Chapter 741 Three Thousand Floors

Chen Chao stayed in Xishan for three days. Except for the first day when he struggled to explain those things clearly to Zhu Xia, the other two people were quite relaxed. They were just led by Zhu Xia to wander around the mountain, where Wantian Palace is located. This stream and mountain looks ordinary, but in fact there are many places with unique caves, especially on one of the peaks, there are more than twenty fairy springs flowing, and the fairy springs flowing out of each fairy spring are extremely sweet. Moreover, it is full of immortal energy. This kind of spring water is created by heaven and earth. Daily drinking by monks can wash away the impurities in the body, improve their cultivation, and calm their mind.

When used in alchemy, it can stimulate the medicinal properties of the elixir.

In the past, Shenshui Villa only had one fairy spring, which attracted countless people to compete for it. The number of fairy springs in Wantian Palace was far more than that in Shenshui Villa, but no one dared to take advantage of them.

Chen Chao also sometimes lamented that an ordinary sect would have to spend countless energy to get something like this, let alone a bottle, but in a place like Wantian Palace, there is almost inexhaustible supply. Even if a disciple is not talented enough, he can still make up for the gap with these things.

This is why large sects can almost always thrive. After all, this is the foundation. As long as there is no chaos, there is basically no problem for a sect to maintain basic operations.

If an ordinary sect wants to rise, in addition to the good operation of several generations, it must hope that its disciples will produce one or two geniuses, and then a group of disciples with first-class qualifications will be able to climb up. .

Take Chen Chao himself as an example. Before going to Shendu, he had been killing demons for some medicine to strengthen his body.

But after going to the capital city, the recruitment of the two princes and the promise from the guarding envoy's office immediately made Chen Chao no longer have to worry about those expenses.

You know, in fact, if you want to support a martial artist to the state of forgetfulness, you will consume a lot of medicinal materials and other things, which is even more expensive when converted into a day's money.

If Chen Chao's two disciples hadn't had such a good master, they would have fallen into a situation where it would be difficult to become a hero for a penny.

If he hadn't been thinking about his two stupid apprentices and other things, Chen Chao would not have chosen to do business with Lu Xin before.

Speaking of Lu Xin, in fact, the business genius of the Lu family had already started preparing to start business after returning to the divine capital. He had previously sent someone to deliver a letter to Xie Nandu, and then Xie Nandu forwarded it to Chen Chao , Logically speaking, the business has already started. As for the specific content, Chen Chao did not look into it in detail, but according to what they said, if there are no accidents, there should be the first dividend in the spring of next year.

Chen Chao was not too concerned about this, but rather believed that Lu Xin was not the kind of person who would deduct his own dividends from it. Xie Nandu also said something along with the letter. She also rarely praised Lu Xin. Finally, she also said I also want to invest in that business, and I will watch it with Lu Xin when the time comes.

When Chen Chao saw this, he knew that there was no chance of losing money in this business. This one was a business genius, and the other was a first-rate talent in Daliang. If these two could still lose money in business, then this world would be true. It makes no sense.

There is almost no need to worry about this matter anymore. The disciples from Wantian Palace came earlier and told Chen Chao an interesting thing.

A few members of the family who came to Wantian Palace to offer incense before. After the little girl woke up, she didn't see Chen Chao. She kept making noises and refused to go down the mountain. After that, she hugged the pillars in front of the hall and refused to leave. What did she say?

If he had to see Chen Chao again, the disciples in the main hall in front had nothing to do. After all, it was not easy to find Chen Chao at that time. Later, the woman tried her best to take the little girl away, but on the pillar over there, There are even teeth marks from the little girl now.

Chen Chao later went to see it specifically and found that there was indeed a row of small tooth marks.

This shows how hard the little girl worked to not leave.

Although this was a small episode, it still reminded Chen Chao of what Li Yu said.

Maybe it's fate.

But now that the little girl has gone down the mountain, Chen Chao still has something to do, but there is nothing he can do.

Chen Chao recovered his thoughts and saw a disciple of Wantian Palace approaching, saying that the saint had invited him to visit the Three Thousand Buildings in the back mountain.

It is rumored that the Taoist ancestor left three thousand Taoist scrolls, which was the beginning of the Taoist sect, but in fact it was only said in Taozu's handwritten notes. No one has actually seen the three thousand Taoist scrolls written by Taozu, and the place where the scriptures are stored in Wantian Palace. The name only indicates its origin.

It's just that since these three thousand floors are the Buddhist scriptures of Wantian Palace, outsiders can enter at will.

Chen Chao thought for a while and asked, "Where is the Palace Master?"

The disciple of Wantian Palace understood clearly and said softly, "The Palace Master has made it clear before Lord Guard Envoy went up the mountain that Lord Guard Envoy can go anywhere in the mountain, except for the place where senior Tianyu Peak in the back mountain is cultivating." "

Chen Chao was startled. As a result, he couldn't figure out Wantian Palace's attitude towards him.

Theoretically, these places are not open to ordinary outsiders. Is it because you feel that you are a martial artist and do not know the Taoism? Aren't you afraid that you will memorize the Taoism and spread it?

Chen Chao, who couldn't figure it out, didn't think much about it. Since he said so, he just went there.

Three Thousand Towers is located on the Willow Peak of Xishan Mountain. The peak is named because it resembles a willow leaf. When Chen Chao looked at it from a distance, he also sighed at the uncanny craftsmanship of nature. Only heaven and earth can create such a scene. .

Approaching Liufeng, Zhu Xia has been waiting here for a long time. She is wearing a long red dress, which looks very bright, but it doesn't feel too flashy.

On the contrary, it looks like a blooming flower, warm but not vulgar.

Chen Chao took another look and said nothing more.

Zhu Xia jumped over and asked with a smile, "Is it beautiful?"

Chen Chao nodded honestly, but did not speak.

This disappointed Zhu Xia. She originally wanted Chen Chao to praise her, but the result was not satisfactory.

Then the two came to the tall building on the top of the mountain that went straight into the clouds.

On the plaque in front of the building, there were three words written casually, "Three Thousand Buildings".

These three words were not very imposing and seemed a bit ordinary, but it was said that they were written by the first generation ancestor of Wantian Palace. That Taoist master was the first-class master in the world at that time. No one dared to despise the name of that master.

What made Chen Chao feel strange was that

there were no disciples guarding in front of this Three Thousand Buildings.

Chen Chao asked curiously, "Such an important place, is Wantian Palace so confident?"

Zhu Xia said casually, "There are elders in the building practicing in seclusion, and no one can take away the collection of books from here."

"A Taoist master?"

Chen Chao glanced at the Three Thousand Buildings and felt the Taoist charm here. It was definitely not formed overnight. It would be difficult to do so without thousands of years of accumulation.

"A Taoist master."

Zhu Xia said sadly, "He is my master's junior brother."

Chen Chao was stunned. Zhu Xia's master was the Taoist master with the highest seniority, the deepest qualifications, and the highest prestige in Wantian Palace. Even the original Chixin Temple Master had to treat this Taoist master with junior courtesy.

The junior brother of the Taoist master must have lived for many years.

Zhu Xia sniffed and didn't want to talk about this topic anymore. He took Chen Chao's hand and walked into the Three Thousand Buildings.

As soon as he stepped into the Three Thousand Floors, Chen Chao was surprised. Just now he saw that the building was tall enough from the outside, but now he stepped into it and looked up, he felt it was really majestic. He couldn't even see the top at a glance. The stairs went up around the four sides and led to the highest point.

Three Thousand Floors, could there really be three thousand floors?

Chen Chao looked at Zhu Xia, who exclaimed, not understanding what Chen Chao meant.

Chen Chao was speechless, so he had to ask with a smile, "Three Thousand Floors, are there really three thousand floors?"

Zhu Xia shook his head and said, "I don't know. The Taoist scriptures are difficult from small to high. I have been to dozens of floors at most. If you don't have Wangyou, you can't go higher."

"The elders in the mountains have never said how high the Three Thousand Floors are. If you want to know how high it is, you can go up one floor at a time."

Zhu Xia smiled and said, "The first few floors are easy to go up, but it's not so easy to go to the back."

The Three Thousand Floors store Taoist scriptures, and climbing the floor also tests the disciples' cultivation. This test is not just a simple practice, but also includes tests such as the original heart, which is very complicated. Some Wangyou monks can only stop after climbing hundreds of floors, but some can still go up hundreds of floors.

Chen Chao nodded. The Three Thousand Floors are famous, and he really wants to go and see.

The first floor was filled with introductory Taoist methods, and there were quite a few people. Many disciples were reading them here, most of them were concentrating and didn't care who was beside them. A few disciples bowed slightly to Chen Chao after seeing him, and some spoke in a low voice, but they didn't make a loud noise.

Many Taoists were curious about the new garrison commander of Daliang.

Zhu Xia and Chen Chao quickly walked along the wooden stairs to the second floor. The two floors were not close, and after reaching the second floor, there were fewer disciples here.

Chen Chao picked up a Taoist book on the bookshelf beside him, and without opening it, he could already feel a Taoist breath.

It was the breath left by the writer.

Each of these books had a different writer, and each writer would leave a breath on it when writing these books.

Chen Chao didn't open the book, but just took a look at the cover and put it back.

>  Zhu Xia asked curiously, "Why don't you open it and take a look?"

Chen Chao smiled and said, "I'm a martial artist, why would I read Taoism?"

Zhu Xia said, "Oh," and whispered, "It seems to be the same."

Chen Chao laughed dumbly. He knew that this little girl would not think so much. If someone else came here, I'm afraid they would not think so.

After that, Chen Chao followed Zhu Xia up a few floors and arrived at the 20th floor in a blink of an eye.

Different from the densely packed bookshelves on the first few floors, there are fewer bookshelves here, but the atmosphere is much richer than before.

The writers of these Taoist classics are probably all people with extremely high realms.

Although Wantian Palace has repeatedly declined in Taoism over the years, its deep foundation is like an old well with no bottom. No one knows how clear the spring water at the bottom is.

Chen Chao shook his head. Compared with these sects that have lasted for hundreds or thousands of years, Daliang still seems a little weak.

After that, we continued to climb the building. As expected, the bookshelves became smaller and smaller, and the Taoist classics also became smaller and smaller. However, the Taoist classics we saw along the way actually exceeded 3,000 volumes.

But everyone knows that there is not much difference between the 3,000 volumes here and the 30,000 volumes, because they are destined to be inferior to the 3,000 volumes written by the Taoist ancestor.

Those 3,000 volumes are the real treasures of Taoism, just like the Taoist handwriting.

I wonder if there is a Taoist scroll written by the Taoist ancestor hidden in the 3,000 buildings of the Wantian Palace.

Chen Chao is very curious about this.

After all, as the founding patriarch of one of the three religions, the Taoist ancestor lived in an era too long ago to be found. However, this Taoist leader, both in terms of status and Taoism, is destined to be higher than all the Taoist monks in the world.

If he could take a look at the Dao scrolls written by Dao Ancestor, I'm afraid it would be of great benefit to Chen Chao, even if he was just a martial artist.

With this idea in mind, he has climbed more than a hundred floors. The disciples of Wantian Palace that he can see here are already older. It is difficult to see young disciples, but some middle-aged Taoists.

Chen Chao paused for a moment, as if continuing to climb the stairs, but did not notice that Zhu Xia beside him was already out of breath.

"What's wrong with you? Are you tired?"

Chen Chao glanced at Zhu Xia and asked casually.

Zhu Xia complained, "You are in the Forgetful Realm. Of course you don't feel it, but do you know? Now that we are here, it is no longer a place that ordinary monks can come to."

Although Zhu Xia is highly talented, she has only few years of practice, and she doesn't like to practice hard, so by now, she can no longer hold on.

Chen Chao came back to his senses and said with a smile, "How about you wait for me here, and I'll go upstairs to have a look? But this shouldn't affect anything, right?"

Zhu Xia nodded, not politely, sat down on the stairs and said, "You can go if you want, but the higher you go, the harder it will be. Don't hold on, you will get hurt."

Chen Chao nodded.

At this moment, he really wanted to go up there and have a look. He even felt that something in the dark was calling him.

That feeling is indescribable.