69novels Chapter 365 - 231: Power of Three Carriages, Choosing the Path Ahead
Chapter 365 - 231: Power of Three Carriages, Choosing the Path Ahead
Bai Qi’s thoughts sink, slowly illuminating the vast sea of his heart, and as expected, it’s as if a gentle breeze stirs up ripples.
The Divine Soul Embryo dwelling between his brows subtly leaps, like a dormant dragon eager to stir the winds and rise into the sky.
This feeling is quite familiar, stemming from the Inner Scenic Land buried in the boundless void, emitting an enticing fluctuation.
The cultivator’s Divine Soul is like a celestial star surrounding the great sun, ready to fall into it when summoned.
"No malice, nor has there been any sudden warning from my intuition..."
Bai Qi opens his Spiritual Sense wide, maintaining it for a full fifteen minutes, not detecting any anomaly, finally allowing himself to breathe a slight sigh of relief.
The greatest asset of the Tao of the Concealed Yellow Springs lies in nurturing the five senses, discerning subtlety, and maintaining a tranquil mind, always vigilant.
"According to the master’s words, cultivators are mostly insidious, not lacking in those who use abandoned Inner Scenic Lands to deceive and rob peers, caution is paramount."
Once confirmed, Bai Qi’s gaze retracts, releasing a thought still forming, like an infant curled up, slowly merging into the void.
Buzz!
Like a Copper Bell tolling, creating visible subtle ripples, a faintly visible portal in the mysterious void opens to usher it inside.
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"This kid is really cautious, quite like Chen Xing, sly and conniving, full of malice! No wonder they see eye to eye!"
Witnessing everything, Chen Yin remarked wistfully.
This White Sun Sect Leader stands with flowing sleeves at the absolute peak, beneath him stretches a vast river and mountain.
Looking from above, it’s akin to majestic dragon veins, layers upon layers, roaring head high, nurturing a grand and wild terrain.
This Inner Scenic Land is named the "Ten Thousand Dragon Nest."
Noted alongside the legendary "Twenty-Four Jie Heaven-Reaching Valley," "Eternal Youth Five Viscera Observation," "Three Elements Divine Great Yellow Court."
All are supreme cultivation holy lands!
For instance, the "Heaven-Reaching Valley" corresponds with the Circulation of Heaven and Earth Barrier among the four practices.
It assists in cultivating the "Three Cart Force," refining the "Great Dragon Bone," and comprehending the intricacies of Qi circulation.
Before Dao’s extinction, each True Lineage often equated "River Vehicle" with the tool for carrying water and fire.
Thus, many Taoist Scriptures use "Sheep Cart," "Deer Cart," "Ox Cart."
Metaphorically describing the four great practices of the Circulation of Heaven and Earth Barrier, managing the urgency and weight of alchemical processes.
From the sacrum to the Mud Ball, traversing three barriers, moving slowly when passing through the Governing Vessel, like a sheep gently pulling a cart;
From the spine barrier to the Jade Pillow barrier, it should proceed quickly, with large strides and urgent movement, like a deer swiftly pulling the cart;
From the Jade Pillow barrier to the Mud Ball, due to the Jade Pillow barrier’s extreme delicacy, it must forcibly break through, like an ox vigorously pulling a cart.
Similarly, Buddhist Zen Martial Arts feature similar descriptions, using Sheep Cart to refer to the Hearer Vehicle, Deer Cart to refer to the Solitary Realizer Vehicle, Ox Cart to refer to the Bodhisattva Vehicle.
No matter if it’s a Daoist Cultivator or Martial Cultivator, once mastering the "Three Cart Force," they can circulate Qi all day long, during rest or activity, constantly increasing vigor, the benefits needn’t be elaborated.
Upon refining the "Great Dragon Bone," passing the Water and Fire Tribulation, one’s physical shell achieves perfection, the true body becomes flawless without aging or decay.
Later, the "Five Viscera Observation," "Great Yellow Court" are much the same.
They respectively enable cultivators to achieve significant breakthroughs in certain realms.
"Hmph, Chen Xing knows nothing; every generation of White Sun Taoists must enter the ’Ten Thousand Dragon Nest.’
The Heaven-Reaching Valley focuses on Qi cultivation’s three cart, while the Ten Thousand Dragon Nest can refine the spirit’s three cart.
The Five Elements Cycle, endlessly revolving, reversing subtleties, dragon and tiger unite birthing Yellow Sprout, the Little River Cart;
Elbow-Back Flying Gold Crystal, Returning Crystal to the Muddy Pill, Withdrawing Lead and Adding Mercury forming Great Medicine, the Large River Cart;
True Qi born with Five Qi Facing the Middle Yuan, akin to cranes flying in pairs, White Jade Mercury completed, resembling a fire dragon rising, moving spirit into body, mingling with time’s flow; transforming the saint to transcend the mundane, hence becoming an ascendant, the Purple River Vehicle..."
Chen Yin’s lips curl into a smile, content with his knowledge. The Ten Thousand Dragon Nest boasts majestic terrain, gathering abundant spiritual energy, nurturing three Divine Pills within.
First the Dragon and Tiger Jade Liquid Great Rejuvenation Pill; second the Mud Ball Golden Liquid Great Rejuvenation Pill; third the Nine-Nine Water and Fire Great Rejuvenation Pill.
They’re not medicines for the body, but Nourishing Spirit Pills.
The phrase "Great Rejuvenation" is a euphemism for death.
Allowing the soul to emerge from death and gain life is akin to successful embryo nurturing, returning to the Innate state.
Hence, from ancient times, Great Rejuvenation Pills are esteemed as "Cultivation Wonders."
"So many commoners, since birth, tainted with turbid Qi, unable to return to Innate, their bodies sink and corrupt, souls dim and obscure.
Bai Qilang will cradle the embryo for a hundred days; if he can consume the Great Rejuvenation Pill from the Ten Thousand Dragon Nest, his qualifications will surely break through; possessing any one would elevate him to supreme talent level, by then he will comprehend the profound mysteries of the Dao, incomparable to a crude Martial Artist."
Chen Yin muses simply, imparting true teachings relies solely on foundations.
Providing enough incentive, wouldn’t retention be inevitable?
"Chen Xing, in the end, is just a Martial Artist, nowhere near this sect leader’s foresight."
Chen Yin chuckles faintly, confident in his plans. Seekers of the Dao, their yearning for the "Dao" far surpasses that of a hungry ghost beholding a banquet’s feast, it’s an instinctive tremor from the soul.
Especially those with outstanding prowess and top-tier talent, they keenly sense if the Dao showers favor.
The Taoist Scripture speaks of "not man pursuing Dao, but Dao pursuing man," reflecting this notion.
"Rumor has it, among the Four Reversals Sect’s five scriptures, they have attained sentience, capable even of choosing a master... indeed another wondrous Dao treasure."
As Bai Qi descends into the Ten Thousand Dragon Nest, Chen Yin’s gaze intensifies, sweeping across the vast mountains.
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"Did the Lu Family fall?"
In the funeral hall of He Mansion, He Lichang’s gaze shifts from the candelabra to the returning He Jingfeng.