Chapter 152: Yuqing Daodao Jue
The Xianming Conference had ended in such a farce that it naturally could not continue.
After Holy Mother Wu Dang left, the rest of the Jiejiao disciples also said goodbye and left.
It was not possible for the Five Great Emperors and the Five Qi True Lords to stay any longer, so they only stayed for a short while before leaving one after another.
Soon, only the direct disciples of the Chan and Ren sects and Li Anran were left in the Jinguan Cave.
After Luo Xuan left, there was no external danger. Li Anran closed his eyes, sat cross-legged, and devoted himself to the contemplation of the law of cause and effect.
Rays of hazy light enveloped Li Anran's body, thousands of strange phenomena appeared and disappeared, the aura of the Great Dao permeated the air, vast, deep, mysterious and unfathomable.
“Is Li Anran (the prison god) having an epiphany?!” Nezha, Jinxia Tongzi and other third-generation disciples widened their eyes.
Only then did it become clear that Li Anran had another sudden realization!
Taiyi Zhenren snorted coldly, somewhat dissatisfied with their belated realization. When he looked at Li Anran, his eyes were full of joy.
In the more than ten thousand years since the Conferred God Ceremony, many talented and brilliant younger generations have emerged in the Xuanmen sect.
For example, there is the assistant Wang Lingguan who stopped the monkey in the Tongming Palace, and there are the four heavenly masters Zhang Ge, Sa, Xu, and so on.
But compared with Li Anran in front of them, they are all far inferior!
In three hundred years, he cultivated from a mortal to the Golden Immortal realm and became the prison god of heaven.
Two sudden realizations in one day, and the second one led directly to the great truth!
Such aptitude and comprehension are several points stronger than many innate creatures!
If you have such ability, I will lend you a helping hand!
Taiyi Zhenren's eyes focused, he chanted a spell, and gently waved the whisk in his hand towards the enlightenment tea tree.
Buzz!
Countless crystal clear spots of light flew out from the Wudao tea tree, gathered into a colorful ribbon of light, surrounded Li Anran, and gradually merged into his body.
boom!
Li Anran's body shook, and the hazy light surrounding him was like a volcanic eruption. The light that shot up into the sky illuminated the entire golden cave with a blazing white.
Everyone was shocked.
Taiyi Zhenren was forcibly extracting the essence of the enlightenment tea tree to nourish Li Anran and help Li Anran comprehend the great Dao.
"Junior Brother Taiyi!"
Nan Ji Xian Weng wanted to stop him, but he heard Tai Yi Zhenren said firmly: "Brother, talent is the most important thing, the rest are just external things! This boy and I have a master-disciple relationship, so he should join my sect!"
"As his master, I naturally have to consider him more. If I can help him take a step further, let alone just a little bit of the essence, even if it means destroying this enlightenment tea tree, what does that matter!"
Upon hearing this, the Immortal of the South Pole immediately understood what Taiyi Zhenren was planning.
He didn't say anything more, but secretly sighed in his heart: "No wonder Master let Junior Brother Taiyi be the head of the Chan Sect. I am far inferior to him!"
After the catastrophe of the Conferred Gods, all the saints were "invited" to the Zixiao Palace by Daozu Hongjun, and were strictly forbidden to interfere in the affairs of the Three Realms again.
Taking this opportunity, the Taoist Master Ran Deng took Ju Liusun, Manjusri Bodhisattva, Taoist Master Cihang, Samantabhadra and other second-generation disciples of the Chan teaching and their followers to join the Western teaching.
The vitality of the Chan sect was severely damaged, and because of the quarrels among fellow disciples that allowed the Western sect to gain the upper hand, it became the laughing stock of the three realms.
At this critical moment of life and death, Yuanshi Tianzun chose Taiyi Zhenren to take over the position of the leader of the Chan Sect.
At that time, many people questioned this decision in their hearts.
Taiyi Zhenren is not outstanding among the second generation disciples of the Chan Sect. In terms of seniority and prestige, good fortune and good fortune, or cultivation strength, he is not the most powerful in any one of them!
But, the fact is that a saint is a saint!
Although Yuanshi Tianzun was plotted against by the two Western saints during the catastrophe of Conferred Gods because of the chaos of destiny , he made the most correct choice at this time!
Taiyi Zhenren has a domineering and protective personality, and he is decisive and resolute in his actions. After taking over Xuanmen, he began to reorganize the Three Realms.
That’s right, it is to reorganize the Three Realms, not the Xuanmen!
Anyone who dares to discuss the old events of the Conferred Gods and slander the Chan Sect will be suppressed and killed, no matter how high his level of cultivation is!
At the same time, with the help of Zhou Emperor Ji Fa, he suppressed Western religions, promoted the name of the Three Pure Ones of Xuanmen, and asked his fellow disciples to pass on the Taoist tradition in the Three Realms and recruit a large number of disciples.
In just a hundred years, the number of Xuanmen disciples has increased by dozens of times compared to the heyday of Jiejiao, and they have completely gained control of the three realms.
By the time of Journey to the West, except for those who had personally experienced the catastrophe of the Conferred Gods, the vast majority of monsters and cultivators in the world had never even heard of the names of the Chan and Jie sects, let alone the Conferred Gods catastrophe!
At this time, facing Li Anran, Taiyi Zhenren was also decisive and resolute.
He was willing to help Li Anran even at the cost of damaging the roots of the innate spiritual tea tree.
It is not only adding icing on the cake, but also deepening the cause and effect between him and Li Anran, leaving no chance for Li Anran to reject Xuanmen!
This sounds simple, but there are very few people in the world who can do it so decisively!
Taishang Laojun saw all of this, his expression remained calm and peaceful, except for a hint of deep fear and regret in his eyes.
An innate spiritual treasure, especially the Enlightenment Tea Tree that can help people attain enlightenment, is enough to make the Golden Immortal fight for it without regard for their face!
However, Taiyi Zhenren pressed down on Li Anran, who was still a Golden Immortal, without hesitation!
Such a decisive and domineering character is really frightening!
Taishang Laojun even hesitated for a moment. Was he being a little impulsive in wanting to compete with Taiyi Zhenren for the power of Xuanmen?
As for regret, it was because he regretted letting Taiyi Zhenren invite Li Anran to participate in this Xian Tea Conference.
When Taishang Laojun saw Li Anran using the Chaos Thunder to kill the evil dragon, he had the idea of accepting Li Anran as a disciple of the Human Sect, and he had already started to take action.
The reason why Li Anran was able to attend this Immortal Tea Conference was because he used his evil thoughts about the Eight Immortals of the Upper Cave to ask Taiyi Zhenren to invite Li Anran.
He had originally wanted to use this incident to show some favor to Li Anran, and then talk to him about the righteousness of the Three Realms and give him some elixirs and magic medicines, so as to first plant the image of an approachable and enlightened master in Li Anran's mind.
Then, he would plan to let Li Anran fall into disaster, forcing Li Anran to come to him for help or he would take the initiative to rescue Li Anran, show him kindness again, and take Li Anran as his disciple.
——He has used this method more than once, and the effect is very outstanding.
This is true for Li Tieguai, Han Zhongli, and Zhang Guolao.
He also planned to continue using it on the other Eight Immortals.
Unexpectedly, Li Anran had an epiphany as soon as he entered the Golden Light Cave, and also learned Taiyi Zhenren's Nine Dragon Formation. Then Taiyi Zhenren took the initiative to show his goodwill and expressed his intention to accept Li Anran as his disciple.
Taiyi Zhenren is the head of the Xuanmen sect, and he has to maintain his image of being indifferent to fame and fortune and not competing with the world, so he can only grit his teeth and swallow it.
Now, Taiyi Zhenren has directly put down an innate spiritual root, so he can no longer compete with him, and it is not easy for him to compete!
"I should have told Taiyi Zhenren earlier that Li Anran is one of the Eight Immortals of the Upper Cave that I have chosen. We have a master-disciple relationship!" Taishang Laojun looked at the strange vision around Li Anran and felt more and more regretful.
Li Anran was unaware of what was happening in the outside world, and he didn't even know that the essence of the Enlightenment Tea Tree was continuously merging into his body.
From his perspective, he felt his thoughts suddenly become clear, as if he had been enlightened and the fog had cleared away.
The road, which was originally a little blurry and hazy, seemed to be unveiled at this moment and became clear. Countless mysterious and indescribable insights continued to merge into his mind.
This manifested itself in his body as the "spirit" constantly transforming and sublimating, causing his essence and energy to surge, and his cultivation to improve rapidly as well.
This is reflected in the Book of Punishments, where the experience points in the Cultivation column on the attribute panel are increasing at a terrifying rate!
The third level of Golden Immortal, the fourth level of Golden Immortal, the fifth level of Golden Immortal, the sixth level of Golden Immortal...
When Li Anran woke up from his state of enlightenment, his cultivation had soared from the first level of Golden Immortal to the ninth level of Golden Immortal!
And this only took one month!
The price is that the essence of the innate spiritual root tea tree is lost by nearly half, and there is no way it can produce tea again within ten thousand years.
Moreover, even if it grows back in the future, the effect will be much worse than before!
Taiyi Zhenren is really willing to spend a lot of money!
The moment Li Anran saw the enlightenment tea tree, he realized everything that had happened and guessed what Taiyi Zhenren was thinking.
But what if you guessed it?
This is a more unsolvable conspiracy than Luo Xuan's public humiliation!
Unless he is willing to bear the name of being ungrateful and offend the Si Xuan Sect, he can only become a disciple of Taiyi Zhenren!
Of course, Li Anran didn’t want to refuse!
He originally wanted to curry favor with someone powerful, but Taiyi Zhenren's move actually showed that this person's power was really strong and protective!
"Thank you, Senior Brother Jinxia!" Li Anran bowed to the boy Jinxia who was standing beside him.
It took him almost a month to have this epiphany, so Taiyi Zhenren and the others naturally wouldn't stay here.
After the Xianming Conference ended, Taishang Laojun, Nan Ji Xianweng and others led their disciples away and returned to their own caves and temples.
Taiyi Zhenren went into seclusion to practice, and only ordered Jinxia Tongzi to stay here and not let anyone disturb Li Anran. After Li Anran woke up, he would take Li Anran to see him.
Nezha was a little worried about Li Anran, so he waited for another half a month.
Later, he received an imperial edict from the Jade Emperor, saying that there was a demon causing chaos in the Dongsheng Shenzhou, and ordering him and Li Jing to go and subdue the demon, so he had to leave.
"Junior Brother An Ran, there is no need to be so formal."
When Jinxia Tongzi heard the word "senior brother", a smile immediately appeared on his face and he said, "Master said that after you wake up, I will take you to see him. Just follow me."
During the Conferred Gods catastrophe, Taiyi Zhenren was just one of the Twelve Golden Immortals of the Orthodox School and was not particularly outstanding.
But after taking charge of Xuanmen, with the blessing of Xuanmen's luck, his cultivation progressed by leaps and bounds. Now he has entered the quasi-saint realm and even killed the two corpses of good and evil!
The Great Emperor Shanshi Dongji Qinghua lives in the Miaoyan Palace in the Qinghua Changle Realm which he opened up. He commands all the true immortals of the Xuanmen and is in charge of the matter of saving the suffering in the three realms.
The evil corpse Ten Directions Savior of Suffering Heavenly Venerable lives in the underworld, incarnated as the Yama Kings of the Ten Palaces, in charge of the netherworld, suppressing the blood sea purgatory, and leading the suffering souls to rebirth.
The former has not changed to this day.
The latter gave up half of the underworld to Lingshan because Yuanshi Tianzun owed the Western Church karma because he asked the two saints of the Western Church to break the Zhuxian Formation together during the catastrophe of the Conferred Gods.
The half of the underworld that Xuanmen controls now is the Taishan Yinsi, and the ruler is Huang Feihu, the Great Emperor of Mount Tai, and under him are the Five Ghost Emperors.
The half of the underworld that Lingshan controls is the Netherworld, and the ruler is the Netherworld's lord, Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva, and under his command are the Ten Kings of Hell.
This is also the reason why the Ten Kings of Hell in Journey to the West obey the orders of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva.
The person that Jinxia Tongzi took Li Anran to see was the real body of Taiyi Zhenren, who was also the one who hosted the Xiantea Conference.
He usually spends most of his time in the Jinguan Cave on Qianyuan Mountain to comprehend the great truth, and only occasionally goes out to visit friends and ask for advice.
"Come in." Taiyi Zhenren noticed the moment Li Anran woke up.
After some greetings, he got straight to the point and said, "Li Anran, you and I are destined to be together. Would you like to be my apprentice?"
Such straightforward words made Li Anran stunned. After coming to his senses, he knelt down and saluted: "Disciple Li Anran greets Master."
"Good." Taiyi Zhenren stroked his beard gently, not hiding his joy at all. He reached into his sleeves, took out a palm-sized bronze mirror and an arm-long gold file, and handed them to Li Anran.
"This mirror is called the Tianguang Mirror. It was originally from Kunlun Mountain. Later, it was obtained by your master and hung above the gate of Yuxu Palace. It has the magical effect of exorcising evil and avoiding disasters. If you wear it on your chest, no evil magic can hurt you at all."
"This file is called the Diamond File. It is one of the magic weapons that guard the Golden Light Cave. It is indestructible and can break anything. It has infinite power. I give it to you today. I hope you can use it to punish evil and eliminate demons, and spread the reputation of my Xuanmen."
Li Anran: “!!!” Is this the work of the Xuanmen boss? !
Li Anran's breathing stagnated, and the only words left in his mind were "Fuck!" He came to his senses and quickly thanked: "Thank you, Master, for the treasure."
He had never heard of the Tianguang Mirror before, but since it was hung above the gate of Yuxu Palace by Yuanshi Tianzun, it must be an innate magic weapon.
As for exorcising evil spirits and avoiding disasters, it should be because Taiyi Zhenren knew that he was practicing the Nine Revolutions Yuan Gong and had a strong body, and he was worried that he would be ambushed.
Diamond files are different!
This is the magic weapon that Taiyi Zhenren held in his hand when he broke into the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation!
You can imagine how powerful it is!
Taiyi Zhenren was very satisfied with Li Anran's reaction.
Li Anran is different from Nezha. He was not taught by him since childhood.
Small favors are of little use to him!
If you want to show favor, then show great favor!
It was so important that he couldn't refuse, and even if he betrayed Xuanmen, no one else would dare to use him!
Taiyi Zhenren said seriously: "You must remember one thing, magic weapons are only external things to protect the Tao after all, the Tao is the root! You must not lose sight of the root and pursue the trivial!"
After that, Li Anran stayed in the Jinguan Cave for a month and a half, and Taiyi Zhenren taught him the fundamental skills of the Yuqing lineage, "Yuqing Asking the Way".
Yuqing Daotao Jue: Eighth-level technique. The fundamental technique of the Yuqing lineage, created by Yuanshi Tianzun.
This is different from Jiejiao's "Shangqing Fuqi Jue" which seeks to use the innate qi to improve the quality of the feet and pays more attention to the essence among the essence, qi and spirit.
The practice of the Yuqing lineage focuses more on the understanding of the Great Dao, and pays more attention to the "spirit" among the essence, energy and spirit.
The core lies in the word "enlightenment"!
Therefore, the difficulty of practicing "Yuqing Daodao Jue" is far greater than that of "Shangqing Fuqi Jue"!
This is also the reason why the Chan Sect selects its disciples carefully and has strict requirements on their luck, fortune, fate, and understanding!
The reason why Taiyi Zhenren attaches so much importance to Li Anran is because Li Anran has demonstrated an extraordinary understanding, which is just right for practicing the Yuqing lineage's skills!
Li Anran did not disappoint him.
In just one month, Li Anran mastered the "Yuqing Dao Jue" and his attainments were no worse than Nezha, whom he had taught for so many years!
Taiyi Zhenren was overjoyed and felt that he had found the right disciple, so he gave Li Anran two fairy apricots.
This immortal apricot is the fruit grown from the core of the Huangzhongli fruit, one of the ten innate spiritual roots. It was also the immortal apricot that Yun Zhongzi gave to Lei Zhenzi.
Although it is not as good as the real innate spiritual fruit, it is also extremely precious and is no worse than the nine thousand year old peaches. After taking it, one can control the power of wind and thunder.
Li Anran could only say, thank you very much for the reward, please give me more!
He almost couldn't help showing off his hidden weaknesses!
Taiyi Zhenren would never have imagined that Li Anran took a whole month to master the "Yuqing Dao Jue"!
It only took him one minute to gain a deeper understanding of "Yuqing Dao Jue" that surpassed everyone else, including his master!
What's even more unexpected is that Li Anran, the mortal enemy of Jiejiao, has also cultivated the fundamental skill of Shangqing lineage, "Shangqing Fuqi Jue"!
After teaching the Jade Purity Way, Taiyi Zhenren did not keep Li Anran any longer.
After all, Li Anran is the god in charge of prison in heaven and has official duties to attend to. It would not be good for him to stay in the Golden Light Cave for too long.
Moreover, the Tao is something that needs to be understood by oneself. It is useless to just rely on teaching!
