Qiao Sanshi replied: "Old chief, the elders of my disciples have taught us that practitioners should devote themselves to practice and should not be too involved with the secular world.
In the past, when the country was in crisis, people in our generation They have come out to serve the country. Now that the world is at peace and the country is at peace, we naturally want to live in seclusion again and live in the mountains.
My children and grandchildren will be blessed. It is better to forget about settling in the capital now. It only takes four or five hours to drive from my place to the capital, which is very convenient. I will visit you several times every year and bring you some fresh food and fruits, and of course the wine I brew. Please try it. ."
After that, Qiao Sanshi saluted the old leader, then turned and left. With an upright posture and long strides, he gradually walked away under the afterglow of the setting sun.
Although he has one hand and one arm, his body is so majestic and majestic that no one can believe that he is an old man in his seventies.
This old man is naturally the only Miao Qiao Sanshi of the Qingxuan Sect.
Qiao Sanshi also had a bad life.
He was born with the spiritual roots of earth and wood, and he was very smart. He was favored by Taoist priests since he was a child, and he was taught how to read, digit, and exercise, which laid a good foundation for his future practice. Unfortunately, one of his arms was chopped off by the Japanese before he started practicing formally, and he became permanently disabled.
After the Qingxuan Sect suffered a catastrophe, Taoist Degui made an exception and accepted Qiao Sanshi as his disciple and passed on the Qingxuan Sect's orthodoxy to him. However, the noble Taoist then generously went to justice and died together with his enemies.
As a result, Qiao Sanshi became the only child of the Qingxuan Sect and shouldered the important task of revitalizing the Qingxuan Sect.
At this time, he has not yet entered the practice. Although he controls the center of the Qingxuan Secret Realm, let alone reopening the secret realm, even he himself cannot enter the secret realm due to insufficient cultivation.
For more than a year, Qiao Sanshi continued to practice in the mountains with the support of his family. Every four or five days he would go down the mountain and go home. After resting for a day or two, he would go back to the mountain again with dry food.
Fortunately, his family's conditions are quite good. Not only does he have dozens of acres of thin farmland passed down from his ancestors' land reclamation, but he also has a water mill, which can supplement his family's income. Although his family is not a wealthy family, there is still no problem in supporting him alone.
Because Qiao Sanshi had a good foundation in cultivation, and with the help of the few pills he brought out from the secret realm, he quickly entered the Qi-nurturing period, and continued to break through the realm during this period. It’s the third level of Qi nourishing stage.
The Qi-nourishing period is the transitional stage between ordinary people and cultivators, which is equivalent to the innate state of warriors. The earth world is in the Age of Ending Dharma, and cultivation is not easy, so people who have entered the Qi-nurturing period are included in the scope of cultivators.
And in a place like Ancestral Star, the Qi nourishing period is equivalent to that of a mortal. Only those who have entered the Tao through martial arts and are at the initial level of the Qi Refining Stage, or ordinary monks who have reached the intermediate level of the Qi Refining Stage or above, can they be considered true practitioners.
Therefore, the Qi-nurturing stage is actually not difficult. As long as you have certain talents and cultivation resources, you can pass the Qi-nurturing stage very quickly. At most, you will be ready to break through to the Qi-refining stage., will encounter some stumbling blocks.
Gao Xingyu began to practice formally at the age of seven, reached the innate realm at the age of ten, and broke through the realm at the age of twelve to enter the Qi refining stage.
Gao Xingyu took the route of entering Taoism through martial arts, which was much more difficult than the Qi-nurturing period, but it only took him five years to transform from a mortal to a cultivator.
Qiao Sanshi’s own attributes are consistent with the inheritance of the Qingxuan Sect, and he is also taking a shortcut in cultivation (from the Qi-nurturing stage to the Qi-refining stage). At this stage, cultivators are not interested in external resources, such as spiritual land and gatherings. The demand for elemental formations and elixirs is not high.
Therefore, in theory, even if Qiao Sanshi's talent is far inferior to Gao Xingyu, the time when he enters the Qi refining period should not be too far behind him.
However, Qiao Sanshi's unlucky attributes broke out again. After An Xin practiced for more than a year and Qiao Sanshi successfully entered the third level of Qi nourishing stage, he encountered another great change.
The Japanese soldiers here suffered heavy casualties before. Several teams stationed here disappeared in groups, and several civilian strangers who accompanied the army also disappeared.
In particular, among the missing was the ninja Momochi Koji. He was a group of backbone soldiers hired by the military from several foreign families in the country at a great cost.
This group of people are all powerful factions in the major families. They are assigned to different units by the military department, mainly to defend themselves against the intrusion of the ordinary army by Chinese monks.
Therefore, the military attaches great importance to the disappearance of Momochi Koji.
However, Koji Momochi and the Japanese squadron led by him have been completely wiped out. Under the huge power of the Flame Burning Sky Talisman, the goal of "seeing people alive or dead or corpses" will definitely not be achieved.
Moreover, the Japs' front was advancing rapidly some time ago, and the strategic focus continued to move forward. Therefore, the joint investigation of the matter by the military and the Baidi clan has been proceeding slowly and secretly.
More than a year later, the war was in a stable period, and the investigation actions suddenly accelerated. After confirming that the matter was caused by Chinese monks and that it could no longer be pursued, the military ordered a raid on several surrounding villages and towns to avenge the dead Japanese soldiers.
Qiaojiazhai was naturally the first to be affected. After Qiao Sanshi came down the mountain, it was already devastated. The entire village was slaughtered and set on fire. Qiao Sanshi's family was not spared either.
Qiao Sanshi left the razed Qiaojiazhai. He ran to the county seat and secretly killed two lone Japanese and several traitors.
But he was young, weak, and had obvious features (one-armed), so he was quickly discovered by the Japanese and wanted and hunted down.
Qiao Sanshi was forced to leave his hometown. In order to take revenge, he traveled to northern Shaanxi and participated in the revolution.
Although Qiao Sanshi is young and one-armed, he is smart and talented, and he is one of the only recruits who can read. Therefore, he quickly stood out and became an orderly for the leader of his unit.
This leader is Mr. Lin whom he just visited.
From then on, Qiao Sanshi truly embarked on the road of revolution. He showed great mechanical bravery and made great achievements many times.
After the victory of the revolution, he gave up continuing to develop in the military and government, but chose to return to his hometown, start a family and start a business, and chose farming to make a living.
In his bones, he has always regarded himself as a cultivator. After the revenge is over, he will naturally return to the right path of cultivation. The Qingxuan Sect, which has a history of thousands of years, still expects him to pass it on.
However, he was injured many times during the war, some of which had damaged the foundation of his cultivation. Coupled with the serious lack of cultivation resources in his hands, his cultivation speed was extremely slow.
Until now, he has just entered the seventh level of the Qi-nurturing stage, and is far away from the Qi-refining stage that can open the secret realm. If there is no special opportunity, I am afraid that he will never be able to return to the secret realm.
After Qiao Sanshi got married, he had a son and a daughter. His daughter had already married and his son followed him. The third generation also has a son and a daughter, Qiao Wenliang and Qiao Wenqian, who are both studying in middle schools in the county.
He also has a granddaughter, Xiao Yaqi, who is the oldest of the third generation and is currently attending university in the capital.