Sanjiang Dao, Jizhou, White Cloud Temple.
With just three days until the New Year, Lu Zheng finally flew back to White Cloud Mountain with Daoist Mingzhang and Yuan Jing.
This ti, Daoist Mingzhang did not send Lu Zheng and Yuan Jing wandering about but directly brought them to the main hall of White Cloud Temple to et the Temple Master, Master Mingyu.
Though Master Mingyu is also a Daoist of the Ming generation, his cultivation has long surpassed all his peers and rivals even the elders of the back mountain, otherwise, he wouldn't hold the high position of Temple Master.
Even so, a disciple with more than five hundred years of Daoist cultivation is enough for Master Mingyu to take the ti to personally receive him.
Besides this significant reception, Lu Zheng also gained the qualification to access more of the temple's secretly passed down cultivation techniques.
For instance, alchemy, the thod of refining storage dharma artifacts, and so minor techniques like the Invisibility Technique.
These minor techniques are generally unrelated to cultivation and combat, at most serving so auxiliary purpose. They are mostly passed down between master and disciple, or as personal specialties, or by lineage, or shared among fellow sect mbers.
Of course, there are also so minor techniques that are sowhat important or have beco commonplace and are placed in the Scripture Pavilion for anyone to cultivate at will.
However, similar to alchemy and artifact refining techniques, these techniques require a certain level of Dao practice. To prevent disciples from wasting a lot of ti and effort due to overconfidence or being tricked into losing sect secrets due to shallow cultivation, all the scriptures in the Scripture Pavilion have cultivation requirents.
Lu Zheng, on his previous visit, actually had the qualifications to take a look, but at the ti he was still a newcor without any particular needs, so he didn't enter.
This ti is different, as soone who can already perform Cloud Riding and Mist Driving, and even qualify to live in the back mountain as an Outer Disciple, he can, of course, freely browse most areas in the Scripture Pavilion.
Hmm... certainly not completely free; he still cannot access the topmost layer, which contains the core secret techniques of White Cloud Temple.
"Besides... can the scriptures really be read freely, don't they require sothing like sect contributions?"
Lu Zheng asked while holding a book about a pill recipe created by a predecessor of White Cloud Temple, sighing, "Also, important scriptures can't be taken out of the Scripture Pavilion, not even copied?"
"Haha, what sect contributions, the sect is eager for you to learn more, just don't let it delay the cultivation of your fundantal skill.
Furthermore, important scriptures definitely cannot be taken out, but now that you can ride the clouds, you can fly back anyti if you want."
Speaking was a Daoist who looked only slightly older than Yuan Jing, responsible for hosting Lu Zheng, "When you're free, you can also stay on the mountain for a while, as the elders occasionally open the altar to discuss the true anings of the scriptures."
Lu Zheng nodded and said, "Thank you, Senior Brother Yuanlin, I'll take note."
Do not be fooled by how young Daoist Yuanlin appears; he actually joined the sect earlier than Daoist Mingzhang and has extrely high cultivation, considered a prominent figure of the Yuan generation in White Cloud Temple, specially dispatched to host the talented newcor Lu Zheng of the Yuan generation.
Then, Lu Zheng placed the scripture he was holding back on the shelf, picked up another book, and upon a glance, sothing stirred in his heart.
"Master Longchang's Discussion on Youthful Appearance Technique"
Browsing through it casually, this "Youthful Appearance Technique" is not only for maintaining youth but also for adjusting and altering one's appearance.
Putting down the booklet, he randomly picked up another.
"Master Ning Lian's Youthful Appearance thod"
Lu Zheng: ⚆_⚆?
A quick glance revealed there were as many as seven versions of "Youthful Appearance Technique" on the shelf.
"Each 'Youthful Appearance Technique' has its differences, so use the Inner Breath Technique for youthful maintenance and health, so use the Spiritual Technique for beauty enhancent and appearance correction, and there are even those that refine Youthful Appearance Pills to alter one's looks," Daoist Yuanlin gently explained.
Lu Zheng decisively praised, "Professional!"
This was Lu Zheng's first visit, accompanied by Daoist Yuanlin, he was only here to take a look, not in a hurry to delve deeply.
Even so, Lu Zheng couldn't help but admire the Scripture Pavilion of White Cloud Temple.
The collection in the Scripture Pavilion isn't as overwhelming as a modern library, too nurous to view in one glance, but each level still has a dozen or so bookshelves densely packed with many books.
Beyond the various cultivation and Qi refining, spell secret techniques, there are also explanations of thoughts and perspectives from past masters on various cultivation scriptures, as well as research on the nature of heaven and earth and the essence of cultivation itself.
Besides the sect-related scriptures, there are also books covering the entire world, including astronomy, geography, demons, various forces, dicinal materials, animals, etc.
Lu Zheng casually pulled out a book titled "White Cloud Youthful Appearance Pill Refining thod," opened it, and found that it was more than just a Youthful Appearance Pill.
Starting with the impact of various Youthful Appearance Techniques on maintaining youth, analyzing and studying the dicinal properties of Youthful Appearance Pills, then selecting dicinal materials, dividing Youthful Appearance Pills into Spirit dicine Youthful Pill and Mortal Beauty Pill and other five grades, followed by the corresponding refinent process and technique, finally annotating alternative solutions for the optimal ingredients in the Youthful Appearance Pill recipe.
Is this a pill recipe? This is a complete Alchemy Scripture!
...
After a small tour in the Scripture Pavilion, having decided to co back anyti when free, Lu Zheng left the Scripture Pavilion and went to the back hall with Daoist Yuanlin accompanying him.
"Greetings to Master Ming Guang! I've co again!"
"Nephew Yuan Zheng!"
Daoist Ming Guang's eyes lit up, smiling and nodding, "I hear your Dao practice has advanced rapidly, congratulations!"
"Uncle overpraises."
Lu Zheng stepped forward, clasping his hands in a bow, "Last year I had no achievents and was too ashad to return to the mountain. This year I've brought so gifts for fellow sect mbers, please have Uncle store them."
Daoist Yuanlin, "..."
Daoist Ming Guang, "..."
The two couldn't help but twitch their mouths, while several assisting Little Daoists beside them cast a resentful gaze at Lu Zheng.
Are you humble! Are you polite! Have you considered our feelings?
No achievents last year and too ashad to return, yet you ca back this year with Dao practice of several centuries?
If this is what you call achievents, then there aren't many left in White Cloud Temple!
No wonder he's in reception, Daoist Ming Guang quickly composed himself and regained his expression.
"Then the temple is obliged, did Nephew brew new wine again?" Daoist Ming Guang chuckled.
The Wuliangye and Flower Carving from two years ago were very popular; even after Lu Zheng privately exchanged a lot with a few senior uncles fond of wine, the stock in the cellar still didn't last over a year.
If it weren't for Lu Zheng entrusting Daoist Mingzhang to bring back another batch last year, soone might have already been unable to resist the craving, setting aside pride to go to Tonglin County.
Lu Zheng nodded, patting the gourd.
"Swish swish swish!"
A hundred Cloud Pattern Swords and several hundred large wine jars filled the back hall.
"Buzz!"
The Light of Fortune accounted simultaneously.
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