Text Chapter 22: Newcomers (Part 2)
Practitioners have other things to do besides cultivation, so they cannot focus mainly on the management of local believers' daily lives. Local officials are usually appointed to govern, and practitioners generally do not interfere in local affairs.
In fact, the superiors will also restrict the monks below to try not to interfere in the secular governance of people's livelihood. Just imagine that a group of monks who frequently practice in seclusion and ignore worldly affairs will not know how to govern local affairs. Once they interfere, they will only make more chaos. If the people are miserable, there will be no believers. Where can I collect my will power?
Of course, it is impossible to completely prevent monks from interfering. The monks who sit on one side must appoint local officials they trust to take care of their territory. For example, if Chen Fei wants to place his niece in Donglai City, local officials dare not do their best. Handle it?
But this is all within the scope allowed by the superiors. As long as you don't mess around, the superiors won't say anything.
Chen Fei was under the banner of Lord Chenlu and served under Han Lifei, the master of Donglai Cave. Donglai Cave was guarding Donglai City.
So that's it...Miao Yi Juhan realized that he was indeed a newbie.
It's Lao Bai's fault for saying this. Lao Bai does know a lot of things. He talks about training and fighting in detail, but when it comes to the framework and details of the world's cultivation world, Lao Bai asked. Three I don’t know. Lao Bai's reason is that I have never been in the spiritual practice world, so I don't know about that. You will naturally know it after you go and slowly wander around.
Chen Fei and Miao Yi clinked glasses and asked, "Brother Miao is a casual cultivator?"
Miao Yi asked shamelessly: "What is a casual cultivator?"
"Ahem!" Chen Fei choked and coughed after pouring the wine into his mouth. After he stabilized himself, he looked at Miao Yi with disbelief, seemingly saying, "You don't even know what a casual cultivator is?"
Chen Fei was finally defeated by Miao Yi's shameless look. He coughed and said, "Monks who are not under the control of various emperors or envoys or monks who have no sect are loose cultivators."
Miao Yi understood, nodded and said, "Then I am indeed a casual cultivator."
Chen Fei extended his hand to ask Miao Yi for a toast, and then asked: "Brother Miao, are you going to continue to be a casual cultivator?"
Miao Yi said disapprovingly: "There is nothing wrong with being a casual cultivator, at least you don't have to be controlled by others."
Chen Fei waved his hand and said: "Brother Miao's words are wrong. Being not controlled by others may not necessarily mean you are truly free. Who in practice doesn't want to make further progress in his cultivation? Without the support of the will of all living beings, it is difficult to make progress. Believers all over the world They are all divided under the command of various emperors and envoys, and those who enjoy the power of incense and vows are also under the command of various emperors and envoys. It is naturally difficult for casual practitioners who are not in the group to share. "
Miao Yi frowned and said, "You have to be controlled by others to gain the power of your will?"
Chen Fei nodded, "Exactly."
Miao Yi hesitated for a while and said bluntly: "To be honest with you, Brother Chen, I am just starting out and have no way out."
Chen Fei is not a fool. How can he not see that he is just starting out now? There must be a reason for reaching this point, "I have a good friend named Cao Dingfeng who works under Yuan Zhengkun, the master of Fuguang Cave. He is quite trusted by the cave master. Fuguang Cave Dong Gang is in turmoil and is short of manpower. If Brother Miao is willing to go, I would like to write a letter of recommendation."
Miao Yi looked slightly excited, cupped his fists and said, "Thank you, Brother Chen."
Chen Fei was very happy. He took the jade certificate on the spot, wrote a letter in it with magic power, and gave it to Miao Yi, asking Miao Yi to take the letter to his friend Cao Dingfeng.
Later, Miao Yi realized that he was just lucky. If he hadn't been recommended by Chen Fei, it would have been difficult for him, a fledgling and low-level casual cultivator, to join the various envoys.
There are many casual cultivators in the world, but not many can join the subordinates of various monarchs and envoys. The reason is that almost all of them are monopolized by the forces of various sects. Naturally, each sect wants to train its own people.
Chen Fei was willing to take the initiative to help, naturally it was to repay Miao Yi for saving his niece. He was the only relative in the world who was saved by Miao Yi, and he was very grateful.
Early the next morning, Chen Fei did not stay with the guests, but instead urged Miao Yi to get on his way quickly.
It was not that he was reluctant to entertain, but that he was afraid that things would change if he was too late. He was afraid that if Miao Yi arrived late, the spot in Fuguang Cave would be taken up by people from other sects.
Fresh clothes, angry horses, and some money for the journey were Chen Fei's farewell gifts.
The horse was an ordinary horse, and Chen Fei didn't have a dragon colt to give him.
However, he asked the city's master blacksmiths to work overnight and use fine steel to make a silver gun for Miao Yi as a gift. It would be too ugly for the guest to leave carrying a wooden stick.
After leaving Donglai City, Miao Yi was in high spirits, straddling his horse and carrying his silver spear, and galloped all the way.
The foot strength of an ordinary horse is naturally incomparable to the speed of a dragon colt. It is far behind and cannot even keep up with Miao Yi's own speed. However, Lao Bai once said to Miao Yi that when you go out, try not to consume mana if you can, otherwise it will be really troublesome when you encounter trouble.
Riding the law for a long distance indeed consumes too much mana, so he could only be patient and let the horse run, and it took a few days to reach Floating Light City.
In the city, as an 'immortal', he found the city guard and asked about the location of the Floating Light Cave. He directly changed horses with the city guard and turned around again.
There was no other way, Miao Yi was rushing on the road, and the horse's physical strength was too much, and it was no longer suitable for the journey. However, the horse given by Chen Fei was of BMW level, and the city defender would not be unhappy if he exchanged it with it.
Fuguang Cave is located in the deep mountains forty miles away from Fuguang City. It is hidden in a place shrouded in clouds and mist, so it is not easily disturbed.
In Miao Yi's mind, Fuguang Cave should be a cave like a cave, otherwise why is it called a cave?
When I arrived at the mountain gate, I found that it was not the case at all. The pavilions and towers were scattered among the mountains, and with the mist in the deep mountain valleys, it really felt like a fairyland.
However, this place seemed to have suffered some disaster. Outside the mountain gate was a mess, the mountain collapsed, the trees fell, and even the archway of the mountain gate was broken. At this time, a large number of civilians were resting and repairing the environment.
Under the collapsed archway, an old man with a bad nose and a wine pot hanging on his waist sat on a stone beast, carrying two axes behind him. He looked disheveled and drunk. He was obviously a drunkard, but he reached out to stop Miao Yi.
"Boy, why don't you open your eyes and see where this place is? Do you think you can barge in?" The old man jumped off the stone beast, staring at a scary look, and a white lotus with three petals appeared between his eyebrows. It was the cultivation level of the third level of white lotus.
Miao Yi was a little depressed, and found that his cultivation level seemed to be too low. When he got off the boat and landed, he met two third-grade White Lotus cultivators in succession.
He got off the horse, raised his gun and clasped his fists and said: "I'm sorry for disturbing you. I was entrusted by someone to visit Cao Dingfeng with a letter. Please inform him."
After he finished speaking, a white lotus with one petal bloomed appeared between his eyebrows, proving that he was also a cultivator.
"Cao Dingfeng..." The drunk old man muttered, and was a little surprised to see that Miao Yi was also a cultivator. He looked at Miao Yi's mount with a slightly suspicious look, obviously wondering why the cultivator didn't ride a dragon horse, but this thing.
"Wait." The drunk old man threw down the words and walked away slowly, and didn't forget to drink a sip of wine on the way.