Confucian and Taoist scholar

Chapter 112 The Will of the Saint
Lu Zheng would never make such a boast as to how long it would take for him to become a scholar of heaven and earth.

He simply smiled and said, "In the path of cultivation, haste makes waste. Just let nature take its course."

Qing Xuan, who was not far away, heard this and joked, "Little friend Lu does look like someone from our Taoist sect."

Lu Zhengdao said, "In my opinion, the way of cultivation, the methods of cultivation, and the various Taoist methods in the world all lead to the same goal. There are similarities and connections. The Taoist priest said that I resemble a Taoist, which is not wrong."

Qingxuan was amazed. It was rare for Lu Zheng to understand such a truth at such a young age.

If it were some rigid scholar, he might say something like "Everything else is inferior except reading."

Little did people know that the rise of Confucianism in ancient times was just one of the paths taken by mankind in its exploration of spiritual practice.

The Confucian and Taoist scholars of that time were both literate and martial, so it was not surprising for them to perform a few magic spells at will.

It was only through gradual evolution that Confucianism took the path of focusing on literature and morality.

"Hey, there seems to be something else..."

Qingxuan let out a light exclamation, reached into the dragon's body, and took out a flesh sac.

The meat sac opened, and several exquisite storage bags fell out.

Qingxuan laughed and said, "So it was hidden here."

Some monsters, when they have reached a certain level of cultivation, can form a small space inside their bodies to store some items.

When the dragon died before, Qingxuan did not see any abnormal swelling in the corpse, nor did he find anything special about the flesh sac, so he thought the dragon was not carrying anything.

Only now did we discover that there were treasures hidden inside the dragon's body.

Several people opened the storage bags and saw that each storage bag contained different things.

Some bags are full of spirit stones, some are full of pills, and some storage bags contain refining materials or spirit weapons, etc., which are dazzling.

An Jing also found a special jade token from a storage bag.

It is an identity certificate belonging to a dragon, proving that the other party is indeed from the East China Sea dragon clan.

However, since the dragon had been killed, An Jing didn't care about anything and directly destroyed the jade token.

Then An Jing decided to distribute the contents of these storage bags.

A great demon who is close to the fifth realm does have a rich family background.

However, most of these things have evil and demonic auras and are not suitable for their use in cultivation.

In the end, Lu Zheng got a pile of spirit stones, some talismans, and a long sword.

Because Lu Zheng did not ask for those various spiritual materials, he got the most spiritual stones.

The long sword he obtained was a spiritual weapon, a top-grade third-level weapon, of good quality, and not tainted by any demonic aura. It was one of the few treasures suitable for Lu Zheng to use.

After dividing the spoils, Qingxuan began to cut up the dragon's body.

This big dragon has turned into half a real dragon, and its whole body is full of treasures.

He classified the dragon's essence, blood, flesh, bones, skin and marrow into different categories.

While cutting, he told Lu Zheng how to use these things so that he could improve his own practice most effectively.

Lu Zheng listened carefully and took it to heart, thinking that he still needed to learn a lot of knowledge to practice this art.

An Jing, who was standing next to him, whispered, "I know a master weapon refiner. If you trust me, give me some extra dragon skin. I'll have him refine a set of inner armor for you. I'll then send the finished product to Dean Xiao."

The skin of this dragon is indeed suitable for making inner armor, and it will have a very good defensive effect when worn on the body.

Lu Zheng and the other two were naturally happy about this and thanked An Jing.

Lu Zhengdao said, "The dragon skin is of little use to me, Princess. Please take it. I also ask the master to make a few more sets of inner armor. I want to give them to the Kaiyang County Magistrate."

Li Yuan and his son had helped him, and they had some kind of favor to give him. He should repay a drop of kindness with a spring.

"Okay." An Jing replied with a smile.

Seeing that An Jing agreed so readily, Xiao Shan, who was standing next to him, also shamelessly asked for a few more sets of inner armor.

Qingxuan spent some time and finally cut the whole dragon into pieces, leaving only a pool of rotten flesh and blood with a strong smell of blood.

All four of them got a full storage bag of dragon flesh and blood.

Lu Zheng felt that if a warrior relied on eating the dragon's flesh and blood to practice, it would be more than enough to break through to the third level of warrior.

Qing Xuan looked at Lu Zheng and reminded him again, "What I have divided out are all meat and blood, which are very nutritious. Remember not to be greedy. A pound of meat or a small mouthful of blood every other day is enough..."

"I understand." Lu Zheng nodded slightly.

Then, Qing Xuan took out a small booklet and said, "I have a method for body training. If you use it together, you can also strengthen your physique. It's not a rare method. Please accept it!"

An Jing, who was standing next to him, saw this and couldn't help but say, "I also have a body training method that I can teach you."

This was the perfect time to get closer to Lu Zheng, so An Jing naturally wouldn't miss it. He recalled a lot of things in his mind, wondering which body-building technique was suitable for Lu Zheng to learn.

"Uh, thank you. That's not necessary." Lu Zheng thanked him. "I have my own way to refine my body. I won't waste this dragon's flesh and blood."

Qing Xuan asked in surprise, "What kind of body-refining technique do you have?"

While speaking, Qingxuan also looked at Xiaoshan, thinking that Xiaoshan was passing on some method to Lu Zheng in private.

Xiao Shan thought of something and said, "You are good at cultivating the great righteousness, but do you want to use this method to refine your body? However, cultivating the qi is one thing, but to refine the body you still have to learn a special method." Xiao Shan knew that Lu Zheng would not take the imperial examination and had enough energy to learn other things, so he did not persuade Lu Zheng to specialize in one thing.

Lu Zheng thought for a moment and said, "My method of nourishing Qi can also be used to cultivate the body, it's not bad."

"Huh? Didn't you learn how to cultivate the great righteousness from reading the books of sages? Can physical training also have a good effect?" Xiao Shan asked in surprise.

He also cultivates righteousness, but it does not improve his physical strength.

"This one……"

Lu Zheng thought about it and realized that he really didn't have any other methods of body training, so it was difficult to make a comparison.

An Jing smiled and said, "Mr. Lu, do you think you're owed a favor? How about this? I'll sell you a body-refining technique, and you can buy it with spirit stones. Taoist Qingxuan is an expert in this field, and he'll be able to tell the value of the technique I'm giving you. He won't sell it to you at a high or low price, so just rest assured."

An Jing paused, then added, "I really want to make a fortune from Mr. Lu, but I don't want to let others take advantage of me."

Lu Zheng knew that An Jing meant well, but he really didn't need it.

Seeing that the three people misunderstood him, Lu Zheng thought about it. Anyway, these people already knew that he was a Juren from heaven and earth, so it would not hurt to reveal a little more information. He could also use this opportunity to ask about the situation.

The three people present are all trustworthy.

Lu Zheng then said, "Actually, my method of nourishing Qi was passed down to me by Meng Sheng. It can really improve the body, but I haven't compared the results, but it should be pretty good."

For a moment, the atmosphere in the field became quiet.

An Jing looked dazed for a moment, and asked uncertainly, "What did you just say?"

Lu Zheng continued slowly, "Before I opened the Wen Palace, Meng Sheng appeared in the Wen Palace to teach me the Dharma and cultivate my righteous spirit. Speaking of which, there's one thing I don't understand. Could it be that Meng Sheng still exists in this world?"

When Lu Zheng saw Meng Sheng in the Wen Palace before, he was a little surprised.

In the history of this world, Mencius had long since passed away and no longer existed, but he descended and appeared in his Wen Palace.

So much so that Lu Zheng suspected that those ancient saints were not dead, but just hid themselves from the world.

Xiao Shan was shocked and stared at Lu Zheng in amazement.

Who would have thought that Lu Zheng had actually received teachings from a saint, Mencius!

The fact that Lu Zheng was able to receive teachings from a saint also shows how terrifying his talent is.

After all, he had lived in Xiaoshan for so many years, but he had never even seen a living semi-saint. However, Lu Zheng had received personal teachings from an ancient saint.

The gap between people is as huge as heaven and earth.

An Jing's beautiful eyes sparkled, and she had an urge to tie Lu Zheng back.

How can such a talent be left out like this?
Qingxuan's expression was slightly better. After all, he was the only one present who could see that there were strange phenomena in Lu Zhengwen's palace.

In his opinion, it was quite reasonable for Lu Zheng to receive the teachings from the saint.

But it still shocked him...

Seeing that the three of them were looking at him in shock, Lu Zheng couldn't help but cough dryly.

"Um... I just want to ask, is Meng Sheng still alive?"

Xiao Shan took a few deep breaths, but still couldn't calm down.

His expression was agitated, his voice trembling slightly. "The ancient sages have long since passed away, but despite their death, their wills still live on in the world! For thousands of years, our Confucian Temple has enshrined the Four Great Sages in the hope that their wills will live on. However, over the years, I've never heard of any ancient sage demonstrating their will. Everyone thought the will of the sages no longer existed. Unexpectedly..."

Unexpectedly, the will of Meng Sheng was revealed, and he personally passed on the Dharma to Lu Zheng.

"I see!"

Lu Zheng suddenly realized that if that was the case, he really had met Meng Shengyi.

Xiao Shan looked at Lu Zheng and said politely, "Mr. Lu... could you tell me what Meng Sheng said to you?"

Since Lu Zheng received the teachings from Meng Sheng, he could at least be considered a disciple of the saint.

If you calculate it this way, Lu Zheng is many generations older than Xiao Shan.

Xiao Shan has always respected his teachers, and he didn't know how to address Lu Zheng.

Upon hearing this, Lu Zheng hurriedly said, "President Xiao, just call me Lu Zheng! Meng Sheng didn't say much, just that the world is in chaos and the people are suffering. He asked me to eliminate evil and uphold justice, adhere to my original intention, and cultivate a righteous spirit."

"Good, good, good. May the sage's will live on forever, and may Confucianism flourish forever!"

Xiaoshan's tone was extremely excited and he couldn't calm down.

It turns out that the will of the ancient sages still exists and they still care about the affairs of the world!

Seeing this, Lu Zheng couldn't help but say, "President Xiao, don't get too excited. Keep calm..."

In fact, Lu Zheng could also understand Xiao Shan's feelings.

As an upright and loyal Confucian defender, Xiaoshan was inevitably excited and out of control when he learned that the will of the sage really existed.

Upon hearing this, Xiao Shan said with shame, "After all, my cultivation is not good enough. My energy cultivation skills are far inferior to yours."

Lu Zheng had been speaking in a very calm tone, but the three of them did not seem calm at all and had lost their composure.

As expected of someone who has received teachings from a saint! Xiao Shan sighed inwardly.

(End of this chapter)