Chapter 172: Robbery, pursuit, and life, worldly affairs never end

Chapter 172: Robbery, pursuit, and life, worldly affairs never end

Chapter 172: Robbery, pursuit, and life, worldly affairs never end

The golden elixir in the Huangting is shining brightly and filled with divine light.

However, Golden Elixir is the name of this flawless round pill, but not its color. The Golden Elixir of each third realm is different. In fact, Cheng Xinzhan's Golden Elixir is a fiery white color, like the sun at noon in the hot summer, so white that it can reveal golden light.

Looking closely, there are faint patterns on the surface of the golden elixir, which is a leaping green tiger and a dancing yellow dragon.

However, before Cheng Xinzhan could take a closer look, the next moment, without any sign or sound, as if it was the will of heaven or an unfathomable power, a few gray clouds suddenly appeared in the empty acupoint and floated around the golden elixir.

It's like dark clouds covering the sun.

However, Cheng Xinzhan was not surprised, because long before he decided to form the golden elixir, he had already read many classics, and many elders had taught him. As soon as he saw the dark clouds, he knew that they were golden elixir calamity clouds, indicating the time of his next golden elixir calamity.

Now the calamity clouds seem to be motionless, but in fact they are slowly approaching the golden elixir. When these calamity clouds come into contact with the golden elixir and completely surround it, the thunder calamity will come.

The time of the arrival of the Dan-cleansing Tribulation is very mysterious, with some intervals lasting as long as two or three hundred years, and some intervals of only ten to twenty years. There are many factors that affect the time of the arrival of the Dan-cleansing Tribulation, including the quality of the golden elixir, the method of cultivation, and even the good deeds accumulated during the cultivation period and the changes in the celestial phenomena of the whole world.

It is not good for the interval between washing the pill to be too long or too short. If it is too long, you may not live long enough to survive and die of old age. If it is too short, and you are not well prepared to survive the thunder tribulation and do not have time to find a safe place to avoid the tribulation and prepare sufficient treasures to avoid the tribulation, you will not be able to survive the thunder tribulation and will die.

For most of the cultivators in the third realm, the interval between their alchemy cleansings is about sixty years. Such an interval is long enough for them to catch their breath, practice in seclusion, seek treasures to avoid disasters, and settle grudges. At the same time, they don't have to worry too much about not being able to live long enough for the next alchemy cleansing.

They call this ideal interval for washing the elixir "Jia Zi Xi Dan".

In fact, most righteous monks who practice according to the rules also wash their pills at intervals of this number of years.

Based on this "Jia Zi washing the elixir", there is also an ideal number of times to wash the elixir, which is the so-called "five washes to become an infant".

This is because for the vast majority of practitioners, their lifespan is between sixty and one hundred years old, and most are around seventy years old. The lifespan for opening up each of the five palaces is five to thirty years, and the average lifespan is around twenty years. So, if all five palaces are in place, the lifespan is about one hundred years. If opening up the Crimson Palace and the Yellow Court, the lifespan is twenty to one decade, and the average lifespan is around thirty to forty years. The lifespan for forming the elixir is fifty to eighty years, and the average lifespan is around sixty years.

Therefore, most cultivators should live for three hundred years when they reach the stage of Dan Formation.

Generally speaking, cultivators who can reach the third realm must have very good talents and circumstances. They all eat Qi before their bones are fully formed, and most of them start their cultivation between the ages of ten and fifteen. It takes between twenty and thirty years to cultivate in the first realm until the opening of the Crimson Palace. Those who can reach the second realm before the age of thirty are very good and can be regarded as direct descendants by the great sects. The time from opening the Crimson Palace to opening the Huangting can be long or short. Some people only need a few years, while others need a lifetime. Taking the great sect mountain masters, meridian masters, and elders as examples, most of them open the Huangting Palace around the age of fifty or sixty, and strive to form a pill before the age of eighty.

So at this time, the lifespan should be 300 years, but in fact it is over 80, so there are still 220 years left. Of course, there are also many people from small sects or independent cultivators, who either do not have enough opportunities or talents, and their lifespan should be less than what they should be, but in fact it is too long. By the time they form the elixir, their lifespan may be less than 60 years. It is very difficult for such people to pass the second cleansing, and their achievements in this life will end here.

As everyone knows, if you want to conceive an Infant, you have to undergo three washes at least.

Most people pursue the goal of becoming a baby after five washes, because after going through the five washes, the golden elixir is full and all the impurities are gone, the chance of raising a baby is very high, and the baby will not die prematurely due to unstable congenital foundation.

At this time, the life span is relatively sufficient. According to the remaining life span of 220 years when the elixir is formed at the age of 80, there is a 60-year interval between each elixir washing, but the life span will increase after each elixir washing. The increase in life span varies between 10 to half a 60-year period, but most of the time it is 20 years. Therefore, after washing the elixir five times, the life span should be 400 years. In fact, after 380 years, there is still 20 years of life left.

But these twenty years are not enough to keep a backup plan. What if one of the times you wash the elixir is too late? What if one of the times you wash the elixir finds that the actual increase in your life span is less than twenty years?
Therefore, in the third realm, there is one more thing that Jindan cultivators must do, and that is to open up the Purple Que.

The Purple Palace itself is extremely mysterious. It is difficult to open it up with spiritual energy, magic power, or even evil spirits. The best way to open it up is to use the vitality of thunder when the golden elixir is undergoing tribulation.

At this time, three of the three souls and seven spirits can be refined into the primordial spirit in the thunder tribulation, and the primordial spirit can leave the body and travel alone, with perception and escape speed far exceeding the body, and implement spiritual attack secrets. There are also some people who want to practice the Pure Yang Way, and will take the opportunity to use thunder to dissolve all seven spirits, leaving only three souls, and even worse, specialize in the primordial spirit way, and merge the three souls and seven spirits into one, leaving only a primordial spirit in the purple palace.

Opening up Zique is the same as opening up Crimson Palace and Huangting. It will bring a long life of twenty to sixty years, usually around thirty to forty years.

Therefore, adding these thirty or forty years, the remaining life span reaches about sixty years, so the probability of becoming an infant after five washes will be greater.

After the five washes, the life span will be almost over, but having a baby at this time will increase the life span further, and the path to longevity can be further extended.

Therefore, when one reaches the third realm, due to the lifespan and thunder tribulation, many methods that are unheard of in the first or second realm will emerge, such as how to avoid tribulation, how to invite tribulation, how to induce the birth of a baby, and how to prolong the birth of a baby. These methods are endless and will not only be used on oneself, but also on the enemy.

It is also for this reason that any elixir or precious material that is related to prolonging life and avoiding disasters will attract snatching. Just imagine, an old golden elixir, the fifth elixir cleansing disaster is coming in two years, but he only has one year left to live. At this time, what can he not do?
Moreover, even if he had enough life span, he would not let go of these treasures. He might not be able to avoid the next pill disaster. Besides, what if he was not a genius who would never appear in the world, and the pill was washed nine times? Even if he did not want it, what about his disciples and nephews?
This is what is called pursuit of calamity and longevity, and it is also for this reason that 99% of all righteous cultivators who have been possessed by the devil are in the third realm.

Cheng Xinzhan lived to be ninety-eight years old. Among the five palaces, except for the Jin Palace which had a lifespan of seven years, the other four palaces had a full lifespan of thirty years. Kaijiang Palace had a full lifespan of sixty years, Kaihuangting had a lifespan of fifty years, and Jiedan had a lifespan of seventy years. In total, he should have lived four hundred and five years, which was about a hundred years longer than the golden elixir of ordinary large sects.

He is now thirty-eight years old, and because of the thirty years of his life lost by the True Evil Acupuncture Point, he still has three hundred and thirty-seven years of life left. Adding the gains from the subsequent opening of the Purple Palace and washing the elixir, it is enough for him to slowly refine the golden elixir.

His goal would certainly not be just the five cleansings. As far as he knew, none of the people who inherited the Dharma in the major sects, such as the eight mountain masters in the Lotus Blessed Land of Sanqing Mountain, had achieved less than six cleansings.

Cheng Xinzhan looked at the calamity clouds and calculated that his first alchemy tribulation would be in about fifty years, a period of time that was neither long nor short.

He opened his eyes and saw Qu Xian turned around. The first thing he said was,

"When will the first calamity come?" Cheng Xinzhan replied, "About fifty years from now."

Qu Xian was not surprised to hear this, "It's a good thing, but it's not a good thing. You didn't stay in the second realm for a long time, but the quality of the golden elixir is very high!"

Cheng Xinzhan didn't understand what he meant.

Qu Xian explained, "Your golden elixir has a lot of unusual phenomena, so I won't talk about that. Although the time of the cleansing elixir tribulation is very mysterious and unpredictable, the first elixir tribulation is still greatly affected by the quality of the golden elixir. The worse the golden elixir, the earlier the first cleansing will come. The later the golden elixir is, the higher the quality of the golden elixir will be, and the cleansing elixir tribulation will come a little later than the previous ones. Generally speaking, the first cleansing mostly occurs within 20 to 30 years after the formation of the elixir, but yours came after 50 years, which shows that the quality of your golden elixir is very high.

"The quality of the golden elixir is high, and it gives you a long time to prepare for the tribulation. This is good, but it's not all good. I'm not worried about your lifespan, you're still so young, but you came late for the first cleansing, so your purple que opened late, and your soul turned into a spirit late, which is not good for you to travel and gain enlightenment, nor is it good for fighting. In addition, there are magic weapons. All your swords have not been tempered by the elixir tribulation, so they are still a step away after all."

Cheng Xinzhan nodded, this was indeed the problem.

"So you should think more about ways to invite the tribulation, so that the thunder tribulation comes earlier, such as offering the golden elixir during the thunderstorm, swaggering through the clouds, or immersing yourself in the secular world, or perhaps there are other secret methods. You should pay more attention to it in the future. This kind of thing is very mysterious and varies from person to person. It can't be said to be of much use, but you should still try it. In my opinion, the later thunder tribulations can wait, but the first tribulation should be brought earlier."

Cheng Xinzhan said yes, stood up to thank him, and then took his leave.

After forming the elixir, he naturally wanted to announce the good news, and the first place he went was Sanqing Palace.

Ji Hehe was naturally satisfied, and he also asked about the first washing, expressing a similar view to Qu Xian. Then, he talked about what he had mentioned before, that when Xinzhan had achieved the elixir, he would choose another mountain to be the master of the mountain and pass on the divine way.

"I have already thought of a place for you. How about giving you Li Xue?"

Ji Hehe asked with a smile.

Lixue Mountain was built more than ten years ago to create an array for ginseng fruit cores. Together with the five mountains of Yujing, Yuhua, Yuxu, Dantai, and Toujian, as well as the "Yunzhong" which was newly built at the same time, it forms the Big Dipper. So even though it is a new mountain, it is still a top-notch fairy mountain with extremely rich spiritual energy among the Sanqing Mountains.

Cheng Xinzhan didn't expect the headmaster to give him Lixue Mountain. He felt it was a little inappropriate, so he said,

"Master, I haven't found any disciples yet. I don't need such a big fairy mountain. I can just assign a disciple to a small mountain near Xiaowan Mountain."

Ji Hehe smiled and said, "Do you think this mountain is only for you to teach? This is for Juqu Mountain to see. Invite them to come and watch the ceremony. When they see such a magnificent mountain, how can the elders they send to guard it be any worse? How can they be less?"

Upon hearing this, Cheng Xinzhan also smiled and nodded in agreement.

"There are rules in the sect. When you reach the third realm, you can open a mountain and spread the Dharma on your own. But you can also stay in the original mountain to continue practicing, and your status will be promoted from direct descendant to elder. There are few people in Meizhi Mountain, and it is not appropriate for you to live in Lixue Mountain now. So in my opinion, you should stay in Meizhi Mountain and serve as an elder. As for the matter of spreading the divine way, you should still do it part-time. After you have accepted disciples, you can go to Lixue Mountain to preach on fixed days. I don’t think Su Kong takes you with him every day!"

Ji Hehe suggested with a smile, but he was a little hesitant.

Because it was his idea to let Xinzhan go to Juqu Mountain to learn the law, and it was also his idea to open another school in the mountain and let Xinzhan teach the method of mind-conservation. This is a good thing for Sanqing Mountain. A disciple with the talent of mind-conservation can make further progress, and it will also drive the entire mountain sect to make further progress in the way of mind-conservation. But when this happened, Sukong was not there, and her opinion was not sought. If Sukong came back and saw that his most proud disciple was teaching in other mountains, even he, the head of the sect Ji Hehe, would not be willing to bear this anger.

Cheng Xinzhan naturally didn't want to leave Meiji Mountain, so he agreed.

"You are now the master of Lixue Mountain. You should have a plan for recruiting people for Lixue Mountain. When will you recruit the first batch and how many people will you recruit? After you have thought it through, go to the Metropolitan Affairs Office and the Metropolitan Education Institute to tell them. By the way, the generation names of Lixue Mountain should not follow those of Meiji Mountain. When the time comes, follow the latest generation names in the mountain. Also, I heard that Xinshu's cultivation progress is very slow. As his senior brother, you should keep a close eye on him. However, the child's life experience is pitiful. He has just transformed into a human form and does not understand human wisdom. You should be patient when teaching him.

"The lineages of both the Mingzhi Mountain and the Lixue Mountain must not be interrupted. Also, don't forget that you still have a position as the White Tiger Envoy. Hey, the Jindan Cultivator is busy. Everyone knows that the Jindan Cultivator is busy, but the Daotai Cultivator is not busy either? It's even busier. Your ancestor Tongxuan wanted to quit my business, but I scolded him back. The sect also needs to branch out. You'll understand when you reach my position."

The headmaster lowered his head and sighed, secretly looking up to see Xinzhan.

Cheng Xinzhan didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "Master, rest assured, I will remember this."

Ji Hehe then laughed, and waved his hand to let Cheng Xinzhan go on with his work.

But Cheng Xinzhan still has one more question to ask.
"Master, do you know where my master has gone? It's been almost ten years, and there is no news."

Ji Hehe thought about it and decided to tell him.

"Su Kong corresponded with me two years ago and is safe. She is now in the north, looking for the place where the previous Beiyin Palace Master was imprisoned."

Cheng Xinzhan understood instantly, nodded, didn't ask any more questions, and left.

Just after leaving Sanqing Palace, he heard shouting from Yuanyin Palace not far away. He immediately came to Yuanyin Palace. As usual, Sect Leader Dong was busy handling official business. The documents here were piled up like a mountain.

"Xinzhan, now that you have reached the third realm, Haoran League can go over and take a look. You were also present when this matter was decided."

(End of this chapter)