The Immortal Seeker: Legend of Bronze Mirror
Chapter 335 - 153: Right Investigating Imperial Censor and Jinhua Assistant General (Subscribe Please)

Chapter 335: Chapter 153: Right Investigating Imperial Censor and Jinhua Assistant General (Subscribe Please)

"To welcome Mr. Wu’s return, Xu Qing, as his proud disciple, naturally returned to Jiangning Prefecture to be responsible for reception arrangements.

On the other side, since the matters of Liubo Mountain had to wait longer.

Feng Wu went back with him, planning to enter seclusion for a while, enhance her Dao Skills, and try to further boost and deepen her cultivation of the Tiger Demon Bone Refining Fist.

As for Xu Qing, it can only be said that after digesting the experience from the last battle, he was entering a plateau period again.

Although Seven Flower Ginseng Dew Pills, made from Four-curved Spirit Ginseng, are spirit pills, they only have a good effect initially upon consumption by Internal Martial Artists; afterwards, they mainly serve to rapidly replenish consumed Qi-Blood.

And after reaching the phase of Refining Internal, the growth in Qi-Blood is just a part of the progression in Martial Arts Cultivation; spirit, will, realm, and the comprehensive integration of perfectly merging Martial Arts into oneself, are the keys to advancing to Grandmaster level.

At this stage, the cultivation of the mind becomes increasingly important.

However, material resources are still indispensable.

In other words, the post-Refining Internal cultivation is extremely rigorous, and one may not gain anything; if one surpasses their physical prime after thirty, even twenty parts of hard work might only maintain the peak, merely preventing any backslide in skills.

The older one gets, the more difficult it is to maintain that peak.

At this time, one needs to endure life-and-death battles and trials by fire to advance bravely.

One must possess the capacity to regard life and death with indifference.

In this respect, Xu Qing is actually less pure than King Lin.

But his biggest advantage is his young age, which even King Lin envies.

If one possesses both qualities, a clear example in worldly society is the Abbott Xiong Chan of the Great Zen Temple!

Abbott Xiong Chan achieved Martial Arts success at a young age and had been through many life-and-death battles since his debut.

The previous Abbott of Great Zen Temple, Void Abbot, worrying that Xiong Chan was too arrogant and disrespectful, offending his peers and potentially leading Great Zen Temple into irrevocable decline.

Therefore, before Xiong Chan took over as Abbott, he set the tribulations of threes and the trials of nine as a test.

Each tribulation and trial posed major challenges of life and death for ordinary Refining Internal Masters, but Xiong Chan, with his exceptional Martial Arts and extraordinary wisdom, managed to overcome them one by one.

Finally, Void Abbot acknowledged that Xiong Chan could take over the position of Abbott of Great Zen Temple.

And during the transfer of position ceremony, he deeply lamented that since the founding of Great Zen Temple, no one had an Abbott’s position come with as much difficulty as Xiong Chan.

Because of these tribulations, as soon as Xiong Chan took over as Abbott, he earned respect and trust from both the higher and lower ranks of Great Zen Temple.

Since his tenure as Abbott, despite the Court’s suppressions and the Emperor’s favoritism towards Daoism, he still managed to preserve the vitality of Great Zen Temple and even develop substantial potential forces, spreading branches and leaves far and wide.

Although it has not reached the zenith of its past, in the eyes of those perceptive in the wordly temples, today’s foundation of Great Zen Temple is extremely profound and nearly unshakable.

However, after Xiong Chan took over as Abbott, he did not flaunt his Martial Arts skills or scholarship; instead, he valued the demands of everyone within the temple, uniting them as one.

In a situation where Daoism was dominant, he still enabled many disciples of Great Zen Temple, clerical or lay, to infiltrate through various opportunities into the lower-middle levels of the official and worldly society, forming an expansive network.

Moreover, despite having such a large influence and a Martial Arts force that intimidates worldly society, he became increasingly modest, and whenever he did something wrong, he would immediately correct it.

After learning about Xiong Chan’s past experiences, Xu Qing couldn’t help but admire him.

Fortunately, the stronghold of Great Zen Temple is in the North, under the eye of the Court, heavily restrained. If it were in the South, it is likely that Duke Wei, that old fox, would have made a pact with him, and Xu Qing, when just starting out, might have been easily dispensed with in casual conversation.

Currently, the cooperation between Xu Qing and Xiong Chan is more like a superficial tasting.

In an ambiguous phase.

Not proactive, not rejecting, not responsible.

Moreover, within South Zhili, the truly influential Cultivation Sacred Land is actually the Heavenly Master Dao of Taoist Dragon Tiger Mountain, which has intricate connections with the major aristocratic Lu Family of South Zhili.

However, the most significant force in the Daoist community today is actually the Dragon Gate Sect of Taihe Mountain, a branch of Quanzhen Dao.

Since the disintegration of the former dynasty’s Quanzhen Dao, Dragon Gate Sect has become the most vigorous branch, favored by the Emperor, possessing the momentum to revive the glory days of Quanzhen Dao.

The previous Governor of South Zhili, Li Wendding, State Preceptor and head of Chaotian Temple, are all from Dragon Gate Sect.

However, in Xu Qing’s view, Dragon Gate Sect is undoubtedly a chess piece the Emperor uses to balance Heavenly Master Dao.

It’s unlikely to become the foremost sect as Quanzhen Dao once was.

Moreover, Daoism has great influence among the powerful elite, which is also a major reason the Emperor supports Daoism, hoping to add sand into the gears among the powerful and aristocratic families.

Dao’s essence is minimal; human hearts are fragile.

Human hearts are unpredictable; how can one hope to control them through mere schemes?

Xu Qing believes that the supreme position relies on being upright and forthright; relying on scheming is ultimately petty.

Relying on tactics provides only temporary effectiveness and ultimately will corrupt the foundation.

Of course, he’s merely a keyboard warrior; if he were actually in such a position, he’d probably perform far below the old Emperor.

After all, no matter how clever your tactics and powerful your spells, facing a group of lackluster teammates is futile.

Here the spells refer to criminal laws and political tactics, with the adept ones being akin to cunning strategists.

Being able to fight and skilled in political maneuvering and understanding the criminal laws trying to suppress significant aristocratic families results only in futility.

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