Chapter 418: Capital Spirit Vein

To Xu Jia, their shock felt like the level of a "straight man" in a crosstalk act—purely to keep the conversation from falling flat.

However, since everyone helps carry a flowery sedan chair, if Xu Jia had the ability to set up such a Feng Shui array, there was even less need to mention Dongda.

Not to mention anything else, isn't your Imperial Observatory specifically tasked with this? Back then, when seeking the Dragon and dotting the acupoint in the Gui-Guang region, wasn't it blocked by experts from the Imperial Observatory? Even though he had cultivated for another lifetime and had exchanges with the Lei Family, obtaining part of the Yellow Heaven Sect's Divine Immortal Dao inheritance, the foundation and substance of the Feng Shui array used here were merely a mix of miscellaneous studies and techniques.

The *Classic of Shaking the Dragon* contains the art of "Becoming an Immortal through Feng Shui." Throughout the dynasties, which emperor, prince, high official, or even wealthy tycoon hasn't wanted to build a grand Feng Shui tomb that gathers the spiritual beauty of Heaven and Earth?

Although Xu Jia was humble in his heart, his realm had truly reached the God Immortal level, and his style was completely different from those who dealt in "folklore." At the very least, it was analogous to *Journey to the East*, the legends of Ji Gong subduing demons, or the *Legend of the White Snake*. In this world, for an ordinary person studying the Dao, let alone one in a hundred thousand, even one in a million would struggle to find a single Earth Immortal True Person. They were all products of the era's fortune, nurtured by the state, which was the only reason a few were produced.

As for experts in the God Immortal Realm, they were seniors from the Ming and Qing periods, practicing Turtle Breath Hibernation, and almost never appearing in the world.

If one disregarded thermal weapons and nuclear deterrence, a "Land Immortal" like Xu Jia was truly invincible in the world. Even if he were to drag those old seniors of the God Immortal Realm—those who attained the Dao in the late Ming or early/mid-Qing—out of their coffins one by one, Xu Jia, at his peak, could beat up the Nanshan Nursing Home with perfect accuracy.

Xu Jia said: "The method of Feng Shui is, after all, only a minor art. It is the interception of others' fortune and the seizure of the mysterious mechanisms of Heaven and Earth. In other words, it is a Gathering Spirit Array; where spiritual machine is gathered here, other places lack it. It is a method of harming others to benefit oneself."

"Therefore, many Feng Shui masters, upon seeing a Dragon Vein treasure spot, dare not occupy it entirely. They dot it slightly off-center to leave some leeway. Virtue must match the position; only by accumulating virtue and doing good can one have the supreme Feng Shui, otherwise, the Feng Shui will gradually shift away."

Xu Jia said: "But this current method is not about gathering spiritual machine, but a method of creation. The two Qi of Yin and Yang, the infinity of Heaven and Earth, the Yin Vein of the Dharma Realm, and the Yang Vein of the present world, when merged into one, become a Spirit Vein. It can give birth to Spirit Qi. This so-called Spirit Qi can be directly absorbed by the human body. It is the Small Heavenly Circuit of the External Scene of Heaven and Earth during cultivation. When taken into the body, it is like the operation of the human body's Small Heavenly Circuit. Harvesting this 'Small Medicine' into the elixir cauldron saves so much effort, nourishing the Three Treasures of Essence, Qi, and Spirit, and can prolong life."

"The method of Feng Shui aligns with this Dao. Although it does not truly combine Yin and Yang veins, it still follows the methods of the Azure Dragon, White Tiger, and Ming Tang. Here, the two Qi of Yin and Yang assist each other; though it does not produce Spirit Qi, it still possesses spiritual machine and living Qi."

"A residence where living Qi is strengthened can make people harmonious and long-lived." Wang Jianguo nodded: "It's just that ordinary house layouts don't have the mystery of this place, and as for the matter of Spirit Veins, I have never heard of it from predecessors..."

"Perhaps it was lost." The Yellow Heaven lineage of this world originated from the Yellow Turban Rebellion led by Zhang Jiao at the end of the Han Dynasty. That *Taiping Jing* is a scripture of the Three Caverns and Four Auxiliaries of Taoism, but too much has been lost. It contains the philosophy of governing the country by the Yellow Emperor and Laozi, the essentials of cultivation, and the exposition of Heaven and Earth...

This was all about two thousand years ago. Being able to pass down some of it is already relying on "archaeology" for practitioners to improve their combat power.

But looking at the development of historical threads, aside from the "bragging" components, before the Qin Dynasty, it was basically "Shamans," "Qi Refiners," and "Alchemists."

In the Han, Wei, and Jin dynasties, Corpse Severance Immortals and the External Alchemy school were popular. At the same time, because too many people died from eating 【pills】, they began to improve, changing from External Alchemy to Inner Alchemy.

The Tang and Song dynasties were basically the culmination of Inner Alchemy Dao. At the same time, Thunder Law began to rise.

As for the Ming and Qing dynasties, it began to decline again, but heterodox paths and ghosts and monsters developed very rapidly.

Taken as a whole, it was basically during the Tang and Song dynasties that Spirit Qi experienced a resurgence. It might have been a legendary great era of cultivation, the world was ascending, and then the ascension failed, and it fell back down.

It basically belonged to an uphill period and a downhill period.

Those who ascended during this period were generally Lv Dongbin, Ancestor Chen Tuan, and there were some other records, such as Lv Dongbin's master, Huo Long Zhenren...

Further on, Qiu Chuji of the Yuan Dynasty and Zhang Sanfeng of the Ming Dynasty, one would think, were the final swan songs. Generally speaking, these two were the last to ascend.

After that, it became weaker and weaker, weaker and weaker, until it had been declining for five hundred years, completing a "breakthrough after destruction." The world began to ascend in dimension, which is to say, starting from now, it is walking uphill again. Completing the ascension is the peak.

What Xu Jia was thinking was, could this world ascend in one go, break through the Six Heavens of the Desire Realm, and enter the First Heaven of the Form Realm? To be honest, according to his understanding, Earth's civilization level is around 0.7. If it were completely unified, with China becoming the "Earth Alliance Leader," integrating global power, it would be "1.0." This is already the peak of Desire Realm civilization. At this time, Spirit Qi happens to be recovering. Mature technological fruits, combined with the gradually maturing "Immortal Hero and Fantasy fruits," can indeed drive an upgrade to "2.0."

In Xu Jia's world, it was Xianxia driving technology, which could be considered "mutual verification."

Having said that, Xu Jia demonstrated in this Blessed Land, pulling Wang Jianguo to enter the Dharma Realm with his physical body to search for the Yin Vein.

Wang Jianguo, while in Dongda, had never casually let his Primordial Spirit leave his body, cautiously hiding his spirit. After practicing for many years, he had no dreams, and only occasionally observed the Dharma Realm. The dangers within were truly difficult to guard against.

But now, within three zhang of Xu Jia, it was all Pure Land. Floating duckweed, green on the front and purple on the back, floated above like lotus leaves. That Primordial Spirit was pure Yang, emitting golden light. Compared to himself, it was a Yin Spirit, only emitting three hao of clear light, outlining the edges, without even a core of pure Yang.

This Dharma Realm was actually quite safe. After all, it was the transformed Dharma Realm Manor of the Seventy-third Demon God of Hell. In the Dharma Realm, although it was still dull, it was auspicious and peaceful, without any Yin evil.

Several third-class Underground Lords, Underground Commanders, and the souls of second and third-generation disciples who had passed away and were attached to the Dharma Altar were all here. There were even Guardian Divine Generals and Five-Calamity Military Officials.

It could be seen that this place was even more magnificent than the Yang world.

"This, this, this... these calamity soldiers..."

Wang Jianguo looked at this batch of troops from the American Civil War era. They were basically refined from black slave armies, and there were some white troops, but each one was wearing military armor and holding Tiangang Thunder fire-arms.

"Adapting to local conditions, there was no other way."

Xu Jia said: "This manor originally grew Devil Grass, a type of drug used by demons to control believers. It was very powerful. Later, these Devil Grasses were all eradicated."

Xu Jia opened his hand slightly, and a small Ginseng spirit ran out.

"Now, according to the Feng Shui reform, the layout of the Dharma Realm has changed greatly, and this manor has also become a Blessed Land. Look at that."

Xu Jia pointed to the Voodoo Wood, the holy object of the Voodoo religion that had been subdued. This thing had had most of its Thousand-Year Wood Core extracted, and the cultivation of those heterodox paths had been scattered. At this time, it was practicing the "authentic Divine Path" completely, purifying the Dharma Realm, taking in evil Qi, exhaling auspicious Qi, swallowing dead Qi, and exhaling living Qi.

However, it could also support this Dharma Realm Manor, and perhaps even become a "Spirit Root of Heaven and Earth" after being rebuilt, maintaining the spiritual machine of the Blessed Land and Cave Heaven.

"What about the Yin Vein?" Wang Jianguo asked.

Xu Jia said: "This is the shallow surface of the Dharma Realm, close to the real world. The Yin Vein is hidden underground, and we can go down through here."

The two entered the Dharma Realm villa. This villa was a projection of the Yang world villa, and even more miraculous, with a feeling that the inside was larger than the outside. The two entered the villa, and at the entrance were two Suanni, which were handsome lions. In the Yang world, they were stone carvings, but in the Dharma Realm, they naturally came to life.

The Suanni made way, and the beast-head door knocker opened its mouth: "Give the password, hurry up and give the password!"

Suddenly, the Door Gods jumped out from the paintings on the door: "The Dharma Lord is here, what password do you need?"

Having said that, the two Door Gods led Xu Jia inside.

In this villa of Xu Jia's, the Six Gods of Peace and Residence were all present. Although they were New Year pictures, they were all century-old vintage New Year pictures, left over from the Qing Dynasty.

Wang Jianguo followed Xu Jia inside, and then saw a Dharma Realm elevator.

"This elevator can go deep into the Dharma Realm, roughly similar to the Eighteen Levels of Hell. The deepest level is the negative eighteenth level, which can probably be traced back to the cultural era of the Shang Dynasty. It is still quite primitive, with magical variations of various ancient fierce beasts, which is still quite terrifying."

"We don't need to go that deep. America has only been founded for two or three hundred years. The famous historical thread here is actually based on the rise of port cities, about a hundred years."

"A hundred-year thread is no longer small, but I only take the history of the time when I established the Daochang and built the villa here, which is only fifty or sixty years."

Because the world changes too fast, the Dharma Realm basically undergoes at least 50% iteration every three years, and more than 90% iteration every ten years. One era is buried in an instant, and another era rises rapidly.

Most popular things actually disappear without a trace in two or three months. New things will always become popular. Only those that have stood the test and settled down can become "Dharma Realm threads," which are actually corresponding historical threads.

Fortunately, this place has been the property of Xu Jia's Tongtian Temple for decades. What changed was only the later construction of the convalescent center, the construction of this array, and the pulling in of the Dharma Realm Manor.

Arriving at the negative sixth level, Xu Jia and the other stepped out of the elevator. What they saw was the deep-level Dharma Realm, the scene of sixty years ago, compressed.

Indeed, this place was much more gloomy and darker, but the Pure Heaven and Earth Dharma Realm still maintained this place. What was seen was not a single monster or ghost, but only a thin, withered old man, revealing three parts of evil, his eyebrows and eyes distorted, his eyes squinted and narrow, wearing a Qing Dynasty robe, and having a long braid.

Wang Jianguo recognized it at a glance: "Is this your projection?"

Xu Jia was helpless: "There's no way. At that time, Americans couldn't distinguish between Daoist robes and Qing Dynasty robes, and the stereotypical discrimination was quite serious. When I first arrived here, I was subduing demons and eliminating monsters. This villa was originally a haunted house, and there was a Half-step Demon God devil who had already killed more than a dozen people..."

Xu Jia casually eliminated this Dharma Realm monster, which had gathered from the locals' stereotypes of him, and shouted at the ground: "Capture."

Immediately, a strange golden bat was captured out.

This bat struggled, vaguely turning into the appearance of a "vampire."

Wang Jianguo asked in astonishment, "Is this the Yin Pulse of the Dharma Realm? Why isn't it a dragon or phoenix, or perhaps a golden duck, a golden chicken, a golden loach, or a golden toad?"

Xu Jia said, "America was founded on capital, and the image of a capitalist is a vampire; the image of a vampire is a bat. Moreover, the original devil of this villa was a vampire... When in Rome, do as the Romans do. This Yin Pulse Spirit is ever-changing and illusory; it could just as well be an octopus, or perhaps some image representing a farm owner... or a factory owner. After all, historical context is always represented by people or events, while culture and the like are, on the contrary, illusory."

Wang Jianguo wanted to explore further; he walked outside the manor of the sixth layer of the Dharma Realm and immediately sensed infinite malice and thick demonic atmosphere.

"What is this?"

"Discrimination against the Chinese," Xu Jia said. "This is the malice of the American national body projected into the Dharma Realm. Black people here might transform into black bears and suddenly charge out, while white people might transform into pig-headed butchers holding steel forks..."

Xu Jia said, "The demonic evil is too heavy."

Wang Jianguo nodded, "It also matches my stereotypes of them."

Having captured the golden vampire bat, the Yin Pulse Spirit, Xu Jia returned his Soul to his body.

The next moment, he went to the core of the Yang Pulse. The Yang Pulse had been found long ago; it was where the San Francisco Dragon Vein entered the sea, intercepted by the large Gourd.

This Gourd is the Yang Pulse Spirit, or more accurately, a Feng Shui artifact that has merged with the Yang Pulse Spirit.

He drew the golden bat into the Gourd.

Xu Jia immediately began to set up the Qi Prohibition. With the Feng Shui grand formation and the Dharma Realm Manor as a foundation, what Xu Jia was creating was not a "Small Spiritual Vein," but a "Small-scale Spiritual Vein" he had deduced.

A Small Spiritual Vein radiates only a few acres, but a Small-scale Spiritual Vein can radiate the entire villa area and the sanatorium.

He cast the Qi Prohibition technique into the other eight gourds, into the ground, and into the twelve carved dragon pillars.

Suddenly, a sound like muffled thunder came from underground.

Then, everyone's footing became unstable, as if the earth were shaking.

The next moment, above the place where the eight tons of pure gold gourds were buried, at the spot of the huge "fountain dragon-turning disk," a crack opened, and then a Spirit Spring surged out, pushing the huge dragon pillars to rotate.

A spring breeze brushed against their faces, and then a light rain began to fall.

As this rainwater landed on their bodies, it was not cold at all; instead, it felt refreshing.

"Eh? Has the Spirit Qi turned into rain?"

(End of this chapter)