From a martial arts disciple to a god through countless trials and tribulations

Chapter 53: Cloud and Water Rage

The moonlight is hazy like a veil, and the water flows eastwards in the rivers, never to return. This continues year after year, as if it has never changed.

Chen Xuan stared at the willow dragon floating on the river and felt a chill.

"Longevity is not immortality. Even the immortal species cannot withstand the power of time."

Chen Xuan sighed, "One day in the future, Liu Jiao's spirit body will decay into ashes and merge into the long river. His present life will also reach the end of its life, and he will grow old like an ordinary person."

In fact, this day is not too far away - for Liu Jiao.

Chen Xuan saw this omen in the destiny of this immortal species.

"Boom!"

Chen Xuan kicked the willow dragon several times, his strength gradually increasing, white spray splashing, but there was no response. He gave up trying, convinced that the willow dragon was trapped in an eternal slumber and would not wake up...

"This situation is similar to the Yellow Millet Dream, but completely different from the Six Desire Heavens. Wang Chan is soundly asleep, while Yan Yushu is alive and well... These are two different types and levels of destiny."

Chen Xuan muttered to himself, looking around and checking the surrounding environment again.

Suddenly, he looked up at the bright moon in the sky, and his heart jumped into his throat.

The full moon is bright, with a bumpy surface, wrinkles like eyebrows and eyes, and gullies like a mouth and nose, vaguely forming the face of a man with a resentful expression!
"Human face!"

Chen Xuan felt a chill in his heart. He could even discern a pair of lifelike eyes on the man's face, staring directly at him. No, the face was staring at Liu Jiao at his feet.

Chen Xuan was stunned for a few seconds, then blinked and scolded:
"What's so good about this? Get out of here!"

Suddenly, the moon seemed to flicker slightly, and in an instant it no longer looked like the face of a resentful man. Instead, it had a faint halo, appearing pure and sacred, with a hazy and clear light that made people feel peaceful.

"I'm not afraid of real human faces."

Chen Xuan shook his head. The horrifying scenes in the Small Underworld and the Six Desire Heavens were no worse than those here. He was used to experiencing such strange and bizarre things, so he quickly calmed down and was even able to scold directly.

"Liu Jiao, let me see what secrets you have."

Chen Xuan lowered his head and stared at Liu Jiao's body intently. After a few breaths, Xinzhai launched the second attack.

He had experience in doing this. In the Yellow Millet Dream, he used Xinzhai for the second time and saw his own life experience and the Yellow Millet Sutra from Wang Chan.

"Buzz..."

Soon, more hidden scenes emerged.

Tadpole-like golden scriptures, shining brightly, flew out from the wounds on the willow dragon's body, lingering and dancing, as if they were to form a golden cocoon to wrap up the rotten willow dragon.

Ancient seal script.

"True Scripture!"

Chen Xuan was shocked. This was a supreme skill comparable to the Huangliang Sutra. Just by taking a look at it, it was as if the sound of the great Dao was roaring in his head, making his heart tremble.

There is nothing much to say, just start to remember it in your heart.

The ancient seal characters were connected one after another and flew out from the willow dragon's body, like a golden chain forming a ring, shining brightly.

"[Eternal Life Sutra]."

Chen Xuan quickly found the beginning of the scripture, learned the name of the scripture, and then studied it bit by bit.

He had recently learned some ancient seal characters in the Hanging Temple and could barely understand the first one or two chapters of the Yellow Millet Scripture, but he was not proficient in it.

But later, when he was practicing in seclusion in the southern wilderness, he entrusted several Qigong practitioners he knew to obtain several ancient seal script books. He spent a lot of effort to read them carefully, and finally understood the entire set of Huangliang Zhenjing.

Therefore, he had no difficulty at all facing the Changsheng Sutra written entirely in ancient seal characters. There were only a few rare characters that he did not recognize.

Chen Xuan had a strong comprehension ability and quickly memorized the entire scripture. Then, his gaze paused on the last golden word.

"This true scripture is incomplete. Only the first half remains. The second half is not yet complete."

The last seal script stopped at Liu Jiao's chest, with only half of it exposed, and the other part still slowly forming:
"When Liu Jiao's body completely decays, this Scripture of Immortality will be completed... But by then, Liu Jiao may be old, so who can use this Scripture?"

Chen Xuan felt puzzled, but this was not the time to think too much, because he found that the image in his vision was shaking, gradually blurring, and rapidly moving away.

"Hey!"

Forcing Shinsai to activate, the burning pain in his pupils reached its peak, almost burning through them, causing a muffled groan to escape from his throat.

The fasting of the mind ends and nothing can be seen clearly.

In the field of vision, the full moon that looked like a human face or a fairy furnace, the endlessly flowing river, the decaying corpse... gradually disappeared.

……

……

The atmosphere in the backyard was very quiet.

Liu Jiao had an arrogant look on his face, deep eyes, head held high and chest puffed out, hands behind his back, legs spread out, and he was wearing an ancient linen robe, looking very majestic.

"..."

Chen Xuan stood motionless, his eyes sharp, in silence.

Liu Jiao maintained this posture for several minutes. He was a little exhausted and said in a deep voice: "Young man, just take a look. It's impolite to keep looking at me..."

Chen Xuan's eyes seemed to move, but not move, and a voice came out of his mouth:

"Well, let's talk business..."

In fact, when Chen Xuan activated Xinzhai, he still maintained a great deal of control over his body, just a little slower. When he first activated Xinzhai in Liu Town, Empress Black Cat did not notice anything unusual.

The same was true for Yan Yushu. While she was being punished in the Six Desire Heavens, her body in this world was also moving synchronously, a two-pronged approach without any delay...

"call!"

Chen Xuan took a deep breath, suppressed the tremendous fatigue caused by forcing his mind to concentrate, and immediately got down to business. He asked the ancient scholar who was waiting outside the courtyard for paper and pen.

Liu Jiao rubbed his slightly sore neck and stared at Chen Xuan in confusion as he quickly wrote down a set of breathing techniques.

"What do I need this for?"

Chen Xuan said solemnly, "Let's practice first."

It was the breathing method recorded in the Changsheng Zhenjing. "Alas, it won't work."

Liu Jiao shook his head and sighed. He had tried countless times over the past tens of millions of years. His friend, an ancient Qigong practitioner, had found hundreds of different breathing methods for him, but none of them had worked.

His ancient bloodline is naturally unable to practice cultivation.

This was the biggest regret in his life. If he had been able to practice, even if his aptitude was extremely poor, he could have built up a great level of cultivation over a long period of time. Why would he have lived a miserable life in fear?

But the next moment.

Liu Jiao was struck by lightning and opened his mouth in shock, his mouth wide enough to fit a duck egg in. There was a flow of Qi in his body, not obviously, but it did move.

"Huh? This breathing method?"

This was a feeling he had never experienced before.

This breathing method seems to be really useful, as if it was tailor-made for him!

Seeing this, Chen Xuan smiled and said, "I will use this method to exchange for the last ancient immortal relic in your hand."

He had anticipated this scene.

The level of Xinzhai is higher than these people with destiny. As long as they enter the destiny, they will definitely be able to change something.

By entering the [Yellow Millet Dream], one can peek into the dream, obtain the Yellow Millet Sutra, enter the [Six Desire Heavens], and be exempted from the price Yan Yushu has to pay... In fact, he has never used Xinzhai twice to look directly at Yan Yushu in the state of punishment. If he keeps staring at him carefully, he might find some unexpected surprises.

"Even if it's not the Scripture of Immortality, we'll definitely find something else, and we can use it as a bargaining chip."

Chen Xuan had such confidence in his heart, so he calmly accepted the relic treasure given by Liu Jiao.

Liu Jiao was in a trance, his heart filled with shock. His throat moved a few times, his lips trembled, and he uttered a hoarse voice: "Hey, this is a dream..."

For a moment, I couldn't accept what was happening to me.

Can he also practice Qi?

Chen Xuan didn't look at Liu Jiao. Time was running out, so he continued to write the second half of the Book of Immortality.

Less than half an hour later.

Chen Xuan put down his pen, looked up and said to Liu Jiao softly:

"I will also give you this true scripture to repay the kindness you gave me for the jade bracelet... Don't ask where the true scripture came from."

Since he has entered the realm of immortality and has not been discovered by Liu Jiao, he will not reveal his Xinzhai ability.

He felt that it was extremely inappropriate to have any contact with Yan Yushu. If he didn't need this woman to practice his skills, he would not have frequent contact with such a dangerous person.

Tears glistened in Liu Jiao's eyes, and he was so excited that he couldn't utter a word.

The haze that had shrouded his heart for thousands of years suddenly cleared away to reveal the blue sky. He felt as if he had lived a new life, and his whole body was full of strength. If it weren't for the huge age difference between the two, he would even kneel at Chen Xuan's feet and kowtow to express his gratitude.

As an ancient man, he can also practice Qi from today!

"This scripture is the Dharma for one person..."

Chen Xuan nodded, paused, and continued, "As long as you don't leave Peach Blossom Spring, it shouldn't affect you."

Like the Huangliang Sutra, the Changsheng Sutra is also a method for one person, and this is clearly recorded in the scripture.

Chen Xuan saw this scripture first. Regardless of whether he practiced it or not, the cultivation of those who came after him on this path would depend on his safety.

In fact, all the true scriptures in the world are like this.

Otherwise, the true scriptures are rare in the world. How could Wang Zhenyang, a Taoist master in Chiya City, be qualified to obtain a volume of the [鸓鸟真經] bestowed by the ancient Chu imperial court?
Wang Zhenyang attained enlightenment through the Book of the Phoenix. For the rest of his life, he had no other choice but to maintain the rule of the Chu royal court. Otherwise, once the Chu Kingdom fell, his decades of hard work and family glory would be wiped out in an instant, and the monkeys would scatter when the tree falls.

Liu Jiao nodded repeatedly and handed over a wooden box. While Chen Xuan was writing the scriptures, he had managed to calm down and took something out of the warehouse.

Liu Jiao said in a deep voice, "My friend, an ancient Qi practitioner, was named [Shangyang Immortal]. He was a unique and peerless swordsman in the Taiyang Daoist tradition. This jade pendant was his last relic. I was determined to keep it as a souvenir and would never let it go."

"The power behind the sword-wielding young man in white today is a force whose ancestors had a connection with the Shangyang Immortal. I planned this as a retreat twenty years ago. The Qinghe Cui family and the empress of the Southern Wilderness can't threaten me today, but now... I'll give you the jade pendant."

Twenty years ago, the great man Tao Hongchen from the ancient Chu State felt that he was in a bad situation, so he warned Liu Jiao in advance and asked him to prepare in advance.

Half of the great cultivators in the world are my friends. Although this statement seems exaggerated, it is not something I say casually.

Liu Jiao paused, handed over a map, and continued, "These are the locations of some of the Shangyang Immortal's former caves. As far as I know, most of them have been explored by later generations, but there are still one or two locations that have not yet been discovered... I don't have anything else to give you in return."

This is his real treasure, which can be traded with any great monk in the world and is regarded as a trump card to save his life in the future. But now, as a return of favor, he directly gives it to Chen Xuan.

"Thank you."

Chen Xuan took the map, glanced at it, and returned it. He had already memorized it in his mind. The nearest cave was tens of thousands of miles away from the territory of Chiya City, so it was not accessible for the time being.

Liu Jiao stared at Chen Xuan with a mixed expression. He opened his mouth and said, "Do you need me to send someone from my clan to give you a ride..."

Chen Xuan shook his head and refused, then clasped his fists and said goodbye, laughing loudly:

"We bid farewell today, take care of yourselves, and may good fortune prevail over adversity, and may you live forever!"

After he finished speaking, he turned and left quickly through the back door.

Within twenty years, he will become a Taoist monk, and he will never have the chance to enter the secret realm of Peach Blossom Spring again in this lifetime. This is his first and last meeting with the Willow Dragon of the Longevity Clan.

"Wow!"

Chen Xuan walked out of the ancestral hall and climbed to the top of a wooden building. He looked around and then left in one direction at a high speed like a gust of wind.

Originally, the acquisition of a relic of a near-immortal had already aroused many covetousness, and now the last genuine relic of the ancient immortals in the Peach Blossom Land was obtained. Many people could no longer contain their desire.

Yan Yushu had informed him earlier in the communication talisman that some disciples of the aristocratic families of Chiya City had left early and gone down the mountain to gather family forces. Not only the Qinghe Cui family, but other forces were also ready to move.

Chen Xuan spent too much time writing the Changsheng Sutra for Changsheng Zhongliu Jiao!

"call!"

The view expanded from the sky, and at the foot of the mountain, small-scale fighting broke out in all directions, but more figures gathered in the direction where Chen Xuan left like a colony of ants.

The four seas are turbulent, and the clouds and waters are angry.

The melee is about to begin!
(End of this chapter)