Longevity and Immortal Cultivation: Starting from Controlling Your Own Essence

Among Vientiane, the name is Tianzhou;

Only those who defend Tianzhou can be called the Central Plains.

According to the narrow definition, the fifty-four kingdoms built around the nine prefectures of Tianzhou can be regarded as the Central Plains in the true sense.

This kind of statement is widely circulated especially in Tianzhou Nine Prefectures. Many local monks in Tianzhou do not even admit that the "Eight Frontiers" such as the southwest, northwest, and southern borders belong to the Central Plains, and stubbornly believe that they are the buffer zone outside the Central Plains. .

"This feeling of artificial planning is more obvious..."

Zhang Yaofei fled above the sky, overlooking the mountains, rivers and land below.

After entering the Central Plains, the concentration of spiritual energy rose again, almost double that of Dali, Dayu and other places, and the closer to Tianzhou, the more obvious the increase in the concentration of spiritual energy.

Entering the Fifty-Four Kingdoms of the Central Plains from the southwest, the concentration of aura presents an obvious stepped fault, which is the same as Zhang Yao's feeling when he entered Dali from a small country, only much stronger.

"This is the real power of latitude and longitude."

"The person who planned all this back then created the current structure of the world of cultivating immortals with one hand, and I don't know what a great person he is..."

During Zhang Yao's escape, his thoughts inevitably wandered.

After the great shattering of the ancient times, the world of cultivating immortals was in ruins, and experienced a short era of chaos.

In the end, on the ruins, the sages re-established a new immortal system, announcing the end of the ancient era and the beginning of the medieval era.

The most important sign of dividing the boundaries of the era is the determination of the territory of the "Four Barrens" such as the Hundred Kingdoms of the Central Plains, the East China Sea, and the Southern Border.

It can be said:

Since the establishment of the barren zone and the aura classification system, the influence of innate birth on the immortal way has been greatly magnified, and reincarnation has become a university question.

"Only after achieving the golden core, can you have the confidence to travel across the Central Plains and travel to other countries..."

In Zhang Yao's eyes, he caught many panicked lights, but he didn't bother to pay attention to them.

On the borders of the Eight Borders and the Central Plains, and even the borders of the Central Plains countries, there are also a large number of robbery and repair gangs.

Ordinary foundation-building monks, crossing the long barren belt on these borders, would also be in danger of life, especially those with weaker strength and bad luck.

However, the aura of the ancestor of Jindan was as eye-catching as the scorching sun in full bloom in the barren belt, enough to make any gang of robbery cultivators run away in panic, fearing that they would be killed if they could not avoid it.

"call……"

Zhang Yao took a deep breath, and the golden core circulated to breathe out the spiritual energy, greedily absorbing the abundant spiritual energy between the heaven and the earth.

For a Golden Core cultivator, especially a top-grade Golden Core like him, the practice environment is no longer as important as it used to be, as long as it is not too bad.

No matter how abundant the aura is, there is a limit to the ability of the golden core to operate and breathe, and for monks under the golden core, the environment of Dali and Dayu is more than enough, even for the heavenly spirit root.

What is really important is the various cultivation resources.

In an environment rich in aura several times, under thousands of years of gestation, the number and types of all kinds of spiritual gold veins, spiritual grass and spiritual objects, and rare treasures of heaven and earth that can be born are far higher than those in other regions.

"The Kingdom of Mani can regularly produce treasure-phase glazed paste, but there is no other place."

"In addition to the superb secret techniques of those Buddhist monks, what is more important is the abundance of spiritual raw materials..."

Thinking of this, Zhang Yao couldn't help but feel a little headache.

The Mani Kingdom does not prohibit transactions between monks, but the real treasures of the Mani Temple are on the list of good deeds, which can only be exchanged for good deeds.

However, the acquisition of good skills does not depend entirely on strength, so Zhang Yao has made preparations for long-term cultivation in the Mani Kingdom. Anyway, the aura environment in the Mani Kingdom is also better, which is somewhat helpful to practice.

"Hope this trip goes well."

Thinking of this, Zhang Yao slightly accelerated the speed of escape, and flew towards the direction of Mani Kingdom.

…………

After a few days.

In the territory of Mani Kingdom, somewhere in the capital city.

"Amitabha, the two benefactors must not do anything to harm themselves again, you must know..."

On the long street with heavy traffic and dense crowds, a great monk is mediating the conflict between two people who were fighting.

Of the two people who were interceded, one was a beggar with ragged clothes and messy hair; the other was a half-grown boy who glared at the beggar with a flushed face.

However, these two people were quite respectful towards the great monk, and the crowd on the sidelines were also talking about it, obviously they were used to this scene.

"Boom..."

A clear bell sounded, resounding more than ten miles away.

In the magnificent temple in the distance, the city lord who is in charge of managing the capital here is leading a group of secular officials to come to the temple to routinely offer incense and worship, with great respect.

The majestic presiding officer of the temple, Baoxiang, had a round of golden aura blooming from the back of his head. He was wearing a germanium-red gilded cassock, and standing under the golden body of the Buddha, he also had a face of compassion and majesty.

The presiding officer of the temple seems to be a Buddhist monk with a high level of cultivation.

Surprisingly, these secular officials who are in charge of managing the city, and even the people who came to worship together, are not surprised at all, and they are obviously used to it for a long time.

And look further away through this city:

Several old farmers knelt down on the bowed heads in the field, praying incessantly, but the one in the low shrine was not the common land god, but a statue of a Bodhisattva;

An ascetic monk dressed in rags but with an extremely determined expression, his feet were worn out and his skin was as rough as tree bark, but he kowtowed three times at one step, and his expression was extremely devout;

The majestic mountain in the farthest distance, the entire mountain peak hundreds of feet high has been carved into the Buddha's Dharma, and under the lotus Dharma seat are densely packed believers who came from ten miles and eight villages to worship...

"It was an eye-opener."

In a restaurant, Zhang Yao was sitting on the second floor by the window, shaking his wine glass, looking at the scene of the pagoda of sentient beings.

His heart was peaceful, but there was a lot of emotion in his expression:

"This place is really peaceful and happy, which is rare in the world..."

He had heard of the name of the Mani Kingdom long ago, but seeing is believing when he actually arrived here.

The Kingdom of Mani is a Buddhist kingdom on the ground, which is different from all the kingdoms Zhang Yao has seen:

Here, Buddhist beliefs have penetrated into every aspect of the entire country, and respected monks and monks have more prestige and power than officials and dignitaries.

This is only a difference on a secular level.

The name of the Buddha Kingdom on the ground of Mani Kingdom still comes from the realm of cultivating immortals.

The Mani Kingdom is known as the "Forty-eight Thousand Temples". These Forty-eight Thousand Temples are not ordinary temples, but are similar to places of practice sects, with complete Buddhist inheritance.

Here, Buddhist monks are very closely connected with the secular world. Not to mention some big cities, even some villages and towns, you can often see all kinds of Buddhist monks.

Some of them punish rape and eliminate evil, and promote good deeds;

All these have caused the Mani Kingdom to be different from other countries.

To give a simple example:

In other mortal kingdoms, the people who steal the country become rich and powerful, oppress the good and live forever, officials, gentry, nobles, wealthy families, big merchants... almost use everything to their advantage, exploiting the common people and domineering.

But in Mani Kingdom, this cannot happen.

When a mortal suffers from injustice, he can go to any monk in any temple to uphold justice at any time, and all corruption, perverting the law, and conspiracy to trade cannot be hidden under the magic of Buddhism.

In Mani Kingdom, there is no room for corruption and power trading. As the lord of a city, he must abide by the laws and regulations, especially pay attention to the justice of the people, otherwise he will be removed from power and judged by Buddhist monks in minutes.

Anyway, Buddhist monks don't care about ordinary power and interests. The secular power is supervised by monks, but they cannot collude with monks.

And the root of all this is the "good deeds system" implemented in Mani's country!

All good deeds will be encouraged and promoted, and can be recorded and exchanged for good deeds, and good deeds are the hard currency in Mani, which can be exchanged for almost all resources.

Among the 48,000 temples, all respect the Mani Temple as the source of all dharmas, and each of them has a list of meritorious deeds of different levels.

The list of meritorious deeds in the Mani Temple is the highest level overall list, and the 'Baoxiang Liujin Jelly' that Zhang Yao needs is a rare treasure and a Buddhist treasure that ranks seventh on the overall list.

"This is really a good place, especially for mortals."

Thoughts flickered in Zhang Yao's mind.

After he drank another glass of wine, he suddenly put down the glass and said:

"Since your Excellency is here, why do you avoid seeing him?"

"Amitabha."

Accompanied by a Buddha's name, a young monk in a bright yellow robe with nine ring scars on his head walked out from the side of the restaurant.

He walked barefoot without looking sideways, and the drinkers and diners he passed turned a blind eye to him, and the waiters who were busy in the shop automatically bypassed him, and they were still busy.

"As expected of Patriarch Qingxu, his divine sense is astonishing, and he can detect this little monk."

The young monk sat down opposite Zhang Yao, lowered his head slightly and said:

"The trivial trick made the layman laugh."

"It's not that the little monk deliberately hides his head and shows his tail, but he was ordered by his master to come secretly to observe your words and deeds, Layman Qingxu."

When he said this, he was also calm and composed, without any shameful meaning:

"It's just that the little monk's skills are not as good as others, which only adds to the laughing stock."

"Master's words are serious."

Zhang Yao smiled slightly and said:

"You are a golden arhat, and you are from Mani Temple, how dare I make fun of you?"

"Especially such a young Jindan monk, it really opened the eyes of Pindao."

The vitality of this young monk is as strong as that of a teenager in the ordinary world, exuding youthful vitality all the time.

This is purely because he was too young to be promoted to the Golden Core Realm. As the essence of life continues to rise in a short period of time, his own vitality will be as strong as a torch in the dark night.

According to Zhang Yao's deduction, this young monk is probably not yet sixty years old. Even though the method of Buddhist practice is quite different from the orthodox way of refining qi, the Mani Temple is a powerful Yuanying-level power and profound art that has been passed down for thousands of years. There are countless magic tricks, and it is really a bit scary.

"The group of old monks in Mani Temple sent this young monk to contact me, but they have some deep meaning..."