Volume 2: World of Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio Chapter 43: Liangyi Furnace, the Mountain God
After putting down the sword and the words, Jiale took Tengu and Angry Chicken and left.
Looking at Jiale's departing back, Bai Suzhen was a little confused. She really didn't understand what was going on. He used the Qinghong Sword to exchange for Qing Snake's life, and now he gave her a top-grade spiritual sword. Did he know from the beginning that the Qinghong Sword was prepared for Qing Snake?
Thinking of this, Bai Suzhen couldn't help but feel a bit of awe towards Jia Le.
Looking at the green snake, the green snake was still looking at the direction where Jiale left with hatred on its face. Bai Suzhen couldn't help but shook her head. This green snake had no memory at all. If it suddenly came back, the look in the green snake's eyes would make it lose its life again.
"Well, you can't stay in West Lake anymore. You should find a place to practice properly in the future."
Xiaoqing finally came back to her senses and looked at Bai Suzhen, but her face was full of reluctance. She didn't want to just find some deep mountain forest to live in seclusion and practice. This picturesque world was where she should stay. Although the Green Snake blamed Bai Suzhen for sealing her for a hundred years, she was now saved by Bai Suzhen and she couldn't help feeling grateful.
I thought to myself, "Sister, can I follow you from now on?"
It is not only human nature to cling to someone powerful, but snakes are no exception. Bai Suzhen thought for a while after hearing this. This green snake is indeed troublesome. If she lets it leave on its own today, it might become snake soup again tomorrow. It is better to keep it by her side and train it for a while first.
Thinking of this, Bai Suzhen no longer refused and nodded.
"You can follow me, but you must be obedient in the future. I am devoted to seeking immortality. After you follow me, you must not act recklessly, let alone harm others."
When the Green Snake saw that Bai Suzhen was willing to take her with her, she was overjoyed and quickly agreed.
"Okay, sister, I'll listen to you."
When Bai Suzhen saw the happy face of the green snake, she couldn't help but smile and handed the top-grade spiritual sword in her hand to the green snake.
"I'll give you this sword. That Taoist priest is very powerful, and even I don't dare to provoke him. Don't provoke him again in the future, otherwise, I won't be able to save you."
After taking the top-grade spiritual sword, the green snake played with it happily. Although it was just a spiritual weapon, it was already amazing for the demon race to own a spiritual weapon. After all, they were not like human cultivators who had so many refiners who were proficient in refining weapons.
What's more, even for cultivators at this level, most of them only use spiritual weapons. Magical weapons are rare in the entire cultivation world.
But she had to take revenge on Jiale, whether it was grilling, steaming, or boiling. When she became stronger, she would definitely roast Jiale, the dog, and the chicken.
Jinling City.
After Jiale returned to the Sun Mansion, he began to refine the Qinghong Sword. Although he did not obtain any energy beads this time, he got two top-grade magic weapons for free, which was also a great thing.
Although the purple gold bowl cannot be used, it may be useful to study it and gain some benefits.
This Qinghong Sword is even more intuitive, and it can directly enhance Jiale's strength.
The Maoshan in the world of Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio has a more profound heritage. Jia Le learned a sword technique in the Sutra Hall of Yin Yang Peak, which is called Yin Yang Sword Technique.
Although the name is simple, it is a truly profound sword technique, using the sword to interpret the Tao. If it is practiced to a high level, even if it cannot compare to the Shangqing Immortal Thunder, it should not be much different.
The most important thing is that the Yin-Yang Sword Technique does not consume that much mana.
Although the power of Shangqing Immortal Thunder is so great, its consumption is also high. It is because Jiale has the Kunlun Mirror that his spiritual power recovers quickly, and he can also rely on energy beads for support. Otherwise, he really cannot support such unlimited use of Shangqing Immortal Thunder. But it is better to save energy beads if possible.
Now that he had the Qinghong Sword, he could use the Yin-Yang sword technique. Not only did it give him an extra powerful means to fight the enemy, but he could also use the sword technique to comprehend the Yin-Yang principle during practice and combat.
The Baguazhang that Jiale practiced before was actually a part of the Yin-Yang Dao. After practicing Baguazhang to perfection and evolving the swordsmanship, Jiale's swordsmanship was not bad to begin with. After returning to Maoshan, Jiale practiced the Yin-Yang swordsmanship, and with such a foundation, he was able to get started very quickly.
In addition, I have made great progress in understanding the Tao Te Ching recently, and I can reach the ultimate state by turning the Tao into a sword.
In the courtyard, after Jia Le refined the Qinghong Sword, he drew Yin and Yang with his hand, and the sword opened up the world. As he practiced the Yin and Yang sword technique, the world before him was filled with only Yin and Yang.
Jiale had arranged a formation in the yard in advance, and although the noise from practicing swordsmanship was loud, not many people could notice it.
The Yin-Yang Sword Technique consists of sixty-eight moves, which Jia Le had already memorized by heart. Now he could slowly unfold it with ease. The insights from the words of the Tao Te Ching flowed through his mind and were integrated into his sword techniques. Gradually, the sword techniques in Jia Le's hands underwent new changes and were no longer the same sixty-four moves as before.
Tengu was guarding the yard at this time, protecting Jiale. When he saw Jiale practicing sword, he couldn't help but feel a little nervous.
In Tengu's eyes, there was no sword in Jiale's hand, and all he saw was yin and yang. This was the ultimate realm of swordsmanship, almost close to the Tao.
An unknown amount of time had passed before Jiale slowly put away his sword, but the insights in his heart were still flowing.
At this moment, Jiale actually had an epiphany through sword practice, which is what cultivators call the ultimate state of heaven and man.
In this state, the cultivator's comprehension of the Tao is a thousand times greater than usual. It is a rare opportunity. Even if one is extremely talented, if he wants to enter this state, he can only rely on chance. Without chance, it will be in vain.
It was the first time that Jiale achieved the enlightenment effect that could only be achieved with the Kunlun Mirror and Energy Beads without the help of the Kunlun Mirror and Energy Beads.
I don’t know how long it took, but the insights faded like the tide, the yin and yang colors dissipated, and the world returned to its original appearance, restoring its colorful colors.
Woof woof woof!
Tiangou looked at Jiale in front of him and felt that the master who made him feel so close had returned. The Jiale just now was too scary. For a moment, Tiangou felt that Jiale was particularly strange. It seemed that Jiale was the Tao and was no longer the Jiale with emotions.
Jiale was in a very good mood at this time. He touched Tengu's back fur and felt a little unsatisfied with the wonder of that state.
Sudden enlightenment.
If this were to be told to others, it would be enough to make 99.9 percent of the cultivators in the cultivation world drool with envy.
After counting on his fingers, it was only a month, but in just such a short period of time, Jia Le's gains were enough to match all the gains he had made from using the Kunlun Mirror to consume energy beads to comprehend the Tao Te Ching. His immortal foundation had made great progress, and he took another big step towards a perfect immortal foundation.
This kind of harvest is incomparable to what Jia Le could achieve even if he consumed more than a dozen energy beads from the Hedao realm.
He thought to himself that if he could do this a few more times, he would be able to build a perfect immortal foundation and break through directly.
After putting away the Qinghong Sword, he had to admit that this Qinghong Sword was really his lucky star.
After refining the Qinghong Sword and gaining enlightenment, Jiale has completely mastered the Qinghong Sword. He can even see the entire process of the immortal practicing the sword through the Qinghong Sword.
The refining furnace is placed in the courtyard.
Jiale took out spiritual materials from the Kunlun Mirror one by one and threw them into the mirror, then started to refine the weapon with fire.
Combining his own weapon-refining ability with his insights into the Qinghong Sword Master's sword-refining, Jia Le's weapon-refining ability had unknowingly reached a new level.
An unknown amount of time had passed before a beam of sharp sword energy broke out of the refining furnace. Jia Le suddenly opened his lid, a gleam of light flashed in his eyes, and he reached into the refining furnace. A golden and white sword appeared in his hand. It was extremely sharp, and it had spiritual power growing in it. It had actually reached the level of a low-grade magic weapon.
Seeing the quality of the sword, Jiale couldn't help but look delighted.
It's not that he was happy about being able to refine low-grade magic weapons. With Jia Le's refining ability, refining magic weapons was already a piece of cake for him. As long as the spiritual materials were in place, refining mid- to high-grade magic weapons would be a piece of cake.
The reason for his joy was that Jiale had previously invested only ordinary spiritual materials in the cauldron, and at most he could only refine a top-grade spiritual sword. But now he had elevated it to the extreme, and directly refined a lower-grade magic weapon. Such an achievement was not something that an ordinary weapon refiner could achieve. With such a weapon refining ability, as long as the spiritual materials were in place, Jiale could now refine a top-grade magic weapon with ease.
Even Lingbao and Jiale dared to try it.
Qinghong Sword, a lucky star.
Perhaps Jiale will be able to have an epiphany in the future and improve his weapon-refining ability to this level, but it certainly won't be so early. After all, this Qinghong Sword has become the opportunity.
After taking out the purple gold bowl and improving his weapon refining ability, Jiale looked at the purple gold bowl again and saw it more clearly.
The ability of the purple gold bowl to refine monsters is actually mainly due to a material added when refining the purple gold bowl, as well as a curse.
The material is evil gold. The reason why it contains the word "evil" is because this kind of metal can only be found in the cultivation world, in a place called Evil Valley. This Evil Valley is very strange. It is one of the four dangerous places in the cultivation world. There are many demons and monsters in it. It can be said that once you step into it, every step is dangerous. Even those who have entered the Hedao realm will find it difficult to escape unscathed.
Evil gold is the specialty of this Evil Valley. Although it is called evil, the evil gold is not evil at all. Instead, it has the ability to swallow evil. It is most suitable for refining treasures that can restrain demons and monsters. It can even swallow evil spirits to increase the power of magic weapons. Because the quality of evil gold is extremely high, even adding a little bit when refining is enough to refine a magic weapon.
Now, there is a large amount of evil gold in this purple gold bowl. The reason why it can reach the level of a top-grade magic weapon is largely due to the existence of evil gold.
However, although evil gold is good, it cannot achieve the rapid ascension like Fahai through refining monsters. Otherwise, the Evil Valley would have been collapsed by the cultivators long ago.
The most important reason why it has such an effect is the spell used when refining the purple gold bowl.
This kind of mantra should be a Buddhist mantra. Jia Le couldn't see it clearly, but he was sure that the weapon refiner who refined the purple gold bowl might have better weapon refining skills than the swordsman who refined the Qinghong Sword. Jia Le didn't study the Buddhist weapon refining method in depth, so he couldn't see through the details of this set of Buddhist mantras for the time being.
But it doesn’t matter if you can’t see through it, as long as you can copy it.
With the template in front of him, Jiale studied it carefully and soon mastered the mystery of the spell. If he were to refine treasures again, he could also transform it into his own thing and use it in refining treasures.
After thinking about it, Jiale started to dismantle the purple gold bowl.
This purple gold bowl is a Buddhist artifact. Jiale has no use for it. But it would be a waste to keep such a good thing in his hands. As for returning it to Fahai, that is even more impossible. It would be good enough if he didn't try to steal his two swords, let alone return it. What has gone into Jiale's pocket is something he can't take out again.
Jiale was attracted by the evil gold, the main material of the purple gold bowl. The other auxiliary materials were also of magic weapon grade. If they could be dismantled, he could get a lot of good materials.
Now, Jiale has in his hands the top-grade magic weapons: the Qinghong Sword, the Purple Thunder Hammer, and the Karma Society Map.
There is also the magic weapon, the evil-suppressing coffin.
There are four magic weapons. The Qinghong Sword can be used as a regular magic weapon in the future. The Purple Thunder Hammer is used for bottom support when facing strong enemies. Needless to say, the Karma and Society Map is Jiale’s most effective defensive treasure. The Evil-Suppressing Coffin, Jiale’s natal magic weapon, is not used lightly. In fact, the natal magic weapon is, to a large extent, not used for fighting, but to carry one’s own avenue, just like a notebook.
Although it was only a mid-grade magic weapon, the lowest grade among the four magic weapons, if it was broken, Jiale would feel more distressed than if it were any other magic weapon.
The loss is also the greatest.
For normal training and fighting, these four magic weapons are enough, but Jiale is versatile in refining equipment, refining pills, and setting up formations. However, the cauldrons he uses for refining pills and equipment are just ordinary spiritual tools, which is a bit behind. Now that his refining ability has improved, the purple gold bowl has been dismantled, and good materials are available, it is just right for him to refine a magic weapon-level cauldron.
With Jiale's current ability in refining equipment, it didn't take long for him to dismantle the purple gold bowl.
A portion of evil gold and eight portions of auxiliary materials were all placed in front of Jia Le.
Jinshan Temple.
Fahai was finally persuaded by Fade to calm down. Zan first recovered from his injuries. Although Fahai was worried about the purple gold bowl, he gave up the idea in the end. After all, even when he was in good condition, he couldn't do anything to Jiale and almost died. If he sent it over again, he would probably have to lose the remaining magic weapons on him.
However, the purple gold bowl was a gift from heaven, and Fahai had become dependent on it without realizing it. Now, he couldn't feel at ease when it was not with him for a moment.
When the purple gold bowl was taken apart, Fahai couldn't help but feel panicky, as if something was about to be completely lost.
"No, something must have happened to the purple gold bowl."
For a cultivator, such panicky feelings are all omens. Fahai knew in his heart that the only thing that could make him feel this way was the purple gold bowl.
"Brother, you stay and look after the temple. I have to go out for a walk. The purple gold bowl cannot be lost."
Fahai left Jinshan Temple in a hurry. Seeing this, Fade was hesitant to speak. He was worried in his heart, but in the end he could only say: Amitabha, and pray for Fahai.
Jiale had no idea that Fahai's senses were so sharp, and he had already started refining the treasure.
Jiale refined and fused each piece of precious material. If the sword he made before was just for practice, then the furnace he was refining now was the culmination of Jiale's refining ability. As he made his moves, Jiale gradually fell into a strange state, and he actually surpassed his existing refining ability.
Jiale directly cast out the Buddhist mantra seal that he learned from the purple gold bowl and engraved it on the cauldron. The cauldron also gradually acquired other powers.
call!
After an unknown amount of time, a green light flashed, a wisp of green smoke rose, and a precious aura enveloped the entire courtyard.
Jiale looked at the cauldron in front of him and felt even more satisfied.
A top-grade magic weapon, a top-grade magic weapon that is infinitely close to a spiritual treasure, its quality is even not inferior to the Karma Society Map.
Jia Le uses ancient methods to refine weapons, which is not like the Karma Society Diagram, which can give birth to weapon spirits.
Liangyi furnace.
Jiale named it immediately. Although it was a furnace, the template in Jiale's mind was Taishang Laojun's Bagua Furnace, which could be used for both refining tools and refining elixirs. Because it used evil gold as the main material, if he got monster materials in the future, he would not have to bother refining their monster spirit first. He could just put them into the furnace directly, and the Liangyi Furnace would absorb the monster spirit on its own.
Because of the Buddhist mantra, the Liang Yi furnace can not only be used to refine weapons and elixirs, but also to refine demons and monsters.
The name of the Buddhist mantra seal is unknown, but Jia Le uses Buddhism as a way of Taoism and changes its appearance. The principle is the same, and he turns it into another seal, named: Bagua!
The Eight Trigrams Seal is a new seal technique created by taking the Buddhist mantra seal and Jiale's understanding of the principle of the mutual generation and restraint of Yin and Yang. It can not only be used to refine weapons, but also to fight against enemies. It is most effective in restraining demons and monsters. With one seal, demons and monsters can be suppressed and refined with a flip of the hand.
However, Jiale also discovered that the Buddha power transformed from the demons and monsters refined by the Buddhist mantra was not pure and was far inferior to the Kunlun Mirror. If he continued to use it to increase his strength, it would affect his Taoism and even his path. Even if he used the Yin-Yang method to neutralize it, it would only reduce the shortcomings a lot. It was not suitable to use it to refine and increase his strength.
It can be used to refine, transform magic power, attack, and enhance the power of supernatural powers. It can be used whenever you want. If it cannot be absorbed, it has endless uses.
The Liang Yi Furnace that Jia Le refined with the Bagua Seal can now be used to refine demons and monsters. The energy in it can be used to enhance the quality of the Liang Yi Furnace. If the energy is sufficient, one day, the Liang Yi Furnace may be able to directly upgrade to a spiritual treasure.
Thinking about how poor he was when he first came to the world of Liao Zhai, and how he is now fully equipped with gorgeous equipment, Jiale is quite satisfied.
Now Jiale has a powerful weapon, the Kunlun Mirror, a top-grade innate spiritual treasure.
The spiritual treasures used for assistance: the wooden spirit bead; the karma map for defense; the Qinghong sword and purple thunder hammer for attack; the Liangyi furnace for refining equipment; and the innate magic weapon, the evil-suppressing coffin.
There is also a spare inferior-grade sword.
With two spiritual treasures and five magic weapons, Jiale is richer than Taoist Zhenliang.
Leave the yard.
Zhang Long and Zhao Hu were overjoyed when they saw Jia Le coming out.
"Master, something happened at the manor. I'm afraid it's not something an ordinary person can handle."
Um!
In addition to businesses in various cities, the Sun family also owns many manors. Although they are called manors, they are actually just pieces of land connected together and set up as units. Well, Jiale is still a landlord.
Zhang Long and Zhao Hu are now at the innate realm of martial arts. They are so panicked, it must be a big deal.
It’s just the right time to finish your training, so you can go and take a look, maybe you will find some unexpected gains.
"Let's go and take a look."
On the way, Jiale also learned about Sun Zichu's recent situation from the conversations between Zhang Long and Zhao Hu.
Jiaozhou has been completely conquered. Although there are many who practice unorthodox methods, most of them have low cultivation levels. With the cooperation of Wansheng, Xiahou Jie and Zhuge Wulong, they were quickly wiped out. Of course, Sun Zichu's army also suffered heavy losses, but this is all within an acceptable range.
Although Jiaozhou was under his control, it was not easy to govern.
Jiaozhou has been plagued by the White Lotus Sect for a long time, and almost nine out of ten of its inhabitants are believers. It is extremely difficult to get these believers to change their beliefs, but if nothing is done, a new White Lotus Sect may emerge soon.
Sun Zichu was also very troubled. He didn't want to take over Jiaozhou, but it became a hot potato.
Zhuge Liang didn't have any better methods, he could only guard against and control the situation at the same time, preventing someone from raising the White Lotus Sect again, and at the same time start brainwashing, especially starting from children. In fact, the best way to eliminate a belief is to let another belief cover it. Jia Le had an idea in his mind, so he sent a message to Taoist Zhenliang.
Jiaozhou is the poorest among the Nine Provinces and there are no top-notch immortal sects. After the White Lotus Sect moved in, Jiaozhou became even more chaotic.
Since Jiaozhou is adjacent to Yangzhou, Maoshan can take this opportunity to enter Jiaozhou.
Whether it is Buddhism or Taoism, soil is very important, which is related to fortune. If Jiaozhou can be taken, it will be a great thing for Maoshan. Now Jiaozhou is under the rule of Sun Zichu. With the cooperation of Sun Zichu, it is easy for Maoshan to spread its faith in Jiaozhou. It is just a matter of building a Qingguan in Jiaozhou.
With the cooperation of Sun Zichu and the means of Maoshan, soon the entire population of Jiaozhou will believe in Maoshan and the Taoist master Shangqing.
In this case, it would be a win-win situation for both Maoshan and Sun Zichu.
Jiale did not interfere with what happened afterwards. He just made a suggestion. After all, he was not the master of Mount Mao. Perhaps Taoist Zhenliang had other ideas and considerations. As for what Taoist Zhenliang would do, no one knew.
Outside Jinling City, Sishui Village.
This village is one of the largest villages under the Sun Mansion, with more than 300 farming households. At first glance, it looks like a big town.
"Mountain God!"
When Jia Le heard this, he was moved. It turned out that a scholar named Liu from Sishui Village had made an appointment with his friends to drink. After drinking, they made a bet that whoever lost would go to the dilapidated mountain temple on the mountain and stay with the mountain god for a night.
The mountain behind Sishuzhuang is called Daqing Mountain.
The area of this mountain is not small, it stretches across the six counties of Yangzhou, and the mountain behind Sishuizhuang is just a branch.
There is a mountain temple on the mountain, but in recent years, there have been rumors of ghosts and monsters on the mountain, which has made people afraid to go up the mountain. Many people who don't believe in it have died on the mountain. Now, even experienced hunters can only take a detour to hunt in other places.
Without people going up the mountain, the mountain temple built on the mountain naturally lost its popularity and gradually fell into decline. Now it has become a deserted temple.
The scholars were just joking, but alcohol emboldened them, and after losing the bet, the scholar named Liu actually went straight up the mountain.
However, the scholar surnamed Liu did not spend the night in the mountain god temple. Instead, he carried the mountain god statue down the mountain. Seeing this scene, his companions who were drinking with Liu were all shocked.
Scholars often say: A gentleman does not speak of strange things, supernatural powers, or gods.
But living in this era, with ghosts and gods all around us, who doesn't fear them in their heart? Now the scholar surnamed Liu actually carried the mountain god down the mountain. This is extremely disrespectful. They quickly persuaded the scholar surnamed Liu to send the mountain god back.
But maybe the scholar named Liu drank too much, he actually said that he was willing to accept the defeat, but the mountain god temple was too cold and not suitable for living, so he invited the mountain god home, which did not count as a breach of the bet.
Seeing that they could not persuade the scholar named Liu, his companions just ran away, fearing that they would get into trouble if they stayed too long.
The next day, after the scholar named Liu woke up, he was dumbfounded when he looked at the mountain god beside him.
After finding his friend and learning about the ridiculous things he had done while drunk the night before, he was even more frightened and hurried to send the mountain god back. However, he didn't know where the mountain god got the strength from after being drunk the night before. The statue of the mountain god was made of stone and was taller than the scholar named Liu. There was no way the scholar named Liu could lift it.
It is easy to invite gods but difficult to send them away.
While the scholar surnamed Liu was feeling anxious, something happened at home.
The scholar surnamed Liu came back late the night before, and his parents had already gone to bed. They didn't know that the scholar surnamed Liu had actually invited the mountain god back. After getting up early the next day, the whole family fell ill.
The grandparents of the scholar surnamed Liu didn't even make it through a day before they died of illness. The scholar surnamed Liu's parents weren't much better either, and they probably only lived for half a day.
The most important thing is that even the other people in Zhuangzi had problems.
The fields in the village were plagued by snakes, and all the crops were eaten up. The livestock in the village were in unrest, and the young and old were in unrest. After knowing that the scholar surnamed Liu had carried the mountain god back home, the person in charge of the village attributed the cause of the incident to the scholar surnamed Liu and hurriedly asked the scholar surnamed Liu to send the mountain god back.
But even after arranging seven or eight young and strong men to help lift it, the mountain god statue did not move.
At this moment, Zhuangzi, the person in charge, was also anxious.
Within two days, the parents of the scholar surnamed Liu also died of illness one after another, and people in the manor began to fall ill. The head of the manor realized that the matter could no longer be covered up, so he hurried to report it.
After Zhang Long and Zhao Hu came to see it, they knew that the matter was not simple and quickly reported it to Jia Le.
"Master, this is really weird. Although this scholar surnamed Liu has offended us, the manor has already provided the three animals and six offerings, and many disasters have occurred in the manor. This mountain god is still not letting go. The mountain god is really weird. Zhao Hu and I can't lift it. We didn't let anyone know, so not many people know about it for now."
Jiale nodded. Nowadays, such disasters are widely spread. The more difficult it is to resolve, the more difficult it is to resolve. Once everyone knows about it, even if the matter is resolved, no one will be willing to come to the farm in the future. Then the income of the farm will be greatly reduced.
Four Water Village.
Jia Le looked from afar and saw a black gas spreading, which actually enveloped the entire Sishui Manor. The disaster was at this level. If it was not dealt with in time, the whole manor would be reduced to wasteland.
