Longzang

Chapter 414 Guidance on the Maze
Wei Yuan put down the book in his hand and walked out of the library. A ray of sunlight fell on his face, warming him.

He had been in this hall for three whole days, reading a great deal of text to make up for his lack of knowledge during the Dharma-image period.

However, the original copy of the Taiyin Moon Splendor Myriad Phenomena Chapter is located in the Water Moon Hall at the Taichu Palace mountain gate. Here, there is only a copy of the secret text, without the true insights of the founding immortal lord and the true lords of all generations.

The Foundation Stage primarily focuses on cultivating the body, specifically Dao power and spiritual energy. Upon reaching the Dharma Form Stage, one must shift their focus to cultivating the spirit. The first step is to perfect and flawlessly refine the spirituality of the Dharma Form; this is the Spirit Nourishing Realm.

After spiritual perfection, one must construct an environment that allows the Dharma form to grow freely, based on its characteristics. For example, the Kun whale needs the ocean, and the White Tiger needs mountains and forests. This is the realm of myriad transformations.

Once the entire world is constructed, it is necessary to truly integrate the Dharma form with the world, making them an inseparable whole, thus bringing the entire world to life. This is the later stage of the Dharma form, known as the Mind-Form Realm.

When the mind and spirit are perfected and the world is full of spirituality, it can truly function. After undergoing the tribulation of lightning, one can enter the realm of imperial vision and become a true lord.

At this time, Wei Yuan had been staying at the northern mountain gate for more than ten days. Every day, apart from visiting Zhang Sheng and paying his respects to his teacher morning and evening, he basically stayed in the library hall. In addition to cramming on his knowledge of Dharma Forms, he had another important task: to compile the Dharma Forms chapter of the Madman of Heaven and Earth.

Once here, there was no one left to guide Wei Yuan; he had to rely on himself for everything.

After leaving the library, Wei Yuan went to Zhang Sheng's courtyard.

Zhang Sheng is still reading, but recently she has been reading mostly Taoist scriptures. She wants to rebuild her Taoist heart and find a path of her own in the classics of her predecessors.

Wei Yuan sat down next to her and said, "I've been here for a long time. I've almost finished reading the books, so I have to go back."

"Yes, take care."

"If nothing unexpected happens when I return, I plan to wage war against the Witch Clan. However, I am still hesitant about whether to launch a full-scale attack on the Witch Clan or send a portion of my troops to the northern mountain gate."

Zhang Sheng said, "Of course, we will launch a full-scale attack on the Wu tribe."

Wei Yuan pondered for a moment and then nodded.

At this moment, Zhang Sheng suddenly let out a soft groan, her brows furrowed, and her face instantly turned deathly pale. Wei Yuan hurriedly supported her, slowly channeling his Dao energy into her, which gradually calmed her down.

Zhang Sheng's Dao foundation was damaged, and her Dao heart was also in trouble. Her broken sea of ​​consciousness would cause her excruciating pain from time to time, which was almost unbearable even for her strong will.

Even Danmingzi, the abbot of the Creation Temple, had no good solution for this injury. She could only get rid of this pain after regaining her Dao heart and re-establishing her Dao foundation.

During this time, Zhang Sheng's body had been gradually weakening, her sea of ​​consciousness was damaged, and her spirit and primordial energy would involuntarily dissipate. Therefore, she could only stay in the small courtyard most of the time. In this courtyard, there was an array personally set up by True Monarch Xuan Yue, which could prevent her sea of ​​consciousness from deteriorating further.

With the help of Wei Yuan's Daoist power, Zhang Sheng was able to suppress his injuries, and the pain gradually subsided.

At this moment, her forehead was slightly sweaty, and her breathing became even weaker.

But Zhang Sheng didn't seem to care, saying, "There's nothing I can do about the damage to my Dao Foundation and Sea of ​​Consciousness; after all, my skills are inferior. But I can't blame anyone else for my Dao Heart. It's just that my heart isn't big enough to encompass the world. I can't leave this to others; I have to find a way myself. Oh, by the way, the Patriarch wants to see you. You should go there now."

"You want to see me again? Didn't you just pay your respects to him three days ago?"

Zhang Sheng glanced at Wei Yuan and said, "It's good to see the patriarch more often, so hurry up and go."

Seeing Zhang Sheng's weak yet stubborn appearance, Wei Yuan couldn't help but feel heartache, but suddenly many inappropriate and disrespectful thoughts popped into his head.

However, he could only sigh inwardly, putting aside these tempting but inappropriate thoughts, and could only wait for the right opportunity.

But since these thoughts were inappropriate, they naturally grew stronger the more they were suppressed, and the more disrespectful they were, the stronger they became. Thus, Wei Yuan's gaze began to wander unconsciously. Zhang Sheng kicked Wei Yuan aside and said, "Go see the Patriarch, don't keep him waiting."

Wei Yuan bowed and left, and as he went out, he couldn't help but think that even his teacher's legs were weak.

When Wei Yuan saw the patriarch again, he noticed that Xuan Yue Zhenjun's aura was obviously somewhat weak, indicating that he had just returned from a great battle in the outer heavens with one of the Liao clan's Zhenjun.

Upon seeing Wei Yuan, Xuan Yue Zhenjun's face lit up with a smile. He pulled him over and examined him closely from head to toe, his eyes crinkling with delight. Standing beside him was Fen Hai Zhenren, whose eyes were also narrowed into slits with a smile.

"Excellent, excellent, excellent! You truly are worthy of being a disciple of my Azure Heaven Palace!" True Monarch Xuan Yue praised them lavishly once more, using no new words at all.

In fact, Wei Yuan had already paid his respects to True Lord Xuan Yue three times since arriving at the Northern Mountain Gate. But each time, True Lord Xuan Yue smiled broadly, just as he had when he first met Wei Yuan. Eventually, True Lord Xuan Yue found that he couldn't control himself, so he simply stopped trying.

After praising True Monarch Wei Yuanxuan, he ended with Burning Sea: "Burning Sea, Burning Sea, look at you, your cultivation is about to be caught up by your grand-disciple! I was truly blind back then, how did I manage to take you in?"

The smile on Master Fenhai's face froze instantly. Back when he took Zhang Sheng in as his disciple, he had been scolded quite a bit because of Zhang Sheng.

This is the only bad thing about Xuan Yue Zhenjun. He spares no effort in praising his disciples and grand-disciples, but he always likes to bring up Fen Hai as a background to set the scene.

Having finally found Wei Yuan, True Immortal Burning Sea was experiencing a rare moment of joy, much like True Monarch Mysterious Moon. However, his happiness was short-lived, as Wei Yuan's cultivation level had already caught up.

After waiting for Xuan Yue Zhenjun to finish praising him, Wei Yuan finally had a chance to say that he planned to return to Qingming today.

Xuan Yue Zhenjun was about to agree when a thought suddenly occurred to him, so he said, "Since you're here, don't rush to leave. The Mingwang Palace Master is on his way from this mountain and will arrive tomorrow. Yan Shi is currently engaged in a great battle in the heavens, and judging by the time, it should be about the same. Also, there's Huang Yun Zhenjun. I just borrowed five million taels of immortal silver from her, so you should pay her a visit and have her answer your questions about cultivation."

Wei Yuan had no choice but to stay for two more days.

In the past two days, Xuan Yue Zhenjun took him to meet seven or eight Zhenjuns in one go. In order to save time, he even took Wei Yuan to wait at the edge of the outer battlefield. Sure enough, they caught up with Zhenjuns Yan Shi and Dan Ming.

So Xuan Yue pulled the two True Lords into a chat high in the sky, their conversation incredibly warm and friendly. Poor Wei Yuan, standing to the side, had his Dharma Image somewhat unstable due to the celestial gale.

The two True Lords ultimately could not escape the clutches of True Lord Xuan Yue, and were kept talking by him for almost an hour.

True Lord Xuan Yue mainly addressed two issues. First, it seemed that none of the True Lords were very skilled at teaching their disciples. Despite investing so much effort, none of them achieved the same level of success as Wei Yuan from the Azure Heaven Palace, who was raised in a free-range, unsupervised manner and possessed only mediocre natural talent. Xuan Yue still couldn't understand how Wei Yuan had cultivated his Dharma form and needed guidance from the two True Lords to find the reasons behind it.

The second option is to borrow money, five million taels for each True Lord, with no room for negotiation.

The two True Lords really didn't want to listen to True Lord Xuan Yue. If it weren't for the fact that there were external enemies at hand and it wasn't the right time for theory, they would have gone to the outer heavens to have a contest with Xuan Yue.

So the two had no choice but to pay.

Xuan Yue, finally satisfied with receiving the immortal silver, let them go. The old Taoist chuckled and said, "This child was just lucky; he inexplicably became a Dharma Body, without even knowing how it happened. Sigh, in that respect, he's quite like me back in the day!"

Having said that, True Monarch Xuan Yue waved his hand and used his Dao power to carry Wei Yuan, saying, "Let's go. Time is of the essence. We still need to pay our respects to True Monarch Feng Yuan and have him guide your cultivation. Old man Feng Yuan has always had a discerning eye; he will surely know why you suddenly became a Dharma Aspect!"

After Xuan Yue and Wei Yuan disappeared, the two True Lords remained silent.

After two tense and fulfilling days, Wei Yuan was finally able to leave and return to Qingming, having found no more True Lords who could guide his cultivation. True Lord Xuan Yue, though still somewhat reluctant to leave, could only end his visit there.

The visit wasn't entirely useless; at least True Lord Xuan Yue borrowed over thirty million taels of immortal silver, more than enough to rebuild the Azure Sky Palace. He also bought several million taels of elixirs for nourishing the spirit and gave them all to Wei Yuan in one go.

(End of this chapter)