frightfiction #544 - Body Sense
#544 - Body Sense
“The battle of the Great Dao?”
Zhang Chen revealed a thoughtful expression upon hearing this, or more accurately, it should be the battle between the Great Dao of Enlightenment and the Great Dao of the Unity of Knowledge and Action.
A country cannot have two rulers, and similarly, the Confucian Dao cannot have two Great Daos appearing simultaneously; this is much crueler than competition between those of the same Dao.
If it were competition within the same Dao, everyone would be vying for the dominance of the 'Unity of Knowledge and Action' Great Dao, or vying for the dominance of the 'Enlightenment Great Dao.' Even if one person were to fail in the future, they could still be considered a branch of the Great Dao, and there might still be a chance to prove their Dao in the future.
However, this kind of competition between different Great Daos, once it begins, leaves no room for reconciliation. One of the two sides must fall, and it must be a complete eradication without leaving any room for recovery.
“Speaking of which, it’s all my fault, otherwise Fifth Master would never have discovered the principles of the Unity of Knowledge and Action so quickly,” Zhang Chen sighed softly.
However, at that time, he and Chen Sanliang were enemies, and naturally, they each used their own methods. Since Han Suzhen's death, Chen Sanliang began to take the initiative to show goodwill to Zhang Chen, constantly helping him secretly, and the relationship between the two eased, so Zhang Chen naturally had to accept the favor.
Therefore, Zhang Chen sighed softly, his eyes full of emotion: “The world is changing, truly unpredictable.”
Thinking of this, Zhang Chen suddenly felt that something was wrong, as if he had missed something. After pondering for a moment, he suddenly slapped his thigh: “Chen Sanliang, that dog, is truly insidious and ruthless.”
“Debating the Dao is one goal, but if, in the process of debating the Dao, he can convert the other party's disciples and followers to serve the demon race, then he can save Chen Sanliang a lot of effort in building the demon kingdom.” Zhang Chen secretly gasped in his heart.
Chen Sanliang's plan can't be described as anything but ruthless! It's simply killing three birds with one stone. With his Yang God realm cultivation, wouldn't it be easy to fool those Confucian rookies?
In the Confucian school, calling someone in the Yang God realm a 'Great Confucian' would not be an exaggeration, right?
As for surpassing the ninth rank and entering the tenth rank, that should carry the title of 'Sage,' such as 'Sub-Sage.'
Throughout the world, there are only three to five Great Confucians. They have read books to the point where their spiritual power can interfere with the operation of the energy of heaven and earth, and their wisdom is even more powerful than a supercomputer. It can be said that they have become spirits.
Zhang Chen couldn't help but feel worried about Chen Sanliang's scheming methods. If Chen Sanliang continued to debate the Dao all the way, closing all the academies of the Divine Continent, then the Confucian doctrines of the Divine Continent would inevitably suffer a heavy blow. In this way, he might even have the opportunity to re-establish the Confucian Dao, establishing the demon race's Confucian Dao as the orthodox of the world, and demoting the human race's Confucian Dao to a branch.
At this moment, Zhang Chen gasped, a look of horror appearing in his eyes: “That old fellow is so calculating. Compared to him, my little thoughts are far too inferior. It’s like heaven and earth, and there’s no comparability at all.”
“These old fellows have such strong planning methods. In front of them, I’m just a naughty child. And this is only to hide his purpose of colluding with various lords. If Zhang Chen didn’t know Chen Sanliang’s plan and Chen Sanliang hadn’t told him personally, it would have been really difficult for him to deduce the secrets.” Zhang Chen muttered to himself, his heart full of fear.
After selling all the meat, and buying some daily necessities, Zhang Chen flashed and disappeared into the city.
The family continued on their way. Zhang Chen was very busy, busy refining the Heaven and Earth Treasure Mirror, busy refining the elixir furnace, busy催生 the Tongtian Jianmu, and also busy cultivating literary and martial fire.
It's just that as they walked along, the leaves gradually turned yellow, the weather gradually cooled, and autumn arrived.
The autumn wind rustled, and for Zhang Chen, the cool autumn wind was almost like a cold winter, causing him to wrap himself in tiger skin and not dare to take it off.
Seeing the tiger skin wrapped around Zhang Chen's body, Cheng Yu's eyes revealed a hint of worry: “Junior Brother, are you sick? Logically speaking, now that the autumn wind is cool, ordinary people only need to add a layer of clothing. This situation shouldn’t be happening to you, you…”
Facing Cheng Yu's worry, Zhang Chen shook his head: “This is my physical body undergoing transformation, my body 'sense' is awakening, and my soul is also adapting to the laws of heaven and earth, preparing for the future departure of the primordial spirit. You can understand my current situation as the soul leaving the body in the Divine Soul Dao.”
For cultivators of the Divine Soul Dao, the first hurdle is the soul leaving the body. For the soul, a breeze in the world is like being cut into pieces. A ray of moonlight is like extremely cold light, and sunlight is like raging flames. A slight carelessness will result in the destruction of the soul. However, Zhang Chen's Immortal Dao is the transformation of the soul in the physical body, turning all crises into the physical body. It must be known that for cultivators, the soul is the foundation. Once something goes wrong with the soul, it can be said that it is difficult to save with elixirs. If something goes wrong with the physical body, it is not a big deal. Even a severed limb can be regenerated, so what’s the big deal?
This is the difference between the Immortal Dao and the Divine Soul Dao. At this time, Zhang Chen's physical body turns into a cauldron, and his soul turns into an elixir, using the laws of heaven and earth to temper the soul and cultivate the primordial spirit.
“You’re not allowed to lie to me. If you really have a problem with your cultivation, you have to tell me, and we can definitely find a way to save you,” Xu Erniu’s voice was full of seriousness.
“Of course, don’t worry, I’ll recover soon,” Zhang Chen said, wrapped in his tiger skin coat.
With the arrival of autumn, Zhang Chen's bumblebees fell into hibernation. Zhang Chen sent a few drops of sun dew into the hive for the bumblebees to absorb, so as to prevent his bumblebees from all dying.
In this way, his bumblebees can still evolve in a dormant state even in winter.
The carriage rumbled along, and the demon horse was still shiny and bright, but its mental state was not very good.
Do you know why?
Because the demon horse's traveling speed is too fast, which will cause the vehicle to bump, how can his family endure this kind of bump?
Especially in ancient times, this kind of broken road, when it bumps, is simply deadly, so it can't be allowed to run around.
The demon horse could originally travel a thousand miles a day, but now that Zhang Chen has limited its speed, it's already good if it can run a hundred miles a day. This is like a car, which can originally run a hundred miles per hour on the highway, but if you drive it at the starting speed, how can it feel good?
Therefore, the demon horse's entire mental state was sluggish, its head hanging down, and it looked at Zhang Chen aggrievedly, but Zhang Chen was too lazy to pay attention to it, and just drove the carriage slowly.
Zhang Chen looked at the sky and muttered to himself: “I’m afraid that before we reach the southern region, the cold winter will arrive. When that biting cold wind blows, my days will be even harder.”
“I still need to think of a way to prepare items for overwintering in advance.” Zhang Chen sat in the carriage and pondered, thinking of a certain item from later generations: “Hand warmer.”
It’s just that ordinary hand warmers won’t work, and they can’t take care of the whole body at all. After a little thought, Zhang Chen set his sights on his own elixir furnace.
The elixir furnace is an innate spiritual treasure, containing forty-eight innate restrictions, and it is not afraid of the sun's true fire burning. If he puts the sun charcoal fire into the elixir furnace, and then controls the innate restrictions to adjust the temperature of the elixir furnace, wouldn't he be able to form a portable hand warmer?
Although Zhang Chen has never seen the power of the sun charcoal fire, he also knows that it should not be underestimated. If he can accumulate a furnace of charcoal fire, he can also catch the enemy off guard when he encounters them.
A grain of sun charcoal fire can burn for a very long time, at least for the lifespan of ordinary people, burning for three to five months is not a problem.
Thinking of this, Zhang Chen took the elixir furnace out of the Bashe space, turned it into the size of an ordinary hand warmer, and looked at it in the palm of his hand. It is strange to say that its weight changes with its size. This hand warmer now only weighs three to five pounds in his hand, so it is not heavy.
Zhang Chen opened the lid of the furnace, looked at the empty elixir furnace, and in the next moment, a peanut-sized crimson charcoal fire appeared in Zhang Chen's palm, its power restrained, not revealing the slightest bit.
Zhang Chen sent the charcoal fire into the furnace, looked at it for a moment, and then said: “It should be able to hold twenty or so pieces of charcoal fire.”
Zhang Chen carefully closed the lid. If this sun charcoal fire were to leak out, it would definitely cause a terrifying natural disaster, and he doesn't know how much trouble it would cause.
The power of a person's bloodline also needs to be restored. It will probably take him half a day to summon twenty pieces of charcoal fire to fill the furnace.
It's just how long the charcoal fire can burn in the furnace, which he still needs to estimate in his future life.
Zhang Chen stroked the elixir furnace with his fingers, infusing mana into it, mobilizing the innate restrictions in the elixir furnace, and began to control the temperature of the elixir furnace, ensuring that the temperature of the elixir furnace was neither hot nor cold, so as not to ignite his clothes, and also to bring him warmth.
Zhang Chen carefully sensed the changes in the elixir furnace. After an hour, he finally had a measure in his heart. He found that as the sun charcoal fire fell into the elixir furnace, the elixir furnace actually began to absorb the power of the sun charcoal fire, converting the power of the sun charcoal fire into kinetic energy to supply the operation of his innate restrictions.
Zhang Chen's mana is to repair the innate restrictions of the elixir furnace, and the power of the sun's true fire is to provide the driving force for the elixir furnace.
“The elixir furnace was originally driven by flames for alchemy. The sun's true fire is essentially a kind of flame. However, it is beyond my expectation that the elixir furnace can automatically absorb the sun's true fire to maintain the operation of the restrictions.” Zhang Chen thought while adding charcoal fire fuel to the elixir furnace, stacking a newly born piece of sun charcoal fire into it.
And because of the innate restrictions, the heat in the elixir furnace was completely locked, and no terrifying heat was released.
The carriage passed leisurely, Zhang Chen hugged the elixir furnace, a contented look on his face, and sat smiling on the front of the carriage. All the cold wind blowing within three feet of him was melted by the heat in the elixir furnace.
“Why is it so hot next to you?” Cheng Yu turned to look at Zhang Chen, a look of surprise in his eyes.
Zhang Chen patted his own elixir furnace: “This is a small stove I made.”
At this time, after a day of walking, there were already a dozen pieces of charcoal fire in the elixir furnace. The charcoal fire was piled up crimson, without any intention of going out, and terrifying heat flowed in it, making people tremble with fear.