Chapter 136: Untitled
Chapter 136: Untitled (No more suspense if I tell you, please vote!)
"what?"
Feng Jihu was puzzled by Cheng Xinzhan's sudden question.
Didn’t you say that he should have a good rest?
Cheng Xinzhan smiled and said,
"Brother, resting doesn't mean sleeping. I've seen you tilling the fields, planting herbs, collecting herbs, and making medicine. I think it's very interesting. I also want to learn how to be a herbal farmer, tending to the flowers and plants, and getting a taste of the herbal aroma. What do you think, brother?"
Feng Jihu smiled and nodded, but then said mischievously,
"You are not going to ask the headmaster for a decree tomorrow to come to my Dujuan Valley to listen to the Qihuang Method, are you?"
Cheng Xinzhan laughed loudly, "This time, I am only bothering you, Brother Dao!"
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That afternoon.
He came to Songlu Lake.
He directly stated his purpose and told Lu Chi that he was going to bring a friend over tomorrow.
When Lu Chi heard this, his emerald green eyes suddenly widened.
Cheng Xinzhan sighed and said,
"Fellow Daoist Gu, I know. I was wrong to say that you were lazy and didn't refine your transverse bone. I misunderstood you. You must have injured your throat."
The green dragon still had its eyes wide open.
"Fellow Daoist Gu, my brother is very capable. He is proficient in Qihuang and is a direct descendant of the Taoist lineage. Please ask him to take a look and see if there is any method to treat the disease and prescribe the right medicine."
The green dragon still had its eyes wide open.
"Friend Gu?"
Cheng Xinzhan was a little confused and asked.
Green Chi woke up as if from a dream, shook his head repeatedly and refused to agree no matter what.
Cheng Xinzhan was anxious, "Daoyou, you must not be afraid of seeing a doctor!"
Green Chi just shook his head.
Being forced into a corner by Cheng Xinzhan, he nodded at Cheng Xinzhan with his tail.
Cheng Xinzhan was stunned and said,
"Fellow Daoist, do you want me to treat you?"
Green Chi then nodded.
Cheng Xinzhan smiled bitterly.
"Fellow Daoist, although I am willing to make medicine for fun, I don't know how long it will take to cure your illness!"
Lu Chi didn't care, as long as Cheng Xinzhan could treat it.
He couldn't persuade her, so he had no choice but to nod.
When they returned to Wuyou Cave, he told his third sister about it. She became much more obedient and agreed. He immediately took her to see Feng Jihu.
Feng Jihu looked at it and said it was difficult to treat. It was a disease that she had been carrying from her mother's womb and was difficult to cure.
Cheng Xinzhan thought about it and it made sense. If the cat was easy to cure, the cat seller would have cured Third Sister long ago so that he could sell her for a high price. Except for her eyes, Third Sister's other qualities were of extremely high quality.
However, Feng Jihu still prescribed some prescriptions for improving eyesight to see if they would be effective over time, and taught the prescriptions to Cheng Xinzhan. Since he was interested, he let him make them himself in the future.
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A month later, it’s the beginning of summer.
Water and green bamboo forest.
It can’t be called a bamboo forest.
The large bamboo forest in front of Wuyou Cave was all removed, even the roots were dug up. Now only the bamboo forest behind the stone wall of Wuyou Cave has not been moved, and there are two clumps left in front of the cave for decoration.
The work of digging up the bamboo roots was done by the ginseng wood spirit Bai Yongliang. Now Cheng Xinzhan calls him Lao Bai, and other wood spirits say he can't bear it. It would be better to call him Xiaobai or Mu Nu.
Old White is feeling very comfortable staying in Meiji Mountain now.
Cheng Xinzhan went back and forth several times and got Lao Bai a place in Wanshou Garden. Now Lao Bai is a legitimate foreign worshiper in Sanqing Mountain, with the same status as Lu Chi. He has truly transformed from a pheasant into a phoenix.
As for why he did this, it was because Lao Bai said he wanted to read a book.
Before, when he was in the mortal world, Lao Bai would use earth burrowing to sneak into other people’s study rooms to steal books and read them. But he didn’t have the courage to do that in Sanqing Mountain.
However, if non-disciples of Sanqing Mountain want to read the classics of Sanqing Mountain, they can only become worshippers. From then on, they will be involved with Sanqing Mountain and can no longer come and go as they please.
Old White, who had always longed to be free, agreed without thinking.
In fact, what he longed for was not freedom but security. Moreover, in the huge Sanqing Mountain, he felt that he was not without freedom at all.
As for being the foreign priest of Mount Sanqing, it is naturally not easy as the conditions are very harsh. But fortunately, Lao Bai's contributions are great enough, his own realm is low enough, his foundation is very clean, and he has little involvement with the outside world, so this matter is easy to handle.
There was no need for the headmaster to show up, he asked his master to be a guarantor and passed it safely.
After that, Lao Bai lived in Wuyou Cave and got along very well with his brothers and third sister. The third sister didn't know what a mouse was since she was born, and Lao Bai was a wood spirit, not a real mouse.
Moreover, Lao Bai is a spirit who has lived for many years, and he is very capable of guiding the two kids in their cultivation. Now, he has become the two kids' teacher, and his status in Wuyou Cave is second only to Cheng Xinzhan.
In addition, Lao Bai’s favorite thing is to go to the Fangtang Library in Xiaowanshan, immerse himself in it, and look at the free books as if they were treasures.
Now many of Xiao Wanshan’s disciples know that there is a white rat who likes to read books in the library. He is very knowledgeable and is a new worshiper invited to the mountain.
Every time he heard this kind of talk, Lao Bai laughed in his heart.
"If all the contemporary immortal mountain sects were like this, I would have sold the ginseng fruit core long ago."
He often thought about this, and felt that a lot of time spent underground was wasted. But he also knew that in this world, such a thing was impossible. If he didn't meet the cave master, he would only be tortured and then eaten.
He now calls Cheng Xinzhan the Cave Master. Deep down, he knows that he is far from worthy of being a worshiper at Mount Sanqing. However, if he were to be a worshiper at Wuyou Cave, he feels that he can try hard.
Being able to live in such a fairy mountain was something Lao Bai had never dared to imagine before. He knew that he could have such a fortune today entirely because of the cave master.
So when the cave owner came to ask if he could help him cultivate the medicinal fields and classify the plants, he agreed without any hesitation.
He was an expert in this area, and he took his brother Deng to dig up the ground. He also took this opportunity to teach his brother how to burrow into the ground.
The only surprise was that Cheng Xinzhan had once told Lao Bai to be careful when escaping through the earth at Meiji Mountain, as there was something underground. Cheng Xinzhan was not afraid that Lao Bai would see anything, but was afraid that Lao Bai would be dissolved by the magic circle below before he could get close.
This scared Lao Bai so much that he dug the ground very carefully, fearing that he would see something he shouldn't see.
Finally, after more than a month, the land beside the pond was reclaimed into medicinal fields. They were not large, and were divided into pieces, totaling about eight acres.
When planning, Cheng Xinzhan took Xiaotan as the center and arranged the fields into the shape of Bagua. Some ridges were long, some were short, forming eight hexagrams.
It is not easy to cultivate these medicinal fields. The soil of Meiji Mountain is relatively shady and is filled with various bamboos. If you want to plant trees of other elements, you have to change the soil and harmonize the five elements.
Under the guidance of Feng Jihu and Lao Bai, Cheng Xinzhan bought a lot of spiritual soil, gold essence, and minerals, arranged them in the medicine field, prayed for rain many times, and adjusted the hydrology, and finally got it done.
Just wait for two days and then go to Azalea Valley again, and go with Brother Jihu to purchase some plant seedlings. Only then can we truly embark on the journey.
As for today, he had other plans.
A man, a spirit and two monsters stood beside the small pond.
Since we are going to take care of the medicinal field, we have to make use of this small pond instead of just raising sea fish. The only spiritual plant in it is the Nine-Hole Dust-Free Lotus.
By the way, since he came here to open a cave, he has never gone down into this small pond.
Let's go down and take a look today, get familiar with the water and see what kind of fish can be raised in it.
He looked at the one spirit and two monsters.
The third sister shook her head and took a step back. She dared to fish on the shore on weekdays, but she didn't want to go down.
When the brother swallowed his saliva and took a step forward, he looked righteous. Lao Bai looked indifferent.
"Then come with me, Old White, and take a look."
Hearing this, Lao Bai pinched his beard and smiled, saying,
"I would like to go with the cave master."
His demeanor and words were very dignified.
Cheng Xinzhan nodded, jumped into the pool, and Lao Bai followed closely behind.
In the pond.
Without seeing any movement from Cheng Xinzhan, he moved naturally underwater.
He visualized Emperor Taiyin, who controlled all the water veins in the world. Now he was practicing the Water Avoidance Technique, so naturally he didn't even need to use any spells.
Old Bai, on the other hand, was glowing green all over. He isolated himself from the lake water and was swimming leisurely.
The pond is now full of sea fish, all sent by Shiyi Niang.
Ever since he helped Shiyi Niang in the autumn hunt, Shiyi Niang has been writing to him more often, and she often greets him. Cheng Xinzhan happened to be quite free recently, so he often responds.
Whenever Eleventh Lady was happy, she would send people down to deliver fish and some talisman paper, which would often be mixed with letter paper.
This is because he is afraid that he will lose contact after finishing writing the letter.
There are all kinds of sea loaches and clams in the pond. He puts the ones that Shiyi Niang brings here first, and sends them to Songlu Lake after a while, otherwise the green dragon will not be able to control its appetite.
There are many shells hanging on the wall of the pool. These shells are of strange shapes and emit a faint blue light, which makes the bottom of the pool very bright. It is these shells that replace the fresh water with sea water, so that the loaches and clams still remain fresh.
When he reached the bottom of the pool, Cheng Xinzhan discovered that the Nine-Hole Dust-Free Lotus had actually taken root on the side wall. The water in the pool was much deeper than he had expected.
He really wasn't paying attention at the time and just threw the lotus seeds in. Not long after, when he saw the little lotus popping up, he paid even less attention.
"Cave Master, there may be another cave under this pond!"
Lao Bai has lived underground for his entire life and has the best judgment of depth. The two of them went down for a long time, but the pool seemed to have no bottom, and the deeper they went, the larger the space became!
This small pond, which looks inconspicuous from the outside, is gourd-shaped, with a small mouth and a big belly!
The further down you go, the fewer seashells you see, and then the water gradually transitions to fresh water, and the water color gradually turns darker due to the lack of light.
Cheng Xinzhan threw a light talisman down and continued to dive. Now things became interesting.
Cheng Xinzhan knew that the bottom of Meiji Mountain was empty, but his Wuyou Cave was still halfway up the mountain, and it was still too early to reach the foot of the mountain. He wanted to see how deep the pool was and what was at the bottom of the pool.
The two continued to dive for two or three hundred feet before light began to come from below again.
Lao Bai felt a little nervous, afraid that he might see something he shouldn't see, so he said,
"Master, this pond should have reached the bottom. I will go up first."
Cheng Xinzhan knew what he was worried about, but he believed that there was nothing shameful on Mount Meiji. If there was any secret, there must be a formation behind it.
"It doesn't matter."
He said.
Only then did Lao Bai continue to dive.
Soon, the bottom of the pond was reached, and the two finally knew where the light came from.
The man and the elf stared blankly at the bottom of the pool, their eyes dazed.
"Grandpa Tian, is this the Dragon Palace?"
Lao Bai stuttered as he looked at the bottom of the pool.
After saying this, he immediately looked at Cheng Xinzhan in horror. He said that he would not come down and did not want to see things he should not see. Now, the cave master was kind-hearted and would not kill him.
At this moment, the bottom of the pool is countless times larger than the pool mouth. It is pitch black all around and the boundaries cannot be seen clearly, but the area in the middle is crystal clear, only because there stands a crystal palace here, emitting bright white light!
The Crystal Palace is neither big nor small. It is square in shape, about 700 to 800 steps long and wide. There are 20 to 30 rooms in the palace, all made of crystal. The palace is decorated with corals and pearls, and it is truly radiant with precious light.
If such a palace was placed in Sanqing Mountain, it might not be a big deal. It would be even more common in any city in Baiyujing. But at this moment, it was under the Baizhang Pond. Seeing such a palace at the bottom of the pond after experiencing a long period of darkness was a huge shock.
Cheng Xinzhan continued to look down, wanting to see clearly what the origin of this crystal palace under the pond was, who built it, when was it built, and why was it built?
At this moment, he found that Lao Bai was hanging there, not moving.
"Come down and take a look, Old White."
Lao Bai shook his head like a rattle, and this time, he said he would not go down no matter what.
Cheng Xinzhan knew what he was worried about, so he said no more and dived alone.
After a while, he fell to the bottom of the pool. It was already very cold here, and from time to time a string of small bubbles floated up from the bottom of the pool, gurgling, which meant that this was still a pool of living water.
But it was still too cold and too deep, so I didn't see any water plants or fish.
The Crystal Palace had no walls or gates, so he just landed somewhere outside it.
Looking around, the size and style of these palaces are similar to those in the outside world, with no difference, all of them are of the Central Plains Han style.
He approached carefully, fearing that he might trigger some magic circle.
Approach slowly and walk in slowly.
There were no magic arrays or spiritual prohibitions, but a bunch of bubbles would appear at his feet from time to time, which would scare Cheng Xinzhan.
He walked slowly from the outside of the Crystal Palace, looked carefully, and finally found some clues.
The Crystal Palace looks very harmonious as a whole, but from the outside to the inside, the styles of each palace are somewhat different!
The outermost palace looked clearly of contemporary style, with an intricate and gorgeous roof, an ornate caisson ceiling inside, and rows of ridge beasts outside.
Further in, there are fewer paintings and decorations on the temple, and it is more neat overall. There are fewer pillars in the temple, making it more transparent and magnificent.
This is the style of the Tang Dynasty.
Going further towards the center, the palaces are all built on high platforms, connected by various steps and corridors, like palaces in heaven.
This is the style of the Han and Jin dynasties.
Strange, really strange.
The strangest thing was that he looked at each palace one by one and found that these palaces were built very exquisitely, but there was nothing inside. There were no treasures or dangers as he had imagined.
What on earth is this place?
The doubts in his heart grew stronger and stronger until he approached the temple in the middle.
This temple was built on a high platform, and he had to look up to see the whole view, which was extremely spectacular.
There is a stone tablet under the platform, and it seems to have some words on it.
He walked forward quickly. This was the first time he saw anything with words on it since entering the Crystal Palace.
There were several columns of words on the stone tablet, and he looked at them carefully.
As soon as he read the first column of words, he was suddenly stunned, as if he had seen something that greatly surprised him.
Lao Bai was watching from above, seeing Cheng Xinzhan carefully looking around the palace, finding nothing, and finally stopping in front of a stone tablet and not moving.
He was so anxious that he scratched his head.
"Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!"
In the Crystal Palace, a series of loud laughter suddenly came, which scared Old White.
"Cave Master?!"
Lao Bai shouted, he was afraid that Cheng Xinzhan had been bewitched by a spell.
"Come down and see for yourself, hahaha!"
Cheng Xinzhan laughed and called Lao Bai to go down.
Since the cave owner said so, then there should be no problem, Lao Bai thought to himself. He could no longer suppress his curiosity, so he twisted his tail and sank.
He came to Cheng Xinzhan and looked up at the stone tablet. He saw several columns of characters engraved on the stone tablet. The characters in each column were different. He looked at the first column of characters, which read:
The third generation disciple of Meiji Mountain, Wei Baoping, admired the world since childhood and often thought of the Dragon Palace. After entering the mountain and obtaining the Dharma, he visited this pond and built this palace for fun to make you laugh and to pay homage to the sages of later generations.
(End of this chapter)