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

Chapter 6: Breakthrough in cultivation, reaching the realm of refining qi and transforming it into spirit!
The most terrifying thing in the world.

The worst thing is that when I was sleeping alone, I heard two snoring sounds.

Nothing is worse than looking into another eye through the crack in the door.

It will scare you to the point of giving you goose bumps!

Zhang Tian just stared quietly at the eyes that suddenly emerged from the alchemy furnace at the bottom of the cold pond. He was not afraid at all. Instead, he was still recalling the wild history in his mind.

"The monkey was appointed by the Jade Emperor to guard the Peach Garden. He encountered the Seven Fairies who came to pick peaches. He performed a spell to freeze the Seven Fairies. Then, seven gourd babies with magical powers jumped out of the stones on earth."

"Now it seems that this wild history is nothing but history. The alchemy furnace in the cold pond is flashing with colorful light. Could it be that it is the stone that gave birth to the Calabash Brothers in the future, and this alchemy furnace is the furnace that the snake spirit and the centipede spirit used to refine the Calabash Brothers?"

"When I have great powers and master magical skills in the future, I will go look for it in this cold pond. Maybe I can fish out some treasures!"

Zhang Tian fetched the water and left without taking the eye in the alchemy furnace seriously. He had already guessed that it was most likely a bold and daring monster with a high level of cultivation.

After all, the water in this cold pond is spiritual.

Contains vitality.

As long as you are not a fool, there will be monsters coming to occupy the place, just like the monkey who went to learn skills from his master, and only a few years later, a devil came to occupy the Flower-Fruit Mountain. Monsters are particularly sensitive to the blessed land.

And the monster at the bottom of the pond.

It is very likely that Qingniu condoned it.

After all, there will always be monsters coming to this place. We should keep them as we please first, and wait for them to kill other monsters and become powerful enough, then make a decision. If they don't cause trouble to others, it's fine. But if they commit murder, it's not too late to kill them.

This method of self-cultivation is much more convenient than having to keep an eye on things and running around to kill small demons and monsters. At least it is very suitable for someone like Qingniu who likes to slack off.

Zhang Tian didn't care. He still fetched water as usual every day, then looked at the bottom of the cold pond and looked into those eyes, just like checking in every day.

Another half month passed.

He became thinner and thinner.

The originally hot energy and blood like the sun gradually dissipated, and the strong man with bright eyes, extremely burly and intimidating appearance gradually turned into a rather weak scholar. Such an obvious change was noticed by the villagers.

Niu Da couldn't help but ask worriedly, "Brother Tian, why do you look so haggard? You seem like a different person."

"I'm hurt by alcohol and sex." Zhang Tian was in a good mood, just because he transformed the energy in his body into magic power. Not to mention his ability, his life span has increased by at least a hundred years. So he joked, "So starting tomorrow, I plan to quit drinking!"

The innocent boy Niu Da fell into deep thought.

Wine can be brewed and drunk secretly.

How did she do that? Is there a woman hiding in the mountain? I didn't see her!

Zhang Tian's cultivation progressed very quickly, probably because he had laid a very good foundation in previous years. He had qi and blood like the scorching sun, the help of the cold pond water, and some medicinal herbs borrowed from time to time. After another half a month, he felt his scalp itchy, and while he was sitting cross-legged, his soul left his body.

This is the realm of refining Qi and transforming it into spirit!

For the first time, he felt his soul floating in the air. It was not blocked by the wall, but could not withstand the burning sun. When the breeze blew, it was like a piece of cotton wool floating in the wind, drifting aimlessly. If it stayed there for any longer, he would feel his hands and feet weak and extremely tired.

"After five months of practice, he has reached the stage of Qi Refining and Spirit Transformation. Among the human race, this speed of practice is considered quite good."

Qingniu came and nodded and commented that refining essence into qi is the foundation of cultivation. Villagers like those in Shenniu Village have been practicing for so many years, generation after generation for nearly three hundred years, and yet they are still stuck in this realm.

They all looked extremely sturdy, with a huge force of 180,000 kilograms in their hands and waists, which was incredible, but in the eyes of those powerful monsters, it was just the difference between eating meat and eating vegetables. After breaking through the Qi Refining and Spirit Transformation, they could control their souls and spirits, possess divine thoughts, better control the magic power they cultivated, and display their magical powers and spells to exert great power.

But Qingniu noticed something was wrong, "Why can't you perform any Taoist magic?"

Zhang Tian said sincerely, "I can't do it."

In the world of Journey to the West, the gods are actually very simple. They can use magic powers if they have learned them, but they cannot if they have not learned them. There are very few gods like the monkey who can master all the magic.

There are even many magical powers that are either unique to monsters or extremely difficult to practice, but as long as they are practiced successfully, they can basically defeat the strong with the weak.

For example, the Yellow Wind Monster in the 800-li Yellow Wind Ridge, with his Samadhi Divine Wind, caused chaos in the sacred mountains, blew countless mounts down to the mortal world, made Erlang Shen lost his way at his doorstep, and caused Bodhisattvas and Arhats to fly backwards, and even the Putuo Mountain of Guanyin of the South China Sea was blown away. This shows how powerful he is.

There is also the Scorpion Demon, who was eavesdropping on Tathagata's preaching in Lingshan. After being discovered by Tathagata, he reached out to grab him, but was broken by the Tathagata's magical power and was stung on the palm, causing unbearable pain. It was extremely powerful.

So when facing Qingniu's questioning, Zhang Tian was very honest. It was not that he could not perform the Taoist magic, but that he had never learned any magical powers or spells, so he didn't know how to do it!
Qingniu was stunned. He stared at the Dao Eye on Zhang Tian's forehead and said doubtfully, "What kind of Tao Te Ching have you practiced? Why do I always feel like something is missing..."

"What is missing?"

“Immoral.”

"I didn't peek at a woman bathing!"

"Oh, not a woman."

"There's no way I'd peek at a man taking a bath!"

Qingniu: ...

He began to explain that the Tao Te Ching was written by his master, Taishang Laojun, and that it contained all the words of the great Dao, and the source of all magical powers and spells, namely: Tao is the words of the great Dao, and Virtue is all the magical powers and spells.

I have entered the world of Tao Te Ching.

Not only will your comprehension increase greatly, but your cultivation will also grow rapidly.

He is also omnipotent and knows all kinds of magical powers!
Zhang Tian immediately understood that what he was learning was not the Tao Te Ching, but the Tao Te Ching which had been simplified ten thousand times. It only had the function of improving one's understanding, and the De Te Ching had been omitted.

"It turns out that you haven't mastered the entire Tao Te Ching. Hey, I've always been surprised that you have such a high level of comprehension! It turns out that you only have half of the knowledge!"

Qingniu felt better. Although he scored 0 points, he felt relieved when he saw that Zhang Tian, who thought he had scored 100 points, actually only scored 59 points.

He smiled and said, "Go and plant trees well. When one day you plant an orange tree that satisfies me, I will teach you a powerful magic. I have plenty of skills and abilities."

Zhang Tian didn't doubt that he was lying.

After all, the person he follows is Taishang Laojun, the Taoist ancestor who created the world. He is proficient in all methods, can refine elixirs and various magical weapons. Basically, everything famous in the Three Realms can be related to him.

So it is normal for Lao Niu to speak a little arrogantly, and it is not just an empty promise.

Zhang Tian left excitedly.

The blue ox was inexplicably disappointed, flipping through the Tao Te Ching, which he could not understand at all, and said, "Alas, it turns out that my practice was not successful. When will I, the old ox, be able to achieve complete merit and virtue?"

"It's been three hundred years. I, the old cow, miss you so much!"

"I miss my master's golden elixir, the Jade Emperor's peaches, Zhen Yuanzi's ginseng fruit, Tathagata's Ullambana basin and the Buddha's relics... I will steal more next time! I will make up for the loss of this jail term! Hehe, I am really awesome!"

(End of this chapter)