Chapter 225 Thoughts
Yuan Ming thought for a moment and decided to try again. He locked his mind on his father and kept thinking in his mind: "Turn your head back, turn your head back..."
General Yuan had just sat down next to the beautiful woman after he finished speaking. He was drinking a cup of tea when he suddenly turned his head back.
"Okay, I'll ask Wang Shun to take people to clean Ming'er's yard again. Our family can finally be reunited. Well, what are you looking back at?" The beautiful woman in white was overjoyed. Seeing General Yuan's action, she frowned and asked.
"Did I look back..." General Yuan was stunned and found that he did turn his head back. His mind was suddenly a little confused.
"I'm talking to you about Ming'er. Can you concentrate a little?" The beautiful woman in white said with a gloomy face.
"I know, I know..." General Yuan was confused. Facing the roar of his wife, he quickly put down the teacup and nodded repeatedly.
When Yuan Ming saw this scene, he felt a little sorry for his father, but he was also surprised and happy. He could really influence his father's behavior. Could this also be caused by the incense ash of Liu Xinzong?
"Ming'er has been missing for so long this time, and His Majesty is also very worried. Tell him the news quickly so that he can be at ease." The beautiful woman in white continued to talk to General Yuan.
"I have sent someone to pass the message." General Yuan said.
"These two children are really... Ming'er was rejected by Changchun Temple and vowed not to step into the immortal path. Your Majesty also decided not to enter the immortal path. They are really two stubborn and loyal children." The beautiful woman in white thought of some past events, and her expression became gentle.
"The emperor has his own difficulties. His Majesty does not practice immortality, not necessarily because of Ming'er. Once he enters the foundation-building period, he will abdicate and let others take over. His Majesty has not yet married, and has no heirs. Once he abdicates, his lineage will probably have no chance of the throne." General Yuan picked up a cup of tea and drank it slowly.
Yuan Ming was startled when he heard this. It was the first time he heard that there were such rules in the imperial family of the Jin Dynasty.
"So what? The throne and power are nothing but clouds. Even if you are in the highest position and glorious, you will be nothing but a cup of yellow earth after a hundred years. Only by cultivating and becoming an immortal can you hope to live as long as the heaven and earth." The beautiful woman in white said.
"Madam is right. Your Majesty has been obsessed with cultivation recently and has not paid much attention to government affairs. The power struggle in the court is becoming increasingly fierce, which has disturbed me and made me feel upset. My own cultivation has not made any progress." General Yuan said.
"It is good to pursue the immortal way, but offspring is equally important. I heard that it will be very difficult to have offspring when you have cultivated to a high level. When Ming'er comes back, should we arrange a marriage for him first?" The beautiful woman in white hesitated and said.
Yuan Ming smiled bitterly when he heard this.
His mother had been thinking about his marriage. When she went to the southern border as an envoy, she arranged to choose a wife for him. I didn't expect that she was thinking about it again now.
As the saying goes, a mother worries about her son even when he is thousands of miles away. Her disappearance had previously made her worry day and night. Now that she knew she was fine, she began to worry about it again.
Yuan Ming currently only wanted to practice well and had no intention of getting married.
He used his mind to influence his father and made him oppose his mother's proposal.
"Ming'er is still young, so it seems that there is no need to rush to get married." General Yuan said as he thought.
Yuan Ming was overjoyed. It felt really good to control others with his mind. It was both useful and fun.
With this ability, he could do a lot more things when he possessed other people in the future.
"What are you talking about as a father? Marriage cannot be delayed. I think Loulan, the youngest daughter of the prime minister's family, is not bad. She and Ming'er have been childhood sweethearts. I heard that she also has spiritual roots. I will ask someone to go and test the waters another day?" The beautiful woman in white rolled her eyes at her husband and said excitedly.
"Madam, please don't match people up randomly. Ming'er told me that Loulan from the Prime Minister's family has been in love with Your Majesty for many years. Ming'er and her are not suitable. Moreover, because of Your Majesty's laziness, the current court relations are complicated. It is not a good time for Ming'er to marry a wife. Let's discuss this matter later." General Yuan said with some worry.
Seeing her husband's serious expression, the beautiful woman in white stopped talking about this matter.
Seeing that his mother no longer insisted, Yuan Ming was relieved.
General Yuan and the beautiful woman in white then talked about some trivial matters at home. Yuan Ming was in a playful mood and continued to influence his father to make jokes, which caused his mother to scold him.
Yuan Ming saw that his father, who was usually so majestic and always scolded him with a serious face, was embarrassed, and he laughed secretly.
"Oh, I was so busy playing that I forgot the purpose of this possession!" He blamed himself and used his mind to influence his father, trying to make him talk to his mother about assassination.
However, General Yuan had no reaction this time and continued to chat with his mother.
Yuan Ming frowned, why didn't it work again?
At this moment, his eyes suddenly fell into darkness, but the time for possession had expired, and when he woke up, his consciousness had returned to his body.
Yuan Ming frowned and wondered why he failed to get his father to talk about the assassination.
After pondering for a long time, he thought of a possibility: his father didn't know that the people from Changchun Temple came to assassinate Yuan Ming.
His father couldn't do something he didn't know at all.
"It seems that consciousness can't affect the possessed person to do everything." Yuan Ming thought to himself, to what extent it can do, he can only wait until he possesses in the future to try again.
Yuan Ming turned his eyes and looked at the remaining incense ashes in his hand.
The possession just now suddenly had the ability to affect his father, which was most likely related to these incense ashes.
He had been trying to use incense ash to make incense for some time, and gradually he came to understand something. The reason why incense ash can produce magical spices is because it is derived from people's prayers and worship, causing some strange changes that he cannot understand.
It is this peculiar change that makes the spices made from incense ash so effective.
According to Yuan Ming's original conjecture, the more people who visited the temple, the stronger this strange change would be, and the black incense would have a better effect after being possessed.
But the last two possessions made him doubt whether his guess was tenable.
You must know that the people who pay homage to their ancestors in Tiehu Town are only the lords and their relatives. The number of people who pay homage to their ancestors in Tiehu Town cannot be larger than the people who worship the incense in Jiuli Temple.
As for the Liu Xin Sect in front of us, it seemed that it was not big in scale, not even as big as Bi Luo Cave. The number of disciples was also unlikely to be greater than the endless stream of pilgrims in Jiuli Temple every day.
"Is it because the people who offer incense in Jiuli Temple are all mortals? There are monks at the Lord's Mansion in Tiehu Town, and as for the people who worship in Liu Xin Sect, all the people who worship are monks, so the possession effect is the best?" Yuan Ming suddenly had a thought in his mind. .
"Speaking of which, although Liu Xin Sect has been in decline for many years, the ashes in this incense burner should be caused by accumulation over the years. Although the number of worshipers at that time was not as good as that of Jiuli Temple, the devout belief of the sect disciples in the sect may be much stronger. Bar."
Whether it is the previous conjecture or the thoughts at the moment, they are all preliminary speculations and need to be verified slowly in the future.
Yuan Ming stood up and took away all the ashes from the incense burner, then drove the vehicle away from the green mountain peaks and continued towards the east region.
A few days later, in an inn room in a small town in the Eastern Region, Yuan Ming sat cross-legged, flipping through several thick classics.
These are books he collected from the city, recording the geography, humanities, etc. of the Eastern Region.
Master Xuanhua did not tell him where Xuanhua Temple was, so Yuan Ming had no choice but to investigate on his own while rushing on his way.
After a few days, Xuanhua Temple was not found, but his understanding of the southern border and eastern region became deeper and deeper.
The immortal cultivating forces here in the Eastern Region are similar to the previous five major sects in the Northern Region. There are four first-rate forces, which almost manage the entire immortal cultivating world in the Eastern Region. One of them is Bailong Island.
These four major sects are powerful and domineering in their actions. The small and medium-sized immortal cultivating sects in the entire Eastern Region are basically vassals of the four major forces.
Xuanhuaguan naturally does not belong to the four major sects. According to his speculation, it should be just a small and medium-sized sect that is not well-known.
But in terms of secular aspects, the two places are very different.
The Eastern Territory does not divide the sphere of influence based on ethnic groups. The concept of the country is stronger, which may be influenced by the concept of the Central Plains.
The country Yuan Ming was in at the moment was called "Lieguo", which could be regarded as a relatively large country in the eastern region of southern Xinjiang.
The book he was looking through at the moment introduced the geography, scenic spots, etc. of the Lie Kingdom. Unfortunately, he could not find any trace of Xuanhua Temple until the end.
Yuan Ming didn't pay attention, took another book and continued to read.
He has his own way to find Zhenhua Xuanhua, but he still needs to wait for a while.
Half a day later, Yuan Ming put the book in his hand aside and summoned the incense burner. The Tai Chi patterns at the bottom of the incense burner were all lit up again.
He quickly took out a stick of black incense, inserted it into the incense burner and lit it. This black incense was also made from Liu Xinzong's incense ash.
Yuan Ming recalled the figure of Master Xuanhua in his mind, and his vision quickly fell into darkness.
When Yuan Ming woke up, a dim stone room appeared in front of him. Master Xuanhua was sitting in it, practicing with his eyes closed.
When Yuan Ming saw this scene, he did not act rashly.
He possessed Master Xuanhua this time, so he naturally wanted to find out where he was. He didn't expect that this person was also hiding in a secret room to practice, and using his thoughts to influence the other person might make him stand up, but that would disturb Master Xuanhua's practice.
Yuan Ming first looked around the stone chamber. There was an incense burner placed on the ground to the left of Master Xuanhua. There was a purple spiritual incense stick in it, and the smoke was rising. It seemed to be similar to the Qingxuan incense, which could speed up the cultivation of spiritual incense.
There is an incense burner placed on the ground on the left side, with a purple incense stick inserted in it, and the smoke is rising up. It seems to be an incense similar to Qingxuan incense.
There is a large stone table next to the wall on the right side of this person, which is filled with dazzling utensils.
Ordinary people may not understand the purpose of these utensils, but Yuan Ming can see that these are tools for making incense, which are much more sophisticated than the set of utensils in his hand.
Yuan Ming carefully observed the surrounding environment and tried to determine the location of the real person Xuanhua from some details. Unfortunately, this stone room was very ordinary and had no unnecessary decorations, so there was no way to start.
"Forget it, please excuse me." He had no choice but to influence Master Xuanhua with his thoughts, trying to get him to get up and leave the stone room.
Xuanhua Zhenren's thoughts in the sea of consciousness were slightly turbulent, but he soon regained his composure, and his body still closed his eyes and performed the exercises.
Yuan Ming smiled bitterly in his heart. It seemed that influencing Master Xuanhua was much more difficult than influencing his father.
This is normal. After possessing him, he can sense the power of both souls. Master Xuanhua is actually much stronger than his father.
Moreover, in addition to speeding up cultivation, the purple spiritual incense also stabilizes the mind, weakening the influence of his thoughts to a certain extent.