Chapter 10: The First Cultivation Realm of This World

【Boundless Demon Power surged from the entire body of the Baishou Yao; although he was severely wounded, this did not affect his release of Demon Power in the slightest.】

【You stared back with cold eyes.】

【Strange Gate! Grotto-Heaven Eye!!!】

【An invisible momentum surged from your eyes straight into the clouds; everything before you seemed to become clear, and you could see the field of vision ahead more distinctly, capturing the opponent's movements with greater clarity.】

【The heavenly mechanisms of all phenomena seemed to be penetrable from this point on.】

【"Strange Gate?" The Baishou Yao's expression changed slightly; feeling the momentum surging from the person before him, he clearly understood that this was no longer the mortal who couldn't even attack his Demon Form back then.】

【The Baishou Yao revealed his Demon Form; his body suddenly swelled several times in size, and face after face of extreme terror appeared on his plant-like shell.】

【The Grotto-Heaven Eye saw through the opponent's flaw.】

【His flaw was the Demon Heart at the center of his chest.】

【You raised your hand in one motion.】

【"Heavenly Gang Five Thunders—"】

【A startling radiance like thunder on flat ground suddenly appeared, and silver-white, scorching thunder light flickered on your hand.】

【The Grotto-Heaven Eye accurately located the opponent's movement trajectory, and this bolt of thunder light pierced straight through the Baishou Yao's chest.】

【Nauseating sap exploded from the Baishou Yao's chest, landing on the ground to form pale green blood foam that corroded the soil.】

【The more than ten years of cultivation at the Celestial Master Mansion were not in vain.】

【Moreover, the Strange Gate you have mastered already exceeds four gates; since the Baishou Yao was severely wounded and underestimated you, how could he be your match?】

【A Ganjing Liluo execution.】

【A warm current surged within your body, but you did not know what it was.】

【You discovered a shivering child here; he must have witnessed everything.】

【Seeing that the Baishou Yao had stopped moving and that you were about to leave, he immediately rushed out, knelt down with both hands, and kowtowed toward the gravel-covered ground: "Immortal, please, don't go... I want to take you as my master."】

【"My mother said I am very capable; I could do farm work in the fields when I was very young. I have great strength, and I am willing to work like an ox or a horse for you." He rambled incoherently, wanting to gain your pity.】

【Looking at the blood flowing on his face, you knew that if you left now, he would find it very difficult to survive in this empty and desolate village.】

【You already had the idea of founding a sect in your heart, and now that there was a poor person with a clean background, it was indeed an option.】

【And you did not have many requirements for disciples.】

【Education without discrimination, regardless of aptitude; however, since you were taking him as a disciple, you also had to teach him the principles of being a person.】

【You took him and left.】

【Not long after, several people arrived at this place together. Looking at the corpse of the Baishou Yao on the ground, the leader's expression was somewhat uncertain; he squatted down to examine the Baishou Yao's shell, "Take his demon body away."】

【"After raising it for so long, this Merit was actually snatched away by someone," he stood up and said through gritted teeth.】

【"Heavenly Gang Five Thunders..."】

【"Do people from Longhu Mountain also start snatching Merit?"】

【You left this village with a slightly sullen child following behind you.】

【You asked for his name, and he said he had no name, only knowing that his surname was Xu and that he had a lowly name, Aniu.】

【His father gave him this lowly name hoping he would have a strong body like an ox, so he could help the family work better.】

【After much thought, you decided to give him a name.】

【"From now on, you shall be called Xu Qingyun."】

【"Wading through the blue clouds to roam freely, suddenly looking down at my old hometown." You said leisurely: "Qingyun is taken from this." Xu Qingyun did not understand the meaning of this poem, nor did he know what it implied, only knowing that from now on he had a name and a master.】

【He asked curiously: "Master, are you an Immortal?"】

【"I am not." You shook your head, "My name is Gu Jiangming, and I am just a common mortal, only with more ambition than ordinary people and the ability to perform some spells."】

【"The sect I belong to is called Shushan; this is the sect I have just decided to found, and you are my first disciple."】

【"Also my eldest disciple."】

【He asked curiously: "Then what are we going to do in this Shushan?"】

【"When poor, cultivate one's own virtue; when successful, benefit the world." Gu Jiangming walked in front, "Simply put, when you have no ability, do your own duty well; when you have the ability, save the world and bring peace to the people."】

【"Just like how I saved you."】

【"From today on, you will cultivate with me."】

【You brought Xu Qingyun to the land of Chuanshu, where you found a clear, spiritual, and elegant high mountain and built a Taoist temple there.】

【The plaque of Shushan was hung high above the Taoist temple.】

【In three years, you taught Xu Qingyun how to be self-reliant on the mountain, told him the heart sutra of "Facing the Heaven Palace," and did not forget to teach him the principle of "Do not refrain from a good deed because it is small, and do not commit an evil deed because it is small."】

【Under your careful instruction, Xu Qingyun slowly began to try to master the "Momentum Method" within Heaven and Earth, learning the Strange Gate techniques of Shushan.】

【In the fourth year, seeing that Xu Qingyun had the ability to be independent, you went down the mountain to search for your wife, Jiu Jiu, whose whereabouts were unknown.】

【During this time of cultivation on the mountain, your understanding of the Strange Gate became deeper, and your thinking on "Momentum," "Qi," and "Method" entered a brand-new stage.】

【You believed that without a strong physique, one could not flexibly use the Strange Gate supernatural powers related to "Momentum," "Qi," and "Method."】

【Therefore, disciples before practicing the Strange Gate needed to undergo long-term polishing and tempering of the physical body.】

【Thus, you called the stage of cultivating the physical body to a certain strength until it could accept "Momentum," "Qi," and "Method" the Body Refining Stage.】

【From then on, this world had its first cultivation realm with a refined designation.】

【Regrettably... you had no results in the first year of going down the mountain, but on your travels, you rescued many commoners from the hands of evil demons, never leaving your name, only the two words "Shushan."】

【Finally, the name of Shushan appeared in the human world for the first time.】

And in another place.

Jiu Jiu stared at the image in her mind, playing with her exquisite and cute daughter.

Ordinary demons need a very, very long time to conceive life, but the Guhuoniao is not much different from ordinary people.

Before leaving Gu Jiangming, she left a thought for herself, which counted as adding a daughter to herself in the Reincarnation.】

Of course, this feeling of having an extra daughter through a screen was also quite wondrous.

But this did not affect her love for this daughter of hers in the slightest.

As for her name, Jiu Jiu thought for a very, very long time, and finally decided to name her—【Gu Mingyue】.

People have joys and sorrows, partings and reunions; the moon has its brightness and dimness, its waxing and waning.

Hoping that she could always possess the beautiful side just like the bright moon, that was roughly the meaning behind it.

Looking at her daughter, who resembled her by eighty percent, Jiu Jiu was already thinking about how she should raise this daughter from now on.

So fun, so lovable.

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