I come to see Bai Yujing today

Chapter 178 Catching a cicada is harder than creating a destiny
The bright moon on August 15th climbed up to the top of the willows, and the clear light poured down. It was as if the fairyland had spilled nectar and immersed the world in flowing mercury.

Everything is fine.

Including this reunion.

But tonight's beauty was restrained and only lasted for the duration of a meal.

When Chen Shuijun and Chen Zhian walked out of Hongdouyuan, it was not yet midnight and it was a lively time.

The intersection of Longmen Street is already bustling with people. Many ordinary people have also taken to the streets to look at the lanterns, guess lantern riddles, and watch the beauties dancing in the pavilions overlooking the street.

Chen Zhian was still thinking about the many "Zhi'an" and "Suijun" written by his mother.

Chen Shuijun looked normal, and even bought a few ounces of tea when passing by a tea stall, saying that he would make tea chicken for everyone tomorrow.

Tea leaf chicken is a dish from southern Jiangsu province, which is quite time-consuming and requires very high heat.

Chen Zhian looked at Chen Shuijun with some confusion.

My father is really not in a hurry at all.

The two of them walked through several streets in the midst of frost-stained rocks and ink-black bamboo shadows, and headed towards East Street.

But in the clouds above, someone was watching them.

This person's expression was calm... calm to the point of being indifferent. There seemed to be no trace of emotion in his eyes, as if he was a fake person.

There was a gleam in his eyes as he looked down at Chen Shuijun and his son, then looked towards Hongdouyuan, wondering what he was thinking.

Just at this moment, a trivial voice like a whisper suddenly came to this person's ears.

But this person seemed to have gotten used to these sounds, and there was no surprise or surprise in his eyes.

"He seems different..."

"Look! He's also possessed by a demon, carrying several demon heads on his body."

"What was that young man contemplating? Why was his divine aura so brilliant?"

"Si Yuanyan! Si Yuanyan! Where is the body you found for me?"

……

Many overlapping voices fell into the ears of Si Yuanyan, the current Buddha-killing Marquis. Si Yuanyan's expression remained calm throughout, and there was no trace of emotion in his eyes.

He no longer looked at Chen Shuijun, but instead looked towards Hongdouyuan.

"It's there!"

"It's there!"

"The Dao fruit is right there. If you eat it, you will surely be able to see several great ways, the path of creation, and ascend to the heavens. You will never have to fear the fall of the heavens again!"

……

The voice was still speaking, and many of the sentences overlapped, appearing disorganized, but it also seemed like a demon whispering, leading people to fall.

It was as if the voice came from Si Yuanyan's soul, which was difficult to understand.

"There are thousands of great ways in the world. I have obtained one kind of fruit, and I have realized three great ways. I can ride a whale and achieve creation."

Si Yuanyan suddenly whispered, his eyes still heartless and without any emotion or greed.

The look in his eyes when he looked towards Hongdouyuan was calm, as if the Taoist fruit in Hongdouyuan was already in his hands.

Eighteen years passed in a flash.

The fruit of the Tao is about to mature.

Those who pursue the great way, reap the fruits of the way and achieve enlightenment, will follow the ultimate truth of heaven and earth, and be just as it should be.

At this moment, Si Yuanzeng did not look like a human being, but rather like a heartless and ruthless immortal.

It was as if he was born to achieve great success, and he didn't care about anything that stood in his way.

The night is so beautiful. The entire night sky has become a slowly rotating glass lamp. The moonlight flows everywhere, and occasionally a thin trace is left by the flocks of geese flying south.

But Si Yuanyan ignored all of this...

Until he suddenly felt a gaze.

So Si Yuanyan lowered his head again and looked towards the East Street.

On East Street, Chen Zhian walked in front.

Chen Shuijun stopped where he was and turned to look at the sky.

He seemed to be looking at the shadow of the moon in the sky, or he seemed to be looking somewhere in the clouds.

His eyes were just as calm, but a little more fearless, more like a human being.

Si Yuanyan's expression finally changed a little. He even frowned and looked at Chen Shuijun as well.

For a moment, he couldn't even be sure whether Chen Shuijun was looking at the moon in the sky or at him.

"Chen Shuijun...how can he see me?" Si Yuanzhen whispered secretly in his heart.

He suddenly remembered that a long time ago, Chen Shuijun had practiced the Four Seasons Cicada, and eighteen years had passed...

Maybe the mediocre person in the past finally caught a few cicadas and understood the truth of the four seasons?

There seemed to be a shadow of the moon flickering in the depths of his eyes, and a magical power burst out from his eyes and shone on Chen Shuijun.

The first level of innateness?
Si Yuanyan shook his head.

The strong wind blew and even blew his cloak.

"Catching a cicada... is harder than creating a destiny."

"Dad, what are you looking at?"

Chen Zhian was walking in front, and when he didn't see Chen Shuijun catching up, he stopped and turned to look at Chen Shuijun.

He saw Chen Shuijun standing there, looking up at the sky.

Chen Shuijun smiled, lowered his head, and said, "Have you ever heard of that legend?"

"It is said that there lives a moon fairy on the moon. Every six hundred years, she will be reborn into the human world and take a look at this vast world."

Chen Zhian nodded.

This legend is well known to the people of Dayu.

Chen Shuijun suddenly laughed and said, "I just glanced at the cloud and the moon... I always feel that the fairy in the moon is no longer in the moon. Maybe she has already been reincarnated into the human world and became a famous person in this world."

Chen Zhian thought Chen Shuijun was just daydreaming, so he nodded in agreement.

"Go back quickly. You have wasted a lot of time today. You have to practice when you go back and can't slack off." Chen Zhian urged Chen Shuijun.

Chen Shuijun was quite pleased with Chen Zhian's progress and praised him in a kind voice.

Chen Zhian laughed but sighed in his heart.

Living in Kyoto is not easy.

This is especially true for Chen Zhian.

He had some obsession in his heart that he wanted to complete.

There were several sharp blades from aristocratic families hanging above his head.

Qin Dadu Yu will leave Xuantianjing after the Mid-Autumn Festival.

The wedding banquet on September 25th made Chen Zhian feel that time was running out.

If I don't work harder, how can I fulfill my obsession?

"Zhi'an."

Chen Shuijun, who was walking next to Chen Zhian, suddenly spoke.

Chen Zhian turned his head and looked at Chen Shuijun.

Chen Shuijun looked serious and said, "Don't be too stressed. Many things tend to come naturally. Maybe by September, I will be able to make a breakthrough and enter destiny."

"Straight into destiny?" Chen Zhian laughed, and even raised his hand to touch his father's forehead: "Dad, are you stimulated?"

Chen Shuijun was just about to snap his fingers to show his sword energy in front of Chen Zhian, but he suddenly sensed something.

A gust of wind blew quietly, as if bringing a message to Chen Shuijun. Someone was watching in secret.

"There are so many demons under the feet of the emperor." Chen Shuijun suddenly felt fortunate that he had resigned from his official position eighteen years ago and no longer hung around in this dirty court.

He saw that Chen Zhian's eyes were also flickering.

It seemed that Chen Zhian also sensed the prying eyes.

Chen Shuijun looked at Chen Zhian's confident expression and said no more. The two of them returned to the courtyard on East Street.

In the East Street courtyard, Chen Zhian took out the Yunchuan sword.

The evil thoughts planted in the long sword emitted black energy again, colliding with the light of Qingshan Tower that locked the evil thoughts.

A sneer appeared on Chen Zhian's face.

The person who was spying on the two of them just now was none other than Xie Wujiu's men.

Chen Zhian sensed the evil thoughts coming from the black air through the light of Qingshan Tower, and he was already prepared in his heart.

"What exactly does Xie Wujiu want to do?"

He pondered in his mind, but did not delve into it deeply.

"Your fox tail will eventually show up." Thinking this, he put the Yunchuan sword back into the Shanting Jade, sat down cross-legged, and continued to practice the new Ziqing Xuanwei Chanzhen.

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It takes four or five days to get there.

Chen Shuijun is not here today.

Bai Jian was also called away by Qin Dadu Yu.

Yu Li Ke hasn't gone out for a long time and no one knows where he went today.

Chen Zhian was the only one left in the yard.

In Chen Zhian's palm, the Mysterious Pearl Fire leaped and the seven levels of the Cloud Room technique, along with many seals, were continuously struck out by Chen Zhian and fell into the Mysterious Pearl Fire.

Iron pots, purple clay teapots, medicine cups, alchemy tripods...

Many utensils used for refining medicine were neatly placed in front of Chen Zhian.

More than seventy kinds of medicinal herbs fell into these vessels, respectively, and then, accompanied by the burning of the Mysterious Pearl Fire and the seals recorded in countless Yunshi Seven-Level Alchemy Methods, fell into those medicinal herbs.

Four full hours passed.

Chen Zhian then let out a long breath.

“It is indeed extremely difficult to refine the Heavenly Pill. It requires a constant supply of True Essence to be injected into the Mysterious Pearl Fire. Even though my True Essence is very strong now, I almost couldn’t hold on.”

He wiped the sweat from his forehead and looked at the two pills in a white jade porcelain plate.

These two pills are different, but both emit a fragrant medicinal aroma.

The first pill was dark black and only the size of a soybean, but the fragrance emanating from it was smelled by Chen Zhian, causing the true energy in his Yuanguan to churn continuously and gradually recover.

"【Zhu Yuan Tian Dan】, is used for cultivation, it is indeed extraordinary."

Chen Zhian's eyes flickered, and he took out the Miaowu Tiandan that Princess Linglong gave him as a comparison.

Both of these elixirs are sixth-grade elixirs. The Miaowutian Pill takes into account the physical body, true essence, and spiritual essence at the same time, while the Zhuyuantian Pill is specifically designed to condense the true essence, making it even more powerful. Each has its own merits.

But the difference is that Chen Zhian can refine the Zhuyuantian Pill himself.

There were no more than twelve Miaowu Tiandan pills in total. He used up five of them to rescue Yu Li Ke at the foot of Qijing Mountain. He also used up another five of them to practice the fourth-grade magical power [Ba Xia Dragon Body] and refine his innate energy these days.

He gave one of the remaining two Tiandan to Zheng Xuan Ze. Zheng Xuan Ze was injured during his trip to Qijing Mountain and needed to recover as soon as possible.

Among the Qiankun treasures of Chu Xiubai and the three Yuque disciples, there were also some Tiandan, which were divided equally by Chen Zhian.

But none of these heavenly pills are as good as Miaowu Heavenly Pill.

Not to mention how moved Zheng Xuanze was when Chen Zhian took out this Tiandan and handed it to him. Now, there is indeed only one Miaowu Tiandan left in Chen Zhian's hand.

Of course, after taking five Miaowutian pills in succession, Chen Zhian's speed of improvement in both his Dominant Dragon Body and his Innate Realm almost reached the extreme.

Now I have the Zhuyuan Tiandan, which can be used to refine the true essence, and then use the true essence to digest the innate qi. I believe that I will be able to enter the third level of the innate realm soon.

Of course, the most crucial thing is that Chen Zhian has already planted the medicinal materials needed to refine the Tiandan in Kunlun Lake. When he becomes proficient in it and concentrates on refining the elixir, he may be able to produce four or five Zhuyuan Tiandan every day.

When he breaks through the third level of innateness, his true essence will become more powerful and he will be able to refine more.

"With the existence of Kunlun Lake, as long as I want, I can produce a lot of Zhuyuan Tiandan at no cost."

Chen Zhian recalled what Li Guiwan from the Taizhuo Li family and Princess Qixing had said to him.

"Building a team requires a lot of resources..."

Chen Zhian has no shortage of elixir resources.

"However, my cultivation is still too weak, and the Xuanzhu Lihuo is not of high quality, so the speed of refining the Heavenly Pill is still too slow. The Cloud Chamber Seventh Level Alchemy Method cannot be called mysterious."

Chen Zhian thought in his heart: "When my cultivation level reaches a higher level and my true essence is enough to control it, I will have to find another kind of alchemy fire."

When he thought of this, his eyes fell on another pill.

This pill is as big as a peanut. Unlike other pills, this one looks like a round piece of iron with a metallic luster.

"Daxi Swordsman's Copper Coins, Cage-stealing Sand... These things can actually be used as medicine."

Chen Zhian sighed in his heart, threw another [Sword Cage Pill] in his hand into his mouth and swallowed it.

The elixir enters the abdomen.

Chen Zhian keenly sensed that when the true essence was wrapped around the sword cage pill, the pill dissolved and turned into an invisible cage at the Yuanguan.

Chen Zhian used his true essence to brew a sword energy and fell into a cage.

Then something strange happened.

——The sword energy was actually locked in the sword cage and was flowing inside it, but it did not dissipate at all.

Chen Zhian continued to brew sword energy until the eight sword energies were locked inside. The sword cage began to vibrate slowly, as if it could not bear it anymore.

Chen Zhian snapped his fingers, and the eighth sword energy in the sword cage was released, which dissipated into the void, leaving only seven sword energies. The sword cage finally stopped shaking, but became a little dimmer.

"As long as I have a thought, the sword cage will shatter and the sword energy inside will burst out instantly. The sword energy driven by the seven sword intentions of Yun Zhongjun has astonishing lethality."

His eyes flickered, and suddenly he had a sudden idea...

"One sword cage pill can trap seven sword energies. What if I swallow a few more?"

Chen Zhian did what he thought and spent another two hours to refine the second sword cage pill and swallow it into his stomach.

Then he keenly sensed that the sword cage at his Yuanguan became thicker and brighter. Chen Zhian continued to brew sword energy and fell into it.

"Thirteen... The effect has decreased, but it is acceptable." Chen Zhian's eyes showed joy.

"Wait until I eat a few more and gather 20 to 30 sword energies."

Chen Zhian was full of hope, and his thoughts fell into the Kunlun Lake in Baiyujing.

“The [Inverted Cliff Bitter Vine] used to refine the Sword Cage Pill is not precious, but it is extremely rare. Even though Qu Junhui searched for many days, he only found three plants and no more.

But I have Kunlun Lake and the Inverted Cliff Bitter Vine, so I don't have to worry about it at all. The Great Breath Swordsman Copper Coin and the Cage-stealing Sand cannot be found in Kunlun Lake, but they are not rare. Qu Junhui can still find a lot of them. "

Chen Zhian nodded with satisfaction.

This somewhat strange sword cage pill will also become one of his trump cards.

As he thought about this, he remembered the [Candle Qi Dragon Transformation Pill].

"These are the herbs needed for the Dragon Transformation Pill. They are too precious. Qu Junhui has been searching for them for many days, but he still hasn't found the Dumb Face Flower and Ghost Scolding Candle."

"hold on."

"After the dragon transformation... I wonder if I can rival the cultivators of Yuque Xuanlou."

"Or... according to Fu Tingjun's description, is it stronger?"

ps: There are two more chapters totaling 8,000 words, one chapter before 12 o'clock and one chapter after 12 o'clock.

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