Dongxuan Spiritual Realm

Chapter 33 A Woman with Purple Light

Yang Qisheng has already completed the foundation building, which means that he has completely completed all the work in the "Qi training and foundation building" stage. The next step is to enter the next stage of practice of "setting up the furnace and refining the evil spirits".

But Master Mingyi was in seclusion and had not come out. The only two scriptures in his mind were "Lingbao Five Talismans Sutra" and "Lingbao Saving People Sutra", and he did not know the subsequent exercises.

All he could do was continue to practice the "Lingbao Five Talismans Sutra", constantly cultivating his true essence and polishing the five elements of sword energy. There was only a quantitative increase, but no qualitative improvement.

To be honest, it was impossible for him not to envy Xue Yan, but it was only a slight envy.

There are three things he must do every day: cultivate the five qi of spiritual treasures alone in his bedroom, practice sword fighting with his senior brother Ye Yunqiao, and save the twelve demon spirits in the bronze mirror in the magic room.

In his spare time, he would go out to pick some wild fruits and vegetables. Under the guidance of the spiritual consciousness of Mingyi Zhenren, he would try to collect herbs and refine simple pills, powders, pastes and pills.

Sometimes he would watch with great interest his horse, the Cloud-Stepping Horse, running in the valley and fighting with the dragons and snakes on the other side of the mountain.

Longgao Mountain has a total radius of 800 miles, and the basin where Shuyu Peak is located is only a part of it. In the remaining rolling mountains, there are countless birds and beasts, and there are also many dragons and snakes.

The dragon snakes here are usually half dragon and half snake. Some look like crocodiles, some like lizards, some like salamanders, and some like pit vipers. They are hybrids with each other and have strange shapes. Many of them have not been named.

Yang Qisheng asked the Mingyi Zhenren in his mind, who didn't know what to call him: "If you're interested, you can compile a 'Dragon and Snake Catalogue' yourself, drawing pictures of each type of dragon and snake, giving them names and annotating their characteristics."

"Are there any benefits after eating it?" Yang Qisheng thought of the Classic of Mountains and Seas from his previous life and couldn't help laughing. "Let me see which kind of dragon can cure hemorrhoids after eating it."

Mingyi Zhenren's consciousness was just a passive response, without any real human emotions, and he couldn't understand the funny point of what Yang Qisheng said.

Yang Qisheng was smiling when suddenly a purple sword light flew in from outside the mountain, and he was immediately startled.

It seems that the method is also the sword-wielding technique of our sect, but the five elements of Lingbao sword energy are green wood, red fire, white gold, black water, and yellow earth, with five distinct colors, so there should be no purple sword light.

Before he could figure it out, the sword light fell before his eyes like a meteor. When the sword light dissipated, a girl in purple clothes appeared inside, with a slender figure and a heroic appearance.

Seeing Yang Qisheng, the girl clasped her hands and said, "Excuse me, fellow Taoist, is this Longgao Mountain, the Taoist temple of Mingyi Zhenren?"

"This is Longgao Mountain. Are you here to look for my master?"

The young girl's face lit up with joy when she heard this. She placed her sword fingers together and performed the Taiyi Palace's unique greeting, a gesture reserved for peers. "I am Huo Yaoguang, a disciple of Zhongfu Sanren of the Taiyi Palace, and I'm honored to meet you, Senior Brother."

Zhongfu Sanren, like Mingyi Zhenren, also opened a separate residence outside. She is the only female Taoist in Taiyi Palace of this generation, and the only one who accepts female disciples.

Seeing the other party's thorough courtesy, Yang Qisheng quickly returned the greeting: "I am Yang Qisheng, a disciple of Master Mingyi."

The two talked about their ages. Yang Qisheng was eighteen years old and Huo Yaoguang was seventeen years old. They called each other senior brother and junior sister.

Yang Qisheng invited Huo Yaoguang into the cave and served him tea. Huo Yaoguang's eyes sparkled, and he looked around eagerly: "Your place is so quiet and elegant. Our Zhenyue Lake is a large lake, and there are 300 miles of swamps. The sky is gloomy and gloomy, and the ground is full of mud. It makes me feel depressed."

Yang Qisheng was a little curious. Immortals would always choose a beautiful feng shui location for their cultivation. "Since Sister Zhongfu chose that place for her Taoist temple, it must be a blessed place like Longgao Mountain. It's just that I've lived there for a long time and don't think it has any special features."

Huo Yaoguang shook his head and sighed exaggeratedly, "You'll know when you get a chance to go and see it for yourself."

After chatting for a few words, Huo Yaoguang untied the Qiankun bag at his waist, took out two mutton-fat jade bottles and handed them over.

"This is the Earth Fire Spirit Wine that my master brewed. He asked me to bring it to Uncle Mingyi."

Yang Qisheng took the bottle and found it was warm to the touch, as if it was filled with hot water.

It turns out that there are several volcanoes in Zhenyueze, and inside the craters grows a kind of spiritual fruit called Earth Fire Spirit Fruit. It blooms every fifteen years, bears fruit every fifteen years, and matures once every thirty years.

Every time Zhongfu Sanren waits for the fruits to ripen, he uses the rest to make medicine and brew wine.

What Mingyi Zhenren cultivates is the True Fire Evil of the Earth. The evil energy he collected was from the crater in the past. It is most suitable for this, so every time Zhongfu Sanren finishes brewing wine, he will send his disciples to deliver two bottles.

Yang Qisheng accepted the wine and continued chatting with Huo Yaoguang. Yuji Mountain was predominantly female, with a strong female population and a weak male population. Huo Yaoguang had been cultivating the Dao in the mountains since childhood, and seeing a male for the first time in years was something she felt drawn to, and she became more talkative.

The two talked about the scenic spots and specialties of Zhenyue and Zelonggao Mountain, and the techniques of practicing "Lingbao Wufujing".

Huo Yaoguang was surprised to hear that Yang Qisheng was cultivating the Five Elements. "Master said that our sect's Five Elements cultivation is extremely difficult because it requires suppressing five negative emotions simultaneously. If anything goes wrong, the Five Qi will become unbalanced, leading to demonic possession. It's fine during the Qi cultivation stage, but once you cultivate the Sha and Gang, the demonic thoughts and desires will become even more powerful, making it difficult to control yourself."

After a pause, she continued, "Currently, in the entire Taiyi Palace, there are only four people, including you, who have mastered the Five Elements Cultivation. One of them is the headmaster, the Great Master Uncle. The remaining two of our generation are both at the Qingning Mountain Ancestral Temple. It is said that the headmaster of each generation has mastered the Five Elements Cultivation. In the future, the next headmaster will also be one of those two brothers at the Ancestral Temple."

Yang Qisheng was stunned. He didn't expect that there were so few people who could practice the Five Elements, and it was also related to the position of the headmaster.

I couldn't help but smile bitterly: "Am I a little overestimating my own abilities?"

"No, no." Huo Yaoguang quickly shook his head. "Since Uncle Mingyi didn't stop you, he naturally approves of you. Every disciple in our Taiyi Palace is a genius, full of hidden talents. Only three of them have mastered the Five Elements Combined Cultivation, which is already too few."

Yang Qisheng nodded. "The true Five Elements Divide will be in the future, during the furnace setting and refining stage. Once the Five Elements Dansha is condensed, it cannot be changed. Master probably wants to see how my future cultivation progresses before making a decision."

He then asked Huo Yaoguang why her sword light was purple.

Huo Yaoguang didn't hide it. "When you were in the 'River Cart Realm', you only cultivated the 'Small River Cart' and the 'Big River Cart', and then began the Divine Circulation. I put in a lot of effort and cultivated the 'Purple River Cart' on top of those two, collecting herbs and refining Qi. It took me three years longer than others to enter the 'Circulation Realm'. And Master said that my form has been finalized. I will have fewer Earthly Evils to choose from in the future, and I can only cultivate the 'Eastern Purple Qi' when refining Gang."

It turned out that in addition to the "Lingbao Five Talismans Sutra", she also practiced the "Dongshen Purple and Green Divine Sword Sutra". In addition to the purple sword light, she could also refine green, which was different in color from the ordinary Oriental Green Wood Sword Qi.

This sword manual comes from the Dongshen lineage. After being absorbed, improved and integrated by the predecessors, it became an option for disciples of this sect to practice swordsmanship. It is very different from the original one, but it still carries the prefix "Dongshen".

Different sword energies have different properties. When Huo Yaoguang condenses his evil spirit in the future, he will definitely have to practice the matching Purple and Green Sword Technique, which has many more mysteries than the Five Elements Sword Energy that everyone practices.

Huo Yaoguang had something else to do on his visit this time: "A thousand miles southeast of here, there's a long Dragon Tree Ridge. It's said to be where poisonous dragons bred in ancient times. There's a poisonous dragon tree on the ridge. Its fruit is highly poisonous, but when processed and used to make elixirs, it's quite potent. It can reconnect severed limbs, regenerate flesh and bones, and even help aliens transform. Even if you're healthy, you can make preserved fruit or wine, both of which are excellent. Before I came here, my master specifically told me to pick a bag of poisonous dragon fruit to take back."

Yang Qisheng became interested upon hearing this: "The poisonous dragon fruit is so useful, why not transplant some back?"

Huo Yaoguang smiled and said, "The Dragon Tree Ridge is uniquely situated, stretching a thousand miles and rising a thousand feet. The northwest is shrouded in gloomy yin energy, with howling winds year-round, while the sunny side is warm and pleasant like spring all year round. Not only is the ground special, but it also contains a vast amount of dragon blood, dragon bones, and dragon flesh accumulated since ancient times. These deposits, which decayed in the soil, allowed the growth of such a spiritual tree. There's no other place like this in the world. A poisonous dragon tree would have a hard time surviving if transplanted elsewhere, and even if it did, its fruit wouldn't have much medicinal value. The fruit ripens every three years, and we'll come here to pick it."

Yang Qisheng thought that since they had come from afar and had brought gifts, he had nothing good to offer in return. Now that they were doing business at his doorstep, he should do his best to help.

Besides, he also wanted to see what Longshuling was like, and planned to pick some poisonous dragon fruits to study.

So he offered to help Huo Yaoguang pick fruits.

Huo Yaoguang also had a favorable impression of him and was willing to make friends, so he smiled and agreed, "Then I'll have to trouble you, Senior Brother!"

At this time, Ye Yunqiao was practicing in his own cave. Yang Qisheng did not disturb him. He took a pen and paper and left a note for Ye Yunqiao. He also sealed the two bottles of Earth Fire Spirit Wine and the letter that Xue Yan had sent earlier in the inner cave.

After tidying up a bit, he went outside with Huo Yaoguang. They each gathered their sword energy and flew into the sky. After finding the right direction, they flew side by side towards Longshu Ridge.

It took them half an hour to fly a thousand miles.

None of them had been to Longshuling, but they saw a high mountain in the distance, stretching from northeast to southwest, like a huge threshold standing there. They immediately knew that this was the place they were looking for.

The northern slope of Longshuling is steep, with many cliffs and exposed mountain rocks. Many strange trees grow in the cracks of the rocks.

The tree was about thirty to fifty feet tall, with sparse leaves and branches that stretched out in a crooked manner, like stiff pythons stuck in the trunk.

The two landed on the ridge and were amazed at the poisonous dragon fruits on the trees, each about a foot in diameter.

"How many fruits this big can you fit in your Qiankun bag?"

Huo Yaoguang pulled out another jade ring from his sleeve. "Before I came here, my master gave me this 'Mustard Ring'. It's specifically for holding this poisonous dragon fruit."

(End of this chapter)