Chapter 155: Jade Liquid Refining Form (Happy New Year to everyone!)

Sixth-generation disciple of Mingzhi Mountain, Mo Taidian, accidentally entered this pool, saw the Long Gong, first surprised then laughed, so added three palaces to complete the interest of the Grandmaster, asking to visit the sages of later generations.

Tenth-generation disciple of Mingzhi Mountain, Zou Wuhui, entered the pool because of practicing water arts, saw the Long Gong, saw the words left by predecessors, added palaces again to complete the interest of the elders, to win a smile from later generations, asking to visit the sages of later generations together.

Ha! Master! You have been here too! — Eleventh-generation disciple of Mingzhi Mountain, An Weigu.

Thirteenth-generation disciple of Mingzhi Mountain, Yuan Miaoling, because the golden scales she raised ran away, she searched for her pet to this place, was surprised to see the palace, happy to see the words, left five hundred catties of crystal, one thousand catties of Han jade, and two thousand catties of pearls and agates to prepare for the needs of later generations.

Fifteenth-generation disciple of Mingzhi Mountain, Li Jixiang, entered this pool because of searching for a cave dwelling, used the treasures left by the founder to add four more palaces to complete the interest of Mingzhi Mountain, asking to visit the sages of later generations.

Nineteenth-generation disciple of Mingzhi Mountain, Shi Tongxuan, loved swimming and entered this pool, saw the interesting people and scenery of our Mingzhi Mountain, was really happy, added three palaces, asking to visit the sages of later generations.

Twenty-second-generation disciples of Mingzhi Mountain, Wen Sukong and Chen Suxing, entered this pool because of searching for secrets. At this time, the Long Gong had reached twenty-two palaces, which was truly a magnificent sight. We added six more to make the number twenty-eight, asking to visit the sages of later generations.

Cheng Xinzhan read word by word, feeling it was really interesting. It turned out that so many generations of masters in the past would build palaces for their own amusement in their spare time.

And seeing the masters of the Wu, Miao, and Ji generations made him feel a sense of time-space confusion, because most of the people in the mountain now were of these generations.

Seeing the names of Master Tongxuan and Master and Uncle made him feel very emotional. When the elders carved the words back then, they were probably about the same age as he was now, right?

Seeing the stone tablet, he also understood that this place had flat terrain, caves, and small pools. Such a treasure land, why didn't the previous elders open a cave dwelling here? It turned out it wasn't that there wasn't one, but that those who liked this place would retreat after seeing the things left by their elders after going down the pool.

Only he had moved in without even going into the water.

But it didn't matter. The sage who shared the same character as him had said, "Life is like a journey, and I am also a traveler." This Long Gong at the bottom of the pool had witnessed the coming and going of nearly twenty generations of masters and disciples of Mingzhi Mountain. The Long Gong remained, but the people who built the palace gradually withered away.

Just wait for a few hundred years later, when he turned into dry bones hidden under Mingzhi Mountain or ascended to immortality, this place would naturally be ownerless again. Presumably, later generations would inadvertently come to the bottom of the pool and see the magnificent sight again.

Let's not talk about the future for now. Just say that within these few hundred years, he would naturally have to inscribe words and expand the palace to complete the good story and ask to visit the sages of later generations.

Besides that, there was another saying, "A pool doesn't have to be deep; it's spiritual if there's a dragon." Since there was a Crystal Palace here, why not invite a dragon species to stay here?

Green Chi came here in distress, had no friends, and was lonely. Every time she saw him, she was overjoyed. Bringing her over to be a neighbor would be lively, and it would be much more convenient for him to see her and decoct medicine for her.

Cheng Xinzhan thought of this and didn't linger, flying up.

Old Bai was amazed at the long heritage and immortal elegance of Mingzhi Mountain, and was watching in wonder. Seeing the Cave Master leave suddenly, he couldn't care about admiring the beautiful scenery of the Long Gong and hurried to follow.

After Cheng Xinzhan came out of the pool, he left Mingzhi Mountain directly and went to Songlu Lake.

Arriving at Songlu Lake, he looked at the straight green pines, thinking that if Green Chi was willing to go over, he would have to dig up some green pines to avoid Green Chi not adapting.

And Green Chi saw Cheng Xinzhan coming again, feeling happy, thinking that this busy man had indeed been much freer recently and often came to see her.

Only heard him ask as soon as he arrived,

"Friend Gu, there is a good place in front of my cave dwelling, a clear pool. Would you like to go with me to take a look and use it as a place to stay? It will be much more convenient for me to treat your illness and send medicine in the future."

Upon hearing this, Green Chi's heart was in a mess, thinking how could this person be like this? Not long ago, he said he wanted to bring a friend to see her, but she hadn't transformed yet, so what was there to see?

But it seemed he was not wrong to want to bring a friend to see her. She had finally hardened her heart not to follow, but how long had it been, and he wanted her to go to his cave dwelling again.

What should she do?

Her heart was in a mess.

"Friend Gu, the pool in front of my cave dwelling is large. The bottom of the pool is no smaller than this lake. It's enough for you to play in on weekdays."

"If I go to his place, how should we get along in the future? He calls me friend, but there are no friends who live together every day! He is a busy man who cultivates on weekdays, and I am a lazy one who loves to play. Will I disturb him?"

"Friend Gu, to tell you the truth, there is a Long Gong under the pool in front of my cave dwelling!"

"But I didn't agree to his wanting to bring a friend to see me last time. If I refuse again this time, will he be angry?"

"By the way, Friend Gu, I also raise sea fish in that pool!"

"Why don't I just agree to him this time? Anyway, no one on Sanqing Mountain knows me except him and that sword immortal who saved my life. So be it if I'm embarrassed!"

Cheng Xinzhan looked at Green Chi, who had been staring blankly and not making a sound, and had no choice. Just as he was about to say forget it, he saw Green Chi close her eyes and nod.

He couldn't help but smile, saying that nothing else worked, and he still had to rely on food to lure her.

And Green Chi looked at his triumphant smile, feeling even more shy, but she had finally summoned the courage to nod, and she didn't want to go back on her word, so she turned and dived to the bottom of the lake. Since she was moving, she naturally had to take all her belongings with her.

While Cheng Xinzhan was waiting outside, he dug up three pine trees. No need for more, as the mouth of the pool was indeed small, and more would make it look gloomy, and the roots would damage the herb fields.

Before long, Green Chi shyly poked her head out.

Cheng Xinzhan saw it and knew why Green Chi was hiding. Indeed, it was not good for a rare dragon species to be so ostentatious.

"Friend, just follow behind me. I will use a glamour technique to cover your figure."

Green Chi heard this and was happy again, thinking that this person had finally figured it out. A dragon species that hadn't transformed simply couldn't be seen by people casually!

Fortunately, Cheng Xinzhan's illusion technique was excellent, and even a flood dragon could be covered. Like a thief, he took Green Chi along the west foot of Dongping Ridge back to Mingzhi Mountain.

When they arrived at Wuyou Cave, the big one and the two small ones at home were all waiting. The master left without saying a word, which was a rare thing.

Cheng Xinzhan came to the side of the pool and said,

"Deng Ge, Third Sister, and Old Bai, from now on, our Wuyou Cave will have one more member."

The three monsters didn't understand what he meant.

Cheng Xinzhan removed the glamour technique, revealing a green flood dragon in the air.

Deng Ge'er and Third Sister had both been taken by Cheng Xinzhan to Songlu Lake to see Green Chi. Although they were surprised at this moment, they couldn't be called scared.

Deng Ge'er lay on the ground, not daring to move, wagging his tail vigorously. Third Sister was bolder, meowing at Green Chi, and even wanted to go to the pool to fish for Green Chi. Green Chi had treated her to fish when they went to Songlu Lake before, and Third Sister remembered the favor.

And when Green Chi saw the fish in the pool, she was immediately happy. She hadn't heard a word of what Cheng Xinzhan said later, and only now did she know that she was going to live in a food nest.

It was just a pity that Old Bai had never seen such a divine object, and he rolled his eyes and fainted.

This gave Green Chi a fright, and she looked at Cheng Xinzhan in a panic.

Cheng Xinzhan smiled and didn't care about Old Bai. He would get used to it after seeing it more often. He said to Green Chi,

"Friend Gu, this is it."

After speaking, he took the lead and dived into the water.

Green Chi followed. It was her first time coming here, and she was quite careful. Such a huge creature didn't even splash a wave when entering the water.

When they reached the bottom of the pool and saw the Crystal Palace, Green Chi's emerald eyes shone brightly. She looked timidly at Cheng Xinzhan, signaling that this was really for her to live in?

Cheng Xinzhan nodded with a smile. The character of the masters could be seen from the inscriptions on the stone tablet. If they knew that their disciple's disciple had invited a flood dragon to live in, they would only be happy and not blame him.

Green Chi looked at Cheng Xinzhan for a while, then at the Crystal Palace, feeling as sweet as if she had eaten honey.

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Ming Year 432, Summer Solstice, the sun was scorching.

The herb fields were growing well, various plants were flourishing, some even bloomed, and the fragrance was overflowing.

By the small pool, three pine trees stood in a triangular shape. A bamboo rocking chair was placed under the trees. The young Daoist was lying on it, with a three-flower cat lying in his arms. He held a medical book in his hand, propped on the cat.

A large white dog lay beside him, and a white mouse sat on the dog's head.

At this moment, the white mouse was shaking its head, teaching the incantation,

!

"Heaven and earth are boundless, tracking for ten thousand miles, good wind has letters, thick earth leaves traces, sniff!"

The white dog hummed and snorted in its mouth, not knowing if it had learned it or not.

The Daoist looked at the medicine water on the stove that had long since extinguished the fire and had cooled down, so he picked it up and poured it into the pool.

"Open your mouth."

He shouted.

"Splash—"

The surface of the small pool surged, water splashed everywhere, revealing a green dragon head.

Green Chi opened her mouth and swallowed all the medicine.

Cheng Xinzhan took the opportunity to glance at Green Chi's throat aperture and nodded slightly.

When Green Chi first moved in, he had carefully examined her throat aperture. It was purple-black, and it felt ice-cold from the outside. He looked up medical books and found that this should be a manifestation of "Yin-deficiency throat obstruction," where yin energy blocked the throat aperture, leading to the inability to speak.

The medical book said that "Yin-deficiency throat obstruction" was either caused by trauma in the womb or by being pierced in the throat aperture by yin-damaging objects. He asked Green Chi if she had ever been injured in the throat by a yin object when she was fleeing in the Shu region.

Green Chi gave him an affirmative answer. At that time, a cold flying sword had pierced her throat aperture.

Knowing the cause, it was easy to handle. Cheng Xinzhan followed the prescription in the medical book and decocted medicine for Green Chi, which she took daily. Now, thirteen months had passed, and the purple-black color of Green Chi's throat aperture had faded by more than half, gradually returning to a tender pink flesh color.

In this year, Cheng Xinzhan had read quite a lot of books about the throat aperture, not just medical books, but also the evolution of the Twelve-Story Tower, the reason for designating the throat aperture as the Cloud Residence, and even the characteristics of the demon race's throat bone.

The result was that Green Chi's throat obstruction hadn't been cured yet, but he had successfully opened the Twelve-Story Tower and opened twelve layers of Cloud Residence.

As for the Inner Landscape God of the Cloud Residence, he visualized the Teng Snake.

The so-called Teng Snake is also a dragon species, capable of raising clouds and mist and traveling within them.

The Teng Snake is a natural divine beast that controls clouds and mist. There are also rumors that the Teng Snake is the offspring of the Northern Zhiming God.

And the visualization diagram of the Teng Snake came from Green Chi, or rather, it was the private collection of her father, Gu Yi.

Now, the Crystal Palace at the bottom of the pool had been decorated extremely gorgeously by Green Chi. So, building a Crystal Palace was something a dragon species should do.

Last year, Cheng Xinzhan went to the Crystal Palace to play with Green Chi and saw a "Teng Snake Riding Mist Diagram" hanging in Green Chi's bedroom. He stared at it for a long time and visualized it successfully.

Subsequently, he often read books, and his understanding of the throat aperture became deeper, and he opened the Cloud Residence not long after.

Now, with the Teng Snake moving up and down in the Twelve-Story Tower, raising clouds and mist, his speed and volume of swallowing spiritual energy were far greater than before, and his magic power accumulation was extremely abundant.

In addition, there is water hidden in the clouds, and the Cloud Residence is also known as the Twelve-Story Tower, which is the place where Jade Saliva grows. In this year, he studied the throat aperture Cloud Residence and also realized a supernatural power himself. This supernatural power is not only related to the throat aperture Cloud Residence, but also related to the kidney aperture Water Mansion. He named it "Jade Liquid Refining Form."

The "Taiyi Golden Flower Tenet" says that Divine Fire, Intent Earth, and Essence Water are the supreme true formulas for pure yang inner elixir.

In the Seal-Offering Hall of the Longhu Mountain Celestial Master Mansion, he realized Pure Yang Divine Fire and Guarding Intent Earth in a desperate situation of no return.

And in this year, he cultivated his health, grew flowers and planted grass, realized vitality, and read medical books, read a lot of health-preserving methods, plus the guidance of the water-attribute dragon species Green Chi, only then did he have some understanding of Essence Water.

In the "Taiyi Golden Flower Tenet," Divine, Intent, and Essence all refer to the void, which is mysterious, but this Essence is also related to the physical body.

The physical body is young and tender, middle-aged and strong, old and declining. What affects the physical body is Essence Water. Essence Water is moistening, and the physical body is strong and powerful. Where does Essence Water originate?

Two places: the saliva of the Twelve-Story Tower and the liquid of the Kidney Mansion.

This supernatural power of his is not a combat supernatural power, but a health-preserving and Dao-protecting supernatural power.

When operating the supernatural power, the kidney liquid rises. When passing through the Heart Mansion, the Heart Mansion sends out a wisp of pure yang fire energy to help the kidney water rise. At the same time, it also harmonizes yin and yang, removing the yin dampness in the kidney liquid. The kidney water surges into the Twelve-Story Tower and combines with the Jade Saliva generated in the throat aperture. This is the true Essence Water.

Then swallow the Essence Water, refine it by the Twelve-Story Tower, fall into the Jianggong, and then distribute it from the Jianggong to the Five Mansions, further leading to the limbs and bones, moistening the whole body.

This is "Jade Liquid Refining Form."

After cultivating "Jade Liquid Refining Form," he felt even lighter, and his face had more of a youthful appearance. At twenty-four years old, he was like a jade tree and green pine, tall and straight, but his face still looked like seventeen or eighteen. Compared with when he first entered the mountain, he just had more confidence and indifference. Everything else seemed to have never changed.

Now, Feng Jihu saw it and said that Cheng Xinzhan had a way of preserving health, and temporarily putting aside cultivation was indeed of great benefit.

That said, in reality, he hadn't cultivated wholeheartedly for a year, but he felt that his understanding of the Five Elements had grown rapidly in the process of planting flowers and decocting medicine.

Medicine is a thing of wood and stone, occupying the two elements of wood and metal, growing in the soil, then thrown into water, and cooked with fire, which is exactly the Five Elements.

Among them, extracting medicinal properties with water and fire gave him great inspiration. He had yang fire and yin water in his body, and divine fire and essence water. Couldn't he also refine his physical body and soul?

Since he had already realized "Jade Liquid Refining Form," could "Heart-Kidney Refining Body" and "Water-Fire Refining Soul" be far behind?

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