48: Chapter 48 Exchange Meeting

According to the information Wang An had obtained from the authorities over the past few days, the output of job-change stones in small mountain ranges like Huaiyu Mountain was becoming increasingly scarce; basically, they had all been used or searched out.

In the future, if they wanted to continue this exploration business, they would have to head toward those thousand-mile mountain ranges and ten-thousand-mile deserts.

Exploring these truly harsh, uninhabited areas would require much more preparation.

Taking advantage of the fact that the surrounding mountain ranges had not yet been fully explored in these one or two months, he had to accumulate funds and expand his team as quickly as possible; otherwise, he would be willing but unable to act.

Wang An had already received news from Changnan Interstellar; after they returned this time, they were going to head to the Jinggang Mountains, where the terrain was treacherous and the mountains were numerous, making exploration extremely difficult—it was the only area in the vicinity that had not yet been explored on a large scale.

In the afternoon, Wang An had just returned from the Special Administration Bureau; he had used another identity to join it, counting as an official member.

Just as Daoist Priest Zhang Mingqing had said, the Special Administration Bureau had basically no restrictions on the management of cultivation-type Professionals.

However, there was one point he hadn't mentioned: having no restrictions also meant that the authorities would not invest too much in this type of Professional.

Besides being able to borrow the large collection of books on cultivation gathered by the authorities for free, as an official member, one could receive a certain amount of living allowance every month, but there were basically no more resources beyond that.

Today, Wang An had also finalized the exchange of talisman inheritances with Daoist Priest Zhang Mingqing; he used the job-change information of a Martial Artist to exchange for their Zhengyi talismans from the Tianshi Mansion.

Both parties were quite satisfied with this kind of exchange.

After all, this was just an exchange at the information level; neither side lost anything. It was simply exchanging information that could be continuously copied for another piece of information, which was essentially a win-win result.

Of course, the Tianshi Mansion would certainly not trade away core inheritances like the Five Thunders Method, as that was the foundation of a sect's existence.

For Wang An, except for the two professions of Feng Shui Master and Qi Refiner.

Other Professional information was of little significance to him; if he could trade for the information he needed, he would not be stingy.

Based on his current understanding of the Tianshi Mansion, besides the core Five Thunders Method, they still had incantations and divine abilities that had not been revealed.

In fact, these were what Wang An wanted to understand; in modern society, basically no one could cultivate these incantations and divine abilities anymore.

Although these incantations and divine abilities did not have the power to destroy the heavens and earth, their enhancement of personal abilities possessed some incredible mysteries, and their utility was also very great.

Over the past few days, Wang An had basically been at the Special Administration Bureau; the Special Administration Bureau in Changnan was set up in the basement of a history museum, which was considered an air-raid shelter.

Observing over these few days, this place was at least several dozen meters underground.

The overall area was huge; judging by the space he could see now, it was at least a dozen mu.

Among them was a specially arranged library, which housed a large number of basic cultivation techniques from various sects in the country.

As well as some classic books and Daoist canons; they had even specially listed some cultivation methods from other foreign cultivation forces to help everyone broaden their horizons.

Today was his third day here; this time, he had mainly come to participate in a cultivation exchange meeting.

Following the guidance of the staff here, Wang An arrived at a conference room.

Just as he walked in, he saw a few old Daoist priests with long beards, hair tied in Daoist buns, and wearing simple Daoist robes, who were closing their eyes and resting.

An old monk with white eyebrows hanging down to his eyes, holding a string of prayer beads in his hand and wearing a kasaya, was chanting words.

He even saw a middle-aged man dressed as an ancient Confucian scholar, holding a book in his hands, frowning as he flipped through it.

"Judging by this setup, the three teachings of Confucianism, Buddhism, and Daoism are all here," Wang An thought to himself.

Seeing a young man come over, the others didn't have any surprised expressions; it was as if they didn't see him, and they continued doing their own things.

With no one paying attention to him, Wang An simply found a seat and sat down himself.

In his mind, he calculated the changes in the terrain and Feng Shui energy fields that his Incarnation had seen over the past few days, verifying his various conjectures.

Not long after, a few more young Daoist priests and monks entered the conference room; finally, Daoist Priest Zhang Mingqing and a staff member from the Special Administration Bureau entered.

The staff member turned on the recording equipment on the side, and Daoist Priest Zhang Mingqing sat in the main seat and spoke.

"Fellow Daoists, I will be hosting today's exchange meeting."

Hearing this, the others stopped what they were doing and looked toward him, marking the official start of the exchange meeting.

"A young friend has arrived; this is the one I met a few days ago. According to him, through self-study and self-cultivation, he has now reached the realm of Foundation Establishment perfection, a body without leaks, and Refining Essence into Qi is within sight."

As soon as these words were spoken, the others immediately stared straight at Wang An.

It wasn't that Foundation Establishment perfection was so rare; for them, it could be achieved after a few years of peaceful and diligent cultivation.

What really made them care was what Daoist Priest Zhang Mingqing said about self-study and self-cultivation, and that Refining Essence into Qi was within sight.

For someone who had never been in contact with their cultivation circle, without inheritance, without a teacher, purely self-cultivating and self-studying.

Not ruining oneself was already quite good. Looking at this young friend's appearance, his foundation was extremely solid, and he had a path forward for further improvement; in today's society, he could be considered one in a million.

Hearing Daoist Priest Zhang Mingqing's introduction and praise, and seeing the looks from the people around him as if they were looking at some bizarre event, Wang An felt a bit speechless.

If they knew that he had already reached the proficiency level of Refining Qi into Spirit, without needing to pay attention to nourishing the Great Medicine, and had already turned into an unintentional, automatic state, wouldn't they treat him as a monster?

He could only say.

"Daoist Priest Zhang, you are really overpraising me. I just happened to take the [Student] profession, which is why I was able to complete Foundation Establishment a bit faster.

I am still very far from Refining Essence into Qi. Having luckily cultivated to this point, I still need to ask for advice from the seniors present."

"Hehe, young friend An, there is no need to be overly humble; there has never been any luck in cultivation."

This sentence from Daoist Priest Zhang Mingqing caused the others to nod one after another; there was never any talk of luck in cultivation?

Without orthodox methods, a solid foundation, and sect inheritance, making even a slight mistake and practicing it wrong was a small matter.

In serious cases, it could even endanger one's life and trigger all kinds of illnesses.

Wang An knew that everyone didn't quite believe his words, so he just smiled.

Seeing that everyone more or less acknowledged Wang An's cultivation, Daoist Priest Zhang Mingqing continued to introduce, first looking at the four old and young people in Daoist robes on his right.

"Young friend An, these two are Daoist Mingxin of the Jingming sect and his disciple, Daoist Jingling."