Volume 2: World of Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio Chapter 35: Overcoming the Tribulation (Part 1)
Wow, it has a strong will to survive and starts calling its master right away.
But it was also thanks to Yinyuan's quick reaction, otherwise Jiale would have really had some murderous intentions. Now, it's not that he can't give him a chance. The main thing is that the spirit of the weapon was lost, which greatly damaged the quality of the magic weapon. Now, the highest quality weapon in Jiale's hand is the Kunlun Mirror, but the Kunlun Mirror was severely damaged, and many of its powers cannot be used now.
Then there is the spiritual treasure Wood Spirit Bead, but this Wood Spirit Bead is also used for auxiliary purposes. Its ability is beyond doubt. It has increased Jiale's current cultivation speed by 10% to 20% compared to before, which is amazing.
The rest of the story is a bit confusing. Although the Nine Yin and Nine Yang Evil-Suppressing Coffin is good, it is only a top-grade spiritual weapon after all. Although Jia Le has already started to work on upgrading it to a magic weapon, it is obviously not an easy task. There is an insurmountable gap between spiritual weapons and magic weapons. If Jia Le wants to successfully upgrade it, he still needs to put in some effort.
In this case, if he could obtain a complete and top-grade magic weapon, it would definitely be a powerful blessing for Jiale's combat effectiveness.
Thinking of this, Jiale stopped worrying about it. He had already firmly grasped the cause and effect anyway. If anyone dared to have any ulterior motives in the future, he would just destroy them.
"In that case, then start assisting me in refining the magic weapon."
In fact, after subduing karma, there is another great benefit, that is, it becomes easier to refine the Karma and Society Map. After all, it is the spirit of the Karma and Society Map. With the cooperation of karma, Jiale has already succeeded halfway in refining the Karma and Society Map.
How could Yin Yuan dare to disobey Jia Le's orders at this moment? Even though he was unwilling in his heart, he did not dare to show it on his face, and he did not dare to be negligent in his actions.
An hour later.
The Karma and State Map was successfully refined by Jiale. With a thought, Jiale had already arrived at the main hall of the Buddhist Heart Temple. Under Jiale's control, the mural on the wall had directly turned into a picture in Jiale's hands.
The Karma Society Map is not a so-called Buddhist artifact.
Buddhism and Taoism have different methods of refining treasures. Some magical instruments refined by Buddhism cannot be used if they fall into the hands of Taoists.
As for the Karma Map of the State, according to Karma, it was originally a magic weapon brought back by the first abbot of the Buddhist Heart Temple from his travels. Because the Karma Map of the State had a good foundation, it became the key training target of the Buddhist Heart Temple, and along the way it has reached its current level. Now it has become a bargain for Jiale.
But Jiale did not get it for nothing, because it was Jiale's arrival that freed all the monks of the Buddha Heart Temple, and those demons were also solved by him. In a sense, the monks of the Buddha Heart Temple even have to thank Jiale.
Without the Karma and State Map, the entire Buddhist Temple now had a truly decayed feel.
Some temples, no matter how dilapidated they are, can still give people a sense of historical sedimentation because of the existence of some mysterious elements. However, once these mysterious factors are gone, these temples are bound to decline.
Just like the Foxin Temple in front of us, after Jiale leaves, it will probably not take long for it to be completely dilapidated. It may become a ruin in a few years, or there may not be any trace of it in the future.
Lingyang City is the seat of Lingyang County and is now under the control of Sun Zichu.
Jiale had already asked Zhang Long to make arrangements here. Instead of returning to Jinling, Jiale stayed directly at the Sun Mansion in Lingyang City.
Two months passed in a flash, and Sun Zichu's hegemony went more and more smoothly. After Yangzhou was pacified, Sun Zichu took a month's rest and then expanded directly towards Jingzhou.
There is the White Lotus Sect in Jiaozhou, and the terrain in Yizhou is too dangerous, making it easy to defend but difficult to attack. After comprehensive consideration, it turns out that Jingzhou is the easiest to take.
With the help of Zhuge Liang and others, Sun Zichu's offensive was unstoppable. Three of the nine counties in Jingzhou had been taken by Sun Zichu.
However, these Jiale have not received much attention.
Two months passed, and the Nine Nether Divine Lotus had completely refined the troll's evil thoughts. An energy bead with tremendous power appeared in the Kunlun Mirror.
The demons in the Karma Society Map were also completely devoured by the Nine Nether Divine Lotus.
Seeing this scene, Yinyuan was frightened. You know, these demons have been a headache for the monks of Foxin Temple, but now in Jiale's hands, they are like chickens and dogs and are easily dealt with. The contrast is so great that Yinyuan is a little confused. He doesn't know if Jiale is too powerful or the methods of Foxin Temple are too poor.
However, after this incident, Yinyuan became even more respectful of Jiale, and even if he had some little thoughts, he hid them completely.
After digesting these demons, the Nine Nether Divine Lotus finally successfully bloomed its seventh lotus, which was already comparable to the Hedao realm.
At this time, Jia Le dared to capture even the demons in the last two floors of the Demon Subduing Tower on Maoshan's Yin Yang Peak.
However, there is no rush. Now that he has enough energy, it is time for Jiale to overcome the tribulation.
It has to be said that since encountering the demons, Jiale's cultivation seems to have entered the fast lane. In the cultivation world, the demons, which the cultivators avoided as much as possible, have now become Jiale's lucky star.
"Master, Lord Zhu wants to see you."
Zhang Long's voice sounded, and Jiale's heart moved, Zhu Erdan!
Today, Zhu Erdan has already joined Sun Zichu. Because of his good ability and reliability, he has been appointed by Sun Zichu as the governor of Lingyang County. It must be said that meeting Sun Zichu is really an opportunity for Zhu Erdan. Otherwise, with Zhu Erdan's qualifications, it would take more than ten years for him to be promoted to the sixth-rank official.
The reason why Jiale stayed in Lingyang City was also related to Zhu Erdan.
Jiale has never forgotten Lu Pan, the man who replaced Jourdain's heart and his wife's head.
It doesn't seem to be a big deal for a seventh-grade Yin God to replace a heart or a head for an ordinary person. After all, this is a mythological world. It would be unscientific if ghosts and gods did not have some divine power.
But you have to know that Lu Pan is the judge under the City God of Lingyang County, and he is a genuine Yin God.
Have you ever seen a serious ghost god who can replace people's hearts and heads casually? Even if you want to make friends with Zhu Erdan, the star of heaven, it is unscientific, because the ghost gods have their own iron laws. They are not like those ghost kings who occupy the mountains and can do whatever they want. If such things are known by the underworld, Lu Pan will be punished.
Moreover, such a big thing has caused such a sensation. He doesn't believe that the City God of Lingyang County would not know about it.
It is intriguing that they know about this but do nothing about it.
Separated by the Yin and Yang, have these City Gods already escaped the control of the underworld, or have they intentionally formed their own system? Jia Le guessed. Otherwise, how could they be so presumptuous? The most important thing is, is it only the City God of Lingyang County who thinks this way, or has the entire City God system in the Yang world already had ulterior motives? This is very important.
In the Yin God system, the system that is most closely connected to the mortal dynasties is the City God system.
In the system of heavenly gods and in the mortal dynasties, the system of mountain gods and land gods is the most closely connected.
If these three systems want to develop, they have to rely on the Mortal Dynasty to a large extent. Of course, once there is a problem, it will cause great harm to the Mortal Dynasty.
Now Yangzhou is his own territory, Jiale does not want any hidden dangers. Jiale does not want to get involved in ordinary people's affairs, but he must keep a close eye on the matters concerning immortals and gods.
If it was just the matter of Lingyang County, it would be fine. All he had to do was replace the City God of Lingyang County. Now that they were separated by the Yin and Yang, Jiale didn't have any burden and wasn't worried that the underworld would cause trouble for him. But if there was a problem with the entire City God system, then this would no longer be a trivial matter and must be taken seriously.
"Please go to the study."
The news that Jiale lived in Lingyang City was not deliberately concealed, so Zhu Erdan found out easily. Zhu Erdan knew the status of Jiale in Sun Zichu's heart. Even now, Zhu Erdan had no doubt that even if Sun Zichu had the potential to become a successful person, he would not dare to disobey Jiale's words. This shows how terrifying Jiale was.
Zhu Erdan was somewhat familiar with Jiale and knew that Jiale didn't like to be disturbed. If his elder brother Lu hadn't insisted that he help to make an appointment with Jiale, he would not have been willing to disturb Jiale. If he angered Jiale, he could easily lose his job. It wasn't easy for him to get to where he is today, but unfortunately, he still had to help elder brother Lu.
But Zhu Erdan was a little confused. Why did Lu Pan want to see Jiale? There was no intersection between them.
Fortunately, Lu Pan also promised that he would not do anything bad to Jiale, so Zhu Erdan felt relieved. He knew Lu Pan's ability. If Jiale encountered any accident because of meeting Lu Pan, the Zhu family would be finished, even if Zhu Erdan and Sun Zichu had a good relationship.
In the study.
"Your subordinate has met the young master."
This sentence sounded awkward, but Zhu Erdan really had no other choice. He didn't dare to try to establish a relationship with Jia Le and could only call him his humble official. After all, Sun Zichu was about to become king, and by then, Jia Le would be a duke or marquis, so there was no problem in calling him that. Although Jia Le had a very high status in Sun Zichu's forces, he did not have a specific position.
Therefore, Zhu Erdan could only continue to address him as Young Master. Jiale didn't care about that. Looking at Zhu Erdan, after being promoted to the Magistrate of Lingyang County, Zhu Erdan's destiny flourished. Now his literary fortune was flourishing. It would be easy for him to be granted a title of nobility or appointed as a prime minister in the future. However, these were not what Jiale cared about.
"Lu Pan, since you are here, come out and see me."
That's right, Lu Pan actually attached himself to Zhu Erdan and came to the Sun Mansion. Although Zhu Erdan was protected by the star of heaven, even Lu Pan could not possess him at will. But if Zhu Erdan was willing, that would be a different matter.
In front of Lu Pan, Jia Le didn't have to hide his identity.
The matter of Lanruo Temple cannot be concealed. I'm afraid that the current City God of Lingyang County has already known Jiale's identity and strength. As the master of the Yin-Yang Vein of Maoshan and a person with strength in the Refining Void Realm, neither of them can be compared to the current City God of Lingyang County.
Now Jiale is in charge of Lingyang County, and the City God of Lingyang County is also very honest. Now that Lu Pan is allowed to come here, it may be a test for him.
After being exposed by Jiale, Lu Pan sighed inwardly. Hearing about someone is not as good as meeting him in person. He had heard about Jiale from Zhu Erdan before. Although Zhu Erdan said that Jiale was quite magical, Lu Pan did not care much about it. After all, he was just a mortal and did not have many Tianji stars. However, after hearing that Jiale was actually the master of the Yin and Yang Vein of Maoshan, Lu Pan could no longer remain calm.
A person at the Void Refinement Realm appeared in Lingyang County and stayed there for two months. No matter what, he could not be ignored.
In the past two months, the City God has stopped all his actions because he is really afraid that Jiale will be discovered. Now he asked him to come over to test the waters and see what Jiale really means and why he is staring at Lingyang County. After all, Lingyang is not Jinling. What is there to stay here? The City God is most worried that their affairs will be discovered.
Jiale is not little Karami. If the truth is revealed and Maoshan takes action, it will be troublesome.
Lu Pan appeared in the study room. Jia Le waved to Zhu Erdan who was a little nervous. Zhu Erdan was a little at a loss, but Zhang Long understood.
"Master Zhu, I heard that you like flowers and plants very much. There are many fine varieties in the front yard. I will take you to see them."
Zhu Erdan was not a fool, he was just upset for a moment and lost his judgment. After hearing Zhang Long's words, he knew that he was being driven away. He saluted Jiale, turned around and looked at Lu Pan again, as if telling Lu Pan to remember what he promised him.
"Lu Jiu greets the Taoist priest. Please forgive me for coming here without permission."
Facing Jia Le, Lu Pan did not dare to be careless. Jia Le was truly in the Void Refinement Realm, and even his Miao Yuan was not fake. If he really angered him, he was not sure whether he could escape or not.
Lu Jiu!
This name is really random, Jiale doesn't mind it. At this moment, he is more and more certain that there is something wrong with the City God of Lingyang County. He has been in Lingyang County for two months. On the one hand, it is for cultivation, and on the other hand, it is also intended to alert the enemy. Now it seems that the effect is quite good. Lu Pan really can't sit still.
"I am very welcome to see you, Pan Lu. Please take a seat."
Afterwards, Jiale began to consult Lu Pan about the current affairs of Shinto. After all, they are two different systems. Jiale had some understanding of how chaotic the cultivation world is, but he didn't know much about the affairs of the spiritual world. Lu Pan happened to come, so Jiale took the opportunity to learn about him.
When Lu Pan saw Jiale asking questions, he would not hide any irrelevant questions.
It was also at this time that Jia Le realized that things in the world of gods were even worse than those in the world of cultivation.
After experiencing the demonic calamity, the three realms of heaven, earth and man that were once connected have now been completely blocked. The gods in heaven and hell may be able to project their power through some incense and faith, but it is almost impossible for them to exert their power in the mortal world. In other words, the mortal world is now completely independent and no longer needs to be subordinate to heaven and hell.
But gods are not monks. Monks only need to practice cultivation, but gods are different. They rely on temples and collect the power of faith and incense. In fact, most of their wages come from heaven and hell.
Just like the City God clan, they rely on the underworld, and their apparent incense and beliefs are all taken from the mortal world.
But these can only be regarded as part of their income, just like the iron rice bowl that everyone yearns for, salary is only a part of it, and invisible benefits are the real big part. But after the underworld was isolated, their benefits were completely gone. In other words, the gods now can only receive basic salary, and don’t even think about anything else.
Basic salary. Only those who receive the basic salary know how difficult it is to live on the basic salary.
If all these can be overcome, then there is one more thing that will make these gods most uncomfortable.
The promotion of gods requires the appointment from heaven and hell.
Take the Lingyang County Magistrate for example. Even if he has enough qualifications, sufficient incense, faith and luck, and his achievements are almost enough, if he wants to be promoted from a seventh-rank god to a sixth-rank god, he still needs the title from the underworld. But now the underworld is isolated from the human world, and the title is impossible. In other words, the path to promotion for these gods has been cut off.
Suddenly, Jiale began to understand why the City God of Lingyang County was causing trouble.
Just like in the workplace, if an employee knows that no matter how hard he works, he will not be promoted, and there will be no welfare subsidies, what would you do if it were you?
Well, it seems that the employees cannot be blamed for job-hopping.
After understanding the situation in the world of gods, Jiale almost guessed that it was not just the City God of Lingyang County who was making some moves, but the entire system of gods was probably planning something. It was just that he happened to catch the City God of Lingyang County in the act, so he was able to understand something.
Looking at Jiale's dazed look, Lu Pan wanted to slap himself. After all this time, Jiale didn't know the situation in the world of gods. He thought that as the master of the Yin and Yang meridians of Maoshan, Jiale should know some of these basic situations. Now , after he said it out loud, he was afraid that Jiale would discover something.
"The Taoist priest is Brother Zhu's boss. I came here this time just to ask if the Taoist priest needs any help. I am happy to serve you."
Not planning to say anything more, Lu Pan directly tested the issue.
Jiale was still thinking about the matter of the gods in his heart. Since he had already found them, it would not be difficult to infer the results.
Since we can't get anything from the underworld, we can only ask for it and get it ourselves.
No matter whether it is the mountain gods, the land gods, or the city gods, it is not easy to break free from the constraints of heaven and hell, because they are all recorded as gods in the Book of Heaven and the Book of Earth. These are the embodiment of the will of heaven and earth, just like a contract that has already come into effect. Don't even think about violating it easily.
Now that they have taken action, maybe they have found some other way out.
At this moment, Jiale really couldn't guess.
Looking at Lu Pan, Jiale was wondering whether he should capture him directly and interrogate him.
Lu Pan met Jia Le's gaze and his heart skipped a beat. He seemed to sense something was wrong and spoke quickly.
"Master, I don't have any other ideas. I just saw that you have been staying in Lingyang for more than two months. I thought that you might have encountered some difficulties, so I wanted to lend a hand."
I don’t believe you!
Jiale glanced at Lu Pan. This Lu Pan must be eager for him to leave as soon as possible. Now he is here to drive him away. However, neither Lu Pan nor the City God of Lingyang County has the qualifications to do so.
"I don't need your help, but since the Lord has spoken, let me tell you one thing. Yangzhou is now our Sun family's territory, and Lingyang County is under the rule of the Lord. Please help keep an eye on it and make sure there are no demons or monsters causing chaos."
Lu Pan was relieved when he heard Jiale's words. It was good to have a request. He was afraid that Jiale would not have any request and would stay here and not leave.
"No problem, this is what we should do. Don't worry, Taoist priest, we will definitely protect Lingyang County."
Jia Le did not take action against Lu Pan after all. It did not matter if he alerted the enemy, but if he killed Lu Pan, he would really break off relations with the City God of Lingyang County. The City God of Lingyang County was not a concern, but what if there was someone behind the City God of Lingyang County? The City God of Yangzhou was a sixth-grade deity, equivalent to the realm of Lianxu Hedao. In the entire Yangzhou City God system, there were four or five sixth-grade Yin gods. Even Jia Le had to consider it.
What's more, the matter of the City God of Lingyang County may affect the entire world of gods, so we should be cautious.
Now that he is about to pass the tribulation, it is not too late to pass the tribulation first and make plans later. No matter whether it is a cultivator or a god, what matters is strength. As long as the strength is sufficient, it is enough to use force to defeat cleverness.
After leaving Lingyang County, Jiale did not return to Jinling, but went directly back to Maoshan.
Crossing the tribulation is no small matter. One must find a safe place to cross the tribulation. Since he is backed by Mount Mao, he cannot let it go. Crossing the tribulation on Mount Mao is enough to increase Jiale's chance of success by another 10%, um, an 110% chance of success.
Tongtian Peak of Maoshan.
Taoist Zhenliang looked at Jiale in front of him, and the horror on his face could not be suppressed until now.
"You said you were going to survive the catastrophe?"
How long will it take for Jiale to break through the Refining Void Realm? At most, it will only be a few months, and then he will have to pass the tribulation.
Seeing Jia Le nod, Taoist Zhenliang couldn't help but persuade him, "Nengchun, transcending the tribulation is no small matter. The nine-nine thunder tribulation, thirty-nine thunder tribulation, and sixty-nine thunder tribulation are even more different. Before we transcended the tribulation, which one of us didn't accumulate thousands of years of experience before we dared to transcend the tribulation? It's only been a few months since you broke through the Void Refining Realm. Aren't you a little too hasty?
How long have you been practicing now? Just take your time. Why rush? At your age, you are already excellent with such a high level of cultivation. It is safer to accumulate for hundreds of years before overcoming the tribulation. You should know that if you fail to overcome the tribulation once, it will be difficult to overcome it the second time. Even if we at Maoshan have some background, the success rate of helping you overcome the tribulation the second time is not high. So, Nengchun, you have to be cautious."
It can be seen that Taoist Zhenliang is really worried about Jiale. Yes, no matter how talented Jiale is, his foundation needs to be accumulated step by step. How much foundation can Jiale accumulate in a few months? Taoist Zhenliang doesn't know that Jiale has such a big secret. He just thinks that Jiale is young and energetic. As an elder, he must persuade Jiale to stay no matter what.
Jiale was moved, but the matter of Kunlun Mirror was not something that should be told to outsiders, so he didn't say much, but just released some of his inner strength and powerful momentum, and Taoist Zhenliang's heartbroken expression suddenly paused.
this!
"Nengchun, you!"
Jiale's aura really surprised Taoist Zhenliang. He had accumulated thousands of years of experience, but it seemed that his level was just like this. However, it only took Jiale a few months to break through the realm of refining emptiness. How did he do this? Jiale was only the body of the Sun God, not the Sun Star itself. This was too incredible.
"Mountain Master, there is no need to worry about surviving this catastrophe. Please make arrangements."
