Chapter 89: The choice of the Taoist temple, no initiative, no explanation, no refusal! [5000 words long chapter]
"You two performed very well this time, especially you, Lu. You gave us teachers a big surprise!"
Hearing Chen Fugui's words, Lu Chen did not comment and nodded calmly.
It's not that he likes to keep quiet and pretend to be an expert.
But because there is really nothing to say.
After all, he couldn't tell Chen Fugui that the reason why I was able to cultivate sword intent in the Qi training period was entirely because of playing games, right? Besides, what's there to explain about comprehension?
Chen Fugui looked at the "cold" Lu Chen and not only did he not think that he was too proud, but he felt that it was reasonable.
After all, if you can comprehend the sword intent in the Qi training stage and dare to attack the Jindan stage in the Qi training stage.
You would be arrogant too! And Chen Fugui felt that Lu Chen was able to achieve what he has today because he has the kind of pride that makes him the only one in the world.
After all, without this kind of pride, what could he use to attack the Black Rock King in the Jindan stage?
Besides, if young people are not full of energy, what kind of young people are they?
However, Chen Fugui called the two over not to talk about Lu Chen's character, but about their future plans.
"How much do you know about the four major Taoist temples? Do you have a favorite one?"
After hearing Chen Fugui's words, Lu Chen and Mu Xiaoye looked at each other.
Then Lu Chen spoke up: "I don't know much, so I'd like to ask the two teachers to help me solve my doubts."
Chen Fugui nodded, and then talked about the detailed information of the four major Taoist temples in the Immortal Alliance.
As for the Taoist temples other than the four major ones, it’s better not to talk about them.
Because it was impossible for Lu Chen and Mu Xiaoye to go.
After Chen Fugui's explanation, Lu Chen quickly understood the characteristics of the four major Taoist academies.
The so-called Four Great Taoist Temples of the Immortal Alliance were originally a mortal temple opened up within their respective spheres of influence, led by the four holy places of the Immortal Alliance.
By doing so, on the one hand, the four holy places can expand their influence on the earth within their respective spheres of influence, and on the other hand, it can help the sects select talents, thus killing two birds with one stone.
Up to now, the four major academies have become the main places for the major sects of the Immortal Alliance to select disciples.
In order to select good disciples, many second-rate sects would send some of their own guardian elders to the four major Taoist academies to serve as lecturers.
In exchange for this, he gained the opportunity to select disciples from the four major academies.
The four major academies not only did not object to this, but were very happy to see it.
Because this will unknowingly deepen the connection between other sects and major holy places.
Further strengthen the influence of the four holy places in Kyushu.
Based on this point, the characteristics of the four major academies can be easily summarized.
Qinghe Taoist Temple is located in the east of Kyushu. The holy sect behind it is Shangqing Taoist Palace, which mainly studies wood magic and swordsmanship.
Lihuo Taoist Temple is located in the south of Jiuzhou. The holy sect behind it is Wanye Immortal Sect, which specializes in fire magic and alchemy.
The Savage Taoist Temple is located to the west of Jiuzhou. The holy sect behind it is Jiuyao Tiandu, which mainly practices gold magic and physical skills.
Xuanshui Taoist Temple is located in the north of Kyushu. The holy sect behind it is Canghai Xuanzong, which specializes in water magic, earth magic, talismans, and divination.
Although the four major Taoist academies each have their own characteristics, it does not mean that once you are admitted to a certain academy, you can only practice in the direction that the academy is good at.
You should know that the so-called major only means the knowledge that these Taoist temples are best at teaching.
It doesn’t mean that they only have knowledge in this area.
For example, Bai Ling who studies at Qinghe Taoist Academy.
She is a standard physical practitioner, but the place where she studies is not the Savage Taoist Academy that focuses on physical skills, but the Qinghe Taoist Academy.
But does it matter to her?
To be honest, yes.
But not very big.
Because there are also some cultivators in Qinghe Daoyuan.
Although their teaching in physical training is not as advanced as that in the Savage Taoist Academy.
But it was enough to teach her all the practices before the Jindan stage.
As for the practice after the Jindan stage, it is even less relevant.
Because when a cultivator reaches this level, all practice depends on himself.
It is difficult for external forces to help.
Therefore, in a sense, although the four major academies have their own advantages and disadvantages, the gap between them is not that big.
If we compare the areas that each Taoist temple excels in to a full score of 100.
Even in other areas where they are not very good at, they can still reach around 90 points.
The gap with the other three Taoist academies is only within 10 points.
Therefore, no matter what the students are good at, in theory, as long as they enter any of the four major academies, they can receive the best training.
After all, the four major academies have gathered the resources of the top sects in the entire Immortal Alliance and countless cultivation families.
Even in areas where they are not good at, they crush the Taoist academies other than the four major ones.
Therefore, this saying has been circulating within the Immortal Alliance.
There have always been only two types of young cultivators in the Immortal Alliance: one is the cultivators from the four major academies, and the other is the cultivators who are not wanted by the four major academies.
For most students in the Immortal Alliance, whether or not they can be admitted to one of the four major academies is not only a reflection of their ability, but also related to their future.
However, nothing is absolute. In the many years of history of the Immortal Alliance, there are still some students who are not from the four major academies but have achieved achievements that have attracted the attention of the four major academies.
It’s just that there aren’t many such examples.
From an objective point of view, the most suitable Taoist academy for Lu Chen is undoubtedly Qinghe Taoist Academy, which focuses on swordsmanship.
After all, only there can his kendo potential be fully realized.
For Mu Xiaoye, Lihuo Taoist Academy is undoubtedly the most suitable place for her.
This is not only because Lihuo Taoist Academy specializes in fire magic, but there is also a very important reason. Lihuo Taoist Academy, or the Wanye Immortal Sect behind Lihuo Taoist Academy, has a very complete method of practicing the "Red Flame Phoenix Tribulation".
Because the person who founded the Wanye Immortal Sect back then was the first generation of Phoenix Tribulation cultivator.
And all the Phoenix Tribulation cultivators from subsequent generations will be trained by the Wanye Immortal Sect as future sect leaders.
So don’t think that Mu Xiaoye seems to be at the same starting point as everyone else now.
But once she enters the Taoist temple, the gap between her and others will instantly widen.
This gap is multifaceted, including inheritance, resources, system compatibility, etc.
And it is also because of Mu Xiaoye’s special feelings towards Wanye Xianmen.
As a result, Wanye Xianmen has sent people to look for Mu Xiaoye and her father many times over the years.
I want Mu Xiaoye to report to Lihuo Taoist Academy as soon as possible and stop wasting time on high school studies.
But because of Mu Xiaoye's strong opposition, the matter ended up in nothing.
After all, Mu Xiaoye has no apparent relationship with Wanye Xianmen.
But in the eyes of others, she is almost the real future successor of Wanye Xianmen and the young master of Wanye Xianmen.
Therefore, when faced with the young master's slogan "Flowers may bloom again, but people will never be young again", he is determined to spend his entire youth in high school.
What could those monks from the Wanye Immortal Sect who came to persuade her do? Object?
Okay, okay, you kid dare to object, right? Then the young sect master will write you down in his little notebook!
Right now, the young sect leader has not yet risen to power, so you can still live a peaceful life.
But when the young master rises completely, all of you guys who disobey the young master, prepare to report to the boiler room of Wanye Xianmen! Therefore, the people of Wanye Xianmen finally chose to respect Mu Xiaoye's personal wishes and let her finish the last three years in Luocheng.
However, considering Mu Xiaoye's safety, Wanye Xianmen still asked the people of Shangqing Taoist Palace to protect their young master.
Finally, Shangqing Taoist Palace handed this task to Jindan monk Yu Tianqi.
Otherwise, even if Yu Tianqi wanted to investigate the Black Lotus Rebellion ten years ago in Luocheng, there would be no need for him to open a small, unremarkable noodle restaurant near Lu Chen and Mu Xiaoye's home.
Do you really think that a Jindan-stage cultivator has so much free time that he can open a small noodle shop in one place for ten years?
Investigating the Black Lotus Rebellion is Yu Tianqi's personal wish, and protecting Mu Xiaoye is his job.
And this job will soon be over as Mu Xiaoye is about to graduate from high school.
Therefore, Chen Fugui and Li Youquan seem to be providing guidance to Lu Chen and Mu Xiaoye on their future aspirations in the Taoist Academy.
But in fact, the only person who really needed guidance from beginning to end was Lu Chen.
Li Youquan, he was here to do some ideological work for Mu Xiaoye! He was very worried that if Mu Xiaoye knew that Lu Chen did not choose to go to Lihuo Daoyuan, but went to other places.
She would also suddenly get a headache and run to other Taoist temples.
If that's the case, then it would be a serious matter.
After all, the young master of the Wanye Immortal Sect went to other holy places to study.
Let’s not talk about whether other holy places and Taoist temples dare to teach. Even if they dare to teach, Wanye Xianmen will never allow such an outrageous situation to occur!
What if the young master has been brainwashed by other holy places?
Wouldn’t the future of Wanye Xianmen be bleak then?
So in a sense, Lu Chen's choice of Taoist temple this time is related to the relationship between Wanye Immortal Sect and other sects and holy places.
If we are not careful, the whole Kyushu... will be in chaos! When Chen Fugui and Li Youquan thought of this, they felt inexplicably stressed.
Before Lu Chen showed such terrifying talent, they didn't feel any pressure.
Because they thought that Lu Chen would not be able to get into the four major academies anyway.
At that time, Mu Xiaoye will use his power in Wanye Xianmen to send Lu Chen to Lihuo Dao Palace under Wanye Xianmen. Wouldn't that be easy?
But after Lu Chen displayed his sword intent, things became complicated.
To know what it means for a person to cultivate the sword intent in the Qi training stage, no one knows it better than Chen Fugui and Li Youquan.
Let’s put it this way, if Lu Chen is willing to go to Qinghe Taoist Temple, then he has a great chance of competing for the position of Taoist son of Shangqing Taoist Palace.
Daozi went one step further and became the headmaster of Shangqing Taoist Temple.
Although Qinghe Taoist College did not send investigators to observe the joint entrance examination of the three schools this time.
But they believed that Qinghe Taoist Academy must have received the news and would arrive soon, trying their best to get Lu Chen to choose Qinghe Taoist Academy.
"So, Xiao Lu, have you decided which Taoist temple you want to go to?"
Chen Fugui and Li Youquan looked at Lu Chen who was lost in thought. He looked calm on the surface but was very nervous inside.
Because they had already prepared for the situation where Lu Chen chose Qinghe Taoist Academy, and then the two of them would work together to persuade Mu Xiaoye to choose Lihuo Taoist Academy.
Although it would certainly be difficult to persuade them at that time, it would be better than a fight between the two Taoist temples in the future.
Being able to put out the flames of war in this small office is undoubtedly the best case scenario.
Lu Chen probably guessed what Chen Fugui and Li Youquan were thinking.
But what the two of them didn’t know was that Lu Chen had never thought about going to Qinghe Taoist Temple from the very beginning.
It is true that Qinghe Taoist Academy majors in swordsmanship, but there is no need for Lu Chen to learn swordsmanship in the Taoist Academy.
After all, no matter how powerful the Taoist Academy is, it can never be stronger than the Qingyun Sect in the game.
Not to mention that he can improve his kendo level as long as he gains experience points.
Even if he really wanted to practice swordsmanship, wouldn't it be more convenient to find the elders of Qingyun Sect's Cangjian Peak than to find teachers at Qinghe Daoyuan? You have to know that ten days in the game only pass one day in reality.
Therefore, in terms of training efficiency, he can learn swordsmanship in the game much faster than in reality.
So among the four major Taoist academies, the first one Lu Chen ruled out was Qinghe Taoist Academy.
There is no other reason, it is because the advantages of this Taoist temple have been completely surpassed by the games within the game.
In this way, the Taoist temples that Lu Chen could choose from were only the Manhuang Taoist Temple, the Xuanshui Taoist Temple, and the last Lihuo Taoist Temple.
The Savage Taoist Academy focuses on physical training, although Lu Chen is prepared to dabble in this aspect of training.
But his main focus will definitely be on kendo, so the Savage Taoist Temple can also be ruled out.
Xuanshui Taoist Temple mainly focuses on talismans, divination and other strange techniques. Although Lu Chen also knows some talisman techniques, he is not prepared to dabble in too much in this area.
After much thought, the most suitable place for him... is actually Lihuo Taoist Temple!
Lihuo Taoist Academy focuses on the art of alchemy, and Lu Chen is also seriously studying alchemy in Qingyun Sect.
Not to mention that Lu Chen also needed a reason that would allow him to use his alchemy skills openly in reality.
On this point, Lihuo Taoist Temple’s purpose coincides with Lu Chen’s.
And if he chooses to join Lihuo Taoist Academy, he will not only be able to integrate the alchemy experience of the two worlds together, but also feed back to himself in the game.
It can also further improve one's status in the Qingyun Sect in the game.
As his status improves, he will be able to gain more benefits in Qingyun Sect.
Therefore, no matter how you look at it, Lihuo Taoist Temple is his best choice, no doubt about it.
Thinking of this, Lu Chen told Chen Fugui and Li Youquan his decision.
"Teachers, I...want to go to Lihuo Daoyuan."
"ah?!"
Three exclamations were heard in the office immediately.
Chen Fugui, Li Youquan, and Mu Xiaoye looked at Lu Chen, each with a complicated look in their eyes.
Chen Fugui was shocked, as if he couldn't understand why Lu Chen made such a choice.
Li Youquan admired him and seemed to think that Lu Chen's choice was equivalent to making a certain degree of sacrifice.
As for Mu Xiaoye...it was pure joy.
Although everyone was happy that Lu Chen chose Lihuo Daoyuan, Chen Fugui couldn't help but ask, "Xiao Lu, Lihuo Daoyuan's sword training department is the weakest among the four Daoyuans. Do you really want to go to Lihuo Daoyuan?"
Lu Chen nodded, and then said seriously: "Yes, Teacher Chen, I will definitely go to Lihuo Taoist Temple."
Chen Fugui was silent for a moment, then asked, "Why?"
A peerless swordsman who comprehended the sword intent during the Qi training period did not go to the Qinghe Taoist Academy, which produced many great swordsmen, but chose to go to the Lihuo Taoist Academy, which produced many alchemists.
No matter how you think about it, this is very inconsistent!
You can't say that Lu Chen is not only gifted in swordsmanship, but also has an amazing talent in alchemy, right?
Stop kidding! Sword cultivators and alchemists are two completely different fields! Besides, he had never seen or heard that Lu Chen had a unique talent in alchemy.
Therefore, Chen Fugui could not think of any other reason as to why Lu Chen chose to go to Lihuo Taoist Temple except for the word "love".
As for alchemy?
What does Lu Chen know about alchemy! He would rather believe that Lu Chen is a reincarnated immortal than to believe that Lu Chen can make alchemy! At least the latter is more reliable.
Looking at the shocked Chen Fugui, Lu Chen said seriously: "Teacher Chen, I think my talent in alchemy...may not be much weaker than my talent in swordsmanship."
"ah?!"
It seemed that he guessed that the three of them did not believe what he said.
Lu Chen immediately took out a portion of medicinal materials that could be used to refine Qi Gathering Pills from his storage bag.
These medicinal herbs were actually bought privately by Lu Chen during this period.
As for the money... naturally it was exchanged for the cultivation resources that Chen Fugui had given him.
"I have tried to refine the elixir myself before, and I found that refining this elixir...is not that difficult."
As he spoke, Lu Chen started to refine the Qi Gathering Pill with his bare hands in front of the three people.
With his current attainments in alchemy, coupled with his understanding of Qi Gathering Pills.
As a result, even though he didn't have a furnace, he could still easily refine the Qi Gathering Pill.
Looking at Lu Chen's skillful movements and relaxed expression.
The three of them soon realized that this was not the first time Lu Chen had done this.
Under the shocked eyes of the three people, Lu Chen actually refined ten Qi Gathering Pills in less than two hours.
Lu Chen took out a medicine bottle, put the ten Qi Gathering Pills in it and placed it in front of Chen Fugui and Li Youquan, and said calmly: "Two teachers, now you should understand why I want to go to Lihuo Daoyuan, right?"
"Alchemy is indeed a good direction for me to cultivate."
“…”
Chen Fugui and Li Youquan looked at each other and nodded, as if they had reached some kind of tacit understanding.
Then Chen Fugui looked at Lu Chen and said seriously, "Xiao Lu, teacher, I hope that after you go out, you can find a suitable opportunity to spread the news that you can make pills."
Hearing this, Lu Chen was stunned for a moment, and then he thought of the reason why Chen Fugui asked him to do this.
So he said with a strange expression: "Teacher Chen, this is not good... isn't it?"
"Not good?" Chen Fugui stood up, adjusted his glasses excitedly and said, "What's wrong with that? Business is business, and if you don't take advantage of a bargain, you're a bastard!"
"Right now, Qinghe Daoyuan must think that you will choose them first, so even if they want to win you over, they probably won't offer you very good conditions."
"But it's completely different now that they know you can make pills. If you take into account your relationship with Xiao Ye, then Qinghe Daoyuan will definitely feel a huge sense of crisis."
"After all, the Lihuo Taoist Academy has Xiao Ye, a Phoenix Tribulation cultivator, this year. This is enough to give other Taoist academies a headache."
“If there is another peerless swordsman like you who is comparable to Daozi, then in the subsequent Daoist Academy Competition, Lihuo Daoist Academy, which has been ranked fourth for thousands of years, will really be able to wipe out its previous decline and rise strongly!”
"So in order to prevent this from happening, Qinghe Daoyuan will definitely offer extremely generous conditions to try to win you over, and the same thing will naturally happen to Lihuo Daoyuan."
"Once that time comes, as long as you don't rush to express your stance and keep the two Taoist temples on suspense, they will definitely show their goodwill to you crazily in order to win you over."
"And what you have to do is very simple, that is, don't take the initiative, don't explain, don't refuse, take all the gifts, and don't give any promises!"
"Don't be afraid. I'll take the gifts and bear the blame. You can take the benefits. Don't worry!"
"Xiao Lu, please don't feel any psychological burden. After all, these two Taoist temples are both very wealthy and can afford such a small amount of stuff!"
"Besides, there are many things in this world that no one else can bring out except these things."
"Now that such a good opportunity has appeared, if we don't hit them hard, then my family education as the richest man in the world, Chen Fugui, will be in vain!"
"Alchemy, hahaha! Who would have thought that a genius who cultivated sword intent in the Qi training stage is actually a genius in alchemy in private!"
"A rare commodity is worth a lot of money. This is really a rare commodity worth a lot of money!"
Looking at Chen Fugui who was completely excited, Lu Chen didn't know what to say for a moment.
Because if he really did it according to Chen Fugui's plan, wouldn't he be just treating Qinghe and Lihuo as his own? It's just like what Chen Fugui said, there are many things in this world that can't be bought with money.
And just as Chen Fugui said, as long as he doesn't take the initiative, doesn't explain, and doesn't refuse.
The gift-giving was voluntary between the two academies, and no one stipulated that he had to make a commitment after accepting the gift.
It has to be said that Lu Chen's fishing behavior is a bit immoral.
But fortunately, a flexible moral bottom line has always been one of Lu Chen's many advantages.
In this way, the psychological burden that Lu Chen already had in his heart... was completely gone!
PS: Laziness is indeed one of the seven deadly sins. After all, I, Fat Tiger, failed to complete the feat of updating before ten o'clock. Damn it!
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