Volume 2: World of Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio Chapter 36: Overcoming the Tribulation (Part 2)
At this time, Taoist Zhenliang knew that Jiale was not just young and frivolous, but was just confident from the bottom of his heart.
The foundation that others have accumulated in a few months is equivalent to that of one's own accumulated in a thousand years. What else can Taoist Zhenliang say? With Jiale's current foundation, he can overcome the tribulation without any worries, so there is no need to persuade him anymore.
Taoist Zhenliang knew that Jiale must have his own secret. He knew it from the first time he met Jiale. After all, how could a person who practiced outside the mountains improve so quickly even if he had the body of the Sun God? The only explanation was that Jiale had the secret to quickly improve his strength.
Now that Jiale has such a solid foundation, Taoist Zhenliang is even more certain of this.
Although he was curious, Taoist Zhenliang did not ask any further questions. Maoshan is the Shangqing Taoist sect, and he is the master of Maoshan. He would never do anything to covet the opportunities and secrets of his disciples.
Taoist Zhenliang only wanted to say that it was an honor for Maoshan to have such an outstanding disciple as Jiale.
"Don't worry, you need to survive the tribulation, so the mountain gate will naturally make some preparations for you. After you returned to the mountain gate, the mountain gate has not provided you with much help. Instead, you helped the mountain gate to almost wipe out the demons, which not only liberated the mountain gate's spiritual veins, but also allowed many elders to have more time to practice. It can be said that you have done a great deed.
I was originally discussing with several elders how to reward you. Now that you are about to pass the tribulation, it is a good opportunity to go to the mountain gate treasure house and take a look. You can choose three treasures from it."
Mountain Gate Treasure House! Three Treasures!
It must be said that Jiale was tempted. He originally wanted to say that it was his duty to contribute to the mountain gate, after all, it was a mutually beneficial thing. However, when he heard the words "mountain gate treasure house", Jiale could not be too modest no matter what. This was the treasure house of Maoshan. Even if he thought about it with his heels, he could know how many treasures were in it.
These three treasures are enough to improve Jiale's chances of surviving the disaster by another ten percent.
The mountain gate treasury is on Tongtian Peak, but it is not displayed in the open like the Five Palaces. Instead, it is in a different space, just like the sky crossing area.
After entering this strange space, Jiale finally felt the true heritage of Maoshan.
True immortal!
Who says there are no true immortals in the mortal world? They just don't show up in the world. Strictly speaking, the alien space does not belong to the mortal world. The rich spiritual energy is enough to support the practice of true immortals. Some of the predecessors of Maoshan are willing to give up their future in order to protect the Maoshan heritage, and live in this alien space, waiting for their lifespan to pass.
This is the case with Maoshan, and the other top immortal sects are probably similar.
At this moment, Jiale suddenly felt that even after breaking through the Hedao realm, he had to keep a low profile. What if he was badly bullied by some immortal sect and forced into a corner, and a true immortal came out to give him a hard time? Although Maoshan could avenge him, he was not sure that he could survive at the hands of a true immortal.
What is the background? This is the real background.
"This is it. You have one stick of incense to enter. Choose carefully after you enter. You are only allowed to take three items."
Taoist Zhenliang took out a token and shone it forward. A treasure house appeared. It looked ordinary, but the restrictions within were so terrifying that even Jiale could sense it. If anyone tried to force their way in, they would surely be severely beaten. Moreover, the moment Taoist Zhenliang took out the token, an aura swept over. The degree of its horror was definitely not something that could be experienced by a person at the Hedao realm.
This shows that the treasure house is obviously guarded by a true immortal. Who would dare to barge into a treasure house guarded by a true immortal?
But these have nothing to do with Jiale. The treasures in the treasure house guarded by the True Immortal must be worthy of the protection of the True Immortal. Jiale estimated that the treasures must be magic weapons. Jiale even heard a hint of heartache in the tone of Taoist Zhenliang.
In fact, it is understandable. The treasure house is also a part of Maoshan's heritage. It is definitely the accumulation of Maoshan's experience through several great eras. Each item is hard-won. I am afraid that anyone would be heartbroken if they were allowed to take three items from Jiale at once.
Without hesitation, Jiale stepped in.
hiss!
Looking at the treasures everywhere and feeling the aura of these treasures, Jiale couldn't help but gasp. Even though he was somewhat prepared, he was still a little shocked when he actually saw them.
Just looking at the treasures that come into view, they are at least spiritual materials, spiritual medicines, rare items and some finished magic weapons at the level of magic weapons.
And this is just the beginning of entering the treasure house. There is still a lot of space inside. If you look closely, this treasure house has several floors. Jiale is now only on the first floor. I am afraid there are second and third floors above. Judging from Jiale's experience, the higher you go, the higher the level of the treasures will be and the more precious they will be.
At this moment, Jiale suddenly understood why a true immortal was needed to guard these treasures. Considering the value of these treasures, even the most honest and upright cadres could not withstand such a test. If an elder at the Lianxu Hedao realm stayed with these treasures for too long, he would be corrupted and would definitely embezzle them.
But not everyone is as noble as Jiale.
Without hesitation, Jiale directly stepped over the first floor and was about to go to the second floor. However, just as he was about to step onto the second floor, he was blocked by a restriction. This restriction was very mysterious and was definitely set by a cultivator above the level of True Immortal. If Jiale was willing to spend his energy beads and rely on the blessing of the Kunlun Mirror, and have a few years to comprehend it, he might be able to open it. Unfortunately, he did not have so much time. At most, Taoist Zhenliang only gave him the time of an incense stick.
"mean!"
Jiale grumbled. He knew that this was the restriction given to him by Zhenliang Daoren, which meant that he could only choose on the first level, which made Jiale's plan to go straight to the good stuff go to waste.
Outside the treasure house.
Taoist Zhenliang watched Jiale go straight to the second floor and listened to Jiale's mumbling, and couldn't help but twitch his lips. What a greedy guy, Jiale didn't even bother to look at the first floor and went straight to the second floor. In the past, those who had made great contributions to Maoshan would be dazzled by the first floor and had no time to go to the second floor. But Jiale didn't even bother to look at the first floor.
To be honest, Taoist Zhenliang felt bad for letting Jiale choose three treasures on the first floor. It was because Jiale's contribution was really great. Originally, Maoshan was going to face another calamity that had to be dealt with by these suppressed demons. But now, after Jiale came back , the calamity had dissipated a lot, although it was not completely eliminated.
In addition to the demons on those peaks, there are also several trolls suppressed in this space, all of whom are guarded by the supreme elders.
But ever since Jiale returned to Maoshan, Maoshan's fortune has been on the rise, which means that Jiale may be able to deal with these trolls in the future.
With all these achievements added up, Jiale's potential is indeed amazing. Taoist Zhenliang discussed with the top leaders of Maoshan and invited several supreme elders before they were willing to let Jiale choose three items from the treasure house. Now, Jiale actually accused him of being stingy. You know, any of these treasures, no matter which one was thrown into the cultivation world, would be enough to stir up blood and rain.
Seeing that he couldn't get to the second floor, Jiale stopped hesitating and started to walk around on the first floor.
The space of the entire first floor is not small. Jiale suspects that if he were to look at everything one by one, it would take not only one incense stick, but even ten incense sticks would not be enough time.
Spiritual materials area! Spiritual medicine area! Magical weapons area! Martial arts area! Wonderful items area! Pills area!
The entire first floor has been arranged into categories. The most important thing for Jiale now is to know what he needs.
After thinking about it carefully, Jiale came up with a plan.
Although there are many treasures, even on the first floor, there is definitely no shortage of powerful treasures, but the best treasure is the one that suits you best.
Jiale basically doesn't use elixirs, so he just skips over them. As for rare items, Jiale isn't that interested either. The effects of these rare items are somewhat unconventional, and Jiale, who has always believed that the bigger the fist, the more powerful it is, so he's not particularly interested in them.
As for the skills, Jiale already had the Shangqing Dadong Sutra, so he had all the basic skills. As for the supernatural powers, just mastering the Five Thunders, the Fetal Transformation, the Wind and Fire Returning Technique, and the Ghost Communication Technique were enough for Jiale to study. Although the Maoshan Treasure House was good, Jiale did not think that there were any skills on this level that could compare to these four supernatural powers, so he did not consider it.
Jiale didn't want to choose the spiritual medicine either. After all, spiritual medicine is used to refine pills. Jiale didn't even want to choose the finished pills, let alone the spiritual medicine.
After this elimination, Jiale's options are the Lingcai area and Lingbao area.
Jiale now has the Karma Map of the State, which can be used to collect, trap and defend. What Jiale lacks now is an offensive magic weapon.
Jia Le uses the Nine Yin and Nine Yang Evil-Suppressing Coffin very well, but he needs a suitable spiritual material to complete the upgrade of the Nine Yin and Nine Yang Evil-Suppressing Coffin.
Now there are two choices. One is to choose a suitable spiritual material to upgrade the Nine Yin Nine Yang Evil-Suppressing Coffin. The other is to directly choose a suitable magic weapon.
Maybe it's possible to do both.
Thinking of this, Jiale no longer hesitated and went directly to the magic weapon area.
I have to say, it is worthy of being Maoshan. There are hundreds of magic weapons recorded in this first level, including all kinds of magic weapons such as attack, defense and trap. Most of them are elementary and intermediate level, and the higher the level, the fewer there are. Jiale's divine eyes scanned them one by one at an extremely fast speed. Jiale did not even look at the elementary and intermediate level magic weapons, and focused on those advanced and top-level magic weapons.
However, there are not many such advanced magic weapons.
There are only six high-level magic weapons and only two top-level magic weapons.
Don't think that the number is small. This is only a part of the foundation. In addition to these magic weapons, there must be many magic weapons in the hands of the powerful people in Maoshan. There must be spiritual treasures on the second floor of the treasury. The Buddha Heart Temple can barely be regarded as a top-notch immortal sect. The most powerful one is just a top-grade magic weapon, the Karma Map of the State. Maoshan has such a foundation, which has already proved its status.
Jiale set his sights on two top-level magic weapons. He only had three chances, so he naturally had to choose the best one.
Two top-level magic weapons, one for attack and one for defense.
The defensive magic weapon is a piece of armor, and its defensive ability is probably not inferior to the Karma Map of the State. It's just that the spiritual thought in it is not as good as Karma, and the foundation is also much worse. It is not easy to upgrade it to a spiritual treasure, and it does not have the ability to trap like the Karma Map of the State.
Although the treasure was good, Jiale did not spend too much time looking at it due to the limit on the number of times he could see it.
His eyes were fixed on the offensive magic weapon.
This is a hammer, a purple thunder hammer!
This turned out to be a magic weapon of thunder attribute. Jiale was attracted to it the first time he saw it. Now Jiale's most powerful means is to master the Five Thunders and the True Sun Fire that comes with the Sun God Body. Now his proficiency in mastering the Five Thunders is not low. The power of thunder is so strong that even Cihang Pudu, who is at a higher level than Jiale, cannot handle it.
Jiale assured that if he had the Purple Thunder Hammer in his hand when he fought against Cihang Pudu before, he would probably have no chance of surviving the calamity.
With the purple thunder hammer in hand, Jiale's thunder magic can increase its power by 30%.
What a magic weapon!
Without hesitation, Jiale took it in his hand. The first treasure was the purple thunder hammer.
Outside the treasury, Taoist Zhenliang's heart skipped a beat when he saw Jiale's actions. He didn't know how Jiale could be so sharp-eyed. With so many treasures, he didn't even bother to choose and went straight for the two top-grade magic weapons. Fortunately, Jiale only took the Purple Thunder Hammer. Perhaps the opportunity had come. If he had really taken both, Taoist Zhenliang would have felt a little distressed.
You have to know that what Taoist Zhenliang is using now is just a top-grade magic weapon. If he wants to use the magical treasure to guard the mountain, he must do so in times of crisis. Otherwise, the magical treasure will not easily leave Maoshan.
This is actually a common phenomenon among the top immortal sects. After all, these spiritual treasures are hard to come by. Even if one is lost, it will be a huge weakening of their strength.
Although he felt sad, when Taoist Zhenliang asked Jiale to choose the treasure, he still hoped that Jiale could get the Purple Thunder Hammer. After all, he had seen Jiale's hand-grenade technique, and now in the entire Maoshan, there was no one more suitable for the Purple Thunder Hammer than Jiale.
In the spiritual material area, Jiale has the divine eye that can see through the dark, so it is indeed very convenient for him to choose treasures. If it were someone else, it would probably take more than a stick of incense to finish the selection in this spiritual material area.
Jiale quickly picked out all the top-quality precious materials in the spiritual material area.
Just like the top-grade magic weapons, there are not many top-grade treasures. After Jiale's selection, there are only a dozen or so top-grade treasures that catch his eye.
After all, precious materials are not magic weapons. Their value is still lower than that of magic weapons. After all, having precious materials does not mean that you can cash them in.
Found it!
Jia Le's mind moved, and he quickly picked out the treasure that was suitable for upgrading the Nine Yin and Nine Yang Evil-Suppressing Coffin from more than a dozen top-grade treasures.
Yin Yang Stone!
This is a black and white gem with abundant yin and yang energy in it. Jia Le recognized it at first sight. The quality is so high that if it is used to refine the Nine Yin Nine Yang Evil-Suppressing Coffin, not only can the Nine Yin Nine Yang Evil-Suppressing Coffin be upgraded, but it will also be enough to upgrade it to a top-grade magic weapon in the future.
Without giving it much thought, he decided on the second treasure and put it directly into his pocket.
There is only one last chance left.
Jiale was just about to take a look at other treasures when the Kunlun Mirror suddenly moved. Jiale was startled because this was the first time that the Kunlun Mirror took the initiative to want something.
Without hesitation, Jiale went straight to the rare items area. Unlike other areas which were neatly organized, the rare items area was much more messy. Moreover, since they were all rare items, there was no distinction in levels. Most of them were judged by function and rarity. The more difficult it was to study an item, the higher its value.
Well, the word that stands out is “strange”.
Following the guidance of the Kunlun Mirror, Jiale soon arrived at a corner of the rare items area.
There was only a piece of pitch-black fragment lying here, but after seeing this fragment, Jiale knew why the Kunlun Mirror would vibrate. The space-time energy within this fragment was too rich.
Compared with this piece of debris, the time and space energy crystals that Jiale had on his body when he traveled through the time and space tunnel were nothing.
By the way, what on earth is this thing?
It was pitch black and inconspicuous. Jiale really didn't know what this strange object was. However, after having the Kunlun Mirror for so long, Jiale roughly knew what the Kunlun Mirror liked. Among them, things containing time and space energy were the most favored by the Kunlun Mirror, and they also had a miraculous effect on the recovery of the Kunlun Mirror.
The time was almost up, and Jiale stopped studying it. He had a feeling that perhaps this dark, inconspicuous fragment would be his greatest gain on this trip.
With a thought, he left the treasure house and appeared outside.
Taoist Zhenliang looked at Jiale in front of him. There was one top-grade magic weapon and one top-grade treasure. Except for the last one, the Purple Thunder Hammer and Yin-Yang Stone chosen by Jiale were all the top-notch things on the first floor of the treasure house. The main reason was that Jiale's goal was too clear. He suspected that Jiale had some method that could help him choose the treasure.
But the last one was really a pity. He knew about the black fragments and the rich space-time energy contained in them. He had studied it and thought that if he could draw out the space-time energy and use it to refine a space-time type magic weapon, its value would definitely be very high.
Unfortunately, no one knows what material this fragment is made of. Not only is it difficult to melt, the space-time energy contained in it seems to be locked tightly inside, making it difficult to draw out.
"Nengchun, it's a great harvest."
Jiale didn't want to take advantage of the situation and bowed to Zhenliang Daoren, "I would like to thank the mountain master."
Seeing that Jiale knew his feelings, Taoist Zhenliang didn't say anything more. However, after hesitating for a while, he still spoke.
"Although your foundation is sufficient, the intensity of the nine-nine thunder tribulations varies from person to person. You are gifted, and the intensity of the thunder tribulations may be much stronger than that of ordinary people. It is best to be fully prepared. I have already tried the black fragment you chose at the end, and it is completely unusable. I can give you another chance and allow you to use the black fragment in exchange for the best treasure armor."
Facing the sincere eyes of Taoist Zhenliang, Jiale was also somewhat moved. Sincerity is the most touching thing in the world. Taoist Zhenliang was so good to Jiale, but Jiale had only experienced this from Uncle Jiu and Ziyin, the master of Simu Mountain.
"Master, this fragment is of some use to me. As for defense, Master, don't worry. I have gained something from this trip down the mountain. Look."
Jiale took out the Karma State Map and shook it in front of Taoist Zhenliang.
Taoist Zhenliang took a closer look and his face was somewhat shocked.
"The diagram of karma and society!"
It seems that this Karma Society Map is quite famous, and Taoist Zhenliang also knows about it.
"You have a great chance. This treasure of the Buddha Heart Temple is very famous. It is one of the most famous treasures in the entire cultivation world. The Buddha Heart Temple spent a lot of effort on this treasure. After the Buddha Heart Temple fell, many people went to the Buddha Heart Temple to look for it, but they all found nothing. Now you have obtained it. The word fate is really wonderful.
With the Karma Sheji Tu, the top-grade armor is really useless. However, you should be more restrained with this treasure. After the Buddhists see it, they may make trouble again. Although I am not afraid, it will be troublesome. "
Jiale nodded when he heard this. He knew this of course. The Foxin Temple was also a part of Buddhism. The Karma Map of the State was the temple's treasure. If other top Buddhist forces knew that it was in Jiale's hands, they would probably use the Buddhist tradition to ask Jiale for it. But don't think it's impossible. You have to know that Buddhism relies on one sentence: This treasure originated from me.
On Yin Yang Peak.
When Jia Le came back this time, he also brought back Sun Qing and the four disciples he selected in Jinling City.
After Zhang Long received the order, he brought the four children to the Sun Mansion. Jia Le handed them over directly to Sun Qing. Now Sun Qing has embarked on the path of cultivation, and her progress is very fast. She is almost at the stage of Qi transformation. She is considered the eldest sister of Yin Yang Peak. In addition to cultivation, the matter of taking care of the children must also be put on the agenda. Jia Le has no time to take care of them.
However, it was not enough to let Sun Qing teach them, so Jiale and Zhenliang Daoren borrowed Changren.
As the chief elder of external affairs of Maoshan, Changren naturally has a lot to do, but Maoshan can survive without Changren. Changren's foundation is damaged and his life is coming to an end. It is time for him to let go of his worries and live his own life. After hearing that it was Jiale who wanted him to help go to Yinyang Peak to teach the disciples, Changren hesitated for a while, but finally agreed.
Changren is at the peak of Return to Void Realm, so it is more than enough for him to teach five people, Sun Qing.
After seeing the qualifications of Sun Qing and others, Changren immediately became interested. There were five top-notch qualifications, and two of them were at the level of Siting and Siluan. They were Sun Qing and Fusheng. They were originally just ordinary helpers, but after seeing such outstanding disciples, Changren felt the pressure in his heart suddenly increased.
After seeing Changren's expression, Jiale felt helpless. Changren was too serious. He was too serious no matter what he did. This was not a shortcoming, but it made him too tired. Jiale originally wanted him to teach the disciples and relax, maybe he could untie his knot. But now, it seemed like he was pulled from one deep pit into another.
After all, he did a good job in foreign affairs. Although it was tiring, he was adept at it. Now teaching disciples is even more complicated.
"Elder Changren, this is the new elixir I made. It may be effective for your disease and can also prolong your life. You can try it."
Pill !
Changren was just thinking about how to teach his disciples well. After hearing Jiale's words, he couldn't help but look at the pill in Jiale's hand.
"This is!"
Changren was a connoisseur of good things. The moment he saw the elixir in Jiale's hand and smelled its fragrance, he knew that it was extraordinary and wanted to refuse it immediately.
"Master, this pill is too valuable. My body is already broken, and it is wrong to waste such a pill. Please keep it for yourself. Maybe it will be put to better use in the future."
Jiale was unwilling to be rejected.
"Elder Changren, this is specially made for you. If you need it in the future, I can make it again. It's not a difficult task. The five disciples I have recruited are all top-notch talents. But you know how busy I am. I don't have time to train them. That's why I'm borrowing you from the mountain master.
But Elder Changren, you don't have much life left. Even if it's not for yourself, you have to take this pill for them."
Changren was speechless when he heard that. He looked at Sun Qing and the other five and was actually a little shaken. It must be said that after seeing Sun Qing and the other five, he really had some other expectations. If he could cultivate five more talents for Maoshan, he, Changren, would die without regrets.
But Changren was a little speechless after hearing Jiale say it so lightly. Do you think this top-grade precious pill is easy to make? You can make it whenever you want.
Grateful in his heart, Changren finally did not refuse, but secretly vowed to teach his disciples well to repay Jiale.
Seeing that Changren no longer refused, Jiale was satisfied. In fact, Jiale did not lie to Changren. This top-grade elixir was made by Jiale using the Meat Ganoderma. The Meat Ganoderma obtained from Uncle Jiu's world was originally 50,000 years old. After Jiale supplemented it with flesh and blood, the quality was so high that even the spiritual medicine area on the first floor of the Maoshan Treasure House could not compare with the Meat Ganoderma.
What's more, Jiale has fed the Ganoderma lucidum a lot of things along the way, and it lived up to its name, swallowing and regenerating. Now, the age of the medicine is no less than 60,000 to 70,000 years. Not to mention making pills, just cutting a piece and swallowing it directly can increase lifespan by hundreds of years. After entering the pill, it is enough to increase lifespan by a thousand years.
For people like Changren, whose lifespan is affected because of damaged foundation, the effect will be even better. It will be easy to extend their lifespan by more than a thousand years.
What's more, the meat ganoderma is rich in vitality, which can be used to nourish the damaged roots, and it is quite effective. For Changren, it may really be useful.
Jiale admires Elder Changren, who has dedicated his entire life to Maoshan, and does not want to see him die in such a lonely way. Even if the Rouzhi Pill is useless, he will find other ways to help him later.
After putting the matter aside, Jiale went straight into the Yin-Yang Palace, ready to concentrate on making the final preparations before overcoming the tribulation.
With the Yin-Yang Stone in hand, Jiale plans to upgrade the Nine Yin and Nine Yang Evil-Suppressing Coffin first. If successful, it will also be a help in overcoming the tribulation.
With the help of Kunlun Mirror, Jiale is now a master in alchemy, refining equipment, and setting up formations. Even if it is a top-grade magic weapon, as long as there are enough spiritual materials, Jiale can refine it. What's more, just upgrading the Nine Yin and Nine Yang Evil-Suppressing Coffin is a piece of cake.
After the Yin-Yang Stone was thrown in, the Nine Yin and Nine Yang Evil-Suppressing Coffin suddenly changed.
boom!
