Starting Cultivation During a Trip

Chapter 60: Chapter 60: All Things United as One, Profound Mirror Treasure Talisman

Yujing City, Zijin Mountain.

In the mountains, the lush green forms a canopy, with a faint scent of incense wafting through the celestial light,

If a virtuous family resides here, it surely accumulates blessings from all directions.

The Shen Family Residence doesn’t resemble a manor or villa, but rather a Daoist temple, with high eaves, an ancient and simple charm. As soon as you enter the main gate, there’s an incense burner standing still with its smoke never ceasing.

”Sis, you have to believe me... last night I really saw...”

In the dining hall, Shen Xiangdong’s mind floated back to what he saw at Yangshan Park in University City last night, following behind a long-haired beauty. She wore simple clothes, loose-fitting, yet unable to hide her delicate figure.

”That monster...”

Shen Xiangdong couldn’t forget that eerie silhouette, surrounded by a chilling black aura, with eyes emitting a bright white light, though its appearance was unclear, it was definitely a person...

”Little brother, have you gone insane?”

At this moment, Shen Qingli stopped what she was doing, turned around, and under the candlelight, her exquisite and delicate face appeared even more beautiful.

”Daoist True Flame, must be Profound Sect... but as you said, the cultivation technique he practiced must belong to a sideline, neither right nor evil...”

”Moreover, the appearance he showed, I’ve never heard of it before.”

Shen Qingli shook her head, raised her hand, and flicked Shen Xiangdong’s forehead, leaving a dull thud and a red mark.

”Damn... Sis, it hurts... Did you flick me with the Lion Seal?” Shen Xiangdong held his head, feeling a large bump swell up.

”Who told you to be restless, with your Consciousness agitated?” Shen Qingli gazed lightly, looking at her good-for-nothing brother, and said sternly.

”Did you think I didn’t know you shared the Truth-Revealing Talisman with your classmates?”

Upon hearing this, Shen Xiangdong’s face twitched and he immediately stopped wailing.

”Going to university, you completely let yourself go, thinking the family can’t control you anymore? Do you think your daily cultivation is just for flaunting your Daoist Skills?”

Evidently, Shen Qingli was a strict elder sister, and Shen Xiangdong completely stopped talking.

”If the Daoist Skill is often flaunted, it’s like being confused and obstructed, entering the demonic path... Go copy the Shen Family’s teachings a hundred times.” Shen Qingli said calmly.

”Ah? Sis, please no...” Shen Xiangdong wailed.

His charming ancestor’s family teachings were over two thousand words long.

”Two hundred times.” Shen Qingli said without emotion.

Shen Xiangdong fell silent, looking at his sister with some fear, unable to comprehend why such a woman had so many admirers behind her back...

Were those people crazy?

”If I had known, I wouldn’t have come back.” Shen Xiangdong muttered.

East University was near University City in Yujing City, not far from Zijin Mountain, so he would return home every weekend.

This was a rule set by Shen Qingli.

”Since you’re back, stay a few more days.”

”Ah? No way... Sis, I still have classes at school!” Shen Xiangdong’s face twisted in fear, hastily trying to argue.

”Isn’t it summer break? What classes?”

”Uh...”

”These days, there’s major business at home, don’t run around recklessly, behave yourself.” Shen Qingli said calmly.

”Major business?” Shen Xiangdong’s expression changed: ”Could it be...”

”Profound Mirror Treasure Talisman... the dream of our Shen Family for three generations...”

Shen Qingli murmured softly, her beautiful eyes glistening with a special light.

Just then, the roar of an engine came through, and Shen Qingli looked out the window, seeing the gate opening as a Five Spirits Rainbow Light car drove in.

”A Night is not bright car... has their company fallen into such poverty?” Shen Xiangdong glanced at it, speaking softly.

”No need to ask, it’s that Jiang Hu again...”

As he spoke, Shen Xiangdong glanced over at Shen Qingli intentionally or unintentionally. He knew that his sister had an inexplicable and unclear relationship with Jiang Hu from Night is not bright.

”Three hundred times.”

With that, Shen Qingli casually left the dining hall, leaving Shen Xiangdong to howl at the sky.

”Gourd, what’s happening with the Shen Family?”

As soon as he got out of the car, Zhang Fan noticed something was amiss. The road was lined with Dharma Banners, and with Primordial Spirit Observation, it was evident that deep within the Shen Family, flames were rising to the heavens, extraordinary and mysterious.

”The Shen Family is a Talisman-Making Family, and every year they produce a large quantity of talisman paper, talisman ink, talisman pen...”

As he spoke, Jiang Hu’s eyes slightly narrowed, looking toward the depths of the Shen Family: ”They have ten furnaces, but one has been burning continuously for nearly eighty years.”

”Eighty years? What are they refining?” Zhang Fan couldn’t help but ask.

”Profound Mirror Treasure Talisman!” Jiang Hu’s lips curled slightly as he spoke the four words.

”What is that?”

”You must have heard the story of Zhang Daoling’s enlightenment at He Ming Mountain.” Jiang Hu shifted the topic abruptly.

”He Ming Mountain...” Zhang Fan mused.

Among the many famous mountains and rivers in Hua Country, it’s not very well known, but in the Daoist Sect, it holds a crucial position, called...

”The Ancestral Court of Daoism!”

Legend has it that during the Pre-Qin era, Qi Cultivators practiced hermitage and enlightenment here, with the renowned Guang Chengzi even ascending here on cranes. Laozi’s descendants once hid within the mountain, and in later generations, Alchemy Dao masters like Chen Tuan of the Northern Song and Zhang Sanfeng of the early Ming practiced here...

Of course, the most famous among them was Zhang Daoling of the Eastern Han...

Legend has it that upon receiving inspiration from Taishang Laojun at He Ming Mountain, Zhang Daoling was secretly imparted the Celestial Book, establishing the Zhengyi Alliance Mighty Dao, creating the Talisman Book, and thus initiating the Talisman Dao, formally starting the lineage of Daoism.

So although the Daoist Sect has a long history, it was from Zhang Daoling that Daoism formally began, with the Talisman Dao’s origins also traced from there.

For that reason, He Ming Mountain holds an extraordinary status in the Daoist Sect, termed as the ’Daoist Country Immortal Capital’. Every year, disciples from various famous mountain Daoist temples would organize pilgrimages to learn, especially how to integrate the Daoist Sect’s teaching heritage into Hua Country’s society and culture under current circumstances, strengthening the Daoist Sect’s talent team, actively leveraging the inheritance roles of various mountain palaces and temples.

”Legend has it that when Taishang Laojun secretly imparted the Celestial Book to Zhang Daoling, the wind carried away a page of the book...” Jiang Hu said solemnly.

If the Great Success lacks something, the Technique must have flaws; it’s like that in all the affairs of the world.

”Eighty years ago, an ancestor of the Shen Family encountered an eccentric who took out an ancient scroll, claiming it was the lost page of the Celestial Book from Zhang Daoling’s time.”

”There’s such a thing? It’s too mystical!” Zhang Fan couldn’t help but exclaim.

”The matters of cultivation are inherently mystical.”

Jiang Hu spoke calmly: ”That ancient scroll contained the method of refining the Profound Mirror Treasure Talisman.”

”Profound means Dao; Mirror means reflection.”

”The Profound Mirror can illuminate all things, a unifying seal for all talismans.”

At this point, Jiang Hu paused slightly, speaking in a deep tone: ”Zhang Daoling once said that the one who can unify all things is the True King of the Great Dao!”

”The one who can unify all talismans is the Supreme of the Talisman Dao.”

Saying this, Jiang Hu looked up towards the depths of the Shen Family.

”It’s said that if the Profound Mirror Treasure Talisman is completed, it can encompass all the world’s talismans into one!”

”That would be the Realm of Pure Yang Wuji!”