The Legend of the Great Desolation: I Am the Fortress

Chapter 101 The road ahead
"Disciple, I have indeed thought it through!"

Leizhan looked up at Patriarch Bodhi, his eyes shining.

"Although I have comprehended many great principles, the first source of power I realized was the power of time and space. This is enough to show my talent in the way of time and space."

"Time and space?" Patriarch Bodhi frowned. "All along, you first came into contact with the great way of the spear, and later gradually comprehended Kan water, Li fire, and finally time and space. Now you want to follow the path of time and space... but are you deliberately saying this in front of me to please me?"

It is true that the disciples' path to time and space makes Bodhi Patriarch happy. However, if the initial intention is not sincere, even if the disciples make rapid progress at first, their foundation is not solid and they will not be able to go far in the future.

"It's not Master's fault. I've been seeking the truth for a thousand years in this land of time and space chaos, and I've almost completely grasped both the great principles of time and space. First, it's my innate understanding. Second, it's all due to my persistence. Even without Master's guidance, though I might not be able to immediately realize my true nature and waste years, I still have a great chance of ultimately establishing the principles of time and space as my foundation."

"Hmm." Patriarch Bodhi pondered for a long time and smiled.

"Since you can understand your true nature, it's a wonderful thing. While there's no strong or weak 'Tao,' how deep you can ultimately go depends on yourself. Whether you choose time and space, water and fire, or something else entirely, on the path to immortality, you must keep your feet steady. As long as you persevere, you may eventually reach the level of Nuwa and Pangu."

"Yes." Lei Zhan said respectfully.

"Now that you have chosen the art of time and space as your foundation and have entered the threshold, you must not neglect it. I will pass on the secret technique to you, so you must practice diligently." Patriarch Bodhi looked at Lei Zhan and instructed, "And this secret technique of time and space is my truly powerful means. Without my permission, you may not teach it to others."

"Disciple understands!" Lei Zhan nodded.

This secret technique of time and space was the most precious tool of Bodhi Patriarch. If it were to be leaked, even if others could not learn it, they could still infer targeted measures based on this secret technique. Lei Zhan naturally understood the key to this.

"Yeah." Patriarch Bodhi nodded lightly.

"In addition to the secret art of time and space, I have also taught you two basic methods. One is the body training, and the other is the qi training. I am sure you have read them both."

"The Chiming Nine Heavens Diagram was created by the Taoist Patriarch Chiming. Your original body and your second soul also practice this technique. This method has also been praised by Nuwa. It is indeed a rare method that can be cultivated to the level of a True God."

“As for practicing the Qi flow method…” Patriarch Bodhi said this, but he was a little hesitant.

"Although I don't know where your master, Immortal Ju Hua, obtained this Chaos Alien Clan's method, I think it must have been left somewhere after the ancient destructive war, and he got it by chance."

"I have also obtained quite a few methods of the Chaos Alien Race, such as these. Among them, there are fragments like the ones you are practicing, and there are also complete ones. However, some of the methods of the Chaos Alien Race are very useful. But some..." Patriarch Bodhi also shook his head and sighed.

"Some methods require some rare items, which are found in the worlds where those alien races live. They don't exist in my Three Realms at all, so I can't use them at all."

"So, after some consideration, I passed down this 'Dongming Hunyuan Sutra'. It is enough for you to cultivate to the level of Daluo Daozu. However, the magic power you cultivate cannot compare with the fragments of the method you practiced."

"Yes." Leizhan nodded.

Throughout the Three Realms, whether in ancient times or now, there are many foreign races that have intruded into the Three Realms, including extremely powerful ones like Rāhu and the Lord of All Things.

Even his master, the immortal Ju Hua, could obtain a set of techniques. As a top-level powerful being, Patriarch Bodhi could naturally obtain more, and Lei Zhan would not be surprised.

But when he heard about the Qigong methods in Bodhi Patriarch's hands, some of which were incomplete and some were complete, Leizhan's eyes lit up, and a hint of desire appeared on his face.

"You..." Patriarch Bodhi shook his head and laughed, "The Qi training methods of the Chaos Alien Race are indeed unique. What you have cultivated is comparable to that of gods and demons of the same level. I will not be willing to let you give up."

Patriarch Bodhi was in a very good mood today. He accepted two disciples in a row, both of whom were extraordinary. Moreover, his most proud secret skills of time and space also had a successor.

There are a lot more words.

"In the Three Realms, some of us powerful beings have acquired many methods over countless years. Among them, there are even a few that can be cultivated to the level of Celestial Immortals and barely rival the Celestial Gods. But as mentioned before, those rare items are too difficult to find."

"The only thing that can make a celestial being comparable to a god should be the second-class golden elixir method." Although Lei Zhan secretly muttered in his heart, he still listened carefully to what Patriarch Bodhi said about the past.

“So we began to deduce and try to create these methods on our own, but without exception, we all failed in the end,” said the ancestor.

"All failed?" Lei Zhan was shocked.

None of those powerful people succeeded?

You have to know that Sanqing, Suiren, Nuwa, etc., as long as they are famous, which one of them is not extremely talented and has amazing understanding?
Not even one was created?

Even though Nuwa left the Three Realms after the ancient war of destruction, Lei Zhan didn't believe that she hadn't tried before.

"Ah."

Patriarch Bodhi glanced at Fairy Wangshu, who was still sleeping with her eyes closed, then looked at Leizhan and said, "One is that many of the treasures used to practice the Chaos Alien Sect's methods are unknown to us. Even if we find alternative treasures, it is difficult to achieve the desired effect."

"The second is the difficulty of overcoming the heavenly tribulation. Many geniuses with extraordinary talents have fallen under the heavenly tribulation. Those who practiced the alien methods we improved were extremely powerful in the final heavenly tribulation. Most of them were eight or nine thunder tribulations, or even nine or nine thunder tribulations."

"From ancient times to the present, only a handful of people have successfully survived the Heavenly Tribulation. Among my disciples, there's only your tenth senior brother, Jiang Jun. He survived the Nine-Nine Thunder Tribulation, but after successfully surviving it, the Celestial Immortal Core he created was only half a percentage point stronger than an ordinary Celestial Immortal Core. Considering the greater difficulty of surviving the Heavenly Tribulation and the enormous amount of resources it consumes, it's hard to say whether that half-percent improvement is good or bad."

"Later, after trying many times, we simply gave up."

"This..." Leizhan was secretly amazed when he heard it.

From Patriarch Bodhi's light words, Lei Zhan seemed to see countless immortal cultivators falling one after another, and finally falling under the heavenly calamity, just to try that glimmer of possibility in the dark.

long silence.

Patriarch Bodhi's eyes were vague, "Building and developing."

"Disciple is here." Lei Zhan responded.

Patriarch Bodhi looked at Lei Zhan and said, "Let me take a look at this alien method you are practicing." "Yes." Lei Zhan was delighted and turned his hand. Suddenly, a book appeared in his hand and he handed it over respectfully.

sand~
Sand~~

Patriarch Bodhi flipped through the pages quietly.

moment.

Putting down the book in his hand, Patriarch Bodhi smiled. "The method you have obtained is quite unique. Smelting magic weapons... is something we have never thought of before. Although this method is incomplete and the front is broken, and I can't see the rest, I can still guess roughly."

"Hmm?" Leizhan looked forward to it.

The vision of an existence like Bodhi Patriarch was ultimately far more powerful than his. Furthermore, the various methods he had gained and seen were far more than what he had gained by merely practicing a fragment of the Nine Directions.

"The latter ones may still follow the path of smelting magic weapons. Or they may use a large number of unique and rare treasures, which is commonly used in the methods of the Chaos Alien Races."

Leizhan nodded. What Patriarch Bodhi said coincided with what he was thinking.

Lei Zhan knew that if he wanted to achieve the first-class golden elixir, he had to have the Chaos Immortal to assist him in his practice, and usually only those at the World Realm could know this!

For example, in the world prison of the Jiufang Chaos Kingdom, almost all the ancestral gods and immortals imprisoned are of the most top-level strength and have higher status, but even they are not qualified to know.

On the contrary, many people know the method of achieving the second-grade golden elixir, and even true gods and immortals are expected to know it.

Lei Zhan estimated that the intact items that Patriarch Bodhi and his companions had obtained were most likely second-class Golden Elixir methods. However, even if it was a second-class Golden Elixir method, without those special treasures and rare items, practicing it would be like looking at the moon in the water.

"Forget it." Patriarch Bodhi shook his head and sighed, then lightly pointed his finger and a stream of light flew into Leizhan's sea of ​​consciousness.

"Huh? What is this?" Lei Zhan was stunned, and once again felt a huge amount of information filling his sea of ​​consciousness.

a long time.

Lei Zhan just slowly came back to his senses.

"What I just passed on to you are all the methods I obtained from the Chaos Alien Race, as well as the methods we later improved upon by referring to them." Patriarch Bodhi said leisurely, "Your fragment of the Nine Directions will be left with me. When you are ready to overcome the heavenly tribulation, come back to me. I will return this method to you."

"If I can fill the gap for you, I'd like to see if I can lose the original essence of this method, add a poor finishing touch, or make the cultivators in my three realms even more powerful!"

"This..." Leizhan was delighted when he heard it, "Disciple, thank you, Master!"

……

"Hmm?" Fairy Wangshu shu was startled and suddenly opened her eyes.

Only then did he realize that he was sitting on the steps, and on the cushion on the steps was Bodhi Patriarch, who was wearing a loose Taoist robe.

Beside him, Leizhan was also sitting cross-legged on the steps with his eyes closed. Leizhan opened his eyes and looked at Fairy Wangshu with a smile on his face.

"Master, thank you so much for your teachings!" Fairy Wangshu stood up immediately. "Thanks to your wonderful teachings, I have truly experienced the complete 'Avenue of Time'."

"It's just a small technique," said Patriarch Bodhi. "You've already fully comprehended the Great Dao of Space, but your understanding of the Great Dao of Time is still lacking. This time, I'm only allowing you to experience the feeling of fully mastering the Great Dao of Time, but in reality, your own understanding of the Great Dao of Time hasn't improved much."

After Patriarch Bodhi said this, he looked down.

"All right."

"I have already given you two everything I need to know back in that chaotic place of time and space."

"The two of you can go on your own. I've asked your senior brother, Lord Jiang in white, to wait at the door. He will take you to familiarize yourself with Fang Cun Mountain."

"Go."

"You are not allowed to come in and harass me without my permission."

"Yes. Disciple will take his leave." Leizhan and Fairy Wangshu looked at each other and then left obediently.

……

Peace returned to the Taoist temple again.

Patriarch Bodhi shook his head and laughed, "It seems that you are still confused. From the ancient world to the present, you have put in so much effort, but you are still a little unwilling to give up."

“However, God placed this Qi training method “Nine Directions” in front of me, probably because he wanted me, the Qi training immortals in the Three Realms, to have the possibility of being comparable to the same level.”

"Forget it. For the sake of this disciple, I should also pick up what Nuwa has left unfinished."

"I hope I can get what I want this time."

Patriarch Bodhi's gaze became increasingly profound, as if he was thinking of the distant past.

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(End of this chapter)