The Confucian and Taoist Sages of Mortal Cultivation

Chapter 131 The Mantra of the Character "Bamboo"

In the reception room of the cave dwelling, Yang Qingyuan and the Duan family patriarch sat facing each other.

The Duan family patriarch's face was rosy and his joy was evident, clearly indicating that he had encountered something good.

After pouring a pot of fine tea for the two of them, Xue Chanzi quietly left the room.

Yang Qingyuan spoke first, exchanging pleasantries: "It's been more than two months since we last met. Fellow Daoist Duan looks much better now. I imagine your injuries have healed by now."

The Duan family patriarch's joy was palpable. He chuckled and said, "It's all thanks to the demon core that Fellow Daoist Yang gave me earlier."

"I refined these demon cores into healing pills, which is why I was able to recover from my injuries in such a short time."

"Moreover, I also took the opportunity to teach those thieves who coveted our Duan family's property a lesson."

"Among them was an enemy at the Core Formation stage, who was lured into the formation by that brat Duan Lang."

"I secretly made my move and killed this enemy on the spot. It was truly a satisfying victory."

After speaking, the Duan family patriarch took out a white wooden box, placed it on the table, and introduced it, "Fellow Daoist Yang, this is the Heavenly Thunder Bamboo. Please take a look."

Upon hearing this, Yang Qingyuan's eyes lit up, and he reached out to take the box.

Inside the box was a piece of withered, emerald-green bamboo, about a foot long.

White arcs of lightning flashed across the bamboo from time to time, and the roots remained relatively intact.

However, Yang Qingyuan still keenly noticed that there were two notches on the many roots of the bamboo, which must have been cut off.

Upon seeing this, the Duan family patriarch quickly explained, "Fellow Daoist Yang, I cut off two roots of the Thunder Bamboo and transplanted them into the herb garden on the Deadwood Island. They are for our clansmen a thousand years from now."

"However, please rest assured, fellow Daoist, these roots will not affect the continued growth of this Thunder Bamboo."

Yang Qingyuan didn't dwell on these trivial matters. He closed the box and chuckled, "Thank you for making the special trip to deliver the Heavenly Thunder Bamboo, Fellow Daoist Duan."

"You've really worked hard."

The Duan family patriarch waved his hands repeatedly and said, "It's no trouble at all, no trouble at all."

"If it weren't for Fellow Daoist Yang, I would probably have already perished in the Thunder Abyss."

"Our Duan family will also be removed from the Chaotic Star Sea."

"It is I who should thank Fellow Daoist Yang."

"By the way, after I killed that Core Formation stage enemy, I occupied his island."

"If Fellow Daoist Yang doesn't mind, you can come to our Duan family and become a guest elder. We will give you this island as your cave dwelling."

"After all, the rent for this sacred mountain cave is not cheap."

Yang Qingyuan waved his hand and replied, "Thank you for your kindness, Fellow Daoist Duan. I appreciate it."

"Yang has already paid rent for this cave for a hundred years, so it cannot be left idle."

When the Duan family patriarch saw that Yang Qingyuan had no intention of joining the Duan family, he couldn't help but feel sorry for him, but he could only accept this result. Afterwards, he exchanged cultivation experiences with Yang Qingyuan until evening before leaving.

After seeing off the Duan family patriarch, Yang Qingyuan couldn't wait to rush to the medicinal garden to retrieve the Heavenly Thunder Bamboo, transplant it into the garden, and then use the "Agriculture" mantra to accelerate its ripening.

According to Han Li's experience in cultivating Thunder Bamboo, it takes ten thousand years for Thunder Bamboo to produce golden exorcising divine thunder.

Meanwhile, the evergreen bamboo will stop growing and instead produce new bamboo shoots.

Han Li spent twenty years cultivating six Golden Thunder Bamboos and forging seventy-two Green Bamboo Bee Cloud Swords.

The True Thunder Demon-Slaying Sword recorded in the Divine Sword Thunder Control Manual is also a set, consisting of a set of twelve flying swords, a set of thirty-six flying swords, a set of seventy-two flying swords, and a set of one hundred and eight flying swords.

With the blessing of the "Agriculture" mantra, Yang Qingyuan naturally chose the most, one hundred and eight flying swords.

However, this means he will need more preparation time and more auxiliary materials.

Fortunately, Yang Qingyuan didn't mind spending this amount of time and resources.

Immediately afterwards, he went into seclusion, cultivating with the help of the Xuanhua Pill while also accelerating the ripening of the Heavenly Thunder Bamboo.

During this period, in addition to feeding the Gold-Eating Insects, Blood Jade Spiders, and Ink Dragons, Blood Cicada would also make a trip to the Myriad Sounds Sect every three years to retrieve various auxiliary materials for refining the True Thunder Demon-Slaying Sword.

Several years passed quietly, and the first Thunder Bamboo finally grew to be ten thousand years old.

Yang Qingyuan then left the pass and came to the medicine garden to admire the ten-thousand-year-old Thunder Bamboo.

The bamboo had grown to nine feet tall, its trunk a vibrant green, while its leaves were a golden yellow, making it a plant worthy of being called Golden Thunder Bamboo.

Next to this golden thunder bamboo, a bamboo shoot has just sprouted.

Blood Cicada stepped forward and spat out a cloud of bloody smoke towards Golden Thunder Bamboo.

As if sensing something, the Golden Thunder Bamboo rustled its leaves and then unleashed a bolt of golden lightning.

The crimson smoke was struck by the golden lightning and vanished in the blink of an eye.

"As expected of the Evil-Repelling Divine Thunder!" A glint flashed in Yang Qingyuan's eyes.

It should be noted that over the years, Xue Chanzi has also been refining the sea of ​​blood condensed from the remnants of the Blood Demon's body, greatly enhancing the power of the divine ability, Asura Blood Cloud.

Even so, it still couldn't stop the Evil-Repelling Divine Thunder, which shows that the power of the Evil-Repelling Divine Thunder is far superior to the Water Gang Divine Thunder.

According to Han Li's experience, once the Golden Thunder Bamboo reaches ten thousand years of age, even if it is watered with the Dew of Creation, it will not undergo any changes.

However, the fact that the Heavenly Bottle has no effect does not mean that the "True Word Calligraphy" has no effect.

Even if the mantra for "farm" fails, you can try other mantras.

Yang Qingyuan pondered for a moment, took seven steps in the medicinal field, then raised his right hand, grabbed a golden pen, and began to write in the air.

"Clinging firmly to the green hills, its roots firmly planted in the broken rocks."

"Though battered and bruised a thousand times, it remains firm and strong, letting the winds from east, west, north, and south blow as they may."

Twenty-eight ancient characters are arranged neatly in mid-air, forming the masterpiece "Bamboo and Rock" by the Qing Dynasty poet Zheng Xie.

The poem uses bamboo as a metaphor for people, praising the indomitable spirit of bamboo on the rocks, and commending the virtues of upholding one's principles, not fearing hardships, and being upright and unyielding. It is the most popular and timeless masterpiece among poems about bamboo.

As expected, the True Words Scroll within Yang Qingyuan's body immediately reacted upon hearing this poem.

Below the character for "water," the character for "bamboo" appeared.

[The Bamboo Mantra enhances the potential and quality of bamboo-type spiritual plants, and doubles the power of bamboo-type magical artifacts.]

Upon seeing this, Yang Qingyuan was also amazed. He then mobilized his righteous energy and wrote the character "bamboo," which he then bestowed upon the Golden Thunder Bamboo.

The Golden Thunder Bamboo trembled violently, its leaves rustling, and within the golden divine thunder it emitted, a barely perceptible purplish-gold lightning appeared.

Upon seeing the purple-gold lightning, Xue Chanzi's expression immediately changed, and he instinctively felt terrified, retreating repeatedly.

Yang Qingyuan was quite surprised to see Xue Chanzi act this way, and was secretly shocked by the power of the purple-gold lightning.

However, this purple lightning is still very weak, and it seems that it will take quite some time before it fully transforms and manifests.

As for the mystery of this purple divine lightning, we can only study it carefully after the transformation is complete.

Yang Qingyuan was not in a hurry to achieve results, and then returned to the training room to continue his practice.

More than thirty years have passed in the blink of an eye.

During this period, Yang Qingyuan consumed over a hundred "Xuanhua Pills" and "Haoyuan Pills," finally completing the eighth level of the "Divine Sword Thunder Control Scripture" and breaking through to the mid-stage of Core Formation.

Meanwhile, Xue Chanzi also finished refining the Blood Sea and cultivated the eighth level of the Blood Spirit Great Art, breaking through to the mid-stage of Core Formation.

At the same time, nine more ancient golden thunder bamboos appeared in the medicine garden, enough to forge one hundred and eight natal flying swords.

Early that morning, Xue Chanzi returned from Miaoyin Sect, bringing with him the last batch of materials.

Yang Qingyuan put away the materials, pushed open the gate of the herb garden, and prepared to cut down the Golden Thunder Bamboo to refine his natal magic weapon.