Chapter 427: Preaching and Dispelling Doubts

The Ginseng Immortal nodded: "That is so, but one must always come up with a pretext. At Dongda, I am a big shot in the field of medicine, but in reality, my status is just so-so. At first, I only needed to offer some ginseng whiskers; later, they needed the ginseng seeds on my head; and later still, I also needed to have my blood drawn and my marrow extracted."

"Since ancient times, there has never been anyone who did not desire Longevity."

"Nowadays, they have even mastered this technology, allowing ordinary people to extend their lives even without practicing. What about those in power, those with ambition? They are fifty or sixty, or even seventy years old, at the peak of their power, and what they lack is precisely lifespan... What is their practice like?"

"In the end, I am just a ginseng plant. You might be wary of the Merit on my body, but there are some who do not care, and they do not even need to do it themselves."

"Fellow Daoist, what do you think?" the Ginseng Immortal asked Xu Jia: "If I am like this, what about the common people? Those ancient evil methods, the Dandan Shu, seizing the Inner Elixir of demon immortals to graft onto ordinary people; there are methods of harvesting yin to replenish yang, the Battle Method, seizing the cultivation of women's primordial yin to increase one's own power; there are methods of ingestion, intercepting the innate creation."

"Even if we don't talk about those cultivation matters, and don't commit these sins, what about those forbidden researches today? Which one of them does not go against morality and human ethics?"

The Ginseng Immortal said: "Rather than making breakthroughs in these areas, it is better to achieve success in drug manufacturing and pill making—safe, effective, and mass-produced. This is what I want to do."

Xu Jia suddenly became solemn: "If you have such a heart, Fellow Daoist, that is naturally fine. I will make these efforts together with Dongda. The various pill formulas researched by my Tongtian Temple will also be open-sourced. At the same time, we will sign a treaty to combat evil cultivators and evil methods, nipping them in the bud; at the very least, they cannot be rampant in the open."

"There are many people with heavy baleful qi now," the Ginseng Immortal said. "The End of Dharma Era is not about the end of cultivation resources or anything else; it is about morality and thought. Just as Kongzi said back then, the Rites and Music have collapsed—this is the true End of Dharma Era. Strictly speaking, now is both an era of shining stars and an era of dancing demons."

Xu Jia understood what the Ginseng Immortal meant, but cooperating with Dongda, cooperating with the national body, this is more comprehensive. The Ziwei star has descended, the Investiture of the Gods is restarting, and Dongda becoming the leader of the Earth alliance is already the best result. During this period, there may be wars, killings, or turmoil, all of which are unavoidable.

Whether it is between people, between humans and nature as a whole, or the vast universe, they will all usher in a brand-new relationship.

Even if Xu Jia did not share the artificial Spirit Vein, the Earth itself would undergo self-elevation, it would just cost more vital energy and there would be more turmoil. Perhaps a global war would begin, and during the post-war reconstruction, integration would be achieved...

"Your thoughts are still too one-sided and pessimistic, Ginseng Immortal. Looking at history, the current perspective of Dongda is absolutely advanced, its wisdom is the most correct in history, and the will of the entire collective is irreversible."

The Ginseng Immortal nodded: "We demons live long and see much; indeed, no dynasty or generation has been like today."

Leaving this Ginseng Immortal avatar behind, Xu Jia did not speak of such grand, empty principles, and instead discussed the method of attaining Immortality through Merit.

After talking for a while, he let the Ginseng Immortal go to visit the Blessed Land. The core was the teaching of the Register, and there was no harm in letting him see the rest. If he could learn it without the Register, he would be a genius.

It is rumored that ginseng is naturally the "Spirit Root of Heaven and Earth" and is the immortal herb best suited for the "Earth Immortal" path. The "Ginseng Fruit Tree" is also named with the two characters "Ginseng," which shows as much.

The Ginseng Immortal entered the Blessed Land, felt the feng shui power of the Heaven One Great Array, and also sensed the sanctity of the Spirit Vein. Practicing here would be ten times better than practicing in the White Mountains.

He also saw the Ghost Immortals in the Dharma Realm of the Blessed Land, and his own little ginseng spirit descendants, who knows how many generations down, running around everywhere.

In the end, he sighed: "There is indeed hope for becoming an Immortal and ascending."

………

Xu Jia's company was established very quickly. Li Rentai was an expert in this area; they were all registered directly in the British Cayman Islands, and then simultaneously registered in America, Hong Kong, and the mainland's Shanghai.

The number of registrations was high, including financial investment, legal consulting, real estate, architectural design, medicine, precious metals, culture and entertainment... Xu Jia was not very clear about the specific operations involved, but the fortune of Tongtian Temple was indeed rising steadily after various investment methods.

This made Xu Jia think of Jinchan Duobao, and he also remembered Hu Jinhua.

Jinchan Duobao was in charge of financial work in another world, and Hu Jinhua's Earth Immortal tribulation still had no sign of progress.

Moreover, even if Jinchan came, he might not be able to outplay those behemoths in America where capital and power are highly bundled.

How this would turn out still needed to be incubated slowly, but at least Xu Jia was confident for now.

It was just that after the company was established, who should be sent to visit Dongda? Xu Jia thought over and over, feeling that he had no presentable disciples under his command. The most powerful one was actually an outsider, the black Christian Hong Xiuquan. He held two holy artifacts in his hands and was proficient in exorcism magic. After joining Xu Jia's sect, he also studied Daoism, wanting to keep up with his idol.

A poem to set the scene: "Complete the Yeh, complete the nature, cultivate the Complete Teachings," which even startled Xu Jia, who believed he had the ability to launch a "Taiping Heavenly Kingdom movement" in America, so he appointed him as the Deputy Sect Leader to integrate the power of the Yeh Teachings.

But his political attributes in America were too strong; he was not suitable to be an envoy to Dongda, only suitable to stay in America to stir things up.

Li Rentai was quite good as the Temple Master, and he was a businessman by origin, but he was not sensitive enough to some things, and many things still required Xu Jia's reminders.

Xu Jia also wanted to go personally; after all, it was his homeland, but he was currently in the state of possessing his past life's Golden Body dried corpse, making it difficult to leave the temple and palace too far.

Furthermore, being brought back to Dongda, the power of Dongda's laws was too strong; he feared that his own magic and Divine Ability would lose most of their effectiveness.

As for the others, it went without saying; there was not a single suitable representative to return to Dongda. For a moment, Xu Jia felt discouraged. He felt that they were indeed a "rabble" without any presentable core personnel.

Just as he was thinking, Li Rentai brought the masters and inherited disciples of several major martial arts schools in San Francisco to pay their respects to Xu Jia.

"Ancestor, these are the successors of the traditional martial arts schools in America. After the disciple demonstrated the Flying Sword Technique, they all expressed their willingness to join our sect and learn Daoism."

Xu Jia looked at them; all kinds of clothes had their own logos, mostly in their fifties or sixties, and quite a few in their thirties or forties.

Xu Jia suddenly had an idea. It would certainly not be easy to communicate openly about immortal cultivation.

But a martial arts tournament—wouldn't that be perfect? A China-US martial arts tournament.

"Good, good, good." Xu Jia looked at them: "You have all witnessed the Flying Sword Technique and must be curious. However, although this technique is strange, it is not necessarily more powerful than firearms."

The martial arts school disciples had seen Xu Jia's dried corpse, and many had bowed to it, but they did not believe that the young man in front of them was the so-called Ancestor, and they were skeptical.

But they saw Xu Jia point slightly: "Enter the outer sect to be utilized. Those whose cultivation reaches Transformation Jin, step forward; you may follow this poor Daoist to practice the Immortal Martial Arts."

(End of chapter)