Journey to the West: Deer Power Immortal, Starting from Becoming a Disciple of the Supreme Lord Tais

Only Lu Qingxuan and Nezha remained in the room.

Nezha was silent for a moment before speaking, "Actually, I'm very curious. With the support of the Tushita Palace and the protection of the Wuzhuang Temple, it wouldn't be impossible for you to obtain an official position in the Heavenly Court if the Dao Ancestor gave the word. Yet, you choose to stay here on Zhongnan Mountain. Why is that?"

Lu Qingxuan picked up his teacup and looked out the window: "Why? It's for this bowl of tea, this wisp of incense, and these people."

Nezha was taken aback.

Lu Qingxuan said calmly, "I cultivate in Zhongnan Mountain, cultivating the Dao, but this Dao is not in the heavens, but in the human world. Those people believe in me and worship me, so I cannot let them down. They ask me for protection, so I protect them. This is my Dao."

Nezha remained silent for a long time, then suddenly laughed.

"What a wonderful truth that the Way exists among humankind."

Nezha stood up, patted his robes, and said, "Lu Qingxuan, I, Nezha, will be your friend."

Lu Qingxuan was somewhat surprised. They'd become friends already?

The Heavenly Court's reputation as a traitor is well-deserved.

"It's an honor," Lu Qingxuan said with a smile.

"By the way, did you know that Long-Browed Arhat was hit by Golden Horn's Vajra Bracelet on his way back?" Nezha suddenly asked.

Lu Qingxuan was taken aback: "Is that so?"

Nezha laughed heartily, said nothing, and with a stomp of his foot, the Wind-Fire Wheels appeared out of thin air and soared into the sky.

Golden Horn and Silver Horn peeked out from outside the door, and seeing that Nezha had left, they slipped back in.

"Nezha is quite talkative, but it doesn't matter. This is what the master instructed, so there's no need to hide it from you," said Jinjiao.

"Senior brother, please thank Master for me," Lu Qingxuan said.

Jinjiao waved his hand and said, "We are master and disciple, there's no need to thank me. Master said that you should cultivate well and not embarrass him. As for the Buddhist sect, we should give them the face they deserve, and we don't need to be polite about things that don't deserve it."

Silver Horn took out a few small gourds from his sleeve and handed them to Lu Qingxuan, saying, "These are cultivation resources that Master asked us to bring you. They are much better than what you get in the mortal world. There aren't many, so use them sparingly."

Lu Qingxuan took the gourds, opened them, and saw that each gourd contained nine pale golden pills, emitting a rich medicinal fragrance.

It's actually a Rejuvenating Elixir!

At this moment, Lu Qingxuan felt his palms burning.

Although the Rejuvenating Elixir cannot compare to the Nine-Turn Golden Elixir, it is not something that just anyone can obtain in the Heavenly Court. Back then, when Yang Jian captured Wukong alive, the Jade Emperor rewarded him with a hundred golden flowers, a hundred bottles of imperial wine, and a hundred Rejuvenating Elixirs.

One pill is enough; even if it takes a thousand years, a hundred years of arduous cultivation is possible.

"Senior brother...this..." Lu Qingxuan looked up at Golden Horn, "This is too precious."

Jinjiao looked unconcerned: "What's so valuable about it? Although there aren't many of these things in Master's alchemy room, there are still quite a few. Now that you're at the mid-stage of the Profound Immortal realm, your foundation is almost solid, and it's time to use pills to break through to a higher realm."

"The master said that you haven't cultivated for long enough. If you rely on hard work to achieve the Golden Elixir Dao, when will you ever reach the Golden Immortal realm? You might as well take some pills."

Silver Horn nodded in agreement, "Yes, Junior Brother. The Master also said that you shouldn't be reluctant to eat it. He'll bring you more later after you finish this gourd."

Lu Qingxuan was both amused and exasperated. These words made it sound as if the Elixir of Immortality was a candy.

However, he also knew in his heart that if he continued to cultivate in his current state, he would either have to practice asceticism or rely on the power of incense and vows.

However, the number of worshippers in the area around Zhongnan Mountain has reached its peak. If they want to expand further, they can only start by going to more distant places.

By then,

Leaving aside those demon kings, even the Buddhist sect is not so easy to mess with.

Now is a crucial juncture in the Journey to the West, and the Buddhist community will certainly not allow him to expand so recklessly.

Therefore, the only way is to rely on elixirs.

"Senior brother is right. Given the current situation, I do need to improve my cultivation as soon as possible." Lu Qingxuan put away the gourd and said solemnly.

Jinjiao nodded: "It's good that you understand. It's getting late, my brother and I should head back. Just let us know if you need anything."

"Respectfully seeing off Senior Brother," said Lu Qingxuan.

Golden Horn patted Silver Horn, and the two rode on a cloud, disappearing into the night in the blink of an eye.

After seeing off Golden Horn and Silver Horn, Lu Qingxuan lined up the several small gourds and the seven treasures and eight precious items he had obtained.

These treasures undoubtedly provided him with the greatest boost.

After a moment's thought, Lu Qingxuan decided to refine the Seven Treasures and Eight Treasures first. After all, they came from the hands of the Buddhist sect, and the longer he held them, the greater the variables would be. It would be better to transform them into his own cultivation as soon as possible.

He laid out the seven treasures and eight precious items in order, closed his eyes and regulated his breathing before he began to refine them.

The moment the spiritual energy entered the body, a warm feeling spread from the palm of the hand, along the meridians and straight to the dantian.

Within the dantian, the golden core sensed this spiritual power and immediately shone brightly, swallowing up the surging Buddhist spiritual power without missing a single drop.

With each portion it absorbed, it became brighter, and the golden elixir became increasingly round and perfect.

Once the pearl was refined, the color of the golden core deepened, faintly revealing an indescribable and mysterious radiance.

Lu Qingxuan didn't stop, and picked up the second, the third...

The seven precious pearls were refined one by one, each one making the golden elixir more solid.

When all the spiritual power of the seventh pearl was absorbed into his dantian, he felt his golden core tremble slightly, and a faint golden light appeared on its surface. The golden light contained both the pure energy of Taoism and a trace of the peace of Buddhism.

He opened his eyes, stretched his limbs, and felt refreshed, his magical power even stronger than before.

But the most precious part of the Seven Treasures and Eight Treasures is not the pearl, but the eight pieces of gold leaf.

Lu Qingxuan picked up a piece of gold foil and activated it with his magic.

The Sanskrit scriptures on the gold foil suddenly lit up, transforming into golden runes that burrowed into his body along his arm.

Those runes are not spiritual power, but rather Buddhist insights, an understanding of the golden body, Buddhist teachings, and the laws of heaven and earth.

He did not try to understand the scriptures, since the path he cultivated was the Golden Core Path. Instead, he guided the runes to his dantian and let the Golden Core absorb them on its own.

The golden core was like a greedy vortex, swallowing the runes one by one. With each rune swallowed, the patterns on the surface of the golden core became deeper.

Lu Qingxuan was not afraid at all that his Golden Core Path would go astray. The Golden Core Path was not a conventional path. As long as one could cultivate it, it was the right path. It was just a matter of different cultivation methods.

After refining the eight gold foils, Lu Qingxuan closed his eyes and looked inward, only to find that the golden core in his dantian had completely changed its appearance.

The original pale golden pill now gleamed with a warm, precious light, faintly forming a mysterious pattern.

"Truly a treasure of Buddhism," Lu Qingxuan murmured, secretly marveling at it.

If these seven treasures were to be refined by Buddhist disciples, it would probably take several months.

However, he forcibly devoured it using the Golden Core Dao, refining it all within a day. Although it was somewhat wasteful, he couldn't care less.

He got up and stretched his limbs, feeling an inexhaustible amount of strength throughout his body, with the sound of wind and thunder faintly emanating from his every move.

The realm of the late-stage Xuanxian has been completely stabilized, and he has even touched the threshold of the peak.