Fried Salted Fish
Chapter 474 The Number of Jade Clarity
After achieving the Golden Elixir, every thought and action could stir up the ten directions of gods and devils. Now that he was among the immortals, a single thought sent a vast surge of vow power towards the unseen, Ji Xiang sensed the heavens and recited the name of the Yuan Emperor.
In truth, Ji Xiang already knew the Yuan Emperor's full name, a certain alias of the Yuanshi Tianzun, was the Yuan Emperor's honorific title.
"Yuqing Zixu Gao Miao Supreme Yuan Emperor Great Dao Lord."
Upon reaching the Celestial Heart realm, reciting the true name frequently would allow one to be noticed by this Celestial Heart powerhouse, and the prayers of longing would be conveyed to him.
Sure enough, after Ji Xiang prayed, the Celestial Heart powerhouse on the other side became aware of it.
An equally vast surge of vow power descended from the void.
Even if the Yuan Emperor did not dare to openly descend into the world, he could still secretly contact mortals. The four Celestial Heart powerhouses guarding the surface world could not find his trail; as one of the thirteen Yuqing cultivators throughout history, no one was better than him at concealment.
Thus, Ji Xiang received enlightenment.
The enlightenment of the Celestial Heart realm was like the Christian God giving his followers divine revelation; the information or voice appeared directly in the spiritual sea of consciousness, but this method of transmission was generally limited.
"Not quite the same as the Christian God's revelation..."
Ji Xiang realized after receiving the Yuan Emperor's message that the gap between Celestial Heart realms was also enormous. He had seen a glimpse of this during the battle between the Demon Celestial Master and the Great Sun Tathagata. Now, even in terms of giving enlightenment, the Yuan Emperor, as a master among Celestial Heart realms, although he had not reached the Mahayana stage, must have reached the pinnacle of the Hinayana stage. However, the enlightenment he gave was ambiguous, far inferior to the Christian God who could directly converse with consciousness.
"First, he agreed to my request for communication, but he is unwilling to meet me... It was inconsiderate of me; I forgot that he is still being searched for by the four Celestial Hearts in the mortal realm, so naturally he cannot show his face."
"Secondly, the location for communication is in a disguised temple. The one enshrined there is not this Yuan Emperor; from the outside, the deity enshrined is..."
Ji Xiang thought it was a temple dedicated to Yuanshi Tianzun, but the Yuan Emperor dared not blatantly lodge his power in the Yuanshi temple. According to his vow power just now, the Yuanshi temple was constantly monitored by the four Celestial Hearts.
Moreover, most temples dedicated to Yuanshi Tianzun also enshrined the Lingbao Tianzun and the Moral Tianzun. The Zi Yi God always kept a close eye on Taoist matters.
Ji Xiang left the Yuanshi Law Sect. The Eastern Flower Fairy saw Ji Xiang emerge from the depths of the Law Sect and asked if anything bad had happened earlier.
"Why do you ask?" Ji Xiang looked at her with slight surprise. The Eastern Flower Fairy said, "I just felt a sudden palpitation in my heart, as if great danger had appeared, constantly beside me. Perhaps it is because I have been tainted with some Yuqing energy that my perception of this danger has become sharper."
The Old Mister's power came from the future, enveloping the past, but it was only directed at Yuqing cultivators. The fact that the Eastern Flower Fairy could suddenly feel this danger meant that she had indeed been affected by the Yuqing energy, and had become different from ordinary immortals or ancient immortals.
"I need to go to a temple. You wait for me here. After I finish this important matter... I will immediately head north..."
"It's fine, I'll just go to the current emperor myself to ask for an official title." Before Ji Xiang could finish speaking, the Eastern Flower Fairy interrupted, "Besides, you said that the Northern Cold Fairy is now in the imperial palace. I happen to want to see her, and I don't want to be disturbed."
The Eastern Flower and the Northern Cold, or rather the four fairies, were servants of the four great immortals. They were not friends with each other, and each had their own stance. The Eastern Flower decided to use suppressing the Northern Cold as a bargaining chip to get the emperor to bestow upon her the title of a great immortal.
"If you wait until you finish your matter, and then go north with me, although it won't take much time, I wouldn't dare delay your urgent business. Just be careful..."
The Eastern Flower Fairy said that things could be done together. Since Ji Xiang had something to do, she would go north first. Anyway, it wouldn't take much time. The conferral of a title, seeing the Northern Cold, plus the round trip, would take at most a day.
Traveling to the Northern Sea in the morning and Mount Cangwu in the evening, she still had that kind of speed.
"Wait for me to come back and go to the Shu region with you. The Demon Celestial Master previously taught you many secret techniques, which shows that the Shu region is dangerous. If you enter alone, there may be danger."
Ji Xiang nodded upon hearing this, "Then thank you, you go ahead, I'll go get busy too."
Two immortal lights dispersed. The Eastern Flower Fairy went straight north, while Ji Xiang left Haojing'ao and went towards the southeastern region.
The southeastern coast, near the South Sea, was where a large number of people near the Shangqing had migrated before. Some of them came here. Like the South Sea, the Southeast Sea was also prosperous with Dharma teachings, but there were no ascendants here.
Ji Xiang closed his eyes, his figure illusory.
Emperor Lord's Seven Transformations.
Nine Forms of Scenic Change.
Three Xia Record!
Here there were many mountains and few plains, and great rivers flowed among the mountains. Ji Xiang used the Three Xia divine art to change his form, conceal his aura, and scattered several immortal lights towards the mountains. His main body came to the location revealed by the Yuan Emperor and looked towards the river.
The great river was turbulent, reflecting the colors of the sky and mountains. The water flowed rapidly, winding through the mountains like an angry dragon.
"Thunder Fire Envoy, Million Azure Dragons. Sky-shaking Thunderbolt, Quickly Enter the Talisman."
Ji Xiang recited a divine incantation. As the incantation took effect, the water vapor in the heavens and earth condensed into a mist of talismans, drifting in the great river. Ji Xiang saw the patterns of the talisman mist and rushed directly into it.
Breaking through the mist, descending into the river water, a green dragon flew out of the water and carried Ji Xiang. Beneath the river water was actually another upside-down world!
People still lived in this world. When those mages saw someone suddenly intrude into this world, they immediately became vigilant, but Ji Xiang ignored them, because this world was also one of the earth realms, opened up by a Celestial Master in the past.
"Hiding his temple in the Qingliu Mountain of the Lu Mountain Sect, only those who know how to enter Qingliu Mountain can find that temple."
This Dharma Realm was Qingliu Mountain, the land opened up by the Lu Mountain Sect on the reverse side of the river. The true Lu Mountain lineage was here. Ji Xiang looked at the Lu Mountain Great Law Court in Qingliu Mountain, and the flames and smoke that could be seen everywhere, and his heart could not help but stir slightly, and some thoughts arose.
Although the Meishan Sect was the most skilled in firearms techniques, in this era, the Lu Mountain Sect also knew some firearms techniques.
At this time, in the Lu Mountain Great Law Court, there were also many Lu Mountain elders, looking at the azure dragon streaking across the sky in the distance. The aura emanating from the rider on it actually rejuvenated the mountains, brightened the sky, and cleared the clouds and mist.
"An Immortal?"
The immortals manifested, and the Lu Mountain elders were shocked. They had not yet gone to the mortal world, and did not know when immortals had appeared in the world.
While the Lu Mountain cultivators were discussing, Ji Xiang had already ridden the azure dragon to a mountain temple. The azure dragon turned into a purple-green spiritual talisman; it turned out to be something transformed from a talisman, not a real dragon.
"Great Rain Dragon King Temple."
The deity statue in the temple was a Dragon King. Ji Xiang lit five long incense sticks for this Dragon King, then pinched off half of the rightmost stick. As a result, the smoke rose, with only four of them level, and the last one slowly and leisurely, only reaching halfway up the first four smoke columns before stopping.
In an instant, Ji Xiang sensed a vast and mighty power. It was a huge phantom, sitting upright in front, surrounded by the aura of the primordial void, with waves of yin and nether energy.
"You've come."
The Yuan Emperor's voice came, ethereal and incomparable. Ji Xiang discovered that the phantom sitting in front of him was now becoming wondrous, seeming to be very far away from him, but upon closer inspection, it was as if it was right in front of him.
"The might of the Celestial Heart is beyond your imagination. You have not yet reached this level and cannot understand it."
The Yuan Emperor knew what Ji Xiang was looking at, but he was not here to show Ji Xiang his power, so he went straight to the point:
"I don't have much time. You want to ask about Qingluo, you want to ask about Old Mister Gu. I will now answer you, because this also concerns the life and death of you and me. I certainly won't attack you right now, but I can't guarantee that you won't die at my hands when you leave this place."
"I can tell you a few things. First, the reason why I want to kill you is just like Old Mister Gu wants to kill us. You don't want to become his incarnation, and neither do I. Therefore, the result of killing you is that I can become the second Old Mister Gu."
"If you want to resist the unified future, you must have a strong past. I want to lock myself in the past era in order to fight against him. Supreme divine powers can only be used in the future. As long as you don't reach that future, you don't have to worry about your life."
"So far, five people have died, so we can't let him get the sixth."
Ji Xiang was surprised: "Five Yuqing cultivators have died? Adding him himself, isn't that the sixth?"
The Yuan Emperor looked deeply at Ji Xiang:
"But now there are thirteen Yuqing cultivators."
"The sixth one I'm talking about is the sixth life, so adding him himself, that would be seven."