125. Covering the Clouds
People were coming and going on Anxi Street, but Jin Zhu squatted on the ground, raised his head, and looked straight at Chen Ji without caring about anything: "Do you know what it means that the cultivation path has been sent to Luocheng today?"
"What does it mean?"
Golden Pig said confidently, "To deliver this cultivation method to Luocheng within a day, we need to leave the capital before sunset yesterday, passing through six post stations in Baoding, Hengshui, Handan, Hebi, Xinxiang, and Zhengxian, and changing six war horses without stopping. You know, even ordinary military intelligence reports don't have this honor. It must be Lord Neixiang's oral order to dispatch war horses from so many post stations."
The Golden Pig continued, "The person who sent me this cultivation method is no ordinary person. He is... something like that. I cannot tell you this. Boy, when you lived in the capital, did you ever meet Master Neixiang?"
Chen Ji was silent.
Chen Liqin came to Luocheng in the autumn of the 25th year of Jianing, and it was now the winter of the 31st year of Jianing. That was to say, six years ago, Chen Liqin and his family all lived in the capital. Chen Ji was not sure whether he had met the Prime Minister or not, so he could not answer casually.
Chen Ji changed the subject and asked, "Master Jinzhu, why did Master Neixiang go to such great lengths to send a cultivation method?"
The Golden Pig smiled and said, "Boy, you have caught the eye of the inner physiognomist."
Chen Ji was silent for a moment, "Good or bad thing?"
Jin Zhu stood up and patted his shoulder: "Good news, of course it's great news. As long as you can do something meritorious for the Minister of Internal Affairs, he will make your wish come true. Congratulations, from today on, you can truly be considered a member of the Secret Service."
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Chen Ji asked curiously, "What is the path to cultivation that Master Jinzhu requested for me?"
The Golden Pig looked around at the pedestrians and whispered, "Follow me, this is not the place to talk."
The two men walked through the crowd on Anxi Street, one in front and the other behind, and got on a carriage on the side of the road.
Xifeng stood guard beside the carriage, lowered the door curtains and window curtains, and covered the interior of the carriage tightly, with extreme caution and solemnity.
The Golden Pig sat in the carriage and mysteriously took out a black stone tube from his sleeve and handed it to Chen Ji. "I have obtained the Mandala Secret Seal for you. It is the supreme method of the Ning School of Southwestern Tantric Buddhism. It can bind evil spirits and hide them within one's body. Different ghosts possess different abilities. I once saw a great monk bind the evil ghost Wujian and hide it within himself. He could fly into the sky and hide in the ground, and he was omnipotent."
Chen Ji was puzzled: "Why is the Tantric method in Jiefan Tower?"
The Golden Pig chuckled, "This seal-binding technique is the lifeblood of the Ning Clan. If the Inner Minister didn't have a powerful handle on it, how could they be so willing to hand it over?"
Chen Ji looked down and saw a black wax seal on the black stone cylinder, and on top of the wax seal was a stamp with the word "Jie Fan".
Chen Ji raised his hand to open the wax seal, but Jin Zhu held his wrist. "Wait, the cultivation method is confidential to our Ministry of Rites. According to the rules, those who receive it can only read it by themselves and burn it after reading. Do not open it in front of me. It is taboo."
However, when Chen Ji looked up, he saw that the golden pig was still staring at the stone tube in his hand, without his eyes shifting.
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He thought for a moment, then broke the wax seal and poured out a paper roll from the stone tube.
The Golden Pig was surprised: "What are you doing?"
Chen Ji said, "Since this is the cultivation method that Master Jinzhu asked for me, it would be okay for you to take a look."
The Golden Pig asked doubtfully, "Don't you know that the way to practice cultivation must be kept secret?"
"Lord Yunyang once said so."
"Then you still let me watch?"
Chen Ji smiled harmlessly and said, "Since you treat me with sincerity, I will treat you with sincerity."
Jin Zhu was lost in thought for a long time. "I doubted you many times before, but now I think about it, I feel really ashamed. Come and take a look."
Chen Ji slowly unrolled the scroll and took a quick look before exclaiming in surprise, "Sir, what's written on this scroll isn't the Mandala Seal."
The Golden Pig was startled and leaned over to look at the paper scroll, only to see two big words in front of it: Covering Clouds.
The next moment, he quickly retracted his body and said in surprise and doubt: "How can I die in this path of cultivation?"
Chen Ji was puzzled: "What's wrong, sir?"
The Golden Pig lowered his head, his expression changing several times. When he looked up again, he said seriously, "I haven't seen your cultivation method. I don't know what's inside, let alone what the content is. If the Minister asks, you must tell me this."
Chen Ji looked at the scroll in his hand and asked, "What kind of cultivation method is this that makes you feel like you are facing a formidable enemy? Otherwise, I'd better not practice this method anymore."
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Phenomenon.
The Golden Pig struggled for a long time, and finally exhaled a breath of foul air and said, "No, you must practice. This method will not harm you, but it is related to a secret."
"What secret?"
The Golden Pig said quietly, "Twelve years ago, the Qi family produced a young official. His original name was Qi Yunchang, but when he was nine, he suddenly changed his name to Qi Zhayun. He entered the Xiantian Realm at twelve, the Xundao Realm at sixteen, and at twenty-one, he had touched the threshold of the Shendao Realm. It seemed that he was only one step away from the realm above the blue clouds. His invisible sword energy was so superb that it was impossible to defend against it."
"Invisible sword energy?"
Chen Ji was lost in thought, thinking that this way of cultivation seemed to be very suitable for him.
He then asked, "Is Qi Zhayun more powerful than Tianma?"
Golden Pig sighed, "In terms of strength, they're on par with each other, but in terms of potential, he's probably even better than Tianma. Qi Zhayun joined the border army at the age of sixteen. In three years, he killed more than ten Jing Dynasty generals in battle. In the winter of the seventeenth year of Jianing, he led a cavalry of three hundred men deep into Jing Dynasty for six hundred miles, capturing the Marquis of Chicheng alive. He was then pursued and intercepted by the Jing Dynasty's cavalry. Everyone thought he would never return, but he led those three hundred cavalrymen on a long circuit through Liaobei, eventually reaching Lushun and returning home by ship. For this achievement, His Majesty has awarded him the title of Third Rank Dragon and Tiger General, and has granted him the privilege of wearing a sword in the palace."
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The Golden Pig continued, "When Qi Zhayun returned, it was the Lantern Festival of the 18th year of the Jianing reign. His Majesty hosted a banquet for all the ministers. During the banquet, His Majesty asked him about his ambitions. Qi Zhayun stepped forward with a sword and said that he wanted to be the first Martial Saint of the Jingning reign and unify the country for His Majesty."
Chen Ji asked curiously, "Where is this Qi Zhayun now?"
Inside the dark carriage, Jin Zhu looked at Chen Ji across from him with a strange expression: "Dead."
Chen Ji was stunned: "Dead?"
The Golden Pig continued, "Listen carefully as I explain. This Qi Zhayun is an extraordinary person. When someone visited the Qi family, they discovered his father and mother, and they revered him as if he were a god. They didn't even address each other as parent and son. Later, when his father was drunk, he said that this Qi Zhayun was no ordinary person, but an immortal from the forty-ninth heaven, from East Kunlun."
Chen Ji calmed down. Forty-nine heavens, another forty-nine heavens.
These forty-nine heavens are like the greatest secret in the mortal world, known only to a very few people.
But he originally thought that an immortal like Xu Shu of the Imperial Observatory was rare in a century, but he didn't expect that there was more than one such immortal.
Including Qi Zhayun, Xu Shu, and Chen Ji himself, there are already three people from the forty-ninth heaven.
What exactly is this forty-nine heavens? Why did I come to Ning Dynasty from the forty-nine heavens?
Chen Ji's head ached from thinking about it: "Master Jinzhu, if Qi Zhayun is an immortal, how could he die?"
"Once you come to this world, you are a mortal. As long as you are a mortal, you will die one day."
The Golden Pig replied, "In the spring of the 21st year of Jianing, this official from the Qi family was ambushed and killed on his way back to the capital from a border town to report on his work. He died in Changping."
Chen Ji was puzzled: "He died just like that? Who did it?"
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Jin Zhu looked down at the paper scroll in his hand and asked, "What do you think?"
Chen Ji suddenly felt that this way of cultivation was a bit too hot.
Since Qi Zhayun's method of cultivation is in the hands of the Imperial Household Department, then this matter must have been done by the Imperial Household Department.
But why would the Imperial Household Department ambush and kill an immortal from the forty-ninth heaven? And why would the Minister of Internal Affairs dare to pass on this cultivation method to him?
Aren’t you afraid that you will leak this matter?
Chen Ji's mind is now full of question marks and he can't figure it out at all.
He seemed to see a middle-aged man in a black python robe, sitting behind a dark desk, silently mocking him, like a seasoned national player, making an unpredictable move in chess, causing the opponent to fall into an endless period of sitting in silence.
Chen Ji thought for a moment and asked, "Perhaps this isn't Qi Zhayun's cultivation method, but just a shared name? Sir, please take a look and confirm if it's Qi Zhayun's from back then."
Jin Zhu quickly closed his eyes: "Take it away, take it away, don't show it to me, don't pull my hand."
Chen Ji glanced at the golden pig, then simply unfolded the scroll and read: "Before the Supreme Purple Cloud Emperor, the Supreme Dao Wang Chenjun, in his leisure time, composes seven verses in Ruizhu, dispersing the five forms and transforming into myriad gods."
Jin Zhu yelled, interrupting Chen Ji and opening his eyes wide, "Boy, you want to hurt me?"
Chen Ji laughed and said, "Master Jinzhu, you and I are now on the same boat. What's the point of talking about harming each other? Besides, this doesn't necessarily mean Qi Zhayun's cultivation method. If he was ambushed and killed, how could he possibly tell his enemy about his cultivation method?"
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The Golden Pig glanced at him and said bitterly, "Have you forgotten the dream chicken? I tell you, this matter is very complicated in the end. There must be a bigger secret. How strange! I clearly asked for the Mandala Seal for you, so why did the Minister of Internal Affairs give you this thing?"
Chen Ji held up the scroll and asked, "Excuse me, sir, what is the grade of this cultivation method? Is it Class A?"
The Golden Pig waved his hand. "A, B, C, D, that's how we in the mortal world use it. Who has the right to rank the cultivation methods of the forty-nine heavenly immortals? Boy, you'll be on your own."
After saying that, he drove Chen Ji off the carriage, called Xifeng, and ran away.
It was noon, and the cold winter wind blew in his face, making Chen Ji a little more sober.
The Secret Service was like an abyss, and it seemed as if an invisible hand was pulling him into the cold whirlpool beneath the abyss.
Chen Ji tightened his collar and returned to the door of Taiping Medical Clinic. He took a deep breath, rubbed his cheeks, and said with a smile, "I'm back."
Only Liu Quxing was sitting behind the counter, dozing off with his chin supported by his hand.
When he heard Chen Ji's voice, he was startled and stood up, saying angrily: "What are you shouting..."
Chen Ji looked around and asked curiously, "Where are Master and Senior Brother She?"
"Master and She Dengke went to the prince's palace to see a doctor. It is said that the prince has been supervising the kiln every day and has caught a cold."
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Liu Quxing pointed to the backyard and said, "There's rice left for you on the kitchen stove. I hid four slices of bacon under the rice, otherwise She Dengke's grandson would have snatched it all away."
Chen Ji laughed cheerfully and said, "Thank you, Senior Brother."
He went to the kitchen, took a few bites, tiptoed back to the apprentice's dormitory, closed the door, and took out the paper scroll from his sleeve again.
He stared quietly at the scriptures on the paper scroll, but didn't know how to practice.
Do you want to chant scriptures non-stop like the little monk?
"Before the Purple Cloud Void Emperor of Upper Purity, the Great Dao Wang Chenjun, in his leisurely residence at Ruizhu, composed seven verses, dispersing them into the five forms and transforming them into myriad gods. This is the Huangting Ri Nei Pian. The heart of the zither folds three times, dancing with the fetus immortal. The nine qi illuminate the sky, and the divine child with a canopy produces purple smoke. This is said to be a jade book that can be studied with great care, and reciting it a thousand times can ascend to the third heaven."
"etc!"
"A poem of ten thousand times rises to three heavens. The answer is right there on the riddle..."
Chen Ji sat cross-legged on the bed, reciting it over and over again. The whole article has 239 sentences, totaling 1,673 words. It takes half an incense stick of time to read the whole article.
He read silently for a while, and when he finished reading it for the first time, he suddenly felt a purple air emerging from his body, circulating in his blood.
Chen Ji murmured, "So magical?"
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However, just as he finished speaking, the brilliant sword energy in his body, which was nurtured by the sun, chased after the purple air and shattered it with one sword.
Chen Ji's pupils shrank slightly. Ever since he was sure that the Golden Pig was betting on him, he could no longer hide his sword energy and stopped cultivating the sword. But he didn't expect that this sword energy would come out to cause trouble at the critical moment.
Could it be that different paths of cultivation are mutually exclusive?
No, try again.
At this moment, in a carriage heading east, the golden pig's bones suddenly crackled, as if it had stretched after waking up, and its whole body felt unobstructed. Although the increase in cultivation was not much, it could be felt clearly.
Jin Zhu was stunned at first, then ecstatic, "Chen Ji has started practicing? He's already mastered the art so quickly..."
He had waited for this moment for too long.
He worked hard to confirm that Chen Ji's identity was correct, and tried his best to flatter him and ask for the way to practice cultivation. His goal was that after Chen Ji stepped into the way of cultivation, he could give back his cultivation and reach the realm of seeking the Tao as soon as possible.
But……
The Golden Pig suddenly cried out in pain, and a thin layer of sweat broke out on his forehead.
A piercing pain surged into my heart, as if someone had pulled out my ribs.
He was too familiar with this kind of pain; it was clearly a sign of a decline in his cultivation.
Golden Pig gritted his teeth and muttered to himself, "What's going on? Chen Ji had just taken one step into the path of cultivation, why did he retreat again?"
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Before the pain could completely subside, another crackling sound came from his body. Just as Jin Zhu was about to breathe a sigh of relief, his expression changed again, "Wait, Chen Ji, this kid, can't, ouch..."
End of this chapter.
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