Chapter 93: Current action

After listening to Daoist Jianxian's explanation, Cheng Xinzhan pondered for a while.

His first choice for a guiding tool was a sword. He now had the body sword "Autumn Water" and the flying sword "Taodu", and he was just missing a magic sword.

This guiding tool could induce thunder and borrow the power of heaven and earth to cast thunder magic, which was exactly in line with the meaning of a magic sword.

The problem was that the magic sword had to guide spiritual opportunities and carry talisman patterns, so the material could not be bad. He had some scattered refined gold in his hands, but those were all used to feed "Autumn Water", and they were far from enough to cast a sword.

As for the carrying tool, he had no idea.

"I'll discuss this with Master when I go back."

He replied like this.

Jianxian nodded. "Refining magic tools is indeed not a small matter. Wait until you go back and talk to Mountain Master Wen. However, don't delay for too long. Spring thunder is frequent recently. After you prepare, I will take you out for a trip. It just so happens that it has been more than three months since I last induced thunder, and the thunder mystery on my body has dissipated almost completely."

Cheng Xinzhan nodded and agreed.

"Let me tell you how to refine thunder. When thunder is in heaven, it is an unpredictable form and quality, like light, like qi, like silver, like liquid. But after being guided by us and falling into the tool, it turns into pulp. We call it thunder pulp."

"When you first eat thunder pulp, you must use a non-metal spoon to scoop a small drop from the carrying tool, and first use your own five-element magic power to wash and refine it, removing the violent breath in it. It is also using acquired to infect innate, which can minimize the damage of thunder pulp to the physical body."

"Then you need to use cooling paste. This cooling paste is made by boiling herbs such as cassia seeds, money grass, dandelion, and artemisia. If you open the nose acupoint, apply the cooling paste directly, three times a day. After two or three days, you can inhale the thunder pulp after washing and refining. If you open the eye acupoint, you need to use cooling paste to moisten the eyes for seven or eight days, also three times a day, and then drop the thunder pulp on it. If you want to open the gallbladder acupoint, you have to eat cooling paste, twice a day, for about half a month, then drink thunder pulp, and guide it into the gallbladder acupoint."

"If these acupoints are used to store thunder, we collectively call them Thunder Residence after opening them."

"The method of opening the Thunder Residence is different from opening the mansion. When opening the mansion, you introduce qi into the body and run the Zhou Tian, refining spiritual qi into magic power, which is a process of refinement, and then use magic power to impact the internal organs."

"But opening the Thunder Residence is different. You should have seen it in the book. Thunder pulp is the most refined thing between heaven and earth. Before eating, you wash and refine it with magic power, which has already weakened its power and destroyed its essence. So after eating, you don't need to run the Zhou Tian, just use thunder pulp to impact these acupoints."

"After thunder pulp impacts the acupoints, it will shatter and dissipate into qi. At this time, we mobilize our thoughts to run the dissipated qi through the Zhou Tian and turn it into magic power. This is called thunder qi."

"After opening the residence, thunder pulp is poured directly into the residence. At this time, you can mobilize thunder pulp to run the Zhou Tian and turn it into thunder qi. The running time of one Zhou Tian will be much less than five-element qi, and it will be much more refined."

Cheng Xinzhan felt emotional when listening. This thunder art cultivation is quite different from the five-element method.

Daoist Jianxian asked at this time: "Xinzhan, have you decided which acupoint to use as the Thunder Residence?"

Cheng Xinzhan pondered for a while. The eye acupoint is not good. The eye acupoint is the Yin-Yang Palace, and he doesn't intend to give it up. As for the gallbladder acupoint and the nose acupoint, both are fine, but as far as the current situation is concerned, the nose acupoint is quick to see results, and the gallbladder acupoint is slow to see results. Currently, with Daoist Jianxian's guidance, he can open the nose acupoint first, and then decide whether to open the gallbladder acupoint later according to his own discretion.

"Master, this disciple intends to use the nose acupoint as the Thunder Residence first."

Daoist Jianxian nodded. "Opening the nose acupoint first is the choice of most beginners, and it is also the most stable. If the first Thunder Residence is opened early, you will be one step ahead in refining thunder qi, and it will be very convenient to open the second or even the third Thunder Residence later."

"The nose acupoint conforms to the sound of thunder, which is conducive to practicing thunder spells. You should pay more attention to it later."

Cheng Xinzhan agreed and wrote it down.

Daoist Jianxian then continued, "Actually, opening the Thunder Residence is most effective when the thunder is rumbling on a stormy day and the tide of thunder pulp knocking on the residence conforms to the sound of thunder. However, choosing a day is not as good as meeting a day, and the Mountain Master ordered to be fast, so we won't delay. I have ready-made thunder pulp and cooling paste here, enough for you to eat ten or so times, so you don't have to spend time collecting it yourself, but you have to collect the rest yourself."

Cheng Xinzhan didn't expect such a good thing, and hurriedly cupped his hands to thank him.

"By the way, breaking the flesh and blood barrier of the acupoint is opening the residence. This process is extremely painful. You must be prepared."

Daoist Jianxian reminded him.

Cheng Xinzhan nodded. After experiencing the rush of true malevolence into the acupoints, he couldn't think of any pain worse than this.

Subsequently, he took out a small porcelain jar and handed it to Cheng Xinzhan,

"After you go back, use a small spoon to pour this cooling paste into your nose, three times a day. First, your nose acupoint will be numb. After two or three days, when your nose acupoint gradually feels cool, come find me again, and I will teach you how to eat thunder pulp."

"In addition, go back and ask Mountain Master Wen if there is any Zhou Tian route about thunder qi in your legal lineage. If there is, you can just run the qi according to yours. If not, I will teach you the Origin Mansion's. Since the Mountain Master asked me to teach you, it should be no problem to teach some introductory Zhou Tian routes. Of course, it can only be introductory. By the way, say it again, you should prepare the guiding tool and the carrying tool earlier."

Cheng Xinzhan took the cooling paste and thanked him repeatedly.

Daoist Jianxian asked again, "You have led to many questions from the first one. Is there anything else in those two books that you don't understand?"

Cheng Xinzhan said, "There is indeed one more, which is in that "Method of the Divine Firmament Thunder Qi Inhalation". Like the Inner Elixir Dao, many acupoints use substitute names, but the thunder book borrows the names of the pivot and official orders in the ancient Thunder Department. This disciple has not yet clarified these correspondence relationships, and I haven't found relevant classics in the Little Wanshan Library."

Daoist Jianxian patted his head, "Yes, I forgot about this!"

After saying that, he got up and rummaged through his library, then handed it to Cheng Xinzhan. The book title was "True Meaning of Thunder Mansion Numerology".

So Cheng Xinzhan took the book, brought the cooling paste, and got up to take his leave.

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Returning to Mingzhi Mountain, Cheng Xinzhan didn't go directly back to Wuyou Cave, but went to the Bamboo Stele.

He didn't see Wen Sukong in the bamboo pavilion, but he was no longer just a registered disciple of Little Wanshan. He was one of the two living people in this mountain and a proper true disciple. And between master and disciple, they are the most important companions on the path of Dao, a party that even if one falls, the other has to find their reincarnation to continue the immortal fate. He now has something to ask his master for help or to discuss, which is really normal.

So he opened his mouth and shouted directly,

"Master! Master! Are you there?"

As soon as his voice fell, a mysterious light floated out from nowhere, floated into the bamboo pavilion, and Wen Sukong appeared.

"See Master." Cheng Xinzhan bowed.

"Xinzhan, sit down. What are you calling me for?"

Cheng Xinzhan still sat on the meditation cushion he had always sat on and said,

"Master, Mountain Master Zhao of Shuji Mountain arranged for me to learn the law under the Evil-Slaying Office of the North Pole Division, with Daoist Jianxian as my master. Today, Daoist Jianxian said that learning thunder arts requires introducing thunder pulp into the body, so I need a guiding tool to induce thunder and a carrying tool to carry thunder. I need to prepare this myself."

Wen Sukong understood, and there was even a faint smile on her face. Speaking of which, this disciple is too polite, and this is the first time he has taken the initiative to speak.

"What do you want?"

Cheng Xinzhan was still a bit embarrassed and said, "The disciple found an opportunity outside and got a body sword and a flying sword. I want to take this opportunity to learn thunder arts to refine a magic sword as a guiding tool, and I have no idea about the carrying tool, so I leave it to Master."

"Good."

Wen Sukong agreed with a smile.

Cheng Xinzhan didn't expect it to be so smooth, and hurriedly got up and bowed again.

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Wen Sukong let him sit down, thought for a while, and she said, "I don't practice sword arts, and I don't have any good magic swords on me now. You should go to the sword library of Toujian Mountain to find it, and find it according to your own feeling. Our Mingzhi Mountain's Small Corpse-Dissolving Elixir can fake death for half a century, which is a supreme product for extending life and avoiding robbery. You take it to the person who guards the sword library, and he will give you a satisfactory explanation."

Wen Sukong took out a mutton-fat jade elixir bottle, and with a loose hand, the elixir bottle floated in front of Cheng Xinzhan. He took it. At this time, he didn't know the value of such an elixir, and he didn't know how cautious his master was about his first opening of his mouth and his future in sword arts.

"As for the carrying tool, actually, your current physical body is the best carrying tool."

She smiled and said, "However, it is too conspicuous for you to use your physical body to carry thunder. Let me think about what is suitable for you."

After speaking, she pondered slowly, and after a while, she threw out several things.

"These materials are okay, and it should be no problem to carry thunder. See if you have any favorites."

Cheng Xinzhan looked up and saw several things floating in the air,

An ancient purple-skinned gourd, dark purple, with some deep red spots, just five or six inches big, the size that can be held in one hand;

A beautiful pot, gold-inlaid enamel, inlaid with small patterns of plum, orchid, bamboo, and chrysanthemum, ten or so inches high;

A bronze wine vessel, with dragon and snake coiled on it, three or four inches high;

A white ivory cup, warm in texture, carved with patterns of fairies riding clouds, about the same size as the bronze wine vessel.

"These all have small illusory realms melted into them, so you don't have to worry about the size of the appearance. The smallest illusory realm inside can hold a hundred buckets of water, which is more than enough. It's just that these illusory realms are not as rare as cave stones. The illusory realms inside are directly connected to the great heaven and earth, and the six poles are the same, so you can put things in or take them out by putting them in and pouring them out normally, without using thoughts."

Cheng Xinzhan was very moved when he heard this, and he was very moved by all of them.

Finding that the disciple only looked at the appearance of the container and couldn't make up his mind for a while, Wen Sukong added another sentence,

"These things have other wonderful uses besides being containers. The Four Gentlemen Pot has thirty-two independent small illusory realms, which can hold thirty-two different kinds of wine without mixing. You only need to move your thoughts to move the illusory realm close to the water outlet, and you can drink different fine wines. It was a gift from a good friend."

"The illusory realm space in the Dragon Snake Coiled Vessel is the largest, and it should be able to hold ten wells of water. After filling it with water, it can refine ten wells of water into a drop of mysterious heavy water. After the vessel is filled with heavy water, it is a town-suppressing tool. Sacrificing it to meet the enemy is like a mountain pressing down. It was exchanged from a workshop."

"The Fairy Throwing Cup has two effects. The first is to increase fragrance. If you put plain water in it and urge the cup to refine it, it will turn into a cup of fine wine in less than half a quarter of an hour. The second is to melt bones. If you put any monster beast, of course, people can also, into it, and urge the cup to refine it at this time, it will also turn into a cup of blood in less than half a quarter of an hour. It was snatched after I strangled a demon."

"As for this purple-skinned gourd."

Wen Sukong glanced at Cheng Xinzhan, "It's called "Manifestation", and it was also a gift from a good friend. It is a sword-raising gourd, with four small illusory realms inside. The largest illusory realm is a gold sand realm, which is used to sharpen flying swords. In addition, there are three small illusory realms that can hold different wines. When using it, you can also move your thoughts to move the corresponding illusory realm to the gourd mouth to collect or release swords or wine. Of course, thunder pulp is also okay."

After listening to what Master said, he chose "Manifestation" without hesitation.

Wen Sukong smiled and put the other three away, and threw the purple-skinned gourd to Cheng Xinzhan.

Immediately after, she threw another elixir bottle to Cheng Xinzhan and said,

"This is the Hundred Grass Lung-Moistening Elixir. Give it to Jianxian when you see him next time as my thank-you gift. If he doesn't accept it, you just need to tell him that this is my intention, and it has nothing to do with how Mountain Master Zhao arranges him."

Cheng Xinzhan accepted it and remembered another thing Jianxian asked him to ask, he said,

"Master, Daoist Jianxian also asked me if there is a Zhou Tian route map for thunder qi in our Mingzhi Mountain, asking if I am practicing my own or Shuji Mountain's. If it is Shuji Mountain's, then he can only teach the introductory one."

Wen Sukong recalled after listening and took out a jade slip and threw it to Cheng Xinzhan. She said, "Mingzhi Mountain does not practice thunder arts. When I was in the second realm, my nose acupoint was not opened, and later it was used for other purposes. However, your Ancestor Tongxuan is a master of thunder arts. You can often go to the Pure Yang Hall to find him when you have nothing to do. Don't look at him as the Vice Mountain Master, he doesn't have much to do usually. Do you hear me?"

Cheng Xinzhan nodded, but going to the Pure Yang Hall when he had nothing to do..., forget it, let's talk about it then.

"I don't know much about thunder arts, and I have never practiced thunder arts. The jade slip in your hand is what I found from an ancient cave treasure in my early years. It records the Zhou Tian operation map of thunder qi. After I got it, I never used it, and I have changed several cave stones. If you didn't mention it, I would have almost forgotten it."

Wen Sukong suddenly remembered a lot. That cave treasure was also gone down with her junior brother. At that time, there were seven or eight people, each with their own ghosts when entering the cave, and their ugly faces were revealed when dividing the treasures. This thunder art jade slip was taken a fancy to by another person, but at that time, she just couldn't stand the appearance of him not working but wanting to take advantage, so she insisted on choosing this thunder art jade slip that was useless to her, but she didn't expect it to see the light of day again after hundreds of years.

"You go back and look at it yourself. If it is useful, it is best. If it is not useful, you can learn the introductory method of Shuji Mountain first, and then I will find the Ancestor to ask for a good one to change."

Cheng Xinzhan took the jade slip, and it was written in Thunder Seal,

"Thunder Vehicle Fire Flag Carrying Skill".

It's a bit late today, sorry for keeping everyone waiting.

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