Chapter 269 Cloud Cliff Discussion (1)
Only after settling Niu Fen into the medicine shop did Ji Rong feel at ease enough to head towards Yunya.
Although the witch had a lot of knowledge left over from the witch tribe in her mind, Ji Rong knew that most of the knowledge stored in the witch's mind could not impress the great cultivators of Yuxu Palace.
"But I have many ways to impress them!" Ji Rong thought smugly.
The Dharma needs to be spread. If Ji Rong relies on herself alone, it's unknown when she will find a suitable cultivator.
Jade Void Palace is different. It has a great reputation, a steady stream of cultivators, and abundant financial resources to support many talented bird cultivators.
Ji Rong had intended to offer up the remaining methods when she first presented the "Danfa" (alchemy technique), but she was ultimately afraid of causing trouble, so she delayed presenting it.
Now that the witch has arrived, with this witch clan member known for his wisdom and strength as a cover, Ji Rong felt that the time had come to spread the teachings to the Jade Void Palace.
This is a great opportunity to spread the teachings without having to say it yourself.
It was during this process of spreading the teachings that Qingpingzi found out, but that was nothing.
Ji Rong thought to himself with pride, "Now that my tree trunk is so magnificent, which cultivator in the world could refuse it?"
Thinking of this, Ji Rong raised her head again and laughed triumphantly, "Hahahaha."
Ji Rong went up to the Cloud Cliff, then flapped her wings and ran to live with the witch.
Qingpingzi ordered Qilou to build a cloud house for the witch on the cloud cliff.
This house stands on the southeast corner of the Cloud Cliff. It was jointly built by the cultivators of the Weapon Pavilion and the Array Valley. It uses array formations to hold up white clouds as walls and large spiritual lotus leaves as roofs, making it very cool and comfortable.
The room contained a mat made of spiritual herbs, a jade table, and all the necessary washing utensils, as well as three talking and jumping puppet beasts that could be used for amusement and play.
Ji Rong looked them over one by one and knew that her senior brothers and sisters attached great importance to the arrival of the witch.
During the day, she would accompany the witch doctor and her fellow disciples to discuss the Dao. At night, she would teach the witch doctor to recite the Dharma word by word.
She instructed the sorcerers to circulate these methods by mixing them into the scriptures of the sorcerer's shaman.
Ji Rong was patient and willing to teach, and Xuanwu was intelligent and knowledgeable. With their combined talents, Xuanwu was able to memorize the methods in the "True Explanation of the Phoenix" taught by Ji Rong very smoothly.
Thus, the knowledgeable sorcerer, having mastered the Dao, responded with ease during the daytime discussions with the cultivators of the Jade Void Palace.
In just eight months, under Ji Rong's deliberate instruction, the witch mastered all ten major techniques, including "Formation Techniques" and "Puppet Techniques," and passed them on to the cultivators of Jade Void Palace.
Having received this immense benefit, and deeply impressed by the profound knowledge of the Taoist priest, all the cultivators wished to associate with him as equals.
Those who benefited from this, like Qingzhizi, would often suddenly suggest during discussions: "Senior brother, I see that this witch has the demeanor of an ancient great witch. Why don't you accept her as our junior sister on behalf of our master?"
Whenever the witch heard these words, she felt very guilty.
This knowledge did not belong to her.
But Lady Ji wouldn't let her tell the truth, so the witch could only stubbornly repeat, with her neck red and face flushed, "Thank you all for your kindness, but I was already quite old when I started cultivating, and my future is limited."
Furthermore, I will soon assume the position of chieftain of the Wu tribe, and I absolutely cannot abandon my family's legacy.”
Despite all the kind words the cultivators uttered, the sorcerer remained unmoved.
Seeing that they could not keep her, the cultivators opened their treasure vaults and presented the witch with generous gifts, which she could not refuse and had to accept.
The ten disciples of the Wu clan brought by the witch were all looked after by Ji Rong's senior brothers and sisters in turn, and in the end, they were all chosen to become the third generation disciples of the Jade Void Palace.
However, feeling guilty, Xuanwu felt ashamed and bid farewell to the cultivators of Yuxu Palace before heading back with the two dragons.
On the return journey, halfway there, the witch had the two dragons carry her to the Canglan Temple, where she offered all the treasures and asked the proud god to pass them on to Juejun.
Seeing so much treasure, Yinpan felt a little suspicious and couldn't help but ask the sorcerer for the reason.
The witch said, "Lord Jue asked me to go to Yuxu Palace to discuss the Dao. I never expected that I would become rich just from this trip."
The shaman, grateful for Lord Jue's past kindness to the shaman tribe, offered these treasures as a gift in recognition of their submission to the tribe.
The silver plate then put away the treasure and looked at the witch with great respect.
The sorcerer's righteous and eloquent refusal in the Jade Void Palace did indeed deceive many of Ji Rong's honest senior brothers and sisters.
But the witch's obviously abnormal complexion and unusual heartbeat made the experienced Qing Guangzi immediately feel that there was a story behind it.
Before the witch had left, Kiyohiroko spoke of this to Kiyoheiko in private.
Upon hearing this, Qingpingzi made the five tails sway in the air and said to Qingguangzi seriously, "Junior brother, she is a guest, an attendant of the celestial god Juejun. Do not be rude."
Kiyoko revealed a set of clean teeth, and couldn't help but stick out her tongue and lick her lips, saying, "It's precisely because she's a guest that I didn't open my eyes to ask."
"It was precisely because she was a guest that I spoke to my senior brother in private."
After sending Qing Guangzi away, Qing Pingzi had a vague idea in her mind.
He noticed the strange behavior of the witch doctor, and most of the methods the witch doctor described were related to birds. They were clearly of the same origin as the "Danfa" and could all be used to repair the Hundred Skills Seal on their own.
After Zhu Xiu saw the witch off, Ji Rong got up to pack her belongings and head back to the unloading workshop.
As she was tidying up, Qingpingzi, who had never come here since they settled in, walked in. He said to her with a solemn expression, "Junior sister, don't be in a hurry to leave. Senior brother has something to ask you."
Qingpingzi scrutinized Ji Rong closely, feeling that the more he looked at this bird-like junior sister, the more strange she seemed. He looked at Ji Rong several times and finally discovered that Ji Rong was extremely thick-bodied, with layers of shadows around her, making her almost like a god.
It's just that Ji Rong's gravitas was diluted by her approachability, so it wasn't obvious.
Qingpingzi closed the cloud gate, raised his five whip-like tails, and said seriously, "Junior sister, tell me honestly, when you went to soak in the immortal spring with Juejun last time, did you go to the tomb of the goddess and do something that cannot be seen in the light of day?"
How come you're so heavy now!
"If you don't tell the truth, I'll have Junior Brother Qing Guangzi interrogate you; I think he'll be happy to interrogate you."
Upon hearing this, Ji Rong thought to herself, "They've finally arrived."
Having prepared herself countless times, her heart was like a giant fish's tail whipping up turbulent waves, which then quickly returned to calm. At this moment, she was no longer panicked.
She invited Qingpingzi to sit down, and then she herself plopped down on the Qingxin Grass mat that she hadn't yet put away her storage ring. She said, "Senior brother, if you have any questions, Ji Rong will answer them without reservation."
But before answering her senior brother's question, Ji Rong also wanted to say a few words to him.
Upon hearing this, Qingpingzi said, "Junior Sister, you speak first."
Ji Rong spread his wings and raised his head, saying, "Senior brother, you have now obtained so many techniques. If you successfully repair the Hundred Techniques Seal, will you be able to directly attain godhood?"
Upon hearing this, Qingpingzi shook his head and said, "Junior sister, I have told you before that we cultivators of Jade Void Palace will take a new path and define a new realm, and will not take the path of proving the Dao."
Ji Rong asked again, "Why? To become a god and control a territory and its inhabitants, how wonderful that would be."
Qingpingzi sighed, “Those who become gods are ultimately bound by divine authority. My master Lingxiaozi is unwilling, and so am I.”
Ji Rong then asked, "If we attain the new path, how can we coexist with the lords of the gods?"
“Junior sister, Master once predicted that the God Race would be destroyed, and I also believe so.”
Therefore, the Hundred Skills Seal can only record knowledge of techniques for the purpose of inheritance, and has no other function.
Upon hearing this, Ji Rong suddenly stuck her wings on her body, stretched her neck, and leaned close to Qing Pingzi, saying, "Senior brother, besides repairing the Hundred Skills Seal, do you have any other dreams?"
"Is there a cultivator you've always wanted to kill, or a situation you've always wanted to break free from?"
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