Great Red Immortal Sect

Chapter 86: Division
Qihai, next to the white jade Taoist platform.

The light of the moon surged, like frost condensed on the ground, and a star map appeared on the ninth step of the sky. A red sword light traveled on the wings and axles, echoing the name of the True Lord Sword recorded in the sword manual.

This change happened extremely quickly. Tiantuo had just finished saying the word "demon" when Daotai changed again.

Xu Xuan's immortal talisman flew to his front by itself. Clear air condensed at the bottom of the talisman and transformed into words that appeared on the talisman.

"Examine merits and demerits, record them in simple books. First follow the precepts, then ascend to the truth."

This is what I heard when I ascended to the Heavenly Palace before. Now I see it again. There is more detailed text below.

"Observe the Tao and spread the Dharma, punish evil and subdue demons."

Xu Xuan continued to look down. There was a division of ranks under [Observing the Tao and Transmitting the Dharma], divided from fetal breathing to golden elixir. The names of Xu Xuan and Liu Xiaowen were in the Qi Refining row. Xu Xuan's position was higher and was already close to the foundation building stage.

Xu Fayan is at the first stage of fetal breathing and is about to reach the stage of Qi refining.

Beside Xu Xuanming, there was a flying green dragon, moving with thunder. Beside Xu Fayan was a pottery jar, buried in the soil, from which something like a sheep or a fetus came out. Liu Xiaowen did not see such a strange phenomenon, but there was a golden and red fire flowing.

"Is this the cultivation level of the person receiving the seal?"

The Xuanqing energy emanated from the names of the three people, transforming into twelve strands of clear energy, flowing into the Xuanqing Taoist book, causing the pages to turn back a little, and some words could be vaguely seen.

【The Sword of Hebi is revealed】

"The sword unravels the Qi, enters the destiny and transforms the nature, integrates the immortal foundation, and cultivates the supernatural power, then seek it in the vastness of the universe."

Xu Xuan could only see a few lines of text now, which were just vague descriptions.

It talks about the realm of sword energy entering life and sword intention existing in nature as described by Wen Fufeng in the past. It even goes a step further and talks about how to refine Qi intention, enter the immortal foundation, and even supernatural powers, and finally seek in Taixu -

It can no longer be seen here, but it has been described in Xu Xuanguan's previous [Miraculous Method of Fengxuan Huaqi], which means that one should go to the void to seek a natal sword.

This sword is not a physical object, but a condensation of the artistic conception and concepts of swordsmanship. Relying on supernatural powers, it can be used at will, and only then can one become a sword immortal.

'This is why sword cultivators are famous for their killing power. If we only consider Qi and Intention, other weapons can also be cultivated. But the way of the sword is naturally superior, and that's where it falls.'

At this point, the rest of the specific scriptures were still blocked, so Xu Xuan had no choice but to look at the line "Punish the Evil and Conquer the Demons".

There are only two lines of text below:

"The mage's demonic body obtains two strands of pure energy"

"The breath of the devil, a wisp of pure air."

Xu Xuan finally understood. Perhaps it was from this place that the dark green energy was generated. The three strands of pure energy were obtained, which caused the sword to vibrate.

"It seems that you want to look through this sword manual. First, you want to improve your own cultivation and the cultivation of the recipient, and second, you want to destroy evil creatures. At least this demon counts."

Tian Tuo watched from the side for a while and then spoke first.

"What exactly is the Heavenly Demon, and why does it appear on the spiritual objects of the Lotus Temple?"

The blood-colored mandala transformed by Tiantuo flew up and said in a low voice:
"I didn't want to tell you this. After all, it's useless for you little cultivators to know this."

"Do you know the relationship between the present world and the void? How did the ancient masters of great supernatural powers deal with it?"

Tiantuo seemed to use some magic, revealing a light curtain divided into three layers.

In the middle is a vast expanse of mountains and rivers. If a mortal or a cultivator were to fall into it like a spark, this should be the present world.

The lower layer is the void that is like a broken mirror, reflecting the scenes of the human world. At the bottom are countless surging colorful lights, roaring and changing.

"Taixu is the reflection of the present world, and the Heavenly Demon is the accumulation at the lowest level. There are many theories about the origin of this thing. Some say it is the reflection of the evil thoughts of cultivators, some say it is a demon from outside the domain, and even..."

Tian Tuo spoke in a mysterious tone, lowered his voice, and said quietly:

"Some say it was transformed from the evil corpse of an ancient immortal, but that's just nonsense."

"These things suddenly appeared in ancient times, using every cultivator who had gone astray as a ferry, and then they would enter the world from the abyss of the universe, wreaking havoc on the people."

The old demon snapped his fingers, and those colorful lights came out from the cultivators' hearts and minds, causing a murderous disaster. Even many real people fell and became evil.

"It's truly an evil thing."

Xu Xuan looked at the scene in front of him and felt that this demon was truly omnipresent.

“How was it handled afterwards?”

Nowadays, we have never heard of the name of the Heavenly Demon. If a cultivator goes astray, it will only harm his body and cultivation. I think this evil creature should have been subdued.

Tian Tuo chuckled and continued:

"Although these demons are powerful, they can't do anything to the True Lord. After all, he sits in a higher position."

The light curtain changed again, and the top layer began to show symbols of yin and yang, the five virtues, the nine qi, witchcraft, etc., which were located above the present world.

"Where is this place that only the Golden Core can be involved?"

Xu Xuan already had some guesses, but since it involved the Golden Elixir, he had to be careful. "In ancient times, there were three realms. Some said they were the Heaven, Earth, and Human Realms, while others said they were the Great Void, the Present World, and the Great Luo Realm."

"Daluo is also known as the Realm of Truth. It is the place where the orthodox teachings are located, and the fruit position is high. The so-called cultivation of truth is to cultivate this truth."

"If I ask you to talk about swords, what comes to mind?"

Tian Tuo suddenly asked a question. Xu Xuan thought for a moment and replied:
"Sharp, unyielding, and murderous."

Blood flowers fell on Xu Xuan's shoulders, and Tiantuo's voice rang out.

"Right, within Daluo, there are only these images of swords. If it were an ocean, in Daluo it would be vast, boundless, and integrated, which is 'Han Shui'."

"The Heavenly Demons can only travel from the Absolute Void to the present world, but cannot reach the Daluo. They are even more illusory, and thus were quickly suppressed by the True Lords, who wiped the concept from the world. Only the Purple Mansion, which is connected to the Absolute Void, can understand it."

"These things are not very powerful nowadays. Real people can kill them easily, but they are still quite difficult for small cultivators like you."

Xu Xuan pondered the key point and said in a deep voice:
"The Lotus Temple has actually colluded with the Heavenly Demon, and is still under the control of the Changsheng Temple. What does that Hua Yuan Zhenren want to do?"

"Now I want to learn the [Heibi Sword Jie Zhizhi] from the sword manual, so I should focus on improving my cultivation. Once I reach the foundation building stage, I should be able to see it. It's better not to provoke this Lotus Temple anymore."

Tian Tuo replied:

"That's natural. This thing changes its nature when touched. Although you and the two disciples have seal characters for protection, it's difficult for the others in the mountain gate to defend themselves. If you get caught, it will be very difficult to deal with."

The man and the demon talked for a while, and then Xu Xuan regained his composure. In his hand was a pure white lotus that felt as soft as jade.

The pure lotus without stains is the spiritual root that builds the foundation.

This object needed to be offered with incense, so Xu Xuan placed it in the hall and used a formation to divert the incense from the ancestral hall.

Xu Xuan was pacing in the hall, thinking about the sword manual, when he heard footsteps coming from outside the hall.

"Junior brother."

Wang Xiwei came, laughing loudly and walked into the hall.

"Brother Xi Wei is here, just in time, I have some good news."

Seeing that his senior brother had taken the rare time to come to him, Xu Xuan hurriedly pulled Wang Xiwei to see the pure lotus kept in the hall. He explained the origin and function of the lotus.

Wang Xiwei was delighted when he heard this and said:
"Now we have another ninth-level Qi Refining Master in our sect. With this spiritual root, we can hold on."

"Now that the market has been recovered, Qingyuan Town has been settled. The fields, both mortal and spiritual, have been integrated and cultivated uniformly. By next year, the number of mortals under our jurisdiction will probably increase significantly, and we will be able to recruit more disciples."

Upon hearing this, Xu Xuan walked out of the hall with his senior brother and came to the green pine tree.

"The sect is thriving, and we're accepting more and more disciples. Many of the sect's rules need to be changed."

"That's right. I came here to discuss this matter with my junior brother."

Wang Xiwei took out a jade slip, handed it to Xu Xuan, and said with a smile:

"I want to build a hall for refining instruments and recruit some talented disciples to help me refine some magical instruments. I met Junior Sister Si'an before and she had a similar idea, but it involved spiritual plants."

"She's been busy with the market lately, so she asked me to convey this message and ask for your opinion."

Xu Xuan flipped through the jade slip and saw that it recorded two halls. One was the Houhuo Hall, which was to be built in Dangxia. According to the record, twelve disciples were to be recruited to enter the hall to practice the art of refining weapons.

The other place is Chunya Hall, which was built on the original temple in Dapan. It recruits more disciples, a total of thirty-six disciples. Wen Sian is the hall master and Shi Yuanyu is the elder, who teach the method of spiritual plants.

A list is listed below. Nine people have been selected from the disciples stationed in Changming, and the rest will be selected from throughout the sect.

Wang Xiwei and Shi Yuanyu went to Qinglifang together and collected some basic methods of refining weapons and spiritual plants.
There are three volumes on the method of refining instruments, namely "The Basics of Refining Instruments", "Thirty-six Lectures on Controlling Fire", and "An Overview of the Properties of Things". All of them only cover the basics of refining instruments, and at most go to the refining of fetal breathing instruments.

There are two volumes on the method of spiritual plants, namely "Spiritual Plant Collection" and "General Examination of the Times", which are just the most common methods.

Just these five jade slips cost spiritual objects equivalent to two top-grade Qi-refining instruments, which is quite expensive.

"I have placed the jade slip in the Sutra Library and ordered people to copy the opening chapter of 'Essence of Weapon Refining' and distribute it to the outer disciples. If you have talent, you can try forging weapons in the Huohuo Hall."

"As for the spiritual plant method, the opening chapter of the 'Essence of Spiritual Plants' has been distributed. After reading it, if the disciples are interested, they can go to the big plate to make offerings, and she will select some qualified ones."

Talking about these scriptures, Xu Xuan thought for a while and said in a deep voice:
"Nowadays, the harvest in the sect is growing year by year. The masters of the peak have broken through to Qi Refining one after another. Even some of the outer sects are about to break through. Although they are older, they are still quite powerful in Qi Refining."

"As for the cultivation techniques, the sect now has a lot of scriptures. There are five third-grade cultivation techniques, and there are even more secret techniques. We can set up some thresholds and let these disciples exchange merits for them. The Sutra Library will soon see the light of day, and it needs someone to take care of it."

"There's also the issue of gathering energy. With the number of disciples increasing, the demand is also high, so I'll send someone to take charge."

"I think we can set up two more halls to take charge of this matter."

After saying this, Wang Xiwei thought for a moment and then said:
"This is something we really need to consider. We also need to train some disciples who are capable of fighting. The disciples stationed at Shuanma Road have fought off monsters over the years. They have all seen blood and have a lot of experience in fighting. We can focus on training them and form a battalion."

"These matters will be arranged. In two or three years, Fayan and Xingfang will have no shortage of manpower for Qi training."

When mentioning these two disciples, Xu Xuan was slightly stunned. He didn't know what the situation was like at Shuanma Dao these days.

What do the stationed disciples think of these two true disciples?
(End of this chapter)