Chapter Fourteen: Gathering Disciples
Shi Zhong is now going to teach the great way of cultivation all the way to the Da Luo Golden Immortal stage, which is already a rare feat in the Hong Huang world. Moreover, he will also impart methods for obtaining part of the Da Luo Dao fruit. This is an enormous benefit for cultivators who have not yet obtained a cultivation method in the Hong Huang world. Therefore, from their perspective, Shi Zhong's teachings on the Da Luo Dao fruit are already sufficient, and they won't hear too much about the great way again. Their goals have been achieved, so they leave. After all the cultivators left, only seven Da Luo Golden Immortals from Mount Bu Zhou, eighteen Golden Immortal cultivators, and twelve Ancestral Witches, including Tong Tian Shi, Tian Shi Yao, and three others remained.
Shi Zhong glanced at the cultivators below and then turned to Shi Tian and Shi Yao, asking "Little brother and sister, what did you gain from just now?"
At this time, all the cultivators reacted and looked at Shi Tian and Shi Yao with great surprise. They couldn't believe that these two powerful beings were siblings of their teacher, especially when even the Twelve Ancestors and Tongtian showed a surprised expression while looking at Shi Tian and his sister. It was as if they were saying that Shi Zhong's cultivation was unfathomable! And yet, he had two siblings who were also powerful Golden Immortals.
At this time, Shi Tian replied to Shi Zhong, "Big brother, my cultivation has already reached the middle period of Daluo Jinxian. It really owes big brother's lecture just now, otherwise, I still don't know when I can break through!" At this time, Shi Yao also chimed in, "Big brother, how come you've been out for so long and didn't come back to see us? If it weren't for my transformation, I wouldn't know how much longer we'd have to wait! Big brother, you must come visit Xiaoyao more often from now on!" At this time, the words were said with such seriousness, paired with a face that seemed to say "you'd better agree or else", anyone who came would not be able to refuse!
Shi Zhong was also very helpless at this time, but still agreed and said "Okay, since little sister asked for it that way, I'll agree. But didn't I tell you not to come out until we reach the Great Luo Golden Immortal? Did you all come out after reaching the Great Luo Golden Immortal?" At this time, Shi Zhong asked Shi Yao with a suspicious tone after agreeing!
Suddenly, Shi Yao stood up and said angrily, "Hmph! Big brother, I'm telling you, Da Luo Jinxian, we only used 3,000 years to achieve it, but you... this is underestimating people!" Shi Zhong was also speechless at this time. He thought to himself, "I've spent countless years to reach the level of Da Luo Jinxian too! Am I really that self-indulgent?"
It's not that Shi Zhong's qualifications are bad, with the top-notch cultivation method arranged by Shi Tian and Shi Yao, and having a medium-grade innate demon god qualification, it's impossible to reach the Great Luo Golden Immortal so quickly! Speaking of which, Sun Wukong is just an inferior innate demon god, but he was able to achieve golden immortal cultivation in just a few decades. Although this is due to the reason of the saintly way, it also explains the innate demon god's cultivation talent. However, in the current vast and chaotic world, cultivation talent is not the most important thing. Only if you have a good cultivation method can you determine your future prospects. Therefore, most people in the vast and chaotic world cultivate by relying on their own self-created methods. You should know that creating a cultivation method is not something that can be accomplished overnight, especially without any foundation of the great way. One mistake and it's possible to end up with a disastrous outcome of walking into fire and entering madness, resulting in death and destruction. So, even if you have good qualifications, it's impossible to achieve anything in a short period of time while creating and cultivating at the same time, always worrying about making mistakes.
They were jealous to death when they heard that Shi Tian and Shi Yao had achieved in just 3,000 years what it took them several yuan conferences to achieve. In their opinion, Shi Tian and Shi Yao's current achievements are largely due to Shi Zhong. Who let them have such a powerful big brother? After all, in their opinion, Shi Tian and Shi Yao were only mediocre innate demon gods, no matter how strong their comprehension was, it shouldn't be stronger than theirs! So in their opinion, everything was because of Shi Zhong.
Shi Zhong asked Tongtian, "Tongtian, you are one of the Three Purities, are you willing to be my disciple?" In fact, Shi Zhong also had no confidence in accepting Tongtian as his disciple. After all, he was one of the Three Purities, transformed from Pangu Yuanshi, although it was said that he was no longer the original Pangu spirit, but still a high-ranking pre-heavenly demon god.
Moreover, it also contains Pangu's opening of the sky's accomplishment and profound aura, which is not something that ordinary people can handle. However, thinking about how Hong Jun was able to subdue all three of them, he himself only subdued one person, so what's the big deal? Furthermore, among the Three Purities, Stone Zhong looked most favorably upon Tong Tian, who valued loyalty and righteousness, did things in a straightforward manner without too much calculation. All of this is in line with the phrase "the great way is simple!" Therefore, Stone Zhong still wanted to take on Tong Tian as his disciple.
At this time, Tongtian was also surprised when he heard Shizhong's question, and when he heard Shizhong call out his own name and origin, he suddenly felt a little surprised. After all, he had never mentioned his own name and origin before, but thinking of Shizhong's current cultivation level, he didn't think it was strange anymore. He just thought that all this was due to the huge difference in their cultivation levels, so he didn't have too many thoughts about it.
Tongtian asked Shizhong if he wanted to be his apprentice, and after some consideration, he turned to Shizhong and said, "Excuse me, Master, can you also accept my two brothers as your apprentices?" In fact, Tongtian still very much wanted to become Shizhong's apprentice, because Shizhong was the most virtuous and accomplished cultivator he had ever met, and he could selflessly preach the Dharma for the benefit of all living beings.
Shi Zhong said, "This is a matter of destiny. Just like in the Three Purities, only you have come to listen to my teachings, while the other two purities did not come. This is also destiny. As for the other two purities, they have their own destinies and do not need your concern. The fact that you can come here to listen to my teachings means that it is our shared destiny. It's up to you whether or not you want to seize this opportunity." At this point, Shi Zhong was full of the qualifications of a charlatan, speaking about destiny with every other word.
Tongtian said after finishing speaking to Shizhong, then bowed down and said "Disciple Tongtian greets his respected master."
Shi Zhong saw Tong Tian bowing to himself, then burst out laughing and said, "Alright, alright! From now on, you're my disciple, the eldest son of my sect. In my sect, we have the Heaven and Earth, the mysterious and yellow universe, the vast and desolate... eight generations. From now on, you'll be known as Tian Yan Dao Ren!"
At this time, Tongtian Horse hurriedly kowtowed and said "Thank you, Master, for bestowing a Taoist name! From now on, I will be known as Tianyan Daoren!"
At this time, Shi Zhong looked at the seven cultivators below and said, "You haven't left, which means we still have a good affinity between us. Are you willing to become my disciples?"
In fact, the seven unmovable cultivators are also middle-ranking innate demon gods with heaven-defying qualifications in the Primordial Chaos. To say that these middle-ranking innate demon gods are not many is only relative to later generations. Didn't Accurate Intentions get the title of being the most shameless in the Primordial Chaos because he forcibly seized cultivation qualifications from better cultivators? So, it can be said that these seven middle-ranking innate demon gods were indeed rare in the Primordial Chaos, especially when put together.
These seven congenital demon gods are now all in the early stages of Tai Luo Jinxian's cultivation. Four male cultivators, three female cultivators, Shi Zhong can clearly see that the male cultivators are each a congenital spiritual root transformed into a pine tree shape, although it is said to be inferior to one of the top ten congenital spiritual roots, Wu Zhen Song, but also a rare high-quality congenital spiritual root.
One of them was the embodiment of the heavenly fire at the beginning of heaven, and this heavenly fire was not ordinary flames, but the divine fire produced by Pangu's axe striking the chaos, its power was in no way inferior to the chaotic fire known as the first true sun of heaven and earth.
Actually, the first divine fire in the world can't even compare to the true fire of the sun. Let's talk about the primordial chaos fire first! At least the true fire of the sun is inferior to the primordial chaos fire, and there's also the five-clawed divine fire of Zhurong that can be mentioned alongside the true fire of the sun? As the heavenly opening divine fire, the heavenly divine fire is only in the middle position among the pre-heavenly demon gods, and it also possesses a small amount of heavenly opening merit.
One is the first extreme light transformation of heaven and earth, also belonging to the middle position of the innate demon god, similar to the previous one who obtained the divine fire. Both were produced by Pangu's axe striking the chaos. Moreover, from the aura connected between this extreme light cultivator and that divine fire cultivator, it can be seen that these two cultivators have a very good relationship, being born of the same root.
He is the first-rate divine elk, and can be said to be the number one divine elk in the world. He was transformed by Pangu's finger, although he is only a middle-ranking innate demon god, but his aura is almost as deep as that of a high-ranking innate demon god. It is worth noting that even in the current Honghuang world, there are only three thousand high-ranking innate demon gods born. Moreover, over the years, who knows how many have died? Therefore, high-ranking innate demon gods in Honghuang, whether it's cultivation talent or luck, are not comparable to ordinary cultivators.
This nine-colored divine deer was transformed by Pangu's finger, and it has the aura of Pangu's virtues from birth. Although it is said that there are no Three Purities, and many ancestral witches, it is not comparable to ordinary middle-grade pre-heavenly demon gods. Moreover, this nine-colored divine deer has a pair of horns on its head, which is transformed from the Heavenly Thunder of the First Way of Heaven and Earth. If cultivated to the extreme, this Heavenly Thunder can even harm the existence of saints! It's really not something that ordinary people can bear.
Let's talk about the three female cultivators, who are also anomalies in the Primordial Chaos and belong to the middle rank of Innate Demon Gods. One of them is a female cultivator who achieved enlightenment as the first primordial snake in heaven and earth. Although it is said that the dragon clan has an innate restraint on snakes, when it comes to the primordial snake, it's the opposite, because among all snakes, only the primordial snake has an innate restraint on dragons, which is a kind of innate intimidation.
So, this mysterious snake is absolutely the king among all snakes. Moreover, this mysterious snake is not comparable to ordinary mysterious snakes. This mysterious snake is also a transformation of one of Pangu's tendons, just like the ancestral dragon, only smaller in size. Therefore, it has the aura of great fortune since birth.
Another female immortal was transformed from the mixture of primordial and chaotic air. It can be said that her quality is only noble, but unfortunately, there is too little primordial chaotic energy in it, otherwise, even if she were a pre-heavenly demon god, it would not be worth mentioning. To know that transforming into a shape with primordial chaotic energy is not an easy task! In Shi Zhong's memory, it seems that only Hong Jun Lao Zu was transformed from the primordial chaotic energy to achieve the Tao.
The last nun was actually a golden fish transformed by the opening of heaven and earth, and her qualifications were also quite high, otherwise she wouldn't be a middle-ranking innate demon god, right? But looking at her, she really is a beautiful woman!
Seven cultivators bowed to Shi Zhong and said, "Disciples have seen the master." In fact, they also wanted to make Shi Zhong their master. After all, they had seen Shi Zhong's cultivation, and these cultivators without much ambition just wanted to find a highly cultivated master to guide them, so when Shi Zhong asked them, they bowed down like Shi Zhong did.
