Chapter 385: Huanglian Earth Mother Method

Xu Jia did not want to stay in this world for long. The Amelika Tongtian Temple and the Ling Bao Daochang at Sanqing Mountain were both at critical moments, especially since they were in the midst of a grand undertaking of rebellion; he simply could not pull himself away.

However, since he had already come to this world, there was no reason to leave empty-handed. After capturing Jiangzhou City and holding the natural barrier of the Yangtze River, with Nanchang Prefecture as support, there were actually no more problems. The next step was to take Ganzhou Prefecture. With these three places—Nanchang, Jiangzhou, and Ganzhou—occupied, the entire Jiangnan West Circuit would be in his pocket.

However, expanding the army, building up forces, and training new recruits also took time. New recruits needed at least two months of training before they could go to the battlefield. The Equal Field work also needed to be carried out simultaneously. The initial expansion work was relatively conservative; only after developing to a certain degree would he be like a tiger swallowing ten thousand miles.

Therefore, Xu Jia also had some time to explore a little here.

After sending Huogong Toutuo out to scout for information on the so-called secret realm, Xu Jia began to study the cultivation technique of that Huogong Toutuo.

Cultivation in this world entered the Dao through martial arts, but it was not a muscle-based martial art; it leaned towards the style of Jin Yong's wuxia, moving from low-level martial arts toward immortality cultivation.

The martial art practiced by this Huogong Toutuo was named "Dutian Fierce Fire Sword." It possessed a strand of Fierce Fire Zhenqi. First, one refined the acquired, then circulated the Zhenqi, which could cause weapons to burst into flames. After reaching the innate stage, the Zhenqi could be released externally, becoming Dutian Fierce Fire Zhenqi. The flying sword to be refined required the collection of red copper, red iron, cinnabar, sulfur... forged with Zhenqi, sensed with thoughts, and washed and refined with medicinal herbs...

A superior Dutian Fierce Fire flying sword could be considered a first-class flying sword, possessing all sorts of mysterious transformations, and could be used up to the Earth Immortal realm. However, the flying sword this guy had refined was lacking in both heat and materials, and could only be considered a third-class flying sword. Yet, even a third-class flying sword was a treasure that people in the cultivation world would scramble for, costing a rogue cultivator their entire fortune.

In this world's cultivation, apart from the orthodox Profound Gate, the heterodox paths did not care much about temperament or enlightenment; they only cared about martial arts aptitude.

Xu Jia felt there were some techniques worth adopting. The Dao Register of Ling Bao passed down to people for cultivation was merely an auxiliary. Disciples of the Ling Bao lineage all knew one or two spells, but they were all of an auxiliary nature, and their combat effectiveness was quite average.

Now was not like before; everyone was being forced into service, so things needed to be standardized. It would be better to have talents with some professional quality.

For example, research-type cultivators did not need to engage in spell battles or fighting; some auxiliary skills for clarifying the mind and seeing one's nature were very important. However, the Dao soldiers currently relied heavily on firearms. If firearms were useless, it would be good to have simple and easy-to-use flying swords. Firearms and flying swords could exist as one; for instance, why couldn't the bayonet on a rifle be changed into a flying sword?

Furthermore, this combination of martial arts and immortality cultivation did not require much enlightenment and was very suitable for ordinary people. It did not require refining Dharma Power from the start or connecting to the energy of the Dharma Realm. Starting from acquired Zhenqi, it slowly grew, becoming innate Zhenqi, which then grew further.

Xu Jia felt there was indeed something worth taking. As a sect leader-level figure, Xu Jia's vision was far beyond that of ordinary people. With the ability to shuttle between two worlds, his imagination also surpassed many. At the very least, right now, Xu Jia simplified the complex and began to practice a "Huanglian Zhenqi."

This physical body originated from the Yellow Heaven Sect, and the Yellow Heaven Sect had ties to the "Yellow Heaven Sect." The founding Ancestor, Huanglian Saintess, was said to be the goddaughter of the Yellow Heaven Holy Venerable. Xu Jia occupied a portion of the Yellow Heaven Sect's lineage, so using it directly was not abrupt.

The practice of Huanglian Zhenqi was actually the so-called method of "Earth and Wood." "Yellow" was Kun Yin, and "Lotus" was the blue brilliance of Yi Wood.

Huanglian Zhenqi was the collection of the Spirit Qi of earth and wood from heaven and earth, nurturing a yellow lotus upon the spleen earth. The yellow lotus would transform into a golden lotus, the golden lotus would nurture lotus seeds, and the lotus seeds would undergo Transformation Birth into an infant...

It was precisely a superior method that could be practiced all the way to the Earth Immortal level within this world's cultivation system.

Xu Jia practiced for two days, visualizing a Dimu. The Dimu sat cross-legged upon a yellow lotus, her face compassionate; this was precisely the "Thick Earth" Mother.

Xu Jia had previously comprehended the true meaning of Thick Earth: wishing the earth to be three feet thicker so that all sentient beings would be three feet closer to heaven, laying a solid material foundation to carry all things. This was the true "thick virtue to carry things." Everyone should become wealthy together, become fulfilled together, and live long lives with few illnesses, rather than a small group of people controlling the vast majority of resources. That group of people were those who scraped the earth three feet deep, people of thin virtue and little integrity.

This portion of the true meaning of Thick Earth was actually different from the Dimu's true meaning of Thick Earth; it already had a "new interpretation." Beyond possessing the radiance of motherhood, it had a kind of unyielding intensity of burning together with the jade. Therefore, although this Huanglian Earth Mother Image had a female appearance, the body was male, which could be called a "Heavenly Human."

Having practiced Huanglian Zhenqi for two days, this body had already entered the level of the Human Immortal Early Stage.

With a slight point, a plant grew in this Da Mo; it was a drought-resistant plant native to the Da Mo. Originally it was just a seed, still dormant, but it was stimulated and awakened by the Huanglian Earth Mother Zhenqi, thus sprouting and taking root.

He then used a Sweet Dew Incantation to summon a cluster of sweet dew, watering the plant to help it survive and bloom a yellow flower. Xu Jia then received some feedback.

"This is taking the path of an Earth Deity managing a Cave Heaven Blessed Land."

If he could create an Oasis Blessed Land in the Da Mo, he could also establish a sect in this world and continue the Yellow Heaven lineage. It was a pity that Xu Jia followed the Ling Bao lineage; the Yellow Heaven lineage was fine to play with, but to truly marry it home, that wouldn't do.

With a wave of Dharma Power, like Nüwa creating humans, he found a vine, flicked some mud spots, and Xu Jia finished planting his two and a third acres of land.

Waiting for Huogong Toutuo to return after scouting for information, he was extremely astonished to see the scene here. He bowed and said, "The Ancestor is truly a creation of a Heavenly Human; in this Northwest Da Mo land, you were actually able to create a Pure Land." "Planting trees is easy, but maintaining them is hard. The vitality here is weak, and at night, there will surely be ghosts from the Dharma Realm coming to destroy it. You will need to act as a forest guardian."

"Dharma Realm?"

Huogong Toutuo was puzzled. They did not fully understand the so-called Dharma Realm. To understand the Dharma Realm, one had to at least reach the Earth Immortal stage or the Golden Core realm to enter and exit Cave Heaven Blessed Lands.

"You will understand for yourself at night. How is that ancient kingdom secret realm? Have you scouted it out clearly?"

Xu Jia was calm and composed, with profound yellow Qi drifting around his body, entering and exiting through his nose and mouth, and there was also the faint circulation of the blue brilliance of the surrounding plants, strengthening his physical body. He did not need to practice martial arts or punch; he could increase his Zhenqi just by breathing.

Huogong Toutuo had never seen such a sight; it was as if he were favored by heaven and earth, a descendant of the Great Dao. He became even more afraid to act rashly in his heart. Furthermore, the talisman planted in his body, the origin of which he did not know, actually had no downsides, only benefits; it could purify his Zhenqi and increase his cultivation speed...

But there was no such thing as a free lunch in the world; this must be some kind of demonic object...

"That ancient kingdom was an ancient Buddha Kingdom. I don't know why it suddenly perished and was buried by flowing sand. It only began to faintly emit light in the last two years. Ordinary merchant caravans passing by picked up Buddhist treasures, and some people obtained inheritances and became Buddhist cultivators."

"Later, rumors circulated, clarifying its origin, saying that it contained the inheritance of a Bodhisattva, which is to say, a Heavenly Immortal-level lineage. Many heterodox paths, unable to seek the orthodox Daoist gates, would think of dual-cultivating Buddhist Dharma to seek Didao and ascension. Within the Buddhist gates, there were also some virtuous high monks who wanted to come and find one or two powerful Buddha Treasures to protect their cultivation, or perhaps look for some ancient, lost Bodhisattva scriptures."

"Now, not only the heterodox paths of the Northwest Da Mo, but also those from the grasslands, the snowy mountains, the Southern Frontier, the Northern Frontier... have all gathered together."

Huogong Toutuo said with envy, "If I could obtain one or two opportunities from it and condense a Golden Core, I could also roam the world for two or three hundred years; that would be quite happy."

Hearing this, Xu Jia sneered, "With your three punches and two kicks, you still want to roam for two or three hundred years? The Buddhist gates care most about Cause and Effect and reincarnation. If you take their things, in less than twenty or thirty years, you will become a stepping stone for the younger generation."

If it were a Daoist opportunity, Xu Jia might still be curious, but a Buddhist opportunity was not that attractive. However, with so many heterodox paths...

Xu Jia himself came from a heterodox background and had a habit of collecting heterodox methods. He could indeed capture a group of people to plant trees and establish a villa or something here to engage in a farm-owner economy.

Because this thought arose, Xu Jia set about planning to do as the locals do and refine a flying sword as well.

When night fell and darkness covered the land, many monsters in the desert were attracted by the vitality of these plants and gathered one after another, but they were actually just small insects like spiders, scorpions, lizards, ants, and poisonous snakes...

However, the scene in the Dharma Realm was different. One could see a place filled with yellow sand, with an extra emerald green sphere. Inside the emerald green sphere was an extra Earth Vein Golden Lotus, and the surrounding area was full of vitality. Many sand ghosts and dried corpses came to attack, with Death Qi permeating, attempting to grind away the vitality.

The Da Mo was a ruthless place that devoured life. The temperature was extremely high during the day and extremely cold at night. Even cultivators needed to circulate their Qi for protection, let alone ordinary people. Furthermore, the Da Mo was extremely short of water; otherwise, those few Yellow Heaven Sect followers earlier could not have used the Raw Rice Bowl to act as tyrants and collect money here with the local government.

Now, although Xu Jia had poured in the Water Origin, he could not change the ecology of the Da Mo. Water vapor evaporated in large quantities or seeped into the ground. Even if he connected to a Water Vein, he might only be able to leave behind a small oasis in the end, which was ultimately not something ordinary people could utilize.

Therefore, in the Da Mo of the Dharma Realm, there were several types of demons: Cold Demon, Yanmo, Drought Demon, Death Demon... Confusion Demon, Sand Demon...

It could be called a place with deep Demonic Obstacles. Those demons were more primitive than the Demon Gods of that Amelika realm, but they possessed more natural power, like the prototypes of ancient deities, existing by threatening death to gain terrifying faith. Coupled with the terrain and geography, if the climate and desert environment did not change, these demons were immortal and indestructible existences.

The dried corpses and sand ghosts that besieged the Blessed Land of the Dharma Realm that Xu Jia had just purified were merely tools sent by the demons to test him.

If they truly wanted to devour and destroy it, a sandstorm raised during the day would be enough to bury this place completely.

It was nothing more than them not being able to figure out Xu Jia's background. After all, Xu Jia was in the God Immortal Realm; even if it was just a consciousness possessing a body, it was not something that these Demon Gods deep in the Da Mo Dharma Realm could easily handle.

(End of chapter)