Chapter 170: Gate of the Primordial Realm, Patriarch Peng Chuan!

【This year, you are fifty-one years old; the autumn wind rises again, and on Mount Zhongnan, the persimmon forest is covered in a fiery red.】

【With the blessing of the "Late Bloomer" fate, your cultivation speed far exceeds the past.】

【Even more, the vast fortune from the Yan territory, like a heavenly river woven from colorful silk, flows backward and surges toward you, nourishing your body.】

【You look toward the Yan territory; it seems to have turned into the largest furnace in the world, with surging Danxia energy.】

【In recent years, the fortune of the Yan territory has become increasingly mellow, the colorful colors gradually fading, leaving only the interweaving of red and white.】

【Smelting heaven and earth, feeding back to oneself.】

【With the addition of the "Late Bloomer" fate and the fortune of the Yan territory, your cultivation progress is rapid, with a few days of practice equivalent to months of hard work before!】

【After you broke through to the Grandmaster realm, you could already feel the spiritual energy of heaven and earth.】

【In less than a year, you have quietly touched the threshold of the Primordial Realm, which is another world above the Grandmaster.】

【In the vast classics of the Three Truths Sect, only the book "Primordial Art" records the cultivation methods leading to this realm.】

【It emphasizes opening acupoints and connecting to divinity.】

【Eyes, ears, nose, mouth, and even the front and back yin, the nine major acupoints, each is a gate to the secrets of heaven and earth, and hidden under each major acupoint are nine subtle acupoints, which need to be refined one by one to penetrate the mystery and lead the primordial energy of heaven and earth into the body to strengthen oneself.】

【Each acupoint opened must first be carefully nourished with true energy, slowly penetrated, and wait for it to stretch itself, while carefully refining the nine acupoints closely related to it.】

【The nine acupoints and the five internal organs are one body; practicing acupoints is practicing internal organs.】

【The eye acupoint is closely connected to the liver, which can help eyesight like a torch, penetrate illusions, and add to the speed of recovery.】

【The ear acupoint connects to the secret of the kidneys, making hearing multiply and exceptionally sensitive; the nose acupoint connects to the lungs, not only sensitive to smell, but also filtering impurities in the primordial energy of heaven and earth, accelerating the pace of cultivation, and true energy recovery also shows divine effects.】

【As for the mouth acupoint, it is connected to the heart; when the internal organs are fully tempered, the seven orifices are naturally connected, the internal heaven and earth initially take shape, becoming one body, circulating endlessly.】

【As for the front and back yin, they are the exits for filth; opening this path is the only way to open all nine orifices, and the internal heaven and earth are thus completed, with true energy abundant, which can be released at will.】

【Opening all nine orifices is opening the internal heaven and earth, with abundant energy, internal primordial energy, self-opening the gate of the secret realm, and perfecting the internal circulation, which is the Primordial Realm.】

【Now you have opened seven orifices, and only the last two acupoints are left to open to achieve the Primordial Realm.】

【You think there are still a few months left, and the Primordial Realm can be achieved.】

【When you were preparing to leave the Tomb of the Living Dead, you found that the letters from the Yan Prince's Mansion had been sent to Mount Zhongnan again, lying quietly in the basket at the door, but you didn't open them.】

【In recent years, the official documents on it have piled up on the table.】

【The seven disciples under Lu Yu's seat each have talents, among whom Feng Zhuoping does not like martial arts but is obsessed with governing the country, pursuing the way of stabilizing the country, and handles things rigorously, meticulously, and rarely makes mistakes, so you handed these documents to him to handle, and he has become more and more handy in handling them over the years.】

【Whenever there are important documents to be processed, he will always review them carefully to ensure there are no mistakes.】

【As for those official documents that need to be stamped, he will cautiously take out your private seal and press it lightly.】

【The documents stamped with the private seal will immediately be sent out of the mountain by fast horse.】

【This is the folk saying "Government comes from Zhongnan".】

【Orders are executed, and they reach far and wide.】

【Inside the Yan Prince's Mansion, there is also a large seal, which is kept by two heavy ministers, Liu Wen and Dou Gu.】

【Now, the government decrees issued by the Yan territory are all stamped with the Yan Prince's large seal.】

【And the documents sent to Mount Zhongnan are all stamped with the private seal of "Shenzhou".】

【The commoners in the Yan territory also know that the Yan Prince does not live in the Yan Prince's Mansion, but lives on Mount Zhongnan.】

【This private seal engraved with the two characters "Shenzhou" is even better than the Prince's seal of the Yan Prince's Mansion among the people.】

【You slowly walk out of the Tomb of the Living Dead.】

【It is just entering autumn, and there is some cold fog in the morning; after practicing for many years, you have felt less about the cold and freezing, especially after breaking through to the Grandmaster, opening many acupoints, and spiritual energy began to nourish the whole body, you no longer know the cold of spring and autumn.】

【You can now move five or six zhang with a light leap, and throwing a stone in your hand can easily break a big tree.】

【Far exceeding ordinary people!】

【However, you still wear a Daoist robe, which has become a habit.】

【On Mount Zhongnan, the red leaves all over the mountain are like fire; this year, the persimmon trees and other fruit trees in the mountain are exceptionally robust, with heavy fruits, sweet and delicious.】

【You start to practice; for the past ten years, you have been practicing through wind and rain, never having the slightest slack.】

【The road of cultivation is like sailing against the current; if you don't advance, you retreat; you know this truth, so every step you take is firm and powerful.】

【You start to walk the pile again, and the vast fortune from the North begins to gather around you.】

【You breathe slowly, and under the operation of the Primordial Art, the spiritual energy around your body gathers like a thin stream, constantly nourishing your physique, making your cultivation more stable.】

【After finishing the practice, you open your eyes and see two more people beside you.】

【One is wearing a Daoist robe, with a smile on his face, and the red mole between his eyebrows is looming in the morning light, the whole person is elegant and dusty, like an immortal who has entered the world.】

【It is Lu Yu!】

【He stands leisurely on a small grass, his posture is light, light as if there is nothing, even the seemingly fragile grass leaves have not bent in the slightest because of his weight.】

【If it weren't for the red and white fortune from the Yan territory coming day and night, and a part of it wrapping the entire Mount Zhongnan, and you are extremely familiar and sensitive to it, you would only be able to discover Lu Yu if he were in it.】

【Usually you can't feel his breath at all, as if he is integrated with the surrounding trees, and even if you look with your eyes, you will ignore him.】

【You can't help but sigh in your heart; you have been diligent in your practice over the years and have made rapid progress, but Lu Yu's cultivation speed seems even more astonishing.】

【He is now fifty, but his appearance is becoming younger, even younger than his seven disciples.】

【Beside Lu Yu is an old man with high spirits, holding a big belly, with a cattail fan stuck in his waist, and his face is full of joy.】

【You can't help but show joy, with a smile on the corner of your mouth:】

【"Master, when did you return?"】

【This person is your master who you haven't seen for many years, Liu Jinchan, who travels the world.】

【Liu Jinchan laughed: "I arrived just last night; knowing that you, Shenzhou, must be practicing diligently, I couldn't bear to disturb you, so I went to find You'an first."】

【You observe carefully and find that Master Liu Jinchan is much older than before.】

【A head of white hair is exceptionally eye-catching, forming a sharp contrast with Lu Yu, who is still young beside him.】

【This can't help but make a stronger intention surge in your heart, and the red and white fortune beside you also vibrates gently.】

【Unfortunately, this fortune can only be seen by you, and even Lu Yu, who has the strongest cultivation, cannot perceive it.】

【Liu Jinchan said with some relief: "Shenzhou, I didn't expect that in just a few years, you have also broken through to the Grandmaster realm and become one of the few people in the world."】

【"It's a pity that I, as a master, am afraid I will never have the chance to reach the Grandmaster realm in this life."】

【You heard this, smiled slightly, and comforted warmly: "Master, why do you have to worry about this? Although you haven't reached the Grandmaster, you already have two Grandmaster disciples."】

【Liu Jinchan heard this and laughed, seemingly really letting go of the obsession in his heart.】

【The three of you then returned to the main hall of Mount Zhongnan; after the disciples respectfully offered fragrant tea, the hall gradually became quiet, leaving only the three of you.】

【Liu Jinchan's expression became solemn; he took out an ancient, yellowed book from his arms and placed it gently in front of you and Lu Yu.】

【Lu Yu opened the cover curiously, only to see a few large characters written on it—"Peng Chuan's Notes".】

【"Peng Chuan", this name makes an impression emerge in your mind.】

【You remember that he was the ninth patriarch of the Three Truths Sect, known as the Northern Patriarch of the Three Truths; it was he who truly carried forward the Three Truths Sect in the North, and the "Great Huangting" was truly compiled by this person.】

【This person is proficient in Yin-Yang Daoist arts and Qimen Dunjia; he is also the third patriarch recorded in the Three Truths Sect to have broken through to the Grandmaster realm, and the legend of his ascension in broad daylight is widely circulated among the people.】

【Peng Chuan was active during the reign of Emperor Jing of the Great Qing, and had a deep friendship with the great scholar Zhu Fuzi at that time.】

【The reign of Emperor Jing was also the only time in three thousand years that spiritual energy recovered!】

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