ATPnovel Chapter 204: Hidden Ambition Revealed, Yu Chen Suffers Great Calamity
Chapter 204: Hidden Ambition Revealed, Yu Chen Suffers Great Calamity
The monk Mingxing was dumbfounded, but before he could finish his astonishment, Chen Sanzang's primordial spirit spontaneously formed lead and mercury.
Then the universe was established, only lacking the interaction of water and fire to achieve harmony.
But once the primordial spirit has completed this step automatically, it stops moving. Now, only the lead and mercury furnace and the water and fire are not yet in harmony.
At this point, Chen Sanzang felt much calmer, and his originally slender, bean sprout-like body became fuller as if it had been inflated.
"Pure and clean body? A hundred days of foundation building accomplished in a single day? Hiss~"
The monk Mingxing gasped in shock.
He looked at Chen Sanzang, who had woken up again with a blank expression, and was still filled with doubt and uncertainty.
When he obtained Chen Chunan from the river, he knew that Chen Chunan's consciousness had been stripped away and that he was on the verge of death.
Now, he shouldn't be remembering the internal alchemy theory of storing essence, qi, and spirit. Could it be that all he remembers in his last remaining shred of consciousness is internal alchemy practice?
Or has he regained his memory?
After this experience, Chen Sanzang felt as light as a swallow and possessed immense strength.
Overjoyed, he was also filled with doubt: What's wrong with me? Could it be that I've received a divine blessing and been created by the gods?
The monk Mingxing thought Chen Chunan had awakened his innate wisdom and immediately asked, "Have you rediscovered your innate wisdom from your past life? How did you manage to successfully establish your foundation in just one day?"
Chen Sanzang looked bewildered by the question: "Master, what is Foundation Establishment? What is Past Life Wisdom?"
Seeing Chen Sanzang's bewildered expression, the monk Mingxing felt disappointed but also secretly relieved.
He was somewhat embarrassed by Chen Chunan's question.
Since monks do not lie, he could not lie, so he could only say, "Foundation building is the initial stage of alchemy."
After a hundred days of foundation building, one's body and mind become pure and tranquil, and the three treasures of essence, energy, and spirit within the body are firmly established. Then one can gather herbs and refine elixirs to seek the path to immortality.
As for your past life wisdom, you cultivated the Golden Elixir Dao in your previous life and achieved great success, almost becoming an immortal by grasping the Kan and filling the Li trigrams. However, you encountered misfortune before completing your cultivation.
I came here specifically to guide you in this life. By learning Buddhism in this life, you can make up for your lack of spiritual cultivation.
Chen Sanzang was still young and only understood the gist of it.
He immediately asked curiously, "I was almost an immortal in my past life? What happened? How can you save me by chanting scriptures all day?"
"You intended to scheme against others, but you have caused this great calamity, so you must have failed. As for how I can help you, your cultivation of the Daoist alchemy in your previous life was lacking in spiritual cultivation, and the Mysterious Pearl could not take form. My Buddhist teachings can just make up for this." Monk Mingxing explained patiently.
"Oh, but I don't remember anything from my past life. So what can I do by learning Buddhism? Can I become an immortal? Can I eat my fill? Can I wear new clothes? Can I marry a beautiful wife?"
Chen Sanzang's five questions left the monk Mingxing speechless for a moment.
Monks could have earned money by performing rituals or by setting up temples and collecting incense offerings.
However, Buddhism is not prevalent in this world, and when there are demons or evil spirits, normal families would invite immortal masters or cultivators to exorcise them.
He also built a small temple, but for seven years he didn't have a single worshipper, let alone disciples.
He only picked up a little beggar on the roadside and took him in as a novice monk. He usually earned his living by working for others.
To ordinary people, these skills are really of little use.
Seeing his master speechless, Chen Sanzang shook his head and said, "In my opinion, this Buddhist teaching is useless. It's neither edible nor drinkable. Chanting Buddhist scriptures is not as good as having real skills, and meditation is not as good as practicing martial arts. That's not even a skill to make a living. I won't learn it, I won't learn it."
The monk Mingxing quickly replied, "Wealth is just an external thing; you can't take it with you when you die."
The physical body is nothing but a stinking bag of skin; why bother with fancy clothes and beautiful garments?
Women are like tigers that devour people; they are all obstacles to spiritual practice, and one must not be seduced by them!
If you achieve great mastery of Buddhism, you can ascend to the Pure Land and live forever.
Even if you don't reach the Mahayana realm, your profound spiritual cultivation might even help you rediscover the wisdom from your past life. The Golden Elixir Dao you cultivated in your previous life possesses incredibly profound and mysterious supernatural powers; even flying through the clouds is commonplace for you...
Knowing that normal explanations would not be enough to persuade Chen Sanzang to practice Buddhism, the monk Mingxing had to break his vows and use a combination of coaxing and deception to get Chen Sanzang to agree to learn Buddhism with some doubt.
the other side
Feng Qingzi passively played hide-and-seek with the monk Mingxing for seven years. Finally, when Chen Sanzang was establishing his foundation, he discovered Chen Chunan's whereabouts.
"Hahaha, so you've finally awakened your past life's wisdom? But isn't it too late? I've already entered the Golden Core Realm, how can you fight me? You've been hiding for seven years, and now you can't help but reveal your true colors. Let's see how you hide now!"
Feng Qingzi laughed heartily, but he was completely unaware that Chen Sanzang had not awakened his past life wisdom.
Now, with only a sliver of spiritual light and the help of the Golden Cudgel, he has barely managed to successfully establish his foundation.
Even if he finds Chen Chunan now, he cannot erase Chen Chunan's path.
Meanwhile, thousands of miles away, Daoist Yu Chen looked at the constantly flashing Heavenly Secrets Disc before him, and his heart was filled with uncontainable joy.
Six years ago, he successfully cultivated his spiritual energy and killed his adopted son's entire family on the same day.
He then devoted himself to cultivation, but the place where he lived was quite barren. It took him six years to successfully establish his foundation, and he also managed to refine a Heavenly Secrets Disc under the rudimentary conditions.
I never expected that it would actually have a reaction today.
He didn't know Feng Qingzi's purpose, and only assumed that Feng Qingzi, like him, wanted to seize Chen Chunan's Dao Fruit.
He guessed that this world was also set up to deprive Chen Chunan of his Dao Fruit.
The fact that he has remained inside for fourteen years indicates that Chen Chunan, the new leader of the Dao, is still alive and well.
What does this mean? It means that even Heaven is on his side!
"Good, good, good! This Feng Qingzi is truly useless! He couldn't seize this Dao Fruit even after fourteen years, which means destiny is on my side! Hahahaha~"
The Jade Dust Daoist laughed in an exceptionally manic manner.
But he seemed to have made a bit too much of a fuss.
This attracted the attention of a passing demon.
The demon, upon seeing the graceful Yu Chen Daoist, was filled with wicked thoughts and immediately stirred up black mist to envelop her.
He let out a wild laugh: "What a delicate and beautiful human girl! I've been needing a wife for my bandit chieftain, this is just the perfect pillow delivered to my bed!"
Suddenly enveloped by a demonic mist, Master Yuchen lost all six senses and panicked.
He quickly summoned his only magical artifact and said in a stern voice, "Where did this blind demon come from? How dare you plot against me?"
The pig demon, seeing Yu Chen Daoist's fiery demeanor, felt an even stronger itch to get closer to him.
He paid no attention to what Daoist Yu Chen said. What threat could a mere Foundation Establishment girl pose to a Golden Core demon like him?
He let out a silly laugh and stretched out his short, chubby hand towards the black mist: "Little lady, don't be afraid, I'm here~ Hehehe~"
Sensing the lewd intent in the pig demon's tone, Daoist Yu Chen panicked instantly: "What do you want to do? Don't do anything rash! If you let me go, I'll give you a wonderful method that directly leads to tribulation transcendence, how about it?"
The pig demon thought that Daoist Yu Chen was lying to him. Would you believe a Foundation Establishment junior who said he knew a technique that led directly to the Tribulation Crossing?
Besides, whoever gets this young lady, what martial arts techniques will be theirs anyway?
The pig demon chuckled again: "Little lady, are you confused? If I get you, won't your cultivation techniques also be mine? Although I'm a rough man, I can be very gentle with women, so don't be afraid~"