Chapter 5: Summoning Thunder to Destroy the Zombie

While waiting for Old Master Ren, Zhang Cheng began to look for dharma treasures or spells suitable for dealing with him. The most basic dharma treasures were mainly the peach wood sword, the Seven-Star precious sword, the Eight-Trigrams bronze mirror, and the Three-Pure bell.

As for spells, the most suitable one for dealing with a zombie was the Samadhi True Fire. However, it was useless for Zhang Cheng to redeem the Samadhi True Fire now; he did not have enough time to cultivate it.

Fortunately, he found a quite suitable dharma treasure, which was the Five-Thunder Command Token.

The Five-Thunder Command Token is a wooden plaque with a rounded top and a flat bottom. The side edges are carved with the names of the Twenty-Eight Mansions. Its shape, round at the top and square at the bottom, symbolizes heaven and earth.

The token is a sacred dharma artifact used by Taoist priests to dispatch deities; it has the function of warding off evil and can also be used to summon the Thunder God.

The shapes and patterns of the tokens are not entirely consistent; for example, some are carved with dragons or precious swords, while others are carved with "Five-Thunder Command Token," "Summon All Deities," and so on.

Zhang Cheng immediately redeemed the Five-Thunder Command Token.

"Five-Thunder Command Token: Can utilize a sliver of the divine power of the righteous deities of the Thunder Department. Ordinary spirits and monsters can be destroyed in one strike, or it can heavily injure powerful demons, ghosts, and monsters.

It can also be used to strike ghosts and monsters, instantly paralyzing them so they cannot move."

"Usable times (1/1) 【After use, it can be nourished with dharma power; if struck by heavenly thunder, it can be quickly replenished once】"

Upon seeing this description, Zhang Cheng secretly thought it was truly a good treasure; now he had confidence in dealing with Old Master Ren.

Just as Zhang Cheng was still studying and playing with the Five-Thunder Command Token, Uncle Nine stood up and said, "The zombie is here, Qiusheng, get ready!"

Qiusheng had already moved past his previous emotions; he went into the room and took out a gold coin sword, an ink fountain line, and a stack of paper charms.

Just as he came out, the main gate of the righteous manor was smashed open by Old Master Ren.

Uncle Nine did not say a word and rushed up, and Zhang Cheng also hurriedly stepped forward; taking advantage of Uncle Nine kicking the zombie back, he immediately thrust his sword from behind.

"Bang!"

A burst of sparks immediately erupted from the zombie's back.

Zhang Cheng's peach wood sword had already been used for the last time, and as for his dharma robe, it had been used up when dealing with Xiaoyu; now he only had the Five-Thunder Command Token.

Fortunately, he still had dharma power. When the zombie rushed over, he immediately dodged, and Uncle Nine immediately scattered a handful of glutinous rice, hitting the zombie until it retreated repeatedly.

"Ink fountain line!"

Uncle Nine shouted loudly, then engaged in a tangle with the zombie.

Zhang Cheng immediately pulled the ink fountain line from Qiusheng's hands, and the two rushed forward. Qiusheng shouted in time, "Master, dodge!"

Uncle Nine did a backflip, just avoiding the ink fountain line, while the zombie, wanting to chase Uncle Nine, jumped directly onto the ink fountain line.

"Crackle, crackle..."

A burst of sparks flashed, and the zombie was beaten back, wailing and roaring.

Zhang Cheng saw that the zombie had been beaten enough; the entire zombie was miserable, and even its corpse Qi had diminished significantly.

He hurriedly said, "Guard the entrance, don't let it run!"

As he spoke, he took out the Five-Thunder Command Token. Uncle Nine had sharp eyes and saw this superior magic treasure at a glance; he hurriedly took the ink fountain line and called Qiusheng to block the entrance.

Old Master Ren was clearly beaten into fear and thought about desperately breaking through the ink fountain line, but then heard a loud shout from behind: "Destroy mountains and topple peaks, overturn the earth and flip the heavens. All deities promise in unison, call the saints and gather the immortals.

Dare any demon disobey the order, destroy them with the yellow battle-axe, behead them with the Heaven-Cleaving Command held in hand, forever suppressing my authority.

Hastily, like the decree of the Supreme God!"

As soon as the words fell, one could see that above the sky, a dazzling light appeared instantly, and a thunderbolt as thick as a tree trunk fell down; Old Master Ren was bathed in the thunder.

"Crack, crack, crack..."

Only after the light flashed did the deafening sound of thunder arrive.

When the thunder disappeared, Old Master Ren had almost become charcoal, and the Yin Qi on his body had been wiped out completely.

"Killed Old Master Ren, calculating merit, obtained five hundred merit points."

Zhang Cheng felt a joy in his heart; so much merit could not only be used to exchange for the Samadhi True Fire, but the excess could also be used to cultivate techniques.

The thunder just now greatly surprised Uncle Nine and Qiusheng.

Qiusheng said with his jaw dropped, "Wow, Brother Sheng, you are so sharp!"

Uncle Nine also couldn't help but admire, "Little brother has a profound family heritage, to actually have such a dharma treasure."

Zhang Cheng put away the Five-Thunder Command Token and said modestly, "Not at all, it is all the legacy of my ancestors. Now that this zombie is destroyed, it can be considered worth the price."

Uncle Nine smiled slightly and immediately asked Qiusheng to deal with the corpse that had been electrocuted into charcoal, while Zhang Cheng and Uncle Nine walked into the main hall to give Ren Fa an explanation; after all, Old Master Ren was Ren Fa's father.

As soon as Ren Fa saw Uncle Nine, he asked, "Uncle Nine, what was that thunder just now?"

Uncle Nine hurriedly pointed at Zhang Cheng and said, "It is Ah Sheng's family heirloom dharma treasure, it is very powerful; if it weren't for this treasure, we might not have been able to deal with it."

Ren Fa immediately looked at Zhang Cheng and said happily, "Taoist Zhang is truly amazing, to have such immortal means. This time, Taoist, you helped me overcome this calamity; I truly have no way to repay you. Once we return to town, I will pay you five hundred silver dollars to express my gratitude!"

Zhang Cheng did not decline upon hearing this; anyway, he needed quite a few supplements like ginseng, and that money was deserved.

Counting the one hundred Ren Fa gave before, which he hadn't used yet, once he returned to town tomorrow, he would have six hundred silver dollars. This was not a small sum; an ordinary person would have to work for three years to earn six hundred dollars.

After dealing with the remains of Old Master Ren, everyone went to rest.

Zhang Cheng also returned to his room; he redeemed the Samadhi True Fire at the first opportunity, which only cost two hundred merit points.

The Taoist Samadhi True Fire is: the heart is the monarch fire, also known as the divine fire, its name is the upper flavor; the kidneys are the minister fire, also known as the essence fire, its name is the middle flavor; the bladder, which is the sea of Qi below the navel, is the people's fire, its name is the lower flavor. Gathered, it becomes fire; dispersed, it becomes Qi; rising and falling in a cycle, it has the Dao of the Great Heavenly Circuit...

To cultivate the Samadhi True Fire, one must ensure they are a virgin; after success, one must not have a deficiency in kidney essence, which means not being overly indulgent in lust.

Cultivating the Samadhi True Fire was not difficult for Zhang Cheng; he only needed to use merit to boost it, and he could soon master the Samadhi True Fire. Unlike the Valley Clothes Heart Sutra and the Spirit Refining Art, it only cost one hundred merit points to master.

And the merit required for him to master the Valley Clothes Heart Sutra and the Spirit Refining Art was a large number.

However, he did not need to rush. In a few days, Uncle Nine's junior brother, Taoist Four-Eyes, would arrive. He could just go with Taoist Four-Eyes to help Taoist Qianhe solve that royal zombie, and he could also mix in some merit.

Likewise, doing this was also to bring the Maoshan disciples closer; he would see if he could register his name at Maoshan and have the Maoshan Sect confer a register upon him. In this way, he would have his name recorded in the Heavenly Court and could draw paper charms and use incantations.

With his current reputation, he could also have a stable income by selling talismans, and usually, if he prepared more talismans, when he ran out of dharma power during a fight, he could use the talismans to hold on.

After calculating this matter, Zhang Cheng used merit to boost his cultivation of the Valley Clothes Heart Sutra and the Spirit Refining Art.

"Host: Zhang Cheng"

"Profession: Taoist"

"Level: None"

Strength: 1.9

Constitution: 1.8

Agility: 1.7

Intelligence: 1.7

Cultivation Method: "Grain-Clothing Heart Sutra" Lv3 (0/200)

Spirit-Refining Art Lv2 (0/100)

Equipment: Yellow Dharma Robe (1/1), Hundred-Year Peach Wood Sword (1/1), Five-Thunder Command Token (1/1)

Merit: 0

After several days of bitter cultivation, Zhang Cheng's strength had increased by another large margin, though he had spent over a hundred of the six hundred silver dollars he obtained from Master Ren, all used to buy supplements.

The magical treasures on his person had also finished recharging, just waiting for Daoist Priest Simu to arrive.