From Under One Person: Sincere Journey Through the Heavens

I suspect he was planning to rob a tomb...

Or perhaps they were afraid he would take something from the Immortal Village...

It's also possible that they realized they were landlords and that their property would be confiscated after the arrival of the imperial envoy, so they planned to scout the way into the mountains in advance in order to avoid the fate of having their property confiscated in the future.

But now that Zhen Yuanzi has explained it this way, Zhang Zhiwei understands.

Sun Xuewu is going to learn from Feng Shigu and become a Corpse Immortal!

The names and Taoist titles of Hua Youtan and Wei Tuo also serve as a reminder to Sun Xuewu. Although Sun Xuewu is not a practitioner, as a descendant of Guanshan Taibao, he must know many Taoist and Buddhist scriptures and could not possibly be unaware of the story of "the epiphyllum blooming briefly and becoming Wei Tuo".

The ephemeral beauty of the night-blooming cereus is like that of Wei Tuo; unwavering devotion is like that of the Vajrapani.

In most temples today, monks spend their time with the ancient Buddha and the dim lamp, unwilling to enter the world. This is because the word "Saha" in Buddhism refers to the largest, most painful, and most difficult world. Those who cultivate themselves often seek to transcend this Saha world, and it is believed that those who have transcended it are generally unwilling to re-enter the world of Saha.

But in fact?

Buddhist mythology contains stories that contradict this concept.

Legends such as those of the Flower Goddess and Weituo—

Udumbara flower = Buddhism, Taoism, the Right Path

Wei Tuo = a person who practices spiritual cultivation

Wei Tuo cultivated for a thousand years, yet he never once noticed the fleeting beauty of the Udumbara flower, which means that his thousand years of cultivation were nothing more than wandering in the same place.

The same reason.

Sun Xuewu's life over the past twenty years has been like that of Weituo, who cultivated for a thousand years but never once noticed the Udumbara flower; he was merely wandering aimlessly.

The Foundation Building Method also spread to Qingxi Village through the joint promotion of the Confucian Association-Nadutong and the Gongpai.

If Sun Xuewu truly wants to cultivate himself, spending twenty years practicing until he is forty or fifty years old is not too late. Historically, many eminent monks and true masters became monks halfway through their lives and went to the mountains to cultivate themselves.

After all, there are only two directions to Qi cultivation: one is to continuously improve one's life cultivation, and the other is to continuously control the Qi of one's body.

If you start practicing spiritual cultivation in your forties or fifties, you may not be as good as your peers in terms of spiritual and physical cultivation, but you may not necessarily lag behind others in progress in another direction.

However, Sun Xuewu still chose a shortcut, not sticking to the Foundation Building Method, but instead taking a different approach—

Judging from his action of being the first to run onto the swift bridge, one can see his eagerness to achieve quick results.

of course.

This may also be related to Zhang Zhiwei's use of his status as a "big shot" to "borrow the tiger's power".

And Zhen Yuanzi's guidance to Sun Xuewu—

It was a failure.

Why not just say it?

Again.

Not familiar with it.

And the other party won't listen.

Furthermore, if we really want to define their personalities, Shi Jian and Sun Xuewu are both landlords!

In order to fulfill the Buddha's mission of guiding the King of Wuji Kingdom to the West to attain the Golden Body of an Arhat, Manjushri Bodhisattva was able to spend five years examining an emperor to see if he was truly qualified.

But Jiang Liu didn't have that much free time.

Zhang Zhiwei, who joined the Gongpai faction, also became aware of this.

The two of them are quite patient with ordinary people.

But what about the landlord...?

Unqualified?

Go and cultivate yourself!

If they want to cause trouble, there's no need to bother with any education or reformation; just confiscate their house!

hum-

Just then, the Golden Swallow Bridge trembled, because there were too many swallows below and they were about to break through the airflow!

"Oops!"

Shi Jian and the others had already gone to the other side. After Bao Mei landed, she saw that Hua Youtan and Zhang Zhiwei had not yet moved, and shouted, "Hurry up and come over! The bridge is about to collapse!"

"Wow, that Bao Mei is really sincere."

Zhen Yuanzi smiled slightly, "Master Qianhe has indeed taken on a good disciple."

“Indeed sincere. Your progress in cultivation will surely be rapid in the future.” Zhang Zhiwei nodded in agreement.

Both contributed to the collapse of the swift bridge.

Not a single worry!

# Chapter 1116 Wuxia Coffin Mountain (Sixteen) Locusts and Swallows Form a Cycle

"They're not making it..."

As soon as Shi Jian opened his mouth, he saw Hua Youtan and Zhang Zhiwei leap up at the same time. Their feet were like flying swallows, their steps light and graceful, as if they had no weight. They were like two white rainbows. Just a moment ago they were on the Frightening Soul Platform, and in an instant they were in front of the Dragon Gate, standing steadily, just like immortals in the mountains.

Could that "Tianpeng" be someone from the Jianghu Xiaozhan (江湖小栈)?

Daoist Qianhe secretly wondered.

In the world of extraordinary people, if we're talking about intelligence, Jianghu Xiaozhan is second to none. Even the two major sects of Buddhism and Taoism have branches all over the land, but because their temples and monasteries are different, they don't have annual exchanges, which makes intelligence gathering not so quick.

Jianghu Xiaozhan relies on intelligence for its livelihood. In addition to various skills that ordinary people can learn, such as climbing walls, picking locks, acting as an inside agent, and being a spy, the practitioners of this force are all skilled in light-body techniques. Their speed and elusive movements are so fast that even the assassins of the Tang Clan may not be able to detect them.

Therefore, he suspected that Zhang Zhiwei might be a member of a small inn in the martial arts world.

And the Udumbara flower—

This old Taoist priest may have attained extraordinary abilities, and could not determine the other party's true identity through such a simple maneuver.

After the two landed, Zhang Zhiwei glanced at Shi Jian and Sun Xuewu without making a sound, and casually said, "I was quite surprised to see this 'Magpie Bridge' for the first time, so I was delayed there for a while. I hope you won't mind."

How could Shi Jian, Sun Xuewu, and the others dare to say anything that they minded?

Most people were amazed by the two men's exceptional skill.

Buzz!

Suddenly.

A series of loud vibrations were heard.

Feng Tianyang looked towards the cave inside the Dragon Gate behind him and was startled.

There were rows of scarecrows dressed in ancient green robes, with yellow silk ropes around their waists and Taoist hats on their heads!

"That's the Flying Locust Immortal!"

Sun Xuewu recognized him.

Shi Jian and Qian He recognized them.

The so-called "flying locust and thatch immortal" is a scarecrow dressed as a Taoist priest.

In ancient times.

Whenever locust plagues struck, the people suffered terribly. At that time, the people did not know how to exterminate the locusts, so they relied on the belief in ghosts and gods, regarding the locusts as the incarnations of gods who had descended to earth to punish the people.

However, Taoism clearly does not recognize the existence of "flying locusts," and locusts only eat crops in the countryside. People are helpless but not stupid, so they rarely build temples to worship locusts. They just make a scarecrow and hope that the "locust god" who descends to earth will eat less of the crops.

It's just a psychological comfort; it has no practical use whatsoever.

"How could a flying locust fairy appear here?"

Feng Tianyang was filled with doubt, "And that voice was—"

He was halfway through his sentence when his eyes widened as he noticed tiny black dots emerging from the cave—they were locusts the size of a thumb!

It is also different from ordinary locusts.

Its entire body was covered in golden armor and silver wings, and its insect shell was hard. He even had good eyesight and could see the tiny serrations on the locusts' hind legs!

If an ordinary person were to be bumped by such a creature, it would be like being hit by a small pebble, not very painful. But the number of locusts is far more than tens of thousands.

Maybe millions!

Not to mention that their legs have serrated edges that can easily cut the skin when they scratch a person. If such a dense swarm of locusts were to attack them, even a highly skilled cultivator would be overwhelmed and left with bruises, bloody flesh, and completely devoured by them after exhausting their vital energy!

"What should I do?"

Sun Xuewu shouted.

Zhang Zhiwei also felt a chill run down his spine at this moment.

Zhen Yuanzi could understand this.

Because reality is not fiction.

Although humans are considered the most intelligent of all creatures and, according to evolutionary theory, are indeed more advanced than all other living beings, does that mean that animals "lower" than humans will not attack them?

Especially for stupid creatures like insects, they don't care whether other creatures are advanced or not. As long as they are essentially carbon-based life forms, why would they be afraid of being oppressed by their own species?

Newborn calves are not afraid of tigers.

This statement is also an objective description.

Cattle and sheep that are afraid of wild beasts have only developed this fear after witnessing tigers and wolves preying on their own kind—it's an acquired fear.

All living beings with five internal organs, though lacking human intelligence, still possess temperament.

But insects are the only exception.

Lacking complete internal organs, devoid of emotion and sexuality, their life activities rely entirely on instinct, making them the most difficult among non-human beings to cultivate Qi and achieve spiritual essence.

This is precisely why insects are completely unaffected by the pressure of "bloodline race" in the eyes of the world. Even if they are eaten by their natural enemies for generations, when they encounter natural enemies such as swallows and lizards again, they will not take the initiative to run away like cattle and sheep do when they encounter tigers, leopards and wolves. Instead, they will act on instinct.

therefore.

Even highly skilled Qi cultivators would not want to confront such swarms of locusts that blanket the sky.