A thousand enlightenments in one night, starting from being a menial apprentice.

Chapter 434 Seed Word

Zhu He stood with his hands behind his back, his face somewhat solemn, and said to himself: "As far as I know, Lu Qingzhu has been cultivating beside the ancestor for the past few years. And Duan Rong was born in the remote southeastern four prefectures, so the two should not have any intersection! Why did the little girl want to kill Duan Rong?"

Zhu He pondered for a moment, then suddenly turned his head to look at Wu Shidao, and ordered in a deep voice: "Go check if there are any clues in the archives of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. How did that little girl and Duan Rong get together? What caused their grudge?"

"Yes!" Wu Shidao clasped his fists and walked out.

After Wu Shidao left, Zhu He continued to pace back and forth in the room, and after walking a few times, he actually burst into laughter again.

"The third level of Yuan Qi Realm... comprehending the sword intent..."

"Artistic conception!? Good! Great!"

Zhu He suddenly stood there, his gaze seemed to penetrate the buildings and mountains, and looked directly at the observatory of Shenyun Mansion.

At this moment, his eyes were distant and deep.

"Junior brother, you have been suppressing me in cultivation all my life. I, Zhu He, ask myself, no matter how hard I try, I can never compare to you."

"But Junior Brother! I have a good disciple now!"

"You said, what if my disciple's achievement in cultivation surpasses yours, and even reaches the Nascent Soul stage earlier than you!"

"Hahaha……"

"Isn't that the same as this old man surpassing you?"

"I'm so happy just thinking about it! I've been suppressed by you for most of my life, and now the time has come. God has given me a chance to turn things around!"

"Junior brother, this is God's will to kill you!"

"With a disciple like this, my life will be complete."

At the same time, in the secret training room, Duan Rong sneezed twice in succession. He was originally refining the flesh and blood of the Yuan Beast, and couldn't help but think to himself: "Lu Qingzhu is too petty! Didn't he just fail to kill me? Why is he still cursing me behind my back..."

While Duan Rong was practicing in the secret room, Wu Shidao was flipping through a pile of old papers in the archives of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

In order to figure out what was going on between the two of them, he naturally had to find out their experiences and piece them together to see where they might have intersected.

After comparing them, Wu Shidao immediately found the clue, so he left the archive room and went back to report to Zhu He.

After listening to Wu Shidao's statement, Zhu He nodded slightly and said, "So, Lu Qingzhu and Duan Rong had some intersection in Xiangu County, Yuanyang Prefecture?"

"That's right! At that time, Lu Qingzhu was the sect's envoy, and Duan Rong was the registered disciple who advanced that year."

Zhu He hesitated for a moment and said, "What on earth happened that made Lu Qingzhu want to kill Duan Rong?"

Master Wu said, "Their hatred should have been formed in Xiangu County. Since then, Lu Qingzhu has been practicing hard beside the ancestor. As for what exactly happened? I'm afraid I can only find out by asking my junior brother."

Zhu He nodded and said, "Yes. Go ahead. Don't reveal a single word of what you are investigating today!"

Wu Shidao's eyes moved slightly, and he clasped his fists and said, "Shidao understands!"

After Wu Shidao left, Zhu He took a sip of tea and said to himself, "How did this boy offend that girl? If the problem is not serious, let Hong Jiao come forward to find a way to mediate. It would be best if it can be resolved."

Duan Rong sat cross-legged in the secret room, concentrating on refining the pure Yuan Qi of heaven and earth contained in the flesh and blood of the Yuan Beast that he had swallowed into his Dantian.

At this moment, at the corner of the wall not far behind him, the stone wall there suddenly shook and became blurred, as if it had become some kind of living thing.

Then, a figure walked out from the wriggling and ethereal stone wall.

That was Zhu He in Taoist robes.

After Zhu He walked out, the stone wall instantly returned to normal.

The reason why Zhu He could walk into Duan Rong's secret training room was naturally because of the power of the laws he mastered.

He stared at Duan Rong. In his eyes, all the meridians and blood vessels in Duan Rong's body seemed transparent.

Through perspective, one could see that Duan Rong was extremely familiar with the complicated and tedious techniques of refining vital energy, like a veteran who had practiced for several years.

And Zhu He remembered that in the conference room, Duan Rong seemed to have just achieved the third level of Yuanqi Realm.

With each advancement in level, the techniques of refining vital energy and the corresponding breathing methods will change greatly. There are many delicate and subtle details in the whole process, and it is impossible to master them so skillfully without repeated practice.

Duan Rong had just advanced to the next level, yet he was already so skilled.

"Unbelievable! It's really unbelievable!"

Zhu He stood in the corner, exclaiming in his heart.

At this moment, after seeing Duan Rong's actual practice in this secret training room, he finally understood why Duan Rong was able to achieve the third level of Yuan Qi Realm in just half a year.

But after he saw the truth with his own eyes, he was even more shocked.

After seeing Duan Rong circulate his Qi for several great cycles, Zhu He refined a strand of original Qi from the pure Qi contained in the blood and flesh of the Yuan Beast and sank it into his Dantian.

At this moment, when Duan Rong's new breath had not yet started to circulate, Zhu He suddenly called out "Duan boy" and slowly walked towards Duan Rong from the corner of the wall.

Duan Rong was just about to breathe when he heard someone calling him from behind. He was startled and almost got a stitch in the side. He turned around and saw Zhu He walking towards him with a faint smile.

Duan Rong was stunned, then glanced at the stone door. Seeing that it was tightly closed, he exclaimed, "Master, where did you come from?"

Zhu He said: "Master has already reached the level of the Cavernous Realm and controls the power of laws. Can a stone wall stop Master?"

Duan Rong was furious when he heard this and complained, "Master, I know I can't stop you. But you always appear behind people silently. Do you dare to change? If you keep going like this, I will be scared to death by you sooner or later."

Zhu He's face actually showed a slightly embarrassed expression, and he smiled and said, "Master, I have something to ask you. It's urgent to make decisions."

Duan Rong sighed, looked at Zhu He, and said respectfully, "Master, why do you want to see me?"

Seeing Duan Rong's well-behaved appearance, Zhu He was very happy. He sat down on the stone chair, looked at Duan Rong, and said, "Duan boy, you sit down too. Let's sit down and talk, master and disciple."

Duan Rong stood there, clasped his fists and bowed, saying: "Disciple, I dare not!"

"Why not? If the master tells you to sit, just sit. Don't worry about these rotten formalities."

Duan Rong could see that Zhu He really wanted him to sit, but how could he sit on the same level as Zhu He? Wouldn't that be overstepping his authority? With a glance, he piled the old and new cushions together and sat not far from Zhu He, so that he seemed a little lower than Zhu He.

Duan Rong smiled and said, "Master, is it okay for me to sit like this?"

Zhu He glanced at him, but the smile on his face faded. He asked seriously, "Duan, I want to ask you, what's going on between you and that little girl Lu Qingzhu? Why did she want to kill you?"

"I..." Duan Rong didn't know how to start for a moment.

Zhu He said, "Boy, don't think that your master is trying to spy on your secrets. The little girl has the old ancestor behind her, and your master has to give her some leeway. If you don't tell me what happened, how can your master help you settle this matter?"

Duan Rong felt a little warm in his heart when he heard this. He could feel from Zhu He's expression and tone that he was really afraid of being killed by Lu Qingzhu.

Duan Rong hesitated for a moment, then told Zhu He the whole story.

After hearing this, Zhu He's face suddenly became uncertain. No wonder Lu Qingzhu wanted to kill this kid?

Originally, he wanted Fan Hongjiao to mediate the matter, but this kind of thing could not be mediated at all.

If Fan Hongjiao went to mediate, Lu Qingzhu's hatred would only deepen.

Because the person who least wanted the world to know about this matter was Lu Qingzhu.

If she knew that someone else knew this secret, wouldn't she hate Duan Rong even more?

However, there is a good side to this matter, that is, Lu Qingzhu would not tell others about such a thing. And with this woman's arrogant and cold personality, she would never use someone else to kill Duan Rong.

In other words, the only way that needs to be guarded against is for her to kill Duan Rong personally.

This way, it’s easier to prevent.

Since the situation cannot be resolved, there is no other way except to prevent it.

Zhu He hesitated for a moment, then suddenly pulled something out from his sleeve and handed it to Duan Rong, saying in a deep voice, "Duan, take this."

When Duan Rong saw what Zhu He gave him, he immediately took it respectfully and looked at his palm.

It turned out to be a cicada.

The cicada's entire body was clear, as if it was made of water, and the luster on its surface was extremely lively. In addition, as the luster floated, ancient runes appeared and disappeared on the surface of its body.

You can tell at first glance that this thing is not an ordinary thing!

Duan Rong raised his head and looked at Zhu He.

Zhu He said: "This is a dew-drinking cicada."

"Dew drinking cicada?" Duan Rong's eyes moved slightly.

Zhu He said: "But the dew that this cicada drinks is not ordinary dew, what it drinks is the dew of the law!"

"Dew of Law?" Duan Rong was shocked when he heard this. He looked down at the cicada in his hand again and saw that there seemed to be something surging inside it, but it had no substance. The luster of the cicada's surface kept changing as it surged.

Duan Rong looked at Zhu He with a suspicious look in his eyes and asked, "Master, what is the Dew of the Law?"

Zhu He said: "Master condensed the power of the law into dew, which is the dew of the law. Then I let this cicada drink the dew of the law."

Upon hearing this, Duan Rong's eyes were filled with even greater astonishment.

Zhu He glanced at him and said, "Are you wondering how mysterious and profound the power of the law is? What kind of cicada is this, and how it can drink the dew of the law?"

Duan Rong nodded and said, "This is exactly what I am wondering about. Please enlighten me, Master."

Zhu He said: "Have you noticed the runes that appear and disappear on the cicada's body?"

Duan Rong nodded.

Zhu He asked: "Do you know what that rune is?"

Duan Rong said: "I don't know, but since Master mentioned this rune, it means that this cicada can drink the dew of the law because of this rune."

Zhu He looked at Duan Rong with approval and said, "That's right! Look carefully, those runes are actually characters one by one."

"One word at a time?"

Duan Rong's eyes flashed, and he looked at the cicada body in his hand for a while. As Zhu He said, the runes that appeared with the floating light were indeed one by one, not coherent. However, the characters were very ancient and difficult to understand. Although they were characters, Duan Rong did not recognize them.

Duan Rong concentrated his mind and stared at some words. It was not a big deal, but a terrifying and wild aura immediately enveloped him.

At this moment, his whole body felt cold and his mind was shaking, as if he had seen some great terror, and he couldn't stop trembling.

At this moment, a warm feeling suddenly rose between his brows, and the terror slowly receded like the tide.

Duan Rong suddenly came to his senses and found that he had been covered in cold sweats without knowing when. When Zhu He saw that his eyes had regained clarity, he lifted his thumb from between his eyebrows. There was a strange glow floating on the tip of his thumb, which disappeared in an instant when it was raised.

Duan Rong's eyes were filled with fear, and he dared not look at the cicada in his hand anymore.

Zhu He said in a deep voice: "Don't inject your soul into that text!"

Duan Rong asked: "Master, what kind of characters are on the body of this cicada? I don't recognize them."

Zhu He said: "Of course you don't recognize me. Even my master doesn't recognize me, let alone you."

Duan Rong was surprised and asked, "Master, you don't recognize me either?"

Zhu He nodded and said, "This word is the seed word! It is the origin of the Heavenly Dao. First there is the seed word, then there is the law. This seed word is the origin of the Heavenly Dao. Under the Heavenly Dao, all the thousands of laws come from the seed word! Therefore, it is also called the Dao pivot!"

"Seed word? Daoshu?!" Although Duan Rong had read all the Buddhist scriptures, he had never heard of these two words.

Zhu He said: "You can roughly understand it this way. The so-called seed word is the cross-fusion of two or more laws! But the true mystery of the seed word can only be understood by cultivators in the Nascent Soul Realm. Your teacher is just scratching the surface and seeing things in the fog."

Duan Rong sat there as if petrified, unable to utter a word for a long time.

Zhu He continued, "Each seed word contains the power of more than two laws. And each seed word has its own pronunciation!"

"Is there a pronunciation for it?!" Duan Rong's eyes flashed with deep doubt.

Zhu He said: "Yes. That is a kind of heaven and earth sound, which cannot be produced by the throat and vocal cords. Once this sound is produced, it can resonate with the way of heaven. Only cultivators in the Nascent Soul Realm, with the help of the power of the Nascent Soul, can produce this sound."

Zhu He looked at Duan Rong and said, "By now, you probably understand. Why can this cicada drink the dew of laws? It's because the seed characters on its surface appear and disappear from time to time. They are more fundamental than laws. This cicada body was refined by the ancestor. I concentrated the dew of laws and fed it to it, and it finally became this thing."

"Made by the ancestors?"

Zhu He said: "If you are not at the Nascent Soul stage, how can you master the mystery of the word 'Zi'?"

Duan Rong stood up from his two cushions, bent over and held the dew-drinking cicada in his hands, and said, "This thing is so precious that I dare not accept it."

Zhu He said: "This thing is for you to save your life. You use your blood and essence to nourish it, and after ten days, this cicada will be connected to your life. When you are in danger, you just need to think about it, and it will spit out dew and protect you three times with the power of the law!"

Duan Rong was stunned, and suddenly he fell to his knees with a thud, shouting, "Master, you are so kind to me, I will never be able to repay you even if I die a hundred times!"

Zhu He smiled and helped Duan Rong up, patted his shoulder and said, "What's the point of dying? Just practice hard for me to repay my kindness. Master is waiting for the day when you form your Nascent Soul, so that I can be proud of you!"

Duan Rong said: "Master, I am only at the Yuan Qi stage, how can I form a baby?"

Zhu He said, "Yes, yes. Take your time. In the next few days, use your blood essence to refine this thing in the secret room."

Duan Rong said: "Disciple obeys your command!"

"Okay. Master is leaving." After Zhu He finished speaking, he slowly walked to a stone wall. As the stone wall squirmed like a living thing, his entire figure sank into the stone wall and disappeared.

Then, the stone wall returned to its original appearance.

(End of this chapter)