Chapter 124 Death of Zhao Laoer
"Yanming."

"Hey, young master." Li Yanming came in with food.

"Go and help me do something. Go and get a piece of yellow cloth, and then ask for a bowl of rooster blood. When you come back, get a basin of clean water. Remember, this basin of clean water can only be freshly drawn from the well. If it has been poured into a water tank, do not bring it here."

"I understand, Master. This is breakfast, Master, you have to eat early."

"Got it." Li Daoxuan smiled unhappily, thinking that this boy was quite caring.

Li Yanming smiled, made a face at him and ran out.

This kid has become familiar with him recently, and he has become a bit naughty. After all, he is still a child, how can he be naturally mature and steady.

Seeing Li Yanming running out, Li Daoxuan sat at the table and took down the peach wood sword. He held it in both hands and placed it on the table, gently stroking the sword.

He has had the peach wood sword for only a short time and has not had time to nurture it. During the past two days, while the eldest son of the Zhao family has not returned yet, he decided to refine the peach wood sword first and destroy the paper figures in his hand to prevent others from using it to harm others and to avoid other troubles if others find out that he has these paper figures in his hands.

Placing the paper man on the table, Li Daoxuan held the peach wood sword in his right hand, made sword gestures with both hands, and wiped along the hilt towards the tip of the sword.

"The soul returns to the body, the soul is settled! The mind is settled! The person is settled! Collect your mind and spirit to settle, the evil talisman and evil master will retreat immediately, hurry up and obey the command!"

After he finished speaking, he stomped his right foot on the ground and stabbed the peach wood sword at the paper figure. There was a faint scream, and the paper figure instantly turned into pieces.

Li Daoxuan collected the magic, calmed down the Dan Qi, collected the fragments, and finally threw them into the incense burner and burned them. In this way, the spell of cursing with paper figures will be dispelled, and there is no need to worry about someone using these paper figures to harm others.

After all, making such a paper figure to harm others is a rather troublesome matter. It needs to be made at a certain time and moment, using something from someone's body, and then combined with prior sacrifices to make the paper figure work.

Otherwise, it would be too easy to harm someone just by writing a name or making a mark on a piece of paper. If the magic spells and incantations were so easy to learn, why would we need to become apprentices?

So Li Daoxuan was a little surprised when he saw the paper man at the beginning. He didn't know which one of the Zhao family had so much energy and ability to practice such evil magic that harms people, or whether there was a sorcerer with such ability outside who was involved.

After the paper figures in the incense burner were burned out, Li Yanming walked in with something.

"Master, this is what you want." He handed over the yellow cloth, put the clean water and chicken blood aside, then consciously left and closed the door of the room.

Li Daoxuan was very satisfied with the boy's self-awareness. He took the yellow cloth and spread it on the table. Then he took the pen and dipped it in the rooster's blood and wrote the talisman on the yellow cloth. After writing, he washed his hands with clean water and placed the peach wood sword on the yellow cloth.

Step on the Gang Steps and worship the five innate stars, namely the Sun, the Moon, the Tian Gang, the North Dipper, and the South Dipper.

Although it is collectively called five stars, there are actually more than five stars.

Stepping on the Gangdou is a way to communicate with the gods, and it is also an indispensable force in the Taoist practice. However, this Gangdou force is also different. The ordinary fighting method is to step on the north and south Gangdou.

Now, to refine the peach wood sword, one must step on the Five Star Gang.

After the step, Li Daoxuan bowed three times to the peach wood sword on the yellow cloth. He placed his left hand in front of his chest, bent his pinky finger inward, bent his middle finger inward and clasped his pinky finger, pressed his thumb on his middle finger, and raised his index finger and ring finger straight up. He pinched the Laojun finger and chanted a spell: "Please, peach wood sword god, descend to the human world to patrol. Don't be afraid of people who harm me. I will sacrifice a flying sword to kill the evildoers. I am following the command of the Supreme Lord Laojun. The divine soldiers are as urgent as the law!"

After saying this, he bowed three times again, and then he held some water in his mouth and sprayed it towards the peach wood sword.

In this way, the peach wood sword is refined, but it will need to be refined every day in the next few days to increase its power.

After refining the peach wood sword, Li Daoxuan wrapped the sword with yellow cloth with talismans written on it, and then put it into the sword box.

After breakfast, Li Daoxuan sat cross-legged on the bed and practiced the power of Taizhu's creation.

The vital energy in the body reverberates, circulating through the whole body, tempering the body, and slowly moving towards the state of refining qi and transforming into spirit.

The realm of the Fajiao Daomen is not obvious. Whether in the Daoist scriptures or the secret records, the level of cultivation is always described as mysterious. This situation is indeed complicated. After all, there are different cultivation methods in the hundreds of schools, and each school has its own destiny. There are hundreds of cultivation methods in the Daoist school alone. Therefore, in the Xuanmen, there is a saying that cultivation is often called. At first, it is to build the foundation and refine oneself, then to refine the essence into qi, and then to refine qi into spirit. Later, it is the rumored refinement of spirit to return to emptiness, and refine emptiness to merge with the Tao.

What is the foundation-building and self-cultivation? The "Wu Zhen Pian" says: First, use Qian Kun as the cauldron, then use the black rabbit medicine to cook. Drive the two things back to the Yellow Dao, and strive to obtain the golden elixir without understanding life.

He also said: "The furnace and the cauldron are built to follow the laws of heaven and earth, and the essence is tempered to control the soul. Gathering and dispersing the hydrogen creates changes, and dares to talk about the original wonders casually."

Building the foundation and refining oneself is to temper oneself, so that the essence in the kidneys can be transformed into Qi, break through the barriers, open up the three barriers, and circulate through the Ren and Du meridians. This process is called building the foundation and refining oneself.

As people age, their meridians will become blocked, causing illness. If they can open up these three gates, they will naturally strengthen their body.

But people do not have innate essence and qi, so they can only rely on acquired self-cultivation to slowly pass the three levels and finally transform the essence in the kidney into qi. This is how the foundation-building self-cultivation works. Li Daoxuan was born with essence and qi, but he had to repeat the self-cultivation.

It was just that he could not refine his essence and energy, and could only refine his body, lest the endless supply of Dan Qi in his Dantian damage his body. So he had been stuck in this realm, unable to proceed to the next step.

This is both his happiness and his distress.

After finishing the practice, he looked at the Feng Shui of the Zhao family. After watching the Taoist priests and monks invited by the Zhao family chanting Buddhist scriptures, Li Daoxuan also accepted Zhao Laosan's request and held an altar in the Zhao family to pray for Mr. Zhao.

During this period, he also met Zhao Laoer who had returned. Zhao Laoer treated him very badly, even mocking him.

Li Daoxuan didn't quite understand why Zhao Laoer was so resentful of him until the beautiful woman from the Zhao family brought him tea and snacks, then he understood why.

Thinking back to the conversation he heard that day, the second son of the Zhao family must have ill intentions towards anyone who can enter the Zhao family and is good-looking. He was afraid that some of the actions of this beautiful woman might have made the second son of the Zhao family aware of this, so he was no exception and was more cautious even towards the childlike Li Daoxuan.

After understanding this, Li Daoxuan felt at ease.

He looked at the luck above Zhao Laoer's head, which was already turning purple and extremely ferocious.

"I'm afraid I don't have much time left." Li Daoxuan muttered in his heart, unwilling to deal with such a person. He has always been clear about gratitude and resentment. Since others don't treat him well, he will naturally not treat that person well.

Sure enough, Zhao Laoer died that night.

Zhao Laoer died at 15:30 on the 11th hour. It was already late and everyone was asleep.

Li Daoxuan was sitting in meditation and practicing his martial arts when he suddenly heard a scream.

The sound was extremely sharp, like a pair of scissors cutting through the dark night.

The entire Zhao family woke up immediately and countless candles were lit.

There were footsteps, and then there was a knock on Li Daoxuan's door.

"Master Li, Master Li! Something happened, something big happened!" Zhao Laosan's anxious voice came from outside the door, and Li Daoxuan got up and walked over, putting on his clothes.

When he opened the door, he saw Zhao Laosan standing in front of the house holding a lantern, looking anxious and sad.

"What happened?" Li Daoxuan asked pretending to be ignorant.

"My second brother, he, he!" Zhao Laosan was out of breath and even a little breathless. He pointed to the residence in the backyard and said with a sad face. "My second brother, he's dead! Oh!"

"Zhao Laoer is dead? What happened?" Li Daoxuan asked in surprise.

"Family shame, family shame! I'd better take the Taoist priest to see it and we'll know!" Zhao Laosan's expression was indescribable, both grief and anger. He carried a lantern and led Li Daoxuan in front, and the two hurried to the inner courtyard.

(End of this chapter)