Chapter 825: Chapter 515: Preaching the Scriptures
Cultivators took the pills, and the effects were varied.
Calamity Realm Immortals and Gods, ranked at the ninth order, even when taking top-quality Immortal Elixirs, gained many benefits, but didn’t show much change, and remained in the top seats.
The Mahayana Cultivators that followed held a similar fate. Although they received aid from superior grade Elixirs, they could not achieve breakthroughs on the spot, so they kept their seats steady.
Only those below the Mahayana level, such as those in the Return to Void Union and those with the Golden Core and Nascent Soul of the lower orders, saw a significant increase in their cultivation from the dicinal pills, causing many to rise from their seats and venture outside the mountain to progress and face tribulations.
For a ti, the sound of thunder was incessant, stirring the surroundings of Wandao for a long while without subsiding.
Xu Yang didn’t mind, and sat at the main seat, chatting and laughing heartily with the assembly of Calamity Realm Immortals and Gods.
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After an unknown period, so cultivators returned from transcending their tribulations, and the rest who had digested the dicinal power of the Pill Origin also stood up in unison, paying their respects.
“Great Immortal, we shall never forget your assistance on the path of cultivation!”
“We won’t hesitate to walk through fire and water!”
“Even if it breaks us to pieces and we die nine tis over, we will have no regrets!”
The crowd bowed deeply, their gratitude beyond words.
“There’s no need for such formalities,”
Xu Yang smiled, lifted everyone up with a gesture, then looked around: “It’s ti again to share teachings and insights. I have made so progress during this phase and hence will present it modestly. If there are any faults, I hope my fellow Taoists will provide guidance!”
“Not at all,”
“The Emperor is too modest.”
“In the Earth Immortal Realm, everyone knows of Zhen Yuan, who contributed to creation and explored the celestial mysteries. He grasped the true essence of Daoism in the Mahayana stage, and upon entering the Calamity Realm, he has reached new heights.”
“In contrast, although we entered the Calamity Realm earlier, we have wasted decades and cannot compare!”
As the saying goes, everyone raises a palanquin together, and with the host being so humble, the guests were generous with their praise.
But while they offered praise, their hearts were undisturbed, especially for those like the South Sea Dragon Monarch and Mount Tai Yama.
This was not due to grudges but because their cultivation was profound, generally above the Three Calamities, ranking them midstream within the Calamity Realm.
Such figures, if not creating a new path, had unique insights on this preaching and teaching, and didn’t pay much attention to it.
After all, Xu Yang was rely a newly initiated Calamity Immortal. Though he matched a True Immortal through the Heavenly Craftsn thods and the strength of Nine Rites Xuanyuan, combat power was one thing and Taoist attainnt another.
Unless he was willing to display those Heavenly Craftsn thods and the Nine Rites Xuanyuan Holy Path, this session of discussing the Dao wouldn’t be very attractive to those advanced beings in the Three or Six Calamities stages.
But could he possibly make those two great Mana Points public?
Clearly not!
So, the high-order Calamity Immortals had a tepid interest in this discussion of the Dao and weren’t very invested.
Only the newly initiated Calamity Immortals and those below the Calamity Realm were full of anticipation with eager eyes.
“Great Immortal’s generosity benefits the Cultivation Realm imnsely!”
The lower seated cultivators once again bowed in thanks.
Xu Yang smiled and raised everyone up with a gesture: “With Yin and Yang and the Five Elents as the foundation, let us start from the basic concepts of Yin and Yang and the Five Elents. We’ll delve deeper step by step for everyone to witness!”
With that, he began to explain while all eyes were upon him. Though there were no miraculous phenona like flowers scattering from the sky or golden lotuses springing from the earth, his explanation went from the simple to the profound, steady and solid. The Dao of Yin and Yang and the Five Elents was widely applicable, and everyone present benefitted greatly, hardly any scratching their heads in confusion.
Seeing this scene, the high-order Calamity Immortals were also full of admiration.
“The rumors are true; this Venerable Wandao is indeed proficient in teaching!”
“Wandao School, Wandao School, the word ‘school’ truly fits.”
“With all skills and techniques refined to perfection, based on cultivation and settled by the Alchemy Cauldron, plus that Heavenly Craftsn battle tactics and calamity confrontation, topped with such educational thods and the ability to transmit and impart skills, who can rival the montum of this school?”
“As long as this Venerable Wandao does not face disaster, Wandao School will definitely stand firmly in South Observance. It might not outshine the Buddhist Celestial Court, but it will certainly match and be in respectful competition!”
“In light of this, the intentions of Great rcy Bodhisattva and the Jade Pool Palace Master…”
The immortals nearby, listening to the teachings, had continuously changing expressions and endless thoughts.
Thus in the Wuzhuang Temple, the sound of teaching resonated for years, and in the blink of an eye, a decade of springs and autumns had passed.
After ten years, the voice of teaching abruptly stopped, awakening everyone as if they were from a dream, feeling a bit lost.
“Great Immortal…”
The crowd looked up, eting Xu Yang’s gaze, hesitating to speak.
Xu Yang chuckled: “Dao Xuanzhen, have you gained sothing?”
“The benefits are imasurable!”
The cultivators stood up and bowed again: “Thank you, Great Immortal, for enlightening us.”
With these words, the gratitude was unspeakable.
A decade of teaching and resolving doubts, not to ntion the Calamity Realm Immortals and Gods, but millions of low-order cultivators benefitted imnsely. Many who had not achieved breakthroughs despite consuming Spirit Pills suddenly had realizations during the session, leaping like a Fish Over the Dragon Gate.
Now that the teachings had abruptly ended, people felt a sense of loss yet found it inappropriate to speak more.
Xu Yang smiled, shifted his gaze, and looked toward those of Mahayana Unity in the middle stream: “From the basic to the profound, we have finished the basics. Now it is ti to go deeper. Listen carefully!”
“This…”
At his words, the cultivators were initially stunned, then joyfully ca back to their senses: “We are all ears!”
Xu Yang smiled, didn’t say much, and simply continued to elaborate on the Dao.
The cultivators listened solemnly, not daring to neglect even half a mont.
With utmost concentration, they saw the Taoist Master seated at the highest point, beautifully demonstrating the Three Vehicles and the subtle essences of myriad laws. At tis he spoke of the Dao, at others of Zen, and sotis he switched to Confucian legal doctrines. Each listened to their own understanding, each different, all deeply engrossed and yet oddly oblivious, mysterious yet wonderful.
Thus it continued…
“Whoa!”
A Nascent Soul Cultivator suddenly stood up, as if awakened from a dream, looking around to see his fellow Taoists intoxicated, only he himself was shocked awake by a whim, unable to control himself.
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