From a carp to a dragon god

Chapter 224: The Master and the Qingqiu Fox Demon

Purple auspicious clouds, like the golden light of hidden virtue, are both manifestations of the five virtues. Purple auspicious clouds represent the achievement of blessings and virtues.

The purple sesame field that Yu Shuyang encountered in the Qingxu illusion was similar to the golden lotus of earth luck that he planted in the heart field of Lingtai.

When the nine-petal golden lotus grew branches, leaves and lotus flowers, he gathered all the golden light of good deeds outside his body into the nine-petal golden lotus.

By then, his spiritual field will be like the purple sesame field, with the nine-petal golden lotus breathing in luck and good deeds, and the essence, energy and spirit will gather to water the golden lotus, just like the purple clouds in the sesame field gathering the three lights holy water.

Yu Shuyang put the Tai Chi Green Ox and the Liang Yi Green Sheep back into Yun Yi, and now he was completely absorbed in the dreamland.

These two true forms of yin and yang were refined with the help of other people's purple qi and auspicious clouds. When his mind returns to his body and he wakes up from a long dream, the borrowed purple qi will return to the purple qi sesame field.

Yu Shuyang didn't care about this. Of the five virtues and five fortunes, he had already obtained two - the fortune of the underworld and the golden light of hidden virtue, and he didn't want to seek the purple energy of fortune and luck.

"Junior brother, if I were to choose one from the Three Methods and Four Cultivations, do you have any good suggestions?" Yu Shuyang returned to the main topic.

He had not expected that the test for Taoist membership in his dream would be so smooth. He was not even asked to recite the five major scriptures, but he had already memorized the scriptures by heart.

Li Taiping looked at his senior brother Yun Yi, who was like a turtle and a snake, and thought with his ox head shaking. This matter was not big, but not small either.

After thinking it over again and again, he finally said, "Brother, you have your own Taoist lineage inheritance, and the Three Caverns True Method is just a reference for you.

There is a library in the Taoist Alliance, where many Taoist scriptures and methods are available for reading. In this way, the three methods can be discarded.

The four kinds of cultivation are: talismans, external alchemy, internal alchemy, and immortality. In the Middle-earth world, Shintoism is scattered, and there is no Shinto heaven, so the immortality can be abandoned.

There are three paths: talismans, external alchemy and internal alchemy. Brother, you should practice the Dantian Golden Elixir Method, and you don’t need to learn the internal alchemy anymore.

The only two remaining ones are talismans and external alchemy. It depends on you, brother, which one you want to choose."

As the saying goes: A bystander sees more clearly than a participant.

After listening to his junior brother's analysis, Yu Shuyang felt enlightened. His method of cultivation had already been decided, and now that he had broken through to the eighth level, it was impossible to change it.

The Three Caverns True Method is indeed useless to him. He has to choose between talismans and external elixirs, which is indeed a difficult choice.

His Dharma image is the Northern Sky Black Tortoise and Golden Wind Dharma Platform. In the temple there are Black Tortoise, the Four Saints of the Northern Sky, as well as the Twelve Earthly Branches, the God of Literature, the Judge Fanxie, and the Upper Palace Gou Chen.

If he practiced the method of talismans, apart from anything else, at least it would be very simple to summon heavenly soldiers at the altar. Just from the ranking list of gods he wrote during the Spring Festival, one can also feel the convenience of his practice of talismans.

It's still the same question. His path of cultivation has been determined, which is to use the Xuanwu Water Method to cultivate life skills, the Tianfeng Method to cultivate sexual skills, and the Liangyi Killing Sword Method to protect himself.

The practice of the three methods also has internal and external priorities. Half of the talisman method is about drawing talismans and raising troops, and the other half is about the position of the talisman of the soul.

He has already determined that the mysterious orifice is in the lower dantian. For him, talismans mean that he can only learn half of it, such as drawing talismans and starting a war.

In comparison, external alchemy is more suitable for him. Firstly, he has already mastered two alchemy methods and has no shortage of alchemy furnaces and precious artifacts.

Secondly, alchemy is the most profitable of all arts, and it is also the most profitable technology in the universe. After he escapes the catastrophe and ascends to heaven, he may be able to use it to make money.

The last one, after comparing various options, this one is the most suitable. It does not involve changing the method of practice, and you can also learn a skill.

"In that case, we can only choose external elixir. I just don't know how the alliance is going to pass on the teachings?" Yu Shuyang couldn't help but ask.

Li Taiping was not very clear about this either. He shook his head and said, "Brother, let's wait a while. I think we'll have the result soon."

The two brothers were waiting in the room. In their dreams, there was no day or night, and they could not tell the passage of time.

I don’t know how much time passed, Yu Shuyang walked around the room, looking at the patterns on the four walls and studying the furnishings in the room.

The room is built with dream soil and dream wood from the dreamland, and has a dreamy charm. The walls, tables and chairs will change into corresponding patterns and colors according to the viewer's wishes.

This room is also known as the dream room. The four walls are mirrors of the heart. Facing the walls, you can see your inner self.

Therefore, when Yu Shuyang looked at the patterns on the four walls, they were all changes of Tai Chi and Liang Yi, just like re-interpreting the chess game of Wei Chen.

In the purple sesame field, he used the purple air to perform the eighteen moves of chess, and refined two clouds of yin and yang true shapes, and had a unique understanding of the chess game.

The chess record of the boy with long eyebrows focuses on the birth and death of yin and yang. Tai Chi and Liang Yi are like the match of wind and moon. One creates yin and yang in the chaos of the void, and the other gives birth to the four images and four directions in the universe.

Yu Shuyang's theory of Yin and Yang is based on the creation of Yin and Yang in clouds, and on the movement and stillness of tortoises and snakes. Therefore, when he performed the magic of the Mote Chess, what he refined was still the true Yin and Yang cloud, rather than reversing the birth and death of Yin and Yang in the Five Elements.

He followed the four walls of the dream room, interpreting the changes of a calamity on each wall. In the chess book of dust, nine moves constituted a calamity. One calamity produced thunder, and two calamities produced fire. He had already performed this in the purple sesame field.

The three calamities create wind, and the four calamities create water. They all look very new to him, but his mental strength is not enough, so he cannot perform them in his dreamland.

Just as he was staring at the fourth wall in a daze, he saw the Taoist priest with a white face and no beard coming back again. This time he was not alone, and there was a fox-spirit Taoist priest following behind him.

This fox spirit, like Yu Shuyang and Li Taiping, is a cultivator from the demon clan, and his mind manifests in the form of an animal.

"Brother Li, Fellow Daoist Yu, this is the demon master stationed in the East China Sea. His Taoist name is Yin Chenzi. He will then ordain and indoctrinate you two."

The white-faced Taoist said a few polite words and turned away. This time, he was frightened when he saw Yu Shuyang, fearing that he would ask some troublesome questions again.

Yin Chenzi was wearing Bagua Shouxian robes and holding a golden pole with thunder and fire patterns in his hand. Although he had a fox face, his eyes and eyebrows showed the aura of an immortal.

"Fellow Daoists Li and Yu, please come in. Since the rise of the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance, our East Sea has not seen any talented Taoists for a long time."

Yin Chenzi had a hearty laugh, and his voice was as clear as gold and jade when he spoke, and he had a great voice for preaching.

"I've invited the Yin Master, but I wonder when the ceremony will be held?" Li Taiping nodded and saluted, then asked in a gentle voice.

"There's no rush. The candidates for naturalization are being ordained in the main hall. We'll wait here for a moment.

First of all, I have to ask Fellow Daoist Yu what his choice is.

Secondly, we have to wait for the ritual lineage to select a sutra master, so Fellow Daoist Li will have to wait as well." Yin Chenzi looked at the two demons and explained.

Yu Shuyang also nodded and saluted, saying, "Fellow Daoist, please. I choose the external alchemy method, but I have a little doubt. Please help me solve it.

I wonder what the origin and background of the East Sea Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance is?"

Yin Chenzi was even happier when he heard this. His foxy face turned into a yellow chrysanthemum as he smiled and said, "The Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance has a complicated history.

It is said that it was passed down by the disciples of the Taoist Master Shangqing. After the Dongyi people retreated to the East China Sea, their leader, Emperor Dongling, took the lead and united several large islands to establish it.

Nowadays, all the demon and immortal families in the East China Sea have connections with the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance to some extent. Our Dao Alliance accepts membership on a voluntary basis and will not compete with them."

Yu Shuyang nodded, and he had a better understanding of the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance. Since it was the descendant of the Shangqing Taoist Master, it should also solve Li Zhen's deity status problem. He knew this Shangqing Taoist Master in his previous life. The Dragon and Tiger Master who presided over his soul awakening and refining was a descendant of the Shangqing Taoist Master's lineage.

Not long after, a tiger demon came in. He was wearing an apricot-yellow robe with patterns of pine, crane, and deer on it, and he held a white-haired whisk in his hand.

"Fellow Daoist Yin Chenzi, Fellow Daoist Li, and Fellow Daoist Yu are invited. The main hall has been prepared. Now that the three masters have arrived, the ordination and naturalization ceremony can be held."

The tiger demon speaks in a loud and clear voice, with a rough yet delicate tone that makes the listener's ears itch. This tone of voice has another nickname, called the sound of big and small dragons and tigers.

Yin Chenzi nodded in response and explained to the two demons, "This one is from the Zhang family's Tiger Clan in Shuzhou, and his Taoist name is Fuchenzi.

I think I will be Daoist Fellow Li's teacher in the future. You two Daoists can chat for a while. Daoist Fellow Yu and I still have a few words to discuss."

After saying that, Yin Chenzi asked Yu Shuyang to go out for a talk, and at the same time, he also made room for Li Taiping and Fuchenzi so that they could discuss the matter.

When the Taoist Alliance ordains and accepts a citizen, it will select a scripture teacher for the novice. This scripture teacher is similar to a teacher in a school, but the relationship between them is closer than that between a teacher and a student.

Li Taiping's background is obvious. He is the descendant of the ancestor of the ritual lineage. Choosing a scripture master for him is a troublesome matter. The status and position must match.

Similarly, both the master and Li Taiping must be satisfied. The relationship between master and apprentice is a two-way choice.

There is an old saying among the people: A master visits his apprentice for three years, and an apprentice visits his master for three years.

Yu Shuyang followed Yin Chenzi out. Although he didn't understand the reason, he could see that it was to make room for his junior brother and Fuchenzi.

"Fellow Daoist Yu, you have inherited the Dao lineage. Normally, a teacher would be assigned to you to answer your questions, not to establish a true master-disciple relationship.

I was born in Qingqiu, East China Sea, and am a descendant of the Nine-tailed Fox. My cultivation is pretty good now, and I broke through to the third level eight hundred years ago.

I have something to discuss with you. Since you have chosen the external alchemy lineage, and I am also an alchemist, how about I give you a lecture?"

Yin Chenzi's fox eyes narrowed into a line as he smiled, his red and white fur all over his body shining with oil, and he looked at the Yunyi turtle snake in front of him with a gentle expression.

Ever since he heard Yu Shuyang talk about choosing external elixirs, he couldn't stop thinking about it. There are many Qingqiu Fox lineages, and there are five of them after careful counting.

Ever since they followed the Dongyi people across the East China Sea, many of their descendants have been pulled into the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance, and now they see that there are almost no fox demons left in the Taoist Alliance.

He saw it with his own eyes and felt pain in his heart, but the Qingqiu foxes were jointly ruled by the fox clan, and nominally respected the Nine-tailed Fox and the Sky Fox as the royal family.

The Sky Fox King holds the supreme position of authority, and under his rule are the six tribes of Earth Foxes, Moon Foxes, Ghost Foxes, Demon Foxes, Heart Foxes, and Nine-tailed Foxes.

Today, the Fox Kingdom of Qingqiu is the product of the union of the six tribes. Humans and foxes live together and give birth to half-fox, half-human children. They are close to the Dongyi people and join the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance.

Yin Chenzi hated these things from the bottom of his heart, but he could not find a solution. Today, meeting Yu Shuyang gave him an inspiration.

Whenever a Taoist lineage rises, it is bound to bring great fortune, which is what the Taoist lineage carries and is also something that does not exist in this world.

Just like the hundreds of arts of cultivating immortals, every time a new skill becomes popular, several methods of cultivation will inevitably emerge, and these are all real benefits.

If he could take advantage of the opportunity to squeeze in one or two Qingqiu fox demons, there would be no need to worry about the Qingqiu fox clan becoming disconnected from the Taoist Alliance.

"I wonder if fellow Daoist is good at various types of alchemy?" Yu Shuyang asked back. He didn't have too many requirements for the master, as long as he could be a helper.

“Fellow Daoist Yu can rest assured. The most popular alchemy methods in the Middle Earth right now are water, fire, air, and earth, as well as plants, metal, stone, blood, flesh, and spiritual energy.

I know it all, and I can teach you whatever you want to learn. Moreover, there are auspicious medicinal fields on Qingqiu Island, and there are three first-class immortality elixirs.

I have also made some progress in the external alchemy tradition of the Dao League, the creation of yin and yang, and the refinement of tranquility. I can refine the golden elixir to the third and fifth stages after the seventh and ninth stages."

Yin Chenzi acted like a self-proclaimed shrew. He was telling the truth and was not afraid that Yu Shuyang would investigate later.

His skill in alchemy is well-known in the Taoist Alliance. The reason why he pulled Yu Shuyang aside to talk here was because he knew that he could not compete with him head-on.

Ever since Yu Shuyang's mind entered the Huangliang dreamland, several snake demons and turtle demons have been eyeing him. The cloud-like turtle and snake that appeared in his mind was so attractive to them.

Among the four inheritances of the Middle-earth world, only the Eastern Azure Dragon favors and bestows bloodline inheritance, and there are also Azure Dragons that reincarnate and give birth to dragon sons and dragon beasts.

The other three just flashed by. The Tiger and Phoenix tribes had sporadic inheritances, the Xuanwu inheritance had never been passed on, and the Turtle and Snake tribes had some seemingly true inheritances.

Yu Shuyang was at a loss when facing Yin Chenzi, the old fox. What the other party said was too good, and every aspect was good.

However, the more he thought about this, the more uneasy he became. However, he knew too little information and couldn't find the problem for a while.

Fortunately, he has the initiative in this matter, so there is no need to beat around the bush. It is better to ask directly. No matter what, there will be a result.

"Fellow Daoist, I have a question that I must ask clearly in advance, otherwise I won't be able to make a decision. I hope you won't be offended."

Yu Shuyang spoke politely at first to see how Yin Chenzi would respond.

"Fellow Daoist Yu, please feel free to speak up. I know you must have a lot of concerns in your mind. We can talk openly and honestly."

Yin Chenzi agreed with a cheerful expression, but his heart sank. It was really hard to deal with this situation of using force to defeat clever tactics.

No matter how eloquent you are or how many nice things you say, if the other party just keeps asking questions, it will definitely be a case of digging deep. Empty words and lies will be of no use.

"Fellow Daoist, that's a bit of an insult. I'd like to ask, why do you insist on being my scripture teacher? Are there any other considerations behind this?"

Yu Shuyang looked at Yin Chenzi without looking away. The Yunyi turtle and snake all stretched their necks, but unfortunately the snakes had no heads, otherwise their four eyes would have stared at him straight.

"Fellow Daoist Yu, I won't hide it from you. I do have selfish motives in being your scripture teacher. I want you to take in one or two members of the Qingqiu Fox Clan in the future.

As I said earlier, the Taoist Alliance hasn't had any new disciples in the East China Sea for many years, and I'm also very worried.

This matter has my own personal reasons, and it also stems from my disgust towards the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance and the half-demons. I was thinking of lending you a hand while I inherit the Taoist lineage.

Of course, I won't treat you unfairly. If you learn alchemy from me, I will be responsible for all the consumption of elixirs.

If it is convenient for you to come to Qingqiu Islands, I will also give you a spiritual island, and provide you with water and fire boys for refining elixirs, and boys for fanning and pounding medicine.

If you have any other conditions in the future, you can raise them again. Do you think this is okay?"

Yin Chenzi took drastic measures directly. As an old fox, he understood human nature very well and knew that benefits had to be given in full at one time.

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