Chapter 540: Drought, the beginning of the struggle for orthodoxy

With the convenience provided by Mingjue, Qi Sui’an quickly copied down several martial arts in the Sutra Library.

In fact, there are not many of them, only seven in total, and one of them is the “Vajra Palm” that Qi Suian has already obtained.

It is normal that this thing is not taken seriously. The Taoist tradition focuses on its own laws rather than these martial arts that are incompatible with them.

But for Qi Sui’an, it has the benefit of changing his identity in the next step.

For example, common people becoming warriors, this trend is the most advantageous at present.

After all, he has a previous record as an ancient martial artist. As long as he combines Taoism with ancient martial arts, the chances of success are quite high.

He just hasn’t made up his mind yet, mainly because the resources consumed by warriors are a bit too much, which he cannot accumulate now.

At least you have to eat and drink well, but this is a bit contradictory to common people.

Common people are ordinary people, and few of them are rich.

Especially since Qi Sui’an only has ten taels of silver on him now, he can’t afford to practice martial arts at all.

Character setting and acting are the core standards of the Taoist realm.

So the conversion needs to be reasonable.

As for killing and robbing, this is feasible.

But if he does this he will not become a warrior, he will only become a robber and a bandit.

This is very bad.

Qi Sui’an wants it, but the process is troublesome.

Fortunately, he doesn’t have to worry about this problem for the time being because the drought has already come.

“The river has dried up and the crops in the fields have been sun-dried to death.” Qi Sui’an sighed, which is very consistent with the characteristics of an old farmer.

He was still lucky, after all, the geographical location was good. A worse location would have been unable to make ends meet long ago.

However, due to the drought, the dispute among the three schools of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism in Guiyun City fell into a brief peace, and they began to purchase grain on a large scale.

The three traditions of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism have not yet reached the level of not eating grains. They must at least reach the fifth level of Jinshi/Arhat/Zhenren.

But the strongest of the three families in Guiyun City is at the fourth level, so food is indispensable.

Especially in the first two stages of laying the foundation, the amount of food needed has increased by more than ten times.

On the contrary, after the foundation is laid, you can take in some energy from the environment as a supplement, and your food intake will be less than usual.

But the problem is that the first two realms have the largest number of people.

It tastes the worst too.

Qi Sui’an does not have this problem at the level of a commoner. After all, ordinary people are very tolerant.

You can eat as much as you want, but there is no problem just maintaining a normal amount of food, it just slows down the growth rate.

He is able to gradually release his potential power by absorbing tiny amounts of environmental energy.

Of course, we have to eat. After all, people need enough nutrients to survive.

Qi Sui’an is not a human, but the survivor incarnation is a human. He cannot directly supply energy, so he can only eat.

Fortunately, due to my special status, I don’t lack food.

“At this time, the people who work for the three great sects will be protected.”

“We will provide relief food to ensure the minimum living standard.”

“There’s definitely not enough food to fill your stomach, but it’s enough to keep you from starving to death.”

“On the contrary, most of the common people would have died by the time the imperial court’s relief arrived.”

“And compared to the three great sects that have clear rules and regulations, the people sent by the court to help with disaster relief may not necessarily be good people.”

“It is probably the most common thing to deduct money.”

Qi Sui’an knew that this disaster would definitely cause trouble.

“Then how should I complete my identity transformation and realm breakthrough through this drought?” Qi Sui’an thought and quickly locked on a word.

Ranger.

This does not refer to certain game professions, but to some people who perform chivalrous acts, such as putting righteousness above their own lives and bravely saving people in distress.

Of course, it also refers to rogues.

It means belonging to a special group of people in ancient times.

“There will be chaos later, so it’s a good time to transform my identity. By then, I will become a ranger and master advanced martial arts.”

Qi Sui’an planned to transform the transitional martial arts of the three major Taoist sects into a magical power in the direct Taoist sect.

Without the blessing of supernatural powers, it would naturally be mediocre, but if it were transformed into supernatural powers, it would be different.

The Vajra Palm can really make the eyes of a Vajra look furious, and the Wind-Piercing Kick can really be as fast as the wind.

Combined with the effects of Bu Yi’s magical powers, he is tough and can still fight, so he is definitely strong enough.

That’s right, as the Taoist realm improves, the supernatural powers will definitely not disappear, but will be strengthened along with the realm, so there is no need to worry that they will lose their effect.

When building a house, it doesn’t make sense to demolish the first floor and the foundation after completing the second floor.

“Rangers are not like warriors. Although there is no way to turn martial arts into martial arts, they are more flexible and more in line with current trends.”

As a warrior, one must rather die than surrender. His personality is not suitable for that.

On the contrary, Qi Sui’an prefers the rangers who are similar to rogues. However, their shortcomings are also obvious, and their overall strength is not as good as that of warriors.

Fortunately, it doesn’t matter. Qi Sui’an doesn’t care much about these things. Once he has the basic strength, it won’t be a big problem to continue to make up for it later.

Moreover, no matter how strong a warrior is, he can only jump one level at most. He can fight against a Taoist master of the third realm, and he may not be able to kill him.

No matter how beyond the standard, there must be basic logic. The Taoist sequence has an extremely strict class division, and the further back you go, the more difficult it is to jump to a higher level.

Therefore, if you cannot form extremely powerful power in a short period of time, it is better to change to a faster way of improvement.

After that, Qi Sui’an began to practice the seven martial arts. The number of times he needed to practice each skill each day was not many, just once for each skill.

Mainly for preparation.

All you need next is an opportunity to resolve a problem, and then you will be able to naturally upgrade your realm from a commoner to a ranger.

It doesn’t mean that it is just a simple neighborhood dispute, but it must have a certain impact.

After completing a round of drills, Qi Sui’an didn’t feel anything.

The magical powers given by Buyi have made his strength far beyond what it was before, so these seven martial arts used to lay the foundation are of no use to him.

It can only warm up the body. If it is not for the purpose of laying the foundation for a breakthrough, he would not bother to practice it.

Practicing martial arts at least once a day is one of the prerequisites, which is equivalent to the practice of the three major Taoist sects.

If you don’t do it, the preconditions cannot be matched, and even if the subsequent conditions are met, you will be stuck.

Qi Sui’an wanted to change it, but this was the system mechanism of this Taoist world. Unless he gave up, he could only abide by the rules.

It is possible to change it by force, but it will expose yourself, and the survivor avatar will also suffer.

Either you make money standing in the mountains, or you make money kneeling in the city.

Qi Sui’an’s strength and plan do not support him making money by standing still for the time being.

Otherwise, he would have swallowed up the world in one gulp long ago. Why would he hide and suck the world slowly?
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“It’s a severe drought, which is not good.” Huiyun had a bitter face.

He had just calculated the food reserves of Xingdu Temple. From top to bottom, they could only last for half a year at most.

And this is under the minimum rationing condition.

Xingdu Temple not only has to take care of itself, but also has to support the Buddhist farmers and workers. Otherwise, if they lose the support of the people, no one will be willing to support them.

“Brother Abbot, it’s not that there is no solution.” Hui Xin said, “There are a lot of food reserves in Zhuhuan Academy and Lihua Temple.”

“If we destroy these two families, we will be able to support Buddhist farmers and workers, and we can also open warehouses to distribute the remaining grain to help other people.”

What this means is to give these two forces a hard time and let them survive first.

After all, redistribution is much easier than re-creation.

As long as they can survive the initial stage and wait for the imperial relief to arrive, Xingdu Temple will not only be able to escape successfully but also win.

“Uncle Huixin is right. But if we can think of this method, I’m sure Zhuhuan Academy and Lihua Temple can think of it too.” Mingjue said calmly, “So we should strike first.”

When faced with hostile sects, they all lost all compassion and instead wanted to destroy the entire sect without even opening their mouths.

Of course they have precepts against killing, anger, etc., but these are for their own people and ordinary people. When facing the enemies of the Taoism, they don’t have to abide by them at all.

This is the so-called law of protecting the Tao, which means the priority of protecting one’s own Taoism.

Not only do they have this view, Confucianism and Taoism also have similar interpretations of priority.

“If an all-out war breaks out, the people will suffer in the end.” Huiyun was also hesitating. How could he not think of these things? He just couldn’t bear it.

“Killing one person to save ten is worth it.” Mingjue gave a different opinion: “What’s more, as long as we act quickly enough, the impact on the people will not be that great.”

“If you continue to hesitate, Master, once Zhuhuan Academy and Lihua Temple gain the upper hand, we will surely die.”

“We died in the drought, and we have no regrets. How can we be killed by the enemies of the Taoism?”

Hearing Mingjue’s words, Huiyun’s eyes flashed with a gleam of light: “Well, we will tighten our belts and slash our diet afterwards, and when we open the granaries to release grain, we will give most of the grain to the people as compensation.”

What really made Huiyun make up his mind was naturally Mingjue’s words that he was killed by the enemy of the Taoist tradition.

This was a great shame for him.

“Brother Abbot is right. If I have failed the people, I will compensate them in the future.”

“But the enemies of Taoism must die!” Huixin supported and voiced solidarity at the first moment.

With Mingjue and Huixin’s words, and the abbot’s approval, the remaining monks naturally had no words of objection.

“This is the time for me to save the temple from death. From the novice monks to myself, everyone will come out of the temple and take action.”

“We must destroy Zhuhuan Academy and Lihua Temple as soon as possible.”

“We will start at three quarters past midnight tonight.”

“Don’t let this matter leak out.” Huiyun said in a cold voice, with a cold murderous intent emerging from her body.

“Yes, Abbot.” ×N.

This matter involves one’s own life and death, so naturally no one would be foolish enough to leak the time of the action.

As for why it was three quarters past midnight, it was of course because everyone had fallen asleep at this time.

This is the best time to take action, and it can also minimize the impact on people’s lives.

It’s better to sleep poorly than to get hurt.

But there is a problem. It is very likely that Zhuhuan Academy and Lihua Temple also think so.

(End of this chapter)