Chapter 243 Ten Years of Hidden Practice, and the End of Old Grudges (Please Order)
Huangquan Cave, deep underground, has ancient trees with vigorous branches and luxuriant branches. The trunks need to be hugged by several people to surround them.
Time has carved ravine-like traces on its surface, and its roots penetrate deeply into the earth, as if connected to the source of spiritual energy underground, making this tree extraordinary.
This is not only the work of nature, but also the power of Taoist Lin Zhong's thousands of years of cultivation.
However, after "the road to the secluded world is opened, and the nine secluded worlds devour the world", the root system of this spiritual tree has been severed, leaving only the decay of the day. blame.
A young monk with fluttering robes stood under the tree. He pressed the tree with one hand and held a piece of sapphire in the other. The jade body was green and transparent, faintly emitting a faint light. If you look closely, the texture on it is like an ancient talisman. , mysterious and unpredictable.
The monk closed his eyes and concentrated, mobilizing the spiritual energy in the jade to inject it into the tree. The sapphire squeaked in his hand and gradually emitted circles of fluctuations, seeming to have some strange resonance with the ancient tree.
As Lu Cheng recited the incantation, the sapphire's whole body glowed brightly, and finally seemed to turn into a wisp of smoke, slowly blending into the ancient tree.
The ancient tree suddenly trembled, as if it felt a long-lost strength. The dry branches on the trunk began to soften, and there were even new green buds jumping on the branches.
Withered trees blooming in spring, vitality spreads.
A trace of relief appeared on Lu Cheng's face. He felt that the last vitality of the ancient tree was being stimulated. In the process, Lu Cheng used a technique to open a wound on the tree, and then immediately transplanted the golden branch onto it.
In the next few years, Lu Cheng will use Luobao Golden Branch as a medium to continuously inject Yimu spiritual energy into the ancient tree. This is not only warming, but also a kind of sacrifice. The ancient tree wants these In order to use Yimu's spiritual energy, you need to recognize that the Luobao Golden Branch is a part of yourself. In the end, all the spiritual energy will converge on the Luobao Golden Branch that is the most full of inspiration, until the final success is achieved.
The fallen golden branch will become an ancient tree and a new life form.
Wow, the continuous restoration of vitality of the ancient trees has made the surrounding air become fresh and moist, as if even the wind has a little sweetness.
The leaves of the ancient trees shine with emerald green under the light of the fire crystals in the cave, and each leaf appears full of vitality.
The monk's robes under the tree floated in the wind, and his figure blended in with the ancient trees and surroundings, becoming an inseparable part of this nature.
At this moment, Lu Cheng is no longer a mere bystander, but a participant in this world. He breathes and grows with all things. Therefore, his state of mind was peaceful and profound, as if he had touched the edge of the true meaning of Taoism and found a way to talk to the world.
Of course, it is easy to gain the Tao but difficult to cultivate it. Every monk will have more or less the experience of "obtaining the Tao" during his long practice, but whether he can cultivate the Tao is really the most difficult thing.
At this time, Lu Cheng was the only one in Shanfu.
The eldest disciple Situ Hua went to Mingquan Nunnery to ask for spiritual water to prepare for Master Lu Cheng’s next step of practice.
After the second disciple Miao Chuyun learned about the skill of the nearby weapon refiners, he decisively returned to Guizang Mountain to find the sect's weapon refiners to refine the weapons. Even if it delayed some time by going back and forth, it would still be better than filling the gap. There are so many hidden dangers.
The combination of golden branches and ancient trees cannot be accomplished in a day.
During this break, in addition to his daily Taoist practice, Lu Cheng also began to refine the pale giant insect on the ancient tree that had a dragon shape on its scales.
This dragon-like insect is so soft and gentle that it can be refined into any kind of physical form. It is an extremely precious Taoist treasure.
As far as this Gu is concerned, Taoist Lin Chong's cultivation in the art of Gu has even surpassed that of Master Yinshan. In terms of levels, this Gu has surpassed the Hundred Poison Golden Silkworm Gu.
This is an advantage, but there are also disadvantages.
Dividing the second soul is naturally a very powerful magical method, but it also has a weakness, that is, if you practice it forcefully before the level of magic is reached, it will be easy to split your mind, and it will seem like two people and one person. It is the most taboo thing among Taoists, "two minds hurting the spirit".
The Dao Jing says:
"The Tao: there is purity and turbidity, movement and stillness; descending from the end of the original flow, all things arise. Pure is the source of turbidity, and movement is the basis of tranquility. . If people can always be peaceful, everything in heaven and earth will be restored. Madam, your mind will be peaceful and your heart will be peaceful. Disturbance; the human heart likes to be calm, but desires can often drive away the desire, and the mind will be calm, the mind will be clear, and the mind will be pure..."
The will of God loves silence most and is afraid of being frightened. When the mind is frightened, it will be turbulent. , then the six gods will have no master, and the essence in the body will be in danger of disintegrating and getting lost.
"I have some practice in the two paths of essence and qi, but it is my weakness in spiritual consciousness. I just use essence and qi to make up for it. Slow things down and people will be at peace. I It’s better to slowly refine this external incarnation with solid methods and cultivate it naturally, and don’t be busy dividing your mind first.”
Lu Cheng knew that there was an old demon in the Tongxuan world thousands of years ago who was proficient in the cultivation of spiritual consciousness. However, in the demon sect, the battle was extremely dangerous and fierce. In order to protect himself and even have a chance to come back after his death, he divided his mind into two parts. Seven, I have seven lives. Even if my body is destroyed, I still have seven chances to come back.
But then he gradually went crazy. It was not obvious at first. He was able to control himself with strong cultivation, but as time went by, he did more and more extreme and stubborn wrong things. Things become more and more irrational and eventually lead to self-destruction.
This is a typical example of practicing magic to the point of digging one's own grave. The three souls and seven souls of human beings all have their own uses and abilities. This is true for mortals, let alone monks.
“It’s just that you can’t miss such a treasure. Even if you are just made into a dragon Gu and used in the most extravagant way, you will still make a lot of money, not to mention almost an extra life!”
On top of the ancient tree, the pale dragon-shaped giant insect lay quietly on the thick branches, seeming to be sleeping.
Lu Cheng's eyes were focused. He stretched out his hands to perform the magic technique, and a ball of light emitting a faint golden-red light condensed in his palms, slowly approaching the giant insect.
The giant insect seemed to sense Lu Cheng's approach and trembled slightly. Its scales shone silvery white in the sunlight, exuding a mysterious and ancient aura.
Lu Cheng took a deep breath, used a magic technique to condense the light in his hand into a small dot, and gently touched the scales of the giant insect.
The light spot merged into it, and suddenly, a powerful mana burst out from the giant insect, even shaking Lu Cheng back several steps.
He can resist forcefully, but he cannot resist forcefully. What he wants is a living dragon Gu, not a dead insect.
After a while, the scales on the giant insect's body began to change faintly, from the original pale color to a deep dark red, as if containing infinite power. Lu Cheng looked happy when he saw this. He also didn't expect that the giant dragon-shaped insect was instinctively looking forward to such a change.
Actually, this is also natural. Although Taoist Lin Chong has practiced Taoism for thousands of years, he is trapped in one place. Although he dissected the dragon and studied the inside and outside of the dragon, he still failed to achieve anything in his life. I have seen several real dragons.
Lu Cheng used magic power to condense the meaning of the law and injected it into the body of the white insect to help it transform from a dragon into a dragon. The consciousness of the white insect itself has almost been refined by Taoist Lin Chong. It will naturally be easier to adapt to the meaning of the law again. change.
“It’s a pity that I only understand the human-dragon transformation method in the general outline of Tongxuanmen. If I complete all the five-element transformation methods... it won’t work, then I’m afraid it will exceed the potential limit of this dragon Gu. Now, the disadvantage is just the limit.”
Maintaining the ancient tree for thousands of years, worshiping and refining the white dragon to transform into its own human-dragon transformation.
Time flies by like this, year after year.
Second disciple Miao Chuyun returned first. With Lu Cheng's order, she ordered the sect's weapon refiner to make two new jade bottles specially used to contain the two fires of Yin and Yang.
Then, near the Yellow Spring Valley, she began to collect the Nine Nether Fire and the True Fire of the Great Sun. Although the process was stumbling, her mind was pure and she was dedicated, so she was able to face dangers with ease, but instead became a kind of The practice of training the Taoist mind.
Lu Cheng secretly watched her a few times and saw that she could indeed do it, so he stopped caring about her.
Anyway, even if he is injured by the two fires of yin and yang, as long as the burn is not too serious, the fire poison can be removed with jade honey jelly, Qingyuan purified water, and Lu Cheng's own samadhi true fire.
Two years later, during Lu Cheng's fourth year of practicing in the Huangquan Valley, the eldest disciple Situ Hua returned and successfully brought back Qingyuan Purifying Water.
"Master, please forgive me. It was not the disciple's intentional delay. It was actually Guanghui who was too rude and repeatedly made things difficult for me, which is why I delayed it until now. It is really the disciple's biggest sin to delay the master's performance. "
"...Okay, tell me what's going on. "
In Shanfu, Lu Cheng did not listen to Situ Hua's words, but asked about the matter. The specific process.
Situ Hua did not dare to hide anything, so he had to tell the story in detail.
It turned out that after arriving at Mingquan Nunnery.
Situ Hua Dao explained his purpose of coming and offered jade honey jelly. Master Guanghui, the master of Mingquan Nunnery, was entertaining friends at the time, but she immediately came out to meet them.
It’s just that after she knew Situ Hua’s purpose, she didn’t ask for the jade honey jelly, but asked Situ Hua to help her complete three things within his power.
The jade honey jelly in Lu Cheng is a fifth-level spiritual object, and it is also a treasure that Jindan Master must cherish. Situ Hua thinks that it is certainly a good thing to save it, but it is just to complete three things. It's just something you can do, and it's certainly not difficult.
Unexpectedly, Situ Hua soon regretted it.
Master Guanghui, the master of Mingquan Nunnery, asked him to farm the land in Mingquan Nunnery for a year.
Immortal cultivators can also eat mortal grains, but they will not get much nutrients. Instead, they have to use magic to refine the residue. It is best to eat spiritual grains, spiritual rice, and spiritual fruits. Even if they are less, they can still get them. Spiritual energy nourishes the physical body.
So among the various arts of cultivating immortals, there is a profession called Ling Zhifu, which is the hardest, most tiring and relatively most stable and profitable profession for low-level monks.
Master Guanghui explained that the spiritual rice planter of Quan'an has reached old age, so Situ Hua needs to plant the land in the nunnery for one year. However, if the spiritual rice cannot be grown or the yield is reduced, he will have to plant it for another year. , until the standard is reached.
Situ Hua's teeth were almost broken, but thinking about the bottle of jade honey jelly he had saved, he had to wake up early in the year and spend a lot of money to hire many experienced spiritual masters to guide him, so he spent a year to complete it. In accordance with Master Guanghui’s instructions.
Then the second thing is that you cannot use magic and build a sutra-depository pavilion in Mingquan Nunnery. If it is not strong and cannot stand for more than three hundred years, it is not considered a success.
After the Sutra Collection Pavilion was built, Master Guanghui said that there must be no scriptures in the pavilion, and asked Situ Hua to copy one hundred thousand volumes of scriptures without using magic.
In other words, these three things happened one by one. If Master Guanghui had explained it from the beginning, Situ Hua would have definitely killed someone.
Now that he has endured hardships and completed two things, how can he not complete the third thing?
So, it took until today for Situ Hua to successfully bring back Qingyuan Purified Water and save a bottle of fifth-level jade honey jelly.
After hearing the whole story, Lu Cheng was thoughtful. After a while, he suddenly said: "Do you know who the old friend Master Guanghui was receiving when you went to visit?"
"I don't know."
< br>“It’s the Master of the Eight Views, Qingxuan Zhenren.”
"Ah!?"
Situ Hua was shocked when he heard this. He really didn't expect that that old woman with an unattractive appearance could actually be on the same level as a real person who ranked at least in the top ten in the Tongxuan world.
"Situ Hua, do you want to practice the five extreme punishments?"
"...Please master, please help me."
Situ Hua hesitated for a moment, then paid homage.
"Okay, then you go to Mingquan Nunnery and farm the land that you have been farming for twenty years. Farm the land during the day and reorganize your Taoism at night."
"What?"
"No Understand?"
"Disciple is stupid." Situ Hua really didn't understand what was going on. His mind was in chaos, and all kinds of thoughts came to him.
"My intelligence is not as good as that of the Patriarch, and your intelligence is not as good as mine. Mingquan Nunnery is a righteous sect, so Master Guanghui deliberately makes things difficult for you, but she is also afraid of the majesty of the Patriarch of our sect, so she gives you Benefits: It can help you get rid of your anger, and at the same time, don’t use our Jade Honey Jelly.
I am sending you there today, firstly, to continue to grind away your demonic thoughts, otherwise it will be too dangerous to attack internally and externally when practicing the five extreme punishments. The second is to send a message to Master Qingxuan of the Eight Views. Although our Palace of Incarnations of All Beasts is a gate of demons, we use ourselves as the master and demons as our users. If we can restrain ourselves, we can cooperate with them. ”
Many demonic monks act perversely and paranoid, mix humans and demons, and find it difficult to control themselves. The Dongyang Orthodox Sect and the Palace of Incarnations of All Beasts claim to be the authentic demonic religion. The key point is actually the four words self-control and self-control. .
Mr. Qingxuan of the Eight Views and Mrs. Zangjian of the Cangjian Palace also have some ideas about this. Understand that if someone is completely controlled by the devil, they will not dare to cooperate with him at all. In fact, the thoughts of that kind of monk change rapidly, and sometimes they even go against common sense.
"... Disciple, Understood, the disciple will return to Mingquan Nunnery and ask Master Guanghui to take him in and farm for twenty years. Thank you Master for your guidance. ”
After saying that, Situ Hua thanked him again. Although this son has poor qualifications, he has a Taoist heart.
Seeing this, Lu Cheng nodded slightly, knowing that if his named disciple could survive these twenty years, sharpen his character, and become a top-grade elixir in the future, he might not be able to become his true successor.
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Outside Moyun Cave in the Yin Mountains of the Southern Wilds, the entire sky was dark, just like the state of mind of many left-behind monks in the Yin Mountains.
But it is said that the Yinshan Master was used by Lu Cheng on the shores of the East China Sea to use the Samadhi True Fire that he had newly cultivated to sell the financial iron and destroy the hundred-poisonous Golden Silkworm Gu that he had dominated the world for hundreds of years. He was also punched by Taoist Huang Longzi to the point where he was shattered physically and mentally and turned into a ball of blood mist. If he hadn't forcibly refined the second soul Yuan Mizhu and escaped with his soul, essence and blood, he would have died that day. Already dead.
Even so, his vitality was greatly reduced at this time. After returning to his old nest, he was filled with fear and hatred, almost chewing his fangs to pieces.
Especially with the Taoist magic power of Jindan Zhenren, it is a bit reluctant to practice the second incarnation method, not to mention that the evil body in his Yuan Ni Pearl is condensed by various negative emotions. It was fine at the beginning and he could control himself with reason. , but as time goes by, the poisonous fire attacks the heart, and every time in the dead of night, the past comes flooding back, and the demons in the spiritual platform disturb the soul, making life almost worse than death!
After more than ten years, Master Yinshan’s magic power has not only failed to recover, but has continued to decline, and his body and mind have collapsed.
It’s just that Yinshan is not the righteous Jindan Zhenren. When he is sad, he must use various methods to make his disciples even more sad in order to vent the poison in his heart.
Over the years, several people in the Yinshan Dharma Lineage have died in his hands and mouth, and their hearts and livers were cut out and devoured.
In the past, Master Yinshan was not a good person and was often cruel to his disciples, but he finally fulfilled his duty as a master.
But now, Master Yinshan knows that he has greatly offended Huang Longzi and the Great Sage Huolin. Now that his energy is not exhausted, in the future when his energy is at its weakest, the two people will definitely take action and make him irreversible. This kind of The feeling of waiting for death is the most terrifying.
Even a demon like Master Yinshan cannot bear it.
Outside Moyun Cave in Yinshan Mountain, Tang Shi, dressed in a Taoist robe, stood quietly outside the cave, waiting for the master's summons.
I don’t know what he has gone through over the years. His left arm has been lost and is now equipped with an iron hand. There are also many scars on his body outside the Taoist robe, but his temperament is more calm and his magic power is stronger than in many years. In the past, I had also made great progress, and had already reached the stage of condensing Gang Qi.
The Moyun Cave in front of us is dark and gloomy, as if there is an extremely terrifying beast hidden in it. In fact, it is even more terrifying than this. There is no beast in the world that can compare to the master of Yinshan Mountain. More vicious and evil?
At this time, the whisper of Master Yinshan came from the cave:
"Tang Shi, come in."
"Yes, Master."
Tang Shi heard this He saluted respectfully and then escaped into Moyun Cave.
Moyun Cave, which used to be magnificent in the past, has become dark today, because only darkness can bring comfort and security to the real people of Yinshan Mountain.
Master Yinshan's disciples all know that this is the habit of Gu insects, but no one dares to say it out loud, but they all know secretly that the master's magic power is getting weaker and weaker.
Although the cave was dark, the high-level monks' virtual chambers generated electricity and had divine light. This was certainly not an obstacle to Tang Shi, so Tang Shi quickly found the real person of Yinshan.
At this moment, the old devil is crouching in the corner, lowering his head to eat something.
Tang Shi looked intently, and what he saw was the eyes of his third senior brother Bai Luzi with eyes closed in disbelief. His chest had been cut open, blood was flowing all over the ground, and the Yinshan Master was devouring his body. darling. The human Gu merges into one, and the two sexes merge. Only at this moment can the real person in Yinshan feel at ease.
"Lao Wu, your third senior brother crawled inside and out and tried to harm me, but I have already killed him."
Turning around, the old man in black clothes with white hair and old age appeared, with scarlet blood stains on the corners of his mouth, looking like a ghost.
"I didn't expect Bai Luzi to be such a scum. Master is too merciful to kill him so easily. His soul should be extracted and let him suffer the punishment of the soul-eating ten thousand poisons."
Seeing this scene in front of him, even though Tang Shi thought he had become hard-hearted after all these years of training, he still hurriedly knelt down and followed the master's wishes.
Otherwise, I am afraid that I will be killed in the next moment. This old monster, he has gone completely crazy.
“My magic power is greatly lost now, so it’s understandable that he wants to find another way out, but he should never, absolutely shouldn’t, sneak into my cave and steal my magic weapon before leaving. In addition, before Lao Wu and Lao San died, they said that you were connected with Guizang Shanduo. Is this true? ”
Master Yinshan was far away one moment, and appeared in front of Tang Shi the next moment. His skinny palms stained with blood gently touched Tang Shi's forehead, and the blood soaked down.
Tang Shi had almost seen the scene where Yinshan opened his head and sucked the brain directly.
"Master, it was you who asked me to make good friends with Lu Cheng back then, so we have indeed been in contact with each other these years. Before you went to the East China Sea, you also enjoyed a lot of jade honey jelly sent by Lu Cheng's people. But after the battle in the East China Sea, I had already drawn a clear line with him in my heart. There are still some contacts, but it is to find out information for the master!"
Tang Shi's mind was spinning, knowing that he couldn't explain it clearly at this moment, so he might as well show his value, maybe like this! On the contrary, there is still a glimmer of hope.
"Oh? Yes, more than a hundred years ago, when that Lucheng first arrived in southern Xinjiang, I sent you to make friends with him."
Master Yinshan slightly touched his forehead with his hand, as if feeling pain.
“The little ant that I could crush with one finger back then is now coming to claim my life! After all, it was the calamity that deceived my heart. I was already on good terms with Huang Longzi, but I was pushed by the calamity. Next, head to the East China Sea to block his path... I thought I could borrow Helping the calamity, one step further...Unexpectedly, it was a wrong step, until today."
"What happened?"
Master Yinshan's words changed from regret. In order to be indifferent, I asked the fifth disciple Tang Shi.
"...Master, it seems that Lu Cheng has come to southern Xinjiang to practice Taoism in recent years. If Master is interested, I can try to lure him out. Or, Master can go to Shiyuan City Chixin Guan, there are several old friends of Lu Cheng in that Guan, and they have never been friends with each other.”
Tang Shi didn't want to say this, but he knew that he was going to die if he didn't say something. He didn't want to die even more.
However, Master Yinshan’s next words made him feel as if he had fallen into an icy lake.
"Oh, if you can betray your friends today, I know you won't betray your teacher tomorrow?"
"..."
What does Tang Shi want to say? , but the extreme fear that filled his body and mind left him unable to say a word in the end.
"Go away. If there is any more useful news, please send it back to me immediately."
"Yes, it's Master."
Master Yinshan finally chose Tang Shi because of its value. He didn't kill him. Thinking about the murderous swordsmanship of that junior in his memory, Master Yinshan felt that before he could deal with Huang Longzi and the Great Sage of Fire Scale, it was best not to cause trouble.
(End of this chapter)