Wet viviparity

Chapter 942 Yin Yao, Water and Fire Monster

After receiving five precious talismans from the master for cultivating the Five Elements Escape Technique, Ji Ming took advantage of this rare free time to give Ling Gu some pointers on her cultivation.

Ji Ming had nothing to teach Ling Gu about the "Sun-Shining True Scripture". This scripture was created by Master Huolong and contains many key points and secrets, which are all recorded in the Fire Ruins Cave. There was no need for Ji Ming to say anything more. Saying more would only be detrimental to Ling Gu.

As for swordsmanship, Ji Ming knew that Ling Gu's progress in this area over the years was commendable, but she lacked a sincere and spiritual heart in swordsmanship, the reason being that she was still stuck on worldly emotions.

Unlike Ji Ming, he had no feelings for his parents who gave birth to him but whom he never raised, but Ling Gu always kept them in her heart and had been in contact with the Zhang family for many years. This was one of the reasons why the Zhang family thought they could stay out of the reforms.

Unfortunately, Ji Ming never paid them any attention; he neither ignored them nor valued them, treating them as nothing more than ordinary people.

Therefore, during the reform wave many years ago, the Zhang family was also dismissed from privately maintaining Taoist soldiers and Yin troops, and was required to cooperate in revising the three true scriptures of Zhen, Xuan, and Shen, as well as the Taoist affairs of standardizing their fasting and rituals.

Ji Ming did not stop Ling Gu from contacting the Zhang family, recognizing her parents who had traveled the world, and enjoying the joy of family affection. Some worldly entanglements must be experienced before one can see through them. The only thing Ji Ming had to do was to have the cabinet members look after her and offer guidance at crucial moments.

Of course, Ji Ming would prefer that Ling Gu figure it out herself.

Looking at it now, Ling Gu never mentioned the Zhang family or the Zhang family's schemes and methods against her in front of him, which shows that she still has a clear mind.

After being taught the Five Elements Escape Technique and some other numerological lessons, Ji Ming received a message from Master Yang before going into seclusion.

In the letter, Master Yang brought both good news and two pieces of bad news.

The good news is that the Ji family's True Immortal agreed to let the disciple who practiced the "Ten-Crow Fallen Shadow Flower Demon God Technique" hand over the flower heart facing the sun that was cut from Qing Tianzi's body, as a reward for Ji Mingbang's True Spirit Sect to cleanse its own sect.

The bad news is that this matter still needs the approval of Wu Wanfang from the Red Beauty Cave of the Rock of Ill-fated Life. After all, this divine technique belongs to this great immortal, and even if the Ji family agrees, they would not dare to make the decision on their own.

Another piece of bad news is that although the Ji family wants to emulate the story of Taiwu, they are not happy for Ji Ming to come to the ancestral hall of the Zhenling Sect and pay homage to the founding ancestor "Shang'e, the Second Ancestor of Dunjia," as his teacher, lest he become half the master of the world by virtue of the power of Taiping Mountain and the Zhenling Sect, and then arbitrarily manipulate the Zhenling Sect, causing a great disaster.

"The Ji family is quite astute."

Ji Ming chuckled after reading the letter.

He had indeed considered that if the Ji family became confused, he could go and become their disciple, so that he could legitimately intervene in the True Spirit Sect. In that case, wouldn't he be in charge of half of the human world, possessing divine authority like that of the former Lord of Heaven and Earth, Emperor Xi? Even the heavens would have to cast their gaze upon him.

I can't even imagine how I felt back then.

He also knew that the affairs of the various sects under their Azure Heaven Dao lineage were not as simple as those under the Central Heaven Dao lineage, and such a good thing was extremely rare.

If he doesn't become a cheap teacher in the True Spirit Sect's Bainashan'e, his position is illegitimate and his words are not legitimate. The resistance to cleaning up the sect will be several times greater, and he will be in a more dangerous place. This divine method is really not easy to obtain.

He had anticipated this situation and naturally made some preparations.

He summoned Qian Shou'er and said to him, "Go to the Divine Palace first and tell the people in the Inner Cabinet that the assistance to Yunyu Temple should be implemented as soon as possible. As for the restrictions imposed on this temple by the patriarchs on the Jade Platform of the Heavenly Palace in the past, they can be relaxed appropriately."

In addition, I privately instructed Wen Daoyu that I should let the tiger of Yunyu Temple run wild and raise it to be useful in the future.

Once the matters at the Divine Palace are settled, go to the Danmeng Spirit Pool of the Cloud and Rain Temple and deliver my message to Man Shenying. Tell him that in a few years, the Divine General of the Perilous Path will have his sins washed away by me and be sent back to his homeland.”

After Qian Shou'er left, Ji Ming raised his hand and grabbed above his head.

Two short horizontal lines formed a yin line, which emerged from the three flowers at the top. As soon as this yin line came into contact with the air, it transmitted a scorching heat, drying out the plum garden thatched cottage where Ji Ming was.

“A Void Divine Infant.” Ji Ming looked at this section of Yin Yao with many emotions.

During the great calamity, he could have easily defeated many of the warriors of the Cloud and Rain Temple, or even the Four Fiends. However, the arrival of Hong Gu, an incarnation of the False Divine Infant, forced him into a dangerous situation. Fortunately, he still had enough trump cards, which prevented him from being suppressed.

Looking back now, the move of the Void Divine Infant seemed reckless, but if it had succeeded, all the elites of Taiping Mountain would have been wiped out in the Southern Fire Frontier. Even if Taiping Mountain ultimately won a great victory, it would have been a Pyrrhic one.

Ji Ming already knew something about the Void Divine Infant and the Full Divine Infant from the Old Golden Rooster.

In fact, Erying's background is subtly related to Ji Ming, and the source of this connection is the water and fire monster from the time of the Emperor—Jiuying.

The dragon-horse carried the River Map and presented it to the Blue Emperor on the banks of the Milky Way.

When the Qing Emperor obtained the Hetu (River Map) and created the Eight Trigrams, he had it engraved in various places throughout the world.

One of these places is in the northern land of Guifang, where the local people of the Gui Kingdom built an Eight Trigrams Platform and held sacrifices throughout the four seasons. Because of their sincere devotion, the platform became spiritually connected over time. In prosperous times, it became an auspicious omen, while in chaotic times, it became a calamity. The Nine-Headed Serpent was formed from the essence of the Kan and Li trigrams within it.

The Kan trigram has four short strokes and one long stroke; the Li trigram has two short strokes and two long strokes, for a total of nine strokes. Therefore, it has nine heads and is a strange creature of water and fire.

After the death of the Azure Emperor, when ten suns appeared simultaneously, the Yayu, Zaochi, Jiuying, Dafeng, Fengxi, and Xiushe wreaked havoc on the human world, and were known as the Six Fiends of the Borderlands.

At that time, Zaoshi, following the mandate of Heaven, struck down the Nine Suns and then killed the Nine Infants on the surface of the treacherous water. Their Kan and Li essences split into six, which transformed into six spirit infants on the surface of the treacherous water.

The old golden rooster had told him that the fundamental spirit of the Nine Infants, the "Kan and Li trigrams," was drawn by the Azure Emperor when he first created the Eight Trigrams. Since the trigrams were mostly short, after the Nine Infants died, the spirits transformed by the two trigrams all took the form of infants.

In the Kan and Li trigrams, Kan represents the middle son, so the three trigrams derived from Kan are male; Li represents the middle daughter, so the three trigrams derived from Li are female.

Kan represents water and its color is black, so the three male infants were all good at using water and wore black clothes; Li represents fire and its color is red, so the three female infants were all good at using fire and wore red clothes.

The water and fire babies were not implicated by the Youzao clan. They floated on the fierce waters and drifted all the way to the North Sea. There, they each had their own fates, but because of their violent and unruly nature, they were reluctant to befriend the wicked and far from the good. Most of them did not have a good ending.

At the foot of Fanlang Mountain near Jiheng Mountain, there is a "Kanshui Xuanying" being suppressed. Strictly speaking, he is one of the brothers of Man Shenying.

Returning to the story of Xu Shenying, she and her younger brother Man Shenying are respectively Xu in the middle of Li, which is the transformation of the yin line of the Li trigram, and Man in the middle of Kan, which is the transformation of the yang line of the Kan trigram.

Both wandered in the North Sea for a long time, during which they visited famous teachers. However, due to the infamous reputation of their previous incarnation, the Nine-Headed Serpent, they were unable to find a master. They were all self-taught and their cultivation was not systematic or methodical. They did not achieve much success for over a thousand years.

Later, upon hearing that the God of Rain and Pig was visiting friends in the North Sea, he braved treacherous waves and made the arduous journey.

Because of the old relationship between the God Lord and Jiuying, he took in the siblings and taught them quite diligently. Even after the two children achieved the status of demon immortals and fierce gods, he did not easily expose them to the outside world.

Speaking of Jiuying, the Dao Organ Great Revolving Treasure Skull of his perfectly round and auspicious body was forged from the head of the green snake alien species that possessed the ancient blood of Jiuying.

Ji Ming placed the section of the Yin line on his forehead, pressing it firmly against the top of his forehead.

The emptiness within the Li trigram signifies two yang embracing one yin, also known as the fire of Bing containing the yin of Ding.

With this Yin line of the Li trigram, Ji Ming can freely observe all the changes within the Fire Element Escape Technique. This not only lays a good foundation for refining the Tribulation Thought in the future, but also deepens the Five Elements Circulation Technique in the early stage of the Fifth Realm of the Embryo Spirit, and greatly improves his own True Qi and Magic Power. It can be said to be a triple benefit.

As the saying goes, time passes unnoticed in the mountains, and the years are unknown even when the cold ends. Ji Ming knew that this seclusion would last for many years to come; this was the true cultivation of immortals.

(End of this chapter)