Winner in life

After the hundred-day banquet, Ruihe returned to Helian Temple and continued to learn how to draw talismans.

According to Ning Zi, learning to draw talisman can well exercise the ability to control one's own vitality and borrow external forces. The talisman patterns are complex and profound, and the textures also require a high degree of concentration when drawing the talisman.

In short, drawing talisman is a delicate job. If you thoroughly master the technique of drawing talisman and master the control of power, it is equivalent to laying a foundation. Later, learning spells, formation and other more troublesome content will be easier.

Therefore, Ruihe has been focusing on drawing symbols in the past few months. He borrowed a "Collection of Fu and Seal Scripts" from the library, and Cai Ningzi selected representative and practical talismans and seal scripts from the "Collection of Fu and Seal Scripts" to teach him. Rui He is a fast learner. This month he started to learn how to draw amulets, and he scraped nearly a hundred pieces of yellow talisman paper to draw this one.

Cai Ningzi was pleasantly surprised by just this one picture. He said: "In our Lotus Temple, there are no more than ten people who can draw amulets for protection!"

It is indeed difficult to draw the amulet. It took Ruihe three days just to memorize its talisman. You know, when he first learned the Pure Heart Talisman, he only glanced at it a few times and memorized it completely when his second senior brother gave a demonstration. Perhaps the life-saving effect is too great, the rune pattern is unprecedentedly complex, from the head to the end of the rune, just look at it! It can make people lose their mind, and they don’t know where they are looking.

Rui He had a strong soul, so he just memorized it. After another month of painting and exhaustion of energy countless times, I was finally able to draw one. It happened that Zhou Xiong invited him. He thought that Zhou Xiong needed the amulet more than he did now, so he took it over and gave it to him.

After returning to the temple, Rui He was not in a hurry to draw a second amulet. Drawing one would almost drain all his energy. He did not dare to do it again, and Cai Ningzi did not agree.

He drew his first amulet five days ago, but his energy has not yet recovered to this day. The reason why there are so few people who can draw this kind of talisman is that this talisman consumes a lot of energy. Ruihe has good qualifications. Within half a year of entering Taoism, his cultivation level has almost caught up with others who have been cultivating for two or three years. Therefore, he is now Although he could barely use up all his energy to draw a protective amulet, Cai Ningzi did not agree to let him draw more.

Cai Ningzi said: "It is very undesirable to exhaust your vitality, which will leave trauma on the meridians. The meridians of the human body are not river beds. If the river bed dries up and is filled with water, it can continue to flow, but what if the meridians have dried up?" Be patient with the steady flow of water, don't rush forward.

Cainingzi was a kind master. Ruihe not only gained the strength to become an excellent heavenly master from him, but also received the care and sincere teachings of his elders from him. The friendship between the two became deeper and deeper.

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The days in Helian Temple passed quickly, and more than a year flew by. In February of the third year after Ruihe entered Helian Temple, registration for the Taoist Competition that was held every five years began. Cai Ningzi reservedly and proudly wrote Ruihe's name on the registration form of Helian Temple. The owner of the temple, He Bai, smiled and said: "Uncle Hongzhen is really a rare genius. This time the Taoist master In the competition, Uncle Master will definitely come out on top."

How could Cai Ningzi be so humble in front of his grandnephew? He smiled and stroked his beard: "Hongzhen has a quiet temper. Who of the other children at his age can sit still as well as him? He doesn't like to play. He doesn’t like to go out, and he doesn’t play with mobile phones or computers. He is so diligent, so it’s fitting that he will succeed in his studies.”

He Bai is used to seeing his master and uncle praising his disciple vigorously! He also echoed: "That's right." Cainingzi was made even happier.

After registration, the rest is left to Guanli to report to the National Taoist Association. Cainingzi walked slowly back to his yard with his hands behind his back. As soon as he entered the door, he saw his little apprentice reading a book on the porch. Hearing the noise, the young apprentice looked up and smiled: "Master is back? Have you signed up?"

"If I take part, you must register." Cai Ningzi walked up the corridor and sat next to Rui He. "Registration will start in February, and the competition will start on April 3rd. The competition will last for twenty days. The one hosting the competition this time is Zhai family, according to previous years’ practice, the venue should be Huming Mountain near Zhai family.”

Rui He's eyes flashed slightly, and he heard Cai Ningzi say casually: "You have been in the profession for less than two years. Although you are very talented, seventeen is still too young."

The national Taoist sect competition competes with the new and young forces of Taoist sects to show the hope for the future development of Taoist sects. Celestial masters who are over 16 years old and under 30 years old can participate. Those who win the top ten will be rewarded, and the rewards for the top three will be richer. If there are Taoist priests among the top three who have not yet passed the examination, they will be exempted from taking the exam and obtain the Celestial Master. Number of teachers’ professional qualification certificates. This is a grand Taoist event hosted by the National Taoist Association. The Taoist Association is supported and supervised by the state, and each competition will allocate funds as a prize pool.

In the prize pool, money is secondary, precious and rare talismans, magic weapons, and elixirs! That's what the contestants want most. Many of these things are usually priceless. Since the state machine intervened in the management of Taoism, it seems that only the power of the state can come up with so many good things as rewards.

Not only that, the superficial rewards in the Taoist competition are not the most important. The Taoist temple and family of the top-ranked young Celestial Masters receive honor and glory, which is the true meaning of the competition.

People in Taoism do not seek for nothing. They seek cultivation, to destroy evil spirits and catch ghosts to ensure peace in the world, and even more, they seek to carry forward their own Taoism! Let your family and your Taoist temple stand at the top of the Taoist sect!

This is a belief!

No heavenly master can refuse this temptation, even those who do not belong to any Taoist temple or family, they still hope to prove their Taoism.

There are as many forces in the Taoist sect as there are clouds in the vast sea. Even now that the faith has declined, the remaining Taoist sect forces cannot be underestimated. Which city does not have one or two Taoist temples? If the power wants to continue to develop, and if it wants to develop at the forefront, it must accept disciples, and accept disciples with good qualifications. Only in this way can the inheritance be continuous and continuous.

Those who want to learn Taoism as a disciple have many choices. There are currently more than 3,000 Taoist temples registered and operating legally in China, not including the Celestial Master Family. If you want to win good seeds, you must be famous! The Taoist competition is undoubtedly a good competition. To put it more casually, if any Taoist disciple comes out on top in the competition, it will be a shining golden sign that can speak: "Come on, come on, come on! You can be as powerful as me in Taoism."

The results are immediate.

After the Taoist competition, the Taoist temples and families with the highest rankings will be able to get better sources of life, and generous believers may also donate money to reshape the golden statues of gods enshrined in the temples. In short, the Dao Sect Competition is related to the development resources, honor and status of the outside world in the next five years, and can be called a Tao Sect grand event.

Cai Ningzi believed in Rui He's strength, but after all, the training time was still short. He originally planned to let Rui He participate in the next or next Taoist competition. The Dao Sect Grand Competition used to be held once every ten years. In recent years, the Taoist tradition has declined, good seedlings are hard to find, and the quantity and quality of cultivation resources have declined. Therefore, the ten-year cycle of the Dao Sect competition is no longer appropriate.

Whether it is to maintain the influence of the Taoist sect or to select young talents with good qualifications for training in advance, the Taoist sect competition was changed from twenty years ago to once every five years.

My little apprentice is only seventeen years old. He will not participate in this session. He will have two chances to participate before he turns thirty!

"I want to give it a try." Ruihe said coquettishly.

Cai Ningzi looked at him fondly, oh my, his well-behaved and talented apprentice fulfilled all his fantasies of being a master. Over the past year or so, Cai Ningzi has become even more fond of his little apprentice, acting coquettishly at Ruihe and smiling. Debu Jianyan said: "Okay, okay, if you want to go, you can go. I will take you there when the time comes."

"Thank you, master."

Only Celestial Masters between the ages of sixteen and thirty can participate in the Dao Sect Competition, and they can only participate once. If you want to increase your chances of winning, Ruihe had better go there after five years. By then, you will have a better chance of winning. After all, in order to gain an advantage in the competition, various forces send more disciples who are above the thirty-year-old standard. There are also disciples who are sixteen or seventeen years old, but generally they are very few.

There are not only literary tests but also martial arts tests in the competition. The martial arts test may cause serious injury or even death, so why would you let a younger disciple do it?

Cai Ningzi was still not at ease: "Just go see the world and put your own safety first. Our Helian Temple does not need you to risk your life to earn face, and the bonus is not a big deal. Master has Money, tell the master what you want to buy, and if it doesn’t work, go to your sixth brother, do you hear me?”

Rui He agreed: "Then I'll start making preparations now."

"Hey!" Cainingzi touched his head. Ruihe tied his hair in a bun and wore a Taoist robe. He sat with Cainingzi who was also dressed in the same attire. At first glance, they were close masters and disciples. Cai Ningzi's heart softened: "Get ready slowly and tell the master if you need anything."

"Um."

The preparations were not difficult. Ruihe sorted out the various talismans accumulated in the storage ring over the past year. In order to make it easier to access, he bought a wooden shelf and put it in the storage ring. The talismans he had practiced and specially drawn over the past year were all placed in it. I used it individually, but the remaining quantity is quite considerable.

He took some things that were needed for this competition, plus the dozen or so bottles of elixirs he had accumulated, and then placed all his magical weapons on the table, including a peach wood sword and a whisk. That was probably all of them.

Cai Ningzi strolled in to take a look, and suddenly became unhappy: "I usually buy you a magic weapon, but you refuse to take it. Just a sword and a whisk, how can it be enough!" He walked in and muttered, " The thunderwood sword I saw last time was so good, but you didn’t want it. It has already been bought by someone else, and you can’t afford it even if you have money!”

"Why isn't there enough?" Rui He knew how to coax him, "Your disciple, I am so smart and capable, I don't need to buy such expensive magic tools to show off my appearance. If I don't have the ability, no matter how good the magic tools are, it will be useless."

Lei Mu is rare and rare. Last month, one was listed on Gudaoshan's official website for 16.66 million. Cainingzi had to spend all his savings and planned to borrow another 10 million from the four previous disciples. Borrow 6 million from Guan Nei and buy a thunderwood sword for Ruihe to use.

Hearing the news, Rui He was so frightened that he quickly tried to dissuade Cai Ningzi. At this time, hearing Cai Ningzi bring up the old story again, he quickly changed the subject and asked: "Master, do you think I have enough talismans and elixirs?"

Cai Ningzi snorted and came to check as expected. After reading it, he nodded with satisfaction.

Time passed quickly. On April 1st, Ruihe followed He Lian and others by car to Huming Mountain. The Zhai family is located in a small town at the foot of Huming Mountain. It has a history of three hundred years and has a profound heritage.

Ruihe sat on the bus and looked out the window. From a distance, he saw the vermilion eaves of the courtyard complex where the Zhai family lived, looking like red clouds soaring in the green forest.

This time, Ruihe came for the Zhai family. He has been hiding for more than a year, and his eighteenth birthday will be in four months. In his previous life, he died of ignorance. This time he is in the Taoist sect, and the situation has changed drastically. He didn't want to hide in the Lotus Temple to spend his eighteenth year, but wanted to take the initiative. The Zhai family was a good place to investigate.

After retracting his gaze, Rui He gently leaned back on the chair and closed his eyes to rest, looking forward to this Dao Sect Competition.

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