Confucian and Taoist scholar

Chapter 146 Teaching by precept and example

The carriage was speeding along the wide and flat county road.

Lu Zheng sat in the carriage, took out two booklets, and practiced the method of turning beans into soldiers with Qing Wan.

Lu Zheng flipped through the booklet while explaining it to Qing Wan.

Although it is just a basic spell, it is not that easy to learn.

Moreover, Lu Zheng didn't know whether Qing Wan could learn the magic practiced by humans.

The two, one big and one small, had never been exposed to any Taoist magic.

After Lu Zheng read it carefully, he asked Qing Wan for a few peas and tried to use magic there.

He pinched his fingers together and injected a trace of righteous energy into a pea.

Literary spirit, righteous spirit, spiritual power, demonic power... are all different forms of the changes in the spiritual energy of heaven and earth.

Therefore, there is nothing wrong with Lu Zheng practicing the Taoism of other schools based on his righteous spirit.

It would actually be easier to practice certain magic spells using the most masculine and righteous energy.

Other Confucian and Taoist scholars can also practice their own magic, but most scholars have already spent a lot of energy on Confucianism and rarely learn other things.

Some students don't even learn the basics of martial arts, and only focus on reading books of sages, becoming weak scholars.

A trace of righteous energy was injected into the pea, but there was no reaction.

Lu Zheng moved his nose, then picked up the peas and took a look. They were cooked...

Lu Zheng cast the spell again.

A pea exploded and broke into pieces.

Qing Wan stared with curiosity and tried to cast a spell like Lu Zheng, but it also had no effect.

Then, not long after, crackling sounds were heard in the carriage.

Zhang Bo sat opposite Lu Zheng, watching the two fail again and again, and all the bean dregs fell on him.

How can magic be so easy to learn... Zhang Bo thought to himself.

In his spare time, he had learned to make Taoist talismans. He thought that talismans and cultural treasures had a lot in common and it would not be too difficult to learn.

As a result, Zhang Bo wasted a lot of time and money, but was unable to draw a complete basic talisman.

Lu Zheng took the trouble to inject a trace of righteousness into a pea again.

I saw the little pea move, grow a few roots, and slowly stand up.

However, before the bean soldier was fully formed, the pea fell down, motionless, and lost its vitality.

[You have practiced the method of turning beans into soldiers and have gained some insights. Proficiency: 1%]

[Sowing Beans into Soldiers: The spell is incomplete, currently a second-tier spell.]

Hmm? Lu Zheng's eyes moved slightly, and he realized that all the practice he had done for so long was not in vain.

Moreover, even though this spell is incomplete, it can still reach the quality of a second-level spell, which shows that the Taoist priest was not lying.

If you master this method, you might be able to command a group of little bean soldiers to do things.

Zhang Bo saw this and said, "It seems that Brother Lu has mastered some tricks."

Lu Zheng smiled, looked at his empty hands, and stretched them out to Qing Wan, "Give me some more."

"Gone!"

Qing Wan touched her stomach. They had just consumed so many peas that there was no food left in her stomach.

They did not prepare other beans because Qingwan could produce peas by herself, and they also had a trace of spiritual energy, which made them better for learning spells than ordinary beans.

Unexpectedly, the two of them consumed all the peas so quickly.

Qing Wan couldn't help but say, "I want to eat peaches!"

Hearing this, Lu Zheng took out a big peach and asked, "Do you want some spirit stones?"

"Eat the peach first!" Qing Wan held the peach and started to eat it.

Just then, the carriage slowed down.

A guard came to the window of the carriage and whispered, "Master, we've arrived."

Zhang Bo looked outside and found a fork in the road ahead.

"Okay, we'll get off the bus and you guys go to Yao Town in Kaiyang County to wait for us." Zhang Bo said.

Lu Zheng had already planned the route, and they would take detours and take small paths to go to some places.

Since the carriage could not pass, the guards were asked to go to the town ahead and wait.

The five scholars didn't need any protection when they traveled for a few days.

The carriage stopped, Lu Zheng and his companions took some of their luggage, and then separated from the guards.

The guards all left with trepidation.

After all, if anything happened to Zhang Bo and the others when they were following their master out, it would be their dereliction of duty.

Li Zhao, carrying a bag on his back and holding a sword in one hand, excitedly came to Lu Zheng's side and said, "Hey, this is what studying abroad is like!"

Li Zhao always felt a little uncomfortable because he had guards following him all the time.

Now there are only five of them, plus a little goblin, and no one can stop them from going wherever they want.

Li Zhao saw Qing Wan sitting on Lu Zheng's shoulder, happily eating a peach.

"Brother Lu, why do you still have peaches? Give us some!"

Hearing this, Lu Zheng took out a few more peaches and shared them with the others. The group walked along the mountain path, full of excitement.

Li Zhao and his companions discussed as they walked how to find the traces of wild beasts or demons.

Lu Zheng took out another book of spells given by the Taoist priest and slowly flipped through it.

A small spell that can restore vitality to plants and accelerate their growth.

Lu Zheng was wondering if he could use this method to repair the green bamboo painting.

However, this spell cannot be learned in a short time, and Lu Zheng is not in a hurry to do any experiments. He just tries to master it slowly.

Li Zhao walked up to Lu Zheng and said with a gloomy look, "Brother Lu, you study so hard that it puts a lot of pressure on us!"

Lu Zheng is already better than them and studies harder. How can he let them do anything?
"I'm used to it." Lu Zheng smiled faintly. "The journey in the mountains is long, so I always have to find something to do."

"Alright..." Li Zhao couldn't help but ask, "Speaking of which, where are we going this way?"

Lu Zhengdao said, "There's a village nearby, but the previous map didn't have a detailed route. We have to keep an eye out to avoid missing it."

Li Zhao frowned and muttered, "Finding the way? We're not good at this. We went to the mountains to look for demons and ghosts before, and we almost got lost after wandering around in circles."

Lu Zheng couldn't help but laugh and said, "Then you have to study even more."

Upon hearing this, Zhang Bo took out the map he had read before, showed it to everyone, and pointed to the location of the village.

Then, a few people walked ahead excitedly and soon came to a fork in the road.

After some discussion, the group chose a mountain path.

After walking for a while, we found that there were thorns ahead and there was no road ahead.

At some point, they seemed to have gone astray.

Lu Zheng stood behind, just watching quietly, without saying anything.

Zhang Bo said, "I'll go to the top of the mountain and take a look..."

After saying that, Zhang Bo quickly went up the mountain and came back quickly after a while.

"I haven't found the road yet, but there is indeed a village a few miles away."

So, a few people continued to force their way through the mountains, and their bodies were covered with dead branches and leaves.

They chose their own path, so there is nothing to complain about.

After walking a little further, looking at the people rushing ahead, Lu Zheng finally couldn't help but say, "There's a road over there."

As he spoke, Lu Zheng raised his hand and pointed not far away.

Upon hearing this, everyone looked in the direction Lu Zheng pointed, but found nothing.

"Where?" Li Zhao was stunned.

Lu Zheng walked straight over and walked onto a path covered with weeds.

Everyone was surprised and wondered if Lu Zheng's eyesight was so good?
"Brother Lu has really sharp eyes. When I got closer, I didn't even notice there was a road here." Li Zhao couldn't help but say.

Lu Zheng said slowly, "It's not that I saw the road, it's my experience. The weeds here are a little different... Don't you think that the weeds on the roadside are different from the grass and trees in other places? At first glance, you can still tell that there is a road here."

Li Zhao and his companions looked at each other and shook their heads blankly.

Lu Zheng walked in front and told everyone some of his experiences traveling in the wild.

Soon, the group arrived at a hillside outside the village.

Not far ahead, a dark-skinned man was digging in a field covered with thorns and weeds, clearing the land.

The man was working hard and couldn't help wiping the sweat from his forehead. Suddenly, out of the corner of his eye, he saw Lu Zheng and others walking towards him.

Lu Zheng smiled and bowed, saying, "Big Brother, we are traveling scholars passing by here..."

Upon hearing this, the man clasped his fists and said politely, "I'm a humble servant, greeting the distinguished guests!"

These young men in front of them looked like they were from wealthy families and looked very noble, unlike the farmers like them.

Lu Zheng waved his hand and said, "We only know a few words. How can we be considered noble people?"

Lu Zheng found a place nearby and sat down to rest.

Looking at the wasteland, he said, "Brother, you are reclaiming the wasteland, right? This is a strenuous job."

It is a time-consuming and laborious task to transform barren mountains and wastelands into farmland.

Farming is a very tiring job. Unless the family’s farmland is not enough to feed the people, few people would go to open up wasteland.

The man grinned and said, "Now that we have a baby, I want to open up more land to support the whole family."

"Having a baby? It's a happy occasion. Congratulations, big brother!" Lu Zheng said with a smile, "Big brother, how much land do you plan to open up? I think the weather is pretty good this year. It's already autumn, so it's not that hot, so it's suitable for planting..."

The man couldn't help but wonder, "This little brother also knows these things?"

These fair-looking scholars don't look like they can do farm work.

Lu Zheng smiled and said, "As a scholar, I naturally read all kinds of books. I have quite a few books on farming... I think this piece of land is very fertile and suitable for growing wheat. We can cultivate it first and then ferment some fertilizer for storage. It will be suitable for planting winter wheat in two months!"

The man's eyes lit up, and he slapped his thigh and said, "Oh, that's what I thought too! But the fertilizer is hard to ferment. I don't have enough fertilizer for the crops in my other fields!"

Lu Zheng couldn't help but say: "I do know some methods, they are all written in books, I don't know if they are suitable..."

The man clasped his fists and said, "Please tell me, little brother!"

The two of them started talking about farming there, and the conversation was very lively.

Li Zhao and his companions were stunned when they saw this. They didn't expect that Lu Zheng even knew how to make fertilizer and cultivate land. Why did it seem like Lu Zheng knew everything?

(End of this chapter)