Chapter 229 Tianyun Preaching
After some trouble with Tianyun, Li Yuan returned to Tianyun Mountain.
Bai Niu had already summoned all the intelligent spirits in Tianyun Mountain and was waiting for Li Yuan in the depths of Tianyun Mountain, where few people had visited.
Li Yuan is now a seventh-rank mountain god. Just by thinking on his own, he has figured out the trick that the Tianyun Mountain God used back then.
You can appear anywhere you wish within the territory under your jurisdiction.
With just one step, Li Yuan arrived at the depths of Tianyun Mountain, stepped across the void, and appeared in front of all the spirits.
Bai Niu winked at the spirits, and the spirits in Tianyun Mountain immediately knelt down and kowtowed.
If you have many legs, try to bend each limb as much as possible.
Those without feet also lowered their heads to the ground as a sign of respect.
Li Yuan looked at the huge group of spiritual beasts and insects and shook his head slightly.
Tianyun Mountain has been rich in spiritual energy since ancient times. Over the past hundreds and thousands of years, there are hundreds of intelligent creatures.
Ever since he defeated Tianyun Mountain, he has not cared about the spiritual beasts here.
It is somewhat due to preconceived ideas that we are biased.
Li Yuan thought about it and didn't rush to preach to them. Instead, he spoke softly and told them some things.
"Since I took over Tianyun Mountain, I have never talked to you."
"Please introduce yourself first so I can get to know you all."
Li Yuan had a pleasant face and spoke in a gentle tone.
The spirit beasts looked at each other, and no one dared to speak first.
In the past, when the God of Tianyun Mountain was in charge, spirit beasts had few opportunities to communicate with their own mountain gods.
They have always been led by spiritual beasts with higher intelligence, and have been exploring the path of cultivation on their own step by step.
People are full of awe and unfamiliarity towards the existence of mountain gods.
The scene suddenly became a little deserted.
"Those who take the initiative will be rewarded with ripe spiritual fruits."
Li Yuan smiled slightly and glanced at Bai Niu intentionally or unintentionally.
Although Bai Niu was not good at management, he had good eyesight. After hesitating for a while, he slowly stepped forward.
"Ahem, then let Old Cow... um, Little Cow, let me set the standard for everyone~"
Bai Niu carefully chose his words, bowed respectfully to Li Yuan, and then slowly began to introduce himself.
From the time of enlightenment to the mental journey during the practice, everything is told.
After listening to this, Li Yuan also understood why Bai Niu was not suitable for managing Tianyun Mountain.
Because this guy has such a patient temper and his IQ is really touching.
He secretly sighed at his own carelessness, leaving such a large business to a creature whose nature he did not understand.
After Lao Niu finished speaking, Li Yuan really took out a precious spiritual fruit from Tianyun Mountain and gave it to him.
Bai Niu was delighted and quickly took it, put it into his mouth and began to refine it.
These spiritual fruits are extremely precious. When they were managed by the God of Tianyun Mountain in the past, they were basically used to give gifts to other immortal gods.
Spiritual beasts are absolutely not allowed to covet that.
But for Li Yuan, without a suitable caretaker to take over, he must understand the situation in Tianyun Mountain and gather a group of loyal creatures.
Therefore, some sacrifice is inevitable.
He also didn't think that he would suffer any loss if he gave these good things to his own people.
On the contrary, Li Yuan felt that anyone who didn't even take care of his own people was a fool.
But... in his heart, the creatures in Tianyun Mountain need to be valued, but they are still not as important as the creatures in Anshan.
One god, two mountains, in comparison, this may be unbalanced.
But Li Yuan didn't think there was anything wrong.
After all, they were once enemies.
As long as we discipline them in general and don't target them, that's enough.
With Bai Niu taking the lead, many spiritual beasts were extremely envious when they saw the spiritual fruit with spiritual energy floating in Bai Niu's mouth.
Some spirit beasts began to volunteer, vying to introduce themselves.
Li Yuan was neither hasty nor slow, giving them enough time.
After listening for more than a whole day, I finally got a general idea of the information about the many living creatures in Tianyun Mountain.
He still did not rush to judge the previous chaos in Tianyun Mountain, but instead began to preach.
Although these spirit beasts have magical powers, they are like children without adult supervision. Although they have developed intelligence, they are still relatively "confused".
Li Yuan preached in the mountains for more than half a month.
Among them, it involves the great changes of heaven and earth, and the principles of cause and effect and reincarnation.
It talks about the significance of spiritual practice for living beings, as well as the pros and cons of merits and karma.
It also discusses the methods of cultivating the Tao, the complexity of the worldly world, and the thoughts of one’s original heart.
Li Yuan spoke very attentively, and the creatures of Tianyun Mountain listened even more seriously.
This is a rare opportunity for them.
The God of Tianyun Mountain did not attach importance to the cultivation of spiritual creatures in the mountains before, and never preached to them specifically.
After awakening their spiritual intelligence, they need to figure out most things in the world on their own.
It is inevitable that you will go astray.
In the past, when the God of Tianyun Mountain was around, they still knew their limits and knew how to be honest and practice in seclusion.
But after Bai Niu took over, he obviously did not have such prestige.
In addition, he was a slow-moving person and had some lazy thoughts, so if no one paid more attention to it, chaos would occur in the mountains.
After Li Yuan finished his sermon, the creatures in the mountains lowered their heads thoughtfully.
"So, if we want merit, we should first improve our cultivation and state of mind. Then, the way of heaven will find its way."
"Instead of blocking ordinary people and forcibly asking for merit?"
While all the spirits were silent, a lemur scratched his ears and said hesitantly.
Li Yuan smiled, his temperament was extraordinary: "Yes, but not entirely true."
“The path of cultivation is the path of competing for fate.”
"It's just that we need to pay attention to the method and the original intention."
"You need merit and want to earn merit, but you can't do it just for the sake of earning merit. With that kind of mentality, the merit you gain is nothing but rootless duckweed."
"If one day, you see something unfair or unbearable, the first thing you think of is helping others, and the second is doing good deeds..."
“It means that one has truly understood the meaning of the words merit and virtue.”
"At that time, the heart of practicing Taoism will be as solid as a rock, and it will be unbreakable."
"Fate and law will come naturally."
The many creatures in Tianyun Mountain only understood half of it and could not comprehend the deeper meaning.
Li Yuan was not in a hurry either. He sat cross-legged in the air, his robes fluttering and his temperament extraordinary.
"Let me tell you a story."
He spoke softly.
All the spirits were enveloped in fairy light and listened attentively.
"The place of the story is called Qianshanling..."
Li Yuan slowly recounted what had happened.
The great moon suffered disaster and famine broke out.
The gods and immortals disappeared, and the emperor was confused.
Foreign gods intervened and took away mortals.
The spirits of Qianshanling lent their full support.
In the end, the mortals expressed their sincere gratitude, the spirit beasts gained merit, and everyone had a happy ending.
"Let me ask you, the creatures of the Thousand Mountains, are you doing the right thing?"
After Li Yuan finished telling the story, he asked slowly.
The spirits of Tianyun Mountain fell into deep thought.
Some of them had heard about what happened back then, but they were afraid of touching upon the gods' plans, so they did not dare to get involved.
Bai Niu pondered deeply.
"Lord Mountain God, Xiao Niu, I feel..."
Li Yuan smiled and said, "This is a sermon. If you have any doubts, just speak up."
Bai Niu hesitated for a while, then slowly said:
"I feel that... the creatures of Qianshanling are right. But... they don't seem to have reached the realm you described."
"It seems that... he did it purely to earn merit."
Li Yuan heard this and nodded slightly:
"The actions of the creatures in Qianshanling are good. What they do truly helps mortals and earns merit."
"It's just that, indeed..."
"They hadn't reached this level yet."
"Later, creatures from Qianshan Ridge came out one after another and came to my Anshan territory to discuss cultivation. I also talked to them and explained the differences in detail."
"However, there are still very few people who can understand it."
Li Yuan narrated carefully.
The faces of many creatures in Tianyun Mountain were even more confused.
I think the state of mind that Li Yuan described is enough for them to pursue for many years.
Soon, we moved on to the next topic.
On Tianyun Mountain, the immortals, gods and spirits enjoy a rare harmony.