lerbook #117 - The wonders of the spiritual world!
#117 - The wonders of the spiritual world!
Chapter 117: Unbelievable Events in the Spiritual World!
“I'm walking in this endless void, and it actually requires the consumption of my soul power?”
Zhang Chen stood on the spot, his eyes looking at the light spots in the darkness, a hint of incomprehension in his expression.
He was becoming more and more confused about the dark world in front of him, completely unable to understand what this place was.
Logically speaking, this should be his own spiritual world. Cultivating within his spiritual world should be a process of continuously strengthening and nourishing his soul. How could he suddenly fall into darkness, and even have to consume his soul power?
“This consumption isn't very fast.” Zhang Chen carefully sensed it for a moment, then chose to continue approaching the light spot.
In this mysterious dark world, he felt that if he wanted to solve the mysteries within, perhaps getting closer to that light spot would reveal the answers he sought.
The darkness was boundless, and Zhang Chen didn't know whether he was walking fast or slow. He just walked through the darkness with a numb expression.
He didn't know how long he walked, but Zhang Chen's soul gradually became tired, and sleepiness surged into his mind. The feeling was like the drowsiness that comes over you when riding in a car, almost impossible to resist.
As his soul became weaker and weaker, and the power of his soul became more and more insufficient, Zhang Chen's sleepiness also became more and more intense.
“No, I can't fall asleep here. Once I fall asleep here, I'm afraid there will be big problems.” A kind of instinctive intuition arose in Zhang Chen's heart. His own instinctive intuition told him that if he fell asleep in this place, unpredictable things would happen, placing him in danger.
“Hmm? This is my own spiritual world, how could this kind of premonition appear? How could there be danger if I fall asleep in my own spiritual world?” Zhang Chen felt inexplicably confused by the warning in his heart.
Just as he was thinking, suddenly a shout shook the entire dark world. The sound waves were mighty, like the creation of heaven and earth, directly tearing the entire dark world apart:
“Zhang Chen, what time is it! You're still sleeping!!! Do you still want to practice!!!”
Zhang Chen opened his eyes and suddenly felt a pain in his ear. He saw that the little bean sprout was looking at him with a face full of anger, a pair of white and tender little hands pinching his ear: “Do you still want to cultivate? Do you still want to become a master?”
Zhang Chen looked at Cheng Yu's fiery eyes, his gaze falling on the corner of Cheng Yu's mouth, where there was actually a trace left after saliva had dried. It was clear that this girl had just woken up as well.
He glanced at the sky outside. He had only explored for a moment in his spiritual world, but four or five hours had actually passed in the outside world?
Moreover, at this time, there was an indescribable sense of fatigue in his spirit, as if he was carrying a heavy shackle, which made him very uncomfortable.
“Don't pinch, don't pinch, it's just that I was too tired from trekking through mountains and rivers before, and I accidentally overslept.” Zhang Chen hurriedly held down the girl's slender hand and explained.
Hearing Zhang Chen's words, Cheng Yu's black and white eyes sized Zhang Chen up and down for a while, and then said: “I'll consider your explanation reasonable. I'll spare you this time, but you're not allowed to be lazy in the future. You must know that martial arts depends on diligence. Diligence can make up for clumsiness is the way to go in the long run. After all, people as talented as me are rare in the world.”
“Is it time for dinner?” Zhang Chen looked at the sky outside and asked.
“What are you thinking? Don't you understand the principle of not eating after noon? Our Taoist temple only has breakfast and lunch, there is no dinner.” Cheng Yu said, stroking her own stomach, her little belly a little瘪(biě - deflated/flat).
“Today, your duties will also be arranged. In our Taoist temple, from the Abbot down to the ordinary disciples, everyone has duties to perform.” Cheng Yu looked at Zhang Chen with a pair of black and white eyes, and then said: “Now there are eight kinds of duties in our Taoist temple. The first is to sweep the courtyard, which is the easiest. The second is to wipe the statues in the temple every day, responsible for cleaning the temple. The third is to be responsible for cooking in the kitchen. The fourth is to be responsible for guarding. The fifth is to be responsible for reclaiming wasteland for farming. The sixth is to be responsible for fetching water from the mountain. The seventh is to be responsible for preaching and performing rituals down the mountain. The eighth is to be responsible for working as a bodyguard down the mountain, earning revenue for our Taoist temple.”
“Don't even think about the first one, sweeping the courtyard. Leaves often fall from the trees, and there isn't even time to be lazy. The third one, cooking in the kitchen, is not something ordinary people can squeeze into. The fourth one, responsible for guarding, requires at least mastering Dark Force. The fifth one is too tiring, exposed to the wind and sun with no free time to cultivate. You can't go down the mountain for the seventh and eighth ones, so the best choice you can make now is the second one, cleaning the statues in the temple, responsible for the cleaning work in the main hall.” Cheng Yu analyzed for him in a flurry of words.
Zhang Chen was quite satisfied with this job. Although cleaning the main hall was a bit tiring, there was also a lot of free time. Moreover, he could be lazy and wipe it every two or three days, and no one would notice.
“Our Huangli Temple has three hundred and seventy-two halls of various sizes. Each person is responsible for one. I've chosen a small one for you, so you can take the opportunity to be lazy at that time. The halls that the two of us are responsible for are next to each other, so we can take care of each other.” Cheng Yu blinked at Zhang Chen.
“You also have to be responsible for cleaning the Taoist temple?” Zhang Chen was stunned when he heard this.
Looking at Cheng Yu, who was only five years old, could that small figure reach the base of the statue?
Cheng Yu heard this and immediately said with a bitter face: “This is the rule set by the Abbot, and I can't be exempt from it.”
“I've already explained everything. You practice your fist and foot techniques a few more times, and I'll come and call you again tomorrow morning. Remember, tomorrow morning at the fifth watch (between 3-5 am), the disciples of our Taoist temple need to do morning exercises. Go to bed early tonight, so you don't oversleep at that time.”
Cheng Yu walked upstairs while instructing, and slammed the door shut to continue sleeping.
Zhang Chen glanced at the sky outside, lit the oil lamp in front of the table, and then moved his fists and feet in the room, practicing the True Dragon Grand Stance several times, but he always felt mentally exhausted and unable to muster any energy, so the effect was not good.
At this moment, his spiritual world suddenly flickered slightly, and Zhang Chen's mind spontaneously appeared with his visualization diagram. He saw that within the treasure bottle of the visualization diagram, it seemed to be filled with a full bottle of moonlight, which was now directly poured out.
The moonlight sprinkled on his soul, an indescribable comfort, accompanied by bursts of osmanthus fragrance spreading between his mouth and nose. As the moonlight sprinkled down, Zhang Chen's originally listless spirit suddenly perked up. He felt very energetic, and there would be no problem even if he didn't sleep all night.
The feeling was like being injected with adrenaline, his whole person was full of energy, but he couldn't fall asleep.
If he couldn't sleep, then he wouldn't sleep. Zhang Chen practiced the True Dragon Grand Stance more than a dozen times, but besides stretching his muscles, he didn't gain anything else. Mastering strength relied on the effort of grinding ink, this matter couldn't be rushed. So after drawing underground water to wash up, he sat cross-legged on the bed and continued to visualize the Heavenly Round Earthly Square Diagram.
He insisted on figuring out the diagram of the round sky and square earth, but this was his own spiritual world, his own soul. If something uncontrollable were to happen, it wouldn't be a simple problem.
Zhang Chen sat cross-legged on the bed, relaxed his body, and once again entered the state of visualization. He saw his spiritual world change for a while, and he came to that dark void again.
Without a word, he continued walking!
Zhang Chen continued walking in the darkness. At this time, he was full of energy and felt that he was walking very fast.
He didn't know how long he had walked, but the light spot kept getting bigger and bigger in front of Zhang Chen's eyes, from the initial imperceptible size to the size of a peanut now, like a light spot flickering in Zhang Chen's spiritual world.
At this time, Zhang Chen only felt a burst of fatigue, and once again withdrew from the visualization world. A piece of moonlight sprinkled down and fell into the room.
Zhang Chen looked at the moonlight shining into the room, and couldn't help but feel a movement in his heart, and a thought arose. Then he got out of bed and slowly came to the window illuminated by the moonlight, completely opened the window, and let the moonlight completely spill into the room.
Zhang Chen raised his head and looked at the moon in the sky, but felt that the moon in the sky was very bright.
The moon in this world was as big as a pot lid, and it looked very bright. Even in the dark night, it was not very dark, just like a low-watt light bulb was lit, dimly but definitely able to see the words in the book.
Zhang Chen slowly came to the window, stared at the bright moon in the sky for a while, and then sat cross-legged in front of the window. The next moment, the silkworm cocoon formed by the crystal core in his body vibrated, and then all the moonlight within a meter of his body was distorted and absorbed into his body.
Along with the moonlight entering his body, the blood-red crystal core silkworm cocoon began to become active, and strange symbols began to flicker. The symbols were silvery-white, which looked very strange.
"Absorbing moonlight can speed up the evolution of the crystal core, so this is the shortcut to open the bloodline evolution?" Zhang Chen looked at the crystal core silkworm cocoon that absorbed the moonlight, and a hint of thought appeared in his eyes: "I just don't know if my soul can absorb the moonlight from the outside world."
Unfortunately, he didn't have the ability to control the moonlight, nor did he have the ability to control the soul. The only thing he could do was to practice the visualization diagram in the moonlight.
As Zhang Chen entered meditation again, he saw that the treasure bottle seal in his spiritual world was also changing at this time. He saw that the treasure bottle seal was emitting a pulling force at this time, and the moonlight from the void was now showing its shape and turning into a mist, which was absorbed by the treasure bottle.
"The speed of absorbing moonlight is at least thirty times faster! My physical body absorbs moonlight, does it also have an impact on the speed of my spiritual world's visualization diagram absorbing moonlight?" A thought flashed through Zhang Chen's mind at this time. He didn't know whether it was his practice of the visualization diagram in the moonlight that accelerated the absorption of moonlight, or whether it was his urging of the crystal core to plunder the power of moonlight that accelerated the absorption of the crystal core.
Thinking in his heart, Zhang Chen withdrew from the visualization world, and then his consciousness returned to his physical body, stopped the crystal core from absorbing moonlight, and then entered the visualization world again.
Sure enough, as Zhang Chen's spirit returned, he immediately noticed something unusual. The speed at which his soul absorbed moonlight slowed down again and returned to normal speed.
"My crystal core absorbing moonlight and my spiritual world's visualization diagram absorbing moonlight seem to have a mysterious connection in the dark, but I don't know exactly where the difference is, and I haven't found this connection yet." A trace of thought appeared in Zhang Chen's eyes, and then he urged the crystal core to absorb moonlight again, and entered the state of meditation again. At this time, the moonlight in the bottle was full, and it was directly poured on Zhang Chen's soul. Zhang Chen's originally wilted soul was now refreshed again and full of energy, as if he had endless power, and went straight to the light spot.
The darkness was boundless and endless, but Zhang Chen had endless power. At this time, he changed from walking to running. When his soul was tired, suddenly moonlight sprinkled down in the dark, once again injecting a powerful vitality into Zhang Chen's soul, making Zhang Chen full of energy.
Zhang Chen didn't know how long he had run. He only knew that the moonlight had been filled five times, and his soul had recovered five times.
At this time, the light spot that was only the size of a peanut had turned into the size of a fist, but the distance between the two sides was too far, and Zhang Chen still couldn't see clearly.
Seeing this, Zhang Chen continued to run, but at this moment, the familiar voice in his spiritual world rang again, directly breaking through the darkness and waking Zhang Chen up: "Zhang Chen! Get up and do your morning exercises."
The little bean sprout upstairs woke up again.
"I'm coming." Zhang Chen was startled from his meditation, raised his head and looked at the moonlight in the sky. It was only three or four in the morning at this time. He hadn't slept all night, but he didn't feel tired at all.
He saw the little bean sprout dressed neatly and properly, and then led Zhang Chen to the largest martial arts field in the Taoist temple. Three thousand disciples were arranged in order and practiced boxing uniformly in the moonlight.
However, the disciples were sleepy and drowsy, and their condition was not very good.
Zhang Chen only knew three moves, and stood behind the little bean sprout and imitated randomly.
After three rounds of boxing, the blood circulation was activated, and the disciples dispersed, began to wash up, and then began to do morning exercises, and came to the main hall to chant scriptures together.
Zhang Chen had just arrived, where had he learned the scriptures? He could only hum along with the little bean sprout.
"We are chanting the Yellow Court Scripture. When we have time, I will teach you to memorize it." The little bean sprout explained to Zhang Chen and began to chant praises in a strange tone with the disciples.
Zhang Chen listened carefully, but did not see any skills being recorded, and a look of disappointment appeared in his eyes.
After chanting the scriptures, the sky was already bright, and then the disciples carried their rice bowls and rushed towards the cafeteria one by one.
Zhang Chen saw that the little bean sprout was too slow at this time, and directly hugged him. Zhang Chen hugged the little bean sprout, and the little bean sprout held two wooden basins in his hands. This time, the two of them were the fastest!
After all, Zhang Chen had mastered the blood-sucking technique, and he didn't know fatigue. Whether it was a sprint or a long run, who could compare to him?
Zhang Chen ran very fast, and breakfast was also very rich, two coarse bread buns, and wild vegetable porridge.
"Zhang Chen, you are really great. I didn't expect you to run so fast!" The little bean sprout carried a rice bucket full of porridge, and followed Zhang Chen with satisfaction, his voice full of praise.
Zhang Chen smiled: "That goes without saying? It's not me bragging, if it comes to running, I'm afraid there are not many people in the world who can compare to me."
The two finished breakfast and went to the main hall to sweep away the dust.
Zhang Chen was responsible for a small room that was not very big. Looking at the statue, Zhang Chen did not slack off and use the water control technique. This Huangli Temple revealed strangeness from top to bottom. He should keep a low profile.
After cleaning the Taoist temple, the task of the day was completed, and then it was time to practice martial arts.
Time passed quickly, and a month passed. On this day, Zhang Chen fell into meditation again, and a monstrous wave was set off in his heart.