Chapter 72: Something is wrong with the jade disc fragments
Hengming smiled slightly. If sharing weal and woe is the first way to establish a good relationship with someone, then having common topics is the second way.
Why is Bixia Yuanjun willing to help Hengming fight for the Thirty-Six Heavens, but unwilling to help Hongyun and Zhen Yuanzi?
If it was because their avenues were complementary that he felt fond of each other and offered to help, but Zhen Yuanzi possessed the Book of Earth known as the Fetal Membrane of the Earth. Even if their avenues were complementary, could they be greater than the Book of Earth?
Of course not, but because the two of them had experienced a battle together through thick and thin, and only by going hand in hand can they foster good feelings for each other. In addition, with Hongyun as a comparison, Bixia Yuanjun naturally has more good feelings towards Hengming.
But the implementation of this method is rare, not to mention that the Three Pure Ones are of the same blood. Even if they really encounter a crisis, it will not be Hengming's turn to help. Moreover, if even the Three Pure Ones feel it is a crisis, Hengming will probably just flee.
It is for this reason that Hengming chose the method of common topics.
If Laozi is the most difficult to understand among the Three Pure Ones, then Tongtian is very easy to understand.
Although Tongtian cannot be said to be simple-minded or strong-limbed, he is not cunning, wise, or scheming either. He is just a very pure person who loves fighting.
This can be seen from the fact that he invited Hengming to fight with him not long after they met. In addition, Tongtian said in person that he had fought with Ziwei Emperor, so Hengming could further confirm his inference.
Hengming is best at prescribing the right medicine for the right disease. Ever since he was able to confirm that Tongtian loved fighting, he deliberately told him about his own battle achievements, and even went so far as to involve Bixia Yuanjun and let her cooperate with him inadvertently, so as to make Tongtian feel good about him.
"The so-called friendship is to have fewer enemies and more friends. It is best if there are mutual interests and connections. Only in this way can the relationship between each other be indestructible and unbreakable."
Hengming felt that he had a deeper control over his destiny.
He did not use fate to influence Tongtian and make him feel good about him. The first reason was that this would not help his own understanding. The second reason was that the gods present were not fools. If he really dared to use fate to influence Tongtian, he was afraid that Laozi would immediately take action to suppress him.
Even Bixia Yuanjun would be worried and wary of him.
Therefore, Heng Ming only uses words to influence others, and naturally he will be successful in everything he does.
Tongtian was listening attentively. He stretched out his hand and took out a gourd from his waist. He poured the gourd into his mouth. A stream of clear water flowed downwards, and a strange fragrance filled the air. Hengming's nose moved and he smelled a familiar smell.
Hengming couldn't help but ask, "May I ask Daoist Tongtian, what is this?"
Tongtian was stunned for a moment, then he looked at the gourd in his hand belatedly, and then he smiled and said, "I am rude. It is obvious that you two Taoist friends were invited to Kunlun Mountain. I didn't want you two Taoist friends to sit down first, but instead pestered you with questions. It is really my fault."
Yuanshi Tianzun, who was standing by, saw that his third brother had finally gotten the hang of it, and smiled with satisfaction. He waved his hand and created an exquisite pavilion. The people present took their seats one after another. Tongtian took out a few jade pots and said, "What I drink is called wine. I made it by accident using various spiritual fruits. It is quite delicious. Please have a taste, fellow Taoists."
Hengming picked up a jade pot, gently poured a cup, tilted his head back and drank it. He immediately felt a spicy and stimulating feeling flowing down his throat, which eventually spontaneously turned into a rush of spiritual energy. However, there was also a lingering spicy smell, and the taste was very strange.
Bixia Yuanjun also drank a glass of wine, and then couldn't help but frowning slightly. She really didn't like this so-called wine, it was really not to her liking.
Yuanshi Tianzun also noticed Bixia Yuanjun's expression, waved his hand and took out a teapot and said: "Bixia Yuanjun, please forgive me for making fun of you. My third brother just likes to drink these strange things. You may want to try my Kunlun Mountain tea. I don't know how it compares to the tea from Mount Tai."
Bixia Yuanjun drank the tea and immediately praised it: "Good tea. There are many tea trees on Mount Tai, and one of them is called Mingyue Tea Tree. I thought this Mingyue tea was pretty good, but after tasting it today, I know what good tea is."
Yuanshi Tianzun smiled even more, he liked such honest gods. Hengming did drink a cup of tea, but in the end he still poured a pot of wine and continued to taste the stimulating and spicy taste.
Several people present were talking and laughing. Even Laozi, who was usually taciturn, said a word or two from time to time, which made Tongtian sigh what kind of day it was. Even the silent eldest brother said a few words, and then was taught a lesson by Yuanshi Tianzun.
At last, when the tea and wine were all gone, Laozi said, "Since we are fellow Taoists, why don't we discuss Taoism?"
Hengming and Bixia Yuanjun said in unison: "Good."
Then Laozi slapped the top of his head, and a cloud of black and white but clearly distinct flew out. A small tower shining with golden light kept floating up and down in the cloud, adding countless golden colors.
Yuanshi Tianzun and Tongtian also slapped their crowns, and two celebration clouds of different colors floated out. Outside Yuanshi Tianzun's celebration cloud, countless golden lamps, golden lotuses, necklaces, and hanging beads fell from the sky, like water dripping from the eaves, continuously and endlessly.
The auspicious clouds of the heavens are like a country within a country. Even if they are combined with the auspicious clouds of Yuanshi Tianzun, the difference can still be seen at a glance. The five-colored rays of light paint the heavens, and the eight-tone fairy music resounds throughout the universe.
The cloud of celebration that reaches the sky appears extremely sharp, as if it was formed by the interweaving of thousands of sword energies. A small flag is leaning diagonally within the cloud of celebration. Flowers float in the sky, dancing in an inexplicable trajectory. The flowers even fly out of the cloud of celebration. Each flower can make the stubborn stone nod and enlighten life.
"Is this the Wonderful Falling Sky Flag? It is a top-grade innate spiritual treasure, but it is only a defensive spiritual treasure. No wonder Tongtian doesn't like to use it. Even in later generations, people only heard of the Qingping Sword and not the Sky Flag, because their personalities don't match."
Hengming thought thoughtfully.
But since the Three Pure Ones had already shown up with the auspicious cloud, the two of them naturally could not wait any longer.
Hengming took the lead in activating his magic power, and a celebratory cloud that seemed to be composed of thousands of colors in the world floated out. Each color represented a kind of suffering in the world, whether it was joy or sorrow, anger or sadness, happiness or fear, separation from loved ones, failure to obtain what one desires, and meeting with those one hates and resentments. The other side of fate, disaster, had begun to take shape.
The unclear pattern on the destiny chart has gradually become clear. It is the trace of countless calamities between heaven and earth, and the trace of countless disasters. It is not that the pattern is clear, but that Hengming has been able to reveal the nature of this pattern.
Manipulating the wheel of fate wrapped with the Feng Shui compass and the judge's pen, drifting with the flow, or manipulating the flow, who can tell the difference? Who can see through it?
However, Bixia Yuanjun's Qingyun has not changed much. It still looks like overlapping mountains and rivers, with thousands of mountains standing side by side. The only difference is that there is an ochre fan in it, which complements the mountain-driving whip.
The five people smiled at each other, and then the five green clouds suddenly merged together. Countless different mysteries of the great way immediately began to wash over the minds of everyone present, and Bixia Yuanjun gained the most among them.
After all, her cultivation level was the lowest among those present, followed by Hengming. Because he had never come into contact with the Three Purities' avenue, he gained a lot by gaining insights into three different avenues at once, and then came the Three Purities.
Because the Three Pure Ones had discussed the Dao with each other countless times, they naturally had already understood the Dao of their brothers, so now it was just that two different understandings of the Dao were washing over their minds.
However, they no longer care about whether they will suffer losses or not, but have immersed themselves wholeheartedly in the great way.
A jade-colored divine light flashed on a fragment in Hengming's body, and the three originally broken avenues actually began to gradually recover. It was the fragment of the Jade Disc of Creation.
(End of this chapter)