Simultaneous travel: I am proving the great way in the heavens.

Chapter 536 The Tribulations of Journey to the West Driven Together! A Hell of Mountains of Corpses and Seas of Blood!

Such treasures as Yin and Yang are rare treasures, not only in the present day, but even going back several eons.

So, where did Laozi get the Yin and Yang energies from, and how did he specially refine such a whisk with its brilliance concealed and its divine object hidden?
Surely it couldn't be that Laozi, the Supreme Lord, bullied the weak and snatched it from the Golden-Winged Roc, right?
However, Luo Fu soon had no time to ponder these things, after all, the divine power of a sage was beyond his current comprehension.

Besides, even if Laozi really did snatch the Yin-Yang Two Qi Bottle from the Golden-Winged Roc, so what?

Anyway, Luo Fu is now interested.

This whisk, crafted by Laozi using the energies of Yin and Yang, is far superior to the Fire Date Boat in Luofu's possession. Even the white lotus cannot compare to it.

Whatever the plans of the Supreme Sage, the treasure now presented to him is genuine.

Under Zhang Ziyang's slightly surprised gaze, Luo Fu readily accepted the whisk and said, "Brother Dao is so sincere, then this humble monk is unworthy of your kindness!"

Before Zhang Ziyang could react, Luo Fu took the whisk directly from his hand.

After a moment of surprise, Zhang Ziyang suddenly burst into laughter and said, "Ruzhen Buddha is truly a remarkable person. I still need to deliver this calligraphy to the Kingdom of Zhu Zi, so I cannot stay any longer. If you have time in the future, Ruzhen Buddha is welcome to visit the Great Luo Heaven. I will be waiting for you there."

It's obvious that Zhang Ziyang's purpose in coming here was to give the whisk to Luofu. The so-called request for the calligraphy scroll was just an excuse, a pretext.

As for Zhang Ziyang's so-called concerns about Sai Tai Sui's background and connections...

This is simply a joke! Zhang Ziyang is a true disciple of the Xuanmen sect, an immortal capable of cultivating in the Great Luo Heaven!
What about Sai Tai Sui? In the human realm, he might be a demon king, but in the Three Realms system, he is at most just Guanyin Bodhisattva's mount, the Golden-haired Roar.

Before Luofu could persuade him to stay, Zhang Ziyang took his leave and, after leaving Ruzhen Temple, rode on auspicious light and instantly disappeared into the sky.

Looking in the direction Zhang Ziyang had gone, Luo Fu held his whisk in his hand, a hint of solemnity appearing deep in his eyes.

Luo Fu was indeed very interested in the whisk made of Yin and Yang energies, but he also knew that in this world with its strict laws, every gain comes at a price.

Knowing this, Luo Fu still accepted the whisk without hesitation. On the one hand, he was indeed tempted by the whisk that contained the Yin and Yang energies. On the other hand, he clearly understood that he did not even have the right to refuse such a gift from a powerful being.

Luo Fu's true strength always lies in the shared space. Before he can step out of the chessboard and become a player, he must first fulfill his role as a chess piece.

Sun Wukong is the most obvious example of this.

How arrogant was Sun Wukong back then? After three years of learning his skills at Fangcun Mountain, he considered himself invincible. But after being suppressed for five hundred years, he instantly understood what it meant that there is always someone stronger than him. On his journey westward, Sun Wukong fully demonstrated how his restless mind transformed into a Buddha.

This Buddha is not an enlightened being, but someone who clearly understands human relationships and worldly affairs, knows what should and should not be done, and how to gain the greatest benefit for oneself.

If it were Luo Fu, he would simply accept all the sugar-coated bullets sent by those powerful figures, eat the sugar coating, keep the bullets, and seize every opportunity to improve his cultivation level.

Once he has enough strength, even if these shells want to explode, they won't be able to harm him in the slightest.

"Your Majesty."

Seeing that Zhang Ziyang had already gone far away, but still standing in the same place, gazing at Luofu in the direction of the other party's resentment.

The red-clad spider demon among the seven focused her gaze on the whisk in Luo Fu's hand, which had not appeared before. Her tone was filled with amazement as she asked, "Is this a gift from Master Ziyang?"

Coming to his senses, Luo Fu nodded slightly and said, "That's right, this whisk was forged by Laozi in the Eight Trigrams Furnace."

The spider demons' eyes lit up immediately.

Don't be fooled, in the world of Journey to the West, both Sun Wukong's golden cudgel and Zhu Bajie's nine-toothed rake were forged in Laozi's Eight Trigrams Furnace.

However, these three are by no means comparable.

Although Zhu Bajie's nine-toothed rake has its uses, it is at most a ritual object. Sun Wukong's golden cudgel is indeed very powerful, but its original purpose was to stabilize the sea. It was a measuring instrument used by Yu the Great to measure the depth of the water when he was controlling the floods. It was only in Sun Wukong's hands that it became an invincible divine weapon.

In contrast, look at the whisk in Luo Fu's hand. Even though it hasn't been refined yet, the material used to make this whisk, with its yin and yang energies, is far more precious than the Sea-Stabilizing Treasure and the Nine-Toothed Rake combined.

The nine-toothed rake, belonging to the ceremonial category, is primarily a tool to demonstrate ritual and is more for display than practical combat. The Sea-Stabilizing Divine Treasure, on the other hand, was crafted from the perspective of a weighing instrument.

These two treasures only gained some fame because they followed Sun Wukong and Zhu Bajie.

The Yin-Yang Dust-Sweeping Elixir was crafted from the very beginning with the intention of being a gift specifically to Luofu.

Whether in terms of compatibility or other aspects, it stands out from the other two.

The treasures refined in Laozi's Eight Trigrams Furnace are renowned throughout the Three Realms.

The spider demons didn't even need to know the wonderful uses of the whisk; just knowing its origin was enough to make the seven sisters proud.

Don't assume that the treasures refined in Laozi's Eight Trigrams Furnace are wholesale items.

In the Journey to the West team, Pigsy and Monkey King each had one, so they really thought that the Eight Trigrams Furnace produced a lot of treasures.

On the contrary, those refined in the Eight Trigrams Furnace are extremely rare throughout the entire Three Realms.

The reason Luo Fu specifically told this to the seven spider demons was simply to bolster their confidence.

After taking the seven spider demons under his wing, Luo Fu understood why, despite having the title of princess, the Seven Fairy Maidens in Heaven were only doing the work of maids.

Frankly, their qualifications are so poor that it's almost unbearable to read.

Even though they had specifically practiced the Seven Emotions Controlling Desire method tailored for them by Luo Fu, which involved refining the seven emotions into emotional threads and seeking the Dao through the Dharma, their progress greatly disappointed Luo Fu.

The differences in aptitude, comprehension, and background are almost like congenital deficiencies.

To put it simply, even if you break down and explain the solution steps of advanced mathematics in great detail, it's still impossible for someone with a lower IQ to learn it.

In some ways, the rigor of cultivation methods is no less than that of mathematics.

If we consider Sun Wukong, three years of cultivation would have enabled him to become a Taiyi Golden Immortal. Upon returning from Luofu, he too achieved the status of an Immortal Golden Immortal in a short period of time.

Even with Luo Fu's earnest instructions, the seven spider demons could only rely on slow and steady progress.

This is the gap.

The so-called spiritual practice is actually the continuous elevation of one's own life essence, ultimately achieving evolution in the dimension of life.

However, this kind of evolution is not something that can be proven forever.

Like the seven spider demons, although they performed maid-like duties in Heaven, they were genuine deities, and even ordained deities at that. They were officially part of the Heavenly Court's establishment. However, being part of the Heavenly Court and having real power are two different things.

Even the immortals, after the Seventh Fairy was implicated by Sun Wukong's wrath in the Peach Garden, were banished to the mortal world and reincarnated as spiders.

In theory, it's like starting all over again. But the Seven Fairy Maidens were blessed by the Jade Emperor, and as the saying goes, "When one attains enlightenment, even one's chickens and dogs ascend to heaven." She was, after all, a true immortal, and her life essence had reached that level.

After becoming a spider demon, one can start over in a short period of time, simply by walking the same path again.

It's like the slow bird that flies first; it's like someone with average intelligence trying to improve their grades through endless practice problems.

Their strength during their time as the Seven Fairy Maidens was the limit to which they could rapidly enhance their own life essence.

Taking it a step further is an incredibly difficult task.

Even after switching to the Seven Emotions Control Method specially created for them by Luofu, and each cultivating one of the seven emotions most suitable for them, their progress was still very slow.

If you lack ability, you can only rely on your connections.

Having joined the Luofu lineage, Luofu becomes their background.

The stronger Luofu becomes, the more they will naturally rise in status.

To be able to obtain a magical treasure refined in Laozi's Eight Trigrams Furnace is itself the most valuable proof in the Three Realms.

By using Luofu as the future Buddha Ruzhen Miaofa of Buddhism and obtaining the magic treasure refined in the Eight Trigrams Furnace of Laozi, it is equivalent to simultaneously opening up the Buddhist and Taoist channels.

Now all he lacks is the official celestial title bestowed upon him by the Heavenly Court. Once he completes this step, he will have truly cleansed his name and come ashore, completely aligning himself with the vested interests of the ruling class.

In Luo Fu's view, the Three Realms of Journey to the West can be regarded as the United States. The Buddhist and Taoist sects are like the struggle between elephants and donkeys. However, the Jade Emperor firmly holds the supreme position in the Three Realms. In addition to the Buddhist and Taoist sects, other independent organizations can also join the orthodox Heavenly Court and Underworld system of the Three Realms.

Luo Fu's current background can be described as truly impeccable and legitimate.

From this perspective, it was almost inevitable that he would join the Heavenly Court.

Now we only need to see what reason and opportunity the Jade Emperor will use to bestow a celestial title upon Luofu, officially making him a member of the Heavenly Court system.

Of course, it's more likely that the Jade Emperor will place Luofu within the underworld system.

After all, Luo Fu himself has the bloodline of the Witch Clan, and was even valued by the extremely special saint, Lady Parallel, from the very beginning.
Regardless of Heaven or Hell, Luofu has already secured a place in the Three Realms.

Even the most obtuse of the Seven Fairy Maidens knew what it meant for Luofu to obtain a magical artifact crafted by Laozi.

Luo Fu, who was valued by these powerful figures, was looking forward to the opportunities that would come his way, but he also felt an urgent sense of crisis.

He knew very well that, setting aside the so-called orthodox status of the Heavenly Court and the Underworld, in this world, strength ultimately reigns supreme.

Even the so-called order we have now was established by those who were truly powerful.

The Three Pure Ones of the Great Luo Heaven, the Two Saints of the Western Heaven, Pingxin of the Underworld, and the Three Sovereigns of the Fire Cloud Cave.

Although these powerful beings no longer stand in the forefront, the changes in the order of the Three Realms are all shrouded in their shadow.

This solidified the confidence of the seven spider garlands and set the tone for the rapidly growing Ruzhen Sect to temporarily consolidate its foundation and halt further expansion.

Luo Fu then began to cultivate in seclusion, absorbing the Buddhist power within the golden relic to directly enhance his cultivation, refine the black and white whisk forged from Yin and Yang energies, refine the white lotus platform, and cultivate the Seven Emotions Controlling Desires method.

For a long time afterward, within the Ruzhen Temple, Luofu, the nominal leader, became nothing more than a figurehead whose name was known but whose person was never seen.

On the contrary, the seven spiders, Garan, became increasingly famous in the surrounding area.

Although Luofu Temple established the rule of consolidating its foundation and not expanding the Ruzhen sect, the influence of the Ruzhen Chan sect and Luofu Temple as the Ruzhen Wonderful Dharma Buddha was not affected. It continued to expand in all directions with the Ruzhen Chan Temple as its core.

Despite the Journey to the West being in full swing, Luo Fu seemed completely indifferent to it.

After passing the test of the four saints' minds, the westward journey team encountered a series of calamities, including the Five Villages Temple and the Kingdom of Baoxiang.

Ruzhen Temple was originally converted from Huanghua Temple, and it is located in a place extremely close to the Western Paradise.

To the east lies the territory of the Kingdom of Zhu Zi, where Guanyin Bodhisattva's mount, the Golden-Haired Roar, transformed into Sai Tai Sui, set up a tribulation. To the west lies the infamous Lion Camel Ridge, a veritable hell on earth.

That's right.

The neighbor to the west of Luofu Ruzhen Zen Temple is none other than the three great demon kings of Lion Camel Ridge.

You should know that these three demon kings devoured an area of ​​more than 800 miles, turning it into a hellish place.

The mountains of skulls and forests of bones created a scene resembling a hellish landscape of corpses and blood.

Even though Luofu had given instructions to temporarily curb development in order to consolidate the existing base before going into seclusion, Ruzhen Temple was still under strict control.

However, as the influence of the True and Wondrous Dharma Buddha spread, the human people in the Lion Camel Ridge area, who were living a life worse than death, would not rush to seek help from Luofu after learning about the legend of Luofu.

It's true, Lion Camel Ridge is a place where there is absolutely no law or order.

Ordinary mortals simply couldn't survive there. The fact that they were alive meant that the monsters of Lion Camel Ridge weren't planning to eat them for the time being. They were like a reserve of food.

It should be noted that before it became the demon's lair, Lion Camel Ridge, this place was originally a human kingdom called Lion Camel Kingdom.

The three demon kings have seized this place and turned a human kingdom into a living hell.

The people of the Lion Camel Kingdom were not actually all eaten; there were still a few survivors.

In the eyes of the westward expedition team, these survivors were practically non-existent.

But as a truly vast world, how could Luofu's sudden emergence not encounter some unforeseen changes?

Putting aside other matters, the survivors of the former Lion Camel Kingdom organized a small team and traveled eastward to search for the sacred site of the Buddha Ruzhen Miaofa, seeking help from Luofu.

Compared to the Journey to the West calamity, which was closely watched and jointly propelled by the powerful beings of the Three Realms, the story of this human survivor from the Lion Camel Kingdom seeking help was merely a minor setback. It wouldn't even be remembered by many.

(End of this chapter)