Chapter 110: The Divine Deer Returns to the Master Yuanjun to Enlighten
Hengming originally wanted to build a palace in the center of the sacred water lake, but then he thought that he would teach all living beings on Yingzhou Island. If he really built a palace in the center of the lake, not many living beings would be able to walk up to him and listen to his preaching, so he found a safer place.
"Kunlun Mountain can use the richness of spiritual energy to divide the territory into twelve barriers to screen practitioners. My Yingzhou Island is above the East China Sea. Although it is larger than my Destiny Island, if we want to start accepting practitioners, even the largest place will seem small, so we must extend our influence overseas."
Hengming's target force has always been Kunlun Mountain, so naturally he thinks Yingzhou Island is not that big, so he asked Bixia Yuanjun to help him regulate the water veins. After all, he is not familiar with this.
Just when Hengming was about to set up the formation from the plain, a hazy divine light suddenly flew over from afar, and finally stopped not far from Hengming. When the divine light dissipated, it turned out to be a vivid divine deer.
This deer looks similar to a sika deer, but what makes it different from ordinary sika deer is the color of its body. At first glance, this divine deer looks five-colored all over, but it is actually unusually snow-white. It only looks like a five-colored body because it is surrounded by countless five-colored divine lights.
The five colors of divine light are white, blue, black, fire, and yellow. They are draped over the divine deer like silk. It is beautiful but also carries deadly danger.
Hengming looked at the divine deer, and saw that the divine deer's eyes were full of admiration and joy. It made a deer cry at him and wanted to come forward, but was afraid that Hengming would reject it, so it could only wander not far away, looking so pitiful.
"Is this a divine object recognizing its master? This is the first time I've seen this in my life."
Hengming waved at the divine deer, and the divine deer immediately took a few steps forward with joy, lay beside his legs, and kept rubbing against him. The five-colored divine light on its body also turned into stripes and merged into its body. He stretched out a hand and gently stroked the antlers of the divine deer, and the divine deer immediately made a happy cry again, full of spirituality.
Hengming knew the origin of this divine deer instantly. At the beginning of the world, most of the five elements' essence turned into five elements fruit trees, and a small part of the five elements' essence turned into this divine deer. The two were born with a connection and had a master-servant relationship.
It's a pity that the Five Elements Ancestor, who was transformed from the first Five Elements Fruit Tree, died too quickly. Before the divine deer could find the Five Elements Ancestor, the Five Elements Ancestor turned into ashes along with the Five Elements Fruit Tree. By chance, the divine deer was wrapped in a ray of light and finally lived in a blessed cave somewhere.
This blessed land is naturally blocked from the secrets of heaven. Even the divine deer cannot find the location of the Five Elements Fruit Tree. In addition, this divine deer was born too quickly, and was blinded by a calamity of evil. Until now, it has not yet gained spiritual wisdom. It has survived until now thanks to its spirituality. Even with only instinct, it can avoid countless crises.
It was not until today that the divine deer sensed the location of the Five Elements Fruit Tree again. It rushed desperately and finally came in front of Hengming. Hengming naturally knew what happened afterwards.
Because it was Hengming who restored the broken Five Elements Fruit Tree to its present state, the divine deer mistakenly believed that he was the master of destiny and thus surrendered to him.
"It's a pretty good mount..." Heng Ming pondered for a moment, and finally lightly tapped the divine deer's forehead. A ray of golden merit instantly dispelled the evil spirit in its sea of consciousness.
The originally cloudy eyes of the divine deer were immediately replaced by divine light, and its momentum surged, from divine immortal to mysterious immortal, and finally directly broke through to the half-step golden immortal. The divine deer transformed into a young Taoist priest, knelt on the ground, and shouted: "Wuse greets the master. May the master live a long life, have great magical powers, and be feared by the world!"
Hengming nodded slightly and casually threw a red spirit bead to the Five-Colored Deer, which was the Fire Spirit Bead.
Although the Fire Spirit Pearl has lost its Ding Fire origin, it can still be considered a good treasure. At least it is enough to match the Five-Colored Deer.
"This is the Fire Spirit Bead. If you gather the other four spirit beads, it can be transformed into the Five Elements Heavenly Bead, a top-grade innate spiritual treasure. I will give it to you to protect you."
The Five-Colored Deer immediately bowed down in joy. You must know that he was a natural five-element divine beast, and this spiritual pearl was destined to be with him.
The Five-Colored Deer then said carefully: "Master, I wonder if I can practice under the Five Elements Fruit Tree in the future?"
Heng Ming nodded and said, "It's up to you, but you can't pick the Five Elements Fruits at will. You can take one every ten thousand years, and keep the rest."
At this time, Bixia Yuanjun had already cleared all the earth veins and flew towards this place. Hengming immediately ordered the Five-Colored Deer to pick ten Five-Element Fruits. The Five-Colored Deer did not dare to hesitate. Although he had just been enlightened and transformed, out of awe for his master, he knew that he had to do these things well.
As soon as Bixia Yuanjun arrived, she saw the five-colored deer waiting beside them solemnly, and said in surprise: "Daoyou Hengming, is this the boy you just enlightened? His aptitude is quite good."
Heng Ming smiled and nodded, invited Bixia Yuanjun to take a seat, and said with a smile: "This is the Five-Colored Deer, the mount I just enlightened. It is actually related to Daoist Bixia. If Daoist Bixia hadn't given it up, I'm afraid I wouldn't have been able to accept this mount."
Hengming then explained everything to Bixia Yuanjun, who sighed after hearing it: "All kinds of coincidences, but some are like destiny, not my work, but the heavens used me to give it to fellow Taoists, that's all, these are things of the past, is this the Five Elements Spiritual Fruit?"
Bixia Yuanjun didn't dwell on it too much, but picked up a five-color fruit in front of her, took a closer look, and found that the four colors of white, green, red and black were rich, and only the yellow was slightly dim. She swallowed it in one gulp, and the rich five-element essence burst out. Even with Bixia Yuanjun's current cultivation, she felt a lot better. Although she didn't think of evolving the five elements with the earth, the earth is very similar to the earth element, and the earth is the mother of the five elements. After being rushed by this essence, she felt that it would be of great help to her cultivation.
"Yes, it is indeed a rare spiritual fruit in the world. I have also eaten ginseng fruit, but the vitality of ginseng fruit is too strong. If it is not dissolved by spiritual water, it will be harmful to people."
After Bixia Yuanjun praised him, she asked, "The ginseng fruit blooms once every three thousand years, bears fruit once every three thousand years, and takes another three thousand years to ripen, so it takes at least ten thousand years to be eaten.
In ten thousand years, only thirty fruits are produced. The appearance of the fruits is like that of a baby under three days old, with all four limbs and five sense organs complete. It is unknown when these five elements fruits will mature.
Heng Ming smiled and said, "The Five Elements Fruit has not yet fully recovered, how can it take ten thousand years to get thirty? My Five Elements Fruit blooms once every thousand years, bears fruit once every thousand years, and matures after another thousand years. I can get fifty at once, but the essence is insufficient. After it matures, it has to stay on the tree for ten thousand years to have all five elements. Although it is not bad, it is much weaker than the real Five Elements Fruit."
Hengming then asked, "I heard that the ginseng fruit falls when it meets gold, withers when it meets wood, melts when it meets water, burns when it meets fire, and dies when it meets soil. Is this true?"
Bixia Yuanjun said casually: "Of course it is. The ginseng fruit tree is an earth spiritual root, so it naturally has many taboos above the five elements. It is not as convenient as the five elements fruit tree. However, if we go there in person, we can just pick it. Almost all Golden Immortals can ignore such taboos."
Hengming nodded and guessed some secrets.
If the taboo of the ginseng fruit tree was still the same during the Journey to the West, then he could preliminarily infer the level of cultivation of Sun Wukong, who had the highest level of cultivation among the five masters and apprentices.
The Golden Immortal can initially ignore such taboos, which means that Sun Wukong is at most a Golden Immortal. Although Hengming has not found where the so-called Flower-Fruit Mountain is, the more he knows, the greater his grasp of the future.
Bixia Yuanjun ate a few more Five Elements Fruits, and then asked: "Excuse me, fellow Taoist, are there any hidden dangers in beheading the three corpses? I have been in seclusion on Mount Tai for a hundred years, and I have some insights in my heart, but it is difficult to cut off the good and evil self."
Heng Ming answered, "The so-called beheading of the three corpses is nothing more than beheading the three diseases on the path of cultivation. As the saying goes, when the disease is incurable, the body becomes a corpse and dies. The mind follows the thoughts, and the thoughts follow the heart. Killing is not beheading, but just eliminating the disturbance in the mind, the confusion of the mind and the confusion of emotions. Even we find it difficult to get rid of the word emotion. After beheading the three corpses, any thoughts can be placed on the three corpses, leaving only the body in peace."
Bixia Yuanjun asked again: "Is this a method to deal with the calamity?"
Heng Ming shook his head and said, "Yes and no, no and yes, what is a calamity? It is a calamity sent by heaven and earth. How can we cope with calamities when we live in heaven and earth? The so-called method of coping with calamities is nothing but a method of escape. One must go through thousands of calamities and millions of trials before one can achieve the boundless great way. The Three Corpses are not avoiding, but coping with."
Bixia Yuanjun asked three times: "Can we not chop up the corpse, but just fight the disaster with our own strength?"
Heng Ming nodded and said, "Beheading the Three Corpses is a secret method of the Tao Heart created by the Saint Hongjun. It is up to you to practice it or not. Those who practice it are not noble, and those who don't practice it are not low. Everything is your own idea, so how can there be a distinction between high and low? Think about the Twelve Ancestral Witches who never thought of beheading the Three Corpses, but their strength surpassed that of countless great gods. It can be seen that beheading the Three Corpses is not an invincible secret method, but only your own choice."
Bixia Yuanjun no longer had any doubts in her heart, and her mind was relieved. A fierce black light flashed, and a shadow in a black dress appeared. The mountain and river rhyme fan jumped out, and the shadow was placed on the magic fan. A goddess with a fierce look appeared and saluted, saying: "The fairy has met me."
Bixia Yuanjun smiled and said, "You and I are originally one, why do we need to be so polite?"
Heng Ming congratulated him: "I wish you all the best for killing the evil thoughts. I think you will be able to achieve the late stage of cultivation in no time."
It turned out that after Bixia Yuanjun killed the evil thoughts, her cultivation of Taoism instantly increased. Now she only needed to practice hard to achieve the late stage of Daluo Jinxian. After all, not everyone is lucky enough to listen to Hengming explain the secret method of beheading the three corpses.
Bixia Yuanjun even said she dared not: "I don't dare to accept your praise. If you hadn't helped me explain the secret method, I don't know when I would be able to break through such a level."
Heng Ming smiled and said, "Yesterday you helped me, today I will help you. Every drink and every bite is God's will. Why should you be so polite, fellow Taoist?"
Bixia Yuanjun also smiled and said, "Of course it is so."
(End of this chapter)