My Journey to the West on the Heavenly Road

Chapter 2 Huang Ting in Youshan

In the forest, a few squirrels, a group of deer, and a flower snake coiled on a tree trunk are enjoying the tranquility before nightfall.

The sudden burst of golden light startled the little beast to poke its head up, and the flower snake raised its head.

Immediately, the roar of the king of beasts exploded, and the group of beasts scattered in a hurry, causing a commotion.

A huge and colorful body swayed towards it. Against the background of the dim environment, the golden pupils glowed with a faint green light, which was truly eerie.

However, a package swinging between the thick neck completely destroyed the beast king's aura.

A big tiger with a shoulder bag?

Some sense of joy.

The tiger is naturally Jiang Yuan who swallowed the red pill.

The red pill can turn into a tiger if you take it, and you can return to a human body when you spit it out.

Jiang Yuan named it "Tiger Pill".

For several months, Jiang Yuan used this pill to go deep into the poor mountains and rivers, wilderness and secluded places that are difficult for ordinary people, and only then did he successfully collect nine kinds of ancient plants and trees.

It was also in the depths of the remote mountain that the "Golden Flower Fairy Fate" spread by the outside world was found.

The performance of the "novice gift package" of Hu Dan made Jiang Yuan look forward to the mysterious Great Pill after collecting all ten herbs.

After getting used to the tiger's body, Jiang Yuan let out a muffled growl, and jumped into the depths of the forest
Whenever he turned into a beast and walked through the mountains, the crampedness of shrinking in the steel city in the previous life, the depression of traveling through another world, and the bewilderment of the future all disappeared in the vastness of the world.

Jiang Yuan felt refreshed from the inside out!
After running for two hours, it was completely dark.

The mountain road became more and more steep, and there was no trace of human habitation.

Into the deepest part of the forest.

The Taoist temple of the immortal who met him is not far away.

Jiang Yuan put away his presumptuousness, and walked cautiously for an hour, and came to a familiar forest.

Through the forest, there is a vague shadow in front of the mountain in the distance, and there are shimmering lights in it, like fireflies at night.

Dumb walked to a bush that had obviously been tidied up, lay down on his body, and opened his mouth to spit.

Like a comet, the crimson tiger pill flew out slowly, dragging a long golden light, and the tail of the golden light "pulled" the colorful tiger skin.

The last ray of golden light flew out of the tiger's mouth, and the red pill trickled around, and automatically sank into the Fang Ding in the package.

Jiang Yuan took off the tiger skin and lay naked on the grass, whimpering like a beast from his throat.

The only disadvantage of becoming a tiger is that there will be a short-term cognitive impairment when returning to the human body.

But as long as you start to practice and feel full of energy, you can overcome it.

Autumn nights are cool.

After a while, Jiang Yuan shivered and got up from the ground.

Put on your clothes, put on your package, and completely break up the grass on the ground to eliminate traces.

He will no longer need this stronghold.

When Jiang Yuan came out of the forest covered in dew and broken leaves, he saw the vague shadow in front of the mountain, which was a simple Taoist temple.

A field has been reclaimed on the flat ground on the left side of the Taoist temple, and a bamboo wheeled waterwheel is erected in front of the mountain wall on the right side, drawing the mountain spring with a splash.

The flickering light I saw just now is the lantern fluttering in the wind under the eaves of the Taoist temple.

The light reflects the three big chiseled gold characters of "Qingyang Temple".

On the gatepost in front of the Taoist temple, there are two columns of couplets:

"Yunfei Qingming seeks the charm of immortals, and the wind enters the remote mountains to find Huangting"

Every time he came here, Jiang Yuan couldn't help admiring "what a place to clean up".

Today is even more exciting, because he will enter the fairy gate from here.

Stepping on the stone steps in front of Guanqian, "Dang, Dang" knocked on the knocker of the gate.

The door was pushed open, and a handsome Taoist poked his head out, looked at Jiang Yuan and said with a smile: "Brother Jiang, if you are one step late, you will miss the fairy fate."

Jiang Yuan's expression tightened, could it be that the old man wants to go back on his word?
"Golden flowers are difficult to make, and the mountain road is difficult to walk, so it was delayed."

As he spoke, he took out some sweets and pastries from the package, and quickly stuffed the woodcarving dolls over.

"Oh, Sugar Man."

Eleven or twelve-year-old Daoist happily put away the rare gadgets in the mountains, leaned over and whispered: "Actually, it's the brother who made the master angry again."

Immortals, extraordinary and free from vulgarity, live forever.

There are five levels of practice, namely heaven, earth, god, man and ghost.

Ordinary people, the longevity is no more than a hundred, the strength is not as good as a cow or horse, and the spirit is not as good as a fish or a bird.

The lowest level of the ghost fairy fruit has a lifespan of 300 years. At the top, it can ride the clouds and fog to explore the mist, and at the bottom, it can go out of the body and enter the underworld.

Comparing to mortals, cultivating into ghosts and immortals can be called "being immortal and attaining Taoism".

The master of Qingyang Temple, Wang Laodao, is a ghost fairy, and his Taoist name is "Qingyangzi".

According to Daotong, he is more than 280 years old.

In today's Han Dynasty, Guozuo has not yet reached 200 years.

Qingyangzi personally experienced Qin destroying the six kingdoms, the first emperor ascending the throne, witnessing the struggle for hegemony between Chu and Han, and the establishment of the Han Dynasty, and the rule of Wenjing, Emperor Wu's conquest of the West, and Zhaoxuan Zhongxing.

The distant history in the eyes of ordinary people is his personal experience.

The difference between immortals and mortals is nothing more than this!
It is a pity that this ghost fairy does not want to accept Jiang Yuan as a disciple.

The only disciple of the old Taoist, he adopted an abandoned son from outside the mountain because he saw that there was no hope for immortality, his lifespan was dying, and his family lineage needed an heir.

This son's name is Wang Xu, who has lived in the mountains since he was a child, and has a simple temperament, or straightforward.

When Qingyang old Taoist lectured on the principles of practice, he often got angry on the spot.

Just like today.

Jiang Yuan walked quickly into the Taoist temple, and saw an old Taoist with white beard and hair holding a dust whisk in the courtyard under the moon, blowing his beard and staring with anger, his face was full of red fire.

It's really red fire!
After ghosts and immortals, they need to refine the qi of the five elements into the viscera, and condense the five qi primordial pills to become immortals.

Qingyangzi has cultivated the anger in his heart, whenever he gets angry, his face will glow with anger, and sparks will come from his mouth.

Opposite the old Taoist was a boy with a simple and honest face. He was trying to shrink back, and he was still staring at the master's lips, guarding against sparks.

The teenager has been burned several times, it hurts, and the memory is deep.

Wang Xu was tall and strong, but he tried his best to shrink himself into a quail, which made the old man laugh back angrily, and scolded him for "trammeling".

In addition to the two masters and apprentices, there is also a huge monster in the courtyard——

A golden-eyed eagle!
It has a huge body seven feet tall, with broad wings, bright yellow eyes, and a silver-gray beak with a terrifying coldness.

This is Qingyangzi's dependent mount. It has psychics and has a fierce personality. Except for the master and apprentice, no one else can get close to it.

For example, a middle-aged couple hiding on the side.

They were Taoist servants, tenant farmers, and parents of Dao Tong. They were hired by Qingyangzi from outside the mountain to take care of the young Wang Xu.

So, don't look at the old Taoist being angry and angry, in fact, he really loves his disciples.

"Brother Yuan, you are finally here."

When Wang Xu saw Jiang Yuan, he immediately grinned and yelled, and the old man cursed angrily, "A pig's head—it's hard to wake up from death, a water lotus root—it's full of hearts, but it smells like it!"

The young man hurriedly lowered his head, and Jiang Yuan choked when he greeted him, so he could only smile embarrassingly:
"I'm so sorry for making you wait so long."

With that said, he took out the golden flower wooden box in the package and handed it over:
"Here are 24 golden flowers."

Qingyang old man flicked his whisk, interrupting Jiang Yuan's movement, "Hold it."

A middle-aged couple and a Taoist boy were recruited, and they said: "If I go, I will return tomorrow as soon as possible. If I visit friends along the way, it will take three to five days. Take care of your house, and remember to sweep the Taoist altar frequently."

Jiang Yuan found this place by accident more than a month ago. At that time, he thought it was a chance, but he was stumped.

If it weren't for being cheeky and bribing the Taoist boy, and befriending Wang Xu, he wouldn't even be able to enter the gate of the Taoist temple.

Reluctantly entered the Taoist temple, the old Taoist also liked to ignore it.

The fairy fate this time is not worshiping Qingyang Taoist temple, but other ways.

I mentioned the practice of immortality earlier, but in fact, monks today still have another way of practice.

That is, "asking for heaven"!
The so-called Tianlu, the full name is "Nine-Rank Lingxiao Taoist Tianlu Yuge".

There are [-] ranks of military merit in the mortal dynasty, and the corresponding title and treatment are obtained through military merit.

This ninth-grade celestial talisman is the "Military Merit Lord" of the Heavenly Court.

Regardless of monks or mortals, even ghosts and monsters, as long as they obtain the "Tao God Jade Gem", that is, the Heavenly Court Jade Talisman (similar to the compiled degree), they can be granted the corresponding grade of heavenly talisman by accumulating merit.

For example, the lowest-level ninth-grade celestial talisman is called "Fudu Gonglu", and you can get the Taisui Great General Talisman and Bigu Cultivation Pill.

Ordinary people without practice can summon the golden armor Tianding to drive away evil spirits and suppress demons.

To the fifth grade "Baoguang Cave Xuanlu", there is the Tusita Palace Taiyi Pill, taking it, you can become a ghost and immortal fruit.

Going up, the third-grade Tianlu has 3000 years of flat peaches, which can be used as fairy fruits for adults.

The highest first-grade celestial talisman can not only attend the Yaochi banquet, enter the heavenly palace as a fairy official, but also help to become the 6000-year-old flat peach of the fairy fruit status.

In other words, the Ninth Grade Tianlu is a shortcut to achieve the status of a god by borrowing the resources of the heavenly court.

However, since it is a shortcut and borrows external force, the foundation is naturally unstable and the background is insufficient, so you can only get the third-level "immortal" of the five immortals.

Immortals are hard to come by, immortals are hopeless!
Moreover, relying on the heavenly court, one has to act according to the edict of the Lingxiao Palace, and one who violates the rules of heaven will be punished.

In light cases, they will be punished with rods, whipped by lightning like ordinary people, or even demoted to the mortal world;

In short, mighty power goes to heaven.

It's far better to practice independently, accept ten thousand dharmas into one's own body and enjoy the mighty power of heaven and earth all alone, and come here at ease.

But having said that, what one seeks in practice is nothing but longevity.

After obtaining a fairy fruit status through the Lingxiao Tianlu, you can live as long as the sky through the feast of flat peaches.

And the road to practice is so difficult!
Not to mention countless mortals, there is no way to enter the Tao!
There are so many practitioners like Qingyang Old Taoist who have obtained the status of Ghost Immortal, but exhausted their 300 years of lifespan to be promoted again!

Even if the fortune is deep, the cultivation of the immortal fruit status increases the lifespan to 800 years, then the three disasters of "wind, fire and thunder" will come once every 500 years.

If you can't hide, your body and mind will disappear immediately, and all your cultivation will be in vain.

Therefore, without great perseverance and great fortune, it is really better to walk the Lingxiao Tianlu.

There is also a talisman given to each rank, and it can save the effort of practicing dharma, and enjoy the fun of longevity.

Even Qingyangzi, who had attained the Tao through pure cultivation, saw that his disciples were still unable to return to the innate world, so he built an immortal foundation and sent him on this road.

This is Jiang Yuan's fairy fate.

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