Calabash Fairy

Cultivating in this increasingly spiritually rich environment greatly benefits his cultivation and the spiritual plants and roots within the secret realm.

"Um?"

Just then, Fang Yan's eyes flickered slightly as he looked at the lush green bamboo leaves that were swaying back and forth in the spring breeze, making a rustling sound. The Eight Trigrams of the Primordial Heaven appeared in his eyes.

Soon, Fang Yan's gaze pierced through the layers of mist and arrived at the City God Temple of the Ancient Ferry City. There he saw a young Taoist priest holding a whisk and dressed in a black Taoist robe slowly walking into the City God Temple.

"Your Majesty, I, Lin Dongxuan, request an audience."

"That senior mountain god is an old friend of our patriarch and has done a great favor for our Qingxuan Taoist Temple. Please tell me the location of Qingfeng Mountain so that I can personally go there to pay my respects and express my gratitude..."

Before long, as the sound gradually faded into the distance, the scene in Fang Yan's eyes also quickly receded and returned to his sight.

"Lin Dongxuan, it seems the abbot of Qingxuan Taoist Temple has returned and is coming to pay his respects? That's interesting."

When he spoke with the City God earlier, the two had mentioned some things about Daoist Qingxuan. This person naturally knew that he did indeed have a past connection with Qingxuan.

Furthermore, Xiahe Village and the Qingxuan lineage have a deep karmic connection. Fang Yan had a feeling that they would definitely have some interaction in the future ever since he mastered the Plum Blossom Divination technique.

"As for Lin Dongxuan, his talent seems to be quite good. In just four hundred years, he has made a considerable progress in the second realm, almost on par with a three-thousand-year-old demon."

He recounted this matter in the jade slip left behind by Fairy Yunhua.

The four realms of cultivation for humans are: refining essence into qi, refining qi into spirit, refining spirit into emptiness, and refining emptiness into the Dao.

Correspondingly, there are the realms of lesser demons, greater demons, demon kings, and great demon kings in the demon race.

Fang Yan, from the perspective of the human race, is in the second realm, while the Fairy of Rainbow Robes was in the third realm.

Similar to the first two realms of the demon race, each realm of Refining Essence into Qi and Refining Qi into Spirit has nine minor stages, and each stage of cultivation is quite difficult.

However, at the stage of Refining the Spirit and Returning to Emptiness, there is no such detailed division. At this stage, both the demon race and the human race arrive at the same destination through different paths. Supernatural powers begin to manifest, and they begin to comprehend the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth.

The fourth realm and the Great Demon King realm are achieved by thoroughly comprehending a certain Great Dao of Heaven and Earth. Those who can reach this realm can live as long as Heaven and Earth and shine as brightly as the sun and moon, and from then on, they can roam freely between Heaven and Earth.

This path of cultivation, seemingly with only four realms, is like ascending to heaven, each step more difficult than the last. Countless cultivators climb it, but how many can ultimately reach the finish line...?

Even the first two realms have trapped countless people...

"With the assistance of the Ni Chang Immortal Sect, Fairy Yunhua, being a naturally gifted individual, and with the Ni Chang Immortal Sect's resources poured in, was able to cultivate to the third realm of comprehending the Heavenly Dao within a few hundred years."

"And this Senior Wen Yu from Changqing Palace is certainly more talented than Fairy Yunhua. He has remained at the third realm for thousands of years, frankly stating that the fourth realm is still a long way off. This shows just how difficult it is..."

"On the contrary, Lin Dongxuan not only led the Qingxuan Taoist Temple in cultivation, but also made breakthroughs in his own cultivation one after another. He is indeed extremely talented."

As Fang Yan pondered, he waved his hand, and the Spirit Enlightenment Tea jar on the Spirit Material Cabinet flew over quickly and landed in his hand.

"The secret realm is still constantly improving, which is also very beneficial to many spiritual roots. This Spirit Enlightenment Tea Tree may also undergo a transformation in the future, producing even better Spirit Enlightenment Tea leaves."

"Speaking of which, it has been a long time since I last saw Fellow Daoist Shuyu. I should invite this old friend to Qingfeng Mountain in a while, to drink tea and enjoy the snow. Wouldn't that be delightful?"

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"That mountain god's Qingfeng Mountain is located deep within the Hundred Thousand Mountains?!"

Lin Dongxuan, having returned to the Taoist temple, looked at Yu Zhenzi, who was staring at him in surprise, and nodded, saying:

"I had the same expression as you when I first learned about this..."

He considered all the surrounding mountains and rivers, and even prepared for another long journey, but little did he know that Qingfeng Mountain was actually located deep within the Hundred Thousand Mountains...

Lin Dongxuan took out a jade slip from his sleeve, his expression becoming somewhat complicated.

Before his eyes, it seemed as if the towering figure who had pulled him from the ruins, always wearing a warm smile, reappeared...

The Qingxuan Ancestor never told them what he was doing, but in the end, he did go to the Ten Thousand Mountains and died there.

It was only upon arriving at the Ni Chang Immortal Sect that he learned that the sect's founder had led the people into the mountains to escape disaster and had entrusted the sect with taking care of those villagers two hundred years later...

Compared to their Qingxuan Daoist Temple, the Nishang Immortal Sect is indeed more suitable to entrust this matter to...

While the appearance of a deity there is surprising in itself, perhaps this mountain god was someone who met their ancestor at that time and regarded each other as friends.

"Junior brother, I can go to the Ten Thousand Mountains by myself this time, but I will have to trouble you to work hard for the next few days."

Yu Zhenzi said solemnly:

"Please rest assured, Abbot."

Lin Dongxuan nodded with a smile, and after explaining everything, he used his magic to rise into the clouds and head towards the Hundred Thousand Mountains...

In the city, at the Taihe Gate.

"Lin Dongxuan is back, and Qingxuan Taoist Temple is becoming increasingly difficult to deal with, not to mention their patriarch..."

"For now, it seems we can only wait for the right opportunity..."

In front of the City God Temple, two figures were watching the figure gradually flying away through the clouds.

Lu Zhang looked at the Martial Judge beside him and smiled:

"Didn't you want to go and take a look earlier? Why are you quiet now?"

"Lin Dongxuan is going to pay respects to the ancestral master, old friends, and seniors. If I follow him, wouldn't I be making a fool of myself? Besides, someone needs to keep an eye on the Yin Realm gaps that have appeared around Ancient Ferry City lately..."

Upon hearing this, Lu Zhang's smile gradually faded, and he seemed lost in thought...

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On the other side, Lin Dongxuan spent two days flying all the way to the Ten Thousand Mountains and headed straight for the direction given by Lu Zhang.

With his cultivation level and the vastness of the Ten Thousand Mountains, he didn't need to worry about any danger in the outermost area. However, Lin Dongxuan still looked serious, his body flashing with spiritual light, and he was secretly on guard.

He proceeded cautiously until, after a day, he suddenly felt a noticeable change in the spiritual energy around him.

"As long as you follow that direction, you will naturally sense that the spiritual energy of a certain area is very different from the surrounding area, and the earth veins have been cleared. That means you have arrived at the Qingfeng Mountain area and are close to Qingfeng Mountain."

Lin Dongxuan recalled the words of the judge, flicked his whisk, and smiled.

"We're almost there."

He made a hand seal and sped up among the clouds, quickly flying towards the center of this place. Before long, a beautiful mountain and a quiet village surrounding it came into view.

"Just as Judge Lu said... it's truly unbelievable that this scene occurred within the Ten Thousand Mountains..."

Lin Dongxuan stood there in a daze, gazing at the peaceful and idyllic mountain village from the clouds for a long time before finally flying down and walking towards Xiahe Village.