"Old Heavenly Master?"
Lin Zixiao was slightly moved. Under the art of heaven and earth, it was not difficult to see that the old Taoist in front of him had a strong luck.
How strong is it
It's about five stories high...
He can’t be called the son of luck, but he will definitely achieve something in the future.
"Old Heavenly Master."
Lin Zixiao nodded slightly as a greeting.
She even wondered if she should be a little more polite? For example, she should say "XX sent XX, to meet the old master"
"Um… "
Zhang Xuanzhi smiled and nodded, signaling his disciples not to disturb him, and then said to Lin Zixiao: "Little layman... no, fellow Taoist, can you come in and have a chat?"
“I couldn’t ask for more.”
Lin Zixiao has already seen that the Tianshi Mansion is extraordinary, and it has what he wants!
In addition, the old Taoist priest's luck is as high as a five-story building. Communicating with him might give you unexpected gains.
The two men entered the house one after the other, leaving hundreds of people outside staring at each other in bewilderment.
"Who is that little Taoist priest?"
"I don't know, he's not from our Tianshi Mansion!"
"The old Taoist priest actually called him a fellow Taoist? How high is his generation!"
Many young Taoist priests were amazed.
The three people who had followed Lin Zixiao all the way up were also shocked at this moment.
"I'll go?"
"That old Taoist priest, is he the old Heavenly Master?"
"Oh my god! We almost scolded him just now?"
"Ahem..."
…
Inside the house, Zhang Xuanzhi closed the door and asked Lin Zixiao to sit down. He personally poured him a cup of tea, then sat opposite him and smiled as kindly as possible.
"I wonder why you are here...?"
"You are too polite, old master."
Lin Zixiao smiled and said, "I came here to ask for something."
It’s really him!!!
At this moment, Zhang Xuanzhi was instantly certain in his heart that the young man the third-generation old Taoist priest was talking about was Lin Zixiao in front of him!
After all, who would be so calm when facing themselves
Not only that, he also said that he had something to ask for, isn't that right
"But it's okay."
At this moment, Zhang Xuanzhi was a little conflicted. After all, he only knew half of the conclusion of the third-generation old Taoist priest!
This young man is here today, so what is he doing here? What should I do? Should I cooperate with him? Or should I go against him
I have no idea!
"I have heard for a long time that the first generation of Heavenly Master of the Heavenly Master Mansion made alchemy here. I am quite interested in alchemy, so I would like to ask for an alchemy furnace."
Lin Zixiao is not the type to beat around the bush. He says what needs to be said directly and gets to the point.
"Alchemy furnace?"
Zhang Xuanzhi understood instantly.
Come for the alchemy furnace!
So how should I deal with it
To give, or not to give?!
What about the day when the ancient bell rings by itself and the time when the prosperous times will begin again? But the key point is that it doesn’t tell me what I should do!
Zhang Xuanzhi sighed, but he was not an ordinary person after all. At this moment, he was also frank: "There is indeed an alchemy furnace in my Tianshi Mansion. It was passed down by the third generation of old Tianshi until now, but it has not been used for many years."
"If you like it, just take it."
Didn't the 'legacy' tell me what to do
Then I'll do it according to my own ideas!
Zhang Xuanzhi believed that he was very good at judging people. He was well-versed in great works such as the Book of Changes, and could tell at a glance that the person in front of him was not a wicked person.
In that case…
It's also related to the prosperous times that the third generation Heavenly Master talked about, so there's nothing wrong with me helping him, right
"… "
He agreed so readily that Lin Zixiao was a little stunned.
Is it that simple
"Thank you very much."
Lin Zixiao bowed gently, but, is our Saint the kind of person who would owe favors to anyone? At least not except for 'that guy'.
Therefore, she added: "However, no merit, no reward. The old Heavenly Master is so straightforward, so I should not be stingy."
"I have two pills here. They should be of some use to the old Heavenly Master. Let's exchange them."
She took out two spiritual energy pills and placed them on the table: "Please take them as soon as possible."
"This is… "
Zhang Xuanzhi's expression was slightly solemn.
"Take it and you will know."
Lin Zixiao did not explain too much.
"Then I'd rather obey you than be disrespectful."
At this moment, Zhang Xuanzhi was thinking about the "day when the prosperous times will be reopened" mentioned by the third generation old Taoist priest. What does the prosperous times mean
The world is peaceful now. Isn’t this also a prosperous era
Obviously, no, otherwise there wouldn't be such a saying as 'the day when the prosperous times will resume'.
So, what is the real prosperity? !
The young man in front of him first asked for the alchemy furnace, and then gave him two pills... He couldn't help but think of that aspect.
"I dare to ask."
Zhang Xuanzhi picked up the pill and said softly, "Daoyou, are you a true cultivator?"
Lin Zixiao didn't say anything, but put one hand on the table and pressed lightly, as if he didn't use any force at all.
However!
When she took her hand away the next second, a palm print appeared directly on the originally thick and hard solid wooden table top. It was so clear that even the lines on the palm could be easily recognized!
"really!"
Zhang Xuanzhi's pupils suddenly shrank, and then he laughed out loud: "The prosperous times have begun again, it really is that prosperous times!"
"Fellow Daoist, wait until I swallow these two pills, and then I'll talk to you in detail!"
He no longer had any doubts and swallowed the pill...
In an instant, a shocking change occurred!
His head of gray hair gradually turned black and shiny, and the wrinkles on his body also rapidly became lighter until they disappeared completely!
The skin changes from dry and old to tight, rosy and shiny...
The pair of old eyes, which had turned yellowish, also became bright and shining.
Even teeth fell out and new teeth grew in!
This is an all-round transformation!
It's even a huge change that can be described as 'rebirth'!
And all this was completed in just over ten minutes!
When Zhang Xuanzhi confirmed his transformation, he was even more shocked. He then stood up and bowed deeply to Lin Zixiao: "I will never forget your kindness, my friend!"
"There's no need for that. It's just a courtesy."
Lin Zixiao helped him up, smiled gently, and then said: "You gave me the alchemy furnace, and I gave you the elixir. It's reasonable."
"The alchemy furnace is a dead object to me. It has no function at all."
"But Daoyou's elixir has given me a new life. I cannot repay you enough!"
Zhang Xuanzhi exclaimed: "I am ashamed to say that I have practiced Taoism in the Taoist ancestral temple for my entire life, but it was not until today when I was old that I learned that there are really immortals in this world!"
"I can't really call myself an immortal. I'm just a cultivator trying to survive in the mortal world."
Lin Zixiao said casually: "There are still some things I want to ask the old master."
"Immortal cultivators?" Zhang Xuanzhi murmured for a moment, then said, "Fellow Daoist, please feel free to speak up. I will tell you everything I know."
"It's nothing, actually."
Seeing this, Lin Zixiao spoke freely: "Although I have received some inheritance, I am still a casual cultivator after all. I know very little about cultivation and the past."
"I happened to know that the Taoist scriptures in the Tianshi Mansion are well preserved. I hope that the old Tianshi can help me solve my doubts."
She told a little lie.
If you want to know about the past of the Earth, for example, when did the spiritual energy disappear, when did immortal cultivators disappear, who would you ask most directly
Of course, we should ask those Taoist sects that have been passed down for thousands of years!
Perhaps there are no immortal cultivators among them now, but as long as the original classics are preserved, some clues can always be found.
"The Taoist scriptures of the Tianshi Mansion have indeed been preserved in quite a lot."
Zhang Xuanzhi did not hide it: "I wonder which part you want to know?"
“Let’s start from the part where the spiritual energy is exhausted and it’s hard to find cultivators in the world anymore.” Lin Zixiao said softly.
She naturally didn't know when the earth's spiritual energy began to dry up and when it became difficult to produce cultivators.
However, based on the current clues, some inferences can be made.
For example, Zhang Xuanzhi once said that the alchemy furnace in the Tianshi Mansion was left behind by the third generation of Tianshi...
And Lin Zixiao clearly sensed that there was a real alchemy furnace in the Tianshi Mansion!
It can be inferred that at least during the time of the third generation of Heavenly Master, there were still cultivators in the Heavenly Master's Mansion.
If that’s the case, then the Tianshi Mansion should have relevant records!
"The spiritual energy is exhausted, and it is difficult for the world to produce monks..."
Zhang Xuanzhi was deeply saddened when he heard this: "If these words had not been spoken by you, I would have only regarded them as stories for the rest of my life."
"Similar records do exist in some dilapidated ancient books in our Tianshi Mansion."
“That was when I was very young…”
Zhang Xuanzhi spoke slowly.
When you are young, who doesn’t want to seek immortality? Especially when you are exposed to many legends and live in the Taoist ancestral home of Longhu Mountain Tianshi Mansion…
What a pity, where did the immortal come from? !
If you want to practice, you need someone to teach you!
No one taught him? He read many ancient books by himself, even those that were already tattered and even those written in ancient characters, he read most of them...
It was in those ancient books that Zhang Xuanzhi saw relevant records about "the exhaustion of spiritual energy" and "it is difficult for the world to produce cultivators".
"I don't know whether it's true or not, but according to the records in the ancient books of our Tianshi Mansion, the spiritual energy has been depleted since the Qin and Han Dynasties."
"From then on, it became difficult for monks to appear in the world. By the end of the Tang Dynasty, there should have been no more monks..."
"I see."
Lin Zixiao nodded gently: "Then, does your sect's ancient books record why the spiritual energy is exhausted?"
"There are some ancient books that record some of this."
Zhang Xuanzhi really knows everything and says it all.
"I have forgotten which book I read this in, and I don't know if it is true."
"But the records say that when the first emperor unified the country, he sent alchemists to explore the dragon veins."
"But in the end, it was discovered that there were three dragon veins in the world, all of which had the aura of an emperor, and they converged in the present-day Nanjing..."
"This was naturally unbearable for the First Emperor, so he ordered his men to cut off the dragon vein!"
Zhang Xuanzhi slowly told the "legend" he knew.