Strange mountains and rivers

Looking at the people in front of him who looked excited but had complicated hearts, Chen Huaisheng raised his hand to signal everyone to calm down.

"Everyone knows that I was planning to leave five days ago, but Li Yun entered the Tao, Song Yan and Guisheng succeeded in refining Qi, and were promoted to the first level of Qi refining. Three happy events happened one after another, and even I was a little overwhelmed. "

At this time, Chen Huaisheng looked very peaceful, sitting leisurely and relaxed in the official hat chair. Now he was qualified to look at everyone in such a posture.

"Originally, I thought that three people would enter the Tao. This was the bottom line of my expectations. Gui Sheng, Song Yan and Wen Yun quickly helped me realize it, and I was satisfied. Unexpectedly, Yu Sheng, Xiang Pu, and Daosheng realized the Tao and entered the Tao. In the end, Liyun also gave me a surprise, breaking through seven people in one fell swoop, which greatly exceeded my expectations..."

"..., I didn't expect that people who enter Taoism and enlightenment in just one month can successfully refine Qi, but I found that I still underestimated our Feng Shui treasure land of Yuanbaozhai. It seems that it is not as good as the Lingshan blessed land of those sects and aristocratic families. , but it’s not far behind. I also underestimated the talent and hard work of our Yuanbaozhai children,..."

"Song Yan and Guisheng have succeeded in refining qi. What about you Wen Yun, Yu Sheng, Xiang Pu, Daosheng and Li Yun? And you two, Kai Zhi and Li Quan, are you inferior to them? I don’t think so. It’s just that the opportunity has not come yet. Don’t think I’m trying to comfort you two. When I divided the nine of you into three groups, it wasn’t because of how different your talents were, but because your spiritual roots were slightly different. But Kai Zhihe Li Quan, Xiang Pu and Daosheng in your group also entered the Tao, even earlier than Li Yun. What does this mean? It means that as long as you use your heart to understand and feel, you can find your own path and enter the Tao. It’s just a matter of time, and success in refining qi is not a problem,..."

What Chen Huaisheng said was not a lie. After he specially used elixirs to nourish and train all nine of them, it was actually not difficult to enter the Tao and attain enlightenment. Even the success of refining Qi was nothing.

The reason why many gifted innate Taoist species are difficult to learn is that no sect is willing to pay a sufficient price for mediocre disciples like them, including teaching and guidance. Wouldn’t it be nice to look for disciples with better qualifications and better future to train them?

Mi Shaohua, whose talent is actually very average, in Chen Huaisheng's opinion, may not be much better than the talent of the few here. Being able to reach the middle stage of Qi refining is already the limit, but he is pampered and has a steady stream of family resources. If you can keep up with the ground, it's no problem to reach a high level of Qi refining. Just building the foundation depends on your own luck.

For the children of Yuanbaozhai, if they don't have enough resources, they can only wander around with their innate Taoist identity for a lifetime. Meeting themselves is their destiny. It can be said that they are like reborn parents and have the grace to recreate them. , is not an exaggeration.

To put it bluntly, in Fuyang and Weihuai Dao, as long as you are willing to search, you can easily find thirty or fifty disciples who are more talented than them. From the perspective of investment cost, you have spent a lot of money. It is actually not cost-effective to spare no effort to personally guide and teach such spiritual treasures and elixirs.

But the accounts cannot be settled that way.

After all, Yuanbaozhai is his hometown, and they are also his own tribe and fellow villagers. Chen Huaisheng feels it is worthwhile to give them a chance and hope so that the fellow villagers can live a better life.

From another perspective, when the Zijin Sect, a foreign sect, began to face a crisis a few years after it took over, it was not without value to plan ahead and lay some slack.

Liao County and Pang County are located in Yi County, close to the hinterland of Yushan Mountain. The five Guzhen villages - Fengtongling, Yuanbaozhai, Luohamburger, Heimuya and Guzhenyi are held up like four fingers and a palm. In Yiyang Mansion, Chen Huaisheng felt that as the weather changes, the area around the Forbidden Land may have some spiritual changes in the future. A place like Yuanbaozhai may not be able to become a place inferior to those so-called Lingshan Blessed Lands in the future.

Chen Huaisheng did not intend to only let the disciples of Yuanbaozhai practice the spiritual realm. His consideration was to use the mountainous area of ​​Yuanbaozhai to find a suitable place to cultivate spiritual plants and raise spiritual beasts, and use it as the basis for the future of Dahuai Mountain in the south. An auxiliary gate or branch to build secretly.

Ou Wan'er had previously proposed to him that she wanted to stay, which surprised Chen Huaisheng and felt that it was just in line with his intention.

Ou Wan'er also decided to stay after careful consideration. Given such a reason and opportunity, she naturally stayed, and this was also an exercise for her to work independently.

The population around Yuanbaozhai is sparsely populated, and even the other nearby villages - Heimuya, Luohamburger and Fengtongling are all fifty or sixty miles away, and they are basically concentrated around the village. They are truly in the wilds of the mountains. There are almost no people living because they cannot ensure their own safety.

In this environment, many scattered small pieces of spiritual land have not been reclaimed, or even if they are reclaimed, they will be abandoned because no one can farm and operate them on a daily basis.

But things are slightly different now.

Based on the few disciples in Yuanbaozhai now, Song Yan and Chen Guisheng have already succeeded in refining qi. Chen Huaisheng thinks that there is a high probability that the others will succeed in refining qi. It's just a matter of time. With these few disciples as the foundation, take advantage of the opportunity. Now that the Zijin Sect has no intention and inability to interfere with the affairs of the countryside in Liao County, Chen Huaisheng feels that he can gradually and quietly operate such a breeding base for spiritual plants and beasts near Yuanbaozhai.

The reason why although there is a small piece of spiritual land that can be reclaimed in the mountains and wilderness, the safety cost is too high. Before this, there was no Qi Refining monk in Yuanbao Village. Mortals and ordinary Taoists were faced with common first-order monsters. For example, they are difficult to deal with such as wolf, mountain wolf, iron-maned wild boar, and iron-beaked tit. Therefore, they basically dare not stray too far from the village to cultivate and plant.

Now that Chen Guisheng and Song Yan have successfully refined their Qi, if Ou Wan'er stays, then choosing some suitable small plots of land near Yuanbaozhai to grow spiritual beasts can be put on the agenda.

This situation is somewhat similar to Ou Wan'er stationed in Yuanbaozhai, or Guzhen, as a casual cultivator. It's just that Guzhen or Yuanbaozhai are not worthy of a fourth-level foundation-building strongman like Ou Wan'er. , it really feels like it’s making a fuss out of a molehill.

Chen Huaisheng actually didn't value the spiritual land near Yuanbaozhai that much. He valued Yefenggou's value more.

Perhaps disciples like Chen Guisheng and Song Yan who were in the early stage of Qi refining still had trouble going to Yefenggou, but there was no problem for Ou Wan'er.

At the same time, Chen Huaisheng was also preparing to hand over a piece of black-yellow sacred soil obtained from Zhao Yi to Ou Wan'er, asking her to choose a suitable place to bury it around Yefenggou to cultivate the spiritual power, and then use it as a base for construction.

With such a plan, that's why Chen Huaisheng is so concerned about these disciples. Since he has invested so much, he must put them to good use. Of course, cultivation is the first priority, but management is also indispensable.

Judging from the current situation, although the Zijin Sect has encountered a crisis in its hometown of Nanchu, Baishimen does not seem to be planning to take advantage of the situation.

Perhaps they are worried that if they infiltrate Yiyang Mansion at this time, it will arouse fear and backlash from Nanchu, or Baishimen hopes to consolidate and digest most of the Yijun territory it has acquired while the monsters are rampant. In short, it is still There is no sign that Baishimen is going to make any move here.

So now should be the best time to quietly develop in Liao County. Even if it really doesn't succeed, there is no big loss in giving up completely. The worst is to withdraw to Hebei.

"Now you can't be said to be Chonghua disciples, and I don't have the power to recruit you directly into the Chonghua sect without authorization, but I will promise that if you can continue to work hard as you are now, you can be in Yuanbao Village and Gu If you show outstanding performance in this land, especially if you continue to grow and progress in practice, then becoming a member of Chonghua is not an illusion..."

Chen Huaisheng's words made everyone couldn't help but jump for joy.

Becoming a disciple of a large sect is probably their lifelong pursuit, because they know that only by becoming a disciple of a large sect can they have the opportunity to go further. Otherwise, even if they get some opportunities, they may only be able to linger in the first stage of Qi refining for the rest of their lives. It is difficult to step into the middle section of Qi Refining, let alone the steps in the upper section of Qi Refining that need to be looked up.

"Finally, I still say what I said, as long as you work hard, everything is possible. In addition, you don't have to worry about me leaving. Master Ou will stay and sit in charge and know that you are practicing. You should know that Master Ou is now the foundation builder. The strong one in the middle section, with her behind you, you don’t have to worry about your safety..."

Chen Huaisheng's words finally calmed everyone down.

Chen Huaisheng's two months of guidance and help helped them quickly get rid of their original hesitation, and finally found the path to change their destiny again.

In just over two months, they have attained enlightenment and successfully refined their qi. Although not everyone has reached the best state, the success of their companions is undoubtedly the best encouragement and indicates that they can be equally successful as long as they are willing to do so. Work as hard as your peers.

And Ou Wan'er was going to stay and guide them in their practice, which also made them feel that Chen Huaisheng was not interested in them just on a whim, but had a long-term plan.

When Chen Huaisheng mentioned that he wanted to cultivate and build some spiritual fields around Yuanbaozhai and Yefenggou, they felt very happy because they knew very well that the talents of their own people were not enough to compare with other disciples who entered the sect, so If you want to become a disciple of the sect, you need to prove your usefulness and contribution to the sect.