Under One Person: Please Call Me Golden Flash

Chapter 44 Fighting Alone at the Celestial Master's Mansion

Unlike the Quanzhen School, the Celestial Master's Mansion requires one to become a monk or nun for spiritual practice.

Therefore, their daily diet emphasizes Taoist health preservation methods, and they mostly choose relatively light dishes, but occasionally they eat some meat and fish, and no one says anything about it.

However, just because I am not a monk does not mean that I can eat anything without restraint.

The Celestial Master's Mansion, which inherits Taoist culture, has always followed the rule of "four things not to eat," namely, not eating beef, dog meat, cuttlefish, or wild geese.

The ox symbolizes loyalty because it works hard without complaint and helps all living beings; therefore, it cannot be eaten.

The snakehead fish symbolizes filial piety. Legend has it that the young snakehead fish will swim into their mother's mouth to feed her when she is weak, so they should not be eaten.

Wild geese symbolize "chastity" because they are loyal throughout their lives and will not mate again after losing a mate, therefore they are not edible.

Dogs symbolize "righteousness" because they are loyal to their owners and do not care about poverty; therefore, they should not be eaten.

As for the rumored "Celestial Master's Eight Trigrams Banquet," it is only held on very special occasions, and Zhao Zhen is far from being qualified for that right now.

I had a vegetarian meal with the people from the Celestial Master's Mansion. Although the taste was a bit bland, when in Rome, do as the Romans do. It was nice to eat Taoist vegetarian food occasionally.

During the meal, just as Zhao Zhen had expected, the senior disciples of the Celestial Master's Mansion asked him to spar with each other after the meal.

Zhao Zhen, of course, did not refuse.

After a relatively harmonious dinner, Zhao Zhen was led by the people from the Celestial Master's Mansion to the mansion's training ground.

This place has always been the training ground for the disciples of the Celestial Master's Mansion after their morning lessons. The space is very open, and Zhang Zhiwei would often choose this place to pass on his skills on behalf of his master.

“Jinzhong, don’t blame me for not warning you, Old Zhao is no weakling at all, so you’d better watch yourselves.”

Zhang Zhiwei crossed his arms and looked on with amusement as he chose the best viewing spot.

It's clear that the big rock is his "old partner," otherwise he wouldn't have sat down on it so naturally just now.

"Senior brother, look at what you're saying. Benefactor Zhao can throw you into the sky, how could we dare to underestimate him?"

Tian Jinzhong laughed and was the first to step forward.

"Since everyone is a little embarrassed, I'll set an example."

"Xiaotian, are you sure you can handle this? Or should I take over?"

"Senior Brother Liu, this is unfair! I've already come up here, you should at least wait until I'm finished fighting, right?"

"Okay, okay, you go first, you go first."

After suppressing his fellow apprentices who were trying to "get ahead," Tian Jinzhong turned his attention to Zhao Zhen in front of him.

"Benefactor Zhao, I'm ready. Shall we begin?"

"Then please enlighten me, Master Tian."

Zhao Zhen smiled slightly and gestured to Tian Jinzhong with his palm, inviting him to join in.

"Xuanzong of Heaven and Earth, Wan Qi's roots..."

hum~
As Tian Jinzhong silently recited the Golden Light Mantra, bursts of golden light rose from his body.

Although Tian Jinzhong's Golden Light Mantra cultivation was outstanding among his fellow disciples, it was far inferior in both quality and quantity compared to the Golden Light Mantra that Zhang Zhiwei had performed at the Lu family's birthday banquet.

It's like fighting the boss right at the start of a game. Now, looking at these disciples of the Celestial Master's Mansion, Zhao Zhen suddenly has a dazed feeling of returning to the beginner village.

"Benefactor Zhao, I'm going!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Tian Jinzhong's figure instantly transformed into a black shadow.

He concentrated all his golden light into his palm, and in an instant, his entire right palm was covered as if it were a solid golden armor.

"Oh? Jinzhong, did you hear me mention before that Old Zhao's Golden Escape Flowing Light could break through my Golden Light Curse's defense, so you simply gave up protecting your whole body and chose to concentrate all the golden light in your right palm to take the initiative to attack?" Zhang Zhiwei stroked his chin with interest.

While Tian Jinzhong's line of reasoning was indeed sound, he overlooked one crucial point: Zhao Zhen possessed far more than just the Golden Escape Technique...

Despite Tian Jinzhong's aggressive and wide-ranging attacks, Zhao Zhen showed no sign of panic.

He moved nimbly back and forth, dodging all of Tian Jinzhong's attacks with almost no effort. He even managed to seize the opportunity when Tian Jinzhong was wide open due to his eagerness to succeed, and struck Tian Jinzhong's chest with a palm.

boom!
Tian Jinzhong's face turned pale, and he stumbled back several steps.

"Such fast movements!" One of the disciples from the Celestial Master's Mansion in the audience narrowed his eyes slightly.

"Although Xiaotian was indeed a bit too hasty and gave himself an opening, that palm strike was so fast that it was almost impossible to see how it was made!"

"No wonder he could defeat Zhiwei. He didn't even need to use the Golden Escape Flowing Light and talismans that Zhiwei mentioned. Based solely on his own cultivation of life force, Xiaotian was no match for him."

……

Unlike his fellow disciples who wore solemn expressions, Zhang Zhiwei laughed heartlessly when he saw his junior brother suffer a setback at Zhao Zhen's hands.

"Hahaha, how about it, Jinzhong? Are you convinced yet?"

Tian Jinzhong rubbed his chest, withdrew the golden light from his body, and glanced at Zhao Zhen with a helpless expression.

"Thank you for your mercy, Benefactor Zhao."

There was no need to continue fighting. Just from that one palm strike during their exchange, Tian Jinzhong knew he was no match for Zhao Zhen.

When you reach a certain level of cultivation, you can clearly tell whether you are a match or not, even from just one move in a fight.

The slap you just gave yourself could have been a palm strike, but it could also have been a fist strike, or even a weapon strike.

If that were the case, I would probably be seriously injured by now.

"Master Tian, ​​you flatter me."

"Senior brother, are you happy to see me get beaten up?"

"So what? When you heard that Old Zhao threw me into the sky that day, you were the one laughing the loudest. Can't I laugh now?"

"..."

Tian Jinzhong shook his head. His senior brother's reckless personality was something no one could do with.

"There's nothing I can do, I'm no match for you. It's up to you now."

"Xiaotian, let me do it."

As soon as Tian Jinzhong stepped down, an older disciple of the Celestial Master's Mansion slowly emerged from the crowd.

"Oh my? Senior Brother Li actually wants to make a move too, that's quite unusual."

Zhang Zhiwei raised an eyebrow, a hint of surprise flashing in his eyes.

“Benefactor Zhao, my name is Li Fu. I have heard that you are not only skilled in the Golden Escape Technique, but also proficient in the art of talismans?”
As it happens, I also have some knowledge of talismans, so I thought I'd come and learn from you.

"Master Li is too modest. As the ancestral home of the Zhengyi School, the Celestial Master's Mansion has had talismans as its core lineage since Zhang Daoling, the first Celestial Master of the Eastern Han Dynasty. It remains the benchmark of the Zhengyi School's talisman system to this day."

If a member of the Celestial Master's Mansion claimed to have only a superficial understanding of talismans, then other sects would likely hesitate to admit they had studied the art of talismans.

After listening to Zhao Zhen's words, Zhang Zhiwei, who was standing to the side, also silently touched his nose.

"That old Zhao, we can't really generalize like that all of them..."

(End of this chapter)