Teaching a Disciple in Jade Flower Prefecture (I)

After the affairs of Fengxian County were concluded, Ao Tu took out the rewards to examine them and instructed Jiangzhu to continue.

Ten-Thousand-Year Wood Heart.

This is the heart of a ten-thousand-year-old spiritual creature; it's quite a valuable material.

There was once an old vine in the Flower Realm, which had grown for ten thousand years and called itself the Immortal God. When Xiao Zhenying was playing in the Flower Realm, she tripped and fell. Later, she told Jiangzhu, who then ordered someone to uproot it. The spiritual material was given to Xiao Zhenying to refine pills, but she failed and only produced a few waste pills, which she then gave to the male and female immortals below as rewards.

Gen Earth.

This is the Yang Earth of the Eight Trigrams, the Earth of steadfastness. It is the best material for refining some talismans. It just so happens that Ao Tu has just acquired a Merit Spirit Mountain in Fengxian County. He can use this earth, along with some other spiritual materials, to refine Small Heaven-Flipping Seal and show it to Wukong.

The Houtian Spiritual Treasure · Dharma Wheel.

Unlike the Demon-Subduing Pestle and Buddhist Prayer Beads beads commonly used in Present Buddha, in Ancient Times times, Western Heaven monks often used various materials such as gold, silver, and lapis lazuli to forge Dharma Wheel as treasures. However, for various reasons, there are not many Western Heaven monks left now.

The Jade Houtian Spiritual Treasure Jade Ruyi.

The Ruyi is a supreme treasure of Daoism, miraculously responding to Creation and possessing boundless efficacy. Among them, the jade Jade Ruyi of the Yuanshi Tianzun Venerable is the best, while this one is far inferior in comparison, but it is still a decent Houtian Spiritual Treasure.

Supernatural Ability: Three-Lights Divine Water

Ao Tu possessed a great deal of the Three-Lights Divine Water, but those were gifts from Guanyin Bodhisattva. Now, with this Supernatural Ability, he could refine the Divine Water himself.

However, comprehending the refining process of the Three-Lights Divine Water is indeed very complicated, so it's easier to just get it from the Teacher.

Bifang Feather.

Bifang was Ancient Times demon god, the spirit of wood. Because he could foretell great fires, people were all afraid of him, and thus rumors of disasters spread.

Now that the Demon Clan has fallen, it is extremely difficult to find any trace of the Bifang bloodline.

Legend has it that descendants of Bifang live in the Northern Utarakuru, but no one has ever actually seen them.

After the little red bird hatches, perhaps we can give this item to her and let her understand the secrets within it.

The Primordial Heaven Five Great Primordials.

These are five points of spiritual light, namely: Great Change, Great Beginning, Great Origin, Great Simplicity, and Supreme Ultimate.

Great Change state before the appearance of Qi; Great Beginning is the beginning of Qi; Great Origin the beginning of form; Great Simplicity is the beginning of substance. Qi, form, and substance are all present but not yet separated, hence it is called Chaos, also known as Supreme Ultimate.

Five points of spiritual light converged and fell upon Ao Tu.

In an instant, Ao Tu traversed infinity and arrived at the source of the world.

This is the Great Change, the time before the birth of the Great God Pangu, when there was no Heaven and Earth, and no myriad spirits.

Only six Sage have remained constant throughout history.

These are the Saint Nuwa, the Sage Taiqing, the Sage Yuqing, the Sage Shangqing, the Sage Jieyin, and the Sage Zhunti.

Of the five Sage, Ao Tu was familiar with only the Sage Zhunti, whom he had never met.

They Dao Yi "Fellow Daoists," and the primordial light of Great Change dissipated, returning to the Great Beginning of time. At this time, the Great Dao was formless and had not yet been born, yet the six Sage still stood in the air, demonstrating the power of the Sage.

Then came Great Origin, the beginning of form; then Great Simplicity, the beginning of substance; and finally Supreme Ultimate, where qi, form, and substance were all complete, giving birth to Chaos, within which divine beings were conceived.

For some reason, Ao Tu felt a strange sense of familiarity with the sacred thing that was being conceived.

Before he could examine it closely, all five points of spiritual light had dissipated, Ao Tu vanished into Chaos.

The Six Sages congratulated each other and then merged into the other world along with Ao Tu.

Ao Tu snapped Recovering One's Senses, still within the Flower Realm. His numerous bloodlines traversed the Primordial Heaven Five Great Primordials, passing through Great Change, Great Beginning, Great Origin, Great Simplicity, Supreme Ultimate, before becoming one with the whole, transforming into a chaotic Chaos.

Ao Tu carefully examined the Chaos within his body.

It was exactly the same as what he had just seen.

In a daze, he was somewhat unable to distinguish.

Was the Chaos he just saw in his spiritual light the evolution from the beginning of the world, or an evolution within his own body?

If it's the latter, then isn't the divinity born from this Chaos itself his own?

If that's true, then he could also dissolve the name of Pangu and Heaven-Opening and Earth-Creating.

As Ao Tu pondered, due to the changes in his own bloodline, his yang energy surged, making him extremely arrogant, unaware of his own arrogance.

Jiangzhu felt it was difficult and exhausting, yet she saw no results. She asked softly, "What's wrong, my Benefactor?"

Upon hearing this, Ao Tu gently massaged her lower abdomen and chuckled, "You don't know."

Jiangzhu hummed in agreement and continued to serve attentively.

Ao Tu thought to himself that now that Tang Sanzang and his disciples had passed Fengxian County, they were already at the foot of Spirit Mountain. He should hurry up and prepare for establishing his sect and attacking Spirit Mountain.

He had already decided on the name of the sect.

Other matters were not prepared.

However, with Minghe around, he doesn't need to do everything himself; otherwise, why would he go to so much trouble to invite Minghe to be the Vice Sect Leader?

As the Cult Leader, coming up with a name was already quite a task for him.

Minghe often said that he was lustful.

This is utter slander.

What does the Minghe know?

When we talk to the Minghe about creating Chaos and Heaven-Opening and Earth-Creating, the Minghe never did any of that. Who can know the hardships it endured?

Ao Tu examined the last treasure.

Merit Ship.

A single sail appeared, adorned with Merit and embroidered with the banners of twelve kingdoms, signifying great prosperity.

Upon closer inspection, it was clear that this was the Ancient Buddha Kasaya Ao Tu had just bestowed upon his disciple Alu, but for some reason it had been altered into a sail and embroidered with so many national flags.

The Small Boat on Ao Tu's body came out automatically, and the sail fell on it, finally completing the Small Boat.

The Small Boat that Ao Tu forged was originally Baleful Qi Treasure, but now that it has a sail, it shines with Golden Light and accumulates Celebration Cloud, transforming into Merit Treasure.

Among them, Merit obscure the Heavenly Secrets, twelve national flags conceal Baleful Qi, Power Command control fortune is evident, disregarding the constraints of Rules.

Upon closer inspection, the aura of that Merit Ship is connected to the past and the Future.

Ao Tu looked back and saw his Good Corpse Jingshi, Creation the northwest land, uniting Heaven and Earth, and drawing strength from all races. With the help of the Dragon Race and Wu Clan, the Dragon Race controlled the wind and rain, and the Wu Clan controlled the land, thus bringing great prosperity to the Western Heaven.

Among them are twelve Golden Flood Dragon, who govern the wind, rain, clouds, and fog of the Northwestern Two Lands and are worshipped by all people.

There was Sage who was Jieyin in the Wonderful Solemnity Kingdom, renounced the country, became a monk, founded the Western Heaven Sect, and became a saint.

The people of the Northwest, moved by the teachings, abandoned the Jingshi and Dragon Witch clans and turned to the Western Heaven Sect.

The dragon rebelled and was beheaded.

Ao Tu saw clearly that although the monk called himself the Taoist Jieyin and Amitabha Buddha, he was in fact none other than Zhunti.

Before, he wouldn't have Zhunti's appearance. It was only because he had just felt the Primordial Heaven Five Great Primordials spiritual lights, returned to the source of the world, and seen the Six Sages that Zhunti.

The twelve Golden Flood Dragon were betrayed by the people under their rule and died, filled with injustice and resentment.

With great power and Merit, the Sage Zhunti placed twelve Golden Flood Dragon on his Kasaya to convert them.

Later, the Kasaya fell into Ao Tu.

Ao Tu released the souls of twelve Golden Flood Dragon.

Those twelve Golden Flood Dragon were reincarnated in the Future and became the rulers of twelve kingdoms.

At that time, Ao Tu's eyes were Dao Wound, and he could not see where the twelve Golden Flood Dragon were reincarnated.

Looking back today, our gaze is now fixed on the Future.

It turns out that those twelve Golden Flood Dragon were reincarnated as the twelve lords of the two kingdoms in Future Northwestern Two Lands.

This is the very land that Ao Tu Self Corpse ruled over.

At that time, Self Corpse was whipping my followers and building the church, I saw Ao Tu coming and shouted:

"Fellow Daoist, my followers are far from sufficient! I wish to set sail to spread the teachings, traveling between the Four Great Continents to exchange goods and resources, but I lack a treasure for crossing the seas. Could I borrow your ' Merit Ship '?"

Upon hearing this, Ao Tu was enlightened.

Isn't this precisely the Creation of this Small Boat?

He then handed the Merit Ship to his Self Corpse, saying:

"With this item, you can travel to the Four Extremities of the Heaven and Earth and go anywhere, except for the land of China."

The Self Corpse asked, "Why?"

Ao Tu said, "It's because you promised the Yuqing Sage that you wouldn't break your promise. Otherwise, he would Ruyi smashed the Ruyi, and you would have suffered a great loss!"

He said to Self Corpse, "I understand. I will definitely tell my followers not to go to China."

Ao Tu said, "Traveling by ship to the Four Great Continents is no ordinary matter. Do you already have someone in mind, fellow Daoist?"

The Self Corpse remark. "This matter is easily resolved!"

Ao Tu said, "I would like to hear the details."

The Self Corpse said, "As the ancients said, 'When Heaven is about to place a great responsibility on a person, it first tests their will and strengthens their body.' Therefore, I wish to take trillions of followers under my command, whip them, and from those trillions I will choose ten thousand, from those ten thousand I will choose a hundred, and from those a hundred I will choose one who is worthy of the great responsibility!"

Upon hearing this, Ao Tu couldn't help but say, "Couldn't you at least accumulate some good deeds?"

The Self Corpse laughed and said, "If I were to accumulate virtue, how could you and the Good Corpse Youde any? The way of Heavenly Dao is ordinary, nothing more than this."

Ao Tu said helplessly, "I'll give you someone."

The Self Corpse asked, "Who is it?"

Ao Tu said, "In the past, the Saint Nuwa slew the Giant Ao and mended the Azure Heaven. The Giant Ao died in the far north and harbored resentment towards the Human Race. I and the Good Corpse persuaded him, promising to reincarnate him as a human in the future and perform great Merit, which is exactly what happened today."

Upon hearing this, the Self Corpse laughed and said, "Indeed, the tortoise is good at swimming and can walk, making it the perfect choice."

Ao Tu then picked up the Merit Ship and summoned the Giant Ao.

The Merit Ship was made from the Giant Ao Shell Bones, hence the existence of such a medium. At Ao Tu's call, the soul of a Giant Turtle returned from the long river, and upon seeing Ao Tu, immediately bowed down.

Ao Tu said, "I bestow upon you great Merit; you shall be reborn here and enter the Reincarnation reincarnation!"

The Giant Turtle then knelt before its Self Corpse.

The Self Corpse said, "I am the master of the Holy Sect, with countless kingdoms under my command and trillions of followers. You may choose any kingdom to Reincarnation into."

The Giant Turtle listened and randomly chose a country.

It is clear that it is one of the twelve Golden Flood Dragon that Ao Tu released in the past.

The Giant Turtle, carrying the Merit Ship, was reincarnated. The rulers of twelve kingdoms successively supported it, and with the help of its Self Corpse and the assistance of the Dragon Race, it was kept safe and sound. In the end, it connected the Four Seas, traveled to the Four Great Continents, exchanged goods and wealth, and created endless Merit.

Of course, there are countless continents and countries, and their doctrines and Law are not entirely the same.

In the course of our interactions, some offenses are inevitable.

Fortunately, the Merit Ship was protected by Merit and also by the flags of twelve countries, so it was unharmed.

Afterwards, the rulers of those twelve countries, due to past grudges, sought revenge and committed many evil deeds.

Later, they all suffered bad consequences.

This matter will not be discussed further for now.

From the perspective of the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth, Merit is ultimately more important.

With Ao Tu in charge of this matter, his fortunes improved even further. He then prepared to return to India to spread his teachings.

However, Ao Tu had little experience in this area.

After thinking it over, Ao Tu consulted Self.

Self personally taught Ao Tu the Fire-Seed Proselytization Method.

Ao Tu offered many invaluable words of advice.

With a thought, he returned to the Present World.

Jiangzhu continued to serve him meticulously.

Overjoyed, Ao Tu cupped her pretty face in his hands. He saw that Jiangzhu's eyes were full of affection and her gaze was like autumn water, so he kissed her.

Jiangzhu, feeling shy and unable to control herself, hung her hands behind Ao Tu's back, both proactive and embarrassed.

Then came another round of lovemaking.

Soon, Jiangzhu's slender waist trembled violently, and she collapsed into Ao Tu's arms.

Ao Tu couldn't help but laugh and said, "You! I wonder if you're the one serving me, or I'm the one serving you?"

Jiangzhu was completely exhausted, and could only rub her flushed face against Ao Tu's chest.

Ao Tu held Jiangzhu and rested for two hours. Then Xiao Zhenying knocked on the door to ask for advice on alchemy.

Ao Tu then dressed himself and went out to teach her alchemy.

Xiao Zhenying learned alchemy very quickly and was almost able to refine First-Turn Golden Elixir. However, her magical power was too weak, and she could not refine it in one go. She could only refine half of it first and then go back to refine the other half. Only one or two out of ten Golden Elixir cores could be successfully refined.

This is already considered quite talented.

What you can learn at a glance is ultimately not very common.

Ao Tu corrected some of her minor oversights. She didn't make any major mistakes, just some habitual minor errors, which were corrected and then she was fine.

Ao Tu then began to teach her the second stage of alchemy.

Xiao Zhenying said with distress, "Master, my magical power is increasing so slowly. I can't even use Samadhi True Fire for long. How can I refine a second-stage Golden Elixir?"

Ao Tu said, "It will be better when you grow up."

Xiao Zhenying asked, "When will I grow up?"

Ao Tu said, "You are a born deity, hence your growth is slow. When you reach your teenage years, your magical power will naturally far surpass that of others, even those who have become immortals and cultivated the Dao cannot match you."

Upon hearing this, Xiao Zhenying sat down on the Meditation Cushion and said, "That will take a very, very long time! Master, is there any other way?"

Xiao Zhenying was wearing a well-fitting Daoist Daoist Robe. Her hair, which should have been tied up, was left loose because she was lazy. Since she was Daoism, she believed in the principles of nature, so Ao Tu did not criticize her too much.

Ao Tu said, "No, get up quickly and Alchemy."

Xiao Zhenying verbally agreed and sat up straight, but in her heart she was thinking about how her master was showing favoritism. Sister Jiangzhu, Sister Apricot Immortal, and Xiao Jiu had all made rapid progress in their magical powers, so there must be some methods that she didn't know about.

Could it be that her master has concocted some kind of Spirit Pills and is keeping it from her?

I don't know where it's hidden.

Master is not often at home; his belongings are either kept by Sister Jiangzhu or hidden on his person.

What are you thinking about?

Ao Tu raised his hand and slapped Xiao Zhenying on the forehead.

Xiao Zhenying quickly replied, "It's nothing!"

Ao Tu laughed and said, "How could you possibly know of Master's Supernatural Ability? I have no Spirit Pills or Jiangzhu and the others have increased their cultivation through other methods, which you cannot learn. Focus on Alchemy, and your future will naturally be bright."

Xiao Zhenying listened and softly agreed, but she didn't believe it in her heart.

Ao Tu slapped her again, saying, "How dare you not believe me!"

Xiao Zhenying covered her head, feeling wronged, and said, "Master is bullying me because of his Supernatural Ability!"

Ao Tu said, "Alright, I won't watch anymore. Let's Alchemy."

After teaching Xiao Zhenying for an hour, Ao Tu left the Flower Realm, intending to go to Yaochi to find Hong'er.

Unexpectedly, upon arriving at Yaochi, they found Erlang's sister and the Third Holy Mother of Mount Hua talking with Hong'er and the others.

When Hong'er saw Ao Tu, she was overjoyed, but Third Holy Mother beside her, she gave her a wink and pretended not to know.

Upon seeing this, Ao Tu had no choice but to leave for the time being.

Upon seeing this, the Third Holy Mother sensed something was amiss and said to Hong'er, "Who is that Immortal? We've never seen her before!"

Hong'er became a little nervous when she heard her question.

Qing'er, who was standing nearby, quickly covered for Hong'er and introduced her, saying, "That's a high-ranking official newly appointed by the Jade Emperor, the Western Heaven Savior Celestial Worthy!"

The Third Holy Mother said, "So you are a newly appointed Immortal by the Jade Emperor. May I ask why he has come to the Yaochi? Is he here to look for someone?"

Upon hearing this, Hong'er was thrown into turmoil, her nervous gaze darting around, clearly revealing her guilty conscience.

Qing'er quickly covered it up, saying that the Western Heaven Savior Celestial Worthy was also the Lord of the Flower Realm, and that he was probably here on official business.

Even though Qing'er managed to cover it up in time, Hong'er's behavior was too obvious and was still noticed by the Third Holy Mother. However, the Third Holy Mother did not expose her, but simply kept it in mind.

On the other side, Ao Tu left Yaochi and, calculating that it was about time, headed straight for the Blood Sea.

This journey is to Preaching in India.