Chapter 3: Under the Jade Void Gate

  "Even Lian Yu Xugong hasn't heard of it, are you still a Qi Practitioner?" Yun Zhongzi was puzzled in return.

  "What is a Qi Practitioner? I'm a Cultivator, although I'm just a beginner." Sun Ming said with some embarrassment.

  "Practitioner of the Dao? Weren't you just a Qi-refining cultivator who had just started to enter the body? Practitioner of the Dao? What kind of thing is this, being sealed for so long, the world has changed. Let me take a look at your memories." After Cloud Middle Child finished speaking, Sun Ming fainted again. You can guess why he fainted again, it's because Cloud Middle Child took his memories. Cloud Middle Child was known as the Auspicious Virtue Immortal and being kind was one of his greatest characteristics. If it were any of his twelve fellow disciples, Sun Ming would have been dead by now. After a while, Sun Ming woke up. Cloud Middle Child spoke to him in his mind...

  "Sun Ming, my young friend, now that the sky is bright, I need to digest your memories and think about them. You go do your thing, remember, take a step back and you'll have a broad horizon. Learn to endure humiliation, especially when your strength is not high."

  "Old man, if you erase my memories, will I die?" Sun Ming asked a question that left Yun Zhongzi crying and laughing at the same time.

  "Of course not, I just want to quickly understand this world, don't worry randomly, you and I are on the same boat now, I won't harm you." Yun Zhongzi said.

  "Alright, I'll go do my thing now. We can talk about anything else tonight." Sun Ming let out a sigh of relief upon hearing the affirmative response and thought to himself: "My life is saved." Yun Zhongzi sensed this thought in Sun Ming's mind and couldn't help but smile faintly.

  As soon as Sun Ming walked out of Cang Xugou, he ran into Ling Kong. When Ling Kong saw Sun Ming, he was stunned for a moment, then his face broke into a smile.

  "I've thought for a long time before giving you the Qingbi Dan. The Qingbi Dan is not a foundation-establishing spiritual medicine, but rather a wound-healing sacred medicine. As long as a cultivator below the Golden Elixir stage still has a breath of life left, they can be saved. When I gave you the Qingbi Dan, I hoped that you could use the sudden burst of true yuan energy to shock your meridians and enter the foundation-establishing stage in one go. Although it's a bit risky, you didn't disappoint me. You won't blame me for putting your life at risk, will you?" said Ling Kong Dao.

  "Master Lingkong, you're worrying too much. Instead of being bullied and doing nothing about it, I'd rather take a gamble. Even if I didn't make it through yesterday, I wouldn't blame you," said Sun Mingdao.

  "Now that you've said that, I feel at ease. By the way, you must hold back, these past few days I heard from inside the sect that Ouyang Xingyue is going to deal with you. This Ouyang Xingyue also has some ability, she's beautiful and talented, but she's too petty-minded. She wants all the inner sect disciples to make things difficult for you, you've seen her before, Ouyang Xingyue is very beautiful and has many pursuers, but no matter how they make things difficult for you, don't fight back, do you understand?" Ling Kong said with emphasis."

  "Master uncle, don't worry, take a step back and the sea will be wide and the sky will be vast. I will definitely endure." Sun Ming said with a firm gaze.

  "Take a step back and the sea and sky are wide open. Well said, I'm relieved you think that way, go take care of things." Ling Kong said with a pleased expression.

  Sun Ming has been very annoyed for the past two days, but he hasn't blown up yet. These few days when he went to collect discarded items from the inner disciples, he was constantly being given a hard time. After handing things over to him and leaving, they would call him back and ask for the thrown-away items to be returned; originally, it was supposed to be collected once every few days, but now it's almost every day. There were several times when if Ling Kong hadn't been present, Sun Ming would have already lost his temper.

  After a busy day, Sun Ming ate something and started meditating. Fortunately, the Lingzong sect did a good job in this regard, almost all the food was transported from Huoyun City at the foot of the mountain.

  "Does the little one want to be less busy in the future? Does he want to become stronger?" Sun Ming had just started a big week cycle when he was interrupted by Yun Zhongzi's voice.

  "Of course I want to get stronger, who doesn't? But you're just a One Yuan God now, how can you help me?" Sun Ming replied irritably.

  "Bow to me as your master, and I will teach you the skills of our Yu Xu Men. My level back then was absolutely above that of an immortal. Since there is no distinction between strong and weak immortals in your memory, it's hard for me to estimate." said Yun Zhongzi.

  "Really? If you can guarantee I won't get bullied tomorrow, then I'll agree with you." Sun Mingdao said.

  "Alright, go outside and bring back a piece of common iron. I'll refine something for you." Yun Zhongzi was quite depressed. In the past, when he hadn't accepted any disciples yet, there were many people who cried and begged to become his apprentice. Now that he had taken on a disciple, he still had to be tested by him - what kind of situation was this?!

  Sun Ming went to fetch a piece of ordinary iron and brought it back. This thing is all over the mountains and valleys. In Sun Ming's feeling, ordinary iron can't be refined into anything good. At most, it can only be made into a medium-grade magic tool, but even that requires those great masters to refine it. Because no matter how high your skills are, ordinary iron is still just ordinary iron. This is also why treasuring materials often leads to disputes.

  As soon as he put this ordinary iron in front of his chest and sat cross-legged, Sun Ming was horrified to find that he could no longer control his own body.

  "Don't worry, it's just refining equipment. You can't refine it by talking about it. Don't think about seeing through my actions." The voice of Yun Zhongzi echoed in Sun Ming's mind.

  "Art" gazed at Yun Zhongzi, who was controlling his body to refine his instrument. Although he couldn't feel it, Sun Ming still felt that it was so beautiful, as if every step conformed to the ultimate principle of heaven and earth. For a moment, Sun Ming thought that learning from him wouldn't be bad either.

  Feeling Sun Ming's thoughts, Yun Zhongzi smiled and decided to give him some more benefits. Then, a yellow light flew into the red iron liquid, Yun Zhongzi was known as the Auspicious Deity, and that small yellow light was the legendary Primordial Virtue Light. With the protection of this light, anyone who met Sun Ming would first think of getting close to him before having other thoughts.

  Finally, the refining process ended, and Sun Ming suddenly discovered that his cultivation had actually shown a slight growth trend, which made him even more determined to follow Yun Zhongzi's practice.

  An ugly wrist guard that can be said to be very ugly. Sun Ming was depressed, listening to the beautiful process and getting such an ugly thing, really couldn't understand what this cheap master, no, not even a master, was thinking.

  "Don't think about it randomly. It's not that I don't want to make it look better, but it's too eye-catching. Do you think it would be a good thing? Yun Zhongzi said."

  "It was I who underestimated you." Sun Mingdao said.

  "Hurry up and bleed to acknowledge your ownership, I know you want to ask me why you need to bleed, because your cultivation is too low, bleeding to acknowledge ownership will allow you to immediately grasp this treasure's power." Yun Zhongzi hastily replied before Sun Ming could even ask the question.

  "This thing will make any living being feel affectionate towards you, don't ask me why, tomorrow night when we pay respects to the master I'll explain it to you." Yun Zhongzi then sat in meditation to recover within Sun Ming's sea of consciousness.

  Today was the most relaxing day for Sun Ming in the past three months at Qilingle Temple, with almost nothing to do, and those who had been bothering him had all retreated. Although Ouyang Xingyue wanted to bother him, seeing this situation also made her hesitate and let him off. Sun Ming suddenly felt that taking Yun Zhongzi as his master might actually be a good choice.

  As the last ray of sunlight disappeared another day had passed and Sun Ming had already returned to Cang Xuan Valley.

  "Before I accept you as my disciple, let me tell you that I am not a celestial being in this world. My Taoist name is Yun Zhongzi, and I have attained the position of Zheng Jiao Zhu under the Yuan Shi Tian Zun. However, when I later attained the position of Sheng Ren, I was framed and attacked by treacherous people, causing my yuan shen to break through the spatial barrier and come to this world. Later, I self-sealed my yuan shen, and then you came here to cultivate your true fire within your body. Your true fire is identical to mine, which awakened me."

  "Sun Ming, are you willing to join my Jade Void Sect?" Yun Zhongzi asked.

  "Will" Sun Ming thought that with such a cheap master, who wouldn't recognize him.

  Sun Ming's Yun Zhongzi in the sea of consciousness said with a solemn expression, "Kneel down and perform three kneels and nine knocks." Sun Ming did as he was told.

  "Our Yu Xū Mén is also known as Xuān Jiào, the ceremony of paying respects to a master is very complicated. Although we are not in the same world, this basic three kneels and nine kowtows still need to be performed. Since you have joined my Xuān Jiào, I will tell you about our history."

  "Heaven and earth were like a chicken egg, Pangu was born within. 18,000 years passed, heaven and earth opened up, the clear became heaven, the murky became earth. Pangu was in between, changing nine times a day, divine in heaven, sacred on earth. Heaven rose one zhang (a unit of length) each day, earth thickened one zhang each day, Pangu grew one zhang each day, for 18,000 years. The height of heaven reached its extreme, the depth of earth reached its extreme, Pangu's length reached its extreme. When Pangu died, his head became the four mountains, his eyes became the sun and moon, his body fluids became rivers and seas, his hair and beard became grasses and trees. His primordial spirit transformed into the Three Pure Ones: Yuqing Yuan Shi Tian Zun (Jade Pure Origin Heaven Sovereign), Shang Qing Ling Bao Tian Zun (Upper Clear Spiritual Treasure Heaven Sovereign), Tai Qing Dao De Tian Zun (Great Clear Way Virtue Heaven Sovereign). Our founder is Yuqing Yuan Shi Tian Zun. The methods you have learned were all transmitted by Yuan Shi Tian Zun."

  "Master, how did you come to this world?" Sun Ming asked.

  "In the year of Hong Jun's seventh position, seven paths of Hong Meng purple energy were obtained by humans. The remaining one was given to Red Cloud True Person back then. Later on, after Red Cloud's death, the Hong Meng purple energy was obtained by the demonic cultivator Kun Peng. Who would have thought that Master's body possessed the Hong Meng purple fire which had a great attraction to the Hong Meng purple energy? Later on, Master risked his life to kill the demonic cultivator Kun Peng and obtain the last path of Hong Meng purple energy." Yun Zhongzi said.

  "Then Master, how did you end up here?" Sun Ming asked.

  "I had obtained the last strand of Hongmeng purple energy, thinking that becoming a saint was no longer in doubt. However, those twelve Golden Immortals found out and became jealous because I hadn't entered the Ten Absolute Array and wasn't beheaded by the Hunyuan Golden Cauldron. They ambushed me at the critical moment of my ascension to sainthood. Fortunately, my primordial spirit was saved by Master. But then, it was drawn into a spatial rift and brought here. To prevent my primordial spirit's energy from leaking out, I had no choice but to seal myself. Later, I was awakened by the strand of Hongmeng purple fire that you had just cultivated." Cloud Middle Child said with a helpless expression.

  "Today I'll pass on to you the Xuantian Yuxu Gong, you must cultivate it well." As soon as he finished speaking, Sun Ming suddenly felt that there were many more things in his mind.

  "As your master, I don't expect you to avenge me, but only hope that after you've cultivated successfully, you can find a few materials for me to repair the Taiyi Dispersed Immortal Realm." Yun Zhongzi said sincerely.

  "Master, don't worry, I will definitely make myself stronger. I will find those materials for you as soon as possible." Sun Ming said firmly to Yun Zhongzi, feeling the extraordinary power of this technique.

  "With you saying that, I can rest assured." Yun Zhongzi revealed a rare smile.