Yefutidaolu

Chapter 31: Practice method?
After arranging the room for the old farmer, Gao Jian returned to the room alone.

The inn here is decorated quite luxuriously. The rooms are quiet and peaceful, with red walls and green curtains, and people sitting in the hall and lying on the threshold scattered around.

After all, it costs one gold to stay for one night, so this is the level we should expect.

Staying here for one night is enough to earn a commoner’s family’s total income for more than half a year.

After a quick wash and some food, Gao Jian lay down on the bed.

The battle exhausted him, so after lying down, he fell asleep quickly.

Before obtaining the practice method and refining qi by oneself, greed for money requires the use of essence and energy to stimulate it. Gao Jian is now in a state of exhausted essence and energy, and even an ordinary banshee cannot absorb it so cleanly.

At least one has to be a fox demon to be at this level.

So, as soon as he touched the pillow, he fell asleep.

However, after falling asleep, Gao Jian felt that... he was not asleep.

It was a very strange feeling, similar to a lucid dream.

He was very clear that he was asleep, but at the same time, he was also very clear that he was still awake and his mind was in a completely lucid state.

In this state, a man who was about fifty years old appeared in front of Gao Jian.

Although he is an old man, he is actually not that old and looks very energetic.

But he can't be called a middle-aged man, because he has obviously shown signs of aging, but it's just the beginning.

However, Gao Jian felt that this person was very familiar.

"Great idea, isn't it?" the man said suddenly.

Gao Jian was shocked. Was he dreaming?

It must be a dream, right?
"You are dreaming. I will enter your dream and see you." The man said, "Let me introduce myself first. My name is Li Zuofang."

"Wait, I seem to remember you. You have a certain aura. I have an impression of you." Gao Jian seemed to remember something. He recalled it for a moment, then said with a glare, "I remember now. You are the one who wrote the four characters 'Qiyun Yuanbao' and 'Ningtai County City'. You have the charm of those characters!"

When Gao Jian held the knife, his mind was clear, and the reflection of Shen Yun enabled him to understand and remember a lot of information in Shen Yun at once.

And now, he saw the aura of divine charm that he had seen twice before in the man in front of him.

"It's me. I'm currently a second-rank official, serving as the Minister of Revenue of the Qiyun Divine Dynasty." Li Zuofang nodded.

Gao Jian took a deep breath.

This person is an important person. The paper bird in my hand must be the one he gave me, right?

"Senior, why did you enter my dream?" Gao Jian asked nervously.

"I have no ill intentions. I just want to apologize to you." The old man bowed his head slightly.

Gao Jian was shocked.

You won't dig a hole for yourself, will you?

Li Zuofang continued, "You saw what happened before, right? Someone in Cangzhou wants to kill you, and they have already done it. They are going to kill you. This is all because of the transfer order I gave you."

"You really want to go to Cangzhou Capital, so they want to kill you. This is my fault. I thought they were not so rampant before... But I was wrong."

Gao Jian nodded: "It's too late to say this now. Even if I retreat now, they won't let me go. The best way is to go directly to Cangzhou to take up the post. They won't dare to be too blatant. After all... in their eyes, there is also a Shangshu behind me, right?"

"Yes." Li Zuofang nodded. "You are right. It also means that I was not wrong about you. You were able to survive from the hands of the Fourth Realm Ghost Willow without being enlightened. You even contacted me through a copper coin. Now you have killed a Second Realm. This really proves your extraordinary ability."

"And now, facing such a crisis, you still dare to move forward, which shows... that you are a good person."

"He is capable and a good person. If I don't show up, it would be too arrogant." Li Zuofang said.

"I'm not a good person." Gao Jian emphasized. "Well, let's put it another way. At least you still have a conscience." Li Zuofang smiled.

Gao Jian did not refute this time.

Li Zuofang said: "So, taking this opportunity to apologize to the righteous man, I want to teach you a practice method that just fits your amazing understanding. Are you willing to learn it?"

"Can I ask you something? The imperial court should be very powerful, right? Why don't you come by yourself? Aren't you the Shangshu?" Gao Jian did not agree directly, but asked this.

Li Zuofang was silent for a while, then said, "The court is... having problems now. You don't know yet, but I can tell you about it."

"Do you know the current official schools in the court?" Li Zuofang asked.

Gao Jian nodded.

During the more than one month of travel, he visited the official school of the Qiyun Divine Dynasty.

In fact, it is very good. There are about dozens of people in each class, and there are more than a dozen classes in an official school. The teachers hired by the official school are responsible for teaching reading and literacy, classic practice, martial arts training and so on.

"That's not something ordinary people can afford, right?" Li Zuofang asked again.

"Well, you need to have some family background." Gao Jian nodded.

The price of official schools is extremely high, with tuition fees of tens of thousands of dollars a month, and one needs connections to get in. As for private schools, and even joining a sect, that is beyond the imagination of ordinary people.

Common people are not qualified to practice.

Li Zuofang's tone became serious. "A teacher in an official school has to teach 40 to 50 students. Even so, many students still cannot get a place in the official school. However, some people are born into famous sects and receive one-on-one secret teachings as true disciples. Many children of noble families have countless teachers above the fourth realm surrounding them."

"Gao Jian, you have amazing comprehension, but you don't have a way to practice, which has resulted in you still being stuck in the first realm. However, there are many children who are not as talented as you, who have already reached the third realm when they are fifteen years old, only because they have enough teachers, systematic teachings and many natural resources. But you are still not in the first realm. How do you feel? How many geniuses are buried?"

The other party asked Gao Jian this.

Gao Jian had some feeling that he was indeed troubled for a period of time because of his practice, but it didn't last long after all.

If there really is someone with excellent talent but cannot find the right method of practice in his entire life... then it would be really painful.

"Cangzhou is in ruins, countless blood sacrifices have been made, and demons are rampant, but the court has ignored it and has not sent troops to fight against it, because the court's power is still being consumed by internal strife. There are enemies overseas, but the five noble families are still indulging in internal strife. In order for me to deal with Cangzhou, I can only rely on righteous men like you, Gao Jian."

"The great Divine Dynasty...is so corrupt."

Li Zuofang said with a sigh.

After hearing this, Gao Jian looked at Li Zuofang in surprise.

He was really surprised that the other party could say this.

So Gao Jian asked, "Minister Li... I didn't expect you to say that, so why did you come to see me so suddenly?"

Li Zuofang shook his head: "It is inconvenient for me to disclose what I am going to do specifically, but I hope you can go to Cangzhou to do something, and I will guarantee you."

"What to do?" Gao Jian asked.

"You don't need to ask me. You will naturally know it when you go to Cangzhou. By then, you will be more motivated to do what you want to do than if I tell you to do it. I believe that what you want to do is the same as what I want to do." Li Zuofang replied.

"It's just that I can't intervene in Cangzhou, nor can I use too much power. And now Cangzhou is full of obscene sacrifices, and people and gods are not in harmony. The court can't spare any power... All I can give you is my face and a method of cultivation."

Gao Jian claims that he is not a good person.

But Li Zuofang was right about one thing, at least he had not lost his conscience.

Li Zuofang's words made him hesitate for a moment.

So, Gao Jian bowed and said, "I don't know whether what you said is true or not, so I will go to Cangzhou first. Moreover, even if you don't say it, I will definitely go to Cangzhou."

"Okay, this sentence from a righteous man is enough. I will teach you a method of cultivation right now. Are you willing?" Li Zuofang also bowed and returned the greeting.

(End of this chapter)