Chapter 167:18: Taoism: Don’t disturb my cultivation
The book in Chu Zhongxing's hand records two magic techniques, namely Palm Thunder and Dao Five Channels.

There is no need to say much about palm thunder, it is the most commonly used Taoist technique.

The Taoist Five Passages is a technique that strengthens the five senses. After performing the technique, one can identify people from ten miles away, listen to voices through walls, find people by smelling fragrance, taste medicine and deduce prescriptions, and then fight back.

The difficulty of these two kinds of magic techniques is not very high, and their application range is very wide. In addition, there were frequent exchanges and collisions of beliefs and concepts among the various schools of thought in the Imperial Shang Dynasty, and each school did not hide its own ideas. Taoist magic techniques were widely circulated in the Imperial Shang Dynasty. If other schools of thought had ideas about Taoist magic techniques, they could go to the mountains to discuss with Taoists and learn Taoist magic techniques.

In fact, as Taoism is the ancestor of all schools of thought, there are indeed many disciples of the various schools of thought who went to the mountains to discuss Taoism with disciples of the Taoist school.

During the initial period, Taoist disciples were very welcoming to the disciples of various schools of thought who came to discuss Taoism. They not only treated visitors with delicacies such as magical rice and magical paddy, but also taught them Taoist techniques personally.

But later on, there were too many visitors, which seriously affected the Taoist disciples' practice. The Taoist disciples had no choice but to close the door and refuse visitors.

They recorded Taoist techniques in books and let them spread throughout the Shang Dynasty. They hid themselves in the mountains, carefully feeling the nature, immersing themselves in their own world, and cultivating themselves.

"A new profession, Taoism. Players finally have another profession to choose from!"

Chu Zhongxing clicked his tongue twice. This time, the books looted by Niu Bu and his companions brought him a great surprise. With the Taoist "Tao Te Ching" outline, players can refer to and comprehend its content on their own and become disciples of Taoism.

Taoism is the ancestor of all schools of thought. Similarly, the "Tao Te Ching" is the general outline of all schools of thought. The general outlines of all schools of thought were born on the basis of the "Tao Te Ching" and combined with different environments, beliefs and concepts.

Unlike the Confucian school, there is only the Gongyang School of Confucianism in Yancheng now. Although Chu Zhongxing has the Confucian general outline "Spring and Autumn Annals" and the Confucian practice method "Five Constant Virtues", the beliefs and concepts of the four Confucian schools are very different. Players need great Confucian scholars from other schools to lead them in order to become disciples of other schools.

Although Taoism is divided into two schools, the differences between the two schools' beliefs and concepts are actually not that big. Whether it is the worldly Huang-Lao school or the hermit school, both emphasize self-cultivation.

In short, Taoism probably means: Don’t disturb me while I am cultivating myself!

When joining the Taoist school, players do not need to worry about whether to join the worldly Huang-Lao school or the secluded hermit school. What they are more concerned about is what content they should specialize in.

Talismans? Formations? Spells? Magical powers? Alchemy? Spiritual plants?
Or maybe it is the purest form of cultivation.

"Xu Zhiyuan has handed me the general outline of the Farmer's Clan, 'Shennong', and can now allow the players under his command to switch to the two Farmer's Clan factions."

“And now, in the carriage that Niu Bu looted, there is also the Taoist compendium, the Tao Te Ching. Logically speaking, players can also change their profession to Taoism.

The problem encountered when changing careers to Taoism is that there is no one to guide you. "

"However, I have Taoist magic books and magical powers in my hands, which can be opened to players so that they can practice on their own!"

"This way, players can transfer to more sects besides the Farmer and Taoist sects. I can start preparing for the next expansion pack."

"A Hundred Schools of Thought", if there are no more schools of thought, how can it be considered a hundred schools of thought?
We can’t let the military strategists and Confucianists in Yancheng compete with each other!
Now that he has the general outlines of the two schools of agriculture and Taoism in hand, Chu Zhongxing decided to open the two schools of agriculture and Taoism to players for them to choose from for their career transfer.

As for the magical powers of these two schools. In this world, players can comprehend the magical powers on their own, such as Niu Bu's Eight-Step Chasing the Moon and Drag-Sword Slashing, Yileimiao's Using Her Body as Bait, and Zhuge Wangye's Burning Corpses and Plague.

Players don't have to belittle themselves, they are all standing on the shoulders of giants, and with the modern information acquisition being faster and more convenient, as well as the ability to revive infinitely, they can completely figure out a path of their own and create their own magical powers.

In this world, if one fails to create supernatural powers on his own, at best his meridians will be damaged and he will need to recuperate. At worst, his meridians will be completely destroyed and he will be paralyzed in bed.

And the players.
If you die, you die. It doesn’t matter.

"Open up new professions and let players experiment with them as they please!"

There were seven carriages, one for Zhang Chengjun and his brothers, sisters and servants, and another for Taoist books. After Chu Zhongxing put the books in his hand into the carriage, he began to check the remaining five carriages.

Because the Imperial Shang Dynasty had nine kings as its common ruler, soldiers from the Yongzhou frontier were stationed in Zhongzhou. When the barbarians went south to plunder, they did not simply plunder food. Among the remaining five carriages, there was only one with food. The other four carriages contained two herbs and elixirs, one contained calligraphy and paintings, furs, pens and ink, etc., and the last contained gold, silver, jewelry, ceramics, etc.

“Even luxury goods are available!”

Calligraphy and paintings, furs, pens and ink, gold and silver jewelry, ceramics and other items are decorations and luxury goods. Chu Zhongxing took out the only calligraphy and painting and looked at it for a while. He found that this calligraphy and painting written for Yan Qingshan actually made him feel dizzy.

"It's not a simple calligraphy or painting!"

As Chu Zhongxing is at the level of self-cultivation, his soul strength is quite good, which can make him feel dizzy. This is enough to show that Yan Qingshan, who wrote this calligraphy, is very powerful.

The brushstrokes were vigorous, and in every stroke, Chu Zhongxing seemed to see the neighing of war horses.

"Could it be a calligrapher or painter among the Hundred Schools of Thought?"

Among the hundreds of schools of thought in the Shang Dynasty, there were 189 recorded schools, of which only eleven or twelve were relatively well-known.

However, the calligraphers and painters, the Ji Ran school, the Yin school, the astronomers, the calendar mathematicians, the discriminators, the Gongsun school, the Gongshu school, the Huan Zen school, etc., these schools were classified as second-rate schools because they had too few members and their beliefs and ideas had little influence.

Being not mainstream does not mean that it does not exist, and being not mainstream does not mean that there are no outstanding talents. The person who is writing Yan Qingshan's works is probably a disciple of the calligraphy and painting school.

After putting away Yan Qingshan's calligraphy and paintings, Chu Zhongxing classified the elixirs and herbs, and took away some elixirs that were helpful to the self-cultivation realm without hesitation.

"These barbarians are really rich. Damn, they just robbed a car and got 69 job-changing herbs."

"It can't be said that the barbarians are rich, it's that the Imperial Shang Dynasty is too rich."

69 pieces of herbs can be used by 69 players to change their jobs. Together with the twenty or so players before, within a week at most, the number of players who have completed the job change under his command will exceed 200.

With the current treatment and conditions of the [Soldier] profession, I dare not say that all players who change professions will join the [Soldier] profession, but it’s almost the same.

(End of this chapter)