Starting from the Tiger Demon Yaksha, the demon immortality

Chapter 144 143 Stepping on the Demon Head, Reborn into a Heavenly Man (Something delayed me a little, I will be on time in the evening)

"Master, is the reopening of the escort agency not going smoothly?"

Li Cunxiao looked at the group of people leaving the front hall. There was not much kindness in their expressions.

These people are the heads of the local escort agencies in the state capital. When he came back last night, he heard Zhang Lishi preparing to "pay his respects".

"Nothing is wrong. It's just that we are from outside the area. If we want to share a bowl of food in the existing big pot, we will inevitably be targeted openly or covertly."

"Although your uncle Yuanhua is the deacon of the Arhat Hall in the temple, there are more than just him in the temple, not to mention the Huangting Realm disciples who are the heads of various academies."

"Everyone can only stay in the state capital because they have someone behind them. After that, it's just a matter of using their own means."

Zhang Lishi said this with a slight smile on his face, looking quite calm and relaxed.

He had experienced such a thing in Chuqiu decades ago, and now he was just reliving it, so it was not surprising.

But compared to being isolated and helpless with the Cui brothers, now he has Yuan Hua as a helper in public and Taiyi Zhenren backing him up, which can be said to be a perfect start.

Although it was unlikely that Taiyi Zhenren would do anything for the opening of his escort agency, as long as one of the nine-headed lion's heads remained here, at least his family's safety would not be a concern.

Just this point alone gives Zhang Lishi enough confidence to show his skills.

Li Cunxiao didn't know all this. He just looked at the other party's calmness and secretly admired him in his heart.

When he was in Chuqiu, he was not very advanced and admired Zhang Lishi's bravery.
After arriving at the provincial capital, there were masters everywhere. Everyone thought Zhang Lishi was at his wit's end, but the latter showed his extensive network of contacts and revive the chess game time and time again.

“I still have a lot to learn.”

Li Cunxiao sighed to himself and left the front hall with Zhang Lishi. The master and disciple strolled around the courtyard, chatting.

The house Yuanhua had gifted was quite impressive. Besides the front part of the escort agency, the backyard also boasted courtyards, corridors, pavilions, and towers, all elegant and secluded, a true spectacle worth exploring.

There are only five days left until the Ullambana Festival. The most talked about topics in the city right now are, firstly, the host and distinguished guests of this ceremony, and secondly, of course, the recruitment of talents by Tiangu Temple.

Li Cunxiao thought Zhang Lishi would give him some special instructions, but he didn't expect that the other party would comfort him instead and told him not to feel pressured, saying that there would be next year even if he missed this Ullambana Festival.

The two of them strolled around and unknowingly arrived at the stable.

When Chili saw his master, he immediately ran out and rubbed his head against Li Cunxiao's chest affectionately.

"Hahahahaha, good boy, have you been pent up for the past month?"

When I am reborn and gain a firm foothold with Abbot Dezheng, I will make sure you run away with ease.
Thinking this way, Li Cunxiao subconsciously visualized the vajra, and saw that the golden vajra was glowing all over, and it was perfect.

In fact, he could have been fully restored to health in the temple yesterday, but considering that there might be various strange phenomena when the celestial being was reborn, and there were many people in the temple, it was safer to return to the escort agency, so he waited until now.

"Hmm? When did Master acquire such a magnificent horse?"

As his eyes wandered, Li Cunxiao suddenly noticed that there was a separate part separated from the stable.

A black horse was leaning lazily against the wall, and one could even clearly see a leisurely and arrogant look on its face.

Zhang Lishi's heart tightened when he heard this, and his mind raced.
"Oh, this is also from that weapon refiner."

"Then why are you so generous, senior?"

Li Cunxiao thought of the old man in green clothes, took a step forward, and subconsciously wanted to reach out and look at the teeth of the green horse.

Zhang Lishi was shocked when he saw this.

But he knew that this was not a horse at all, but a lion!
But at this time, Chili on the side quickly stepped forward, twisted his butt, and blocked Li Cunxiao's way. The latter was immediately at a loss whether to laugh or cry.

"Can horses get jealous?"

He lowered his outstretched hand and slapped Chili's fat buttocks instead. The dark red flesh immediately trembled like water waves.

"I'm going to run off all this extra fat from you someday."

Zhang Lishi finally breathed a sigh of relief and took Li Cunxiao away. Before leaving, he did not forget to ask someone to give Chili a snack.

The green horse still looked lazy and watched the master and disciple walk away.

In fact, even if Li Cunxiao came to touch it, nothing would happen to it, because Taiyi had already given instructions long ago.

If anything happened to this precious disciple, all seven of its heads would have to be moved.

Alas, life is not easy
Soon it was noon, and the Cui brothers, Shi Tie and his wife, Zhang's daughter, Ye Chengxiao and others were all present.

"Today is my son's full moon. Everyone present here is my dearest friends, relatives, and disciples. I won't waste any more time talking. Come drink a few more glasses with me later."

Zhang Yuelu held Zhang Xiaohu, a baby who had just turned one month old, in her arms. The baby was growing fast, and instead of looking chubby, he was actually more robust.

"Sanlang played an indispensable role in the birth of Little Tiger."

When the wine was half drunk, Mrs. Zhang suddenly came over with a glass in hand. Li Cunxiao was startled and quickly stood up.

"Master's wife, what are you talking about? If Xiaohu isn't here, won't Junior Brother Ye always be the youngest?"

"Junior Brother Ye, did you hear that? Come on, give Sanlang a toast!"

Shi Tie joked with a smile, and everyone laughed happily.

Ever since the escort agency planned to reopen, he became busy and had no time to think about his broken arm, so Shi Tie smiled more often.

"Madam, you are absolutely right."

Zhang Lishi was also very emotional when he thought about the hardships the escort agency had gone through on its way to Laizhou City.

At that time, he was seriously injured and unconscious. If the team did not have a strong fighter like Li Cunxiao, it would be a question whether the escort agency could reach Songzhou.

What's more, Mrs. Zhang was pregnant and exhausted from the journey. She might have had a miscarriage if she wasn't careful, but she finally arrived safely.

It goes without saying how much effort Li Cunxiao put into this.

The others were all eyewitnesses to this whole journey, and they looked at Li Cunxiao with complicated expressions.

From a small boy in Chuqiu County to a disciple of Tiangu Temple today.

Even though he is just a menial worker, his future is undoubtedly bright.

Among all the people in the escort agency, except Zhang Yuelu and Ye Chengxiao who still have potential, the others will hardly make a splash in the second half of their lives.

For a moment, I had mixed feelings.

As everyone drank and chatted, they naturally talked about the recent Yulan Festival.

"Yue'er, Xiaoye, how's your cultivation been lately? Can you enter the Yulan Festival?"

"My daughter and Junior Brother Ye have both reached the second level of mastery now." When the two mentioned this, there were slight smiles on their faces, and they were obviously quite satisfied with the progress.

Back in Chuqiu, even if the children of wealthy families like Shen He and Ye Rongzu exhausted all their family resources, it would take them until they were twenty-seven or twenty-eight to complete the third level of training.

But now in Tiangu Temple, especially since the two of them are in Yaowangyuan, there is no shortage of channels to buy elixirs.

Whether you are training your muscles, bones or skin, when you encounter a bottleneck, there are special elixirs available to help you break through.

Only by experiencing it yourself can you understand why there are so many powerful people in the state capital.

The gap in resources is really too big.

"But the requirements of the Yulan Festival are quite high. At the very least, we need disciples at the Muscle Perfection Realm to guard the gate. Our cultivation levels are not high enough."

"I wasn't selected either. It was Senior Brother Yuan Huai from our slaughterhouse who was said to be the gatekeeper."

Li Cunxiao noticed everyone's gaze and casually explained that the Ullambana Festival traces its origins to the story of the Buddhist master Maudgalyayana helping his mother, Lady Qingti, escape hell.

In short, it was simply that Lady Qingti did not do good deeds during her lifetime, and was reborn as a hungry ghost after her death.

After Venerable Maudgalyayana attained enlightenment, he used his supernatural powers to see his mother suffering in various ways. He prayed to the Buddha and held the Ullambana Festival on the 15th day of the seventh month.

With the help of monks from all directions, we can liberate the deceased and relieve the sufferings of hell.

This story was widely circulated, and folk stories and dramas were produced in an endless stream. In order to spread its teachings, Tiangu Temple naturally followed the interests of the people.

There is no need to say much about the water and land ceremony of the senior monks in the temple. The focus is on the assessment of the disciples and the selection of many talents, which is also held during the Ullambana Festival.

At that time, the disciples in the temple will act as the Ox-Head and Horse-Faced Demons and the Judge of Hell in hell, while talented people like Shi Tianlong who plan to become disciples will play the role of Venerable Mulian.

Everyone takes turns to pass the level. Whoever can pass deep enough will naturally have better performance and will be more likely to gain the favor of the abbot and elders in the temple.

"Senior brother didn't participate?"

Ye Chengxiao was surprised to hear that Li Cunxiao was not selected either.

Because everyone in the escort agency knew that Li Cunxiao had actually reached the internal organs realm, but he concealed his cultivation level at the beginning because he was concerned about Yuanhua.

But now Yuanhua has turned from an enemy to an ally of the escort agency. Is he going to just watch such a good opportunity as the Yulan Festival slip away?

"Actually, at the beginning of the month, Abbot Dezheng summoned me."

Li Cunxiao thought about it and decided to let out a little information to reassure everyone in the escort agency.

"The abbot and the head monk Decong both know my true level of cultivation, and my transition to martial arts training is already underway."

The abbot of Tiangu Temple personally summoned him?!

As soon as these words were spoken, Shi Tie, the Cui brothers and others looked at each other. After a moment, their worries were completely overshadowed by joy.

I originally thought that he would not be able to show up at the Ullambana Festival, but who would have thought that Li Cunxiao had already met with the abbot of Tiangu Temple quietly?
"This is good news," Zhang Lishi raised his glass and everyone drank it all.

But he actually felt something was wrong.

He had noticed that Taiyi Zhenren had been paying attention to Li Cunxiao recently, and it seemed as if he was planning to take him as his personal disciple.

But after so long, Li Cunxiao still stayed in Tiangu Temple, and now he has even attracted the attention of abbot De Zheng.

He knew a little about Taiyi's character. To put it bluntly, he was a man of his own accord. If he made the other party unhappy, he would suffer.

Zhang Lishi was not worried about his disciple, but was secretly worried about Abbot Dezheng.

"In fact, Shi Tianlong will be attending this Yulan Festival. The fact that we were not selected may not be a bad thing."

Zhang Yuelu took up the conversation, and Ye Chengxiao felt less regretful after hearing it. He nodded in agreement:

"That's true. Senior Brother Yuanling also wanted to run for the Gatekeeper position at first, but later gave up."

"I heard that Shi Tianlong just turned twenty and has been practicing the top-grade martial art 'Flying Night Demon Kung Fu' to advance to the internal organs realm."

"That day, he fought Hou Yichen and You Jingfeng, and defeated them in no more than ten moves."

"This person has an arrogant personality. If we confront him, we will inevitably be humiliated."

Shi Tianlong?

Upon hearing this, Li Cunxiao also remembered the discussions of his fellow apprentices in the slaughterhouse.

This person has been the talk of the town these days. He defeated You and Hou in one fell swoop and became the most likely candidate to join Abbot Dezheng.

I heard that he is at a high level and has pretty good combat ability.

In the realm of internal organs, there are differences between entry, minor success, and major success, but they are not that huge.

Therefore, some brothers in the temple who were at the organ realm, who cared about their reputation, simply did not go into battle.

Of course, I don't necessarily lose, but if I win, there will be suspicion that I am preventing the other party from becoming a member of the abbot's team. It would be unpleasant to make enemies with such a genius for no reason.

But these complicated and trivial matters have nothing to do with Li Cunxiao.

After lunch, he first gave some instructions to Mu Cha and Wei He as usual.

Recently, he has been collecting and copying some martial arts knowledge that is not restricted from being taken out in the Sutra Library, and compiled it into a booklet to lay the foundation for the two of them.

He knew deeply that only by being both civil and military could he go further in the future.

If one is illiterate, no matter how high his martial arts skills are, in the end he can only be a thug for others.

Afterwards, Li Cunxiao returned to his room and carefully reviewed the key points of the transformation of heaven and man.

I don’t know what kind of means the crimson lotus was used to pass on the Dharma, but after the golden Sanskrit words entered my mind, it was as if they were engraved on my heart. I think about them from time to time and remember them vividly.

After confirming that there were no omissions, Li Cunxiao walked out of the room and entered the place for seclusion and practice specially prepared for him by Zhang Lishi.

This place was built underground, spacious and secluded. This was because the Huangting realm, where one could circulate one's true Qi, could not tolerate being disturbed.

Sometimes, opening up the meridians would take an entire day, and a quiet place was essential. Otherwise, if one accidentally went into a state of insanity, not only would the warrior be in danger, but also their family members would be at risk.

Therefore, these secret rooms are built extremely solidly, and there are even steel layers in the walls.

Li Cunxiao used only 50% of his strength and punched down, leaving only a shallow mark. He immediately nodded in satisfaction.

He walked over to the cushion and sat cross-legged. The five elements of essence were already able to circulate among the five internal organs, but there was still a trace of stagnation. This was the effect of the posterior yin not being tempered yet.

"Vajra, break"

He was so skilled that he couldn't be more skilled. Just like when he broke through the front yin, the surging kidney water easily broke through the Changqiang, Huiyang and Chengfu points at the back yin.

The moment the three acupoints are opened, it is like a river flowing into the sea, with turbulent waves in the left and right ears and the front and back genitals.

The abundant kidney water energy nourishes the liver wood, and even an inch of blue light shoots out from the eyes.

Then the tongue, mouth, and nose also received nourishment from the essence.

Invisibly, the five internal organs become a whole, like a lock, holding the gates of the human body.

Suddenly his body felt more relaxed, as if a heavy burden had been lifted off him. Every move he made was carried out as he thought, with almost no delay in between.

The five elements are the source of all things. If one masters the five elements in the human body, one will also grasp the "root" of human beings. This is the so-called self-contained and leak-free state.

As long as they are not seriously injured, it is not difficult for a warrior in the Organ Realm to live to be a hundred years old, and their combat power can almost always be maintained at the peak.

"Unfortunately, in troubled times, even at the level of internal organs, it is common to die on the streets."

When Li Cunxiao thought of Murong Bo who died under his knife, many figures flashed through his mind.

But in the end, the chaos disappeared, and he held his breath and concentrated, without a single distracting thought.

Among the five internal organs, the green-faced and fang-toothed Yaksha suddenly knelt on one knee, as if he had been hit hard.

His arms were raised high, as if he was trying to lift something, but his body suddenly caught fire.

The surging liver and wood essence flowed out of the Yaksha's body like wolf smoke, but it did not disappear. Instead, it gradually condensed into a pair of bare feet in its claws.

The more it wailed, the faster the owner of the feet condensed and appeared, until the Yaksha knelt on the ground, its body as illusory as a shadow. It did not resist this sacrificial act at all.

The pitch-black vajra floats silently.

Trample the Yaksha and be reborn as a god!
(End of this chapter)