Celestial being

After learning the location of Zhenren Xuanhua, Yuan Ming immediately left the small town and set off for the Yue Kingdom.

The Yue Kingdom is the largest country in the eastern region of Southern Xinjiang. Its territory borders the Central Plains. More than a hundred years ago, it conquered a small country in the Central Plains and took its territory as its own. In fact, it is no longer a pure southern Xinjiang country.

Ningcheng is a large city in the Yue Kingdom. It lives on the seaside and has beautiful scenery.

A few days later, Yuan Ming stood on the edge of a cliff outside the city, overlooking the sea.

Everywhere you can see is boundless blue water. The waves set off by the sea breeze rise and fall in rows, splashing layers of white foam, and there is a trace of salty breath in your breath.

Sea ships with gray and white sails are either sailing or anchored on the sea. The sunlight shines on the sea, reflecting countless golden scales, which spread to the end of the field of vision, connected with the light blue clouds and sky, making it indistinguishable. Where is the sea, where is the sky.

Sometimes there are groups of seagulls flying freely above the surging waves, tapping the top of the waves and emitting a few high-pitched and loud calls.

Yuan Ming has lived in the capital of Jin Dynasty since he was a child. He has never been to the seaside. He has only heard people mention the majestic waves of the sea since he was a child, but has never seen it with his own eyes. In his previous missions to southern Xinjiang, he mainly traveled by land and rivers. I went to the beach once and was really shocked.

"Rocks collapsing and clouds collapsing, turbulent waves breaking the shore, and rolling up thousands of piles of snow, it is indeed a shocking sight." He murmured to himself, somewhat understanding why Ulu longed for the sea so much.

Yuan Ming did not stay at the beach for long and quickly turned around and entered the city.

The country of Yue straddles the Central Plains and Southern Xinjiang. Both the street layout and the city architecture combine the characteristics of both. Surrounded by lush broad leaves, most of the buildings and pavilions are made of trees or bamboos. The spaces are scattered and green. , giving people a refreshing and exotic feel.

It's just that Yuan Ming had something on his mind and had no time to appreciate the scenery of Ningcheng. He went straight to a dilapidated temple in the west of the city. The three characters "Xuanhua Temple" were written on the plaque on the door.

He walked over and knocked on the closed door.

After a while, an eleven or twelve-year-old fair-skinned Taoist boy came out. Seeing Yuan Ming's unfamiliar face, his little face showed a bit of nervousness.

"Senior, you are polite. What's the important thing for you to come to my Xuanhua Temple?" Although the little Taoist boy was nervous, his etiquette was not lacking. He saluted Yuan Ming and asked crisply.

"Your Excellency, Yuan Ming, I am an old friend of Master Xuanhua. I am passing through Ningcheng and came here to visit you. I also asked fellow Taoist to inform me." During the time when Yuan Ming was possessed by Master Xuanhua, he had seen this trail before. After several times, Tong knew that he was the disciple of Master Xuanhua, so he took out the bronze token and said.

"Master is practicing in the temple. Senior, please wait a moment." After hearing the origin of Yuan Ming's name and seeing the token, the little Taoist boy seemed relieved, turned around and ran into the temple.

Yuan Ming raised his eyebrows, looking at the little Taoist boy's expression, Xuanhua Temple didn't seem to be peaceful?

After a moment, a hearty laugh came from inside the view.

"Haha, it turns out that fellow Taoist Yuan is here. What a rare visitor. A rare visitor." Master Xuanhua walked out wearing a pair of wooden clogs and laughed.

"Fellow Taoist Xuanhua, Yuan came to visit rashly. I hope I didn't disturb your Qing Xiu." Yuan Ming said with cupped hands.

"Why are you disturbing me? Come in quickly." Master Xuanhua smiled and introduced Yuan Ming into the temple.

While the two were chatting, the little Taoist boy had already quickly set up a banquet table in a living room and started to arrange the dishes.

"Fellow Taoist Xuanhua hosted a banquet, and Yuan took out a jar of beautiful wine." Yuan Ming smiled and took out a jar of bright red wine.

This was the wine he bought on a whim from a market he passed by on his way to Ningcheng. It was a spirit wine brewed from a century-old spirit fruit and cost him more than twenty spirit stones.

"Passion wine? Fellow Daoist Yuan has some good wine!" Master Xuanhua was startled and then said with a smile.

The two of them talked about trivial matters after a long separation, and finally got to the main topic after they had had enough wine and food.

"Fellow Daoist Yuan traveled thousands of miles and came to Ningcheng from the Northern Territory. He must not have just come to see Pindao, right?" Master Xuanhua asked.

"Fellow Taoist Xuanhua spoke quickly, and Yuan Ming got straight to the point. Yuan used the incense that my Taoist friend sold to me last time very smoothly. After that, he spent a lot of time learning the art of making incense. Come to Ning today. I visited the city, firstly to discuss the method of making spiritual incense with fellow Taoist fellows, and secondly, I also wanted to buy some more spiritual incense from fellow Taoist fellows Xuanhua." Yuan Ming said with a smile.

"Fellow Daoist Yuan is also interested in the Tao of Incense? Compared with refining alchemy and making talismans, this Tao of Incense is a small Tao, but it is not well received by others." Master Xuanhua looked at Yuan Ming and said with some surprise.

"I don't think so. Spiritual incense has many wonderful uses. Among other things, although the Qingxuan incense is not as fast and dramatic as the elixir in speeding up cultivation, it is better than the long flow of water and can complement each other. Moreover, the production of spiritual incense is also easy It is much simpler than refining elixirs, refining weapons, and magic circles. I only wish I had not come into contact with Incense Dao earlier." Yuan Ming said this.

Taoist Xuanhua's eyes became brighter and brighter when he looked at Yuan Ming, but soon turned gloomy: "Fellow Taoist Yuan can see the uniqueness of Lingxiang and has a bright vision. It's a pity that today's world of cultivators is eager for quick success and has no regard for elixirs and magic weapons. With so many people flocking to them, no one cares about spiritual incense. Even in shops in the city, spiritual incense is sold in every corner."

As he spoke, he took a swig of wine, shook his head and smiled bitterly.

"Because of this, we, the incense makers, should work harder to refine the best spiritual incense and change the world's misunderstanding of spiritual incense." Yuan Ming encouraged Taoist Xuanhua by adding wine to his cup.

"Haha, what fellow Taoist Yuan said is that the poor Taoist has become decadent." Master Xuanhua adjusted his breathing, smiled, and then asked: "Since Fellow Taoist Yuan is interested in discussing it, the poor Taoist is naturally disrespectful. I don't know how far you have reached now. ? Is there any scent of the finished product that I can take a look at?"

Yuan Ming knew that what he had just said had moved Master Xuanhua, and he was secretly happy. He took out a stick of Purple Xuanxiang and handed it over.

"Zixuanxiang!" Master Xuanhua narrowed his eyes, took the Zixuanxiang and examined it carefully, his expression gradually became solemn.

He immediately took out an incense burner, inserted the incense into it, lit it, and closed his eyes to do his exercises.

After a while, Master Xuanhua opened his eyes and looked at Yuan Ming with a strange look.

"Is there something wrong with this fragrance?" Yuan Ming asked when he saw this.

"No, this Zi Xuan incense is extremely well made. Except for one or two slight flaws in the processing of details, it is perfect." Master Xuan Hua said.

"Fellow Taoist Xuanhua, thank you very much." Yuan Ming said with a smile.

"It's just that I don't understand something. I am the only one who has the formula of Zi Xuan Xiang in the entire Yue Kingdom and even in southern Xinjiang. Where did fellow Taoist Yuan get it from?" Master Xuanhua stared at Yuan Ming, as if he wanted to see it through his eyes. Something comes out.

"Yuan does not have the formula for Zi Xuan Xiang, but he has explored the refining of Qing Xuan Xiang before and accumulated some experience. A few days ago, he accidentally bought a few sticks of Zi Xuan Xiang at a market he passed by. After identifying it, I tried to imitate it." Yuan Ming looked into each other's eyes and said frankly.

"What!" Master Xuanhua opened his eyes wide and looked at Yuan Ming with disbelief.

There is a proverb among alchemists: Shenxian is difficult to identify the pills and pills, which means that it is almost impossible to deduce the formula from just one elixir. Although the spiritual fragrance is simpler than the elixir, it can be inferred based on the spiritual fragrance of the finished product. It is also extremely difficult to come up with the formula, which requires extremely rich experience, talent and skills.

Master Xuanhua asked himself that he could not do this, but Yuan Ming in front of him could actually do it?

"Although I don't know how Fellow Daoist Yuan did it, I admire you from the bottom of my heart. Now I have a gracious request. I wonder if Fellow Daoist Yuan can make a purple incense stick on the spot. I would like to have a clearer understanding of your current incense making process. Level." He paused and said.

"Of course, I'm going to ask fellow Taoist Xuanhua for advice." Yuan Ming agreed.

Master Xuanhua took Yuan Ming to the temple, and soon came to a secret room. There was also a set of incense-making equipment here, which was simpler than the set of Master Xuanhua, but much better than what Yuan Ming had in his hands.

Yuan Ming was not polite, took the set of utensils, took out the materials for Zi Xuan Incense, and started making incense.

In the past month or so, he had possessed Master Xuanhua many times and understood the process of making Zi Xuan Incense. He had also practiced it many times and was thoroughly familiar with the process of making this incense.

Of course, in order to avoid arousing the other party's suspicion, I also made some minor adjustments to the incense-making process, which took a little longer than the original time. Even so, it didn't take long to make a finished product.

Master Xuanhua took the newly made incense, carefully inspected it and sighed. His whole body seemed to have been greatly affected, and he had aged several years.

If the process of this Zixuanxiang was ignored, the finished product would be perfect. He asked himself, even if he did it, he would only streamline the process, and the quality of the finished product would be no more than this.

Yuan Ming felt a little apologetic, but did not say anything to comfort him.

"Fellow Daoist Yuan's talent in making incense is really unparalleled, and I'm far behind me. Are you really studying the way of incense on your own, and no one has given you any guidance?" Master Xuanhua recovered quickly and asked.

"A few months ago, I visited temples in various cities and towns in order to make incense, and I got some introductory knowledge on incense from a senior. After that, I just thought about it on my own without any system, so I came here today to visit fellow Taoist Xuanhua." Yuan Ming said half-seriously.

"Fellow Daoist Yuan was able to easily imitate Zi Xuan Xiang with just some basic knowledge. It seems that the senior may be a reclusive grand master of Xiang Dao. I wonder if I am lucky enough to know his name?" Master Xuanhua asked.

"That senior didn't reveal his name to me, and he strictly prohibited me from telling anyone about him. Please forgive me, fellow Taoist Xuanhua." Yuan Ming said with cupped hands.

"I didn't tell my name, which means I didn't become a disciple. That's great, that's great..." Master Xuanhua muttered in a low voice.

"What did fellow Taoist Xuanhua say?" Yuan Ming asked.

"It's nothing. Fellow Taoist's method of making incense is already very good. I have almost nothing to offer you. It's just that I see that you just processed some materials and you don't seem to know much about incense." Master Xuanhua said with a straight look.

"This is indeed my shortcoming, and I would like to ask Fellow Taoist Xuanhua to give me some advice." Yuan Ming sat upright, cupped his fists and saluted.