Chapter 228 The Way of Incense

"It's fine to give me some pointers, but these things are all secret methods passed down by the ancestors of Xuanhua Temple. They should not be passed on to others lightly." Xuanhua Zhenren said slowly, as if he meant something.

"Yuan Ming understands. I still have some savings. I am willing to give 500 spirit stones to repair the Xuanhua Temple. I hope you will accept it." Yuan Ming took out a storage magic tool and handed it over.

"You don't need spirit stones. I have another request, which will be of great benefit to both you and me. As long as you agree, I am willing to pass on the incense art of the ancestors of Xuanhua Temple and my lifelong experience in making incense." Xuanhua Zhenren did not take the storage magic tool, staring at Yuan Ming with eager eyes.

"I wonder what you want me to do?" Yuan Ming saw that Xuanhua Zhenren had a strange expression and didn't know what he would ask for, so he spoke very vaguely.

"Yuan Daoyou has amazing talent in the art of incense. I wonder if you are interested in joining Xuanhua Temple and concentrating on the art of incense? With your qualifications and the help of this temple, you will definitely become a master of the art of incense within fifty years." Xuanhua Zhenren said with a solemn look, and it was obvious that his words were sincere.

"Join Xuanhua Temple?" Yuan Ming frowned slowly, obviously unwilling.

"Yuan Daoyou, don't misunderstand. I invited you to join Xuanhua Temple, not to accept you as a disciple. You and I are equals, and there is no distinction between high and low. Although the scale of my Xuanhua Temple is not large, there are still some resources. The research on spiritual incense is even more profound. There are few in the whole Yue Kingdom that can compare. As long as you are willing to join, you can use and read everything in this temple, including various incense making materials and spiritual incense books at will." Xuanhua Zhenren's eyes were slightly anxious, and he continued to persuade.

When Yuan Ming heard that he could read any classics at will, the animal skin book appeared in his mind, and he was quite tempted, but in the end he shook his head and said, "Thank you for your kindness, Daoist Xuanhua, but I like freedom and don't want to be tied down by the sect."

"Daoist Yuan, don't worry about this. You can join this temple without any trivial matters and concentrate on studying the incense art. I will handle all the daily affairs of Xuanhua Temple and will never trouble you." Daoist Xuanhua was a little unwilling and continued to persuade.

It is unknown how many hundreds of years it will take for a genius in the incense art like Yuan Ming to appear. If he can be won over to the sect, the prosperity of Xuanhua Temple in the future is just around the corner.

"Daoist Xuanhua, there is no need to say that I will not join any sect at the moment, please forgive me." Yuan Ming shook his head very firmly.

Having just experienced the extermination of the Biluo Cave, he now just wants to practice alone quietly, and really has no intention of joining a second sect at this juncture.

Seeing Yuan Ming's firm attitude, Xuanhua Zhenren knew that it would be futile to persuade him again, and would only annoy him, so he had to stop talking.

"Fellow Daoist Xuanhua, I am willing to donate another 300 spirit stones to your temple in exchange for some advice on making incense. Is that okay?" Yuan Ming made a final effort and bowed.

"Although my Xuanhua Temple is small, I have some spirit stones. It's not necessary." Xuanhua Zhenren said.

Yuan Ming was disappointed when he heard this, but he didn't care too much.

With the Stealing Heaven Cauldron, he could possess Xuanhua Zhenren at any time and learn the art of making incense secretly. It didn't matter if he didn't get any advice.

"The experience of making incense passed down by the founder of this temple is not convenient to teach outsiders, but some of my crude understanding of the art of incense is fine. Since fellow Daoist Yuan is interested, we can learn from each other." Xuanhua Zhenren continued to speak to Yuan Ming's surprise.

Yuan Ming was stunned and forgot to reply for a moment.

"The most important thing about the so-called spiritual incense is the word spiritual, and then the fragrance." Xuanhua Zhenren ignored him and spoke to himself.

"What do you mean? Please explain it to me, fellow Daoist Xuanhua." Yuan Ming couldn't understand the deep meaning of this, so he listened attentively and asked.

"Lingxiang, like ordinary creatures, is a product of the power of the five elements. Each kind of Lingxiang contains five spiritual materials of gold, wood, water, fire and earth, which form the basis of a Lingxiang. Then other spiritual materials are added to it, and finally it is condensed into Lingxiang." Xuanhua Zhenren said.

Yuan Ming nodded repeatedly after hearing this, and he also had some understanding of many doubts when making incense.

"When making Lingxiang, you must avoid being rigid and unchanging. Every cultivator has different spiritual roots and physiques. Even if it is the same kind of Lingxiang, you must adjust the ratio of the five spiritual materials according to the situation of the target person, so that the effect can be best." Xuanhua Zhenren continued.

Although Yuan Ming did not agree to join Xuanhua Temple, Xuanhua Zhenren did not hide his private knowledge and taught him all his experience in making incense. Half a day passed quickly.

Although it was only half a day, Yuan Ming's understanding of spiritual incense was much more profound than before. Combined with his previous experience of making incense, he had a deeper understanding of the way of incense.

"Fellow Daoist Xuanhua, I heard that there is a kind of spiritual incense for foundation building in Xuanhua Temple, which can increase the success rate of foundation building. I wonder if it is true?" Yuan Ming asked.

When Xuanhua Zhenren heard this, he was surprised: "The spiritual incense for foundation building is the biggest secret of this temple. Even the disciples of this temple don't know it. How did fellow Daoist Yuan know it?"

"It was the senior who taught me the way of incense who told me to come here to find this incense and use the power of this incense to break through the foundation building period." Yuan Ming said nonsense.

"It was that senior who said..." Xuanhua Zhenren's expression changed slightly.

Yuan Ming's achievements in the way of incense were too amazing. Xuanhua Zhenren firmly believed that he had been taught by a master. With this preconceived impression, he did not doubt Yuan Ming's words, and secretly speculated whether the master had a connection with Xuanhua Temple.

"Since that senior said so, I will not lie. This temple does have the formula of foundation-building spiritual incense. To be honest, I also want to use this incense to advance to foundation-building. However, this foundation-building spiritual incense must be used with foundation-building pills to be effective. Secondly, it is very difficult to refine, far from being comparable to purple and mysterious incense. The required materials are also extremely precious. I have not been able to collect them so far, let alone make them." Xuanhua Zhenren shook his head and sighed.

"What materials are you still missing?" Yuan Ming asked, thinking in his heart that it was no wonder that this foundation-building incense was not as popular as the foundation-building pill. It seems that the difficulty of refining this incense is not less than that of the foundation-building pill, and there are still many restrictions.

"I have collected most of the other materials, and now there is only one water-attributed main spiritual material that I haven't found." Xuanhua Zhenren said.

"I have found out that the White Dragon Chamber of Commerce on White Dragon Island recently obtained this spiritual material, but unfortunately they are not willing to sell it." Xuanhua Zhenren thought for a while and said again.

"I wonder if Daoist Xuanhua can tell me the name of the spiritual material. Maybe I can find a way to get them to give up one." Yuan Ming said so.

Before Xuanhua Zhenren could speak, a knock on the door came, interrupting the conversation between the two.

"Come in." Xuanhua Zhenren said.

The door was pushed open, and the white-haired Taoist boy walked in quickly, as if he had run all the way, and now he looked out of breath.

"What happened? Why are you so flustered?" Xuanhua Zhenren shouted with a gloomy face.

"My disciple is rude, it's the person from Bailong Island who is here." The white-haired Taoist boy glanced at Yuan Ming and said.

"Didn't I clearly reject them a few days ago? Why are they here again?" Xuanhua Zhenren was startled and frowned.

The white-haired Taoist boy lowered his head and said nothing.

Yuan Ming's face moved. They just talked about Bailong Island, and the people from Bailong Island came to the door. It was really a coincidence.

But the person who came might not be kind. No wonder the white-haired Taoist boy looked alert when he came to visit just now.

"Fellow Daoist Yuan, there are some matters in the temple. I will go and take care of them. Please wait here for a moment." Xuanhua Zhenren turned and said to Yuan Ming.

"Fellow Daoist Xuanhua, please go ahead." Yuan Ming nodded.

"You stay here to greet the guests." Xuanhua Zhenren instructed the Taoist boy and walked out quickly.

Yuan Ming sat down at the table in the house and said, "Do you have tea?"

"Senior, please wait a moment. I will get it right away." The fair-skinned Taoist boy said and walked out quickly.

Yuan Ming took this opportunity to take out some incense ash from the incense burner on the altar not far away, put it away, and stuffed a few spirit stones into the incense burner.

The incense ash obtained from Liuxin Sect before has been used up. Although Xuanhua Temple is not as large as Liuxin Sect in terms of scale, it is also a sect. There are many disciples who burn incense to worship the ancestors every day. This incense ash can be tried.

The impetuous little Taoist boy didn't notice that a black soul crow followed him outside and flew silently to the front yard of Xuanhua Temple, and soon landed on a big tree near the front hall.

From here, you can see a middle-aged man in black clothes sitting in the living room of the front yard of Xuanhua Temple. He has thick eyebrows, thin eyes, and sharp eyes. He gives people a feeling that he is difficult to approach. His cultivation is also unfathomable. Yuan Ming can't see through the soul crow. He should be in the foundation building stage.

The clothes on this person are exactly the same as the White Dragon Island Li Shark who died in Black Rock City. It seems that he is also an elder of White Dragon Island.

At this moment, the white-haired Taoist boy took a boiling teapot and teacup back and poured a cup of tea for Yuan Ming.

"This is the Qinglu tea in the temple. Although it is not a spiritual tea, it tastes very good. Senior, please try it." The white-haired Taoist boy said obediently.

Yuan Ming took a sip of the teacup, nodded, and asked, "What is your name?"

"Senior, my name is Kong Bing." The white-haired Taoist boy said respectfully.

"Kong Bing, a good name. Let me ask you, what are the people from Bailong Island doing in Xuanhua Temple?" Yuan Ming asked.

"It seems that they are here to discuss a business with Master. I am not very clear. Master usually does not let us ask about these things." The white-collared Taoist child lowered his eyes and said.

Yuan Ming smiled when he heard this. This Taoist child looked young, but he was quite clever. He blocked his question with one sentence.

Fortunately, with the soul crows investigating, they soon found out the purpose of the man in black.

Xuanhua Zhenren quickly arrived at the front hall and saw the man in black. He said in a deep voice: "Elder Bai, I should have told you clearly that the incense making book is the foundation of this temple and it is impossible to sell it. Please go back. If you continue to entangle, I can only inform Tieyun Temple about this matter and ask them to deal with it."

Tieyun Temple is one of the four major sects in the East Region, and Ningcheng is under its jurisdiction and protection.

"Haha, Daoist Xuanhua, why are you getting angry? In Bai's opinion, there is no deal that cannot be done. It depends on whether the buyer is willing to pay the price. I heard that you went to the White Dragon Chamber of Commerce a few days ago to buy Tianshui Glue. I have brought it with me. As long as Daoist nods, this piece of Tianshui Glue and two thousand spirit stones will be yours." The man in black laughed, and a white jade box and a storage bag appeared on the table.

This person opened the jade box, and a faint chill spread. In the box lay a piece of egg-sized, crystal clear white colloid, and the moisture in the hall became much thicker.

When Master Xuanhua saw this thing, his throat rolled slightly.