Chapter 328: Fame and Troubles
After Shi Xuan finished answering the questions, Wan Chengfeng, Zhang Liu and others looked at each other and stood up: "Senior, you are teaching the secret method of advancing to supernatural powers, which may offend those big merchants. Please be very careful. They are powerful and ruthless."
Shi Xuan smiled and said, "It's okay. I just saw that casual cultivators have no way to reach the supernatural realm, so I opened a Taoist temple here to teach publicly." But he did not directly answer what to do with the threats of those big merchants.
Zhang Liu had to say: "Since the senior doesn't care, why don't you let the Taoist friends who are listening here stop spreading it, so that when the senior finishes, the big merchants may not know it." There is a little selfishness in this.
"No need, those who can come to listen to the Tao are all predestined." Shi Xuan rejected his suggestion and returned to the bamboo house with a smile.
Seeing that Shi Xuan was quite confident, these cultivators put down some of their worries.
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Jing'an City, the capital of Zi Luo Country
In the backyard of the Jing'an branch of Liuzhuo Commercial Bank, the chief shopkeeper was furious.
"What's going on?! In the past six months, the sales of Taoist jade slips have been decreasing. This month, not to mention the skills before the Qi Induction Realm, even the skills of the Qi Induction Realm and the Divine Power Realm have not been sold at all!" The chief shopkeeper threw the account book on the table.
The shopkeepers and deacons looked at each other for a long time, and then a deacon Chen stood up and answered awkwardly: "The chief shopkeeper, you just came back from the head office, so you don't know. In the past six months, a cultivator in the Divine Power Realm has opened a Taoist temple in Zhushan, Anxi City, and publicly taught Taoist methods. At present, he has already talked about the cultivation of the Divine Power Realm. Those cultivators can listen for free, so why would they spend spirit stones to buy our skills?"
The news that Shi Xuan opened a Taoist temple has gradually spread throughout the Zi Luo Kingdom, and many cultivators climbed mountains and waded through rivers to Anxi City.
The shopkeeper's face suddenly darkened, and he walked a few steps before saying, "There are actually people like this, who actually do such things that harm others and benefit themselves. Humph, he is just a cultivator in the supernatural realm. Even if he is a master in the golden elixir realm, our Liuzhuo Company can make him pay for it. I will immediately notify the head office and ask a golden elixir elder to come and capture the cultivator and kill him publicly in front of the store to scare others, so as not to make people think that our Liuzhuo Company is easy to bully."
At the same time, several other companies also made similar decisions. Some invited golden elixir elders, and some sent several supernatural realm cultivators.
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On the top of the bamboo mountain, Shi Xuan finished his sermon today and was about to get up and return to the bamboo house.
At this time, more than a dozen escape lights came from the sky, with a fierce momentum, which made Wan Chengfeng, Zhang Liu and others stare at them. There are two masters of the golden elixir realm here, and the others also feel that they are in the supernatural realm.
The dozen or so rays of light stopped in mid-air and revealed their figures. A Jindan Grandmaster with a fluttering Taoist robe and an extraordinary appearance said to Shi Xuan with a sullen face: "You, monk, you are teaching the Taoism here privately, which makes it difficult for our business to sell the skills. We have suffered great losses. Today, we have come to arrest you and punish you to deter future generations."
They didn't care that the cultivation world had never prohibited others from preaching in public. Anyway, cutting off someone's financial resources was like killing their parents, and they must be retaliated.
Another Jindan Grandmaster with a long black beard looked around at all the cultivators present: "You people can't be forgiven easily. Kill all those who lead the way to listen, and erase the memory of those who follow."
The tens of thousands of cultivators who came to listen to the Taoism were panicked and angry, but they had no intention of resisting the Jindan Grandmaster, and they froze in place for a while.
Seeing that these cultivators were frightened, the Jindan Grandmaster laughed loudly, raised his hand, and a huge fireball appeared in his hand and hit Shi Xuan.
The other Jindan Grandmasters and Divine Ability Realm cultivators also used their own methods, their own spiritual tools, Taoist magic, and magic, all of which attacked Shi Xuan.
Shi Xuan raised his sleeves, and the sleeves suddenly became dark and deep, and a strong suction came from them. Because he didn't want to expose the relationship between the yin and yang energies, Shi Xuan locked them in his sleeves and only released the suction, but even so, it was still powerful.
The sky was dark, the sun and the moon were upside down, the sand and rocks were flying, and the night was dark. These were the only feelings of the two Jindan Grandmasters and Divine Ability Realm cultivators. The two Jindan Grandmasters could still hold on with their own spiritual tools, but those Divine Ability Realm cultivators were already unable to help themselves and became smaller and smaller, and they were thrown into Shi Xuan's sleeves together with their magic, magic tools, etc.
Shi Xuan casually ejected two sky thunder spikes, and the green light was so fast that it pierced through the two Jindan Grandmasters who were struggling with the suction and had no time to distract themselves, and their bodies fell to the ground with a snap.
With a flick of his hand, the cultivators in the realm of supernatural powers in the Yin-Yang Qi bottle turned into dirty blood and sweet rain. Shi Xuan then slowly returned to the bamboo hut without even looking at the two corpses.
Tens of thousands of cultivators were silent. They did not expect that the Jindan Grandmaster and the cultivators in the realm of supernatural powers who came with such momentum would die in the blink of an eye. This was really beyond their expectations.
"It seems that the senior is a Jindan Grandmaster." Zhang Liu sighed.
Wan Chengfeng added: "He must be a Jindan Grandmaster with many years of experience, otherwise he would never have killed two cultivators of the same level so easily."
The other cultivators nodded, but they didn't think about the Dharma Master at all. The Purple Luo Kingdom hadn't had a Dharma Master for tens of thousands of years.
"Their storage bags." A cultivator looked at the storage bag on the Jindan Grandmaster with green eyes.
Zhang Liu was also salivating, but he was hesitant: "But Senior?"
Now no one dared to move. Although the relics of the Jindan Grandmaster were good, their own lives were more precious. Besides, few people could open the storage bag of the Jindan Grandmaster.
Shi Xuan saw that these cultivators were still somewhat rational and had passed the test, so he sent a voice in the sword hut: "Put the spiritual tools and natural treasures in the storage bags in front of the poor Taoist, and you can divide the rest as you see fit." As Shi Xuan's voice fell, the two storage bags jumped suddenly and opened automatically, and the storage bags of those supernatural realm cultivators also flew out of the bamboo hut.
Shocked by Shi Xuan's strength, these cultivators nominated several highly respected Qi-inducing cultivators, selected two spiritual tools, and placed them at the door of Shi Xuan. Other things were divided according to their cultivation level. Although some cultivators were dissatisfied, most people were satisfied.
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"What?! Elder Ma died at the hands of that cultivator? Isn't he a cultivator of the supernatural power realm?" In the backyard of the Jing'an branch of Liuzhuo Trading Company, the chief shopkeeper stared at the deacon who reported the news in amazement.
The deacon said helplessly: "The previous news was wrong. He is a genuine Jindan Grandmaster. These days he is giving a lecture on the content of supernatural power advancement to Jindan!" The deacon himself also wanted to go and listen.
The chief shopkeeper was in a state of dismay and sat on the chair behind him. The wrong news caused the company to lose a Jindan elder. He was afraid that his life would not be saved. There were only four Jindan Grandmasters in the entire company! It was the capital to compete with other companies.
"No, the content of the supernatural power to advance to the golden elixir is being taught publicly?!" The shopkeeper took a while to realize the meaning of this sentence. This is a big deal! The business and those cultivation families will not forgive such cultivators who break the unspoken rules!
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"What?! Seven or eight golden elixir masters from several major cultivation families and business companies died at the hands of that cultivator? Could he be a Dharma Real Person?" In the backyard of the Jing'an branch of Liuzhuo Business, the shopkeeper was about to cry, his life depended on this.
The deacon was also in shock: "According to the monks who watched, that golden elixir master is good at the Yuan magnetic supernatural power, with unparalleled power. He is at least a golden elixir master who has been in the elixir for about 300 years, but he did not show the Dharma means, so he is not a Dharma Real Person."
"Have those major families leaked the word and sent more people?" The shopkeeper wanted to grasp every straw to save his life.
The deacon shook his head: "Those big families have backed off, saying that they want to take him down, they will surely suffer heavy losses, and those hostile families will benefit for nothing. There are many big families and small and medium-sized sects in the world of cultivation! It is better to seal Zi Luo Country and prevent other cultivators from coming in, so that the Golden Elixir Method will not spread."
"Then, then, what about the four major sects? They don't come to judge the cultivators who break the rules." The big shopkeeper began to talk nonsense.
The deacon looked at the big shopkeeper with pity: "If it was before, the four major sects might have taken care of it, but now the four major sects are in a panic, and the Dharma Real Person rarely comes out, for fear that the world-class devil of the Yin-Yang Demon Sect will take the opportunity to kill him. This kind of thing is unlikely to attract their attention. After all, the Golden Elixir Grandmaster can only talk about the achievement of the Golden Elixir, not the Dharma, and now he has gone back to repeat the previous content."
"Big shopkeeper, big shopkeeper!" The deacon looked at the big shopkeeper with blood spurting out of his mouth and falling down with twitching hands and feet.
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Four Waters City.
Zhao Xingfan walked on the familiar yet unfamiliar street. His ancestral home here had been sold to a distant brother. He came back this time because he was concerned about that doubt and wanted to ask Sun Dong again after twenty years.
In the past twenty years, Zhao Xingfan has been listening to the teacher's teachings and practicing without stopping. In the past few years, Zhao Xingfan has successfully broken through to the Qi Induction Realm with the help of elixirs. He was in high spirits.
He knocked on the door of the Sun family mansion, followed the servants through the quiet garden, and came to a waterside pavilion. He saw from a distance that Sun Dong was still white and fat, but with a little more gray hair on his head.
"I haven't seen you for many years. How are you, brother Sun? How are your uncle and aunt?" Zhao Xingfan asked.
Sun Dong shook his head: "Sun has always enjoyed a good life, and there is nothing wrong with it. It's just that the two old people have passed away in the past few years. I wanted to notify my brother Zhao, but I couldn't find you. Have you been okay these years?"
After the two of them exchanged greetings for a while, Zhao Xingfan asked about that topic.
"Haha, you asked me what I think about practicing Taoism?" Sun Dong laughed, "It's still the same as 20 years ago. Looking at your appearance, I'm afraid you have suffered a lot. How can you live as happily as me? So if I had known this would happen, I might as well enjoy life and family happiness."
Zhao Xingfan didn't expect that there was no difference from 20 years ago: "But if uncle and aunt practiced Taoism, they wouldn't die so early."
Sun Dong sneered: "The two old people have lived to 80 years old, which is considered a happy death at a ripe old age. There is nothing missing in their lives. Compared with you who have practiced for many years, suffered every year, and never enjoyed anything, they are much better."