Chapter 421: The Style of Tongtian Temple Changes Abruptly

Xu Jia said to that Blondie: "Our Tongtian Temple keeps pace with the times and requires high-level, innovative talent in many areas. You are quite good; your Daoist practice has reached the Human Immortal realm, and you have just entered the Great Heavenly Cycle realm. I believe you will soon need to charge the pass with the Great Medicine. Your talent can be considered decent."

"The second point is that you have many fans, which is interesting. You must know, what is the ability of gods and Buddhas based on? It is Wish Power. Pilgrims make wishes, gods and Buddhas fulfill them, and pilgrims return to fulfill their vows. Thus, there is Wish Power Dharma Coin to be used."

"Your many fans are actually pilgrims in a disguised form. You preach to them and popularize some Daoist rituals. Even if only one out of a hundred fans truly has a heart for the Dao, and there are a hundred out of ten thousand, that can be considered immeasurable Merit for you."

Xu Jia said, "I see them practicing God Immortal methods, but they never grasp the essentials, and there are ultimately few true believers. It is better to cast a wide net. Therefore, I hope you use your mobile phone or computer as a Shrine, the internet as an Incense Burner, and comments and likes as thought-power to cultivate the path of Cyber God Immortals. The orthodox Inner Landscape spirit-refining path might be difficult for you to achieve, but using external vessels to bear Incense Fire and having them condense divine offices for you, or refining divine artifacts, is still possible."

When Xu Jia said this, Blondie was stunned, not to mention Li Rentai: "Can it be done this way? Is this allowed?"

"But, seeking the wishes of gods and Buddhas requires ultimate essence and sincerity. Without essence and sincerity, it is difficult to cultivate. Even so, those Incense Fire wishes are always extremely mixed and contain the Desire Thoughts of all living beings. Moreover, in the internet age, a large amount of garbage information and garbage thoughts are produced every day, like a flood."

Xu Jia laughed and said: "Then I must mention the method of using demons to refine demons."

Xu Jia said: "I have a method to entrust the Three Corpse Gods, refine a magic weapon, and then transform the magic weapon into a divine artifact."

What Xu Jia was talking about was the "Three Sovereigns Ten Thousand People Umbrella." This thing is condensed from Merit and contains the wishes of ten thousand people. It also obtained the Three Corpse Demon Heads and three external demons—making six great demon heads—which can absorb the Desire Thoughts of all living beings, leaving only their Merit. Thus, there are Heavenly Humans inside; Heavenly Humans are prone to change, which is the Heavenly Demon.

Xu Jia used it to protect his enlightenment, which is why he dared to make great vows for all living beings based on their great desires.

Xu Jia has not yet passed this "Magic" to anyone; he only gave the practice method of "making great vows and establishing great oaths."

This method of "refining desires" and the method of borrowing the desires of living beings to raise Demon Gods have not yet been passed on to anyone.

Xu Jia said: "Using demons to refine demons requires a strong heart and righteousness to be achieved. I have watched your live streams; your disposition is good, and you can even crack Hell jokes with devils. Plus, your family background is clean, and I have no one else to use here. Those with higher cultivation than you are not as young or innovative as you, and those more innovative than you do not have your level of cultivation."

Having said that, Xu Jia brought out the "Thousand Soul Banner" he had refined last time. This thing was later refined with the Voodoo curses of the Voodoo Wood from the Voodoo Sect, vaguely giving it the feeling of a "beggar-version Six Soul Banner."

The disciples captured many devils and put them inside, which were later consumed by Xu Jia to refine demons with demons.

"Look, this banner can absorb all evil thoughts and curses to increase its own power. The remainder, isn't that just good thoughts, wishes, and even some calm, ordinary thoughts?"

"If you then select wishes from those thoughts, it will be much easier."

"Even if out of a hundred people watching your live stream, fifty are haters carrying malice and evil thoughts toward you, you can use demons to refine demons and enhance this treasure. If one person sincerely wishes for you to get better and better and hopes to see more high-quality videos, that is also a wish made and a loyal believer accumulated, which becomes the food for your cultivation."

"Of course, this method requires subduing the Three Corpse Demon Heads; otherwise, one is easily overwhelmed by these malicious intentions, which affects one's own emotions. Therefore, the requirements are quite high. At the same time, you need to personally capture three external demons to correspond to your own three internal demons. External demons are more seductive, so your heart must be extremely firm."

"Refining internal and external demons together creates the Life-Bound Demon Head. Of course, if the Life-Bound Demon Head is more powerful than your Daoist Practice, it is easy to suffer a backlash. Refining it into a magic weapon is slightly better, but it still requires your own Merit to suppress it. At the same time, your heart must be flawless and not be hooked or taken; this is the true state of being a god or demon in a single thought."

Blondie heard this and felt it was incredibly 'chuunibyou' but also very powerful. He said directly: "The Ancestor truly has eyes like torches. How did you know I was this kind of person?"

Xu Jia laughed: "The method of summoning the Three Corpses requires keeping precepts. I will pass it to you first. When you subdue any one of the Three Corpses—the internal demons transformed from lust, greed, or ignorance—come find me again. I will personally go help you capture three Hell Demon Gods to refine into your Life-Bound Demon Head, refine the Outer Path magic weapon, and pass you this Great Vow Orthodox Method."

"Ah? How do I abstain from lust? I rely on this little thing to be happy every day." Blondie felt it was too difficult. He couldn't cultivate it, so he thought he'd better forget it.

Xu Jia was curious: "Since you can cultivate to the Human Immortal realm, it means your lust is shallow and you are clear-hearted and have few desires. Otherwise, how could you refine Essence into Qi?"

"Ah? Every time I live-stream capturing devils and evil spirits, I feel like my cultivation is helped by gods for seven or eight days afterward. This has nothing to do with abstaining from lust!"

Xu Jia was also confused when he heard this.

He immediately checked Blondie's destiny and Cause and Effect, discovering an interesting situation.

It is like the setting in *Jackie Chan Adventures*: "The Qi of righteousness and the Qi of evil are relative. Whenever an evil is removed, a new evil will appear."

Of course, it is the opposite here. The Magic path in America is strong, and the exorcism world often sees things like inverted crucifixes and Demon Gods returning to the human world. Instead, the righteous path has always been weak, and no very powerful figures have appeared.

But although no powerful figures have appeared, it has always been alive and well, holding its ground without being completely wiped out by the Hell Seventy-two Demon Gods. When one is gone, another appears.

Take the exorcism world, for example; Xu Jia was in this situation back then, which is why he could achieve the Earth Immortal realm, confront the Demon Gods, and seal them.

The stronger the malice of the American Magic path toward Tongtian Temple, the stronger the support for the righteous path. This is a faction-based buff.

As long as you refine demons, your cultivation can increase, and bottlenecks can be reduced.

Ordinary people wouldn't feel anything, but this kid has a million fans, and the collective intention of the masses added to him is also a very large "magnetic field energy."

Human Dao is also a part of this.

As for why it lasts seven or eight days, it is probably a fixed mechanism of completing at least one "exorcism mission" a week. Anyway, going to church here is also normal.

In other words, he is now a "righteous young hero," and the higher the reputation of the righteous young hero, the easier it is to increase his Daoist Practice. Reputation and influence are converted into power.

After Xu Jia realized this, he became even more excited: "The American exorcism world really has no one left, to the point that they call us foreign monks to chant scriptures. But the black Christian Hong Xiuquan also has a million fans now; why doesn't he have this situation?"

But thinking about it carefully, the black Christian belongs to "deviating from the classics and rebelling against the path," an heretic and an infidel. The righteous path in America still belongs to the proper Christians and cannot acknowledge him. If it were the Middle Ages, black people would still be on plantations; how could they acknowledge him? Not labeling him as a Magic path force is already considered good.

"Since you are on the righteous path, then forget it. Magic path things don't seem suitable for you. I think I'll pass them to the black Hong Xiuquan instead."

Xu Jia thought and said: "But the method of making great vows and establishing great oaths is still compatible with you. Taking advantage of the fact that the righteous path is favoring you during this period, and the next generation of the American exorcism world has no leader, you should cultivate my Lingbao Diduan Famen and use your destiny to cultivate the Body God method. If you don't cultivate these Outer Paths, it will be easier for you to achieve the Earth Immortal realm than Li Rentai and the others." Li Rentai's expression was gloomy: "Ancestor, please leave me some face, okay?"

Xu Jia said: "Please face your true heart."

Li Rentai shut up instantly.

"So I am like this?" Blondie sighed: "It's a pity. I really wanted to learn that 'god or demon in a single thought' and the method of using demons to refine demons. It's a pity that the first step is to abstain from lust. For modern people, as long as their brains are slightly normal, they learn it themselves in middle school... To find a blank sheet of paper... only primitive tribes, right?"

"Primitive tribes won't work either. They have mobile phones now and are addicted to pornographic websites every day." Xu Jia sighed: "So there is a reason for the End of Dharma Era. Material desires are rampant. Even if the whole world cultivates immortality, Magic path and Evil Sects, and Outer Paths still occupy the majority. There are too few righteous people."

"Isn't America like this? If an Evil Sect has power, who knows how many people join the Evil Sect and worship evil gods?"

Xu Jia lamented: "The 'boyhood skill' passed down from ancient times must be abandoned. We need to modify the cultivation conditions so that modern people can also cultivate. No, wait, but 'Returning Essence to the Brain,' this step is always necessary..."

Li Rentai said softly: "Ancestor, I don't know if you've heard of 'the Supreme forgetting emotions.' How about letting the disciples have fewer desires the more they cultivate? Even gradually having no physiological reactions?"

Xu Jia was speechless: "That is even more of an Outer Path. The True Person Zhang Sanfeng had full essence and Qi, and even at 120 years old, he still had morning erections. If you refine this thing until it's gone, haven't you refined it to waste? The transformation of Acquired Essence into Acquired Essence lies in lustful thoughts. If you don't think of lust, you won't leak Essence Qi. If it is full, it is stored."

"If you refine that thing to waste, don't you have to find a way to cure it every day? That delays cultivation."

"Ancestor, since there is no need for the 'boyhood skill' method, why not try dual cultivation?" Blondie's eyes glowed: "How about dual cultivation? Modern people must all like dual cultivation. The ultimate harmony of life."

Xu Jia stroked his chin and felt it made sense, but he felt the style of the sect had changed a bit. It wasn't the overseas Tongtian Temple Numinous Treasure Sect anymore; it was like the Joyous Sect.

"Dual cultivation emphasizes Daoist companions. Many people are actually single. A Daoist companion is 'Miss Five Fingers.' It can be considered, but the proportion is not high."

Xu Jia asked Blondie: "Think again. Since we are going to establish a company, we must give everyone in the company a method that can be cultivated, has a low threshold, and is simple to enter. If dual cultivation is the basic technique, I'm afraid I'll be opening an 'impa' every day."

Blondie racked his brains and said: "The simplest entry is actually those American Evil Sect members. They complete murder rituals, or eat 'r', smoke 'D', or commit arson and crimes, and they can please the evil gods and gain power. We also have Immortal Hall disciples here who invite immortals, or Divine Art disciples who invite gods to possess them. That is the spirit-medium method, but having people burn incense and worship Buddha in the company every day doesn't fit the style either."

Xu Jia actually wanted to give out a Divine Nature chip panel, but that is a good thing that needs to be refined with Demon God Divine Nature. Now those Demon Gods are hiding from Xu Jia and dare not come to Tongtian Temple; at most, they find trouble for the disciples. Xu Jia doesn't have any either.

Furthermore, even if there were good things, they would be given to disciples first. How could he give benefits to company employees first? The essence of opening a company is Boshu.

"Although the Spirit Vein problem has been solved, the problem of cultivation methods has not been solved. These ancient immortality cultivation techniques really have too high a threshold for modern people."

"Buddhism has the method of reciting a scripture once to cultivate a portion of Merit. Do we have one?"

"Cultivating Curse Power? That takes too long. It requires years and months, ten thousand times, one hundred thousand times, to have a little Divine Ability."

Xu Jia thought it over and over, but still decided to cancel things like "meditation," "sitting cross-legged," "palms facing the sky," and pressing the tongue against the upper palate.

"Are foreigners particularly interested in Chinese martial arts?"

"Indeed." The blond guy nodded: "The two who have had the greatest influence on America are Bruce Lee, and the other is Jackie Chan."

Xu Jia nodded: "Among the Chinese, are there more interested in practicing martial arts, or in becoming an Immortal?"

"Practicing martial arts, I suppose. If you tell people you have a method to become an Immortal, they'll think you're a lunatic."

Xu Jia nodded: "So that means practicing martial arts is still more suitable for ordinary people. Establishing a company and recruiting people in can also be called company culture; there's no need to say that you are actually an Immortal cultivation sect, right?"

Entering the Dao through martial arts, then practicing Qi Refining to become an Immortal, is precisely the routine of the Sword Immortal world.

Conversely, traditional meditation, breathing, and internal alchemy are too profound and mysterious; modern people are restless inside and find it hard to keep learning.

"Are there many martial arts schools in America?" Xu Jia hadn't paid attention to this before.

"There are! There's one online with more followers than me, the Hunyuan Xingyi Supreme Ultimate Gate, with the sect leader Ma Baoguo, who has the Lightning Five-Consecutive Whip. Isn't he teaching disciples in America? He has over two hundred disciples," the blond guy said excitedly.

Xu Jia nodded, waved his hand, and said to Li Rentai: "Absorb all these martial arts schools, every single one of them. Teach them to become Immortals. Instead of building a company, it's better to directly acquire companies, then have them act as MCN streamers to promote traditional Chinese martial arts."

"Huh?"

Li Rentai was old after all and couldn't keep up with the train of thought.

The blond guy's eyes lit up: "Ancestor, you are worthy of being the Ancestor. This move is brilliant. Why didn't I think of it? I've been working so hard to subdue demons and eliminate devils, yet I don't have as many followers as someone who just casually puts out some abstract Supreme Ultimate five-consecutive-whip content."

"What abstract? What kind of abstract are you doing?"

"Only by doing abstract, innovative stunts can you become super popular, Ancestor!" The blond guy's eyes were sparkling: "I think this path is viable."

Xu Jia nodded: "Since you think it's viable, then you go first. Li Rentai, first allocate ten million US dollars to him to test the waters. Then have the disciples go check out the various martial arts schools and provide a list. For the suitable ones, acquire them one by one, take the school masters into the sect, and teach them to become Immortals and practice Qi Refining."

"I will also pass down a Register technique that can allow one to enter the Dao through martial arts and evolve their own martial Dao, equivalent to Daoist dynamic cultivation. In this way, let them pass it on to their disciples, and pass it on to other ordinary employees recruited by our company..."

(End of this chapter)