Chapter 107

The 446th year of the Ming Dynasty, the tenth day of the twelfth lunar month.

Coming out of the Nine Heavens Yingyuan Mansion, the wind and snow hit his face.

In winter, the sun sets very early; it was only the You hour, and the sky had already darkened.

Cheng Xinzhan rubbed his face to wash away the fatigue. Today was the last day he was on duty at the Yingyuan Mansion this year, so there were many things to handle.

But tomorrow, the holiday begins! And it's a fifty-day break!

It is a long-standing rule that the Yingyuan Mansion does not sit in court during the first lunar month.

Looking back at the magnificent Nine Heavens Yingyuan Mansion, he smiled. From spring to winter, sitting in court for nine months, he had truly gained too much. If nothing else, at least he had walked up and down the Nine Heavens Yingyuan Mansion dozens of times. He didn't recognize all the people inside, and there were many rooms he hadn't entered, but he was already very familiar with the structure of this tall building, so familiar that it had helped him build three thunder palaces of different styles in his mind.

He said goodbye to Jianxian and returned to Mount Mingyue.

Just as he landed in the water-green forest, he didn't hear any sound. A shadow of flowers swept across the snow at high speed, then leaped up and jumped into his arms.

"Meow~"

The calico cat, which was beginning to look plump, rubbed its head against Cheng Xinzhan's neck.

He touched the cat; it was fluffy and warm, and he said with a smile, "Third Sister has come to pick me up again, so well-behaved!"

Third Sister lay in her master's arms, gesturing with her front paws in the air. He looked carefully and understood the cat's meaning,

"You mean you couldn't see when Brother Wait hid?"

Third Sister nodded, a layer of blue-white film still covering her big eyes.

However, he knew that Third Sister was not completely blind; it was just as if her eyes were covered by a layer of white gauze, and she could still vaguely see some outlines.

Cats naturally like to play hide-and-seek. Brother Wait spoiled her and often played with her. On weekdays, the cat was small, her steps were light, and her fur color was mixed, plus Brother Wait often let her win, so Third Sister won more often. However, in winter, the ground was white with snow, and even if Brother Wait let her win, it was not easy for Third Sister to find him.

Cheng Xinzhan was kind-hearted and couldn't bear to see Third Sister aggrieved, so he pointed in a direction with his finger. Poor Brother Wait's tail was about to wag into the sky, but Third Sister still couldn't see.

Third Sister jumped out of her master's arms with a 'whoosh' and ran toward a snow pile.

"Woof woof!"

Before long, Brother Wait barked, signaling that he had been caught.

"Meow~"

Third Sister also meowed triumphantly.

Then the cat and dog both came over and walked into Wuyou Cave, sticking close to their master.

Cheng Xinzhan sat down in the cave, facing the cave entrance. It looked empty here.

But he pinched a few seals, a breeze blew, and a table and a cushion appeared out of thin air. It turned out he had used a glamour technique to cover this place.

And behind this table, on the cushion, there was actually another person!

This was a young man, sitting cross-legged with his five hearts facing the sky, his expression relaxed, still breathing. Looking closer, there was spiritual energy flowing at this person's nose and mouth; it looked like he was still consuming energy of life. And looking at his appearance, it was exactly the same as Cheng Xinzhan who had just walked into Wuyou Cave!

Seeing this eerie scene, Brother Wait and Third Sister had long been accustomed to it. At first, the appearance of another master had scared them to death, but later they gradually got used to it.

And the clever cat and dog also discovered that only when the two masters were together was the sitting master the best master; his body was warm, fragrant, and he would scratch their itches.

When the two masters separated, although the sitting master was still warm and fragrant, he wouldn't play with them anymore, only sitting there motionless. And the master who went out, although he would play with them for a while, his body was cold, had a bamboo smell, and only ran outside, not staying at home.

At this time, the two masters met. Third Sister immediately jumped into the arms of the sitting master, and Brother Wait also lay down close to the master's side. They both looked expectantly at the standing master.

Then, only to see light and shadow floating on the standing Cheng Xinzhan, a human-shaped spiritual light "walked out" of "Cheng Xinzhan," as if taking off clothes after entering the house, as if that human-shaped spiritual light was the master, and the "Cheng Xinzhan" who was now standing motionless was just a piece of clothing.

That human-shaped spiritual light walked forward a few steps, and its lower body overlapped with the sitting "Cheng Xinzhan." Then the human-shaped spiritual light sat down, in the same posture as the sitting "Cheng Xinzhan," and then light and shadow floated again, the human-shaped spiritual light disappeared, and this sitting "Cheng Xinzhan" opened his eyes.

He reached out and touched the cat and dog. The cat and dog immediately narrowed their eyes, looking very satisfied.

At the same time, he began to introspect to see what progress the Inner Landscape Gods had made during the time when the 'Shuangling' and 'Youjing' were away.

Daoist Yuandan was not in the Heart Mansion but was sitting on the crest of the river of essence and blood, moving the essence and blood into the meridians dissolved by the thunder pulp. Now the thunder pulp was dissolving the true evil energy faster and faster, and the Inner Landscape Gods of the Heart Mansion were becoming busier and busier.

Now the lower body still couldn't move, but the true evil energy in the five places of the head, neck, arms, right abdomen, and left chest had been dissolved. Three thunder cars, starting from the nose, gallbladder, and Hall of Impression points, with the Heart Mansion as the necessary path, were galloping in these meridians. Electric light, blood, and fire were surging, which was very lively.

He went to look at the nose point again. The nose point made the sound of thunder; it was the first point he opened after the true evil energy rushed through the point, opened in midsummer, so he built the thunder palace placed here into a bright cyan color. The cyan palace had thirty-three layers, shaped like a high tower, and there was a god in the highest layer, who was the Inner Landscape God of this thunder point. The god was dressed as a Northern Song Dynasty military general, wearing brocade clothes and armor, with a giant drum beside him, and the god held a drumstick.

The plaque on the cyan palace was written in thunder seal script with four characters: Water Thunder Summer Palace.

The god beat the drum, thunder sounded in bursts, and the water thunder pulp collected from summer poured out from the Summer Palace, repairing the body ravaged by the true evil energy.

Then he looked at Hall of Impression. Hall of Impression showed the light of thunder, opened in early autumn, so he built the thunder palace placed here into a bright yellow color. The yellow palace had thirty-four layers. The god in the palace was the same as the Summer Palace god, also dressed as a Northern Song Dynasty military general, holding a treasure mirror in his arms.

The plaque on the yellow palace was written in thunder seal script with four characters: Divine Thunder Autumn Palace.

The god shook the treasure mirror, and electric light was emitted from the mirror, shining in all directions. The divine thunder collected from autumn poured out from the palace, grinding away the true evil energy.

Finally, look at the gallbladder point. The gallbladder point was opened recently, during the heavy snow season, so he built the thunder palace placed here into a silver-white color. The silver palace had thirty-five layers, and there was a god on the thirty-fifth layer, tall and burly, with the temperament of a scholar, sword-like eyebrows, tiger eyes with golden pupils, and a long beard to his chest. Looking at his clothing, it was the official uniform of the Northern Song Dynasty, purple clothes, jade belt, golden fish, black headscarf, and an ceremonial sword at his waist.

The plaque on the silver palace was written in thunder seal script with four characters: Thunder General Administration.

Under the gaze of the god in the palace, the thunder pulp was like a thunder car galloping, fast but orderly. He was very satisfied, his thoughts left the Inner Landscape Realm, and his eyes looked at the outside world.

There were many thick books on the table in front of him, and the two piles on the left and right were half a person high.

Some of these books were borrowed from the Administrative Hall Library, some were bought in the East Heaven Dao market, some were borrowed from fellow disciples of the Nine Heavens Yingyuan Mansion, and others were specifically requested from the Foreign Affairs Department to be collected from the mortal world.

And he had read so many books for only one purpose: he wanted to write a character chronicle, or rather, a character chronicle collection for a family of three.

In the middle of the table was a crane lamp, the very one He Jiyuan gave him when he entered the sect.

Under the light of the lamp, that thick character chronicle was quietly placed in the center of the table, and the name of the book was written squarely in the official script of the Ming Dynasty on the cover:

"Thunder Sweeping Demons Chronicle".

And to the left of these five large characters in the center, several columns of small characters were written as a footnote to these five characters, written as:

Recording the story of the Thunder General Administration's divine power sweeping demons, the Thunderbolt True Lord, reincarnated as the Northern Song Dynasty civil and military minister Zhang Shuye, carrying the Divine Thunder Autumn Official General reincarnated as Zhang Bofen and the Water Thunder Summer Official General reincarnated as Zhang Zhongxiong, slaying demons and eliminating evil, pacifying chaos and conquering the country.

This is a storybook novel, interspersed with exquisite illustrations, and the illustrations of the main characters are exactly the same as the clothing of the gods in his thunder points. As far as he knows, people in the Ming Dynasty now like to read this kind of storybook, and storytellers in the streets are also telling it, using immortals reincarnated as mortals to perform extraordinary things.

After all, the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty himself claimed to be the reincarnation of the True Martial Great Emperor.

Cheng Xinzhan naturally knew that these were all fake. If there were really reincarnations, they would naturally be led to the mountains early on; how could they build merit and establish a career in the mortal world?

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However, cultivating the truth, borrowing the fake to seek the truth, it was still the same path as Daoist Yuandan.

Moreover, these three were not completely fabricated by Cheng Xinzhan based on Miao border folklore like Daoist Yuandan, but there had been this rumor from the Song to the Ming dynasties. He just summarized and added some bridges about thunder soldiers and thunder generals using thunder methods to sweep away demon cities and ghost countries.

The three Inner Landscape Gods in his body had all been visualized, and this book had naturally reached its end. He turned to the latest page and picked up his pen to write:

"... Let's say Zhang Shuye and his two sons, carrying thirty-six thunder generals and commanding one hundred thousand thunder soldiers, finally swept the nether ghost country clean and returned to the court in triumph... The Song Emperor conferred upon Zhang Shuye the title of 'Opening the Mansion and Being Equal to the Three Ministers', and promoted him to Duke of Yan... Just say the world was peaceful, weapons were put into the warehouse, and horses were released to the southern mountains. The Duke of Yan finally felt relieved and his soul returned to the high heavens, shaking his body and turning back into the Thunder General Administration's divine power sweeping demons Thunderbolt True Lord, and paid homage to the Nine Heavens Yingyuan Thunder Sound Universal Transformation Heavenly Venerable of the Thirty-Six Heavens to report his mission... The Divine Thunder Autumn Official General and the Water Thunder Summer Official General also achieved perfect merit..."

"The end of the book."

He closed the book, put down the pen, and smiled with satisfaction.

When he first thought about the Inner Landscape God of the Thunder Mansion, he naturally thought of the Lei Zu, but he quickly gave up. The status of the Lei Zu was too high, and he couldn't even visualize his form, let alone his divine intent, and he had never heard of the rumor of the Lei Zu reincarnating and lowering his status, leaving him with no way to start.

Later, by chance, during the trip to Mount Huangshan, he heard Jianxian learn from his master that there was a rumor in the mortal world about the Lei Zu's eldest disciple, the Thunder General Administration's divine power sweeping demons Pili Xu Zhenjun, and the Lei Zu's attendant, the Divine Thunder Autumn Official General and the Water Thunder Xia Guan General, reincarnating into the Northern Song Dynasty court. He immediately took it to heart.

After returning to the sect, he collected many portraits, miracles, anecdotes, etc., of the Sweeping Demon Divine Lord and the two attendant generals, as well as portraits, historical materials, and battle examples of the Northern Song civil and military officials Zhang Shuye, etc. The more he thought about it, the more appropriate he felt it was, and considering the special efficacy of the "Thunder Car Fire Flag Transport Technique," he decided to open three thunder mansions to visualize the three Inner Landscape Gods.

Excluding the established gallbladder and nose points, he went to read the "Inner Landscape Scripture of the Hundred Points of the Heavenly Cycle" and asked fellow disciples of the Yingyuan Mansion. Finally, he newly designated Hall of Impression as the third thunder mansion. When he reaches the second realm in the future and realizes the life-embedded treasure, he can consider opening a Dharma eye here.

After setting the points and Inner Landscape Gods, he remembered the method of visualizing Daoist Yuandan at the beginning, but this time he didn't paint, he directly wrote a book. Sure enough, writing a book helped him clarify his thoughts more. After writing a million words, his three Inner Landscape Gods had all been successfully visualized.

And after the three Inner Landscape Gods were successfully visualized, he found it easier to attract thunder. Since the first time he attracted thunder, he had bumped into Liang Zhenjing of Longhu Mountain twice more, and each time he attracted more thunder than him, making him red-eyed as soon as they met.

Attracting more thunder, plus the multi-car transport method of the "Thunder Car Fire Flag Transport Technique," he dissolved evil energy faster and faster. Now most of his upper body could move freely.

And what truly made him progress rapidly in cultivation was the fundamental Dharma of Mount Mingyue, the "Secret Decree of the Long-lived Fetal Origin Manifesting Spirit" and the staff-dissolution method.

The "Secret Decree of the Long-lived Fetal Origin Manifesting Spirit" says that people have three souls and seven spirits. The three souls are named: Fetal Light, Shuangling, and Youjing. The seven spirits are named: Corpse Dog, Fuya, Queyin, Tunzei, Feidu, Chuwei, and Choufei.

The three souls govern nature, and the seven spirits govern life. There is also the saying of wandering souls and physical bodies, so souls can wander outside, but spirits can only reside in the physical body.

Among the three souls, Fetal Light is the life soul, governing lifespan and managing the seven spirits. If Fetal Light is present, life is present; if life is present, the seven spirits are present; if the seven spirits are present, the body is alive. Fetal Light does not easily leave the body; if Fetal Light leaves the body, the seven spirits scatter, and the physical body dies. If one wants to borrow a corpse to return to life after Fetal Light leaves the body, one must re-conceive the seven spirits, which is extremely difficult.

Previously, Ancestor Tongxuan and Master Sukong took Cheng Xinzhan's soul and put it into the bamboo staff. Actually, what they took were Shuangling and Youjing. However, at that time, Cheng Xinzhan's Fetal Light and seven spirits were muddled, relying only on instinct, so after Shuangling and Youjing left the body, the physical body was like a living dead person, looking as if all his three souls and seven spirits had been extracted.

Shuangling is the wisdom soul, and Youjing is the emotion soul. Seeing the words, one knows the meaning, so there is no need to elaborate.

After cultivating the "Secret Decree of the Long-lived Fetal Origin Manifesting Spirit," Fetal Light is no longer muddled. After Shuangling and Youjing leave the body, Fetal Light can still summon the seven spirits to perform their duties, making breathing and blood circulation as usual. Cooperating with the already concluded Inner Landscape Gods, he can still consume Qi and cultivate.

When the physical body finishes dissolving the evil energy and the "Secret Decree of the Long-lived Fetal Origin Manifesting Spirit" is cultivated more profoundly, in the future, when Shuangling and Youjing go out to travel, the physical body can also walk and cast spells to cultivate freely, at most looking a bit dull.

These past few months, he has been using Fetal Light, seven spirits, and Inner Landscape Gods to jointly control the physical body, consuming Qi and dissolving evil energy on his own, and opening up the meridians. Now the meridians along the way from the lung point to the twelve-story building have been opened up for the most part. The next step is to open the Golden Mansion.

At the same time, he used Shuangling and Youjing to jointly control the bamboo body, cultivating thunder methods, sword methods, wind methods, and other arts. The cultivation can be described as a thousand miles a day.

This is the confidence that Mount Mingyue dares to set the rule of accepting disciples at the Fourth Realm, the confidence that Mount Mingyue has few people but sits firmly on the Eight Veins of the Lotus, and the confidence that Sect Masters emerge one after another!

But at the same time, this is also the reason why Mount Mingyue has few people and strange methods for accepting disciples!

Cheng Xinzhan put away the "Thunder Sweeping Demons Chronicle," preparing to entrust the Foreign Affairs Department to send it to the Daoist temple of Mount Sanqing in the mortal world, to be block-printed and broadcast to the world. It could not only help the momentum of the thunder path but also help grow the divinity of his Inner Landscape Gods. He had already thought of a pen name: Master Qian Shen Zhai.

Looking outside the cave, he saw white snow drifting, and the red fruits on the persimmon tree were becoming more and more vivid. He became interested, cleaned up the table, took out a large piece of white paper and spread it on the table, and wrote a sketch while seeing the scenery, chanting in his mouth:

"Autumn goes and winter comes, all things rest, only the persimmon tree hangs lanterns."

Third Sister in his arms moved, signaling that her master was distracted and the hand scratching her back had stopped.

Cheng Xinzhan laughed, scratching the cat with his left hand, painting the persimmon with his right hand, and chanting in his mouth:

"The crane lamp in Wuyou Cave is warm, I and the cat do not go out."

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Additional note:

The prototype of the "Thunder Sweeping Demons Chronicle" in this chapter is "Chronicle of Sweeping Bandits," but it only takes its setting of thunder god reincarnation, and is by no means a pursuit of "Chronicle of Sweeping Bandits." Please look at it rationally, fellow book friends.

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