As mentioned before, Dragon Tiger Mountain is more of a family than a sect, and can be considered the most special of the four great Taoist sects, if not all of them.
There are examples of sects where the father pa*ses on his son and the son pa*ses on his grandson, but there is probably only one other sect where all the disciples have the same surname and the same blood in the family.
Although there are thousands of Taoist temples and countless people with foreign surnames, among the main family of Mount Longhu, there are all members of the Zhang family.
In all families, there is a natural division between the main lineage and the branch lineage, the first lineage and the second lineage.
Those in the main lineage are naturally the best treated. The best martial arts skills, the richest resources, the most opportunities.
And it’s not as if those in the branch lineage don’t have the chance to make a name for themselves. However, all families where the main lineage is oppressing the branch lineage to prevent them from making a name for themselves will eventually end up in decline.
Naturally, the Zhang family would not have such unwise people, or else the strength of Mount Longhu today would not be as great as that of the four great Taoist sects.
But it is a fact that the opportunities for those in the branch are limited, especially if they are not very talented.
Zhang Xuanji was one of those who were not gifted, but he had a great desire for martial arts and immortality.
This yearning caused him pain, and his heart suffered immensely.
In Mount Longhu, if a member of the branch wants to make a name for himself, he can, but he has to be much higher in martial arts than the others. If they were not high enough, how could they make a name for themselves.
And for the poorly gifted, Zhang Xuanji, if he wanted to make a mark in martial arts, he could not do so without resources.
Since ancient times, it was not that there were no martial artists with bad talent who became strong in the Tong Shen realm, but the resources they needed in the process of martial arts training were far more than others.
Talent does not determine the end of your martial path, but it can determine the distance you travel to reach the end.
When Zhang Xuanji wanted to improve his martial arts, he needed enough resources, but if he wanted resources, he needed to build up enough in martial arts.
This is undoubtedly a strange circle.
Moreover, Zhang Xuanji, with his low status, was not free to leave Mount Longhu and wander around like those casual cultivators, looking for opportunities.
If nothing else, the reluctant Zhang Xuanji would eventually have to be reluctant, and there would never be fewer such people.
But by chance, this reluctant man came across a great opportunity, an opportunity that would change his life.
The youngest son of the Heavenly Master wanted to learn the Dao of Dan. Well, that’s normal.
The youngest son took the upper book of the “Nine Dao Dan Sutra” to study. Well, it’s still normal. Although the “Nine Cauldrons Danjing” is an important treasure and should not be touched lightly, who asked him to be the son of the Heavenly Master? Or the youngest one.
When the youngest son was refining the pills, it was Zhang Xuanji who was on the sidelines to do the work. Well, it was still normal, who told Zhang Xuanji to kiss the a*s of the youngest son of the Heavenly Master.
Then, the furnace exploded, or the serious kind, and the youngest son of the Heavenly Master was directly injured.
Then, Zhang Xuanji took the opportunity to make up for it and escaped with the “Nine Cauldrons Danjing” book.
After that, after twenty years, Zhang Xuanji became this middle-aged man who looked a little vicissitudes standing in front of Qing Yu.
“‘Dan Devil’ Zhang Xuanji, it’s not easy to find you.” Qing Yu looked at this ordinary looking middle-aged man of vicissitudes and slowly said.
“If you have something to say, just say it. The Shadow King has done me a favour, so if the conditions are reasonable, I don’t mind helping you out.”
Zhang Xuanji was sitting cross-legged in front of a large three-legged censer, his palms flat in the air, and was continuously outputting his true qi. Qing Yu’s arrival only caused him to speak in an unsavoury manner.
”The Shadow King really likes to make investments, he played with them twenty years ago.” Qing Yu looked at the focused Zhang Xuanji and thought to himself.
There was no doubt that Zhang Xuanji was also an investment target of the Shadow King and was considered Qing Yu’s predecessor.
Otherwise, back then, even if Zhang Xuanji had mixed down from Mount Longhu peacefully, he would not have been able to avoid the subsequent chase.
Killing the youngest son of the Heavenly Master and still wanting to run away? Do you think you are those great monks of the Great Zen Temple of the Tong Shen realm?
“It seems that you know a lot about my situation.” Qing Yu said.
Zhang Xuanji still did not turn his head back and said indifferently, “You are so close to me, if I could not detect the abnormality in your body, I would have practiced Dan for so many years for nothing.
The Buddha nature in your qi and blood is so pure, but your true qi belongs to the Daoist gong, and although it has the ability to encompa*s all things, it can’t do much about this pure qi and blood, so it’s hard for you, isn’t it?”
“It is indeed very difficult.” Qing Yu nodded his head.
For someone like him, who strove for perfection, this small flaw was like a lump in his throat, and it was hard to bear day and night. The current situation in Northern Zhou, in particular, dictated that Qing Yu had to advance to True Dan before the first month of next year in order to do so.
Originally, Qing Yu had shrunk this time again and again, and was already sure that he could finish reconciling his qi and blood before July, and then undertake the Divine Origin realm BOSS challenge.
But now, this time had been extended by more than ten times. If he only relied on himself to refine it, Qing Yu would have to at least finish refining this qi and blood in April or May next year before he could challenge the BOSS and then advance to True Dan.
But by that time, the yellow flowers would be cold.
“The conditions will satisfy you since.”
Qing Yu steeply had to raise his hand and luck, and the heaven and earth Yuan Qi in the air, pulled by his true Qi, slowly converged and merged above his palm.
“Hm?” Zhang Xuanji, who had been concentrating on the cauldron in front of him, finally turned his head sideways and looked at this strange situation with surprise.
The fused Yuan Qi gradually became a sphere, constantly rotating and sinking in Qing Yu’s hand, while the surrounding Yuan Qi was already gathering to fill the gradually appearing sphere.
“Yuan Qi forming a dan?” Zhang Xuanji said in what seemed to be a questioning, yet certain manner.
At this moment, the Yuan Qi Dan in Qing Yu’s hand had already taken shape, and with the constant replenishment of the Yuan Qi from heaven and earth, the transparent dan put out a faint millisecond of light.
“This is sort of a humble version of the Real Life Dan, right?”
Qing Yu’s palm flicked up and the newly formed Yuan Qi Dan flew towards Zhang Xuanji.
Zhang Xuanji fiercely increased his true qi output with one hand, and with the other hand extended, his true qi took this humble version of the Real Man Dan onto his palm and examined it carefully.
“Miraculous, truly miraculous, using Qi to form a Dan, in line with nature, seemingly artificial, but in fact like the creation of heaven and earth, this technique of yours is truly unique.” Zhang Xuanji was no longer as cold as before and tsked.
He had seized the “Nine Cauldrons Dan Sutra” for the sake of his future, but since he had studied the “Nine Cauldrons Dan Sutra” for twenty years, and had a name of ‘Dan Devil’, he naturally could not help but be pa*sionate about the Dan Dao.
Now that he had seen an alchemy technique that he had not seen before, Zhang Xuanji was naturally not as cold as he had been before.
“There should be a follow-up to this technique, right?” Zhang Xuanji asked suddenly after watching it for a moment.
“Dan Demon really has a discerning eye, yes, this is only a simple version of the True Man Dan, and above the True Man Dan is the Gathering Immortal Dan, which has both internal and external cultivation, and has the opportunity to transcend the ordinary. But the only way to refine a Gathering Immortal Dan is to reach the True Dan realm, and my current realm is one level below.”
