The Legend of the Great Desolation: I Am the Fortress

Chapter 121 The Second Soul Travels the Three Realms

"Junior brother, good tricks!"

Silver Moon God watched from afar across the table and raised his wine glass. "The purple-striped peach that Monkey brought out is yours, Junior Brother!"

"Thank you for your kindness, senior brother." Lei Zhan also looked at the Silver Moon God and said with a smile.

Wow.

Sun Wukong, who was sitting at the table, drinking wine comfortably, lightly tapped the peach, and a huge peach flew to Leizhan. "Junior brother, this is the prize you won!"

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The four of them drank fine wine on the cliff, occasionally discussing things, and they drank for nearly ten days before the banquet ended.

One morning.

"Uncle Master."

"Uncle Master."

"Master."

Amidst a chorus of respectful voices, Leizhan arrived at the Taoist temple where Patriarch Bodhi resided.

"Uncle Master."

The two Taoist boys at the entrance of the Taoist temple shouted respectfully.

"Yeah." Leizhan nodded.

Among them, the Taoist boy Qingshui said with a smile: "Uncle Master, the Grandmaster has already instructed you to go in directly."

Leizhan nodded and smiled, then walked in.

The Taoist temple still looks the same as it did since ancient times.

There was a cushion placed in front of an open space, and a thin old man in a loose Taoist robe was sitting there. His hair and beard were all white, but he did not look old at all. Leizhan felt more of a peaceful and natural mood, undisturbed by time and space.

Influenced by his master, Patriarch Bodhi, Leizhan's mind involuntarily became completely quiet.

"Master." Leizhan walked over and said respectfully.

"Sit down." said the old ancestor.

"Yes." Leizhan found a cushion at random in the open space and sat down.

"Disciple, how long have you been in my Fangcun Mountain?" Patriarch Bodhi looked at Lei Zhan and said slowly.

"Master, I have been in Fangcun Mountain for exactly three years." Lei Zhan thought for a while and said softly.

"Three years..." Patriarch Bodhi nodded gently, "You already have many opportunities, and going up the mountain has made up for some of your shortcomings."

"At this point, you won't make much progress if you stay in Fangcun Mountain. What you need next is to hone yourself in the mortal world to prepare for the future 'heavenly tribulation'."

"Yes." Leizhan nodded.

This time I came to Patriarch Bodhi, also intending to let the second soul travel through the three realms to gain experience.

In terms of strength, he had already been able to rival some of the gods and immortals. Now that he had achieved minor success in the "Swirl River", even the weak water realm, which was not at its peak, could make the gods and immortals dare not easily touch it.

If you want to improve others, you will need to spend a lot of time and effort.

"Disciple, you really need to hone yourself more in this world," Lei Zhan said respectfully. "My mental strength is only at the second level right now. Even with this second soul... my confidence in overcoming the tribulation is less than 40%."

The heart of Tao is extremely important to those who practice Taoism, and mental strength is the embodiment of the heart of Tao.

If there is no real training, no enough training and pressure, it will be even more difficult to break through with mental strength.

Even if Lei Zhan is going through the tribulation of his second soul, the tribulation of the inner demon among the four great tribulations is very likely to be a huge mountain lying across his heart.

At least, your mental strength must reach the third level to have great confidence.

"Hmm." Patriarch Bodhi nodded gently. "Your second soul is a possession of another body. Although it is a perfect match, the difficulty of the heavenly tribulation is certainly not much less than that of my own. Moreover... the Qi training methods practiced by your original body and second soul are both methods of foreign races."

As Patriarch Bodhi spoke, a hint of complexity that was hard to conceal appeared in his eyes that were as calm as water.

"Your second soul will go to the mortal world to be tempered, and this deity will stay on Fangcun Mountain. I often preach, and it may also touch you."

Lei Zhan nodded respectfully.

Patriarch Bodhi then instructed, "The secret technique of time and space that I taught you is fine for use on Fangcun Mountain, but the Three Realms are currently experiencing some turmoil, with many powerful beings at the level of True Gods and Dao Ancestors. Your cultivation is still weak, and if you reveal this secret technique carelessly, even I might not be able to save you if you encounter danger."

"Yes." Lei Zhan said respectfully.

Lei Zhan has not yet overcome the heavenly tribulation. If he easily reveals the secret time and space technique passed down by his master, Patriarch Bodhi, in public, it would be like a three-year-old child holding gold in a busy city, which is very dangerous.

You should know that there are many alien races hidden in the Three Realms, among whom there are spiritual generals who covet the secret art of time and space of Master Bodhi Patriarch.

This person is a powerful practitioner of mental strength. If you are noticed by him, with your current mental strength, you may be silently enslaved without even knowing it.

Moreover, Lei Zhan had previously learned from his brothers Yin Yue and Jiang Jun that the Wujian Sect was about to return, and given the current turmoil in the Three Realms, he couldn't afford to be arrogant.

His strength surpasses some gods and immortals, but he is just barely qualified to roam the Three Realms.

Wanting to dominate the three realms...don't you know that in the Wuxian Sect alone, there are a lot of celestial gods and immortals, a lot of true gods and Taoist ancestors, and even several more terrifying ancestral gods.

There are many reasons, so we must be careful.

"I've also gotten some clues about the alien Qi-cultivation method you've been practicing. Your original body has waited with me for a thousand years, and I'm almost ready to let your secondary soul survive the tribulation."

"Only wait for a thousand years?" Lei Zhan was stunned and suddenly became excited.

Can the master continue the path of the "Jiu Fang" Qigong method in a thousand years?
You have to know that renewing a method that cuts off the way forward, especially a method that is very likely to be a second-class golden elixir, is not easier than creating one from scratch.

A thousand years is just a blink of an eye for a cultivator who can live a long time.

"But... a thousand years." Lei Zhan was also thinking in his heart.

"A thousand years should be just enough time for the black bead in my Purple Mansion space to accumulate a 'galaxy' of light. After a thousand years, I'll be able to deduce and gain enlightenment, which will surely make the method created by Master more suitable for me."

During the three years in Fangcun Mountain, the ancestor often preached, and Leizhan naturally understood that the time and space chaos in that place was a great opportunity for him and Wangshu.

A hundred years in that place of time and space is only a year in the outside world. From the time they were drawn into the chaotic place of time and space to the time they returned to Fangcun Mountain, twelve years actually passed in the outside world.

The first year was the time when they were involved, and the disorder of space and time was the most violent.

In that year, the flow of time in the surrounding area reached an astonishing thousand-fold acceleration, and one year was equivalent to an ordinary thousand years. The black beads accumulated energy through the acceleration of time and space, and directly formed a "galaxy".

The ancestor also said that this place of disordered space and time could have lasted for ten thousand years, but in fact it collapsed after only a thousand years after they left.

Lei Zhan had a vague suspicion in his mind that the accelerated collapse of the chaotic land of time and space was most likely related to the precious bead.

Thousands of thoughts surged in his mind, but in reality, they were just a thought. Lei Zhan looked at Patriarch Bodhi and said:

"Thank you, Master!"

"Go! I will still give a sermon once a year from now on. You still need to practice and comprehend well. The first level of the power of time and space... is still too weak." said Patriarch Bodhi.

"If you want to escape the clutches of the True God Daozu, you must comprehend the power of time and space to at least the third level. By then, even without my permission, you should be able to find the Xieyue Great World on your own."

"Yes." Leizhan nodded.

This development has long been known.

The secret art of time and space that he learned was passed down by Patriarch Bodhi, and it was a continuation of his lineage. It was normal for him to understand his master's moves by following the instructions.

Just like when the ancestor first passed down the method, he warned against leaking it to others. The same principle applies.

"Okay, go ahead." The old ancestor warned: "Remember, you are not allowed to say you are my disciple outside, otherwise don't blame me for being ruthless."

"Yes." Lei Zhan responded respectfully.

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Wow~~~
After Lei Zhan left, another figure suddenly appeared in the Taoist temple. This person was wearing straw sandals and cloth clothes, and his skin had become a little dark due to years of exposure to the sun.

"Why are you here today?" Patriarch Bodhi opened his eyes and looked at the woodcutter with a faint smile on his face.

"Master." The woodcutter also smiled. "My junior brother's second soul is about to leave the mountain. As the eldest brother, I naturally have to come and see it."

"Oh?" Bodhi Patriarch felt a hint of curiosity in his heart: "It seems that Lei Zhan has won your favor."

Although the number of disciples accepted by Bodhi Patriarch was not large, it was not a small number either. Now, including Leizhan, there were a total of sixteen disciples, but the number of those whom his eldest disciple cared so much about was only one and a half at most.

The monkey that was accepted at the beginning counted as half, and the rest was the youngest disciple Leizhan.

"Junior brother has quite a few ideas and is quite talented," the woodcutter said with a leisurely smile. "He is a man of great fortune. It won't be difficult for him to become a True God in the future. He even has the slightest chance of reaching the level of a leader."

"Huh? Leadership level?" It was also Patriarch Bodhi's turn to be surprised.

Reaching leadership level?

That is a strength comparable to that of the Ancestral God!

You must know that Patriarch Bodhi has practiced for endless years, but his strength has not reached the leadership level. Although he is only a little bit away, a slight difference can lead to a huge loss. This slight difference can make a world of difference!
If any other immortal or demon had said something like this, Bodhi Patriarch would have scoffed. But with his eldest disciple saying this... Bodhi Patriarch had to be more cautious. After all, this person was a celestial being who could kill a true god.

In the past, the ten golden crows were causing trouble in ancient times. Even Nuwa could not do anything about them. But this woodcutter who looked like an ordinary mortal drew his bow and shot nine of them in a row, including the Golden Crow Demon King who had reached the level of a true god.

Now, endless years have passed, even the ancient times have been destroyed, and the strength of this eldest disciple, the woodcutter, has become even more unfathomable.

The divine and demonic body-refining method left by Nuwa, the "Volume of Inner Observation of the Ancestral God," had long been passed down. With this method, it was possible to break through to the level of the Ancestral God!
The woodcutter smiled and said, "Master, just look at this. This junior fellow is not an ordinary person. Once he encounters a storm, he will naturally rise to the top."

"Haha!" Patriarch Bodhi also laughed. No matter how evil Leizhan was, he was still his disciple. Now that he had received such praise from the woodcutter, he was even more delighted.

"Well, let's take a look!"

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(End of this chapter)