Longevity and Immortal Cultivation: Starting from Controlling Your Own Essence

Spring goes and autumn comes, and in the blink of an eye, it is half a year of cold and heat.

In a room in the Danding Palace, Zhang Yao sat behind the table and put down the book in his hand:

"ah……"

He stretched, moved his body, and with a slight thought, he called out the attribute panel.

Name: Zhang Yao

Talent: source of vitality, transformation of essence

Skills: Mastery of Medicinal Materials (50%), Taiyi Zhuanggong (65%), Alchemy (12%)

"That's right, alchemy has increased a bit."

A smile appeared on Zhang Yao's face.

In the past six months, his daily routine has been very regular, his Taiyi Zhuanggong has steadily increased, and he has also learned new skills.

To be more specific, his ability to learn new alchemy skills has something to do with that real Guan Yuan.

Ever since Master Guanyuan returned to vulgarity, the mentality of Master Guanlu who is in charge of the Danding Palace has changed.

Given the age of the new Du Guan Zhenren, he could still be in charge of the Cangzhen Pavilion for at least 20 years. After Guanlu Zhenren had no hope of going further, he began to think about the future.

Among the Taoist boys in Danding Hall, he secretly observed and tested the school, and quickly selected Zhang Yao.

For one thing, Zhang Yao's progress in Taiyi Zhuanggong was astonishing, and he was also amazed when he was discovered by the real person in Guanlu.

Secondly, Zhang Yao was far more mature than other Taoist boys of the same age in terms of his conduct in the world, and he was naturally satisfied to be able to win the favor of Daoist Guanlu.

Two months ago, Master Guanlu began to reduce the number of times Zhang Yao went out to collect medicines, and often kept him by his side, personally teaching the principles and properties of medicines, and explaining the art of alchemy.

Although until today, the apprenticeship ceremony has not been held to accept him as a disciple, but there is already an intention in this regard, and it will be a matter of time.

"The practice of Taiyi Zhuang Gong becomes slower and slower."

"However, it is only a month or so away from the 70% proficiency level of Dacheng Realm."

Looking at the data on the panel, Zhang Yao's thoughts moved slightly.

He is very satisfied with the progress of Taiyi Zhuanggong and alchemy, and it can be said that the future can be expected.

Only the mastery of medicinal materials is stuck at the 50% node, and there has been no progress for several months.

He preliminarily deduced that the problem was not with himself, but with the knowledge in this aspect of the Danding Palace, which itself had limitations.

The elixirs refined by the Danding Temple are all highly versatile elixirs for nourishing the middle and nourishing qi, promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, invigorating the spleen and nourishing the stomach, and compensating for kidney deficiency.

This type of elixir, if it is right for the symptoms, is indeed quite curative, even if it is not right for the symptoms, it will not hurt people, so it is naturally the safest to sell it to the outside world.

This has also led to the knowledge of how to identify, pick, and process medicinal materials taught by Dandingdian, which is basically limited to this part of the medicinal materials, and does not involve more medicinal materials.

"Just get stuck, anyway, 50% is enough."

Zhang Yao thought so, but he didn't care much about it.

He is already very proficient in the knowledge of herbal medicines that the Danding Temple needs to use, and Guanlu Daoist will decide to teach him alchemy in advance only after passing the examination in person.

"Tuk tuk."

At this moment, there were a few knocks on the door suddenly.

Zhang Yao's expression moved slightly, he turned his head to look at the door, and said, "Please come in."

The door of the room opened, and there was a priest in his twenties who received the scriptures. When he came in, he saluted first and then said, "Junior Brother Qingxu, Master is calling you to come over."

"Um."

Zhang Yao nodded, got up and returned a salute: "Thank you, Senior Brother."

"Don't dare to be."

The young Taoist was very polite, keeping his posture very low.

Compared with half a year ago, Zhang Yao's status in the Danding Hall is completely different now.

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that Master Guanlu attaches great importance to Zhang Yao, and it is only a matter of time before he is formally accepted under the sect.

Immortal Guanlu has no disciples yet, so once Zhang Yao gets started, it means that he is very likely to be in charge of the Danding Palace in the future, and he is their immediate boss. Who would dare to offend him?

A while later, Zhang Yao came to the main hall, and when he saw the Immortal Guanlu, he immediately bowed to salute.

"Get up."

Master Guanlu looked at him, smiled, and said, "How do you think of the "Shou Shi Bao Yuan Jing"?"

"Report to Master."

Zhang Yao straightened up, and said confidently: "The disciple has memorized them all, and he has memorized them all by heart."

"oh?"

Although Master Guanlu had expected it long ago, he couldn't help showing a little surprise when he heard this, and immediately said: "Okay, then I'll come to test you..."

He casually reviewed the contents of a few passages in the scriptures, and Zhang Yao naturally read them at his fingertips, word for word.

"Okay!"

Master Guanlu stroked his beard and smiled, showing satisfaction: "Your memory is so amazing, it seems that your talent in Taiyi Zhuanggong is even better than I imagined."

As he said that, he said in a joking tone: "At the beginning, I felt sorry for the palace lord's misjudgment, but now I'm a little lucky that I can take advantage of it."

Hearing this, Zhang Yao smiled slightly and said, "This is also my fate with Master."

Just like half a year ago, Guanlu's real person competed regardless of the real person's failure, which is naturally a bad thing for him, but it is a great thing for Zhang Yao.

If Immortal Guanlu succeeds and a new Immortal Zhidian is replaced, it is hard to say whether he will be in the situation he is in today.

Nothing is more wonderful than this.

"Qingxu, come here."

Master Guanlu greeted him, let Zhang Yao sit down beside him, and began to explain some key points in the "Shou Shi Bao Yuan Jing" to him.

Naturally, Zhang Yao listened attentively and concentrated on the lecture, not daring to miss a single bit, occasionally asked a few questions, and Master Guanlu answered patiently.

He has already learned from Guanlu Zhenren that once he becomes a high-level person like Zhidian Zhenren, he is also qualified to practice the secret profound arts in the palace.

Even if due to age and innate talent, his achievements in Taoist profound arts are not as good as those of Shangqing Pavilion's true biography, they are by no means comparable to ordinary people.

Therefore, Zhang Yao puts great effort into alchemy. After all, this is not only the capital for him to settle down in the future, but also related to whether he can successfully take over the alchemy palace.

During the explanation, question and answer, more than an hour passed quickly.

"Well, let's call it a day."

Master Guanlu looked at the sky outside the hall, and signaled: "You go to the dining hall to eat first, rest early in the evening, and come back tomorrow morning."

"Yes, Master."

Zhang Yao got up and saluted respectfully, and exited the Danding Hall.

Several high-level officials in Qingping Palace, as well as the true biography of Shangqing Pavilion, all had small stoves, and the food was delivered directly from the Shuwu Palace, and they did not eat with them.

However, if Zhang Yao formally joins Reverend Guanlu's sect, he can play side-by-side and have a small meal with Reverend Guanlu, and no one cares about such a trivial matter.

"Looking at the attitude of Immortal Lu, maybe in ten days and a half months, he will officially propose to accept me as an apprentice."

On the way to the dining hall, Zhang Yao was quite happy.

"When you officially get started, the treatment will be different."

"I can even think of a way to let the palace lord discover my talent through Daoist Guanlu, maybe I can get in touch with the secret profound arts in the palace in advance?"

"Although the possibility is very small, it is not impossible..."

Thinking of this, Zhang Yao is full of energy, and feels that the future is promising.

This kind of life may be boring for those ambitious and high-spirited traversers, but he is already content.

"Brother!"

"Brother Qingxu!"

As soon as he entered the dining hall, several Taoist boys from the Danding Palace surrounded him one after another, and even prepared the meals for him.

If the Taoist Shoulu of the Danding Palace was very polite to him, those little Taoist boys of the same age could only curry favor with him.

Maybe there is also envy and jealousy, but they are all hidden in the bottom of my heart, and I dare not show it on the surface.

"Thank you, Junior Brother."

Zhang Yao was also polite, took the job, and sat down on the long table.

Several Taoist boys in Danding Hall also sat beside him, chatting casually while eating:

"...Really? Is this news true or false?"

"It must be true. When I came back from collecting herbs, I heard from some brothers in Zhike Hall. Many pilgrims have talked about this in the past two days."

"Another rebellious army is coming, and the life at the bottom of the mountain is really not peaceful."

"Yeah, it's better to be on the mountain..."