Xiuxian: I studied abroad in modern times

Chapter 599: Enlightenment through Meditation with the Yellow Court Classic, Facing Hongjun Directly
Bodhi seeds, powerful!
On the high platform, Daoist Hongjun spoke eloquently, and the three thousand guests below listened attentively—the word "sage" had an infinite magic power over cultivators.

Hongjun first explained how to prove the Dao through force.

“Like Pangu, who broke free of his shackles with great supernatural powers and magic, and transformed himself into heaven and earth.” Hongjun Daoist shook his head, as if sighing, “This is the most difficult and strongest way. Pangu’s divine power is something that I still cannot match.”

The audience was initially thrilled, but then felt as if a bucket of cold water had been poured over them – if they had the same spiritual foundation as Pangu, how could they be sitting here?

"Teacher, is there a simpler method?" Tongtian asked, voicing what everyone was thinking.

"Simple?"

"Yes, the simpler the better."

"Yes." Hongjun Daoist glanced at Tongtian and slowly said, "With immeasurable merit, one can connect with heaven and earth, gain the approval of the Heavenly Dao, and become a saint on the spot."

What is meant by immeasurable merit?
Everyone couldn't help but look at Nuwa. After creating humans, the goddess immediately attained sainthood, setting a great example.

Tongtian scratched his head, looking dejected: "How can merit be so easily obtained?"

Zheng Fa saw a black-robed man not far from him nodding repeatedly. The man had a sinister face and a gloomy aura. He seemed to sense Zheng Fa's gaze and turned to look at him.

Zheng Fa seemed to see a sea of ​​blood rushing towards him, as if to devour and drown him.

He immediately recognized the man as the Styx Ancestor, whom he had heard of in Kunlun a few years ago.

This person was indeed the second most powerful being in the primordial world after the six saints ahead. He was incredibly strong and seemed to be bursting with confidence. He believed that if Nuwa could do it, so could I. A few years ago, he created the Asura race, intending to emulate Nuwa and become a saint, but in the end, he was left with nothing.

The unique characteristics of the human race are evident.

When Styx heard Tongtian mention this matter, how could he not feel distressed and depressed? Zheng Fa's glance at him at this moment was tantamount to adding fuel to the fire.

Fortunately, this was the Zixiao Palace, so he only glared at Zheng Fa before turning back coldly and continuing to be depressed.

After the Styx Ancestor set an example, the others naturally understood that the matter of merit depends on one's luck, which is quite mysterious and not something that ordinary people can dream of. Therefore, they looked at Hongjun with longing eyes.

Hongjun Daoist smiled and said, "Besides, someone like me, without Pangu's great supernatural powers and without so much merit in my early years, can only achieve Dao by severing the three corpses."

Tongtian and the others were immediately invigorated and asked, "May I ask, Master, what are the Three Corpses?"

"The three corpses are good, evil, and attachment; what is called the highest virtue is not virtue..."

Master Hongjun began to explain in detail.

As he listened, the Daoist of Creation soon became confused, as if he were listening to a book written in heaven, unable to keep up with the pace—his strength was still far from becoming a saint, and being of human origin, he had already missed the first sermon, and he could not understand much of the second sermon either, falling behind step by step, so naturally he was struggling now.

He had anticipated this, but he looked at Zheng Fa with a mixture of anticipation and worry.

Whether he can obtain the Primordial Purple Qi depends entirely on Zheng Fa.

However, his strength far surpasses Zheng Fa's, and even he himself is finding it so difficult to understand; it's uncertain whether Zheng Fa will gain anything from it...

Zheng Fa listened intently, the Bodhi seed floating above his head, its wisdom light gently falling on his face.

Zheng Fa's face showed moments of joy, moments of sudden realization, and he would occasionally gesticulate wildly, clearly having gained a great deal.

He really felt great; how should I put it, he finally experienced what it's like to be a genius!

Zheng Fa had heard of Bodhi seeds before, but their effectiveness still exceeded his expectations.

Countless thoughts are now growing in his mind, and each thought is like a version of himself.

They were thinking, deducing, and even exchanging ideas and colliding with each other. Countless flashes of inspiration and myriad true meanings, combined with the Daoist Hongjun's voice of the Great Dao, captivated Zheng Fa.

How should I put this situation?

His mind was like a newly powered engine, racing forward at breakneck speed.

Within the Jade Tablet of Creation, the *Huangting Jing* also began to grow on its own.

Following "The Transformation of the Heavenly Gang and Earthly Fiends", a new scripture appeared.

One by one, the golden characters seemed to spring from Zheng Fa's mind, appearing rapidly, his inspiration like a landslide, unstoppable.

The classic texts of the Hao Ri Tian He School, the insights gained from listening to the Dao twice before, and Zheng Fa's lifelong experience with the Dao were all fused together and transformed into a Great Dao Scripture.

Zheng Fa became so engrossed in the scriptures that he gradually forgot to listen to Hongjun's sermons and became unaware of the passage of time.

He felt that, in just a moment, a faint cracking sound suddenly came to his ears, and his soul seemed to sink into a quagmire, losing its previous brilliance, and he felt a suffocating feeling like he was suddenly stuck in traffic.

Zheng Fa frowned and came to his senses. When he opened his eyes, he found that the Bodhi seed seemed to be unable to bear the weight and had broken into powder, which fell on his knees.

Turning around, he saw the Creator Daoist staring at the pile of powder with an extremely distressed expression.

...Don't blame me, you gave me this Bodhi seed yourself.

But he could also understand the Creator's reluctance—the Bodhi seeds were too fragrant.

Zheng Fa's soul sank. He opened the Jade Tablet of Creation and looked at the scripture that had been "naturally" generated—the Inner Landscape Scripture.

The earlier version of the *Huangting Jing* only went up to the stage of Dao Fruition and did not contain any further content.

On the one hand, Zheng Fa's strength was insufficient before, and he did not understand the cultivation of the Dao Fruit level, so he could not have made it up.

On the other hand, as far as Zheng Fa knew, there were no written records of Dao fruits in the Xuanwei cultivation world.

Neither the "Crimson Jade Scroll" nor the "Immortal-Trapping Sword Manual" could progress beyond the Dao Fruit stage.

He even asked the Jade Maiden and the Jade Dragon Lord of Yaochi, but neither Yaochi nor the Dragon Clan had any corresponding records.

This also meant that Zheng Fa had no reference to draw upon, and naturally could not create a sequel to the Huang Ting Jing.

The "Inner Landscape Scripture" before him could be said to be the first cultivation method for the Loose Immortal level that Zheng Fa knew of.

In the Xuanwei Realm alone, this is unprecedented!
If it weren't for Hongjun's teachings, and if it weren't for Bodhi, he probably wouldn't have been able to create something like this in his entire life.

The essence of the Inner Landscape Sutra is very simple: cultivate inner peace and refine the body and spirit.

Although Zheng Fa comprehended the Huangting Sutra with the help of Bodhi seeds, the sutra did not come out of thin air.

He had previously learned the essence of cultivation from Venerable Tianhe—that cultivators and the Heavenly Dao are actually one.

In its simplest terms, cultivators are the seeds of the Heavenly Dao, and the Heavenly Dao is the mature form of cultivators.

After entering the Nine Luminaries Heaven, Nuwa, after becoming a saint, told him that the Dao Fruit comes from within.

According to Zheng Fa's understanding of the profound and subtle immortal path, this is the process of a seed germinating and growing.

Simply put, cultivators begin with the Dao Fruit and strive to become the universe, or even the Heavenly Dao.

The biggest question is what kind of universe this is, or rather, what its rules are.

The Inner Scripture was written to solve this problem.

The essence of Zheng Fa's "Huangting Neijing Jing" is that the human body is a microcosm.

This idea, of course, draws on the wisdom of our predecessors.

But Zheng Fa's "Huang Ting Jing" is not just that—he was thinking about what the microcosm is and how the human body can become the universe.
In the Inner Scripture, he gave his own answer.

Using a somewhat strange analogy, in his view, the microcosm, or the human body, is the fertilized egg of the universe.

The most important aspect of the early version of the *Huangting Neijing Jing* was actually a system of body and spirit:
The upper, middle, and lower dantian symbolize the three realms (heaven, earth, and man), and the spirit of creation gathers in the acupoints and organs throughout the body. For example, the five internal organs correspond to the spirits of the five elements.

The spirit of the body is both a manifestation of bodily functions and, on the other hand, corresponds to the rules of the heavenly way.

The cultivation process of the "Inner Landscape Scripture" is to perfect the body and spirit through the cultivator's understanding of the Dao of Heaven.

For example, because of his second sermon, Zheng Fa is now familiar with the water-based supernatural abilities of the Dragon Clan. Naturally, his kidney spirit will absorb some of the essence of the Dragon Clan's techniques. In the end, he may even surpass the Dragon Clan's talent in water-based abilities.

Zheng Fa had great ambitions for the body god.

He used the Jade Tablet of Creation to contain all the laws of the world, and fused them into one furnace with the Yellow Court Classic. That body and spirit were the means he used to govern all laws.

He wanted to integrate all sorts of cultivation techniques and spells, and even the innate divine structure that Zheng Fa obtained from the Goddess Nuwa, into his body and spirit in order to perfect himself.

But the significance of the body and spirit goes far beyond that.

In the vision of the Inner Landscape Scripture, when the body and spirit are cultivated to the end, they will eventually emerge from the inside out, from the inner landscape to the outer landscape, and become a true god of heaven and earth.

At that time, the divine bodies that Zheng Fa condensed would become deities who held power in the world—or rather, become the rules of that universe.

If we consider the human body as the fertilized egg of the universe, then the spirit body is somewhat like DNA, condensing from the human body and controlling the underlying laws of the universe that the cultivator has transformed into.

The moment Zheng Fa achieved perfect physical and spiritual cultivation was the moment he stepped into the Golden Immortal realm.

In the Huangting Jing, the ranks of the Scattered Immortals correspond to the inner landscape, the ranks of the True Immortals should correspond to the outer landscape, and the Golden Immortals are those whose bodies and spirits have reached perfection, and whose human bodies have transformed into the real universe.

From now on, he no longer had any doubts about how to proceed after attaining the Dao Fruit.

Unfortunately, the Bodhi seed had cracks in Bai Lian's hands, and Zheng Fa used it too harshly. Although he had already figured out the next steps, the only thing he could truly perfect was the "Inner Scripture".

But the Inner Scripture alone is enough at this time!
Just as the "Inner Landscape Scripture" was nearing completion, immortal energy surged and shone with white light in the acupoints throughout Zheng Fa's body.

Within the white light, figures emerged one by one, which were the initial condensation of the Body God.

Hongjun Daoist paused in his sermon, his gaze fixed on Zheng Fa, and suddenly laughed, interrupting his explanation of the sage's teachings. He nodded and said, "Excellent!"

A golden light shone from the crown atop Zheng Fa's head, and he rose into the air without wind, swaying gently as he flew toward the empty prayer mat in the first row.

Zheng Fa had just sat down on the prayer mat when he heard a congratulatory voice beside him: "Fellow Daoist has finally arrived."

He turned his head and saw Tongtian looking at him, as if he had been waiting for him for a long time.

Nuwa, Zhunti, and the others also turned to the side, cupped their hands in congratulations, and were extremely enthusiastic.

"It seems Fellow Daoist Zheng has gained some insight." Yuanshi nodded and smiled, his expression still full of curiosity. He added, "I only hope that we will have the opportunity to discuss the Dao again in the future."

Hongjun didn't say much more, but then he opened his mouth again and continued speaking from where he had stopped earlier.

The three thousand guests of Zixiao who were listening to the sermon behind the seven people had no interest in listening to the sermon. They were all staring at Zheng Fa's back, with different thoughts in their minds, but most of them were filled with envy, jealousy, or even hatred.

Only the Daoist of Creation had very complicated emotions.

Zheng Fa sat on the seventh prayer mat, which fulfilled his wish and gave him hope of obtaining the Primordial Purple Qi.

On the other hand, he also felt a bit frustrated.

Since entering the Nine Luminaries Heaven, Zheng Fa has been listening to the Dao, and so has he, but the other party has always been ahead in every aspect.

You must know that he was already a Golden Immortal, or even the Lord of the Nine Luminaries Heaven, and had all the advantages of timing, location, and popular support.

Before Zheng Fa entered the Nine Luminaries Heaven, he wasn't even a wandering immortal.

After comparing them, how could he not feel frustrated?

Just now, Zheng Fan was able to sit on the seventh prayer mat not only because of the Taixu Crown—otherwise, he would have sat on it as soon as he entered the Zixiao Palace.

Clearly, Zheng Fa gained some insight from listening to the teachings through the Bodhi seeds, which is why he was able to fulfill the request for the seventh meditation cushion.

Even Zheng Fa's enlightenment must have been extremely profound!
Thinking back to how confused he had been, the Daoist of Creation naturally felt even more embarrassed.

Even though the other party relied on the Bodhi Seed, Bai Lian didn't have such a glorious past when she had the Bodhi Seed!
What's more, the bodhi seed was broken.

The Daoist of Creation looked at the dark wood-colored powder, twitched his lips, then turned back to look at Zheng Fa's back, his eyes deep and unfathomable.

Since the Bodhi seeds are gone, Zheng Fa can simply use himself to make up for it.

The insights the other party gained in this Zixiao Palace will eventually become their own.

Thinking of this, the Creator finally grinned and laughed.

Zheng Fa sat on the futon, with thousands of cold, piercing gazes on his back and the Creation Daoist's ill-intentioned covetousness, yet he was fast asleep with his eyes closed.

He opened his eyes, looked around, and was very confused—how did he end up back in the modern world?

Did you fall asleep while listening to the sermon?
Even without Bodhi seeds, he wouldn't be so dull-witted, would he?

He was floating high in the sky, with a spiritual vein of the Confederation beneath his feet, and in the distance, towering buildings of the city.

"This place is nice."

"!"

Zheng Fa felt a sudden numbness throughout his body and abruptly turned his head.

Hongjun Daoist stood silently beside him, looking around with great interest.

Zheng Fa felt a chill run down his spine. This was the first time someone had been able to pass through the barrier of the Yin-Yang Fish Jade Pendant silently.

But after a moment, he relaxed and bowed to Hongjun Daoist, saying, "Greetings, Dao Ancestor."

"Aren't you afraid anymore?"

Zheng Fa shook his head slightly, looking completely nonchalant: "What's the use of being afraid?"

This is none other than Hongjun Daozu!
The fact that Nuwa and the other six sages treated them with excessive politeness and regard was actually quite strange.

It's not that he lacks confidence.

After all, he felt it was normal for Nuwa or any of them to have high hopes for him.

But all six saints are like this...

Zheng Fa felt that he did not have that much charm.

There is only one reason—what they value is not Zheng Fa, but the person behind the Nine Luminaries Illusion.

What they respect is the rules of the Nine Heavens; Zheng Fa is merely one of the lucky ones chosen by these rules.

Who else could this person be besides Hongjun Daozu?
"Not bad at all." Hongjun Daoist glanced at Zheng Fa, nodded slightly, and then asked a question that immediately made Zheng Fa break out in a cold sweat:

"Your magic weapon is also called the Jade Tablet of Creation?"

"..."

As expected of the Dao Ancestor, he used the word "also" very well.

Under the ambiguous smile of Hongjun Daoist, Zheng Fa looked sincere:
"Since I entered the Dao, you, the Dao Ancestor, have been my role model!"

(End of this chapter)