Chapter 164 Jingwei
Chapter 164 Jingwei (a chapter I am very satisfied with, I hope you like it)
Jingwei holds Weimu in the title, and will fill the sea.
According to legend, Jingwei was the youngest daughter of Emperor Yan. When she was young, she was swept away by a huge wave while playing in the East China Sea. After she died, she turned into a bird. After Jingwei turned into a bird, she kept picking up gravel and branches from the shore and throwing them into the East China Sea, hoping that one day she would fill up the East China Sea.
Some people say that this is Jingwei's revenge, to fill up the sea that killed her, others say that this is Jingwei's mercy, to prevent more people from being swallowed by the waves.
Later generations saw many qualities in Jingwei, including an extreme desire for revenge, a kind heart for salvation, the perseverance in carrying wood to fill the sea day after day, the courage to make grand wishes and to implement them, and the spirit to challenge the power of heaven and earth.
Many people worship Jingwei, although their reasons are different. Jingwei totems are very common. Some people embroider her on flags, some carve her on monuments, and some even build a huge city floating on the clouds and name it after her.
On the walls of this city, there are numerous Jingwei painted, holding tiny pieces of wood in their mouths and throwing them into the sea. This city has a ritual that whenever a newborn is born in this city, the child's family will paint a new Jingwei on the city wall.
Such a ceremony, combined with this city hanging in the sky, makes it easy for people to think that this should be a tribute to Jingwei's spirit of daring to challenge the power of heaven and earth. Because people are born to live on the earth, but some people are unwilling to obey this arrangement. They want to live in the sky, so they did it, and they succeeded and built such a city.
Later, many people came to see this city because of its reputation. They also had their own Jingwei in their hearts, so they asked the city lord that they also wanted to paint their own Jingwei on the city wall.
The city lord readily agreed and put a short sentence on the city wall, saying:
Human power may be limited, but Jingwei’s ambition is endless.
As a result, the number of Jingwei birds on the city wall increased and increased, and it became a world-famous landscape, which was called "Jingwei Wall".
Cheng Xinzhan was in a trance, and only felt a flash before his eyes. The golden fire, silver lightning, and black waves in the sky all disappeared. What came into view at this moment was a group of graceful blue birds spreading their wings and flying high in the curling clouds.
It was like arriving in the fairyland from hell in an instant.
He blinked and realized that the birds had not moved. They were just paintings. The birds had white beaks and bare feet, colorful crests and fluttering tail feathers. He recognized them at a glance. They were Jingwei.
He looked further ahead and saw a huge city standing on the clouds. Then he knew that opposite him was the Jingwei City of Baiyujing.
In just a moment, he came from the depths of the waves to above the clouds.
"My friend, long time no see."
A gentle voice with a smile sounded from behind him.
Cheng Xinzhan turned around and saw a man in a white robe with a long sword on his back standing there, looking at him with a smile.
Cheng Xinzhan quickly bowed and said, "Greetings to the Sword Immortal."
The person standing in front of him at this moment was the owner of Huanzhu Tower.
Li Shanshou looked Cheng Xinzhan up and down and said with a smile,
"Where did you come from, my friend?"
No matter how mysterious and leak-proof the "Mysterious and Leak-proof Talisman" is, it naturally cannot be hidden from the sword immortal who is right next to it.
Cheng Xinzhan realized it later, and made a gesture to restore his original appearance, and explained,
"I'm really sorry to bother the Sword Immortal. Please forgive me."
The sword immortal was a little curious, so he asked Cheng Xinzhan to sit down and talk, and gave him some tea.
Cheng Xinzhan sat down and was about to speak when he heard the swordsman say,
"Don't be in a hurry. Drink some tea first. You have a strong evil spirit. You don't look like the famous Taoist priest I saw last time."
Cheng Xinzhan agreed.
He adjusted his breathing, calmed down, and told himself that this was Huanzhu Tower, not the Thunderstorm Sea.
He took a sip of tea, which was indeed a fairy product. It instantly soothed Cheng Xinzhan's fatigue, restlessness and the evil spirit in his body. An abundant spiritual energy nourished his limbs and bones, and even his soul and spirit felt a coolness, like a spring breeze on his face.
He slowed down, raised his hand and saluted, then said solemnly,
"First of all, I want to express my gratitude to you, Senior. If you hadn't given me the teleportation formation diagram, I would have been trapped in the magic cave and couldn't get out."
Cheng Xinzhan was grateful from the bottom of his heart. If he didn't have the teleportation array diagram given by the immortal, he really wouldn't dare to enter the thunderstorm sea. After all, it was a magical barrier set up by two great sea monsters from the fifth realm. If his identity was exposed, he would be unable to escape even if he had wings.
On the night he entered the thunderstorm sea, he deliberately found a reef, and under the cover of the "Xuan Ji Wu Leakage Talisman" and the lightning on the sea, he quietly set up the teleportation formation given by Huan Zhu Lou Zhu, and finally took back the flying sword and the poisonous insect in the sky full of yang fire, activated the formation, and successfully escaped at the last moment.
Facing Cheng Xinzhan's solemn thanks, Li Shanshou just smiled and waved his hand. He gave the battle formation map to give the young man a chance to save his life, which was his due responsibility. Could it be that he really did it to save him a few steps?
Afterwards, Cheng Xinzhan started talking from the time when the Three Corpses occupied the island and founded the religion, all the way to when they escaped in the yang fire in the end.
Li Shanshou listened quietly, pointed at Cheng Xinzhan and said,
"My friend is really skilled and courageous."
Cheng Xinzhan even said he didn't dare, who would dare to boast of his skills in front of the sword immortal?
"So, my friend, do you have the ambition to destroy the devil?"
Li Shanshou asked again.
Cheng Xinzhan did not hide it, but just nodded slightly.
"Human desires are endless, and bestiality is innate, so the devil will never die. I understand this principle. I dare not say anything about exterminating the devil. I just hope that this beautiful world can be less filthy, and that the weak and powerless will not become food for the strong."
There was one more thing Cheng Xinzhan didn't say. He wanted the evil people in this world to only hide their evil ways in their hearts and not dare to actually do it!
Li Shanshou said, "Even if that's the case, it's still difficult."
At this time, Cheng Xinzhan looked out the window and saw the wall full of blue feathers. He suddenly smiled.
"My heart also has the ambition of Jingwei."
"Hahaha! Great! A cultivator should have this kind of spirit. My friend, no matter how successful you become in the future, don't lose this spirit!"
Cheng Xinzhan stood up and bowed, "I will definitely not let you down, Senior."
"Let me see your newly forged sword."
Li Shanshou said.
Cheng Xinzhan immediately took out "Youdu" and handed it to the sword immortal.
Li Shanshou did not take it, but formed a sword gesture with his hands, shaking left and right, and the flying sword was pulled, shaking left and right. The sword fairy looked at it, then flicked his fingers, shot in a little spiritual light, and said,
"It's a very good flying sword. Although it's taken from your bones and is outside the five elements, it's full of spirituality. But a sword is a weapon, and gold is indispensable. I added a drop of magnetic titanium. This kind of gold has a good affinity with bones. It won't destroy the connection between the bone sword and you, nor the characteristics of the bone sword being outside the five elements, but it will enhance the rigidity, lightness, and sharpness of the flying sword."
Cheng Xinzhan thanked him again. He met the Sword Immortal by chance, but he had always received many favors from the Sword Immortal.
The sword immortal returned the flying sword to Cheng Xinzhan, handed over another formation diagram, and took back the teleportation formation diagram that Cheng Xinzhan was using.
"Come on, I happened to be staying at Jingwei City recently. I'll take you to meet the city lord Yuan Xiuyong. He's also a wonderful person."
Cheng Xinzhan agreed.
Yuan Xiuyong was a Sanxian who had survived six Sanxian tribulations and was very likely to become a Celestial Immortal. Li Shanshou told him about Cheng Xinzhan's ambition to be a Jingwei. Yuan Xiuyong was very happy to hear this and gave Cheng Xinzhan a plaque, telling him that if he needed anything in the future, he could come to Jingwei City to have a look.
Finally, Cheng Xinzhan was invited to leave a painting on the Jingwei wall.
Cheng Xinzhan naturally agreed and painted a Jingwei on the city wall. He painted three long green feathers on the crown of its head and a small sword in its mouth.
Upon seeing this, Li Shanshou and Yuan Xiuyong looked at each other. This young man wanted to cast his sword to calm the sea!
After leaving the painting behind, Cheng Xinzhan bid farewell to the two masters, flew down from the third heaven, and headed straight for his master's sect.
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Landing at the mountain gate, the grass on the alpine lawn was dark green and the wild flowers were more abundant. Cheng Xinzhan calculated that he had left home in late spring and returned in midsummer. It turned out that he had been away for only two months, but he had the illusion that a long time had passed.
"Master Cheng!"
As soon as Cheng Xinzhan landed on the lawn, the disciple on duty shouted loudly and ran over to salute him.
He returned the greeting, looked at the visitor, and asked,
"You are polite, my friend, but you don't know what a friend is?"
"Returning to Master Cheng, this is Xiao Dao Qingrong, registered under the name of Baihu Mountain, and is now on duty at the Foreign Affairs Institute."
"You are polite, but why do you call me like this?"
The young Taoist priest replied respectfully, "Master Cheng is giving lectures on the Dao of Talismans at Mount Moya, and I have been attending every class, so naturally I have to call you Master. Moreover, I am also a bookkeeper in the Foreign Affairs Office of the Ministry of Engineering. Thanks to Master Cheng, after the establishment of the Ministry of Engineering, we part-time workers have a voice, it is convenient to take leave, and the work hours and salaries are consistent. It is much more convenient for fellow practitioners to share what they have, introduce each other, and discuss Dao. Everything is much more convenient."
Cheng Xinzhan smiled and nodded, "Don't thank me, this is all thanks to the master."
The young Taoist nodded and asked, "When will Master Cheng hold another lecture?"
"I just returned to the sect, so this will probably take a while. Please pay attention to the class schedule, it will be there when the time comes."
"Okay, I'm sorry for delaying Master Cheng. Please go back to the sect and have a rest."
Cheng Xinzhan walked into the mountain gate with a smile, and when he returned to Mingzhi Mountain, he found that his master was not there and had also gone out. So he went to find his master again, wanting to tell him that the "Nine Yang Rejuvenating Pill Pupil" he had taught him was really effective in exorcising the demon clan, but his master was now in charge of Yujing Peak and was too busy to listen. He took a glance and saw that Cheng Xinzhan was fine, so he quickly sent him away.
Cheng Xinzhan went to see the headmaster again because he felt it was weird not talking to his elders after returning to the mountain.
The headmaster was indeed very idle, sitting alone in the Sanqing Palace, like a statue.
"Xinzhan is back!"
The headmaster was indeed very enthusiastic. When he saw Cheng Xinzhan coming over, he greeted him happily.
Cheng Xinzhan also came and sat down next to the headmaster with a smile. Although he had already told Huanzhu Louzhu about his experiences in the past two months, it did not stop him from happily telling the headmaster everything again, in great detail.
"Good! Thank you for your hard work, Xinzhan."
"Damn it! What is the whale guilty of?!"
"Great! Xinzhan is really smart! He disguised himself as a member of the Blood God Cult."
"What? You have refined a new flying sword. Take it out and let me see it."
"Yin Yang double swords, pure Yang body, good idea!"
"Xin Chenzi's disciple? Hey, now Lu Pao has reached the fifth realm, his subordinates have all been promoted, and Xin Chenzi has also reached the fourth realm."
"Taking supplements? Evil heretics should be killed!"
"Oh? It turned out to be the remains of the Plague-Strangling Lord?"
"This is indeed an interesting path."
"It's so thrilling?"
"Returning the Pearl Tower Master? It turns out there is such an opportunity."
The headmaster was completely different from Huanzhu Louzhu. Every time Cheng Xinzhan said something, he would respond twice. Sometimes he would discuss a detail with Cheng Xinzhan for a long time, and use it to bring up many things in the cultivation world. For example, when Baiyujing was built, the Yunjing clan made a lot of efforts. For example, the Blood God Cult recently opened its doors for the first time to recruit disciples, and many demon giants went to watch the ceremony. For example, what gods were conferred on the ancient true immortals on Jiulong Island, and so on, so Cheng Xinzhan knew a lot of things.
This also resulted in Cheng Xinzhan taking a long time to finish talking about this journey.
Finally, the head teacher asked the same question as Huanzhu Louzhu,
"Does Xinzhan have the ambition to exorcise the devil?"
Cheng Xinzhan also once again clarified the Jingwei in his heart.
When it came to this topic, the headmaster didn't say much, but just nodded and said one sentence.
"Don't tell anyone, and don't make yourself too hard."
Then, the headmaster changed the subject and asked,
"What do you think of the Dan?"
Cheng Xinzhan obviously had his own ideas about this major event, and he told the story in detail.
"I still have one pound, two ounces and eight zhu of 'Purple Fire Rotten Peach Evil', through which I have realized the dryness and decay in the Yin element. I also have six plants of 'Yangming Yuntang Gang', through which I have realized the brightness and illusion of light in the Yang element. In addition, I have one ounce and eighteen zhu of Yang Evil 'Huangji Zhengwu Evil' and three ounces and six plants of Yang Gang 'Dragon Roar Water Thunder Gang', which I have not had time to refine and realize completely.
"The Dragon Roar Water Thunder Gang was just obtained, and I haven't had time to refine and comprehend it in detail. But from the initial contact, it is undoubtedly the domineering side of the masculine.
“Speaking of the ‘Huangji Zhengwu Sha’, during this time at sea, I have been comprehending the Dharma meaning within it. I can only say that the more I ponder it, the more I can comprehend its extraordinaryness. This is different from the other three kinds of Gang Sha that I have come into contact with. It does not have the common violent nature among Gang Sha. Instead, it presents the vibrant and stimulating side of Yang that stimulates all things, but it is not as blazing as the scorching sun. It is itself neutral and peaceful, embracing all things, and has a sense of stability that one can remain unmoved even when facing wind and thunder. This is the virtue of Yang Earth.”
"I think this is suitable for me, and I have obtained one ounce and eighteen zhu of Sha, so I should be able to use this Sha to plow the Huangting and open the orifices. The Huangting Dantian is located in the middle of the human body. It is the root of longevity and the source of energy. It is also the talisman and the virtue of earth. Using the "Huangji Zhengwu Sha" to plow the Huangting should be appropriate, and I will strive to achieve success in one go."
"It is said that Sha is heavy and Gang is light. The 'Huangji Zhengwu Sha' has acquired the heaviness of thick earth, while Yin Gang should take the lightness of heavenly spirit. Yang Sha is stable and tolerant, while Yin Gang should nourish and stimulate. Therefore, all the 'Yangming Yuntang Gang' and 'Longyin Shuilei Gang' that my disciples currently have are not suitable. I need to find another Yu Gang that focuses on moisturizing and nourishing.
"In addition, earth produces gold, gold produces water, and the nature of gold is immortal, which happens to be stimulated by the water and soil that advocate vitality. Therefore, even if the rainy earth evil has no gold, the gold nature is conceived between water and soil. In this way, when yin and yang meet, and water and soil meet, a golden elixir that advocates vitality can be formed as a seed of immortality.
"But I know that Yu Gang is hard to come by, so I am not in a hurry. I will slowly look for him after I plow the courtyard."
The headmaster listened quietly this time, without interrupting once, but nodded repeatedly. When Cheng Xinzhan spoke, he was very pleased and said,
"Xinzhan, after listening to your views on the Golden Elixir, I am sure that you truly have the ambition to be as great as Jingwei."
After hearing about Cheng Xinzhan's ambition to exorcise demons, Ji Hehe was worried that he was too murderous and was eager to achieve success and form a golden elixir that could be used for attacking. So he immediately asked Cheng Xinzhan about his idea of forming the elixir. Now after hearing it, he knew that Xinzhan's Taoist name Wen Sukong was not wrong.
With foresight and the determination to achieve immortality, people will be convinced when you talk about defeating the evil. Otherwise, all your chivalry will be nothing more than the courage of a common man. The evil is like grass, it will grow back after being cut. If you cannot achieve immortality, how can you defeat it?
It took time for Jingwei to fill up the sea.
In heart, you are tireless in doing good, and in destiny, you live as long as the heaven. Only then can you be called an immortal hero!
(End of this chapter)