Chapter 227: Crows Fly and Rabbits Run, Friends Meet Teachers
Chapter 227: Crows Fly and Rabbits Run, Friends Meet Teachers
"Oh oh oh-"
The sound of a rooster crowing came from his heart, waking Cheng Xinzhan from his deep thoughts.
He glanced towards the east and saw that it was already the next morning.
He stopped the sword in his hand and meditated again to absorb the energy.
After absorbing today's purple energy, he continued to copy scriptures by chiseling a hole in the wall. However, after a day and a night, he had already made plans for the general direction of the future. His heart became more and more stable, and his whole temperament became more and more noble.
He was still multitasking while copying the scriptures, but he was not as deeply immersed in his own thoughts as before. He was just secretly making a detailed plan to go to Xikang.
Once you are not so immersed, your perception of the outside world will naturally become more acute.
Soon after, he felt the golden sunlight reflected from the stone wall becoming more and more dazzling, and his body was warmed by the sun, and he knew that it was noon.
So he held the sword and kept carving words, but at the same time he sacrificed the red gourd and suspended it in the air.
This gourd, like the blood lotus seat, is in two completely different states in the hands of the mandrill and in the hands of Cheng Xinzhan.
The shape of the gourd itself is excellent. It is full and can be held in the hand. The upper belly is plump like a hanging bucket, and the lower belly is drooping like a full moon. The total of the upper and lower parts is four and six.
The biggest change of the gourd is its color. When it was in the hands of the mandrill, the gourd glowed bright red, as if it was splashed with blood. But after falling into the hands of Cheng Xinzhan, the blood evil spirit was refined away, and the treasure's brilliance was completely restrained, and the gourd revealed its true color.
What kind of color is this?
If Cheng Xinzhan were to describe it, he would say it is "the color of maple gall after frost."
It's like the red color that maple wood turns after experiencing autumn frost, which is neither gaudy nor dull. It's darker in color, but not weird.
Moreover, there are naturally formed gall patterns on the surface of the gourd. It is hard to say what shape they are. Some look like clouds, some like star maps, and some like some mysterious runes.
If the gourd has gall patterns, it is a very good omen.
In the chapter "Ritual Instruments" of "The Jade Book of Heavenly Emperor's Supreme Dao and Great Purity", it says: "Those with goiters are the image of the condensation of earth qi. Those with goiter patterns that resemble the division of the stars are especially valuable and can be used to seal thunder talismans."
In the chapter "Taoism Collection" it is also said: "If you can find a naturally twisted wood gall, carve it into the shape of Fengdu Mountain, you can control the fierce officials of the earth."
So when the two boys were refining the bloody evil spirit for him, he felt an indescribable surprise when he saw the true form of the goiter pattern, and immediately named the gourd "Red Goiter".
"Chi" refers to its color. There is also a saying in "Duren Jing" that "Chi Ming brings good luck". "Yan" refers to the lines. The combination of the two means that Cheng Xinzhan hopes that this treasure can bring good luck to himself, so that he can get through the golden elixir catastrophe as soon as possible and achieve the state of "red child primordial infant".
And when he carefully refined the gourd, he found that the gourd had another mysterious secret.
When he first saw the gourd, he was greatly misled by the mandrill. The gourd had a red outer skin and a flame inside, so the mandrill thought it was a fire spiritual root and refined it into a fire spiritual treasure. When Cheng Xinzhan saw it at the time, he also thought so.
However, during the refining process, he discovered that the mandrill had a narrow vision and missed the treasure as well as himself.
This gourd is actually "wood in the earth" and is a rare exotic spiritual root.
This wood spiritual root grew by drinking the earth's energy from several hills. However, because there are many fire holes underground in the Southern Wilderness, the spiritual root was naturally contaminated with fire when absorbing the earth's energy. Wood regenerates fire, and thus a fire domain barrier is formed inside.
If this spiritual root took root in Kuizhou, the wood could also attract thunder and be bathed in thunder all year round. Perhaps it would be a purple gourd with a thunder barrier inside.
So this treasure is actually nourished by soil and has wood as its root. It turns red when it encounters fire and turns purple when it passes through thunder.
Now this spiritual root first comes into contact with the earth fire and becomes a red-skinned fire treasure, but the fundamental nature of "wood in the earth" has not changed, so it can still absorb thunder and lightning.
It is precisely because of this that the mandrill thought that it was extremely useful to use this treasure to overcome the pill tribulation. However, with his mortal eyes, he only thought that the treasure was strong and could withstand the tribulation thunder, but he didn't know that this treasure itself was a treasure that was close to thunder.
After Cheng Xinzhan understood the key, he was naturally attacked by thunder and fire.
If I have free time, I will refine it with fire on sunny days and with thunder on cloudy days.
If you are too busy to do so, you can place it in your heart and use the "Thunder Chariot and Fire Flag Moving Technique" to refine it. Every time the thunder and fire meet, a new forbidden spiritual pattern will form on the inner wall of the gourd.
Now, the gourd contains both thunder and flame, and has become an extremely powerful yang treasure.
At this moment, the gourd was offered in the sky, feeling the shining of the sun. The magic ban in the gourd started to operate automatically, spontaneously absorbing the noon fire into the gourd.
In addition, Cheng Xinzhan also created a magic ban specifically for this gourd. After the gourd absorbs the light of heaven and fire of earth, thunder and rain, it can be transformed into the thunder and fire magic domain in the gourd, and it can also condense into yang essence and thunder plasma.
Moreover, for him, the latter is not only the Yang Qi that can enhance his magic power, but also a rare strong liquor, which he has always liked.
After he got the "Red Gall", the "Current" gourd that his master had given him before, which was used as a container for the thunder slurry when he first practiced the Thunder Dao, was no longer useful. He gave it to Bai Longnai instead. This little dog had been with him for a long time and had become fond of him, so he just needed a wine gourd.
He was refining the treasure and carving words, and in the blink of an eye, the sun was setting in the west, the sky was full of red clouds.
Wen Sukong told Cheng Xinzhan that he was not allowed to leave without her permission, but many of the disciples who were punished to come here to drill a hole in the wall were only punished in broad daylight, so they all left on the clouds and returned to the cave.
Cheng Xinzhan put away the gourd and stopped carving. He looked around and saw that not only the mountain wall here, but also the disciples who were practicing magic or on their journey in the sky were all returning to the mountain, like tired birds returning to the forest.
The scene before him reminded him of the first day he arrived at Sanqing Mountain. At that time, Taoist Brother Jihu and Taoist Brother Jiyuan hosted a banquet for him in Bingchen Courtyard. What he saw then was exactly the same as what he saw now.
A smile appeared on his lips. It seemed as if the past thirty years had passed in the blink of an eye. However, he would never get tired of the beautiful scenery in Sanqing Mountain.
"Hey!"
Just as Cheng Xinzhan was immersed in the beauty of the sunset, a shout suddenly came to his ears.
He turned around and saw that it was the fox in the Tianshi Mansion.
"Master Cheng, what's going on? You also made a mistake and got punished?"
The fox teased.
Cheng Xinzhan smiled and nodded, and replied,
"Yes, I did something wrong and was punished by the Master."
The fox was stunned when he heard this. He didn't expect that the famous person in front of him would admit it so easily.
She felt that she had been made to feel bored, so she ignored Cheng Xinzhan and continued to carve the characters. The Taoist priest on the cliff had sharp eyes. It was going to get dark soon, and if he found out that she was lazy, he would keep nagging her.
However, after more than five years of being punished for carving the characters, the fox actually thinks this place is pretty good.
Being punished did not delay his own cultivation. The spiritual energy here was rich, there was no conflict, and no one was assigned to do anything. He read scriptures and drew talismans in the cave during the day, and carved words on the cliff wall to comprehend the Dharma at night, without delaying his ability to bathe in the moonlight.
Moreover, if there were any questions he or she had, he or she could just ask any of the disciples who were copying the scriptures through a hole in the wall, and they would be happy to answer his or her questions.
During these five years, the fox could clearly feel that his magical powers and attainments in the art of talismans were growing rapidly!
There is also a Wanshou Garden in Sanqing Mountain, where there are many demons, who are no different from the disciples of Sanqing Mountain. The fox also made friends with a mink who was studying in the teaching hall, and this friend often came to see her at night.
However, what made the fox most sad was that no matter what she tried, she could not contact the outside world or her aunt.
It would be great if my aunt could be caught as well.
Hu Baozhuang often thought so.
Cheng Xinzhan didn't know what the fox was thinking, but he could see that the pretentious servility and coquettishness that the fox brought from the Tianshi Mansion had indeed diminished a lot.
After admiring the twilight for a while and waiting until the moon was overhead, Cheng Xinzhan continued to carve words.
When a waxing moon hung in the sky, the cool moonlight covered the entire stone wall with a layer of white frost, and the golden book turned into a silver book. As he was carving, he suddenly found several large human figures appearing on the stone wall.
He turned his head and looked back, then smiled.
It was his group of friends who arrived.
"We didn't believe the news when we heard it, but we didn't expect you to be here."
Feng Jihu said with a smile.
Cheng Xinzhan was a little surprised, "What are you doing here?"
At this time, Pu Jixuan waved his sleeves and released a big cloud, and everyone sat on the cloud.
"Since you entered the sect, the praises for you have never ceased. Everyone has heard you so much that their ears are callused. We have seen you preach many times, but we have never seen you being punished. This is an unprecedented event, how can we not come and see it?"
Feng Jihu laughed.
Everyone agreed.
Cheng Xinzhan smiled bitterly and shook his head.
"I heard that Master Wen is back. Was Xinzhan punished by Master Wen? Why was he punished?"
Sun Miaoshu asked.
Cheng Xinzhan answered immediately,
"Master left the mountain for many years. When he came back, he said that I was too eager to achieve results and that my state of mind was not right, so he asked me to copy the "Pure and Tranquil Sutra"."
Hearing this, everyone nodded.
Yes, the mind is indeed moving too fast.
The only four people present who have formed the golden elixir are Fang Weimin, Zheng Miaoji, Xiao Miaoyu and Xu Jishen. Two of them are Taoists themselves. Except for Zhu Yonghe who is currently in seclusion to form the golden elixir, the others have not made any moves yet.
But even so, the elders in the clan still say that this generation of young people has great potential.
However, they all more or less have a common idea in their hearts: they must practice hard and not let their mind get away too much!
The most regrettable thing in recent years is that Yu Miaoyin died while destroying corpses in the East China Sea. Originally, he was also one of the golden elixir seedlings.
Cheng Xinzhan also knew that everyone came to see him just to find an excuse to get together, talk and relax in the midst of their busy practice affairs.
So that night, no one talked about spiritual practice, but instead chatted about all sorts of things. Some said that the East China Sea was vast and worth seeing, some said that the Mobei grassland was like a blue sea, and some said that the yellow sand in Longyou was also a unique scenery.
When the sky was bright, everyone sat on the clouds and absorbed the purple air at the suggestion of Cheng Xinzhan, and then went about their business.
While Cheng Xinzhan was carving the words, he was thinking about Fashang and Xikang. Before he knew it, the mountain wall had changed colors from gold to silver thirty times, with birds flying and rabbits running.
"Senior brother——"
At dusk that day, Xinshu came. Although he had not arrived yet, his voice could be heard from afar.
"Master is calling you back!"
Xinshu came close to Cheng Xinzhan and spoke in a crisp voice.
"it is good."
Cheng Xinzhan smiled and nodded, put away his sword, and let Xinshu pull him back to Meiji Mountain.
The next day after returning to Wuyou Cave, he was called over by Wen Sukong again.
"I had a big argument with the headmaster."
Wen Sukong said this just as Cheng Xinzhan sat down.
"Ah, why is that?"
Cheng Xinzhan was startled, and several thoughts flashed through his mind. Could it be that he had failed to stop the incarnation of the master for many years? Or was it that the master was not around, and a new Lixue Mountain Dharma lineage was opened to teach the way of the spirit?
Wen Sukong's side road,
"Of course it's because of the Long Shachen matter."
"Ok?"
Cheng Xinzhan never thought that this was the reason.
"Why is Master angry?"
He asked repeatedly.
Wen Sukong snorted coldly and said,
"I think the headmaster and the deputy heads have lost their sense of proportion and their minds in order to promote the sect!"
"Why did Master say this?"
Cheng Xinzhan asked carefully.
Wen Sukong said,
"It was the headmaster who took the initiative to call me over to discuss your opening of the sect and recruiting disciples. Humph, I don't know what they were thinking. If Master Xu prophesied that you would recruit 800 earthly immortals, then you must recruit 800 disciples? If the prophecy said 8,000, then you must also recruit 8,000 disciples?!
"You are so impatient with your own cultivation that you took risky actions and split your spirit to transform into another form. How can you have the time to recruit and teach 800 disciples? Is Master Xu Tianshi trying to help or harm people by making this prophecy?
"And the Jingming Sect came up with a stupid idea, asking you to register as a disciple without having to teach him personally. This is an even bigger stupid move. How can you bear the consequences of eight hundred people?
“It would be fine if Master Xu’s prophecy didn’t come true. But if it does come true, and if one of the eight hundred earthly immortals has bad intentions and walks down the wrong path, it would be a terrible thing, and this karma will also be on your head!
"I dare not even think about it. Without going through the legal test, I asked you to register as a disciple and let others teach you. How dare he say such a horrifying thing? And the headmaster didn't even notice anything wrong. Do you think he has lost his mind?"
Wen Sukong scolded angrily.
Cheng Xinzhan could tell that this time, his master was even angrier than when he came back and saw his incarnation.
But these two times he got angry, he was worrying about himself.
Cheng Xinzhan only then realized that he had never thought about what his master was worried about before. He always felt that for such important matters, he should just follow the master's arrangements and do what he should do.
But at this moment, after being pointed out by the Master, he did realize that something was wrong. Regardless of whether he was busy or not, if there was anyone with bad intentions among them, and they did something wrong after achieving great supernatural powers, then he would be guilty of a sin that could never be redeemed even if he died a thousand times.
"What about the headmaster?"
Cheng Xinzhan asked tentatively.
"The headmaster was hoping to use this opportunity to further develop the sect. This was just like your anxiety to exorcise the demon. Both of them were mentally blocked. After I scolded him, he immediately regained his clarity of mind. He even wanted to come to you to apologize, but I dismissed him."
Cheng Xinzhan nodded repeatedly, "That's not necessary, that's not necessary."
"I called you here just to give you a dose of reassurance. The leaders will discuss this matter again with the Jingming Sect, and there is definitely no rush.
"Don't take this matter to heart, Master of Eight Hundred Earthly Immortals. Wait until you become an immortal first!"
"Disciple obey!"
(End of this chapter)