Honghuang Xuanyang Dao

Chapter 142 Huang Zhongli and Shangqing come to visit (please subscribe)
"Disciple Changxi greets the teacher!" Changxi was still wearing a white gauze dress, and her waist-length black hair was tied up high with a jade hairpin. She walked into the palace with light jade steps and bowed slightly to Li Xuanyang who was sitting above. Her every move was full of grace and elegance.

"Get up." Looking at the incredibly beautiful Chang Xi below, Li Xuanyang smiled and waved at her, saying, "You are a congenital god and demon. Logically speaking, you and Xihe, the demon queen of the heavenly court, are both born from the true spirit of the moon. You are sisters."

"Why did he fall on the prehistoric land in the past? Even his companion spiritual treasure, the Moon Wheel, fell into the hands of Taoist Yue Wu."

When Chang Xi heard Li Xuanyang mention Yue Lun and Yue Wu Taoist, a hint of doubt appeared on her beautiful face. She shook her head slightly and said, "Disciple does not know Yue Wu Taoist."

"What about the Daoist artifact and the Sun Wheel?" Li Xuanyang frowned, not knowing Taoist Yue Wu. He asked again, "Why did they become so dilapidated and even fall into the northern part of the prehistoric world along with the Sun Wheel?"

"In the past, my disciple once traveled to the wild and overseas countries in search of opportunities. On the way, he was intercepted by a powerful master and was severely injured. He had no choice but to flee back to the wild and desolate land."

"I didn't expect that the Sun Wheel would appear again, and I had a dispute with another great master, although I finally got the Sun Wheel."

"But my own injuries were getting worse, and my foundation was damaged. Even the Taiyin Divine Mirror, the instrument of enlightenment, was almost completely shattered."

At this point, Chang Xi seemed to be lost in memories of the past. She gently parted her red lips, her voice as gentle as a spring breeze, "Under no other circumstances, this disciple could only reincarnate as a true spirit. As for how the Moon Wheel fell into the hands of the Taoist Yue Wu, as the teacher mentioned."

"I don't know either."

"The wild sea!" Li Xuanyang couldn't help but frown.

The Savage Sea is located outside the four seas, on the edge of the prehistoric world. It is filled with chaotic spiritual energy, even mixed with a hint of chaotic energy. The environment is extremely harsh.

Although the Savage Sea is not a place where no living creatures have ever been extinct, it is not suitable for living cultivators to live there for a long time. Only some Savage beasts and ancient beasts can survive for a long time and even gradually adapt.

What kind of opportunity could there be in such a place that would allow Changxi to go and look for it, and even encounter the ambush of a powerful person?

"Do you recognize this thing?" Thinking of the ancient strange beast, Li Xuanyang couldn't help but have an idea in his heart. He waved his hand to take out the Moon-Swallowing Soul-Devouring Sword, revealing its true form, which turned into a silver-white Moon-Swallowing Soul-Devouring Centipede with four wings on its back and thousands of eyes all over its body.

"This is the Moon-Swallowing Soul-Eating Centipede!" Chang Xi raised her eyebrows slightly, her red lips moist, and a hint of surprise, "Teacher's Moon-Swallowing Soul-Eating Sword is actually made from the Moon-Swallowing Soul-Eating Centipede."

"No!" Chang Xi reacted instantly, her beautiful face filled with surprise, "The Moon Centipede Taoist that the teacher just mentioned, could it be the Moon-Swallowing Soul Centipede?"

"It's the Moon-Swallowing Soul Centipede." Li Xuanyang nodded and said, "Have you ever recognized it?"

"This Moon-Swallowing Soul-Eating Centipede is inherently vicious and cruel. It cultivates with the souls of living beings and even swallows and exhales the Taiyin Divine Light, which is just the right countermeasure to restrain my disciple's Taiyin Yin Technique."

"But I have never seen it. I only heard that it was killed by the Azure Dragon, one of the four sacred beasts. How did its body fall into the hands of the teacher and be refined into a sword?" A hint of doubt appeared in Changxi's eyes like black gemstones.

Seeing Changxi's confusion, Li Xuanyang pointed at the Moon-Swallowing Soul-Eating Centipede and said, "Master once encountered this creature while traveling in the southern part of the prehistoric world. He killed it with the Xiantian Liangyi True Fire and thus obtained the Moon Wheel and its body."

After hearing what Li Xuanyang said, Changxi suddenly realized that there was such a mystery. No wonder the teacher asked her whether she knew Taoist Yuewu and the matter of the Moon Wheel.

At this moment, Chang Xi's lips were red and moist, her teeth were like jade, and she smiled charmingly. Her black hair was scattered on her snow-white chest. Her voice was cold and gentle, very pleasant to the ear. She said, "I don't know why the Moon-Swallowing Soul Centipede was not killed by the Azure Dragon, which is inconsistent with the rumors. I also don't know how it obtained the Moon Wheel."

"But I know something about its origin. It came from the Savage Sea."

Having said that, Changxi suddenly took out the cracked Taiyin Divine Mirror. A glimmer of light flashed in her beautiful eyes. She stretched out her slender jade hand and pointed at the Taiyin Divine Mirror.

The next moment, a strong spiritual light suddenly surged out from the mirror, and gradually a fruit appeared. It was shaped like a pearl, and on the fruit body, the words "Huang Zhong" were faintly written, emitting bursts of fruity fragrance.

"It was for this item that I went to the Savage Sea in the first place, intending to search for opportunities related to this item."

"Huangzhongli!" Li Xuanyang showed a hint of surprise on his face. "Huangzhongli, one of the ten great innate spiritual roots in the prehistoric world!"

"You went to the Savage Sea to find Huang Zhongli's whereabouts?"

"That's right!" Changxi put away the Taiyin Divine Mirror, took light steps, with her clothes fluttering and her long skirt dancing, and walked towards Li Xuanyang.

When she came forward, she stretched out her jade-white palm and handed the Huangzhongli to Li Xuanyang.

"Back then, I was fortunate enough to obtain a Yellow Middle Plum, from which I learned the whereabouts of this innate spiritual root. It was found growing deep within the Savage Sea. Unable to resist my greed, I headed to the Savage Sea to search for the Yellow Middle Plum."

If the thirty-sixth-grade Chaos Green Lotus is not counted, Huangzhongli can be regarded as the first of the ten innate spiritual roots in the prehistoric world.

It takes one yuan for it to bloom and one yuan for it to bear fruit, and it will take another yuan for it to mature.

After three full Yuanhui periods, only nine fruits were produced, and the words "Huang Zhong" were written on the flowers and fruits.

If an immortal smells the fragrance of a flower, he can gain "ten thousand years of Taoism". If he is lucky enough to eat a yellow plum, he can achieve the status of "Daluo Jinxian".

Its preciousness far surpasses the ten innate spiritual roots of the ancient times, such as the ginseng fruit tree, the hibiscus tree, and the Renshui peach.

Li Xuanyang took the Huangzhong Li from Changxi and felt a warm current flowing from his palm into his body. His eyes lit up and he praised it, "It is indeed Huangzhong Li. It is truly extraordinary."

"It's a pity that I don't have the chance to see the true appearance of the innate spiritual root Huang Zhongli."

However, to achieve the status of "Daluo Jinxian", one does not directly form one of the three flowers of the primordial spirit, but rather it is a method of external alchemy similar to the Nine-Turn Golden Pill refined by the Taoist Taiqing in later generations, not one's own Taoist supernatural powers.

But even so, Huangzhongli is still extremely precious. It not only contains rich innate spiritual energy, but also contains traces of the power of laws. It is extremely beneficial for living cultivators to comprehend the laws.

This is true even for cultivators at the Golden Immortal level.

"Teacher, if you really want to see the true face of Huang Zhongli, why don't you go to the Savage Sea." Changxi, whose skin is as white as porcelain and whose facial features are extremely delicate, raised the corners of her mouth slightly, with a faint smile, and suggested to Li Xuanyang.

"We can go and look for it." Li Xuanyang's heart moved slightly, and he suddenly thought of a passage recorded in the "Yunxian Miscellaneous Notes" of later generations.

"The Queen Mother of the West lives in Longyue City, where Huangzhong plums grow. When the flowers bloom, they cast three shadows, and when the fruits bear, they cast nine shadows. Both the flowers and the fruits have the word 'Huangzhong' written on them. The Queen Mother cherishes them exceedingly..."

In this case, the Huangzhongli was obtained by the Queen Mother of the West.

There are even claims that it was obtained by Taoist Yuqing, and it is in Kunlun Mountain.

Li Xuanyang couldn't help but feel puzzled. He had just returned from East Kunlun Mountain and had talked with the Queen Mother of the West for a long time, but he had never heard her mention Huangzhongli.

"Could it be that the time for Huang Zhongli to be born has not yet come?"

Chang Xi wanted to continue discussing Huang Zhongli's affairs with Li Xuanyang, but was stopped by Li Xuanyang, "A distinguished guest has arrived!"

"Come with me to welcome them!" A strange look flashed across Li Xuanyang's face. He waved his hand to take back the Moon-Devouring Soul-Eating Sword, then stood up and called Changxi to walk out of the palace.

"Distinguished guest!" A hint of surprise flashed in Changxi's beautiful eyes. With the Taoist power and magical powers of her teacher Li Xuanyang, even close friends like Zhen Yuanzi who came to visit could not be called "distinguished guests".

"Could it be that a saint is coming?" Changxi frowned slightly, took light steps, and followed Li Xuanyang out.

It has not been long since we parted ways with the Three Pure Ones and Nuwa, so why is a saint coming to Xuanyang Mountain?

Not long after, the two of them arrived outside Xuanyang Mountain and stood above the sea eye. Suddenly, a ray of cloud light emerged from the southwest direction, and on it stood a Taoist priest in a green Taoist robe.

In a moment, the cloud light reached above the sea eye.

Li Xuanyang's feet flashed with cloud light, and he brought Changxi to greet them. He bowed to the Taoist on the cloud light and said with a smile: "Daoyou, why are you not cultivating in the East Kunlun Mountains and are you interested in visiting me at Xuanyang Mountain?"

Li Xuanyang was somewhat puzzled by the coming of the Shangqing Taoist, and couldn't help but think of the separation of the Three Purities.

"Disciple Changxi greets the Saint of Shangqing!" Changxi bowed and saluted the Taoist of Shangqing.

The person who came was none other than the Taoist Shangqing. As soon as he entered the East China Sea, he asked his disciples to go to the Penglai Fairy Island for training and then he came to visit Xuanyang Mountain alone.

Seeing Li Xuanyang's smiling face and the extremely beautiful Changxi, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

"Hello, fellow Taoist. I have often heard of your Wanmiao Cave Heaven in Xuanyang Mountain. Although it is not one of the thirty-six cave heavens in the prehistoric times, it is better than a cave heaven. I couldn't help but take the liberty to come and visit you. I hope you will forgive me!" Taoist Shangqing bowed to Li Xuanyang, with a hint of praise in his tone.

"Why do you say that, fellow Daoist?"

"We've been friends for countless years, so why would you be so presumptuous?" Li Xuanyang smiled. Regardless of why the Shangqing Taoist had come, or whether the Three Pure Ones had split up, he could just ask Huang Zhongli about it. "I'm honored to have you visit Xuanyang Mountain, fellow Taoist. I'm very welcome."

"Please come in, fellow Taoist!"

"Thank you, fellow Taoist!"

The two of them descended from the clouds and came to the depths of the sea eye. Looking at the mountain protection formation and the one-yuan heavy water in front of them, Taoist Shangqing couldn't help but look surprised.

The last time, Sanqing and everyone came to the outside of the sea eye to listen to Li Xuanyang explain the method of sword practice, but did not come to the depths of the sea eye.

Then he met the demon clan's Emperor Jun and Taiyi of the Heavenly Court, who blocked the Zhoutian stars with the Zhoutian Star Array, and thus went to the Thirty-three Outer Heavens.

Coming here for the first time, he couldn't help but praise it, saying, "What a mysterious sacred mountain blessed land! Not only is it protected by an innate formation, it's also surrounded by One Element Heavy Water. No wonder it's not a cave heaven, but it's better than a cave heaven. It can be said to be a mysterious creation of nature, a work of art beyond compare."

Hearing the praise from the Shangqing Taoist, Li Xuanyang chuckled, "Fellow Daoist, please don't tease me. The story of the Myriad Wonderful Cave Heaven is just something my disciples and mounts casually said. Don't take it seriously."

As he spoke, Li Xuanyang waved his sleeves to open the mountain protection formation, extended his hand and invited, "Please enter the mountain, fellow Daoist!"

"Huh!" As he entered the mountain-protecting formation, the Taoist Shangqing suddenly let out a soft "Huh!", a golden light flashing in his eyes. He probed with his spiritual sense and felt the innate yin and yang energy filling up. He couldn't help but exclaim in surprise, "It's actually the innate yin and yang formation!"

"This formation seems to be very similar to Daoist Fellow's Innate Yin and Yang Formation."

Li Xuanyang smiled slightly at the Taoist Shangqing's surprise. "I'm sorry to have laughed at you, fellow Taoist. Although this formation looks mysterious, it actually lacks the ability to suppress large formations. I'm afraid it's not even as good as Young Master Yunxiao's Nine-Bend Yellow River Formation."

While chatting and laughing, the two of them passed through the mountain protection formation and came to Xuanyang Mountain. The Taoist Shangqing stood on the auspicious clouds and saw a sacred mountain coming into view. It was only three thousand miles in size and was surrounded by one yuan of heavy water.

The sky above the mountain is shrouded in mist. Not only is the innate spiritual energy in the form of mist, but there are also wisps of chaotic energy and the energy of creation, and even the innate yin and yang and five elements spiritual energy. Deep inside, there are rays of innate spiritual light.

"There is so much innate spiritual energy in Daoist friend's Xuanyang Mountain."

The Shangqing Taoist exclaimed in amazement, saying, "This chaotic energy and the energy of creation must have been emitted from the Chaos Spirit Spring and the Enlightenment Tea Tree in Daoyou Mountain."

"But this innate Yin-Yang and Five Elements spiritual energy!"

"Could it be the Xiantian gourd vine that fellow Daoist transplanted to the mountain?"

Speaking of this, Taoist Shangqing couldn't help but feel a little envious. If he could have one of these ten innate spiritual roots in the ancient times, why would he need to look for a sacred mountain and blessed land as a place of practice?

Even if you just occupy an ordinary sacred mountain, as long as you set up a formation and plant this innate spiritual root, after a period of time, it will surely become a sacred mountain and blessed land, even comparable to the East Kunlun Mountains.

"It's the same Xiantian gourd vine from back then." Li Xuanyang smiled as he introduced it to the Shangqing Taoist. "Back when Daoist Nuwa molded a human from clay and attained sainthood, this Xiantian gourd vine received a great opportunity and has gradually recovered. It can now absorb and release Xiantian spiritual energy, transforming it into the Xiantian Yin and Yang Five Elements spiritual energy."

"You are so lucky, fellow Daoist." The Taoist Shangqing could not hide his surprise. He did not expect that the innate soil that Nuwa used to create humans was obtained from Li Xuanyang, and even with the help of the innate gourd vine. No wonder fellow Daoist Xuanyang was so protective of the human race.

"Please!" Li Xuanyang made an invitation gesture, descended the cloud light first, came to the front door of a palace, walked in with the Shangqing Taoist, and sat down at the desk.

After a moment, Changxi walked in with a jade plate in her hand. Her white clothes fluttered, her black hair danced, her eyes were like water, and seemed to be shrouded in mist, making her look magnificent.

Coming to the table, Changxi bent slightly and sat sideways, stretched out her hands as white as jade, placed the jade plate on the table, gently lifted the jade pot, poured the spiritual wine in the pot into two jade cups, placed them in front of Li Xuanyang and Shangqing Taoist respectively, and placed various spiritual fruits down.

Even with the knowledge of the Taoist Shangqing, he had to admit that there was no flaw at all in Changxi's beauty and temperament. She was almost flawless, and even better than his own disciples, such as the Turtle Spirit Holy Mother, the Golden Spirit Holy Mother, and Yunxiao. She was worthy of being born into a divine and demonic family.

Li Xuanyang pointed at the spiritual fruits and spiritual wine on the table and said to the Shangqing Taoist with a smile, "There are not many guests coming to Xuanyang Mountain. I only have a few kinds of spiritual fruits and spiritual wine to treat you. Why not try a few?"

"Come to think of it." Li Xuanyang suddenly pointed at the fire dates on the table and said with a smile, "This fire date is a branch that a fellow Taoist broke off from a fire date tree when I was a guest at Mount Buzhou. Afterwards, I planted it in Mount Xuanyang and cultivated it."

"It just happened to come in handy today, so I'll use it to entertain fellow Taoists."

Taoist Shangqing looked at the fire dates on the table, was silent for a moment, and then turned his eyes away. Unexpectedly, he was attracted by another silver-white spiritual fruit. He said with some surprise: "Innate spiritual fruit!"

"It seems to contain a trace of Taiyin essence!" The Shangqing Taoist couldn't help but glance at Changxi, then turned to Li Xuanyang and asked, "Fellow Daoist, is there actually an innate spiritual root in Xuanyang Mountain?"

If the banana tree and the innate gourd vine are counted, there are a total of three innate spiritual roots. I wonder how many prehistoric cultivators will envy them.

"Fellow Daoist, please don't look at me," Li Xuanyang said with a smile as he introduced, "This is something that Fellow Daoist Zhulong asked the East Sea Dragon Clan to give to me. It's called the Fire Tree Silver Moon Spirit Root. Although it's only a low-grade innate spiritual root, it has its own extraordinary qualities. The Silver Moon Spirit Fruit it produces naturally contains a trace of the essence of the Taiyin."

"It turns out to be the innate spiritual root treasured by the dragon clan." Taoist Shangqing's eyes lit up, he reached out and picked up a Silver Moon Spirit Fruit, put it into his mouth, and took a light bite. The juice splashed and flowed into his mouth. A rich innate spiritual energy and Taiyin essence gushed out, rushed into his lungs, and spread into his five internal organs.

"What a wonderful spiritual fruit!" Shangqing Taoist praised it, saying, "For our disciples, this spiritual fruit will save us a lot of hard training."

Hearing what Shangqing Taoist said, Li Xuanyang was slightly stunned. Then he smiled and teased Shangqing Taoist, "Given the friendship between you and me, just say what you want to say. Why bother hiding it?"

However, before the Shangqing Taoist could speak, Li Xuanyang burst into laughter and instructed Changxi, "Quickly break off a branch from each of the spiritual roots in our mountain and give it to fellow Shangqing Taoist. Have him take it back to East Kunlun Mountain and plant it there."

"Disciple obeys!" Chang Xi bowed to Li Xuanyang with a smile, then bowed again to the Shangqing Taoist and said, "Please wait for a moment, Saint."

Looking at Changxi's beautiful and smiling face and Li Xuanyang's playful laughter, the Taoist Shangqing waved his hands and said, "I'm sorry for the expense, Taoist friend."

At this point, the Taoist Shangqing suddenly sighed, "To be honest, I came to Xuanyang Mountain to visit you because I was looking for a Taoist temple. Otherwise, I would never let you spend money."

When leaving East Kunlun Mountain this time, Taoist Shangqing did not take away the spiritual roots and immortal herbs in the mountain, but only took his disciples away.

Now I want to find another Taoist temple to accommodate my disciples, and I am in need of various spiritual roots and herbs.

Only then could he not help but want to ask Li Xuanyang for some, but Li Xuanyang not only teased him, but also misunderstood that he was going to plant it in the East Kunlun Mountains.

"Daoyou, why is it so?" Li Xuanyang asked with a hint of surprise on his face, "Daoyou and fellow Daoists Taiqing and Yuqing have always been one."

"Why bother looking for another dojo?"

"This matter is difficult to explain in a few words, and I am not going to say too much. Anyway, I don't plan to go back to East Kunlun Mountain." Taoist Shangqing shook his head and said nothing more.

"Fellow Daoist, are you planning to go to the East China Sea and look for a sacred island to use as a Taoist temple?" Li Xuanyang's eyes showed a hint of understanding. It seemed that the discord and separation of the Three Pure Ones had become a foregone conclusion.

Although Li Xuanyang had anticipated this matter, he still couldn't help but sigh at this moment.

If the Three Pure Ones had not been at odds with each other, and even if the two sects of Chan and Jie had not become enemies, there would not have been the subsequent prosperity of Buddhism.

"It's not the East China Sea." The Shangqing Taoist shook his head again and said, "I plan to go to one of the other three seas, establish a Taoist temple, and become a neighbor of you."

"That's right!" At this point, the Shangqing Taoist suddenly asked Li Xuanyang, "Fellow Daoist, you've lived overseas for a long time. Do you know of any suitable spiritual islands?"

"This is really difficult for me." Li Xuanyang did not hide anything and told the Taoist Shangqing about his trip to the South China Sea to find a Taoist temple.

"Not to mention the South China Sea, there is no suitable spiritual island even in the East China Sea now." Li Xuanyang shook his head. He really couldn't think of a place suitable to be the Jiejiao's dojo.

Unless one of the three fairy islands of Penglai, Yingzhou and Fangzhang is occupied, it would be very suitable.

However, if the Shangqing Taoist really wanted to rely on his saintly Taoism and supernatural powers to forcibly occupy a Taoist temple, why would he come overseas?

After hearing Li Xuanyang's words, Shangqing Taoist didn't seem disappointed at all. It was as if he had expected this. He just chuckled and said, "That's fine. If there really isn't a suitable Spirit Island, I plan to just pick an ordinary one."

"An ordinary spiritual island!" A strange light flashed in Li Xuanyang's eyes. Thinking of the innate spiritual roots, he calmly asked the Shangqing Taoist, "Daoist friend, are you planning to find an innate spiritual root and plant it in the Taoist temple in the future?"

"You're joking, fellow Daoist." The Shangqing Taoist chuckled and said, "Ordinary innate spiritual roots cannot compare to your innate gourd vine, which can transform the innate spiritual energy it absorbs and exhales into the innate Yin-Yang and Five Elements spiritual energy."

"Unless it is one of the ten great innate spiritual roots in the prehistoric world, it will be useless for the Taoist temple that I have not yet established."

"I'm not joking," Li Xuanyang said with a hint of meaning, "Among the ten great innate spiritual roots of the prehistoric world, there are still several that have never appeared in the world, such as the Yellow Plum, the Five-Needle Pine, the Renshui Peach, and several other innate spiritual roots."

"Haha, Daoist friend, you're right." After hearing Li Xuanyang's words, Shangqing Daoist suddenly laughed and said, "Just as Daoist friend said, there are indeed several of the ten great innate spiritual roots of the prehistoric world that have yet to appear. We can ask our disciples to go look for them and see what their respective opportunities are."

(End of this chapter)