vstars Chapter 99 Harvest
Chapter 99 Harvest
"If nothing unexpected happens, this is our destination," said Li Zijian, the second elder of Sanqing Mountain, pointing to a lake.
The disciples of Sanqing Mountain behind him all gathered around. The lake was crystal clear. It was already night, and the crescent moon in the sky was clearly reflected on the lake. There were no ripples or waves. It was just reflected there calmly, like a second moon.
Zhu Yi squatted down to the side, sensing the fluctuations of spiritual energy around him, and said in a deep voice, "This place seems to contain the power of the Great Dao, especially this lake. It's as if this power of the Great Dao has turned into solid lake water, quietly settling in this lake."
Upon hearing this, everyone gathered around the shore, carefully sensing the power of the Great Dao that their senior brother had spoken of.
Li Zijian nodded slightly, and after a moment of silence, slowly said, "You're right, Zhu Yi. However, I'm reminded of something else, namely your battle with that Quanzhen Dao brat."
Zhu Yi trembled as he recalled his defeat at the hands of Zhang Yunling, a junior who was three realms below him. The shame, anger, and resentment filled his mind.
"I'm not referring to anything else, but the secret technique that kid used." Li Zijian patted Zhu Yi's head, signaling him to turn his attention to his inner world, and then quietly began to transmit his voice to him:
"Our first ancestor left behind a celestial technique. Using our sect's three main mountains as altars and astrology as a supplement, it mapped three supreme beings beyond the Dao Domain, transforming their will into power for our own use. Furthermore, it allowed us to comprehend the power of the Great Dao within, and to understand methods for breaking through to higher realms. This is our sect's long-standing celestial technique, 'One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones.'"
"It's the sect's most treasured book, which only the successive sect leaders of Sanqing Mountain can study and comprehend. Legend has it that as long as one fully masters it, one can rival immortals with a mortal body!"
Zhu Yi frowned, and the voice that reached Li Zijian's mind became excited as well. However, when he thought of the strange fluctuations in the spiritual energy around him when Zhang Yunling attacked him, he couldn't help but think of some terrifying possibilities.
Li Zijian nodded and said firmly, "My feeling is right. The secret technique used by the kid you fought was One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones! His absorption speed and control over spiritual energy are beyond what ordinary Golden Core cultivators can achieve!"
"Furthermore, it faintly exudes a power of the Great Dao. I have only ever felt this power of the Great Dao in the Sect Master. It is a trace of the power of the three Venerables above the Nine Heavens!"
Just as Zhu Yi was lost in deep doubt, and Li Zijian, with a serious expression, transmitted a message to him, the surrounding disciples of Sanqing Mountain exclaimed in surprise:
"Elder Li, Senior Brother, look over there!"
Zhu Yi and Li Zijian both turned their gaze to the lake. The crescent moon that had been obscured by dark clouds had now become a full moon. Reflected in the lake, it formed another bright, golden full moon. The two full moons appeared together before everyone's eyes, radiating a strange golden light.
"This is..." Li Zijian spread out his mid-stage Nascent Soul spiritual power, and the other disciples followed suit, carefully sensing the spiritual energy fluctuations brought about by this strange phenomenon.
Gradually, on the golden moonlight reflected on the calm lake, characters began to appear, eventually coalescing into several sentences:
"The people of today do not see the moon of ancient times, but the moon of today once shone on the people of ancient times."
People of the past and people of today are like flowing water, all gazing upon the same bright moon.
Zhu Yi, being a simple-minded man, naturally didn't understand the meaning behind it, but Li Zijian, having systematically studied and understood the sect's scripture pavilion, could see that the two sentences were actually a poem.
"All those who aspire to immortality must choose their own path during the tribulation and steadfastly follow that path; this is the path to enlightenment that we cultivators pursue."
Li Zijian squatted down, stroked his beard, and said earnestly, "You can all feel the power of the Great Dao around you. Why not combine this with these two lines of poetry and understand the principles behind them?"
Zhu Yi nodded, sat cross-legged next to Li Zijian, staring at the poem appearing on the moon's reflection while sensing the power of the Great Dao around him.
The sun and moon are both natural phenomena. Although they have no life, they have witnessed the changes of the world over millions of years.
This immortal must have had a similar state of mind in his lifetime. He stood by the lake, gazing at the bright moon in the sky, reflecting on the vicissitudes of life, just as we are doing now.
He is from the past, and I am from the present. Although we are separated by a thousand years, we can still appreciate the same bright moon.
Li Zijian nodded slightly and conveyed Zhu Yi's thoughts to the other disciples of Sanqing Mountain. Everyone sat cross-legged on the spot and together comprehended the origin of this Daoist technique.
As if sensing their thoughts, the once perfectly calm lake began to ripple slightly, and the full moon in the sky shone even more brightly than before.
Golden beams of light shone down from above, falling on the people by the lake, including Li Zijian. The power of the Great Dao on the lake flowed into their bodies through these beams, cleansing their bodies, dantian, and souls.
Zhu Yi slowly closed his eyes. All his obsessions, his dedication to physical cultivation, his hatred for his Daoist partner's murder, and his grief over his parents abandoning him when he was young, were washed away by this power of the Great Dao at this moment.
When he opened his eyes again, he seemed to see a figure in a green robe, holding a wine cup, drinking to the bright moon in the sky, pouring out his heart to the other person.
"This is his way, how elegant..."
As Zhu Yi watched the white-robed figure gradually disappear, and the golden light vanished, his thoughts returned to reality.
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Meanwhile, in another part of the Immortal Ruins, yet another treasure was unearthed.
"This...this is...?
Ren Tianxiong returned carrying a dusty book, while Ren Jixing found two items beside him: a longsword and a scroll.
Lin Huaidong and a group of Quanzhen Dao disciples gathered around. They had paid a great price to obtain these treasures, and they had high expectations for them.
Ren Jixing's longsword was rusty and didn't look particularly special, but the scroll was definitely not an ordinary object.
However, everyone's attention was focused on the book that Ren Tianxiong had found. After wiping away the dust, four large characters were written on the cover:
Pei Min's Swordsmanship.