In the past, Hongjun gave three lectures in the Purple Cloud Palace, each with a profound meaning.
At the first lecture, seats were divided, and the teacher-student relationships were established. For a thousand years, he taught the Dao of the Great Immortal.
The second lecture lasted for ten thousand years, teaching the Dao of "Er Shi" for the True Saint, distributing Hengmeng Ziqi at the end of the lecture. Six disciples received one Hengmeng Ziqi each. One was left, and Hong Yun was given it.
The third lecture lasted for a hundred thousand years, teaching the Dao of the Great Emperors of the Mixed Primordial Eternity. This was essentially for the Three Pure Ones, Nuwa, and the Two Saints from the West. They possessed Hengmeng Ziqi and therefore understood the true essence of the Great Dao to the fullest extent. The rest of the great beings could only comprehend one or two tenths of it. Upon concluding the lecture, Hongjun sequentially handed over supreme treasures such as the Taiji Diagram, Pangu Banner, and Map of Mountains and Rivers to his disciples. The remaining listeners could only go to the Treasure Splitting Rock to choose their own treasures.
Starting from the time Red Cloud received Hengmeng Ziqi, until the old man's demise, the time span between these events would not be too long but also would not be short. There would be intervals of tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands of years.
Red Cloud was no fool. He would certainly refine the supreme treasure immediately after receiving it. Over tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of years, even a slight grinding would have consecrated a portion of Hengmeng Ziqi in his possession.
Now, within this mass of red clouds and divided souls, there should be a very small part of Hengmeng Ziqi.
What is Hengmeng Ziqi exactly? What is its function? Deng Chan Yu once asked Nuwa, who could not explain it clearly, only saying "one can understand it but cannot speak about it."
Deng Chan Yu guessed it might be some kind of authority of the Dao Saint, which would definitely be many times more complex, but she felt that it was mostly correct and should be something like that.
Sages all have Hengmeng Ziqi, but not everyone with Hengmeng Ziqi is a sage. Red Cloud is an example of this.
Hengmeng Ziqi is directly related to sages but not necessarily to those who have attained the status of the Great Emperors of the Mixed Primordial Eternity.
If Deng Chan Yu wanted to follow the path of Pan Gu who demonstrated the Dao through strength, then there would be no significance of Hengmeng Ziqi. However, she still had a certain number of advantages. She believed her talent was not low, but there was still a significant gap between her and the Six Sages. The Six Sages all used Hengmeng Ziqi to attain the status of Dao Saints, and she didn't think she could blaze a new trail.
Standing on the shoulders of the ancients allows one to see the path clearly. Deng Chan Yu is still hanging on Nuwa's leg at the moment, so follow the path of the ancients and don't even think about trying any fancy tricks.
It took half a year to transform into a cloud figure for Ban Yun Zi, and another half a year to separate the divided souls of Red Cloud.
In the blink of an eye, a whole year had passed, and Deng Chan Yu felt that time was flying by. Before she knew it, a year had slipped away. She bid farewell to Jiang Zi Xia and left the Zhongshan Mountain.
She wandered around in the mortal realm.
With only a few days left until the final deadline of the rule of the Zhou Dynasty over 800 territories, many of the feudal lords of the Ji family were completely out of control after Ji Dan's death. They started fighting each other, causing chaos and devastation in the once magnificent capital city of Hao. The vast majority of the city had already been submerged under war.
Ji Fang, the son of King Ji Fa, was eight years old. He was both intelligent and courageous, but he was still too young to do much. His intelligence would be futile if he were too young; he would often have to pretend to be stupid and act like a prop every day, being passed back and forth between his uncles who claimed to be "doing what is best for him".
The Han Kingdom is sharpening its swords and plotting to lead an army of six hundred thousand troops north to "mediate" the chaos among the various branches of the Ji family. They are currently making their final preparations. The edict submitted to heaven is already written, and once the eight hundred-day deadline passes, they will burn the edict and formally launch an offensive.
Deng Chan Yu stayed in the southern capital for a few days. Although her appearance didn't change, with the addition of the past fifty years in the chaotic realm, her actual bone age had already passed one hundred years.
Now, even her eldest nephew Deng Heng is over twenty years old. He is tall and muscular, with an air of authority. The only problem is that when his grandfather, father, and himself are together, they look like they are about the same age, which is a bit of a problem.
Deng Jiugong and Deng Xiuxiu also noticed this issue. Both are smart, and they attribute it all to Pengzu, claiming it's the merit of their health-preserving practices.
Deng Heng has blood from both the Deng and Huang families, making him the eldest grandson and a direct descendant of the Dengs. In his daily life, he loves the people and focuses on agriculture, spending half his time in the fields and half in the army.
Regardless of whether it's for show or not, he remembers the birthdays and hobbies of those around him. He can even recall the name of the groom who once pulled his horse. He has an excellent reputation among the third generation of the Deng family.
Unlike Deng Xiuxiu's children who are afraid to speak in front of Deng Chan Yu, Deng Heng at least can say a few words in the presence of his aunt, who looks no older than twenty.
At his request, Deng Chan Yu left two more Zhiqing and Liujia Symbols for the Deng family. If the Deng family were to fall like King Wu, they could summon the Six Immortals and Six Great Spirits to aid them, thereby gaining new territory may be difficult but ensuring the safety of the family's elders and children should not be a problem.
She also left behind a copy of the "Buddha Speaks of the Forty-two Discourses." The book contains clues to eight hidden treasure locations she has set up, which can be opened using the bloodline of the Deng family. If later descendants find themselves in dire straits and unable to make ends meet, they can read the book and might find unexpected surprises.
As for the problem of not revealing one's wealth, it might attract more envious glances from others and is not within the scope of her old ancestor. You will have to figure out how to solve it on your own.
Old Zhao, after over a decade of hard planning, finally managed to clear and organize the twenty-four solar terms this year with twenty-four Dinghai pearls and Qiankun ruler. The twenty-four Dinghai pearls returned to the primeval realm and became a symbol of the solar terms. Old Zhao lost this primordial treasure, replaced by celestial blessings that transformed into driving force. With his own opportunity for enlightenment as a ship, he finally broke through the sturdy barrier at the peak of Great Emperors of Mixed Primordial Eternity and arrived in a brand-new realm.
His current realm is roughly equivalent to that of the Golden Virtue Mother before him, both having broken through to the level of Great Emperors of Mixed Primordial Eternity. However, they have not yet reached the state of slaying the first wu (an aspect of the body). Slaying the first wu is relatively easy, with most True Saints slaying either a benevolent or malevolent wu. Slaying one's own self-wu is also possible, depending on individual choice and talent.
"I will not attend the gathering of our Caijiao Sect, so please convey my congratulations to Zhaodao Friend for me."
"In the connection of the path of life and death," Deng Chan Yu said to Yun Xiao.
Old Zhao had suppressed it for many years, and now that he was able to breakthrough smoothly, he wanted to have a good time.
He gathered a lot of drinking and feasting friends, and they all drank together, boasted, sang loudly, which was a great joy in his long life.
He invited many of his fellow sect members, as well as some immortals from outside the Caijiao Sect. Deng Chan Yu was included in the list of invitations.
She is very busy now, and she is not a disciple of the Xuanmen Sect, so she has no mood to entertain. She entrusted Yun Xiao to help herself wish Zhaodao Friend well.
Yun Xiao agreed readily: "Alright."
She actually doesn't like such socializing events either; she prefers tranquility over activity. But since Old Zhao is happy, and Qiong Xiao and Bi Xiao are bustling around to help arrange it, she couldn't very well object at this moment. She would just let them do their thing.
