Chapter 488: Generous Rewards, Duobao Taoist Li Daoxuan
"In July of the second year of Zhenguan, I killed the evil cultivator Qianjizi in Chang'an and was rewarded with [True Samadhi Fire]!"
"Samadhi True Fire: The heart is the sovereign fire, also known as the divine fire, and its name is Shangmei; the kidney is the subordinate fire, also known as the essence fire, and its name is Zhongmei; the bladder, which is the sea of qi below the navel, is the people's fire, and its name is Xiamei. Use essence, qi, and spirit to refine into Samadhi, cultivate the essence, and spray it out from the eyes, ears, mouth, and nose, with infinite power!"
When Li Daoxuan saw the big words "Samadhi True Fire", his eyes lit up.
This is a well-known fire magic in Taoism. In the entire Longhu Mountain, only the old Tianshi knows how to master it. Even his master has not mastered it.
In Journey to the West, Sun Wukong was defeated by Red Boy's Samadhi Fire and almost died. Although the main reason was that Sun Wukong hid in the Xun position of Laojun's alchemy furnace and was smoked by the smoke, his eyes became golden and could recognize changes, but it also caused flaws in his indestructible body.
But no matter what, the fact that Red Boy was able to defeat Sun Wukong with the Samadhi Fire is enough to show the extraordinary nature of this fire.
Li Daoxuan immediately chose to comprehend this magical power.
As the "Book of Exorcising Demons" shone brightly, he felt a heat current begin to emerge in his Dantian Qi Sea. At the same time, he also felt a burning sensation in his kidneys. He felt as if his whole body was burned by flames and the pain was unbearable.
But Li Daoxuan still closed his eyes and concentrated, not moving at all. He knew that if his mind was distracted at this moment, all his previous efforts would be wasted. To cultivate this magical power, he needed extraordinary concentration.
As the popular fire in Dantian and the essence fire in the kidneys continued to surge up, the burning feeling also spread upwards, giving Li Daoxuan the illusion that most of his body was melted.
Fortunately, Li Daoxuan had achieved the Yang God realm and his will was as strong as steel. With the help of the Pure Yang Sword Intent, he was able to safely pass this level that had stumped countless people.
Just when the two fires reached the heart, everything changed.
I saw an unknown hot fire rising from the heart and merging with the two fires. After a period of brewing, the three fires of essence, energy and spirit merged into one, forming a very special light red flame.
Li Daoxuan only felt that his throat became very dry and swollen, as if something was stuck in it and he couldn't feel relieved unless he spit it out.
After a moment, he suddenly opened his mouth and blew out a stream of light red flames...
In the Xuandu courtyard, under the scorching sun.
Xiaobai was avoiding the heat in the pool, while Xiaotian was guarding outside Li Daoxuan's door, sleeping in the sun.
After an unknown amount of time, Xiaotian suddenly woke up from his sleep and found himself covered in sweat. He was actually woken up by the heat.
"Woof woof, Xiaobai, have you noticed... that this day seems to be too hot?"
The white snake was at ease in the water and ignored it.
Xiaotian was sweating profusely, and no longer caring about the differences between men and women, he ran towards Xiaobai's pool.
"Woof woof, Xiaobai, let's take a bath together!"
Xiaotian suddenly leaped into the pool, his body agile and his muscles smooth, like a statue.
However, a snow-white snake tail flew out from the pool and hit Xiaotian's face cleanly, turning Xiaotian, who had just gotten into position, into a high-speed spinning top.
"oops……"
Xiaotian fell in front of Li Daoxuan's door and shouted at Xiaobai: "You sneak attack, it's unethical!"
As soon as it finished speaking, its hair stood on end and it felt a strong sense of crisis. It turned its head and saw a light red flame coming from the master's room, already burning its butt.
"Hot hot hot hot!!!"
Ever since Xiaotian had his fortuitous encounter and was reborn, his physique has become stronger day by day. He has already reached the state of being immune to water and fire, and having skin of copper and bones of iron. Not to mention ordinary fire, even the spiritual fire of cultivators can't do anything to his body.
However, in front of this reddish flame, its iron skin and bones were as weak as paper and had no effect at all. It was burned so hard that it flew off on the spot and somersaulted dozens of times in the air.
Plop!
Xiaotian fell into the pool, but the flame did not go out. Instead, it boiled when it came into contact with the water and burned even more fiercely.
"Burn me to death... Gurgle Gurgle..."
"Help, cook the dog meat... Gurgle Gurgle..."
Although they often fought with each other, when Xiaobai saw Xiaotian in danger, he still breathed out white cold air towards him, trying to use his natural ability to control water to extinguish the flames on Xiaotian's body.
However, the Samadhi True Fire boils when it meets water and becomes more intense when it meets cold. Xiaobai's actions were tantamount to adding fuel to the fire, causing the flames, which were not very large to begin with, to burn fiercely all of a sudden, completely surrounding Xiaotian.
Gurgle gurgle!
At this moment, the entire pool of water was boiling. Xiaobai had to leave here temporarily, otherwise he would become snake meat soup. He looked at the master's room with some confusion.
Does the master really want to eat dog meat?
At this moment, Li Daoxuan's voice was heard in the room.
"receive!"
The next moment, the immortal Samadhi True Fire on Xiaotian's body finally dissipated, revealing a bald figure. All the hair on his body disappeared, and he looked as charcoal as a pitiful figure.
Xiaotian cried out in grievance, his tongue sticking out was constantly emitting hot steam, and he was obviously very frightened.
"Woof woof, I have shed blood for you, I have fought for you!"
"Master, I feel wronged!"
Xiaotian ran towards the room and cried sadly, "Master, Xiaotian has a miserable life!"
In the room, Li Daoxuan's face was full of black lines.
He had just cultivated the Samadhi True Fire and couldn't help but spray it out, and it just happened to land on Xiaotian...
Bang!
The door closed automatically, blocking Xiaotian outside.
"Woof woof, I have shed blood for the master, I have done it for the master——"
A helpless sigh sounded in the room.
"In three days, I will give a sermon in this temple. I will then be able to bring you good fortune."
Hearing this, Xiaotian immediately smiled, not caring about his funny appearance. He stuck his butt towards the door and wagged his tail happily.
"Well done, well done, sir, would you mind burning me again?"
"Don't worry, Xiaotian can bear it!"
"Of course, sir, you'd better be gentle..."
The door of the room suddenly opened, and a golden light shot out, blowing Xiaotian away into the sky.
…
In the quiet room, Li Daoxuan shook his head and smiled.
Xiaotian is good in every way and is very loyal. His only flaw is that he can be a bit unserious sometimes.
However, Li Daoxuan was secretly frightened by the power of the Samadhi True Fire just now. You know, what he sprayed out was just a faint wisp. If he used all his magic power to activate the raging red flame, he believed that even a Yang God would be able to burn the opponent to ashes without leaving any traces.
No wonder the old Taoist priest, who clearly knew this magical power, never used it easily. This fire was extremely lethal and destructive, and it was detrimental to the harmony of nature.
Of course, there is still some gap compared to Suzaku's Nanming Lihuo, but the Samadhi True Fire can not only be used for attacking, but also for refining pills and weapons, and it has more functions.
Li Daoxuan was very satisfied with the Samadhi True Fire, and he looked at the next reward with anticipation.
"In July of the second year of Zhenguan, I killed the evil cultivator Baimu in Chang'an and was rewarded with the [Embroidery Needle]."
When he saw the three words "embroidery needle", Li Daoxuan suddenly felt confused.
An evil Yangshen cultivator was rewarded with an embroidery needle?
But when he saw the introduction of the embroidery needle, his heart was suddenly shocked and a hint of joy appeared on his face.
"The embroidery needle is a top-grade spiritual treasure. It is a rare treasure refined by Bodhisattva Vimala in the eyes of his son, the star official of the Pleiades. It is extremely effective in restraining monsters such as centipedes, scorpions, poisonous insects, and the pupil techniques of the world..."
Li Daoxuan, who was familiar with "Journey to the West", naturally knew the power of this embroidery needle. Although its name is ordinary, it is actually extraordinary.
In Journey to the West, Sun Wukong was defeated by the Hundred-Eyed Demon Lord, who had a thousand eyes under his armpits. His eyes emitted brilliant golden light accompanied by dense yellow mist, which was so powerful that even the arrogant Monkey King had to turn into a pangolin to escape.
Later, with the guidance of the old woman who burned paper, Sun Wukong sought help from Vimala Bodhisattva, who used this tiny embroidery needle to easily kill the arrogant Hundred-Eyed Demon King.
Li Daoxuan stretched out his hand, and the next moment, there was an ordinary embroidery needle in his palm, as thick as an eyebrow and about five or six centimeters long.
If it was a cultivator below the Yang Shen realm, even if this embroidery needle fell in front of him, he might not notice anything unusual, and might even be too lazy to bend down to pick it up.
But Li Daoxuan immediately discovered its extraordinaryness.
First of all, the material. This needle is not made of steel, iron, gold, or wood. Secondly, when Li Daoxuan looked at this embroidery needle, his eyes felt a dull pain.
It seemed that the embroidery needle would pierce his eyes and pass through his brain in the next moment.
Li Daoxuan input magic power, but the embroidery needle did not respond. He then tried to input pure Yang Qi, and the embroidery needle immediately shone brightly. In front of his eyes, he seemed to see a huge rooster six or seven feet tall, with bright hair and sharp eyes. A long crow made the sun break at dawn, and the sky and the earth suddenly became bright!
One of the twenty-eight constellations, the Pleiades star official!
"Wow, this is a magical treasure that can only be activated by those at the Yang God Realm."
Li Daoxuan put the embroidery needle into the Three Realms Gourd. It happened that the forty-nine golden sun needles could not keep up with his strength. Now he had upgraded his weapons. In the future, when he met enemies who knew pupil techniques, or scorpion monsters, centipede monsters, etc., he would directly use the embroidery needle and collect the bodies on the spot.
Continuing to look at the rewards, he won a lot of treasures. Even with Li Daoxuan's concentration, he couldn't stop smiling.
"In July of the second year of Zhenguan, I killed the evil cultivator Zhu Lao Mo in Chang'an and was rewarded with [a bottle of water from the Eight Treasures Merit Pond]."
"The water of the Eight Treasures Merit Pond is also known as the Glazed Pure Water. It is a sacred object of Buddhism and one of the seven sacred waters. It is the result of the Buddhist saints' supreme means of melting the Buddhist luck, merits, and devout faith. It is clear, cool, sweet, soft, moist, peaceful, and can eliminate hunger and thirst and nourish all the roots."
When Li Daoxuan saw the introduction of the Eight Treasures Merit Pool Water, he was a little confused. What exactly was the use of this thing?
He took out the water from the Eight Treasures Merit Pond, which was a small jade bottle, only as high as a finger. After pulling out the stopper, he could see a layer of lapis lazuli liquid inside. It was extremely pure, without any flaw or dirt. Just one glance at it made him feel as if his soul had been baptized.
"A middle-stage Yangshen evil cultivator was rewarded with such a small bottle. It seems that the value of the Eight Treasures Merit Pool water is extraordinary. I just don't know how to use it. Maybe Xuanzang will know?"
Li Daoxuan observed for a while, but couldn't figure out anything. He didn't dare to drink the holy water of Buddhism. Who knew if he would be converted and abandon Taoism to follow Buddhism after drinking it?
He didn't want to become a bald head. Besides, even if he wanted to, Empress and Sister Yu would not agree.
After putting away the bottle of Eight Treasures Merit Pool water, Li Daoxuan continued to look at the next reward. To his surprise, the Five Plague Brothers were actually counted as the same enemy.
"In July of the second year of Zhenguan, I killed the five evil brothers in Chang'an and was rewarded with the [Plague Bell]!"
"The Plague Bell is a low-grade immortal weapon, and is the magic weapon of the Plague God Lü Yue. It is made of thousands of plague poisons mixed with Nine Nether Cold Iron. When it is shaken, it sounds like a devil's voice that penetrates the ears and can capture people's hearts. Immortals fall from the clouds when they hear it, and Bodhisattvas fall from their lotus pedestals when they hear it. It is unpredictable and powerful."
It’s actually a magical weapon!
Li Daoxuan was shocked and showed a look of surprise. It was worthy of being a reward for two late Yang Gods. It actually reached the level of a fairy weapon!
Moreover, this is not an ordinary magic weapon, but the treasure of the legendary plague god Lu Yue.
In the "Investiture of the Gods", Jiang Ziya canonized a total of seven emperors, and Lu Yue was one of them, named the Plague Emperor Haotian. He had three heads and six arms, and looked ferocious and evil. He held two plague swords, a sky-shaped seal, a plague bell, a fixed-shaped plague banner, a plague umbrella, a plague pill and other treasures, and killed Jiang Ziya so badly that his army was once defeated.
There is a poem that goes: "I am the first among the Jiejiao sects, and I have many secrets to tell. I am free to travel freely in the eight poles, and I am free to go anywhere in the Daluo Heaven."
For such a ruthless man, his magic weapons must be famous all over the world, and this plague bell is one of them.
Li Daoxuan took out the famous plague bell.
It was a small bronze clock, stained with mottled verdigris and bearing traces of time, making it look old and weathered.
Li Daoxuan found some tiny cracks on the bell. He was moved. As expected, it was like this again. All those famous objects of gods and Buddhas would have scars of varying sizes.
This is the case with the Three Realms Gourd, the Fantian Seal, and the Plague Bell. Even the embroidery needle of the Bodhisattva Vimala is only a top-grade spiritual treasure. Li Daoxuan feels that the embroidery needle must have been an immortal weapon in the past, after all, it was made by the Bodhisattva.
All this shows that before the gods and Buddhas disappeared, they had experienced an earth-shaking war, in which both the Heavenly Palace and Lingshan Mountain participated, and the result was probably not ideal.
It’s terrifying when you think about it.
If one day, he becomes an immortal through practice, what kind of scene will he see after he ascends to heaven?
Shaking his head, Li Daoxuan put away the plague bell and stopped thinking about it.
He has just entered the stage of Yangshen and is not about to become an immortal. It is better to consider such things after he becomes an immortal. If there really is an enemy that can defeat the combined forces of Lingshan and Heaven, then as a little Taoist priest, he should just go to bed early.
…
Three days later.
Li Daoxuan had finally digested the reward from the Heavenly Book and consolidated his Yang God cultivation. He walked out of the room calmly, no longer showing the fierce power he had when he had just broken through. Instead, he was pure and natural, returning to his original nature, like a fallen leaf in the mountains or a breeze on the river.
It's just that his appearance is a little too handsome. He was already as handsome as jade, and after he became a Yang God, he became even more heroic, which attracted other people's attention invisibly.
“Master!!!”
The sound was like jade beads falling on a silver plate, each drop was crisp and mixed with joy that was hard to conceal.
Princess Changle of the Tang Dynasty wore a small Taoist robe. Her long black hair was tied up in a bun with a peach wood hairpin. Her face was still a bit chubby and looked so white and tender that it seemed as if water would flow out if pinched.
She quickly ran towards her master and threw herself into his arms.
There was an envious gaze from the side. It was from the Dian Mu who was sitting upright. She whispered, "Zhu Rong, is there any magic that can make me smaller? I also want to be hugged by Kui Shou once..."
Zhu Rong glanced at her and said calmly: "You are already small enough. If you are any smaller, you will be gone."
Dian Mu: “???”
Wu Wei, who was sitting next to them and wearing a Yue Lao mask, had his eyes light up. He came close to Dian Mu and said flatteringly, "Sister Dian Mu, how about I hold you? I work as a blacksmith every day and have muscles. It will definitely be more comfortable for me to hold you than Kui Shou!"
Dian Mu said in a cold voice: " Sorry, I like women."
Wu Wei: “???”
