Xiuxian: I studied abroad in modern times

Chapter 585 A Thousand Great Daos, A Hundred Transformations

Above the Eastern Sea of ​​the Nine Luminaries, Zheng Fa raised his true dragon head, and waves rippled around the small island, surrounding it and kneeling in worship.

Now, being in this ocean feels like being home, and he can finally experience the joy of being the Lord of the Jade Dragon.

Zheng Fa's playful spirit remained undiminished. With a flick of his dragon body, he transformed into a magnificent phoenix, trailing long tail feathers as he soared through the air, with two streaks of golden and red flames blooming behind him.

One by one, white seabirds flew in from all directions, fluttering and dancing around him.

The most noble bloodline among the demon race, the divine beings born of nature, and the great shamans who carry green mountains and shatter clouds, appear in rotation on the island.

Nuwa was extremely discerning, and since the creation of humans was related to her own path, the species she chose were all powerful beings in this world, which have now benefited Zheng Fa.

Limited by his cultivation level, the beings that Zheng Fa transformed into were not yet at the Dao Fruit stage, but he could still sense the great power in their bloodline—this innate extraordinary talent was something that ordinary humans could not contend with.

He was completely absorbed when the sky became hazy again, and a voice came:
"I am Hongjun..."

The second sermon began.

A purple beam of light pierced through the chaos and landed in front of Zheng Fa.

Zheng Fa transformed back into his original form, stepped into the pillar of light, and was lifted up rapidly. In a short while, he arrived at Zixiao Palace again.

Just like last time, the three thousand guests of Zixiao were already seated in the hall, and Zheng Fa stood at the hall entrance when he suddenly heard a few noises behind him.

He turned his head and saw that the Creation Daoist and the others had also arrived.

The first to arrive was the Daoist of Creation, who nodded kindly to Zheng Fa.

The Gu God and the White Bone still formed a small group and arrived together.

The Golden-Winged Roc was alone; Bai Lian, with whom he had a good relationship, had not yet arrived.

That makes sense. Now that the Golden-Winged Roc has entered the Heavenly Court of the Demon Clan and obtained a formal position, it's naturally difficult for him to stay with the White Lotus forever.

There was someone else following Bai Lian.

"Ancestor Bai Lian will surely achieve great success upon hearing this teaching." The voice of the Lu Clan's Great Elder rang out, and everyone looked closely to see eight Nascent Soul cultivators from the Lu Clan following behind Bai Lian.

Bai Lian's expression remained calm as she simply smiled and said, "The sermon has not yet begun, how dare I speak of certainty?"

In my opinion, there is no one else!

Zheng Fa was surprised and couldn't help but glance at the Gu Goddess, noticing that her expression was also dark—the Lu Clan hadn't been so obsequious to the Gu Goddess before!
Then everyone heard the Lu Clan's Grand Elder say, "Thanks to the grace of the White Lotus Ancestor, we have been able to hear the teachings of the two Ancestors and have gained quite a bit."

"We are of such meager talent, so I'm sure Ancestor White Lotus has gained much more." The Lu Clan's Grand Elder's tone was surprisingly sincere. "Who else but Ancestor White Lotus could possess this Primordial Purple Qi?"

Now Zheng Fa understood: it seemed that the white lotus had given these Lu people quite a few benefits.
If you lick until the very end, you'll have everything you could want?

But he couldn't understand why Bai Lian was trying to win over the Lu clan. He looked at the Gu God and saw that his expression was extremely livid, ten times angrier than before.

It's clear that the alliance between the White Lotus and the Lu Clan has greatly displeased the Gu God.

Lu Clan...

Zheng Fa suddenly understood why Bai Lian wanted to win over the Lu Clan. Compared to all the Dao Fruits here, the Lu Clan's strength was insignificant, but they controlled the gateway to the Nine Luminaries Heaven. If the Lu Clan didn't open the gate, Zheng Fa and his group would likely be trapped in the Nine Luminaries Heaven, unable to escape.

This is also the Lu Clan's biggest trump card in the Nine Luminaries Heaven.

For Bai Lian... and for any cultivator aspiring to master the Primordial Purple Qi, the Lu Clan is of great importance:
For example, if you obtain the Primordial Purple Qi, you will naturally want to run away. Whether you can run away or not depends on the attitude of the Lu Clan.

For example, if someone else obtains the Primordial Purple Qi and you want to steal it, whether you can succeed in stealing it and whether the Lu Clan opens the gate are also very important.

"This humble monk will do his best. If any of you fellow Daoists are able to sit on that futon," Bai Lian said softly, "it would be a great fortune for us."

Zheng Fa looked at Bai Lian, who had a humble and bright smile on her face.

However, his painstaking efforts to win over the Lu clan made his smile seem somewhat insincere.

Fourteen people waited at the entrance of the hall for about half a cup of tea when Zheng Fa felt a force gently pulling him from the front. Following this force, Zheng Fa landed on a futon.

The seating arrangement for everyone on the prayer mats was the same as the arrangement for the last sermon.

Bai Lian and Zao Hua were in the first row behind the seven futons. In this Zixiao Palace, apart from the first row, each row behind them had one hundred futons.

The Daoist of Creation is positioned slightly to the left, while the one seated on the white lotus is slightly to the right.

Judging from the changes in Zheng Fa's prayer mat last time, the prayer mat was arranged from left to right. In other words, although Bai Lian is very powerful now, the Creation Daoist was ranked slightly higher than Bai Lian last time.

To the left of the Daoist of Creation, there were more than thirty prayer cushions.

Zheng Fali sat in the fourth row, on the far left, about two hundred seats away from the two of them.

There were over nine hundred Golden-Winged Rocs, with the Gu God and the White Bone Demon Ancestor in the fifteenth and sixteenth rows, and the Lu Clan and others distributed in the last three rows.

As soon as everyone was seated, Master Hongjun on the high platform began his second sermon.

Zheng Fa listened carefully and immediately noticed the difference:

In his first sermon, Master Hongjun mainly talked about the realms of cultivation and some general methods of cultivation.

To put it simply, it's the principle, the general outline of cultivation.

For any monk of this era, the content of the last sermon is useful, serving as a concise outline.

But this time was different. At the beginning of the sermon, Zheng Fa heard Hongjun Daoist say, "In this sermon, I will fully expound the three thousand Great Daos. First, I will start with the path of cultivation of the innate deities."

Zheng Fa listened with a sense of doubt in his heart. Is this how the Three Thousand Great Daos are understood?
But as he listened, he gradually realized that the meaning of the Three Thousand Great Daos was different in this era and in the Xuanwei of the future.

In later generations, the human race was revered, and the "Three Thousand Great Daos" actually referred to the differences between the various Daoist methods.

However, in this era, the Daoist arts were just beginning to emerge, and it could only be said that they were created by Hongjun Daoist alone. The so-called "Three Thousand Great Daos" did not simply refer to the Daoist arts, but rather to the different cultivation methods for different races.

As Hongjun Daoren said, dragons ride the clouds and rain, and phoenixes perch on divine fire. Although their cultivation levels are roughly the same, their cultivation methods differ greatly due to their different innate talents. To put it simply, Hongjun Daoren combined his own established Daoist philosophy with the inherent talents of each race.

In his first sermon, Master Hongjun spoke of principles, which were more abstract generalizations.

In his second sermon, he categorized and refined the details for various races, making them even applicable to practical cultivation.

Having figured all this out, Zheng Fa looked at Hongjun Daoist with even more admiration.

If he hadn't created a cultivation method that all races could follow, how could Hongjun Daoist be called the Dao Ancestor?

To put it bluntly, were there no cultivation methods before Hongjun Daoren?
On the other hand, were Hongjun Daoren's previous cultivation methods outside the scope of the Dao?

That's definitely not the case. If a cultivation method is not within the Dao, it means that the Dao cannot explain all the rules, so how can it be qualified to be called the Dao?
The Daoist teachings did not arise because of Hongjun Daoist, nor did the Dao itself.

Judging from Zheng Fa's current observations, Hongjun Daoren's contribution is probably that he is the first person in this era to synthesize the cultivation methods. He not only understands the talents and cultivation points of almost all races, but also extracts a common theory from them, and then uses this theory to improve these cultivation methods.

The three thousand guests in Zixiao Palace are not actually three thousand individuals. Behind each of them is a vast race. It is for this reason that Hongjun Daoist even modified their cultivation methods according to each person's characteristics. It is because there are three thousand people listening to the Dao that there is the saying of the Three Thousand Great Daos.

It is precisely because Hongjun Daoist's Daoist teachings encompass all races and can benefit almost every race that his title as Daoist Ancestor is recognized by everyone in this era.

Zheng Fa was admiring the magnificent and powerful spirit of Hongjun Daoren's sermon.

Those who came from the Five Viscera Observation were very uncomfortable.

Hongjun Daoist was refining cultivation methods for each race, and the Lu Clan's Grand Elder felt... he was being targeted!

He sat on the futon, watching Hongjun's mouth open and close, his mind echoing "Aba Aba" in his mind.

When they couldn't understand what the Taoist was saying, they became extremely anxious, feeling that they had missed a great opportunity.

After much difficulty, starting with random gestures, it took them many years to slowly learn the language. This time, they weren't in a hurry, but rather... in despair.

I thought I would gain a lot from this, but I didn't expect that this Taoist Hongjun would not play by the rules!
What he said was useless to them—because he was a human!
Even the demon ancestors like the Gu God were originally from the human race, but at this moment, there are no humans at all, so Hongjun Daoist naturally wouldn't specifically explain their cultivation methods to humans.

Of course, he was unwilling to give up. He listened attentively, trying to make connections and understand the concepts. However, every single one of the beings in Zixiao Palace had an extraordinary background and their talents far surpassed those of ordinary humans. Forget about using external resources to improve one's own abilities; he even had difficulty understanding the explanations.

After a long while, the Lu Clan's Grand Elder, whose mind was completely muddled, finally couldn't contain his anxiety and looked at the others.

He first looked at the Nascent Soul cultivators around him and saw that their expressions were the same as his, full of despair, almost to the point of demonic possession. Last time when they heard the Dao, they couldn't understand the language and only thought they were unlucky. This time, they understood and began to doubt their own minds.

The Lu Clan's Grand Elder pursed his lips and looked ahead again.

He couldn't see the expressions of the Gu God and the White Bone Demon Ancestor, but he could tell from the few golden flowers around them that the two of them were probably suffering greatly.

The Grand Elder of the Lu Clan felt a little better, but when he saw the Golden-Winged Roc, he felt a surge of anger. The Golden-Winged Roc seemed to have gained something, and at this moment it had transformed back into its original form, standing on the futon with its two claws, and the golden flowers around it were constantly surging towards it.

Yes!

In terms of bloodline, the Golden-Winged Roc is indeed the closest to this ancient creature; otherwise, how could it have joined the Heavenly Court of the Demon Clan?
These people don't get any benefit, but the Golden-Winged Roc does!
The Lu Clan Elder turned his gaze and first carefully examined Zheng Fa. Seeing that there weren't many golden flowers around Zheng Fa, he breathed a sigh of relief—at least Shi Nandang was about the same as them. That's right, Shi Nandang was also a human, so how different could he be from them?

Thinking of this, the Grand Elder of the Lu Clan calmed down and looked hopefully at Bai Lian in the first row.

Bai Lian sat cross-legged on the futon, her eyes closed, her expression extremely serious, as if she were trying her best to comprehend something.

Behind him appeared a Buddha with an ancient and simple face, and between the Buddha's eyebrows was a Bodhi seed.

Golden flowers rained down around the Buddha, eight or nine times more than those around the Garuda, clearly indicating that the White Lotus had gained much from listening to the sermon.

The Lu Clan's Grand Elder watched with envy. Although Bai Lian had told him some of the content of her first lecture, he understood that she couldn't possibly have taught him everything; she probably only scratched the surface.

This white lotus has Bodhi seeds, and is further instructed by two Buddhist patriarchs. Compared to these people, it truly has a huge advantage.

Now, he has actually gained much more than the Golden-Winged Roc.

Suddenly, a thought struck him. He noticed that the Daoist of Creation was unassuming, yet the golden flowers beside him were no less numerous than the white lotus.

The Lu Clan's Grand Elder was slightly taken aback, feeling wary. He was naturally somewhat jealous of Bai Lian, but the two were now in the same boat. If they couldn't obtain the Primordial Purple Qi, then it would be best if Bai Lian did.

He used to be most hostile to Shi Nandang, but now he feels that although Shi Nandang is ahead, he is no longer a threat.

This Daoist of Creation was truly unfathomable, making it impossible to fathom his thoughts, but he also had a feeling that this person was definitely not a good person.

The Grand Elder of the Lu Clan observed Bai Lian and the Daoist of Creation and saw that their prayer mats were slowly moving to the left.

Bai Lian's futon moved faster, but the Creation Daoist, who had been in the lead, was now moving at a considerable speed. Although the distance between the two was slowly closing, Bai Lian was unable to overtake the Creation Daoist for a long time.

The Lu Clan's Grand Elder was secretly encouraging Bai Lian, keeping a close eye on the distance between the two. Gradually, Bai Lian seemed to be comprehending the Dao faster during this lecture, and was about to surpass the Daoist of Creation.

The Lu Clan's Grand Elder clenched his fist, his heart pounding with excitement. Just as the two figures passed each other, a blinding light suddenly shone before his eyes.

The light was so bright that it blinded him, forcing him to close his eyes and curse inwardly.

When he opened his eyes and looked in the direction of the light, his expression immediately changed. He stared in disbelief at the colorful phoenix standing where Zheng Fa had been standing.

Just as Hongjun Daoist was explaining the cultivation methods of the Phoenix Clan, the golden flowers surrounding the colorful phoenix seemed to engulf it like a mudslide. There were so many golden flowers that it emitted that blinding white light.

The stone is hard to withstand... its true form is a phoenix?

The Lu Clan's Grand Elder stared wide-eyed, racking his brains, wondering if he had ever heard of such a thing.

He looked at the other Lu people and saw them with their mouths agape, looking completely ignorant.

Just as everyone was wondering, Master Hongjun changed the subject and began to talk about another cultivation method. This method was no longer applicable to the phoenix, but to a divine beast called Bai Ze.

Everyone watched in disbelief as the colorful phoenix flashed with light and transformed into a strange, ancient-looking beast.

It was Bai Ze.

(End of this chapter)