Chapter 138 The long-lost Jiaofangsi

Facing the eager gaze of Emperor Yongchang.

Zhao Mu shook his head gently: "No."

"Really?"

"Indeed, there is no."

Zhao Mu stared at Emperor Yongchang: "I believe that Your Majesty has asked many immortal cultivators over the years. Their answers should be the same as mine, right?"

"Ah, indeed the same."

Emperor Yongchang sighed helplessly.

In fact, since the Ziwei Dao Sect selected disciples in the capital thirty years ago.

In recent years, some other immortal sects have come to the Jin Dynasty to recruit disciples.

Emperor Yongchang has also asked many immortal cultivators, and the answers he got are indeed the same as Zhao Mu's. No one can help him condense the acquired spiritual roots.

He originally thought that the outer sect deacon from Ziwei Dao Sect, one of the six major sects, might be able to find a way.

But now...

Zhao Mu stood up and said, "Your Majesty, if there is nothing else, I will leave the palace first. As for the clues of the demons' chaos, if Your Majesty has sorted them out, please send someone to send them to the Jiaofangsi, and I will live there."

Jiaofangsi?

Emperor Yongchang and Qian Delu were both stunned. Does this Taoist have such a hobby?

Seeing Zhao Mu walking towards the door.

Emperor Yongchang suddenly spoke again: "Taoist, the last question, have we met before?"

"Haha, Your Majesty finally remembered?"

"Does Your Majesty still remember that there is a Midao Palace in this palace, and there was a person living there decades ago?"

"When Your Majesty was still young, you were taken to the Midao Palace by the previous emperor and met with me. At that time, I taught Your Majesty martial arts for two months."

"But now it seems that Your Majesty has hardly spent any time on martial arts since he ascended the throne."

After Zhao Mu finished speaking, he had already walked out of the imperial study.

"It's him...it's actually him?"

Emperor Yongchang stood up in shock, watching Zhao Mu's back gradually go away.

He never thought that the outer sect steward sent by Ziwei Daomen this time would be the gentleman from that year.

"The gentleman is still as young as he was back then, but I have already..."

Emperor Yongchang sat back in his chair, his face pale.

...

Outside the palace.

Zhao Mu walked leisurely on the street, admiring this capital city that he had not returned to for decades.

As for Emperor Yongchang, he had forgotten about it.

In fact, he was not without a solution for Emperor Yongchang's request.

Similarly, some of the immortal cultivators that Emperor Yongchang had sought advice from must also be able to help Emperor Yongchang condense his acquired spiritual roots.

Let's just talk about Zhao Mu.

In fact, he only needs to give Emperor Yongchang the longevity elixirs sent by Zhou Yu Niang.

After that, he will let Emperor Yongchang practice "The Six Paths of Tianmen", and after hundreds of years, he will be able to create an Emperor Yongchang with spiritual roots.

But Zhao Mu made the same choice as other immortal cultivators, that is, he decisively rejected Emperor Yongchang.

Firstly, the cost of helping people condense their spiritual roots is too high. All those spiritual medicines that prolong life are extremely precious. Why should they be used on someone who is not closely related?

Secondly, Zhao Mu has also learned a lot of rules in the immortal cultivation world over the years.

One of the unwritten rules is that immortal cultivators usually do not help emperors condense their spiritual roots.

Because in the eyes of immortal cultivators, emperors have enjoyed all the wealth in the world, standing on the heads of countless people, and have overwhelming power.

Then he should devote his whole life to the welfare of hundreds of millions of people.

As the saying goes, you reap what you sow. You have already gained too much, so you should not be greedy for more.

Of course, there are emperors who are born with spiritual roots, and emperors like Zhou Yu Niang who use their own abilities to strengthen the country and finally condense their acquired spiritual roots.

If they want to practice immortality, the immortal cultivation world will not stop them, after all, it is their own opportunity.

Opportunities are God-given, just let it go.

...

The Jiaofangsi is still as lively as ever.

As soon as he walked here, Zhao Mu felt the long-lost comfort.

The fragrance of powder that lingered from time to time seemed to make every pore of his body excited.

At this time, there were many music directors at the door of the Jiaofangsi, leading their subordinates to welcome guests.

The music director is the lowest-ranking official in the Jiaofangsi, from the ninth rank.

In the Jiaofangsi of the Jin Dynasty, a large part of the music directors' work is no different from that of the madams in brothels.

They stand at the door every day, welcoming and seeing off with a group of subordinates.

If ordinary guests come, the music directors will ask their subordinates to greet them, and then introduce the ladies to accompany them.

If some powerful and wealthy businessmen come, the music directors will go to greet them personally, otherwise they will be considered to be rude to guests and cause trouble.

Even if some powerful nobles came, the music directors were not qualified to receive them and had to go back and ask their superiors to come and greet them.

In fact, the officials of the Jiaofangsi did the same things as the procuresses every day.

It is no wonder that officials from other yamen in the court thought that the officials of the Jiaofangsi were not up to the standard.

Liu Mian was one of the many music directors.

At this time, he was standing in the corner, teaching a subordinate who was not doing his job well.

"Tell me how long you have been here, why are you still so clumsy, how many times have you made mistakes?"

"I told you, if a familiar customer comes, ask him which familiar lady he is looking for. If he wants to try something new today, introduce him to someone new."

"If a strange guest comes, ask him/her about his/her preferences, whether he/she likes to listen to music, like to watch dance, or want to... that thing."

"There are so many girls in our Jiaofangsi. You don't have to remember all of them, but at least you have to remember most of them."

"Which girl is good at reciting poems and couplets, which girl is good at singing songs, and which girl is good at dancing? You have to remember all these in your mind, otherwise how can you arrange the guests?"

"You have never done well in these things. How can I promote you? If you really can't do it, you might as well go back to the warehouse to move goods."

Liu Mian was so disappointed that he scolded his subordinates so hard that they couldn't raise their heads.

Suddenly, he looked up inadvertently and saw a Taoist priest walking in from the gate.

Usually, monks rarely come to places like Jiaofangsi.

And according to Liu Mian's experience, basically none of the monks who can appear in Jiaofangsi are ordinary characters.

So he didn't ask his men to greet him, but took the initiative to go up and said, "Meet the Taoist priest."

Zhao Mu stopped and laughed, "Master Le Zheng, what's your name?"

Good guy, he can tell my identity at a glance. It seems that this Taoist priest should be a frequent visitor to brothels.

Tsk tsk, monks come to such places at an old age. Aren't they afraid that the ancestors will come back to life in the middle of the night?

Liu Mian laughed in his heart and replied, "I'm not a master at all. Taoist priest, just call me Liu Mian."

"Haha, it turns out to be Master Liu."

Zhao Mu took out a large ingot of silver and put it in Liu Mian's hand: "Master Liu, I haven't been to this Jiaofangsi for a long time. Please introduce your clothes?"