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Chapter 115 The Stone Monkey's Assistance
Stone monkey?

Upon hearing those two words, Zhou Sheng immediately pictured the birth of the Monkey King from Journey to the West.

When he looked up at the rock not far away, perched on the edge of a cliff amidst the clouds, that resembled a monkey, he couldn't help but feel a little dazed.

On the cliff edge halfway up the mountain, a strange rock stands against the wind, its pine needles overhead like a canopy, bathed in the vast sea of ​​clouds, faintly gleaming with a strange light, as if it is absorbing the spirit of heaven and earth, the essence of the sun and moon.

It turned out to be a naturally formed, unique stone.

Most importantly, the strange rock looks remarkably like the Monkey King from the book, while the pine tree beside it resembles the Monkey King's golden cudgel, facing the sea of ​​clouds as if gazing into the distance.

"Is this the Monkey Watching the Sea at Mount Lu?"

Zhou Sheng couldn't help but ask, as he had long heard that there was a strange rock on Mount Lu that resembled a macaque monkey, standing under a pine tree, overlooking the sea of ​​clouds.

Unexpectedly, the "monkey" in the Monkey Watching the Sea was actually a stone that had come to life!
Even from a distance of several dozen feet, he could hear the stone monkey's breathing sounds, like a long wind in an empty valley, as if a giant whale was hidden in the sea of ​​clouds.

This is why he has opened his ears and can hear the voices of ghosts and gods. If an ordinary person came here, they would hear nothing but the rustling of pine needles in the wind.

"Indeed, this stone monkey calls itself a minor saint. It has absorbed the essence of heaven and earth and the sun and moon for countless years. It contains a divine embryo. It is a stone during the day and a monkey at night. It is currently in the critical period of yin and yang transformation, and the stone embryo is transforming into a physical body. Therefore, it may not be willing to give up some of the earth's energy."

"Wait a moment, allow me to step forward and plead for you."

The mountain god stepped forward, leaning on his cane, and said with a smile, "Little Saint, I have a request. This young man saved my life. I wonder if you would allow him to use the power of the earth's veins here to cultivate the art of escape?"

A sudden gust of mountain wind howled, making his beard dance in the wind.

"Oh, little saint, please do me this favor—"

The strong wind made the mountain god squint. He was still recovering and was in a weak state. At this moment, he staggered backward and almost fell.

Fortunately, Zhou Sheng braced himself against His back with his hand.

Just then, the cries of many macaques rang out around them, and figures darted through the woods. They were all wild macaques from Mount Lu, baring their teeth at the two of them, and some even threw stones at them.

Clearly, the stone monkey was unwilling to do the mountain god a favor.

Zhou Sheng frowned, unsure of what to do, when he suddenly heard a somewhat familiar whistling sound.

A strange monkey with a human face and a monkey body, one leg and one heel, rushed over, silencing all the macaques around it.

"Mountain God?"

A look of joy flashed in Zhou Sheng's eyes, and he blurted it out.

The newcomer was the same mountain demon that had led him to the mountain god temple. It smiled and nodded at Zhou Sheng, then patted its chest and pointed to the stone monkey in the distance.

"Is Shan Gong willing to intercede on my behalf?"

The mandrill was extremely pleased with the calls of "mountain god" and couldn't suppress its smirk. It immediately jumped in front of the stone monkey, calling out and gesturing with its hands.

Before long, the mandrill waved and a proud smile appeared on its face.

It writes words on the ground with its finger.

"Little Sage said, you have two hours."

"That's enough, thank you, Mountain Master, thank you, Little Saint!"

Zhou Sheng was very courteous and showed no disrespect to the other party because the other party was a stone fetus or a monkey.

Seeing that the matter was settled, the mandrill waved his hand and led the monkeys away, disappearing from sight in no time.

Without further delay, Zhou Sheng immediately followed the instructions in the book "Zhengyi Longhu Dishu Escape Method," taking off his shoes and socks and stepping barefoot onto the ground, only three zhang away from the strange rock.

In the darkness, he felt as if a pair of eyes were curiously observing him.

Zhou Sheng, however, remained oblivious to everything. He closed his eyes, concentrated his energy, and silently recited incantations, carefully sensing the rising energy of the earth's veins. After about a quarter of an hour, Zhou Sheng gradually felt a heavy energy rising from the Yongquan acupoint on the sole of his foot, as if the entire mountain was constantly rising, from a hundred feet to a thousand feet, and then from a thousand feet to ten thousand feet.

This delighted him. The book said that a place where one could feel the earth's energy entering the body within half an hour was a rare treasure.

It seems that the location of this stone monkey is indeed where the earth's veins converge at Mount Lu.

He then formed the Five Sacred Mountains Escape Seal with his hands, his thumb corresponding to Mount Song, his index finger to Mount Tai, his middle finger to Mount Heng, his ring finger to Mount Hua, and his little finger to Mount Heng, and lightly tapped his palms in turn.

The next moment, five colors of earth energy—green, red, yellow, white, and black—suddenly appeared in his mind, entering his body through the Yongquan acupoint, ascending along the Foot Shaoyin Kidney Meridian, breaking through acupoints such as Yingu, Guanyuan, and Qihai, and finally arriving in his Dantian.

Boom!!
On the shore of that golden lake, a large amount of earth energy quickly condensed and transformed into five majestic mountain peaks.

In reality, when Zhou Sheng used the "Earth Gate Technique" to perform the Nine Palaces Steps, his figure would appear and disappear intermittently.

In the end, he miraculously passed through the stone wall beside him without getting hurt.

At this point, the Zhengyi Dragon Tiger Earth Pivot Escape Technique was almost complete, with only the final step remaining—refining and absorbing Thunder Qi.

The Celestial Master's Mansion of Longhu Mountain is famous throughout the world for its thunder magic. This Earth Pivot Escape Technique also contains the wonders of thunder magic. One must draw thunder energy into the body in order to suppress the thick and continuous earth energy and control it at any time, as easily as one's own arm.

Thunder is the supreme of all laws. This escape technique must be led by thunder energy. Without this "commander", the Five Sacred Mountains in the dantian are lifeless and can never be used by Zhou Sheng.

He might even suffer a backlash from the earth element, causing blockages in the meridians of his legs, making it difficult for him to walk, essentially leaving him disabled.

This was naturally something Zhou Sheng could not accept, so he continued to cultivate according to the method of absorbing and refining thunder qi in ancient books, forming thunder formations with his hands and reciting mantras over and over again.

However, after an unknown amount of time, he did not feel much thunder energy gathering around him; the amount he obtained was extremely thin and impossible to cultivate with.

Suddenly, he was startled. It had just rained on Mount Lu, and the thunder energy had almost dissipated. It was not a good time to cultivate!
Moreover, he can't sing yin opera now, otherwise singing Lei Gong would attract thunder energy from all directions.

Unfortunately, he was at a crucial stage in his cultivation and could not afford to be distracted.

Zhou Sheng continued to try, but as time passed, the five divine mountains in his dantian began to sway and tumble down, with stones constantly falling from them.

The condensed earth energy is collapsing and disintegrating due to the lack of a suppressing element.

If it weren't for his profound cultivation, which allowed him to forcefully suppress the earth energy with his magic power, he would probably have already lost all his efforts and even suffered a backlash from the escape technique.

What should I do?
Zhou Sheng's mind raced. Just as he was about to use the Luoshu (Lo Shu Square) to divine, a voice suddenly rang in his ears.

"Since you helped Brother Mountain Demon, I, Old Sun, will draw this lightning bolt for you!"

No sooner had he finished speaking than a flash of lightning appeared over Mount Lu, followed by a deafening roar.

Suddenly, a great flash of lightning illuminated the sky, and the sky, which had just cleared, was instantly covered with dark clouds, with rolling thunderclouds.

Zhou Sheng was jolted as lightning energy surged into him like a tidal wave, causing a tingling and numb sensation from head to toe, with even his hair crackling with tiny sparks of electricity.

When the gates of the earth close, thunderous sounds arise; when the gates of the heavens open, lightning flashes.

The five divine mountains in the dantian immediately stopped trembling, and the five-colored earth qi intertwined and stretched, mixed with a few strands of lightning, which was beautiful and dreamlike.

At this moment, Zhou Sheng saw five divine mountains resembling reclining dragons, and golden waves resembling crouching tigers, with dragons and tigers intertwined and mountains and waters blending together.

"Thunder rising from the earth is called the Hidden Dragon; Qi descending from the sky is called the Flying Tiger. When the Dragon and Tiger interact, the Earth's pivot can be turned."

When the last sentence of the ancient book appeared in Zhou Sheng's mind, he slowly opened his eyes. His pupils showed double ring patterns, with gold inside and blue outside, which was called "Earth Pupil".

The next moment, his body seemed to melt away and slowly disappear, like a drop of water falling into the ocean.

The Zhengyi Dragon-Tiger Earth Pivot Escape Technique is now complete!
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(End of this chapter)