Journey to the West: Start by giving Taishang Laojun a whole life

Chapter 5: Precious method of avoiding three disasters by Qigong practitioners in the Pre-Qin period!

Mr. Lu Xun once said that the greatest humiliation for a man is his wife’s disappointed look and sigh.

But for Zhang Tian, who wanted to embark on the path to becoming an immortal and practice cultivation, Qingniu's inexplicable sigh was quite devastating and he was somewhat of a blow.

"I guess my talent is not that good. After all, I practiced a simplified Taoist scripture that lowered the threshold and difficulty by ten thousand times, but it still took me three months..."

Zhang Tian has made a small assessment of his own talents, but his requirements are not high. Unlike the monkey, he does not want to achieve the Hunyuan Yiqi Taiyi Jinxian in a few years. He only wants to become an immortal, or live for another thousand or ten thousand years, and he will be satisfied.

He was not discouraged, but looked at Qingniu eagerly, "Lord Shenniu, do you think I still have a chance?"

Qingniu: Why do I feel a mountain breeze behind me...

"Actually, my requirements are not high. If I continue to practice the Bull Demon Power Fist, can I surpass the 800-year lifespan of the legendary Qigong master Peng Zu from the pre-Qin period?"

When Zhang Tian was traveling through the mountains, he came into contact with many Qigong practitioners and learned a lot from them. Their founder was the legendary Peng Zu.

At that time, they were full of pride, saying that their ancestor lived for 800 years, and that Zhang Tian had extraordinary talent. If he could join their sect and hone his character for ten years, after being examined by the elders, he would be able to inherit Peng Zu's legacy and live another 500 years!
Five hundred years is indeed a lot. In the human world, it is enough for a dynasty to rise and fall and go through two or three reincarnations. If it were an ordinary family, it would have gone through more than a dozen generations and produced thousands of descendants.

If Zhang Tian didn't know that this world was the world of Journey to the West and that the place was called Southern Continent, he might have been tempted and chosen to join the other sect and become a Qi Refiner.

But when he learned that there were gods and immortals in this world, and the Jade Emperor, he immediately chose another path, that is, to seek the immortals and ask for the Tao, because Tathagata once said, "The Jade Emperor has been practicing since he was young, and has suffered 1,750 kalpas, each of which lasts 129,600 years, before he can enjoy this infinite Tao."

Where there is comparison, there is harm.

Then the Qi Refining inheritance is not so attractive.

Zhang Tian looked at the blue bull expectantly, but got some bad news. "The Bull Demon Power Fist is a technique I created. If you practice it to the extreme, you can indeed become an immortal. But it's not that easy because the world has sent down a calamity. Anyone who wants to become an immortal will have a long life, but they will have to go through three disasters."

What are the benefits and harms of the three disasters?

This is because in order to practice cultivation, one must seize the fortune of heaven and earth and penetrate the mysteries of the sun and the moon, only then can one cultivate the golden elixir in the body and increase one's lifespan. Heaven and earth will bring down disasters in the form of thunder, fire, and wind, which will occur every five hundred years. If one encounters a strong enemy, one will become stronger. If one can survive through it, one can live another five hundred years. If one cannot survive through it, then one will disappear into thin air, and all one's cultivation and Taoism will become empty.

"Is there any way to avoid disaster?"

Zhang Tian actually had the answer in his mind. After all, Monkey King asked this question to Patriarch Bodhi after he became a disciple at Lingtai Fangcun Mountain, and Patriarch Bodhi gave him two solutions.

There are general Tiangang numbers and thirty-six variations.

The other is the Earthly Evil Number, which has seventy-two variations.

What the monkey learned was the Earthly Evil Numbers. From then on, he had seventy-two changes and seventy-two lives. He was no longer afraid of the three disasters and was able to avoid them all. He no longer had to worry about his lifespan.

"Yes, but not necessarily."

Qingniu gave a very reasonable answer, "Most of the gods in this world don't want to die, but how many of them can be immortal? If you want to live long, you can either join the Heavenly Court, get a job, and enjoy the offerings of peaches, or join the Underworld, lose your body, and enjoy the offerings of incense, which is also considered living long."

He did not mention the changes of Tiangang and Disha. I don't know whether he thought Zhang Tian simply did not have the opportunity to obtain them, or that he did not know how to do it. It is very likely that it was figured out by Patriarch Bodhi himself.

After all, it is a way to avoid the three disasters.

No matter how you look at it, it seems like it's exploiting a loophole in the rules of heaven and earth. Naturally, the fewer people who know about it, the better. If too many people use it, it will easily be discovered.

Therefore, among so many disciples, Bodhi Patriarch only taught the monkey. When the monkey revealed his method of avoiding the three disasters, Bodhi Patriarch was furious and drove him out of Lingtai Fangcun Mountain. He said, "You are not good at showing off this skill in front of others. When others see you have it, they will definitely ask for something from you. If you are afraid of disaster, you must teach him. If you don't teach him, he will definitely harm you. Your life will be in danger."

Who is in Fangcun Mountain?
Of course, it’s those fellow practitioners!

The brothers in the same sect, whose friendship was stronger than iron, stabbed behind the scenes for the method of avoiding the three disasters. Even their own master could not stop them, which shows how precious this method of avoiding the three disasters is.

When Zhang Tian thought about the journey to the west in the future, apart from the mount in the sky, there would be many monsters who wanted to eat Tang Monk's flesh. He realized the difficulty more and more and couldn't help but sigh.

He decided to continue practicing hard.

You should cultivate to become an immortal first and then talk about the future. Otherwise, if you die before you even become an immortal, you will be lured into the underworld by the Black and White Impermanence. Even if you know how to avoid the three disasters after becoming an immortal, it will be of no use.

Qingniu groaned, "If you can achieve the true immortality within thirty years, then... Oh, forget it... You should practice first."

Thirty years' time.

It is really difficult to break through from the state of refining essence into qi, to refining qi into spirit, then to refining spirit back to emptiness, and then to refining emptiness into harmony with the Tao, before one can reach the state of attaining true immortality.

Human origin.

It is not enough to just follow.

To be honest, Qingniu was not optimistic, but he did not say it out loud. However, Zhang Tian kept this in mind and thought to himself, it would take thirty years to become an immortal...

Zhang Tian has the help of a golden finger. He has been a child of other people's family since he was young. After ten years of practice, he has become a martial saint in the world. His blood and energy are as strong as the sun, but he still feels a lot of pressure at this time. After all, he is becoming an immortal.

So he tried harder.

In addition to daily research on planting orange trees, he spent almost all his time practicing the Bull Demon Fist and Taoist scriptures.

He also used fine paper and pen to copy down the Tao Te Ching and recited it every day. After all, it was the original version of the Tao Te Ching that he practiced. Every time he read it, he could gain some new insights and improve faster.

The divine patterns on the forehead are even more complicated.

More agile.

There is even a sense of prominence.

I practiced diligently for a month.

Zhang Tian was very aware of his progress. He went to the cold pond to fetch water as usual. He subconsciously looked down and could vaguely see the bottom of the pond. However, he did not really see it, but he just "saw it".

It is seen by the Taoist eye on the forehead.

At the bottom of the cold pond.

There was a tripod that was emitting light in the darkness, with the rays of light shining all around. The light was faintly flickering, and from time to time it would flash a colorful light, which was very beautiful.

This must be the furnace that the Great Lord Laojun used to make elixirs, as mentioned by Qingniu. The colorful things inside must be what the immortal left after refining himself. If it were placed in Buddhism, it would be called a relic, and in Taoism...

Zhang Tian was thinking about what to call, when he suddenly saw a pair of eyes flash in the alchemy furnace, staring at him!
(End of this chapter)