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Master Cai blended his own medicinal herbs with the batch sent by Huayun Pavilion, and spent a night refining a pot of medicinal soup, and prescribed a daily dosage for Zhao Ran, allowing him to drink it on time and in accordance with the amount within a month. He lived in Junshan Temple until the seventh day of the first lunar month, observed Zhao Ran's situation after taking the medicine in detail, and then left.

Before leaving, Master Cai told Zhao Ran that as long as he finished taking the decoction, he was expected to enter the Yushi realm within eight years.

Eight years is an accurate numerical concept, which is absolutely not the same as the original "at least ten years or more", at least it gives Zhao Ran a clear goal to strive for.

For this Master Cai from the Jade Emperor Pavilion, Zhao Ran was not only grateful but grateful, he was not related to him, but he was very good to himself, not only taught himself many formation theories, but also prepared a decoction to make up for the essence for himself, in addition, he also said that he was looking for an opportunity to find a way to get the essence blood of the Xuanjia Turtle for himself. Regardless of whether Master Cai can find it or not, at least people have this intention, and Zhao Ran will be full of enthusiasm.

It's just that this hospitality was a little abrupt for Zhao Ran, until Master Cai said goodbye and left, he felt very ashamed and uneasy, so he gritted his teeth and gave away a piece of Qibao pineapple root.

At first glance, Master Cai was a little surprised to receive this gift, but he did not refuse and accepted it with a smile. Zhao Ran saw that he accepted his gift, and his guilty mood improved slightly.

It's a pity that Zhao Ran didn't know how precious the pot of soup and medicine that Master Cai prepared for him was, at least he was still in the dark for the time being, and the reason why the two uncles of the table family hurried back to Huayun Pavilion was related to the medicinal materials that Master Cai asked for.

It's just a piece of Qibao pineapple root, Master Cai deserves this generous gift!

Throughout the New Year. Zhao Ran is enjoying the benefits of being a temple blessing of Junshan Temple, and most of the merit power of steady dìng has been used by him to transform into mana, and the strength of the mana in the sea of qi is getting higher and higher, in the words of Daomen cultivation, it is "the true power is getting more and more condensed".

And with him taking decoction medicine every day. The essence in the body gradually increased a lot, and when the decoction was finished, Zhao Ran felt that the essence had more than doubled. However, according to the words of the five-color master, it will stop there, if there is no greater opportunity, a decoction like this will not have a greater effect if you take it again.

Despite this, Zhao Ran is quite lucky, at least eight years later. It is expected to break through the Taoist realm, which is better than the previous "ten or twenty years"!

On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, Zhao Ran received a Lantern Festival gift from Huayun Pavilion, and the gift was Zhu Zhimeng, and the gift was the "Zhilan Elixir Recipe" that he asked for. Zhao Ran opened it and saw that the pages were densely covered with fly-headed letters, and there were also sketches outlined in light ink. He and Zhu Zhimeng have lived under the same roof for a year, and they are very familiar with each other's handwriting. At this moment, I can't help but lose my mind. remembered the experience of being angry with each other back then.

Comparing the "Zhilan Elixir Spectrum", Zhao Ran examined the large number of medicinal materials in his fingers one by one, and found that more than seventy percent of them were recorded, including many of the top 100 elixirs. He sorted out the elixirs, then looked through the notes in the book, and was slightly disappointed—none of these herbs were used to make up for the essence.

The first month of the year is the busiest day in the jungle of the Ten Directions of Daomen. Junshan Temple is no exception, almost every day to hold the Jiao ceremony, some are held by Junshan Temple itself, some are invited by the people in Junshan area, so busy that it has been a long time. Zhao Ran would often hear Jin Jiu complaining to him. said that he was already lacking in skills, and asked Zhao Ran, the temple wish, to also fulfill some responsibilities, and he couldn't always blame others for everything.

However, Zhao Ran heard the other party's joy and complacency from Jin Jiu's complaints, so he praised Jin Jiu a few words of encouragement, coaxed him to continue to do scientific rituals, and he was still immersed in cultivation. Anyway, he is a temple blessing, and Jin Jiu's scientific rituals have stopped, and he has accounted for most of the merits, so why should he run to do this kind of physical work? Therefore, in addition to telling Jin Jiu not to take more money from the people, he simply became the shopkeeper.

In Junshan Temple, Zhao Ran is purely a big shopkeeper, and he is called "grasping the overall situation", but in fact, he doesn't care about anything. The person in charge of the preaching affairs in the Junshan area is Jin Jiu, and he is also the only Taoist priest in Junshan Temple besides Zhao Ran. Guan Er and Lu Jin didn't understand the scientific rites, so they could only return to their old business, and still did the inspection they used to do in the Fangtang of Wuji Courtyard, but there was no third-class errand from the government in the Junshan area, so civil security became one of their responsibilities.

Jin Jiu's busy career has been relieved for more than half a month, and Lin Shuangwen, a pyrotechnic resident from Xizhenwu Palace, has shared a certain amount of pressure for him. Lin Shuangwen came to Zhao Ran after the Lantern Festival, and he passed the ten-year period of fire residence in Xizhenwu Palace, because he could not bear it, he could only return to his hometown. But Lin Shuangwen really didn't want to go home to compete with his brother for the family property, and he was also used to the Taoist life, so he was extremely unsuitable for the days of powerlessness, so after the New Year at home, he simply came to Zhao Ran.

Lin Shuangwen once helped Zhao Ran, and Zhao Ran also promised Lin Shuangwen, plus Lin Shuangwen's hands and eyes were bright, and he could barely be called a talent, so he happily accepted him, and he was counted as the third fireworker of Junshan Temple, responsible for the function of knowing guests (of course, Junshan Temple did not have this position), and also helped Jin Jiu to participate in the Zhaijiao ceremony.

In addition, Zhao Ran also recruited an old couple from the people, one was responsible for cooking and laundry, and the other was responsible for sprinkling and cleaning the house. The old couple lived in a miscellaneous courtyard, and they had a copper coin to get every month, which was also guaranteed in their old age.

In addition to these seven people in Junshan Temple, there are also five-color masters who are also counted in the system by Zhao Ran - of course, it does not occupy the establishment, who calls it not a person. Zhao Ran is most satisfied with this colorful golden chicken, which can preach and solve doubts, can rely on force, can plough the fields, can weed and catch insects, and when he is bored, he can also barbecue together and discuss life and ideals, it is perfect!

Zhao Ran's life in Junshan Temple is quite nourishing - he is revered, he is full of words, he is not entangled in cases and the like, he is not entangled in trivial matters, he can fish, he can hunt, he can barbecue, and he can practice...... In just one month, he was almost addicted to it and couldn't extricate himself, but fortunately, he was still clear and knew what he should work towards, so he wouldn't slack off.

At the end of the first month, Zhao Ran sent out the summons left by Uncle Dazhuo and Xiaozhuo, claiming that he had asked Pei Zhongze of Qingyun Pavilion for the five-flowered fragrant cloud leaves, hoping that the two uncles would come to Junshan Temple to take them.

On the evening of the second day after the summons were sent, the two uncles, Da Zhuo and Xiao Zhuo, rushed to Junshan Temple again. After Zhao Ran took out the five-flowered cloud leaves and presented them, Xiao Zhuo's uncle Zhuo Tengyi proposed to Zhao Ran a proposal that surprised him a lot: worship Jiang Tenghe, the archmage of Huayun Pavilion, as his teacher.

Zhao Ran was overjoyed and said, "Could it be that Huayun Pavilion originally intended to accept me?"

Uncle Xiao Zhuo hurriedly explained: "It's not Huayun Pavilion that accepts you, it's Senior Brother Jiang who accepts you...... Well, there is one thing that I want to explain in advance, I am not an official disciple, but a registered disciple. ”

Zhao Ran is very familiar with the term "registered disciple", aren't Tong Baimei, Zhu Qigu, and Chang Wanzhen the registered disciples of Chuyang City? Now Zhao Ran is also going to become a certain registered disciple, that is to say, he is not a person from Huayun Pavilion, but only a person from the Grand Master Jiang Tenghe, and the relationship with Jiang Tenghe is only in the name of master and apprentice.

For Zhao Ran, the advantage is that it is possible to get Jiang Tenghe's guidance, and at the same time, he can also play Jiang Tenghe's banner to support himself, except for the etiquette to hold the disciple's courtesy, there are not many obligations to fulfill, but the shortcomings are also obvious, whether the banner of the named master is good or not, it depends on whether others recognize it, especially whether Jiang Tenghe recognizes it or not, in addition, it may be difficult for him to learn some real skills, if Jiang Tenghe is not happy, he can even ignore him.

Well, no matter what, Zhao Ran took another step forward on the avenue of cultivation, and with half a foot tentatively stepped into the threshold of a hidden place such as the Pavilion.

Zhao Ranqiang was full of joy, and curiously asked the two uncles, what is going on with this qiē? (To be continued......