parentshiftbook Chapter 33 Marrow Cleansing! Fortune Star Temple!
Chapter 33 Marrow Cleansing! Fortune Star Temple!
Yuhuang Mountain is teeming with tourists on weekends.
The mountain path unfolds layer by layer, the stone steps gleaming from the footsteps of those coming and going. The wind rustles through the forest, creating a soft, whispering sound as the leaves fall. The hustle and bustle, the voices of people, and the cries of vendors below are gradually left behind as you ascend.
Su Ye, with his bag slung across his shoulder, walked up the mountain path.
Extremely fast!
His footsteps were very light, making almost no sound on the stone steps. It was as if he was floating up the mountain naturally, or rather, walking on the mountain's slope. His breathing was steady, and he felt as if he were walking on flat ground.
With each step taken, the breathing technique that had begun to take shape in his lungs began to operate slowly.
call.
suck.
The mountain breeze fills my lungs, making my chest feel open and expansive.
The surrounding trees were lush and green, and the sunlight filtering through the branches and leaves was like dappled gold, falling on Su Ye's shoulders, hair, and eyes. The higher he climbed, the more peaceful his mind became. The noisy voices at the foot of the mountain seemed to be separated by an invisible veil. The world was vast, the mountains were undulating, and the trees, stone steps, temples, and the sound of the wind all seemed to be gently pulsating to some larger rhythm.
Su Ye's senses slowly unfolded.
The spiritual energy here is more vibrant than in the city.
It was a lighter, more ethereal, and more natural state, like water mist or wisps of wind, swirling among old trees, stone walls, and temple eaves, quiet yet omnipresent.
Such natural environments do indeed make it easier for people to calm down.
It is also easier to "hear" the heavens and earth.
"That feels good."
……
at the foot of the mountain.
The male college student who was responsible for accompanying the climber was leading the two-thousand-yuan "Kirby" uphill, sweating profusely, and his smile was almost impossible to maintain.
When he looked up, he saw a figure moving up the stone steps at an absurdly fast speed.
The figure, carrying a backpack, moved with light steps, seemingly unaware of fatigue. With almost no pause, they had already left a large section of the mountain path behind.
The male college student's eye twitched as he read it.
What kind of monster is this?
In today's society, everyone is a corporate slave, sitting in offices, classrooms, and on the subway. It's a miracle if they don't get hemorrhoids. Basically, these people lack exercise, and there's not much difference between being 25 and 60 years old. They have to pant for ages just to climb a flight of stairs.
Where can you find something so wild?
As he was still in shock, the girl next to him with an amazing figure followed his gaze and her eyes lit up.
"Brother, I want one too!"
The male college student's lips twitched violently.
"You want to? You want to die!"
He looked at the figure rapidly ascending the heights ahead, then looked down at the person beside him, took a deep breath, and swallowed back the curses he was about to utter.
This money was definitely not earned for nothing.
……
Su Ye climbed the mountain at an extremely fast pace.
While ordinary tourists were still taking photos halfway up the mountain, he had already climbed several stone steps and reached a higher point. The mountain wind was stronger, making his clothes flutter, and the view below gradually opened up.
at last.
He climbed to the top of the mountain.
The summit of Jade Emperor Mountain is shrouded in clouds, offering an excellent view.
In the distance, the buildings of Jiangcheng gleamed in the sunlight, and the river flowed across the landscape like a silver thread. Incense smoke curled from the Taoist temple atop the mountain, and the distant sound of bells rang out. Several old pine trees, rooted in the cracks of rocks, with vigorous branches, seemed to have guarded this mountain for many, many years.
Su Ye stood at the edge of the mountaintop, gazed into the distance for a moment, and then slowly sat down cross-legged.
It was right next to a stone statue.
Sunlight shone on his profile, and the wind swept past his eyebrows and clothes, and he suddenly became still.
Breathing exercises, circulation.
With each breath, his heartbeat began to synchronize with the flow of qi and blood within his body. As his spiritual power gently probed outwards along the opened channel, the previously elusive threads of spiritual energy between heaven and earth seemed to be drawn towards him.
A trace.
Two strands.
Three shreds.
……
Ten strands of spiritual energy were drawn over almost simultaneously.
The moment they approached Su Ye's brow, they seemed to melt away with the heat, turning into tiny specks of light that silently seeped into his body.
This time is different from the past.
After the spiritual energy entered the body, it no longer brought the intense stinging pain as before. Instead, it transformed into a warm torrent that rushed down from between the eyebrows, through the throat, through the chest and abdomen, and through the limbs and bones.
Su Ye's condition instantly improved to the extreme.
But the next moment.
A sudden flash of inspiration appeared in the depths of his eyes.
wrong.
The feeling of absorption this time was completely different from before.
Boom!
A muffled thud suddenly sounded from deep within his body.
It felt as if an underwater current had suddenly surged up from the depths of his body, gurgling and surging with an intense scouring sensation, rushing towards his limbs and bones.
That's not pain.
It was not so much a feeling as an intense, pleasurable sensation.
It felt as if a vast, clear stream had washed over me from the inside out, cleansing my skin, flesh, bones, meridians, and even the smallest corners. All the accumulated fatigue, turbidity, and impurities seemed to be swept away in an instant.
Su Ye froze for a moment.
Immediately afterwards, he was suddenly jolted.
This is……
breakthrough?
He was bewildered.
ignorance.
He had no idea about the true cultivation realms in the world, and no one had ever told him what the realm names were, what the thresholds were, or what the bottlenecks were.
But at this moment, he felt with absolute clarity that he had undergone a transformation.
It wasn't simply that they absorbed a few more strands of spiritual energy.
Instead, it elevated the entire person to a higher level.
He sat cross-legged beside the stone statue, motionless.
Sunlight shone on him, the wind swirled around him, and he looked like a stone carving in the process of enlightenment, so quiet it was almost unreal.
Meanwhile, changes continued within his body.
Heart beating wildly.
Thump, thump, thump, thump!
The sound was deep and rapid, like a water pump running at full speed in the chest cavity, with blood and qi flowing through the whole body again and again. The breathing technique was automatic and did not require any conscious effort to maintain; it naturally started to operate along a certain perfect rhythm.
The spiritual energy continued to flow in.
The heart, flesh, fascia, and bones all seemed to have been thoroughly cleaned.
Cleansing the essence and marrow.
These four words suddenly popped into Su Ye's mind.
Tourists passing by gradually noticed that something was wrong.
Someone glanced this way and was about to take a closer look when they suddenly felt a tightness in their chest, as if something was gently pressing on their heart, and instinctively stopped in their tracks.
That's strange.
Why do I feel a little uncomfortable in my chest whenever I get close to him?
"You must be tired from climbing the mountain."
The group whispered among themselves, then quickly stepped back and found a shady spot to sit and rest.
Some people looked at Su Ye sitting cross-legged next to the stone statue and couldn't help but shake their heads and laugh.
"There are weirdos every year. They like to come to these sacred mountains and holy sites to film some videos and gain some popularity. Maybe they can defy fate and make a living from live streaming."
After saying that, the man laughed at himself.
The people around him also shook their heads.
Despite the absurdity, no one dared to approach Su Ye again.
……
Time passed little by little.
at last.
Su Ye let out a long breath.
The breath was grayish-white, thin and long, as if the pent-up turbidity in the chest and lungs had been completely expelled.
He opened his eyes.
I feel so much lighter.
It felt as if some invisible, heavy shell had been removed from my body; my bones felt lighter, my breathing became lighter, and even my vision was brighter than before.
And just as he raised his head...
He saw a young Taoist boy standing in front of him.
He was a teenager, wearing a blue Taoist robe, with his hair neatly tied up. His features were still quite young, but standing there, he gave off an air of otherworldly elegance.
It's as if it was nurtured by the spiritual energy of these mountains.
Upon seeing Su Ye awaken, the young Taoist boy bowed respectfully, his expression calm.
"Sir, my Taoist priest invites you to come in and have a seat."
Su Ye looked up.
I was momentarily dazed.
The golden sunlight shone on the temple's plaque, making the three characters shine brightly.
"Fuxing Temple"