Chapter 22: The Three Plows (Part 2)

  "Brother, look at what you're saying!" Yun Xiao gave Zhao Gongming a glance, then turned to Shen Gongbao and said: "Shen Daoist friend, please follow us to the main hall for a seat!"

  Shen Gong Bao immediately cupped his hands and said: "In that case, I'll be bothering you!"

  Then followed the central great hall inside Sanxian Island, and soon saw a golden light flashing treasure temple - Sanxian Temple, emitting pearl light and treasures, forming a kind of misty color covering its body, very beautiful, colorful!

  After entering the main hall and taking their seats, children soon brought in spiritual fruit, water, and wine, as well as fragrant tea. After a few people had tasted them, they opened up their conversation boxes and began to discuss things.

  Biqiao was the most lively and lovely, but she couldn't bear the loneliness, so she asked first: "Brother, why are you still running out? If Teacher finds out, you will definitely be punished!"

  Yun Xiao nodded and said: "But I don't know what urgent matter brother has, tell us about it."

  Zhao Gongming smiled brightly and said, "It's nothing major, brother. I just hope that the three sisters will turn around and not make me go against Master's words. Master clearly stated that we should only start our closed mountain meditation after the calamity begins."

  Qiong Xiao listened and covered her mouth, laughing softly: "Brother is indeed cunning, if Teacher finds out you're taking advantage of him, he'll scold you severely!"

  Zhao Gongming smiled carelessly, "No harm done. I'm still at a distance from you, and I don't stir up karma or get tainted by worldly affairs for no reason. I just came to visit my three sisters; the master won't blame me."

  Shen Gong's eyes narrowed with suspicion: "Could it be that Tongtian has already issued an order to seal the mountain?" He suddenly interjected, feigning confusion, and asked: "I, a humble Daoist, have just descended from the mountain and am unaware of important matters. Why would the great sage Tongtian want you all to stay indoors and not come out?"

  Zhao Gongming replied, "It is because the disciples of the Tianxian Gate have committed murder and robbery, and also encountered the shortage of officials in the Heavenly Court to manage the trivial matters of the Heavenly Court. As a result, under the push of cause and effect, the Taoist ancestors bestowed the Seal of the Gods List, wanting to seal 365 orthodox gods to assist the Jade Emperor in managing the Heavenly Court!"

  Then he told again about the sealing of the gods and some other related matters. Shen Gongbao listened quietly, knowing that what he said was similar to what Yuanshi Tianzun had said earlier, and his heart relaxed a bit. As long as he followed his own plan, there would be no major problems. At the same time, he also knew that Tongtian only ordered his disciples to close the mountain and meditate quietly after the sealing of the gods began, but now they were not required to go out.

  "Alas, who knows how many more Daoist friends will fall in this calamity?" Cloudy sighed faintly, shaking his head, deeply sorrowful and sympathetic.

  Biqiao smiled and said: "Sister, don't worry. We are all children of saints, with great teachings to protect us. It's unlikely that a thousand years of bitter cultivation would turn into a painted pastry!"

  "Sister, you are wrong!" Qiong Xiao said, "Think about the Eastern Emperor Taizhen, what a heroic figure he was. But because of his fate and karma, he was blinded by his own heart and set up the Zhou Tian Xing Dou Great Array to confront the twelve heavenly gods of Zu Wu's Da array, causing countless deaths and injuries in the Hong Huang world. In the end, wasn't he still killed by his own fate and turned into ashes?"

  Apart from Shen Gong Bao, the rest of them turned pale and involuntarily thought of that shocking battle in the past. San Xiao and Zhao Gongming had all experienced numerous calamities, whether it was the Dragon Han's initial calamity or the later Witch-Yao war, each time was a shocking and earth-shaking great war, with countless deaths and injuries, even for cultivators with shocking abilities, under the calamity, everything was in vain, only death remained.

  Although he had heard of the Shengong Leopard, he had no personal experience with it, so he asked in doubt: "Is the Zhou Tian Xing Dou Da Array and the Twelve Heavenly God Killing Array really that powerful?"

  "Awesome! Extremely awesome!" Zhao Gongming let out a light breath, and exclaimed: "These two great arrays, each one set up is enough to shake the nine heavens above and stir the nine underworlds below, can make the entire Honghuang Great Land tremble with an earth-shattering array. The power is too great, it's impossible to express in words."

  "Haha, but I think it's still no match for the Heavenly Saint's Sword Formation of Exterminating Immortals!"

  "That's for sure!" Bi Xiao said with a proud face: "The teacher's Xian Jian sword array is not broken by the four saints, it must be the first big array in Honghuang, even those two big arrays can't compare to the teacher's array."

  Shen Gong Bao smiled, but in his heart he was secretly laughing. Perhaps it was because of the grand array of Tongtian Sect that made Yuanshi Tianzun feel threatened, and thus calculated to intercept the sect. The power of the Zhuxian Sword Array was indeed extraordinary, but once it was laid out, the evil energy soared into the sky. For Tongtian Sect Master, who was a saintly being, unaffected by cause and effect, there was no harm. However, the resulting karma would have to be borne by the disciples of Jie Sect. Compared to Laozi's Taiji diagram, Yuanshi Tianzun's Pangu banner was somewhat inferior, but both could suppress the dispersal of qi.

  The aura is indeed elusive, and I'm afraid that except for the sage, no one can see it. Even if Shen Gong Bao has the help of divine eyes, he can only know the relationship between aura and merit by observing the condensed aura golden dragon of the great teachings.

  The higher the merit, the stronger the aura, and the stronger the aura, the more merit is an intangible substance, while the aura is an intangible non-substance. Since the aura cannot be grasped, those who cultivate the Tao all accumulate merit to increase their own aura, and the two are in a mutually complementary relationship.

  "Come to think of it, the Sealing Heaven's Calamity is approaching, but I don't know if I should retreat for a while, return to the mountain gate, close up and decline visitors, and then come out again after the calamity has passed?" said Shen Gongbao with a deliberately worried expression.

  Yun Xiao heard this, gently stroking his green silk hair, and said: "Every time the heavens and earth undergo a great calamity, although there are great causes and effects, it is also a great merit. If fellow Taoists have confidence in themselves, they can rush forward one or two times. Otherwise, it's better to close the door and sing praises of Huang Ting!"

  "Not bad, if it weren't for the teacher's order, I wouldn't have been so secluded in Emei Mountain. Thinking back to when Town Yuanzi was able to obtain great merit by helping the human race during the Great Witch War and beheading the benevolent corpse, thus achieving the quasi-saintly path." Zhao Gongming couldn't help but feel envious, as he too had reached the peak of Golden Immortality, only one step away from becoming a Quasi-Saint. However, this one step was like an insurmountable chasm, and to this day, he still had no clue how to cross it."

  Qiong Xiao shook her head and said, "Brother, you absolutely must not go against the teacher's intentions and secretly enter the mortal world. If the teacher were to blame us for it, we wouldn't be able to bear the consequences!"

  "Not bad, brother. After this is over, you should hurry back to Mount Emei and close the door for cultivation. The calamity will pass in just a hundred years or so, it will be over soon." Yun Xiao said with furrowed brows to Zhao Gongming.

  Zhao Gongming smiled and said: "Of course, I just wanted to visit the three sisters before closing up for cultivation. I don't have the guts to go against my teacher's orders."

  Shen Gong Bao looked at the clouds and suddenly said, "I wonder if there are any unoccupied fairy islands nearby that haven't been taken by others. I'd like to find one or two, settle down here for a while, cultivate for a period of time, and also keep company with the three fairy maidens."

  Bi Xiao stared at Shen Gong with beautiful eyes and smiled: "I suppose you are a drunkard whose interest is not in wine?"

  Qiong Xiao couldn't help but laugh, while Yun Xiao's face turned slightly red. He shot a resentful glance at Shen Gong Bao before saying, "There aren't any other sacred islands near the Three Sages Island, but you can try searching in distant areas."

  After a moment, Yun Xiao said with a good heart: "Shen Dao friend, I see your intention, but you want to go to that place of calamity to make a name for yourself. Be careful, anything can happen in the place of calamity, one careless move and it could be fatal. I hope you will consider carefully."

  Shen Gong Bao smiled slightly and bowed his head, saying: "Thank you for your concern, Cloudy Daoist friend. I'm awake now. If there's any change, I'll definitely withdraw myself. I'm not a coward!"

  Biqiao trembled with her body, giggling non-stop, and only after a long while did she say: "You, this stinky Taoist priest, are indeed frank. If you put it that way, I'm not afraid that we will look down on you?"

  Shen Gong Bao shrugged and said, "I suppose no one isn't afraid of death, I'm just telling the truth, no false words!" Shen Gong Bao's face didn't turn red or his heart skip a beat, he was very calm, but in his heart, he secretly sighed: "This time I really didn't say anything false, as for later... Hehe"

  San Xiao and Zhao Gongming burst out laughing after hearing this, then everyone ate some Lingguo fruit and tasted the fragrant tea, exchanging their experiences in cultivating the Tao. Shen Gongbao benefited greatly from this, and it seemed that because he had read the "Huangting Neijing", whenever San Xiao and Zhao Gongming mentioned something he didn't understand, a light would flash in his mind and he could suddenly comprehend it. Thus, Shen Gongbao discovered another wonderful aspect of the "Huangting Neijing", which was that it could accelerate his understanding of things he didn't grasp, making him secretly overjoyed.

  Half a month later, Shen Gong Bao and Zhao Gong Ming bid farewell to the Three Taoists and left the Island of the Three Immortals. After that, Zhao Gong Ming also bid farewell to Shen Gong Bao and returned to Mount Emei to practice closed-door meditation, while Shen Gong Bao flew again over the Eastern Sea, preparing to find an immortal island to temporarily reside on.

  After the vast wilderness, there were many disturbances and no peace, so it's better to find a place in the East China Sea.

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