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Pan Yun looked puzzled. "It's only five years. Do I still want to learn a lot? Isn't this just learning the basics of Taoism? The master leads you to the door, and the practice depends on the individual. The rest depends on your own ability. Besides, the Taoist teachings are passed down, and the teachings are not limited to six ears..."

Pan Yun was about to show off her knowledge, but when she saw Zhang Liuzhen's confused face, she stopped and stared with wide eyes: "Big Brother, you don't think that everyone in this world should be like us, changing every year and learning the exquisite Taoism in five years, right?"

Zhang Liuzhen: …

Pan Yun advised earnestly: "Big Brother, you have to learn to accept that there are smart people in this world, and there are people with average talents. How many people like us are there in this world? We can't be too demanding of our students, and we can't be too demanding of our teachers and the academy..."

"Okay, okay," Zhang Liuzhen came back to his senses, rubbed his forehead and said, "These are not the issues, don't spread them."

He paused and said, "What you exchanged from my father is the most profound magic you can come into contact with in the academy."

Pan Yun fell silent.

Zhang Liuzhen said, "Those are the techniques that disciples of the fourth and fifth periods learn. You have already broken through to the first level, and you have your own techniques. Your cultivation depends on your understanding of the Tao. In terms of techniques, you are still learning the basic techniques and talismans of the first to third levels. In the future, when you have learned the secret books you exchanged, if you want to learn new techniques, you can only rely on exchanges with others and your own research. The academy will not open more advanced techniques for you."

Pan Yun: "I use points to exchange, or buy with money?"

Zhang Liuzhen shook his head: "If you continue to be like this and only recognize Sanqing Mountain, then it is impossible. In the academy, Dean Xue has been working for the Tianshi Mansion all his life. Lin Jingle is an orphan and one of my father's disciples. He has not been able to exchange new magic manuals in the past few years."

"The profound secret manuals are hard to exchange, and the core secret manuals are only passed on to Zhang's men. They are not passed on to disciples or women." Zhang Liuzhen said, "And the most core skills, spells, and talismans are only passed on to legitimate sons."

"That's understandable. Your family is big and powerful, so it's normal to be cautious," Pan Yun stroked his chin and thought, "But... for example, my fourth senior sister and Lin Jingle want to break through to the first marquis at the same time and learn new skills. Will the academy teach both of them, or just one of them?"

Zhang Liuzhen sneered, "Zhang Li is not even within the scope of consideration. The women of the Zhang family do not practice Taoism. Except for Zhang Li, the other women only learn some martial arts and magic by osmosis. When they turn 18, they have to start planning for marriage.

Zhang Li was able to practice Taoism because she was extremely gifted. Her mother was a Taoist from Mount Emei and taught her the sect's skills since she was young.

Second, her parents loved her very much, and after she insisted on practicing Taoism, they were reluctant to let her suffer, so they forcefully sent her to the academy. "

Zhang Li entered the academy and met more female practitioners. Among them were female Taoists from outside who came to study, as well as his own cousins, but there was no sister with the surname Zhang.

Moreover, she was restricted in every way after entering the academy. The elders of the Zhang family quarreled with her parents every now and then because of this matter, and Zhang Li was unwilling to accept it.

So she acted very tough in the academy, which was seen as overbearing by others.

Talking about this aunt who was only one year older than him, Zhang Liuzhen couldn't help but smile: "After Zhang Li, the Zhang family girls were admitted to the academy. It was also after Zhang Li that there was a precedent for female disciples to live in Fengqiyuan. Otherwise, you would have to live in the girls' dormitory together."

Pan Yun frowned: "My Taoist school emphasizes the harmony of yin and yang. No matter whether it is the Taoist school of men or women, we should just let nature take its course. Why should we follow the dregs of the folk school and favor boys over girls?"

"This is the separation of knowledge and action," Zhang Liuzhen said. "Human desires interfere, causing behavior to deviate from cognition, or even contradict cognition. This is not only harmful to practice, but also detrimental to the development of the Tao."

Pan Yun understood: "You want to reform, Fourth Senior Sister is in the same group with you, you are going to challenge the elders of the Zhang family~~"

Pan Jun slammed the table and said, "I finally understand. Your fight is not only about the Zhang family's wealth of more than a thousand years, but also about the orthodoxy!"

Zhang Liuzhen: "It has nothing to do with property..."

Pan Jun waved his hand and said, "Stop talking. You think it doesn't matter, but in my opinion, this is the biggest matter! Do you really think that your enemies in the Tianshi Mansion are fighting with you because of the Taoist tradition?"

"Wrong!" Pan Yun pinched his waist and shouted, "They are fighting for property and profit. Very few of them are fighting for the orthodoxy!"

Zhang Liuzhen frowned.

Pan Yun shook his head at him, "Brother, you are so stupid. If it's really for the sake of the Taoist tradition, who would be willing to destroy your natural Taoist body? Since the Tang Dynasty, the Taoist tradition has declined. How many years have passed since there have been no successful Taoists? Not to mention your Zhang family. Over the past 800 years, your Zhang family has made some progress in power, but have you made any progress in Taoist practice?"

Zhang Liuzhen was silent.

Pan Yun held his hand and said earnestly: "If I were the elder of your Zhang family, even if I scolded you for being an unfilial son and wanted to beat you with a stick every day, I would not be willing to destroy you. Although you want to give away the things left by your ancestors, you are a true genius. No matter how much I hate you, I will not destroy you. On the contrary, I will protect you while scolding you."

Zhang Liuzhen: "...Junior sister, which side are you from?"

"Of course I'm on your side. I want you to have a correct understanding of your enemy. You think too highly of your enemy, which will be detrimental to the struggle ahead."

Zhang Liuzhen couldn't help laughing and pulled his hand back: "I'm already disabled, how can you think I would glorify my enemies? I don't let you get involved because I'm afraid you'll be in danger."

He said, "Please keep the things my father gave you. As for what he said, you don't have to listen. From now on, if you can avoid going back to the academy, do so. When you are outside, try to cut off ties with me..."

"No, no, no," Pan Yun shook his finger, looking proud. "I think the exact opposite of you. Fourth Senior Sister is in the same group with you, so I naturally stand with you. If I don't take advantage of this opportunity to use your status and reputation to pave the way for me, wouldn't I be carrying on my reputation in vain?"

Zhang Liuzhen looked helpless: "After Zhang Li joined Sanqing Mountain, she even changed her name. She rarely returns to Longhu Mountain. Her fight with Tianshi Mansion is no longer relevant."

Pan Yun: "Do you believe what you said?"

Zhang Liuzhen frowned and remained silent.

"This is the consequence of your incorrect understanding of your enemies," Pan Yun said, "You don't realize that what they are fighting for is not the orthodoxy, or rather, the orthodoxy has never been the focus of their fight, but the right to inherit property is."

"Think about it, with the wealth accumulated over 1,300 years and the power of the Tianshi Mansion, Tianshi Zhang must have a title, right? During the palace banquet, must he sit at the front row, so that he can see the emperor's mustache when he looks up?"

Zhang Liuzhen: …

Pan Yun continued, "You think this is nothing, that's because you don't envy power, but they don't. For them, the supreme glory brought by money, power, and influence will make them infinitely happy. For this happiness, they can do anything, even destroy the only natural Taoist body of the Zhang family in the past 800 years!"

Zhang Liuzhen's pupils shrank slightly.

"Master Zhang is already powerful enough. He claims to be the reincarnation of Master Chongyang, and he can attract lightning at the age of three. And you are born with a Taoist body. If they are eyeing the inheritance of the Taoist tradition, you will not be abandoned."

Zhang Liuzhen breathed rapidly, and after a moment he drove her words out of his mind, saying with difficulty: "No, it shouldn't be just for money and power..." Pan Yun sighed, patted his shoulder and said: "Brother, you are too naive. But it doesn't matter, I'm here, I'm sober, don't worry, I will help you!"

Zhang Liuzhen: "...How can you help me?"

“Hehehe, Master Zhang just wants me to be deeply bound to you, so that I can help you secure your position as the young master of Tianshi Mansion?” Pan Jun patted his chest and said, “I promise you, you can rest assured that I am here!”

"As long as you don't forget the original intention of your Taoism, it will be fine," Pan Yun said, "When you become a heavenly master, you must remember to spread the magic and make the Taoism last forever."

Zhang Liuzhen sighed: "You really are not afraid of death."

Pan Yun: "My life is not easy to take."

Pan Yun began to search in the spiritual space, and finally took out a talisman and stuffed it into his hand: "If anything happens, send me a message immediately, and I will come back to protect you."

"The inheritance of Tianshi Mansion requires the emperor's will. You have been a young master since birth. As long as you don't make a big mistake, they can't ask the emperor to let you go. So, they can only kill you. We just need to find a way to save your life."

Zhang Liuzhen laughed angrily: "You want me to survive?"

"Hey, you can't say that. Haven't my senior brother and fourth sister been treating your injuries? Master Zhang has never given up. As long as you don't leave Longhu Mountain, under Master Zhang's protection, you will enjoy the treatment of a young master..." Pan Jun paused here and frowned: "You should not have been assassinated in Longhu Mountain, right?"

Zhang Liuzhen looked at her with a smile.

Pan Jun was shocked: "No way, they dared to do it in Longhu Mountain?"

Zhang Liuzhen: "Why not? As long as they are not caught, even if my father knows it was them who did it, he can't do anything. Do you really think that my father can be invincible just because he has the title of Zhenren?"

Pan Jun thought of the last time he had a quick glimpse of Master Zhang. He had a face as white as jade, long flowing beard, and looked like an immortal with a calm temperament. However, there was a sense of decadence about him, and he was older than Pan Jun had imagined.

Pan Jun sighed and patted Zhang Liuzhen on the shoulder: "Brother, it will be very hard for you to become a real person in the future, right? Enjoy it now while you are still here, and take good care of your face."

Zhang Liuzhen listened to her jokes and waved her hand unhappily: "Go away now."

Pan Yun said happily: "Brother, we are partners now. I am going on a long journey now. Don't you have anything to give me?"

Zhang Liuzhen hesitated for a moment, then stood up and said, "Wait for me."

He turned and went to the room covered with yellow talismans. After a while, he took out a box with yellow talismans on it and handed it to her, saying, "You are already the first marquis. You can name the sword I gave you before, but it is still a little short of being able to raise it as your natal sword. Here is a piece of dragon bone. If you have the ability, refine it into the sword and then raise it."

Pan Yun was surprised: "This is not good, this is a dragon bone, brother, this thing is rare in the world, let alone taking the dragon bone. You have already given me a good sword, how can I still take your dragon bone?"

Zhang Liuzhen's eyes dropped: "Then let go?"

Pan Jun held the box and laughed at him.

Zhang Liuzhen couldn't help but shake his head and laugh, then let go of his hand: "This dragon died in its prime, and it has a lot of resentment. You should keep it well and use it after we get out of Longhu Mountain."

Pan Jun's eyes turned and he asked, "Could this dragon be the monster that attacked you back then?"

Zhang Liuzhen nodded slightly and chuckled, "So I said I didn't lose out. The dragon hadn't appeared for nearly a hundred years, and we killed one as soon as it appeared. It practiced for hundreds of years, and I was only a dozen years old. In the end, I lived and it died, so I still won, didn't I?"

Pan Yun: "Why did my fourth sister leave Longhu Mountain with such a grudge? Did someone die when you were traveling with her?"

Zhang Liuzhen's eyes were filled with sorrow. After a moment of silence, he said, "Nine people left, but only three returned. Only Zhang Li, Tao Ji and I came back alive. At that time, she and I were only one step away from becoming the first marquis. My cultivation was completely destroyed, and her meridians were damaged, so her cultivation dropped sharply."

Pan Yun was puzzled: "Isn't there a legend that after my senior sister came back from training, she went to Longhu Mountain alone with a sword and attacked the Tianshi Mansion? Her cultivation level plummeted..."

"Oh," Zhang Liuzhen said calmly, "She drank a bottle of pills and temporarily maintained herself at the fifth level. However, even if her cultivation level dropped sharply, with her temper, it would not be difficult for her to kill her way through the Tianshi Mansion. Her cultivation level is unmatched among her peers. After all, she does not care about her life."

As the saying goes, those who are barefoot are not afraid of those who wear shoes.

Every time she fights, she acts as if she is ready to die, and others are far inferior to her in terms of momentum.

If the elders had not intervened, she would have really killed the father and son.

Pan Yun roughly understood what happened that year, put the box in the spiritual space, and solemnly said to Zhang Liuzhen: "Brother, we can actually have one more ally."

Zhang Liuzhen: "...your friend Xue Shao?"

Pan Yun's eyes widened: "How do you know?"

"Xue Taixu has a very talented nephew. This is no secret in Longhu Mountain. You brought him in, and specially went to Siguo Cliff for two days of seclusion. The two of you went down the mountain together. I think it's hard for him not to know."

Pan Yun enumerated the advantages of having Xue Shao as an ally: "He has talent. After he succeeds in his cultivation, he will definitely be a great help to us. The best part is that he has also achieved fame and can serve as an official at any time, thus serving as a bridge of communication between us and the emperor and the court."

She said: "Officials have many twists and turns, especially scholars, who are easier to talk to than us. Shouldn't we strive for such a good alliance?"

Zhang Liuzhen: "Xue Taixu is my father's direct descendant, so the people he brought in are naturally from my side."

"The meaning of him being in the same group as your father is different from that of being in the same group as you," Pan Yun said, "Can the Emperor's Party and the Prince's Party be the same?"

Zhang Liuzhen was choked again, and after a while he said, "Don't use the royal succession tricks to compare me."

"It's all the same," Pan Yun said, "It's just the size of the family business that makes the difference. Don't be ashamed." (End of this chapter)