Honghuang Xuanyang Dao

Chapter 65: The Way of the Quasi-Saint (Subscription Request)
This time, Hongjun Daozu seemed even more ethereal, even with a sense of simplicity and naturalness, without the slightest imposing aura, as if he were just an ordinary old man.

It was as if Daozu Hongjun had always been on the cloud bed, but no one could notice him. It was also as if he had never appeared at all. Li Xuanyang felt like he had returned to nature.

Upon seeing this, Li Xuanyang and the other cultivators all stood up and respectfully saluted Daozu Hongjun, shouting, "Greetings, Teacher. May your life be long and blessed!"

After a moment, Daozu Hongjun nodded expressionlessly and said to the cultivators, "No need to be polite!" Then he sat upright on the cloud bed and glanced at the people below.

"I have obtained the Jade Butterfly of Fortune to prove my truth. I must preach to the sentient beings of the prehistoric world three times to complete the number of days. This is my second preaching."

Daozu Hongjun withdrew his gaze and said calmly, "Each lecture lasts three thousand years. Anyone who is predestined can come and listen."

I heard that Hongjun Daozu would only preach three times, and each time would only last three thousand years.

The expressions of all the cultivators in Zixiao Palace changed. The cultivators who came to Zixiao Palace for the first time showed regret for missing the opportunity.

"Please have mercy, teacher!" These cultivators saluted and shouted to Hongjun Daozu.

"This is destiny, you must not make any noise." After hearing Hongjun's words, the cultivators had to keep quiet.

Daozu Hongjun spoke again, "Last time I talked about the way of heaven and earth, the innate law. All living beings born on the Zhoutian Heaven can practice and form the three flowers of the primordial spirit."

"This time, we are discussing the way to transcendence, which is also the beginning of Hunyuan."

As soon as these words were spoken, Li Xuanyang and other great formation masters who had reached the state of enlightenment looked thoughtful, wondering what the beginning of Hunyuan was!

The cultivators who came to Zixiao Palace for the first time were all bewildered. They had not yet refined the magical instruments to achieve enlightenment and set foot in the realm of enlightenment. Their cultivation had not yet reached the pinnacle of the Daluo Golden Immortal realm, and they did not know what transcendence was.

"May I ask, teacher, is this way of transcendence and the beginning of Hunyuan a realm beyond the Golden Immortal?" Li Xuanyang suddenly asked Hongjun Daozu.

Hearing this, the Three Pure Ones, Nuwa, Fuxi and other great masters who had reached the state of enlightenment all looked at Hongjun Daozu, their eyes revealing longing.

"Above Daluo, below Saint, is the Quasi-Saint realm."

Daozu Hongjun glanced at Li Xuanyang calmly and said, "Those with great opportunities and great perseverance can cut out the three corpses of good and evil, achieve the fruit of Quasi-Sainthood, and gain an immortal true spirit, transcending Daluo, and also reaching the beginning of Hunyuan."

When the cultivators in Zixiao Palace heard what Hongjun Daozu said, they could not help but show shock on their faces. Although they did not know the specific magical powers of the Quasi-Sage, since he was above Daluo, he must be incomparable to the Daluo Golden Immortal.

"Master, may I ask how we can kill the three corpses of good and evil?" Even the quiet and inactive Taoist Taiqing couldn't help but ask.

"With an innate spiritual treasure or a magical tool for enlightenment as support, you can cut off the three corpses of good and evil." Hongjun Daozu said lightly.

Innate spiritual treasure!

The tool for achieving enlightenment!

The faces of those monks who did not have companion spiritual treasures and magical instruments for achieving enlightenment suddenly turned pale and a bitter taste filled their mouths.

Innate spiritual treasures are so rare, and so are the instruments for achieving enlightenment.

How can they cut out the three corpses of good and evil?

Li Xuanyang and Sanqing looked at each other subconsciously, and thought of the banana tree and the innate gourd vine in Buzhou Mountain, and couldn't help but smile.

Not only did the four of them each have a magical tool to achieve enlightenment, they also each picked a banana leaf and an innate spiritual gourd.

Di Jun, Tai Yi, Fu Xi and Nu Wa showed expressions of regret.

The four people on Mount Buzhou had once encountered the birth of the innate gourd vine, which was also an extraordinary opportunity.

However, only Di Jun and Nuwa each picked up an innate spirit gourd and left in a hurry. Now they thought they had missed the opportunity, and even Zhen Yuanzi showed a trace of regret.

Hong Yun, on the other hand, was beaming with joy when he heard this. Originally, he just wanted to pick an innate spiritual gourd and refine it into a Taoist magic weapon, but he didn't expect that he would get a chance to use it to kill one of the three corpses of good and evil.

It is conceivable that after this sermon, the value of the innate spiritual treasure will surely increase several times.

However, how many living beings and cultivators are there in the prehistoric world, and how many innate spiritual treasures are there!
This will certainly lead to countless conflicts, and who knows how many innate gods and demons will perish.

After all, it is much simpler than searching for innate spiritual treasures or refining them into Taoist instruments, killing innate gods and demons, and snatching companion spiritual treasures.

Li Xuanyang ignored the different expressions of the crowd, but instead considered which innate spiritual treasure he should use to behead the corpse.

Using innate spiritual treasures or Taoist instruments to entrust the three corpses of good and evil to oneself is similar to refining Taoist instruments. There is no regret in refining them, and once chosen, it cannot be changed.

It not only concerns the Taoist and supernatural powers of the Three Corpses, but also concerns the future path.

To put it bluntly, the better the quality of the innate spiritual treasures and the magical instruments for achieving enlightenment, the stronger the magical power of the three corpses of good and evil that can be cut out.

The first thing that came to Li Xuanyang's mind was the innate twelfth-grade Pure World White Lotus and the innate twelfth-grade Destruction Black Lotus in the Chaos Spirit Spring. Both were rare top-grade innate defensive spiritual treasures. The latter was the magical tool used by the former Demon Ancestor Luohou to prove his way. It was most suitable for beheading corpses and was even not inferior to the best-grade innate spiritual treasures.

However, the innate twelfth-grade pure white lotus has not yet matured, and the innate twelfth-grade destructive black lotus is also broken.

All that was left were the innate Yin-Yang divine diagram and the Liangyi lamp, the banana fan and the moon wheel, as well as the innate spiritual gourd on the innate gourd vine.

Among them, the Moon Wheel has the best quality. If the Sun and Moon Wheels can be assembled, it will be a top-grade innate spiritual treasure; the Innate Yin and Yang Divine Diagram is the most compatible with Li Xuanyang's Taoism and magical powers, and the Yin and Yang Lamp is slightly inferior.

Li Xuanyang couldn't help but feel hesitant for a moment, and thought that several saints in later generations had never truly killed the three corpses to prove their truth, so there must be drawbacks or secrets.

"Could it be related to the Chaos Supreme Treasure!" Li Xuanyang thought that Hongjun Daozu used the Chaos Supreme Treasure to create the Jade Butterfly to prove his Taoism. Could it be that only the Chaos Supreme Treasure can hold the last of his body!
Or does it mean that an innate spiritual treasure of the same origin is needed to finally unite the three corpses into one and thus achieve enlightenment and become a saint?

Even with Li Xuanyang's wealth, the above two conditions could not be met. There was no need to elaborate on the Chaos Treasure. Looking across the entire prehistoric world, it was unlikely that even a single one could be found. Innate spiritual treasures of the same origin were also extremely rare.

Most of them have either long fallen into the hands of Hongjun Daozu or have been used as tools for the enlightenment of other great masters. It is not easy to collect them all.

For example, there are five flags of the five directions of the innate nature.

Li Xuanyang had long wanted to collect the five innate five-direction flags, but over the years, he had never seen a single innate five-direction flag, and had never even heard of the whereabouts of the innate five-direction flags.

"Teacher, may I ask, if I don't have an innate spiritual treasure, can I use my innate spiritual roots to kill the corpse?" Zhen Yuanzi suddenly thought of the innate spiritual root ginseng fruit tree in the temple. It was also an innate number, and it was his companion spiritual root. It was very compatible with his own Taoism and magical powers. Could it be used to entrust one of the three corpses?

"When the world was first created, there were spiritual roots born from the innate nature. Some were nurtured by the Great Dao, while others were influenced by the innate laws and achieved innate numbers. Therefore, they can also be used to behead corpses."

Upon hearing this, Zhen Yuanzi's eyes lit up. With the Book of Earth and the Ginseng Fruit Tree, he only needed to find another innate spiritual treasure.

Di Jun, Xihe and Taiyi were also very happy. The Fusang tree in Tanggu and the laurel on the Taiyin star are both among the ten innate spiritual roots in the prehistoric world.

However, Sanqing and Hongyun's gazes fell on Li Xuanyang at the same time, and they both showed a hint of envy.

Everyone knew that Li Xuanyang had transplanted the banana tree and the innate gourd vine to Xuanyang Mountain.

There are at least two innate spiritual roots in Xuanyang Mountain now.

Li Xuanyang was slightly stunned. He didn't expect that the innate spiritual roots could be used in this way!
"Teacher, may I ask, if we do not have innate spiritual treasures, instruments of enlightenment, or innate spiritual roots, can we transcend Daluo and reach the realm of Quasi-Sage?"

Hearing this, Daozu Hongjun seemed to glance at Li Xuanyang and said indifferently: "Yes!"

"Please help me solve my doubts, teacher!" All the cultivators in Zixiao Palace showed joy on their faces and shouted to Hongjun Daozu.

"No need to make a fuss, you will know the truth when the time comes." Daozu Hongjun still spoke calmly.

Li Xuanyang couldn't help but think of his own method of proving the Tao with force, the Chaos Immortal Body, and the true body of the witch clan's ancestor. The former was a method of proving the Tao with force and did not need to rely on the three corpses. The latter, the witch clan had no primordial spirit and did not cultivate the three flowers, so they could not cut out the three corpses of good and evil self, and naturally did not need innate spiritual treasures, instruments for achieving Tao, and innate spiritual roots.

Among them, the method of proving the Tao through force is to create the world within the physical body, thus stepping into the quasi-saint realm. It is very similar to the witch clan, and also does not require innate spiritual treasures and magical instruments for achieving Tao.

The two have the same goal.

"Perhaps I can first step into the quasi-saint realm with my Chaos Immortal Body, and then consider which innate spiritual treasure to use to entrust the three corpses." Li Xuanyang suddenly thought.

Next, Daozu Hongjun didn't care what doubts the cultivators had, and directly showed the three flowers of his primordial spirit. Above the auspicious cloud that was as big as an acre, countless purple air clustered, fairy music sounded, auspicious light shot into the sky, golden flowers fell from the void, and golden lotus emerged from the ground. He began to explain the way of quasi-saints.

"The superior man, upon hearing the Tao, diligently practices it; the average man, upon hearing the Tao, seems uncertain whether to understand it or not; the inferior man, upon hearing the Tao, laughs heartily at it. If it does not laugh, it is not the Tao. Therefore, there are sayings: The clear Tao is like obscurity; the advancing Tao is like retreating; the smooth Tao is like similarities; the highest virtue is like a valley; great brightness is like humiliation; the broad virtue is like insufficiency; the established virtue is like stealing; the genuine nature is like change; the great square has no corners; the great vessel is achieved late; the great sound is barely audible; the great image is formless; the Tao is hidden and nameless. Only the Tao is good at lending and achieving."

At this moment, Li Xuanyang also withdrew his thoughts. A divine light flashed on his body, revealing the three flowers of his primordial spirit. Above the half-acre-sized auspicious cloud, the innate Xuanyang divine light shot up into the sky, evolving into the Xuanyang Sutra and the innate Five Elements Sutra. In his body, the Chaos Immortal Body also began to operate.

Above the three flowers, the innate Yin-Yang divine diagram, the Yin-Yang lamp, the moon wheel and other innate spiritual treasures each emitted rays of light.

From a distance, the black and white colors blend together, the gold and silver colors shine brightly, and several kinds of divine lights entangle together, creating a magnificent scene.

The Three Pure Ones and others not far away also showed the three flowers of their primordial spirits, each with a unique appearance.

For a moment, countless divine lights shot up into the sky in Zixiao Palace, and three flowers of the primordial spirit emerged, showing thousands of Taoist magic powers.

Every time Daozu Hongjun preached, he would talk about whatever came to his mind, from the Daluo method to the quasi-saint way, everything was included. Even Li Xuanyang's method of proving the Tao with force was occasionally mentioned by Daozu Hongjun.

Suddenly, Daozu Hongjun waved his sleeves, and countless golden lotuses fell beside the Sanqing and other six people, turning into strands of innate spiritual energy and flowing into their bodies.

Li Xuanyang was sitting behind the Shangqing Taoist priest, and a few golden lotuses fell down. They were swept by the innate Xuanyang divine light and refined into his physical body and soul. He felt his physical body and soul shake together, and his whole body felt light. The chaotic immortal body, Xuanyang Sutra, and innate Five Elements Sutra in his body began to operate independently, causing chaotic energy to grow all over his body, and the laws of the Tao were revealed.

At this time, a magical treasure suddenly rushed out from the three flowers of the Three Pure Ones' primordial spirits, and turned into a ray of light falling from the sky above the Zixiao Palace, and each of them transformed into the appearance of a Taoist priest.

This Taoist looked very similar to the Three Pure Ones. After they bowed to each other, he turned into a ray of light and flew back into the Three Flowers.

The Three Pure Ones looked at each other and chuckled. They had already transcended Daluo and stepped into the realm of quasi-sage.

A moment later, a divine light burst out from the three flowers of Nuwa and Jie Yin's souls and fell down. They also transformed into the appearance of a Taoist priest. After greeting each other, they flew back into the three flowers of their souls.

How could the cultivators in Zixiao Palace not understand that Sanqing, Nuwa and Jie Yin had already killed one of the three corpses.

Those Taoists were clearly one of the three corpses of good and evil who were entrusted with innate spiritual treasures or magical instruments for achieving enlightenment.

Everyone first looked at the Three Pure Ones, Nuwa, and Jie Yin, and then saw the golden lotus flowers that were continuously falling from Hongjun Daozu and landed beside them. They couldn't help but feel bitter and mixed emotions in their hearts.

How could everyone not know that the six cushions in the Zixiao Palace must have a mysterious meaning, otherwise how could Hongjun Daozu be so unfair.

But when Hongjun Daozu gave his first sermon in Zixiao Palace, he personally said that the seats in the palace must not be changed.

Kunpeng, who was not far away, had eyes full of jealousy and anger. If it weren't for Hongyun's meddling that caused him to be knocked off the cushion by the Taoist Zhunti, he would surely be able to transcend the Daluo level now.

However, he did not know that the Taoist Zhunti who was sitting on the cushion at this time had a gloomy face, burning anger in his eyes, and extremely sad heart. Every time he refined the golden lotus into his soul.

The original body of the Bodhi tree emitted tiny strands of sword energy, which swallowed up the golden lotus. Not only did its cultivation level not improve at all, but the sword energy that had been almost cleared away increased again.

The injuries on the main body of the Bodhi tree became more and more serious.

(End of this chapter)