The Buddha is actually me

Chapter 415: Subduing the White Tiger and Raising the Holy Fetus

The world in the gourd.

Yue Ling looked at the purple air coming from the mountains around her and was shocked again.

The purple air stretches across thirty thousand miles.

The entire gourd world was filled with purple air, from the nine layers of heaven to the nine depths of the earth. The silky purple air was like clouds, spreading out in all directions with Zhang Jiuyang as the core.

Under the nourishment of these purple airs, the originally desolate and dilapidated world in the gourd seemed to have a different vitality.

The volcanoes dormant underground began to wake up, a breeze blew across the surface, and with the sound of spring thunder, drops of rain fell, moistening the dry riverbed.

Even with Yue Ling's great composure, it was difficult for her to remain calm at this moment.

Is Zhang Jiuyang... reshaping the earth, water, wind and fire?
Where does this purple air come from that can actually give a dead cave world a new life?

This kind of magical power cannot be achieved even by those in the seventh or eighth realm. It is equivalent to creating a world out of nothing.

Perhaps only the Buddha in ancient times who believed that one flower is one world, and the Immortal Master Guiguzi who founded Taoism could do it.

I don't know how long it took, but the wind and thunder between heaven and earth were silent, and the world in the gourd had changed drastically.

There are mountains and water, wind and moon. The only thing missing is vitality.

At this moment, a tender sprout broke through the soil, emitting endless fresh air. The surrounding purple air continued to flow into it, turning into nutrients to nourish its growth.

Then the tender bud began to thrive at a speed visible to the naked eye. Yue Ling counted silently. After about 9981 breaths, the tender bud grew into a plum tree.

And the place where Zhang Jiuyang was sitting was exactly under the plum tree.

Under Yue Ling's gaze, he actually began to age. In a short while, his hair was full of white, and even his eyebrows were snow-white, as if he had aged by dozens of years.

Teeth have fallen out, life has slipped away, and he is already in his twilight years.

Yue Ling couldn't help but take a step forward, her eyes full of worry. She was now worried that there was something wrong with Zhang Jiuyang's practice. After all, she had never heard of such a situation.

Throughout history, no one has ever become like this when reading the scriptures.

But what she didn't expect was that what happened next would be even more unexpected.

After aging reached a certain limit, Zhang Jiuyang lost all vitality and his body quickly turned into dust. However, the plum tree seemed to have received some much-needed nutrients and finally blossomed and bore fruit, producing a plum with an enticing fruity aroma.

Yue Ling was already panicking at this moment, and even suspected that Zhang Jiuyang had been ambushed. Could that Tao Te Ching be a demonic book?

If Zhang Jiuyang had not warned her that all kinds of miraculous things would happen if she clicked on this scripture and told her not to panic, she would probably have already taken action to save people.

When the plums are ripe, they fall to the ground with a plop.

Immediately afterwards, a baby's cry was heard, and the plum turned into a little baby boy who looked somewhat like Zhang Jiuyang.

With every breath, the baby grew a little bigger. After 9981 breaths, the baby turned into Zhang Jiuyang again.

He was completely naked, his body glowing with a brilliant light. His face became even more handsome and almost flawless, with every strand of hair being crystal clear.

Yue Ling spat, her face slightly red, but she finally let out a long sigh, her eyes still fixed on Zhang Jiuyang.

What kind of Tao Te Ching is this? After practicing it, I even lost my clothes. It's not moral at all.

lecher……

However, she could also feel that Zhang Jiuyang had undergone some amazing transformation at this moment. There was not even a trace of acquired turbidity in his body. It was as if he was brewed from innate pure energy, flawless and pure, with a natural charm of Taoism.

Could this feeling be the innate Taoist body mentioned in Taoist legends?

Yue Ling recalled that in the ancient books of the Imperial Observatory, there was a record of a kind of physique that all those who practiced Taoism dreamed of, called the Innate Taoist Body.

Its specific effects have long been unknown, but legend has it that the Immortal Master Guiguzi had this physique.

Zhang Jiuyang...will he be the next Guiguzi Master?
Thinking of this, Yue Ling's eyes lit up. She had never expected that the young man she made friends with in the small town back then would have achieved what he has today.

Even made her start to look up to him.

Under the plum tree, Zhang Jiuyang slowly opened his eyes. There was a bright light in his pupils, untainted by dust. Faintly, there was a Tai Chi diagram flowing in them, which slowly dissipated after a moment.

The scripture is completed!

When he carved the last word of the Tao Te Ching, he broke through to the fifth realm directly, feeling almost no hindrance, as if he had accidentally broken a spider web while walking.

Noticeable, but very slight.

The fifth level, nurturing the holy fetus, is accomplished!

At this moment, his Pure Yang Dragon-Tiger Golden Pill was no longer the same as before. It was engraved with more than 5,000 words of the Tao Te Ching, shining with golden light, as bright as stars.

A hazy spirituality was brewing in the golden elixir, and he could even feel a faint heartbeat, as if there was a small life in the golden elixir.

This is the fifth stage of nurturing the holy fetus.

Point out the true scriptures to nourish its spirituality. After a long period of gestation, the holy fetus will be able to break out of the shell, just like Nezha coming to the world.

By then, the holy fetus in the sixth realm will be born, and the born holy fetus will possess an innate magical power. As for what kind of magical power it is, it mainly depends on the true scripture that is pointed out.

For example, Zhang Jiuyang can now sense that the life in the golden elixir is like a devout believer, constantly listening to the Tao Te Ching, comprehending the great way, nourishing spirituality, and brewing a kind of magical power that has the same origin as the Tao Te Ching.

That will surely be a great magical power that will shake the world!
Zhang Jiuyang is very much looking forward to this. He has a hunch that the sixth realm will become a watershed in his life.

By then, the great supernatural powers derived from the Tao Te Ching will be fully unveiled in this world.

Of course, he did not gain nothing after reading the scriptures. On the contrary, he gained great benefits, which can even be described as exaggerated.

The first was a breakthrough in the realm of cultivation. After the fifth realm, his magical powers had made a great progress. The pure yang magic power almost doubled, and the power of the golden elixir also became stronger.

Secondly, he experienced a physical baptism under a plum tree. According to legend, Laozi was born at the age of 80, and his mother was pregnant for 81 years before giving birth to him. Therefore, he had white eyebrows and white hair as soon as he was born, just like an old man, so he was called Laozi.

Laozi could speak as soon as he was born. He pointed to the plum tree in the yard and said, "This is my surname."

Zhang Jiuyang clicked on the Tao Te Ching and unexpectedly had a miraculous experience of being reborn under a plum tree. In the process, he underwent a complete transformation. All the turbid qi in his body was removed and it was filled with pure qi, which greatly improved his bones.

Now, he is a well-deserved genius in practicing Taoism. He previously did not quite understand the Thirty-Six Methods of Jade Ding, but now after just a little thought, he has mastered the techniques and achieved Samadhi.

He even understood the fifth picture of Yuding Xuan Gong, the picture of nourishing the holy fetus, clearly. The essence of the picture seemed to have grown wings and flew into his mind one after another.

Tao is me and I am Tao.

Anything in the world that is related to Tao can be used with a little thought, and there is almost no difficulty at all.

If so, think about it more.

For example, Zhang Jiuyang once practiced for a long time the "Golden Gate and Jade Lock Secret of Chongyang Zhenren", which is a Taoist method of subduing the white tiger. However, after he reached a certain level of practice, it became difficult for him to make progress and he remained stagnant.

But at this moment, he only pondered for a moment, and then he completely understood all the mysteries of this method. His hands opened and closed like golden gates and jade locks, and he formed seals to practice.

His eyebrows turned snow-white, then turned deep red, and finally a drop of blood emitting a fragrant aroma dripped from them.

Taoism subdues the white tiger and achieves great success!

The so-called subduing the White Tiger means to subdue the essence of the whole body, lock the Qi, and reach a state where no water can leak out, thereby achieving the effect of increasing strength and prolonging life.

At this moment, Zhang Jiuyang subdued the white tiger with his hand, and his blood and energy surged again, increasing his lifespan by at least sixty years.

Now, relying solely on his physical strength, he is able to contend with Yue Ling's dragon-elephant body.

The white tiger of Taoism, the dragon and elephant of Buddhism.

The final benefit was that in addition to his painting ability, he actually developed a second innate magical power.

Zhang Jiuyang formed a Taoist seal with his hands and carefully felt everything around him. He felt a kind of divinity in this world.

"I see."

He smiled, looked at Yue Ling and said, "We all guessed wrong. This gourd is not a magic weapon."

Yue Ling was startled and asked in confusion: "If it's not a magic weapon, then what is it?"

“It’s God.”

Yue Ling's pupils trembled.

"Thousands of years ago, a god was born in the Ten Thousand Mountains of Southern Xinjiang. The locals called him Gourd Master."

Zhang Jiuyang's eyes were deep, and a Tai Chi diagram was faintly visible in the depths of his pupils. His gaze seemed to penetrate the long river of time, and he saw countless people from southern Xinjiang worshiping a gourd statue and dancing around it.

The gourd emitted clear light, helping them to take away the miasma and poisonous insects.

The locals called it the Gourd Lord, and after absorbing a lot of incense, the gourd became more and more spiritual, and finally it really became a deity.

Unfortunately, the good times did not last long, as a new god, the Gu God, rose up.

The Gu God was even more domineering. Although he demanded more, he also gave many rewards. Not only did he make the people in southern Xinjiang immune to miasma and poisonous insects, he also gave them extraordinary powers and the way to practice.

Of course, the price to pay is that many people in southern Xinjiang have to raise Gu on their own bodies, and many have died on the road to raising Gu.

The number of believers in Gu God increased, while the number of followers of Gourd Master decreased. Finally, Gu God drove away Gourd Master and completely occupied the Ten Thousand Mountains in southern Xinjiang.

Boom!

The entire world in the gourd trembled, and a ray of golden light flew out from the depths of the earth. Although there was only one ray, it seemed brighter than the sun, eternal, and extremely sacred.

This is the last bit of divinity left by the gourd master, which is now lingering on Zhang Jiuyang's fingertips, very obedient.

However, without this divine blessing, the world in the gourd, which had just shown a glimmer of life, began to become dead silent again, and the fire at the center of the earth was about to go out.

In other words, this strand of divinity can be called the origin of this world.

This is Zhang Jiuyang’s newly acquired innate magical power. He can see the legendary divinity, communicate and interact with it, and even... absorb it!
At this moment, the visualization picture in his mind shook slightly, as if it was very interested in this divine power and wanted to absorb it.

A wisp of divinity is the gathering of countless incense sticks.

Zhang Jiuyang seemed to see a way to quickly open up the visualization map, but he did not rush for quick success. Instead, he returned this divine power.

The next moment, a vague consciousness came from between heaven and earth, expressing gratitude to Zhang Jiuyang.

That is the prototype of the Heavenly Dao that was born in this cave world.

After expressing his gratitude, Tiandao conveyed another request.

After listening to this, Zhang Jiuyang looked at Yue Ling with a strange expression, as if he wanted to say something but stopped himself.

"what happened?"

Yue Ling felt that his eyes seemed to become very strange all of a sudden, and she actually felt a chill all over her body.

"This small world has given birth to consciousness, which is equivalent to the embryonic form of the Heavenly Dao. He just asked me for something."

"what's up?"

Zhang Jiuyang coughed and said, "He asked me to become the Father God of this world and let you... be the Mother God."

"Hmm... I want that or something."

(End of this chapter)