Chapter 124: 161, 162 Breaking Through to Grade B, Four Strong and Four Fierce, The Sun Phase Buddha Sutra (Large Chapter - Please Su

The next day.

Hanping Village, Shangpin Weizhen Pavilion.

Su Mengzhen, Xiao Bi, and Xiao Yan were talking face to face.

The table was empty; apart from clear tea, there was not a single dish of food.

"Hanping Village has become like an isolated island. Aside from the fact that all the surrounding Ghosts have left, I fear that in the vast wilderness outside, one would encounter all sorts of Ghosts every few steps. My Xiao Family can not only take in Song Cheng, but we are also willing to accept your Su Family and provide you with a place to house your Ice Coffin."

"Ghosts that have lost their wits are only attracted to Yang energy and will pounce on it subconsciously. However, they will not actively seek out Yang energy. Therefore, Hanping Village is still safe. Our Su Family is doing very well here."

"Whether it is good or not, the Su Family Head should know in her own heart."

"However, even if the outside is full of Ghosts, what impact does that have on our noble families? Mr. Xiao should also understand that for a noble family, the greatest crisis is not actually the deteriorating surrounding environment, but the act of relocating the entire clan.

If we do not relocate, no one knows where we are.

If we do relocate, that is when flaws will be exposed."

"The Su Family Head perhaps does not yet know that the method for crossing the Reappearance Tribulation you possess is nine times out of ten incorrect. The reason you are not dead yet is because you have not yet crossed the tribulation.

But my Xiao Family possesses the true secret method for crossing the tribulation.

If the Su Family Head is willing to have the Su Family become subordinate to my Xiao Family, then this secret method can be shared with the Family Head.

At that time, the Family Head will be able to break through the early stage of the Soul Transformation Realm and take a look at higher heights."

Xiao Bi smiled slightly.

Because the "Reappearance Tribulation" was a barrier stuck above the heads of all noble families, the timing was wrong in the past, but now... He narrowed his eyes, his expression calm and unruffled, and said indifferently: "Before long, the Double Ghost will appear on a large scale in various places. By then, noble families that cannot cross the tribulation will be eliminated.

The Su Family went through so much trouble to flee here from Qingque Continent; you surely don't wish to be buried in this place, do you? Wouldn't that be failing the predecessors of the Su Family?"

Su Mengzhen looked coldly at Xiao Bi opposite her and suddenly said: "You provide the secret method, I hand over Song Cheng. You provide the Five Elements Crystals, I give him the subsequent cultivation techniques."

Although she succeeded in crossing the tribulation, her success was completely non-replicable.

She was carried out of the Reappearance Tribulation by Song Cheng.

Her experience in crossing the tribulation was simply "remember to bring Song Cheng along"... But other people in the Su Family could not possibly do that, right? She needed the secret method.

This secret method itself could also reveal a lot of information.

Perhaps it could even reveal why all the experience she had regarding the Reappearance Tribulation was wrong.

Upon hearing this, Xiao Yan nearly spat out a mouthful of tea, then said: "Aren't you going to ask for your sister's opinion?"

Xiao Bi glanced at his "pig teammate" and said with a smile: "It's not like they can't be Dao companions, why ask?"

Xiao Yan refused to give an inch: "How can they? If he joins my Xiao Family, he will naturally sever ties with the past."

Xiao Bi:... He turned his head and narrowed his eyes at this "pig teammate."

Xiao Yan said: "Did I say something wrong?"

Xiao Bi helplessly rubbed his forehead, sighing in his heart that "the gap between clansmen and the elites among ordinary people outside is quite large in some places"... The air went quiet for a moment.

Su Mengzhen drank her tea.

Xiao Bi quickly steered the topic back on track and said directly: "Family Head Su, first remove Song Cheng from the Su Family Yin She, and I will give you half of the secret method. Then, once he is entered into my Xiao Family's register, I will give you the other half.

Afterwards, I will pay 6 Small Five Elements Crystals each, and you will give him the subsequent cultivation techniques. Once confirmed to be correct, my Xiao Family will pay the remaining 30."

Without waiting for Su Mengzhen to speak, he continued: "Five Elements Crystals are extremely rare; there are currently no vein mines at all, and my Xiao Family's reserves are also very small. Giving you 36 is already a lot. This also shows our Xiao Family's sincerity regarding this transaction."

Su Mengzhen sighed: "My sister and little Song are very much in love... I remember they often came to this shop to eat chicken."

Xiao Bi:... He glared fiercely at Xiao Yan, then said: "Understood, I'll add more."

After thinking for a moment, Xiao Bi said: "I will give 12 Small Five Elements Crystals first, and pay 60 later."

Su Mengzhen pursed her lips, her expression sorrowful as she said: "Perhaps... I, as an older sister, am too incompetent.

I thought too much about the family, wanting to earn the secret method and the Five Elements Crystals for the family, but I have failed my sister. I don't know if my sister will hate me?"

Xiao Bi said coldly: "30 Small Five Elements Crystals first, and 68 to be paid later. This is my Xiao Family's limit."

The sorrow on Su Mengzhen's face vanished, and she said: "Deal."

Pfft! Xiao Yan finally spat out a mouthful of tea, glaring at this Family Head, her eyes filled with the implication of "shameless."

The transfer of Song Cheng went very smoothly.

Xiao Yan fully witnessed what could be called a pair of scumbags.

These two seemed to have no feelings at all, constantly using feelings as bargaining chips to exchange for benefits.

As for Song Cheng's Dao companion—the Young Mistress Su—she did not appear; it was said she had been tricked to another place by the Su Family Head. Truly a pair of scumbags! Xiao Yan only felt a sense of injustice, and then thought to herself which noble lady of her Xiao Family would take a fancy to this Song Cheng.

Su Mengzhen brought the two from the Xiao Family into the Su Family Yin She, then in front of them, she grabbed the Spirit Tablet, looked at Song Cheng's name on it, and held her hand still. She looked silently at Song Cheng not far away, thinking to herself, 'Don't lie to me, please don't lie to me, otherwise I will hate you for the rest of my life.' Immediately after, she gritted her teeth and decisively hooked her hand... Song Cheng's name disappeared.

Su Mengzhen said: "The secret method."

Thus, the transaction between the two sides was quickly completed.

Song Cheng's name disappeared from the Su Family Spirit Tablet and appeared on the Xiao Family Spirit Tablet. At the same time, Su Mengzhen also provided a portion of the techniques. Xiao Bi looked at Song Cheng's name on his own Spirit Tablet and let out a long sigh of relief in his heart. When he looked at Song Cheng again, his expression was a bit kinder... It was just that this kindness was "superficial."

As for Xiao Yan, she was simply looking at him with cold eyes.

No one would really like a "person who abandons their family."

Xiao Bi looked at Song Cheng and said: "Since Mr. Song has joined my Xiao Family, let's return to Jiangnan from Donghai together this time. If we go by land, we must cross the two war-torn areas of Donghai Zhou and Fengzhou."

Song Cheng said: "Brother Xiao, please give me some more time."

Xiao Yan said abruptly: "What do you want to do?"

Song Cheng smiled and said: "I have already entered the Xiao Family Spirit Tablet, how could I do anything else? I just still need to handle some matters here."

Xiao Bi said: "How long does Mr. Song need?"

Song Cheng said: "The end of the year, is that alright?"

Xiao Bi said: "Fine. At the end of this year, I will come again to take Mr. Song and his family away to Jiangnan."

Song Cheng nodded slightly and said: "Naturally."

With the matter settled, the Xiao Family delegation left the next day.

Once your name enters the Genealogy, it is difficult to betray them. Unless you possess the power to wipe out their entire family.

Once there is an anomaly, the Family Head can use the Yin She to forcibly drag you back, and then unite the clansmen to suppress you within the Yin She.

If it truly reaches that point, it is a dead end.

And less than a year is not considered long for a scion of a noble family, a long-lived species born with a lifespan of over five hundred years.

Light snow drifted over the ruins of the deserted Small Town in Hanping Prefecture.

Song Cheng watched the Xiao Family delegation depart.

Within that delegation, he saw the familiar data again: 0 (700 (1280)) ~ 0 (1400 (2560)).

That was the data for Yin Mingzong from before.

Tap. Tap-tap. Su Mengzhen stepped on the broken tiles without concealing her footsteps, arriving at Song Cheng's side.

Song Cheng cupped his hands, catching a few goose-feather-like, fluffy white snowflakes, and said, "It's snowing."

Su Mengzhen looked at him and said, "I sent Xiao Yu'er away to soak in the hot springs at Zhushan Temple on the mountaintop."

Following that, she added, "At the end of the year, you're leaving, right?"

Now that the man before her was no longer on the Su Family Genealogy, if he wanted to leave, he truly could.

"Thank you, even though you are leaving, you still found a way to help my Su Family obtain so many benefits."

"That secret technique is very precious."

"And there are ninety-eight pieces of Five Elements Crystal, too."

"You don't know the importance of Five Elements Crystal; the Wood Crystal in Hanping Village is actually almost exhausted, and now new ones have come... besides Wood Crystal, there are others..."

Su Mengzhen counted the benefits on her fingers, slowly tallying them up, her tone carrying a strange sort of mercenary air.

The flying snow grew heavier, blurring one's vision; the ruins were desolate, and in the distance, one could faintly hear strange walking sounds—that was the bleak distance, a cold-toned world of death.

By comparison, this mercenary voice was truly pleasant to hear.

It reminds you at every moment that, after all... you are still in the human world.

But this pleasant voice was suddenly interrupted.

A warm embrace wrapped around her.

The fabric of the dark robe's collar brushed against her cheek.

And strong hands wrapped around her shoulders and back, pulling her fiercely close, pressing against her... "Once having seen the Canghai, other waters are hard to call water; except for Zhushan, no clouds are clouds."

"..."

A long silence.

Song Cheng was suddenly pushed away; the Su Family Head, wrapped in a white dress, noble yet base, elegant yet frivolous, jumped far away, lifted her chin, looked at the man opposite her through the flying snow, and then said, "Lousy poem!"

Song Cheng laughed.

Su Mengzhen laughed along with him.

An Mansion.

In the room, Song Cheng and Su Mengzhen sat opposite each other.

The "Reappearance Tribulation Crossing Secret Technique" provided by the Xiao Family is actually using "favorable timing, geographical advantage, and treasures" to create momentum.

Favorable timing requires high noon in midsummer.

Geographical advantage requires being as high as possible; if one cannot reach a high place, then higher requirements for the treasure are needed—the material for making this treasure is "Sun Nine-Pattern Gold."

And the style of the treasure is a strange little figure.

Xiao Bi gave Su Mengzhen the design scroll for that little figure, and at this moment, the scroll was spread out before Song Cheng.

Song Cheng stared at the scroll; the little figure gave him the feeling of "the miniature stone statues on Easter Island before he transmigrated."

And the Xiao Family calls this kind of little figure a "Suppressor."

Suppress what? Naturally, it is to suppress the Reappearance of evil Ghosts... allowing you to barely maintain your will during the Reappearance.

"The Su Family brought quite a lot of 'Sun Nine-Pattern Gold' here, burying it in various places in the North Land. Although two coffins are missing, the materials to make the 'Suppressor' are still enough." Su Mengzhen looked at it for a while and said, "I will go on a long journey to retrieve some. This secret technique should be feasible. The principle is to use the momentum of heaven and earth, as well as the mysterious Suppressor, to resist the Reappearance Tribulation."

Song Cheng said, "I will accompany you; the North Land is still dangerous."

He remembered that Arhat.

Su Mengzhen said, "What? Now that you are strong, you think I am not? Let me tell you, in the eyes of outsiders, I am the strongest in the North Land."

Song Cheng smiled, placed his hands on her shoulders, and then said, "Sister Su, why not wait until the end of the year to go look for it? You have already passed the Reappearance Tribulation, so there is no rush."

Su Mengzhen said, "The end of the year... aren't you leaving?"

Song Cheng said, "Sister Su, trust me."

Su Mengzhen rested her chin on her hand and smiled, "Do you want to marry me?"

Without waiting for Song Cheng to answer, she said, "I won't marry! I am only your wife's sister!"

She suddenly stood up, grabbed Song Cheng by the collar, pulled him toward her, and then said coquettishly, "Want to mess with me every day? I won't let you, I don't want to!"

Having said that, her figure was light and graceful as she drifted out of the room.

The white long dress blended into the white snow, and soon... she was gone.

And from the distance, a voice soon drifted over.

"A Ting, Xiao An and the others still need to study, I'm going to check on them."

Song Cheng also went to check on A Ting, Xiao An, and Ling Xue.

Now, the three of them were taught literature by Su Mengzhen, Ling'er, and An Chenyu, and martial arts by him and Ying'er.

Don't look at how Su Mengzhen acted in front of Song Cheng; in front of the children, she was quite pedantic and strict, and her teaching was very methodical, just like that kind of stern old scholar... Song Cheng watched quietly a few times and was completely reassured.

This sister-in-law really has "many masks." It's just that he didn't know what her true heart was like.

As for Xiao Yu'er, her mastery of the martial path was actually not strong. The "Soul Transformation Realm" cultivated by scions of noble families who are born as ghosts is naturally superior to ordinary Martial Artists, so how could she need to practice ordinary techniques? Therefore, she couldn't really teach the three children martial arts either.

Several days later... daytime.

Song Cheng went to the cultivation secret chamber alone.

Moving the whole clan to Jiangnan at the end of the year to integrate into the Xiao Family? If that were the case, wouldn't his family become hostages?

However, Jiangnan still had to be visited.

At the very least, during the conversation, Song Cheng acknowledged one point the other party made: the North Land is a world of war and Ghost Tide, while the South is peaceful and prosperous; if the An Family could settle in the South, they should not stay in the North Land.

And this was an alternative to "letting the magical beast groups roam the wilderness."

Beast-taming methods are not so easily obtained, and one cannot train a powerful magical beast group in a short time. Thus, if one can go to Jiangnan, it is better to go to Jiangnan. This is not just about survival; it involves other aspects as well.

At the very least, if the children were allowed to choose, they would certainly prefer to be born in a prosperous human land rather than the wilderness.

With his thoughts settled, Song Cheng visualized the Nine-Layer Nether Tower in a single thought, then strolled within it.

In the first tower layer, a small courtyard had appeared.

Compared to the shed-like Yin She of the Su Family, the Xiao Family's courtyard was more than twice as spacious, which also showed the Xiao Family's great power.

Yet, even with such power, it was still directly sucked into his Ghost Tower.

Song Cheng looked in front of the Xiao Family's Yin She, and after confirming no one was there, he strolled inside, then rummaged through boxes and cabinets; before the Spirit Tablet, he picked up his own Spirit Tablet, then silently placed it back in its original spot.

And as long as he placed his own memorial tablet in the first position, he would become the master of the Xiao Family's Yin She, and then forcibly pull everyone from the Xiao Family into this place.

The technique cabinet was not hard to find, because the master of the Yin She had never considered that techniques could be stolen within the Yin She. Soon, Song Cheng fished out three technique manuals.

"Zen Moon Sutra"

"Dustless Glazed Body"

"Sun Phase Buddha Sutra"

The first two, without a doubt, were the techniques to lead "family descendants with innate Ghost souls" into the Xiao Family to undergo Soul transformation.

To put it colloquially, they were also the prerequisite techniques for the last one.

And the "Sun Phase Buddha Sutra" was the Xiao Family's core technique.

Song Cheng took one to read, and after finishing it, returned it to take the second one.

Thus, before he knew it, he had finished all three.

The Xiao Family's heritage was in his hands!

Song Cheng put the techniques away and carefully exited the Ghost Tower; looking up, he saw only a few lonely stars hanging outside the skylight.

The radiance of the stars is hard to compare to the sun and moon.

Moonlight shone down, piercing through the Water Crystal skylight and landing right on him.

Click. The secret chamber door opened; it was his sister-in-law.

His sister-in-law taught the children during the Daytime, and came to the secret chamber to cultivate once night fell.

She glanced at Song Cheng, said nothing, and sat directly under the moonlight, sitting cross-legged to contemplate.

If one wants to flirt with a man, one must not be proactive; even if the relationship is very familiar, one cannot be proactive.

If Song Cheng did not come, she would not say a single word to Song Cheng all night.

And in recent days, Song Cheng also needed to cultivate, so he naturally would not go looking for Su Mengzhen.

In the blink of an eye, three months passed.

During these days, Song Cheng had been almost entirely immersed in the secret chamber.

Others thought he was still contemplating the "Third Tail" method with Su Mengzhen, and even Su Ningyu thought so; but Song Cheng had already uploaded all three books from the Xiao Family onto his panel.

And he roughly knew the contents of these three techniques.

"Zen Moon Sutra"

This was the Xiao Family's method for absorbing Yin energy, which was much the same as the Su Family's "Xuanxin Moon-Gazing".

"Dustless Glazed Body"

Unlike the Su Family's "Xinhu Danti Gong" which lets you grow white hair, this technique makes you go bald; but the baldness only changes while running the method, and once it stops, the hair grows back in a very short time.

However, many in the Xiao Family, finding it troublesome, often shaved their heads first, cutting off the three thousand strands of worldly worries; thus, it is "Dustless."

Unlike the "Xinhu Danti Gong" which requires white hair powder to forge a medicine person, the Xiao Family needs to nourish an "object," and after forty-nine days, once this "object" is dustless, it can be used as material for a medicine person.

The book highly praised things like "flower, wood, water, and dew."

"Sun Phase Buddha Sutra"

This technique should be the one the Xiao Family primarily practices.

And the appearance of the Soul transformation is also a "giant Monk/Nun."

What makes this technique different from the Su Family's is that it has no "Nine-Tail," but only four steps.

These four steps are also divided into four separate small booklets.

The first step, Monk/Nun.

The second step, Circular Light.

The third step, Pure Land.

The fourth step, Buddha.

The Monk/Nun is the Soul transformation; men turn into giant monks, and women turn into giant nuns.

"Circular Light," compared to the attacks of "Huxia," leans more toward defense.

"Pure Land" seems to be the foundation of the "Sun Phase Buddha"; once mastered, a layer of diffused light and flame domain will be generated around the Soul, which can burn others' Souls; being placed within it is like being attacked by countless Huxia.

As for "Buddha," it gave Song Cheng a feeling of being neither here nor there, as if it were purely speculative, which is exactly the same as the cultivation method after the Su Family's "Six-Tail."

However, it was enough, because the "Pure Land" step had already completely revealed a different cultivation method.

To master Circular Light, one must survive the Reappearance Tribulation; clearly, "Circular Light" is at the level of "Mysterious Grade Grade C."

And "Pure Land" mentioned the "Four Strengths" and the "Four Fiends."

The "Four" in the "Four Strengths" and "Four Fiends" mentioned in the technique refers to Body, Soul, Dream, and Domain; first, make oneself "Body strong," "Soul strong," "Dream strong," and "Domain strong."

Then, proceed to the "Four Fierce Lands" for training.

The Four Fierce, naturally, refer to "Body Fierce," "Soul Fierce," "Dream Fierce," and "Domain Fierce."

Achieving the "Four Strengths" is like a sword embryo coming out of the furnace, while the "Four Fierce" is like quenching it in ice water; these "Four Fierce" correspond to "Multi-Ghost."

The superposition of Multi-Ghost will cause the Ghost Domain to produce more complex changes.

This step can be said to have completely and thoroughly pointed out the subsequent cultivation method for Song Cheng.

The talk in the Su Family's "Nine-Tailed Fox Spirit Scripture" about "passing the Reappearance Tribulation of Multi-Ghost to strengthen the soul" and such is complete nonsense, because this realm requires the cultivation of "Dream" and "Domain."

If you do not have these "Dream Refining" and "Domain Refining" methods and have not successfully cultivated them, rushing to make contact with "Multi-Ghost," there is no telling how miserably you will die.

I have to say, the latter part of the Su Family's cultivation technique is truly a pit, and even the passed-down method for passing the Reappearance Tribulation is also a pit. Song Cheng shook his head and scanned the panel.

【Name: Song Cheng】

【Talent: Chang Sheng Bu Lao】

【Add Points: 1729 points】

【Realm: Mysterious Grade Grade C】

【Cultivation Technique】

Zen Moon Sutra (Mysterious Grade Ding Quality) (Monk/Nun) (Not Yet Initiated (0/32)) "Add full points."

A thought fell.

In an instant, countless memories fell into his mind.

Those were memories of bitter cultivation day and night, memories of training more desperately and diligently than anyone else. Look again.

That hard work finally brought a harvest; the "Zen Moon Sutra" reached Completion.

The 【Cultivation Technique】 column gained an extra line: Dustless Glazed Body (Mysterious Grade Ding Quality) (Monk/Nun) (Not Yet Initiated (0/32)). Song Cheng continued to add points, reaching Completion instantly.

The 【Cultivation Technique】 then became: Sun Phase Buddha Sutra (Mysterious Grade Ding Quality) (Monk/Nun) (Not Yet Initiated (0/32)). Continue to add full points. When the "Monk/Nun" realm reached Completion, "Chanting (Mysterious Grade Ding Quality) (Not Yet Initiated (0/32))" was added under "Battle Tactics."

And the 【Cultivation Technique】 column of the "panel" became "Sun Phase Buddha Sutra (Mysterious Grade Grade C) (Circular Light) (Not Yet Initiated (0/64))."

Song Cheng glanced at the battle tactic named "Chanting" and ignored it.

Nowadays, he focuses on improving his realm, not anything else.

However, his accumulation seemed insufficient, so he patiently continued to wait.

Soon, seven months passed.

The end of the year arrived.

Song Cheng squandered all his points.

Long-term cultivation finally brought benefits.

The panel finally became:

【Name: Song Cheng】

【Talent: Chang Sheng Bu Lao】

【Add Points: 0 points】

【Realm: Mysterious Grade Grade B】

【Cultivation Technique】

Sun Phase Buddha Sutra (Mysterious Grade Grade B) (Pure Land) (Minor Completion (415/512)) 【Battle Tactics】

Chanting (Mysterious Grade Ding Quality) (Not Yet Initiated (0/32)), Vajra Indestructibility (Mysterious Grade Grade C) (Not Yet Initiated (0/64)), Bright Pure Land (Mysterious Grade Grade B) (Not Yet Initiated (0/128)). As long as the conditions are ripe, the breakthrough is just this smooth, this quiet, and will not cause any great commotion.

Song Cheng's heart was also quite calm, and he had no urge to look up and roar.

Because this basically matched his predicted guess.

The Xiao Family has a deep relationship with that "Holy Heaven Buddha," so there must be higher-level power, and their trump card cultivation technique is indeed not simple.

Scan his strength again.

The data also changed from the original "1427~3218" to "1519~3510."

Song Cheng glanced at his sister-in-law who was cultivating nearby and asked casually: "Sister Su, how is your cultivation going?"

Su Mengzhen opened her eyes and said: "Third Tail is almost at the initiation stage."

Song Cheng was a bit tongue-tied; he remembered that she had successfully passed the tribulation last September, and now a full fifteen months had passed, right? Song Cheng said: "Sister Su, you are still not working hard enough. Have you tried looking for the reasons from yourself more?"

Su Mengzhen glared at him and ignored him further.

Song Cheng was in a good mood and strolled out of the cultivation secret chamber.

Outside the secret chamber, heavy snow was falling.

Another year of snow; the previous year's still remained in his mind.

Song Cheng walked quickly to the deep residence of the An Mansion.

With the little cotton-padded jacket and An Jie here, intelligence from the outside had already begun to fly here like snowflakes, and the Xiao Family, I fear, will be arriving again before long.

He needs to understand the situation to decide what he should do.

(End of this chapter)