Chapter 39: Chapter 38: The Deaths of the Seven Friends of Cliff Mountain and the Three Immortals of Jade Sky

[I devoted myself to cultivation in Purple Bamboo Mountain, stabilizing my Qi Cultivation.]

[In one year, Ah Qing broke through as a Qi Cultivator but remained obsessed with sword practice, so I taught her the "Origin Blood Pile Skill," "Raising Soldiers and Lighting Fire Technique," and "Heavenly Martial Dao Undying Heart Spirit."]

[In three years, I opened the furnace to refine the "Profound Origin Clarity Pill," and after thirty-nine failures, I had no choice but to ask Niu Da to make a new pill furnace at a high price.]

[In seven days, I successfully refined the "Profound Origin Clarity Pill," which I handed to the panda the next day. Luckily, I maintained my reputation as an "Alchemy Master" once again.]

[The Profound Origin Clarity Pill can only be taken three times, can enhance a Qi Cultivator’s "Spiritual Sense," and is also a Spirit Pill for enlightening Mortal Beasts.]

[After that, I refined a large quantity of "Cyan Pine Pills," and my sister, Ah Qing, and I made rapid progress in our Dao Practice.

The three of us practiced the "Purple Bamboo Techniques" individually, and their insights were fed back to me, the Cyan Mountain Daoist Master, allowing for rapid advancement.

In my leisure time, I studied the xiao flute.]

[Years passed unknowingly in cultivation. In a flash, ten years had gone by, and I developed a close friendship with the Purple Bamboo Mountain’s One Person and Five Eccentrics after several gatherings on Purple Bamboo Cliff Mountain.]

[Wenren Hong’s cultivation advanced, and after exiting the pass, his Dao Practice reached five hundred years, with all Five Elements in place.

Among the East Sea’s loose cultivators, there is talk of the Seven Realms of Qi Cultivation: Magical Power, Soul Emergence, Yang Spirit, Five Elements, Yin and Yang, Golden Core, and Three Calamities.

The first three realms require step-by-step progression, while the latter four realms have no specific order, but completing any of them greatly enhances the quality of Magical Power over "fellow Dao practitioners" among Qi Cultivators.

Wenren Hong condensed five "Lifebound Dharma Seeds" of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth, which moved with his will, needing no gestures or incantations. These seeds grew with his Primordial Spirit, and as his Dao Practice and Magical Power increased, so did the power of these Dharma Seeds.

Truly, the Great Dao is promising.

Within the group of Qi Cultivators, this achievement is considered "Qi Cultivation Success," enough to earn recognition anywhere.]

[Together with the Zizhu Five Eccentrics, I held a feast on Purple Bamboo Cliff Mountain to celebrate.

I and Panda Kongmingzi performed the piece "High Mountain and Flowing Water" together, garnering applause from the audience.

After the banquet.

The monkey got drunk and spoke nonsense, saying that since we were such kindred spirits, he suggested we should swear brotherhood and sisterhood. The panda, Wenren Hong, Bi Ji, Bailing, and Niu Da enthusiastically agreed.]

[The two of us and the Five Eccentrics formally swore brotherhood on Cliff Mountain.]

[Wenren Hong, who has followed the Zizhu Demon Master for a thousand years and is the oldest, also possessing the Magical Artifact "Feihong Sword," was considered by the Five Eccentrics as the unrivaled power of Purple Bamboo Mountain and was chosen as the leader.

Then they chose me as second, with the Zizhu Five Eccentrics saying I had cultivated Dao and refined alchemy to such a degree that it must have been at least five hundred years of hard work, urging me not to pretend to be young.

Then they ranked themselves by age.

Third sister, pigeon Bailing.

Fourth brother, Panda Kongmingzi.

Fifth brother, Black Bull Niu Da.

Sixth sister, Carp Princess Bi Ji.

Seventh brother, Stone Monkey.]

[After that day, the monkey sobered up and kept calling me second brother, second brother.]

[During a gathering on Purple Bamboo Cliff Mountain, as I was about to leave, I lightly knocked on the monkey’s head three times, then silently turned and left with my hands behind my back.]

[This time, the monkey learned to be clever. In the dead of night, he came to me, and as promised, I taught him the Cyan Mountain True Inheritance "Purple Sky Innate Skill." Ten years later, the monkey consumed the Great Medicine and broke through to the Fifth Realm in Martial Dao, becoming the second Celestial Martial Artist in the Qingxu Realm.]

[I thus became imbued with Martial Fortune, my Fortune greatly increasing, surpassing at least "five points of Fortune."]

[Afterward, I transmitted to the monkey the "Red Ape Demon Suppression Divine Will Battle Technique," and within days he gained entry. Soon, he became a Samurai and began to explore his own potential,

eating rocks, refined iron, meteorite iron, eating, eating, eating for thirty years, and then found Mid-Grade Spirit Medicine "Primordial Vajra Profound Stone" outside, refining the Qi Refining Method, mastered the "Red Ape Demon Suppression Divine Will Battle Technique" to Great Success, and the "Essence of the Stone" cultivated a thirty-zhang "Vajra Indestructible Stone Ape True Body."]

[I refined a large quantity of "Cyan Pine Pill" to exchange with Bai Ling and other loose cultivators for Dharma Gates, Magic, gold, Spiritual Objects, and a wisp of Primordial Spirit.]

[Third sister Bailing was attacked by loose cultivators, and luckily, since she often traveled outside, I left a Sword Intent as a safeguard, allowing her to escape with serious injuries without losing her life or Dao.]

[When Wenren Hong learned of this, he was furious, took his sword and went with Panda Kongmingzi and Niu Da to demand an explanation, leading to a quarrel, and with the "Feihong Sword," he killed seventeen Qi Cultivation Immortal Masters, instilling fear in one area.]

[In March, the seventeen friendly Qi Cultivation Immortal Masters visited to demand an explanation, saying Wenren Hong relied on his flying sword to act recklessly, and if he’s strong, not to use the flying sword. Then the monkey, eager to show off, revealed his thirty-zhang "Vajra Indestructible Stone Ape True Body," lifted a small mountain, and let out a long howl that shook the heavens.]

[All loose cultivators became sober, wiped their cold sweat, said nothing, and left immediately.]

[The monkey perfectly displayed the "Stone" body, lacked offensive Magical Artifacts, absolute Magic, yet could not be defeated.]

[At East Sea Linyuan Domain, loose cultivators henceforth dared not offend the Purple Bamboo Lineage, calling the two of us and the Five Eccentrics the -- Seven Friends of Cliff Mountain.]

[After this matter, the monkey was very pleased, often showing off in front of the other four Zizhu Eccentrics,

what a grand prestige...]

[The next day, the monkey appeared with a bruised nose and a swollen head, not knowing who beat him, and when Panda, Niu Da, Bailing showed concern and asked, the monkey just said he accidentally fell.]

[Another ten years later, a sea beast "Giant Ocean Whale" came to Zhiyu Country, stirring massive waves covering three thousand miles of land, causing countless casualties among the Human Race, and was slain by Wenren Hong with a single sword, earning the name "Feihong Sword Immortal."]

[Purple Bamboo Mountain cultivated for a hundred years, the sales of Cyan Pine Pill remained stable, I obtained three hundred volumes of loose cultivators’ Magic, incorporated them into the "Cyan Mountain Seventy-Two Marvelous Techniques," greatly enhancing the Daoist Inheritance Fortune.]

[Three evil path loose cultivators provoked a war among the Three Kingdoms, extracting millions of essence blood, resentment, and Evil Qi through a Grand Array, refining the Magical Artifact "Hundred Ghosts Painting," deploying the "Ten Thousand Ghosts Soul-Devouring Grand Array," Wenren Hong and the monkey joined forces but were not opponents, pursued for thirty thousand li.]

[Wenren Hong asked Bailing to bring back the news, and Panda, Niu Da, and Bi Ji were preparing to pack up and flee. Having settled in Purple Bamboo Mountain for a long time, I had no choice but to discreetly take action, using the "Red Lotus Demon-Slaying Evil-Breaking Divine Light" to slay the three.]

[Wenren Hong did not know who it was, and seeing no one step forward, he bowed to heaven and earth, thanking the mysterious master. The monkey knew it was me and laughed secretly.]

[The two returned and spoke of this incident.]

[I was somewhat puzzled, how could the three evil path loose cultivators be so rampant? Is there no one in East Sea Linyuan Domain to stop them?]

[Wenren Hong said the true cultivators of East Sea Linyuan Domain went to Jade Sky Immortal Island to listen to the Dao, allowing these evil cultivators to thrive.]

[Jade Sky Immortal Island’s Linglong, Liuli, the Three Immortals of Caiyun, all became Dao through different origins, passing the Three Calamities, establishing Dao foundations, possessing Divine Techniques, and Magical Treasures. The three joined hands to form a Grand Array that even the "East Sea Dragon Palace" feared.]

[In September, third sister Bailing found out a major news. On Penglai Island, a Top-Grade Spirit Root "Splendid Celestial Wind Spirit Pearl" was being nurtured, allowing the lucky loose cultivator to join the orthodox "Star Sea Divine Palace" and receive the True Dharma.]

[This Top-Grade Spirit Root "Splendid Celestial Wind Spirit Pearl" is truly a Heaven and Earth Treasure, able to cultivate an "Innate Spirit Body," possessing Innate Divine Techniques.]

[One hundred and fifty years passed in cultivating, brewing tea and discussing the Dao, creating techniques and paving new paths proved too difficult. The "Lifebound Character: Martial Saint" had no effect on the Qi Cultivation Dharma Gates.]

[In two hundred and thirty years, having observed the Divine Weapon Flame Sparrow’s "Red Lotus Demon-Slaying Evil-Breaking Divine Light," I achieved a breakthrough in Martial Dao with ease, transforming my True Essence into True Gang in seven days, successfully advancing to the Sixth Realm -- True Gang Realm.]

[I named this Martial Arts Visualization Method "Cyan Celestial True Gang Seven-Day Transformation."]

[In Qingxu Realm, imbued with Martial Fortune, my Fortune exploded, I felt the next Martial Dao realm should be above "Dharma Seed" or "Heaven and Earth Primordial Spirit."]

[In two hundred and seventy years, at Cyan Mountain, cultivating, brewing tea, discussing the Dao, creating techniques and paving new paths, the years passed peacefully.]

[One day, heaven and earth trembled, only the Primordial Spirit of Zizhu Demon Master returned, having suffered this calamity, sensing his time was near, he saw ’Wenren Hong’ making progress in Dao Practice, and that together with old friends, Purple Bamboo Mountain was well-maintained, feeling content.]

[He then urged us seven to stay away from the disputes in the East Sea.]

[Do not seek revenge! Do not enter the calamity!!! Do not enter the calamity!!]

[The Star Sea Divine Palace teamed up with the East Sea Dragon Palace, deploying the "Nine Dragon Divine Fire Array" to try and refine the Three Immortals of Jade Sky. As the Three Immortals were about to fall in their Dao, they exploded their Magical Treasures to break the array, allowing Zizhu Demon Master to escape.]

[As Zizhu Demon Master’s Primordial Spirit was about to dissipate, he continued to curse the Dragon Palace for its despicable nature.]

[The Great Calamity is approaching...]

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