Fried Salted Fish
Chapter 195 Primordial Secret Transmission, Scripture of the Heavenly Devil
Spiritual roots are the bones of immortals, originating from the Root of Heaven and Earth in the *Dao De Jing*. The Root of Heaven and Earth that Ji Xiang obtained from Emperor Jiajing's alchemical powders is the source of all immortal bones.
This potent force enriches the flesh and spirit. The lectures of the Yuanshi Tianzun do not cease because someone below has acquired a treasure. It is merely a heartless repeating machine, endlessly reiterating the same or similar words for thousands of years. Various immortal scriptures have been recited countless times.
The spirit-form of the Lingbao Tianzun seems to be exerting itself. The golden light it summons is increasingly abundant, never falling below double digits. These golden insights quickly transform into various spells and incantations. However, the Lingbao Tianzun does not even glance at them. It seems disdainful of learning the scriptures, or perhaps has already mastered them. Occasionally, it actively reaches out to erase the evolving immortal texts.
Yan Jingzhu often sighs at the Lingbao Tianzun's actions.
"The wealthy sit on mountains of gold, claiming to be without desires, while those at the foot of the mountain can only clutch a few taels of silver, yearningly gazing at the golden heap. That is precisely my situation now."
She cannot comprehend scriptures of the fifth grade, so she can only watch intently from behind, no longer actively seeking enlightenment. Instead, while the Lingbao Tianzun's comprehended scriptures have not yet vanished, she hastily steals a few glances, then runs them through her mind, engraving them in her memory for fear of forgetting.
This amazes Ji Xiang.
"So, there's no need to compete. Just freeload off the Lingbao Tianzun's scriptures?"
Ji Xiang has seen people freeloading books, fire, and ink, but this is the first time he's seen someone freeloading immortal scriptures.
"If she were to take the imperial examinations, wouldn't she copy the name on the neighboring exam paper as well?"
Of course, while that may be true, Ji Xiang also realizes that the Lingbao Tianzun is mostly indifferent to those scriptures, clearly searching for something. Combining this with Yan Jingzhu's unusual behavior, Ji Xiang now has an idea.
Is the Lingbao Tianzun looking for the true *Donghua Yujing* (Eastern Flower Jade Scripture)?
But Yan Jingzhu said she wouldn't transmit the *Donghua Yujing* to him. At first, he thought it was because she knew the *Donghua Yujing*.
Then, making a bold conjecture, Yan Jingzhu might never have seen that page of immortal scripture.
Once that is established, then many of the words she spoke before become lies.
"Mentioning the identity of someone from the Shangqing sect several times, is it because only someone from Shangqing can obtain the *Donghua Xianjing* (Eastern Flower Immortal Scripture), so she said that even if I came, I wouldn't comprehend anything?"
"What is the origin of this Lingbao Tianzun spirit-form, and even including whether you are truly the Donghua celestial maiden, now it seems that I cannot completely trust your words."
Ji Xiang silently stared at her, then released his mind, continuing to comprehend. Golden light continuously surged forth, and following the Wuyuaxianjing, two more scrolls of scripture descended.
"*Daoji Jing* (Scripture of Dao Machines), man takes the body as a country, spirit as the ruler, essence as the minister, qi as the people, qi transforms into essence, essence transforms into spirit, spirit transforms into infant.... This is the Art of the Nascent Soul!"
"If the infant is undamaged, it will return to the Heavenly Gate! Four Realms form the Sacred Embryo, Seven Realms sprout Three Flowers, Nine Realms produce Five Qi, Ten Realms congeal into the Golden Elixir, then in the Eleventh Realm, the nascent spirit leaves the body. At this time, the formless nascent soul has already suffered losses, transforming into the nascent spirit. In fact, the nascent soul is just a formless state, it does not exist!"
"But this scripture can actually reverse the nascent spirit, transform it into an infant, recreate the immortal body, and even if the nascent spirit is damaged, it will be fine. It can reverse and return from a wisp of primordial qi, transforming back into a nascent soul, and restart cultivation!"
"And the appearance of the nascent soul will also strengthen the power of the nascent spirit! The *Daoji Jing* has four levels. Refining one more nascent soul will produce one more Yang spirit!"
This is the first immortal scripture. Of course, Ji Xiang only obtained the scripture of the first level of the *Daoji Jing*. He can only condense one nascent soul at a time, reversing his life once, and strengthening his nascent spirit.
As for strengthening the nascent spirit, refining the Yang spirit, and even higher-level transformations, Ji Xiang cannot see them.
The second immortal scripture is an offensive spell.
"*Tianxia Dong Shen Jing* (Scripture of Penetrating the World's Caverns), has the Three Capitals Seal, Three Sovereigns Seal, Nine Heavens Giant Seal. The Three Capitals Seal needs to be cultivated with the qi of the Three Talents, Heaven, Earth, and Man. The Three Sovereigns Seal needs to be cultivated with the qi of the Three Treasures, Sun, Moon, and Stars. The Nine Heavens Giant Seal needs to be cultivated with the Nine Heavens Gale. I once saw the Bixiao Heavenly Gale in Shuntian Prefecture."
"Only got the Three Capitals Seal."
The golden light flowed like a waterfall. Clearly, the Yuanshi Tianzun's lecture has reached a critical point. The spirit-form of the Lingbao Tianzun is almost enveloped in golden light. At least two immortal scriptures appear before him each time, but they are quickly erased and disappear without a trace.
Ji Xiang casually glanced at one.
*Shenxian Zhong Jing* (Middle Scripture of Immortals).
Ji Xiang's pupils contracted sharply. Just as he wanted to take a closer look, the scripture vanished without a trace. He only caught a glimpse of one sentence, which greatly frustrated Ji Xiang. Behind him, the Donghua celestial maiden whispered in astonishment:
"It's actually the *Shenxian Zhong Jing*, a fourth-grade immortal scripture!"
The Donghua celestial maiden has turned into a shocked monster. Apart from staring at the Lingbao Tianzun, she no longer cares about anyone else. The Lingbao Tianzun did not react to her exclamation. The two maintained a delicate distance. As long as you don't provoke me, you can do whatever you want.
The *Shenxian Zhong Jing* is a legendary scripture, and it is something from the Warring States period. When Lao Tzu passed through the Hangu Pass to the west, he wrote five thousand words for Yin Xi, which were interpreted into fifty-five chapters. This *Shenxian Zhong Jing* is the commentary of the Master Wen Shi!
The treasured immortal scripture of the Louguan sect!
"Of course, it may not be so miraculous. After all, at that time, Yin Xi had not truly entered the Dao. The *Shenxian Zhong Jing* is just his superficial annotation of the *Dao De Jing*, but its status is extremely important, so it is ranked fourth grade, which is considered acceptable."
"What a pity, I only managed to freeload one sentence. How unlucky. I have always believed that I never cheated during exams in the past, but now I can't even freeload immortal scriptures. It's hard to be a good person!"
"It must be Feng Menglong, that guy who repeatedly failed the exams. His bad luck has affected me!"
Ji Xiang is very unhappy.
He can only continue to comprehend.
Fortunately, the "brother scripture" of the Jade Tablet of the Five Prongs soon appeared. It is also part of the Five Talismans Scripture. The *Zhongbu Yushu* (Central Jade Book) was obtained by Ji Xiang.
"Nourish the Dao to generate form, establish names based on form, the greatest of names is Heaven and Earth."
"Using names to condense the power of the Five Elements between Heaven and Earth, shaping the desired state, this is the birth of a spirit-form. This book can be used to create celestial soldiers and divine generals! It's a pity that there are no higher-level parts. It seems that I need to continue comprehending!"
Creating celestial soldiers and divine generals by hand is a skill only the Daoist Master of the Great Peace has in legends. The so-called summoning wind and rain, and scattering beans to become soldiers, with a wave of the hand, there are celestial soldiers and divine generals. The formless spirit-form is created and combined with the Five Elements to transform into tangible objects, attached to gold, stone, wood, and earth!
Even, the "origin" of others can be changed with the spirit-form created corresponding to the Five Elements!
If a dragon spirit-form is created for a fish, supplemented by the qi of water and wood, then the fish may really leap over the Dragon Gate and transform into a divine dragon!
If a phoenix spirit-form is created for a chicken, supplemented by fire qi, it may really shed its feathers and transform into a fledgling phoenix!
But it is too profound to achieve this. What is currently possessed is just a little bit of entry. In Ji Xiang's view, it is definitely too low to list this scripture as the fifth grade.
Moreover, the origin of this book makes Ji Xiang feel vigilant and fearful.
The immortal scripture is just a section, but the opening writes "Described by the Yuan Emperor"!
"Yuan Emperor! It is the Heavenly Heart Realm expert who secretly influenced me last time. He is the Yuan Emperor. The Precious Light of the Primordial Void also comes from him. I didn't expect that the immortal scripture here is actually related to him. I originally thought that this Heavenly Heart Realm expert would be someone from the Song-Jin era, but I can actually see his title in the Chart of True Spirits and Assigned Seats. It seems that he attained the Dao and ascended to immortality at least in the Jin Dynasty."
Perhaps the other party doesn't even know that a part of the immortal scripture they left behind will appear in the Chart of True Spirits and Assigned Seats, or perhaps, the page of immortal scripture in the Chart of True Spirits and Assigned Seats records their scripture?
Ji Xiang has many guesses in his mind. After all, the blank divine tablet seems to be able to "update in real-time". Even if the Chart of True Spirits and Assigned Seats cannot "update in real-time" immortal scriptures, at least delayed updates are no problem, right?
"This ability is somewhat similar to the blank divine tablet. My guess should be correct, but there is still a huge gap between it and the blank divine tablet. The core of this thing lies in the page of scripture of the *Donghua Xianjing*."
"In short, it is necessary to learn the subtleties of the Heavenly Heart Realm's immortal scriptures. Knowing yourself and your enemy is the key to responding to changes!"
And the scripture that appeared next was interesting.
The Lingbao Tianzun suddenly reacted. Three immortal scriptures appeared in front of him at this time. He erased two without looking at them, and then took the one on the far right.
At the same time, the Donghua celestial maiden Yan Jingzhu also reacted.
She struck the Western Overflowing Bell, and the Lingbao Tianzun's movements slowed down a bit. She was also very nervous at this time. The Lingbao Tianzun slowly turned his head and confronted her.
She took a deep breath. She was unusually cautious and fearful of this act of snatching food from the tiger's mouth, but she still refused to back down, which surprised Ji Xiang, after all, she had shown particular fear of the Lingbao Tianzun just now.
Yan Jingzhu gritted her teeth: "*Lingshu Jing* (Spiritual Book Scripture), transformed from the qi of the Nine Heavens of the East, the scripture that the Yuanshi Tianzun passed on to the Green Child Sovereign, a third-grade immortal scripture, also known as the Azure Jade Precious Box, can evolve the Primordial Nine Qi, transformed from a section of text in the *Donghua Yujing*."
"I didn't expect you to finally comprehend it.... But you can't take it away, this one really can't be given!"
The Lingbao Tianzun raised his hand at this time, and the entire world shook, as if the Five Elements were about to reopen. Yan Jingzhu frantically struck the small bell, but unfortunately, in the hands of the Lingbao Tianzun, the Western Overflowing Bell was like scrap metal and could not play a significant role at all.
In front of Ji Xiang, golden light fell, and the power of the Jade Tablet of the Five Prongs began to operate, not being disturbed by the Lingbao Tianzun.
Taking this opportunity, Ji Xiang ate the golden light next to the Lingbao Tianzun.
A large amount of golden light disappeared. The Lingbao Tianzun looked towards Ji Xiang, but Ji Xiang did not move the immortal scripture, so he did not attack Ji Xiang.
At this time, Ji Xiang also gained enlightenment once again.
It was just that the Lingbao Tianzun did not bother to care about those golden lights. Seeing Yan Jingzhu confronting him, the Lingbao Tianzun made a move that left her speechless and at a loss!
The Lingbao Tianzun pointed at Ji Xiang, and the *Lingshu Jing* that he had just obtained fell into the golden light in front of Ji Xiang and disappeared without a trace!
The lost scriptures will be reorganized and transformed into new classics in the Yuanshi Tianzun's lecture!
The Lingbao Tianzun's gaze was without sorrow or joy, but it could be felt that he was provoking the Donghua celestial maiden at this time, and the Donghua celestial maiden was powerless against this provocation.
Moreover, the Lingbao Tianzun was mobilizing the power of the heavens and the earth. In the depths of the void, it was as if a voice was echoing in the Donghua celestial maiden's ears!
Since I can't get it, then you can't get it either!
The power to control this world is not in you, but also in me!
The *Lingshu Jing* disappeared, Ji Xiang obtained the help of the Lingbao Tianzun, and enlightenment appeared at this time. The three scriptures that were originally about to emerge were all immediately replaced, and a primordial qi was transformed, named *Yuqing Yinshu* (Hidden Book of the Jade Clarity).
In this book, boundless demonic energy is brewing, and there are the voices of ten thousand demons within it!
"Azure-Profound Two Qi, third-grade immortal scripture, the true inheritance immortal scripture of the Jade Clarity Heaven!"
"Hmm.... It's, the Hidden Book!"
Although Yan Jingzhu had long known that this kind of thing might happen, she didn't expect it to come so quickly. In fact, if the Lingbao Tianzun hadn't confronted her just now, Ji Xiang wouldn't have seen a corner of the true face of the *Donghua Xianjing*!
However, it seemed that it was the Hidden Book that appeared.
"*Yuqing Yinshu*, has the cultivation of four chapters, eight levels, and twenty-four lessons. If we talk about it from the level of classics, this is undoubtedly an immortal scripture that the world has never seen, and only the Supreme Sage can obtain. Moreover, because the Lingbao Tianzun put the *Lingshu Jing* into the golden light, there are more jade clarity hidden texts created, there should be more than one chapter, but less than two chapters."
"This scripture is to cultivate the Heavenly Demon Extermination Scene Method, absorbing the path of life from the ten directions, and controlling the heavenly demons in the Northern Fengdu, but this method can never be cultivated by people in the mortal world, because people cannot practice the scripture of tempting the Heavenly Demons, and once they learn this method, even if they unintentionally leak even a little bit, they will lose their lives and never become immortals."
"It can be said that ordinary cultivators, when they see this classic, are too late to avoid it, only a fool would rush up to learn it and be overjoyed."
Yan Jingzhu breathed a sigh of relief when she saw this true scripture evolve, and the Lingbao Tianzun stared at that scripture, also seemed to be staring at Ji Xiang, but Yan Jingzhu apologized:
"It seems that your method has made a slight mistake. He cannot cultivate this classic. For his own good, quickly disperse this scripture."
When she said this, her expression was a little tangled.
The Lingbao Tianzun's position seems to be higher in this world than hers.
But the Lingbao Tianzun did not listen to the Donghua celestial maiden's warning. He waved his hand again, and golden lights descended, seeming to complete the second chapter, which made Yan Jingzhu hesitate, but did not continue to stop it, but just sighed:
"If you learn this Jade Clarity Hidden Text, you will cut off the path of immortality with a little carelessness. How can the things of the Jade Clarity Heaven be so easy to take? Why are there only twelve Jade Clarity True Inheritances in ancient and modern times."
"What a pity."
She retreated back, feeling very sorry for the fate that Ji Xiang was about to face.
It was just that she had just sat back, and a shock of condensed demonic energy made her suddenly startled again. At this time, around Ji Xiang, the illusory image of ten thousand demons evolved, and then all entered Ji Xiang's body, as if the illusory image of ten thousand demons and Ji Xiang were integrated into one, all sitting cross-legged in one place!
*Yuqing Yinshu*, first chapter, first lesson, Heavenly Demon Refining Form, complete!
Yan Jingzhu couldn't care about so much. At this time, she wanted to approach directly, but was shaken away by the demonic energy. Her immortal power melted, like weak ice and snow encountering the vigorous sun, and she chanted in a daze:
"How is this possible! How can cultivators learn the arts of heavenly demons, this is not something for people to learn!"
Only the Lingbao Tianzun seemed to be fanning the flames from the side, and even preparing.... to increase the intensity!
With a wave of his hand, all the golden light comprehended by the surrounding gods was taken by him, snatching the creation of the heavens and the earth from the gods, and then pressed down on Ji Xiang with one finger!
The Yuanshi transmits the scriptures, and the Lingbao imparts the scriptures, just like the legendary appearance of the Shangqing sect back then!