Honghuang Xuanyang Dao

Chapter 31 Ginseng Fruit Banquet (Two chapters in one, please collect)
"This time, the six ancestral witches of the Wu Clan, including Dijiang, have appeared, revealing their extremely powerful true forms. This shows that the Wu Clan is powerful and even surpasses the demon clan like us. We really can't underestimate the Wu Clan and the ancestral witches."

"As for my fellow Qigong practitioners, none of them have shown up yet. I don't know whether this sacrifice to heaven and establishment of the clan is good or bad for the demon clan." Fuxi looked at the receding figures of the ancestor witches such as Dijiang and the guests with panic-stricken faces in the hall, and said to Nuwa with some sigh.

"Brother, please be careful with your words. This is the founding ceremony of the demon clan. You and I, as brothers and sisters, are great saints of the demon clan. These words must not be spoken in public." Nuwa looked at her brother Fuxi and reminded him not to talk too much.

No matter what, both the brother and sister are great saints of the demon clan, and there are many people in the hall with a lot of gossip, so it is better to say less and watch more.

What's more, the ceremony of offering sacrifices to heaven and establishing the clan held by Di Jun and Tai Yi is beneficial rather than harmful to the demon clan as a whole.

However, just as Fuxi said, none of his fellow Qigong practitioners showed up, and the ancestor of the witch clan even came to attack, causing great damage to the momentum of the demon clan.

At this time, Nuwa was also filled with emotion. Just as she had just thought, it would take a while to tell whether it was good or bad.

But at this moment, it seems that the overall situation is mixed. It depends on how Di Jun and Tai Yi deal with the aggressive ancestor of the witch clan.

It is said that this time the demon tribe and the witch tribe offered sacrifices to the heaven together to establish their tribe, in order to fulfill the heaven's destiny, and the aura of merit and virtue descended from the sky.

During this period, the six ancestor witches of the witch clan revealed their true forms and almost attacked Tanggu. It was really lively and a big show was put on.

Above the void, Li Xuanyang and other powerful people were all shocked by the strength of the true body of the Witch Clan's ancestor.

"The true form of the Wu clan's ancestor is indeed extremely powerful."

Zhulong's eyes showed a hint of surprise. After a moment of contemplation, he said, "The Wu clan is born without a primordial spirit. They don't practice the Three Flowers and the primordial spirit method. Their abilities are all in the physical body. It seems they have embarked on a different path, different from the innate gods and demons like us."

"Fellow Daoist, you are right. The magical powers of the witch clan are indeed all above the physical body. The ancestor witch forges the ancestor witch's true body, and the great witch forges the great witch's true body." Li Xuanyang had some understanding of the power and mystery of the ancestor witch's true body.

When he heard Zhulong mention that the ancestor of the witch clan had embarked on a different path from the innate gods and demons, he immediately thought of the path of the physical body and the method of proving the Tao with force.

"The other path that fellow Daoist mentioned is the path of the physical body and the laws?" Li Xuanyang retracted his gaze and asked Zhulong.

"So fellow Daoist also knows about the physical body and the laws!" Zhulong showed a hint of realization, and suddenly remembered that when Li Xuanyang finished his sermon that day, the chaotic aura that was faintly visible on his body, could it be that he also practiced the method of the physical body.

"What you two fellow Taoists are talking about, the physical body and the way of laws, are actually referring to something similar to the true body of the ancestor witch of the witch clan and the way of the Zhoutian laws!" Hong Yun had only a vague understanding of what Li Xuanyang and Zhulong said. The way of laws is very easy to explain, and almost all those with great supernatural powers have comprehended the laws.

For example, Li Xuanyang's innate Xuanyang Law and innate Liangyi Law, Zhen Yuanzi's innate Wu Earth Law and innate Yi Wood Law.

But the so-called path of the physical body left Hongyun and Zhen Yuanzi somewhat puzzled.

"The true body of the witch clan's ancestor witch is the path of the physical body. This method is different from the method of the three flowers of the primordial spirit. It does not cultivate the primordial spirit, but cultivates the strength of the physical body." Li Xuanyang only gave a general explanation and did not explain the method of proving the Tao with the physical body and proving the Tao with strength.

After all, this matter is difficult to explain.

Only Zhulong listened to Li Xuanyang's story thoughtfully, thinking of the time when he listened to Zulong's preaching, when he mentioned the difference between attaining the Tao with the soul and attaining the Tao with the physical body.

Among them, the proof of the Tao by the primordial spirit refers to the three flowers of the primordial spirit and the method of the primordial spirit's Dharma image; the proof of the Tao by the physical body refers to the true body of the ancestor of the witch clan, as well as the physical body path mentioned by Li Xuanyang.

"This path of physical body is quite extraordinary. No wonder the true body of the ancestor of the witch clan is so powerful." Zhen Yuanzi couldn't help but be amazed. He didn't expect that the cultivation method of the ancestor of the witch clan was completely different from that of the many great masters of ancient times. He didn't cultivate the soul, but the physical body.

"By the way, if you three fellow Taoists encounter the Wu Clan's Ancestral Witch in the future, you must never underestimate the Ancestral Witch's true form." Li Xuanyang warned Zhen Yuanzi and the other two, "The Ancestral Witch's true form cannot be broken without an innate spiritual treasure or an acquired killing spiritual treasure."

"Even if fellow Daoist had not reminded me, I would not dare to underestimate the true form of the ancestor of the witch clan." Hongyun sighed lightly. The aura revealed by the six ancestor witches including Dijiang just now was comparable to that of the great masters who had achieved enlightenment.

However, Hong Yun has not yet refined a magical instrument to achieve enlightenment, has not yet reached the realm of enlightenment, and has no innate spiritual treasures or acquired killing spiritual treasures to protect him.

Regarding this, Zhen Yuanzi was also somewhat silent. His companion spiritual treasure, the Book of Earth, was an innate defensive spiritual treasure that was not good at killing. It was probably difficult to break the true body of the Ancestral Witch.

On the contrary, a gleam of light flashed in Zhulong's eyes, and he was not too worried about the true body of the witch clan's ancestor. The God-killing Spear was an innate killing treasure, and in terms of killing power, it was even above several other innate treasures.

"The demon clan's ceremony of offering sacrifices to heaven and establishing their clan has ended. I wonder whether the three fellow Taoists plan to go back to practice in seclusion or travel around the ancient world!" Li Xuanyang suddenly asked Zhulong, Zhenyuanzi and Hongyun.

At this time, the demon tribe's ceremony of offering sacrifices to heaven and establishing their clan had ended. Above the void, everyone had already left one after another, leaving only Li Xuanyang and his group of four.

"I haven't been back to the temple for tens of thousands of years. This time I plan to go back to the Wuzhuang Temple on Wanshou Mountain to meditate for a while. If you three fellow Taoists are not busy, why don't you follow me back to the temple and stay for a few days? I can also take this opportunity to hold a ginseng fruit banquet and invite you fellow Taoists to taste it together." Zhen Yuanzi had this plan a long time ago, but he just never said it out loud.

Upon hearing that Zhen Yuanzi was planning to hold a ginseng fruit banquet, Hong Yun excitedly clapped his hands before Li Xuanyang and Zhulong could agree, and said to them impatiently, "Daoist friends, Zhen Yuanzi's ginseng fruit is extraordinary in taste. It is one of the ten innate spiritual roots of the prehistoric world, along with the Fusang tree in Tanggu. It is called the Ginseng Fruit Tree. You must not miss it."

"Another one of the ten innate spiritual roots in the ancient times!" Zhulong looked at Zhen Yuanzi with surprise. It was really unexpected that this Taoist fellow Zhen Yuan had such an opportunity.

"I heard that this ginseng fruit tree blooms once every three thousand years, bears fruit once every three thousand years, and matures after another three thousand years. Even in ten thousand years, it will only produce thirty fruits." Li Xuanyang blurted out, "It seems that this poor Taoist has great luck on this trip."

"Haha, Fellow Daoist Xuanyang, there's no need to feel bad for him." Speaking of the ginseng fruit banquet, Hong Yun immediately put aside the matter of the Wu Clan's ancestor's true body and laughed heartily, saying, "Zhen Yuanzi hasn't returned to the Five-Zhuang Monastery on Wanshou Mountain for hundreds of thousands of years. By now, the ginseng fruit tree must be laden with ginseng fruit."

"You little brat, instead of thinking about how to refine a Taoist instrument, you spend all day scheming against me for my gain. You're so hateful." Faced with Hong Yun's excitement, Zhen Yuanzi felt quite helpless.

Although the ginseng fruit tree is one of the ten innate spiritual roots in the ancient times, the ginseng fruit it produces is even more mysterious and extraordinary.

But Hongyun is also a Daluo Jinxian cultivator after all. He has achieved the perfection of the Three Flowers. He only needs to refine a magical instrument to achieve enlightenment. Then he can step into the realm of enlightenment.
This ginseng fruit has long been of no use to him, at most he can just taste it.

But Hongyun was always thinking about the ginseng fruit in his temple.

"Old man, don't be so reluctant to give up just a few fruits." After saying that, Hongyun said to Li Xuanyang and Zhulong, "I will go ahead and lead the way for you two fellow Taoists."

Hongyun controlled the cloud light and flew directly towards the Wuzhuang Temple on Wanshou Mountain.

Seeing this, Li Xuanyang, Zhulong and Zhen Yuanzi all rode away on the clouds.

The Wanshou Mountain Wuzhuang Temple is located near the western part of the prehistoric world, very far away from Tanggu. The four of them flew on the clouds for several months without realizing it, and finally arrived at the border between the eastern and western parts of the prehistoric world.

At this moment, a sacred mountain suddenly appeared before their eyes. Several people stopped watching the clouds and looked at it.

I saw it was tall, handsome and beautiful, with a majestic momentum, its roots connected to the ancestral vein of Kunlun, the top of the mountain reaching into the clouds, white cranes often came to roost on the cypress, black monkeys sometimes hung on the fairy vines, the fairy air was reflected in the sun and formed a forest of shadows, streaks of rosy clouds were surrounded, colorful clouds floated around the mountain, birds were singing among the green bamboos, dragons were roaring, tigers were roaring, cranes were dancing, spirit beasts were frolicking, and fairy fungus was everywhere.

Deep in Lingshan Mountain, there is a Taoist temple of considerable size. Above the gate are written the three large characters "Wuzhuang Temple" in innate divine script, emitting rays of fairy light, and on both sides are written a couplet.

The first couplet is: The immortal palace of immortality.

The second line is: I talk to the world about other people.

It truly was a blessed land, a place where those with the Dao often resided. Li Xuanyang looked at the Wanshou Mountain Five-Zhuang Temple before him with surprise. It was even better than the Tang Valley he had just visited. "Daoyou, your Wanshou Mountain Five-Zhuang Temple is probably one of the thirty-six caves and seventy-two blessed lands of the prehistoric world!"

Hearing Li Xuanyang mention the blessed land, Zhulong couldn't help showing a look of surprise. He couldn't help but take a closer look. It was indeed a blessed land, mysterious and extraordinary.

Although the dragon clan occupies the four seas, and the dragon clan's ancestral land in the East China Sea is better than some blessed places, Zhulong was still surprised.

It is true that these blessed places are too rare and precious.

Seeing the expressions of Li Xuanyang and Zhulong, Hongyun couldn't help but introduce them, saying, "This Wanshou Mountain Wuzhuang Temple is one of the 72 blessed places in the prehistoric world. In my opinion, Wanshou Mountain is worthy of being the first of the 72 blessed places in the prehistoric world."

This does not mean that Wanshou Mountain is like Huoyun Cave, the real leader of the 72 blessed places in the ancient times, but that Zhen Yuanzi has painstakingly managed it for billions of years, making the veins in Wanshou Mountain stronger and stronger, and the innate spiritual energy is also increasing.

There is also the ginseng fruit tree, one of the ten innate spiritual roots in the ancient times, which suppresses the earth veins in the mountains and can continuously emit the innate Yi wood energy.

This is the first of the seventy-two blessed places mentioned by Hongyun.

"Daoyou's Wanshou Mountain is indeed worthy of being the first among the 72 blessed places in the prehistoric world." Li Xuanyang was not praising it, but he sincerely believed it.

Not to mention the veins and innate spiritual energy in the mountains, just the innate spiritual root, the ginseng fruit tree, is enough to surpass the other 72 blessed places in the prehistoric world.

"Thank you for the compliment, fellow Taoist!" Zhen Yuanzi glared at Hongyun. It was true that his Wanshou Mountain Wuzhuang Temple was one of the 72 blessed places in the prehistoric world, but how could he be the first of them?

Thinking of this, Zhen Yuanzi couldn't help but glance at Hong Yun, and said with a half-smile: "Speaking of the thirty-six caves and seventy-two blessed places in the prehistoric world, fellow Daoist Hong Yun's Fire Cloud Cave is the true leader of the thirty-six caves and seventy-two blessed places, far surpassing this poor Daoist's Wanshou Mountain Wuzhuang Temple."

"I don't know what's so mysterious about your Fire Cloud Cave that it can become the first of the thirty-six caves and seventy-two blessed places in the prehistoric world!" Although Li Xuanyang had heard of the Fire Cloud Cave a long time ago, he had never seen what the Fire Cloud Cave looked like, nor what's so mysterious about it that it could become the first of the thirty-six caves and seventy-two blessed places in the prehistoric world.

Zhulong was also very curious about Li Xuanyang's question. The Wanshou Mountain Wuzhuang Temple of Zhen Yuanzi in front of him was so extraordinary, and its ranking was even higher than the Huoyun Cave of Wanshou Mountain. He wondered what it looked like.

"My two fellow Taoists, please don't listen to what Elder Zhenyuan says. My Fire Cloud Cave is actually not worthy of its name. Apart from the energy of creation, it doesn't have any rare spiritual objects. It is not even as good as the Longevity Mountain in front of us." Speaking of the Fire Cloud Cave, Hongyun was quite helpless.

Although the Fire Cloud Cave is quite famous, it does not have any innate spiritual roots or innate spiritual treasures, and is not as good as Zhen Yuanzi's Wanshou Mountain.

"My two fellow Taoists, please come with me into the temple and sit down together so that we can taste the ginseng fruit." Seeing Hongyun like this, Zhen Yuanzi laughed and said to Li Xuanyang and Zhulong.

Although Li Xuanyang was somewhat curious about how Hongyun's Fire Cloud Cave came to be worthy of its name, one must know that the Fire Cloud Cave in later generations was the place where the three emperors of the human race practiced in seclusion, where they could avoid being involved in the cause and effect of the prehistoric times, avoid experiencing disasters, and enjoy infinite freedom. It was truly the first of the thirty-six caves and seventy-two blessed places in the prehistoric times.

But Hongyun didn't say anything, and Li Xuanyang didn't want to stay at the door of Wuzhuang Temple and ask more questions, so he had to walk into Wuzhuang Temple with Zhulong and Hongyun.

The temple was filled with a myriad of scenes, with spiritual energy forming clouds that changed into various forms. In the backyard, a large tree with lush branches and leaves rose up.

On its branches and leaves, there are actually fist-sized fruits. They are like children, hanging on the branches, moving their hands and feet around, nodding and shaking their heads, as if they are alive, emitting thousands of rays of light.

Before Zhen Yuanzi could speak, Hong Yun couldn't help but beam with joy. Pointing at the ginseng fruit tree in the backyard, he introduced: "The fruit of this ginseng fruit tree is also known as Cao Huan Dan. It is naturally incompatible with the five elements. It falls when it encounters metal, withers when it encounters wood, melts when it encounters water, burns when it encounters fire, and dies when it encounters soil."

"Among the first thirty fruits, they have already shown a hint of intelligence, as if they could take shape at any moment."

Hong Yun was talking incessantly, and Li Xuanyang and Zhulong were amazed at the sight. They admired the extraordinary ten innate spiritual roots of the prehistoric world, and felt that the first batch of thirty fruits was a miraculous creation.

"This ginseng fruit tree is an innate spiritual root, and the fruits it bears are also innate. If it can transform into a human form, can it be considered an innate creature or an innate god or demon?" Li Xuanyang and others followed Zhen Yuanzi into a hall, sat down at the desk, and asked while looking at the ginseng fruit tree outside the hall.

Upon hearing this, Zhen Yuanzi couldn't help but shake his head and said, "I don't know the answer to this question either."

Billions of years have passed since the first batch of ginseng fruits matured, but these ginseng fruits have not yet truly taken shape. Therefore, Zhen Yuanzi is not sure whether they are innate creatures, innate gods and demons, or just ordinary spiritual objects in person.

"Fellow Daoist, you were a great master among the three tribes of dragon, phoenix and unicorn in the past. Have you ever seen an innate spiritual fruit transform into a human form?" Seeing that Zhen Yuanzi was also unclear, Li Xuanyang could not help but ask Zhulong.

"To be honest, fellow Daoist, there were a few innate spiritual roots in our dragon clan in the past. However, there were many powerful people in the dragon clan at that time. They would never be like fellow Daoist Zhenyuan, who still keeps the first batch of ginseng fruits." Zhulong was not aware of this either.

Back then, as soon as the innate spiritual roots of the dragon clan matured, the Ancestral Dragon would order people to pick them and give them to a group of powerful people or younger generations of dragon cultivators.

However, according to Zhulong's knowledge, if these ginseng can really transform, even if they are far inferior to the innate creatures and innate gods and demons, they can also be regarded as having entered the innate realm and have extraordinary qualities.

Zhen Yuanzi stroked his three-foot-long beard with some complacency, smiled without saying a word, and watched Li Xuanyang and Zhulong talk.

"Master Zhenyuan, why don't you ask the boy to pick a few more fruits?" Seeing that Master Zhenyuan was still not mentioning the ginseng fruit, Hongyun immediately started yelling.

"You little brat!" Zhen Yuanzi shook his head helplessly and instructed the boy, "A distinguished guest is coming today, and I'm going to host a ginseng fruit banquet. Go to the orchard and pick down thirty ginseng fruits, and also bring some spiritual fruits and immortal fungi."

The boy was stunned. The ginseng fruit in the orchard of the temple only produced thirty fruits in ten thousand years, and now his master wanted to pick them all in one go. Even when his master's good friend Taoist Hongyun came to visit, he had never seen such generosity. He never thought that he was planning to hold a ginseng fruit banquet today.

Soon, the boy brought ginseng fruits and a variety of spiritual fruits and immortal mushrooms.

There were nine ginseng fruits on the desks of Li Xuanyang, Zhulong and Hongyun, but there were only three ginseng fruits on Zhen Yuanzi's own desk.

Looking at the ginseng fruit on the table in front of him, Hong Yun showed a greedy look on his face. He pointed at the ginseng fruit and said, "My two fellow Taoists, please don't talk about the ginseng fruit's transformation. Let's just quickly taste the fruit. It's really mysterious."

As he spoke, Hongyun reached out and picked up a ginseng fruit, put it into his mouth, and chewed it with big mouthfuls, with juice overflowing.

"My two fellow Taoists, don't listen to his nonsense. Although this ginseng fruit has some magical uses, for people like us with great supernatural powers, it is at most a taste. It is not something mysterious." Zhen Yuanzi quickly interrupted Hong Yun to prevent him from continuing to talk nonsense.

It is said that just smelling the ginseng fruit can extend one's life by 360 years, and eating one can extend one's life by 47,000 years.

But it is of no use to those with great supernatural powers.

Li Xuanyang looked at the ginseng fruit on the table. It had all its limbs and facial features intact.

It is pink in color and looks very cute. No wonder Tang Xuanzang in later generations said he dared not eat it no matter what. It really looks like a baby.

Li Xuanyang reached out and picked up a ginseng fruit, put it in his mouth and took a light bite. He felt a warm current flowing into his stomach, and then from his stomach into his whole body. He felt that every pore in his body was refreshed. The magic power in his body seemed to be purified in an instant. He praised: "It is worthy of being one of the ten innate spiritual roots in the prehistoric world."

Zhulong also picked up a ginseng fruit and ate it, praising it and saying, "This ginseng fruit contains an innate Yi wood energy, which is in line with the innate number. It is indeed extraordinary."

After finishing a ginseng fruit, Li Xuanyang asked Hongyun, who was eating a second fruit beside him, "Just now, fellow Daoist said that the Fire Cloud Cave didn't live up to its reputation. But as far as I know, your Fire Cloud Cave is the true leader of the thirty-six caves and seventy-two blessed places in the prehistoric world. How could it be unworthy of its reputation?"

(End of this chapter)