Chapter 7 7. Yang Fire
After packing up a place to stay for the next month or even a year.

Chen Jingxin and four other Taoist priests brought their new disciples, and a group of people came to the dining hall.

In the dining hall.

Several long tables were laid out in a row, with neatly arranged wooden benches on both sides. It was now dinner time, and some Taoist priests had already taken their seats to eat.

Yuanfu Temple is a branch of the Taoist talisman sect, which does not prohibit meat or vegetables, so the food on the table is very rich.

The rice is enough to fill you up, and the dishes include both meat and vegetables, as well as soup. And the meat dishes don’t just include minced meat, but big slices of fatty pork!
The fat on the meat is greasy and shiny, and the color looks particularly tempting.

Xu Qing also saw a large plate of roast chicken, pork elbows and grilled lamb chops.

“That’s a lot of meat.”

The same thought flashed through the minds of the new disciples at the same time.

After Xu Qing sat down, before he started eating, just the smell of the meat aroma wafting around the room made his saliva flow like crazy.

From Xujia Village to Huai'an County, in order to hurry along the way, he and Uncle Zhang did not stay in one place for too long.

In addition, there are some places where there is no village in front and no shop behind, and there is no place to spend the money. Most of the time, you can only eat dry food to get by.

There was already a bird in my mouth.

Now seeing so many delicious foods in front of me, I wish I could turn into a hungry wolf and pounce on them.

However, before the four Taoist priests Chen Jingxin, who brought them here, had spoken, no one dared to pick up their chopsticks.

They could only stare at them in unison, their eyes almost glowing green.

"Eat as much as you can, don't waste it." Chen Jingxin looked at everyone with a smile, "Let's eat."

The voice just fell.

Everyone grabbed their chopsticks and swung them quickly. Xu Qing was quick-eyed and quick-handed, and he picked up a roasted chicken leg with the two chopsticks in his hand like lightning.

"Ouch, my chicken drumstick!"

Fatty Li's chopsticks dropped into the air and he glared at Xu Qing.

Xu Qingcai ignored Fatty Li. This guy obviously had a good family background and must have eaten well. Why was he trying to snatch the chicken leg from him?

unacceptable!

Fatty Li saw that Xu Qing ignored him and watched the delicious dishes on the table being quickly devoured by a group of guys who looked like starving ghosts.

I could only turn around angrily and snatch the food from other people.

Xu Qing lifted up his back molars, tore off the strip of meat with his teeth, and chewed quickly by bulging and contracting his cheeks.

"Smells good!" Xu Qing's eyes lit up and his index finger twitched, "Delicious!"

When Xu Qing was in Xujia Village, the most he could eat if he wanted to have some meat was an egg or some fish and shrimp caught from the river. Pork was only seen on the table during festivals.

Chickens are poultry that can produce nutrients stably and over a long period of time, and they are not something you can eat easily.

What a pity.

Xu Qing, who has memories of his past life, has almost forgotten what chicken tastes like.

I was so moved by this meal that I almost cried!
Xu Qing rolled up his sleeves and ate with relish, his mouth full of grease.

Chen Jingxin on the side just took a bowl of clear soup and drank it.

Seeing that most of the new disciples looked like starving ghosts, I didn't think there was anything ugly about it.

He was born in a poor family, so he naturally knew how happy it was to have meat to eat in this world.

The Taoist priest at the next table also smiled knowingly when he saw this.

But there are some things that Chen Jingxin still needs to say:
"To entertain you today, I made more meat dishes, but don't worry, there will be meat for every meal in the future."

“So you don’t have to eat so fast.”

"Moderation is best, so as not to overeat and lead to wandering thoughts, which will affect your practice at night."

When the others heard Chen Jingxin's words, they slowed down their movements. No matter how delicious the food was, it would not be worth it if it affected their practice.

They still know clearly what is more important, whether to have a full meal or to have every meal.

But Xu Qing only heard the sentence "There is meat in every meal" throughout the whole process.

Think about the past fourteen years when we ate more vegetables and less meat, and more brown rice and less refined rice.

Now look at the meat dishes that cannot be finished even if everyone eats as much as they want.
This further strengthened Xu Qing's determination to practice.

He didn't want to eat brown rice and pickles or live in that thatched adobe house anymore!

He wants meat!

Live in a big house!

So that the officials who come to collect taxes every year cannot bully them!

Dad, mom, eldest brother and second brother no longer have to work non-stop in the fields from the beginning of the year to the end of the year, and in the end they can only barely earn enough food to feed the family!
Practice! Only practice can change the fate of their family!
After offering sacrifices to the five internal organs.

Chen Jingxin and the other four Taoist priests sent the new disciples on their own.

Most of them went straight back to the Taoist Temple to continue meditating and condensing the nectar.

Although it took him a full year to complete the foundation building, he all wanted to become a formal disciple of the Taoist temple as soon as possible.

Especially those new disciples who come from poor families.

If you have a bad background, the only thing you can do is to fight, fight desperately!

Among the crowd, only Xu Qing and Fatty Li had the leisure time to stroll around the halls in the front mountain to digest their food.

Xu Qing discovered that since he started practicing the foundation-building method, no matter what he did or what posture he used, nectar was constantly produced in his mouth, and his progress was extremely fast.

There is no need to worry about whether you can complete the foundation building within a year.

Naturally, I wouldn't go out of my way to fight for such a short period of time.

Fatty Li had just made a fool of himself. He would definitely be laughed at if he went back. He might as well walk with Xu Qing and go back to the Taoist Temple later.

After nightfall.

The lights were lit in the temple, making it bright as day.

The incense sticks in the large bronze tripods in front of the main halls never go out for years, and wisps of illusory green smoke float up into the sky and disappear into the night.

Xu Qing and Fatty Li stood on a high place, looking out over the Huai'an County town at the foot of the mountain. They could see the lights in the city and two rivers of stars in the sky and on the ground.

Xu Qing had already gotten a glimpse of the prosperity of Huai'an County from the scene at the city gate this morning. Now, looking at the sparkling lights of thousands of homes under the night sky, he had an even deeper feeling.

I heard that Huai'an County was not considered a truly big city during the Great Prosperity. I wonder how prosperous the Southern Capital and the Capital would be?

In addition to the lights of thousands of homes, in Xu Qing's eyes, there was something else shrouding the county town.

It was a ball of blazing, illusory flame.

Xu Qing had seen this kind of flame in Xujia Village, the neighboring Liujia Village, and Ningyang Town.

According to Uncle Zhang.

Places where people gather have strong yang energy, and are blessed by the prosperous mountains and rivers and national fortune. The combination of the two is like a raging fire in a furnace, extremely hot.

This ball of illusory fire that covers the entire city is one of the reasons why ordinary people in Dasheng can avoid being disturbed by mountain spirits, ghosts and evil spirits.

Its name is "Sheji Yang Fire".

However, the Yang Fire of the State of Altar is at its strongest during the day. At night, due to changes in the weather, the Yin is strong and the Yang is weak, and the activities of the people stop, the flame will be weakened.

At this time, some ghosts and goblins will come out to cause trouble.

In addition, as the saying goes, when a country is about to perish, there will be evildoers.

Once the national fortune declines, the Yang Fire of the country will lose the national fortune as fuel and will no longer be able to protect the people. Therefore, in troubled times, ghosts and goblins often run rampant.

The prosperous dynasty has been established for thousands of years. Although the upper and lower levels have become solidified, it is still in a state of prosperity and prosperity.

After Xu Qing's gaze stayed on the group of Yang Fire above Huai'an County for a moment, it moved in all directions with a condescending attitude.

From the river at the edge of the county town, which is faintly scaly under the moonlight, like a white dragon winding gracefully, to the lush and green mulberry fields outside the city
When turning around the mountains on the other side, Xu Qing's eyes suddenly narrowed.

"what is that?!"

The moonlight is bright tonight, casting a layer of frosty white, making the outlines of the mountains clear.

However, in various places in the mountains, a layer of strange fog that seemed to have substance was spreading up, flowing along the mountains and forests, and surging with the wind.

"That's the miasma in the mountains." Fatty Li was from Huai'an County and knew all about it. "There are many monsters in the mountains, and nighttime is when the monsters practice."

"When some spirits inhale and exhale, the miasma spreads, thus forming this scene of fog covering the mountains."

"Do you know why Yuanfu Temple is located here?"

Xu Qing shook his head.

He naturally didn't know.

"It's to guard the gate of Huai'an County." Fatty Li obviously has a deep family background in learning. "Although the human race dominates this world and there are many people, there are even more goblins and ghosts."

"Mountain spirits sometimes appear in deep mountains and old forests, water creatures often appear in rivers and lakes, and after death, the souls of people do not disperse and turn into ghosts. The atmosphere of heaven and earth is out of balance, and strange things suddenly happen."

"The territory of Dasheng is vast and boundless. Even if the imperial court is powerful, it cannot take care of all aspects."

"So when Emperor Taizu first established the country, he made an agreement with all the sects in the world. The court allowed each sect to open a temple in Dasheng and recruit disciples, and at the same time take a portion of the incense."

"But each sect must also take responsibility for defending its own territory!"

That's it
Xu Qing was in a state of wandering thought.

National destiny, yang energy, government, and sect, these four together form a protection network that allows the lower-class people to live a stable life.

(End of this chapter)