Chapter 42: Consumption and Harvesting (asking for monthly ticket) "How about listening to Wangjizi's sermon today?" The food in the temple really didn't vary at all, and the taste remained stable. Taoist Yunhe sat at the top and asked them questions. The younger sister put down her chopsticks immediately after hearing this: "Master, Master Wangjizi explained it in great detail, but I am a dull disciple and I didn't understand much. But I have memorized it all. Senior brother understood a lot." "You guys weren't troubled by that old guy, were you?" "This……" The little sister couldn't help rolling her eyes. She glanced at the old Taoist, then at Lin Jue, and finally said truthfully: "Master, when we first arrived, Taoist Wangjizi was a little fierce, but he got better later. At noon, he even let us eat with their disciples." "That old Taoist is like this, he has a bad mouth. But, Taoism is all about being casual. With his personality like this, if he had been hiding it, I'm afraid he wouldn't have reached his current level." "Um……" "How many new disciples have they accepted this time?" "Fifteen or sixteen."
"Smart or not?" "I do not know either." "Than you?" "Anyway, I'm not as smart as my senior brother!" The little girl said this without hesitation. "That's good, that's good." The old Taoist stroked his beard, "If you go somewhere else, don't embarrass me at Fuqiu Temple. Although it's another Taoist temple, our two families have been friends for generations. If there's anything, don't spoil their disciples. Give me some face." "..." The little girl didn't dare to respond after hearing this, and instead looked at her senior brother. But I saw that the senior brother was holding an egg, frowning at the egg for a long time, then bending down and throwing it to the little fox under the table. This little thing can't tell good from bad and will eat anything given to it. "I understand, Master." Lin Jue didn't know whether this was the old man's way of motivating the younger generation to make progress, or whether he really wanted to save face in front of his old friend. Anyway, he only agreed verbally and continued to do what he was supposed to do. The fellow practitioners in the temple seem to be similar. They all have their own personalities and opinions, and some listen to the master's words while others do not. But the atmosphere in the temple was surprisingly good. "By the way, Junior Brothers and Junior Sisters." Second Senior Brother Yan Xuanyi said, "How do you feel after taking the Divine Speed Pill today?" This sentence immediately aroused the interest of the two. "My dear Second Brother, it's so much fun. I can take a long distance with just one step and fly with just a touch. I feel like I'm flying in the mountains, like I've become a god!" The junior sister was both polite and excited. "More carefree than I thought."
Lin Jue also sighed sincerely. "It's good as long as it's fun. It's good as long as it's fun. You may not feel the effects of the exercise yet. By tomorrow, your legs may be very sore." The second brother looked and spoke calmly. "It may hurt so much that you can't walk. You may not be able to squat when you go to the toilet. If you squat, you may not be able to stand up." "what?" "?" They both looked at the second brother. "It's normal, because you haven't practiced spiritual techniques, nor have you learned how to take medicine. Each medicine has its own properties, and the elixir is too strong, so it's normal to have some side effects." The second brother said, "When you practice spiritual techniques or learn how to take medicine, you only need one of them to deal with it." He paused for a moment: "If you want to avoid pain, you can ask your fifth brother to give you massage treatment." The little sister turned around again and looked at the fifth brother. However, Lin Jue's attention was elsewhere, and he asked, "Excuse me, Second Senior Brother, what is the method of taking the medicine?" "As the name suggests, it is a method of taking food and tasting pills." Second Brother said, "Each pill has its own medicinal properties. In addition to being hot, cold, and warm, it is also related to yin and yang and the five elements. Some are even toxic. If ordinary people take it, at best they will not be able to fully digest the effect of the pill, at worst they will suffer from the medicinal properties, at worst they will be bloated to death by the strong-tempered pill, or even poisoned to death." "Is this so..." "That's not all." The second senior brother said, "The method of taking medicine can not only take elixirs, but also poisons. After practicing, you don't have to worry about being poisoned when walking down the mountain. Of course, how strong the poison you can resist depends on how deep your attainments in this way are." "Would a person with great skills be afraid of poison?" "Of course. Not to mention that many goblins and ghosts have their own poisons, and toxicity is their specialty. Even the poisons in the mortal world below the mountain may not be resisted by Taoists. Even if Taoists with decent Taoism know some wonderful spells, they may be poisoned to death if they are not careful when traveling around the world." The second senior brother said, "Generally speaking, Taoists who practice the Five Elements Spiritual Method and the Yin-Yang Spiritual Method can better resist poisons, but those who practice the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Method, if they don't learn other skills, are not much better than those who have not practiced." Lin Jue thought for a while and almost understood. It seems that it is a skill for Taoists to resist poison, which requires additional practice. It is not that once you practice and gain Taoist skills, you can become omnipotent and changeable. But I don’t understand why the Yin-Yang Spiritual Technique and the Five Elements Spiritual Technique are more effective in resisting poison than the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Technique. It’s okay if you don’t understand, just ask. "Because most poisons in the world are in yin and yang, the yin and yang magic can be used to mix them, or to guide them away. The five elements magic can either burn them, dilute them, wash them away, or even turn yourself into a stone. How can the poison in the mortal world poison a stone?" Second Brother paused again and said: “If you learn the method of taking medicine, you can eat anything in the world. Even if you go down the mountain and walk to a deserted place with nothing to eat, if you are an ordinary Taoist, as long as you have not learned the method of fasting, as long as you have not achieved immortality or other magical methods, you will starve to death. But if you learn the method of taking medicine, you can eat grass and flowers, trees, mud and stones.” "belch……" The third senior brother beside him burped and added with a smile: "The food cooked by your senior brothers is also edible." "Third Junior Brother, what qualifications do you have to laugh at others?" "Compared to you, the food I cook is at least as good as that of a peasant woman down the mountain." "But you often don't do it. Master is old and you made him so hungry that he could hardly stand up while meditating. How dare you say that?" The third brother seemed a little ashamed when he heard this. He didn't dare to look at the master, but he was stubborn. So he shook his head and said, "This matter is not my fault, only Wangyou Jun's." Lin Jue sat nearby, thinking. Fuqiu Temple is mainly based on seven kinds of skills. Naturally, none of them are great magical powers that can change the world and reverse yin and yang, but they all have their own magical uses. What should I learn first? If he has learned one or two things and suddenly feels that something else is better or wants to learn something else in the future, will other seniors be willing to teach him? He has been thinking about it for several days.
But when I think about it carefully, it seems that there is nothing to worry about. Even if other senior brothers don't teach, the brothers are not like the strange people who meet by chance at the foot of the mountain. They have contact, and the ancient books will teach them. Moreover, the senior brothers in the temple have good relationships, so it is possible to be moved by pleading. In this case, I won’t have to think too much about it. Today we returned at dusk, strolling in the mountains, stepping on the pine forest, feeling the wind caressing the fallen flowers. The feeling was really wonderful. "Second Senior Brother, I want to learn the method of alchemy from you first." "Yes. But you can't learn fire magic now, I will first teach you the recipe and the general process of making the elixir, what to use and what to pay attention to. By the way, you have learned the method of nourishing qi, and you have five qi in your body. In addition, your fifth senior brother can help you, so you can first learn the method of taking and gathering. These two are spells that require long-term practice. In addition to skills, they also rely on hard work." "What is the method of gathering?" "The lower part is the spiritual things of the world, the middle part is the essence of the sun and the moon, and the upper part is..." The second brother paused, "Eight ounces of sunset glow, half a corner of cloud and mist." "Sunset light...clouds and mist..." After hearing this, Lin Jue suddenly realized that even if he had this ancient book, it would be difficult for him to learn many spells. Perhaps most of them could only remain at the stage of understanding or mastering. It's just like what Fourth Brother said, the more valuable the better. "understood." "Let's start tomorrow." "it is good!" Lin Jue made up his mind and did not waver. …… That night, in the room. An oil lamp rested on a wooden table, lighting the room. There was a futon in the corner of the room, and the little fox lay on it, silent, its eyes following Lin Jue's movements. I could hear the drunken Third Brother reciting poetry from next door... Lin Jue ignored him and sat at the table, flipping through the ancient book in the light of the oil lamp. Sure enough, there is one more page: Xiyu Dan, also known as Shenxing Dan. There are many kinds of rare and exotic animals in the world, one of which is called ape. Eating its meat can increase your leg strength. This pill is mainly made of ape hair, bones, flesh, and swallow feathers. After being refined into a pill, taking it can make you walk a thousand miles a day. There was an alchemy master who added two taels of cloud and mist into this elixir, and made it into a rare elixir. After taking it, he could step in the air and jump over a cliff. There are at least two hundred ways of walking in the world and dozens of ways of escaping, but there are few who can match him. Only after seeing this did Lin Jue understand why his second senior brother said that the method of external alchemy could be compared to magic. If there is magic that can allow people to travel at high speed, there is also elixir that can allow people to travel at high speed. No wonder so many legendary cultivators rely on alchemy to become immortals, and those kings, princes, generals and ministers who dream of immortality also choose to achieve their goals through alchemy. Lin Jue reached out and touched the pages of the book.
A voice suddenly sounded in my head. "The inferior level of the 狌羽丹 (Animal Feather Pill) uses the hair of an abiu, the middle level uses the bones of an abiu, and the superior level uses the leg bones of an abiu..." It tells about the recipe of the Shenxing Pill, as well as the spiritual properties of the pill, its coordination with spiritual energy, who invented it, and what precautions and side effects are needed after taking it. However, the method of refining elixirs was not very detailed. Lin Jue guessed that it might be because this was a book of magic, and external elixirs were strictly speaking another path besides spiritual magic, and the author's attainments in elixirs were not as profound as those in spiritual magic. It might also be that the author recorded most of the common methods of refining elixirs in another chapter, and it was simpler to remember it in this chapter. However, Lin Jue still listened to it several times and digested and absorbed it for a long time before putting down the ancient book. The wick of the oil lamp was almost burned out. In the dim light, Lin Jue saw that the little fox was still lying on the cushion and staring at him. It was very well-behaved, but it had tilted its head, and its eyes were lively, as if it could speak. "Go to sleep." Lin Jue said this and blew out the lamp. …… When I woke up in the morning, my legs were so sore that I felt light-footed when I walked and didn't dare to exert any strength. But when I arrived at the Moving Mountain Hall, I saw that my junior sister's condition was worse than mine and she almost had to walk with the help of the wall. I felt much better afterwards. After reciting the scriptures, I came to the alchemy room. The second brother's expression was still calm. He sat cross-legged beside the musical instrument, casually plucking the strings of the instrument, making leisurely and casual sounds. It seemed that there was no tune, but every sound was extremely pleasant to the ears. Seeing him coming, the second senior brother didn't say anything. He just stood up and put away the piano table, walked to the side leisurely, opened the incense burner and smoothed the ashes, then took a cloud pattern mold and printed the ashes into cloud patterns. After lighting them, a faint scent of plants and woods naturally floated in the alchemy room. Then he sat down again and began to tell Lin Jue about the methods of refining, taking and collecting elixirs. The sound is as leisurely as a piano and as peaceful as incense. (End of this chapter)
