Chapter 428: Walker's Dao, Awakened One's Dao

Among these martial arts halls, most practitioners began training after reaching adulthood, while a small portion practiced family-inherited arts, having started from childhood training.

Those in their thirties who have achieved Dark Jin naturally become the most capable head disciples and the face of the hall, but reaching the threshold of Transformation Jin is something they might never achieve in a lifetime.

Moreover, practicing Dark Jin is somewhat similar to the "Seven Injuries Fist"; one must first experience it to be able to emit it, which is of no benefit to health preservation.

Therefore, among these thirty-some people, aside from the two who have reached Transformation Jin, the others, no matter how much they look like immortals, are old and full of injuries and illnesses; fortunately, modern medicine is advanced, so they can suffer a little less.

Of these two, one is Dong Erchuan of the Baji Hall, a genuine Baji successor; he was the one who went to see the "Don King" earlier.

The other is Chen Zhenze, who is said to have some connection to "Chen Zhen"; he learned Chen Style Supreme Ultimate and has integrated Chen Style Supreme Ultimate with Grappling Hand.

As for the "Master of the Hunyuan Xingyi Supreme Ultimate Gate, Ma Baoguo," who was hyped up by the blond youth, because he became a huge hit on the internet and is already of advanced age, he has returned to his country to develop and is not on this list.

The two old martial artists, although they revere the Immortal Dao and are even more sincere about the Flying Sword Technique, are after all "mortals"; perhaps they understand some Five Elements Eight Trigrams and know a little traditional Chinese medicine for bruises, but they do not recognize a "True Person."

Seeing that Xu Jia looked so young yet spoke such big words, they could not help but mutter to themselves, secretly thinking: "Could it be that Li Rentai also used some Obstruction of Sight Method, and that so-called flying sword is actually some new high-tech, and this place has already become a site for an Evil Sect?"

It is not to be blamed that they think too much; Evil Sects run rampant in Amelika, and even movies are filmed much more conservatively, yet there are truly many who wish to become Immortals. At this moment, what fills their minds is the little girl from "Double Vision," and they feel that she and Xu Jia are not much different.

Once their thoughts stirred, what they saw had infinite illusions; the image Xu Jia displayed before them rapidly deformed, from the appearance of a youth, first turning into a dried corpse Golden Body, then alienating into a Zombie Ancestor...

This change on the mental level, instead, gave them a fright. A few with poor concentration even cried out: "Ah?"

Xu Jia said: "If the heart gives rise to terror, then there is terror; calm your hearts and listen to my words."

He then exerted some Dharma Power and chanted the Dao sound, calming the various doubts in their hearts, displaying a small Achievement in his cultivation.

These small Achievements, Li Rentai could also utilize; in Buddhism, they are called "Small Supernatural Power," which are abilities that naturally arise with cultivation.

The people in the various martial arts halls all practice the Martial Dao; although they may not have Blood Qi Wolf Smoke, they are full of Yang energy, and practicing martial arts is an extreme exercise of the will. Those whose essence, Qi, and spirit are consistent and unshaken, and who practice internal boxing for a long time, have the effect of longevity and life extension. Even without True Qi, they can still perceive the circulation of warm currents within their bodies and understand the natural power of the human body.

Hearing Xu Jia's words, Dong Erchuan felt from them something like a high mountain or flowing water; it just did not seem like a person. He secretly thought in his heart: "Is this the Heaven and Human Unity rumored in the Martial Dao?" The living god Immortal Zhang Sanfeng from hundreds of years ago was perhaps no more than this.

After Xu Jia pacified them, he bestowed upon these two Transformation Jin experts a Lingbao Daoist Citizen Register. Once the register method entered their bodies, they felt a change as if their spirits had sublimated. Much of their Martial Dao knowledge, cognition, and accumulation poured into the register, immediately deducing and changing, becoming a "Lingbao Walker Register."

This Walker Register was evolved from the "Human Immortal Register."

In Journey to the West, Sun Wukong was called a "Walker." The path of dual cultivation of nature and life, one movement and one stillness—the movement corresponds to Sun Wukong, which is why he has seventy-two transformations and a Diamond Indestructible body.

Things like sitting in meditation, breathing exercises, alchemy, and crafting are what is called the "Awakened One."

This Lingbao Walker Register is somewhat different from the "Lingbao Daoist Soldier Register" of the Three Pure Ones Mountain Realm; although both lean towards the physical body, the Daoist Soldier Register requires uniformity and convergence.

The direction of the Walker Register is more about excavation and breakthrough; it pursues individual mechanisms and does not need to coordinate with others to form one's own Dao.

As for why he only bestowed the register to the two of them and not the others, it can only be said that their threshold had not been reached, and it would be useless if bestowed.

After bestowing the register method, Xu Jia began to explain the method of entering the Dao through martial arts and cultivating Postnatal True Qi; this is the rule of the Sword Hero World. The original Earth Star had no way to cultivate it directly, but now the difference is the addition of the "Spirit Qi" seed, an external object, so it is not so inconvenient. Moreover, the human body itself has Qi; there is no reason one can cultivate Dharma Power but cannot cultivate Postnatal True Qi.

Soon, under Xu Jia's guidance, the two cultivated their first wisp of Postnatal True Qi. One practiced Baji, so naturally, it was Postnatal Baji True Qi; one practiced Supreme Ultimate, so naturally, it was Postnatal Supreme Ultimate True Qi.

"From today on, you two have far surpassed those so-called Republic-era martial arts masters. I hope you will discard sectarian prejudices, teach others, push through the old to bring forth the new, and develop a Martial Dao more in line with modern times—for example, the combination of Martial Dao and firearms, or the combination of Martial Dao and Daoism. Teach more Transformation Jin experts. At the same time, you can also go further in traditional Martial Dao; cultivating Postnatal True Qi does not affect the polishing of Jin power. When you cultivate Gang Jin or Dan Jin, the Great Dao will also be wide open."

Dong Erchuan kowtowed repeatedly: "Many thanks to the Ancestor for pointing out the way."

Chen Zhenze asked: "Then do our martial arts halls need to merge?"

"That is not necessary. As long as you join my Tongtian Temple and become an outer sect force, that will do. You must cultivate well and also teach your disciples well. In a few days, I need you to go to Dongda to participate in the Martial Arts Assembly and raise the name of my Tongtian Temple in the Central Plains."

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Another month or so passed. Xu Jia personally guided the disciples of the Amelika Tongtian Temple in their cultivation matters and presided over the expansion of the Daoist orthodoxy and the Spirit Pulse Construction work. He also ordered his disciples to scout for the many Demon Gods hidden in San Francisco, striving to eliminate them all the next time they descended, so that San Francisco could strive to become an Amelika "Civilized Demon-Free City" and "Advanced Daoism City."

Just as things were not yet finished, there was a sense of summoning; Xu Jia had stayed in Amelika for too long and had to return.

After handing over the work to Li Rentai, Xu Jia sat on the Altar again. Gradually, the illusions dissipated, leaving the gilded dried corpse sitting cross-legged; everything was as it was.

On Three Pure Ones Mountain, Xu Jia awoke faintly, feeling the suppression of the Heavenly Dao's will, and could only "enter and exit the Cave Heaven, not descend to the world at will."

This was because Xu Jia's cultivation had advanced a step further, faintly reaching the "Ascension Standard."

Of course, Xu Jia could also ignore and break free from this suppression, but once he transcended the world's will, every action would bring about countless Cause and Effect, and these Cause and Effect would all fall upon himself.

But it did not matter; great desire is a great vow. Xu Jia had never thought about ascending, and he could not ascend anyway; if the ideals were not realized, the vows he made back then would backfire.

Looking out with Spirit Qi, the Jiangnan West Circuit had been completely governed. On Poyang Lake, there were already steamships, steel ships, and concrete ships; they had all appeared by this time.

Various official roads also began to be built. Although they were only cement roads and not asphalt roads because petroleum technology had not been developed, they were enough for pedestrians and vehicles.

Railways had also gradually been built, with work starting in many places, mainly in several industrial zones that produced minerals. The Jiangnan West Circuit produced copper, silver, and gold, and there were also many iron mines.

With railways and trains, the transportation of these supplies and production was directly boosted.

However, such development inevitably required carving through mountains and building roads, and various types of pollution gradually arose. Xu Jia could see that beyond the Spirit Machine, there were wisps of Evil Qi.

But this Evil Qi was actually collected specifically. Those people refining Chang spirits used their own thoughts to combine with the evil spirits of mountains and waters. Since the mountain and water evil spirits were mostly harvested, this industrial evil spirit rose instead. The Chang soldiers refined from it were like steel golems, emitting a roar like a train; technology and Daoism were developing together.

At the same time, the entire Jiangnan West Circuit had completed land reform, and the Equal Field was successfully completed. Even in the most remote corners of the mountains, there were no landlords; they were replaced by production teams.

The people's enthusiasm for production was very high. Coupled with the initial achievements in chemical engineering, simple chemical fertilizers like urea had already been produced. Once produced, they were expanded with full force; now they maintained basic supply and ran in parallel with composting.

Everywhere was engaged in large-scale production and industry. Even children of a few years old, after completing their studies, had to go to work to earn some Work Wages or Work Points.

What Xu Jia implemented here was a dual-track system of Work Points and salary. Doing one thing could earn two types of rewards: Work Wages could be used for consumption, while Work Points could be used to exchange for various goods that could not be bought, such as "radios."

That's right, radios had now been built, and radio broadcasts were also available. The combination of technology and Immortal cultivation relied on two little ghosts, Duowen and Guangmu. The two little ghosts were already capable of the "Thousand Mile Courtyard Shrinking Technique" and "Thousand Mile Sound Transmission," two types of magic.

Combining these two types of magic with technology, let alone radios, even large color TVs would not be difficult.

In addition, the Jiangnan West Circuit had absorbed nearly 800,000 disaster victims, several times more than before.

This was mainly because a coup had occurred in the northern Daning Dynasty. The young emperor, in collusion with eunuchs, wanted to strangle the Empress Dowager to seize power, but was reported instead. He was imprisoned by the Empress Dowager for several days and starved to death; not a single little eunuch or palace maid gave the young emperor food.

Many of the armies that came to the rescue of the king established their own separatist regimes, and many openly claimed rebellion, not to mention those who rebelled and occupied mountains to become kings...

These all happened when Xu Jia returned to Amelika. It can only be said that the Daning Dynasty's fate was truly exhausted; it had dumped a big pile on itself, and it was not decent at all.

When a country is about to perish, monsters emerge. From the mouths of the disaster victims, it was learned that they were not at peace while fleeing; at night, there were often demons eating people, and occasionally they saw evil people abducting young boys and girls.

In comparison, the Jiangnan West Circuit was undoubtedly the "last Pure Land."

But with the impact of so many disaster victims, even with constant land reclamation, increased grain production, and shipments from overseas, it was still not enough to eat.

And because of the attacks on Min, Yue, and Zhe, the main routes to the sea via the Yangtze River were also blocked, making it impossible to send disaster victims overseas.

However, precisely because there were so many disaster victims—free labor—Xu Zhiyuan could plan to do a large amount of infrastructure construction.

Planning to dig reservoirs, dredge Poyang, build the Poyang Dam, build large canals, dredge the Gan River waterway, and even dig canals towards the Pearl River, build roads, and lay railways...

(End of this chapter)