Chapter 243

"Cock-a-doodle-doo—"

A rooster crowed from the heart mansion, waking Cheng Xinzhan from his deep thought.

He glanced at the east; it turned out to be the morning of the next day.

He stopped the sword in his hand and sat down to ingest Qi again.

After ingesting today's purple energy, he continued to chisel the wall and copy scriptures. However, after a day and a night, he already had a plan for the general direction of the future, his heart became increasingly stable, and his temperament became increasingly transcendent and lofty.

He was still multitasking while copying scriptures, but he was not as deeply immersed in his own thoughts as before, just secretly formulating a detailed plan to go to Xikang.

Once he was not so immersed, his perception of the outside world naturally became sharper.

Not long after, he felt that the golden sunlight reflected on the stone wall was increasingly dazzling, and his body was warmed by the sun, knowing that it was noon.

So he didn't stop carving characters with his sword, but at the same time, he sacrificed the red-skinned gourd to hang in the air.

This gourd, like the blood lotus seat, was in two completely different states in the hands of the mountain demon and in the hands of Cheng Xinzhan.

The shape and quality of the gourd itself were excellent, graspable, with a full upper belly like a hanging bucket and a drooping lower belly like a full moon, with the sum of four and six.

The biggest change in the gourd lay in its color. In the hands of the mountain demon, this gourd emitted a bright red light, as if splashed with blood. After falling into Cheng Xinzhan's hands, the blood-evil demonic energy was refined away, the treasure's brilliance was completely restrained, and the gourd revealed its true color.

What kind of color was this?

If Cheng Xinzhan were to describe it, he would call it "Maple Gall Frost Color."

It was like the red color presented by maple wood after experiencing autumn frost, neither bright nor dim, the color was relatively deep, but there was no eerie feeling.

Moreover, there were naturally generated gall tumor patterns on the surface of the gourd. It was hard to say what shape they were; some looked like clouds, some like star charts, and some looked like some kind of mysterious talisman patterns.

The gourd forming gall patterns was a great omen.

The "Dharma Tool Style" chapter of the "Emperor's Supreme Dao Taiqing Jade Book" said: "Those with galls are a sign of the condensation of earthly Qi. Those with gall patterns like star fields are especially precious and can seal thunder talismans."

The "Dharma Method Yuan" chapter of "Demonic Evil Talisman Style" also said: "If one obtains a natural wood gall, carving the shape of Mount Fengdu can capture the fierce officials of the Earth Division."

So when the two attendants helped him refine away the blood-evil demonic energy and he saw the true shape of the gall patterns, he had an indescribable surprise and immediately named this gourd "Red Gall."

"Red" took its color, and the "Scripture of Salvation" had the saying "Red Bright Opens Luck," while "Gall" took its pattern. The combination of the two was Cheng Xinzhan's hope that this treasure could bring him good luck, cross the Golden Core tribulation as soon as possible, and achieve the realm of the "Red Child Nascent Soul."

And when he carefully refined the gourd, he indeed found that this gourd had other mysteries.

When he first saw the gourd, he was greatly misled by the mountain demon. The outer skin of this gourd was red, and it emitted fire inside, so the mountain demon thought it was a fire-attribute spiritual root and refined it into a fire-attribute spiritual treasure. Cheng Xinzhan also thought so when he saw it at the time.

However, in the process of refining, he discovered that it was really the mountain demon's low vision that ruined the treasure and ruined himself.

This gourd was actually "wood in the earth," a rare alien spiritual root.

This wood-attribute spiritual root grew only after drinking enough earthly Qi from several mountain peaks. It was just because there were many fire caves underground in the Southern Wilderness, so the spiritual root naturally became contaminated with fire nature when absorbing earthly Qi. Wood regenerated fire, so there was a fire domain barrier inside.

If this spiritual root had taken root in Kuizhou, wood could also attract thunder, and it would have been bathed in heavenly thunder all year round. Perhaps it would have been a purple-skinned gourd, and inside would have been a thunder barrier.

So this treasure was actually nourished by earth, rooted in wood, red when encountering fire, and purple when passing through thunder.

Now this spiritual root first came into contact with earthly fire and became a red-skinned fire treasure, but the fundamental Dharma nature of "wood in the earth" had not changed, so it could still swallow thunder and accept electricity.

It was precisely because of this that the mountain demon felt that using this treasure to cross the pill tribulation was extremely easy to use. However, he had mortal eyes and only thought that the treasure was tough and could resist the tribulation lightning, not knowing that the treasure itself was a thunder-loving treasure.

And after Cheng Xinzhan realized this, he naturally used both thunder and fire.

If he was free, he would refine it with fire on sunny days and with thunder on cloudy days.

If he was busy and had no time, he would place it in his heart mansion and use the inner landscape god to refine it with the "Thunder Vehicle Fire Flag Transporting Technique." Every time thunder and fire intersected, a new Dharma prohibition spiritual pattern would take shape on the inner wall of the gourd.

Now, this gourd contained both thunder and flames, and it was already an extremely remarkable fierce Yang treasure.

At this moment, the gourd was sacrificed in the air, feeling the shining of the sun's brilliance, the Dharma prohibitions in the gourd operated on their own, spontaneously ingesting the noon Bing fire into the gourd.

Besides this, Cheng Xinzhan also specifically created a Dharma prohibition for this gourd. After the gourd ingested heavenly light, earthly fire, thunder, and rain, it could not only transform into a thunder-fire Dharma domain in the gourd but also condense into Yang essence thunder pulp.

And the latter, to him, was not only Yang Qi that could enhance magic power but also a rare strong liquor, which he had always been fond of.

And after having the "Red Gall," the "Current" gourd bestowed by the Master at that time, which was used as a thunder pulp carrier when he first practiced the thunder path, was no longer needed. He bestowed it upon Bai Longnai; this little dog had been with him for a long time and was also fond of that, just lacking a wine gourd.

He refined treasures and carved characters, and in the blink of an eye, the sun was setting, the sunset was ten thousand miles away, and the red clouds filled the sky.

Wen Sukong told Cheng Xinzhan that without her word, he was not allowed to leave, but many disciples who were punished to come here only suffered the punishment of the day, so they all drove clouds to leave and returned to their cave dwellings at this time.

Cheng Xinzhan put away the gourd and stopped carving characters. He looked around, not only at the mountain wall here, but also at the disciples in the sky who were practicing Dharma and traveling, all returning to the mountain one after another, like tired birds returning to the forest.

The scene before him couldn't help but remind him of the first day he came to the Three Pure Mountains. At that time, Daoist Brother Jihu and Daoist Brother Jiyuan entertained him at the Bingchen Courtyard. What he saw at that time was exactly the same as it was now.

A smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. Thirty years had passed in a flash, like a white horse passing a crack, but he would never get tired of the beautiful scenery in the Three Pure Mountains.

"Hey!"

Just as Cheng Xinzhan was immersed in the beautiful sunset, a shout suddenly came from his ear.

He turned his head to look, and it turned out to be that fox from the Ancestral Ancestral Tian Shi's Mansion.

"Daoist Cheng, what's the matter, were you also punished for making a mistake?"

The fox teased.

Cheng Xinzhan nodded with a smile and replied,

"Yes, I made a mistake and was punished by the Master."

Hearing this, the fox was stunned, not expecting that this famous figure in front of her would admit it so readily.

She felt that she had asked for a boring time, so she stopped paying attention to Cheng Xinzhan and continued to carve characters. The Daoists on this Mount Mo'ya had sharp eyes, and it would be dark soon. If they found her slacking off, they would nag endlessly again.

However, after being punished to carve characters for more than five years, the fox really felt that this place was quite good.

Being punished did not delay her cultivation. The spiritual energy here was rich, there were no disputes, and there were no errands. She read scriptures and drew talismans in the cave during the day, and carved characters and realized the Dharma on the cliff wall at night, and it did not delay her from bathing in the moonlight.

And if there was anything she didn't understand while reading scriptures, she could just pull any disciple who was chiseling the wall and copying scriptures to ask, and they were all very happy to answer.

In five years, the fox could clearly perceive that her magic power and talisman attainments were growing rapidly!

And there was also a Ten Thousand Longevity Garden in the Three Pure Mountains, where there were many demon clans, and those demon clans were no different from the disciples of the Three Pure Mountains. The fox also made friends with a mink demon who was studying Dharma in the Yanjiao Hall. This friend often came to see her at night.

But what made the fox most sad was that no matter what method she thought of, she could not contact the outside world or her Aunt Grandmother.

If only her Aunt Grandmother had also been caught.

Hu Baozhuang often thought so.

Cheng Xinzhan didn't know what the fox was thinking, but he could see that the pretentious slavery and fox-like charm that the fox had brought out from the Ancestral Ancestral Tian Shi's Mansion had indeed diminished a lot.

After enjoying the twilight for a while, when the moon hung on the treetops, Cheng Xinzhan continued to carve characters.

When a crescent moon hung in the sky, the cool, water-like moonlight covered the entire stone wall with a layer of white frost, and the golden book turned into a silver volume.

As he carved, he suddenly found several large human figures appearing on the stone wall.

He turned his head to look back, and then smiled.

It was his group of partners who had come.

"We didn't believe it when we heard the news, but we didn't expect it was really you here."

Feng Jihu said with a smile.

Cheng Xinzhan was a little surprised, "What are you doing here?"

At this time, Pu Jixuan waved her sleeve and released a large cloud, and everyone sat on the cloud.

"Since you entered the door, the praise for you in the mountain has never stopped. Everyone's ears have become calloused from hearing it, and we have seen you lecture on scriptures and Dharma many times, but we have never seen you being punished. How can we not come to see this unprecedented time?"

Feng Jihu laughed.

Everyone echoed.

Cheng Xinzhan shook his head with a bitter smile.

"I heard that Mountain Master Wen has returned. Is Xinzhan punished by Mountain Master Wen? Why were you punished?"

Sun Miaoshu asked.

Cheng Xinzhan replied,

"The Master has been away from the mountain for many years. After returning, he said that I was too eager for success and my state of mind had problems, so he asked me to come and copy the 'Scripture of Purity'."

Hearing this, everyone nodded.

Yes, Xinzhan was indeed too fast.

Among those present, those who had formed the Golden Core were only Fang Weimin, Zheng Miaoji, Xiao Miaoyu, and Xu Jishen, and among them, there were two who were Dao seeds themselves. Except for Zhu Jianrong who was currently in closed-door meditation to form the core, the others had no movement yet.

But even so, the elders in the sect all said that this generation of young people had great potential.

However, they all had a common thought in their hearts, more or less: we must hurry up and practice! We can't let Xinzhan pull away too much!

And the most regrettable thing in recent years was that Yu Miaoyin died while destroying corpses in the East Sea. Originally, he was also one of the Golden Core roots.

And Cheng Xinzhan also understood in his heart that everyone coming to find him was just finding an excuse to get together, talk, and relax during their busy cultivation affairs.

So this night, no one talked about cultivation, but chatted about the world, some saying the East Sea was vast and worth seeing, some saying the Northern Desert grassland was like a blue sea, and some saying the yellow sand in Longyou was also a different kind of scenery.

When the sky brightened, everyone sat on the cloud head again at Cheng Xinzhan's suggestion to ingest purple energy, and then they went about their own business.

Cheng Xinzhan carved characters while thinking about the Dharma image and Xikang. Unknowingly, time flew by, and the mountain wall changed between gold and silver thirty times.

"Senior Brother——"

In the evening of this day, Xinshu came. The person hadn't arrived yet, but the voice had already come from afar.

"The Master has called you back!"

Xinshu fell in front of Cheng Xinzhan and said crisply.

"Good."

Cheng Xinzhan nodded with a smile, put away his precious sword, and let Xinshu pull him back to Mount Meizhi.

The second day after returning to Wuyou Cave, he was called over by Wen Sukong alone again.

"I had a big fight with the Hong Jiaozhu."

As soon as Cheng Xinzhan sat down, Wen Sukong said this.

"Ah, why is that?"

Cheng Xinzhan was startled, and several thoughts flashed through his mind. Could it be that it was still about the matter of him dividing his spirit and avatar for many years without the Hong Jiaozhu stopping it? Or was it about the matter of the Master not being there and him opening the Lixue Mountain Dharma lineage to teach the spirit-storing path?

Wen Sukong said,

"Naturally, it was for the matter of the Longsha Prophecy."

"Hmm?"

Cheng Xinzhan didn't expect it to be this reason.

"Why is the Master angry?"

He asked repeatedly.

Wen Sukong gave a cold snort and said,

"I think the Hong Jiaozhu and those Deputy Sect Masters have lost their sense of proportion and are muddled in order to greatly flourish the sect!"

"Why does the Master say this?"

Cheng Xinzhan asked carefully.

Wen Sukong said,

"It was the Hong Jiaozhu who took the initiative to call me over to discuss the matter of you opening the mountain to accept disciples. Hmph, I don't know what they are thinking. Celestial Xu Ancestral Tian Shi issued a prophecy saying that you would accept eight hundred earth immortals, so you would accept eight hundred disciples? If the prophecy said eight thousand, would you accept eight thousand disciples?!

"Your own cultivation is already so impatient that you are taking risks and dividing your spirit and avatar. Where do you have the energy to accept and teach eight hundred disciples? Is Celestial Xu Ancestral Tian Shi issuing this prophecy to help people or harm people?

"And the stupid idea thought up by the Jingming Sect, letting you accept disciples in name only without teaching them personally. This is an even bigger muddled move. How can you bear the karma of eight hundred people?

"If Celestial Xu Ancestral Tian Shi's prophecy doesn't come true, that's fine. If it really comes true, as long as one of these eight hundred earth immortals has an evil heart and goes on a crooked path, the earth immortal falling into the demon path is such a great terror, and this karma will also be recorded on your head!

"I don't even dare to think about it. Without Dharma testing and heart questioning, letting you accept disciples in name only and handing them over to others to teach, how did the Jingming Sect dare to say such shocking words, and the Hong Jiaozhu didn't even notice anything wrong? You tell me, is he muddled?"

Wen Sukong scolded angrily.

Cheng Xinzhan could see that the Master was even angrier this time than when he saw him dividing his spirit and avatar when he returned.

But these two outbursts of anger were both for his sake.

Cheng Xinzhan only realized at this time that he hadn't thought about the things the Master was worried about before, always feeling that he should just listen to the sect's arrangements for such big things and do what he should do.

But at this time, after being pointed out by the Master, he indeed realized that something was wrong. Not to mention whether he was busy or not, as long as there was one person with an evil heart among them who did something wrong after achieving great supernatural powers, then he would truly be unable to redeem his sins even if he died ten thousand times.

"Then the Hong Jiaozhu?"

Cheng Xinzhan asked tentatively.

"The Hong Jiaozhu previously hoped to take this opportunity to further flourish the sect, which is the same as your anxiety to slay demons; both are obsessions. After being scolded by me, he immediately returned to a clear state. He even wanted to come and apologize to you, but I declined."

Cheng Xinzhan nodded repeatedly, "That's not necessary, that's not necessary."

"I called you over to give you a reassurance. The various Sect Masters will re-discuss this matter with the Jingming Sect. It is definitely not something to be rushed.

"You should not take this matter to heart even more. As for being the teacher of eight hundred earth immortals, wait until you become an immortal yourself!"

"Disciple obeys!"

(End of chapter)