Chapter 6: Joy in Zen
The Joyful Meditation Technique could increase one's cultivation quickly. However, this cultivation method was too overbearing and harmful to the world.
In the novel, Second Sister Egg and Zhu Ganglie had been married for less than a year before they suddenly died. This should be the reason.
Otherwise, Zhu Ganglie's cultivation wouldn't have been able to reach the early stage of Primordial Unity Golden Immortal in just a few hundred years.
He didn't have Sun Wukong's Spiritual Stone Monkey Physique!
This was also why Ji Xiu said that Second Sister Egg didn't have long to live when he left Fuling Mountain. He wasn't just spouting nonsense!
Although Zhu Ganglie was lecherous, he wasn't a person who would take pity on women. In the novel, the Jade Faced Fox, Princess Wan Sheng, Scorpion Spirit, Apricot Fairy, White Faced Fox, and other female demons were all killed by Zhu Ganglie with a rake.
Therefore, in order to increase his cultivation speed, Zhu Ganglie didn't care about the safety of Sister Egg.
However, he didn't know if Second Sister Egg would be alerted by Ji Xiu's reminder and change her fate of death!
This would depend on her luck!
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After understanding the [Joyful Zen Art], Ji Xiu placed his attention on the [Heavenly Constellation Thirty-six Transformations].
In the past, he had never known the difference between the Heavenly Constellation Thirty-six Transformations and the Earth Fiend Seventy-two Transformations. Now that he had both of these divine powers, he finally understood the difference between the two.
The so-called Heavenly Dipper referred to the principle of "following the geography of the world and inheriting the will of the heavens".
The Heavenly Constellation Thirty-six Transformations were the transformations of the Heavenly Dao. Everything in the heavens could change at will.
The 72 Changes of the Earth Fiend were the changes of the Yin Yang, Five Elements, Nine Palaces, and Eight Trigrams.
The main difference between these two changes was the difference between "body" and "use".
In other words, the Heavenly Constellation Thirty-six Transformations was a transformation of the origin. For example, if Ji Xiu used this technique to turn a stone, then he would be a stone from the inside out. Not only would he be a stone on the outside, but he would also be a stone on the inside.
Those below the Saint Realm could not see the difference between the stones at all.
The Earth Fiend Seventy-Two Transformations only changed its appearance.
For example, if he turned into a watermelon, although the outer skin was like a watermelon, the inner flesh was still the flesh.
When Sun Wukong was fighting with Erlang Shen, both sides were able to see through each other's true bodies very quickly because both of them had changed their appearances.
There was no difference between these two abilities.
In terms of concealment, the Heavenly Constellation Thirty-six Transformations was naturally even more powerful.
But in terms of agility, the Earth Fiend Seventy-two Transformations had an advantage.
Moreover, if he used the Heavenly Constellation Thirty-six Transformations and turned into a stone, he would really be a stone. He would not be able to use his magic power and would not be able to fight. If he wanted to fight, he would have to transform back first.
The Earth Fiend Seventy-two Transformations didn't have this weakness.
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The last technique that he copied from Zhu Ganglie was called Mystic Water Control Technique.
After cultivating, one would be able to live and fight flexibly underwater, no different from on land.
Ji Xiu did not pay too much attention to this cultivation technique. Instead, he placed his attention on the Postnatal spirit treasure, the Nine-Toothed Rake, beside him.
From Liu Hong's memories, he knew that the magic treasures in the Journey to the West were divided into nine levels.
They were spirit weapons, Dharma treasures, Postnatal spirit treasures, Postnatal cardinal treasures, Merit spirit treasures, Merit cardinal treasures, Connate spirit treasures, Connate cardinal treasures, and Chaos cardinal treasures.
Each level was divided into four small levels: Supreme Grade, High Grade, Medium Grade, and Low Grade.
Among them, Postnatal spirit treasures contained 36 to 63 restrictions, while Postnatal treasures contained 72 to 108 restrictions.
Connate Numinous treasures also contained 36 to 63 restrictions. However, Connate Numinous treasures also contained a Heavenly Dao law.
Connate cardinal treasures contained 72 to 108 restrictions and another Great Dao law.
Merit spirit treasures and supreme treasures contained different restrictions and laws of virtue.
The Chaos cardinal treasure contained 365 restrictions and Chaos laws.
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Zhu Ganglie's Nine-Toothed Rake was a low-grade Postnatal spirit treasure. The materials used to refine it were heavenly and earthly treasures. There were also 36 restrictions inside.
As for Sun Wukong's Jingu Staff, it was a supreme-grade Postnatal spirit treasure. Not only were the materials used to refine it more precious, but it also contained 63 restrictions, which were extremely powerless.
Although the nine-toothed rake was a low-grade Postnatal spirit treasure, it was still much more powerful than Ji Xiu's red-tasseled spear. This was also why Ji Xiu did not pick up the red-tasseled spear when he left Fuling Mountain.
However, Ji Xiu didn't like to carry a " farming tool " everywhere. It was too bad!
Moreover, he was holding a nine-toothed rake. If he met Zhu Ganglie in the future, he wouldn't be able to explain himself. Thus, he put his palm on the nine-toothed rake and said in his heart,
"Clone!"
Ding! The Nine-Toothed Rake has been replicated successfully!”
In the next second, Ji Xiu took out an identical nine-toothed rake.
Then, he put the two nine-toothed harrows together and thought about the combined shape in his heart. Then, he instructed the System,"Combination!"
The two nine-toothed harrows emitted a burst of fluorescent light. In a short while, the two nine-toothed harrows turned into a nine-toothed steel fork that was overflowing with silver light.
Ji Xiu looked at the attributes of the nine-toothed steel trident.
"A nine-toothed steel trident, a low-grade Postnatal spirit treasure!”
It was only a single fusion, but it did not increase the attributes of the nine-toothed steel trident substantially.
Ji Xiu seemed to be addicted as he continued to copy and synthesize the nine-toothed steel trident…
After a year of hard work without rest, he had replicated millions of nine-toothed steel forks. He had finally synthesized the nine-toothed steel fork from a inferior-grade Postnatal spirit treasure to a middle-grade Postnatal spirit treasure.
Ji Xiu was exhausted.
If he wanted to synthesize the nine-toothed steel trident into a Connate Numinous treasure, he did not know how long it would take.
Ji Xiu couldn't afford to delay. He still had to increase his cultivation and collect spiritual treasures before Tang Sanzang officially went west to obtain the scriptures so that he could deal with the karma entanglement with Tang Sanzang.
Therefore, after fusing the nine-toothed steel fork into a middle-grade Postnatal spirit treasure, Ji Xiu stopped the replication and synthesis. He shaved his beard and tidied up his appearance. Then, he quickly left the cave abode and prepared to head to the plateau.
The Lotus Flower Cave on the flat-topped mountain was the cave abode of Golden Horn King and Silver Horn King. These two fire boys had brought many treasures of Grand Supreme Elder, and Ji Xiu had long been eyeing them.
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"Achoo, Achoo! Strange, we have cultivated the Three Flowers and are immune to fire, water, and illness. Why would we sneeze?”
In Lotus Flower Cave on the plateau, Golden Horn King was drinking and eating with the little demons when he suddenly sneezed twice in a row. He couldn't help but mutter to himself.
The Silver-horned King guessed,""Could it be that old mother is chanting about us brothers?”
Golden Horned King suddenly looked enlightened and nodded."
"Most likely. It's my mother's birthday in five days. I think she's looking forward to us going back to celebrate her birthday.”
" It just so happens that we've refined a cauldron of 'Three-fold Essence Increasing Golden Pill' earlier," the Silver-horned King said." One pill can increase one's magic power by a hundred years. We can give it to my mother as a birthday gift!"”
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