Chapter 13: Previous Events and Inheritance

Chapter 13: Previous Events and Inheritance

Chapter 13: Previous Events and Inheritance
After a while, the turbulent Yuan Qi in front of Taiyi Temple began to calm down. Taoist Fuguang, with a pale face, walked to Chu Tai with a bright lamp in his hand. His brows were filled with fatigue that could not be concealed.

Chu Tai glanced at the lamp. In the past two months, he had seen Taoist Fu Guang refining this ever-burning lamp several times. It was one of the most important magic weapons in his hands.

The eternal lamp is about one foot high, shaped like a white crane holding a lotus, standing on bluestone. The bluestone that serves as the lamp base is made of brass, and a large number of talismans are densely written on the surface, one stacked on top of the other, like strange patterns, gathering inspiration from all directions.

The lamp post is made of silver and is extremely exquisitely crafted. The patterns on its feathers are clearly visible. If you look closely, you can see that in the center of the fish-scale-like patterns on the crane's abdomen, many secret characters have been skillfully carved. If you read them in a certain order, they are none other than the Taiyi Jinguan Mantra.

The crane's beak holds a half-opened golden lotus as a lamp bowl. The wick is on the lotus pod, just like a lotus seed. A bean-sized flame emits a soft glow.

Taoist Fu Guang looked at Chu Tai and asked, "How is it? Are you still feeling unwell?"

"I have just checked myself. In addition to the fluctuation of mana in my body, my meridians have also been affected to a certain extent. Apart from that, there are no major problems. The specific injury is somewhat similar to the disorder of internal breath caused by the surge of mana."

Hearing this, Taoist Fu Guang paused and gave his own judgment.

"It may be that the Dao Fruit fragment in your body has been activated. This can explain why you only have this much cultivation after inheriting the Dao Fruit fragment. It is very likely that your body is special and has sealed up the Dao Fruit fragment, temporarily showing that it can withstand it."

"Sir, how is the Taoist Wudan from earlier?"

Hearing Chu Tai's sudden question, Taoist Fu Guang was silent for a moment and then spoke slowly.

"I broke his 'Five Elements Method to Transform Evil and Refine Ghosts', but I failed to keep him."

Chu Tai did not respond, but just looked at Taoist Fu Guang and listened to his continued explanation.

"The Nine Springs Yin Jing Meng Bo Qi is a very special kind of true Qi. It requires practitioners to enter the underworld and collect water from Fengquan, Yaquan, Huangquan, Hanquan, Yinquan, Youquan, Xiaquan, Kuquan, and Mingquan, mix it with their own innate Qi, and refine it repeatedly until they can refine it back to Taixu and return to the Meng Bo state. Only then can it be considered an achievement."

"Because a large amount of netherworld energy was used during cultivation, once a living person is infected, it is difficult to get rid of it. Now, most of my magic power is used to suppress the spread of the Nine Springs Yin Jing Meng Bo Qi. If we leave this Xiaping Mountain, without the blessing of the Taoist temple, we may not be able to defeat Wo Dan. Therefore, I focus on destroying the five ghosts and prevent him from doing evil in a short period of time."

"Sir, why is there the Nine Springs Yin Jing Mengbo Qi in your body? As far as I know, this thing should be the magic power cultivated by the old thief Tianmen who used us as experiments."

Chu Tai's voice was a little low, and Taoist Fu Guang's already bad face became even more bitter. He sighed and said, "The wonder of bearing responsibility is really beyond human control. In the world today, except for a very small number of scattered immortals, only the true classic of Taiyi Yinjing Sect, "Taiyi Zhenjun Shuo Jiuquan Yinjing Miaojing", has detailed records of the method of cultivation. I thought you were related to the Taiyi lineage, but I didn't expect that this fate is really, hey..."

"Back then, the Yinjing Sect was also one of the orthodox sects of the immortals, and it was even better than the Jinhua Sect where I was. I didn't expect that a hundred years ago, many immortal sects were affected by the foreign land, and the cave paradise was alienated. After the immortals became Taoists, such evil obstacles appeared in the remaining true teachings..."

Taoist Fu Guang's seemingly irrelevant answer actually told Chu Tai the complicated fate between the two parties. It included his good feelings and hopes for Chu Tai, as well as his shame for the influence of his own sect on Chu Tai's current situation.

Chu Tai also fell silent after hearing this.

After awakening his past life memories, he didn't take the sect connection seriously, but he could feel that this incident had dealt a heavy blow to Taoist Fu Guang. However, for Chu Tai at this moment, he had something more important to figure out.

Chu Tai asked Taoist Fu Guang why he was affected by the dark and misty Qi of Jiuquan. He mentioned again that Taoist Fu Guang had been chanting scriptures in the middle of the night these days, and said that he always felt that there was something wrong with his aura when he chanted scriptures at night.

Taoist Fu Guang was silent for a moment, then he flicked his long sleeves and a skull that looked like black jade appeared in his hand. Chu Tai took a look and immediately guessed the reason.

"Sir, have you been affected by the secret method of splitting the spirit and body and returning to the living? Is this also the reason why you want to take over my body?"

The second half of Chu Tai's sentence was filled with complicated emotions. He hoped that Taoist Fu Guang would give him a positive answer, but the Taoist did not do so.

"At the beginning, I wanted to take you in as my disciple. Besides the fact that you are really suitable to inherit my lineage, I also wanted to use your characteristics to study the points of convergence between the fragments of the True Qi and the Immortal Dao, so as to help me continue my journey."

"But later I found out that I was wrong. Your situation is more due to your special body. You can suppress and digest part of the Dao Fruit fragments the moment they are affected. For me, it is not even of reference value, so I started to explore other methods to find a way to have the best of both worlds..."

After a pause, Taoist Fu Guang looked Chu Tai in the eyes and said, "Of course, these are just excuses. If I really didn't have the slightest fear of death and the hope of finding a way to prolong my life from you, the distraction in this skeleton would not affect me. In the final analysis, it is because of my personal lack of cultivation that I left a gap and gave the external demon an opportunity."

Chu Tai said hoarsely: "You don't have to tell me this, or just tell me the first half."

"I hope to accept you as my disciple for the sake of the inheritance of the Taoism, the teachings and virtues. I was wrong before, and I shouldn't hide these things from you now. Even if I can hide it for a while, you will naturally figure it out when you reach a certain level of cultivation in the future. Why bother? Besides, my expectation of you is more that you can inherit the Taoism of my Taiyi Jinhua lineage, and pass on the Dharma lineage that has also been alienated in the cave and has certain problems with the highest inheritance. To achieve this, only your special physique can do it. I can't teach you too much, and naturally I don't need you to worship me as your master."

After saying these words, Taoist Fu Guang calmed down a lot and seemed to be in much better spirits. He looked at Chu Tai calmly, and his meaning was very clear.

Chu Tai gritted his teeth and asked two final questions: "Sir, is it true that your junior brother said that your life span is coming to an end? Is there really a problem with the "Taiyi Jinhua Celestial Secret Chapter"? "

"It's true. Moreover, I was affected by the Nine Springs Yin Jing Meng Bo Qi this time, and my life span has been shortened a lot. It's only a few years. You don't have to worry about taking over the body. My cultivation has begun to disintegrate. The Taiyi Yaoluo Dan Yang Qi that I cultivated for three decades and just half completed was affected by the collision two days a hundred years ago. Now it has been mixed with Yin and Yang by the Nine Springs Yin Jing Meng Bo Qi. There is no way forward..."

Taoist Fu Guang said, looking out the window: "In my current situation, instead of forcing the human world, it is better to restore my innate Qi before I die, cleanse my bones, and seek an afterlife. If you are really worried, I can swear that I will never harm you. I only hope that you can pass on my Taoist lineage. If you are willing, you can bring me back to the next life."

"As for the problem with the Taiyi Jinhua Celestial Secret Chapter, there is no problem with its own practice. The problem is that the core of this book is left in the alienated cave heaven, and many people who practiced this method in the past were influenced by the alien heaven, causing a certain distortion of the law. This is actually the easiest thing to deal with for you who have already contained the Dao Fruit fragments."

Hearing this, Chu Tai thought for a long time, stood up with difficulty, bowed and performed a half-disciple ceremony.

Taoist Fu Guang laughed when he saw this and told him to sit down quickly and have a good rest.

That night, Chu Tai heard the sound of chanting again. It no longer had the disharmony of the past, but was instead filled with an inexplicable sense of sacredness. At the same time, he also vaguely felt that a certain aura of gold and fire was gradually fading away.

(End of this chapter)