Wet viviparity

Chapter 918 Reversal, Five Realms Technique

When Zhang Xiaoyuan returned from the storage room, he saw Lingxuzi's long-lost companion, Qianshou'er, entwined around Lingxuzi's seat.

Qian Shou'er stretched out her lotus-white arms, her six fingers lightly touching the hem of Ji Ming's black robe, her eyes filled with a tender, admiring light.

"Grandpa." A low, sobbing sound escaped Qian Shou'er's throat, and tears rolled down her cheeks, condensing into round, glassy droplets upon contact with air, tinkling and splashing onto the giant clam shell bed.

Ji Ming smiled and reached out to tap Qian Shou'er's hard head. He then transmitted his voice through his primordial spirit, saying, "The Heavenly Maiden said that you have an affinity with the West and have made great progress in the Three Mysteries of Buddhism. You have also learned many palm and eye seals. I feel that one of them is useful here, so I have specially summoned you."

"Which palm print/handprint?"

Thousand Hands was filled with trepidation. His initial training in palmistry and hand seals was the Lotus Hand Seal. Later, in order to seek the true meaning of the non-duality of Buddha and demon and attain supreme purity, he followed the Celestial Maiden of Music to the Southern Treasure Temple to learn the Green Lotus Hand.

After that, in addition to practicing the Blue Lotus Hand and the Lotus Flower Hand Palm, he also obtained a fragmented palm eye hand seal, which was the Treasure Chest Hand passed down by the old monk of Leiyin Temple.

"Don't worry, I'm summoning you here, just to examine your eyes and make your handprints."

In the upcoming treasure hunt, I will send my primordial spirit infant to possess your body, and I will also place two spiritual essences of heaven and earth in your eyes. You must not reveal this to anyone else.

After saying that, he grabbed the Thousand Hands with his palm. The Thousand Hands, which was several feet long, shrank rapidly as Ji Ming moved his palm, transforming into a chubby, fair-skinned child with two rows of slender, lotus-root-like arms under its sides.

Qian Shou'er was placed behind Ji Ming's back, his arms grabbing Ji Ming's left shoulder to his right shoulder, his chubby head with double buns hanging from his right shoulder to his chest, just like before.

"Zhu Tao, we cannot afford to fail this time."

Venerable Huofeng said to the auspicious bird with the horse's head.

"I'll do my best." Zhu Tao casually uttered these words, then glanced at Ji Ming, before flashing off the shell bed with five streaks of smoke, turning behind a large screen, which led to the entrance to the 3,682 treasure rooms.

"Go then."

Ji Ming gently knocked on the top of Qian Shou'er's head. The infant in his physical body's Crimson Palace transformed into a wisp of azure energy and blew into the top of Qian Shou'er's head, landing in his heart. At the same time, two pupils of spirit leaped out from Ji Ming's closed eyes and came into Qian Shou'er's eyes.

Seeing that his grandfather was ready, Qian Shou'er immediately took to the air, transforming into a ten-foot-long rainbow, and flew straight towards the direction of the Tibetan chamber.

Once he entered Qian Shou'er's heart, it could be said that all of Qian Shou'er's secrets were in his sight, and his trust in Ji Ming was undeniably deep.

After passing the large screen, a fiery underwater path came into view. It was a fiery path carved out of the sea. As the colorful clouds that Thousand Hands had transformed into rushed onto the fiery path, flames on the path suddenly roared up, shooting up from all directions and rushing towards Thousand Hands.

"Little Doyle!"

Just as Qian Shou'er was about to show off his skills, he heard the echo of his grandfather in his heart. His white arm changed its movement, like a crossbow being shot into the fire, accurately catching the inconspicuous golden sparks in the fire.

"Hmm? You've got some skill." At the end of the fire path, inside a golden lotus bud, Zhu Tao saw the centipede demon easily break through the hidden move he had concealed in the fire. Just as he was starting to feel a little amusement about the competition, suddenly everything went dark in front of him.

It was Qian Shou'er who spread out a pair of thin wings and rushed towards the lotus bud, casting a shadow on the lotus bud.

With a clench and release of his hundred palms, the golden star he had been holding was crushed and then crackled with lightning, striking the golden lotus bud in the fire.

"Gone."

Where lightning struck, the lotus bud had already vanished, even faster than the thunder itself.

"Golden lotuses grow in fire!"

In Qian Shou'er's heart, Ji Ming solemnly said. There are three stages of the Five Realms of Fetal Spirit training. The initial stage is "Five Elements in Order," which is the training that Ji Ming is currently practicing. It follows the principle of mutual generation and mutual restraint to consolidate the five elements in the chest, preparing for breaking through the void, entering the upper palace, and refining the Yang Spirit in the future.

The second subject in the middle of the course is "The Reversal of the Five Elements".

The so-called Five Elements of the Dao all follow the natural order of generation, such as metal generating water, wood generating fire, and so on.

If the flow of the five elements within the body is uncontrolled, the body's vital energy will inevitably dissipate, bringing death not far off. In an instant, life force will turn into killing intent, which is the root of death for the living.

The five elements of Daoist alchemy are all about reversal. Just as the Yin Tiger is taken out from the fire of Li and the Yang Dragon is taken out from the water of Kan, water and fire are mutually contained. Only by reversing the practice can one return to the root and restore life, survive beyond the calamity, and turn the killing intent into the life force.

The key to mastering the Five Elements in this intermediate stage lies in reversing the natural order, seeking life amidst danger, and finding ways to survive at critical junctures.

Generally speaking, once a cultivator understands the inversion technique and is proficient in the wonders of the reversal of the five elements, they can perform the "Inverted Five Absolute Barriers" within the Crimson Palace of the Middle Dantian, allowing the primordial spirit and embryonic soul to awaken to life within the barrier and greatly eliminate impurities.

Some cultivators, possessing exceptional comprehension of the Five Elements Escape Technique, are able to comprehend a kind of inverted great escape.

The technique of planting a golden lotus in fire is based on the inverted and mysterious escape method of fire and metal reversing their generation. When Ji Ming had a slight enlightenment in the inverted wonder of the struggle between earth and wood, he refined the supernatural power of the Six Earth Divine Gang. One can imagine how mysterious this great escape method of fire and metal reversal is.

Ji Ming wasn't worried about Zhu Tao gaining the upper hand, as he had the advantage of being in this location.

After Qian Shou'er rushed to the end, he arrived at a starry sky in the seabed.

Here, a total of 3,682 stars hang in the sky, each starlight forming its own world—with jade mountains rising and falling; with glazed courtyards hanging upside down; and with amber streams encircling the moon.

Each of the three points of starlight contains a treasure chamber, totaling three thousand six hundred and eighty-two, which together form the Dragon Palace's legendary reputation for wealth and luxury.

Even so, the many narcissists of the East Sea Dragon Palace were not considered Taiyi True Immortals in the eyes of the celestial beings, and every mortal dynasty would bring great calamity to the East Sea. Even in mortal folk tales, the Dragon Palace was mostly relegated to marginal roles, which shows their precarious position in this world.

"Try your treasure chest hand and see if you can find the precious coins hidden here!" Ji Ming said.

Upon hearing Ji Ming's words, Qian Shou'er raised a Buddha's hand with great uncertainty. The six fingers of the hand were spread out, and a small eye was opened in the palm. After blinking a few times, a box containing a small amount of wealth appeared in the palm.

Seeing that Qian Shou'er was struggling so much, Ji Ming knew that he had not mastered the art of palm, eye and hand seals.

He was not disappointed. The Forty-Two Palms and Eyes Hand Seals were the supreme secret method of the body. Forty of them were divided and controlled by the Five Buddhist lineages. Thousand Hands was able to master the Lotus Hand Seal and the Green Lotus Hand Seal, which already showed his deep affinity with Buddhism. How could he ask for more from Thousand Hands?

In Thousand Hands' eyes, next to each of Thousand Hands' two pupils, a new pupil was born, which were the two Pupil Gods.

They said with great confidence, "Back then, when our old master built this treasure chamber in the Dragon Palace, he completely imitated the Zhou Tian Palace in Xuanpu. Even the beautiful jade, gold, fine cinnabar, and the green and jade trees inside were all transplanted and copied."

Not only that, but they also invited many descendants of spirits from Tianshan, where Xuanpu is located, and a person from the Three-Headed Kingdom to manage things properly.

Although many years have passed and much has changed, and most of the old things here have perished, we, as the closest spiritual companions to our former master, have our own secret techniques to guide the creatures that remain here and easily find that Taiping Treasure Coin.

Even if that person is found before us, we can seal off this area and deal with the situation calmly.

"Don't talk too much."

Thousand Hands blinked and whispered.

(End of this chapter)