Chapter Fifteen: Fuxi's Bell Spirit

  In the clouds, he observed the changes of the two treasures in the yellow gourd, while wandering around Mount Buzhou.

  On this day, Zhōngzǐ was walking in a valley when he happened to meet Fuxi, the brother of Nüwa. Fuxi was using the eight trigrams to deduce the way.

  Yun Zhongzi waited until Fu Xi finished his calculations before walking up to him, bowing and saying, "I am Yun Zhongzi. Greetings, Master Fu Xi."

  Sanqing and Nüwa are fellow disciples, Fuxi is also the elder brother of Nüwa. According to generation, Yunzhongzi should call Fuxi "Shu Shu".

  Yun Zhongzi still has some respect for Fuxi, because Fuxi is the first of the Three Sovereigns and has made great contributions to the education and enlightenment of humanity, making a great contribution to human survival and prosperity.

  Yun Zhongzi was a human in his past life, although after crossing over he became a white cloud, but Yun Zhongzi still considered himself as a member of humanity, of course there are no humans in the vast expanse of Honghuang yet.

  Fuxi hastily waved his hand and said, "I'm afraid I can't accept this courtesy from a fellow Taoist. Why don't we just address each other as fellow Taoists? There's no need to stand on ceremony. Are you also traveling in these mountains?"

  Fuxi is still very kind and gentle, and his personality is also quite easy-going. Although Fuxi doesn't like to socialize as much as Hongyun does, Yunzhongzi is a disciple of the Three Pure Ones, and the Three Pure Ones have already established their own sacred positions. In Fuxi's view, in the future, Yunzhongzi will have three saints backing him up. His sister Nüwa and the Three Pure Ones are also fellow disciples, so when he meets Yunzhongzi, it's natural for him to try to bring his sister and the Three Pure Ones closer together.

  Moreover, Fuxi was well-versed in the art of calculation. When he first learned that Yunzhongzi was a disciple of the Three Pure Ones, he made a mental note to calculate his destiny. After some calculations, he only knew that Yunzhongzi was a white cloud who had attained enlightenment, but there were some secrets that he couldn't figure out. At that time, Fuxi knew that Yunzhongzi would not be ordinary in the future, so after meeting him now, he had the idea of making friends with him.

  Yun Zhongzi said, "However, fellow daoist has guessed correctly. I have been idle lately and came to Mount Bu Zhou to roam around, hearing that it is full of treasures everywhere, so I also wanted to try my luck."

  The two sat cross-legged on a rock and chatted. They had a great conversation, and finally Fuxi invited Yun Zhongzi to his place of cultivation.

  Yun Zhongzi gladly accepted and went with Fuxi together.

  Fuxi and Nüwa's residence, compared to the Jade Void Palace and the Five Villas Observatory, can be described as simple. From this, it can also be seen that Fuxi is not a person who loves vanity, otherwise he would not have listened to Emperor Jun and Taiyi when they unified the demon tribe later on.

  Fuxi took out some spiritual fruits to entertain Yunzhongzi. Yunzhongzi's cultivation was far inferior to Fuxi, so he actively asked for advice on some cultivation issues. Over the years, Yunzhongzi benefited greatly from this.

  On that day, after inquiring about the matters of cultivation, Yun Zhongzi couldn't help but ask Fuxi, "Having come here for several years, why haven't we seen Nüwa appear? Is she still in closed-door meditation?"

  Whenever he mentions his sister, Fuxi sighs and says, "Alas, my sister has been focusing on her own cultivation since she heard the Tao. She's always closed off from the world, not asking about external affairs. It's embarrassing to say that as an older brother, my cultivation is still inferior to my younger sister's."

  Yun Zhongzi also lost his smile upon hearing this, but Nüwa was like her own master and uncle, putting the matter of attaining the Dao first. She smiled at Fuxi and said, "As the saying goes, 'each skill has its own specialty.' Like Fuxi's friend's calculating method, in today's chaotic world, I'm afraid that except for the already attained Dao Ancestor, there aren't many people who can surpass your friend's skills."

  Fuxi heard this and also smiled to himself. As for the way of calculation, Fuxi was the most insightful. In the entire Honghuang, he was one of the top two existences.

  Speaking of Fuxi's calculation method, it is inevitable to mention the proud divine powers of these great gods in the Honghuang era, also known as Benming Shentong.

  Laozi's alchemy technique.

  The alchemy technique of Yuanshi Tianzun.

  The formation technique of Tongtian Jiao's master.

  Nüwa's Way of Giving Birth

  The Way of Fuxi's Calculation

  And also Town Yuanzi's sleeve universe and so on...

  Compared to these people, Yun Zhongzi himself now has no divine powers at all. Thinking of this, Yun Zhongzi also secretly made up his mind and thought in his heart, "Their proud divine powers were not born with them, but were cultivated later in life. I, Yun Zhongzi, may not have any proud divine powers now, but who can say for sure what the future holds?"

  Yun Zhongzi believes that relying on his own descendants' thoughts, experiences, and what they have heard and gained, his future achievements will absolutely not be lower than these people. No, among them, a few must become saints. This... becoming a saint? Can try to strive for it.

  Yun Zhongzi stayed with Fuxi for several more years before bidding farewell and saying that he wanted to travel around Mount Buzhou again.

  Fu Xi didn't stay either, saying "In the past decade, I have gained some new insights into the Way of Calculation, so I need to retreat and meditate. Therefore, I won't keep you company."

  Yun Zhongzi smiled faintly and bowed deeply before floating away.

  Just as Yun Zhongzi left, Nüwa suddenly appeared beside Fuxi and smiled, "Brother seems to have a similar temperament with Yun Zhongzi."

  "Yun Zhongzi is naturally carefree and has great wisdom, but some secrets on him are beyond my calculation, with time, Yun Zhongzi will surely reach our height."

  Fuxi gave Yún Zhōngzǐ a relatively high evaluation.

  Nüwa heard this and said another sentence, "Brother said is right, not only can you not calculate it out, I believe even Sanqing Shixiong cannot calculate the secret on Yun Zhongzi's body, hehe."

  After finishing speaking, Nuwa's body dissipated like foam.

  Fuxi shook his head and didn't say much more. He turned around and returned to his own room, sat cross-legged on the jade bed, and began to meditate in seclusion.

  After Yun Zhongzi bid farewell to Fu Xi, he wandered around Mount Buzhou again. After seeing Fu Xi, Yun Zhongzi thought of Nüwa's creation of humans, which was a great virtuous deed.

  Since he knew this, he must have earned a share of merit for himself. Moreover, Yun Zhongzi also knew that when Nüwa created humans, she would use a root of immortal rattan. Although it is unknown whether the immortal rattan is currently in Nüwa's hands, Yun Zhongzi did not want to miss this future treasure of merit, so he searched for the immortal rattan near Mount Buzhou.

  Actually, before this, although Yun Zhongzi had always been collecting medicinal materials and treasures, he also spent some thought searching for the immortal rattan. However, Yun Zhongzi also knew that the Not Weekly Mountain was too vast, and it would be extremely difficult to find just one stalk of immortal rattan.

  As for why he had to find the Immortal Wisteria so urgently now, it was naturally because he had nothing else to do at present. He already had his magical treasures, the Twelve Tribulations' Black Lotus and the God-slaying Spear, as well as the medicinal materials. There were also those few demonic beasts helping him gather them. Moreover, while searching for the Immortal Wisteria, he could also stimulate the Yuanqi liquid in the gourd to quickly erase the bloody aura of the two magical treasures.

  Thus, Yun Zhongzi wandered in the Buzhou Mountain for a whole thousand years before finding that legendary immortal rattan on a small hillside. Upon closer inspection, there were three broken spots on this rattan, apparently it had already borne three calabazas and they had all been picked by someone.

  So who picked it, Yun Zhongzi also had a plan in his heart. The first was Laozi, who took the gourd as a purple gold gourd to hold Dan; the second was Hongyun, who took the gourd as a 99 scattered soul gourd, which is Hongyun's favorite treasure; the third was Emperor Jun, who picked the gourd and refined it into a beheading fairy flying knife gourd, and later gave it to his tenth son Lu Yi.

  At this moment, there is no more calabaza on the immortal rattan, Yun Zhongzi also shook his head and sighed, his luck was not good enough, originally he still hoped that there would be a mature calabaza waiting for him to pick on the immortal rattan.

  It seems that he is greedy enough, with three gourds on his body, which are enough to hold things. As for the treasures, he has the twelve-grade world-destroying black lotus, the god-killing spear, the bitter bamboo, the ring of intention, and the crack town seal, as well as some treasures obtained in the past period of time in the mountain of Buzhou. With so many treasures on his body, he no longer needs other treasures. Therefore, after seeing that there were no gourds on the immortal stem, Yun Zhongzi just shook his head and put the immortal stem away.

  "Visiting friends, gathering herbs, obtaining a treasure, and finding the sacred vine. Although this trip to Mount Zhou was not thorough, the harvest was rich. With the war between witches and demons imminent, it's time to return to Yuexu Palace for closed-door cultivation."

  Yun Zhongzi thought for a moment, then set up his body shape and flew towards the place where he had agreed with several demon beasts. Half a month later, Yun Zhongzi saw several demon beasts, not only that, but this time there were more than ten more demon beasts. Yun Zhongzi was also stunned and lost in thought when he saw this. It seemed that those few demon beasts had loose tongues and told others about the agreement between them, thus attracting many demon beasts to follow suit, hoping that Yun Zhongzi could give them some guidance.

  Yun Zhongzi collected all the precious medicinal materials offered by the demon beasts, and then began to preach to the many demon beasts. Among them, Yun Zhongzi kept his eyes on one of the demon beasts.

  Three years later, Yun Zhongzi finished his lecture and gave these untransformed demon beasts a sermon. Yun Zhongzi didn't need to talk about high-level Taoism, just sharing some of his insights on the Tao was enough to benefit these demon beasts for life. Of course, Yun Zhongzi wasn't stingy either, in the last month, he still taught the crowd of demons some profound Taoist methods. In the end, this group of demon beasts all fell to the ground in a daze, as if they were drunk.

  Yun Zhongzi woke up one of the demon beasts and was surprised to see it, as it was a rare giant panda from later generations. However, this giant panda was still young, only the size of an infant, but its spiritual intelligence was fully awakened, making it very clever. Among all the demon beasts' offerings of medicinal materials, this giant panda's were the best in both quality and quantity, so Yun Zhongzi had the idea to take it as his mount.

  Yun Zhongzi smiled and stared at the slightly confused giant panda, saying, "I see that you are intelligent, I want to take you as my mount, do you agree?"

  The giant panda nodded vigorously, murmuring "willingly, willingly, Clock Spirit greets the old master." Clock Spirit's voice was as weak as a baby's, and her extremely respectful demeanor at this moment made Yun Zhongzi somewhat amused.

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