novelapdf Chapter 518 Xuanshui
Chapter 518 Xuanshui
Chapter 518 Mysterious Water (Good luck on the college entrance exam!!)
Canghai Gate.
In a secluded, enclosed room.
The shimmering water droplets fall onto the wall, transforming into pearl-like beads.
The light of the "wall water" converges, carrying various connotations of nurturing and healing.
Zeng Qingshui felt as if his insides were burning, and countless spiritual energies gathered in his dantian, ready to break through the barrier and forge a [Wall Water] Dao foundation.
He seemed to hear a series of static noises:
That was the sound of Master's groveling laughter as he moved through numerous powerful forces within the Purple Mansion...
That was the junior sister's tearful plea: "Senior brother... those esoteric monks have come again demanding a blood sacrifice..."
That was the bitter lament of resentment after reading the secret history of the sect...
"My Canghai Sect was originally called Canghai Clan, and we are protected by a True Monarch!"
"But later, the True Lord did not respond for a long time, and the True Man was robbed... He had no choice but to move west to a secret place and change his name to 'Canghai Sect,' which is a disgrace to the later disciples!"
"There were even real people bullying us, forbidding us from ever repairing the [Zhen River] again!"
In fact, back then, Grand Master Yaoyue only warned against leaving the [Zhenshui] Purple Mansion, but since the higher-ups had given the order, the cultivators below naturally carried it out a hundredfold.
Moreover, when Xituo County was completely captured, the Canghai Sect suffered heavy casualties. Only a few escaped to the secret realm. The lineage was not completely severed, but a large part of it was lost. It is already quite remarkable that they can still remember this taboo.
Even more so, most of the martial arts manuals have been lost.
Especially the [Wall Water] technique; if given the choice, he would naturally want to cultivate the "Heavenly One Water Scripture," since the "Heavenly One Water" Dao foundation is extremely good at healing injuries, and after becoming a True Person, one can condense a top-grade Purple Mansion spiritual object—"Heavenly One Water"!
However, during the great chaos of that year, the "Heavenly One Water Classic" was scattered, leaving only a fragmented copy titled "Thoughts on Sitting on the Wall and Observing Water." It also cultivated the "Wall Water" method, but its foundation was "observing from the wall," possessing only some ability to evade and see through things.
Gradually...
Zeng Qingshui felt as if he had become a high and mighty god, observing from the sidelines, detached from all the emotions in his body...
The dantian, where the Qi Sea resides, is about to be completed, its immortal foundation shrouded in ethereal energy and shimmering with watery light. From then on, he will break through to the Dao Foundation and live to be two hundred years old...
At that moment, his expression suddenly changed, and his mostly solidified immortal foundation began to vibrate.
"Oh no...it's that incomplete scripture!"
Zeng Qingshui's expression changed drastically. The scriptures he had cultivated were slightly incomplete, especially the formula for condensing the foundation of the Dao, where half a sentence was missing.
He had originally planned to make up for it later, but the sect was declining day by day, to the point that it might be wiped out if it didn't produce a single Foundation Establishment cultivator! This forced him to risk breaking through.
Unexpectedly, I ended up falling here.
He gave a bitter smile, but his heart remained calm: "So be it... I used a foundational spiritual artifact before, and now that it's perished, if I'm lucky, it might be able to condense into a 'Remnant Spring of Oblivion,' which would be of some small help to the sect..."
At that moment, Zeng Qingshui's expression suddenly changed.
Within his dantian, the "Wall-Viewing" immortal foundation instantly condensed without any further stagnation.
In an instant, he broke through to the Foundation Establishment stage, but his expression became dazed: "How did this happen?"
In the Dao of Qigong, success without reason is even more terrifying than failure!
But his puzzled expression froze on his face. Not only him, but the entire Canghai Sect seemed like a tiny insect in amber, with even the sunlight seemingly frozen in mid-air.
Then, the sound of footsteps approached from afar.
"Oh? Breaking through to the Foundation Establishment stage? [Wall Water]? Consider him lucky..."
Fang Qing glanced at them and smiled faintly: "Although I am not a True Lord of the Wall Water, to have even a tiny bit of the image of a True Lord of Water Virtue can make breaking through to the Foundation Establishment stage a piece of cake... Moreover, the Wall Water is good at nurturing and concealing... Therefore, it is also known as 'Hidden Water.' My appearance as a True Lord, hiding my head and tail, is very much in line with the image..."
The key issue is that the absence of the "Ji Shui" (箕水) element in the house adds too much imagery, making it somewhat unorthodox and even associating it with the four water elements.
However, it is also natural for water to be good at moistening and changing.
His eyes were like deep springs; with just a casual glance, the current state of the Canghai Sect was fully revealed.
Even a treasured copy of the Purple Mansion cultivation technique and two Dao Foundation spiritual objects locked with seventeen or eighteen secret incantations are still vivid in my mind.
"They've really fallen on hard times."
"I even thought I'd impersonate a Golden Core True Monarch from the Canghai Sect to make my debut... When you're out in the world, you have to give yourself your identity."
Fang Qing shook his head.
When a True Lord makes a move, it is always subtle and gradual; he never directly appears in person.
He secretly made a few moves, then vanished in a flash...
……
After a while.
Then the raindrops continued to fall.
Tick tock!Tick tock!
Outside Zeng Qingshui's secluded cave, water suddenly gathered, and many dewdrops appeared on the walls.
"This strange phenomenon... could it be that Senior Brother has succeeded?"
A young woman in a green robe rode on a shimmering stream to the entrance of the secluded meditation chamber, where she waited silently.
A moment later, the cave door opened, and Zeng Qingshui stepped out, carrying a mist of water vapor with him.
"Congratulations, Senior Brother, on achieving the foundation of your Dao! From now on, you will enjoy a lifespan of two hundred years..."
The girl in the green robe was overjoyed and bowed down, her voice trembling with a hint of tears: "Our small sect has fallen into the Secret Realm, surrounded by wolves and tigers. Senior brother, you have finally achieved the Foundation Establishment..."
"I've been in seclusion for so long, junior sister, you've worked so hard."
Zeng Qingshui offered a few words of gentle comfort, then went to inspect the sect before returning to his room, lost in thought: "In that final moment, I almost thought I had failed in my attempt and would perish. How did I succeed?"
"Could it be... that this was arranged by some real person?"
He was startled and let out a long breath.
Being able to be influenced by supernatural powers and used as a pawn means that one still has value!
This is not a bad thing in the Secret Realm.
The thought of how to deal with the surrounding monks gave Zeng Qingshui a major headache.
After achieving the foundation of the Way, the annual offerings will be upgraded to the level of the foundation of the Way.
As for not paying?
Even if he became a True Person of the Purple Mansion, he might not dare to say such a thing.
"Now that we've broken through to the Foundation Establishment stage, we can resume some of our previous relationships..."
Zeng Qingshui thought for a moment, then ordered people to prepare gifts and set out to visit his old acquaintances in Canghaimen one by one.
Since moving to Xituo County, Canghaimen has maintained good relations with Baigudao, the Bai family, and the Fang family, and has also taken in many scions of prominent families.
Previously, he was merely a Qi-cultivating cultivator, unable to even enter the gate.
Now that I've reached the Foundation Establishment stage, I can be invited in and have a few words with you.
"Now that the Wuxiang Temple is closed and the Bai family has always been aloof... it seems the Fang family is easier to deal with. They also have connections with the White Bone Sect. If we can get on one side, then the problems of both families can be resolved at the same time..."
……
a few days later.
Zeng Qingshui rode a beam of water, flying out of the Secret Realm and straight into the ancient Shu land.
Upon entering the ancient Shu territory, a dense yet chaotic spiritual energy immediately enveloped them: "A land of great chaos..."
This was originally the territory of Moyun Cliff, but ever since the whereabouts of the two Golden Core cultivators from Yin Corpse Sect and Moyun Cliff disappeared, these two major Golden Core demonic sects have completely declined. Some Purple Mansion True Persons have struggled to maintain it outside, until they vomited blood and died...
The rest retreated into their caves, completely cutting off communication between the inside and outside.
The remaining ancient Shu and southern border regions became the places where those rogue cultivators of the Purple Mansion and even overseas True Persons established their sects!
Whether it's the abundant spiritual energy on the mainland or the legacies of the two major Golden Core sects, all Purple Mansion True Persons are eager to possess it.
Because of this, in recent years, there have even been instances of real people battling in magic and perishing in ancient Shu...
The flesh and blood of countless cultivators nourished the earth, and the secret realm, having lost its 'Great Transformation Origin,' actually declined somewhat, even showing signs of being surpassed by the ancient Shu...
Bajun!
After Fang Daoling broke through to the Purple Mansion realm and returned to his family, he moved the Fang family back to Ancient Shu.
Neither the Wuxiang Temple nor the White Bone Path objected, and the other esoteric practitioners didn't dare utter a single word.
By this time, the Fang family had come to control the entire Ba County, truly possessing the foundation and territory of the Purple Mansion Immortal Clan.
This is also where Fang Qing started his business, and where the Fang family's ancestral home—Sanshui'ao—is located.
Back then, the "True Lord of Profound Sea and Nourishing Power" admitted that he was a member of the Fang family of Sanshui'ao.
Therefore, the Qingli Fang family is now a true Golden Core Immortal Clan.
Fang Daoling even knew that they had an ancestor from the source of their bloodline who held the [Ji Shui] position!
Therefore, the Fang family's plan to repair the "Ji River" truly has a bright future ahead.
To this day, the ancestral home of the Qingli Fang family in Ba County is still Qingli Mountain.
It was Fang Daoling who paid a huge price to persuade several Earth Virtue Purple Mansion True Persons from Taihuangtian to join forces and move it all the way from Xituo County.
If it weren't for the current chaos in ancient Shu, and the fact that both the Fang family and Liu Junyan have Golden Core backgrounds, this matter would never have been accomplished so easily.
When Zeng Qingshui arrived, what he saw was a scene of spiritual springs everywhere on Qingli Mountain, shrouded by the Purple Mansion Array.
"What a magnificent foundation..."
Zeng Qingshui muttered to himself. Upon seeing a member of the Fang family, he quickly stepped forward and respectfully bowed, saying, "Zeng Qingshui of the Canghai Sect requests an audience with True Man Xuanshui..."
As he spoke, he had already slipped a Qi-nourishing spiritual item to her.
The Fang family member paused for a moment, then said, "Zeng Qingshui? I understand. I'll go and inform him right away..."
The Fang family and the Zeng family are related by marriage, and now even Zeng Qingshui is being looked up to.
Before long, a shimmering light appeared, revealing a Foundation Establishment cultivator of the [Ji Shui] realm: "Sect Master of the Canghai Sect?"
"It's me..."
A trace of sadness appeared on Zeng Qingshui's face: "Back then, I received a great favor from Senior Brother Xuankan, yet now I have the audacity to come knocking on his door again..."
"well……"
Fang Jiadaoji sighed, "You can say these things outside, but don't let the mistress hear them, or you'll be in big trouble..."
Although it wasn't Canghai Sect's intention to frame Fang Xuankan when he died, their inadequate protection was still a factor. And it was only natural for a mother who had lost her child to take her anger out on him.
Zeng Qingshui immediately straightened his expression and followed the Dao Foundation into the Purple Mansion Grand Array, arriving at a pavilion.
In the pavilion stood a white-robed cultivator with a radiant "Ji Shui" mark between his brows, his body radiating divine power, and a jade ruyi in his hand.
Zeng Qingshui immediately bowed deeply: "Greetings, True Man Xuanshui!"