Chapter 415: The Fan Gate (5k Chapter)

Two days later.

Eighty miles south of Hongzhou City, Chixia Mountain.

Deep mountains hear the bell ringing near, curling incense in a line of heaven.

Walking on the mountain road, Zhang Fan looked up and could see the flourishing incense boiling; in the deep mountains, a temple was hidden.

"Ahead is Chixia Temple."

Zhang Wuming traveled light, carrying only a blue-green backpack, dressed in sportswear, not looking like a practitioner, looking very much like a hiker climbing a mountain.

"The person we are visiting today is Chixia Xu Xu Guanzhu Jiangzhen Xiang Nantian," Zhang Wuming whispered.

Among the experts placed by the Zhang family in Xijiang Province, the seven Zhai Shou experts were the most outstanding.

Chixia Xu Xu Guanzhu Jiangzhen Xiang Nantian had the highest strength and the oldest seniority among these seven people.

"In Xijiang territory, besides those famous mountains and sects, counting all the loose temples, Chixia Temple's incense can rank in the top three."

Zhang Wuming looked at Zhang Fan and said in a low voice.

"After recovering the temples of all sizes in Xijiang Province, the incense gathered is quite considerable."

"You should know that in this world, besides the Zhang family's method of sealing gods, the only ones who can eat incense with a mortal body are the God-Demon Holy Fetus."

There is a big difference between the method of sealing gods and the God-Demon Holy Fetus.

The former requires performing this method, sealing the god with a mortal body, to eat incense, using external ways to sacrifice this body.

The latter refines the innate soul, the mortal body is overbearing, directly harvesting incense, using one's own body to refine longevity.

"I am indeed in great need of this kind of thing now," Zhang Fan whispered.

The incense seen by mortals is the curling smoke.

But in the eyes of practitioners, incense spiritual power can be seen, and the purest thoughts are hidden within it.

Ordinary practitioners cannot enjoy it, even so, incense can flourish the luck of a sect, and in the dark, it can improve the probability of the sect producing talents.

Of course, because the purest thoughts are hidden in the incense, that is also a great calamity for cultivation.

Therefore, even for the Long Hu Mountain Zhang family, with flourishing incense and being known as the world's number one, it is inevitable that their luck will fall and they will encounter calamities.

The principles of the world are just so mysterious; within great luck, there must be great calamity.

Even if you have world-shaking supernatural powers, even if you have heaven-defying means, you cannot avoid being slaughtered by heaven and falling into the mortal dust.

Besides that, incense can also refine and improve Dharma treasures.

Therefore, the Dharma treasures of all sects and factions need to be worshiped with incense.

That day, when the Black Gold Ancient Seal was refined, it absorbed the residual incense spiritual power from the fragments of other Dharma treasures.

Precisely because of this, throughout history, the struggle for the Daoist lineage has been a struggle for incense, for luck, for life and death, and for the opportunity for longevity.

Of course, for Zhang Fan, incense has greater wonders.

Eating incense is harvesting thoughts.

That is the key to the 【God-Demon Holy Fetus】 cultivation.

Now, he had already cultivated to the Great Being Ninth Realm, and naturally, he wanted to go a step further and step into the 【Zhai Shou】 realm.

Daoist cultivation is key to cultivating both nature and life.

The secret of nature cultivation lies in the soul.

The foundation of life cultivation lies in inner alchemy.

Harvesting medicine in the body to perform the Great Circulation, refining essence and energy into true Yang, and feeding back to the soul is the beginning of cultivating both nature and life.

True Yang condensing into a pill is the great accomplishment of life cultivation, which is the so-called 【Zhai Shou】 realm.

Nine turns of inner alchemy, raising a golden pill, feeding back to the soul, and finally becoming a Dharma image is the 【Guan Zhu】 realm.

Nine changes of the Dharma image, heaven and man as one, is the 【Celestial Master】 realm.

Going a step further, the soul's impurities are stripped away, entering the golden pill, gestating and sublimating, the yin is exhausted and the yang is pure—that is the true Pure Yang Limitless Realm.

Now, Zhang Fan's accumulated foundation was sufficient, only lacking an opportunity, a destiny, to comprehend the mysteries of the Zhai Shou realm, just one step away, with life cultivation achieved.

"Soon, I feel it is soon," Zhang Fan thought silently in his heart.

"Did you read the list I gave you?"

Zhang Wuming's voice pulled Zhang Fan's thoughts back.

"I know you are thinking about killing Yu Yu Xuanji, but this matter cannot be rushed; this is Xijiang Province after all."

"The Danyuan Dharma Assembly is your only opportunity."

"What we need to do now is a major event concerning our future. You should at least treat it as a career," Zhang Wuming said earnestly.

"I just lost my mind for a moment..." Zhang Fan rolled his eyes.

"I naturally read the list you gave me."

The so-called list was just the relevant information of those seven Zhai Shou experts.

Besides 【Jiangzhen Xiang Nantian】, the Chixia Xu Xu Guanzhu who needed to be visited today, the Pure Land Xu Xu Guanzhu 【Xu Changshou】 was often ill, his body getting worse year by year, rarely appearing, and there was no need to consider him.

Currently, the five great Zhai Shou experts Zhang Fan and Zhang Wuming needed to deal with were:

Golden Light Xu Xu Guanzhu, Ling Du.

Flying Cloud Xu Xu Guanzhu, Xiao Xiao Xiaole.

Carefree Xu Xu Guanzhu, Chang Chang Jinzhi.

Forget-Worry Xu Xu Guanzhu, Pei Pei Buqi.

Joy Xu Xu Guanzhu, Hua Hua Wuhuan.

"These five people have great ambition and have operated in Xijiang for many years, already becoming a tail that cannot be wagged."

Before Zhang Wuming came to Xijiang, he had roughly figured out the situation here, and combined with the information obtained from Pang Pang Qingyun, he already knew it by heart.

"The method you mentioned is very risky. With my current cultivation, at most it is a draw," Zhang Fan said in a deep voice.

The gap between Great Being and Zhai Shou is an insurmountable chasm, not to mention dealing with five great Zhai Shou experts at the same time.

Even with Zhang Fan's ability, he was a bit guilty.

"You are right, at most it is a draw, and it is a dilemma,"

"So today we have to visit this Chixia Xu Xu Guanzhu."

"If by then, he can push us from behind, a draw will be a victory."

Zhang Wuming seemed to have planned everything.

"This Xijiang Province is the place of our brothers' great luck and prosperity," Zhang Wuming's eyes flashed with a different kind of brilliance.

His talent in the Northern Zhang was useless, and he had to restrain himself everywhere, keeping a low profile and not showing his edge in front of others.

Leaving the Northern Zhang territory and returning to his native land of Xijiang, for him, was like a dragon returning to the sea and a tiger entering the deep mountains.

"Cheer up, brother."

As he spoke, the two came to Chixia Temple.

It was indeed a temple hidden in the deep mountains, known to the clouds; pilgrims were endless at the door, curling incense like a canopy, spirit banners swaying, like wind forming images.

"It's much livelier here than Pang Qingyun Temple." Zhang Fan could not help but say.

These two days, he had been staying at Pang Qingyun Temple; the traffic there was much more convenient than here, but the liveliness and prosperity were far from it.

"Many girls are afraid of being replaced by a mistress, so they bring their boyfriends to offer incense; it never fails."

"Many girls are afraid of being the 'other woman,' so they bring their boyfriends to offer incense, and it never fails."

"After a long time, the reputation spread on the Little Yellow Book."

"Interesting." Zhang Fan said in a deep voice.

Speaking of which, ever since the thousand-year-old demon canceled his account, he hadn't visited the Little Yellow Book for a long time. Recently, he most often visited the 【Little Dao】 app.

"If the two of you want to offer incense, it's over there."

Just at this moment, a little Daoist boy walked up and pointed the way.

"We are not here to offer incense and worship gods," Zhang Wuming chuckled.

"If you want to worship gods, this friend of mine is a great immortal."

As he spoke, Zhang Wuming pointed at Zhang Fan.

As soon as these words came out, Zhang Fan could not help but reveal a strange expression.

The Daoist boy opened his mouth even wider, looking at Zhang Wuming with a strange expression. In the solemn place of the temple, a place where gods are worshiped together, no mortal had ever dared to be so disrespectful.

This tone was bigger than the sky.

"Don't talk nonsense," the little Daoist boy stared.

"I am here to see the Chixia Xu Xu Guanzhu," Zhang Wuming said in a deep voice.

"My master doesn't see guests," the little Daoist boy was stunned for a moment, then shook his head.

Zhai Shou realm, inner alchemy already formed, life cultivation achieved—in ancient times, this could be considered a great alchemy expert, enough to open a sect and accept disciples widely.

"We have an appointment; go and pass the message, just say someone from the north has come," Zhang Wuming said indifferently.

These two days, he had long asked Pang Pang Qingyun to send a visiting card and got permission before visiting.

The little Daoist boy hesitated for a moment, then turned and went to the inner courtyard of the back mountain.

A moment later, an older Daoist, about forty years old, walked out, with the little Daoist boy following behind.

Zhang Fan glanced at him; the Daoist was less than fifty years old, High Merit realm. Being able to reach this realm at this age could be considered a bright future.

"The poor Daoist is Daoist Haoran, I have seen the two distinguished guests." The Daoist walked to the front and bowed.

Zhang Fan and Zhang Wuming looked at each other and returned the salute one after another.

When they came, Pang Pang Qingyun had mentioned that this Daoist Daoist Haoran was Jiangzhen Xiang Nantian's only disciple. All these years, Jiangzhen Xiang Nantian had lived in seclusion, and all the affairs of Chixia Temple were handled by this Daoist Daoist Haoran.

"The two of you, follow me." ===== CHAPTER 416 =====