MTL - Asking About Longevity-Chapter 598 meritorious deeds

Chapter 598 Merit

 Mo Hua was surrounded by a group of people, some of whom were about the same age, some who were one or two years older than themselves, and some who at least felt a little uncomfortable looking at their classmates who were older than themselves and calling them "little senior brother".

These disciples shouted coyly.

As if ashamed, like a mosquito, afraid of being heard.

 But this is what Mr. Xun means.

Mr. Xun is a highly respected person. Even some of the true elders of the inner sect would not dare to violate what he said.

What's more, they are new outer disciples.

　　It’s just that once it’s raw, it’s the second time it’s ripe.

 You just keep shouting and you get used to it.

 The more you shout a few times, the more they will become proficient.

 It’s just that some people are dissatisfied in their hearts.

 Occasionally, there will be some "pricks" and I will find an excuse to "provoke" ink paintings.

Mo Hua didn't take them seriously. He didn't need to take any action. He only needed to use Mr. Xun's name and the authority of "little senior brother" to give them more formation lessons.

These "thorn-headed" disciples immediately became honest.

 The spiritual consciousness of a monk in the early stage of foundation building is between the tenth and thirteenth lines.

These disciples, when they first entered the foundation building, most of them only had ten or eleven lines of spiritual consciousness. It was okay to draw one or two formations, but if they drew too many formations, they would really "be miserable."

 Hand ink paintings draw formations every day, so he has an extremely accurate grasp of spiritual consciousness.

 The homework assigned is just enough for them to be able to draw, but it is very difficult and painful, but it will not hurt the sea of ​​​​knowledge.

 It’s a little lesson.

Haunted by Mr. Xun’s majesty, they dared not stop painting.

After Mo Hua dealt with this a few times, there were no more disciples who dared to challenge his "majesty" in public.

As time went by, Mo Hua’s identity as “little senior brother” was gradually accepted by his disciples.

 Although he is a "little senior brother", Mo Hua has no airs about him, and his treatment of others and work are the same as before.

 There also began to be a lot of disciples who secretly came to Mo Hua to ask for advice on formations between classes or after class.

If you are confused about some formations and can't understand them in class, but you don't dare to ask Mr. Xun, you will come to ask Mo Hua.

 The ink paintings are much cuter than Mr. Xun.

 When others asked for advice on the formation, Mo Hua also explained everything he knew.

He still remembers Yan Jiaoxi’s instructions:

“The formation path is like water, only if it is passed on will it have a long history..."

Taking care of yourself will only make the formation containing the great road decay and become a pool of stagnant water.

 Therefore, as long as you are sincerely willing to learn the formation, Mo Hua will sincerely teach you and explain it carefully.

 The disciples received the blessing of Mo Hua's preaching, and the words "little senior brother" became easier to pronounce.

Mr.

 The friendship of "half teacher and half friend" is even deeper.

Mr. Xun silently saw all this and felt relieved.

With this friendship, as time goes by, Mo Hua has a foundation in Taixu Sect.

 The longer the time goes by, the deeper the friendship becomes and the stronger the foundation.

 It's just that the number of people is still a little small...

Taiyiju only has about a hundred disciples. These nearly a hundred disciples will call Mo Hua "little senior brother" when they attend the formation class together.

 There are nearly a thousand talented people in this generation.

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Mr. Xun said silently in his heart:

“I have to find an opportunity in the future so that all the disciples of this generation can take the ‘class’ of ink painting and call them ‘little senior brother’…”

 No one can be missing!

Mr. Xun has profound thoughts.

 The foundation of the sect is people, the disciples who inherit the sect’s inheritance.

 The friendship with the disciples of the sect is the friendship with the sect.

Taixu Sect is one of the eight gates. Although its disciples are not as good as the "four major sects", they can still be regarded as the leaders in the various states of cultivation.

 Having a good relationship with fellow sect members, Mo Hua will be a sect member in the future, and when he travels around the world, he will naturally have connections.

 The nine states are all from the same family, and we have old friends from all over the world.

 Everywhere he went, someone would call him "little senior brother". This would make things easier.

 With the support of the same sect, he will not forget the friendship between the sect.

With the sect to rely on and the help of his fellow sects, even if he is alone in the future, he will not be too afraid of being ostracized by the aristocratic family or being bewitched by the demonic sect.

Only then can he have the confidence to stick to his original intention, not go astray, and seek the true path...

Mr. Xun looked deeply and nodded.

 Suddenly he thought of something again, frowned, and realized another problem:

“Although the foundation of the sect is people, the sect itself also has a system of inheritance..."

“The rules of the sect must still exist, and the disciples of the sect must still be exposed to the logic of inheritance.”

 “It’s too easy to get, and people often don’t cherish it...”

“Don’t be too partial to this child, otherwise the training effect will be lost…”

 “You still have to suffer the hardships you deserve…”

Mr. Xun raised his eyebrows slightly.

 …

Mr. Xun’s good intentions are unknown to Mo Hua.

He is busy every day, practicing, attending classes, and then he is also responsible for "lecturing". The time he saves is spent on learning formations.

 What I am learning about ink painting now is a piece of "Yuze Formation".

This is a Bagua Ze formation, second grade and fifteen patterns. It is also the most difficult formation that Mo Hua has learned so far with his extreme spiritual awareness.

 This formation was also given to him by Mr. Xun.

Mr. Mr.

 There is no killing array.

 Since ink painting has come, it is good to make peace with it and learn it if you have some.

The atmosphere in Taixu Sect is peaceful. There are no sin cultivators, no demon cultivators, no traffickers, and no evil spirits. He does not need to use the killing array for the time being.

 His main purpose is to enhance his spiritual awareness through learning formations.

 Then after strengthening your spiritual consciousness, you can learn more difficult formations...

 In this way, spiritual consciousness and formation complement each other and go hand in hand.

And his breakthrough in cultivation is also closely related to his spiritual consciousness and formation.

His cultivation of Tianyan Jue is limited by his spiritual consciousness. He needs to solve the puzzle formation, especially the breakthrough in the big realm. What he needs to solve is the puzzle formation.

This time if he breaks through again, he won't have his uncle to "help" him.

I guess I have to rely on myself, so my spiritual consciousness must be strong and my formation must be precise.

 All of his spells also rely on the power of his spiritual consciousness.

 Divinity is the foundation for enlightenment.

 When it comes to cultivation, we have always paid attention to accumulation over time, and things will come naturally. There is no need to rush for the time being.

Mo Hua's current plan is to learn the fifteen-line formation and hone his spiritual consciousness to sixteen lines or even higher, so that he can break through the bottleneck when his cultivation level is promoted.

 First the fifteen-line formation, then the sixteen-line formation, then the seventeen-line formation, and keep learning like this...

But half a month later, Mr. Xun told Mo Hua that there was no formation for him to learn.

Mo Hua was stunned.

Mr. Xun sighed, "I forgot to tell you before that there are rules in Taixu Sect."

 “Rules?”

Mo Hua blinked.

 “Rules!” Mr. Xun emphasized, and then patiently explained the ink painting.

“This rule was set by our ancestors, and I can’t change it...”

Mo Hua nodded, thinking it was reasonable. He didn't even realize that Mr. Xun himself was one of the "ancestors" he called.

Mr. Xun continued:

"The formations taught in class are prescribed by the sect and are given to you for free..."

“But extracurricular formations, logically speaking, have to be paid.”

“Especially if you are just getting started, you are only in the early stages of foundation building, and the formations you have learned should not exceed eleven lines in theory.”

“The formations of the twelve and three patterns, no matter how fast they are, will not be taught to you until next year or the school year after.”

 “Also, it’s not mandatory.”

“Generally, for early-stage foundation-building formation masters, even if they are at the peak of early-stage foundation-building, it is still very difficult to learn the formations of the twelve lines, let alone the thirteen lines…”

Old Mr.

Mo Hua was moved and said gratefully: "Thank you, Mr. Xun!"

 Then he was a little worried, "You...are not settling the accounts with the queen, so let me pay the spirit stone..."

Although he didn't know how many spiritual stones it would cost to use the second-grade fourteen-line and fifteen-line formations.

But this kind of serious Bagua system collected by the sect is not cheap at all...

 Mainly because he has learned a lot.

 Unknowingly, Mr. Xun had already given him a lot of secondary formation diagrams.

 For the fifteenth pattern, there is only one Yuze formation, but for the thirteenth and fourteenth patterns, I have learned a lot about ink painting.

This requires the recovery of spiritual stones, and his small and meager family will be "bankrupt" in an instant.

Mo Hua frowned, feeling a little worried.

Mr. Xun looked at Mo Hua silently, which made him sad for a moment, and then he said:

"That's not necessary. Since I gave it to you, you can rest assured to learn. You don't have to pay any spiritual stones. Moreover, the sect's inheritance in Taixu Sect is not purchased with spiritual stones."

 “You don’t need spirit stones?” Mo Hua was slightly startled, “Then what should we use?”

Mr. Xun said: "Contribution."

 “Meritor?”

Mo Hua frowned. No one told him when he came in...

Mr. Xun Lao explained:

“Merit refers to the disciple’s contribution to the sect, or his achievements...”

“Not only the Taixu Sect, but also the entire Qianxue Prefecture, the four major sects, the Eight Gates, the Twelve Flows, the Qianxue Hundred Sects, and the thousands of sects under the Hundred Sects also implement the ‘merit system’…”

"This is the ancestor of the Qianxue State. In order to reform the sect, enhance the cohesion of the sect, and smooth the gap between the rich and the poor among the disciples, so that every disciple can have an opportunity to obtain monastic resources and enhance the sect's status, thus determining The rules below.”

“When a disciple starts, if the gap between the rich and the poor is too big, and the disparity in status and power is great, it will inevitably lead to coercion and vanity comparison.”

“The poor are the cattle and horses of the rich, and the weak cling to the strong.”

“In this way, the sect will naturally become full of chaos, the Taoist heart will be corrupted by fame and fortune, and no one will pursue Taoism wholeheartedly.”

Mo Hua suddenly understood, "That's why when entering the sect, the sect will limit the spiritual stones brought into the sect by the disciples. Other elixirs, spiritual weapons, heavenly materials and earthly treasures will also be controlled..." Mr. Xun nodded, " Yes, since you join the sect, you naturally have to rely on your own efforts."

“Children from good families also need to rely on their own abilities to earn merits in exchange for resources to practice Taoism, so as to realize the difficulty of practicing Taoism;”

“Ordinary disciples from a bad background can work hard, rely on their own efforts, and use their sect’s meritorious service to exchange for the treasures of heaven and earth that they can’t get outside, so as to break through the realm and aspire to the great road..."

 It’s just…

 Now among these eight gates, there are fewer and fewer disciples with "bad origins"...

Mr. Xun sighed slightly in his heart.

 “Meritors…”

Mo Hua's eyes lit up, "Can this meritorious service be exchanged for something good?"

Mr. Xun nodded, "It's better than you think..."

Mo Hua’s heart skipped a beat, and he suddenly remembered the name:

Taixu Divine Mind transforms into a true sword technique!

 If my meritorious service is high enough, can I get the extremely powerful Divine Thought Sword Technique that may be hidden in the Taixu Sect?

Mo Hua thought about it, but still didn’t ask Mr. Xun.

This kind of thing should be done secretly...

In case Mr.

Moreover, in addition to this Divine Mind Sword Technique, is it possible to change...

  Second-grade final battle?

Mo Hua’s eyes were slightly bright, full of expectation.

Mr. Xun didn’t know the details of ink painting, so he continued to explain the ink painting:

“…Therefore, meritorious service is extremely important to sect disciples.”

“The sect’s merit system can also enhance the disciples’ centripetal force and sense of belonging to the sect.”

 You contribute to the sect, and the sect gives you rewards to help you practice. Over and over again, the relationship becomes deeper...

In this world, most of the feelings without interests are just a mirror image and cannot withstand twists and turns.

Mr. Xun has lived for so long, so he naturally understands this truth.

Mo Hua remembered another thing and asked:

“Old sir, you said that merit is related to the status of the sect. Does this refer to the promotion of the outer sect and the inner sect?”

Mr. Xun was a little surprised and nodded: "Yes."

He thought for a moment and asked the ink painting:

“Mo Hua, do you think that when a sect recruits disciples, is talent or character more important?”

Mo Hua thought for a while and said: "Talent and character are both important, but character is actually more important than talent."

Mr. Mr.

“Although people’s minds are different and fickle, those with bad minds may not be able to correct their evil ways. Those with good minds may also be affected and become evil.”

"As for qualifications, good is good, bad is bad, simple and clear..."

“But even so, if you practice Taoism without caring about your heart, and only cultivate your body, it will be in vain in the end, and it is even easy to become a puppet of other people’s thoughts..."

Mo Hua nodded with deep understanding.

 He has seen too many monks who were possessed by Taoist demons and died at the hands of their uncles.

 Those with a firm mind can often hold on for a while.

 Those who are shallow-minded will immediately go crazy if their master just takes one look at them...

But…

  Why did Mr. Xun suddenly talk about this matter?

Mo Hua was a little confused and asked:

“Old sir, does this matter have anything to do with meritorious service?”

Mr. Xun sighed deeply and recalled the past:

“In the beginning, the sects in Qianxue Prefecture did not have this kind of merit system. At that time, there were few rules and talent was very important in recruiting disciples.”

“A top-grade or mid-grade genius will often be robbed by many sects.”

“Gongshu, Taoism, spiritual energy, elixirs, treasures from heaven and earth, take whatever you ask for, and give whatever you have.”

"But…"

"This also makes these geniuses too arrogant and think that everything is obtained by their own ability, forgetting the efforts and favors of the sect."

“There are many ‘proud men of heaven’ who forget their ancestors, betray their families, and even become possessed by demons.”

 “The sect paid a huge price and raised a group of white-eyed wolves.”

“After that, our ancestors learned from the experience and established the rules of ‘merit’. No matter how good your talent is, if you want to gain true inheritance, you must make a large enough contribution to the sect.”

“Outer sect disciples, promotion to the inner sect depends not only on their qualifications, but also on their merits.”

“Disciples of the inner sect, whether ordinary disciples or true disciples, must make certain contributions to the sect before they are eligible to be promoted to elders.”

"In other words, as long as you contribute enough to the sect, you can enter the inner sect and become a true disciple, or even a true elder, or even..."

 “Promoted to head!”

Mr. Xun said in a generous tone.

 After saying that, he glanced at Mo Hua and saw that Mo Hua just nodded, but had no look of expectation. He understood in his heart that Mo Hua had no intention of joining the inner sect.

 Join the inner sect and become a disciple.

 The kid Mo Hua doesn't want to join the inner sect, which means that he doesn't want to give up his original training.

Even if it is possible to become the head of the Taixu Sect, it does not seem to be very attractive to him.

 This also shows that this child does have a teacher.

Moreover, he values ​​love and righteousness and only recognizes his first master.

Mr. Xun was a little regretful, but he also praised it.

Mr. Xun then added a few more sentences, finished explaining the origin and purpose of the merit system for Mo Hua, and then said:

“So from now on, if you want to learn formations, you have to make some contributions to the sect and earn merits before you can change to formations with fifteen lines, sixteen lines, or even higher levels.”

Mo Hua thought about it and found it reasonable.

 There is no free chicken drumstick in the world.

It is impossible for the sect to let itself waste its wool.

It would be bad if there were too many disciples like me and the sect was wiped out and closed down...

Mo Hua nodded and asked again:

“Old sir, how can I earn this merit?”

Mr. Xun was not dissatisfied when he saw the ink painting. He nodded slightly and explained:

“If you get an ‘A’ in each subject, you can get some meritorious deeds…”

“Refining weapons, elixirs, talismans, and drawing formations for the sect can also be converted into achievements…”

“You will be rewarded with meritorious deeds if you are ranked in major academic events, such as the Taoism Conference and the Sword Discussion Conference…”

“In addition, the sect will also have some tasks, such as joining forces with Daotingsi to arrest some criminal cultivators, evil cultivators, demon cultivators, etc., which will also be counted as meritorious deeds of the sect…”

“Of course, this kind of thing is too **** and dangerous, and it’s not something you can do now…”

 …

Mr. Xun said a lot.

Mo Hua silently remembered it in his mind, and then asked doubtfully: "Old sir, how come I didn't know anything about what you said before..."

Mr. Xun raised his eyebrows, "That's because you don't have the right to know."

 “Permissions?”

Mr. Xun pointed at Mo Hua’s waist.

Mo Hua suddenly asked, "Tai Xu Ling?"

“That’s right.” Mr. Xun said, “When you first entered the door, someone should have told you that the Taixu Gate→Xu Order is very important, so that you don’t lose it…”

“Not only do you need to use Taixu Ling for practicing, attending classes, and entering and exiting sects, but more importantly…”

 “The Taixu Order determines the authority of your sect!”

"You have just started. This Taixu Order is just an initial one. Apart from attending classes and entering and exiting disciples' residences, you basically have no authority at all."

“When you are in the sect and have practiced Taoism for a full year, the sect will probably ‘understand’ you, and then the real Taixu authority will be opened for you..."

 “This is also the ‘meritorious’ authority.”

"With authority, you can do things for the sect according to the name on the Taixu Order, earn merits, and exchange for a series of Taixu Sect's treasured skills, Taoist methods, formation inheritance, as well as spiritual stones and elixirs. Spiritual objects and other monastic resources..."

Mo Hua was a little shocked, and then he was confused:

“However, I have only been in the sect for four or five months, so I can’t grant the authority of Taixu Order…”

"It's okay," Mr. Xun said, "I'll open it for you in advance."

"Ah?" Mo Hua was stunned, "Can this be opened in advance?"

 Mr.

 “Give me the Taixu Order.” Mr. Xun ordered.

Mo Hua respectfully handed his original Taixu Ling, a somewhat simple one with only one sword pattern, to Mr. Xun.

Mr. Xun took it, his consciousness moved slightly, and a faint light flashed on the Taixu Order.

 Then Mr. Xun returned the Taixuling order to Mo Hua, "Okay."

Mo Hua was a little surprised, "Is this good?"

 It’s so easy to open permissions…

He speculated in his mind and had some vague guesses. Mr. Xun seemed to have touched the formation in the Taixu Order with his spiritual consciousness and changed the authority...

 But what exactly was done can’t be clearly understood except for the ink drawings from the early stage of foundation building.

Mo Hua took the Taixu Order and glanced at it with his consciousness. Sure enough, he felt that his Taixu Order was a little different from before. There seemed to be something more in it.

Before I took a closer look at the ink painting, another question came to my mind.

“Old sir, you said that the sect’s rules cannot be changed…”

Mo Hua looked at Mr. Xun suspiciously, "But are you also changing the rules?"

Mr. Xun hesitated.

This little kid, this little head, why is it spinning so fast...

Mr. Xun looked serious and said, "It doesn't count!"

 “It really doesn’t count…”

Mr. Xun nodded, "If I say it doesn't count, then it doesn't count!"

　　　…”

I don’t know what to say about ink painting.

However, Mr. Xun gave himself the authority to issue Taixu Order, which was a good thing, so he didn’t bother anymore...

 How can he, a new disciple, know if there are no rules or regulations?

Mo Hua holds the Taixu Ling with an expectant look on his face, thinking to take a closer look later to see what tasks are in it and what good things can be exchanged for...

Mr. Xun looked at the ink painting and finally said:

 “When cultivating as a monk, safety is the top priority, and don’t aim too high...”

“Although I have given you permission, you are just starting out, your cultivation is still shallow, and you have no experience…”

“At the beginning, I will take on some low-level, entry-level errands, draw formations, sweep the dojo, check the gate, etc…”

“Those things, chasing down evil cultivators, killing evil cultivators, wiping out large and small demon sects…”

“You must not accept such a dangerous mission...”

"Uh-huh!"

Mo Hua nodded obediently.

  6k words, a little late again~(.)

　　

　　

 (End of this chapter)