Chapter 84: Continue to Share Treasures, Daozu Answers Questions
In Zixiao Palace, under the eyes full of jealousy from all the cultivators, Daozu Hongjun bestowed the Four Swords of Zhuxian and the formation diagram to Tongtian.
Afterwards, Hongjun looked at Nuwa, pondered slightly, and remained silent for a moment, and continued:
"Nuwa is a great meritorious person. I have a top-grade innate spiritual treasure, the Mountain and River Society Map, and a top-grade innate spiritual treasure lotus lamp. Today, I will give it to you to manage."
"Disciple thanks the teacher!"
Nuwa took the Mountain and River Society Map and the Treasure Lotus Lamp and thanked Hongjun. She was very dissatisfied in her heart. The Three Pure Ones all got innate treasures, but when it was her turn, she was only given a top-grade innate spiritual treasure and a top-grade spiritual treasure.
After giving the Mountain and River Society Map to Nuwa, Daozu Hongjun closed his eyes and remained silent. Seeing this, Jie Yin and Zhunti were secretly annoyed and had to use their own magical skills to exchange for spiritual treasures. They cried to Hongjun:
"Teacher, my western part is poor and I don't have any spiritual treasures. I hope you will have mercy on me!"
"Oh, forget it, forget it! Jie Yin, I have a twelve-grade golden lotus here, which can suppress your western luck. I will also give you six pure bamboos for attack. Zhunti, I will give you the seven-treasure tree, which can sweep everything under the innate. I will also give you the Vajra Divine Pestle for attacking spiritual treasures. I hope you two will use it carefully!" Hongjun said impatiently, and then handed a golden lotus, a green bamboo, a seven-color small tree and a golden pestle to the two.
In this way, the difference between direct disciples and registered disciples was revealed. Yuanshi sneered in his heart, Tongtian showed disdain, Laozi had no expression on his face, and many other cultivators were not only a little amused, but also had a burning passion in their hearts, so that they looked at Daozu Hongjun with extremely fiery eyes.
"Hongjun is unfair, why does he treat us in the West like this?" Jieyin and Zhunti were grateful on the surface, and they kept thanking him, but they were already cursing in their hearts, cursing Hongjun for being unfair. Everyone can see that their spiritual treasures are not comparable to those of the Three Pure Ones and Nuwa. They only have the top-grade spiritual treasure like the 12-grade golden lotus, which is not powerful and is mainly used for defense. The others are top-grade innate spiritual treasures, which are even worse. And the direct disciples of the Three Pure Ones not only have innate treasures, but also killing treasures like the Zhuxian Sword Formation.
Yuanshi sneered in his heart, you are a poor place in the West, and you still want Hongjun to give you spiritual treasures? If it weren't for repaying the cause and effect, maybe you wouldn't even have a seat? Haha!
"Report to Daozu."
At this moment, Dong Wanggong, who was sitting in the middle, shouted loudly, "In the prehistoric world, there were wars from time to time, and many cultivators were robbed. I would like to establish an alliance to protect the scattered cultivators in the world. Please grant me the Daozu's approval."
"Since that's the case, then Dong Wanggong, you will be the leader of the prehistoric male immortals from now on. I will give you the innate spiritual treasure Tianyang Divine Sword." I don't know what the ancestor was thinking, but he waved his hand and handed a red divine sword to Dong Wanggong.
"Queen Mother of the West, you will be the leader of the prehistoric female immortals from now on. I will give you the best innate spiritual treasure Kunlun Mirror, which is also known as the Heavenly Secret Mirror. It can see through the past and future secrets, contains the laws of space, and can travel through the void. From now on, you two will be in charge of the scattered cultivators in the world." Hongjun said to Queen Mother of the West next to Dong Wanggong, and then handed her a precious mirror.
"Thank you, Daozu."
The two of them were full of excitement and thanked Daozu. They didn't know how many people had already held a grudge against them. The leaders of the world's male and female immortals, doesn't that mean that we have to be controlled by them? Humph!
"Disciples and others have a shallow cultivation, please give us some spiritual treasures for self-defense and corpse-cutting."
After seeing the spiritual treasures were divided, Hongjun closed his eyes and stopped talking. Some cultivators immediately shouted, and others saw this and hurriedly asked Hongjun Daozu to give them spiritual treasures.
Seeing this, Hongjun had no choice but to say: "Forget it, there are still many innate spiritual treasures on the treasure-dividing rock outside the Zixiao Palace. You can go there and try your chance after I merge with the Tao."
"Ah! Disciples and others thank the teacher for his mercy!" When the cultivators heard that there were still spiritual treasures? They were overjoyed and thanked him.
"Do you have any questions? While I haven't merged with the Tao yet, I will answer them for you." Hongjun asked in a calm voice.
All the cultivators looked at Yuanshi. As the eldest disciple, it was Yuanshi who should ask the question.
"Teacher, can I achieve enlightenment without the Hongmeng Purple Qi?" Yuanshi asked a question that he already knew but everyone wanted to know very much.
Sure enough, as soon as this was said, all the cultivators brightened their eyes and stared at Daozu to see how he would answer.
"Yes!" Daozu looked at Yuanshi deeply and answered with one word.
Ah? Really? The cultivators were very excited. The road was not over yet. They just felt that they still had a chance. But they didn't know that it would be thousands of times more difficult to achieve enlightenment without the Hongmeng Purple Qi than with the Hongmeng Purple Qi.
"Teacher, is everything destined and unchangeable?" Yuanshi continued to ask.
Hongjun looked at Yuanshi deeply again and said lightly: "Small situations can be changed, but big situations cannot be changed."
Yuanshi was thoughtful. What Hongjun said was worth thinking about. What is a small situation? What is a big situation? Size is generally relative, and no one can tell the difference. One has to find the balance point between the two, and then grasp it, not too much, and generally nothing will happen. Now what he has to do is to find that balance point.
"May I ask the teacher, what are the methods of achieving enlightenment?" Laozi thought for a while and asked. As soon as this question came out, all the cultivators listened carefully to the Daozu's answer again, fearing that they would miss something.
"Three thousand great ways, all of which can prove the origin of the universe. But I have summarized three. One is the strongest, proving the way with force, the second is the middle, proving the way by killing three corpses, and the third is the inferior, proving the way with merit and virtue, and becoming a saint of merit and virtue, with the weakest magic power."
"May I ask the teacher, has anyone ever succeeded in proving the way with force?" Tongtian asked hurriedly. Proving the way with force has the strongest magic power, so his first choice is of course to prove the way with force.
"Pangu is a person who proved the way with force, but he failed in the end, so that his body turned into all things in the prehistoric world." Daozu glanced at Tongtian and said lightly. He would not say that Pangu almost succeeded. If it weren't for someone's sneak attack and the battle with the three thousand demons, Pangu would have succeeded.
Ah? Everyone felt bitter. Even Pangu failed. Were they doomed to fail? It seemed that they needed to think about the second way, or become a saint through merit, but was merit so easy to obtain?
"May I ask the teacher, after the integration of the Dao, is the teacher the Heavenly Dao?" As a woman, Nuwa was more careful and asked a more profound question.
"After the integration of the Dao, Hongjun became the Heavenly Dao, and the Heavenly Dao was not Hongjun."
Hongjun gave an ambiguous answer, and everyone was still puzzled. In Yuanshi's view, this meant that after Hongjun integrated the Dao, Hongjun became a part of the Heavenly Dao, so he was the Heavenly Dao. But the Heavenly Dao is not only Hongjun, it also has a large part, so the Heavenly Dao is not Hongjun.
"After the integration of the Dao, how should we meet the teacher if we have something to report?" Jie Yin, who never liked to speak, asked at this time.
"If the calamity does not come out, Hongjun will not appear! Well, I am going to merge with the Dao. It depends on you whether you can seize this opportunity." After Hongjun answered Jieyin's question, he saw that someone else wanted to ask a question, so he interrupted and spoke.
"Teacher, be merciful!" Everyone bowed.