Maoshan World: The young marshal starts!

Chapter 22 January

"Shaoqing, what do you think of this mansion?"

At sunset.

After finishing his studies at the charity cemetery, Guan Shaoqing followed his uncle Ren Fa to a mansion in the town.

The mansion is quite large, with three large courtyards covering an area of three or four acres. It is built in the style of Jiangnan gardens, with rockery, ponds, towers and pavilions. It is obvious that this was where wealthy people lived in the past.

According to my uncle Ren Fa, this place used to be the residence of a wealthy businessman. Later, the businessman suddenly moved away for some unknown reason and the house has been vacant. No one has purchased or lived here for three years.

However, although no one has lived there for three years, the mansion and courtyard are still in very good condition and there is no damage. You can move in directly after just a little cleaning and renovation.

Guan Shaoqing was very satisfied with the environment after taking a look, and immediately decided to buy it. This would be his home in Renjia Town from now on.

"Uncle, let's just stay here. Please ask me how much it costs."

"Okay, then let's book this place. The environment here is really good and it's close to Uncle Jiu, which will be convenient for you to study. As for the money, there's no need to worry. I can still afford this little bit of money, Uncle."

Upon hearing this, Ren Fa waved his hand and said that his nephew wanted to settle down with him, so how could he, as an uncle, let his nephew pay for it? It was only about a thousand dollars.

"How embarrassing."

Guan Shaoqing felt a little embarrassed when he heard this.

"What's there to be embarrassed about? You are my biological nephew, and my only biological nephew. If I don't give you my uncle's things, who should I give them to?"

Ren Fa simply waved his hand and said.

"I'll arrange for someone to come and help you clean and repair the place tomorrow morning. You should be able to move in tonight."

"Thank you very much, uncle."

Guan Shaoqing was no longer polite after hearing this, but he remembered all the kindness Ren Fa had shown him in his heart.

Afterwards, Guan Shaoqing followed Ren Fa back to Ren's house.

On the way, Ren Fa finally couldn't help but ask Guan Shaoqing.

"Shaoqing, you've been at my house for a while now, and you've been with Tingting for a while. What do you think of Tingting?"

"Cousin Tingting is beautiful, gentle and virtuous, so there's no need to say more."

Guan Shaoqing replied, and roughly guessed what his uncle was thinking.

as predicted.

"Then uncle will betroth Tingting to you. What do you think?"

In this era, there is no rule prohibiting marriage between close relatives within three generations. In fact, many powerful families will even take the initiative to marry within their family in order to maintain the purity of their family bloodline.

"It would be a great honor for you to marry Cousin Tingting, and you will definitely treat Cousin Tingting well for the rest of your life."

Guan Shaoqing spoke without much hesitation. After all, when in Rome, do as the Romans do. Since he had traveled to this era, he naturally had to follow the customs of this era.

What's more, the main reason for prohibiting inbreeding in later generations was the fear that the children born would be born with genetic deformities.

However, in this world of cultivation where extraordinary things exist, Guan Shaoqing himself has now embarked on the path of cultivation and has a golden finger, so naturally he will not worry about the child born after marrying his cousin being deformed.

Besides, who would be willing to give up such a beautiful cousin?

"Good! Good! Good!——"

Hearing Guan Shaoqing's words, Ren Fa immediately laughed happily.

To be honest, his daughter Ren Tingting's marriage has almost become a concern for Ren Fa, mainly because he has no children and no successor.

Now Guan Shaoqing has agreed to marry Ren Tingting, who is also his nephew.

This undoubtedly solved a problem for Ren Fa.

After being happy, Ren Fa revealed his true feelings to Guan Shaoqing.

"I won't hide it from you, Shaoqing. You know that my uncle has no sons, only Tingting as his daughter. There is no one to inherit the family business. If I pass the family business to Tingting, I am also worried that Tingting's character and ability will not be able to protect it, and it will even make her vulnerable to being spied on."

"But if you marry Tingting, then this problem will be solved. You are my only nephew, and I already treat you like my own son. Once you marry Tingting, all my family property will be yours. I don't ask for anything else, just that you treat Tingting well."

Ren Fa would definitely not be willing to pass on the family business to an outsider, but if it were passed on to Guan Shaoqing, his nephew and son-in-law, then Ren Fa would be willing.

"Uncle, don't worry. I will take good care of Tingting and be filial to you."

Upon hearing this, Guan Shaoqing immediately spoke up again to express his opinion.

"Good! Good!" Ren Fa couldn't help but shout out joyfully several times upon hearing this, and then he added, "I can see that Tingting has long been in love with you, and I think Tingting is very willing to do this. So, you and Tingting should continue to spend more time together. As for the specific details of the marriage, I will find time to talk to your father."

"It's all up to my uncle."

In this way, the relationship between Guan Shaoqing and Ren Tingting was completely confirmed.

The next day, after the mansion yard was cleaned and renovated, Guan Shaoqing moved into his new home. He also transferred a company of his men to guard it day and night.

Ren Fa arranged some servants and maids in Guan Shaoqing's mansion to take care of his daily life.

Ren Tingting also came to Guan Shaoqing every day to help him handle the affairs of the mansion, just like the hostess of the house.

Guan Shaoqing was also happy with this. He had everything he needed every day and did not have to waste time on household chores. He could concentrate all his energy on practicing.

After moving into the newly purchased mansion, Guan Shaoqing finally settled down completely in Renjia Town. In the following days, Guan Shaoqing went to Uncle Jiu's house in Yizhuang every day to learn Taoism from Uncle Jiu.

Guan Shaoqing first spent seven days to practice the Heavenly Thunder Technique, the Divine Movement Technique, and the Six Ding and Six Jia Self-Defense Techniques to the first level, and then followed Uncle Jiu to learn other techniques.

Uncle Jiu taught Guan Shaoqing a lot of knowledge about Taoism. In addition to calligraphy, he also taught Guan Shaoqing some basic talismans, formations, instruments and medicines, summoning gods and many other methods.

According to Uncle Jiu, among the many methods of practicing Taoism, apart from the main techniques, one may not be proficient in other methods, but one must understand them.

For example, when it comes to refining equipment, even if you are not proficient in it, you should know and be able to identify the basic refining materials, and you should also be able to refine basic magical instruments. For example, the most basic magical instrument like the peach wood sword is definitely a must-learn for cultivators.

For example, even if you are not an expert in elixirs, you should be able to identify the basic medicinal materials. Otherwise, if you encounter some miraculous elixir when you are out and don’t know what it is, you will regret it if you miss it.

Another example is talismans. Even if you are not proficient in them, you should at least know the basic ones such as corpse-suppressing talismans, evil-exorcising talismans, and protective amulets.

The rest include summoning gods, Yi numbers, formations, etc.

In a nutshell, even if you are not proficient in it, you must understand it. Otherwise, if you are facing an enemy who uses these methods against you in the future and you don’t even know what methods they are using, how can you fight back?

After having mastered the basic techniques of Heavenly Thunder Technique, Divine Movement Technique, and the Six Dings and Six Jias Self-Defense Technique, Guan Shaoqing began to learn the basic knowledge of other aspects such as summoning gods, instruments and medicines, and talismans from Uncle Jiu.

Before I knew it, a month had passed.

During this month, in addition to his main skills of Heavenly Thunder Technique, Divine Movement Technique, and Six Ding and Six Jia Self-Defense Technique, Guan Shaoqing also systematically studied other basic knowledge such as talismans, Qi training, elixirs, summoning gods, formations, and Yi numbers with his master Uncle Jiu.

After a month of study, Guan Shaoqing had only one feeling in his heart.

That is, illiterate people cannot learn the Tao.

Because there is so much knowledge involved in practicing Taoism, and there are all kinds of professional terms, it is impossible to learn without a certain level of education.

And any great monk who has achieved success in Taoism is definitely a person with profound knowledge.

At the same time, after a month of study.

Guan Shaoqing's study with his master Jiu Shu has come to an end for the time being. What follows is his own digestion and absorption. When he can digest and absorb all that he has learned during this period, he can start the next stage of study.

Now let’s look at Guan Shaoqing’s personal panel information.
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Name: Guan Shaoqing;

Cultivation level: External Kung Fu Grandmaster, mid-term, Qi Refining, mid-term;
功法；十三太保横练功·十层【第十一层：17W/300W】、上清大洞真经·二层【第三层：17W/30W】、天雷术·一品【二品：7000/2W】、神行术·一品【二品：6000/2W】、六丁六甲护身术·一品【二品：8000/2W】；
Merit points: 269;
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Without using merit points to improve, Guan Shaoqing has successfully mastered the three techniques of Heavenly Thunder Technique, Divine Movement Technique, and Six Dings and Six Jias Self-Defense Technique and cultivated them to the first level.

In addition, Guan Shaoqing also learned and mastered a lot of knowledge about various aspects of Taoism, such as talismans, summoning gods, formations, numbers, refining, and elixirs.

"Master asked me to practice and absorb it for a while. Then, I will first improve my cultivation to the realm of truth."

The realm of Lianzhen is the second major realm of Taoism, corresponding to the realm of martial arts grandmaster.

At the same time, this realm is also extremely important for cultivators. Only those who have reached the realm of truth can be called true cultivators, and can learn many powerful spells.

For example, the unique skills of Maoshan can only be practiced after reaching the realm of Lianzhen. Only after reaching the realm of Lianzhen can one become a true disciple of Maoshan and receive the certificate. In addition, only after reaching the realm of Lianzhen can one be truly qualified to become a master in Maoshan.

In short, the realm of refinement is a major threshold in the practice of Taoism.

(End of this chapter)