Chapter 41 What's the harm in seeing all the peaches and plums

After sorting out his own gains, Zhou Tieyi looked at the taciturn Ah Er, "How have you accumulated? Are you sure you can subdue the will of a drop of Fuxi's blood essence?"

The seven martial arts spirits have a big difficulty.

The essence and blood contain the spiritual will of the original owner. If it cannot be subdued by one's own martial arts will, a serious rejection reaction will occur. Not only will one not be able to transform oneself, but one's foundation will also be damaged.

Ah Er's stern face showed a rare hint of excitement. He clasped his fists and said, "We have made great progress in the past few days of military training."

"Well, it's time for dinner. Come with me to mother's place."

Two days ago, Zhou's mother's maid Chunjuan came to inform her that she had found a drop of Fuxi's blood for her.

Zhou Tieyi did not inform A'er immediately, thinking that it would be a good thing to let A'er accumulate more points through the method of military formation. It would only be a difference of two or three days.

I informed my mother's Shouyiyuan that I would be having dinner today and asked them to prepare more meat.

Around the hour of You, Zhou Tieyi arrived at Shouyi Courtyard and saw three sets of bowls and chopsticks on the table. He thought his eldest brother would also come to have a meal, so he didn't pay much attention to it at first. However, when his mother brought out a female priest from the study, he showed some curiosity on his face.

"This is my niece Miaoyu. She was the one who brought the drop of blood you wanted down the mountain. Why don't you thank her?"

"Master's nephew?"

Zhou Tieyi asked in surprise.

Aren’t all nephews supposed to be male?

Mother Zhou frowned and said, "Why are you so rude?"

Zhou Tieyi quickly apologized and thanked Miaoyu.

Miaoyu smiled at Zhou's mother and said, "We are people from the secular world, so we rarely care about etiquette."

Then she turned to look at Zhou Tieyi, "Second Young Master's half poem that day was in line with the true meaning of the Great Dao, and was much more interesting than his dull appearance today."

"What poem?"

Mother Zhou asked curiously.

Miaoyu recited half of a poem in front of Qilin Pavilion that day: "A mountain guest in the Moon-Watching Tower does not bother with peach and plum blossoms in the world."

Zhou Tieyi replied with half of the poem "How many seekers have asked about Taoism since ancient times, and the peach and plum trees still smile to welcome the spring."

Mother Zhou's eyes were first surprised, then complicated, and finally she smiled, "His half of the poem is not as good as your half. People like us who seek the Tao have passed it down for hundreds of generations. Even if people today don't see the Tao, there will be people in the future who can see it."

"Master uncle is right."

After some chatting and laughing, the three of them sat down to eat.

Miaoyu and Zhou's mother both ate slowly, which made Zhou Tieyi feel sorry for himself as he couldn't eat heartily. Every time he stretched his chopsticks a little longer, Zhou's mother glared at him.

Zhou Tieyi felt aggrieved. He never saw you being so disciplined when we were having meals together.

Helplessly, Zhou Tieyi could only focus half of his gaze on Miaoyu. As the saying goes, beauty can add flavor to a meal, and even the vegetarian dishes in his mouth had a meaty taste.

When I first saw this mother's nephew, I didn't think she was that stunning. Although her eyebrows and eyes were like paintings, she didn't wear any makeup. At most, she was pretty and intelligent, but not as stunning as the enchantress Guan Guan.

But his words and actions combined are like a clear spring in a mountain stream, so clean and clear that it does not seem to be something from this world, and it has a unique charm.

Zhou Tieyi, what are you thinking about?

Others still have to build the road!

Although Zhou Tieyi considers himself a pervert, he would never do anything to ruin other people's chances of achieving enlightenment.

After finishing the meal in eerily quiet, Zhou's mother led the two to the main hall for tea. During the meal, she called Ah Er to take a look. After confirming that Ah Er could withstand the essence and blood of Fuxi, Zhou's mother handed the box of essence and blood to Zhou Tieyi, who then gave it to Ah Er as a reward.

Ah Er clasped his fists to Zhou Tieyi and thanked him. Zhou Tieyi smiled and said, "You should focus on recuperating in the next two days and prepare to break through to the seventh rank. If you need anything else, let me know."

Ah Er thanked him again. After Ah Er left, Zhou's mother said to Zhou Tieyi, "I heard from the servants that you have been practicing martial arts very diligently recently."

More than just being diligent, in the past half month, Zhou Tieyi not only did not hang out in red-light districts, he even stayed at home.

If he had not gone to see the singer he kept outside once, Zhou's mother would have suspected that her son was the reincarnation of a great Buddhist and had awakened his innate wisdom.

Zhou Tieyi had already prepared his words, "I've always wanted to practice martial arts before, but I didn't have the chance. Now that I have the chance, I naturally can't let it go easily."

When Zhou's mother heard this, she thought of her eldest son Zhou Tiege, who was also a half-martial arts fanatic. It was natural that Zhou Tieyi had the same personality as his brother. She could only blame herself for suppressing Zhou Tieyi's Confucian studies over the years.

With a sigh, Zhou's mother said, "I don't blame you. It's because I haven't figured it out over the years that I've let you waste your time." "I don't dare to blame my mother, but I'm really not good at studying."

Mother Zhou nodded, "But haste makes waste, don't hurt yourself."

The reason why she cared about this matter was because the pharmacy said that Zhou Tieyi had received a large amount of trauma medicine in the past few days. After checking today, she found that the exposed arm had been injured.

After thinking for a moment, Zhou's mother told the maid Chunjuan, "Go to my alchemy room and get the scripture under the jade pillow."

A moment later, Chunjuan brought a foot-long wooden box carved from an old Lingnan paulownia tree. Zhou's mother signaled Chunjuan to hand the wooden box to Zhou Tieyi.

Zhou Tieyi opened the wooden box curiously.

There were five scrolls neatly placed inside.

Zhou Tieyi picked up one of the scrolls and immediately knew it was valuable.

The entire scroll is woven with five-colored brocade.

This five-color brocade is used exclusively for imperial edicts. The only exception is during the New Year when the emperor awards it to the three schools of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism for use in worshiping the Taoist master, Buddha and Confucian saints.

"Mother, you don't want me to switch to Taoism now, do you?"

"You'll know when you open it."

Zhou Tieyi slowly opened the first volume of Taoist scriptures. On the gorgeous five-colored cloud pattern, it began with "The Treasure Edict of the Eastern Green Emperor, Green Spirit, the Old Nine-Qi Heavenly Sovereign", followed by a portrait of a person between an emperor and a heavenly sovereign.

The person in the painting is dressed in green clothes, with twelve chapters, and wearing an imperial crown on his head. He looks like a young man and holds a green wooden staff in his hand. Surrounding the Green Emperor are groups of words that twist and change like swimming dragons.

At first glance, Zhou Tieyi felt that the words suddenly turned into flourishing flowers, and suddenly turned into ancient trees, each with its own charm.

He continued to unfold it, his curiosity turning into confusion.

Because there are not only a large number of Taoist secret books on it, but also phoenix patterns evolved from dragon seals, which seem to be silently mocking his cultural level.

Zhou Tieyi did not continue to open the remaining four volumes, and said embarrassedly, "I don't think I can understand it very well."

"I have no knowledge or skills!"

Zhou's mother scolded.

Zhou Tieyi was confused and said, "You didn't blame me just now."

Mother Zhou turned to look at Miaoyu, "He can't even read all of our Taoist alchemy books in these years. It's really my fault for not teaching him well. You are always smart, why don't you teach him."

When Zhou Tieyi opened the first volume of the alchemy book, Miaoyu knew what it was.

She quickly stood up and said, "This is the most secret method of Taoism, how dare I peek."

Mother Zhou smiled and said, "It's okay. When the Heavenly Master held the Luotian Grand Ceremony in Xuandu Mountain, his purpose was to cultivate rising talents in Taoism. I am also following the Heavenly Master's will."

"Luotian Grand Ceremony at Xuandu Mountain?"

Zhou Tieyi didn't know how the Taoist scripture in his hand became associated with the Luotian Grand Ceremony at Xuandu Mountain.

Miaoyu looked at the alchemy scripture in Zhou Tieyi's hand and explained, "The Luotian Grand Ceremony of the Taoist sect is held every twenty years or so to cultivate a new generation of rising talents in the Taoist sect. At that time, my uncle was only eighteen years old. With his self-created Taoist method [Diao Zhoutian Liuqi Jue], he overwhelmed all the Qiandao sects in the world and won the first place in the Taoist sect. Therefore, he was praised as the person with the greatest possibility of breaking through the upper third rank in the younger generation of the Taoist sect. This volume of [Five Emperors' Precious Edicts] was a reward from the Heavenly Master at that time. It is extremely precious."

Zhou Tieyi looked at his mother. Although he knew that his mother was legendary and powerful, the matter of his mother's cultivation was a taboo in the mansion. No one was willing to mention why the number one young man in the Taoist sect had not reached the top three rank for more than 20 years. Therefore, Zhou Tieyi did not know how great his mother was back then.

I got a glimpse of something from Miaoyu today, and I just thought, Mom, did you get the protagonist's script?
Mother Zhou didn't care that Miaoyu mentioned her past events at all. She smiled and said, "It's not a precious scripture. It has nothing to do with the fundamental way. It's just a secret technique of the heterodox sect."

She stretched out her young hand and said, "I have cultivated a little truth over the years, so I have only seen one more decade of peach and plum blossoms bloom and fall than ordinary cultivators. If you are talented enough and cultivate a little more truth, you will naturally see more peach and plum blossoms bloom for a few more decades."

Suddenly, she also felt like enjoying life. "If I could live as long as the heavens, it wouldn't be a problem to see all the peaches and plums grow up."

The three people present were all shocked by the spirit of Zhou's mother's half-poem and were speechless for a moment.

Seeing that her son still hadn't come to his senses, Zhou's mother thought to herself that if it weren't for her family's wealth, she wouldn't know what to do. So she said, "Tie Yi, Miao Yu is also your senior sister. If there is anything you don't understand in the alchemy classics, you should ask for advice."

Zhou Tieyi was stunned for a while, then said to Miaoyu, "Please teach me more, Senior Sister."

Miaoyu kept silent, looked at the scripture in Zhou Tieyi's hand, sighed and nodded.

Although I knew I was doomed when I came down the mountain, I didn't expect it to be so fierce. It made me confused and I didn't know what to do.

(End of this chapter)