Taoist Myth: I am the last true immortal in the world

Chapter 664 Fishing
Qingcheng Mountain is not far from Shisun Mountain.

After obtaining the five spiritual roots of heaven and earth, Chen Yun said goodbye to He Xiangu and Tieguai Li.

Then, he took He Xiangu to Damei Peak first, and then went to look for Qingcheng's father-in-law Ning Fengzi.

"Biographies of Immortals" says: "Ning Fengzi lived during the time of Huangdi. It was said that he was Huangdi's pottery master. Someone passed by and helped him control the fire, which produced five-colored smoke. After a while, he taught Fengzi. Fengzi accumulated fire and burned himself, rising and falling with the smoke. His ashes still contained his bones. People at that time buried him in the Ningbei Mountain, so he was called Ning Fengzi."

Wang Jia of the Eastern Jin Dynasty wrote in "Records of Lost Things": "The Huan River is like sand and dust, and if you step on it, you will sink. Its depth is unfathomable. Strong winds blow sand like fog, and there are many fish and turtles in it, all of which can fly. There is a stone lotus, which is green in color, hard but very light. It blows with the wind and rises on the waves. It has one stem and hundreds of leaves, and blooms once every thousand years. The place is also called Shalan, which means that the sand rises and forms waves. The immortal Ning Feng ate flying fish and died, and was reborn after 200 years. Therefore, Mr. Ning wrote a seven-character poem when he traveled to the sea of ​​sand: 'The green lotus shines for a thousand years, and dies after a hundred years to bait the flying fish.' This is the flower and the fish."

According to legend, ceramics were invented by Ning Fengzi, so in addition to being called "Qingcheng Grandpa", he is also known as the "Ceramic Saint".

In addition, Chen Yun had also heard that after Ning Fengzi ascended to heaven, he lived in Qingcheng Mountain in Shu, and Huangdi once went to see him and asked him about the way of "dragon-foot flying".

Ning Fengzi was one of Huangdi's six teachers.

The other five are Guangchengzi, the incarnation of Laojun, Chisongzi, the famous Taoist immortal, Qibo, the "Medical Saint" and the founder of Chinese traditional medicine, Rongchenggong, the ancient immortal, and the Goddess of the West, the first female war god in Chinese mythology.

These are all off-topic and will not be mentioned for now.

As for where Ning Fengzi is, it is actually very easy to find.

That night he stayed at Zhangren Temple, which was located at the foot of Zhangren Peak.

It’s on the North Rock of Qingcheng Mountain.

The father-in-law looked outside.

Chen Yun respectfully shouted to the inside: "Master Qingcheng, Chen Pu has something important to ask for, but please allow me to see him in person."

As soon as he finished speaking, the door of Zhangren Temple opened from the inside and a young Taoist priest walked out.

As soon as the young Taoist saw Chen Yun, he immediately bowed and said, "Kong Qing greets Master Niwan. The ancestor knew that the master would come here and has been waiting for him for a long time. Please follow me in and have a chat."

Chen Yun did not neglect the young Taoist priest because he had no magical powers. He returned the greeting and said, "Thank you, Taoist friend."

The two of them came in one after the other.

Outside the guest hall, Kong Qing pointed inside and said, "The Grandmaster is inside, please come in, Master."

Chen Yun thanked him again and slowly walked into the living room.

As soon as he entered, he saw a white-haired old man sitting on the main seat.

This white-haired old man wore a canopy crown, a red and purple robe, and a three-court seal on his waist.

It was the immortal Ning Fengzi, who was in charge of the Five Mountains.

Chen Yun took the initiative to bow and said, "Chen Pu greets the father-in-law."

Ning Fengzi stood up and returned the greeting, "Master Chen, you are polite."

After they met, Ning Fengzi invited Chen Yun to sit down and asked the Taoist boy to serve him a cup of fragrant tea.

The two of them sat there and chatted for a while, saying nothing more than some meaningless words like "our neighbor hasn't visited us for a long time, and we feel honored to meet the Fifth Father-in-law today."

After a moment, Chen Yun brought the conversation to the point, "I came to see you today to ask for a favor."

Ning Fengzi asked, "What's the matter?"

Chen Yun organized his words and said, "I want to make an elixir recently, but I still lack some spiritual roots. I heard that there are two medicinal herbs in the Nine Chambers Cave Heaven of Treasure Immortals under the jurisdiction of my father-in-law that are exactly what I need. So I came to visit you today and wanted to exchange some with you. I wonder if you agree?"

Ning Fengzi asked: "Which two heavenly and earthly spiritual roots?"

Chen Yun said truthfully: "Red Blood Dendrobium and Chaos Fire Lotus."

Ning Fengzi smiled and said, "So these are the two spiritual roots. If Master Chen needs them, I will give you two."

Chen Yun hurriedly said, "I dare not, I dare not. My father-in-law and I are not related at all. How can I take your treasure for nothing?"

Ning Fengzi seemed very open-minded and said, "Although my spiritual roots are good, they are not as good as the friendship between you and me as neighbors. Today, my neighbor came to my door, so I naturally have to help him out."

Chen Yun didn't believe this at all.

The Red Blood Dendrobium and the Chaos Fire Lotus are both extremely precious spiritual roots of heaven and earth.

Ning Fengzi and I have no relationship at all, so how could someone really give it to me for free?
He guessed that the other party must have something to do, otherwise he would not have said that.

Thinking of this, Chen Yun took the initiative to say: "In this case, I will respectfully obey your order. If my father-in-law has any problems in the future, I will definitely go through fire and water without hesitation."

Ning Fengzi smiled and said, "No need for later. I just happen to have something to ask of you right now."

really.

Chen Yun was not surprised at all.

He asked, "May I ask what's the matter, father-in-law?"

Ning Fengzi said, "It's a small matter. I heard that Master Chen has some Purple Sun Immortal Soil in the Damian Peak Temple. I wonder if you can give me some?"

The Zixu Immortal Soil is extremely precious and can be used to grow almost all spiritual roots of heaven and earth.

It was actually reasonable for Ning Fengzi to exchange two precious spiritual roots of heaven and earth.

Logically speaking, judging from the value, the two heavenly spirit roots are definitely more valuable than some Purple Sunrise Immortal Soil, so Chen Yun should make the exchange. However, he couldn't help but smile bitterly, "It is true that there is Purple Sunrise Immortal Soil in my temple, but this immortal soil is not naturally grown, but artificially made. Without the nourishment of the magic weapon, the immortal soil will return to ordinary soil in just a few years. Unless I give you that magic weapon, I can't promise you the immortal soil."

Ning Fengzi was not disappointed at all, and still said in a negotiating tone: "The magic weapon is too precious, Ning cannot take it. I just want to plant a kind of spiritual root of heaven and earth, but I can't find the right immortal soil. Well, since Master Chen's Zixu Immortal Soil cannot be nourished without the magic weapon, then I will directly give two spiritual roots to Master Chen. It doesn't matter if you don't have Zixu Immortal Soil."

Chen Yun took the initiative to say, "If my father-in-law just wants to plant a kind of spiritual root, you can plant it in my medicine garden and pick it when it matures."

Ning Fengzi's eyes lit up and he said, "That's great. Thank you, Master Chen."

"You are welcome, father-in-law." Chen Yun asked, "I wonder what kind of spiritual root of heaven and earth you want to plant?"

Ning Fengzi did not hide it, "This is an innate thing. I got it by chance. It is the innate laurel tree."

Chen Yun was greatly surprised and asked, "The Innate Laurel Tree? Isn't there only one of these in the universe? Where did you get it?"

After saying this, he realized that he had lost his composure and quickly added, "Chen is being reckless. Your father-in-law does not need to answer."

“Haha.” Ning Fengzi didn’t think Chen Yun was being rude at all. “There is only one Xiantian laurel tree in the universe, and it’s in Guanghan Palace. But in this chaos, there is more than just our world. When Huangdi paid a visit to Yuanshi Tianzun before, Tianzun happened to open up a new world in the chaos, and took back the seedling of the Xiantian laurel tree from it and gave it to Huangdi. He was afraid that he couldn’t raise it, so he sent it to me for help. At first, I was also very worried because there was no suitable immortal soil for planting. I was thinking about whether to return the Xiantian laurel tree to you. Later, I heard that you, Master Chen, had Zixu immortal soil, so I couldn’t help but be tempted. But I have no relationship with you, so it’s not good for me to come to you rashly. It happened that Master Chen came to me today and solved my problem.”

It turned out to be the case.

Chen Yun also asked where the innate laurel tree came from. It turned out that Yuanshi Tianzun opened up a new world and brought it back from that new world.

He couldn't help but think back to the secret realm he had visited before, which was also a new world that was about to be opened up.

Unlike the secret realm that was opened up actively by Yuanshi Tianzun, the secret realm was born naturally and belongs to an ownerless world.

When the time is right, the three thousand Chaos Demons will engage in a great war.

The demon god who survives in the end will become the supreme "master" of the new world and the innate god.

In addition, the fruit of the Xiantian laurel tree is one of the 108 medicinal ingredients used by Chen Yun to make the "Daluo Ling Tang".

If he had not discovered the existence of the secret realm before, perhaps when he heard the news about the innate laurel tree today, he would have shamelessly tried to see if he could exchange it with Qingcheng's father-in-law for treasures.

After all, this is his chance to attain enlightenment, so it's normal for him to be a little thick-skinned.

However, now that Chen Yun has the hope of obtaining it from the sacred mountain in the secret realm, he naturally will not ask for a deal.

After chatting with Ning Fengzi for a while, the other party went to the cave and took out the Red Blood Dendrobium and Chaos Fire Lotus.

After expressing his gratitude profusely, Chen Yun took Ning Fengzi to Damei Peak and planted the innate laurel tree in his own medicine garden.

Then he stayed in Damei Peak for one night.

……

The next day, early in the morning.

Chen Yun rushed to Penglai early to seek help from his master.

In the fairyland. Today, Dong Wang Gong is not at the Fusang tree as before, but in Nanchangshan Island, one of the four main islands.

At this moment, Wang Xuanfu was fishing with a fishing rod.

Chen Yun stood behind him and made no sound.

Wang Xuanfu wore a straw hat and a raincoat, and was dressed like a fisherman.

Chen Yun stood there for half an hour and the other party didn't move.

Suddenly, Wang Xuanfu's fishing rod moved slightly.

He lifted it up casually, and a snow-white "bass" appeared on it.

He unhooked the fish, treated it and threw it back into the Fairy Sea.

Chen Yun was puzzled and couldn't help asking, "Master, why did you catch the fish and then release it?"

Wang Xuanfu smiled slightly, and as he put the bait in the fish, he whispered, "I am just enjoying the joy of fishing, why should I take the life of the fish?"

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Chen Yun had never fished before, so he didn't really know what the fun of it was.

He shook his head and said, "Disciple does not understand this kind of fun."

Wang Xuanfu asked, "Would you like to experience it?"

Chen Yun said: "No need."

Wang Xuanfu said, "That's boring. Tell me, why did you come to see me today?"

Chen Yun explained his purpose and said, "I want to make an elixir recently, but I lack some spiritual roots. One of the spiritual roots is only found in the Dharma Realm. My cultivation is shallow and I cannot ascend to the Dharma Realm, so I came to ask for help from Master."

Wang Xuanfu smiled and joked, "I knew you weren't so kind to come visit an old man like me."

Chen Yun smiled awkwardly.

Wang Xuanfu said, "What spiritual root? Tell me what it is, and I'll decide whether to help you find it."

Chen Yun said: "The pearl powder inside the fruit of the Xuanqi tree."

"Oh, this thing." Wang Xuanfu threw the fishing hook into the Immortal Sea, "This thing is easy to find. After I finish fishing, I will help you go to the Dharma Realm."

Chen Yun hurriedly said, "Thank you, Master."

Wang Xuanfu ignored him and continued fishing leisurely.

Chen Yun knew that his master would never go back on his word, so he simply stood there and continued to wait.

Wang Xuanfu fished for two or three hours.

During this period, each time we caught a fish, we treated it and then released it.

Finally, three hours later.

As he released a fish, he turned around and asked, "How many fish did I catch just now?"

Chen Yun recalled carefully, "Thirty-five fish."

Wang Xuanfu smiled inexplicably, "Wrong, I didn't catch any fish."

Chen Yun was confused. "Master just released all the fish, but I caught thirty-five of them. I have been counting them."

Wang Xuanfu stood up and said meaningfully: "Sometimes what you see with your eyes and what you perceive with your mind may not be true. You can fish here for a while, and I will go to the Dharma Realm for you."

After saying this, he disappeared.

Chen Yun still didn't understand what his master meant by what he had just said.

But the other party asked me to fish, so I think there must be some deeper meaning behind it.

He sat in the same position as Wang Xuanfu just now, then picked up the bamboo pole and started fishing.

After a while, Chen Yun successfully caught the first fish.

He followed Wang Xuanfu's example, treated the fish, and then released it back into the Fairy Sea.

Immediately, he continued fishing and repeated the same steps.

The fishing trip lasted a whole day and a night, during which Wang Xuanfu did not come back.

Chen Yun was not in a hurry at all. He continued fishing and repeated all the previous steps.

Finally, when clouds and mist began to fill the fairy sea.

Wang Xuanfu's voice came from behind, "Chongyong, how many fish did you catch?"

Chen Yun put away the bamboo pole, stood up and saluted while saying, "Reporting to the Grandmaster, I caught a total of 212 fish."

Wang Xuanfu was still dressed the same as before, and asked with a smile: "Where is the fish you caught?"

Chen Yun was stunned. "Release him."

Wang Xuanfu blinked and said, "Since you let them go, then you didn't catch any fish?"

Chen Yun was at a loss whether to laugh or cry, and was about to explain.

Suddenly, he seemed to understand something.

Yes.

I fished here for a day and a night. Although I did catch quite a few fish, I released them all in the end. Doesn't that mean I didn't catch any fish?

Just as Chen Yun was in deep thought.

Wang Xuanfu said softly, "For many things, it depends on whether you like the result or the process. If it is the process, you did catch 212 fish; but if it is the result, you got nothing. The same is true for cultivation. The gains before attaining enlightenment do not mean that you will get the same results."

Chen Yun understood this truth, but he really didn't know why his master suddenly said this to him.

He took the initiative to ask: "Master, please tell me clearly whether I will encounter some disasters in the near future?"

Wang Xuanfu pretended to be confused and said, "I don't know about that. I was just chatting with you casually. It's your own choice whether to release the fish or not. It's also your own choice whether to get a harvest or not. There are many things that you don't need to ask others."

Chen Yun became even more confused. What on earth was his master talking about?
Wang Xuanfu casually handed over a small porcelain bottle and said, "The Xuanqi Pearl Powder is in it. You can take it."

Chen Yun stopped thinking and said hurriedly, "Thank you, Master."

He felt very happy when he got the Xuanqi Pearl Powder.

At the same time, Chen Yun began to doubt whether he should go to the Abyss Demon Realm.

Now he had obtained eight of the missing medicinal herbs, leaving only two spiritual roots unobtained.

It seems that it is worthwhile to venture into the Abyss Demon Realm next.

Of course, Chen Yun still hadn't made up his mind completely, after all, he still lacked two medicinal herbs.

He had made up his mind that if he could obtain the God of Nothingness at the junction of the outer world and chaos, he would immediately go to the Abyss Demon Realm to see if he could obtain the Four Symbols Fruit of Tongtian.

The "Spirit Refining and Returning to Emptiness Soup" only needs two spiritual roots from heaven and earth to be brewed.

Chen Yun was in a great mood.

He believed that once he obtained the remaining Void God Ganoderma and Tongtian Four Symbols Fruit, and brewed the "Soul Refining and Returning to Void Soup", it might not take him three years to break through to the Heavenly Immortal Realm.

The most important thing is that breaking through to the Heavenly Immortal Realm in three years is his theoretical judgment on the sixth level of the "Mr. Chen's Inner Alchemy Technique", but it is hard to say whether it can be achieved in practice.

As long as he can make the "Soul Refining and Returning to Emptiness Soup", Chen Yun believes that he will be able to break through to the Heavenly Immortal Realm!

(End of this chapter)