Chapter 99: Pride of the Southwest How should one spend his life? After coming to this world, Tao Tie often asked himself this question. Until now, he could only give a very vague answer, but he knew that practice was the root of everything. Especially after meeting so many people and experiencing so many things. Among these people, Uncle Hui said, we don’t have that fate! So when Uncle Hui was implicated, he was not only unable to save his family's lives, but he couldn't even muster the courage to resist. Isn't this a microcosm of the many people who waste their time and wait for unexpected disasters to befall them? Among these people, Chu Mingtu has great ambitions and is determined to achieve something. However, he was unable to possess his own power to support himself, and could only look for reliable backers one after another. In this way, Chu Mingtu has a slim hope of realizing his ambitions. Otherwise everything is empty. Among these people, Du Bo is unwilling to be mediocre and yearns for an exciting and thrilling life.

As destiny and opportunity did not come, no matter how hard he tried, such as studying, practicing martial arts, cultivating Taoism, worshipping Buddha, or performing nuo and witchcraft, he achieved nothing. Once the opportunity finally comes and fate changes, there will be a chance. The list goes on and on. Tao Tie knew deeply that practice was everything. Practice is everything! Huang Junshi saw this from his disciple's calm eyes and indifferent expression, and felt quite relieved. He finally taught a relatively normal disciple. It's not easy! Then he asked, "The Heavenly Dynasty is selecting talents. As one of the only 100 young people on the Hidden Dragon List, as long as you are not picked off the list, you will definitely be summoned to the capital to receive training. Do you know what you should do before going to the capital, what you should do on the way to the capital, and what you should do after you arrive in the capital?" This question not only asked about Tao Tie's plan, but also indirectly expressed Huang Junshi's attitude. There is no need to rush into the officialdom. It will not be too late to join in when Tao Tie has outstanding strength. Take Huang Junshi himself as an example. He is indifferent to fame and fortune by nature and is unwilling to stand out. Otherwise, not to mention being in charge of the Immortal God Department of Liuxian County, even being the commander-in-chief of the Immortal God Department of Cangyun Prefecture might be a possibility. Tao Tie replied seriously: “Before going to the capital, be at ease on duty, meet challenges with all your strength, and safely participate in the Tianjiao Conference of the Three Southwestern States to secure a place in the capital for further studies. On the way to Beijing, he was neither arrogant nor humble. He saw the scenery of various places, met the geniuses from various places, learned from their strengths and improved himself. After going to the capital, I will wholeheartedly accept the training of the Celestial Empire and use this opportunity to lay a stronger foundation for myself, improve my strength, and make the road ahead brighter." Huang Junshi nodded after listening: "You are a person that the teacher does not have to worry about, unlike your senior sister..." At this point, Huang Junshi was silent for a moment, his eyes became extremely complicated, and his tone was subtle: "Do you know how unruly your senior sister is?"

Tao Tie replied truthfully: "Disciple doesn't know." At the same time, a strong curiosity suddenly arose in my heart. Huang Junshi sighed, "She actually made a big fuss in the capital. It's not that she doesn't like men, but the man she likes is her teacher. Due to ethical constraints, they can't be together, so she fell in love with someone else." Huang Junshi, who always faced everything calmly, put on a mask of pain as he sighed. "Do you know how long I have been teased by Master Qiu after hearing this news? When you meet your senior sister, you must kill her with my sword for me!" Tao Tie would never take this thankless job. Jing stood up and said nonsense: "Teacher, I suddenly remembered that there is a pot of chicken soup stewing in my duty room. If I don't go back, I'm afraid the duty room will burn down." As soon as he finished speaking, the person disappeared. Huang Junshi looked at the empty chair on his right side, silent. Mr. Qiu suddenly appeared on the chair opposite Huang Junshi, crossed his legs, and said with a smile: "I said Tao Tie was a slippery guy, that's why he didn't want to do this." "I'm his teacher, don't I know?" Huang Junshi rolled his eyes, which was rare, and sighed unhappily, "Do you think I'm willing to expose my shortcomings in front of my disciples? It's because I don't want him to be led astray by Dao Xiaofeng after he goes to the capital." Old Qiu said seriously, "I've never been so worried. This kid looks reckless, but he has a clear mind. He knows what to do and what not to do." "I hope so." Huang Junshi sighed deeply, "Beijing! Hey, that's Beijing! It's a place I dare not go back to at all." Mr. Qiu nodded in agreement: "Who said it wasn't?" While the two "hermits", one old and one young, were expressing their feelings, Tao Tie had already returned to his duty room. Just when I wanted to be alone for a while, a visitor arrived. "What's up?" Allowing Chu Yingying to come in after knocking on the door, Tao Tie asked directly, "If you have something to say, just say it. Don't waste time." Seeing this, Chu Yingying said without further ado: "I want to be like Wutong Yaodao and Yudai River God and join the Metropolitan Patrol." Tao Tie raised his eyebrows and asked, "Tell me clearly, are you going to join me or my master?" This is an area where many people deliberately confuse others, but Tao Tie himself can distinguish them very clearly. The one who surrendered to Wutong Demon and Yudai River God was not Tao Tie, but Tao Tie's teacher, the sword immortal Huang Junshi. At least not now. Only Chu Mingtu and Du Bo took refuge with Tao Tie himself. Even Chu Mingtu, before Tao Tie swung his sword at Yueyuji, was more directed at Tao Tie, to whom the sword immortal Huang Junshi had just surrendered. One is one, two is two. People need to be clear-headed.

Chu Yingying was stunned by this question. But she was just arrogant before, not stupid, so she immediately reacted and answered honestly: "I surrendered to the inspector general and the governor." Tao Tie waved his hand and said, "You can go back. In the Immortal God Division of Liuxian County, doing your job well is the greatest way to show your loyalty to the governor." As soon as he finished speaking, an overwhelming force emerged from nowhere and pushed Chu Yingying out of the duty room. The door then closed tightly. With such a result, it would be impossible to say that Chu Yingying didn't feel disappointed. Disappointed! Extremely disappointed! But beyond the disappointment, there is a glimmer of hope. Chu Yingying took the words "do your job well" to heart. She thought carefully about the Celestial Empire's rule over the states and counties over the years, the actions taken in the states and counties in recent times, and the way the governor Huang Junshi dealt with things. I suddenly realized that doing things well is really a golden saying. As long as you work hard for the Celestial Empire, you can not only survive, but also live a very comfortable life. So, the first step is to obtain an official status. Chu Yingying quickly changed her strategy, and the temperament emanating from her body changed again, becoming much more simple. Mo Yuhan saw this familiar scene intentionally or unintentionally. No, it's not déjà vu. But Mo Yuhan himself had experienced it personally. "Robbery." After muttering the word silently, Mo Yuhan focused his mind, stopped thinking about it, and concentrated on doing his own thing. The lunch break was over. The three patrol teams were about to start their patrols again. Mo Yuhan walked out of the duty room of the squad leader of Class A and met with Taoist Qingyun, the squad leader of Class C. Together they went to the duty room of Inspector Tao Tie. After making sure that there were no other arrangements, they each led their squads and left the yamen. Focus on your work and don’t worry about the future. Because once the opportunity comes, the future will come naturally and it will be bright. …… Another half month passed in a flash. After the Yu family collapsed, the power and interests vacated were properly distributed. The situation in Siming Prefecture was quickly calmed down under the strong management of the new prefect, Miao Zongren. Many people and forces are eager for this, actively cooperate, and then enter the stage of digesting the gains. Tao Tie's life was as peaceful as those days when the metaphorical storm occurred.

Or calmer. I only do four things every day: practice, go on duty, teach boxing, and face challenges. As the level of Taiyi Five Elements Guiding and Refining Technique reached (mastery, 90%), Tao Tie was able to collect herbs and refine qi at any time while sitting, lying down or walking. This greatly improves efficiency and saves a lot of time. The three major problems in Liuxian County have been solved, and with the Immortal God Department having a sword immortal in charge, the work of the three shifts of inspectors is quite easy. All you need to do is eliminate the various problems caused by the breeding of disaster energy in the bud. The boxing teaching started with just Du Bo, and later expanded to include teaching Chu Mingtu and several of his brothers, as well as the daughter of the brother who took out the Ziwu Yuanyang Sword. Of course, the content of teaching is naturally different. Du Bo, Chu Mingtu and several brothers learned the martial arts technique Xingyiquan. The little girl was learning the ordinary foundation-building exercise, the Five Animal Exercises. As for the version of Five Animal Exercises, it is very different from the one circulating in the market and spread in the missionary temple. It is a new version of the Five Animal Exercises that Tao Tie came up with based on his own experience at the (perfect, 100% progress) level. The Five Animal Exercises is a guiding exercise. Guide the Qi to make it harmonious, and pull the body to make it soft. Repair leaks, unclog Qi channels, eliminate lesions, and build the foundation in 100 days. The mainstream version only includes body training and breathing techniques. The original version also has the Five Animals Divine Intention for visualization purposes. Tao Tie's own version added a new thing in addition to the body-building technique, breathing method, and visualization diagram: Medicinal dietary supplements! Learning without thinking means nothing, thinking without learning means nothing. In terms of spiritual practice, Tao Tie was knowledgeable, questioned carefully, thought carefully, discerned clearly, and practiced diligently. Therefore, I created this new version of Five Animal Exercises as my understanding and summary of “building the foundation in a hundred days and entering the Tao through martial arts”. Before teaching this version of Five Animal Play to the little girl, Tao Tie asked his teacher and Mr. Qiu for advice. The teacher's evaluation was: "The theory is feasible, but the practice is lacking. If it can be carried out on a large scale without consuming too many resources, it may be submitted to the Celestial Empire to see if it can be promoted in the missionary institute. The Celestial Empire will not treat you unfairly." Mr. Qiu's evaluation was: "You are such a reckless guy! Do you think the Celestial Empire doesn't know that the Five Animal Exercises currently being spread by the Mission Institute are flawed? You dare to come up with a version that is better than the original, you are such a reckless man!" The two people gave different evaluations from different perspectives. But one thing is the same, that is, they all believe that the new version of Five Animal Play has a practical basis. When Chu Mingtu tentatively suggested that he, his brothers and the little girl want to accept Tao Tie's teachings together, Tao Tie took out the medicinal dietary tonic Five Animal Exercises and frankly sought the opinion of the little girl's father. The little girl's surname is Qi and her given name is Sisi.

Qi Sisi's father Qi Yannian thought carefully and agreed three days ago. After all, Qi Sisi is very talented and can achieve success in studying Confucianism, martial arts, Taoism, Buddhism, and witchcraft. It is not necessary to follow the path of "building the foundation for a hundred days and entering the Tao through martial arts". Meeting the challenge has changed. An expert will know if there is one as soon as he takes action. After so many days and so many competitions and battles, the young people who came to Liuxian County went from despising us at the beginning, to looking up to us, to admiring us, and finally to the respect we have now. If anyone dares to say that Tao Tie is not worthy of being on the Hidden Dragon List, without Tao Tie needing to refute, these young people will jump out, grab that person and ask, "Are you blind?" If the person gives a bad answer or has the wrong attitude, he will inevitably be cursed. Then there are rounds of application for competition. Finally, after they took turns to beat the man down, they left a sentence: "You can't even beat us, and you still dare to slander the little sword fairy? Take a piss and look at yourself to see if you are worthy!" Why is this so? Firstly, what Tao Tie had learned in his life, under the missionary system of the Celestial Empire, was all good stuff; Secondly, Tao Tie has [Knowledge of Everything], which means he takes the path of "omniscience equals omnipotence". He can see through the opponent's weaknesses before the fight begins, increasing his winning rate by at least 30%; Thirdly, Tao Tie has returned to the traditional fifth realm, and his strength is no longer measured by the ninth-grade cultivation level. It is not difficult for him to defeat a fifth-grade cultivator with a seventh-grade lower cultivation level. As for the fourth-rank cultivator, Tao Tie could have simply refused to accept the challenge. Not many people can be so shameless! It was in this peaceful pace of life that Tao Tie received an invitation to the Tianjiao Conference jointly organized by the three southwestern states. Yes, this Tianjiao Conference adopts an invitation system rather than a registration system. The governors or prefects of the three southwestern states actively responded to the central government's strategy of selecting talents, but they acted cautiously and decided to only invite one hundred young people to the first year's Tianjiao Conference, and select the top ten to send to the capital. The invitation letter Tao Tie received was quite special. Firstly, this invitation letter was sent to all prefectures and counties in the three states, making it known to everyone; Secondly, the content stated that Tao Tie did not need to participate in the evaluation of the Tianjiao Conference, and would automatically obtain a place to go to Beijing to receive special training from the Heavenly Dynasty. After reading the invitation letter, Tao Tie was no different. He behaved as calmly as when he first knew that he was on the Hidden Dragon List. It seemed that this decision of the governors and prefects of the three southwestern states had no effect on Tao Tie. However, there is no impact on the subjective level, but there is an impact on the objective level. At the instruction of Huang Junshi, Tao Tie resigned from his position as the head of Class B and was replaced by Tan Jinxuan, whose cultivation had greatly improved. The direct leadership of the third shift inspector was also handed over in a very short period of time to Chen Zhidao, who was transferred from the missionary system to the Immortal God system and took over the position of deputy governor of Wu Kunlun who was transferred back to the provincial capital. As for Wu Kunlun's experience, it is hard to describe.

He was indeed transferred back to the city as he wished, but he was not valued and trusted by Liu Pingquan, the chief of the City Immortal God Department, and was given a sinecure for retirement. It seems like a futile attempt. After handing over the work and making arrangements for Chu Mingtu and others, Tao Tie simply packed his luggage, walked around the cave, which he had not been familiar with since moving in, and said goodbye to it. Then he left Liuxian County and went to Dadong Mountain where the Tianjiao Conference was held. The young man has equipped his sword and is ready to go out to meet the genius. The only thing that made the boy feel quite uncomfortable was that there was a long line of people following him, asking questions repeatedly: "Little Sword Fairy, when will you become the number one genius?" (End of this chapter)