From a carp to a dragon god

Chapter 253 Fu Yangzi Talks about Heaven
In the purple bamboo forest of Hushan Island, on the stone platform beside the Jishuitan, Li Taiping is drying the Beidou Tiangang carpet here, drawing the light of the Beidou stars to illuminate the gourd field.

Yu Shuyang invited Fu Yangzi and Li Taiping over. The bamboo house he had built for Li Taiping earlier has now become a decoration. No one expected that his body shape has changed so much.

"Master Fu, Junior Brother, I am cultivating the Nine Yang Mysterious Water Turtle, and now I am only two Yang Waters away. I plan to practice in seclusion for a while.

I invited you two here today to discuss some small matters. One of them is to ask Master Fu how long you can stay with me.

As you know, I'm going to Qingqiu to find Master Yin to learn the art of alchemy." Yu Shuyang said, looking at Fu Yangzi with a smile.

Fu Yangzi laughed heartily upon hearing this and said, "You sly fellow, you want me to help you guard the island, and you even use such words to deceive me.

Just go to Qingqiu Island. Let me tell you something. I won't leave for eight or ten years.

I also want to remind you not to stay in Qingqiu for too long. There are special opportunities on Lei Island deep in the desolate sea.

If the timing is fast, the baby will be born on the Waking of Insects day ten years later. If it is late, it will not exceed twenty-five years at the latest.

My Burnt Wood Reviving Branch needs to be refined with the Five Thunders Rhythm, so it will stay with you for a maximum of ten years. If I can catch up by then, I'll help you."

Yu Shuyang, who was listening at the side, only half understood what was said. His intuition told him that this matter was related to the heavenly punishment thunder tribulation that had just passed and to the ghost immortals.

After all, Fu Yangzi just mentioned the Thunder Island in the depths of the desolate sea, but I don’t know what this so-called opportunity is?
"Master Fu, please stop being so mysterious. Why don't you just tell me directly what this opportunity is?" Yu Shuyang asked curiously.

Fu Yangzi smiled without saying anything, glanced at Li Taiping, and then smiled mysteriously.

Li Taiping nodded imperceptibly and said to Yu Shuyang, "Brother, is there something you don't understand?

Generally speaking, there are several taboos when it comes to treasures created by heaven and earth. One of them is that you cannot see through or speak out about it, otherwise you will lose the opportunity.

Just have a guess in your mind about this matter and wait for the next opportunity. This opportunity lies between you and Yao Jihua. I can't say more."

Yu Shuyang just woke up from his dream. The treasures created by heaven and earth, that is, the treasures of heaven, earth, and man, have no taboos to be seen or spoken of.

Apart from these, the only things created by heaven and earth are the innate spiritual treasures. The so-called innate does not mean the spiritual treasures that were born before heaven and earth, but refers to the opportunity for creation.

Theoretically speaking, heavenly treasures, earthly treasures, human treasures and innate spiritual treasures are all created by the nature of heaven and earth. The only difference lies in the mystery of heaven and earth.

The mystery of the innate is: from heaven to earth, to put it simply, Qian enters the fire position for calcination, and Kun enters the water position for tempering.

Yu Shuyang nodded and stopped asking questions. He said, "Junior brother, I'm going to Qingqiu to learn alchemy in a few days. Do you want to come with me?"

Li Taiping shook his ox head and said, "Brother, I have just passed the three calamities of cultivation and need to start refining the magic talisman.

To practice the Beidou method, one must sacrifice and refine 283 magic talismans and build a seven-star platform. It's really not easy to wander around."

The rituals of Beidou require connecting with the celestial powers, refining the talismans of 283 star officials, and then converging them into a celestial star map of the Three Enclosures and Twenty-Eight Constellations.

To connect with the Zhoutian star power, one must offer sacrifices to the stars from time to time. The fastest way to achieve success is at least a thousand days. If one encounters an obscure star official, it will take even longer.

Yu Shuyang knew Li Taiping's situation, so he didn't want to say anything else. He asked, "So, Junior Brother, do you need any help?"

Li Taiping thought for a moment and said, "I don't really need anything. If you come across something containing star power, you can help me get it.

This is optional, Senior Brother, you don't need to go looking for it specifically. When refining the talisman, you still need to focus on warding off the stars, and you can't just get away with it by absorbing star power."

Yu Shuyang understood this principle, knowing that each cultivation method differed. For example, sword cultivation required unwavering perseverance, and breakthroughs required unstoppable force. There was no such thing as a weak foundation. Now, as he practiced the Xuanwu Water Method, his sword-cultivation nature shifted entirely. He needed to deeply cultivate strength, grasping the harmony of water and fire, the movement and stillness of yin and yang, and the serpent's coiling and the tortoise's respiration.

Ever since he broke through to the eighth rank, he has been refining the Black Turtle and Black Snake instead of connecting with the Tiangang Qi and polishing the Xuanshui Guixu Qi.

It's not that he doesn't want to practice and break through as soon as possible, but that's how the Xuanwu Water Method practice is. It requires accumulating more power and there is no way to break through the realm directly.

"Junior brother, speaking of star power, I have the power of Wenqu right now, and when the Wan family comes in a few days, they will also have the power of Xuxiu and Shixiu.

"I wonder if I can help you? Wu Wei and She Qiuyan are both born under the sign of Wei, so I think they also have some Wei power." Yu Shuyang said enthusiastically.

Li Taiping shook his head and said, "Brother, the star power drawn by the stars entering the destiny is different from the star power I use to practice and refine the magic talismans.

The so-called Star God entering the life is when the Shinto Star God shines his divine light into the celestial soul. The star power drawn in comes entirely from the Star God, not the stars themselves.

Hearing this, Yu Shuyang understood and couldn't help but wonder, "So, the so-called Star God entering your life means that the Star God is continuously borrowing your power.

What is the Star God's plan? He can't do good things for no reason, right? "

Fu Yangzi, who was standing by, laughed heartily and said, "It seems you know nothing about the Way of Heaven. Today, I will tell you about the relationship between Heaven, Immortals, and Gods.

Our ancestors said in the scriptures that the way of heaven is like a drawn bow, the high is raised and the low is lifted, the excess is reduced and the deficiency is supplemented.

It is roughly the same in Middle-earth, but for those of us who practice Taoism, it is like a net or a cage.

The ultimate goal of the ninth level of immortal cultivation is to escape the calamity and ascend to heaven, which means to break free from this net and this cage.

This is naturally not allowed by the Way of Heaven. If the Way of Heaven is a cage, then the Way of God is the net. Star gods entering life, temples, and magic gates are all things on the net.

Compared to the cage, this net is much looser, and now the net has opened the door of the cage, creating a way out."

After hearing this, Yu Shuyang finally found the answer to what Lei Shen Fenglong had done a few days ago, but he couldn't help but feel puzzled.

"Master Fu, if what you said is true, the net and the cage should be one and the same," Yu Shuyang asked.

"You've forgotten what our ancestors said in their scriptures: 'The Way of Heaven is to reduce the excess and replenish the deficiency, while the Way of Man is to reduce the deficiency and replenish the excess.

In other words, if the cage is kept for too long, it will become a vicious tiger that wants to eat the immortal, and the immortal will become a sheep eating grass, and the net will become a fish in the water.

It seems that the tiger only eats sheep and not fish, but after the sheep are eaten, the fish in the water will also become food for the tiger.

To solve this problem, the flock of sheep must continue to grow and not be eaten too much by the tiger, which will create a new problem.

That is, there are too many sheep, and the grass and trees on the mountain cannot support them, so the mountain needs to be expanded so that the grass and trees can grow more abundantly.

In this way, the tiger will have sheep to eat, the sheep will not be reduced, and the fish can live peacefully in the water. Do you understand the reasoning behind this?"

Fu Yangzi used vivid metaphors to explain the relationship between the Way of Heaven, the Way of Gods, the Way of Immortality and even the world. After the explanation, he did not forget to ask Yu Shuyang about his feelings.

"The last thing Master Fu said was that before escaping the calamity and ascending to heaven, he lifted the cave heaven to the blue sky and cloud forbidden place?" Yu Shuyang asked back.

　I finally finished writing it at the last minute, tears in my eyes, I achieved 6400 today.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)