Chapter 164: The Yellow Millet Little Immortal on Wangcheng Mountain

Wangcheng Mountain, with its towering peaks and surrounding ranges, looked like a city wall from afar. The forests were deep and dense, green all year round, with thousands of stone steps and winding paths leading to secluded spots.

However, the mountain road from the foot to the summit was completely occupied by pilgrims. It could be said that going up the mountain was not easy, and going down was difficult.

Outside the Sanqing Dian, two Daoists, one big and one small, looked at the endless stream of pilgrims. The young Daoist among them sighed:

"Junior Brother Yuzhen, you don't know that when I was a child, whether going up or down the mountain from this main road, it could be called smooth sailing, with no one to stop you."

"Unexpectedly, today, if you want to go up or down the mountain, you can't even find a place to stand."

"Senior Brother, I heard from my brother that our Wangcheng Mountain was originally only barely considered first-class among the martial arts sects in the world. But as Master's prestige in the world grew higher and higher..."

"Even the new Imperial Preceptor of Tianqi City, Qi Tianchen, called him a true immortal from beyond the heavens. As a result, in the past twenty or thirty years, our status in the martial arts world has become higher and higher, temporarily becoming the leader of the Daoist sects alongside the Wudang Sect, on par with each other."

"That's right. Our sect's prestige as the leader of the Daoist sects relies entirely on Master's prestige. But in the past year or two, the incense on Wangcheng Mountain is mostly not because of our Master, the Daoist master who can calculate the past and future with his fingers, but because of a little immortal who can brew Yellow Millet Wine and make people dream for a thousand autumns!"

Wang Yixing patted Zhao Yuzhen on the shoulder:

"Speaking of which, although you and Junior Brother Huanzhen are twin brothers, you have long since entered the Dao. Why do you still call each other brother and younger brother? Does he really dislike the title of Second Senior Brother that much?"

"He said either call him brother, or call him Senior Brother Huanzhen. If I dare to call him Second Senior Brother, he will take all the peaches grown in my courtyard to brew wine," Zhao Yuzhen said quite helplessly.

"Junior Brother, you have to stand up for yourself," Wang Yixing encouraged:

"You were born with strange phenomena, attracting Master, Senior Uncle, and Junior Uncle to the scene. Since then, you were brought up the mountain to be raised. At the age of three, you were accepted by Master as his last disciple. At the age of six, you learned the 'Great Dragon Elephant Power', and now at eleven, you have begun to study the 'Immeasurable Sword Technique'."

"You are the first person in our Wangcheng Mountain in a hundred years to practice both Daoist arts and sword techniques. Although Junior Brother Huanzhen came up the mountain at the age of three and was accepted by Master as a disciple at the same time, he hasn't practiced sword techniques or Daoist arts until now."

As he said this, his voice became increasingly firm:

"Junior Brother, I am optimistic about you. Since Junior Brother Huanzhen threatens you that he will take the peaches in your courtyard to brew wine, you should go and steal his Yellow Millet Wine. This is called an eye for an eye."

"When the time comes, I will steal the wine, and then it will all go into Senior Brother's stomach, right?" Zhao Yuzhen suddenly asked.

"The 'Autumn Dew White' of Tianqi City is famous far and wide. It is only sold once a month, yet there are still countless people queuing up to wait, just to taste its three flavors of the human world."

Wang Yixing smiled sheepishly:

"The Yellow Millet Wine brewed by Junior Brother Huanzhen allows one to realize the various states of the human world. You don't know his lazy appearance on weekdays. Except for the three cups of Yellow Millet Wine he gives to pilgrims by fate every day, the rest are all with Master, Senior Uncle, and Junior Uncle. I haven't drunk it for a long time."

Zhao Yuzhen said:

"Although Master is optimistic about me, saying that I am the reincarnation of a true and pure immortal, and even calculated that my life has a tribulation, and that I will never go down the mountain in my life, which can keep the incense of Qingcheng Mountain prosperous for a hundred years. Once I go down the mountain, I will die in the wilderness, and blood will flow like a river."

"But he is also optimistic about my brother, saying that he is a god-like life with a natural Dao body. He only needs to realize the Heavenly Dao, and he is expected to shoulder both martial luck and heavenly luck, and even attain the Dao through sitting and forgetting."

He paused for a moment and said with some hesitation:

"Besides, Senior Brother, you wouldn't think that every time I call my brother Second Senior Brother, the annoying and unlucky things I encounter are just accidents, would you?"

Wang Yixing slapped his thigh:

"I knew it was Junior Brother Huanzhen who did it. With my cultivation level, how could I trip while walking? Birds fly over my head, and even if I dodge left and right, my body is still stained with bird droppings."

"Junior Brother, how do you think he did it?"

He looked completely uncomprehending:

"The way of martial arts starts from the first grade to the ninth grade. The first nine grades are for building the foundation of martial arts. Therefore, in the martial arts world, they are not considered experts, but second or third-rate existences."

"The 'Diamond Mortal Realm' above the ninth grade is a threshold that ordinary martial artists cannot reach in their lifetime. This realm means not taking the six dusts and ten thousand laws, being indestructible. Being able to have a body like a diamond and being indestructible can be called an expert."

"Going one step further is the 'Free and Unfettered Earth Realm', which means the heart is free and invincible on the ground. Reaching this realm, one can refine various miscellaneous secret arts, thereby greatly increasing their strength."

"When you reach the 'Free and Unfettered Heavenly Realm', you can use the Heavenly Dao as martial power. Every knife and sword has the response of all things. It is subdivided into Nine Heavens, Soaring, Great Free and Unfettered, and Half-Step Wandering God."

"If you reach the Great Free and Unfettered realm, you can already shake the world and be recognized by the world as a Sword Immortal, Blade Immortal, or Spear Immortal."

"Finally, the 'Wandering God Mysterious Realm'. Between sitting still and closing your eyes, your thoughts can travel thousands of miles away. Between your eyes, all things are terrified, and the heavens change color."

"If the Half-Step Wandering God realm is a Human Immortal, then stepping into the Wandering God Mysterious Realm is an Earth Immortal."

Wang Yixing became increasingly uncomprehending:

"I have already reached the Free and Unfettered Earth Realm, why can Junior Brother Huanzhen plot against me?"

Zhao Yuzhen thought for a while and said:

"Perhaps this is the natural Dao body. Even if he doesn't practice, he can understand the Heavenly Dao, use the Heavenly Dao as martial power, and respond to all things."

After hearing this, Wang Yixing couldn't help but sigh:

"Sigh, being your Senior Brother is truly too unfortunate."

At the same time, in a side hall of the Sanqing Dian.

A blue-robed little Daoist of eleven or twelve years old sat at the table, and a scholar in his thirties was lying on the table.

As the little Daoist tapped the table with his fingertips, the scholar woke up leisurely. He was stunned for a long time with a confused face.

When his eyes gradually cleared, he sighed to the handsome little Daoist in front of him:

"Thirty years of hard study in the cold window is not as good as an immortal's dream. The Yellow Millet Wine is indeed well-deserved."

The blue-robed little Daoist opened his mouth with a smile:

"In the imperial court and officialdom, one must learn to hide one's high talent, pretend to be confused, see the powerful, say yes repeatedly, remove one's edges, be smooth in all directions, see enemies, and smile."

"Serving superiors is like serving parents, viewing the people like ants, putting sharp knives in sheaths, and putting dark arrows on strings."

"If the layperson learns this set, today's last cup of Yellow Millet Wine can be considered to have been drunk to the essence."

The scholar waved his hands repeatedly:

"Little Immortal, don't joke. If I could learn it, I wouldn't be doing nothing today."

"Learning it is a great talent, the change of a gentleman's dragon and snake."

The blue-robed little Daoist bowed:

"Today's Yellow Millet Wine is finished. Please help the little Daoist tell the pilgrims outside."

The scholar nodded and walked out of the side hall with a sense of loss.

"'Sudming Tong' (Ability to know past lives), knowing the past karma of all living beings, knowing the cause of the current or future retribution, using this in wine, and adding some dream-inducing strange power, the effect is indeed not bad."

Zhuang Buran shook his head suddenly:

"It's a pity that it doesn't work on me, and I can't taste the true flavor of Yellow Millet Wine."

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 165 =====