My name is Zuo Linqi.
I am the sect leader of "Hengshui Sect."
However, I rarely return to "Hengshui Sect."
For the past six months, I have been staying in the "Purple Jade Bamboo Forest" almost all the time.
The following is my "private diary," recording a beautiful day in the "Purple Jade Bamboo Forest."
Early morning.
I end my meditation in the bright sunlight.
Birds sing, flowers are fragrant, and spiritual energy is abundant.
A beautiful day has begun.
Usually at this time, I "simply" have some breakfast.
"Sage Dragon Tooth Rice."
This spiritual rice is an "extraordinary variety" unobtainable in the outside world.
Even the "Dragon Tooth Rice" cultivated by the ancient Jiang family is just an ordinary variety, incomparable to "Sage Dragon Tooth Rice."
"Sage Dragon Tooth Rice" itself belongs to an "extraordinary exotic species."
Back then, a senior "preached the Way," triggering astonishing "Eightfold Anomalies." The "Dragon Tooth Rice Tree" absorbed a portion of the "enlightenment power," undergoing an incredibly mysterious transformation, and the "Dragon Tooth Rice" was promoted to "Sage Dragon Tooth Rice."
"Sage Dragon Tooth Rice" possesses a trace of "sage enlightenment power" more than "ordinary Dragon Tooth Rice," and the spiritual energy it contains is more vigorous and purer.
Long-term consumption of "Sage Dragon Tooth Rice" not only enhances cultivation and consolidates the Dao foundation but also increases the "chance of enlightenment."
This point is not bragging at all!
I myself am the best example!
Since I started consuming "Sage Dragon Tooth Rice" daily, my "enlightenment" instances have significantly increased.
In my cultivation career of over two hundred years.
My previous "enlightenment count" was 1.
And in the past six months, I have "enlightened" about 18 times.
The progress cannot be described as just noticeable; it's incredibly obvious.
My breakfast is a rice paste made from "Sage Dragon Tooth Rice," sweet, refreshing, and incredibly delicious.
If you don't want to eat lightly like me, you can choose "heavy flavor"!
Have a drink!
Drink "morning wine"!
Drinking alcohol early in the morning!
Believe it or not, there are quite a few cultivators who have this habit!
My neighbor, fellow Daoist Chi Lian, drinks three bottles of "Dragon Tooth Rice Wine" every morning.
"Dragon Tooth Rice Wine" is made with "Sage Dragon Tooth Rice" as the main ingredient, using the method for refining "Monkey Wine," along with various spiritual fruits and spring water.
"Dragon Tooth Rice Wine" is not only mellow and sweet with an endless aftertaste, but it can also enhance a cultivator's cultivation and increase their "chance of enlightenment."
Its effect is even better than "Sage Dragon Tooth Rice"!
After eating the "Sage Dragon Tooth Rice" breakfast, I take a walk and rest.
The "Star Spirit Lakes" formed around the area, due to the rich spiritual energy and suitable climate, are covered with spiritual herbs and flowers.
A gentle breeze blows, carrying the fragrance of medicine.
It gives one a feeling of "peaceful years"!
However, it is a pity that such an immortal landscape is always accompanied by very discordant sounds.
"A pair of twos, the biggest, who else!"
"Tch! Four fours, a bomb!"
"Hurry up, I've been waiting so long my flowers have withered!"
"Big and small kings, royal flush!"
...
These "shouting" sounds are the commotion from "Dou Dizhu" (Fight the Landlord).
Some say that "Dou Dizhu" was invented by a senior.
Heh, I don't believe it!
How could someone as divine as a senior invent such a low-class pastime?
Look at those people, arguing fiercely over so-called "wrong moves."
Rumble!
The sound of intense fighting echoes.
I don't even need to look; it must be Chong Xuanzi and Elder Tao Ming, they're fighting again.
These two fellows are incompatible from birth.
Despite their bad relationship, they always like to stick together.
For example, when playing "Dou Dizhu," these two "nemeses" insist on sitting at the same table.
What good outcome can there be?
At most three rounds, the two will inevitably start fighting, wishing they could tear each other to shreds.
Look, they're at it again!
Fairy Points the Way!
Monkey Steals the Peach!
...
When these two fight, it's as "low-brow" as ever.
Noon, and it's time for lunch again.
Today, I brought our "Hengshui Sect's" specialty, "Hengshui Heavenly Fish," and will have a "hot pot" with fellow Daoists Xie Jiuan, Leng Qingqiu, and others!
"Shuai Huoguo" (hot pot), this novel way of gathering, was clearly invented by a senior.
The senior is truly a genius, how can he have so many brilliant ideas! The senior could even come up with such a genius way of eating as "Shuai Huoguo," I truly admire the senior!
"Shuai Huoguo" is so satisfying!
We all sat around the table.
I took out the "Hengshui Heavenly Fish."
Sliced it thinly.
Briefly blanched it in the pot.
Come, let's all start eating.
Ah, the fish meat is fresh, sweet, tender, and smooth, brimming with spiritual energy, delicious!
Fellow Daoist Xie Jiuan took out the specialty from their "Famous Sword Manor," "Green Jade Bi Bamboo Shoots."
Sliced it thinly.
Briefly blanched it in the pot.
Fragrant, beautiful, so delicious!
...
We had an incredibly enjoyable "hot pot" meal. During the feast, we also sat and discussed the Dao, and everyone gained much.
"Shuai Huoguo" is the best!
As evening approaches, the "Purple Jade Bamboo Forest's" regular program arrives.
Movies!
Speaking of which, ever since the senior began this "special preaching," movies are broadcast punctually every evening without fail.
"Movies" are a good thing!
Heaven knows how much effort the senior put into them!
It's moving just thinking about it!
Senior, you are truly too kind to us!
The senior is light, the senior is electricity, the senior is the only legend...
Sorry, when I get excited, I can't help but sing the battle hymn.
This "minor ailment" is probably a common problem for all "United Committee members."
Heh heh.
Returning to the topic of "movies," don't underestimate them just because they are mere images. They contain the senior's insights into the Great Dao, embody infinite wisdom, and can lead to myriad divine abilities!
I have dull aptitudes, and from the "movies," I have only comprehended one "divine ability" – the "Great Sun Golden Wheel Divine Ability"!
Although this "divine ability" is very powerful in combat, compared to other fellow Daoists who comprehend two or three divine abilities at every turn, I am still too inadequate.
Well, I must work harder!
I cannot let down the senior's expectations!
Recently, I have had a strong premonition, feeling as though I am about to "comprehend a new divine ability."
Keep going, Zuo Linqi, you are the best, you can do it!
At night, the "movie" officially begins.
As I watch, I feel more and more, as if something is about to erupt from within me.
However, I just can't break through the final veil.
It's missing just a little bit of opportunity.
This feeling is so agonizing!
Senior, please grant me strength!
At this critical moment, as per custom, I devoutly pray to the senior.
The senior is light, the senior is electricity, the senior is the only legend...
The melody of the "battle hymn" automatically rings in my mind.
This feeling immediately arrives.
The last trace of fleeting "opportunity" is suddenly grasped by me.
Senior, thank you for your protection!
I offer a final grateful thought in my heart, and my entire being enters the profound and mysterious state of "enlightenment"...