Taoist Myth: I am the last true immortal in the world

Chapter 813 A good lesson

The days passed by.

After half a month's journey, Zhao Kuangyin finally arrived in Fuzhou.

He came to the residence of the defense commander and identified himself and explained his purpose to the gatekeeper.

The original meaning of "门阍" is the threshold.

In practice, it refers to the gatekeeper.

Like the mansions in ancient times, most of them had "doormen".

As the defense commander of Fuzhou, Wang Yanchao naturally had a gatekeeper in his mansion.

After the gatekeeper learned about it, he asked Zhao Kuangyin to wait at the door, and then turned around and went inside to report.

After waiting for about five or six minutes, the gatekeeper came out and led Zhao Kuangyin to the living hall to wait.

In the living room.

While sipping tea, Zhao Kuangyin was still recalling the conversation he had with Chen Yun during their previous meeting.

At that time, Chen Yun meant that he, Zhao Kuangyin, might fail in his attempt to defect to Wang Yanchao.

As soon as he revealed his identity, he was taken to the living room.

He felt that Chen Yun might have miscalculated.

If Wang Yanchao doesn't like someone, he won't see him at all.

"Uncle Wang is an old colleague of my father's, so why would he dislike me?"

Zhao Kuangyin sat there and shook his head, thinking that although Chen Yun was a god, he might have been isolated from the world for too long and had no idea about the warmth and coldness of human nature.

Time passed by minute by minute.

After waiting for about five minutes, I heard footsteps outside.

Zhao Kuangyin turned his head to look outside the door and saw a middle-aged man walking slowly towards him. It was Wang Yanchao.

This Wang Yanchao is not an ordinary person.

He joined the army at the age of twelve and served under Li Jiji, the King of Wei in the Later Tang Dynasty.

Later he entered Chongyun Mountain in Fengxiang and became a disciple of Taoist Tuhui.

Taoist Hui felt that Wang Yanchao was not an ordinary person, so he said, "You are a rich and noble man, how can you be confined to this place?"

So he gave Wang Yanchao some silver, clothes and silk to persuade him to return to secular life and leave the mountain.

Wang Yanchao was deeply touched by Taoist Hui's sincerity and kindness, and soon returned to secular life.

Because he had practiced with Taoist Hui, Wang Yanchao possessed some miraculous magic, which made him invincible on the battlefield. He was soon valued by Shi Jingtang and was promoted to the position of Fengde Military School, then to the position of Du Yuhou, and finally to the Governor of Mengzhou.

Now that the Later Jin Dynasty was destroyed and the Later Han Dynasty was established, Wang Yanchao defected to Liu Zhiyuan and first became the Defense Envoy of Yuezhou and the Commander of the Left Wing of the Imperial Guard. Now he was transferred to Fuzhou as the Defense Envoy.

Zhao Kuangyin hurried to the door and saluted, saying, "Greetings, Uncle Wang."

Wang Yanchao smiled kindly and offered his hand, saying, "Nephew, there is no need to be polite. Let's sit down and talk."

Zhao Kuangyin responded, and returned to the room with Wang Yanchao and sat back in their original seats.

Wang Yanchao sat down at the main seat and asked, "My dear nephew, what is the important matter that has brought you here to see me?"

Zhao Kuangyin told the truth: "Uncle, I am already a young man this year, and I have not yet made a career, so I want to join you and strive to make achievements."

Wang Yanchao frowned slightly, then quickly relaxed his brows and said with a smile, "My place is peaceful for the time being. My dear nephew, it may be a little difficult to establish a career here. In my opinion, if you really want to establish a career, you might as well go to your father. He is now an official under the command of the Deputy Privy Councilor and often fights in battles. If you go there, you will surely be able to accumulate a lot of military merits. Isn't it better than staying with me?"

This was a very straightforward statement. Wang Yanchao was not willing to take in Zhao Kuangyin at all!

In fact, under normal circumstances, Wang Yanchao would not refuse so directly for Zhao Hongyin's sake.

But he had long heard that Zhao Kuangyin was a "troublemaker" who not only liked to fight with others, but also often gambled and caused trouble with others. No one would like such a person.

None of this matters.

When Zhao Kuangyin came to seek refuge, he had thought about being rejected.

The thing is, he never thought that Chen Yun's calculations were so accurate. What he said about Wang Yanchao not liking him turned out to be true.

Zhao Kuangyin was secretly surprised at Chen Xuejiu's foresight, but he stood up and said, "Uncle Wang, what you said makes sense. I'll go look somewhere else."

Wang Yanchao said, "Hey, it's getting late now, you can stay here for one night and leave tomorrow."

Zhao Kuangyin said very arrogantly: "No, thank you for your kindness, uncle. I'd better hurry on my way to avoid delaying my trip."

Seeing that Zhao Kuangyin was determined to leave, Wang Yanchao had no choice but to ask someone to bring him some silver as travel expenses.

Although Zhao Kuangyin refused many times, he could not resist Wang Yanchao's kindness and finally had to accept it.

……

After leaving Wang Yanchao's residence, Zhao Kuangyin thought Suizhou was not far away, so he rushed there as soon as possible.

This time he encountered no refusal.

As a close friend of Zhao Hongyin, the governor of Suizhou took Zhao Kuangyin in without hesitation and arranged a position of captain in the army.

Dutou was a common name for the commander of the army in the Tang Dynasty. In the middle and late periods, it evolved into the commander of a city, who usually had thousands of people under his command.

During the Five Dynasties period, the Dutou became a low-ranking military officer under the commander-in-chief, and could only command about a hundred people.

Although he could only command a hundred people, it was very good for the fledgling Zhao Kuangyin.

Therefore, he was quite satisfied with this job and worked diligently every day. Not only did he have a good relationship with his subordinates, but he also often made achievements and built up a small force of his own.

It’s just that Zhao Kuangyin has recently encountered a rather troublesome thing.

That is, Dong Zongben's son Dong Zunhui seemed to have something against him and was often unfriendly to him.

Although Zhao Kuangyin had a proud personality, he had no choice but to bow to Dong Zunhui and avoid him as much as possible when they met.

Today, Zhao Kuangyin met Dong Zunhui again, but there was no way to avoid him.

He could only bite the bullet and step forward to greet him, "Brother Zunhui."

Dong Zunhui was dressed in fine clothes and rode a horse, followed by several followers.

He glanced at Zhao Kuangyin from his warhorse and said in a sarcastic tone, "I always see purple clouds covering the city walls. I also dreamed of climbing a high platform and encountering a black snake about a hundred feet long. It suddenly turned into a dragon and flew northeast, followed by thunder and lightning. What kind of omen is this?"

How could Zhao Kuangyin dare to answer this question? Any wrong answer would be a crime of treason. He pretended to be submissive and did not answer.

Dong Zunhui laughed and rode away on horseback.

Zhao Kuangyin looked back at the backs of Dong Zunhui and his followers, and couldn't help but feel a little upset, but he could do nothing about it as he was living under someone else's roof.

He felt that as long as he kept silent, he would be able to settle the matter peacefully.

However, sometimes giving in may not necessarily result in peace and tranquility, but may instead lead to greater humiliation from others.

this day.

Dong Zongben convened a group of generals to discuss the war.

Although Zhao Kuangyin held a low position, he was promoted by Dong Zongben himself, so he was summoned as well.

In the meeting hall.

A group of people discussed the recent war.

Suddenly, Dong Zunhui deliberately asked, "Brother Yuanlang, what is your opinion on this war?"

Dong Zongben and all the soldiers looked at Zhao Kuangyin.

At first, Zhao Kuangyin did not think much about it. He thought that Dong Zunhui was giving him a chance to perform in front of the generals, so he stood up and talked eloquently, almost pouring out his understanding of the war situation.

Dong Zongben and a group of soldiers nodded as they listened, believing that Zhao Kuangyin had a deep understanding of the war situation.

Who would have thought that Dong Zunhui not only did not think it was unreasonable, but also kept misinterpreting Zhao Kuangyin's meaning.

You have to know that there are dozens of soldiers present.

Zhao Kuangyin was only 10 or 20 years old. He was insulted in front of so many people. Even if Dong Zongben scolded his son again and again, how could he bear it? So, Zhao Kuangyin waved his sleeves in anger and left the meeting room directly.

Afterwards, he resigned from his post to Dong Zongben.

Although Dong Zongben tried his best to keep him, Zhao Kuangyin had already made up his mind to leave, so how could he be willing to stay any longer?

……

Qingcheng Mountain.

Half a year has passed in a flash.

On this day, Chen Yun was receiving Lu Dongbin.

In the guest hall, Lu Dongbin looked at Chen Yun with a strange expression and said, "Junior brother, I haven't seen you for a few months. Your cultivation has become more and more profound. In my opinion, you are in the late stage of the Heavenly Immortal Realm, right?"

Chen Yun smiled and nodded, "That's right, he broke through to the late Heavenly Immortal Realm in the past two months."

Lü Dongbin sighed and said, "Your cultivation is so rapid that I really envy you. Now that you have reached such a high level of cultivation, even I can't see the clues. I guess from the perspective of your cultivation level, you are already above me. I'm afraid you are only a hair's breadth away from reaching the Half-Step Daluo state, right?"

Chen Yun spoke truthfully: "In terms of cultivation realm alone, I am indeed above my senior brother. As for when I can break through to the Half-Step Daluo realm, it will probably take several months."

Ever since he solved the problem of the Dan fire poison, his cultivation level has been improving every day, just like when he first entered the human immortal realm.

Originally, under such circumstances, he would need three years to reach the Half-Step Daluo stage.

Later, Chen Yun gathered all the materials for the "Lianxu Hedao Soup" and took the spiritual soup. His cultivation level increased twice as fast day by day. It only took about a year and a half to break through to the Half-Step Daluo level.

This is not all. After Wang Siyan took the Nine-Turn Great Rejuvenation Pill and became a celestial immortal, Chen Yun felt less worried and his realm was elevated again, allowing him to grow even faster. In about a year, he would be able to break through to the Half-Step Daluo realm.

Now that more than half a year has passed, won’t it be just a matter of a few months before I can break through to the Half-Step Daluo level?
Lü Dongbin said with some envy, "I have been lingering in the late stage of the Celestial Realm for a long time, and I thought that I could achieve the Half-Step Daluo within a hundred years, which has made many people jealous. I never thought that you just broke through to the Celestial Realm last year, and after a year and a half, you are about to achieve the Half-Step Daluo. Sometimes I really doubt whether you are the reincarnation of some ancient god, otherwise how could your cultivation speed be so fast?"

"Haha." Chen Yun laughed and said, "Brother, you are joking. If I am really the reincarnation of an ancient god, even if I don't recover my past life memories when I become an immortal, I should be able to recover them when I break through to the immortal realm. But now that I am almost half a step into the realm of Daluo, I still haven't had this problem. Therefore, I am definitely not the reincarnation of an ancient god."

Lu Dongbin said in a sour tone: "It is because I know that you are not the reincarnation of an ancient god that I am so jealous."

Chen Yun knew that the other party was joking, so he blinked and said, "Although I am not the reincarnation of an ancient god, you are the reincarnation of Dong Wanggong."

Lu Dongbin rolled his eyes and said, "Are you trying to provoke me?"

Chen Yun had a very good relationship with Lu Dongbin, so he could certainly afford to make such a joke.

He was just about to tease his senior brother again.

Suddenly, Chen Yun sensed something and turned his head to look towards the northeast.

Lü Dongbin noticed the situation and asked, "Brother, what's wrong?"

Chen Yun pointed to Xiangyang and said, "I have a student in the mortal world who seems to be in some trouble."

Lü Dongbin was surprised and asked, "You still have students in the mortal world?"

Chen Yun hummed and introduced the situation, "Back then, I had nothing to do so I came down from the secular world to sharpen my mind and opened an academy. Many children came to learn from them. This student is called Zhao Kuangyin, and he is one of them. However, he is very arrogant and he is still young now, so he often doesn't listen to other people's opinions..."

He recounted what had happened in the dilapidated temple.

After finishing his speech, Chen Yun explained again what had happened to Zhao Kuangyin recently.

After listening to this, Lü Dongbin roughly understood what he meant, "Do you want me to give him some guidance?"

Chen Yun said meaningfully: "He is very likely to be related to whether our teacher can be rescued."

Hearing this, Lu Dongbin's face turned serious, "Okay, I know what to do."

Chen Yunyun picked up his teacup and said casually, "If he sees the Taoist priest, he might think it's me."

Lu Dongbin smiled and said, "Then I will become a monk and guide him."

After he finished speaking, he disappeared.

……

In the temple.

After Zhao Kuangyin came out of Suizhou, he felt really confused and didn't know where to go to pursue his career.

Today, he came to Xiangyang, but all his money was gone and he had no money to stay in an inn.

In desperation, he had to come to this temple to stay.

Fortunately, there was an old monk with a kind face and hospitable manner here, who arranged food and lodging for Zhao Kuangyin.

night.

Zhao Kuangyin was upset and couldn't sleep, so he came out of the house to get some fresh air.

Suddenly, he saw the old monk watering the flowers and asked in surprise, "Master, why are you watering the flowers at night?"

Anyone with a little common sense knows that the best time to water flowers is in the morning or evening.

Watering flowers at night can easily lead to oxygen deprivation in the plant roots.

At night, the temperature drops, the evaporation of water slows down, and the potting soil tends to remain moist for a long time, which will affect the respiration of the plant roots, causing root hypoxia, and causing root rot and other problems.

So Zhao Kuangyin was very confused when he saw this scene.

The old monk asked back: "Why can't we water the flowers at night?"

Zhao Kuangyin said speechlessly: "Watering flowers at night can easily kill them. Master, don't you understand at your age?"

"Everyone understands the truth, but not everyone acts according to it." The old monk put down the watering can, looked sideways and said meaningfully: "Just like everyone knows that it is good to enjoy the shade under a big tree, why doesn't Mr. Zhao go to enjoy the shade under a big tree, but has to come to my temple to stay?"

Zhao Kuangyin was surprised and asked: "Master, why do I feel like there is something else behind your words?"

The old monk laughed. "No, no, I just wanted to say a few words to you. Now, it's late, and I have to go to bed."

After saying this, he returned to his room and ignored Zhao Kuangyin.

Zhao Kuangyin sat alone in the cool breeze for a while, his head filled with what the old monk had just said.

It was not until he felt a little sleepy that he went back to the guest room to sleep.

I don’t know if it was because he was physically exhausted from traveling for days, but he slept soundly after he lay down.

Zhao Kuangyin didn't know how long he slept until he woke up the next day when he felt the sunlight was too dazzling.

The sunlight is too bright.

He instinctively reached out to cover it.

At that time, Zhao Kuangyin was a little puzzled as to why the sunlight was so glaring when he was sleeping in the house.

But when he opened his eyes, he found that there was no house or so-called temple, and there was only grass all around.

Zhao Kuangyin was shocked and thought he had been robbed by the old monk at night.

He struggled to get up, but felt something hard.

Zhao Kuangyin looked hurriedly and saw a cloth bundle and a letter beside him.

He first untied the cloth bundle and took a look. There was a lot of silver inside, probably about one hundred taels.

Zhao Kuangyin became more and more confused and didn't understand what was happening.

He picked up the letter, opened it and looked at it, only to see two lines of words written on it.

The first line of words: Go north.

The second line of words: This money is the travel expenses that your teacher Chen Xuejiu asked me, your uncle, to give you.

After reading the content of the letter, Zhao Kuangyin finally knew what had happened.

I finally understood what the old monk meant by what he said last night.

It turned out that everything he did was within Chen Xuejiu's expectations.

Zhao Kuangyin couldn't help but recall his encounter with Chen Xuejiu in the ruined temple more than half a year ago, and couldn't help but sigh, "I didn't listen to the old man and suffered the consequences. Chen Xuejiu, you have taught your disciple a good lesson!"

(End of this chapter)