Calculating the time, Zheng Ji should still be on his way to find the Iron Tripod of Jingzhou. It's not a matter of great urgency. Now Mr. Zheng is in a stage of liberation from the cage and total self-indulgence, so he would naturally spend a few days on the road sightseeing and leisure activities.
The letter that Deng ChanYu wrote to Huang Tianhua should still be with Old Deng. By the time Deng Jiugong hasn't reached Mount Tai yet, Huang Tianhua has actually come to him himself.
"Uncle, come and try the fruit wine I brewed in my TaiYuan Cave."
Red Silk, the maid beside him, pours Huang Tianhua a drink.
Huang Tianhua has already become someone whose true spirit is listed in the Hall of True Spirits. Although he does not hold office in the celestial court, like Lei Zhenzi and Wen Zhong, he is now following the path of deity worship and religious reverence.
Ordinary immortals' spirit drink is far less important than incense, but Deng ChanYu is not an ordinary immortal. He immediately picked up the cup, took a sip, and savored it carefully.
"Hmm, what a fine wine! Uncle's immortal brew seems to contain quite a bit of incense power, yet it lacks the heavy aroma of fire and smoke. It is indeed a rare masterpiece."
Deng ChanYu is a neighbor to the Bodhisattva of Great Wisdom, Fenghuang holds office in the heavenly court, and Moonlight governs the great teachings on Mount Lingshan. Naturally, they have done some research on the popular incense and flame path of deity worship, which may even become mainstream in the future. Incense and flame cultivation indeed progresses quickly, but it also contains a lot of impurities. The smoky essence representing the myriad flavors of human life greatly affects cultivation. If one absorbs too many thoughts from ordinary people, there is a possibility that they might eventually lose their true self, reverse the magic spear of heaven, and transform into what ordinary people need their immortal to become.
Without self, can it still be called a deity?
The fruit wine from TaiYuan Cave is made more palatable by using the innate earthenwort fruit to neutralize the smoky atmosphere. By filtering through the incense power once, it is able to eliminate its shortcomings.
The consumed primitive earthenwood fruit is similar to tiger bone. One set of tiger bone can make ten years of medicinal plaster, and after ten years, more than half remains. It's roughly the same with her.
"Grandnephew, drink this cup to the bottom."
"Thank you, uncle."
"Try the lunar bayberry fruit from my TaiYuan Cave. It's a branch stem from the moon cypress tree in Guanghuan Palace. The transplanting process went smoothly, but the fruit is not as sweet."
"This fruit is bitter before it becomes sweet, with a unique taste. Uncle's level of cultivation is truly impressive to me, grandnephew."
After the showy words, they continued to praise each other in a businesslike way.
Huang Tianhua finally got to the point.
"Grandnephew has a personal matter, I don't know if it's appropriate to talk about it."
Deng ChanYu and TaJi looked at each other, and TaJi smiled rather subtly. At this time, if someone says "It's not appropriate to talk about it", what might happen?
Deng ChanYu subtly shook his head, Huang Tianhua had died for Han Guo. The achievements he has made are indeed not high, far from those of Li Jing, Jin Zha and Mu Zha. However, when it comes to the dead, one should be more lenient to their own people.
"But there is no harm in talking about it."
"Yes." Huang Tianhua got up and kowtowed: "Grandnephew, I am foolish. After years of cultivation in the Ten Thousand Peaks Paradise Cave, my achievements were destroyed. Now I have so many things on my mind, and I can't even find time to rest. I am extremely regretful. My disciple wants to reincarnate and resume the path of cultivation. Please, may the uncle and Su Nanny be kind enough to help me."
The Eastern Mountain Emperor himself represents the celestial court in charge of some affairs in the underworld, including a portion of the authority of the six paths of reincarnation.
The underworld forces are now divided into three families. Ping Xin Niang Niang is nearly a divine recline, not liking to work. The witch clan force that retreats again and again, even so, also occupies a 40% of the power range. The Bodhisattva of the Underworld has been deeply cultivating for many years and has reformed a large number of Asura, occupying a 30% of the power range. Dong Yue Emperor relies on the heavenly court, also occupies a 30%.
Daji will inherit the position of the King of Fengdu. With her cultivation as a Golden Immortal and her status as a disciple of Pingxin Niangniang, she is perfectly capable of handling this role. However, how much power range she can occupy is still an open question and requires a question mark.
The underworld can only give her a maximum of one-tenth of the power range, and the rest will have to compete with the Buddha and the celestial court.
This is a future event, and she hasn't entered the game yet.
Huang Tianhua wants to be reincarnated, and he can simply go to his former father, now his superior, the Eastern Emperor of the Heavens. There's no need for him to come to Daji's side at all.
Deng ChanYu remained silent, this was not her business.
Daji whispered, "What did the Eastern Mountain Emperor say?"
Huang Tianhua said, "The Emperor said that the Eastern Mountains are somewhat barren and are constantly at war. He hopes that I will reincarnate in the central or western regions, where there might still be a chance to attain enlightenment."
Deng ChanYu glanced at Daji, did the Eastern Mountain Emperor want to join forces with us to divide the territory of the mortal world? "The Five Mountains Swords School, same breath and branches" is just a saying in this era. How terrible! This is a typical tactic of diverting trouble to the east. The Eastern Mount Tai Emperor in the central region and the Western Mount Huashan Emperor are not brothers? They sell very easily.
Daji pondered for a moment, then decided since she had nothing to lose, she would temporarily agree to this verbal agreement: "The Eastern Mountain Emperor has a reasonable point. However, the West is a sacred land of the Buddha's sect. King Bingling can choose a place of reincarnation in the Central Plains."
"Thank you, madam."
Reincarnation is not something that can be done immediately. Especially for some big people, good luck is not always available, which requires waiting for hundreds or even thousands of years. At this time, they will be like entering a dormant chamber, with their souls in a certain static state. They will only go through reincarnation when the right timing comes. Jin Feng and Shun currently both exist in a "waiting" state.
Huang Tianhua does not intend to queue up early. He has the convenience provided by the Eastern Emperor of the Heavens. There's no rush; he can wait until the time is right to reincarnate.
Huang Tianhua plans to work hard for several hundred years, accumulate good karma, and make his next life a good start.
Huang Tianhua brought up the idea of using local specialties from Eastern Mountain to exchange for fruit wine from TaiYuan Cave, and Deng ChanYu told him to discuss with Red Silk, the big maid.
After Huang Tianhua left, they talked about the future King of Fengdu.
Deng ChanYu asked, "Fengdu Mountain is about to appear, wouldn't it be better if you went first?"
"Let's wait and see. First, let's raise the fifth child, and then we can talk about other things." Daji was worried about her career when she was pregnant, now that her career is beginning to beckon her, she is worried about her child again.
Deng ChanYu had nothing much to say about it. "If you want to become an emperor, I will support you wholeheartedly. If you don't want to, I can still support you."
After returning to the TaiShan mountain, Huang Tianhua reported the results of his journey, and the Eastern Emperor was relatively satisfied with it.
Afterwards, he immediately went to the underworld.
Not queuing up doesn't mean not valuing it; on the contrary, he values it greatly. Some preliminary work needs to be prepared now.
He arrived at the Yao Wang Hall with ease and found Cui Jian Guan, who was in charge of handling applications for reincarnation. He submitted his application for reincarnation.
The two parties are not part of the same faction or department, but they have business interactions. They see each other often, both literally and figuratively, and are familiar with each other.
"King Bingling is preparing to reincarnate?" Cui Jian Guan looked over his requirements, and good heavens, there were quite a lot of them.
"In this era, not only is Deng ChanYu smart and wise. People with insight can all see that the path to cultivation is becoming increasingly difficult. Huang Tianhua wants to rewalk the path of cultivation, and his birth cannot be poor. If you were born into the son of a farmer, you would spend your whole life farming and would never be able to cultivate. You might miss opportunities if you were lucky."
The term "threshold" exists objectively, and being prepared is the way to cross it, while not being prepared is the obstacle.
