On the edge of the island, at the junction of the beach and the woods, stands a simple wooden archway.
It is said to be an archway, but it is actually just a doorway made of three rough logs. There is a plaque nailed to the upper edge of the door. It is also a rough wooden board, with a simple and thick word "Tao" written in black ink on it.
This is the Taoist temple of the first family. According to the family rules of the first family, all children must be sent to the Taoist temple after they are six years old and able to take care of themselves to receive the most orthodox cultivation inheritance of the family. In the Taoist temple, children have their own development directions according to their spiritual roots, talents, preferences, interests, etc., whether they are cultivating Taoism, practicing physical education, refining elixirs, refining talismans, refining weapons, or planting crops.
Three middle-aged men with mottled hair stood in front of the door. They were wearing simple linen Taoist uniforms, with their hands in their sleeves, and they were quietly looking at the First Supreme and Yin Xuege.
"Elder of our Taoist Temple!" The First Supreme looked at the three middle-aged men and introduced the situation of the Taoist Temple to Yin Xuege in a low voice.
Within the first family, among the many clan members responsible for the family's power, the first-generation ancestor is the three deities of heaven, earth, and man. They rule the entire First Family like earthly emperors, controlling all the rights of the family. Whether it is worshiping ancestors, promoting or deposing clan members, making decisions on foreign expeditions and fighting, etc., these three ancestors are all in the single-handed control.
Under these three ancestors, the most famous among the second generation clan members is Sanding. They are Mr. Li Ding in the first summer; Mr. Luan Ding in the first business; and Mr. Zhu Ding in the first week. Sanding serves as the chief minister and assistant in the first family and is responsible for the specific and detailed affairs of the family.
In addition to Mr. Sanding, there is also Mr. Sanguang among the second generation clan members. Unlike Mr. Sanding, who oversees the overall situation and is responsible for all specific family affairs, Mr. Sanguang is the first sun, the first month, and the first star respectively. They are responsible for the internal affairs of the family.
For example, the family Taoist temple, which cultivates the younger generations of the family and selects talented elites, is the top priority of Mr. Sanguang.
The three old men with obscure auras in front of them, wearing linen robes ranging from gray to white, look ordinary and even a bit like three old farmers in the mountains. They are Mr. Sanguang Sun, Moon and Star from the first family!
Yin Xuege looked at Mr. Sanguang curiously. They were able to be responsible for the internal affairs of the first family. These three were also high-ranking figures. But they don't have the slightest bit of majesty and domineering power that people with great power should have. Instead, they exude a kind and amiable demeanor of elders.
Seeing Yin Xuege and the First Supreme approaching, First Ri, who was standing between the three of them, smiled gently.
"Supreme, is this the child?" The first day narrowed his eyes and nodded slowly: "Fifth-grade immortal roots, including ordinary grade, Tao grade, genuine grade, fairy grade, and holy grade, can have genuine fairy roots. The fruit of immortality is not expected in the near future. His qualifications are not bad. But I don’t know that genuine immortal roots are also divided into ten grades, and each grade has ten degrees. What grade and degree is his genuine spiritual root? "
The First Supreme Master coughed seriously, smiled brightly at Mr. Sanguang, and then lowered his voice: "My son, of course the genuine spiritual root has the highest tenth degree, absolutely perfect score!"
The corners of Yin Xuege's mouth twitched and he glanced sideways at the First Supreme. This guy really knows how to act. Although he doesn't know what the extent of his spiritual roots are, and they didn't mention this to him on the first day, Yin Xuege can bet that he is definitely more than just a genuine spiritual root.
The first day tilted his lips, and he looked at the First Supreme with a little helplessness: "Supreme, this is related to how we teach blood songs. You should be honest with us, and his spiritual root is the real one. How many seconds, how many degrees?"
Spiritual roots are divided into five levels, which are related to the highest level a monk can achieve according to the normal progress of cultivation when there are no great opportunities or unexpected encounters. For example, ordinary spiritual roots can be cultivated to the golden elixir realm at most; Dao spiritual roots can at most achieve the ultimate soul, and it is extremely difficult to ascend; and genuine spiritual roots can become earthly immortals, and there is hope for heavenly immortals as well. .
Each grade of spiritual root is divided into ten grades, and each grade is divided into ten degrees. The first grade is the lowest, the tenth grade is the highest, the first grade is the lowest, and the tenth grade is the highest. This indicates the difference between spiritual roots of the same grade. This is related to the monks with the same spiritual roots, who can practice the fastest.
Generally speaking, everyone practices according to the rules and with the same cultivation resources. If a first-class genuine spiritual root takes a thousand years to achieve the great path, a second-class genuine spiritual root only takes 950 years. . By analogy, a genuine spiritual root of the tenth grade and tenth degree may be able to ascend to the upper realm and achieve an immortal body in just three hundred years!
Therefore, the classification of spiritual roots of the same grade and degree is also very important. This affects how much resources the family will invest in you and how much effort it will spend on you! A genius who can become an Earth Immortal in three hundred years and a talented person who can become an Earth Immortal in a thousand years cannot be treated at the same level in terms of treatment.
On the first day, I asked the First Supreme Lord this question very seriously, and the First Supreme Lord's face suddenly dropped.
He narrowed his eyes and looked at Mr. Sanguang, his dandy expression on his face again. He raised his head and raised a disdainful sneer at the corner of his mouth: "My first supreme son, he has a genuine spiritual root. Of course he is the highest tenth degree! I will naturally provide him with all the training needs. If you provide it in person, you don’t have to spend the Taoist temple’s quota.”
After a slight pause, the First Supreme said in a cold voice: "The Taoist Academy only needs to teach my son how to practice seriously. His daily consumption, whether it is clothes and services, flying swords, magic weapons, elixirs, talismans, or even maids who keep warm blankets, I have arranged everything!"
Mr. Sanguang's face twitched at the same time. On the first day, he almost gritted his teeth and looked at the First Supreme: "Supreme, the rules of the Taoist temple are that no maids are allowed!"
The First Supreme One's eyes widened as if he suddenly realized it. He patted his forehead hard and laughed sheepishly: "Ah, I forgot about this! Who told me not to stay in the Taoist Temple in this life? What happened? Ha, ha, ha, ha! Well, my son has been handed over to his three uncles. If he is wronged here, don’t blame me for demolishing the Taoist temple!"
After laughing three times, the First Supreme took out a golden jade cicada pendant from his sleeve and hung it on Yin Xuege's neck. Then he turned into a long wind and roared into the sky, rolling up for several miles. The clouds flew away in a mighty way.
Mr. Sanguang was so angry that his nose and face were twisted into a ball. They looked angrily in the direction where the first self-esteem went away and stamped their feet fiercely. But it was obvious that they had no other way to deal with the First Supreme. They could only sigh helplessly and set their sights on Yin Xuege.
Yin Xuege stood there quietly, his fingers gently twirling the golden jade cicada that the First Supreme had just hung for him.
This golden jade cicada is as big as a baby's fist, several times larger than the silver jade cicada that Yin Xuege once had. The golden jade is almost translucent, and there are faint purple clouds flying inside the cicada. When Yin Xuege's skin comes into contact with his, he can only feel an extremely moist heat like buttermilk seeping out of the jade cicada, constantly. Nourish his body and soul, making him extra energetic.
This is a top-notch rare treasure, and Yin Xuege cannot even identify its grade.
In short, when Mr. Sanguang saw this jade cicada, which was golden with patches of purple clouds, their expressions became very strange.
With a sigh, he walked to Yin Xuege on the first day. He grabbed Yin Xuege's hand, cut his fingertips with his nails, and dropped a drop of blood on the golden jade cicada. A crisp cicada chirped, and the golden jade cicada turned into a dense purple-gold mist and blended into Yin Xuege's body. Yin Xuege suddenly felt waves of relief all over his body, and his energy and energy were instantly enriched to the extreme. .
"This is it!" The first day hesitated for a while, then shook his head with a wry smile: "Before the ancient times, my first family had good relations with Jinfeng Sanren, one of the Daluo Golden Immortals of Yinghuo Dojo. This golden jade cicada is Jinfeng Sanren Transformed into a drop of his own essence and blood, it contains infinite secrets. He is also the mother of all the Golden Wind Cicadas in my first family, which is extremely precious."
Gently patted Yin Xuege's shoulder, and said in a deep voice on the first day: "For a long time, this Da Luo Jin Feng Chan was either kept by the head of the first family, or hung on the heir of the family. So, you, don't Let others see it."
Can it only be kept by the head of the family or the heir of the family head? Yin Xuege lowered his head and looked at the part of Daluo Jin Fengchan that had integrated into his body, and then nodded slowly. He is not stupid, and he will not say such things to make himself jealous. Yin Xuege clearly knows his position. To the First Family, he is just an alien, an outsider, and a semi-demon!
He has not yet admitted that he is the son of the First Supreme Being, he has not yet admitted that he is a member of the First Family, and he is not willing to cause unexpected trouble for himself because of some treasures of the First Family.
"Come on, the Taoist temple is the foundation of my first family and the top priority." On the first day, he took Yin Xuege's hand and wanted to take him into the Taoist temple.
But Yin Xuege shook his hands and shook off the palm of the first day. He put his hands behind his back, looked up at the first day and said coldly: "I am not a five or six-year-old baby. I can walk by myself, and Mr. Lao Sanguang is in front of me." lead the way."
The first day, the first month, and the first star were stunned at the same time, and then the first day shook his head and smiled bitterly: "I forgot, you are not one of those dolls who were sent to the Taoist temple when they were six years old. Hey, Blood Song boy ,How old are you this year?"
Yin Xuege raised his eyebrows, reported his age, and then said coldly: "Are you too old?"
Mr. Sanguang looked at each other and said nothing. Yin Xuege's tone was very aggressive, and there was a thorn in every word! What else could they do but shake their heads and smile bitterly? We can only tell the Taoist teachers in the coming days to be careful in dealing with this little baby.
The son of the First Supreme Being, Mr. Sanguang's scalp feels swollen when he thinks of Yin Xuege's identity. Moreover, this little guy, Yin Xuege, obviously has no sympathy for the First Family. With such a bad attitude, I think the future of the Taoist Academy will not be peaceful.
With a wry smile, the first day nodded: "How old are you? How can you speak like an old person? Come on, come on, come with us. This Taoist academy occupies a vast area and has many branches. There are many brothers and sisters in each academy. In total, the total number exceeds 50,000. It will take you a while to adapt to life here."
Five, fifty thousand? Yin Xuege's body stiffened and he stood there without moving for a long time! How many people are there in the Yin Clan’s Zhizi Hall? The total number of Yin people is just over 100,000. There are actually more than 50,000 apprentices in the Taoist Academy of the First Family
On the first day, he looked back in surprise at the dumbfounded Yin Xuege. He blinked and then suddenly patted his forehead: "Oh, there are actually more apprentices in the Taoist Academy. Some of the older ones have been sent out. Go get some experience. Perhaps you are comparing the situation of your Yin clan with that of my First Family? Don’t forget, the Blood Demon Clan has a hard time reproducing, and the First Family, hey, hey hey."
Yin Xuege let out a heavy breath, and then secretly laughed at himself.
Isn't it? The blood demon clan has a long lifespan and their strength grows extremely fast. Correspondingly, their ability to reproduce offspring is greatly weakened. Take the Yin tribe as an example. From Yin Tianjue down, it took hundreds of years for the Yin tribe to have only four generations!
And what about pure human beings? Hundreds of years, even if it is a generation of twenty years, these are twenty or thirty generations that have passed. Considering the status of the First Family in the Eastern cultivation world, the total number of their clan members is at least over one million. Shouldn't there be so many apprentices in the Taoist Academy
However, this is just a special situation in a special period, right
Anyway, Yin Xuege has seen many records describing similar situations from the ancient books of the Evil Bone Path. It is still very easy for human monks below the Nascent Soul stage to reproduce, just like ordinary people. But after the Nascent Soul was achieved, their ability to reproduce immediately declined to the point where they were no different than blood demons.
Putting aside these messy thoughts in his mind, Yin Xuege calmed down and followed Mr. Sanguang step by step into the Taoist temple of the First Family.
Behind the simple doorway is a spacious and clean avenue. The road paved with sand and gravel mixed with small shells has just been sprinkled with clean water, so it is clean and dust-free when you step on it. There is a "rustling" sound under your feet when you walk.
After walking for three to five miles, someone's voice came from the woods on the roadside.
Some medicinal gardens and spiritual gardens have been opened in the woods, and a large number of common herbs and fruits have been planted. Several young men wearing white linen robes are leading a group of six or seven-year-old children, lying on the ridge beside the medicinal gardens, teaching them How to identify these medicinal herbs.
At a glance, there are dozens of such medicinal gardens and spiritual gardens, and in each place there are these young men in white robes leading a dozen children to teach them the skills of identifying medicinal herbs. These young men in white robes explained carefully, and the children listened carefully, which was like a picture of the Taoist immortal clan preaching and teaching.
Yin Xuege looked at those young men in white robes with fascination. Their status was equivalent to the deacons of the Yin Clan's Childish Palace, right? But compared to the fierce and sinister deacons of the Yin Clan's Zhizi Temple, these young men in white robes have a gentle attitude and smile when explaining. They are much more approachable than those deacons.
"These white-robed teachers have slightly weaker spiritual roots. They can roughly cultivate the soul in exchange for a thousand years of free luck. Unless there is a great opportunity, it is difficult to become an immortal. They are not good at fighting or fighting, and they cannot become a family Taoist soldier. , but they are smart, smart, patient and gentle, so they just serve as junior teachers in the Taoist Academy to lead these little guys."
Looking at the young men in white robes on the first day, he said softly: "Everyone in the First Family will make the best use of their talents. Unless it is really too unbearable, our family will not waste the talent of any member of the clan. As long as you If you work hard, you will always get ahead in your family."
"Too unbearable? For example, someone?" Yin Xuege smiled pointedly.
The first day and the other two gentlemen smiled awkwardly, and the first day quickly changed the subject.
"I won't talk about these basic courses such as identifying herbal medicines. You first settle down, pick up the apprentice's clothes and a set of tools, and then choose a place to live. Then the senior teacher will arrange courses for you. What do you think?"
After saying something to Yin Xuege with a smile, he continued to ask him on the first day: "Xuege, how is your current cultivation level?"
The blood demon's training methods are very different from those of orthodox monks. In the early stage, the blood demon relies on madly devouring blood essence to increase its strength. Their demon power is vast and their strength is comparable to that of Golden Core monks. However, other monks cannot see clearly how powerful a blood demon is before the blood core is actually condensed. After all, they are a clan of monsters, and their cultivation methods are really very different from those of orthodox monks.
Looking at the amiable face on the first day, Yin Xuege smiled innocently.
"I just tried to temper my body. Well, I just tempered the skin, but the muscles haven't started yet."
This is the truth. Yin Xuege looked at the first day and thought in his heart that he had indeed just tempered his skin. Of course, he would never tell him that the technique he used on the first day was the Nine-turn Hongmeng Blood Divine Way that was indestructible.
Mr. Sanguang was stunned at the same time. They looked Yin Xuege up and down. After a long time, the first day he breathed out a little annoyed: "Just started to temper the body? This, this is not a five or six-year-old baby. Basic kung fu? Even some direct descendants of my family, their bodies were already tempered when they were in their mother's womb."
Yin Xuege's heart suddenly twitched slightly. The direct descendants of the first family began to temper their bodies when they were still in their mother's womb? How did these perverted guys do it? Is this the difference between the five major immortal clans in the Eastern Cultivation World and other forces in the Cultivation World
He sighed helplessly and said in a deep voice on the first day: "Then, let's start from the most basic ones. First, temper the body and lay the foundation; then practice the true energy, turning the acquired nature into the innate; take more elixirs**, Shorten this process as much as possible! You have already started many years later than other tribesmen!"
With a long sigh, Mr. Sanguang continued to walk into the Taoist temple with Yin Xuege.
Going forward for more than ten miles, the end of the forest ahead revealed a huge valley surrounded by green mountains. There were various simple and elegant palaces and pavilions in it. There were also four thirty-six-story palaces with a height of 108 feet standing in the southeast, northwest and northwest. Tower.
The wind blew, and there was a crisp sound of wind chimes. Teams of young people and children wearing various colored robes were walking quickly back and forth. The wind also brought a loud sound of chanting, which was the "Huang Ting Jing" recited by the children who had just entered the Taoist temple.
The first day waved not far away, and suddenly a handsome young man wearing a blue robe quickly ran towards this side with more than a dozen afterimages. Yin Xuege noticed that there were a pair of bamboo horses tied to the young man's legs. It was obvious that these things were helping him run quickly.
"This is a new member of the tribe, the First Blood Song. Please take him through the admission procedures."
Yin Xuege frowned, he raised his voice and said in a deep voice: "Yin Xuege!"
The first day and the other two gentlemen raised their eyebrows. They pondered for a while, and then nodded at the same time.
"Yin Xuege! Very good, lead him to go through the formalities!"
(End of chapter)