Fairy!

Chapter 140: The Way of Withering and Flourishing

Ye Hong often feels that his current strength is insufficient, which is why he feels aggrieved, constrained everywhere and unable to be free and unrestrained.

In the past, he thought that mastering power was for the purpose of protecting someone, but later he thought carefully that mastering power was not for protection, and certainly not for oppression. Power is power, and it is for becoming invincible and undisputed.

It is like man is originally an impure river and must become the sea in order to escape from filthiness.

Only after becoming a "superman" and mastering the powerful limit of life itself, can one become the only real thing that humans possess and the magic weapon to defeat nothingness.

Similarly, love is also to fight against nothingness, and friction is nothing more than seeking satisfaction and pleasure to fill the emptiness in the heart and find a little pitiful comfort from each other.

"Mom, I'm going to be Superman."

After leaving his mother's arms, Ye Hong softly declared to her: "I am lightning, I am madness."

Ye Wanqing listened with a half-understanding, unable to comprehend the jumps in her son's thoughts. His little face changed from enthusiastic to calm in an instant, as if they were happily together the moment before, and completely and ruthlessly separated the next second. After thinking about it carefully, she understood the mystery. Her cheeks suddenly became red and hot. This child must have rubbed against her...

After observing for a while, I found that things seemed to be pretty much as I guessed, but she didn't expose it, leaving a little ambiguity between them.

Afterwards, the mother and son continued to live and practice as usual, eat with Yu'er and Xiaozi, sleep in each other's arms at night, and have a peaceful night.

……

After a night's rest, Ye Hong took a shower and changed his clothes early the next morning. Before leaving, he deliberately straightened his clothes and knelt down to kowtow to his mother - which made Ye Wanqing's heart skip a beat, not understanding what this child was going to do.

Unexpectedly, Ye Hong explained that I have already knelt before my master outside, but I have never knelt before my own mother at home. This does not make sense. Although I know that you don’t need it, other mothers should also have it.

Ye Wanqing didn't know whether to laugh or cry. She asked him why he cared so much. As long as he lived happily, that would make her happier than anything else. His sense of ritual was too strong.

After that, Ye Hong went out alone, greeted Senior Sister Leng Xueqi who was guarding the mountain, nodded in greeting, went down the mountain and headed towards Lotus Mountain.

This time he would personally visit Grandmother Shenhe to ask for advice on how to practice asceticism.

Originally, when Ye Wanqing heard that it was about her son's tribulation, she immediately went to find her own master, wanting her to help mediate, but Master Chenyu refused and said with a smile, "Wanqing, don't worry. That child has not only my disciples, but also Qingyi. As long as it is a reasonable request, Shenhe will not refuse."

Getting back to the point, Ye Hong climbed up the Lotus Mountain and came to the Lotus Pond. It was clearly the coldest time of the year, but there were many lotus flowers blooming in the pond, and some were withered. Although the Hua Sect's base was called Changchun Mountain Range, which was known to have spring-like weather all year round and had never lacked a variety of flowers, this scene was truly magical.

Ye Hong murmured casually, "Even if the wind and frost destroy the lotus, there are still dry stems guarding the clear pond."

After saying this, he continued forward and came to the bamboo forest. He lifted his skirt and knelt on the ground again, performed a great salute, and said in a loud voice: "I am the third generation disciple of Qiuye Sect, the unworthy and inferior disciple Ye Hong, and I beg to see the Grandmaster!"

The shouts, accompanied by wisps of breeze, broke the tranquility of the bamboo forest.

He knelt on the ground for a while before Qingyi came late, as if she wanted to leave him alone on purpose. Ye Hong raised his head from the ground and looked up at his master. She had changed her clothes and looked like a lotus emerging from the water, elegant and cool, so beautiful that it was intoxicating.

Qingyi felt strange when she saw him being unusually well-behaved and serious, and then she sneered silently.

The two looked at each other, speechless for a moment.

After a while, she slowly said, "Get up. I'll take you to see Mother."

"Thank you, Master." Ye Hong said respectfully.

After all, they all come from the same lineage, and Liu Shenhe has no intention of making things difficult for his younger generation.

After passing through the bamboo forest and walking across the bridge, Ye Hong finally saw the founder of the Divine Lotus in the hexagonal Fenghe Pavilion in the center of the lotus pond. She was sitting on the stage, watching the change of life and death. In an instant, her expression became slightly dazed, as if she was indulging in an excessive beauty that made her infatuated and slowly began to be trapped.

Liu Shenhe also noticed them. Her eyes narrowed, and she frowned, looking at Ye Hong with a slightly disgusted look, and gently stopped her daughter from wanting to wake him up.

She wanted to see when this stubborn and foolish child could wake up on his own.

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Liu Shenhe has gone through decades of meditation and contemplation, and entered the state of Taoism in a state of neither flourishing nor withering, but both flourishing and withering. Her Taoism is the Tao of withering and flourishing. After flourishing, it will decline, and after withering, it will flourish again, endlessly. This is the true meaning of withering and flourishing, which actually also includes concealment, latency, and the restraint of life.

This is also one of the important reasons why Liu Qingyi was able to create her own "The Hibernating Dragon Method", because she had been influenced by her mother since she was a child, and had some understanding of all of this, but later she and Liu Heting both chose to follow their own paths instead of inheriting their mother's path.

When a cultivator's cultivation reaches a certain level, he must determine his own path. According to the commonly accepted saying in the world of immortal cultivation, there are big paths and small paths, and innate and acquired paths.

The great way depends on talent, which means that only those with great intelligence, great opportunities and great luck can comprehend it. This kind of way follows nature and is extraordinary, overlooking the world. For example, the way of reincarnation of Master Chenyu, the way of withering and flourishing of Master Shenhe, and even the way of killing and devouring used by the demons three hundred years ago to attack the sky, are certainly extraordinary.

Although the Yin-Yang theory is unbearable, it is actually ranked among the innate theories.

The minor path is the Taoist technique, also known as the treasure technique, which is far superior to magic and supernatural power, and is more like a combination of the two. As we all know, supernatural power is innate and does not require training, but it is also difficult to improve and improve as quickly as magic. The treasure technique has the advantages and strengths of both. When you understand it, you can understand it immediately, like a talent, and you can continue to improve it through practice.

It is difficult to comprehend the great way, but it is also easy, because the great way can be said to be everywhere.

For example, the autumn wind has arrived, and the bleak and solemn atmosphere lingers between the entire world. This can be said to be the change of seasons in the cycle of the four seasons, or it can be said to be the change of the Tao rhyme between heaven and earth.

The four seasons of the Heavenly Dao, or in other words, all things in the world, must change in accordance with the changes in the Dao.

This is the origin of Liu Shenhe's magical method of "one year of withering and flourishing", which can transform the other person's heart and make them fall into the state of withering and flourishing, and the state of withering and extinction.

Ye Hong was completely unaware of all this, and had no feelings about his impending death. It was as if all this had nothing to do with him, and there was no question of understanding or detachment.

His mind could not get involved in anything related to himself, because these things had no meaning to a plant, they were all dispensable, even his own life was dispensable.

So he chose to wither.

Chapter 141: Thunder Cultivation Technique

It took Ye Hong less than a quarter of an hour to finally realize that he was not a plant, but he was trapped here, unable to make any body movements, let alone make the slightest sound. He concluded that he was in some abnormal state, and chose to wither decisively and completely - only then did he break away from the state of withering.

After regaining consciousness, he subconsciously turned his head away in shock, not daring to look at the Grandmother. He felt a little scared, but couldn't show any fear on his face, so he just kept a tense face.

At this moment, Qingyi also had a bad feeling in her heart and looked at her mother.

Liu Shenhe has an upright figure, and her fair, delicate and beautiful face is 80% similar to Qingyi. Her hair is tied into a simple and generous high bun. She is wearing a pink and white lotus robe, and her figure underneath is breathtakingly beautiful. Her pair of plump and proud breasts hold up the clothes tightly, but they do not look vulgar, but rather have a kind of cold and otherworldly charm. She has a purple gold jade belt around her waist, and her temperament is noble and domineering, which makes people feel awe.

She glanced at her daughter casually with a gloomy look in her eyes, then stared into Ye Hong's eyes and said slowly, "You are hostile to me."

This was not a questioning tone, and precisely because of this, he was trapped in his own web.

Ye Hong tensed up instantly, opened his mouth, but could not utter any words to explain. He felt a bitter taste in his mouth, as if a mute had eaten Coptis chinensis. The bitter taste like bile filled his entire mouth.

Qingyi stood there motionless, staring at the traitor beside her. Finally, she sighed and said in a cold voice, "My lord, it's my fault."

Liu Shenhe's eyes turned cold, cold and calm, like an ice-covered pond. She hated her daughter's pitiful look the most. She frowned and scolded, "I didn't ask you!"

Qingyi's eyes dimmed, she half lowered her head, pursed her lips and said no more.

Ye Hong took a deep breath and thought to himself, what's going on with these two? Then he realized something: maybe not all mother's love is great, and the love of many mothers seems to carry a poisonous sting.

After that, Qingyi was driven out by Shenhe.

Ye Hong felt that if it was a blessing, it would not be a fault, and if it was a disaster, it would not be avoided, so he simply took a few steps forward silently and knelt down directly in front of the grandmother of the ancestor.

Shen He actually didn't like the child in front of her very much, but she couldn't deny that he was indeed worth teaching.

Not to mention that he is very likely to be Lian He's son, his performance just now alone is enough to make him a rare talent.

Just then, Ye Hong spoke softly and started talking about business.

"I have long heard that the Grandmother has great magical powers and is knowledgeable. Today, I, your humble disciple, have come here to ask you for the long-lost method of strengthening the body through thunder tribulation." He did not explain the "hostility" at all, and there was no hint of enduring humiliation or bowing down in his words.

Shen He's expression was serious and solemn, but his tone was calm, "Yes."

Ye Hong bowed his head and said, "Thank you, Grandmother."

But before formally answering this question, Shen He asked him, "You are determined to die."

Ye Hong replied: "My disciple is determined to live forever."

Shen He did not comment upon hearing this. Her voice was ethereal and calm as she said calmly, "Thunderbolt forging the body is indeed real. It is a method of hard training for the ancient physical cultivators. When undergoing the calamity, one deliberately draws lightning into the body to temper one's bones and meridians, thus reaching an indestructible level. It is very beneficial, but the process is naturally extremely painful..."

After listening to her story, Ye Hong quickly understood his own shortcomings. First of all, physical cultivators have been tempering their bodies since they started practicing, and taking medicinal baths to strengthen their muscles and bones is commonplace, so they can withstand the thunder tribulation only when they reach the Golden Core Stage. Secondly, they will take a kind of elixir to assist in overcoming the tribulation and increase the success rate, but this elixir has been lost.

This is the reality he needs to face. There are exercises and successful examples, but they only exist in theory.

Shen He also frankly expressed his point of view, which is basically equivalent to seeking his own death.

Ye Hong hummed, and could naturally hear the disapproval in her words. He slowly breathed a sigh of relief, thought for a while, and took out the Sky Thunder Spear from his Qiankun bag. "This thing contains a trace of Sky Thunder power. I wonder if it can be used?"

Shen He took it, thought for a moment, nodded and agreed, "Let's give it a try."

As she spoke, she stood up. Her celestial body was tall, her posture was dignified, and her figure was charming and graceful to an indescribable degree. She held the Sky Thunder Spear in one hand and raised the other jade hand slightly. Ye Hong was attracted to her and held in her hand.

The surrounding scenery changed, and the two of them suddenly appeared in a library.

Ye Hong was a little surprised. Is this shrinking the distance into an inch?

Shen He waved his hand and took out a scroll of scriptures. The scripture written on the jade slip was exactly what he needed. It was called "Thunder in the World".

She said calmly, "One stick of incense."

"What is a stick of incense?"

Ye Hong asked subconsciously, and then immediately reacted, what else could it be? Just give yourself an incense stick of time to learn this technique.

He hesitated to speak, but finally decided to do it first.

Time passed in a flash, Shen He easily wiped out the mark he left on the Heavenly Thunder Spear, and without hesitation, he grasped the tip of the spear, and without even saying a word, he aimed it at him and stabbed it into his skin. In an instant, the power of the Heavenly Thunder was stimulated and penetrated into his body.

He was shocked and thought, "Are you serious, old man?"

But soon he felt an electric shock. His bones and muscles seemed to turn into conductors of electricity in an instant. Time seemed to slow down several times. He could feel every bit of electricity running around in his body, like countless fine needles pricking him, causing unbearable pain. His body began to twitch unconsciously.

Ye Hong gritted his teeth and did not sit idle, he immediately practiced the lightning-inducing body-building method taught in "The World of Thunder" - there was a big pit buried in it. This was originally a book of thunder cultivation for spiritual roots, and it was very comprehensive. If he read it from the beginning, ten more incense sticks would not be enough. However, he only knew the body-building formula, but not the general outline of the practice, and there was a risk of going astray.

In general, this kind of education method is an extremely severe test of understanding.

A person's "insight" usually refers to the ability to perceive, understand, and then accept something.

Although Shen He attacked without mercy, he did not intend to kill him, as he had already taken into account his ability to bear it.

After he fainted from the pain, she stopped in time and woke him up immediately.

"how?"

Ye Hong gritted his teeth, knowing full well that the Grand Master was not targeting him on purpose, but that this was how she taught her disciples. The Sect Master had gone through this in the past, and so had his master. Now it was his turn to suffer.

He gasped, "Got it."

As he spoke, he stretched out a finger, and there was a faint flash of lightning on it. Although it was weak, it was obvious that he had succeeded in the cultivation.

Shen He was immediately satisfied with the child upon seeing this, but he did not say anything good or anything like that to praise him. He just told him, "The thunder tribulation is hundreds or thousands of times more powerful than this."

Chapter 142: Revenge

Shen He was immediately satisfied with the child upon seeing this, but she did not say anything good or other compliments, she just told him: "The thunder tribulation is hundreds or thousands of times more powerful than this.

Ye Hong was silent for a long time, then forced himself to nod, indicating that he understood.