And said you're not a fairy

Chapter 189: The Waidan Sect

"By the way, since Suchu is leaving, I should give you the things I promised you."

Then Li Shaojun said.

"what?"

Chen Yuan looked a little confused.

Li Shaojun took out a palm-sized, crystal clear porcelain vase from his arms and handed it to Chen Yuan.

"This thing is called "Shenshou Pill". There are four pills in the bottle. After taking it, it can ensure that you can practice your inner scenery and not be confused by illusions."

"The practice of inner scenery is actually to enter and exit the inner scenery, steal vitality from the inner scenery, and cultivate the five qi. Each time you successfully enter and exit the inner scenery, you can cultivate one qi."

"These four "Guardian Pills" should be enough for you to cultivate the four qi. The remaining qi must be cultivated by yourself."

Li Shaojun explained to Chen Yuan.

"Five qi?"

Chen Yuan was a little puzzled.

When he was talking to Master Lu Yan before, he forgot to ask Master Lu Yan about the cultivation of the inner scene.

However, during this period of time, he had read the Taoist scriptures well and knew about the five qi.

The five qi referred to by Taoism are actually the qi of the five internal organs: heart, liver, kidney, lung, and spleen, which correspond to the five elements of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth.

"Yes, in fact, the cultivation of the inner cultivation realm mainly cultivates the Three Treasures of Essence, Qi and Shen, also known as the three flowers, while the inner cultivation realm mainly cultivates the five qi, that is, the qi of the five internal organs of the heart, liver, kidneys, lungs, and spleen. .”

"There is an old saying that if one has succeeded in cultivating the Three Flowers and Five Qi, one will be an immortal. Although this statement is exaggerated, it is true."

"It's just that compared to Sanhua, the cultivation of the five qi is more dangerous, because to practice the five qi, you need to enter the inner scene and steal the life force in order to cultivate the five qi."

"This process is very dangerous. If you are not careful, your soul may be lost in the inner scene during the cultivation process, and your body may die."

Li Shaojun explained.

"The "Shenshou Dan" is an outer elixir I refined using the thousand-year-old horse liver stone and more than ten kinds of precious materials. Although it cannot directly increase your cultivation, it can ensure that you will not be disturbed by the inner scene when entering or leaving the inner scene. Bewitched by visions within the earth.”

Li Shaojun said to Chen Yuan.

"I didn't expect that, Brother Li, you are actually proficient in the art of external elixirs?"

Chen Yuan said unexpectedly.

The so-called external elixir method is actually a school that uses furnace cauldrons to smelt cinnabar ore, or materials from heaven and earth to make elixirs, which can be used to improve one's own cultivation, or to achieve immortality and ascend in the daytime.

However, the Waidan sect has long since declined, and there are very few real Waidan sects today. Although some practitioners know how to refine Waidan, they only use it as a supplementary method.

"I learned it all for the sake of spiritual practice back then. Not to mention that I couldn't get on the stage, the Way of Waidan has long since declined."

Li Shaojun sighed.

Waidan Dao also flourished for a period of time, but it seems that it suddenly declined during the Jing Dynasty.

In the former Dajing and today's Dayong, inner alchemy was the most prosperous.

"Thank you, Brother Li."

Chen Yuan accepted the elixir and thanked Li Shaojun.

Thanks to Li Shaojun's willingness to help, otherwise the thousand-year-old Polygonum multiflorum plant would not have much effect in his hands.

"By the way, after refining the elixir, there is still a small thing left. What to do with it is entirely up to Suchu."

Li Shaojun said to Chen Yuan.

"Come out!"

While speaking, Li Shaojun shouted to a row of bookshelves shrouded in shadow not far away.

I saw one that was nearly a foot tall, wearing a green vine leaf skirt around its waist to cover its shame. There were many small roots as thick as hair growing on its head. It had human-like facial features and limbs, and its face was full of wrinkles. It looked at Chen Yuan with fear. , the little guy with a somewhat contradictory appearance first stuck out his head, and then walked out from behind the cabinet cautiously.

"it is?"

Chen Yuan asked Li Shaojun in front of him.

"It is the elf transformed from the thousand-year-old horse liver stone you collected!"

Li Shaojun explained.

"However, 1000% of the spiritual energy it accumulated over more than [-] years was used by me to refine the four "God-Keeping Pills". Now only [-]% of the spiritual energy is left, barely maintaining its spirituality and life."

Li Shaojun continued.

Chen Yuan did not expect that this thousand-year-old Polygonum multiflorum plant would undergo such a big change in such a short period of time. After thinking for a moment, Chen Yuan said:

"I'll give this to Brother Li and let him follow Brother Li!"

"He is an elf. Brother Li has used his spiritual energy to refine elixirs for me. As a cultivator, I naturally cannot harm his life anymore."

Moreover, Chen Yuan already has Xue Niang and a little yellow dog around him, so he doesn't plan to bring another Polygonum Multiflorum Essence with him.

"you sure?"

"Although this thing has been used by me in elixirs, the spiritual energy in it is one of ten. It is still a priceless tonic. If a mortal takes it, it will not only bring people back to life, but also increase their life span by 50 years. Mortal nobles I’m even willing to exchange it for a thousand pieces of gold.”

Hearing Chen Yuan's decision, Li Shaojun was a little surprised and reminded Chen Yuandao.

"Brother Li also said that this is for mortals to take it."

"And if this thing is sold to mortal nobles, this little thing may not be able to save its life. Although I caught it by accident and coincidence, I didn't intend to take its life."

"Between my inner peace and my daughter's choice, I still choose inner peace."

Chen Yuan said seriously.

"A good choice for inner peace."

After hearing Chen Yuan's words, Li Shaojun deeply agreed.

"Since you said so, Suchu, let this little thing follow me for the time being. I will take it with me in the future." Li Shaojun said solemnly.

"Su Chu spared your life, why don't you thank Su Chu?"

Then Li Shaojun said to the elf again.

But he was stopped by Chen Yuan.

"Okay, Brother Li, in its eyes, I am a villain who suddenly broke into its home. Not only did I destroy its home, I also took it away."

"If you let it thank me, it must be unwilling to do so, and we are forcing it. This kind of thing is totally unnecessary."

Chen Yuan shook his head and said.

"Suchu's wisdom is extraordinary."

Li Shaojun admired.

While Chen Yuan and Li Shaojun were talking, the thousand-year-old Polygonum multiflorum was also quietly sizing up Chen Yuan.

Chen Yuan's words made him look at Chen Yuan with very complicated emotions.

……

By the time Chen Yuan said goodbye to Li Shaojun and returned to the third floor of Daojing Pavilion, it was already dawn.

"It's dawn, we should go."

Chen Yuan was wearing a dark blue Taoist robe. He picked up the sword case and slung it on his back while looking at the rising sun outside the house.

"Chen Yuan, where should we go next?"

Xue Niang asked Chen Yuan.

"I don't know either. Let's take it one step at a time." After making all preparations before setting off, Chen Yuan stood up and said with an indifferent expression.

Although he said he was taking it one step at a time, Chen Yuan had a general direction in mind, which was to go north to Guanzhong.

Because not only the Buddhist and Taoist Dharma assembly that Master Lu Yan wanted Chen Yuan to attend was in Shangluo Mansion in Guanzhong, but even the capital of Dayong, Kyoto, was also in Guanzhong.

When Chen Yuan had prepared everything, he was followed by Xue Niang and Xiao Huang, leading the gray donkey in the Qingyangguan stables to the foot of the Qingyangguan archway.

Chen Yuan found hundreds of Taoist priests standing neatly on the left and right in front of the Qingyang Temple. They all looked at Chen Yuan with awe.

The Changchun Taoist master of Qingyang Temple stood in the middle of hundreds of Taoist priests, apparently coming to bid farewell to Chen Yuan.

In fact, because Chen Yuan lives in Qingyang Temple, what he has done in the past six months has made him become a god-like figure in the minds of the Taoist priests in Qingyang Temple.

Therefore, Chen Yuan's every move attracted the attention of the Taoist priests of Qingyang Temple, and Chen Yuan's gray donkey was kept in the stables of Qingyang Temple.

If he hadn't intentionally used magic, it would have been difficult for Chen Yuan to leave Qingyang Temple quietly.

"What happened to Qingyang Temple?"

"Why are there so many Taoist priests standing at the door today, making such a big fuss?"

"This can keep up with the news that the Empress Dowager passed away six years ago. The Emperor ordered Taoist and Buddhist temples in Dayong to pray for the Empress Dowager!"

"Have you seen the Taoist priest wearing dark blue robes? This is most likely the Taoist master who was widely rumored to live in Qingyang Temple during this period in Jianghuai City."

"Isn't there a rumor that this person is an immortal?"

"Whether he is an expert or an immortal, it seems that this immortal is leaving today."

In front of the Qingyang Guan Archway, there were also common people, traders and foot soldiers passing by. Seeing this scene, they gathered around to watch the excitement and started talking among themselves.

"Master of the temple, you are a poor Taoist, why do you need to create such a huge formation and attract so many people's attention!"

Chen Yuan led the gray donkey to Changchun Taoist and said to Changchun Taoist.

"The arrival of the Taoist priest not only helped the old Taoist and Qingyang Guan a lot, but also saved Qingyang Guan and I. Therefore, it is appropriate for Qingyang Guan to pay tribute to the Taoist priest."

Changchun Taoist laughed.

Not to mention anything else, based on the degree of friendship between him and the King of Nanxiang, if the King of Nanxiang rebelled, he and Qingyang Guan would be in trouble.

Therefore, Chen Yuan's appearance could be said to have saved him and Qingyang Guan.

"The temple master also helped Pindao a lot."

Chen Yuan shook his head and said.

Changchun Taoist priests helped him solve the conditions for him to practice the art of writing and the art of substitution.

"Master, please come back and we will meet again next time."

Chen Yuan rode on the gray donkey, with the red sun reflecting behind him, and walked into the crowd on the street.

Xue Niang also rode on the back of the little yellow dog and followed closely behind Chen Yuan.

In the blink of an eye, Chen Yuan's figure riding a donkey disappeared from the sight of the Qingyang Taoist audience.

"The Taoist Master is like a dragon diving into the sea. He may become an immortal some time later. I don't know if I will ever have the chance to see him again in this life."

Taoist Changchun looked at Chen Yuan's leaving figure and sighed.

Mortal life is short, living in this world, eating, drinking, sleeping, seventy years of life are rare, ten years are young, ten years are old and weak, there are still 50 years, 50 years are divided into day and night, there are only 25 years of scenery, plus the wind blows Rain, three disasters and six diseases mean that there are not many days left in a person's life.

And he is already in his fifties this year and is over fifty years old. After seeing each other this time, it will be difficult for the two of them to see each other again in the future.

Even if Chen Yuan comes again, I'm afraid things will have changed. At that time, Chen Yuan can only see things and miss people.

With a helpless sigh, the Qingyangguan Taoist priest who put on a grand scene gradually retreated.

……

After Chen Yuan left Qingyang Temple, he rode a gray donkey and trotted along the streets of Jianghuaicheng.

Regardless of his appearance or attire, Chen Yuan was an ordinary Taoist priest at this time and did not look impressive.

Just as Chen Yuan was riding a donkey passing by a wine shop, Chen Yuan heard the faint voice of a storyteller.

"The river is vast, the waves are roaring, a cargo ship is flowing down the river, and the green walls on both sides of the river are thousands of miles away, and it is a beautiful scenery..."

"Not long after, it was nighttime, and a crescent moon hung high above our heads. The cargo ship had already reached the "Luohun Stream" area, surrounded by fog. The entire cargo ship seemed to be swallowed up by the thick fog at any time. Everyone on board Passengers and crew members are busy and resting in the cabin, but they don't know that a crisis is coming..."

"If you want to ask where this "Luohun Stream" is, you have to say that there is nothing unusual about this "Luohun Stream", but thick fog will appear every ten days and a half. This is true regardless of spring, summer, autumn and winter..."

"The most dangerous time is also when thick fog occurs. The river monsters hidden in the water will appear, attack passing ships, and devour the people on board. Countless ships, passengers and crew members have died in the Luohun Stream..."

Chen Yuan listened carefully for a moment and then discovered the story told by the storyteller in the wine shop.

It was exactly what happened when he went down to Chuzhou from the Lujiang River to kill the river demon. The protagonist in this story was most likely himself.

Chen Yuan thought for a while, then he patted the gray donkey on the back and asked the gray donkey to stop at the door of the wine shop, ready to go in and take a look.

"Master Dao, what do you want to eat? Our restaurant is one of the best restaurants in Jianghuai City. We have everything you need with fine wines and dishes!"

As soon as Chen Yuan got off the donkey, a waiter from the wine shop came up to him and held the donkey for Chen Yuan.

"I want to go in first and have a look before making a decision, is that okay?"

Chen Yuan asked the guy.

"of course can."

The guy said with a smile.

As long as you are willing to eat here and pay for it, you can stay for a whole day, let alone take a look.

When the waiter tied up the donkey for Chen Yuan, Chen Yuan walked into the wine shop, with Xiao Huang and Xueniang following behind Chen Yuan.

Chen Yuan walked in and after looking around, he found that the wine shop was not big, with only two floors. There were nearly ten tables on the first floor, and there was a corner staircase directly to the north leading to the second floor.

Next to the stairs, there is a long square table with a height of three feet and seven inches. On the table is a piece of wood and a cup of tea. Sitting behind the table is a man in yellow cloth, about forty years old, with a mouth under his mouth. The storyteller with a thin goatee is telling a story.

It was too early at this time, and there were not many guests entering the restaurant for dinner, but there were quite a few guests. They only ordered two plates of snacks and tea in front of them, and sat in the room, listening attentively to the storyteller.

Looking around, there was no empty desk in sight.

Almost all the tables are occupied, but some tables are not full.

Chen Yuan saw that there were no free seats on the first floor, so he walked to a table where only one person was sitting, and said to a guest who seemed to be a rich man sitting there: "Brother, do you mind sharing a table with me?" "

The rich man who looked to be in his 20s, slightly chubby and not handsome, but dressed in silk clothes said with a smile:

"I don't mind, Taoist Priest, just sit down wherever you want."

Seeing that although this wealthy young man looked ordinary, he was very elegant, which made Chen Yuan have a good impression of him.

After Chen Yuan sat down, he found that the storyteller in the lobby on the first floor was talking about the time when he took action to kill the river monster:
"The bottom of the boat was broken, the cargo ship was crumbling, and the girl was about to be eaten by the river monster. At this critical moment, a young Taoist figure jumped from the bow of the boat, grabbed the girl who fell to the river, and threw the girl back On the boat..."

"After rescuing the girl, the young Taoist no longer hid his clumsiness. He saw an iron sword radiating with cold light coming from the cabin. The iron sword seemed to be alive and fell into the hands of the young Taoist. The young man The Taoist held a sword and dueled with the river demon on the river..."

"For a moment, the river was covered with dark clouds and the waves were rolling. The crew and passengers on the bow could only vaguely see the terrifying scene of the Taoist and the river demon fighting..."

Chen Yuan couldn't help but frowned as he listened. Why was it that even he, the person involved, didn't know some of the storylines told by the storyteller?
Just at this moment, the waiter who had just entertained Chen Yuan helped Chen Yuan tie up the gray donkey, then walked in again, approached Chen Yuan, and wanted to ask Chen Yuan what he wanted to eat.

"Do you know the name of the story told by this storyteller? Pindao has never heard of it in other places before?"

Chen Yuan took the lead and said.

"Taoist Priest, you didn't know this! The story this storyteller tells is a story called "Slaying the River Monster with a Sword" that has been very popular in Jianghuai City recently."

The waiter explained to Chen Yuan enthusiastically.

(End of this chapter)