Chapter 912

Zhang Liang is a Confucian disciple; although he practiced Daoist Qi-refining techniques, he always remained firm in being a Confucian disciple.

Otherwise, with his talent, wouldn't it be more enjoyable to hide in the mountains and forests, accompanied by mountains and rivers, and practice?

Daoism advocates non-action, passed down from Laozi; later, Zhuangzi's dream technique made Daoism even more tranquil and non-active.

Confucianism is different; the Confucian philosophy is about education, and Confucianism has always been planning to enter the officialdom and start the path of governing the world.

Therefore, for Confucianism and for Zhang Liang, Su Fan's few secret techniques were not as important as one might imagine.

If it were Daoism, it might be different; Daoist disciples would absolutely go crazy for the method of developing a blessed land.

After all, the reason Daoist disciples burrow into deep mountains and forests, besides being afraid of being disturbed and liking tranquility,

is mostly because the spiritual energy in deep mountains and forests is far richer than that in cities.

After all, deep mountains and forests have not been developed by humans, and the earth veins and spirit veins are almost intact, with abundant spiritual energy, which is of great benefit to their cultivation.

Moreover, deep mountains and forests have many spiritual herbs, which are excellent things for cultivators and Qi-refiners.

Daoists like to refine pills; starting from the Daoist sage Laozi, generation after generation, many disciples have loved alchemy.

Alchemy requires spiritual herbs.

And many Daoist disciples personally plant spiritual herbs, and the growth of these herbs mostly requires spiritual land.

Therefore, Daoist disciples mostly go to deep mountains and forests.

And once Daoist disciples obtain this secret technique for developing a blessed land and develop their own cave dwellings into spiritual lands, or even blessed lands, it would be a huge improvement for them.

If this secret technique were handed over to Daoism, the strength of Daoism would likely explode again over the next few thousand years.

Originally, among the Hundred Schools of Thought and the Three Teachings, the strength of Daoism was already number one.

Although Daoist disciples are far inferior to Confucian and Mohist disciples in number, the two sides follow different paths; Daoism follows an elite path.

One person often only takes one or two apprentices, and some Daoist sects often have only a few disciples.

But you would not dare to underestimate this sect; the strength of these few people is often stronger than that of a Confucian lineage.

Daoism is actually not unwilling to expand; it just prefers quality over quantity.

At the same time, resources are limited; a spiritual land has only so many resources. Once there are many people practicing, the resources allocated to each person become less and less.

Coupled with the fact that Daoism values aptitude and comprehension when taking apprentices, such people are one in ten thousand.

Over time, this has led to a scarcity of Daoist disciples.

But with the appearance of the blessed land secret technique, it is different; it can significantly increase resources. If a spiritual land becomes a blessed land, the effect is different.

Previously, one could only train three or five disciples, but if it becomes a blessed land, one could train at least thirty or fifty, or even more.

Daoism does not lack teachers to train apprentices; once spiritual energy resources are sufficient, the power that Daoism can erupt with is absolutely terrifying.

After all, the upper limit of Daoism is also the highest. Who let the ancestor of Daoism be Laozi? And who is Laozi? He is the Taiqing Saint.

The most unfathomable person among the six saints.

The existence closest to the Dao Ancestor in cultivation level.

The inheritance he left behind is, as one can imagine, absolutely top-tier.

The true transmission of Daoism is not inferior to that of the Human Teachings at all.

Therefore, in the Jiuzhou, Daoist disciples are an unquestionable existence; even if Confucianism is catching up, it cannot catch up.

Zhang Liang is very clear about the terrifying nature of this secret technique.

But to be honest, for him, the effect is not great.

The same is true for Confucianism; most Confucian disciples are at the level of landlords. Letting them leave the prosperous world, go to deep mountains and forests, and be accompanied by mountains and wilderness is something really not many people can do.

After all, this is equivalent to being a savage; except for those with a firm temperament, really not many people can handle it.

This is also one of the reasons why Daoism takes few apprentices.

Many people are also unwilling.

After all, the requirements for temperament in Daoism are really too high.

Anyway, even if one joins the Confucian or Mohist schools, or other schools, it's not that one cannot practice Daoist mental methods, although one cannot practice the supreme Daoist mental methods.

But the mental methods of other schools are not bad either; the cultivation mental methods of the Hundred Schools of Thought are actually mostly similar, as they all come from the Golden Elixir Great Dao of the Taiqing Saint.

Of course, some also absorbed the cultivation methods passed down from ancient immortals and gods.

In short, all paths lead to the same destination, and all have paths that lead directly to immortality.

As long as one practices, there is a possibility of practicing to become an immortal.

It's just that Daoism might be a bit higher; after all, one is temperament, and one is cultivation resources. Other Hundred Schools of Thought are all engaged in the world.

Therefore, Daoism has more strong people; among the Hundred Schools of Thought, the top-tier strong people mostly come from Daoism.

On this point, other schools simply cannot compare.

Even the powerful Yin-Yang school separated from Daoism.

A simple number: their Little Sage Manor, the number of strong people who have reached the immortal level, is now only about ten.

And Little Sage Manor, as the most powerful lineage of Confucianism, must have an immortal-level master sitting in charge; so far, it has only developed six lineages.

Even if each lineage has ten immortals, it is only sixty.

However, in reality, Zhang Liang knows that the entire Confucian school, those who have truly reached the immortal level, are actually only about forty-something.

The Mohist school is actually even worse than Confucianism; the Yin-Yang school, however, has fewer disciples than their two schools, but the number of immortal-level masters is actually higher.

As for other schools like the Agricultural or Medical schools, they are even fewer.

And that Ghost Valley lineage is not one of the Three Teachings or Nine Schools; after all, the Ghost Valley lineage covers a lot, including the Military school, the School of Names, and the vertical and horizontal arts.

The Ghost Valley lineage has even fewer disciples than Daoism, but every disciple who emerges is quite formidable, especially since the Ghost Valley lineage values military strategy and practices the path of the Military school, often producing top-tier generals.

As for personal strength, they are not bad either.

For example, the swordsman of the Ghost Valley lineage, Gai Nie, who has become the sword teacher of the Qin King, is a top-tier sword immortal.

His cultivation is absolutely terrifying.

Back when Great Qin was destroying the six states, the six states did not know how many people they sent to Xianyang City to assassinate the Qin King.

And Gai Nie, as the Qin King's sword teacher and commander of the palace guards, did not know how many assassins he had killed.

His cultivation was also displayed to the fullest, which also led to the failure of the six states.

Others don't know Gai Nie's background, but Zhang Liang knows it very well; the former is a Ghost Valley disciple, and what he practiced was not military strategy, but swordsmanship.

It's just that after Great Qin unified the world, this person disappeared; it is said that he went outside the Jiuzhou to improve his cultivation.

Back then, he was already at the peak of True Immortal.