After returning to the village, start chasing the mountain from binding Emei

Chapter 840 Returning to Emei, Huang Daolin's Five Signs of Decay of Heaven and Man! [Seeking Monthly Tickets]

"Are there any side effects?" Judging from her words, this medicine most likely has side effects.

Gu Lingshan nodded. "The pain-relieving effect of this medicine is its side effect; it can almost completely block the pain sensation of the user..."

“Blocking pain, isn’t that great?” Chen Yang said.

Gu Lingshan shook her head. "Pain sensation is the most important part of the body's self-protection mechanism. If you can't feel pain, you won't feel it if someone stabs you in the back, and you won't even know how you died."

It seems to make sense.

Gu Lingshan said, "This medicine is more than enough for your current symptoms. However, long-term use will weaken your pain perception, and it will take a long time to recover. So, you should try to bear it as much as possible, and only use it when you can't bear it anymore..."

"it is good."

Chen Yang accepted the medicine, asked about the price, and readily paid.

Gu Lingshan drove him to the station.

"Chen Yang."

Before getting off the bus, Gu Lingshan called out to him.

"Anything else?"

Chen Yang turned to look at her and saw that she seemed to want to say something but hesitated.

Gu Lingshan asked, "You still have Qi-Awakening Powder on you, right?"

"Uh……"

Chen Yang was taken aback upon hearing this.

Gu Lingshan said, "Don't misunderstand, I'm afraid you might have medicine on you and be unable to resist using it again. Also, I need some medicine from Qingshen Mountain to study its pharmacology..."

Chen Yang didn't ask any further questions. He took out a few Qi-Enhancing Pills and handed them to Gu Lingshan, saying, "You're not going to use them yourself, are you?"

"Am I that stupid?"

Gu Lingshan was both amused and exasperated. She took the medicine and casually stuffed it into her pocket.

……

I watched Gu Lingshan's car leave.

Chen Yang was somewhat moved.

When he came, Ke Shaohua and Sun Tianhao accompanied him, but now that he's going back, Chen Yang will be all alone.

Sun Tianhao was killed in last night's battle.

This is a sad story.

I was thinking of keeping him around because he might be useful, but I guess it was just his fate to suffer this calamity.

This guy was Qingquan Laoren's apprentice, and he must have done a lot of bad things. It's not unjust for him to die.

As for Ke Shaohua, he disappeared last night.

Standing on the steps at the station entrance, Chen Yang looked back at the city. Behind the prosperity, there were too many unknown things.

In just two or three days, the once invincible Gu God Cult was swiftly destroyed.

I don't know when I'll be able to come back next time.

……

The high-speed train departed the station and headed towards Sichuan.

This time, there were no further incidents on the bus.

The medicine Gu Lingshan gave me worked well; after the needles were removed, my headache was gone.

I was planning to go back to Rongdu, but when I woke up after a nap, the car had already arrived in Lingjiang.

He decided to take the train one more stop to Emei to buy a ticket, just as Xuanqing had asked him to come back and visit Emei.

I just don't know what Xuan Jing wanted to talk to me about.

……

-

When we arrived in Shaoge City, we hailed a taxi and arrived at Baoguo Temple. It was already past 10 p.m.

It was too late when Chen Yang arrived at Tianhua Temple, so he didn't go up the mountain but instead went to Wang Yuanchao's house to stay overnight.

When Wang Yuanchao saw him, he naturally gave him a good scolding.

Chen Yang ran off to Raojiang without a word. He's really bold. Luckily, nothing bad happened. If something had happened, it would have been a huge loss to the Panshan region of Shu and even the cultivation world.

I had a late-night snack in the living room.

After listening to his rant for a while, Chen Yang quickly changed the subject, looking around and asking, "Where's your grandson?"

"That little rascal, he's like a monkey all day long, he never learns from his mistakes, and he's off playing somewhere again!"

Although Wang Yuanchao was scolding him, his eyes were filled with a doting smile. "I'll call him in a bit and tell him to come back. You can help me discipline him properly!"

"Old Wang, I have to discipline myself, how can I discipline others!"

Chen Yang smiled and said, "He rarely gets a summer vacation, so just let him have some fun!"

"Play?"

Wang Yuanchao shook his head. "I'm not worried about this kid's studies; he gets first place every year. But when it comes to cultivation, he's a bit half-hearted. Among his peers, his talent isn't bad, and he gets just as many resources as others, but this kid just isn't willing to put his energy into cultivation..."

"Everyone has their own ambitions, why force someone to cultivate?"

"You don't understand. In the world of ordinary people, cultivation level isn't important; studying is the only way out. But if you want to reach the core of this world, your cultivation level is extremely important. He's young now and doesn't understand anything, so only we adults can guide him. As the saying goes, 'If you don't work hard when you're young, you'll regret it when you're old.' When he truly understands the rules of this world and wants to cultivate seriously, at least he shouldn't regret wasting his time because of his youthful ignorance..."

Parents who love their children plan far ahead for them, and grandfathers plan even more far ahead.

These families in the cultivation world are all competitive and rivals with each other. Seeing how outstanding other people's children are, and then looking back at their own, they inevitably feel embarrassed.

As Wang Yuanchao said, ordinary people cannot come into contact with this world and cannot see its true rules. Good grades make a good child, but in the world of cultivators, even if you get 100 in every subject, it is not as good as outstanding talent in cultivation.

"If he's willing, let him come to Jiapigou to see me when he has time!"

Wang Yuanchao has brought this up more than once. The two have a relationship, and if he refuses again and again, it would really be disheartening.

"Okay, I'll deliver it to you personally when he gets back!"

Upon hearing this, Wang Yuanchao smiled.

Chen Yang's talent for cultivation is obvious to all. Having Chen Yang help to train him is definitely better than hiring any famous teacher.

……

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The next day, Chen Yang got up very early and went up the mountain before the sun had even risen.

Many tourists came to climb the mountain because of the cool weather. It was too crowded to use his light-footed skills, so to save time, Chen Yang took a car. It took him about two hours to finally arrive at Tianhua Temple just as the sun was rising.

The temple gates were closed, and visitors were not allowed to enter.

Chen Yang was led in by a young monk. As soon as he entered the temple, he vaguely sensed that something was wrong.

Chen Yang couldn't quite put his finger on what was wrong.

Upon arriving at the main hall, the young monk announced his arrival inside and then turned to leave.

Chen Yang went inside.

Xuanjing sat in front of the Buddha statue, staring at him with her eyes wide open.

"Grandmaster!"

Chen Yang chuckled dryly, feeling inexplicably guilty.

Xuan Jing rolled her eyes at him, "You're pretty lucky to have survived."

Chen Yang walked over, behaving himself properly, already prepared to be scolded.

Xuan Jing's mouth can be incredibly sharp when she's cursing.

He secretly went to Raojiang this time without telling anyone, not even informing Xuan Jing beforehand. He was probably angry about it.

Xuan Jing stared at him for a moment, opened her mouth as if she was about to unleash a torrent of abuse, but swallowed the words back. "Go see your great-uncle."

Uncle?

Chen Yang was slightly taken aback. "Uncle has broken through to the Dao True Realm?"

Uncle has been in Emei for quite some time now. His mental cultivation was already ridiculously high, and with Xuanjing's help, he may have made rapid progress and even broken through to a higher level.

Otherwise, Xuanjing wouldn't have specifically asked me to come here, right?
However, Xuanjing said irritably, "Daozhen? If you had arrived any later, he would probably be on his deathbed by now."

"what?"

Chen Yang paused slightly, somewhat not understanding Xuan Jing's meaning.

Xuan Jing then got up and led Chen Yang out of the main hall, heading towards the quiet room in the backyard.

On the way, Chen Yang felt a little uneasy, "Master..."

Before he could even ask a question, Xuan Jing interrupted him, "You still have a pear on you, right? Have you used it?"

Chen Yang shook his head. "No."

"Ah That's good."

Xuan Jing nodded slightly.

He seemed relieved and didn't say anything more. He quickly led Chen Yang to a quiet room.

A few gardenia trees stood in the courtyard, where sparrows perched, chirping and chattering, making the courtyard even more tranquil.

Xuan Jing pushed open the door and led Chen Yang inside.

When Chen Yang went inside, he was immediately shocked.

An old man was lying on the bed.

His hair was gray, his skin wrinkled, and he looked very old and nearing the end of his life. "Uncle?"

Upon seeing the face clearly, Chen Yang was shocked and rushed to the bedside.

At first I thought I was seeing things, but now I see it is indeed Huang Daolin.

Chen Yang was a little stunned.

He called out to Huang Daolin several times, but Huang Daolin did not respond.

I checked his breathing; he was still breathing, just very faintly.

"Master, what's going on?" Chen Yang quickly turned around and looked at Xuan Jing.

When they arrived, they were perfectly fine. How did they end up like this here?

"What are you howling about? You're not dead yet!"

Xuan Jing glared at Chen Yang, "Isn't it all your fault? If you hadn't secretly gone to Raojiang, would he be like this..."

"I?"

Chen Yang was completely bewildered. "I'm at your Tianhua Zen Temple, how did I get involved?"
"Ugh."

Xuan Jing shook her head, sighed helplessly, and recounted to Chen Yang what had happened that night.

"Nail-head technique?"

Chen Yang plopped down on the edge of the bed.

Did my uncle use the nail-head technique?

It turns out that Uncle used the Nail Head Technique, so Ding Huanchun's sudden outburst that night wasn't due to the Spirit Awakening Powder, but rather because he was under a spell?
Suddenly, Chen Yang's mind cleared up.

No wonder, I also took Qiling Powder, but I didn't experience the same situation as Ding Huanchun.

No wonder Ding Huanchun's combat strength suddenly dropped drastically, giving him an opportunity to kill him.

It turned out that it was his uncle who was casting spells behind the scenes.

"Uncle?"

Looking back at Huang Daolin lying quietly on the bed, Chen Yang felt a strange pang of sorrow welling up in his heart. He couldn't quite describe the feeling, and his eyes were a little moist, as if something was about to roll down his cheeks.

"What are you crying about? The person isn't dead yet."

Xuan Jing shook her head, not in the mood to blame him, and instead talked about Huang Daolin's current situation.

"The backlash from this nail-head technique is indeed terrifying. This technique originally requires the caster to worship for forty-nine days and nail the nails forty-nine times. This way, the caster would at least have time to recover. However, he stubbornly worshipped nine times and nailed the nails nine times. The loss of energy is a minor matter; it can be replenished with some spiritual medicine. But the backlash from this technique has shortened its lifespan..."

"Originally, after that night, I used a Great Rejuvenation Pill from Faxiang Temple to temporarily control his condition. But who would have thought that last night, he suddenly entered the state of the Five Signs of Decay of Heaven and Man? I quickly retrieved a Dragon Returning Pill, a secret medicine from Emei, but the effect was not very obvious. I had no choice but to ask Senior Brother Xuantong to come out of seclusion. He spent some effort sealing all the acupoints in his body to slow down the loss of his essence..."

"Now what?"

At this moment, Chen Yang was already somewhat flustered, his limbs inexplicably went weak, and he even lost the ability to think.

Xuan Jing shook his head. "At present, there is only one way: help him break through to the Dao True Realm, and the problem of lifespan will be solved."

Breaking through to the Dao True Realm?
Upon hearing this, Chen Yang seemed to realize something.

He quickly took out the pear, saying, "Master, the pear is here."

The fruit has a delicate fragrance that is very tempting.

Xuan Jing nodded slightly; he had been worried that the boy wouldn't be willing to take it out.

After all, the Jiaoli, a spiritual fruit, is already a celestial herb, something that can only be encountered by chance and is extremely rare. Some time ago, Xuan Jing only obtained half of it from the belly of a mountain demon, and thus completed the breakthrough from the early stage of the Dao True Realm to the middle stage of the Dao True Realm.

This was something Chen Yang obtained only after enduring divine retribution.

It's easy to imagine how rare and precious this fruit is.

However, for Chen Yang, even the most precious fruits were merely external possessions; none could compare to his uncle's importance.

Moreover, his uncle became like this because of him.

If he hadn't been mentally strong, he probably would have been sobbing uncontrollably by now.

Wiping away his tears, Chen Yang stood up, supporting himself on the edge of the bed. "Master, how can we help him break through?"

"Don't panic."

Xuan Jing comforted him, "Although he seems unconscious and asleep right now, he is actually conscious. In a little while, squeeze the juice from the pear and let him drink it. He will then practice his cultivation on his own, but..."

"Just what?"

"Once he begins practicing, all the acupoints in his body will inevitably open. However, he has already entered the state of the Five Signs of Decay. Once the acupoints open, his vital energy will inevitably be lost. It's just unknown how much of the medicinal power of the pear can he retain, and whether he can achieve a breakthrough. We can only gamble on it..."

Once a person enters the five signs of decay, their body becomes like a sieve, unable to retain energy.

If the Celestial Realm is a body without leakage, then the Five Signs of Decay of the Celestial Realm is a body with complete leakage.

This is a stage that even experts at the Celestial Realm cannot escape; once their lifespan is exhausted and medicine becomes ineffective, they cannot be saved.

Now, all we can hope is that the medicinal power of Jiao Li is strong enough that the inflow exceeds the outflow, so that Huang Daolin can take this opportunity to make a breakthrough.

But the chances are hard to say.

After all, Hyun-jung had never experienced such a situation before.

"However, you don't need to worry too much. Even if it doesn't work, there are backup plans. Although after the Five Signs of Decay of Heaven and Man, his divine sense and primordial spirit will also dissipate, my Emei sect has its own secret methods to preserve his divine sense and allow him to cultivate the primordial spirit path..."

"But this is a last resort; it would be best to let him break through on his own."

……

Chen Yang took a deep breath, and his mood calmed down a bit, allowing him to think rationally again.

At present, the worst outcome is physical death, but it is possible to preserve Huang Daolin's divine thoughts.

Not to mention that Emei has secret techniques, Chen Yang has an oil lamp magic tool in his hand, which he obtained from Shan Jun Tan Jue.

After Tan Jue's wife died, she placed her spirit in an oil lamp, allowing her to stay with Tan Jue for hundreds of years.

However, as Xuanjing said, cultivating the primordial spirit path is a poor choice.

That's a choice only made as a last resort.

At this moment, Chen Yang thought of something and took out another bottle. "Master, I wonder if this thing will be of any help?"

"what?"

Xuan Jing's gaze fell on the bottle in Chen Yang's hand.

Chen Yang said, "Sangmu juice, the sap of the sangmu tree. I've heard that besides enhancing the strength of the primordial spirit, it might also have the function of extending lifespan..."

Sam's juice?
Xuan Jing raised an eyebrow, took the bottle from Chen Yang's hand, sniffed it, dipped her finger in it, and tasted it.

"You little rascal, you've got quite a few good things, haven't you?"

Although it was only a little bit, Xuan Jing could clearly feel the medicinal effects on her primordial spirit.

He certainly knew about samosa juice.

However, it's unclear whether the claim about extending lifespan is true.

"We can give it a try. It might alleviate his five signs of decay and increase his chances of breaking through."

As Xuan Jing spoke, she went to the bedside, pried open Huang Daolin's mouth, and poured the sam juice into it.

Lifespan is something that cannot be seen or touched. All the acupoints in Huang Daolin's body were sealed, so it was impossible to know whether the sangmu juice had extended his lifespan.

But something is better than nothing.

Xuan Jing said, "Carry him up and let's go to Lei Dong Ping. If he succeeds in breaking through, he won't be able to cope with the lightning tribulation in his current state."

"Ah."

Without a word, Chen Yang carefully helped Huang Daolin up, carried him on his back, and left the room.

……

There is a Thunder God Temple in Leidongping, which was built specifically for breaking through the Dao True Thunder Tribulation.

The temple was first built in the Han Dynasty. Over the past two thousand years, it has endured many hardships, including reconstruction and renovation. Today, it is a major scenic spot in Emei Mountain, but its actual significance lies in its role in resisting calamities.

When Chen Yang last came here to undergo tribulation, he only stayed at the Thunder Cave Pavilion outside the hall and did not enter the Thunder God Hall.

……

Xuan Jing gave Yuan Long an order, and soon after, the scenic area closed, and tourists on the mountain were also persuaded to leave.

The reason is simple: there might be extremely strong thunderstorms today, and it's dangerous on the mountain.

Chen Yang carried Huang Daolin into the Thunder God Temple and placed him on a futon in the middle of the hall.

Xuanjing was preparing the medicinal juice for Huang Daolin, as time was of the essence.

Chen Yang looked up and saw that the main hall was very tall and magnificent, with a Buddha statue behind him, compassionate and dignified.

"Master, can this main hall completely withstand the Dao True Tribulation Lightning?"

He saw some wire-like things extending down from the roof, with one end of the wire pointing directly at the futon below.

"It's impossible to completely block it."

Xuan Jing said, "If it could be completely blocked, then it would be time to undergo the Tribulation of the Heart. The Tribulation of the Heart is much more dangerous than the Tribulation of Lightning. Moreover, the condensation of the primordial spirit also requires tempering by lightning and fire. The purpose of this hall is only to reduce the power of the tribulation lightning..."

As they were talking, Xuan Jing had already fed Huang Daolin the pear juice she had prepared.

"Let's go. We've done our best and left the rest to fate. Now it's up to him to decide." After feeding Jiao Li the juice, Xuan Jing sighed.

Not entirely reassured, Chen Yang took out the Yi Wood Divine Thunder Token and hung it around Huang Daolin's neck.

"Uncle, keep it up!"

After straightening Huang Daolin's clothes, he hurriedly followed Xuan Jing out of the main hall.

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