The Great Way to Truth, Starting from Jiazi Laodao

Chapter 180: Floating Cloud Mountain is promoted, the spirit of the earth veins condenses
Smoke locks up the burning stove, and spring begins to plant medicinal herbs.

Taoists who seek the truth enjoy living in seclusion here.

In Fuyun Mountain and Qiuzhen Temple, a large number of spiritual fields have been opened up, which are stacked up on the distant mountains and meandering around the clouds. A large number of spiritual objects are planted in the fields arranged in a stepped shape, with spiritual medicines being the most numerous, with complex types and overflowing with fragrance.

There are thousands of hectares of medicinal fields and lush medicinal gardens.

The medicinal plots are arranged in an orderly manner, and the medicinal paths are crisscrossed.

Especially after a winter of training, after being bathed in the spring rain in this early spring season, the spiritual plants are more lush, growing vigorously and full of vitality.

After dealing with the affairs of the temple, Xuanxu had some spare time, so he asked his fellow apprentices Xuanyang, Xuankong, Xuanyu and others who were also free to walk together on the narrow path. They looked at the endless spiritual fields and watched Xuanyin leading the disciples to take care of the spiritual medicines. While enjoying the scenery and chatting, Xuanxu's face looked rosy, which was pleasing to the eyes and heart.

Everyone in the temple kept Brother Xuanming's instructions in mind and worked together. In just half a year, the sect's spiritual fields expanded several times, and the spiritual plants flourished and the supplies were abundant. As the head sect master, he was very satisfied, as this indicated that the Qiuzhen Temple was thriving and there was no shortage of money for cultivation, so there was no need to worry about resources for a long time.

In the middle of the vast spiritual field, there is a spiritual lake of one hundred acres. The clear lake water reflects the blue sky, with white clouds hovering leisurely. In the lake grow many aquatic spiritual flowers, such as the green jade lotus, the pure heart cattail, the tricolor water chestnut, the yin and yang daffodil, etc., which bloom all the year round. Looking around, the green lotus covers the green water, and the hibiscus is covered with bright red. The picturesque scenery makes people feel at peace and refreshed.

They settled down in the pavilion on the lake, and Xuanxu, Xuankong and the others drank tea and talked about Taoism. Of course, Xuanyang was the exception, as he preferred wine to tea. As they chatted happily, Xuanxu caught a glimpse of Cangdao Peak from the corner of his eye and couldn't help but say, "Counting it up, Senior Brother Xuanming has been in seclusion for nearly a year."

After taking a big gulp of wine, Xuan Yang burped comfortably and long. Noticing Senior Brother Xuan Xu staring at him, he immediately became eager to survive and changed the subject:

"Yes! I have seen that the Taoist temple is surrounded by auspicious clouds and covered by rosy clouds all day long, with endless strange phenomena. I think Senior Brother Xuanming has gained a lot this time. Perhaps my Taoist temple will have another magical power or strange art to protect the sect."

After he finished speaking, Xuan Yang grinned, revealing eight white teeth, and gave Xuan Xu a flattering smile. A hint of flattery appeared on the eight-foot tall man's honest face.

mystery:……

You are a clever fool for once.

But such an indecent act, do you really think that you can be done with just praising Senior Brother Xuanming?
The most important thing is that you only enjoy this good wine by yourself and don’t know how to respect your senior brother. Although the spiritual tea is good, you can’t drink too much!

Just as he opened his mouth to say something else, the earth suddenly shook.

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Xuan Yang, who was lying on the steps of the pavilion, turned over and jumped up instantly. Xuan Kong and Xuan Yu also followed Xuan Xu out of the pavilion.

With the Dharma eyes opened, one can see the earth's energy surging like a river, surging and growing. The peaks of Floating Cloud Mountain are shaking, and at the same time, it is rising upwards, deepening downwards, and expanding in all directions.

Everyone was immediately delighted and excited.

Xuanxu laughed heartily and said, "One must wait patiently for the flowers to bloom, and wait for the clouds to part to reveal the bright moon. After a year of waiting, Floating Cloud Mountain is finally going to be promoted."

After gulping down a few mouthfuls of wine, Xuan Yang wiped the wine stains from the corners of his mouth with his sleeve and laughed heartily: "Today, there are many happy events in Qiuzhen Temple, and we should all be happy!"

Xuan Kong puffed out his 200-pound belly, and his chubby face, which looked like a steamed bun, was full of smiles. His eyes were narrowed into slits. He grabbed the wine pot and said, "Junior brother, what you said is very true. How can we not drink a lot on such a happy occasion? I will not be polite. Thank you, junior brother!"

Although the wine jar is small, it has a lot of secrets. It is a magical instrument that can hold a hundred kilograms of spiritual wine. Xuankong drank up the remaining dozens of kilograms of spiritual wine in one go, and his stomach was not bloated at all.

"happy!"

Xuankong touched his stomach, smacked his lips, and said with a look of enjoyment, "I drank tea for the whole afternoon and my mouth is almost dry, but the spirit wine is still strong enough."

"Fatty!"

Xuan Yang's face was as dark as the bottom of a pot. If it weren't for the presence of his master, he would have slapped this shameless man. Turning a blind eye to the farce of the Crouching Dragon and Phoenix in Qiuzhen Temple, Xuan Xu ordered: "My fellow disciples, activate the formation and do your best to protect the people and other lives. Don't let the promotion of Fuyun Mountain affect the innocent."

Xuanyu, Xuanyang and Xuankong nodded, and each flew into the sky and hid underground to go about their business; Xuanyin, Xuansu and Xuantong, who received the message, also took action; Changanzi, Changqingzi and Changning, the three fourth-generation immortals, were also not idle and took action immediately.

Xuanxu soared into the sky, standing on the firmament, his robes fluttering, his Qi sinking into his Dantian, and he said, "My fellow disciples, please be patient. This is a sign of Fuyun Mountain's advancement, not a sign of the earth dragon turning over."

The sound spread throughout the mountains and forests, and after calming everyone down, Xuanxu ordered his disciples to assist their master and protect Floating Cloud Mountain.

Looking down from a high vantage point, he saw that everyone in the Qiuzhen Temple was moving together, even the spiritual beasts like the spiritual deer Changshou, the black bird, the manta ray, the mountain sparrow demon Hongdou, the carp dragon and the black turtle were not idle. Xuanxu stroked his goatee and, with satisfaction, raised his hand and sacrificed two spiritual artifacts of luck: the Yin-Yang Mirror and the inherited magic sword, namely the Qiuzhen Sword, to suppress the luck of the Floating Cloud Mountain.

The Yin-Yang Mirror rotated, emitting a vast Yin-Yang mysterious light, protecting Floating Cloud Mountain and the surrounding areas, minimizing the impact of the earth vein fluctuations on the creatures outside the mountain. The Sword of Truth flew into the blue sky, and the sword light soared into the sky, shocking all directions.

After doing all this, Xuanxu breathed a sigh of relief, his eyes inadvertently falling on the temple halfway up the mountain. He was glad that he and his fellow apprentices had temporarily closed the mountain after noticing the recent turbulence in the earth veins and did not receive pilgrims, thus avoiding such troubles. Otherwise, he didn't know how much energy would have been wasted.

Click, click, a sound like that of machinery turning was heard, and four high rune walls rose from the ground, standing on the four sides of Floating Cloud Mountain. The Bagua Four Symbols Array was activated, and the Four Symbols manifested. The dragon soared into the sky, the Vermilion Bird spread its wings, the White Tiger leaped, and the Black Tortoise controlled the water, stabilizing the four rune walls.

Because the formation was partially connected to the earth veins, the formation changed along with Floating Cloud Mountain. When Floating Cloud Mountain climbed upward, the Rune Wall climbed with it; when Floating Cloud Mountain expanded outward, the Rune Wall expanded with it; when Floating Cloud Mountain extended downward, the Rune Wall sank with it.

Dragons roared, tigers howled, birds chirped, turtles roared, the Four Symbols and Eight Trigrams formation was fully unleashed, and the rune walls connected the sky and the earth, intercepting most of the earthquake power in the mountains, while protecting the vegetation in the mountains and reinforcing the buildings and palaces.

The tree with endless spiritual roots shook its branches, and red flames bloomed all over its body. The roots were thick and squirming, giving full play to the strengths of the spiritual roots, suppressing the luck, soothing the continuously expanding earth veins, calming the boiling earth energy, combing the spiritual veins and fire veins, and trying to minimize the power of the explosion of the earth's turbid air.

In the first lake in the mountain opposite to the Endless Tree, the waves are surging and a thousand feet high. A hundred-foot-tall lotus is slowly blooming, its petals crystal clear, each piece translucent, emitting a water-blue glow, also penetrating the earth's veins and regulating the earth's energy.

This is a mysterious spiritual root obtained from the Dragon Palace, planted in this lake by Xuan Ming himself. It is opposite to the endless wood, water and fire, and they complement and restrain each other, forming a water and fire duality, suppressing the luck of Fuyun Mountain, and gathering the spiritual energy of heaven and earth and the scattered luck.

The power of the water and fire spiritual roots came together, and all the vegetation in the Floating Cloud Mountain was safe. Floating Cloud Mountain expanded wantonly, and even earthquakes could not harm any grass or tree, but instead brought opportunities to the plants and trees.

In addition, Xuanyin, Xuantong, Xuankong, Xuanyu, Xuanyang, Xuansu, Chang'anzi, Changqingzi, and Changning led the Taoists in the Jingjing realm, each of them took out their spiritual weapons or magic weapons, and went to the outside of Floating Cloud Mountain, setting up multiple defenses to weaken the power of the small number of earthquakes that broke out of the Bagua Four Symbols Formation, and protecting the people with all their strength.

Oh~!

Two faint dragon roars were heard, and the two spiritual veins of Floating Cloud Mountain evolved from snakes into dragons, and continued to expand. Their bodies swelled rapidly, and many dragon scale-like patterns grew on their veins. Several small spiritual veins that migrated from the mountain also benefited from it and evolved into snakes. The water veins and fire veins in the mountain also transformed into fire dragons and water dragons.

A huge energy storm arose in Floating Cloud Mountain, gathering into a mighty spiritual tide, blowing spiritual winds and causing spiritual rains. The vegetation in the mountain benefited from this, and new buds broke through the soil, the vegetation grew wildly, the trees reached towering, green vines spread, and many spiritual plants stretched out their branches and leaves. Some of them were simply more spiritual, while others got the opportunity and began to evolve.

A deafening dragon roar was heard, as if it were a real dragon, with less femininity than a snake and more majesty than a dragon. The spirit of the Floating Cloud Mountain veins took shape, and the dragon's whiskers, horns and scales were lifelike, but it only had three claws instead of four, which was between a flooded dragon and a real dragon.

The dragon energy of Floating Cloud Mountain is even stronger, extending for hundreds of miles and rising hundreds of feet. The ground veins extend in all directions like tentacles, and are more closely connected with the remaining half of Canglong Mountain. The originally crumbling mountain has become stable again, the vitality has stopped fading, and vitality has gradually recovered.

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Zangdao Peak, Daodao Temple, the auspicious clouds dissipated and the rosy glow disappeared.

Xuanming woke up, his eyes moved, and his left and right pupils gave rise to images of Tao. One was shining brightly, illuminating the mountains and rivers for thousands of miles, and the other was empty and dark, like a bottomless abyss, with nothing on the left and nothing on the right.

After the Taoist image disappeared, he stood up, walked out of the hut, went outside the courtyard, took a step forward, stood on the top of the three-story Sutra Library, stood with his hands behind his back, overlooking the Floating Cloud Mountain. Seeing Qiuzhen's response to the Taoist, Xuanming stroked his beard and nodded slightly.

However, the advancement of Fuyun Mountain this time is extraordinary. Even if everyone tries their best, some of the residual power will slip through the net and will soon bring disaster to the people outside the mountain and other creatures. Once it arrives, houses will collapse, villages and towns will be ruined, and the people, crops, livestock, etc. will suffer heavy losses.

Xuanming would never allow this to happen, but he did not take action. Instead, he raised his head and looked outside the mountain. While he was calm and composed, a hint of expectation appeared in his weathered eyes.

(End of this chapter)