Chapter 92: Seeing the Green Chi again, first hearing about thunder tools

At dawn, the sky was still dim. Without anyone calling, the drunken crowd got up one after another and came to the cliff to meditate.

The dog's belly was round from eating, and it lay there with its limbs spread out, refusing to move.

The sun rose, and everyone gathered the morning glow and purple qi, which was exceptionally quiet.

When the sun gradually became bright and the purple qi dissipated, everyone got up one after another and went on their own way.

Cheng Xinzhan went to pay the bill, but heard that the bill had already been paid. As for who paid it, there were many people last night, and the manager of the Capital Kitchen Courtyard had forgotten.

He didn't pursue it either. He went to the Fangtang Library and borrowed three books, one "Lei Yun Meaning Canon", one "Cloud Dragon Correct Translation", and one "Long Zhang Thunder Seal Word Compilation".

The first book talks about the comparative translation of Thunder Seal and Cloud Li, the second book talks about the comparative translation of Long Zhang and Cloud Li, and the third book talks about the changes in word meaning when Long Zhang and Thunder Seal are used together.

When he received the two Daoist books given by Master Jianxian before, he found that most of them were Thunder Seals, a small part were Dragon Chapters, and a very small amount of Cloud Li mixed in. He hadn't learned Thunder Seals and Dragon Chapters before, so he had to learn and read them now.

After borrowing the translation books, he rode a cloud and landed outside the pine forest.

Before he got close, he heard a sound of a conch. He smiled knowingly. It was the ancient famous song "Flowing Water" that he had taught the Green Chi. The pure and elegant melody was blown out with a conch at this time. Although it was not as clear as the zither song, it added a long and lingering feeling.

It seems that this young Chi has made great progress during this time.

Perhaps, it is also due to talent!

He thought of what Jiang Nanjing told him, that Green Chi who had no news, the owner of "Heavenly Wind Pine Snow", a close friend of the Thunder Immortal.

However, at this time, Bai Gou was lying on the ground, motionless, not daring to follow forward.

Cheng Xinzhan guessed that although the Green Chi was a young species, it had dragon power after all, and the dog was a mortal, so it was normal not to dare to approach, so he let the dog wait here, and he continued to move forward.

Getting closer, he saw the lake, and at a glance, he saw the Green Chi in the middle of the lake, with its head raised, only showing its mouth on the lake surface, like a small lotus leaf, the Chi mouth containing a conch, and it was playing.

Hearing the sound of someone approaching, the Green Chi opened its mouth, the conch fell into its mouth, and then it sank quickly.

"It's me."

He shouted.

"Splash~"

The sound of a giant object breaking the water surface, the Green Chi poked its body out, its eyes full of joy.

But Cheng Xinzhan's attention was so strong that he caught a glimpse of a blood spot on the Green Chi's back, where a scale was missing!

He immediately reacted...

That, that scale was not an old scale that had molted, it was a new scale that the Green Chi had pulled out from its own body that day!

That scale was placed on his chest by him, blocking a blow from "Taodu" for him, saving his life!

And in the evil acupoint, the clothes and skin were burned, and the scale and his flesh and blood stuck together. When the new skin grew out, it wrapped the end of the scale's pulp cavity, making the scale look like it had grown on his chest, and it was still in the flesh and blood and hadn't been taken out.

Cheng Xinzhan saw it, but he just kept it in his heart silently and didn't deliberately mention it.

"You can play "Flowing Water", so have you learned "Gaoshan"?"

The Green Chi shook its head, and there was some shame and annoyance in its eyes. It had worked very hard to learn "Flowing Water Song". Why didn't this person praise it for learning the song quickly and well when he came back, but only asked if it had learned "Gaoshan"?

It flicked its tail and threw a wave at Cheng Xinzhan.

Cheng Xinzhan dodged easily, still saying, "Why haven't you refined the horizontal bone yet?"

The Green Chi was even more angry and made a gesture to return to the bottom of the lake.

Cheng Xinzhan smiled and stopped teasing it, saying: "Lend me your zither to play a song "Fisherwoman", I seem to have a new realization."

The Green Chi immediately stopped being angry, happily came to Cheng Xinzhan's side, and spat out "Heavenly Wind Pine Snow".

Holding the ancient zither, Cheng Xinzhan's state of mind was different again. Before, he only knew it was a treasure, but now he knew it was a pine tree chosen by the Thunder Immortal in the wind and snow, made into a zither for a friend, and it was an ancient object passed down from the Tang Dynasty.

He played "Fisherwoman", but his heart couldn't help but imagine, "Fisherwoman" is also an ancient Tang song. Could it be that it was composed by that Green Chi? Could it be that that Green Chi met a fisherwoman one day, admired her at first sight, composed this song, and played it with "Heavenly Wind Pine Snow"? That fisherwoman gave birth to the young Chi in front of him, and then died of old age, leaving only that long-lived Green Chi in the world to miss the old person, playing "Fisherwoman" over and over again, so this young Chi is so obsessed with "Fisherwoman"?

Cheng Xinzhan closed his eyes, imagining in his heart, and in his mind, he outlined a story of love between a human and a dragon, and the zither sound floating from his fingertips became more and more miserable and mournful.

And opposite him, the Green Chi looked at Cheng Xinzhan as if frozen, and tears flowed out at some point. It recalled and was confused,

Why is this person's zither sound getting more and more like Daddy's?

It slowly sank a little, letting the lake water cover its eyes, so that even if it shed tears, it wouldn't be seen.

Cheng Xinzhan closed his eyes and was immersed in the zither song, but he didn't notice the young Chi's actions.

After playing a song, he returned the zither to the young Chi and invited the young Chi to play the game of the 【Drown】 character curse, but this time he didn't let the Green Chi accompany him to practice the 【Town】 character curse, just let the Green Chi have a good time.

The Green Chi naturally agreed happily, thinking that Sanqing Mountain was already extremely good, but it was even better when he was there.

One person and one Chi played with the water waves on the lake, the 【Drown】 character sound and the Chi singing sound echoed each other.

The water magic power of this body was much more abundant than his original flesh and blood, and until his voice was a little tired, the magic power was still not used up.

When he saw that the Green Chi was also a little tired, he said he would come again another day.

Although the Green Chi was reluctant, it nodded. It said to itself that today was already extremely happy, and it couldn't be greedy. It would just wait for him to come again next time, and then it would secretly learn "Gaoshan" and make him happy too.

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Cheng Xinzhan returned to Wuyou Cave, sat on the bamboo couch under the persimmon tree, and read the two books "Essentials of Thunder Mansion Duties" and "Method of the Divine Firmament Thunder Qi Inhalation" according to the translation books.

Time flew by.

In the blink of an eye, it was the day agreed upon with Master Jianxian.

Early in the morning, he left the bamboo forest, this time leaving the dog at Wuyou Cave to watch the house.

Arriving at the southeast side of Shuji Mountain, he saw the eighteen slopes at a glance, like the terraced fields in the Miao border mountains, but much wider.

High buildings stood on these slopes. He came to the Yixin Tower on Guanshuang Terrace, a three-story wooden building.

Cheng Xinzhan stepped forward and knocked on the door. "Come in, come to the third floor."

The voice of Daoist Jianxian came from inside.

Cheng Xinzhan pushed the door and entered, coming to the third floor. There were two meditation cushions on the sun terrace on the third floor, and Daoist Jianxian was sitting on one of them, inviting Cheng Xinzhan to take a seat.

Cheng Xinzhan sat cross-legged and took out the two Daoist books to return them to Daoist Jianxian.

"Have you finished reading them all?"

"I have finished reading them."

"Is there anything you are confused about? Just say it."

Cheng Xinzhan was indeed confused. His confusion was at the source of eating thunder qi, how to introduce thunder qi into the body. The book said,

"Pour into the capacity acupoint, start eating thunder qi."

But how to pour it in, which capacity acupoint, it didn't say, as if it was just a literal meaning, but he was afraid that he hadn't understood the essence of the Thunder Seal.

Daoist Jianxian smiled and explained, "Thunder and lightning were born when heaven and earth were opened, ranked with yin and yang, and ranked above the five elements. Therefore, the hundred acupoints of the human body can all accommodate thunder qi."

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"However, we acquired cultivators, in order to take into account the yin and yang and the five elements, specifically selected some capacity acupoints that conform to the thunder nature to accommodate thunder qi. Such as the nose acupoint, such as the eye acupoint, such as the gallbladder acupoint. The nose acupoint takes its sound, the eye acupoint takes its light, and the gallbladder acupoint takes its meaning."

"And eating thunder qi is indeed what the book says. Are you currently only eating the five elements?"

Cheng Xinzhan nodded.

Seeing this, Daoist Jianxian continued, "Actually, the methods of eating the five elements, yin and yang, and thunder are all different."

"The five elements are acquired true essence, and there is five-element qi everywhere between heaven and earth, so eating the five elements only requires breathing and eating qi."

"Yin and yang are the mother of the five elements, born in the innate, and are not common in the acquired. The yin and yang left in the acquired, the light of the Taiyin and Taiyang stars alone occupies 99%. We want to eat yin and yang, we have to absorb the brilliance of Taiyin and Taiyang. Then this has to be divided into day and night, midnight and noon, four seasons, round and missing, and sometimes it is affected by wind and rain and astronomical phenomena, which is far less convenient than eating five-element energy."

"Removing the Yin and Yang, what remains is but a tiny bit. This tiny bit is what combines and condenses with the clear and turbid Qi between heaven and earth, transforming into the Heavenly Gang and Earthly Sha. The Gang and Sha each have their Yin and Yang divisions, totaling eighteen Yang Gang, eighteen Yin Gang, thirty-six Yang Sha, and thirty-six Yin Sha. Although there is occasionally an imbalance of Yin and Yang, they are generally equal, which is also the way of heaven."

"Therefore, to consume Yin and Yang, one must either absorb the essence of the sun and moon or consume the Heavenly Gang and Earthly Sha; there is no third path. The former depends on the timing, and besides certain special constitutions and breathing techniques, the amount of sun and moon essence an ordinary person can absorb is very small, at most taking a little during sunrise and mid-month. As for the latter, it is also hard to come by; Heavenly Gang and Earthly Sha are supreme treasures wherever they are. If they have an owner, they won't let you obtain them easily, and those without owners are in extremely remote places, impossible to find even if you look."

"Heh, this old Taoist priest is useless. I have kept killing energy for many years, but I have never been able to find a suitable spiritual steel to match it. It's difficult!"

Daoist Jianxian sighed leisurely as he spoke about himself. He didn't know that the young Daoist in front of him, who was lucky or unlucky, came here to learn thunder arts because of a new Sha.

He continued,

"And eating thunder is even narrower, it can only be real thunder! There is no such thing as thunder qi between heaven and earth, and thunder never stays in the acquired for long. After the wind and rain, the thunder will dissipate cleanly, so we call the thunder to be eaten as thunder qi or thunder yuan, which is distinguished from acquired qi."

Cheng Xinzhan was a little confused, "Then does it mean that eating thunder qi has to be struck by thunder on a stormy day?"

"Heh!"

Daoist Jianxian laughed, "You think beautifully!"

"Every time thunder falls from heaven, in order to snatch thunder pulp, our Origin Mansion, Longhu Mountain, and Bingfeng Mountain have used all their skills to snatch it. You are good, you want to directly use your physical body to carry thunder pulp. As long as you dare to do it, they will dare to kill you, beautifully called, acting for heaven!"

Looking at the dumbfounded look of this registered disciple, Daoist Jianxian was happy and explained:

"Thunder is the machine of creation, determining the time of heaven, deciding the number of rain, cleansing the yin and filth, and awakening all living things. How important it is. And this thunder is not comparable to the brilliance of the sun and moon. No matter how you absorb and lead it, the light of the sun and moon is always endless, but thunder is different. Every time it appears, there is so much. If someone rashly intercepts the thunder falling from heaven, then who will repay the cause and effect of all living things on the earth?"

Cheng Xinzhan was shocked when he heard this, and thinking about it carefully, it was really the case!

"Then how can we harvest thunder pulp?"

He asked.

Daoist Jianxian smiled and said,

"Every time thunder clouds are brewing somewhere, we thunder Daoist practitioners have to go early to wait, and observe whether the thunder brewing this time is poor thunder or rich thunder."

"If it is poor thunder, it can only be enjoyed by the living things in this region or there is still some shortage, then we have made a wasted trip, and this thunder cannot be harvested. If it is rich thunder, there will be leftovers after completing the established heavenly machine, then it is time for us to show our magical powers."

"But it is absolutely impossible to intercept thunder directly as you said. For thousands of years, everyone has had an agreement. When the thunder ends, everyone sets up a formation, each preparing a container to accommodate thunder pulp. Then sacrifice the thunder-inducing object, or the command flag, or the magic sword, or the talisman. Whoever's magic treasure is powerful or whose method is high, the more thunder he induces, and naturally more falls into the container."

Cheng Xinzhan didn't expect that inducing thunder would be so complicated, but he soon thought of another problem,

"In this way, every time thunder falls, wouldn't there be a crowd of people below, how much can each person get? Also, in this situation, the strong get stronger, and the thunder induced will inevitably be more, how can there be a share for small cultivators?"

Hearing this, Daoist Jianxian's eyes lit up,

"You are really not bad, thinking of this layer. Yes, if it is just like this, it will indeed only make the strong stronger, and small cultivators will have no chance to stand out. But the mystery of thunder arts is not that simple!"

"After eating thunder qi, there is naturally a mark of thunder on the body. Next time you induce thunder, it will be more difficult. It is not that you have to wait for some time, or half a month, or two or three months, until this mystery on the body fades, before it is suitable to continue inducing thunder. So every time it thunders, there will not be too many people waiting below. It is in batches. Sometimes, you often see old acquaintances!"

"As for the second point you mentioned, it will not happen. A practitioner, the more heavenly thunder he induces, the heavier the cause and effect with this heaven and earth. When it reaches a certain realm, he can do it himself to transform thunder, using yin and yang and the five elements to transform acquired thunder. At that time, not only can he not induce natural heavenly thunder to avoid adding cause and effect, but he also needs to use his own acquired thunder to spread it to the world and repay the cause and effect!"

After Cheng Xinzhan finished listening, he nodded. The particularity of thunder arts is indeed many.

"Since you want to learn thunder arts, you need to consider thunder tools now. It is currently the Awakening of Insects season, and spring thunder is rumbling. Although our Evil-Slaying Office mainly eats autumn thunder, thunder pulp, no one thinks it is too much. You eat spring thunder, just waiting for the mystery mark on your body to dissipate, and it will not delay eating autumn thunder."

"Please give me some guidance, Master."

Cheng Xinzhan said sincerely.

Daoist Jianxian held his long beard and said slowly,

"Thunder tools can be subdivided into guiding tools, carrying tools, and main town tools. Guiding tools are mostly magic swords, spears, command flags, etc., which can be used to induce thunder and can also be used to cast thunder magic to attack and kill enemies."

"Carrying tools are mostly cups, pots, inkstones, gourds, etc., used to accept and store thunder pulp. Because the human body is fragile and thunder is violent, directly eating thunder is easy to damage the physical body, so carrying tools are often used to temporarily store it, and then drink and refine it into acupoints little by little."

"In addition, the capacity of acupoints for thunder is always limited, but thunder is something that can be met but not sought. So like us small cultivators, as long as we meet rich thunder, we must harvest it, so carrying containers with us is very important."

"As for the main town tools, they are something that needs to be carefully considered later, or rather, they are something that practitioners who take thunder arts as their fundamental method need to consider. They cannot be made without heavy tools such as bells, tripods, and mirrors. They are to borrow the power of heaven and earth, or take the weight of thunder, or take the sound of thunder, or take the light of thunder. When the main town tool is sacrificed, it is like thunder clouds descending, no need to cast any magic spells, there are countless thunders pouring out from it, like heaven punishing. However, it is said that the final destination of thunder heavy tools is the same, which is to turn into a thunder pool."

"However, Xinzhan, you should consider the guiding tool and the carrying tool first."

Reporting to everyone, in normal circumstances, I will only update one big chapter from now on. I don't feel comfortable breaking it into small chapters, and it's not comfortable for everyone to read. Then I will update extra chapters to pay off debts depending on the time.

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