togophonebook Chapter 71 The Sacred Pursuit of Disciples
Chapter 71 The Sacred Pursuit of Disciples
Seeing the placenta within the primordial tree begin to stir, Xuan Yao flicked his sleeve, and the Zhenxin Ruyi, suspended in mid-air, immediately released ten thousand streams of warm and jade-like pure energy, protecting the entire ancient tree and stabilizing its restless primordial spirit.
Previously, the Crimson Fiend True Man had used vicious methods to perform blood sacrifices for thousands of years. Although this spiritual embryo had never been born, its true spirit was inevitably tainted with a layer of resentful black energy born of fear.
If this layer of resentment is not completely washed away first, even if one is born now, it is very easy to go astray in an instant and ruin this unique innate foundation.
"Do not be afraid. I have come here today not to take by force, but to restore order to the world for you."
Xuan Yao spoke the Dharma words, and the clear voice echoed slowly around the ancestral tree, calming the placenta's fear.
Immediately afterwards, he flicked his finger, and a wisp of crimson-gold Southern Ming Fire shot out from his fingertip, lightly disappearing into the towering tree trunk.
This fire was not the raging flame of ordinary battles, but a pure flame that had been tempered by Xuan Yao using the Yin-Yang Water and Fire Divine Generals.
The firelight entered the tree, spreading gently along the crisscrossing grain of the ancestral tree.
Wherever it passed, the dark red bloodstains and insidious curses that True Immortal Chi Li had planted deep in the bark and roots of the trees with secret methods, all hissed and turned into wisps of black smoke under the baking of this pure fire intent, dissipating into the void.
The ancestral tree felt the warmth, and its massive branches and leaves immediately began to rustle with a cheerful sound.
The half of the leaf, crimson red like fire, unfolded like a phoenix feather, breathing in and out the yang energy of the Southern Bright Fire.
The other half of the leaf, a deep blue like water, sprinkled large swathes of cool, jade-like dew, which mingled with the firelight in mid-air, creating a harmonious blend.
This sitting has lasted for hundreds of years.
Xuan Yao sat upright on the platform under the tree, his expression calm and composed, without greed or impatience.
He relentlessly activated the divine general within his body day and night, and a pale blue light of Ren water overflowed from his left eye, continuously flowing into the heart of the tree to nourish the somewhat shriveled placenta.
His right eye droops down, emitting the Southern Bright Fire, repeatedly cleansing the last trace of turbid evil hidden within the ancestral tree.
Over the past few centuries, the Yan Yuan people around the Great Swamp, under the leadership of their ancestor Yan Heng, have gradually regained some of their vitality.
Knowing the gravity of the situation today, Ancestor Yanheng, despite his broken body, urged the cultivators of his clan day and night.
Around the primordial ancestral tree, on the dry riverbed spanning thousands of miles, they used their own blood essence to redraw extremely complex water and fire patterns.
The earth's energy flow was restored, and the energy destroyed by the energy-locking piles gradually condensed and took shape.
High in the sky, Lingxiao transformed into a giant, dark blue-black bird, its wings flapping with wind and thunder, its sharp eyes vigilantly surveying the vast heavens day and night.
The old dragon of the Xuan River lay obediently in the mud, clutching the yellow sand treasure fan tightly in its hand.
As soon as there is the slightest rustling of wind or movement, it will bar its teeth and claws and fly forward, using its wind and sand magic to scare away any unsuspecting rogue cultivators, thus fulfilling some of the duties of a guardian beast of the mountain.
As time goes by, it is nourished day and night by the Qi of Xuan Yao Ren Water and the Fire of Nan Ming.
The original placenta, which had shone with five-colored light, gradually began to change color.
The five colors dissipated, eventually transforming into a peculiar cocoon about the height of a person, interwoven with red and blue.
On the surface of that cocoon, one could vaguely see a profound Tai Chi pattern formed by the convergence of the laws of water and fire, which was emitting an extremely steady and powerful rhythm in accordance with the rhythm of the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth.
Through the cocoon, one could vaguely see the figure of a child, about seven or eight years old, lying inside.
On this day, just as Xuan Yao was breathing in and out the essence of water and fire as usual.
Suddenly, thousands of auspicious clouds and auspicious wisps appeared out of thin air above the originally gloomy and dark swamp.
The crimson clouds and the inky blue water intertwined.
"Click."
A crisp sound, like jade shattering, suddenly rang out in the center of the silent fire.
Xuan Yao opened his eyes and stared intently at the scene.
In that instant, a straight crack appeared in the center of the red and blue intertwined cocoon.
Endless spiritual light of water and fire burst forth as a sky full of rain and mist. Then, a child of about seven or eight years old, with delicate features, stepped out from the broken cocoon of Dao.
The boy was extremely unusual in appearance.
His long, fiery red hair danced on its own without wind, while his eyes were a deep, clear blue.
Most remarkably, in the center of his brow, there was a naturally formed crimson-blue divine mark, a supreme Dao mark representing the balance of Yin and Yang, water and fire.
As soon as the boy landed, an extremely pure water and fire magic surged around him.
His cultivation aura, at the very moment of his birth, directly transcended the obstacles of the mortal world and reached the realm of the Mysterious Immortal!
"Greetings, Master of Water and Fire!"
"Welcome to the Holy One's birth!"
Around the Dharma-giving platform, Ancestor Yan Heng led hundreds of thousands of Yan Yuan clansmen, and the moment they saw the birth of this child, everyone was so excited that their whole bodies trembled.
They all knelt down on the water, their foreheads slamming down heavily.
This is the sacred being of their Yan Yuan clan, whom they have waited for countless eons to finally be born today, under the protection of Xuan Yao.
Although the boy was newly born with intelligence and had a simple mind, there was no trace of ignorance in his expression.
He first turned around and respectfully kowtowed three times to the ancestral tree behind him that had nurtured him for countless years.
Then, he turned around and bowed slightly to the ancestor Yan Heng, who was weeping with joy not far away, thus fulfilling the cause and effect of their shared origin.
Finally, the boy walked barefoot to Xuan Yao's divine jade platform at a leisurely pace.
He clasped his two chubby little hands together and bowed deeply in mid-air:
"This disciple wishes to follow you in your cultivation, Master. I beg you to accept me."
Xuan Yao sat upright on the platform, secretly activating his Purple Mansion Dharma Eye to carefully examine the boy.
Upon seeing this, even someone as composed as Xuan Yao couldn't help but secretly applaud.
This child was born from the first wisp of Yin-Yang, Water, and Fire essence in the world, nurtured within the ancestral tree.
Its origin is so pure that it naturally carries the ever-flowing Dao of Water and Fire.
What's even more remarkable is that, over the past few hundred years, Xuan Yao has spared no effort in expending his own blessings and pure energy to repeatedly refine himself with the Southern Bright Fire and the Pure Light of Ren Water.
At this moment, there was not a trace of the malevolent and poisonous intent left by the blood sacrifice of the True Man Chi Li back then in the boy's body.
Its roots and bones are flawless, and looking at the entire primordial world, it can be considered a genuine innate deity.
"This is the extraordinary opportunity I have been seeking on my journey to the east."
With a gentle wave of his long sleeves, Xuan Yao sent a wisp of gentle, auspicious energy into a cloud-like palm, which gently lifted the kneeling children below the platform.
"You were conceived in the ancestral tree and born from the interaction of water and fire. Now that you are born, you have a karmic relationship with me as master and disciple."
Xuan Yao looked at him, a gentle smile on his face, and said loudly:
"Although I currently have two young disciples guarding my cave, I have never established a true disciple to carry on my mantle."
Today, I, this humble Taoist, will accept you as my first personally taught disciple.
Let your name be "Yan Yuanzi".
Yan is derived from the source of water and fire of your Yan Yuan clan, while Yuan signifies the beginning of all things.
"I hope that in the future you will cultivate yourself diligently and not waste your extraordinary destiny."
"Yan Yuanzi kowtows in gratitude to Master for bestowing this name! Kowtows in gratitude to Master for accepting my name!"
Upon hearing the name, the boy was overjoyed and once again respectfully kowtowed nine times on the ground.
The moment his apprenticeship was officially established, the towering ancestral tree in the void seemed to sense something.
Countless crimson and dark blue spirit leaves rustled and scattered large swaths of water and fire spiritual light, like a five-colored robe draped over Yan Yuanzi, clearly indicating his strong approval of this cause and effect.
Seeing this, Xuan Yao nodded slightly.
With a flick of his sleeve, he took out a bronze gourd, its entire body crimson and gleaming with precious light.
It was that mid-grade innate spiritual treasure, the Crimson Copper Fire Gourd.
This item was originally given to the True Man Chi Li by the Eastern King, but it was forcibly taken away by the Falling Treasure Coin.
"This treasure is called the Red Copper Fire Gourd, and it is a mid-grade innate spiritual treasure."
Although its spiritual essence was somewhat tainted by that Chi Li's evil magic, this thing was originally born from the life force of Taiyi wood and fire, and is most compatible with the innate fire virtue within your body.
Xuan Yao gently brushed his palm across the gourd.
A wisp of pure Southern Ming Fire instantly rolled through the inside of the fire gourd, burning away all the chaotic energy remaining in Chi Li.
"Today, I bestow this treasure upon you. You may keep it with you and nurture it day and night with the innate fire essence within your body. Consider it a means of self-defense and protection."
Yan Yuanzi held the warm little gourd in his hands, his big, clear blue eyes filled with joy.
He hugged the gourd tightly and bowed to Xuan Yao once more:
"Disciple thanks Master for bestowing this treasure!"
Seeing that his Dao Child not only had to study under a famous master, but also received such a mid-grade innate spiritual treasure to protect him from birth, the old ancestor Yan Heng was so excited that he trembled all over, and two lines of turbid tears flowed down his wrinkled cheeks.
"Our Yan Yuan clan has finally found a powerful patron today!"