Chapter 66: Two Foxes

  I don't know squat!

  Kong Zuo cursed in his heart, saying that after talking for half a day, apart from a lot of nonsense, he really didn't hear any reason.

  Why, if I knew, I would be the Pope of Rome.

  Then, Ling Jia's next sentence almost made him fall over.

  "Because we are cultivators!"

  Ling Ga Shangren smiled and glanced at Kong Zhuo, who looked disheveled. "This is actually simple. We cultivators say we follow the Heavenly Way, but what we do is against heaven's will, so there are calamities, heavenly tribulations. That's why from time to time, we need to go down the mountain to accumulate external merits and cultivate virtues. In a sense, accumulating external merits and cultivating internal skills are also a form of yin-yang harmony."

  It seems that we have finally gotten to the point, and Kong Zhuan's ears also started to perk up slowly.

  "For practitioners, during cultivation, the most important thing is to use a strand of pre-heavenly yuan-yang or yuan-yin energy to guard the dantian, so that the true yuan cannot leak out. Once the yuan-yang or yuan-yin energy disappears, cultivation naturally becomes difficult to progress, which is why there is the emergence of dual-cultivation methods. However, ordinary dual-cultivation methods mostly only guarantee that after the disappearance of yuan-yang or yuan-yin, both parties can mutually supplement each other, and cultivation will not regress, but rather continue to grow at its original speed, without much significance!"

  He paused here, looked at Kong Zhuo for a moment, "So, cultivators rarely get married!"

  Kong Zhan nodded in agreement.

  However, the harmony of yin and yang is after all the way of heaven. If it's harmonized well, there will naturally be great benefits. That's why there are evil cultivation methods in this world that adopt approaches like "adopting yin to supplement yang" or "adopting yang to supplement yin". These methods are all based on sacrificing one aspect to perfect another, which is too sinister and violates the harmony of heaven. Therefore, people who cultivate these methods ultimately don't have a good ending!

  After talking for so long, Kong Zhuan finally understood that Ling Jia Shangren just wanted to express one thing: that cultivators getting married is a hindrance to their cultivation, so it's better not to get married.

  "But everything has an exception, the way of heaven is the most unpredictable. As the saying goes, the will of heaven is like a knife, but under the knife, there must always be a thread of life left, allowing all living things to pursue and comprehend."

  "What is meant by cultivation, what is meant by understanding the heavenly heart, is precisely this. Although we are doing things that go against heaven, the path we are taking is in accordance with the rules of the Heavenly Way. Therefore, although the road is arduous, it is not impossible to reach the end. The five elements generating and overcoming each other is the most basic rule of the Heavenly Way, and the primordial forces of heaven and earth are transformed from it. The primordial yang energy and yin energy that people bring with them since birth are also like this. Therefore, if one can make good use of the power of the five elements, not only can they avoid the loss after the exhaustion of their primordial yang energy, but it will also be of great help to their own cultivation, just like what you are doing now."

  Ling Ga Shangren pointed at Kong Zhuo's nose, not without envy, and said, "A pure earth-based physique, an extremely wood-inclined physique, with wood nourishing earth and earth nurturing wood. That's why your cultivation has made such a huge leap forward. I believe that Fang Yue'er didn't get any less benefits than you!"

  "Do you know why becoming a disciple of Qingling Gate and practicing dual cultivation with them is one of the greatest wishes for many cultivators in this world? It's because all the disciples recruited by Qingling Gate have a physique inclined towards wood, and their cultivation of the Green Dragon Qi is also the best among the wood-elemental techniques. However, the rules of Qingling Gate are extremely strict, and it has been over a thousand years since any disciple was allowed to marry outside!"

  "Why did it take a thousand years?!" Kong Zhan asked somewhat strangely, "Isn't this beneficial to both parties?"

  "That's not necessarily true!" Ling Jia raised an eyebrow, "This pair of xiuhua is indeed very beneficial for cultivation growth, but it also has a lot of trouble. Think about it, how many cultivators are there in the world? How many disciples does Qinglingmen have? Firstly, after marrying a cultivator, whose disciple will the one nurtured by Qinglingmen be? You should know that Qinglingmen's requirements for cultivating qinghuaqi are also very high, so they are very strict in selecting disciples. It's not like us, collecting dozens or hundreds of them. Even if they are taken into the sect, disciples with slightly inferior qualifications can only cultivate other methods. They can only start cultivating qinghuaqi after their foundation is solid. The hardship of nurturing an outstanding disciple is imaginable. After finally nurturing one, she hasn't even done anything yet, and then she gets married out... Where in the world is there such a good person? You should know that the more excellent the disciple, the more they are coveted by others; thirdly, if the sect's disciples still double xiuhua with outsiders, Qinglingmen will become the biggest attraction for cultivators. Over time, it won't be good for the reputation of Qinglingmen either. Therefore, although Qinglingmen does not prohibit marriage, in the past thousand years, there hasn't been a single disciple who got married!"

  "If marriage is not prohibited, what can Qinglingmen do to prevent its disciples from getting married?" Kong Zhuo asked with some curiosity and concern.

  However, upon hearing this question, both Ling Jiaoren and Li Yuanhua's faces fell at the same time.

  "Kid, don't expect us to know this. If we did, two hundred years ago one of us would have already taken care of it!" Li Yuanhua said with a scowl, his face also darkening as if recalling the time he was chased by an old nun wielding a sword for tens of thousands of miles, which was indeed unbearable to think about.

  "But you're different!" Ling Jia looked at Kong Zhuo, "This time, you unintentionally merged with Fang Yue's true yuan, and the five elements harmonized. Let's not talk about anything else, but on the surface of the true yuan, there is an incredibly mysterious connection. With this relationship, opportunities will inevitably increase greatly!"

  "What's the use of having an opportunity!" Li Yuanhua jumped up from his chair, jumping in front of Kong Zhuan, "Listen up, kid! What you want isn't an opportunity, but a fact. No matter what method or means you use, you must bring that little girl from Qingling Gate back to me as my wife. If she doesn't object herself, then first turn the uncooked rice into cooked rice, and best of all, get her belly big! By that time... Hehe!"

  At this time, Li Yuanhua had a face full of lustful intentions, where did he look like an elder in charge of criminal law? He was simply an old lecher inciting crime. Alas, the second rule of Luo Fu's precepts is to abstain from lust; if other disciples saw this, it would be unbearable.

  Ling Ga Shang Ren also seemed to think that Li Yuan Hua's words were somewhat off the mark, at least too straightforward, so he coughed twice and interrupted Li Yuan Hua.

  "Kong Zhuo, listen up!" He put his hand on Kong Zhuo's shoulder and said solemnly, "You must find a way to marry that Fang Yue'er. If there are any difficulties, just tell us about them. As long as it can be done, we will definitely do it. Listen, don't embarrass us, got it?"

  Kong Zhan's heart was empty, his legs started to tremble slightly, he could only nod repeatedly, and didn't know how to make things better, nor did he know how to leave the Zhengyuan Hall.

  Li Yuanhua gazed at his back, and after he disappeared, he clenched his fist tightly, turned around, and excitedly said to Ling Jia Shangren, "Brother, if this kid really marries a Qinglingmen disciple, it would be too awesome!"

  Ling Ga Shangren also had an excited and lustful expression, "It's not necessarily that we have to marry, even if there is a hint of gossip going out, our Qingling Gate will make a big splash, at least we can get rid of the bad breath from two hundred years ago!"

  "Really? Really!" The two burst out laughing at the same time.