Daily Intelligence: From Water Snake to Jinghe Dragon King

The Heavenly Gang and Earthly Fiend Technique was originally a great supernatural power that was comprehended during the cultivation of the Shangqing Immortal Technique.

As Liu Qing listened to Daoist Yu Yu's sermons and refined his Shangqing Immortal Technique, the Tiangang Disha Technique, which he had already begun to comprehend, began to corroborate each other, allowing him to fully understand the method.

Then it was seen that the various sizes of the Ruyi, the ever-changing forms, the laws of heaven and earth, and other great divine abilities of the Heavenly Gang were quickly mastered on the original basis.

Thanks to his own talent for maneuvering, he also comprehended the Three Heads and Six Arms technique, and further mastered the skills of turning the ground into steel and overturning rivers and seas.

By this point, Liu Qing had comprehended nearly ten of the Heavenly Divine Powers.

Liu Qing awoke from his reverie, the mysterious changes in his eyes slowly disappeared, and the divine power emanating from his body gradually subsided.

The teacher, Daoist Yu Yu, had already stopped lecturing. His senior sister, the Holy Mother Wu Dang, his senior brother, the Golden Hoop Immortal, and the Pi Lu Immortal were all looking at him with smiles.

"I am ashamed. I was so engrossed in my meditation that I kept my teacher and fellow disciples waiting."

"Haha, junior brother, don't worry, your focus should be on your cultivation."

"I never expected my junior brother to be so insightful. After only listening to the teacher's lecture once, he was able to comprehend the Shangqing Immortal Technique of our Jie Sect to a minor level. I am ashamed of myself."

"Not only did he comprehend the Shangqing Immortal Technique to a minor level, but Junior Brother also cultivated several Heavenly Gang Great Divine Powers while comprehending the Shangqing Immortal Technique."

"Junior Brother, your talent and comprehension are among the most outstanding in our Jie Sect."

The three senior brothers and sisters praised him endlessly, making Liu Qing feel rather embarrassed. In truth, only family members know their own situation. His comprehension was not as exaggerated as they said. Everything was due to trickery, taking advantage of the many divided spirits within his body.

"Don't be too modest. Our Jie Sect acts with a certain flamboyance. No matter what method you use, to be able to comprehend the Shangqing Immortal Technique in one lecture and even cultivate several Heavenly Gang Great Divine Powers at the same time is your good fortune."

Yu Yu Daoist spoke softly, his gaze toward Liu Qing seemingly distant, as if he were looking at the most talented disciple under his tutelage from the beginning of time.

However, we don't know where he went. His senior brother took him away after the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation, saying that he converted the barbarians to Buddhism, but Buddhism is no longer around.

Was it reincarnation, or was it the complete annihilation of soul and spirit?

A shadow of sadness flashed across Yu Yu Dao Ren's eyes, which then turned sharp. Even if he was the eldest disciple, he still needed to give an explanation.

According to Yu Yu Dao Ren, the Jie Sect's cultivation only focuses on the result, and the process is not important. Liu Qing secretly thought to himself, if it weren't for this doctrine, the Jie Sect wouldn't have experienced the Investiture of the Gods.

Many disciples of the Jie Sect followed the principle of "only focusing on the result and not the process." In order to advance their cultivation, they often resorted to unorthodox methods and acted recklessly. Many disciples even devoured innate humans in order to achieve quick success, creating boundless bloodshed.

The Primordial Celestial Venerable rebuked the Jie Sect for their grotesque behavior and numerous evil deeds, and he was not wrong in his rebuke, for many of the Jie Sect's disciples were indeed like that.

When the final calamity of the Investiture of the Gods arrived, although the Heavenly Dao was in charge and the Jie Sect was included on the list, there were also reasons attributable to the Jie Sect disciples themselves.

Liu Qing thought that he could now rescue people from the Investiture of the Gods and help the disciples of the Jie Sect trapped on the Investiture of the Gods escape, but he still needed to distinguish them carefully. Those with heavy sins of killing should not be let go easily.

In addition, Liu Qing felt that all the disciples of the Jie Sect, after being freed from the Investiture of the Gods, should worship him as their god master and be restrained by him. Otherwise, given the way the disciples of the Jie Sect acted, after being suppressed for thousands of years, they would definitely bring unpredictable risks to the Three Realms if they were not restrained.

Whether Yu Yu Dao Ren is willing or not, if Liu Qing starts to unseal the disciples of the Jie Sect in the Investiture of the Gods in the future, then all of them will have to worship him as their god and be subject to his control.

Liu Qing could only guarantee that he would not arbitrarily humiliate them like the Jade Emperor, and that while restraining them, he would also give them dignity.

Yu Yu Daoist looked at Liu Qing, wondering what Liu Qing was thinking. If he could guess, he wondered if he would regret taking Liu Qing as his disciple.

"I am quite ashamed that I took you as my disciple some time ago, because all the spiritual treasures are with me, but I did not give you a single protective spiritual treasure."

"I happened to have recently visited the Heavenly Court, so I picked some peaches as compensation."

"You are currently at the critical juncture of breaking through to the Dharma Realm, and you urgently need the Qi of the Five Elements to solidify your foundation. This peach comes from the Ren Water Peach Tree, one of the Ten Innate Spiritual Roots, and can provide you with innate water spiritual Qi."

Liu Qing was overjoyed upon hearing this.

One reason he didn't immediately break through to the Dharma Realm to solidify his cultivation was to avoid making his foundation too unstable due to rapid progress.

But the deeper reason is the desire to find the innate Qi of the Five Elements to replace the Five Qi in the chest.

When one reaches the Five Qi Realm, most ordinary cultivators use the Five Qi in their chest to transform into the Five Elements and rotate. The Five Elements Qi originates from the heart, liver, spleen, stomach, and kidneys, but belongs to the acquired state.

In the final stages of cultivation, the Golden Body Realm, the Undying Realm, the Great Luo Realm, and even the Primordial Dao Fruit are reserved for innate beings.

Many creatures in the primordial era were innate beings, including the human race at that time, who could cultivate directly to the Golden Body Realm without any obstacles.

However, for beings today who wish to cultivate, there is an additional hurdle: to reverse their innate nature and transform into innate beings.

Otherwise, one's cultivation level will be trapped at the Three Flowers Realm and unable to break through.

Liu Qing's journey from a grass snake to a dragon also had this purpose: to evolve from an acquired being into an innate being. Among dragon-type beings, there is a certain chance of transforming into an innate dragon species during the final stage of dragon transformation.

It's a matter of chance, not absolute. Of the many dragon-like beings in the Three Realms who transform into dragons, very few can ultimately achieve the status of an innate dragon.

Now, the Primordial Water Peaches given to Liu Qing by the Taoist Yu Yu will allow him to obtain a trace of Primordial Water Qi.

This is tantamount to opening the door for Liu Qing to evolve from an acquired being to an innate being.

Although it only possesses one of the five innate elements, it is still much more likely than Liu Qing himself to evolve into an innate dragon species.

Yu Yu Daoist waved his sleeve, and ten Ren Water Peaches appeared in front of Liu Qing.

These ten Ren Water Peaches each exuded a rich innate water elemental energy, and each one was of a grade far exceeding that of a top-grade earth treasure.

Even peach pits that have been eaten can grow into spiritual roots after being planted.

For example, the blood peaches transplanted from the Liu Qingquanbing Cave.

Having a sage from the Three Realms as a teacher brings many benefits. First, he was taught the most advanced techniques in the Three Realms, including the Heavenly Gang and Earthly Fiend Techniques, which others desperately sought but could not obtain.

He could freely comprehend the Jie Sect's Great Formation, which others had only heard of in legends, and he could also hear sages preaching, things that others wouldn't even dare to dream of.

Liu Qing seized these opportunities one by one, and now he has been rewarded with ten Ren Water Peaches, allowing him to open the door to evolving into an innate being at the Five Qi Realm.

The Ren Water Peach comes from the mother tree in the Heavenly Peach Garden, which is the true innate one of the Ten Great Spiritual Roots of the Peach Tree.

Even the Heavenly Emperor, the Bodhisattvas and Buddhas of the West, and the carefree immortals of the mortal realm would rarely be granted one by the Queen Mother of the West.

Liu Qing, however, now has a full ten.

Even so, Master Yu Yu Dao Ren still felt he had been treated unfairly, lamenting that when he became a disciple, he hadn't been rewarded with a few innate spiritual treasures to protect him.

Liu Qing felt that this mistreatment was good, so that his teacher, Daoist Yu Yu, would keep thinking about it. He thought that when he finally met his teacher in person, he would be able to acquire a few more high-grade innate spiritual treasures.

A gift from a sage of heaven, an ordinary low-grade innate spiritual treasure would certainly not be presentable.

Liu Qing bowed respectfully in gratitude and happily accepted the ten Ren Water Peaches.

Just as Liu Qing had stored the ten Ren Water Peaches into his Power Cave Heaven, the Holy Mother Wudang laughed and said:
"Since the teacher has already given out rewards, how can I, as the senior sister, arrive empty-handed on our first meeting?"

Upon hearing this, Liu Qing abruptly turned her head and stared blankly at him.

Holy crap, there's another surprise?
With a flick of her hand, the Holy Mother of Wudang conjured a willow branch in the void, which was the hollow willow branch that Wudang Sword had severed during the battle with Guanyin of the South Sea.

This hollow willow branch, only about half a foot long and about the thickness of half a chopstick, has seven or eight willow leaves growing on it, emitting a shimmering green glow, and its innate wood element energy is extremely rich.

"This hollow willow branch belongs to the original body of the great immortal Yangmei from the primordial era. It contains the innate Qi of Jia wood, which is just right for junior brother to use when breaking through to the Five Qi Realm."

What a pleasant surprise!

Having just obtained the innate water element energy, and now possessing the innate wood element energy of the hollow willow tree, the door to evolution towards innate beings has been opened even wider.

Liu Qing bowed respectfully in gratitude and accepted the gift with great appreciation.

It is said that the disciples of the Jie Sect acted eccentrically and recklessly, always ready to fight, but they had the best relationship with each other and the atmosphere was harmonious. The disciples acted generously, and what we see now gives us a glimpse into this.

"Since my senior sister has already given my junior brother a gift, I, as the senior brother, shouldn't be too stingy. I happened to have been a Vairocana Buddha in Buddhism for a thousand years and accidentally obtained a piece of Nine Heavens Breath Soil, which is now perfect for you, junior brother, to break through to the Five Qi Realm."

Liu Qing's heart pounded, and she turned to look at her senior brother Pilu Xian, her eyes overflowing with joy.

I didn't hear any magpies chirping when I went out today, and the intelligence box didn't emit any purple light either. How come this good fortune keeps coming one after another?

Pilu Xian chuckled, flipped his hand, and a ball of earth the size of an egg appeared in his palm. This ball of earth was filled with yellow mist, which was the innate earth element energy.

This mound of earth is the Nine Heavens Breath Soil that the immortal Pilu spoke of.

The Nine Heavens Breath Soil is a celestial spirit, its grade has long surpassed that of the highest grade, it is a primordial object, its value even exceeds that of a mid-grade primordial spiritual root, and is no less than that of a high-grade primordial spiritual root.

Don't be fooled by the fact that Senior Brother Pilu Xian only has a ball the size of an egg in his hand. If this ball were thrown into the Jing River, the resulting earth veins would be enough to fill the Jing River, which stretches for thousands of miles, and even the Wei River.

When humanity suffered the great flood, the giant Gun risked his life to steal only a tiny portion, less than a tenth of what it has now. (End of Chapter)