Longevity and Immortal Cultivation: Starting from Controlling Your Own Essence

"It's really too coincidental."

Haihe Patriarch also nodded, and said:

"After all, the Emerald Shrine did not appear sooner or later, but it happened to appear at the time of our Jindan cultivators gathering. It is hard not to make people suspicious."

"The few of us were full of doubts at the beginning, worried that someone would set a trap and try to lure us into it."

Having said that, he paused for a while and continued:

"But soon, with the investigation of the Emerald Palace under the lake, we quickly overturned our previous thinking."

"The Emerald Shrine, both in terms of its architectural style and the number of formations, is very old. It is very likely that it came from the era before the Great Destruction of the Ancient Ones."

"oh?"

Zhang Yao's expression moved slightly, and he couldn't help asking:

"How can you see this?"

Haihe Patriarch had been prepared for a long time, took out a jade slip and handed it over, beckoning:

"I recorded the image of the Emerald Shrine and the changes in the array observed in the periphery into this jade slip."

"You are a cultivator of the way of refining the formation and entering the body. You must be a master of the formation. You will understand it at a glance."

Hearing this, Zhang Yao immediately took the jade slip in his hand, and his spiritual thoughts penetrated into it.

"Buzz!"

The jade slip released a flash of light, and Zhang Yao's mind instantly had many additional pictures and incomplete arrays.

Judging from the pictures, the Emerald Shrine is a grand palace with emerald green, vast and simple, with flying eaves and brackets, carved galleries and painted columns, in various poses and with different expressions, which is dizzying.

Every piece of sapphire brick and every piece of emerald glazed tiles in this magnificent palace has intricate and magnificent texture carvings. The texture carvings of each part are different, and they can be nested together and combined to form a new set of patterns.

At a glance, there are ingenious craftsmanship everywhere, and the whole palace feels extremely gorgeous, as if emerging from a fantasy dream in the world.

"It really looks like the architectural style of ancient times..."

A similar idea also came to Zhang Yao's mind.

Before the great shattering of ancient times, the world of cultivating immortals was at its peak, like a fire cooking oil, flourishing day by day. This exaggerated and gorgeous style was once popular, especially the mountain gates of high-ranking monks, each of which was more immoral than the other.

After the catastrophe of the Great Destruction, the entire world of cultivating immortals suffered heavy losses, and the inheritance of immortality was almost broken.

Everyone is groping through the ruins, rebuilding the legal system of immortality bit by bit, fighting each other for limited resources, and beating each other to death. This kind of flamboyant and gorgeous style will never be seen again.

"Furthermore, there are traces of 'Erosion of Yin and Yang' in the circulation of the pulse, which cannot be easily faked..."

Zhang Yao observed the incomplete formation map again, and immediately found the key clues in it.

The so-called "yin etched and Yang engraved" is actually an ancient immortal script, which can be treated as the same type of script, or divided into "yin etched script" and "yang engraved script".

The movement of the heaven and the earth is all about the great principles and natural good fortune.

The wind and sand between the sky and the earth, the sun and the rain, the change of the terrain, the erosion of the flood, etc., will generate natural wonders with characters and symbols everywhere.

Legend has it that the first batch of ancient sages learned the earliest methods of immortality from these traces of natural good fortune. These strange signs of characters and symbols were also summarized and became the earliest mantras of the Dao.

This is the most likely conjecture on the origin of the "Yin Erosion and Yang Engraving" that is currently recognized in the world of cultivating immortals.

However, there are also many people who hold different views. For example, monks who support the theory of "the blood of heaven and man" believe that this is the innate knowledge of the blood inheritance of the common ancestors of the human race and natural monks in ancient times, and it is the "wisdom of the heavenly father." , Consciousness of the Earth Mother'.

There are also people who support the "theory of coming from the upper realm", and believe that the earliest yin and yang engravings are the immortal scripts that were handed down when the upper realm passed down the immortal way, and they were not enlightened by some sages.

But no matter what kind of argument, one thing is irrefutable:

Because it is too obscure and difficult to understand, it is also gradually eliminated in the process of the gradual prosperity of the immortal way. It has gradually withdrawn from the mainstream stage at the end of ancient times. It is only because of its deep historical origin and great influence that it still maintains its With a certain applicability.

After the Great Destruction of the Ancient Ones:

The yin eclipse and yang engravings have completely disappeared in history, and there are basically no traces to be found so far. There are very few people in the world of immortality who can recognize some yin eclipse and yang inscriptions.

Instead of the role of yin and yang engraving in ancient times, it is a more mature and complete system with a lower threshold that dominates the refining of weapons, arrays, talismans, supernatural powers, and magic treasures in the world of cultivating immortals. Spirit pattern system.

"It's no wonder that several golden elixirs of Dayu concluded that the Emerald Shrine came from ancient times."

"Just this ancient formation mixed with yin and yang engravings is iron-like evidence..."

Thinking of this, Zhang Yao couldn't help observing the incomplete formation map engraved in the jade slips more carefully.

The spirit pattern veins manifested on these incomplete array maps, apart from a few yin and yang engravings, there are many ancient runes, which can be regarded as the ancient version of the spirit pattern.

The way of spirit patterns has developed step by step and blossomed in an all-round way, and it did not come out of nothing. It was also born out of yin and yang, and it took a long time to form a school of its own with a clear development vein.

therefore:

Although Zhang Yao couldn't identify the specific meaning of the Yin etched and Yang carved characters in the formation, some ancient runes could guess and determine a rough scope of action.

After all, some ancient runes are in their simplest form, and there is not much room for optimization. Even if they have been passed down for more than 10,000 years and evolved into spirit patterns today, the specific image and structure have not changed much.

"Um……"

In Zhang Yao's mind, after deducing it carefully, he put down the jade slip in his hand and said slowly:

"It is indeed an ancient formation. I am afraid that no one in the world of cultivating immortals can imitate it."

"It seems that Fellow Daoist Qingxu agrees with our judgment."

Xiaguang Fairy on the side smiled, took the bait and continued:

"Now that we know that it is likely to be the ruins of the Dongfu in ancient times, we all lost our doubts and became extremely excited."

"After all, the ancient times were the most prosperous time in the world of cultivating immortals. The rare and rare treasures left behind are difficult to imitate in today's era. Even an ordinary spirit treasure can surpass most golden alchemy treasures!"

"After some discussions, we agreed to advance and retreat together, join hands with each other, and enter the Emerald Shrine at the bottom of the lake to venture..."

She recounted her experience in the Emerald Shrine with the ancestor Haihe, Taoist Sansha and others, and roughly narrated it.

Five years ago:

Haihe Patriarch, Fairy Xiaguang, Taoist Sansha, Baihong Sword Immortal, and Yuanxu Patriarch, a group of five people, when they were about to enter the Emerald Shrine from the entrance at the bottom of the lake, they activated the shrine formation and got the Emerald Token at the gate of the palace.

The Emerald Token is the only key to enter the Emerald Shrine. If you don't have the Emerald Token, you will be obliterated by the powerful formation of the Emerald Shrine.

At that time, a total of nine emerald orders came out.

The five Jindan Patriarchs used their own methods. Haihe Patriarch and Xiaguang Fairy each won two Jade Tokens, and Taoist Sansha and others won a total of five.

And when they took the Emerald Token and actually entered the Emerald Shrine, they discovered that this place was suspected to be a place where a certain super-big sect in ancient times used to select and eliminate elite disciples in the sect.

Inside the shrine, different level challenges are designed, and only after completing one level can you go to the next level.

Every time you complete a level, you will get a certain reward, and in the process of challenging the level, you may also get treasures that already exist in the level.

"The wind-breathing mountain copper that fellow Taoists have been thinking about is the treasure we obtained in the third pass."

Fairy Xiaguang said, and added:

"The process of adjusting the levels in the Emerald Shrine seems to be fixed. Regardless of the sequence and speed of clearing the level, everyone will face the same subsequent levels."

"There is also a list for each level to check, but the names and titles above are all people from ancient times, and none of us were able to make the list."

Hearing this, Zhang Yao's heart moved, and he asked:

"The fairy said that the Wind's Rest Mountain Copper is the treasure you obtained in the third stage of the Emerald Palace."

"So, not only fellow Daoist Haihe has the Wind-breathing Mountain Copper, but also the Fairy and Taoist Sansha have a certain amount of Wind-breathing Mountain Copper in their hands?"

"right."

Fairy Xiaguang said frankly:

"Everyone's performance in the third level is different, and the amount of wind-breathing mountain copper they can get is also different."

When she said this, she reached out her hand and took out a piece of light blue metal ore, which was the wind-breathing mountain copper!

"Except for the one I got, it's worth four or two or three dollars."

"Of all the golden core monks, Taoist Sansha got the most, nearly six taels."

"However, he himself seems to have a certain need for the wind-breathing mountain copper. He took the wind-breathing mountain copper and went to Damo to ask the "Master Heiyuan" from the Liyuan sect to help him refine a magic weapon."

Hearing this, Zhang Yao nodded slightly and said:

"Yes, I've heard about it too."

In the territory of Damo, Master Heiyuan of the Liyuan Sect is also a third-level craftsman who is capable of refining magic weapons.

It was precisely because Taoist Sansha went to Damo and asked for treasure refining that the eyeliner of Tianbaolou learned of it, and the news was passed back to Dali territory all the way, only to be discovered by Zhenyang Patriarch and others.

It's just that Patriarch Zhenyang and others don't know the specific inside story of the Emerald Change.

The existence of the Emerald Shrine is obviously top secret, and the several Jindan cultivators involved are tight-lipped, so that it seems to the outside world that after the routine meeting at the Emerald Lake every twenty years, the situation in Dayu's world of cultivating immortals suddenly collapsed. Two factions confront each other.

All kinds of rumors, speculations and discussions from the outside world circulated like crazy, and only then did the name of the "Emerald Change" come up.

But in fact, apart from the occurrence of the Emerald Lake, this accident has nothing to do with the Emerald. Even the Emerald Shrine was named by the ancestors of Haihe, and its real name is still hidden deep in history. among.

"Friend Haihe."

Xiaguang Fairy suddenly opened her mouth, and handed out the Wind Breath Mountain Copper in her hand, earnestly said:

"Fellow Taoist has come here hundreds of thousands of miles away to relieve us of our distress. This wind-breathing mountain copper is a small favor from my concubine. I hope fellow Taoist will accept it."

"After we cooperate, we will still have to rely on the power of fellow daoists in the future, and I hope that fellow daoists must not refuse at that time."

"Okay, then the poor will be disrespectful."

Zhang Yao was not polite either, and accepted the Wind's Rest Mountain Copper graciously.

This trip to Dayu, he was originally caught by Fengxi Mountain Copper, and he was planning to help Fuhaizong solve a problem, and it would be a good idea to help Luoxiazong by the way.

As for this piece of wind-breathing mountain copper, it should be regarded as a part of the payment in advance, and he took it with peace of mind.

"Fellow Daoist speaks too seriously."

Fairy Xiaguang also showed a smile on Zhang Yao's face when she saw Zhang Yao accepting Fengxi Mountain Copper.

As the saying goes, the mouth is soft when eating people, but the hands are short when grabbing people. This famous ancestor Qingxu was willing to accept this gift, and it was also a reassurance for her.

"correct."

Zhang Yao pondered for a while, and asked:

"I'd like to know, when you explored the Emerald Shrine, what kind of conflict broke out and led to the split into two factions?"

As soon as he heard him mentioning this matter, Haihe Patriarch's face darkened, and Fairy Xiaguang gritted his teeth and said:

"Those bastards... are really deceiving people!!"

As she spoke, she took a deep breath and seemed to have made up her mind before saying in a deep voice:

"Fellow Daoist Qingxu, at this point, you are going to enter the Emerald Shrine with us anyway, so I won't hide it from you."

"The rewards of each level in the Emerald Shrine are very precious, and they are almost impossible to find outside."

"The last time we explored, the fastest and furthest was Taoist Sansha. He was the first to break through the fifth level and got an ancient spirit treasure with infinite power."

"And it was this spiritual treasure that became the source of the conflict. The three of them secretly negotiated and launched a sneak attack on us the moment they left the Emerald Shrine..."

When she said this, she paused for a moment, and there was still a trace of lingering fear on her face:

"If Fellow Daoist Haihe hadn't responded in a timely manner and helped me at the critical moment, I'm afraid I'm already dead and can't die anymore."

"I see……"

Hearing her words, Zhang Yao immediately understood.

Ancient ruins like the Emerald Shrine are likely to hide opportunities for people to soar into the sky, so the fewer people who share them, the better.

In particular, the stimulation of the ancient Lingbao further magnified the greed and desire in the hearts of Taoist Sansha and others, so that a compromise was secretly reached to cut off the two competitors first.

Just imagine, even the wind-breathing mountain copper and other rare treasures of heaven and earth are only treasures in the third level, not even official rewards, so how precious will the real treasures in the Emerald Palace be? !

"It's just a little weird..."

Zhang Yao thought to himself:

"Everyone is competing with each other. How did Taoist Sansha and others quickly reach an agreement to get rid of Patriarch Haihe and Fairy Xiaguang?"

It stands to reason that Taoist Sansha, who has gained the most in the Emerald Shrine and obtained the ancient spirit treasure, is the one who is most likely to be targeted.

However, he managed to unite the other two Jindan monks to deal with Patriarch Haihe and Fairy Xiaguang together, which directly led to the collapse of the situation in Dayu's world of cultivating immortals after the Emerald Change, and the two camps tore apart their faces.

"Um……"

After Zhang Yao pondered for a while, he didn't have much idea, so he temporarily suppressed the matter, and then said:

"By the way, please send a letter to the fairy to make an appointment for me to meet Taoist Sansha and others."

"this!"

Fairy Xiaguang's complexion changed slightly, and she couldn't help saying:

"Fellow Daoist Qingxu wants to see them?"

"right."

Zhang Yao's tone was flat, and he spoke slowly:

"You also said just now that Baihong Sword Immortal and Yuanxu Patriarch also have Fengxi Mountain Copper in their hands. This is something I must have, and of course I can't let it go."

"Please trouble Fairy to send them a letter in my name, saying that I am willing to give them a fair chance to trade."

After speaking, he paused, and then slowly said:

"Of course, if they don't know how to flatter them, then they were taken care of in advance just before entering the Emerald Shrine."