The Great Way to Truth, Starting from Jiazi Laodao

Chapter 93: Mountains and Rivers Have Virtue, Nourishing Spiritual Veins

The titmouse flapped its wings, landed on the stone table, opened its mouth and spit out a ball of spiritual light, which turned into several lines of text and dissipated after a few breaths.

After looking at it, Xuanming saw that the mountain sparrow was staring at him with its head tilted, refusing to leave. An idea came to Xuanming's mind, and he raised his hand to summon some spiritual grains from Huoyun Peak, sprinkled them on the stone table, and fed them to the mountain sparrow.

Xuan Kong, who was feeding the crane, said: …

Xuan Kong, who was pecked by Xiao Qi, said: …

When the mountain sparrow had eaten its fill, it flapped its wings and flew away. Xuanming took a step and followed behind it, performing the Five Elements Great Escape.

Canglong Mountain is wild and vast, with towering ancient trees, overgrown vines, and all kinds of exotic flowers and plants. It is home to many insects, fish, birds and animals. All kinds of creatures compete for freedom in the frosty sky. It is full of primitive breath and natural laws. Tigers hunt, roe deer eat grass, and crows feed their parents. It is cruel, ancient, and warm.

Monsters of all sizes live there, some living alone in caves, some living in groups, some living in the mountains, and some hiding in the water.

Xuanming first used earth escape, then wood escape, and later water escape. While traveling, he experienced the mystery of the Five Elements escape and switched back and forth more freely.

He restrained his breath and almost merged with nature. He walked past several Qi-cultivating demons, but they were completely unaware and acted as if no one was around.

Half an hour later, Xuanming arrived at a swamp. The miasma filled the air, blocking his vision. The inside was more primitive and ancient. The jungle was dark, the sunlight could not penetrate, it was damp and cold, and there were a large number of snakes, insects, rats and ants living there. There were also various colorful flowers and fungi, and poisonous substances gathered there.

Xuanming felt like a fish in water here. The bird monster Hongdou was not here. He only conveyed the message that the monster did not come, not because it did not want to, but because it could not.

There are many people and monsters in Canglong Mountain, and she leads a large tribe of mountain tits, responsible for sorting out some of the information in the mountain. In order to avoid accidents and leaking the relationship between a person and a monster, it is better to be cautious. The mountain tits that lead the way are all little monsters with just begun to gain intelligence and weak monster aura.

Xuanming understood that what was important was not whether the sparrow monster came, but the monster in the message.

He plunged into the poisonous miasma swamp, and used his spiritual sense to search layer by layer for a certain dragon and snake, from giant pythons to earthworms, from swamps to ditches, he spared no one.

With his current spiritual perception and strength, unless the white dragon in the mountain comes in person, few monsters can discover his existence. This is why he is so skilled and bold and dares to go deep into Canglong Mountain. In the past, he would definitely be very cautious and would never move unless he was 300% sure. In the end, his mind is more flexible and transparent.

From morning to dusk, from moonset to sunrise, after searching for a day and a night, Xuanming finally made his discovery.

With a flash of light, he disappeared on a big tree. When he appeared again, he was already in a narrow ditch. The ditch was only ten feet long, two feet wide, but about fifty feet deep. It was a bit dark, with a low sense of presence, and even a bit smelly.

"You are quite flexible!"

No wonder it has not been discovered before. It turns out it is hiding here. Dragons can be big or small. The big ones can turn the world upside down, and the small ones can hide in the shadows. When they rise, they soar into the sky, and when they hide, they lurk in the abyss. The Jiao snake is the descendant of the Jiao dragon, so it must have inherited some characteristics. Hiding here, it is likely that even if the aquatic creatures are patrolling, it will easily miss this place, and even if they are discovered, they will not explore it carefully.

In addition, this place is not the white dragon's territory for the time being, so the aquatic creatures dare not go too far. This dragon snake is also cautious, and it seems that it has brought a treasure that can shield its spiritual sense, which is why it has been hiding for so long.

Unfortunately, the traces of the Titmouse tribe are all over the mountains and forests, and they are gossipy. He hides all year round but will not stay away from showing up forever. After a few years, he was discovered. Xuanming also has a strong spiritual sense and can explore at close range. It is not something that ordinary treasures can hide.

As he raised his hand, he performed the Five Thunder Technique. A bolt of lightning fell silently and hit the target directly. Soon a three-inch long charred black snake floated up and pinched the unconscious dragon snake in the palm of his hand. Xuanming quickly withdrew.

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Zangdao Peak, Daoyuan.

Waving the whisk, wake up the dragon snake.

After asking him some questions, Xuanming found out that the dragon snake had committed many sins and had devoured many innocent people. So he was kind enough to send him to reunite with his brothers. As for the dragon snake's stubbornness, it was not a problem at all, he just needed to give it a few more shocks.

Afterwards, Xuanming sat alone in the courtyard, with a scale floating in the palm of his hand. His spiritual sense probed into it with ease, and a space appeared in front of him. There were many spiritual objects and few classics. Although it could not be compared with the treasure carried by the previous dragon snake, it was also valuable.

However, what Xuanming valued most was not these, but a spiritual vein. The mountain sparrow demon could persuade him because the surviving descendants of the dragon took away several spiritual veins of the Ten Thousand Snakes Cave when they escaped. Dragon species have some subtle connection with the earth veins and spiritual veins, so it is not surprising that they can do this.

She suspected that this dragon snake had a spiritual vein, because except for one dragon snake who was still missing, the rest of the escaped dragon snakes were either caught later or died at Xuanming's hands, and no spiritual veins were found, so this one was very likely to have a spiritual vein.

Although a mountain is famous not because of its height but because of the immortals living on it, and the mountains and Taoists interact with each other and benefit each other, but mountains have their own virtues, water has its own virtues, and people have their own virtues, and there cannot be too much difference between mountains and people, otherwise, if the virtues are not commensurate with their positions, there will be disasters. Either the mountains will gradually become exhausted and become mortal land, or the Taoists will be unable to bear the blessings and will be plagued by many disasters. This is the same reason why it is difficult to raise a real dragon in shallow water.

Floating Cloud Mountain is just an ordinary sacred mountain. It is barely able to support three real people. It is already in deficit and needs more spiritual veins, and the dragon snake happens to have some, so Xuanming was tempted and took action.

On the contrary, he did not feel much pity about the death of the dragon snake.

The sins committed by the predecessors will bring disaster to the descendants. Dragons will run away from the water, causing storms and countless lives. The debt of sin will involve their descendants, and they will bear the consequences one by one. This is the truth.

The spirit of the dragon once died in Floating Cloud Mountain. The two had formed a bad relationship. Xuanming thought it was reasonable that the two dragons died in his hands one after another. Of course, if they died in the hands of Zixia Sect, it would be even more reasonable.

Every peck and every drink is destined by heaven. Retracting his thoughts, Xuanming found a bead in his hand, as big as an apple, full of spiritual energy, which was transformed from the spiritual vein. Although there was only one bead, and it was a little dim, it was obviously lacking in the nourishment of the earth veins, and the spiritual energy was lost, but it was still usable. It could be restored by nourishing it with the earth veins of Floating Cloud Mountain.

After observing carefully for a moment, Xuanming escaped into the depths of the Floating Cloud Mountain's earth veins and buried the spirit bead beside the spirit vein. He also buried the corpse of the dragon snake together with it, allowing the two spirit veins to devour the dragon nature in them. The Floating Cloud Mountain's earth veins immediately expressed joy.

Xuanming was equally happy. He returned to the Taoist Temple, looked at the green mountains and clear waters shrouded in clouds and mist, and felt the subtle energy in the mountains. He felt very happy.

The inherited spiritual weapon is obtained.

There are also more spiritual veins.

Xuanming calculated with his fingers and found that the beginning of spring next year would be the auspicious day for Qiuzhen Temple to be promoted to a major Taoist sect. By then, with the seal of Tiandiyuan, Qiuzhen Temple would surely prosper.

After the matter was settled, he felt relieved and went into the Sutra Repository to read the scriptures and gain enlightenment. Changfengzi quickly took care of things. Smelling the fragrance of tea, Xuanming felt relaxed and calm. He flipped through the Taoist scriptures, and the Huangting Qi blessed his understanding. He soon immersed himself in them. There was nothing else in his mind but the truth. He met the person who wrote the Taoist scriptures from a distance and sat down to discuss the Tao.

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The morning light fills the ground and the morning glow decorates it.

The next morning, after collecting the purple energy of the morning sun, Xuanming went down the mountain and continued to refine his mind in the worldly world.

On the North City Overpass, after more than half a year, the stall was still reserved for him. Seeing the old half-immortal and the blind old beggar who were so excited to see him, Xuanming knew that they must have made a great contribution, so he nodded and smiled as a greeting.

The two men were immediately excited. One almost exposed the rat demon who cheated in fortune-telling with his sleeves, and the other almost rolled his eyes and revealed his secret of pretending to be blind. Fortunately, they were both veterans and turned the crisis around at the critical moment without arousing suspicion from others.

"Master Yuan, I am so polite. This time I would like to ask you..."

Not long after he sat down, someone came to tell his fortune. It was an old woman with gray hair, who wanted to know whether her daughter-in-law could give birth safely. Xuanming was slightly moved by her simple and kind thoughts.

The most important thing is that he calculated that although the old woman came from a poor family, she had always done good deeds and accumulated virtue. It could not be considered a great good deed, but it was a small good deed.

Take his daughter-in-law for example. In order to ensure the safety of her pregnant daughter-in-law, in addition to keeping the eggs he earned from selling for her to nourish her body, he also often went to the small ditch in front of the village to exchange for some food such as crucian carp. After the spring, he often went up the mountain to pick wild fruits to change the taste for his daughter-in-law. Every month, he would climb to the middle of Fuyun Mountain, enter the Taoist temple to worship Wuliang Tianzun, and pray to Tianzun to bless his daughter-in-law with safety. He never mentioned the matter of whether the baby would be a boy or a girl.

In this era, such a good mother-in-law is rare.

Therefore, Xuanming only took one cent of the divination fee, and then wrote the word "peace" with a brush. He gave it to the old woman and asked her to stick it at home. People who do good deeds will bless their descendants and reap good rewards.

After the old woman left with many thanks, two more Taoists came. They were the two they had met at Tian's house before. Since that day, they had come often. Later, they used their connections to move their stall to a nearby place. One of them was named Fulai and the other Huoqu.

Although Xuanming was always unhappy, they were patient and sincere in their hearts. Now that they met again after several months, they were more excited than the blind old beggar. Xuanming still spoke little to them. It was not that they had no destiny, but that the destiny had not arrived yet. Whether they could seize it depended on themselves.

Good karma depends on appearance, while Taoist karma depends on depth. Currently, the two Taoists only have appearance affinity with him.

In the afternoon, Xuanming closed his stall and returned to the mountain.

Breathing and practicing Qi, reading scriptures and gaining enlightenment, setting up a stall to tell fortunes, walking in the mountains and rivers, honing supernatural powers, practicing formations, taking care of spiritual roots, training spiritual deer...

Xuanming's days are leisurely and comfortable, and his magic power and Taoism are steadily improving. This is the daily life of practicing Taoism, boring and repetitive, but one must learn to find joy in suffering, appreciate the fun in it, polish his Tao heart, get rid of impetuousness, wipe away the dust, accumulate foundation in the ordinary, and comprehend the truth over the years.

Three months later, in a farmhouse at the foot of Fuyun Mountain, the woman's screams turned into muffled groans. She was lying on the bed, biting a rag, sweating profusely, and working hard. Outside the door, an old woman and her son were waiting anxiously.

"Oh no, the baby's feet came out first, it's a difficult birth!"

The midwife thought something was not good and suddenly felt the money was hot. At this moment, the word "peace" hanging on the wall glowed faintly and a baby cried loudly and powerfully, showing the vigorous vitality of life.

"It's born! It's born! Mother and child are safe!"

The old woman and her son burst into tears of joy, knelt down and worshipped in the direction of Floating Cloud Mountain, thanked Wuliang Tianzun for his blessing, then immediately washed their hands and entered the delivery room. As for the filthiness of the delivery room, neither of them cared.

Ask for advice in the thatched cottage.

Xuanming, who was sleeping on his side with misty breath, raised the corners of his mouth, his smile became kinder, and he slept more refreshed.

Two months later, in late summer and early autumn, when the last thunderstorm ended, muffled thunder sounded on Fuyun Mountain.

(End of this chapter)