Donghuang Ziji

Chapter 531: Teaching and Secret Planning
Zen Master Zhiyu's chanting was not loud, but it sounded grand and solemn after it came out of his mouth. The many monks who had been attacked before felt their heads become clear.

Wisps of wisdom flowed through his mind, dispelling the obsession in their hearts.

At the same time, golden light that is invisible to the naked eye flows over the Faguang Temple, strange fragrance descends from the sky, golden lotus blossoms out of thin air, wisps of auspicious clouds flow out from the lotus petals, and turn into a mist of auspicious air that spreads in all directions.

At the same time, a very faint Buddhist light, which contained some light transcending the past, present and future, flowed out from between the eyebrows of Zen Master Zhiyu, illuminating all directions.

The monks and pilgrims illuminated by the Buddha's light suddenly felt transparent, like fine glass, and their bones and internal organs could be clearly seen.

The Buddha's light flowed past, and any remaining filth and distracting thoughts were also melted away by it.

Finally, the ray of Buddha's light also merged into the statue of the God of Wealth, interweaving with the copper coins, producing wisps of strange sandalwood.

When many pilgrims and worshippers smelled the sandalwood, their hearts were awakened, and the light shone together with the Buddha's light, illuminating inside and outside. At the same time, they vaguely felt the embryonic form of a certain cultivator's Tao fruit and the true meaning of the Tao fruit of Qingli Caixian.

"You're willing to do it."

Chu Tai looked at Zen Master Zhiyu, with a hint of admiration in his eyes.

What he threw away was a ray of Buddha's light given by Chu Tai himself, which came from the condensed system of Buddhist Daoguo fragments. It contained not only traces of the highest existence in the foreign land, but also some traces of the Tathagata's magical powers of Fahai Shenghui's games that he analyzed.

In terms of status, that bit of Buddha light has surpassed most of the fourth-grade true qi, and contains a lot of third-grade power. For Zen Master Zhiyu, who is still at the sixth grade, it is a very precious treasure, but he gave it up directly and turned it into wisdom light to nourish the living beings here.

The most important thing is that Zen Master Zhiyu did not force those who were illuminated by the Buddha's light to practice Buddhism. He only lit up the light of the hearts of all living beings, giving them a moment of light and the right to choose.

If one can grasp this opportunity, one can maintain a little light and pave the way for future practice. For example, the little monk who was doing the business before, because he had never traded before, his spirit was perfect, and his good deeds were perfect. Under the Buddha's light, he sensed some of the true meaning of Buddhism, cultivated several techniques, and increased his magic power.

Some also take this opportunity to establish resonance with senior monks, for example, those pilgrims who sense the meaning of Qingli Caixian Daoguo's Dharma during the process of bowing.

These pilgrims also made Chu Tai realize that Qingli Caixian should have also practiced the Taoist system of the gods. He just didn't know whether it was from the altar lineage or if he had inherited some ancient Taoist traditions from the imperial court.

It's just that this person's Dao fruit is now entangled with the destiny of humanity, and it is difficult to distinguish the two. Even if Chu Tai uses a magical method to observe, all he can see is a chaotic and blurry scene.

Chu Tai retracted his gaze. Master Zhiyu seemed to have noticed the change in Chu Tai's gaze. When his mind returned to himself, he slowly said, "Why would you be reluctant to give it up? It was something I got by accident. Why not give it to all living beings now? In comparison, what did that senior say to you?"

"I was just curious about what you said before. With the help of Buddha's light, I explored the traces of the Tao fruit of the Wealth Immortal."

"Oh?"

Upon hearing this, Zen Master Zhiyu asked curiously, "I wonder what this senior has seen?"

"I can't tell. That Dao Fruit seems to be closely connected with the destiny of humanity. Any exploration will be obscured by the destiny of humanity. We need to observe and study for a while longer."

"Is that so? That's a pity."

Upon hearing this, Zen Master Zhiyu sighed first, then smiled, as if mocking himself, "What's the point of thinking about these? Can I still help?"

Chu Tai looked at him and said with a smile, "Master, you have let go of your greed, anger, and ignorance, and saved all the living beings. You have already understood some of the Dharma meaning of [Leaving the Golden Sea and Realizing the True Emptiness]. It is only a matter of time before you reach the fifth level. Once you achieve the fifth level, the Dharma meaning will be able to restrain the filth hidden under the three Dharma meanings of [Everything Goes as You Wish], [Attracting Wealth and Treasures], and [Giving to the World]. How can I not be of help?"

"Don't be ridiculous, my hermit. How can I use my limited cultivation?"

The Zen master shook his head, looked in the direction of the statue, and sighed, "I'm afraid that even if I abandon this body to practice cultivation, I can only shake it a little bit, which is useless for the overall situation."

As he spoke, the strange phenomena had calmed down. Master Zhiyu bowed to Chu Tai and said, "There is chaos inside the mountain gate now. I need to deal with some things first. I cannot entertain you for the time being. Please do as you please."

Chu Tai returned the greeting, saw Master Zhiyu off, and then returned to Baiyun Temple.

As soon as he entered the mountain gate, he saw Xiao Bin coming forward to tell him what happened after he left.

"I sent the servant back, but he doesn't seem willing to give up. May I ask Senior Yangmei, should I continue to worship the statue of the God of Wealth or not?"

"There's no problem in continuing to worship."

Chu Tai glanced at the energy above Baiyun Temple. With Chu Tai's help, Xiao Bin gradually digested the accumulation of years of practice and gradually entered the seventh level. The energy above Baiyun Temple also solidified bit by bit.

If it is only shared by one person, even if the statue of the God of Wealth steals some of the luck, it will not be unable to supply the demand.

However, Chu Tai still explained the interests involved to Xiao Bin, and said that although this thing was troublesome, it was also a good way to hone one's skills.

"The Zen Master Zhiyu of Faguang Temple realized a little bit of the meaning of [Leaving the Golden Sea and Realizing the True Emptiness] through this. According to your practice method, if you can achieve some success, you will be able to realize the meaning of [The mind is like a white cloud, always free]."

Upon hearing this, Xiao Bin immediately expressed his willingness to give it a try.

Upon hearing this, Chu Tai taught him a method of spiritual fetus, and pretended to perform a ritual, giving him the ninth-grade Taoist fruit fragment [Boy], to help this old practitioner who had practiced hard for many years and had not lost his primordial energy to gather his essence and prolong his lifespan.

Afterwards, Chu Tai went out to collect some elixirs and taught the other party some of the subtleties of the Qiankun furnace alchemy method.

"This Xiaoyouqiankun furnace alchemy method was developed by the founder of the Taiyi Jinhua Sect after he attained enlightenment and traveled around the country. He was fortunate to hear True Lord Hunyuan talk about the principles of superior alchemy and realized this method of alchemy. It states that the alchemy furnace is the Qiankun, and the medicinal properties are all living beings. The heaven and the earth nourish all things, but they are diverse but not wasted. Those who are useless and those who are beneficial each carry half and have their own place." As Chu Tai spoke, he started to refine the alchemy in front of Xiao Bin.

During the whole process, Chu Tai asked Xiao Bin to add firewood, fan the air, and mobilize his magic power to control the changes in the furnace.

Chu Tai instructed, "The superior method of alchemy is to refine the external elixir while also training your inner elixir. When to fan the air, when to add firewood, the changes of civil and military fires are also the fire timings you should pay attention to when you circulate the Zhoutian in the process of cultivation. For example, at this moment you should draw Kan and fill Li, so that the fire goes down and the water goes up, and let Kan and Li condense into nectar and descend to nourish the Dantian..."

Under Chu Tai's guidance, Xiao Bin's magic power was intertwined with the elixir energy in the alchemy furnace. The process of the elixir gradually taking shape was also a process of nourishing his magic power and spirit.

After the liquid medicine in the alchemy furnace solidified and the complex medicinal properties of the elixir mixed together, Chu Tai then taught the other party how to separate the impurities.

Allow some of the impurities to settle down, allowing the pure and spiritual medicinal properties to rise, condense, and grow, and finally turn into an embryo.

The whole process lasted for three days and three nights. During this period, many strange visions of light appeared outside Baiyun Temple. People from nearby mountains came to pay homage, but were blocked by the magical prohibitions that had been set up in advance. On the seventh day, when the pill was formed, the faint fragrance of the medicine made many people excited.

They all guessed that the Baiyun Temple might have refined some superior elixir.

However, Chu Tai was not satisfied with the medicinal fragrance that filled the mountains. He instructed Xiao Bin to restrain the medicinal properties while pointing out his shortcomings in practice.

"You were too impatient when you finished your practice, so the fire of your Dan Qi was not completely eliminated, which caused some of the medicinal properties to be lost. This also means that you did not refine the impurities in your body enough."

As he spoke, Chu Tai picked up a palm-leaf fan and gently fanned the alchemy furnace.

A faint inspiration came into his mind, images of mountains and rivers emerged, the elixir energy within rose, forming auspicious clouds above the elixir furnace, and red, orange, yellow, green, cyan, blue and purple colors intertwined, with a rich fragrance that lifted people's spirits when they smelled it.

"If you have completed your training and have some energy left, you can try to gather all the miscellaneous energy and turn it into a magical medicine to feed back to the people."

As he spoke, he fanned the air gently, and the auspicious clouds dispersed and turned into a stream of vital energy that merged into the earth's veins, nourishing the land and condensing some of its medicinal properties. A century-old Ganoderma lucidum with auspicious cloud patterns was directly condensed in the mountains.

Chu Tai visualized these scenes in front of Xiao Bin and said, "The process of repaying the loss of heaven and earth is also to reduce the disasters that we may face in the end when refining pills. Today, we are only refining some simple pills to increase mana, which will not lead to any serious disasters. But if you refine the kind of superior elixir that requires 3,600 kinds of spiritual herbs in the future, you must be prepared for the scene where the heaven and earth will produce disasters to hinder the pill when it is completed."

"Even if you only refine pills to improve yourself without thinking about replenishing the world, you will also lose your own luck in the dark, making it more difficult to practice in the future."

Xiao Bin nodded repeatedly to show that he understood. Just as he was about to stand up, he was surprised to find that his cultivation had already steadily entered the seventh level. He looked at the more than ten cultivation-enhancing pills in front of him with a surprised expression.

"What's so strange about that? I've talked about the superior method of alchemy before. While refining the external elixir, you are also training your inner elixir. In the process of refining the elixir these days, you have absorbed a lot of the medicinal properties of the spiritual medicine. You have practiced hard for decades and have reached the realm a long time ago. You just lacked a specific method of practice. Now that you have the method and the realm, it will be easy for you to replenish your mana."

Speaking of this, Chu Tai was also a little emotional. According to Xiao Bin's piety in his daily morning and evening classes, an immortal should have given him a spiritual response and allowed him to embark on the path of cultivation. It was a pity that he inherited the legacy of a branch of the Jinhua Sect, which resulted in much of his practice only accumulating spiritual realms and being unable to be transformed into magic power.

If Xiao Bin had not met Chu Tai, the best outcome for him would be to be guided by an immortal when he died.

And now that Chu Tai has taught him the method, he will naturally help him transform what he has accumulated from his past practice.

He pointed at the more than one hundred pills, divided them into four batches, and said with a smile: "Take a look at the differences between these pills."

Xiao Bin observed carefully, pointed out two of them, and said: "These two should be the same kind of elixir, but the quality is different. As for these two..."

Xiao Bin was a little confused. He looked at the pills and said hesitantly, "It seems to me that there are some elixirs with different effects and some poisons with different effects?"

"exactly."

Chu Tai nodded, pointed at the pills and said, "Usually, the medicinal properties of a spiritual medicine are complex. Apart from the most prominent ones, there may be dozens or even hundreds of different spiritual and material properties hidden inside. Because it is difficult for ordinary cultivators to perceive, they regard them as impurities and burn them with flames. In this process, due to lack of skill, the flame used does not match the medicinal properties, which may damage some of the medicinal properties."

"But Xiao You Qian Kun's furnace alchemy method is different. This method emphasizes the self-derivation and change based on the medicinal properties of the spiritual medicine. While purifying it as much as possible, it should not waste the medicinal properties. Therefore, the final elixir is generally divided into two qualities, and is mixed with many elixirs with similar medicinal properties, but not of the same type. Some medicinal properties that are too complicated, or spiritual and material properties that are really unusable, are also cultivated into poisons to precipitate impurities, which are these poison pills. Or they are conceived as spiritual medicine embryos and used to feed back to heaven and earth, which is the Ganoderma lucidum you saw earlier."

"This process also requires you to understand some cultivation concepts. If you practice with your own Baiyun Temple method, what path should you take?"

Seeing Xiao Bin lost in thought, Chu Tai did not continue to ask questions, but helped to arrange the feng shui and formations in Baiyun Temple, and then asked Xiao Bin to go out to receive the guests who gathered.

Everyone who was entrenched outside knew that Xiao Bin might have concocted some elixir this time, so they all prepared gifts. Seeing that Xiao Bin was in high spirits, his cultivation seemed to have improved, and his face looked much younger, they became even more excited and gathered around Xiao Bin.

The old cultivator had never seen such a scene before, and most of the seventy or eighty elixirs he had refined were immediately taken away by the crowd.

Then he persuaded everyone to leave, returned to the temple with a tired face, and complained to Chu Tai.

"Baiyun Temple will surely become more prosperous in the future, and these things are unavoidable. And today, they are temporarily satisfied with the elixir, and such things will be inevitable in the future. You can continue to learn some elixir techniques from me."

After saying that, Chu Tai pulled Xiao Bin to continue teaching, and this process also made the name of Yangmeishan spread in the neighborhood.

Especially since this hermit was instructing Zen Master Zhiyu of Faguang Temple, and was later proved to be a senior of Baiyun Temple. His identity straddling both the immortal and Buddhist paths made the rumors about hermit Yangmei even more mysterious.

Chu Tai also used these rumors to gradually expand his influence, created many legends, and even tacitly allowed some people to associate him with Qingli Caixian.

(End of this chapter)