Cultivation towards immortality, starting from being a fisherman
Chapter 296 - Chapter 296 Chapter 190 The New Disciple North Sea Giant Beast

Chapter 296: Chapter 190: The New Disciple, North Sea Giant Beast Chapter 296: Chapter 190: The New Disciple, North Sea Giant Beast Riding on a White Tiger, he descended upon the Northern Land.

The route Zhou Xuan took for his visits grew increasingly mystical.

The Taoist Temples that received Zhou Xuan couldn’t help but exclaim in amazement at the sight of the White Tiger.

Zhou Xuan also noticed that in every place he visited, there seemed to be young ladies or girls of different appearances and temperaments, like a blossoming array of flowers, waiting for him.

Among them were not a few who had genuinely studied scripture and could understand their conversations, the female laypersons.

But ever since Zhou Xuan entered the Pot Cave Heaven and became a disciple of the Outer Sect of the Yunlai Immortal Realm,

he had already decided that he would devote this lifetime to the path of cultivation.

As for the female laypersons… they could only hinder the speed of his cultivation!

The White Tiger he rode was naturally controlled by a Beast Taming Talisman.

The White Tiger initially harbored thoughts of escape when it was first controlled.

But after following Zhou Xuan, it found it could enjoy meat at every meal, and even eat its fill!

Moreover, when its young master meditated and rested, a most pleasant scent would emanate from his body, and by lying beside him, the White Tiger would receive great benefits just from sleeping.

The White Tiger no longer wished to leave Zhou Xuan’s side.

And as its strength grew, carrying Zhou Xuan across mountains and ridges became ever more effortless.

Zhou Xuan, benefiting from this assistance, also reduced the time spent on the road, reaching a win-win situation.

Then, one night, as he stayed next to an ancient temple by a Stone Buddha, Zhou Xuan began to close his eyes and reflect on all he had seen and heard on this journey.

Zhou Xuan couldn’t help but sigh, feeling that true practitioners in today’s cultivation world were far lesser than he had imagined.

He had thought that though few, true practitioners would at least constitute one percent of the registered number.

Yet, he discovered that even among the registered and widely recognized true practitioners, there was no shortage of those who merely filled the numbers.

During his travels, Zhou Xuan visited many places, yet true practitioners with genuine skills were one in ten.

And more or less, all harbored some self-doubt.

For instance, after many interactions with the high monks of ancient temples, Zhou Xuan realized that these true practitioners of the Buddhist Sect were different from what he had thought.

Theravada Buddhism cultivates oneself, Mahayana Buddhism saves others.

Most real practitioners nowadays seek to cultivate themselves to achieve the Arhat Fruit Position.

In the cultivation paths of these practitioners,

they don’t have the worship and offerings found in other religions.

The Buddha that common people pray to incessantly seems more like a compassionate teacher to them, willing to teach Dharma Methods, rather than some deity that guarantees promotions, wealth, good health, and response to all prayers.

However, even those high monks who have cultivated Theravada Buddhism for a lifetime

often come to realize, in their later years, that their lifetime of cultivation is hopeless.

They would chant “Amitabha Buddha” and turn to the Zen Sect, hoping that after reincarnation, they can retain a hint of Buddha-nature, to achieve proper fruit in the next life.

It was a perfect portrayal of not understanding Zen, scorning it, then understanding and ultimately embracing the entire cultivation process.

Zhou Xuan’s arrival, in a sense, sent a signal to these people that true practitioners still have a path forward

and greatly encouraged their morale and spirit in cultivation.

Thus, besides cooperation,

the Buddhist Sect thought of the naturally gifted Buddha Sons, and Taoism sought the innate Taoist Seeds,

whilst the investigation department, after some application, had those regarded by the specially protected department as having special spiritual talents, come forth to meet Zhou Xuan, the walking cultivator among men.

In their compilation of various information,

those Buddha Sons, Taoist Seeds, and uniquely talented individuals are indeed the ones that the transcendent Immortal Sects truly desire.

Just as with antiques,

good items remain good items, no matter the era.

These special talents are the same.

Even in an environment absent of Spiritual Energy, unable to cultivate transcendent Divine Skills, they could still achieve many good deeds with their special abilities.

For example, the female special agent invited by the investigators, originally from a poor rural area, revealed an extremely strong spiritual charm from the time she became sensible.

Through physical contact, she could alleviate a person’s pain in an instant.

Even though the effect was temporary, it was sufficient to make her a cash cow for her family and even the local tyrant of her village in a very short time, promoting her as a reincarnated Buddha, a healer like Immortal He…

Fortunately, times have changed.

Such uniquely talented individuals, who in the past would have been controlled as a Saintess or Goddess with often tragic outcomes, are now promptly nurtured when identified in modern times.

Zhou Xuan rested in the ancient temple for a night, and upon standing up to bid farewell to the abbot, he saw the Buddha Sons and Taoist Seeds sent from various places.

But with just a glance, Zhou Xuan had no interest in them.

As someone at the third layer of Qi Cultivation, he could naturally see that these people were just well-developed, abundant in essence energy and spirit.

Their temperaments… were no different from his when he was in East King Temple.

At most, they had better memory and were more precocious.

They could be considered geniuses among ordinary people, or even lauded as promising scientists.

But they were not quite worthy of the titles Buddha Sons or Taoist Seeds.

On the other hand, the last girl who walked in, dressed in ordinary clothes and slightly timid and shy,

made Zhou Xuan’s eyes light up, and on the first glance, he had the strange illusion that she was glowing all over.

The girl, about thirteen or fourteen years old with freckles on her ponytailed face,

could only be considered not unpleasant to look at and had a slender figure.

Seemingly unremarkable on the street,

she caused Zhou Xuan’s eyes to widen significantly, mouth agape with a look of surprise.

At that moment, Zhou Xuan felt something mysterious that true Qi Cultivation practitioners would find familiar yet uncommon,

similar to the sensation Su Ping had at the Immortal Ascension Conference in Golden Sparrow City upon seeing the Ji Family’s girl.