Chapter 965: News of Seeking Gold

Chapter 965: Chapter 689: News of Seeking Gold

Ten years fly by in the blink of an eye.

Tianlong Temple.

In a newly born world.

Within the world, Spiritual Qi is so dense it almost forms a fog, swirling and permeating, refreshing the mind.

A flat and expansive Spirit Field sits at the center of the world, the most inconspicuous yet most central place.

Chen Sheng is dressed in simple monk’s robes, holding an ancient wooden hoe, slowly bending over, loosening the soil and farming.

His movements are calm and composed, exuding a sense of nature’s course and the Great Dao’s simplicity.

Black Ebony and White Jiao, two demons, stand respectfully at the edge of the field ridge.

They watch their master’s hoeing, plowing, piling, and pressing, exchanging whispers.

“Master’s actions are not simply mundane farming.”

“It’s just that our Cultivation is shallow, our understanding low, unable to see the profound Dao hidden within.”

“Of course! Master is exceptionally talented, achieving the Arhat Fruit Position in thirty years, he wouldn’t undertake meaningless toil.”

Pausing slightly, White Jiao couldn’t suppress his curiosity and asked softly:

“I really wonder, what is Master so meticulously cultivating here?”

Black Ebony shook his head with a wry smile:

“I cultivate the Dao Foundation of earth veins, most sensitive to the Earth’s Qi, yet before this Spirit Field, I cannot detect the slightest clue.”

“Master is unfathomable, how could I understand?”

The two demons dared not speak further, only standing quietly.

After an unknown duration, shadows outside the Grotto Heaven slanted west, and the sky light gently softened.

Within the Grotto Heaven, the originally rampaging Spiritual Qi flowed like all streams into the sea, sinking fully beneath that seemingly ordinary Spirit Field.

Chen Sheng slowly stopped his actions, gently placing the ancient hoe aside.

He straightened, his garments unstained, calm and composed, turned to the long-standing black and white demons, voice clear and calm: “Come here.”

Black Ebony and White Jiao were startled, hastily gathering all stray thoughts, quickly stepped forward, bowing their heads in utmost respect.

“Master.”

The two demons saluted in unison, their tones steady, not daring any mistakes.

Chen Sheng’s gaze was calm, speaking faintly: “These days, tell me in detail about the movements at the Southern Border.”

White Jiao, meticulous in thought, excelled at gathering information and organizing relations, immediately stepped forward, speaking clearly:

“Reporting to Master, over these ten years, the Southern Border conflicts have been ceaseless, in utter chaos.”

“Zhushan Sect, Sea Race, Witch God Sect, the three great forces, due to conflicts over the Spirit Vein at the border, longstanding grudges have completely erupted, old enmities and resentments flaring together.”

“The three sides waged great battles, the intensity sweeping through the entire Southern Border Cultivation Realm.”

He paused slightly, steadying his breath, continuing:

“The scale of the battle is vast, all three sides deploying their core elites, along with subsidiary large and small forces dragged into mêlée.”

“Throughout ten years, small and large skirmishes, bloody wars, have never truly ceased.”

“Many second-rate, third-rate sects affiliated with the three religions have already perished in the war, their territories repeatedly rewritten.”

“Over half of the Cultivation forces at the Southern Border have been damaged, casualties innumerable, once as chaotic as a pot of porridge, everyone in peril.”

Beside him, Black Ebony stepped forward to supplement:

“The three sides were deadlocked for years, with major losses, unable to utterly suppress one another. Ultimately, Zixiao Temple personally mediated.”

“The Temple Master of Zixiao Temple personally hosted a conference, gathering the Great True Masters of the three religions, to redefine rules for resource territories, only then returning to stability…”

Yet Chen Sheng, hearing the entire account, remained calm and indifferent, merely nodding slightly, and uttered four words:

“I understand now.”

With just those words, no additional comments.

From his perspective, as long as this worldly conflict doesn’t disturb the tranquility of Tianlong Temple nor hinder his Calm Heart Cultivation, even if the Southern Border is overturned, powers changed, it’s merely fleeting clouds, scattered by the wind, not worthy of mention.

After a moment of silence, Black Ebony, simple and forthright by nature, couldn’t suppress his inner doubts, boldly asked softly:

“Master, there is something I do not understand, unsure if it’s appropriate to speak.”

“Speak freely.” Chen Sheng said faintly.

Black Ebony scratched his head, his gaze falling on the flat Spirit Field, full of confusion:

“Master is farming here, I am foolish and truly cannot comprehend the meaning behind it, could Master explain what is being planted?”

Upon hearing, Chen Sheng’s lips curled into a profound and mysterious smile:

“Once what is planted grows, you all will know, for now it’s far from completion.”

Chen Sheng, in essence, originally cultivated the Taiyin Great Dao.

In this life, reborn to prove the Dao, entering the Buddhist Sect, cultivating the Great Sun Brahma Skill.

Taiyin and Great Sun, one Yin and one Yang, one deathly still and one flourishing.

Seemingly entirely opposed, like water and fire, yet secretly containing the supreme truth of the cycle of heaven and earth, Yin-Yang mutual creation.

The Void Sun he cultivated is the ultimate path of Yin-Yang alternation in the world.

Void, represents emptiness, silence, Netherworld Annihilation; sun, represents pure Yang vital force, everything gives birth.

One void one sun, precisely the pivotal link between Taiyin and Great Sun, the Dao’s turning point from withering to glory.

These ten years of farming are in fact planting Taiyin, seeking the Sun!

Using the Primordial Qi of the earth, with the extreme Yin of Taiyin, nurturing the pure Yang of the Great Sun.

In the emptiness giving rise to supreme vitality, enriching his Void Sun path.

All these scheming, fundamentally, are for that one step—seeking Gold.

Chen Sheng inwardly mused, his gaze deep:

“The four Great Divine Techniques are merely foundational for seeking Gold.”

“The true journey for Gold is vast and complex, perilous in every way, involving myriad causes and effects, countless Great Daos.”

“The ceremony for seeking Gold, the configuration of four Great Divine Techniques, accumulation of self atmosphere over days and months…every bit is crucial to success. A tiny flaw leads to failure by a thousand miles.”

But in his view, all external difficulties essentially boil down to one—insufficient cultivation.

“The Cultivation paths in this world are accustomed to shortcuts.”

“Even if the four Great Divine Techniques attain Perfection, they still fall short of the Daoist Monarch of Five Declines’ cultivation…”

“Since lacking oneself, one must exhaust every method to borrow external force, compensating for self deficiencies.”

…

Time flows, another three years swiftly passed.

This day, Chen Sheng is as usual, bending over with hoe, leisurely farming in the Spirit Field.

Heart Spirit calm, merging with heaven and earth, united with Spirit Field, forgetting self and surroundings.

Suddenly—

A decree from Spirit Mountain’s Buddhist Sect descended, shattering his decade-long peace akin to every day.

Containing just one message—Great Mercy Displaying Brilliant Bodhisattva is seeking Gold!

Broadly inviting peers from across the world to observe the ceremony at Spirit Mountain!

During the transition from autumn bleakness to the initial birth of winter, opening a grand ceremony for seeking Gold!

Chen Sheng paused, softly muttering:

“Void represents emptiness and silence, concealing the image of all things’ annihilation, yet secretly contains the supreme vitality born at the winter solstice.”

“It is the perfect moment for Yin-Yang rotation, the junction between death and bloom; this Displaying Brilliant Bodhisattva indeed chose an ideal time to seek Gold.”

“I wonder if it will be successful?”

Naturally, Chen Sheng hoped the other wouldn’t succeed, otherwise, his future pursuit of Gold would depend on the other’s whims.

“However, the road to seeking Gold is unpredictably perilous, endlessly mysterious.”

“With Bodhisattva personally proving the Dao, seeking Gold is a rare chance for observation, able to help me avoid countless risks!”

Personally witnessing the complete atmosphere of seeking Gold, the ceremony’s cycles…holds invaluable reference significance for his future path of seeking Gold.

“This time, I shall go to Spirit Mountain to witness the ceremony.”