Chapter 429: Preaching the Dao

Meng Yifan sensed the threads of faith and arrived at the summit of Taishan, Jade Emperor Peak, where he saw Yang Yijian, dressed in a Daoist Robe and holding the Imperial Jade Seal, as well as the thirty-six Immortal Cultivators of the Shenzhou Cultivation World who were forming the Tiangang Big Dipper Array to protect Yang Yijian.

It was precisely because of their assistance that Meng Yifan had obtained a massive amount of Faith Wish Power from Shenzhou, allowing him to survive the most dangerous moment.

The strength of these cultivators was not worth mentioning compared to Meng Yifan, yet they were all his saviors.

Having received the kindness of a drop of water, one should repay it with a gushing spring; Meng Yifan had two things to do upon returning to Shenzhou, and one of them was to repay this kindness.

"Respectfully welcoming True Person Meng, for raising our national prestige and returning in great victory!" Yang Yijian led the thirty-six Immortal Cultivators of Shenzhou in a grand kowtow to Meng Yifan.

The Shenzhou Cultivation World and the Dongying Cultivation World shared an irreconcilable blood feud; not to mention before World War II, one need only speak of the magical battles after the war ended.

As everyone knows, the Qinling Mountains are where the Dragon Vein of Shenzhou lies, but Japanese Onmyoji colluded with Traitors to illegally build a large number of villas; the locations of these villas were very specific, and when connected, they formed the Trapped Dragon Thirteen Array of Dongying.

This was an Array set up by the Jiuju Sect of Dongying, intending to destroy the Qinling Dragon Vein and bind the Dragon of Shenzhou's national fortune.

Facing this situation, the Shenzhou Cultivation World stepped forward and fought a great battle against the Dongying Cultivation World; even though the casualties were heavy, they broke the Trapped Dragon Thirteen Array of Dongying.

In July 2022, Japanese Onmyoji used the Summer Festival as a cover to outline the shape of the Japanese map in multiple cities across Shenzhou, attempting to awaken the souls of war criminals to set up a Trapped Dragon Array and steal the national fortune of Shenzhou.

That time, the Maoshan Sect, Longhu Mountain, Laoshan Sect, Mount Hua Sect, and almost all sects of the Shenzhou Cultivation World sent experts to participate in the battle, and the hidden experts of the Shendun 749 Bureau were also forced to come out of seclusion to join the great war.

The experts of the Shenzhou Cultivation World set up the Five Elements Array of gold, wood, water, fire, and earth, and invoked Thunder Method to engage in a fierce magical battle with the Japanese Onmyoji.

That day, many ordinary people saw with their own eyes that the sky, which had been cloudless for ten thousand miles, suddenly became covered with dark clouds, followed by Lightning and Thunder; the Five Elements Array and the Jiuju Sect's array collided with each other, and various visions appeared in the sky, as if it were the end of the world.

This magical battle lasted for half an hour, and both sides suffered heavy casualties; in the end, with the help of Shenzhou's national fortune, the Shenzhou Cultivation World defeated the Dongying Cultivation World after the fall of three Grade 6 experts.

Those awakened spirits of war criminals were also blasted into nothingness by the Shenzhou cultivators using Thunder Method.

These two were the magical battles known to the world, but those unknown magical battles occurred almost every year; the Shenzhou Cultivation World now had almost no experts left, partly because the Spirit Qi on Earth had dried up, entering the End of Dharma Era, and cultivators lacked Spirit Stone and other cultivation resources, making it very difficult to improve their strength.

On the other hand, it was to protect the land of Shenzhou that experts of the Shenzhou Cultivation World fell every year; they followed their ancestral teachings, silently guarding the lights of ten thousand homes, and even if they had to die, they would exterminate the demons and heretics who dared to invade Shenzhou.

"You have worked hard," Meng Yifan said with deep gratitude; the billions of ordinary people in Shenzhou could live and work in peace not only because the Shenzhou authorities had a powerful army, but also because these nameless heroes were fighting bloody battles on unknown battlefields.

Yang Yijian's eyes turned red, and he almost cried; the thirty-six Immortal Cultivators of Shenzhou were also filled with emotion and sighed endlessly.

Ordinary people could not understand their bitterness; the Shenzhou Cultivation World had no experts to hold the fort, and when dealing with foreign cultivators, they were often suppressed and beaten by them.

To defeat powerful enemies, many cultivators chose to self-destruct, perishing together with the foreign invaders.

If not for Meng Yifan, perhaps before long, the Shenzhou Cultivation World would truly have been completely wiped out.

Meng Yifan swept his Spiritual Power across and discovered that many of these Immortal Cultivators had injuries, and some were nearing the end of their vitality, like a candle in the wind, tottering; it was this group of the old, weak, sick, and disabled who were guarding the territory of Shenzhou.

Meng Yifan ascended the altar to perform rituals, mobilizing the Five Elements Origin Power; a pale blue Spiritual Rain descended from the sky, enveloping the bodies of the cultivators present and rapidly repairing their damaged bodies.

"This old man was injured in the lungs by the Cold Ice Palm of the Beiming Old Monster back then, coughing incessantly every day, which tortured me painfully; after being nourished by this Spiritual Rain, it has actually healed. Now I can breathe smoothly; this feeling is truly wonderful."

"The Corpse Poison left in my body by the Nanyang Descending Head Master has also been broken; I now feel refreshed all over, and even my cultivation has increased by a large margin."

"Haha, the Fire Poison that has tortured me for eight years has also been extinguished by the Spiritual Rain; thank you, True Person Meng, for your grace of rebirth."

"Thank you, True Person Meng, for your grace of rebirth!"

The Immortal Cultivators present all benefited greatly; long-standing ailments that could not be cured were all healed instantly under the nourishment of the Spiritual Rain.

Not only that, those few old Daoists who were about to reach the end of their lives, under the nourishment of the Spiritual Rain, were like withered wood meeting spring; vitality was born in their bodies once again, and their originally lifeless faces now became ruddy, with crane-like hair and youthful complexions.

Meng Yifan smiled; the Spiritual Rain he brought down consumed some World Power, but this bit of energy was a drop in the bucket for him, yet for these low-level Immortal Cultivators, it was a stroke of fortune.

Three minutes later, Meng Yifan flicked his large sleeves, and the Spiritual Rain stopped abruptly; after the cultivators present calmed down, Meng Yifan said loudly: "In a Secret Realm, I obtained the Five Elements Dao of a great power; now I will preach to you for one day, and how much you can comprehend depends on your own fortune."

Hearing that Meng Yifan was going to preach to them, the Immortal Cultivators present were all extremely excited.

The Shenzhou Cultivation World held that the Dharma should not be passed to six ears, and the secret techniques and unique skills of each sect were kept secret.

If anyone stole the secret techniques of another sect, they would be enemies to the death.

Now hearing that Meng Yifan was going to preach to them for free, all the cultivators were filled with gratitude; everyone sat upright, pricking up their ears to listen carefully, fearing that if they missed a single word, they would regret it for the rest of their lives.

One must know that Meng Yifan was already a Grade 6 High Immortal Cultivator, and the great power he spoke of must be a great power of Grade 7 or above.

Such experts were already figures in myths and legends, and even when the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi was abundant, experts of Grade 7 or above were as rare as phoenix feathers and qilin horns.

The Immortal Cultivators present were fortunate enough to hear the Five Elements Great Dao of a great power of Grade 7 or above, which was a wonderful thing they never dared to dream of before; after all, the cultivators present came from different sects, and many sects' founding masters had not even reached the Grade 6 realm.

"The highest good is like water; water benefits all things and does not contend, dwelling in places that all men dislike; this is a sentence from the Dao De Jing, from which one can see the gentle characteristics of water..."

Meng Yifan sat cross-legged, forming seals with his hands, and the Five Elements World Power of gold, wood, water, fire, and earth swirled around him, constantly changing, expounding the Five Elements Great Dao of He Dongliu.