No abstraction, no cultivation

Chapter 2 Encountering Evil
According to modern people's thinking, the person who is called the ancestor is most likely dead.

But this is the world of cultivating immortals, and there is another world of immortals above it.

The ancestor is most likely an immortal.

"You are talking nonsense, aren't you? Of course the Grandmaster is alive!" Lan Dao Ren said, "It is precisely because the Grandmaster is living freely in the immortal world that we need to sing praises to him."

"Two carts of paper on your grave are not as good as a bowl of water beside your bed!"

"Of course you have to flatter someone who is alive; the dead can't hear it!"

Ah, yes, yes, yes...you are right!
Xu Shun was left speechless by what Lan Dao Ren said.

Are you cultivators so realistic?
"Just remember this Sutra of Infinite Merits and Blessings for Saving People. You don't need to recite it every day now. You can recite it after you reach the Yuanshen state." Lan Daoist said, "So as not to delay your daily practice time."

Nine stages of cultivation:

Practicing Qi, building foundation, communicating with gods, dragon and tiger, golden elixir, seeing the truth, primordial spirit, Mahayana and ascension.

In addition to the initial Qi training period and foundation-building period, and the final symbolic ascension period, there are six stages in between, and each stage may hold a cultivator back for a lifetime.

Therefore, it is called the "Six Gates".

"Why?" Xu Shun asked puzzledly.

If you want to flatter the founder, why do you have to wait until the Yuanshen stage to start?

Wasn't it filmed from the beginning?

"Only after you reach the level of Yuanshen can you hope to ascend to the Mahayana stage and meet the ancestor. Only then will your flattery sutras be read in vain."

"Otherwise, even if you flatter the master every day, the master won't bless you. What if you die one day? Wouldn't it be a waste of time to recite this sutra?" Lan Daoren continued with the look of an experienced person:

"When I was young, I never thought I could ascend to heaven so quickly. Now I have nothing to do and I study the scriptures every day."

"When the ancestor asks me, I can naturally say that I recite it every day."

"..."

So “recite every day” means an average of every day, right?

Xu Shun wanted to complain but didn't know where to start, there were simply too many things to complain about!
My master is too...

For a moment, Xu Shun didn't even know how to describe it.

Wisely, Xu Shun changed the subject and stopped dwelling on it. He said, "Master, you are going to ascend to heaven. Doesn't that mean I will be left alone in the world of immortal cultivation?"

Good news, my master is awesome.

Bad news, it's about to ascend!
"Well, it will be soon. At most thirty to fifty years, and at least ten to twenty years." said Master Lan.

Uh... isn't that still early?

Xu Shun felt that this "soon" seemed different from his understanding of "soon".

"There is no day or night for cultivation! You go and do today's homework, and I will also do today's homework!" Taoist Lan waved his hand and said.

What he called “today’s homework” was to lie horizontally on a patch of grass, supporting himself with his hands, exposing his chest and letting the night breeze blow over him, while he recited the “Sutra on the Infinite Merits of Saints and Sages for Saving People” in a low voice.

Xu Shun sat cross-legged and began to practice the "Qinghua Sutra".

The Qinghua Sutra is profound and extensive. After listening to Master Lan's explanation today, he has gained a deeper understanding.

Based on his experience of entering a state of tranquility in the previous few days, Xu Shun quickly entered a state of tranquility.

In the hazy and gloomy state, Xu Shun felt the spiritual energy of the heaven and earth around him. Then he followed the method recorded in the Qinghua Sutra, and naturally and logically absorbed the spiritual energy.

After the spiritual energy enters the body, it passes through the meridians and finally falls into the lower dantian.

He officially embarked on the path of cultivating immortals!

Maybe three to five months, maybe one or two years.

After his Dantian and limbs are finally filled with true qi, he can try to enter the foundation-building stage. Xu Shun is not in a hurry. His life has just begun, and his road to immortality has just begun.

After an hour, Taoist Lan finally finished reciting the long and boring scripture many times. When he was young, he disdained this crappy and disgusting scripture.

When he was young, he was a very well-behaved person and never thought that he would become an immortal one day.

Even if one becomes an immortal, it will take hundreds of years.

Unexpectedly, he would go to the fairyland to pay homage to the ancestor so soon.

This scripture must be memorized eventually!

Shaking his head, he glanced at Xu Shun and nodded with satisfaction.

Although Xu Shun has many problems and is very strange, he is still hardworking and relatively self-disciplined.

He had three disciples, and this one was the most diligent, practicing on his own without being urged.

The first two disciples had just achieved some success in their cultivation, and then they went off to wander around, and no one knew whether they could become immortals. In the end, the master and disciples reunited in the immortal world!

He changed his position to make himself more comfortable. The night wind was cooler and it made him feel so comfortable!
Suddenly, a roar from a distance startled Xu Shun, who was meditating, and almost gave him a stitch in the side.

Even so, he stood up suddenly, coming out of his meditative state, his heart pounding wildly.

Now Xu Shun suddenly understood why practicing requires a quiet room.

Taoist Lan did not stand up, but continued to lie there with his eyes closed.

Xu Shun followed the sound and saw a black spot flash under the moonlight, but he couldn't see clearly.

Behind the black spot, a strange four-legged creature also flashed by.

They seemed to be chasing each other and coming quickly in this direction.

As it got closer, Xu Shun couldn’t see clearly what it was.

It was just too dark.

It was not until the two things jumped and came to a nearby distance that Xu Shun could see them clearly.

The person in front is a zombie with a golden body and wearing armor?
Its face could not be seen clearly, and it was surrounded by a murderous aura like black fog. When it saw the people behind it catching up, it roared again, then sped up and jumped further away.

It was because of the evil aura on it and the way it jumped that Xu Shun guessed it was a zombie.

Behind him, there was a man riding on a tiger.

The tiger was huge, with dull eyes and looked very skinny. It moved in a hopping manner, chasing the zombies in front of it.

Looks like a zombie tiger?
Can a tiger be trained to become a zombie?

How come there is such a thing in the world of cultivating immortals!
There is a Taoist on the zombie tiger, wearing a yellow Taoist robe, a hair crown on his head, and holding a peach wood sword. There are several yellow talismans spinning around him. He looks majestic and has profound Taoist skills.

He swung the peach wood sword, and a yellow talisman flew out from his side and hit the fleeing zombie in front of him. The zombie paused and then roared in pain.

Like human voice, like wild beast voice.

The roar that Xu Shun heard just now was this sound.

"Big Pigeon, don't run away! You can't escape!" The Taoist in yellow robe shouted when he saw the zombie in pain.

The zombies were just copper-armored corpses with the minds of wild beasts, so they would never listen to the Taoist's words.

When it was hit by the talisman, it felt like it was being burned by fire and struck by lightning. Just when it was angry, it suddenly smelled the scent of a stranger!

At this time, we need human blood to replenish our strength!

It followed the smell and pounced on the onlooker Xu Shun.

　I hope you will support me!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)