Chapter 203 Original Intention
The elders liked Zhang Liuzhen's generosity towards them and their descendants, but they did not like Zhang Liuzhen's generosity towards outsiders.

Resources are limited. Zhang Liuzhen gave more to outsiders and left less for his own clansmen.

But because of this, there is a group of people in Tianshi Mansion and the Imperial Academy who loyally follow Zhang Liuzhen, which is why even though he was seriously injured to such an extent, he is still the young master of Tianshi Mansion. Even if Zhang Weiyuan changes his name, he can only live in a small courtyard and cannot replace Zhang Liuzhen.

As soon as Li Wenying and Zhang Liuzhen walked down the stairs, they felt the spiritual energy vibrating around them and slowly flowing past them.

Li Wenying looked back at the second floor in shock.

Miao Zhenmiao, who was walking behind him, was used to it, but still explained, "Young Master has entered into a state of meditation."

Li Wenying murmured, "This is too fast. How come she entered into a state of meditation as quickly as I fell asleep?"

Miao Zhen Miao He looked at him in confusion, "Is it so difficult for Senior Brother Li to fall asleep?"

Li Wenying: "...It took less than fifty breaths to walk down from the second floor. Is that difficult? I sleep well, okay?"

Miao He said complacently: "I can fall asleep in one breath, but I can't enter meditation. It takes me at least half a quarter of an hour to enter meditation."

Miao Zhen also nodded, "I can fall asleep in three breaths."

Li Wenying was choked, and after a pause, she said, "You are young and have fewer worries, so you naturally fall asleep quickly. I also fell asleep quickly when I was your age."

However, when he was their age, he didn't have the speed to enter a state of meditation.

When Li Wenying walked into the yard, he couldn't help but look back at the second floor, especially at Pan Yun's speed of entering a state of concentration. In his impression, even Zhang Liuzhen didn't have such concentration back then.

In fact, she was only nine years old, but her cultivation had reached the fifth level, which was not inferior to Zhang Liuzhen of the same period.

Zhang Liuzhen was born with a Taoist body and has been practicing since birth, and he has the endless resources of the Tianshi Mansion to nourish him. What about Pan Yun?

Li Wenying's heart moved, and for the first time she began to doubt Pan Yun's talent.

Could it be that she was also born with a Taoist body?

"Aren't you asking me about the progress of my new technique? Pan Yun and I have added a new route for the technique to work. Do you want to try it?"

His thoughts were interrupted by Zhang Liuzhen, and Li Wenying's fleeting thought was suppressed. He said helplessly: "You want me to try your new technique?"

Zhang Liuzhen: "Someone has to try it. You have high cultivation, are cautious, and have extensive knowledge. You are the most suitable person."

Li Wenying: …

Zhang Liuzhen: "Just tell me whether you will help or not?"

Li Wenying: "How can I refuse you?"

He looked at Miaozhen and Miaohe, and an idea occurred to him. He said, "Let them try too?"

Zhang Liuzhen shook his head, "Junior Sister Pan will be angry if she knows."

She was very annoyed the last time he gave a public lecture in the square, but there was nothing he could do at that time. Now he not only has Zhou Wangdao to do the experiments, but Li Wenying is also here, and Pan Jun will also help him find out the gaps and fill them in, so he doesn't need anyone else to try this set of exercises for the time being.

"Wait until it matures a little more."

Li Wenying sneered: "Don't you need more people to practice this technique to get more accurate data? No matter how I advised you before, you were unwilling to stop the experiment. Why did you listen to her advice when she got angry?"

Zhang Liuzhen smiled lightly and did not explain.

This set of exercises is not for geniuses like Miaozhen and Miaohe, but is aimed at people with low cultivation and low talent.

He looked for Pan Yun and Li Wenying only to use their knowledge and experience to fill in the gaps. After that, he still had to look for Zhou Wangdao and other ordinary disciples to practice.

He created this technique in order to shorten the distance between ordinary people and geniuses, so that ordinary people with perseverance can catch up with geniuses and be on par with them.

Li Wenying didn't understand, but Pan Jun noticed it after practicing in the square.

As a genius, she did not laugh at his wild ideas like her father did, but helped him to perfect this set of skills.

They went to the library to try out the new skills, and Miaozhenmiao and Wuxu had nothing to do, so they also went to the library to find books to read.

As soon as they entered, the two of them couldn't help but exclaim "Wow" softly. There were so many books inside.

When you push open the door, you'll see rows of bookshelves that are almost reaching the ceiling, and they're all filled with books.

It’s so wonderful! This is the first time I’ve seen so many books in my life.

Their collection of books in Sanqing Mountain only has two bookshelves and two book boxes, and even with these, they have not finished reading all the books in their entire lives.

"The Tianshi Mansion is indeed the Tianshi Mansion. How many skills does this require?"

Li Wenying laughed when she heard this, "Kids, you don't think that all the books in this library are martial arts, do you?"

Miaozhen and Miaohe looked confused.

Li Wenying casually picked up a book and threw it to them, "Take a look."

Miao Zhen lowered his head. "A Hundred Demons Night Parade Record?"

Miaohe came up and asked, "Is this about catching ghosts?"

Zhang Liuzhen smiled and said, "This is a folk storybook, telling a story about retribution in the underworld. You can take a look at it. Although the story is all conjecture, it is also written based on folk rumors. There are still some things worth reading in it."

Li Wenying then pulled out another book from the bookshelf and threw it over, saying happily, "Take a look at this one too."

Miaohe reached out to catch it, then looked down and said, "'Rippling Spring Water'?"

Zhang Liuzhen's face changed, and before she could open it, he immediately reached out and snatched it away. He glared at Li Wenying and said, "You are still young. If you want to read books, go to the bookshelves in the innermost two rows. Don't touch the books on the other shelves for now."

Miao He said: "Big Brother, my great uncle said that we have a good understanding. When we were in Sanqing Mountain, our teachers never stopped us from reading any books."

Miao Zhen also nodded, "Although our cultivation is shallow, we just want to read the skills and spells above the first marquis level. Uncle Master and Master never stop us and let us flip through them at will. Maybe we can gain some insights."

Zhang Liuzhen had a headache. "Except for the books in the two rows outside, you can read all the books on the other bookshelves."

He said, "The two rows of bookshelves outside don't have books related to cultivation techniques or spells. They are all miscellaneous books."

Miaozhenmiao and Miao looked at each other and responded obediently.

Then, under the gaze of Zhang Liuzhen, he walked to the innermost two rows to look for books.

Zhang Liuzhen waited until the two of them walked away before turning back and glaring at Li Wenying again.

Li Wenying smiled slightly, turned around and said, "Let's go and try your new skills."

Miaozhen casually took a book from the bookshelf, looking puzzled: "Mencius? Why are all the books in this section Confucianism?"

Miao He, who was sitting opposite her, also took down a book, flipped through it and said, "This book called Taibai Yinjing seems to be a military book."

After looking through the books row by row, they discovered that there were all kinds of books here, covering all schools of thought.

It was not until they reached the last shelf that they found a bookshelf of almanacs.

This is what Taoism is all about. Miaozhen immediately took down a book and found it was a yellow calendar from the Tang Dynasty. This bookshelf was filled with yellow calendars from various dynasties and emperors.

You can also find the ancient Zhou calendar, Huangdi calendar and Xia calendar here.

Miaozhen took out a book, sat down by a light-transmitting window and started reading it carefully.

Miaohe wandered among the bookshelves, searching one shelf at a time. After searching for a long time, she finally found various herbal booklets on a bookshelf.

Miaohe looked up and saw that the entire bookshelf, which stretched all the way to the beams, was filled with books related to medicine and alchemy. He was amazed, "This book has many more than what we have at Sanqing Mountain~~"

There were too many to look at, and for a moment she didn't know where to start.

By the time she finally chose a book, Li Wenying outside the bookshelf had already practiced Zhang Liuzhen's new method for two cycles.

He could feel that this set of exercises increased his training speed, but the longer the time went on, the harder it became for him to control the spiritual energy and energy in his body.

Fortunately, he was always vigilant, and when he found something unusual, he immediately interrupted his meditation.

Zhang Liuzhen was sitting opposite him to protect him. When he saw him open his eyes, he immediately asked, "How is it?"

Li Wenying said, "It's stronger than last time, but it's still in danger of losing control and going insane over time. Liu Zhen, your technique was wrong from the beginning. More haste, less speed. I advise you to destroy it."

Zhang Liuzhen lowered his eyes and said, "Could it be because your cultivation is too high and your talent is too good? If someone with a worse talent were to practice, perhaps there would not be such a risk."

"Zhou Wangdao's talent is average, but hasn't he also gone astray?"

"His talent is not as good as mine, but he is better than the average person. Maybe I should try with someone who has worse talent and cultivation."

Li Wenying frowned, "But once this set of skills is spread, who can resist the temptation to quickly improve their cultivation? This set of skills will definitely cause bloodshed in the martial arts world. Liu Zhen, isn't this contrary to your original intention?"

Zhang Liuzhen lowered his eyes and said, "There must be a way. I'll think about it and make some changes. I don't believe it can't be perfected."

Seeing him so obsessed, Li Wenying's face turned ugly. She tried to hold back, but couldn't help it. "Liu Zhen, the martial arts world is the martial arts world, cultivation is cultivation, and the mundane world is the mundane world. Each of the three goes its own way. There are many better and safer methods in the world than this one. Why do you have to try your method? Just to make everyone practice faster?"

"Yes, just to make everyone practice faster."

"But cultivation depends on understanding. Didn't you always say that when we cultivate the Tao, we should focus on the heart of the Tao and not just pursue the level of cultivation?" Li Wenying said softly, "Since you were injured, you have been thinking about new techniques and even ignored your own injuries. I really can't understand it."

Zhang Liuzhen was silent for a long time before he said, "To enter the Dao through enlightenment is only a legend. It cannot be achieved without ancient sages. In this world, who doesn't cultivate both the Dao heart and cultivation?"

"However, many people cannot make further progress due to insufficient cultivation. Even if they have a heart for Taoism and their character and temperament are more suitable for practicing Taoism, they still have to give up because of insufficient cultivation." Zhang Liuzhen said: "I want everyone with a heart for Taoism to have the right to choose equally, and not have to give up because of low cultivation."

“Giving up what you have and giving up what you don’t have are two different things.”

Li Wenying narrowed her eyes slightly, "Those people you mentioned are all disciples with low talents and low cultivation. Did you prepare this set of skills specifically for them?"

Zhang Liuzhen was silent.

Li Wenying laughed angrily, then laughed with relief, and whispered, "It's best not to let the elders down the mountain know about this, otherwise, you may not survive for a few more years."

Zhang Liuzhen raised his eyes and looked at him seriously, "Are you willing to lend me a hand?"

Li Wenying looked at him for a long time and asked, "Who knew about this?"

"Before you, only Aunt Li and Pan Yun knew about it." And his father, but Zhang Liuzhen didn't say it out loud. He was afraid that if he did, Li Wenying would immediately shrink back.

Li Wenying frowned, "Pan Yun knows all..."

"She guessed it herself."

Li Wenying immediately swallowed the rest of her words and asked after a moment: "Zhang Ziwang and Lin Jingle don't know?"

"They only know that I am researching a new technique, and they think that this technique will help me heal my wounds, and if it is perfected, it can also win people's hearts. They don't know anything else."

Li Wenying: "You are really good at hiding things."

Zhang Liuzhen continued to ask: "Will you help me?"

Li Wenying sighed, "Six years ago I chose to stand by your side. Now that it has come to this, can I still let go?"

Zhang Liuzhen's mouth corners curled up slightly.

Li Wenying said: "This set of exercises needs to be further modified. At least I can't practice it. Since you are targeting students with low talents, how about we find a few students with low talents and low cultivation to try it out?"

Zhang Liuzhen also had this idea, otherwise he would not have taught the Dharma publicly during his classes in the square, but... "Zhou Wangdao..."

"He will go crazy, but others may not. I wasn't there on the day of the class in the square, but I heard that not many people were able to enter a state of meditation and use this set of skills. Those two were two of them. Does this mean that although your set of skills is simple, it still requires a certain amount of talent to comprehend and practice it?"

"If you don't specifically try it out with students with low talent and cultivation, how do you know they can comprehend this set of skills?"

Zhang Liuzhen seemed to be thinking about something.

Li Wenying said, "If you are afraid that Zhang Li and Pan Yun will not agree, then keep this a secret from them. I will find them and teach them the skills. I will protect them and keep an eye on their cultivation."

Zhang Liuzhen had a special identity and was injured, so it was inconvenient for him to do these things, but Li Wenying did not restrain him.

Especially considering his age and cultivation level, he could put up a banner that he wants to accept a disciple...

Zhang Liuzhen's heart moved, and just as he was about to agree, a strong wind came and blew the books beside the two of them.

At the same time, the two could feel the spiritual energy leaving quickly.

The two looked at each other, and then they flashed out of the yard. A large amount of spiritual energy gathered on the second floor.

Miao Zhen Miao He ran out behind them and asked excitedly when he saw them, "Is our junior master going to have a breakthrough?"

Zhang Liuzhen remembered something and turned to Li Wenying and said, "Open the formation of Fanxiyuan."

Li Wenying didn't ask any more questions and went there immediately.

Zhang Liuzhen: "I underestimated the effect of Guyuan Pill on her. She can't break through now."

Zhang Liuzhen: "She can't break through to the first marquis level in the academy."

Miao Zhen: "Then where should we break through?"

"Go back to Sanqing Mountain," Zhang Liuzhen said, "The academy will be closed for the holidays soon, so don't go out to study. Go back to Sanqing Mountain and make a breakthrough."

Miaohe subconsciously asked, "What about studying abroad?"

"Just let Tao Ji and Aunt Li fake it for you. It's not difficult for them to do this."

Miaozhen Miaohe widened his eyes.

Zhang Liuzhen frowned and thought, "I have to think of a way to wake her up without hurting her mind. Now is the time to consolidate my cultivation and not make a breakthrough."

Miao Zhen came back to his senses, lowered his eyes and thought for a moment before saying, "I have a way."

She looked toward the second-floor window and shouted, "Xiao Hei, come down quickly, we have something to tell you!"

(End of this chapter)