Becoming a god starts from planting a Bodhi tree.

Chapter 383: Competing for favor on the same stage, news about grandfather

This was the first time that Ji Jingqiu saw the true appearance of the five pillars.

There were two of them at first sight.

Standing right in front of him was a tall and strong man with long flowing hair. He looked calm, steady, and had a serious expression, as if he never smiled.

As for the other person, in Ji Jingqiu's eyes, he was hazy, like an abyss in the road, shrouded in a dazzling light.

All kinds of wonders appeared in the places where these two were, and the crystal-clear Dao rhyme fell like light rain, and the flowers of the Dao blossomed in the void. Especially around the latter, the holy light washed the world.

Originally, Lord Cang Qing came out of seclusion and summoned Ji Jingqiu to meet him, but when Ji Jingqiu arrived, he found that there were other people.

Cangyou immediately sent a message to tell him that this person was the Holy King of the Holy King lineage.

The five pillars have no names, only the most original Taoist names that symbolize their birth, and the Taoist name of the Holy King is "Saint".

"…This world is 'sick'."

The indifferent voice fell into Ji Jingqiu's heart.

The Holy King and Lord Cangqing stood side by side, and their conversation was not deliberately concealed.

"Thirteen thousand kalpas have passed, and even if the great universe has been silent and sealed, it has not been able to prevent this disease from spreading into the worlds."

"How many of today's new saints and old gods have not been infected? The beasts shed their fur, put on human skin, and sit in the temple. They really think they have gotten rid of the past and become gods."

"Jiushan was one of them, but he was unaware of it. Instead, he thought he had encountered something extraordinary."

Ji Jingqiu was shocked. How could the Nine Mountains True Saint, who was known as the dual saints in one body and whose Taoist body had achieved the level of True Saint, be sick?

What disease?

Ji Jingqiu suddenly remembered his encounter with the old ancestor in the holy temple.

Could it be related to their discovery at the source of time?
"This is still just your guess." Lord Cangqing said calmly, "According to what you said, one of the five of us has a problem, and he or she is not even aware of it. How can you be sure that this person is not you, or not me?"

The blurred outline of the Holy King was partially revealed, hazy, tall and majestic. He stood there, with layers of halos overlapping each other, all of which were manifestations of the texture of the Great Dao, symbolizing countless years of accumulation of the Dao rhyme.

This person said calmly:
"I have made preparations for both scenarios. If it turns out to be you, I will correct my mistake and kill you."

"Mu Shitian suppressed the sea of ​​suffering with his own strength. For this world, it can only treat the symptoms. Who can treat the root cause? Only we can do it now."

"If I could, I would also like to ignore everything and focus on climbing the path to transcendence."

“But if we continue like this, I’m afraid that in the near future, the divinity of this world will become one, and all human hearts will lose their warmth. The resulting waves will make the Nether Sea boil completely, turning it into the burial place of the gods.”

In the end, this Holy King seemed to have walked from the source of the Tao. The outline of his figure gradually became clearer, and the rhythm of Tao in the heavy halos was breathtaking. It was as if He had transcended everything and looked at the past and present!

At this moment, the feeling that this Saint King gave Ji Jingqiu was beyond everyone he had seen so far.

Even the feeling that Master He gave him when he walked side by side with him twenty years ago was not as good as this one now.

Of course, this may be because Master He suppressed his own aura when he traveled with him.

But if these two were to really compete, Ji Jingqiu instinctively felt that Master He might not win, because this Saint King might represent the pinnacle of this world.

Even the two people in the inner world had solemn expressions at this moment, as if they had not expected that the strength of this Saint King would actually increase again.

“Eternal calamity is ‘frozen’, but this guy is advancing instead of retreating?” Hela frowned deeply, somewhat puzzled.

"Is it... Daluotian?" Xiao Wuzhou's eyes were deep as he said to himself, "It seems that this Daluotian still hides some big secrets. Are they trying to create a new world, rebuild a realm, and become the master of a realm? They are really ambitious."

Ji Jingqiu's heart moved, and he asked, "What does it mean? The five pillars are following the path of the Lord of a Realm?"

“No, they are two different things.” Xiao Wuzhou said calmly, “One is to merge a realm with the Dao, mastering all the power of a realm, and the other is to evolve a realm, which can also borrow the power of a realm, but it has nothing to do with the realm. It is still a true saint or a true saint.”

"The second path is very difficult. At least I haven't heard of anyone in the 'Sea of ​​Boundaries' who has completed this path. But once you succeed, in theory it will be a true path to transcendence."

Ji Jingqiu nodded in his heart, thinking that although this little guy was a little more "arrogant" than before, his horizons had indeed been broadened.

"In the next battle, can you take down Jiushan?" Sheng looked at Cangqing with a cold voice, "If your wounds haven't healed yet, I'll take over."

Cang Qing glanced at him and said, "Do me a favor first."

"What's the favor?" Sheng frowned slightly, "Go ahead."

Cang Qing looked at Ji Jingqiu and said calmly, "Isn't your daughter about to break through to the Heavenly King level? It's just right. We can use her breakthrough to cover up this kid's breakthrough."

Sheng's gaze fell on Ji Jingqiu, bringing great pressure to the latter.

At this glance, Ji Jingqiu felt as if the entire starry sky was falling down!

This time, the Saint King was silent for a long time before he said:

"It's a little tricky."

"What? Are you afraid that your daughter will come after you?" A smile appeared on Cang Qing's serious face, as if humanity was revealed in his divinity.

Sheng did not answer, but just snorted coldly.

Cang Qing suddenly said: "Sometimes I wonder if our paths are wrong. From God to man, and then from man to God, is this really correct?"

Sheng Ping said calmly: "There is no right or wrong on the road to transcendence, only whether it is suitable or not. It depends on the person who walks this road."

He looked at Ji Jingqiu and said, "Why did this kid use Chi Ji's breakthrough as a cover to break through to the Heavenly King level?"

Cang Qing said bluntly: "I want to make an attempt to verify whether what you said is true and see if there is anything ominous hidden deep in the avenue of this realm."

Sheng fell silent for the second time today, his eyes moving on Ji Jingqiu. Ji Jingqiu's whole body tensed up subconsciously, as if everything was seen through, as if he was being looked at from the inside out.

He guarded his heart carefully, making sure that his inner world would not be seen through by this person.

"Ji Jingqiu, what is your way of the king?"

This time, Sheng skipped Cang Qing and asked Ji Jingqiu directly.

Cang Qing glanced at him and interrupted Ji Jingqiu's deliberation: "It's a path for young people, why are you asking so many questions?"

"You worry too much." Sheng shook his head and looked at Ji Jingqiu deeply. "Do I understand your words just now as this boy wants to open up the world?"

"That's right." Cang Qing said calmly, "Mu Shitian's disciple has done for him what he couldn't do in the past. I want to use this opportunity to affect the underlying rules of the universe and use it as bait to see if there is a 'big thing' hidden behind the scenes."

Sheng Dao: “This is dangerous.”

"So I need you to protect him."

The saint did not give an immediate answer. He stood there, accompanied by all kinds of wonders of heaven and earth, suppressing the Dao rhyme of heaven and earth. Various pictures of wonders emerged one after another, from the explanation of the great principles to the bloody pictures of killing in the heavens, as if confirming his state of mind at the moment.

"Okay." Sheng Pingjing, "I will take action, just as a way to repay He Donghuang's favor. If Jiushan and others take action at that time, I will capture them. Don't blame me for not giving you face."

Cang Qing said in a deep voice: "You don't need to do anything. If he really messes up the situation, I will take him down and confirm the 'disease' you mentioned."

Ji Jingqiu couldn't help but feel confused after hearing these words.

From what this Saint King said, it seems that the Nine Mountain True Saint has been able to "stay" until now, all thanks to the face of Lord Cangqing.

"The phoenix lives on the wutong tree... In the past, Jiushan and Diluan both lived on Master's World Tree."

Cangyou seemed to see through his confusion and transmitted his message.

Then, Cangyou looked up and frowned in his heart.

In the past, Jiushan was indeed under the protection of the master, but times have changed, Jiushan has become one and the two saints, their Taoism has skyrocketed, and they are no longer the same as before.

In Master's current state, can he really take down the Nine Mountains?
"It would be better if so." The Saint King said calmly, "Chiji will break through to the Heavenly King level in seven days. Is this boy ready? If not, Chiji can wait, but there is a condition. I want this boy to teach Chiji."

Cang Qing said calmly: "Then wait one more day, Chi Ji will be able to come here to gain enlightenment later."

Ji Jingqiu really wanted to say that his preparations had reached their limit and he could try to clear the way at any time.

But Lord Cang Qing gave him a meaningful look, forcing him to swallow his words back.

Cangyou also transmitted a message: "This is a good thing. Let Chiji explore the way for you. In return, she can also enjoy the afterglow of the road you have opened."

Ji Jingqiu understood that this was an attempt to win over the Holy King lineage.

The two pillar-level masters decided what would happen next with just a few words.

Then the Holy King left.

Cangyou asked with some concern: "Master, in your current state, can you take down the Nine Mountains?"

Cang Qing said calmly: "This time the battlefield will be in the universe. If Jiushan still insists on taking action, I will not cherish our friendship."

After saying that, he looked at Ji Jingqiu and nodded slightly: "Finally we meet, the World Honored One of this generation."

"Senior Cang Qing." Ji Jingqiu solemnly paid his respects to this legendary ancient and sacred person.

"I hope you can do something for this world like your master." Cang Qing said softly, "Endless demands may not necessarily lead to a smooth road. Only by giving can you gain."

Ji Jingqiu vaguely heard something from this person's words.

This person is definitely not just asking him to do something for all the living beings in the world, but is also hinting at the path of the great way.

You can’t get anything just by asking for it, only by giving up can you gain…

Does it mean that in the end, we need to do “subtraction”?

Or does it mean that after reaching a certain level, the right way is not to plunder, but to "give up"?
Ji Jingqiu knew that when one reached the eighth realm, starting from the Heavenly Venerable, they would often open a Taoist temple to preach, and this was the key to the Heavenly Venerable becoming the Taoist Ancestor. There were even some who started planning from the Heavenly King, searching for suitable disciples to pass on their teachings.

Some who find it troublesome would search for "Tao soldiers" and raise them in their own inner world to support their practice. Every breakthrough is an invisible nourishment to their own Tao power.

The purpose of both paths is actually to increase one's own spiritual power.

Subsequently.

Cang Qing asked about the road opened by Ji Jingqiu, and with his high-level vision, he made subtle supplements to it. In the end, even this person could not find any faults.

"This state is indeed mysterious, and it fills the gap between fetal breathing and sitting and forgetting. Innate saints like me don't have the concept of spiritual practice, but I have observed that the gap between the acquired creatures' realms becomes larger as they practice, and this is true from fetal breathing to sitting and forgetting, and it is also true from sitting and forgetting to the other shore."

Cang Qing shook his head slightly: "Among the true saints of later generations, there are not many who can realize the other shore of the mind."

"Senior, don't you have any concept of spiritual practice?" Ji Jingqiu asked curiously.

"We are equivalent to the incarnation of the Great Dao. We are born standing at the top of the Dao realm. Our divinity is pure and true. There is no such thing as spiritual practice." Cang Qing explained simply.

"Divinity..." Ji Jingqiu was silent, and said, "The road to divinity has come to an end, and it seems that something ominous is often born."

Cangyou on the side suddenly opened his eyes wide. This boy is so bold.

Cang Qing was slightly surprised: "How did you know this secret? Did Mu Shitian tell you?"

Cang You couldn't help but wonder, "Master, is this true?"

Cang Qing nodded and said, "So Sheng Xinian and I cut off our own innate foundations one after another, and experienced the suffering of all spirits."

Ji Jingqiu knew about this because he learned it from Xiao Wuzhou and Hela.

Hela has been encouraging him to use the Supreme Buddha's incarnation to refine and purify the divinity and completely "hatch" the divine fetus.

However, Xiao Wuzhou countered that the nature of divinity was unknown. In the first and middle stages, things seemed to be going smoothly, but in the end, there were always ominous signs.

He had personally witnessed many gods at the True Saint level disappear, go mad, and encounter misfortunes during the process of retreat or breakthrough.

In response to this, Hela said that she and Taichi, the two orthodox Shinto gods, are fake?

Wu Zhou responded with just one sentence. He didn't know Taiyi, but he knew very well how Hela fell from the throne...

The two argued all the way until their underwear was exposed, and then they stopped fighting.

Ji Jingqiu was very satisfied with this situation.

Two hostile and incompatible guys "competing for favor" on the same stage saved him a lot of time in scheming against them. He just had to sit back and watch the two of them sabotage each other.

To determine whether something is feasible or not, we cannot just look at its benefits, but also its disadvantages and risks.

Xiao Wuzhou and Hela solved this problem perfectly.

"Let's not talk about this." Cang Qing said calmly, "The idea that the divine nature is ominous was first spread from outside the world."

Speaking of the outside world, Ji Jingqiu suddenly asked: "Senior, have the Heavenly King Grandmasters and Grandmasters of our Federation gone to the outside world to practice now?"

Not long ago, he exchanged information with Ji Anquan and learned that a group of old predecessors including his grandfather who tried to "be self-reliant" had not returned yet because they had all joined the transcendent forces outside the world.

From what Master Mu had said to him before, it can be seen that Master Mu and others seemed to have anticipated, or known the news in advance.

"It's not just the kings of your federation." Cang Qing paused, "The kings of many great cosmic civilizations were all forced to go outside the realm this time."

"Forced?"

Cang Qing nodded and said:
"Some people outside the world seem to have been prepared to capture these people in one fell swoop. We are negotiating with them now."

"To put it simply, those who can cultivate to the level of a Heavenly King in the environment before the universe can be considered to have outstanding talents and abilities."

"The original destination of these people was a shortcut place, but the transcendent forces outside the realm got the news from nowhere and captured them all and took them into their own dojo."

Ji Jingqiu pondered, so now his grandfather and the others were forced to join the Transcendence Temple?
"Do you know that there is a person named Zhang Tiancheng in your Federation?"

Cangyu on the side seemed to remember something and suddenly asked.

Ji Jingqiu nodded.

The vice president of the Federation Wanwu Association, the root cause of the Wanwu Association's rebellion, and also made a deal with one of the Four Demons.

Most importantly, this person is one of the three people who left an impression on Master He.

The other two are Chi Yinghuo and Grandfather.

"I heard that this guy is doing well in the transcendent forces outside the realm." Cangyou said, "Among the forces outside the realm that came to visit this time, there is an envoy who has a good relationship with him and even asked us about the recent situation of your federation."

Ji Jingqiu narrowed his eyes.

It’s no surprise that this guy is doing well.

I just don't know how my grandfather is doing.

"There is also a guy called Ji...Linyuan."

Seeing that he knew this person, Cangyou thought about it again and asked his friends from the Void and Taiyou lines in the spiritual realm to find out some news.

"Well, I just asked, the quality of these Heavenly Kings in your Federation seems to be very good, and they have basically all entered the Transcendent Sect. The most outstanding among them are Zhang Tiancheng and Ji Linyuan. The latter has the same surname as you, but it seems that the two of them are not on good terms."

Cangyou shared the news he had just heard with Ji Jingqiu with great interest.

Grandfather and Zhang Tiancheng are in conflict?
Ji Jingqiu seemed to be thinking about something.

Before my grandfather passed away, it was said that he was at the peak of the celestial realm and not far from becoming a Heavenly King. After more than 20 years, he must have been promoted to a Heavenly King.

Zhang Tiancheng now doesn’t know whether there is a Heavenly Master who has attained enlightenment.

Sudden.

Cangyou raised his eyebrows and said, "It seems that Zhang Tiancheng from your Federation is not a good person."

"What do you mean?"

"I heard that some forces outside the realm are very 'enthusiastic' about your Federation. They were originally planning to 'enter' the Federation in the name of Zhang Tiancheng. If nothing unexpected happens, they should be heading for the four demons, but were later blocked by Ji Anquan."

Lord Cangqing shook his head and said:
"Don't worry. Saint and Hades don't like these guys. Even if Taiyou insists, these guys won't be able to cause any trouble."

"You don't need to worry about these seniors. We will have to go to the outside world in the future to expand the sea of ​​boundaries."

"Get ready, Akahime will be here soon."

Hearing this, Cangyou patted his shoulder, turned and left, leaving Ji Jingqiu and his master behind.

"Have you met Chi Ji?" Cang Qing asked casually, "Back then, Mu Shitian went upstream in time to visit the lineage of the Holy King. At that time, Chi Ji was still a little girl and was very disobedient. She was taught a lesson by Mu Shitian."

Ji Jingqiu widened his eyes. Is there such a past?
"Young people should interact more with each other." Cang Qing nodded slightly.

Ji Jingqiu shook his head: "Senior, please stop trying to match me up. I am determined to find a good partner. Even if I want to find someone, I won't find someone like Chi Ji. She doesn't have that kind of luck."

Cang Qing didn't comment, just smiled.

Not long after.

Ji Jingqiu turned around and sensed an extremely undisguised aura coming from outside the hall.

A woman walked slowly into the hall, wearing a white robe and barefoot. She was tall, nearly two meters tall, a head taller than Ji Jingqiu, with perfect proportions, and her voluptuous curves could not be concealed even by the white robe.

Her beauty is enough to make people marvel at the partiality of the Creator, and in fact, her father can indeed be called the "Creator".

Walk into the hall.

Chi Ji's gaze first fell on Ji Jingqiu.

In a sense.

This was their first official meeting.

What Ji Jingqiu killed on the ancient road was just Chiji's rebirth body.

"Greetings to Lord Cangqing."

Chiji looked calm as she saluted the Lord of Cangqing.

Although she is the legitimate daughter of the Holy King, she still needs to observe etiquette in front of the other four pillars.

Cang Qing nodded slightly: "The Saint should have told you the details. I will temporarily lend this place to you for your enlightenment."

Say it.

He left the hall in one step.

In order for Ji Jingqiu to establish his own kingdom, he needs to make some preparations.

But Cang Qing had not walked far yet. He suddenly stopped and looked back.

A tall and graceful figure flew out of the hall, apparently being beaten out by someone!

Cang Qing shook his head.

After all, they are young people with hot tempers, and they have to fight before they can preach.

(End of this chapter)