Chapter 42

"This Guangling Commandery is not a large commandery, and this Wu Kangxian is even smaller!" A young master in gorgeous clothes complained to the old servant behind him: "Why not let me rest in Guanglingcheng? I have to rush to the remote Wu Kang small county to rest."

The old servant arranged for other servants and maids to organize a place to stay in the Daoist temple.

Several orthodox Daoist priests appointed by the Daoist academy watched this group of people moving things back and forth in front of the carriage, smiling and pinching the gold melon seeds in their sleeves. The leading old Daoist priest squinted his eyes until they couldn't be seen.

"Young Master, Master has instructed that you must be careful and cautious when you go out to be an official."

"Something big happened in Guanglingcheng before... Those truly high-level experts from the Daoist sects once came to Guangling, seemingly searching for something... Not long after, the true disciples of the Daoist sects went down the mountain! It is said that as soon as they entered the world, several of them headed straight for Guangling. In that cave heaven, who knows what earth-shattering event happened."

"In order to avoid trouble, the old slave did not dare to stay." The old servant's attitude was respectful but unyielding.

The young master sighed: "Since there are true disciples of the Daoist sects, why not let me make friends with them... I am going to Jiuzhen Commandery alone to take office... The aristocratic families in this southern land have always been at odds with our Shandong aristocratic families. Our Qinghe Cui clan is still a figure in the north. Who recognizes who I am in the south? I don't know why Father asked me to go to such a remote small county?"

"Young Master, you only have a third-rank Dao foundation. If you want to make friends with the true disciples of the Daoist sects, it would be barely possible if the eldest young master came... but you, Young Master?" The old servant shook his head helplessly.

"Wu Bo, are you still the steward my mother trusts the most?" The Cui young master was very dissatisfied.

"Madam told me to remind the young master from time to time... A third-rank Dao foundation is really not worth the true disciples of the Daoist sects lowering themselves to make friends with you. So rather than wasting your efforts, it is better to pass through quickly to avoid trouble. The Qinghe Cui clan is also a high-ranking family in the Great Jin, but Young Master, your Foundation Establishment is poor. Wuyou Wuyou Naihe can you pass the assessment of the impartial official? This made Madam very angry..."

"Rather than settling for a middle-grade background early, it is better to go to the south to temper yourself. Madam specially wrote a letter to the Lu family, who are relatives by marriage, asking the Lu family to take care of the young master. There are several opportunities in Jiuzhen Commandery that are quite suitable for the young master's constitution. Perhaps you can temper your Dao foundation and go up another level... At least you must reach a second-rank Dao foundation, so that the old slave can report to Madam!"

The Cui young master said helplessly: "Among the several partners I played with in Luoyang, those aristocratic family children who show their faces, my achievements don't seem to be too bad. A third-rank Dao foundation is also top-tier... Why is my mother so harsh on me? Big brother has to preside over the family, so he cultivated painstakingly for sixteen years. When he reached the age of twenty, he achieved a first-rank Foundation Establishment and achieved a pure Dao body, shocking everyone present."

"Only then did Mr. Wang Yan of the Wang family's 'First Generation Dragon Gate' evaluate him as 'Qinghe Dao is vast, internal beauty is bright.'"

"But I am not the son who presides over the family. Before Foundation Establishment, I could neither drink alcohol nor eat anything light. I couldn't even get close to beauty, so as not to lose essence... In this magnificent Luoyang Jin capital, how many aristocratic family children can be so alert? I am usually careful, and there is little turbid Qi in my body, but my aptitude is like this... what can I do?" The Cui young master said helplessly.

"Young Master shouldn't have taken spiritual pills..." The old servant shook his head: "In this stage of sensing, one must accumulate thickness and naturally have heaven-man sensing. Young Master used spiritual pills to break through, which ruined your foundation. Otherwise, it would have been at least a second-rank Dao foundation!"

"After I reached the age of twenty, I couldn't touch the spiritual opportunity for a long time." The Cui young master sighed: "My partners laughed at me..."

"That's why Madam asked the young master to go to Jiuzhen Commandery. It is remote and there are no acquaintances, which can keep the young master away from those fox friends and dog friends. Madam said that those are all useless playboys. The first-class outstanding talents of aristocratic families must either enter the great sects of the current world early, such as Tushita Palace, Supreme Clarity Sect, or Jade Void Palace, Kunlun Sect, and other hidden Daoist sects, which requires opportunity, and we dare not curry favor. But the Orthodox Tiger-Dragon Mysterious Altar, which is the inner gate of the Great Jin Daoist Academy, often accepts children of aristocratic families."

"And sects like Luo Fu Sect, Qingxu Mountain, Kunming Sect... Qingcheng Mountain, Emei Sword Sect, Taihua Mountain, Qianyuan Mountain, Kongtong Sect, Yunxiao Palace, Jiugong City, Jinting Yuquan, Baicao Sect, Shennong Hall, Wu-Yue Sword Pavilion... these slightly inferior families are all widely accepting children of aristocratic families."

"Even the great sects of the side paths like Meishan, Zhushan, Miaoshan, etc., and the foreign paths of the Western Regions like Manichaeism, Star-Moon Sect, Vajra Temple, etc., prefer children of our aristocratic families."

"Isn't the spiritual medicine I took to break through the secret spiritual medicine in the Daoist academy? I asked when I took it. Disciples in the Orthodox Dao also often take this pill to break through sensing, and it doesn't hinder subsequent cultivation at all... Otherwise, why would I need fifty liters of Clear Underworld Cold Spring and fifty dou of Jade Dust Gui-Gui Sand?" The Cui young master muttered and complained.

"What Madam said refers to the true disciples of these sects; the others are not in Madam's eyes." The old servant Wu Bo sighed: "Anyway, Madam has already given orders. Young Master, don't even think about causing trouble again. Because of the matter of you hiding from Madam to get spiritual pills, all the long-term servants and maids around the young master have been dealt with by Madam."

"Now that I am here, no one dares to listen to the young master!"

Hearing what the old servant said, those men and women who were busy moving miscellaneous things trembled slightly. The rules of aristocratic families are strict. Although Madam's punishment would not lead to death, there would definitely be no future.

The Cui young master sighed helplessly and honestly entered the Daoist temple. This Wu Kangxian was narrow and remote, and he, who was well-informed, didn't want to visit at all, so he casually asked the guest-receiving Daoist priest of the Daoist temple: "Are there any strange people or hermits in this vicinity? I am about to go to Jiuzhen to take office and want to recruit a few heroes and strange people."

The guest-receiving old Daoist priest answered with a smile: "Wu Kang is remote, there are no strange people or hermits, and I haven't heard of any heroes or capable people..."

The Cui young master casually passed over a pair of spiritual pearls. They were the size of dragon eyes and full of spiritual Qi. Although they were not produced by the best spiritual shellfish in the sea, they were spiritual pearls from the shellfish farms of the great lakes and were worth a lot.

The Daoist priest took the spiritual pearls, and his small eyes widened several times.

He racked his brains before he remembered a rumor from the past few days: "However, a fellow Daoist seemed to have come to the county last month. Someone once saw that in a desolate house in the county, spiritual clouds rose every day and didn't fall until near noon. There should be a fellow Daoist collecting Qi... The fox graves nearby also seem to have been abandoned. I heard that a person from the side path of Meishan came a few days ago... very arrogant, but it seems he didn't end well."

"This fellow Daoist has not heard of any evil deeds. Our Daoist academy once saw the fox group in the grave migrating, and they were quite taken care of by this fellow Daoist. With such a style, he might be a righteous cultivator. Young Master can make friends with him."

Hearing this, the Cui young master was immediately excited and laughed: "That true disciple of the Daoist sect went down the mountain and came towards Guangling. Wuyou Wuyou Naihe could it be impossible for him to pass through Wu Kang? Since there is such a rumor, we will prepare enough etiquette and visit him. Even if we disturb him, it won't be strange. Come here..."

He called two people and said: "Prepare gifts for me, we will visit."

"If we can make friends with the true disciple of the Daoist sect, that would be best. If he is a high-level hermit, we can also invite him. Perhaps he can help me take office in Jiuzhen Commandery."