Journey to the West: The Rise of Martial Arts

Chapter 258 Seeking Merits
The dog days have passed, and the autumn wind is getting cooler.

Ren Qinglian's deity has been staying in the dantian world to improve her own realm perception. Yang Chan seems to be infected by him, and she also practiced in a rare way.

There is no sun and moon in practice, and the year is unknown in cold and heat.

The days flew by, and on this day, the few people traveling west felt a sense of sweltering heat surprisingly.

Xuanzang had a mortal body, and the sweat on his forehead kept rolling down, making him feel a little groggy.

However, Ren Qinglian and the others have not weak cultivation bases, although they felt the unusual sweltering heat, they still walked with a hundred times of energy, and no one noticed the strangeness on Xuanzang's body.

This monk is also a person with a firm will, he insisted on holding on, and soon felt that his eyes were dark, he lost his grip on the rein, and fell headlong.

"Master!" Sha Wujing exclaimed, threw the burden on the ground and ran over.

When everyone heard the sound and gathered around, they saw that the corners of the monk's mouth were dry, and several deep bloodstains had appeared on the chapped lips.

"Water, water...Second Senior Brother, quickly fetch some water for Master to drink!" Sha Wujing greeted Zhu Ganglian.

Zhu Ganglian ran to rummage through the luggage, and smiled wryly: "The water is all evaporated, and this place is so steamy, could it be that we have reached the land of sunset?"

The so-called land of sunset is Tanggu in the prehistoric era. The famous fire root hibiscus tree is located in that place, which used to be the habitat of the Jinwu clan.However, the vicissitudes of life, the hibiscus trees have been destroyed, and the Jinwu clan has also been killed and injured. This Tanggu has become a famous stove, because it is located at the end of Xihe Niuzhou, and it is also called by ordinary people on the mainland. It is the end of the sky, and there is a Buddhist kingdom nearby, called the kingdom of Shalli.

Seeing Xuanzang waking up faintly, the monkey knew that the old monk was just dizzy from the heat, so he was not worried, and laughed and scolded: "Don't talk nonsense, idiots, if you dawdle like Master, even if you are old, It may not be possible to go to the land of the sunset."

Ren Qinglian already knew a lot of ancient secrets through the memory of the six-eared macaque. Hearing what the two monkeys said, she couldn't help but feel moved and thought to herself: "I don't know if there are any broken branches and leaves left by the hibiscus tree in that place. If there are If so, you can try to cultivate it in the dantian world to see if it can be supported. Moreover, that place is inextricably linked with the Jinwu clan... It seems that after the deity's training is over, he should be allowed to go there .”

Thinking about it, he saw the sickly Xuanzang again, his heart was moved, he couldn't help but condensed a small clear spring in the scorching air with his water control supernatural power, and fell into the opponent's mouth.

After drinking the water, the monk finally felt much better. He nodded gratefully towards Ren Qinglian, and said with some doubts: "The weather was already a little cold, but I don't know how to get here and it started to get hot again." , the poor monk originally thought that it would be over if he endured it, but he didn't expect it to get hotter and hotter..."

The monkey was also puzzled, but when he opened the road ahead, he found a family not far away, so he said, "There is a mansion by the side of the road, my old grandson, go and ask, and see what is the reason for the heat."

"Thank you!" Xuanzang said gratefully.

Ren Qinglian had already guessed that this was the boundary of the Flame Mountain, but he did not remind, but secretly passed the news to the deity.

When the monkey went to inquire, Ren Qinglian's deity finally woke up from the state of cultivation.

"Have you reached the Flame Mountain so soon?"

A warrior who doesn't cultivate the primordial spirit naturally has a much harder time comprehending the laws of heaven and earth than a Taoist. However, with the help of the dual cultivation method, his divine sense and Yang Chan's divine sense blend with each other, but he can use the other party's primordial spirit to feel that This kind of Yuanshen perspective can only be possessed by Taoist masters. Indulging in this unique feeling, he doesn't feel that the time outside has actually passed more than half a year.

"Are you leaving again?" Yang Chan also came to her senses, "I've been practicing for so long, you can take me out this time."

Ren Qinglian nodded, "Well, you follow me first, and there will be a great fortune for you."

Yang Chan didn't care about great fortune, she was overjoyed to hear that she could follow him.

Ren Qinglian rubbed her head affectionately, but before leaving, he brought the Polna family out.

Maybe Xiaobai has the blood of some kind of exotic bird, or maybe Ren Qinglian's dantian world is more aura than the outside world, and Boer's guard and self-thief will often secretly feed the rare fruits in Ren Qinglian's orchard to her. Anyway, when he reappeared in the Earth Immortal Realm, Xiaobai already had the same strength as Bohr, and his body size also became much larger.

This kind of snow-white falcon is naturally very popular with Yang Chan, and ignores Boer's protest, and regards Xiaobai as his mount.

The group of people did not meet Xuanzang and others, but directly appeared in the core of the Flame Mountain, a raging underground cave.

"Where is this place!" Yang Chan couldn't help frowning due to the scorching heat, and streaks of cyan brilliance emerged on her body, separating the flames.

But Boer's eyes lit up, "I know this place, I know it, it's the Flame Mountain!"

Ren Qinglian nodded, "Xiaobai, if you feel uncomfortable, go back to the Dantian world first."

Although Bai Falcon's strength has greatly increased, the flames in this core area are genuine samadhi fires.

Fortunately, Yang Chan immediately protected Xiaobai with her magic power, so there is no problem for the time being.

Boer chuckled: "Master, you don't know. Xiaobai has the blood of the Kunlun Snow Falcon on his body. Although he can't absorb the power of flames, he won't be afraid of these flames!"

"Oh?" Ren Qinglian was a little surprised. She didn't expect this white falcon to be a descendant of the Kunlun Snow Falcon. In these samadhi real fires under the Huoyan Mountain, they are naturally safe and sound.

"In this case, you should stay outside and practice hard," Ren Qinglian said, leading Yang Chan into the real fires of samadhi deep in the cave.

As it continued to deepen, the true fire of samadhi began to become more and more pure.

Slowly, Yang Chan had difficulty breathing, and the mana shield on her body also began to fluctuate.

Ren Qinglian tightened her hands, motioning for her to relax, and then sent a burst of true energy into the opponent's body.

With the experience of dual cultivation, Yang Chan has been able to adapt well to the fact that the martial arts qi can flow through her meridians.At the same time, a warm feeling began to spread from the limbs, and the whole body became warm.

"Let's dissipate the mana, don't worry." Ren Qinglian said, but she didn't intend to let go of her hand.

Yang Chan secretly glanced at him and tried to dispel the mana shield, but the imaginary burning sensation did not appear, it was still that warm feeling.

"Didn't I lie to you?" Ren Qinglian couldn't help laughing when she saw her cautious look.

While speaking, the two of them had come to the center of the flame.

A few huge golden ashlars fell nearby, burning with extremely pure samadhi fires.

"It turns out that the flames lasted for a long time because of the patterns on these stones!" Ren Qinglian quickly noticed the strangeness, and couldn't help but say.

"These stones seem to be used by Tushita Palace to build the alchemy furnace?" Yang Chan slowly got used to the firelight, saw those stones clearly, and couldn't help but said.

Ren Qinglian nodded, and told her the origin of the Flame Mountain, and then said: "This is the great fortune I was talking about."

"Samadhi true fire?" Yang Chan was thoughtful, this is the untold secret of Tushita Palace, if it can be grasped, it will naturally be regarded as a fortune.

Ren Qinglian shook her head, "Good deed!"

Although the true fire of samadhi is good, but Yang Chan has the lotus lamp in hand, which can only be regarded as icing on the cake. The great good fortune he said is actually the power of the merits of the Huoyan Mountain.

He has known for a long time that merits and virtues are helpful to practice, but he has never really understood how to help them. This is the fundamental reason why he did not deliberately compete for the merits of learning scriptures along the way.

However, with the memory of the six-eared macaque, and the double cultivation with Yang Chan during this period of time, he gradually understood the Taoist's cultivation method, and he really realized why those Buddhist and Taoist masters broke their heads and wanted to get some money on this journey to the West. Merit.

Yang Chan's eyes brightened. The power of merit can enhance the effect of the primordial spirit's perception of the mysteries of heaven and earth. Enough merit can even make people directly enlightened and break through the shackles of the great realm. She got it for helping Xuanzang escape from Wanku Mountain when Pingdingshan was in danger. Although it is insignificant, I have also felt the benefits of it during this period of time. Now I am a little surprised when I hear Ren Qinglian's words.

Ren Qinglian pulled her to sit cross-legged on one of the hearthstones, and with the help of the secret method of double cultivation, guided the true qi in Yang Chan's body to absorb the true fire of Samadhi around her in the way of swallowing the sky.

To achieve this step, apart from the strict requirements on the warrior's own strength, the most important thing is that the opponent must trust the spellcaster 100%. After all, this is tantamount to completely disarming oneself and letting others slaughter him.

But for the two of them, there is no need to worry about this. After all, the cultivation of the dual-cultivation secret method has long allowed them to communicate with each other and trust each other.

Yang Chan doesn't practice martial arts, Ren Qinglian just temporarily imitated the cultivation of warriors in her body, in the final analysis, these refined samadhi fires still have to return to his own dantian, but in another sense, it is It is equivalent to Yang Chan refining the sky fire that has raged for hundreds of years in the Flame Mountain. It is not only benefiting the people within a radius of ten thousand miles, but also helping the Buddhist scriptures to escape from the calamity. When the time comes, merit will naturally descend.

However, wanting to absorb all the Samadhi True Fire in this cave is not something that can be achieved overnight. Although Ren Qinglian has seized some of the merits, it does not affect the monkeys and others to go through their own training and obtain some large and small merits. .

(End of this chapter)