From a Zhengyi Taoist Child to a Master of All Laws

Chapter 204: Assisting the Country
The meeting place agreed with Mr. Xie was in the Qiu Zu Temple in Shangjing Temple.

As the only Taoist temple officially allowed to break away from the Taoist Alliance and guard the capital city alone, Shangjing Temple does have its outstanding features. The area it covers alone is enough to astound Li Yang.

This was in the capital city where every inch of land was valuable. The courtyard where they lived was officially called Lao Lu Tang in Shangjing Temple. Li Yang walked out of Lao Lu Tang and went all the way to Qiu Zu Temple where the meeting was held. Although none of them used any magical powers, it took them more than ten minutes to walk with their physical strength.

The buildings of Shangjing Temple are divided into three parts: central, east, west and a backyard. They are large in scale and compact in layout.

Along the way, starting from the screen wall outside Lao Lu Hall, there are various ancient Taoist buildings in sequence, such as the archway, Wofeng Bridge, Lingguan Hall, Bell and Drum Tower, Sanguan Hall, God of Wealth Hall, Jade Emperor Hall, Medicine King Hall, Sanqing Siyu Hall, etc., and finally we reach the destination, Qiu Zu Hall.

Along the way, Li Yang understood what it meant to be at the feet of the emperor and to be gracious. Just the six bronze statues of the four heavenly masters and two servants on the left and right sides of the Jade Emperor Hall were all cast during the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty.

Inside the Sanqing Siyu Hall, there are statues of the Sanqing created during the Xuande period of the Ming Dynasty, 2 meters high, with a peaceful and extraordinary look, rich and simple. The gilded bronze tripod furnace placed casually in the courtyard in front of the hall was also cast during the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty, according to Li Yang's explanation from Chi Ming.

After watching in amazement all the way, Li Yang and others arrived at Qiu Zu Temple. The door of Qiu Zu Temple was closed, and several bodyguards wearing sunglasses stood on both sides of the door.

"The three of us have sent you here, and from now on, we wish you all the best."

Qi Qiansu and the other two had no plans to enter together. Although they had a good personal relationship with Li Yang, their identities and positions made it inconvenient for them to appear at the same time as Baiyunshan on matters concerning the future direction of China.

"Thank you all, I will take care of the rest."

Li Yang, Qi Qiansu and the other two bowed and said goodbye. At this moment, Li Yang was not as serious and cautious as he was before the negotiation. He was still calm and composed, as if the purpose of this trip was just to have a casual chat with the old man in Qiu Zu Temple.

"Indeed, Master Li has a high level of cultivation and has made so many contributions to China. There shouldn't be any omissions in this negotiation." Chi Ming waved his still bandaged right hand and made a prediction in advance.

"Let me borrow your good wishes." Li Yang smiled warmly, then turned around and pushed open the door of Qiu Zu Temple.

With a creaky sound, the vermilion lacquered solid wood door slowly closed again. Li Yang raised his eyes and saw an old man wearing reading glasses reading a book under a strange and huge statue in the center of the hall.

Li Yang did not say anything polite, but sat down in the seat reserved for himself next to the old man.

"Master Li, you are finally here. Sigh, I have always made others wait for me. I am an old man now, and only now do I realize the torment of waiting for others."

Mr. Xie took off his glasses with a smile and folded the newspaper. He looked completely different from the decisive and far-sighted old man on the TV news.

Since their first meeting revealed the fact of the revival of spiritual energy and opened the era of spiritual practice in China, this is the nth time the two have met, but every time, Mr. Xie gives Li Yang a different feeling.

"That's because your subordinates passed the message too late, and didn't give me any time."

Li Yang's tone was flat, but Mr. Xie could hear that Li Yang was dissatisfied that no one had informed him after the future missionary system of China was determined.

Elder Xie shook his head and pointed out what the two had discussed: "You mean that you are not satisfied with the fact that Wutai Mountain and Baiyun Mountain will not be able to recruit students from all over the country like the Dao League when recruiting disciples in the future. You want Baiyun Mountain to have the right to recruit students from universities, right?"

Li Yang nodded. It was very straightforward to talk to someone like Mr. Xie.

Seeing that Li Yang was not hiding anything, Elder Xie smiled and said, "We can give Master Li the right to recruit students for the colleges and universities in Baiyun Mountain, but we need to clarify one thing to Master Li."

"what is the problem?"

"In the future, will the disciples trained by Baiyun Mountain only serve the Baiyun Mountain lineage, or will they serve the whole of China?" All the old air in Old Xie disappeared, and he looked at Li Yang like a sick tiger, his eyes burning.

Li Yang frowned, already vaguely understanding what Mr. Xie meant, but still asked, "Is there any difference?"

Mr. Xie smiled and did not give a direct answer. Instead, he told Li Yang a secret with a gloomy look.

“In the early days of the Dao League, Qi Qiansu found a recipe for an elixir at the Laojun statue in Qingcheng Mountain.

This alchemy method may not be rare to you, Master Li, but if it spreads outside, I guess many old men like me in China will be restless. "

Elder Xie's face was full of reminiscence. "That pill recipe is called Yucui Pill. It is very expensive and the ingredients are very rare. It would take almost all of China's cultivation resources to refine it. But once it is refined, one pill can transform an ordinary person. It is unclear what realm it can reach, but it can at least extend a person's lifespan by sixty years."

Li Yang's face suddenly changed. What Yucui Dan? If ordinary people knew about this, they would know that it was the real Nine Revolutions Immortal Pill.

If this recipe for the elixir were to become public, countless farming families similar to the one in Yangping, eastern Guangdong, would immediately emerge in China, setting off a bloody scramble for the property.

Adding a century to one's life span is a Pandora's box that could cause turmoil in the entire China and the world.

Old Xie laughed at himself and said, "But, within two hours of the release of the recipe, I had Qi Qiansu destroy it. To this day, no one else knows of the existence of this recipe."

"Mr. Xie, you are quite courageous."

Li Yang was a little impressed. Considering Mr. Xie's status and age, if he had extended his life by sixty years, if he were to put himself in his shoes, Li Yang didn't think he could resist the temptation and might even order the overdraft of all the country's cultivation resources to refine pills.

"Later, Lao Qi was worried about my health, so he found a lot of good things for me, and even a cultivation method specifically matched with my own, but I rejected them all."

When Elder Xie said this, his voice choked up a little: "I'm afraid. I'm afraid that if I also cultivate immortality and become a cultivator, will I be separated from the people? Will I no longer care about them and consider issues for them from their perspective?"

Mr. Xie paused and began to answer Li Yang's question.

"So, of course there is a difference." Elder Xie said in a vicissitudes of life: "Cultivators are beings with extremely powerful personal force. You should know better than us how dangerous and uncontrollable they are. Master Li, they can be said to be 'immortals' who are truly above mortals."

"We don't want to see a future China where practitioners are high and mighty and ordinary people can't even protect their lives! So on the one hand, we must cultivate so-called upright practitioners, and on the other hand, we must resolutely avoid the emergence of extreme practitioners in China who use Dharma lines and sects as hubs of connection, only respect the rules and leaders of the sects, and do not value the laws of the country and the people's livelihood! That would be a regression in China's history, warlord separatism, and wars among princes!"

Mr. Xie spoke in a loud voice, his face very determined.

Li Yang picked up the teacup and was unusually silent.

Thinking back carefully, in fact, what Elder Xie said had already been prevented and rectified within the Dao League. First, the division between Zhengyi and Quanzhen was reconciled, and then a unified ordination system was established for all Dharma lineages. Each branch of the Dao League was no longer named after the local Dharma lineage, but a unified XX Province Dao League branch and XX Province Taoist College.

Even the Taoist priests assigned to each place have their whereabouts carefully. Basically, people from the same sect will not be assigned to the same place, nor will those Taoist priests be allowed to return to the province of their original lineage. Every move is an attempt to break up the ninety-six lineages into one whole.

Just as Qi Qiansu said, "harmony is the most important principle of the Tao" and emphasize "propriety first" and "pacifying the country and assisting the people".

Mr. Xie looked at Li Yang with burning eyes, waiting for his reply.

Li Yang shook his head:

"Disciples of Baiyun Mountain will not only respect Baiyun Mountain, but also serve the entire country. This is my promise.

"Moreover, Elder Xie, you underestimate our Baiyun Mountain. Since the revival of China's spiritual energy, although there are only a few people in Baiyun Mountain, whether it is fighting against the Ghost King or exploring the national spiritual energy, Baiyun Mountain's contribution is no less than that of the Taoist Alliance. Your worry about Baiyun Mountain is not valid."

Li Yang understood the core of Mr. Xie's worries. The old man had seen the country step by step since the early days of its founding. Not to mention ruling a high and mighty territory, even if Baiyun Mountain grew into a landlord-like force that enslaved ordinary people, that was not what the old man wanted to see.

Mr. Xie breathed a sigh of relief. This was exactly the attitude Li Yang wanted.

So far, the two have finally reached a consensus on the future development of China and Baiyun Mountain.

Whether it is Baiyun Mountain or Daomeng, they will train all kinds of talents one after another like colleges and universities, and "support the country and its destiny" while taking care of and strengthening Baiyun Mountain and Daomeng themselves.

They will not become Taoist sects in the future, but only Taoists.
Sects will have their own selfish interests, but Taoism is a kind of thought that can thoroughly nourish and bless the entire China.

Old Xie laughed heartily, took Li Yang's hand and walked to the strange building in Qiu Zu Temple.

"We have always kept records of Baiyun Mountain's contribution to China's spiritual energy construction. This time, in addition to giving Baiyun Mountain the right to recruit students, we also want to promise you something."

Old Xie raised his hand and pointed at a huge "goiter bowl" placed in the middle of the hall.

"Master Li should know better than me that this Qiu Zu Temple enshrines the founder of the Quanzhen Longmen Sect, Master Changchun Qiu Chuji. The "goiter bowl" in front of us is carved from an ancient tree root. It is said that it was given to Shangjing Temple by Emperor Yongzheng of the Qing Dynasty."

Li Yang smiled and nodded: "It is said that if the Taoists in the temple have no place to live, they can carry this bowl to the palace to collect alms, and the palace will surely satisfy them. Qiu Chuji's remains are also buried under this "goiter bowl"."

"That's right!"

The old man and the young man smiled at each other and both understood what the other meant.

Mr. Xie rustled around like an elder at a family event. He took out three gray Zhongshan suit buttons from his bag and placed them in Li Yang's hand:

"Baiyun Mountain is a great place. After I went there once, I often wondered when I could go there again to experience the fairyland atmosphere. However, I have been in poor health recently, so I am afraid I will have to wait for some time."

"Take these three gray buttons. They are a recognition of your contribution to Baiyun Mountain and a promise I made to you. You can use each of these three gray buttons to ask me or my boy Xie Yu to satisfy a request. Whether it's for resources or skills, as long as it doesn't violate the laws of China, we will definitely satisfy it."

Li Yang held the button, nodded cherishingly, and put it into the storage ring in front of Mr. Xie.
These three buttons can be small or big, and can almost be said to be three golden medals of immunity from death.

Elder Xie looked at Li Yang with satisfaction, and suddenly asked, "By the way, Taoist Li, I have always had a question."

"Oh? What's the problem?"

"I have also discussed with Lao Qi about the classification of cultivation techniques. I always feel that the cultivation techniques of Baiyun Mountain seem to be somewhat different from those in the outside world?"

Mr. Xie had noticed this problem a long time ago, but he only raised it at this moment.

The quality of people coming out of Baiyun Mountain is too high. Zhao Ziyao doesn't count. This guy didn't practice the Baiyun Mountain method. He was already innate before entering the mountain.

However, Li Yang, Chi Yanhong and Zhu Ling, who have practiced orthodox cultivation, are more powerful than the other. Li Yang is not aware that he has always been in the leading version, but Chi Yanhong and Zhu Ling, one is innate and the other is awakened, both are outstanding people who have reached the top in their respective realms.

Also, when Li Yang and Chi Yanhong attacked, the light was brilliant and the special effects were one level higher than those of others. This was obviously abnormal.

Li Yang smiled meaningfully and did not answer what Mr. Xie said.

Elder Xie shook his head. He also knew that this was the secret of Baiyun Mountain. He estimated that Li Yang would not tell others, so he asked:
"Then in the future, when Baiyun Mountain recruits students and disciples, will they teach these methods?"

"Teach students in accordance with their aptitude. Each has his or her own opportunity and suitable direction."

"That's right." Old Xie nodded in agreement and pushed open the door of Qiu Zu Temple.

On that day, Mr. Xie left Shangjing Temple in a special car, while Li Yang returned to the Lao Lu Hall in the courtyard to rest and meditate.

The next day, a listing of 'Baiyun Taoist Temple' quietly appeared in the official documents of future colleges and universities of the Chinese Education Bureau.

Although the work had been done, Li Yang was not in a hurry to leave. He took advantage of the presence of Qi Qiansu, who was well versed in the current mystical methods of inner alchemy practice, to discuss with each other and join in the compilation of the second edition of "Introduction to Equipment Refining".

The previous "Introduction to Equipment Refining" only had the part about inner alchemy. Now that Baiyun Mountain has also joined the ranks of college admissions nationwide, the teaching materials for the first level of cultivation that the public will come into contact with must also incorporate some of Baiyun Mountain's characteristics.

The most powerful secret of Baiyun Mountain is the method of eating Qi, which will definitely not be taught easily. Only direct disciples like Wang Xin and Zhu Ling can learn it. However, some of the preliminary breathing methods can be separated out and used as popular science teaching materials before entering Baiyun Mountain.

The three mountains and five peaks are dedicated to the goddess, and only Tiantai is dedicated to the devil. One of the three mountains is Yaji Mountain in Pinggu, Jingdong, where the concentration of spiritual energy is the highest in Beijing.

Although Shangjing Temple was magnificent and unbelievably grand, the concentration of spiritual energy there was not very high. Following the suggestion of Elder Xie, the four of them moved the location for compiling the second edition of "Introduction to Weapon Refining" to Yaji Mountain in the capital.

(End of this chapter)