Chronicles of Celestial Origins

In the cave, Tang Ning placed his palms on the fairy mother-of-pearl clam, and the green spiritual power in his body was continuously infused into it. He encountered a bottleneck in his cultivation. He had been stuck in the middle stage of the Golden Elixir for six full years, without making any progress.

Since he discovered that he had encountered a bottleneck, he focused his main energy on refining elixirs and cultivating Golden Thunder Bamboo and Fairy Pearl Clam. After years of unremitting efforts, Golden Thunder Bamboo has been completely rejuvenated and has grown to the size of two feet. The power of the golden thunder above is completely different from what it was back then.

However, this was far from Tangning's goal. His plan was to cultivate at least one thousand-year-old golden thunder bamboo, and then use this thousand-year golden thunder bamboo as the main material to refine a magic weapon that was unique to him.

This is an ambitious plan that requires a long time of preparation, but fortunately there is plenty of time.

When night fell, Tang Ning put away the fairy mother-of-pearl clam, flipped it over in her hand, took out the array disk, moved a little beyond it, took the talisman into her hand, and then left the cave in a flash.

Outside the thick fog, Lu Fang, Zhang Chaoyang, and Yu Yan were waiting. They smiled and exchanged a few words, and a ray of light rose up to the Xuanle Peak Casino.

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The water is shimmering, the mountains are empty, and at noon when the sky clears after the rain, the colorful lights shine on the vast blue lake. Two egrets are playing and dancing on the water.

Tang Ning passed the light across the lake and looked at the magnificent mountain scenery. Suddenly, his heart moved. He dropped the light and leaned on the railing of the pavilion, staring blankly at the two dancing white cranes.

The colorful lights are reflected on the water, and the white crane leans down from time to time, as if trying to catch the rainbow at its feet.

After an unknown amount of time, the rainbow in the sky had disappeared and the egret had already flown away, but Tangning was still leaning against the railing, staring blankly at the blue waves of the lake.

When the moon rose high, he sighed slightly.

The egret catches the rainbow reflected in the water. It is an illusion of unknown authenticity, so the monk is not ordinary!

Isn’t the immortal immortality they pursue just another illusion? Like the rainbow on the water that an egret chases, it is something that can be seen, heard, but not accessible.

Throughout the ages, there have been many heroes and great monks who were at the pinnacle of their practice, but we have never heard of anyone who could achieve enlightenment and become an immortal.

Does immortality really exist? If it does not exist, then what is the monk pursuing?

He felt confused for a long time. After a long time, he escaped from the light, returned to the mountains, and came to the cave. Suddenly he saw a nest of chicks on the old tree outside the thick fog. They were chirping non-stop, and he was heartbroken. Feeling irritable and bored.

Just as I was about to take off the nest, I saw the big bird fluttering its wings, jumping back and forth among a group of small birds, and feeding the food in its mouth to the small birds one by one.

He felt compassion and could not bear to hurt his mother and son, so he just sighed slightly and went straight into the cave.

A few months passed in the blink of an eye. On this day, Tang Ning left the alchemy room and returned to the cave as usual.

I saw a group of little sparrows fluttering on the old tree. There was only one little sparrow in the nest. It looked around and around in the nest, but it didn't dare to jump down and flutter its wings. Its head kept shrinking back and forth. Very hesitant.

Tang Ning was having nothing to do, so she found the little bird's cute hesitation interesting, so she stopped.

Outside the nest, the big bird was chirping non-stop, seeming to encourage and urge.

But the little bird still hesitated to jump down. After a while, the big bird became very impatient, got into the nest, and used his body to squeeze the little bird out of the nest. The little bird screamed in fear, and then fluttered its wings.

Tangning smiled and shook her head, and walked into the cave. As she walked, a series of images flashed through her mind like a fleeting scene.

In the past few months, he had seen big birds feeding the little ones every time he came in and out. The big birds were busy every day, going back and forth for food, leaving early and returning late. Today, he finally got the right result. The little birds can now fly freely, which can be regarded as living up to it. So long of hard work.

Thinking of this, he paused and seemed to realize something. Looking back, he saw the timid little bird flying happily together with the other birds.

And the big bird had already spread its wings and flew towards the distance.

Tangning stared at this scene, lost in thought.

As the saying goes, if you sow flowers, you will get flowers, if you sow beans, you will get beans. The big bird worked hard all day long to find food, and in exchange for the small bird flying freely today, it is actually a natural process, and the result has already been determined.

He also thought of the two egrets that danced with the rainbow by the lake that day. Maybe it was not an illusion of ignorance of the reflection in the water, but maybe they were just enjoying the company of the rainbow reflection, dancing as they pleased, and then stopped when their excitement was over.

The result is not important. Whether the rainbow reflection is real or illusory is not important. What is important is the process and the joy of dancing.

For a moment, Tang Ning felt as if she had been enlightened, as if the clouds had cleared and the sun had appeared.

He closed his eyes, as if he was in a stormy sea, surrounded by dark clouds and a closed moon, and strong wind and waves.

Suddenly, the dark clouds dissipated, and under the bright sunshine, the surrounding frightening waves stopped abruptly, and the blue sea and sky stretched as far as the eye could see, with two egrets dancing gracefully.

After an unknown amount of time, the sunshine, blue sea, and egrets disappeared one after another. Tang Ning opened her eyes again, and the green trees came into view, and the chirping of birds seemed to have become sweet.

He turned around and walked towards the cave. At the same time, the spiritual power that had been sealed for a long time in the spiritual sea cave in his body surged wildly, like a flood pouring through a dam, swirling around his body and limbs.

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In the slightly dark room, two men were sitting opposite each other. One of them, a man with a full beard, turned his hand, took out a file and said: "This is all the expenses and income of our team this year. Fellow Daoist Ding, check it out."

"We can rest assured when you do things, Brother Luo. Our biggest problem now is that we don't have a large amount of financial income, and we can't make any expenditure every year. In your opinion, how should we solve it?" The other man had a fair complexion and straight and handsome features. The man waved his hand, it was Ding Jianyang.

The man surnamed Luo said: "There are only two ways to increase fiscal revenue: increase revenue and reduce expenditure. Currently, the Xuanmen and the Cultivation Family are blocking us, and those chambers of commerce are afraid to cooperate with us. It may not be easy to find partners. The only way to start is by cutting expenses.”

"In recent years, we have been aggressively recruiting troops, resulting in a mixed team of good and bad. I think we should slow down a bit. In addition, we need to carry out corresponding technical training, such as..."

The two talked for a while, then footsteps were heard outside, and then there was a knock on the door.

"Come in." Ding Jianyang said.

A man with a sharp mouth and monkey cheeks pushed open the door and looked at the man named Luo, but he hesitated to speak.

"Then I'll take my leave first." Seeing this, the man surnamed Luo stood up and said.

"Okay, let's do what you said!" Ding Jianyang nodded slightly, and the man named Luo turned around and left the room.

Seeing him walking away, the man with a sharp mouth and monkey cheeks walked up to Ding Jianyang and whispered a few words in his ear.

Ding Jianyang frowned, then stood up and left. Not long after, he came to a cave house. As soon as he entered the inner room, a fat-headed and big-eared man hurriedly came up to him and said, "Brother Yang, you are back." ”

Ding Jianyang glanced at him: "Be careful when you address me in the future. It's different now than when you were at the Zhu family."

"Yes, I understand. Isn't there no outsiders?"

"How's that bitch?"

"I am almost dying. I can only breathe out but not in."

The two came to a room in the backyard of the cave. Ding Jianyang turned around on the stone wall, and a passage appeared in the ground. Inside, an old woman was imprisoned in a dark and invisible cage. Her appearance was too horrible to look at, and it was horrifying. occasion.

The old woman's collarbone was pierced by a huge iron chain, and she was tied to the wall unable to move at all. Her limbs were chopped off, her eyes were gouged out, her ears, nose, and tongue were missing. Her whole body was so skinny that she looked like a human pig.

There were constant chirping sounds in the room, but it was a group of rats crawling on her body and eating her body.

Ding Jianyang stepped forward step by step, lifted the old woman's head with his palm, and said softly: "Zhu Yunrou, don't worry, I won't let you die."

After hearing his words, the old woman's head shook slightly as if she was reflecting back on herself. Ding Jianyang turned his hand, took out a pill, stuffed it into the old woman's mouth, held her chin tightly with his palm, and forced her Swallowed.

"Take good care of her and don't let her die."

"I'm afraid no matter how hard I try, I won't be able to live for a few more days," said the obese man.

"Try your best to keep her alive. One more moment is just one moment, do you understand?"

"yes."