The Monk

Chapter 16 Five Spirits ()

After the man of God created this blessed place, the cave felt too empty, so he opened springs and diverted water, planted flowers and grass, and wandered around the world looking for exotic flowers and plants to transplant here. When you get bored, go to the Nitian Cave and stay there. There is a Five Spirit Pond there, and the energy of the Five Spirits is more luxuriant, which is of great benefit to your cultivation. The god also planted some rare herbs in Nitian Cave, such as spiritual ginseng. One day in the world, one year in the cave, and with abundant nourishment of spiritual energy, the flowers and plants will naturally grow at a rapid rate.

The man of God had lived in the Five Spirits Blessed Land underground for hundreds of years. He finally felt bored and wandered far away from the cave. He wandered off to who knows where and left this place alone. In the blink of an eye, hundreds of years have passed, and the spiritual ginseng in the Nitian Cave has a lifespan of tens of thousands of years. It has sprouted spiritual consciousness and gained independent consciousness. In a few years, it can change into a human form and then practice.

It is very difficult for trees, flowers and plants to condense spiritual consciousness. There are tens of thousands of various types of spiritual grass in the Nitian Cave, but less than one thousandth of them can form spiritual consciousness. The white-haired old man is the first spiritual ginseng among them that can transform into a human form. The alchemy cauldron left behind by the man was used to refine the elixir. It took countless time and effort to cultivate to the top level of the elixir formation stage. After several years of no progress, the idea of ​​​​going to the outside world came up.

The old man himself was a spiritual ginseng, so he went out to travel under the alias Lin Sen. However, because of his simplicity, trusting people easily, and possessing a valuable treasure, he was deceived by many people, and even ganged up to kill him. The old man escaped with great difficulty by relying on his superb cultivation, and since then Don't trust humans anymore.

After recovering from the injury, I saw the prosperous old man in the world. I felt that there were too few living things in the cave and it was lifeless all day long. So I went to the outside world to buy some chickens, ducks, cattle and sheep and brought them into the cave to raise. I never thought that the water spirit pond in the Nitian Cave actually had a cut. The effect of muscle-marrow replacement is that after washing their marrow in the water spirit pool, more than half of the poultry have spiritual consciousness and can practice spells. The old man will practice elixirs to help them practice, so many demon beasts in the elixir-formation stage are born. However, in order to learn from the past, the old man cultivated the monster to the early stage of forming the core, and then he was not allowed to enter the Heaven-defying Cave again.

After telling this secret, Zhang was so surprised that his jaw almost dropped. Listening to the old man's words, could there be nearly a hundred masters of the Dan Formation stage in this cave? More powerful than Tianlei Mountain! After thinking about it for a long time, I can only describe it as terrifying.

The old man looked at Zhang Wen and smiled: "You are excited, no one in the world is willing to enter the treasure mountain and return empty-handed. How about you stay here for a few days and I can help you refine some elixirs and let you build your foundation?"

Zhang Wei couldn't believe his ears and hurriedly thanked him: "Thank you so much. Thank you, senior. How can this happen?" The old man said softly: "They are good to me, and I am good to them. If you treat puppies like this, I will help you." You are practicing, how can you still do harm to me? Besides, you have Fushen, I dare not kill you, for fear that Fushen will kill you, so I can only find a way to make friends with you and send you away as soon as possible? Let’s go, haha.” What the old man said was true.

"Also, don't call me senior. If you want, call me Uncle Lin. If you don't, call me Lao Lin. Let's go and wash the marrow of your three puppies first." Lin Sen led the way.

Zhang Fing was so happy that he grabbed three puppies and followed Lin Sen. There is a Jiuqu Bridge leading out of the pavilion. At the end of the bridge is a gravel road that goes around to the front of the cave. On the left hand wall of the cave are engraved three words, Nitian Cave.

Lin Sen reached out to the cave and made it look like a sliding door, as if the cave really had a door. Zhang was afraid of seeing something strange, but he didn't understand it but couldn't bear to ask. This Five Spirit Cave Heaven was beyond his experience. From the moment he entered until now, one surprising thing appeared in front of him, and he gradually became accustomed to it.

Lin Sen turned around and smiled: "Are you wondering what I'm doing?" Zhang Ain nodded and said yes. Lin Sen said: "There is really a door here, but you can't see it. This door can only be pulled from the outside and pushed from the inside. There is no other way to open it." Zhang feared that he was curious and reached out to touch it. It was originally empty air, but when he touched it, it felt cold and hard, and he was surprised: "There really is a door."

Lin Sen smiled and said: "There is a fist-sized handle on the door. If you can't find it, the door won't open. It's much easier to get out of it. Just push it." As he spoke, he took back his hand and was afraid of Zhang. Said: "Come in." Go in first.

Zhang Wen followed behind and stepped into the cave. Suddenly he felt the pressure doubled and he felt dizzy. Just as he was about to use his energy to stabilize his mind, the pressure suddenly disappeared and his head was no longer dizzy. Then he felt the powerful spiritual power coming towards his face.

Lin Sen explained at the side: "It's two worlds in two heavens. It was like this at the beginning. You have to know that a year in the cave will only last a day in the outside world."

After getting used to it, Zhang Fei looked around and saw that Nitian Cave was not as dark as an ordinary cave. Instead, it was as bright as the large garden outside, but the area was much smaller. Upon entering the Nitian Cave, there were more than a dozen pavilions. In some pavilions, people were sitting cross-legged and practicing kung fu, and Fu'er, whom Zhang was afraid he had seen, was among them.

Lin Sen said: "I built these pavilions later and separated them with barriers to facilitate everyone's cultivation."

When the two of them entered the cave, the people in the pavilion sensed that it was Lin Sen and came over to greet them. Zhang Ping took a quick look and saw that they were all chubby and cute dolls. Without asking, you know that they should all be spiritual grasses and fairy flowers. They have absorbed spiritual energy for thousands of years, formed spiritual consciousness, and cultivated into adults.

Fu'er was shocked when she saw Zhang Weijing. She grabbed Lin Sen and asked, "Grandpa, grandpa, why did you bring him here? He is a bad guy!" The three-year-old pink and chubby baby looked very cute. He was angry and frightened, which made Zhang afraid of pinching his little face, so he teased him: "I let you go, are you also a bad person?"

Fu'er tilted his head and thought for a moment, then pouted: "You are the bad guy anyway."

Lin Sen looked at Fu'er angrily: "I told you not to run out, but you didn't obey me. What fun is there outside? You caused trouble and you dare to yell at me? Go practice!" Fu'er was scolded. , glared at Zhang Ping angrily, and then reluctantly returned to the pavilion to meditate.

Lin Sen led Zhang Ain away from the pavilion and walked to the white stone road on the left. Zhang was afraid that something was wrong when he stepped on the stone slab. The stone slab seemed a little weird. He lowered his head to look at it. At first glance, he thought he had seen it wrong. Then he knelt down and took a closer look. He was surprised again. The so-called stone slab road was actually a top-grade white jade pavement. Just like, a palm-sized piece of top-grade white jade can be sold for a sky-high price in the outside world, and it would cost at least several thousand spirit stones to redeem it. However, in Nitian Cave, there are actually pieces of it used to pave the way.

Lin Sen said calmly: "Let's go, this is the Five Spirits Blessed Land, and there are many things that will surprise you."

After walking for nearly a thousand meters, the stone road ended and a large pavilion appeared, which was more than 20 meters long and 20 meters wide. It had no doors, windows, or walls. There was a futon in the pavilion, a white jade table, and the rest were bookshelves and cabinets. Most of the cabinets were There are cauldrons, except for a few jade slips and vases.

Lin Sen continued to introduce: "This is the place where senior practiced and meditated. He made those cauldrons."

Zhang Feng didn't understand: "What are you doing with so many cauldrons? It would be great to have those materials to make magic weapons and talismans."

Lin Sen smiled and said, "Guess what."

These cauldrons looked exactly the same from the outside, with the same shape and pattern. Zhang Wen picked one up to probe into his consciousness. After several attempts, he couldn't enter at all. He put it back and said, "The disciple's cultivation level is too low to notice the difference."

Lin Sen said: "These cauldron furnaces are all alchemy furnaces, but each cauldron furnace is embedded with different magic arrays during refining. Some even have several magic arrays at the same time. There is a large amount of elixir left in the cauldron furnace. It seems that it is finished." Then he didn't take it out; according to my theory, the senior wanted to refine some kind of elixir. He first tried various cauldrons to find the one with the best elixir effect, and then he started to refine the elixir. The furnace must have been left here because it was unable to meet the requirements of the seniors.”

Zhang Ao took a quick look and saw that at least hundreds of high-quality cauldrons were thrown away like this. After all, he was a god, and Zhang Ao admired him extremely.

"To respect our seniors, the elixirs in the cauldron have not been touched. Let's go to Shuiling Pond." The two passed through the pavilion and saw another white jade board road. Not far away, a downward step appeared. There are hundreds of steps and there is a huge platform. Surrounding the platform are five round pools with a radius of tens of meters. The pools are far apart from each other and just surround the platform. There are five pontoons on the platform leading to the round pools.

Five kinds of liquids were evaporating in the five round pools, and all kinds of spiritual energy were flowing around, making Zhang Weijing feel a little uncomfortable. Lin Sen said: "This is the place where the five spirits gather their blessings. The creation of heaven and earth is truly miraculous. It can actually bring together the five elements in one place."

There are five large round pools, namely Jin Ling Pool, Wood Ling Pool, Shu Ling Pool, Fire Ling Pool, and Earth Ling Pool; the colors are golden, emerald green, crystal white, red, and earthy yellow.

Lin Sen led the way towards the Yingbaishui Lingchi. The two of them stepped onto the pontoon one after another. Zhang Wen accidentally looked down and suddenly broke out in a cold sweat and couldn't move. The pontoon bridge was actually erected in the air, without ropes or frames. It was pitch black under the pontoon bridge, as if it was a void space.

Zhang Wei was busy reciting the Jingxin Jue, so he stabilized his mind and retreated slowly. It took him half a cup of tea to return to the platform after taking two long steps. Lin Sen looked amused and asked him: "What's wrong with you?" Zhang Ai spoke slowly for a while: "I'm afraid of heights." Lin Sen almost laughed out loud, are there any cultivators who are afraid of heights? His playful eyes glanced at Zhang Awei: "You are quite interesting." Zhang Awei shook his head and said seriously: "This is not interesting."