and has no airs. He said with a smile: "Jianbo, Xiao Zhao, you two and Elder Zhao The time we get along is short, but after a long time, you will know that Elder Zhao is actually very easy-going." He added in his heart, the premise is that you don't provoke him.

So far, Liu Xiaotong still clearly remembers why the parents of He in Hunan Province always died because of something, and why Zhao Yifan held him by the neck and beat him like a chicken cub.

It took more than four hours to fly from Qingzhou City to the vicinity of Qingcheng Mountain. As the passengers boarded the plane one after another, several people stopped talking.

The plane landed at the airport near Qingcheng Mountain. After Zhao Yifan and others came out, it was already around seven o'clock in the evening.

"Elder Zhao, please wait a moment, I will call the person in charge of reception at Mount Qingcheng and ask them to pick us up the mountain."

Liu Xiaotong explained to Zhao Yifan: "The sect in Mount Qingcheng is called the Qingcheng sect. This time, the Xuanmen conference was held within their sect. It is relatively hidden. Without them coming down the mountain to pick us up, we can't get in."

"Hmm. It's okay."

Zhao Yifan nodded and said with a smile, "You should inform them."

Liu Xiaotong picked up the phone, dialed a number, waited for more than ten seconds, and then answered the phone. He said politely: "Hello, I am Liu Xiaotong from the Xuanmen Administration Bureau. We have arrived at the airport near Qingcheng Mountain. , please send someone to pick us up the mountain...Huh? What are you talking about? No one wants to come? Let us find a place to live and wait for tomorrow?"

(End of this chapter)