From Under One Person: Sincere Journey Through the Heavens

Mingyue also bowed, saying, "Master made some progress in his cultivation a few days ago and went west. He also said that a distinguished guest would be visiting soon, so he ordered us to come and greet him."

I never expected it to be the Second Master.

sorry! sorry! "

Regardless, Sun Wukong and this Primordial Town Yuanzi were sworn brothers under the witness of Heaven, and the two Daoist disciples, Qingfeng and Mingyue, dared not neglect them.

“You two boys have mistaken me for someone else. I am not Sun Wukong, but Gu Yue Yuanjue. I am just traveling west to subdue demons and monsters. I happened to pass by your esteemed place and would like to ask to stay for the night. I would also like to borrow your cooking pot and stove to cook some food for us. We are willing to pay for the firewood.”

The river flowed back in return.

"Please come in and observe."

Qingfeng and Mingyue looked at each other, and could only say this.

After entering the gate and passing through the front courtyard, there were forty-eight Taoist priests sitting cross-legged outside the main hall, cultivating and refining the lower dantian pills to enhance their magical power.

“They are our senior brothers, all of whom have cultivated to the Golden Core stage. If they can go to heaven and obtain an official position, they will be immortals.”

Seeing the curiosity of ordinary people like Kui Lang and Bai Hua Ai, Qing Feng raised his chin and proudly introduced them.

"We cultivate in the mountains, capture demons and refine elixirs, cook monsters and eat them. How can we go to the Heavenly Court to be slaves?"

Mingyue's face was as smug as Qingfeng's. She added a sentence, and then saw Kuilang, Baihua Ai and others staring in disbelief, their noses even more upturned than before.

Upon entering the main hall, the group observed that there were five large halls to the south, covered with carved silk with a bright upper layer and a dark lower layer. In the central hall, a painting of the two characters "Heaven and Earth" in five colors was hung, along with an incense table with a golden incense burner on it and burning incense beside it.

Jiang Liu stepped forward, picked up three incense sticks, lit them, bowed three times to heaven and earth, inserted them into the incense burner, and thanked heaven and earth for shaping his body.

Bajie, Fude, Lüzhen, Huyuan, Hujue, as well as Kuilang, Baihuaai, and others followed suit and bowed three times.

After bowing.

Jiang Liu turned back and said to the two boys, "Immortal boys, where has your master gone west? Could it be to the Western Paradise, the Spirit Mountain?"

"No."

Mingyue shook her head and glanced at Qingfeng.

"Although Master went west, he was not going to visit Buddha. Instead, he went to White Tiger Ridge to exterminate the demons in the mountain so that travelers going east and west could save their lives."

Qingfeng shook his head and explained the reason, then said, "Gentlemen, please go to the guest rooms to rest. My master said that if the Second Master comes, no matter how many people there are, we will entertain them."

The group had no choice but to go to the guest rooms to rest.

Meanwhile, the two Daoist boys, Qingfeng and Mingyue, went to the back hall, one carrying a cinnabar tray and the other taking a golden mallet, and went to the ginseng fruit garden.

“Brother, Master is going to perform a ritual at White Tiger Ridge and no outsiders are allowed to disturb him. But Gu Yue Yuan Jue is the reincarnation of that monkey and is still our Second Master. We cannot neglect him.”

Standing before the thousand-foot-tall ginseng fruit tree, gazing at the baby-shaped fruits on its branches, Qingfeng sighed, "But five hundred years ago, because of that monkey's mischief, only these thirteen ginseng fruits remain in my family's possession—"

The ginseng fruit tree absorbs primordial energy to bear fruit, and only thirty fruits are produced every ten thousand years.

When the garden opened, I shared two pieces with everyone, leaving twenty-eight pieces.

Two coins were given to Tang Sanzang... which went into their stomachs, leaving twenty-six coins.

Then the monkey stole three more, and one fell to the ground, but there were still twenty-three left.

Finally, due to the powerful influence of the Buddhist sect on Mount Ling, the master had no choice but to become sworn brothers with the monkey under the witness of Heaven, and had to give away ten coins as a favor.

But only thirteen remained.

now--

“Master said that even if we give all thirteen fruits to that chosen one, we will still have to hold him off for ten days to half a month.”

Mingyue, however, had a change of heart. Looking at the ginseng fruit on the tree, she wiped the drool from the corner of her mouth and said to her brother, "Why waste these fruits when we're just holding off that chosen one?"

"you mean?"

Qingfeng squinted, but also licked his lips, craving the taste of the ginseng fruit.

Mingyue took out a Gu jar, opened the lid, and revealed the insects inside, which were as small as sesame seeds and as dense as clouds.

He chuckled and said, "That 'Second Master' taught us to fall asleep with the Sleepy Bug back then. Now that he has reincarnated, his cultivation level is definitely not as good as it was back then."

For the past five hundred years, you and I have been refining this sleep-inducing bug, merely for amusement, but who would have thought we'd encounter that monkey again...

Can you swallow that insult?

"cannot!"

Qingfeng glanced at the ginseng fruit, his heart filled with greed, and he recalled his anger. He spoke with absolute certainty, "Master said that the primordial Qi evolves into all things and becomes more stable in harmony with the way of heaven and earth. However, it is a natural disaster for us cultivators. If this ginseng fruit tree is to bear another thirty fruits, I don't know how many living beings will have to be sacrificed."

These thirteen fruits are still hanging on this tree thanks to the spiritual nourishment of the land in this garden.

At this point, Qingfeng climbed the tree and knocked down two ginseng fruits.

Mingyue held up a cinnabar tray under the tree, caught two pills, but instead of sending them to Jiang Liu's guest room, she gave one to each of them and put them into her stomach, thus gaining 47,000 years of lifespan out of thin air.

"Senior brother, take down two more."

Mingyue licked her lips, still wanting more.

"No rush, go and call the senior brothers in the sect," Qingfeng ordered.

Why call them?

Mingyue was dissatisfied, feeling that the good food should be eaten by her own brothers and sisters, why give it to those fellow disciples with no blood relation? "They think our master favors us, and they often speak ill of us, scolding us for eating for free, not getting up until the sun is high in the sky..."

Chapter 1426 Zhenyuan Returns to Body and Refines the Elixir

“I don’t like him waiting either, but if the sleepiness doesn’t work and fails to hold back the ‘Second Master’, causing him to go west and disturb the First Master, and he comes back to find that the ginseng fruit in the garden is gone… no matter how much the Master dotes on us, he will still have to send us down the mountain.”

Qingfeng had his own plans. "But if my senior brothers also eat the ginseng fruit, they'll be in the same boat as us. Even if Master is furious, he'll just have to reflect on his mistakes."

"Wonderful! Absolutely wonderful!"

Mingyue was overjoyed and was about to call her senior brother when Qingfeng stopped her, saying, "Don't call them all. Call them one by one, lest that pig overhears."

"nature!"

The last time that monkey stole the ginseng fruit, Mingyue learned what had happened from the local earth god. It was because that mischievous pig overheard their conversation and told the monkey…

How can we repeat the same mistakes now?

And so.

Mingyue handed the golden cudgel to Qingfeng, straightened her Taoist robe, and walked outside with a natural expression. She called up a fellow disciple who was practicing and took him to the orchard to explain what had happened.

The senior brother was greatly surprised, not daring to believe that these two boys were so audacious. But then he thought, their master had planned to give away all thirteen ginseng fruits in order to hold off the chosen one for ten or fifteen days.

Rather than letting the monkey, the pig, and the tiger demon, wolf demon, radish demon, and the ten mortals who were traveling with them eat for free, it would be better for them to enjoy it themselves.

It is:

A gentle breeze can stir up many thoughts, and an unclear moon can bring much gloom.

The moment greed arises, one becomes a demon in hell.

Before long, the forty-eight disciples of the Wuzhuang Temple Master left their meditation cushions one by one and went to the orchard to share the water transformed from ginseng fruit. Each of them gained a thousand or ten thousand years of lifespan, and the golden elixir forged in their lower dantian became more and more rounded, greatly increasing their magical power. They were all overjoyed.

Meanwhile, in that guest room, Jiang Liu did not open his wisdom eye or Dharma eye at all times. He was unaware that the Taoist priests and children in the temple had shared the ginseng fruit. Seeing that Kui Lang, Bai Hua Ai and others went to the kitchen to start a fire and cook, he instructed Hu Yuan and Hu Jue to help chop wood in the kitchen, asked Liang Luzhen to help with the fire, and called Bajie to let the horses graze, leaving only Lao Fude behind.

"Junior Brother Fude, do you know why I kept you here?" Jiang Liu asked.

"I hope my senior brother can enlighten me."

Old Fude bowed deeply, adjusting his back with humility, and asked for advice.

"I hope you will become the ancestor of the earthly immortals."

Jiang Liu spoke frankly.

Upon hearing this, Old Fude was horrified and asked in bewilderment, "Senior Brother, you intend to kill Zhen Yuanzi!"

"He can hardly be considered Zhen Yuanzi."

The river flows quietly along the way.

Fu De remained silent.

It was only because he possessed the spirit of Jiang Liu Zhen Yuanzi that he had already comprehended the Dao of the Five Organs and Five Qi, and had the hope of achieving immortality. He also understood why this primordial world was so full of disasters.

Because the world is incomplete!

"I have no intention of killing him at the moment. However, the Ginseng Fruit Tree is a spiritual root that has existed since the beginning of the primordial world and is the key to completing the cycle of Qi."

Jiang Liu revealed the origins of the matter: "You have already mastered the principles of cultivation of the five internal organs and the five energies, and you have also understood the way of cultivating the elixir from my [Zhen Yuanzi]."

In my future spiritual practice, I only need to persevere to achieve enlightenment and also help me mend the heavens.

As for Zhen Yuanzi...

Afterwards, when we go to White Tiger Ridge, I will persuade him and guide him on the methods of cultivating the Great Dao. Wouldn't that be the best of both worlds?

Old Fude breathed a sigh of relief, but then returned the Zhen Yuanzi within his body and mind to Jiang Liu—because he was now able to cultivate on his own and no longer needed the assistance of the body spirit within Jiang Liu's primordial spirit, which represented the Zhou Tian Huan Dan system.

The return of Zhen Yuanzi's divine body to Jiang Liu's primordial spirit further perfected his elixir-returning system. During this period, he also inscribed the Daoist essence of the Earth God on Lao Fude, thus completely forging the divine position of "Fude Zhengshen" within his primordial spirit. He was able to bestow the title of Earth God upon the benevolent spirits formed from his own thoughts. Therefore, Zhen Yuanzi could be called the "Ancestor of Earth Immortals".

Afterwards, Lao Fude used his magic to head towards the orchard, intending to tend to the roots of the ginseng fruit trees, but he heard laughter from above and couldn't help but listen.

"Haha! Senior brother, be generous! The ginseng fruit is meant for us to eat, we can't let that monkey get it for free!"

"Master told us to offer all thirteen ginseng fruits to that monkey. If we eat them ourselves, will Master blame us when he returns?"

"Don't worry, senior brother. Master instructed us to hold off that monkey for ten to fifteen days. As long as we accomplish this, what does it matter if we eat the ginseng fruit?"

"rational!"

"..."

Old Fude remained silent, but cursed inwardly, "These two young disciples are so lazy! They both ate the ginseng fruit themselves! They're not human! They're not human!"

Why did Zhen Yuanzi delay his senior brother's journey?

Just as he was wondering about this, Lao Fude was about to go back and report to Jiang Liu when he heard a cry of "Help!" He followed the sound and crawled into the ground, where he found a ginseng root.

"Are you the local deity of Wuzhuang Temple? Why do you look like this!"

Old Fude was shocked, for the land deity of Wuzhuang Temple had lost his human form and revealed his true form. His ginseng skin was withered, his grass leaves were dry, and only a sallow human face was reflected on it. His spiritual energy was like a candle flickering in the wind, as if it would dissipate at any moment.

"Are you also the land?"

The local deity of Wuzhuang Temple lamented and revealed his origins: "I was originally the first ginseng spirit since the beginning of time, born alongside this ginseng fruit tree. However, I was defeated by Zhen Yuanzi, who took the fruit tree from me, and I became his slave, the local deity of Wuzhuang Temple."