Donghuang Ziji

Chapter 222: Cause and Effect

Qiao Ran'er rubbed his hands and chuckled. He was just about to open his mouth to flatter Chu Tai when he suddenly felt the effect of the medicine in his body taking effect. He was startled and hurriedly moved his magic power. In just a moment, the poison in his body was eliminated. Only then did he realize the power of the elixir Chu Tai gave him, and he couldn't help but reveal a bitter look.

Madam Qingli laughed and scolded when she saw this: "When you took the elixir, you were smiling, but now that your injuries have healed, you are frowning. People who don't know would think that there is something wrong with the elixir provided by Fellow Daoist Taining."

"There is no problem at all! Obviously there is a big problem. This medicine is so effective that one is worth a fortune. How can I repay you after I have bought several bottles?"

Qiao Ran'er's words made Madam Qingli burst into laughter: "Why? Anyway, you just want the Dharma here, so why don't you give the rest to Fellow Daoist Taining?"

As she spoke, she also swallowed the pill, and after it expelled the turbid air from her body, she followed Chu Tai inside.

At this time, the people in the Taoist temple already knew that Ming Shao Sanren and Ge Xiangu had been defeated, so they dared not stop the three of them. They could only watch them walk into the Taoist temple and open the secret room with ease.

After finding the martial arts manuals carefully preserved by Ming Shao Sanren and Ge Xiangu, they followed the secret room into the island and found a crystal pillar with runes all over its surface, emitting five-colored mist, and sealing a jade box.

The whole process went so smoothly that Qiao Ran'er, the thief, couldn't help but widen his eyes and looked at Chu Tai and asked, "Daoist Brother Taining, have you been here before?"

"I'm not your fellow disciple, so how can there be any talk of scouting the place?"

Chu Tai retorted at first, then realized that he had been led astray by him.

"The inheritance here belongs to the Xuanmen type. The internal restrictions and the external formations are completely different systems. Or one of the intentions of those two people to set up the formations was to use the power of the formations to wear away the restrictions outside the crystal pillar day and night, but they didn't realize that their actions could only destroy the inheritance."

Chu Tai stretched out his hand and wiped away the five-colored mist around the crystal column, then pointed his hand and the Nanyan Cave's Fuxiyao True Qi gushed out, gradually dissolving the runes on the surface.

During this time, the jade box trembled slightly and fine cracks appeared inside the crystal column.

'There is actually such a change?'

Chu Tai looked at it intently and found that the layout of the crystal pillar was more complicated than he had originally imagined, but the overall situation did not deviate from his original guess. He casually captured the breath of Madam Qingli and Qiao Ran'er, slightly blurring his own breath and "fate", and the jade box stopped moving, and the crystal pillar returned to calm.

After a cup of tea, Chu Tai took out the jade box and burned the surface with true Qi. A crack appeared on the surface of the jade box, which was originally a whole. Then it slowly opened, revealing a Taoist book, a jade seal, a flying shuttle, and two precious pills inside.

The Taoist book is called "Dongxuan Yaojing for Eliminating Disasters and Protecting Life". It records that about a thousand years ago, two casual practitioners practiced hard here for more than three hundred years and did good deeds for more than two hundred years. Finally, they realized this method of practice from "Taishang Dongxuan Lingbao Shengxuan Xiaozai Huming Miaojing".

It records that by practicing according to this sutra, one can purify magical powers, cleanse the body, and gradually transform the unorthodox ideas into the orthodox Xuanmen.

Unfortunately, after the two of them had practiced hard for many years, their foundation had already been established, making it difficult for them to completely turn to the Xuanmen sect. Therefore, they had to undergo a calamity transformation once, hoping to enter the Xuanmen sect in the next life, ascend to heaven, and achieve supreme immortality.

At the end of the Taoist book, two methods of condensing true Qi are specifically recorded.

One is the Dongxuan Guizhen Qi which can transform the miscellaneous Qi from the side doors into the Xuanmen true Qi, and is ranked sixth.

The second is the pure Qi that is good at eliminating disasters and alleviating misfortunes and protecting lives, which is the fifth grade true Qi.

After Chu Tai briefly flipped through it, he handed the Taoist book and the jade box to Madam Qingli.

"What do you mean, Fellow Daoist Taining?" Madam Qingli briefly flipped through the Taoist book and was immediately attracted by the exercises recorded inside. It took her a while to come back to her senses.

Chu Tai took this opportunity to make some calculations and explained, "Madam, you were one of the two independent cultivators back then. It's just that you and Ming Shao were affected by external forces during your reincarnation in your previous lives. You didn't reincarnate to the corresponding places as you originally thought, so you both had different experiences later on."

"It was during this process that Ming Shao Sanren formed a bond with that Ge Xian... lady, and at the same time formed a grudge with Daoist friend Qiao Ran'er, which led to their continued entanglement in this life. Madam, you should take this as a warning. As for the jade seal, flying shuttle, and precious pill, they were things you prepared for yourselves in your previous lives."

With Chu Tai's guidance, Mrs. Qingli also vaguely grasped some of the key points.

She picked up a precious pill and prepared to swallow it, but Chu Tai stopped her: "Fellow Daoist, think carefully. This inheritance is not only related to you, but also to Ming Shao Sanren. If you two made any vows in your previous lives, it would be easy for him to be implicated."

Upon hearing this, Madam Qingli recalled the techniques she had practiced, and thought about what she had read in the "Dongxuan Sutra for Eliminating Disasters and Protecting Life". She nodded, tilted her head back and swallowed the elixir.

After sitting cross-legged in meditation for a while, most of Madam Qingli's magical energy was transformed into the energy of Dongxuan Guizhen, and her cultivation level was greatly improved. In the process, she also recovered some of her memories.

After opening her eyes, Mrs. Qingli took out the shuttle and handed it to Chu Tai to express her gratitude.

Chu Tai knew that these things concealed the cause and effect between Madam Qingli and Mingshao Sanren, and he was unwilling to accept them easily.

Madam Qingli also knew Chu Tai's thoughts, and bluntly stated that this item was a sacrifice she had made in her previous life, and was just a token of her gratitude to Chu Tai, without any other meaning. She also copied a copy of the Taoist book and gave it to Chu Tai in front of Qiao Ran'er.

"This is also part of the thank you gift."

With such a promise, Chu Tai accepted the two things and asked Madam Qingli how she planned to deal with Ming Shao Sanren's subsequent affairs.

Mrs. Qingli was obviously a little embarrassed about this.

"According to my character, I would naturally let him sink into the underworld, but I made a vow with him in my previous life that no matter who achieves enlightenment in the future, I will save him. Now that I have swallowed the elixir and regained the opportunities and cultivation of my previous life, unless I reincarnate again, I will have to save him once."

Qiao Ran'er, who was standing nearby, was shocked when he heard this. He had not bothered to pay attention to it before because he knew that Madam Qingli would not likely pay attention to Ming Shao Sanren. Now, when he heard that she wanted to take part of the consequences, he immediately frowned.

"What connection do the karma you set in your previous life have with your current life? Besides, Ming Shaosan has done a lot of evil. At least half of the bones on this island are related to him. He has been put into the underworld and must be punished. You don't know how long you will have to wait for him to reincarnate."

“This is also a helpless thing.”

Mrs. Qingli, who had regained some memories of her past life, shook her head helplessly.

"I inherited the legacy from my previous life, and my cultivation has improved. My skills have changed, just like a mortal inheriting the family business of his ancestors. There is no such thing as inheriting only property but not debts. Unless I never inherited that property from the beginning, I can't avoid this debt."

“Besides, when Ming Shao Sanren’s punishment in the underworld is over and most of the sins he carries are cleared, I will bring him back. He can no longer be considered the Ming Shao Sanren of today. I will teach him well at that time and prevent him from falling into the wrong path.”

Mrs. Qingli's answer obviously did not satisfy Qiao Ran'er. He could not help but look at Chu Tai beside him, hoping that he could speak up and say a few words of advice.

But Chu Tai had no intention of intervening in the matter, but instead told the other party what he might have done to Hong Yue during that period.

(End of this chapter)