Donghuang Ziji

Chapter 301: God is True
Yu Lu County is a county located in the southeast of the Central Plains. Its name comes from the fact that its residents are good at brewing two kinds of liquor, Yu Liuxia and Baihua Lu.

Among them, Yuliuxia is a spiritual wine that has been filtered many times and has almost no impurities. It is named because of its transparent color and its ability to refract various halos under the light, just like flowing clouds.

Baihua Lu, also known as Baihua Wine, is brewed by collecting petals of hundreds of flowers and soaking them in water.

Depending on the type of liquor used and the order in which the petals are put in, the finished products vary greatly, leading to the saying that every family's Baihua Niang has a different aroma and every Yu Lu tastes different.

This unique environment makes the county still surrounded by the faint aroma of wine even late at night.

Chu Tai hid his figure and walked on the street, feeling the atmosphere of the place. He was about to look for Liu Xue when he suddenly heard bursts of chanting.

"Golden light shines in the house, auspicious air fills the courtyard. Taiyi Daoqi circulates through the ancient and modern times... One Qi evolves, and it is dark and mysterious."

The familiar spell made Chu Tai stop and look up. He whispered, "Is this the Taiyi Golden Light Curse?"

Walking forward, you will see a lantern emitting a faint green light.

"With compassionate thoughts, the lights are transformed and offered as nectar to help the dead souls. The ritual of saving the dead souls and lighting the lamps is really a familiar ritual..."

Chu Tai walked forward. The last time he saw this ritual was when he first came into contact with Feiquan God.

Seeing it again at this moment, he felt a little subtle. Looking into the door where the lantern was, he saw an old woman in a brown robe chanting a spell to bless the food and wine in front of her.

In fact, the "Taiyi Jinguan Mantra" she chanted did not conform to the Lingci Zhenbayou Tudeng Yindeng ritual, but the woman chanted the mantra with a compassionate heart, which was somehow in line with the operation of the ritual and thus produced its effect.

Moreover, the woman in front of him was extraordinary. Although she was old and looked frail, she had actually forged a Yin Shen Dharmakaya without realizing it. She was the image of a young woman with a compassionate face and holding a bowl of nectar.

Every time she chanted the mantra, the bowl of nectar in the hands of her Dharma body would emit transparent, invisible ripples that spread outward in waves. As soon as Chu Tai approached, he was surrounded by the ripples, and a feeling of compassion, relief, and blessing fell on him.

In an instant, Chu Tai understood why no souls came when the Lingci Rescue and Lighting Ceremony was started.

This is because most of the souls that are called are cleansed by the ripples halfway through, eliminating their sins, repairing their bodies, and reincarnating.

Chu Tai stepped forward to take a closer look. The woman's body was bright and clear, like golden crystal, and she was pure inside and out. It was obvious that she had reached the level of being able to communicate with the gods by reciting the scriptures a thousand times, and to understand the truth by reciting them ten thousand times.

Looking at her again, the light on her body was faintly connected with a certain ray of light in the void. It was obvious that she was being watched by a certain immortal. Once the cause and effect were settled and she had no ties to this world anymore, she would be able to directly ascend to heaven and practice with a certain immortal.

Judging from the "Taiyi Golden Light Mantra" that the woman was reciting at this moment, this immortal was most likely a senior of the Taiyi lineage.

This also explains why Chu Tai came here. To put it bluntly, it was due to changes in cause and effect.

Chu Tai was thinking silently, and the old woman's chanting paused for a moment. In fact, she had sensed something when Chu Tai entered, but similar situations had happened in the past, and the other party would leave after a while, so she didn't care.

But Chu Tai's lack of movement made her a little worried. She raised her head and looked in Chu Tai's direction. Her white pupils could not reflect anything, but it did not affect the compassionate heart within.

"Are you hungry? Eat something first. If you trust me, you may stay here. I can't guarantee that I can wash away all the filth for you, but I can at least make you feel more relaxed..."

Obviously, the old woman regarded Chu Tai as one of those innocent souls who died in vain. While she was trying to persuade him with good intentions, she also hoped that Chu Tai would let her go.

"The old man is here alone?"

Chu Tai asked, observing her "fate" at the same time.

"Yes, I am the only one left, and I don't know when I will go back to my wife and children. But God has been kind to me. I lost my husband in middle age, but my children are filial. I lost my son in old age, but my grandson is a good person. Neighbors are happy to help me, so my life is pretty easy." "What about your grandson?"

"He went to Jinfeng Temple with his companions to learn martial arts. Although he has been back less frequently in recent days, he said a few days ago that he has made some progress in his studies. I think he will be gone soon..."

Listening to the old woman chattering about her children, Chu Tai's eyes became softer, but his gaze towards Jinfeng Temple became colder.

He has completely understood the reason why he came here. At this moment, he even doubts whether he chose Jinfeng Temple as his starting point because of fate.

After all, the old lady in front of him believed in Taiyi and had reached the threshold of ascension through chanting scriptures and practicing. Now the only thing she was concerned about was her grandson. It didn't seem strange that she would bring Chu Tai, a Taiyi disciple, here under the pull of fate.

Chu Tai listened to scriptures in the woman's house for a whole night. Under the ripples of the Taiyi aura, his magic power and true qi became slightly more active.

He ate another piece of cake and gradually disappeared.

The old lady who was unaware of Chu Tai's departure couldn't help but smile, waved in the direction where Chu Tai disappeared, and whispered: "Just let it go, just let it go..."

On the other side, Chu Tai, who had left the old woman's house, walked towards the Jinfeng Temple in the morning light.

As a well-known place for immortals to practice cultivation in Yulu County, Jinfeng Temple covers a large area. The buildings in the palace are arranged in an orderly manner, with magnificent buildings and golden splendor. Everywhere is painted with anecdotes about gods and immortals.

Every morning, the immortal old man Liu Xue would preach in front of the main hall, explain Taoism to his disciples, or test their progress in practice.

Although Liu Xue was called an old man, he actually looked very young, only about fourteen or fifteen years old. He wore a purple gold hibiscus crown on his head, a nine palaces and eight trigrams robe on his body, and held a white jade whisk in his hand, looking like an immortal.

Behind him, there were two handsome Taoist boys. One was holding a Ruyi with a sparkling precious light on it, and the other was holding an incense burner with a cool fragrance all around. Unfortunately, there was a little coquettishness between his eyebrows and his breath was a little turbid, which made the original immortal atmosphere a little weird.

However, no one in the temple cared about the two at this moment, and everyone's eyes were on the platform in front of the hall.

The platform was built with large bluestones, which had been refined by the Wutai method and was as hard as iron. The two young men fought on it.

The two young men each have their own characteristics. One is tall and uses the Mountain-Pushing Hand technique, while the other is nimble and uses the Wind-Chasing Palm technique.

Both sets of palm techniques were passed down by Liu Xue. The former has simple moves and is easy to learn and practice. It only has four palm techniques: horizontal, chopping, driving, and reverse. Its advantage is that it can accumulate strength. The more you practice, the stronger you become. It can be regarded as a slow and steady skill.

The latter has complicated moves, difficult to learn and practice, with a total of 128 moves, which require that each move be connected to each other. However, it also requires practitioners to be free from moves and constraints when performing the moves, and to pursue the goal of having a mind like the breeze and flying palm power.

The two young men in front of him had obviously mastered some essentials of the palm techniques, and they were quite powerful when they displayed them.

He pushed out with one palm, the energy surged, and with one hand he defended, a breeze surrounded him, and everyone on the side was stunned.

Moreover, as the fight between the two reached a stalemate, their moves became more and more skillful, the aura of the two men also rose little by little, their blood surged, and a faint white mist emerged from their bodies.

Seeing this, Liu Xue above had a glimmer of enlightenment in her eyes. She waved the whisk in her hand and said with a smile, "Good! Good! Good! You two are indeed the two most talented disciples in this batch of disciples. You have practiced hard and never slacked off. Today is the time for you to enter the Dao. Let your master help you."

With a tap on the top of the head, a clear light slowly rose up and spread out three feet above the top, transforming into an acre of auspicious cloud, in which hundreds of talismans of different colors were flying and blending with each other. The dots of spiritual light were like water dripping from the eaves, one after another.

Two more palm-sized black and white talismans gradually condensed into shape in the spiritual light, floating up and down in the clear light and auspicious clouds.

(End of this chapter)