Volume 2: World of Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio Chapter 38: Immortal Base
However, there are differences in the levels of immortal bases.
The superiority or inferiority is not determined by the great way, but only by the perfection of the immortal foundation.
A lower-grade immortal foundation can obtain one avenue of inspiration, a middle-grade immortal foundation can obtain three avenues of inspiration, a higher-grade immortal foundation can obtain seven avenues of inspiration, and a perfect immortal foundation can obtain twelve avenues of inspiration.
The more inspiration you get, the more beneficial it will be for deepening your foundation in the future. This is a positive cycle.
If one wants to become an immortal, one must have an average or higher immortal foundation, so the process of forging an immortal foundation must not be taken lightly.
Jiale is blessed with the help of the Kunlun Mirror. As long as he has enough energy beads, he can forge a perfect immortal foundation. Therefore, before he can forge a perfect immortal foundation, Jiale will never break through the Hedao realm.
However, according to Jiale's estimation, this time will not be too slow.
After all, there are still a lot of energy beads left in the Kunlun Mirror.
Inside the Kunlun Mirror.
Jiale looked at the black fragment in front of him. It was the rare item obtained from the treasure house. After Jiale placed it into the Kunlun Mirror, the space-time energy in the black fragment began to be absorbed by the Kunlun Mirror. As the space-time energy passed, the black fragment actually began to fade, and you could vaguely see some of its former glory.
An ancient character was revealed among them.
"Yu!"
Jia Le looked at the ancient characters in front of him, and he actually had some insights in his heart, but it was difficult to connect them. At this time, Jia Le also had a feeling that if all the ancient characters on this fragment could be revealed, perhaps he would be able to have some extraordinary insights. Unfortunately, this was also a fragment. Perhaps the complete object really had an extraordinary magical skill engraved on it, but now there was only a fragment, and perhaps even if all of it were revealed, it would only be a fragment.
Thinking of this, Jiale shook his head again. He was too greedy. The space-time energy in this fragment alone was enough to restore a lot of the Kunlun Mirror. It would be too much to ask for too much.
The energy bead was broken by Jiale, and tremendous energy flowed through Jiale's body.
Without any more hesitation, Jiale started to build the immortal foundation.
Various insights into the way of Yin and Yang emerged in his mind. In fact, it could not be considered as an understanding of the way of Yin and Yang. After all, with Jia Le's current level of cultivation, it was a bit presumptuous for him to talk about the great way. Not to mention the great way, even the rules of Yin and Yang, Jia Le was not qualified to explore at this time. He was just embodying his various insights into Yin and Yang in his soul to see if he could get the favor of heaven and earth.
The only difference between Jiale and other cultivators is probably that he possesses the Kunlun Mirror, which can enhance his ability of comprehension. He can use it to comprehend some ancient classics and assist in building his immortal foundation.
After all, the most important thing at Jiale is the energy beads.
With the support of tremendous energy, Jiale quickly manifested his understanding of the Yin and Yang in his soul.
A black and white yin-yang fish appeared above the soul. At this moment, Jia Le had some realization in his heart. If he could break through the Hedao realm at this point, he might be able to forge a medium-level immortal foundation and gain three spiritual inspirations from heaven and earth.
This is Jiale's own level. According to the Maoshan classics, for most people, when they forge an immortal foundation for the first time, they can at most forge a low-grade immortal foundation. Most of them get nothing the first time. Jiale is one in a million, after all, he is just the beginning. The classics introduce that those cultivators have already reached the middle level of immortal foundation.
If one wants to raise the Immortal Foundation to the Superior Immortal Foundation level, it will take at least several thousand years. Most of the time, even after spending a huge amount of time, it is difficult to cross this gap.
As for the perfect immortal foundation, well, it is something that only exists in legends and very few people can achieve it. Even a Taoist like Zhenliang can only stagnate at the level of superior immortal foundation after hard work and it is difficult to achieve a perfect immortal foundation.
In Jia Le's understanding, practicing Taoism is just like building a house. To reach the He Dao realm is just to lay the foundation. The importance of this foundation is needless to say. Many practitioners think that they can make do with what they have now and improve it later, but who has ever seen someone go back to improve the foundation after the building is completed?
A towering building rises from the ground. Jia Le has no distractions. With the Kunlun Mirror in his hand, Jia Le is determined to create a perfect immortal foundation.
If your understanding of the principles of Yin and Yang is not enough, then you can understand the classics.
In Taoism, the most detailed and profound explanation of the Yin and Yang is given by Laozi, who proved his truth through the Yin and Yang.
All his insights into yin and yang in his body were condensed into the Tao Te Ching.
The Tao Te Ching is kept in many Taoist sects, but the Tao Te Ching is too profound. Even the Shangqing Dadong Sutra is incomparable to it. Needless to say, it is very difficult to comprehend. Therefore, even if such a classic is placed there, not many people can truly comprehend anything from it.
Jiale also thought about whether he should comprehend other things first, but other classics might be able to help Jiale build a superior Taoist foundation. It is basically impossible to build a perfect immortal foundation. So, without hesitation, Jiale ran through the contents of the Tao Te Ching in his mind and began to comprehend.
Before a monk becomes a Taoist, he first reads Taoist scriptures to cultivate his Taoist nature.
After becoming Simu's apprentice, Jiale began to recite Taoist scriptures, among which the Tao Te Ching was the most important.
By now, Jiale has already memorized the Tao Te Ching by heart.
After absorbing some space-time energy from the black fragments, the Kunlun Mirror seemed to be more effective. Jiale clearly felt the same energy, and after the Kunlun Mirror absorbed it, it did a lot better than before. Now Jiale's energy beads were sufficient, and he did not hesitate to consume the vast energy to support Jiale's understanding of the Tao Te Ching.
"The Tao that can be spoken of is not the real Tao; the name that can be named is not the real name. Namelessness is the beginning of heaven and earth; name is the mother of all things. Therefore, always be without desire in order to observe its wonders; always have desire in order to observe its boundaries. These two things come from the same source but have different names; both are called mysterious; the more mysterious, the more mysterious they are; they are the door to all wonders.
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After he began to comprehend, time seemed to no longer be important. Jiale wandered in the Tao Te Ching. Various insights fell on Jiale's soul like raindrops and were quickly absorbed.
As Jiale's understanding of the principles of yin and yang gradually deepened, he also began to understand why the Tao Te Ching is known as the Bible.
The Tao Te Ching is said to be a summary of the Yin and Yang of Taoist Taiqing, but in Jiale's opinion, the comprehension therein is not just the Yin and Yang. The Tao Te Ching is more like Taoist Taiqing explaining the Three Thousand Great Ways with the Yin and Yang in the Tao Te Ching, and this is exactly the inclusiveness that Jiale seeks. At this moment, Jiale understands that perhaps he is walking on a path that Taoist Taiqing once walked.
It also made Jiale understand that if he could really gain some understanding of the Tao Te Ching, after building the foundation of immortality, he would be able to use the principles of yin and yang to embrace the three thousand great ways.
Jiale did not try to be unconventional. He did not want to take the broad road that his predecessors had already walked on, but instead opened up a small path with an unknown future. Jiale did not think that he could surpass those ancient gods just because he had a Kunlun mirror. If one does not have a reverent heart when practicing Taoism and cultivating the mind, when the inner demon is born, the heart of Taoism will inevitably be lost.
Since we can stand on the shoulders of giants to move forward, why bother working so hard?
"Um!"
An unknown amount of time had passed. Jiale was originally wandering in the ocean of Tao Te Ching, but now the sea water suddenly receded, and Jiale instantly returned to reality.
I felt unhappy, as if I was interrupted when I was listening to a sermon.
However, when Jiale saw that the energy beads in the Kunlun Mirror were exhausted, he felt relieved. From the beginning, he had never thought that he could forge a perfect Taoist foundation with just these few energy beads.
Superior immortal base!
Well, not there yet, but not far away.
In Jiale's opinion, this is already a great gain. Jiale had used up half of the energy beads in his hand when he was overcoming the tribulation. Together with the gains after returning to Maoshan, it was these that allowed Jiale to achieve this. It was already quite good.
There was no further comprehension. The main focus next was to harvest the energy beads. Others’ cultivation consumed money, friends, methods, land and time, but for Jiale, these were secondary. The energy beads were the main thing.
After refining another batch of pills, Jiale left the Yin-Yang Palace. He counted with his fingers and found that it had been half a year since he returned to Maoshan.
I have to admit that this time is really uncontrollable. If there are enough energy beads, I am afraid this retreat will last for decades, or even longer.
"Master of the Pulse!"
Changren took Sun Qing and others to practice in the martial arts field outside the Yin-Yang Palace. Changren was probably afraid that something unexpected would happen to Jiale, so he taught his disciples while protecting Jiale.
At this moment, there was a gleam in Changren's eyes when he looked at Jiale. He was happier about Jiale's improvement than his own.
Sun Qing and the others were looking at Jiale with stars in their eyes. They didn't know much about Jiale before, even Sun Qing. But during this period, seeing Jiale's god-like image, Changren deliberately brainwashed them and established Jiale's authority, so he picked out a few of Jiale's magical and powerful things and told them. Now, the five little guys have regarded Jiale as their own practice benchmark.
"Elder Changren, it seems that my elixir is still useful. Your foundation has been repaired to some extent, which means that my idea is correct. You take this bottle of elixir and after refining it, it may be able to repair your foundation."
Chang Ren was stunned when he saw the bottle of medicine that Jia Le pushed over to him. In his opinion, although Jia Le said it lightly, that kind of medicine was definitely very precious. Even if it was in the treasury, it would be top- . Now he actually handed him a bottle so easily, which made Chang Ren a little difficult to accept.
"Master, this pill is too expensive. In fact, compared to its effect of restoring the root, its ability to prolong life is even more amazing. I have already taken one pill. Taking more won't increase my lifespan. It is a bit of a waste to use it only to repair the root . Master, you should take it back or put it in the treasure house of the peak for future use."
Jia Le smiled and shook his head when he heard this, "This bottle of pills is different from the previous one, Elder Changren, you will know after taking one first."
Jiale poured a pill from the bottle and handed it to Changren.
Changren took it doubtfully and felt it. It was indeed a little different. After hesitating for a while, he swallowed it. A gentle energy spread in his stomach. Changren did not dare to hesitate and quickly practiced his internal energy to refine it. After a long time, he showed a look of surprise and looked at Jiale.
"Master Pulse's ability to refine elixirs is simply miraculous. Changren would like to thank Master Pulse for giving him a new life."
As he spoke, Changren's voice was already trembling. Jiale could understand that. After all, the fundamental problem that had troubled Changren for thousands of years could finally be solved. How could he not be excited? Originally, Changren was ready to end his life. Jiale's actions almost gave Changren a chance to be reborn. It was true that he was being reborn.
"Elder Changren, you don't have to do this. You are now the elder of Yin Yang Peak. I will rely on you to teach Sun Qing and the others in the future."
The pill that Jiale refined this time was different from the previous one. Although the main ingredient was Ganoderma lucidum, this time Jiale used the effect of Ganoderma lucidum mainly to restore the foundation. It was different from the last time. When Jiale refined it last time, he was inspired by the method of refining the longevity pill in Uncle Jiu's world. The main purpose was to help Changren make up for his lifespan.
Now that Changren has lived long enough, it is natural for him to change his focus.
Changren knew that Jiale was trying to comfort him, but he also took it to heart. He secretly decided to stay at Yinyang Peak and work for Jiale. He also had to teach these disciples well and not let Jiale down.
"Don't worry, Master. I will do my best."
Jiale didn't care. He already knew Changren's character and was very confident in him. Otherwise, he wouldn't have brought him to Yin Yang Peak.
Look at Sun Qing and the others.
"Sun Qing, you guys must listen carefully to Elder Changren's words from now on. I am often not in the mountains, so Elder Changren will guide you in your daily training. Elder Changren's ability is not inferior to mine. Don't waste this great opportunity."
After giving some instructions, Jiale went to Tongtian Peak.
"Nengchun, you are truly the lucky star of our Maoshan. Maoshan is lucky to have you."
Taoist Zhenliang had been keeping an eye on Yin Yang Peak. During the time Jiale was in seclusion, Taoist Zhenliang had been protecting Jiale from afar to prevent him from making any mistakes. He was relieved to see Jiale come out of seclusion safely. When he saw that Jiale had given Changren hope of repairing his foundation with elixirs, Taoist Zhenliang became excited.
Even when Jia Le eliminated the thirty-six-vein demon clan, Taoist Zhenliang was not so excited.
Jia Le naturally knew what Taoist Zhenliang meant. Changren was probably the pain of the entire Maoshan. Even if the Maoshan high-level officials didn't say it, every time they saw Changren, they were probably secretly trying their best in their hearts. After so many years, I'm afraid these Maoshan high-level officials have not forgotten to think of ways to see if they can restore Changren's foundation.
But it's difficult.
Don’t think that the 50,000-year-old Meat Ganoderma in Jiale’s hand doesn’t seem to be very precious. In Uncle Jiu’s world, Jiale was able to get such Meat Ganoderma, but in this world of Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio, I’m afraid he may not be able to find something better than the 50,000-year-old Meat Ganoderma. Fifty thousand years, even the Black Mountain Old Demon didn’t practice for so long.
Cultivation is cruel, and who would allow spiritual herbs to grow to this extent? I'm afraid they would have been eaten alive long ago.
"What are you talking about, Elder Changren? You are now the elder of Yinyang Peak. I want to cultivate a true immortal for our Yinyang Peak."
Jiale's words also made Zhenliang Daoren laugh instantly.
"You are such a daredevil. Although Changren has good talent, he wasted too much time. I am so happy that he can break through the Hedao realm. What are you afraid of? I can still snatch Changren away. What's more, even if I snatch him away now, I am afraid Changren will not listen."
Jia Le also chuckled when he heard this. He just wanted to give Taoist Zhen Liang a shot of prevention. Even though Chang Ren is still at the peak of the Return to Void Realm, once his foundation is restored, it will be no problem for him to break through to the Refining Void Realm. In the eyes of others, the time Chang Ren has been suffering was a delay, but Jia Le does not think so.
How does that sentence go?
When Heaven is about to confer a great responsibility on a man, it will first test his mind and will, exhaust his muscles and bones, starve his body, and deprive him of all poverty. It will also cause setbacks to his plans. This is to make his heart move and his nature endure, and to increase his ability to do what he could not do before.
Others might be unable to recover, but Changren certainly wouldn't. These hardships would only turn into his foundation and help him in his future integration with the Tao. Jiale believed that he was not wrong.
"Okay, Master, I'm about to go down the mountain. Come and say hello to you."
Going down the mountain again!
Taoist Zhenliang was speechless. He really didn't know what was so good about the mountain that made Jiale want to run away every other day.
However, Jiale has his own plans. His cultivation is almost at the level of Hedao. It would be good for him to walk around outside more often and gain more insights. With Jiale's current strength, Taoist Zhenliang is not too worried. With the Shangqing Immortal Thunder in his hand, even if he is at the Hedao level, he can't take Jiale down easily.
Tianyuan City.
This city is the border between Jiaozhou and Yangzhou, and is also the bridgehead for the White Lotus Sect to stop the offensive of Sun Tzuchu's army.
Sun Zichu has not forgotten the White Lotus Sect's hatred for killing his father and destroying his family. He has ignored Zhuge Liang's dissuasion and personally led the army to attack Jiaozhou.
Sun Zichu has been unstoppable in the past six months. He has already taken over Jingzhou and is now starting to attack Jiaozhou.
However, Jiaozhou is different from Jingzhou. The White Lotus Sect is a cult. In addition to normal armed forces, there is also a group of evil practitioners. The strange methods in their hands are endless. After feeling the threat from Sun Zichu, there have been continuous assassinations against Sun Zichu recently. Fortunately, Zhuge Liang is guarding Sun Zichu, otherwise it would be really dangerous.
After Jiale left Maoshan, he made some calculations and understood the situation. He did not return to Jinling but went straight to Tianyuan City.
Under the city of Tianyuan, Sun Zichu's army of 500,000 was attacking the city under the command of Wansheng. Above the city, the White Lotus Sect was struggling to resist, and this offensive had lasted for three days.
"Your Majesty, we need to stop the offensive. The White Lotus Sect has the help of evil magic, so it may be difficult to conquer them in a short time. Moreover, I just read the hexagram, which is very ominous. I am afraid that something ominous will happen. We need to be careful."
Zhuge Wulong looked at the situation in front of him with great worry. Although the White Lotus army was not as well-trained as Sun Tzu Chu's army, with the help of evil magic, they could always break the offensive when Sun Tzu Chu's army was about to break through the city. This happened every day, and now it was the third time. As the saying goes, things never happen more than three times. There is also the principle in military strategists that one should make a strong effort at the beginning, then decline at the second, and finally exhaust the strength at the third.
Now that the offensive was unfavorable, Zhuge Liang had already sensed that something was wrong and hurriedly advised Sun Zichu to withdraw his troops and make plans for the future.
Sun Zichu felt somewhat unwilling when he heard this. He had brought a large army here, but he was holding his breath. How could he feel happy if he withdrew his troops at this point?
"Another round of attack!"
From Yangzhou to Jingzhou, Sun Zichu always listened to Zhuge Liang's advice. This may be the only time Sun Zichu rejected Zhuge Liang's proposal.
Zhuge Wulong became anxious upon hearing this. He hadn't said a word yet. He found that the atmosphere on the battlefield was too weird, as if something was controlling the course of the battlefield. This situation was really not right. It was just that this feeling was not something he could tell to outsiders, let alone Sun Zichu.
but.
Just when Zhuge Liang was anxiously thinking about how to persuade Sun Zichu, a figure appeared in the military tent.
"Sound the retreat!"
The voice rang out in the military tent, making those who were about to take action because of the sudden appearance of someone in the tent even more furious. Who is this person who dares to speak so wildly?
When Zhuge Wulong saw the person coming, he finally breathed a sigh of relief.
When Sun Zichu saw the person coming, he was also delighted, "What are you waiting for? Listen to my brother and call back the troops."
What!
In the military tent, there were not only Zhuge Wulong and Sun Zichu, but also many other ministers, all of whom were the talents that Sun Zichu had gathered along the way, but they did not know Jia Le. Now, when he heard that Sun Zichu did not even listen to Zhuge Wulong's words, but directly sounded the retreat because of Jia Le's words, he could not help but be surprised.
However, most of them also wanted to take it easy, and now that Sun Zichu finally changed his mind, they were relieved.
"Sound the retreat!"
The messenger left with the order, and Sun Zichu hurriedly gave up the throne and walked towards Jiale.
"Brother, why are you here?"
It can be seen that Sun Zichu did not change his attitude towards Jiale just because his power grew and he was promoted to king. He still regarded himself as Jiale's younger brother.
What luck!
Jia Le looked at Sun Zichu in front of him. The fact that Sun Zichu was so persistent and blinded by hatred could only be considered as a trigger. The real reason was that someone cast a spell to affect Sun Zichu's luck.
The battle between the two armies was actually a battle of luck. Someone used a dimensionality reduction attack, and Sun Zichu was already at a disadvantage from the very beginning. If Jia Le had not come, Sun Zichu would probably have suffered his first major defeat since he started his army.
The power of a king cannot be defeated. Once defeated, his luck will be damaged and his dragon energy will dissipate. If he wants to gather it again, it will take a lot of time.
Brother!
At this time, all the senior executives in the tent were also suddenly enlightened. They just had never seen Jia Le, but as the core members of Sun Zichu's side, they had all heard of Jia Le's name, and they knew the status of Jia Le in Sun Zichu's heart, which could be said to be incomparable even to Zhuge Liang.
"Someone has affected your luck. If you had come a little later, you would have been in trouble."
The luck has been affected!
Zhuge Wulong suddenly realized and felt a little scared. To be able to influence Sun Zichu's luck without being discovered by him, that person's cultivation must be much higher than his. No wonder he only felt it was weird but couldn't figure out anything. Fortunately, Jiale arrived, otherwise the consequences would be disastrous.
Sun Zichu knew Jiale's ability, and he understood a little bit now. He had been a little upset during this period of time, and the will of hatred always dominated him. It was not until Jiale appeared that his mind became clearer. Combined with what Jiale said, he knew that it was those evil people from the White Lotus Sect who used some tricks again.
Just when Sun Zichu wanted to say something, things changed again on the battlefield.
