Chapter 322: The Sigh of Enlightenment, the Spiritual Roots of Heaven and Earth

The Jiushan Auction House is located in a wooden building similar to a two-story theater, with a square patio in the middle.

At one end of the patio is a wooden platform with a small table on it and a clock on it. Next to the clock is a small golden hammer, which is used to announce the auction items to the host.

Below the high platform, there are dozens of rows of chairs densely arranged. This place is for cultivators below the Golden Core stage to sit.

There are dozens of private rooms on the second floor. If a cultivator above the Nascent Soul stage comes, he will be led into the private room. This is also the custom of the Xuanwei Realm Auction. To some extent, it is actually a relief for those disciples with low cultivation...

Zheng Fa and Uncle Pang stood in a box facing the high platform, watching the seats downstairs gradually fill up. They watched Master Chengkong and Master Tongming walk into the box, then smiled and said to Uncle Pang beside them: "Uncle, your gossip has an extraordinary effect."

Those rumors about the disciples were all spread by Uncle Pang.

Uncle Pang smiled, not without a hint of complacency, and replied, "It's just an investigation to see who interacts more with the disciples of the Hundred Immortals Alliance. Isn't my "Dongxu Spirit Eye" used for this?"

Zheng Fa nodded slightly.

When the cultivators from the Hundred Immortals Alliance entered the Nine Mountains Realm, the Nine Mountains Realm would naturally not fail to take any security measures - apart from anything else, the laboratory on the University Island was top secret.

The Nine Mountains Realm has actually always been loose on the outside but tight on the inside, and Uncle Master Pang's lineage is always paying attention to these cultivators.

It is not difficult to find a few people who are familiar with the disciples of the Hundred Immortals Alliance.

"It's not my credit that they came."

Uncle Pang said again.

Zheng Fa turned around and saw Uncle Pang's face showing a trace of sincerity as he said, "How can these Divine Transformation or Nascent Soul be convinced by a few rumors? It's just that my Jiushan Sect has produced fourteen Golden Cores in half a month, and half of them are top-grade... Even if they don't believe it, they have to believe it."

Zheng Fa nodded slightly.

Rumors are just rumors, but the facts are irrefutable.

"Although they no longer need to form a pill, what about the disciples? What about the younger generations? To them, what does an external pill mean?" Uncle Pang watched those Yuanying enter the door one by one, his face smiled even more happily, and there was actually some arrogance in his tone: "Besides, has my Jiushan Sect ever told a lie?"

"That external elixir contains the secret of the Golden Elixir Project."

“It depends on whether they can understand it.”

Zheng Fa became interested and asked, "What do you think, Uncle Pang? Can they get a glimpse of the secrets of the Golden Elixir Project?"

Uncle Pang glanced at him, as if he thought his question was stupid, "Look at the Golden Elixir Project, do I look like I've learned it?"

"……cough."

Zheng Fa nodded silently. The "Golden Elixir Project" may seem simple, but it incorporates a lot of knowledge. Even he didn't dare to say that he knew it all.

Not to mention, the knowledge systems of cultivators outside the Nine Mountains Realm are all different.

While the two were talking, the building was already full of people. On the high stage, Senior Sister Yuan walked out from the backstage with a friendly and generous smile on her face.

She bowed to the box on the stage, and then said to the monks below the stage: "Dear guests..."

Looking at Senior Sister Yuan who was speaking eloquently on the stage, Senior Uncle Pang sighed and said, "You really are a man who makes the best use of his talents and birds... How could you think of her?"

Zheng Fa also smiled as he watched Senior Sister Yuan on the stage presiding over the auction with ease. She usually looked silly, but now she gave the people present a special sense of trust.

Even though everyone knew that she wanted to get money from everyone's storage bags.

But looking at her chubby, slightly innocent smiling face, I felt that this Yuan Fairy probably didn't have the brains to cheat people...

"Senior Sister Yuan volunteered," Zheng Fa explained to Uncle Pang, "She said she had gained a lot of experience in journalism and is now a completely different person than before."

It probably means that when you miss a bird for three days, you will start to look at it with new eyes.

Not to mention, when Senior Sister Yuan was on the stage, some people really looked... like shit.

Uncle Pang actually thought about it for a moment after hearing this, and suddenly laughed, "That's true. Although Nun Yuan was in charge of the market before, we all know that she doesn't have the talent... Nun Zhang gave her this position because he believed in her innocent heart."

"I didn't expect that she was so talented in this area."

"Don't mention me, even your master thinks this little girl is silly and just hopes she doesn't get into trouble. I didn't expect she would be so lucky."

Zheng Fa also agreed with Uncle Pang's opinion. The profits in the market were too great before. Senior Sister Zhang hired Senior Sister Yuan because she valued that she was just greedy for food and not for spirit stones.

Anything else is just wishful thinking.

"Master Yuan, I have never been so happy."

Uncle Pang suddenly sighed.

Looking at Senior Sister Yuan who seemed a little unfamiliar on the stage but was becoming more and more confident, Zheng Fa also laughed softly - Senior Sister Yuan was always smiling, she had a simple personality, and could forget all her worries just by having a stutter, she was a happy person.

But being able to find your own talents, give full play to your intelligence and be loved by everyone is another kind of happiness.

…

After the auction, Master Tongming took a dragon-tiger external pill in his hand and frowned, saying, "Isn't the so-called "Golden Pill Project" a rumor deliberately spread by the Jiushan Sect to attract us to buy this external pill?"

As he spoke, his expression was still somewhat angry.

Jiushan Sect sold fifteen external pills this time, but there were far more than fifteen buyers.

The price is naturally a bit high.

"The rumor must have been spread intentionally." Master Chengkong glanced at him and said with a smile, "Otherwise, why would someone spread such a top-secret matter?"

Master Tongming nodded. He had also thought of this.

"However, this thing is related to the Nine Mountain Sect's secret method of forming an elixir...it should be true."

Master Chengkong suddenly said again.

Master Tongming was stunned, and then he heard Master Chengkong explain, "The quality of most external elixirs in the world is only equivalent to low-grade golden elixirs, or even the worst low-grade golden elixirs."

He took out a Shenxiao external pill, pointed at it and said, "But this one actually has the quality of a mid-grade golden pill."

"It can be seen that the so-called "Golden Elixir Project" is not a lie."

Master Tongming was also convinced when he heard this. He thought about it and felt that Jiushan Sect was honest. "So, even if we can't find out the secret of the pill formation method, this high-quality external pill is actually worth the money."

Master Chengkong smiled, and suddenly said, "Don't forget, there is also the Great Freedom Demon Sect."

Master Tongming felt a toothache and understood Master Chengkong’s underlying message—even if he couldn’t figure out the secret of the “Golden Elixir Project,” this external elixir was also a powerful magical tool.

A cultivator who has completed the foundation building can almost compete with a weaker golden elixir...

Thinking about it this way, he actually didn't think the external pill was too expensive, and even felt it was too little.

This Nine Mountains Sect's external elixir is of such quality that it will probably become popular!

“Nine Mountains Sect…” Master Tongming sighed.

He only said three words, but Master Chengkong seemed to understand what he meant: "This Jiushan Sect has a unique idea. Not to mention the external elixir, there is also the spiritual plant..."

After saying this, his tone gradually became lower.

Master Tongming didn't care about his silence, but looked at the market in front of him.

The small building where the auction was held was originally on Jingkai Island. As soon as they walked out of the door, they arrived at the newly built market of Jiushan Sect in two steps.

The market town is actually not very big, just a square area.

Three horizontal and three vertical streets, six in total, divide the market town into sixteen blocks.

The blocks are filled with shops, which are naturally newly built, with a simple style, and some don’t even have any decorations.

The goods in the shop are actually very simple.

In fact, there are only three representative products: talismans, most of which are thunder talismans and soul talismans.

Qianhegu, Leijiao, etc. are new crops developed by Zheng Fa and his team.

There are also some thunder-related spiritual materials, which are naturally exchanged by some disciples in the medicine garden. Those who are reluctant to use them or have no use for the time being are selling them here.

There are also some other scattered shops that sell magical tools or elixirs. Most of these shops were opened by the previous group of disciples of the Hundred Immortals Alliance.

In addition to talismans, the most popular item is thunder pepper.

This market is still a bit crude. Tongming Mountain’s own Tongming Market is much more lively and richer than this market.

but……

He walked slowly in the market, buying nothing, just turning his head to look around.

The shop owners of the Jiushan Sect had peaceful and warm smiles on their faces.

The disciples he brought with him were also moving happily and freely between the shops.

The ease on their faces was something he hadn't seen in a long time.

Yes, no matter how bustling Tongming Market is, the invasion of the Great Freedom Demon Cult still makes people nervous.

He also saw Master Yu of Baicao Sect also walking around, seemingly inspecting the shops here, probably intending to open a shop here: he also felt that this was a good choice. After all, the Baixian League was poor now, and if they could do some business and earn some spirit stones, it would be of great help to the sect.

Nowadays, Jiushan Sect has made a name for itself through its foreign elixirs, and it is also extremely safe.

It is really tempting to open a store here.

Thinking of this, he blinked and felt sad.

Master Chengkong glanced at him, as if curious about his expression.

"I was thinking... no wonder Zheng Fa looked down on our Hundred Immortals Alliance."

"Um?"

Master Tongming explained: "My Hundred Immortals Alliance cannot even recruit new disciples. Our disciples are still in danger of losing their jobs, while the Nine Mountains Sect has hundreds of disciples joining every year."

"Many of the Baixian League's Jindan disciples have died in recent times, and the Jiushan Sect has many high-quality Jindan..."

"Now that this market is open, we can imagine how prosperous it will be in the future."

"As time goes by, one becomes more prosperous while the other becomes weaker..."

Master Chengkong couldn't bear to hear this and said, "He also relies on the Nine Mountains Realm..."

"Nine Mountains Realm... It used to be called the Heavenly Monument Realm. It's not that there were no disciples from Tongming Mountain who entered this small world, but their skills were not as good as Zheng Fa's, so this world became the Nine Mountains Realm."

Hearing this, even Master Lian Chengkong was speechless. Zheng Fa obtained the Nine Mountains Realm, but he surpassed Xiao Yuying in foundation building!

Who can not accept this? "It should be said that the Jiushan Sect relies on the Zheng method!" Master Tongming said bitterly.

“…”

"Master, how do you think we can make Zheng Fa... willing to return to our Hundred Immortals Alliance?"

Master Chengkong glanced at him without saying anything, his eyes unfathomable.

…

"Zhao Jingfan pays respects to the envoy and the leader of the alliance."

The seventh young master Zhao Jingfan walked into Master Chengkong's courtyard and looked at Master Chengkong and Master Tongming in front of him. He was confused:

How come I, a mere Qi practitioner, was suddenly summoned by two gods?

He saluted obediently, not daring to raise his head.

Unexpectedly, Master Chengkong's tone was extremely kind: "Sit down, don't be nervous."

The Seventh Young Master carefully sat down on a chair in the room. When he looked up, he saw... Master Chengkong was actually smiling at him.

Smiling!

"The envoy?"

"Are you familiar with Zheng Fa?"

The Seventh Young Master blinked his eyes, understood a little, and nodded slightly.

"Is he your page boy?"

"yes."

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With the God of Transformation in front of him, the Seventh Young Master naturally did not dare to hide anything, "But he is also my teacher."

"teacher?"

"He was also the one who taught me the art of talismans." The Seventh Young Master explained, "Master Zhang once said that Zheng Fa's talent in the art of talismans is the best in the world!"

He began to play Zheng Fa unconsciously.

Master Chengkong nodded slowly, as if thinking about something, and then asked, "Tell me about Zheng Fa's past in detail."

Although the Seventh Young Master didn't understand, he told him everything.

After finishing speaking, Master Chengkong asked some other questions.

What puzzled him was that Master Cheng Kong asked more questions about how Zheng Fa treated him, Gao Yuan, and even Huang Yu and the others.

When he walked out of the yard, he was still a little dizzy and seemed to be out of his mind.

In the courtyard, Master Tongming looked at Master Chengkong in confusion, not understanding why he was looking for Zhao Jingfan.

"This Zheng Fa has been extremely talented since he was young. Not only does he have a photographic memory, but he can also learn martial arts and the art of spiritual talismans in one go..."

"The same thing happened later with the Thunder Method."

"It seems that the spiritual plants such as the thunder pepper also have his credit."

"There is also external elixir. I'm afraid he has some talent in refining weapons."

After hearing this, Master Tongming was shocked and said, "He really can do everything he learns? Is he an all-rounder?"

Master Chengkong thought for a while, then shook his head and said, "This is different from Venerable Tianhe. Venerable Tianhe... has nothing else except his sword. The difference is huge."

"Venerable Tianhe?"

Master Tongming was confused and didn't understand why Master Chengkong mentioned Venerable Tianhe.

Master Chengkong did not answer his question, but just said to himself: "With the momentum of the Nine Mountain Sect, he actually has some skills in governing the sect."

After hearing this, Master Tongming was even more itchy - if some things are not put together, I don’t understand the value of them...

Putting it all together, Zheng Fa is far from being able to be described as a genius in spiritual practice!

"But...how can we convince him to return to the Hundred Immortals Alliance?"

He couldn't help but ask.

Master Chengkong didn't know whether he heard him or not, he just said slowly: "Zheng Fa is a man who is both heartless and sentimental."

"From what Zhao Jingfan said just now, he is not easy to make friends with, and likes to be alone. But once he is regarded as a friend, he is quite generous and does not hesitate to share his secret techniques."

Master Tongming was even more convinced after hearing this.

When he thought about it, it was the same. Didn't Zhao Jingfan learn the art of talismans by becoming friends with Zheng Fa by accident?

"In other words, if we want to convince Zheng Fa, it would be best to start with him. If that's not possible, we have to start with the Jiushan Sect..."

"yes!"

Master Tongming suddenly realized, clapped his hands, and then frowned again: "Starting from Jiushan Sect is not easy. Becoming the leader of Baixian League will also be of great benefit to Jiushan Sect, but he is not tempted."

"He doesn't think highly of the Hundred Immortals Alliance, but what about the Supreme Dao?"

Master Chengkong suddenly said.

"The Supreme Dao is natural... huh?"

Master Tongming finally understood what Master Chengkong was talking about. He looked at the envoy fiercely, and his expression could only say one sentence:

You want to rob it too? Now he finally understood that Master Chengkong summarized Zheng Fa's talent and was actually attracted to him!

Good news: Zheng Fa is more talented than he thought!

The bad news: He is also more talented than Master Chengkong imagined.

"His Nine Mountains Realm is not as solid as a rock... Only I, the Supreme Daoist, can preserve the Nine Mountains Sect during this catastrophe."

“…”

Master Tongming understood, but didn't want to speak.

"A talent like his... will definitely be valued in my Supreme Dao."

"Then...what about the Hundred Immortals Alliance?"

Master Tongming couldn't help but ask.

"I'm not from the Hundred Immortals Alliance."

“…”

"Zhao Jinglan has been here?"

As soon as Zheng Fa returned to Paradise Island, he told his little sister the news.

"Yes, the eldest lady came here specifically, saying that the Seventh Young Master was in a hurry, and asked her to bring a communication talisman and asked me to give it to you."

Zheng Fa took the communication token and understood it at a glance.

It was given by the Seventh Young Master. He was worried and even asked his own sister to bring it in person.

The communication talisman mentioned that Master Chengkong had found him, and also described his response one by one. There were three words between his words: confession! Zheng Fa couldn't help but feel a little warm in his heart. To be honest, the Seventh Young Master was actually taking a risk - even if he was very cautious, but with his extraordinary magical powers, it would be difficult for him, a Qi practitioner, to hide it.

He thought about it and realized that at least he had not revealed anything about the modern times in front of the Seventh Young Master, and he had never mentioned the Yin-Yang fish jade pendant.

There is nothing wrong with what the Seventh Young Master said.

But Master Chengkong didn't know why. Soon, he found out.

Late at night, Master Chengkong came to the door.

He came alone.

"Master?"

"Are you willing to join my great path?"

This guy is still so straightforward.

"Master?"

"I know that you think you can stay out of the catastrophe with the Nine Mountains Realm."

“…”

"But you probably don't know that the Nine Mountain Realm, or rather, the Cave Heaven World, is not enough for you to rest easy."

"Although it is difficult to forcefully enter the cave world,... it is not impossible for someone to do it."

Zheng Fa was silent. He had thought about this a long time ago.

He has not forgotten how Tianzun died.

Master Chengkong’s meaning was also very clear: no one is trying to deal with the Nine Mountains Realm now, and it seems that there are not many things in the Nine Mountains Realm that are worthy of the attention of those powerful people.

But if the Nine Mountain Realm continues to develop like this...it’s hard to say.

Maybe Master Chengkong just felt that the Nine Mountain Realm had the potential to develop to the point where it would become coveted by others.

But Zheng Fa is becoming more and more confident!

What's more, there is still the Xuanwei catastrophe, and it is hard to say what will happen in the future.

"Moreover, your Nine Mountain Realm has no connection between the heaven and the earth, which means that the cave world is incomplete. It is easier for people to take advantage of it than in other cave worlds."

Zheng Fa was shocked. He had thought about this for a long time and always thought it was a problem with the Sun and Moon Clock.

But now it seems... there seems to be another reason? Then Master Chengkong took out a magical bamboo.

As soon as the spiritual bamboo appeared, he felt the faint ringing of the Sun and Moon Bells in the medicine garden. What made Zheng Fa even more surprised was that he could feel that the spiritual energy on the spiritual bamboo was changing the composition of the spiritual energy in the Nine Mountains Realm.

In other words—

Before, the Nine Mountains Realm could only use thunder magic, but with the appearance of this spiritual bamboo, it seems that some more spells can be used.

"This is……"

“Spiritual roots of heaven and earth.” Master Chengkong said leisurely, “This is a secret that only our Xuanwei Five Sects know… If you didn’t have the Nine Mountain Realm, I wouldn’t tell you.”

"If you want to perfect the cave world, there is a way. You must find a spiritual root of heaven and earth and combine it with the world. Then the world will grow and perfect along with the spiritual root."

"Where do you think my Five Xuanwei Sects' strengths are?"

"Spiritual roots? No, cave world?"

Zheng Fa guessed.

"That's right... If you join me in the Supreme Dao, you will have the opportunity to obtain the spiritual roots of heaven and earth, and this Nine Mountain Realm will have a chance to be further improved."

Zheng Fa was silent for a moment, then asked, "How many of these so-called heavenly and earthly spiritual roots are there?"

"Of course not many. My Qingjing Bamboo is just a branch... Let me think about it. I know of no more than ten kinds of spiritual roots. The most famous ones are Huangzhong Plum, Pantao... Oh, and Fusang Wood!"

Zheng Fa: ...

To be honest, I am a man and I am pregnant with a hibiscus tree.

(End of this chapter)