Chapter 44

This technique of using light and shadow to transmit messages is also known by the Laoshan Sect, but it is only effective around Laoshan; any further and it becomes useless. Xuan Kong's gaze was sharp, and he clearly saw that this beam of clear energy had broken through the thirty-third heaven. The depth of this was beyond his comprehension.

Supervisor Zhenren followed the heart method, held the magical gesture in his hand, and naturally received the Great Clarity Talisman in the clear light.

His expression changed several times, and after a moment of deep thought, he bowed to Xuan Kong and said, "I didn't know that you, young friend, were... Truly, I am deeply honored!"

Wang Qi only saw the Taoist tremble but did not know the reason. It turned out that the Supreme Daoist Ancestor had dispatched Great Master Xuanyuan and Master Xu to the Dark Abyss. This talisman was issued by the Great Cave True Lord in the Great Clarity Realm, who described the words of the Sage in the talisman.

Upon learning that several of his junior brothers had been caught in the great calamity of heaven and earth, Supervisor Zhenren felt a deep sorrow and his face turned bitter.

Then, from the talisman, he learned that the Ancestor, out of compassion for his junior brothers' misfortune, had already sent Master Xu to Bianjing City to deal with the monk Cihang Pudu. With one of the Four Great Masters, Xu Jingyang, taking the lead and Great Master Xuanyuan backing him up, Cihang Pudu, even with his heavenly abilities, would not be able to turn the tide this time!

He did not know that the Supreme Daoist Ancestor had lent the Taiji Diagram to Master Xu, or he would have been overjoyed.

When he learned that Xuan Kong was the one destined to face the great calamity, Supervisor Zhenren treated Xuan Kong with great respect. Ignoring Xuan Kong and Wang Qi's bewildered expressions, he walked to the window.

He opened the window, stood on the windowsill, and sobbed for a moment before laughing three times.

He bowed to Xuan Kong and said, "Young friend Xuan Kong, you are a junior in our Daoist sect and have a great destiny ahead. You need not worry about Cihang Pudu; someone will naturally deal with him."

Xuan Kong's eyebrows raised, and he was about to ask who would face Cihang Pudu, but Supervisor Zhenren leaped into the air, transforming into a wisp of clear wind and floating away.

Wang Qi came up and asked, "Big Brother, who was that Taoist?"

Xuan Kong, feeling annoyed, replied, "Supervisor Zhenren of the Pure Brightness Sect."

At this time, there were countless immortal sects in the world, and Wang Qi actually knew Supervisor Zhenren's name. He was surprised and asked, "Could it be the Supervisor Zhenren, one of the twelve true men under Master Xu?"

Xuan Kong asked, "Yes, so what?"

Wang Qi was shocked and quickly took out three incense sticks from his sleeve, bowing repeatedly toward the window where Supervisor Zhenren had flown away.

While bowing, he muttered, "Great Immortal, this little one, Wang Qi, did not know your identity and offended you. Please do not be angry!"

Xuan Kong was speechless. What was wrong with Supervisor Zhenren? If Wang Qi were to be serious, he could also be considered a novice cultivator, and compared to Supervisor Zhenren, the only difference was in their Daoist cultivation and magical power. Xuan Kong himself was not far behind Supervisor Zhenren in cultivation, so why had Wang Qi never bowed to him?

He forced himself to stand up, closed the window, and blocked Wang Qi, saying, "He's already flown away."

Wang Qi looked disappointed and pulled at Xuan Kong, saying, "Big Brother, why didn't you remind me? If I had known it was a celestial being, I would have asked him for a basket of elixirs and miraculous medicines to take home for my parents. As the saying goes, when one person attains the Dao, even the chickens and dogs ascend to heaven."

A basket of elixirs and miraculous medicines?

Xuan Kong wiped the sweat from his forehead. It was hard to find even one elixir that could make a mortal immortal in all of Laoshan. If you asked Supervisor Zhenren, he probably had never seen a basket of elixirs and medicines.

Do you really think they grow like radishes and cabbages in the fields, sprouting up again after you pick them?

Suddenly, his brows furrowed, as if he had realized something: "The immortals in this world are indeed powerful, but the requirements for the foundation of cultivators are too high. If one has extraordinary talent and progresses quickly, that's fine, but..."

Xuan Kong looked at Wang Qi, who was still drooling, and the yellow-furred fox on his head. With such a foundation, even if they received the legacy of an ancient great deity, they would likely not be able to avoid the three calamities after five hundred years.

In the end, it would all be in vain.

"If I could bring the cultivation system from the previous world to this world..." Xuan Kong thought, and immediately became excited. What was there to worry about the Laoshan Sect not being able to flourish?

"The immortals, Buddhas, demons, and monsters in this world often claim to have been born in the primordial chaos and attained the Dao in the Heavenly Emperor era. If I could shorten this process to a hundred years, or even a thousand years, wouldn't cultivators from all over the world flock to our Laoshan Sect, breaking down our mountain gate?"

Xuan Kong's thoughts were good, but he did not know that if he really replicated this cultivation system in this world, the first to come after him would be the Heavenly Sages.

What a joke, the Sages were already worried that there were too many enlightened beings in the world, leading to the accumulation of karma and the continuous great calamities.

And now, someone was complaining that the current cultivation system was too slow and wanted to create a quick cultivation method. How could that be allowed?

Although Xuan Kong did not know the Sages' thoughts, he knew the difficulties involved and shook his head, "Not good, not good..." He knew many methods of using the heavens as a furnace and oneself as charcoal to refine the Purple Mansion Golden Elixir.

But how could he make this golden elixar nurture an infant, and what would the process of breaking the elixar and forming the infant be like?

Xuan Kong sighed, feeling sorry for his good idea. But it didn't matter; as a cultivator, he had a long life and plenty of time to ponder this problem.

In the novels from the previous world, either ancient immortals and Buddhas dominated or future cultivators refined their yuan ying. Why was there no novel that thoroughly discussed how the cultivation methods of the ancient Daoist traditions evolved into the cultivation systems of the future?

Thinking about it, Xuan Kong laughed out loud.

Since no one in the previous world knew the secrets, he would find them himself. Who knew, he might become a world-renowned great deity who created a new cultivation method. He laughed happily, and Wang Qi sighed, "Truly hateful, Big Brother has been driven mad by the demons!"

The yellow-furred fox on his head nodded vigorously, agreeing.

Xuan Kong was stunned and came back to his senses, only to find his junior brother Wang Qi and the little fox looking at him with concern. He "uh"ed, stood up from the chair, and waved his hand, "It's getting late, you should rest early. We'll set out for your hometown by the Northern Sea early tomorrow morning!"

Wang Qi and the little fox looked at each other, and Wang Qi asked tentatively, "Did I tell you which room we booked?" The little fox shook its head, and they heard a scream and a scolding from the next room, "Bold one, who are you to dare enter Little Wang's room?"

A moment later, they saw Xuan Kong sheepishly stick his head back in, "Junior brother, how many rooms did you book?" Wang Qi sighed inwardly, thinking his senior brother had indeed been driven mad by the demons. He shook his head, pointed out the room number, and watched as his senior brother quickly retreated and ran off.

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