Chapter 124

The next day, the first of the eighth month, he still left his physical body in Wuyou Cave to refine Qi, and controlled his bamboo body to go to the Nine Heavens Yingyuan Office to learn method, but this time, he specifically moved the heart mansion blood dragon into the bamboo body's aperture.

A few months ago, it took about a year or so for Cheng Xinzhan to enter the door of the divine thunder method, so he applied to transfer from the Beiji Division's Evil-Slaying Office to the Penglai Division's Ganlin Office to continue practicing the water thunder method.

However, in the year from last year's Jingzhe to this year's Jingzhe, he not only entered the door of the divine thunder method, but more importantly, entered the door of thunder method. The practice of divine thunder didn't take up too much of his time, so he also quickly melted the true evil.

Water thunder was the same.

The master who taught Cheng Xinzhan water thunder was Daoist Jianping, which was He Jiyuan's master. He believed that Cheng Xinzhan's ten days of practice each month could be worth several months of He Jiyuan's. Of course, it wasn't to say that He Jiyuan was bad, Daoist Jianping also believed that he was far inferior to Cheng Xinzhan in comprehension.

Hearing that Cheng Xinzhan wanted to refine dragon thunder, Daoist Jianping nodded and said,

"You can indeed be considered to have entered the door of water thunder. Next is the work of water grinding. However, dragon thunder cannot be practiced without dragon might. You know this, right?"

Cheng Xinzhan nodded.

Daoist Jianping understood and said again, "Very few people in the office practice dragon thunder. The head of the Beiji Division's Demon-Slaying Office is one, and then there are the elders in the Five Thunder Courtyard. I suggest you go directly to the Mountain Master to see if you can enter the Five Thunder Courtyard to practice. Anyway, you have to practice divine thunder, water thunder, and dragon thunder, so you might as well learn all five thunders in the Five Thunder Courtyard. I see you have this qualification."

Cheng Xinzhan nodded. Since the Hong Jiaozhu had already opened a convenient door for himself, he had no reason not to use it.

He went straight to the ninth floor and came to the Shenxiao Yuqing Office. Seeing that the wooden sign at the door facing outward was "Manage affairs, sign up to enter", he said,

"Penglai Division Ganlin Office trainee Cheng Xinzhan, requests to see the Office Master."

"Enter."

Cheng Xinzhan entered and saw the man writing furiously again.

"It's Xinzhan, what's the matter?"

The man didn't look up, still reviewing.

Cheng Xinzhan bowed, "Office Master, I want to practice the five thunders together."

Zhao Wuji's pen paused, he looked up, with a smile on his face,

"That's right. I was afraid you were only practicing thunder method for the purpose of melting evil. I naturally welcome you wanting to practice the five thunders together."

Because of Wen Sukong's request, he let Cheng Xinzhan practice in the Thunder Office, but didn't pay attention to it. However, later, this child became famous in Baiyujing, spread to the ground, and had the Hong Jiaozhu's decree to teach the three mountains with true disciple treatment, so he began to pay attention.

He had asked Jianxian, who taught Cheng Xinzhan divine thunder method, and Jianping, who taught water thunder method, including the heads of the two offices, and the answers he got were the same,

"Wish they could be true true disciples of the Thunder Office."

These people also came to find him, wanting to take this child away from Mingzhi Mountain. However, Zhao Wuji knew Wen Sukong's temper, so he naturally wouldn't really ask, and the Deputy Hong Jiaozhu in charge of Shuji Mountain was also Mingzhi Mountain's grandmaster.

However, it wouldn't work on the surface, but it could be done in the dark. As long as this child himself didn't want to leave after learning method in the Thunder Office, then no one could do anything.

Now it was auditing for two years, but thunder method was profound, what could he learn in two years? If he audited for ten or twenty years, it wouldn't be too late to talk about transferring over then.

"You have already practiced divine thunder and water thunder among the five thunders, and there are still heavenly thunder, community thunder, and dragon thunder. Heavenly thunder controls time and luck, community thunder controls mountain-breaking and temple-destroying, and dragon thunder controls rewarding merit and punishing evil. Heavenly thunder and community thunder are easy to talk about, but dragon thunder must be practiced by those with dragon might, which is a bit troublesome."

Zhao Wuji was thinking of a way. Dragon might was rare, otherwise dragon thunder wouldn't be the most difficult thunder method to learn among the five thunders.

Generally speaking, for the human race to have dragon might, they must either be human emperors, refine Long Gang, or be gifted by dragon species.

These three things are not simple. Human emperors have dragon might, but they are destined not to be able to practice. Even if they want to learn, no one dares to teach. As for the royal bloodline, it is estimated that the Crown Prince who monitors the country has some dragon might, and the others don't need to think about it.

Long Gang is even rarer. The thirty-six types of heavenly Gang are already extremely rare things in the world, not to mention those containing dragon might. Counting them all, there are only three or four types.

As for dragon species gifts, they are naturally not simple. First of all, this dragon species must be a dragon species that has become a climate. True dragons and the nine sons don't need to be said, they are rarer than heavenly immortals. Among dragon attributes, they must be of the correct blood species such as Jiao, Chi, Qiu, Pan, Jin, and Li. Miscellaneous blood species such as Mirage, Viper, Fish, and Python, even if they have some dragon shape, still cannot be counted as true dragon species.

And even for these species such as Jiao, Chi, Qiu, Pan, Jin, and Li, it's not to say that getting some blood, horns, scales, and hair can make one have dragon might. Blood must be heart blood, horns must be marrow quality, scales must be fin scales, hair must be jaw whiskers. Which one is not a treasure that dragon attributes regard as precious, and would they easily give it to others?

"Office Master, I was lucky enough to get some opportunities, and I should already have dragon might on my body."

Cheng Xinzhan saw Zhao Wuji thinking, so he said in a low voice.

"Hmm?"

Zhao Wuji looked over, a bit surprised, "Let me see you release it."

Upon hearing this, Cheng Xinzhan's thought moved, the heart mansion blood dragon shuttled, and a dragon might was emitted.

Zhao Wuji felt it and nodded, "Not bad, you have good opportunities. The dragon might is like a prison and like the sea, it can indeed help you practice dragon thunder.

"In this way, don't learn in the division office, go to the Five Thunder Courtyard. Those elders should also be a bit bored in their spare time, just happen to have you kid go over to keep them company."

Cheng Xinzhan was overjoyed, this was exactly what he wanted.

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The elders in the Five Thunder Courtyard were indeed old and numerous, after all, the young ones were all working in the division offices.

When Zhao Wuji led Cheng Xinzhan over, he praised him a lot, which aroused the curiosity of a group of elders. Hearing that this kid wanted to practice the five thunders together, they became even more interested. Some elders asked a few questions, and Cheng Xinzhan answered fluently, and even had whimsical words, attracting the elders to praise him repeatedly.

The final result was that Cheng Xinzhan was released very late.

Flying back to Mingzhi Mountain, he suddenly found thunder intent soaring into the sky at the Bamboo Tablet.

Did his master return?

He immediately landed over.

Sure enough, he saw his master in the bamboo pavilion.

"Master."

Cheng Xinzhan walked over and bowed.

Wen Sukong nodded with a smile.

Cheng Xinzhan saw that his master was surrounded by thunder intent and full of vitality, so he smiled and said,

"Congratulations to Master for successfully undergoing tribulation."

Wen Sukong smiled and said, "It was quite smooth."

He was a bit curious. Speaking of which, he didn't know his master's specific realm, so he asked,

"Master, which Dan tribulation is this for you?"

Wen Sukong looked at him upon hearing this, and didn't answer immediately.

"It was the disciple who was presumptuous."

Cheng Xinzhan said hurriedly.

"Second Wash."

Wen Sukong answered with two words.

"Ah?"

Cheng Xinzhan was a bit surprised. Was his master's realm only Second Wash?

Looking at his disciple's stunned appearance, Wen Sukong smiled and said,

"Is it that you think Master's realm is low?"

"The disciple wouldn't dare."

He shook his head repeatedly.

"This is Master's incarnation's Second Wash."

Wen Sukong's voice was a bit lower.

"Ah?"

Cheng Xinzhan was even more surprised this time.

"Why, did you think only you had an incarnation?"

Wen Sukong said with a smile.

"The disciple wouldn't dare."

He said it again.

"Incarnation spirit-dividing practice is one of the fundamental methods of our Mingzhi Mountain. Master's incarnation is not as good as yours, but it has also been practiced from the lowly realm all the way up." Wen Sukong said, and she also explained,

"When both your physical body and incarnation reach the Third Realm, it will bring you another benefit, which is that others cannot know your true realm."

Cheng Xinzhan understood immediately. Yes, who knew whether the one undergoing tribulation this time was the true body or the incarnation?

"Master's true body is Golden Core Sixth Wash."

Wen Sukong told her disciple her true realm.

This was even higher than what Cheng Xinzhan had thought.

Speaking of cultivation realms, Cheng Xinzhan reported his recent progress to his master, mentioning the sword refining in the Yang Hall and practicing the five thunders together.

Wen Sukong nodded and said it was all very good.

Cheng Xinzhan was a bit worried. Recently, practicing thunder, sword, and refining together, the progress was very fast, but the progress of the Qi refining root path was a bit slow.

Now that the Fire Mansion and Gold Mansion had been opened, he told Wen Sukong his idea of wanting to open the Spleen Mansion with Earth.

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Wen Sukong listened carefully, and after listening, she nodded and said it was good, indeed reasonable and well-founded.

Seeing his master agree, he explained his recent troubles to Wen Sukong,

"Master, Earth is like a mountain, and also has a position, deciding Yin-Yang life and death. I originally had my eyes on Mount Tai and Mount Lao, wanting to go to the site to take a look, but the Hong Jiaozhu asked me to audit in the sect for two years, so the disciple is afraid of delaying it."

Wen Sukong listened, looked at this clever and thoughtful disciple, and said,

"Do you know why the Hong Jiaozhu wanted to keep you for two years?"

Cheng Xinzhan blinked. Wasn't it because he wanted him to learn more and better?

"It's true that the Hong Jiaozhu values you, but the reason the time was set for two years is because the Longhu Fa Hui is the year after next, and he specifically named you to participate, so he doesn't want you running around and making mistakes."

Cheng Xinzhan nodded. So there was this matter.

"The Longhu Fa Hui opens once every three hundred and sixty years, and it is also the opening ceremony for Longhu Mountain to accept disciples. After accepting disciples, our sects will perform and discuss the Dao, which is a rare grand event in Yu Zhang."

Wen Sukong explained.

"Also," she said again, "not every time you open a mansion do you have to go outside to find opportunities. You are going far away this time."

Cheng Xinzhan didn't understand what she meant.

"Master asks you, what does Mingzhi Mountain mainly practice?"

Cheng Xinzhan was shocked upon hearing this.

Yes!

Mingzhi Mountain is an Yin-Yang legal system, mainly practicing corpse-dissolution and soul-returning, which seems very suitable!

However, Mingzhi Mountain is an immortal mountain, but it is not a position.

Wen Sukong guessed Cheng Xinzhan's inner thoughts and said meaningfully,

"Do you think the two characters 'Ming' and 'Zhi' were taken casually?"

Cheng Xinzhan frowned.

"Ming".

"Zhi".

Thinking carefully, his eyes slowly widened. These two characters seem to be exactly the characters that high-ranking venerable people love!

"This..."

He didn't know what to say.

"Mingzhi Mountain now only has you and me. If one day Master has some accident, you will be the Mountain Master. Some things should also be told to you."

Wen Sukong said, her tone very serious.

Seeing this, Cheng Xinzhan's expression also became solemn.

"You follow me."

Wen Sukong walked out of the bamboo pavilion, and Cheng Xinzhan followed hurriedly.

She stopped in front of the "Zhan Biyun Hidden Bamboo Place" stone tablet, drew a few talismans in the air, asked Cheng Xinzhan to remember them, and finally hit the light talisman into the stone tablet.

A light hole actually appeared on the surface of the stone tablet!

She led the way into the light hole.

Cheng Xinzhan also walked in.

The bright light was dazzling. He closed his eyes and walked in, then opened them again, and was immediately shocked beyond measure by the scene before him!

"This, this, this is..."

He stammered a bit.

"This is what Mingzhi Mountain looks like inside."

Wen Sukong said calmly.

Cheng Xinzhan couldn't believe it.

So Mingzhi Mountain was empty inside!

The whole mountain had been hollowed out!

The underground was even deeper and bottomless, as if it were going to lead to the Nine Nether Yellow Springs!

And in such a large and vast space, there were countless coffins floating densely!

These coffins were divided into gold and jade, each arranged in the shape of a Yin-Yang fish, gold for Yin, jade for Yang, tightly fitting, slowly rotating, forming a swimming Taiji diagram!

What kind of array was this!

And what kind of people were buried in the coffins?

"The ones in the jade coffins are the remains of the predecessors of Sanqing Mountain above the Golden Core Realm."

One sentence was earth-shattering.

Cheng Xinzhan looked at his master in a daze.

"Mingzhi Mountain is the mausoleum of Sanqing Mountain. You and I, and the predecessors of Mingzhi Mountain, are all tomb keepers."

Wen Sukong said.

"Master, Master, why is this?"

Cheng Xinzhan didn't understand. Cultivators, even if they couldn't ascend, when their longevity ended, they would sit and transform, their essence and Qi feeding back to heaven and earth, and nothing would be left. How could there be a corpse?

And when they reached the Golden Core Realm, when their longevity ended, it wasn't called sitting and transforming, it was called feathering. After death, the physical body's essence and Qi would feed back to heaven and earth, and at the same time, vitality would be nurtured in the dead Qi. The soul would go to reincarnation on its own, and the aging Golden Core would turn into a white crane, soaring in the blue sky, as a witness to the birth and death of a Golden Core cultivator.

Only one exception exists: the cultivator dies suddenly, the physical body is sealed by some spiritual Qi, or is refined into a walking corpse.

However, with so many coffins, how could the predecessors of Sanqing Mountain end up in such a situation?

"These are all predecessors who, after their longevity ended, voluntarily locked their physical body's essence and Qi and turned into corpses, just in case one day, if a force capable of destroying Sanqing Mountain attacks the mountain gate, and there is no response from heaven or earth, at that time, the disciples of Mingzhi Mountain can raise thousands of corpses to defend against the enemy! And among these thousands of corpses, the lowest realm in their lifetime is the Golden Core Realm, and there is no lack of immortal corpses!"

Wen Sukong's voice was trembling slightly.

Cheng Xinzhan was silent for a long time. The Nine Yang Refining Eyes didn't sting, but now, they were slightly sour.

"Is this the reason why Master has been urging me not to neglect corpse-raising technique?"

Cheng Xinzhan asked in a low voice, as if afraid of disturbing these predecessors.

"Yes."

Wen Sukong nodded, "This is the duty of Mingzhi Mountain disciples, so Mingzhi Mountain doesn't need too many disciples, and having a few tomb keepers on this mountain is enough. This is one of the biggest secrets of Sanqing Mountain. But no matter how rare Mingzhi Mountain disciples are, the inheritance will never be broken. Once Mingzhi Mountain's lineage is broken, the living ancestor will directly become the new Mountain Master and immediately start accepting disciples to continue the legal system."

"If even the ancestor is gone, then the Deputy Hong Jiaozhu of the Yuanyin Hall will become the new Mountain Master and continue the legal system! This is also why the Deputy Hong Jiaozhu of the Yuanyin Hall is in charge of Mingzhi Mountain. The first thing every generation of Deputy Hong Jiaozhu of the Yuanyin Hall does after taking office is to be told this secret by the Hong Jiaozhu or the Mingzhi Mountain Master!"

Wen Sukong looked at Cheng Xinzhan at this time and smiled again, "Master knows that many legal systems in the sect want you to go over, but unless you are willing, even if they beg the Hong Jiaozhu, it will be useless! The inheritance of Mingzhi Mountain is the biggest thing in Sanqing Mountain!"

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