The Buddha is actually me

Chapter 249: Playing chess in the bamboo forest, the magical power of the golden elixir

"Why don't you come up and have a chat?"

Under the bamboo forest, the Taoist in white clothes, with his back to Zhang Jiuyang, made an invitation.

Zhang Jiuyang's eyes narrowed, and then he stepped forward, came to the other side of the chessboard, and slowly sat down.

The chessboard is a piece of natural bluestone with patterns on it like stars in a chessboard. The black and white chess pieces seem to be made of cold jade, which lowers the temperature of the surrounding area.

Zhang Jiuyang finally saw the appearance of the master of Taiping Temple.

He has a fair face and no beard, a handsome appearance, an elegant temperament, and a gentle and calm look between his eyebrows. His eyes, in particular, are deep and weathered, as if he has experienced all kinds of life and seen all kinds of things in the world.

He looked very young, but his temples were slightly gray. His long hair was tied up with a peach wood hairpin and combed meticulously.

Zhang Jiuyang looked at him deeply.

Is this the abbot of Taiping Temple who is said to be so miraculous?

This temple abbot is indeed very mysterious. As the abbot of the world's number one Taoist temple, he is highly favored by the emperor, who even wanted to appoint him as the imperial teacher. However, there were too many opposing voices in the Imperial Observatory, and the plan eventually came to nothing.

It is said that the master of this temple has unfathomable strength and is particularly good at the art of health preservation and youth preservation. He has lived through three dynasties and is at least over a hundred years old, but he looks unusually young.

Some people in the martial arts world even speculated that he had already entered the seventh realm, but the master of Taiping Temple seldom took action and never showed up in public, so only a few people had seen him.

In addition to his health-preserving and youthful techniques, the abbot of Taiping Temple is most famous for his alchemy skills.

The furnace is opened once every twenty years to refine three golden elixirs: Human Yuan, Earth Yuan and Heaven Yuan. The Human Yuan elixir can help people break through the four realms, but the effects of the Earth Yuan elixir and Heaven Yuan elixir are unknown because they have never been released. Some people speculate that they can prolong one's life.

To be honest, Yue Ling had some complaints about the abbot of Taiping Temple, or rather, the entire Imperial Observatory was not on good terms with Taiping Temple.

Facing the headmaster of the world's number one sect, Zhang Jiuyang felt a little nervous, but he quickly adjusted himself and took the initiative to speak.

"The master is truly unfathomable. I just took the golden elixir, but I can actually see your spirit thousands of miles away."

"It's just a small trick. I just used some tricks when refining the elixir."

The abbot of Taiping Temple was very frank and admitted that he had tampered with the elixir.

Zhang Jiuyang's heart trembled. He had checked the pill carefully before taking it, but found nothing. This person's alchemy skills must have reached perfection.

This also made him secretly alert that he must find someone who knows the subject to check it before taking the medicine in the future, otherwise he would not know if he was being tricked.

"why?"

Zhang Jiuyang suddenly asked, "Are you going to tamper with every pill, or just mine?"

"Only yours."

The head of Taiping Temple smiled faintly and said, "Miss Shen came to me to ask for the elixir. I once told her that whoever takes the elixir will be my master and disciple."

Shen girl?
Thinking of the white-haired old lady Shen who was over 70 years old, Zhang Jiuyang's eyes showed a hint of surprise. How old was this person?
"You want to take me as your apprentice?"

Zhang Jiuyang showed a hint of suspicion.

Although he was confident in his qualifications, he wouldn't go so far as to attract the Xuanmen leader to come forward in person to ask for his disciple.

You know, his foundation is already set, and he is already 20 years old, so it is difficult for him to feel a sense of belonging to a sect.

The direct disciples of such a large sect are usually trained from a young age.

The head of Taiping Temple nodded and said without hesitation: "Take it and give it a try. It's okay if it doesn't work."

His attitude is quite carefree.

"So what can you teach me? Or, what can I gain?"

Zhang Jiuyang did not refuse immediately. Taiping Temple is the leader of Taoism today, and the abbot is undoubtedly a great cultivator with great supernatural powers.

It can be said that it is a blessing in disguise that such a powerful person wants to accept a disciple.

Moreover, Zhang Jiuyang did not want to be enemies with Taiping Temple. In his opinion, Huang Quan was the biggest enemy, and Taiping Temple and the Imperial Observatory should not fight each other.

"Teach you how to live forever..."

The temple master's voice startled Zhang Jiuyang.

"Well, it's a bit difficult. After all, I can't do it myself yet."

Zhang Jiuyang: “???”

How come this seemingly unfathomable master of Taiping Temple actually has a bit of a funny attribute?
"But it shouldn't be a problem to extend your lifespan to two or three hundred years old."

The master of the temple had a smile on his face. While playing chess with himself, he said, "Practice, in the final analysis, is about who can live longer. No matter how amazing a person is, it is useless if he doesn't live long. Once you die, you are dead. With death, your body disappears and everything becomes empty."

After a pause, he added: "As long as we can outlast our opponent, it can be considered a fair victory."

Zhang Jiuyang's face froze, but he had to admit that what he said made sense.

"When Shen was young, she was very beautiful and intelligent, but now she is old and looks like a rotten tree that has been eaten away by termites. It's really sad."

"If you take me as your master, you may not be able to defeat others, but you will definitely live longer than others."

After saying that, the master looked up at Zhang Jiuyang and asked with a smile, "How is it?"

Zhang Jiuyang also laughed. He didn’t expect that the temple master was such a wonderful person.

He thought for a moment and said, "This is really exciting. If I accept you as my master, can I become the abbot of the temple in the future?"

"No."

"why?"

"Because you certainly won't live as long as I do."

Zhang Jiuyang: “…”

"Then can I marry, have children, drink wine and eat meat if I become your master?"

"also can not."

"why?"

"If the six senses are not pure, your life span will be shortened, and..."

The Taiping Temple Master calmly placed a child down and continued, "A wife and children... are very troublesome. Having a wife means one more layer of cause and effect. You might even get into trouble because of it. In life, the fewer causes and effects there are, the better."

"If I hadn't figured out that we were destined to be together, I wouldn't have thought of accepting you as my disciple. After all, if you were killed by someone, I would have to seek revenge. If I couldn't defeat you, wouldn't that mean I would die in vain?"

"There are so many disciples in Taiping Temple——"

"Those are not my disciples." Zhang Jiuyang was stunned.

"I only had five direct disciples, and now there are only three left. Two of them didn't practice diligently, and died of old age at the age of 100. It's a pity that they died young."

What a shame to die young!

Zhang Jiuyang was speechless. What kind of Taiping Temple is this? It might be better to call it Wugui Temple.

"The name of Turtle Temple is good. In fact, I did want to call it this at the beginning, but unfortunately my disciples strongly opposed it."

Zhang Jiuyang was shocked. Can he hear my thoughts?

"Yes, I can hear some of it. Buddhist monks can read other people's minds after practicing for a long time. I have lived much longer than them, so I know a little bit."

After a pause, the master of the temple sighed softly, as if relieved of a heavy burden.

"It seems that you are unwilling to become my disciple. That's a pity."

What regrets? You clearly look relieved, as if you are happy that you don't have to teach disciples anymore...

Zhang Jiuyang almost understood what kind of person the Master of Taiping Temple was.

Lazy man, just want to live.

I really didn't expect that the person called a demon by Yue Ling would have such a personality.

"Now that you're here, do you want to play a game of chess?"

"You play black."

The master of the temple suddenly invited.

Zhang Jiuyang nodded and looked at the black chess pieces, only to find that... the black chess pieces had been killed to pieces, the situation was almost ruined, and there was no way to turn the tide.

What the hell!

Just as he was thinking hard.

Snapped!
The master of the temple made a move and won the game.

"I won."

Zhang Jiuyang's face turned dark. My goodness, it's already this situation, and you should leave first?

How afraid are you of losing?

"Hahaha, let's play another round."

The master of the temple waved his sleeves, and the chess pieces disappeared, black and white returned to their positions. Then he reached out and grabbed a handful of chess pieces, and said with a smile: "Guess what will happen first."

"...You go first."

Zhang Jiuyang had no interest in guessing what would go first. You already know his telepathy, and you still want to play guessing with me?
The two men made their move, but before they had taken a few steps, the abbot shook his head and sighed.

"It seems that this dish will have to be saved for later."

Zhang Jiuyang looked up and saw a golden vertical pupil appear in the sky, staring at the master of Taiping Temple.

The figure of the temple master gradually disappeared, leaving behind a meaningful sentence.

"My friend, you have already made two moves. I hope you can win this game fairly."

Zhang Jiuyang looked at the four black pieces on the chessboard and frowned. Two pieces were dropped?

Oh boy, do you want to eat my steps?

What a weirdo.

……

In the cave, Zhang Jiuyang slowly opened his eyes. His eyes were as bright as lightning, and there was even a hint of golden light in the depths of his eyes. His temperament had changed a lot from before.

It was a ray of pure yang energy.

The Pure Yang Golden Elixir is the most superior of all the golden elixirs. Only the Yuding Xuan Gong can cultivate it. After the destruction of the Yuding Palace, it has not been seen for six hundred years.

Even in the Yuding Palace six hundred years ago, those who could cultivate the Pure Yang Golden Elixir were extremely rare.

"Congratulations, fellow Daoist, for breaking through the fourth realm."

Yue Ling looked at Zhang Jiuyang, a hint of emotion in her beautiful eyes.

He broke through four realms in one year, and it was a Pure Yang Golden Elixir. Even she could not match this speed.

Are the golden scales just a thing in the pond? They turn into dragons when encountering wind and clouds.

Zhang Jiuyang has already revealed his mighty dragon horns, and he only needs an opportunity to become famous throughout the world.

"The fourth realm... is indeed amazing."

Zhang Jiuyang felt the power of the brilliant golden elixir in his dantian, and couldn't help but feel excited.

Is this the golden elixir?

It looked only the size of a longan, but it increased his magic power nearly tenfold. The golden light was like a furnace, constantly decomposing powerful forces, illuminating his limbs, nourishing his flesh and blood, and cleansing his tendons and bones.

Even if you are seriously injured, you will recover quickly with the power of the golden elixir.

If the Dantian is compared to the universe, then the Golden Elixir is like the sun, injecting light and heat into the originally dead world.

This feeling is so wonderful. Even if he does not actively practice, this pure yang golden pill will automatically absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, and then turn into golden light to feed back to his body.

It was as if he was the center of heaven and earth, the center of the universe.

Even Yue Ling’s golden elixir does not have this ability, which shows that it is exclusive to the Pure Yang Golden Elixir.

"The biggest improvement in combat power in the fourth realm, besides the golden elixir, is your awakened innate magical power."

Yue Ling was very interested and asked: "Zhang Jiuyang, feel it carefully, what magical power have you awakened?"

Logically speaking, the higher the quality of the golden elixir, the more powerful the awakened supernatural power will be.

For example, when she cultivated the golden elixir, she awakened the golden flame magic, which was of great help to her combat power.

She was very curious about what kind of magical power the legendary Pure Yang Golden Pill would awaken.
Zhang Jiuyang nodded. He took a deep breath, closed his eyes, and used his soul to communicate with the golden elixir in his body, feeling it carefully.

After a long time, he slowly opened his eyes, with a hint of...strangeness in them?
……

(End of this chapter)