What do immortal cultivators pursue? Immortality, supreme magical powers, and control over the world... In the final analysis, it is for "detachment", to transcend the constraints of heaven and earth, and to transcend the constraints of fate...
One of the ancestors said this in his notes: "Although with my seventh-level cultivation of Huandan, the possibility of successfully overcoming the tribulation is not high, but I still have to give it a try... It has taken me thousands of years to get to where I am today.
I can’t bear to start over again! I can’t bear to go back to the world of mortals to reincarnate in my previous life! I can’t bear to spend every day in this world anymore! Either I will transcend and ascend, or my body will die and my soul will disappear. I will not accept the third outcome!”
That note ended abruptly. It seems that the founder failed to overcome the tribulation and could no longer write it down.
In these last few sentences, a decisive and fierce momentum overflowed through the words, so that Wu Jie was once shocked by it when he was reading, and almost couldn't breathe.
Either transcend or perish!
Wu Jie is not a person with an extreme personality. In fact, he is not of the same type as the Patriarch. However, people are bloody and mad, and they all have a drive that comes from the bottom of their hearts. Since he has not forgotten his love, he is inevitably influenced by this Patriarch.
and infection.
Facing the oppression of fate, the weak are unable to resist, the timid run away in fear, and the fool dies.
Wu Jie is lucky. He has the World of Heavenly Books by his side, and he has joined the famous Qingyang Temple, where he has obtained the best skills. He can often ask for advice from seniors with advanced cultivation, and he can also read the notes of the ancestors of the past generations.
Gain valuable experience and lessons.
With so many favorable conditions, he was able to grow from a layman in just ten years to a monk who had perfected the Hundred Refiners and stood at the gate of seeing the nature of the world.
character.
The situation of casual cultivators is completely different from his. They often have a firm desire to seek the Tao, but their progress is slow due to reasons of character, qualifications or opportunities. For example, the Anxian Taoist from the Dragon Temple is at least 30 years old.
He is fifty or sixty years old, but he has barely reached the realm of innate perfection. Because of his weak foundation, if he had not received Wu Jie's guidance, he would probably never have been able to reach the realm of a hundred refinements in his lifetime.
Looking at his appearance and listening to his words, Wu Jie felt a little sad at the same time as he felt his sincere heart for seeking truth. Somehow, he agreed to his request and said that he would speak to them every day.
road.
But Wu Jie didn't feel that he had done anything wrong. Since meeting each other was fate, during the time he lived in Jinhu County, what was wrong with giving a little help to these casual cultivators who were struggling to seek enlightenment?
So Wu Jie stayed at the Dragon Temple. Apart from spending half an hour every day explaining some cultivation problems to the Taoist priests in the temple, the rest of the time was spent either meditating quietly or wandering around the county.
Jinhu County can be said to be big or small, but it can be said to be small. Yunmeng County has always been vast and sparsely populated. Apart from the settlements, the rest are large tracts of wasteland, and even a lot of land suitable for reclamation has not been developed at all.
, which made Wu Jie, who grew up in a highly developed agricultural area and was used to rice waves everywhere, quite emotional.
In Soyang County, people often fight for a piece of land and get into troubles. But here, as long as you have the energy to cultivate it, you can have as much land as you want.
Yunmeng County does not lack land, it only lacks population.
Wu Jie did not fly with his sword, but used the method commonly used by casual cultivators to shrink down to an inch, spanning several feet in one step, walking on the ground faster than a galloping horse, but his movements were very leisurely, as if he was leisurely.
It's normal to walk in the courtyard.
This is not only to cover up the fact that he possesses sword-wielding skills, but also to prove his strong magic power.
As for whom to cover up and whom to prove, he has no clear plan yet.
But he knew that someone must be paying attention to him.
A monk in the realm of hundred refinements is naturally nothing in a holy land of cultivation like Qingyang Temple, but he is very conspicuous in Jinhu County. According to his estimation, the Jinhu Dragon Lord who is currently in big trouble may also be
There is only the realm of Hundred Refinements.
If "Du Ruo" parades around Jinhu County so grandly, he will definitely attract the attention of all the monks here. According to Wu Jie's estimate, in about two or three days, someone will be unable to help but come to visit him.
The situation was similar to what he had guessed. On the third night, a monk came to the Dragon Temple and respectfully presented a greeting card to pay homage to Senior Du.
Although this monk was wearing a monk's robe, he had a shaved head and a round waist. He looked more like a monk than a Taoist priest. Especially when he said "good" and the like from time to time, Wu Jie really didn't understand.
What is the meaning of his poor disguise?
"This junior was indeed a monk in the past." When Wu Jie asked curiously about this matter, the big man who called himself Mapo Taoist said honestly, "But a few days ago, I suddenly felt something, and found that what I had learned in the past was
Illusion, so I am determined to convert to Taoism and pursue the supreme road!"
"I just heard that a Taoist senior lectured here and wanted to come and observe..." Kong Guan, a direct disciple of Taoist Anxian, curled his lips and said disdainfully.
"There is nothing wrong in saying that. The lectures given by the seniors are a great blessing. For this reason, there is nothing wrong in switching from Buddhism to Taoism." Mapo Taoist seemed very bachelor, but Kong Guan had nothing to say.
Youdao would not hit the smiling man. After all, Mapo Taoist is also a monk with a hundred refinements, and his Taoism is still higher than that of everyone in the Dragon Temple. Now he is humiliating himself with the smiling man, and they are too embarrassed to chase him away.
So when Wu Jie lectured every day, there was an extra auditor. But this auditor especially liked to ask questions, which made everyone in the Dragon Temple often glare at him - the questions of the Bailian monks were a little bit too much for the monks in the innate realm.
It's too profound.
Mapo Taoist didn't care about this. He only knew that he had finally met a senior master who had completed the road of hundreds of refinements. It would be unreasonable not to take this opportunity to ask all the questions that had been troubling him!
About the evening of the third day after Taoist Mapo arrived, another monk came over after a long journey. He took off his attire and put on a Taoist robe in a grand manner outside the Dragon Temple, and then came to worship under the guise of a Taoist disciple.
Mountain.
"You said you are a Taoist priest? Then do you know who the two statues enshrined at the gate of our Dragon Temple are?" Kong Guan became angry and shouted loudly, "No Taoist priest in the world does not know these two protectors.
of!"
The monk who called himself "Watermelon Taoist" was obviously a layman. He hesitated for a long time and couldn't answer. Seeing the angry Kong Guan about to chase people away, he suddenly thought quickly and lowered his head and bent down, his whole body was like a ball.
Gululu rolled past Kong Guan and directly into the Dragon Temple.
This Taoist Xigua also has innate cultivation, and his weird "Ground Fist" is really unpredictable. Everyone in the Dragon Temple was so busy that they couldn't catch him, but he was rolled to Wu Jie in the end.
Outside the wing where I live temporarily.
Then this guy shamelessly knelt directly at the door of the wing and shouted into the room: "Junior Xigua has come to ask for help. Please show mercy to the immortal master and give me some advice!"
Under this situation, although everyone in the Dragon Temple was itching with hatred, it was not convenient for them to take action, so they finally let this guy stay.
Fortunately, this Taoist Xigua Taoist had an average cultivation level, so he didn’t have any special questions to ask. He did nothing while listening to the sermon every day. He just held a notebook and read every word Wu explained at a dizzying speed.
Write it down and then study it carefully.
Although this man is a bit wretched, his attitude and determination to seek truth are indeed admirable.
As for Master Mapo, he knows that his behavior has offended the public, so he goes to the kitchen to cook every day after listening to lectures - he is really good at cooking! Although he always likes to add some spicy food, no matter whether it is sweet or spicy,
, fresh and spicy or spicy, you can choose it at your fingertips, and you will never get tired of eating it.
As the saying goes, "Eating people is short-tongued and taking advantage of others is soft-handed." Since they had eaten his food, everyone in the Dragon Temple was embarrassed to be too harsh on him, allowing him to stay in peace and learn Taoism.
In addition to preaching every day, Wu Jie still traveled around Jinhu County, looking for various possible clues.
He kept searching among the people to find out about the Dragon Lord. But the more he inquired, the more he became confused - the character of this Dragon Lord was completely opposite to the ordinary Dragon Lord!
Generally speaking, dragon kings are very lazy. Unless they get a satisfactory sacrifice, don't expect them to do anything for mortals; and they often appear moody, and you may provoke them if you are not careful, causing a downpour.
Heavy rains and widespread flooding.
Because of these reasons, dragon kings are often regarded as tyrants, and the main thing they get from people is fear and almost zero respect and love.
But Kumho Dragon King is not like this. Her love for the people is almost morbid. When the weather gets a little hot, she will spread dark clouds to cover the sun, and she will often blow two envelopes that are inconsistent with the season;
When the dry season comes, she will carefully control the scale of clouds and rain to keep the land moist and not affect farming; when the rainy season comes, she will dredge the rivers in time to guide the water to prevent it from forming floods.
This style of work has been going on for hundreds of years. In addition, she never asked for sacrifices, and seemed to have no desire for greed or enjoyment. Overall, she was just like the saints in ancient legends, allowing people to
Love from the bottom of my heart.
"How can such a dragon master have unstable luck? This is unreasonable!"
The more information Wu Jie got, the more confused he became, and he couldn't figure it out.
Time flies very fast, and a month has passed in the blink of an eye. Wu Jie's lectures at the Dragon King Temple have gradually come to an end, and even his current lectures have exceeded his own level. Instead, he invited Du Xin to give lectures, and he was only responsible for repeating them.
That's all.
Just as he was about to end his sermon, local residents happened to hold a small ceremony to thank Dragon Lord for the good weather.
And on this day, Wu Jie finally got important information...