Volume 19 Penglai Chapter 19 The Road to Eternal Life
Although Wu Xie really wanted to achieve the Yang God as soon as possible, there was no way to cultivate it "as soon as possible".
After the cultivation of the Heavenly and Human Dharma Body, he needed to carefully study his own exercises and find a way to the Supreme Dao, which was the path he could take. Then, he has to make trade-offs based on these paths, choose the most suitable one for himself, and design and construct a path of his own based on this, which is called "Daoguo".
When that path is built, all that's left is to deepen and accumulate, and at the same time begin to sense the avenue in the dark. When you have enough accumulation, you can try to rush along the road you have built with all your might.
If you can succeed, you will be able to connect your own primordial spirit with the Great Dao, the avenue will be immortal, and the primordial spirit will be immortal, and in turn will continue to nourish the physical body, and from then on live with heaven and earth, live forever, and be at ease; If it fails, then the body is rotten, the soul is scattered, and only a wisp of the primordial spirit is left to re-enter the reincarnation, maybe there will be a comeback after a hundred turns and a thousand times, but you will never be able to find the memory of this life and this life, and it is already a completely different person.
Wu Xie still has a lot of exercises at hand that can be used to pursue immortality, and there are five or six ways to achieve immortality in the Lingxiao Fire Department Rectification Method that he first cultivated; There are four or five kinds of Divine Thunder Dharma; There are more than ten kinds of positive laws in the Bixiao Plague Department...... In total, there are more than twenty paths to choose from, which is simply dazzling, as if you can achieve immortality in any way.
But the more this is the case, the more Wu Xie dare not be careless.
In a seemingly "good" situation, there is often a hidden crisis. A sturdy dam may already have an anthill under the water that is about to be mothed; A healthy strong man may already have a serious illness in his body that is difficult to save once he has an attack; In a strong empire, the contradictions between the upper and lower classes may have been like a firewood poured with oil, and as long as a spark will burn and sweep the earth......
Although Wu Xie is not a historian or military scientist, his hundreds of years of life experience have taught him that the better the situation, the more cautious and cautious he must be.
Those who traveled a hundred miles, half less than ninety, had a smooth journey, and finally fell in front of the gate of immortality, there were countless genius monks
Therefore, he studied each path of the three exercises very carefully and meticulously, carefully scrutinizing whether they were suitable for himself, whether they were completely suitable, whether they were thoroughly suitable.
The Flawless Jin Dan is all-inclusive, theoretically he can take any path, even if it is to repair Yin Shuang's blood nerve now, it is no problem - the only problem is that the blood nerve has not yet deduced the immortal technique.
But Wu Xie knew that things would never be so simple
Regarding the matter of the Flawless Golden Pill, Wu Xie did not have much information at hand, even Ye Hong, who had obtained the true inheritance of Jiang Zhenjun, knew very little, and as for Jasmine, she had never heard of the Flawless Golden Pill at all.
Wu Xie had the intention to look for some information, but found that all of these materials had to be exchanged for external strength. He had no external strength at hand, so he could only look at the ocean and sigh.
"External strength" is a very popular practice in the Yujing School, even in the entire Great Wilderness Realm, and even in the Xinghai Realm, and disciples can accumulate "external strength" by doing things for the sect, and they can exchange it for many additional benefits -- this is very beneficial for strengthening the cohesion of the sect and enhancing the enthusiasm of the disciples.
However, for the setting of external power, each school is also different. For example, in the Yujing faction, the basic resources that disciples need to cultivate are provided by the sect free of charge, and if you want additional resources, you need to exchange them for external strength; And some of the more mean or advocate the dedication of the sect has no such thing as basic resources at all, and everything has to be exchanged for external work, which simply turns the sect into a huge mercenary organization, or a trading market.
Moreover, there is another restriction of the Yujing faction, that is, external merit cannot be transferred. This restriction does not completely prevent the circulation of external power among disciples - for example, a disciple can exchange external power for resources, and then give it to other disciples in exchange for what he wants - but it is much better than the sect that can freely transfer external power.
It's like some people are keen to boast of unrestricted freedom, but they don't know that unrestricted absolute freedom is actually just a terrifying world where the strong wantonly plunder the weak - they must have a common language with the Supreme Divine Monarch, but the Supreme Divine Monarch may not talk to them, but will only feed them to spirit beasts.
Wu Xie has no external strength, and he doesn't plan to accumulate external strength for the time being, because he has three sets of immortality exercises to study at hand, and there are more than twenty immortal paths to choose from, so he doesn't need anything more.
After more than half a year like this, one day when he was studying in the study building, a boy came to visit and told the owner of the Spirit Soul Building, a flawed true immortal, that he had something to find him, and let him go to the Spirit Soul Building to see him when he was free.
Wu Xie was a little stunned, and he didn't know what was going on with the spirit building of the sect, which was responsible for nurturing and strengthening the souls of the disciples who died in battle, and was also responsible for managing the natal spirit lamp. But he didn't want to casually refuse an invitation from a true immortal, so he immediately tidied up his appearance and set off to meet him in the Spirit Tower.
Wu Xie now lives in the inner gate of the Yujing Sect, and under the strong influence of the Platinum True Immortal, he did not join the Tongwei Building, which specializes in cultivating elite disciples, but lived in the Bingyun Building of Bingyun Peak.
Bingyun Tower is the residence of the Ascended monks, and there are several monks from Qingyang Temple here, such as the real people who retreated, the real people of the twilight, etc., and got along with these predecessors of the sect, Wu Xie also felt very relieved and very suitable.
The Ascended Monks have a strong divine mind, which is reflected in the practical aspect of being able to multitask, especially when fighting with the sword, there are many changes, one person fights enemies of the same level, two or three are like mowing grass, ten or eight are casual, even if twenty or thirty can come and go freely. Therefore, although the Bingyun Tower is not a large number of people, it is recognized as the first in combat power among the twelve floors of Yujing. When the platinum true immortal blew his beard and glared at himβeven though he didn't have a beardβeven a few Cave Void True Monarchs in the door had to give him three points.
In order to compete for Wu Jie, at the beginning, Platinum True Immortal and Yuhua True Immortal were almost in trouble to the point of moving their fists, and in the end, it was the highly respected Bailian True Immortal who came forward to mediate, and Yuhua True Immortal retreated stupidly, and muttered something like "You will definitely regret it, this is delaying him" and something like that.
There are many true immortals in the Yujing faction, with a total of more than a hundred. But the vast majority of them are either cultivating or wandering, and there are only a few who really stay in the sect to take charge of things, except for the owner of the twelfth floor. The two True Immortal Mansion Masters almost used force in order to compete for a Ascended Disciple, this news was really exciting, and Wu Xie himself didn't know it, he had already become a celebrity in the sect.
So on the way to the Spirit Tower, he saw someone stop more than once, look at him carefully, and then chat about something in private, as if he was some rare and rare animal, or one of those big-name stars on the earth that attracted attention.
"If there are a few people who come up to ask for autographs, it will be more like ......" Wu Xie couldn't help but secretly slander in his heart.
The inner door of the Yujing faction doesn't sound big, "the twelfth floor", it seems that it may be the appearance of the twelve buildings. But in fact, this is an extremely vast world, at least worth hundreds of Kyushu borders. The so-called twelfth floor of Yujing is not so much a building, but a twelve-level cultivation center with this iconic building as the center, shrouded by a huge magic circle.
Even the smallest of the twelfth floors, the "Xiangmeng Tower", fully occupied the range equivalent to two or three "Kyushu", a huge magic circle stretching for tens of thousands of miles, gathering the power of hundreds of thousands of miles and millions of miles of earth veins, transforming it into an incredibly rich heaven and earth aura. Being in the midst of it, cultivation will naturally be a great speed.
Therefore, for Wu Ruofei, who is a disciple of the inner gate, being punished and not allowed to return to the inner gate is indeed an extremely serious matter.
Wu Xie flew away extremely quickly, and it didn't take long for him to come to the Spirit Tower. The architectural style here is simple and heavy, with a large number of black tones revealing a solemn feeling, and the pines and cypresses planted all over the place are like a cemetery, as if mourning for the disciples who have fallen on the path of begging.
There are many, many, so many soul towers here. In each Soul Cultivation Tower, there is the soul of a dead disciple. Most of these souls have been injured in the fighting method, and if they don't recover from the warmth, they will easily have dementia and the like after reincarnation, which is very unfavorable.
Warming the remnant soul is an extremely time-consuming thing, except for the immortal true immortal, ordinary monks may not be able to wait for the day when a wisp of remnant soul is restored. But as long as this spirit building is there, and these soul cultivation towers are there, the disciples of the Yujing faction will have confidence in their hearts when they are fighting outside. Even if they are killed by someone and their souls are scattered, the Spirit Soul Building can rely on the natal spirit lamp lit at the entrance to snatch back a wisp of their souls, and slowly recuperate and recover, so as not to be completely finished.
Wu Xie fell early in the place close to the Spirit Tower, and walked as a salute to show solemnity. When he walked outside the Spirit Building, the boy he had met nodded and opened the door, inviting him to go in directly to meet a true immortal.
The furnishings in the Spirit Building are also very simple, and there is no sense of luxury or luxury, and it also reveals a solemn and solemn taste. Wu Xie didn't see the collected natal spirit lamp, but he saw many, many black wooden plaques on the walls on the side of the road. Each wooden plaque has a name on it, and when the mind touches it, it tells the life of that disciple.
These wooden plaques record the fallen Yujing disciples in the past countless years, and only when they return from reincarnation and re-cultivation will they come back and take off their wooden plaques to show "I am back".
It was a very important ceremony, one every hundred years. Every time it is held, almost all the masters of the sect who have not retreated will participate, and the group of true immortals will be magnificent.
Wu Xie was standing in front of a sign that read "Xinquanlou Ma Daokong", and when he looked at the life of this senior disciple, he suddenly heard a cough. When he turned his head, he was an immortal true immortal with an ordinary face and a slight sadness between his eyebrows.
This true immortal was wearing a pure black robe, and he was obviously a person from the Spirit Building, so his identity was naturally self-evident.
"Disciple Wu Jie, meet a flawed master"
The generations of the Yujing faction are very simple, the generations on the twelfth floor are counted separately, and in the entire sect, with Zhenjun as the ancestor, Zhenxian as the uncle and uncle, and the rest are all brothers, simple and clear.
Of course, if there is a inheritance between each other, the sect does not object to the disciples to be called master and apprentice, but is happy to see it succeed. For example, Wu Xie honored the disciples from Qingyangguan such as Cangdui Zhenren and Huizhi Zhenren as ancestors, although his cultivation was higher than those others. Even if he achieves the Yang God True Immortal in the future, in front of those seniors, he will still hold the gift of a disciple and honor the ancestor.
"You're here." The True Immortal nodded, and there was no smile on his face. He was silent for a moment, and then said, "Do you know why I invited you here?" β
"I don't know."
Yifangzi sighed deeply: "As we all know, you are the ultimate person who has achieved the Flawless Golden Pill. So, do you know that before you, there were a few flawless gold pills in this sect? β
Wu Xie had heard someone talk about it: "As far as the disciples know, there are three in total. β
"That's right. Do you know that among these flawless golden pills, how many have achieved immortality? β
ββ¦β¦ The disciple does not know. β
Yifang shook his head, revealing a look of regret: "I thought you would know...... Of the three Flawless Golden Pills before you, one died in the fighting method, and his soul was still recuperating - that was Ma Daokong; The other died at the juncture of impacting immortality, and a wisp of primordial spirit didn't know where to go, and whether he was reincarnated now. As for the last oneβ"
He paused and whispered, "That's me." β
Wu Xie was stunned for a moment, but he didn't expect that this senior was a figure who had achieved a flawless golden pill like himself, and he couldn't help but be a little surprised.
"Then Uncle Shi called me over, but did you have some advice?"
Yifang smiled: "I can't talk about pointing, I just heard about you, and I couldn't help but think of myself." So I invite you to come over and tell you some of my lessons. β
Lessons Wu Xie keenly felt that there seemed to be a deep meaning in Yizi's words.
"I am not an ascended monk, but a native of the Great Wilderness. I'm not afraid of your jokes when I say it, I am the second generation of immortals, and my father is one of the few cave void true monarchs in this sect, Kong Zhang Zhenjun. I have been very qualified since I was a child, and I am deeply loved by my father, and when I usually cultivate, I continue to give various resources and benefits. I myself can be regarded as competitive, I never feel that I am anything great, but I redouble my efforts, and finally achieve the flawless golden pill. β
Wu Xie nodded slightly, such a situation as a flawed true immortal is very common among cultivators, the more profound and powerful the person, the more he will often be more strict about educating and cultivating the heirs he values, and it is difficult for such a child to learn badly. On the contrary, people like Lang Ziqing have poor qualifications and unbearable temperament, and they can't support the wall with mud, so their father Lang has no choice but to break the jar and break it to ensure that he is prosperous and rich and enjoys his life......
"After I achieved the Flawless Golden Pill, compared with the predecessors of this sect, I feel that I am really outstanding, and I am quite proud in my heart. Then, in my cultivation, I made great progress all the way, and in less than two thousand years, I broke the threshold of life and death and pushed open the door of immortality. β
Wu Xie couldn't help but raise his eyebrows, and secretly exclaimed - just with one lifetime of cultivation, he could achieve an immortal true immortal in less than two thousand years, which was really a rare genius
"Do you know how old I am now?" Ichiko asked suddenly.
Wu Xie was stunned for a moment, and could only shake his head, he really didn't know the age of a flawed true immortal.
"I'm over 870,000 years old. The number after 10,000, I'm too lazy to do the math. β
"What?" At this time, Wu Xie couldn't help but exclaimed-Generally speaking, a qualified and talented Yang God True Immortal would begin to impact the Cave Void Realm within 100,000 years, and those who had not been able to place the Yuan Shen in the Void for 350,000 years would have no hope for most of their lives.
A flawed true immortal has extraordinary qualifications, he works hard enough, and has a father with great powers as his backing, how can he reach more than 870,000 years old and not achieve the true monarch of the cave void?
"This is what I want to tell you, and it is also what you must remember, it is the lesson that I have summed up with hundreds of thousands of years of hard thinking and exploration" Yifangzi's face became serious, and his voice became heavy, "The five great divine pills are of course mysterious and extraordinary, and every step of achievement is far beyond the same kind. But it is also extremely difficult to move forward. β
"There is no need to waste time on other gods. I would like to emphasize an important feature of the Flawless Jindan: those of us who choose to embrace all thoughts when achieving the Jindan, do not cut off any thoughts, the self is the true self, and sincerity is the heart. This means that in the future, when we want to forge the fruit of the Tao and find our own path to immortality, we must also follow an inclusive path, and everything else is a dead end."
"Dead end?"
"That's right, if you are greedy for convenience and speed, relying on the flawless golden pill to tolerate everything, and choose a path that is not inclusive, although you can also achieve the Yang God and obtain the immortal body, but the achievement of a lifetime will end here-Oh, look at me, it is a lesson from the past"
Wu Xie looked at a flaw in surprise, and saw that although he had a smile on his face, the smile was extremely miserable, which was even more ugly than crying.
"Is there no remedy?" He couldn't help but ask.
"Perhaps, but I haven't found ...... for 870,000 years," Ichiko sighed deeply, "I'll keep searching, but at least, I don't want you to end up like me, and in the end, I've spent 870,000 years searching for it and found nothing." β
Wu Xie was silent for a while, and then fell to the ground.
"Thank you Uncle Wu for your guidance, Wu Xie is grateful"
"No thanks, this is my natural care for the juniors as the predecessor of the Flawless Jindan." Yifangzi's smile finally had a little more warmth, "I suggest that from now on, you can find more exercises that can achieve immortality and study them carefully." It's not about following their paths, it's about studying them carefully and eventually finding a path that can be inclusive. β
"The world is so big, there must be a path suitable for the flawless golden pill. But I don't know, and neither does the Yujing faction. But I believe that you can walk out of such a path" Yifang gently patted Wu Xie on the shoulder, and landed very lightly, but Wu Xie felt heavy in his heart, "Because I don't know if my experience is good for you, I don't need to hinder your thinking with my own research results." In short, the road to immortality is long, and we need to look farther. β
As he spoke, the light and shadow around Wu Xie flowed, but he had already returned to the control of Bingyun Tower. But Yizi's words still echoed in his ears.
"Zhifei nephew, you must take a right path"