Cultivation: Fortune by Lots-Chapter 486 - 251. Three-grade Opportunity, Ancient Heritage (Two-in-One Chapter)_2
What the so-called future troubles specifically referred to, Lei Jun could not be entirely certain.
However, he speculated that it might be related to the early years when the Taoist Talisman Sect and the Dragon Tiger Mountain Celestial Master Mansion reformed their Taoist Heritage and Taoist Laws.
The incidents buried in the dust of history might still have some loose ends.
Lei Jun’s mind flashed with numerous questions and guesses, but his hands did not slow down in the slightest.
With the appearance of the Celestial Master Seal, the purple, gold, and green glows flickered, forming a three-tiered ethereal altar that enveloped the Mysterious Void Mirror.
The Mysterious Void Mirror landed on the first layer of the altar, surrounded by the Nine Abyss True Fire.
Lei Jun himself then sat above the third layer of the altar, silently running his Mysterious Skill and quietly practicing his Breathing Skills and focusing his spirit.
The previously somewhat unstable Tao Containment and artistic conception of the Mysterious Void Mirror instantly became solidified.
The Taoist Inheritance within it, originating from ancient times, was of the same source as the current direct transmission from the Celestial Master Mansion, although there were already quite a few differences.
Lei Jun did not change the original Tao Containment and artistic conception of the Mysterious Void Mirror, only stabilizing it and bringing it under his own control.
Preserving the ancient Taoist Talisman Sect Taoist Inheritance within it, it could still be used as a reference in the future.
But he made sure that no one else from the outside world could attract this treasure again.
After completing all this, Lei Jun put away the Celestial Master Seal.
After greeting Tang Xiaotang, who was still sitting cross-legged at the summit of Biyou Immortal Mountain, Lei Jun then left the Supreme Pure Thunder Mansion Cave Heaven.
Upon exiting, he first heard some good news.
Zhang Jingzhen had finally officially ended her seclusion.
Moreover, she successfully attained the Seventh Layer of Heaven Realm in the Taoist Talisman Sect and reached the Heaven-connecting Realm.
From then on, the Dragon Tiger Mountain Celestial Master Mansion had another High Merit Elder at the Upper Three Heavens Level.
"Zhang, congratulations!" Lei Jun said upon seeing Zhang Jingzhen, offering his felicitations.
Yuan Mobai and Shangguan Ning by her side also smiled and nodded in agreement.
Zhang Jingzhen returned the gesture to Lei Jun, "I also congratulate you, Lei, on becoming a High Real."
Just as Lin Shan, Shangguan Hong, and many others had speculated, Zhang Jingzhen felt as if she had been in a different world after several years of seclusion.
Xu Yuanzhen returned to the mortal world and even broke through to the Nine Heavens Realm.
The long-standing rival of the Celestial Master Mansion, the Lin Clan of Jiangzhou, had been dealt a severe blow and could no longer establish a foothold near Dragon Tiger Mountain.
The Youzhou Lin Clan had suffered the same fate.
Later on, Xu Yuanzhen was even set to fight again with the old clan leader of the Jinzhou Ye Clan, Ye Moquan.
Such developments were too rapid to follow, making one feel the surging changes within and beyond the Great Tang.
However, in general, while all of this was related to the Dragon Tiger Mountain Celestial Master Mansion and to Zhang Jingzhen herself, the impact on her wasn’t particularly strong.
What truly took her by surprise and unsettled her the most was that Lei Jun had reached the Seventh Layer of Heaven Realm before she did.
She remembered when Lei Jun first arrived at Dragon Tiger Mountain, just entering the Tao Boy Court as a Tao Boy, she, as a direct disciple of the Celestial Master, was already at the Sixth Heavenly Layer...
Now, after more than two decades of arduous cultivation, having reached the Upper Three Heavens Level, Zhang Jingzhen was still far from a hundred years old and could be considered one of the proud daughters of heaven among the younger generation.
But compared to Lei Jun opposite her, it was a completely different concept.
A Cultivator under fifty years of age in the Seventh Heavenly Layer... Zhang Jingzhen, who had gradually regained her composure and could face reality, still let out an involuntary sigh upon seeing Lei Jun in his Purple Robe.
After meeting with Xu Yuanzhen and the new Celestial Master, Tang Xiaotang, it was quite easy for Zhang Jingzhen to readjust her mindset.
Aside from Xu Yuanzhen and Tang Xiaotang, adding another name, Lei Jun, to the list would do.
But... why couldn’t it be me?
Having left the Royal Family to choose another path of cultivation, working hard from all aspects to improve, and in the end, to be better than some but not as good as others...
"After the Sect Leader emerges from the Supreme Pure Thunder Mansion Cave Heaven, he will personally add to your Talisman Scriptures," Yuan Mobai said with a smile to Jingzhen. "For now, we will keep things simple, and we’ll hold the official ceremony during the canonical rites on the fifteenth of July. What are your thoughts on this, Jingzhen?"
Zhang Jingzhen’s mood had already returned to calm, and her face was as always serene and dignified. "Disciple has no objections; following the mansion’s rites and protocols will be fine."
Later, as Tang Xiaotang’s cultivation came to a temporary pause and she emerged from the Supreme Pure Thunder Mansion Cave Heaven, she conducted the fourth Talisman Scriptures addition for Zhang Jingzhen, promoting her to the "Supreme Pureness Three Caverns Scripture Talisman".
Zhang Jingzhen officially donned the Purple Robe, becoming another High Merit Elder of Dragon Tiger Mountain.
Everyone in the mansion, including the Tao Boys in the Tao Boy Court below the mountain, was uplifted by this.
One fondly recalls the new internal conflict on Dragon Tiger Mountain seven years ago, when Li Wai ultimately fought the decisive battle. After which, all four High Merit Elders of the Li Clan perished. Although the external successors won, there were only Tang Xiaotang, Yuan Mobai, Yao Yuan, and Shangguan Ning left on the mountain at the Upper Three Heavens Level.
Although the Celestial Master’s Sword returned to the mountain, the Celestial Master Robe was lost.
In the entire history of the Dragon Tiger Mountain Celestial Master Mansion, this could be regarded as an extremely weak period, a nadir.
The hearts of those within the mansion were unsettled, and its reputation from outside was diminished—it was inevitable.
Back then, no one imagined that in seven years, the situation would have completely turned around.
Xu Yuanzhen returned, and Lei Jun and Zhang Jingzhen both achieved the Seventh Layer of Heaven Realm in succession.
The Celestial Master Mansion finally regained its vitality.
"Speaking of which, Brother, your becoming a High Merit Elder before Zhang has some side effects," Chu Kun said with a smile, sitting in Lei Jun’s courtyard.
Lei Jun understood what the other meant and merely smiled without saying anything.
Not just Zhang Jingzhen, but even Shangguan Ning could be included; from the standpoint of their origins, both were from the Royal Family.
In the past, when there were more High Merit Elders on Dragon Tiger Mountain than now, there was only one representative of the Tang Court—Shangguan Ning.
Now with fewer High Merit Elders, the Imperial Court representation has risen to include both Shangguan Ning and Zhang Jingzhen.
For the current Dragon Tiger Mountain Celestial Master Mansion, this proportion was actually quite exaggerated.
