Yuantian Pidao

Chapter 106: Withering, Flourishing, Birth and Death
Under the river, with a bit of curiosity and a bit of confusion, Jiang Chen returned to his courtyard.

Of course, at this time, only a few ruins remained of the originally carefully built Qingxin Cottage, and the only thing left was the peach tree with branches like a coiled dragon and leaves as green as emerald green, which seemed out of place.

Walking under the peach tree, Jiang Chen saw wisps of mist between the branches and leaves of the peach tree. It was an extremely rich spiritual energy.

"Although the leaves and branches are not obvious on the outside, their essence has been completely spiritualized. This peach tree is truly spiritual peach wood and can be used as a spiritual stone."

"Given its size, if we cut it down, we'll probably get a lot of spirit stones in return."

After carefully observing Tao Mu's condition, Jiang Chen couldn't help but have an idea in his mind.

As for Jiang Chen's thoughts, Taomu knew nothing about it, and it still exuded that almost instinctive closeness.

"Let me see what secrets you have."

Stretching out his palm and placing it on the trunk of the peach wood, Jiang Chen tried to further communicate with the spirituality of the peach wood. It was at this moment that his mind merged with the spirituality of the peach wood, and strange scenes began to emerge in his mind.

Long, long ago, the Muyu Island was barren. A small peach tree sprouted from the ground. It absorbed the wind, frost, rain and dew, and continued to grow, eventually growing into a big tree. However, everything has its limits, including humans and peach trees.

After a dozen years, the peach tree reached the end of its life and died. However, after another period of time, the roots of the peach tree, which should have decayed, came back to life and gave birth to a small peach tree. It grew up again and then died again. This cycle repeated endlessly.

However, through the cycle of life and death of the peach wood, Jiang Chen saw two extremely mysterious Taoist texts, one was withering and the other was flourishing.

When these two words reflected in the depths of Jiang Chen's soul, all of Jiang Chen's formless true energy was aroused and began to spontaneously blend with the peach wood. At this moment, the two true energies with different natures blended together perfectly, you in me and me in you.

As time passed, under the reflection of the two words "withering" and "flourishing", Jiang Chen's formless true qi began to undergo subtle changes.

After a long time, the words "withering" and "prospering" disappeared, and the auras of Jiang Chen and Tao Mu began to subside at the same time.

"Withering and flourishing, life and death, time is impermanent."

Opening his eyes, Jiang Chen let out a sigh.

At this moment, he seemed to have experienced the baptism of a long time, and a sense of vicissitudes of life naturally revealed himself, but this aura was soon dispersed.

"The tenacity of life is fully revealed, but I wonder if it is a miracle born from the ordinary or if it is simply born extraordinary."

Looking at the peach wood again, Jiang Chen's eyes were filled with scrutiny. The extraordinaryness of this peach wood was beyond his original expectations. It was OK that it could directly enter the Qi training stage with the help of the opportunity of the spiritual energy explosion, but the most important thing was that it actually gave birth to the two words "withering and flourishing" in its body, which was really incredible.

However, Taomu was completely confused about Jiang Chen's doubts.

Seeing this, Jiang Chen could only temporarily suppress the distracting thoughts in his mind. Compared with Shu Tianjiao, Taomu's wisdom was much worse, and it was actually more of an instinct. This might be the difference between animal spiritualism and plant spiritualism.

However, in terms of background and opportunity, Shu Tianjiao is far inferior to Taomu.

"I originally thought that it would take me some time to break through to the minor stage of Qi training, but I never thought that this time I would be able to take this step by chance."

"The most important thing is to blend with the peach wood true energy and polish myself with the idea of ​​withering and flourishing. My true energy has undergone subtle changes, and its essence has been improved. Although this improvement is very weak, it does exist." Reflecting himself and feeling the changes in himself, Jiang Chen fell into deep thought.

The most important thing for a Qigong cultivator is to cultivate true Qi. It is also because of this that any treasure or secret method that can improve the quality of true Qi is of high value. For example, if the Frost Spirit Water were to be put up for auction, countless people would scramble for it.

As for treasures that can improve the quality of top-grade true qi, they are even rarer and more difficult to find. After all, top-grade true qi is already the best among true qi. Once it is cultivated, there will basically be no real bottleneck in the qi training realm.

"If the withered and flourishing true qi, the withered and flourishing true meaning, can often be integrated with the peach wood true qi, perhaps it can help my formless true qi to further advance, break the limit of the upper grade, and enter a new level."

Jiang Chen's mind was wandering and he had an idea in his mind.

Taomu's extraordinaryness has been revealed. He cultivates the withering and flourishing true qi, which has a unique and mysterious nature and can help him hone his own true qi. The only thing that makes him feel strange is that Taomu's withering and flourishing true qi is only at a low level, which is somewhat inconsistent with the magical properties it displays.

"We can explore all the mysteries later, but right now, there are other things to do."

Lowering his eyes, Jiang Chen looked into the depths of Muyu Island.

He had just merged with the peach wood spirit, but he knew that there was a spiritual cave hidden deep in the Muyu Island.

"If Muyu Island really has some kind of treasure as Taoist Baihe said, then it is probably in this spiritual cave."

Thinking of the records left by Taoist Baihe, Jiang Chen looked towards the direction of the spiritual cave, thoughtful.

After taking charge of Muyu Island, he ordered a comprehensive search of the island, thinking that he would try his luck, but there was no so-called treasure.

"Let me see if that's the case."

A thought came to his mind, and Jiang Chen communicated with the peach tree, letting it use its roots to separate the soil and rocks for him, forming a path leading to the spiritual cave.

This spiritual cave is hidden deep in the Muyu Island, and swims in the broken earth veins of the Muyu Island. If the green fish had not entered the water this time and revealed its traces, it would not be so easy for outsiders to discover its existence. Even if the entire island was turned over, there would not be any big gains. In all likelihood, the spiritual cave would be completely destroyed. After all, the so-called spiritual cave is actually the remnant left after the collapse of the spiritual veins.

After a while, thanks to Taomu's efforts, a passage appeared in front of Jiang Chen.

Using his true Qi to protect himself, Jiang Chen followed the passage into the depths of Muyu Island and saw the Spirit Cave. At this moment, it was entangled by many peach wood roots and fixed in place.

"It really is a spirit cave."

Looking at the spiritual cave that looked like a huge rock with a self-contained interior and the size of a room, Jiang Chen's eyes moved. He had only seen such a thing as a spiritual cave in Taoist books, and this was the first time he had actually seen one in real life.

"After the spiritual vein collapsed, it manifested externally as a spiritual cave, while the inner part became a spiritual grotto. Each possessed its own mysteries. The reason the Lu, Wen, and Gao families in Qingyuan County were able to dominate other factions was because they each occupied a spiritual cave."

With his thoughts turning, Jiang Chen approached the spirit cave.

With Tao Mu's help, he easily crossed the barrier outside the spiritual cave and walked into the spiritual cave.

(End of this chapter)