Xuantian Immortal Cultivation Record

"Are you... that carp spirit in the lake?" Zhang Yuanjing asked uncertainly.

This demon's face kept changing, resembling the previous two cultivators, but how did it turn into a demon beast? Could it be that the illusion of the white-clothed cultivator was not Xue Wangshen himself?

"Bah! What carp spirit!" The red-scaled demon spat fiercely in anger. "I am Li Jin, the Vanguard General under the command of the Golden Dragon King! Identify yourself quickly, this general does not slay the nameless."

Zhang Yuanjing slowly descended toward the island, pointing to where the manor used to be. He asked, "There used to be a manor here, why is it gone now?"

The red-scaled demon was taken aback, then asked suspiciously, "You've been here before? You've entered the King's palace?" Then he flew into a rage, "You daredevil, you even dared to break into the King's palace! This is a capital crime! Surrender immediately and follow this general to plead guilty to the King!"

Zhang Yuanjing heard that his words seemed somewhat confused, but in reality, he was probing. So he laughed and said, "I am a distinguished guest of your King, and have been personally entertained by him. You want to capture me? Be careful, or you might lose your head!"

The red-scaled demon shook the silver hammer in his hand and shouted, "Hey! I've met all of our King's honored guests, but I've never seen you! How dare you deceive this general, take this hammer!"

The demon carried the hammer, crossed a hundred zhang, and smashed the hammer down on Zhang Yuanjing's head. When he was standing by the pool, he was only about ten feet tall, but when he reached Zhang Yuanjing, he had grown to six zhang tall, and the hammer in his hand was like a small house.

Zhang Yuanjing stood still, waved his hand, and released a stone, which was initially only the size of a fist, but in an instant, it turned into a ten-zhang stone mountain, pushing the huge silver hammer back.

The red-scaled demon was startled and took two steps back. Seeing that it was just a stone mountain, he thought it was just a bluff, so he roared and raised his hammer to smash the stone mountain.

"Boom!"

The silver hammer bounced up and hit the red-scaled demon's face directly. The red-scaled demon dodged his head, twisted his body, and smashed another hammer.

"Boom!"

The hammer slammed into the ground without any obstruction, making a loud noise. Mud splashed, and the whole earth shook.

"Wah, ya, ya!" The red-scaled demon shouted, the palms of his feet in size were torn apart, and he almost dropped the silver hammer on the ground.

Just as he was about to curse, the suddenly disappeared stone mountain suddenly reappeared, rapidly turning from a speck of dust into a ten-zhang mountain, pressing on the silver hammer and crushing more than half of his arm.

"So heavy!" The demon grunted in pain, put the other hand under the mountain, and exerted force with both hands, but could not move it at all.

He was also stubborn, and he was unwilling to let go at this time, carrying it hard, and wanted to lift the origin stone.

Zhang Yuanjing flew and landed on the stone mountain, and asked with a smile, "Do you know now that I am your King's distinguished guest?"

Although the red-scaled demon had no face, it turned red, like a monkey's butt. It tried its best, but refused to speak.

Zhang Yuanjing found it easier to deal with this kind of transformed demon beast who only knew brute force. He only needed to import the power of thick earth into the stone mountain and continuously increase the gravity of the mountain, and soon the six-zhang demon was out of breath.

"So you're a blockhead!" Zhang Yuanjing scolded with a smile, but he was a little disappointed.

If he wanted to break through the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths Clock layer by layer, it would be too much trouble. It would be best to directly find the Golden Dragon King. This red-scaled demon could not be counted on.

He mobilized the power of thick earth in his dantian to quickly increase the giant force. After a few breaths, the red-scaled demon fell down exhausted.

Zhang Yuanjing still held back, just exhausting his strength and not hurting him.

He searched the island, but found nothing suspicious. There was no trace of the original village, knowing that the spirit of this spiritual treasure had deliberately made changes, so he no longer wasted time, flew out of the island, fell into the water, and plunged straight to the bottom of the lake.

Last time, he was protected by bubbles before he could get into the water. This time, the red-scaled demon had been defeated by him, and there were no more demon beasts in the water, so he smoothly reached the bottom of the water.

It was dark all around, and the rocks were scattered, making it difficult to distinguish east from west. He didn't know if the stone wall leading to the Quiet Sea was still there, nor did he remember where it was. He could only extend his divine consciousness to its limit, covering an area of more than a hundred zhang, and search around.

This lake was not big, only a few hundred miles in radius, and he quickly searched it all over. As expected, the stone wall was gone.

This was not unexpected. The Nine Heavens and Ten Earths Clock was an extremely powerful innate spiritual treasure, constantly cultivating itself, and its internal space naturally changed with its insights and improvements.

He carefully examined the aura of the chaotic rocks, spent more than an hour, and finally found a unique rock in a corner of the lake bottom. This stone was only a foot in size, and its appearance was the same as the other chaotic rocks, but below it, there was a hole the size of an inch, containing a trace of mysterious aura.

Zhang Yuanjing lifted the stone with his magic power. When the hole was completely exposed, light shone, followed by a circle of halo flashing.

He stepped forward without hesitation and entered a stone cave.

An old man was standing in the stone cave, and the surroundings were empty. The old man looked dull, exactly the same as the one he had seen in the manor last time.

"Old man, sorry to bother you."

When the old man heard someone speaking, his face suddenly came to life, filled with smiles, and he bowed to Zhang Yuanjing and asked, "Where did you come from, honored guest? What brings you to my Quiet Sea Palace?"

Zhang Yuanjing saw that he no longer recognized him, and knew that he was created by the spiritual treasure and was constantly changing, so he said, "I want to visit the Golden Dragon King. I wonder if the old man can lead the way?"

When the old man heard this, his face became serious: "So the honored guest knows my King. Please allow this old man to report." He stood still, looking like he was wandering out of the world. After a few breaths, he smiled again and said to Zhang Yuanjing, "The King is dealing with important matters and needs the honored guest to wait a few days before meeting. The King also instructed this old man to ask the honored guest a question on his behalf. I wonder if the honored guest is willing to answer?"

As soon as Zhang Yuanjing heard this, he immediately became excited and nodded, "Yes!"

The old man asked with a smile, "Honored guest, what do you think, is a person's moral character innate or acquired?"

Zhang Yuanjing pondered for a moment, his heart moved, and he probably guessed why the Golden Dragon King asked this question. So he said, "Some people say that human nature is like a willow, and human behavior is like a cup, making people have moral character, just like making a willow into a cup. I wonder what the old man thinks?"

The old man said, "This is equivalent to saying that a person's moral character is acquired. Do you hold this view, honored guest?"

Zhang Yuanjing smiled and said, "Some people also say that making a willow into a cup means that the willow can be made into a cup because of its nature, not the other way around. What do you think of this, old man?"

The old man was a little confused: "This means that moral character is innate. Which opinion do you hold, honored guest? You wouldn't just give the King's question back to the King, would you!"

Zhang Yuanjing smiled and said, "Old man, don't be impatient. In fact, in my opinion, both of these statements are right and wrong. A person's moral character is both innate and acquired. However, this is not the key question asked by your King. The real key lies in the fact that whether it is innate or not is beyond human control, but acquired efforts are controlled by oneself. If you want to be good, you can do good. If you want to do evil, you will naturally create evil. We are human beings, but we only talk about self-cultivation and do what we can do. Why bother to dwell on those ethereal, unclear arguments, and even if we get the answer, it will not help!"