FVN #304 - The big black dog in the state of concentration
#304 - The big black dog in the state of concentration
Chapter 303: The Great Black Dog in Samadhi
When the door opened and Zhang Chen entered the room, he was stunned.
His eyes stared blankly at the furnishings inside, and he didn't react for a long time.
He had been wondering why Xiaodouding refused to let him enter this room, and now the answer was clear.
The entire room was pink and tender, filled with all kinds of small toys and dolls, completely like a nursery.
Thinking about Xiaodouding's usual bossy demeanor, if he were seen with all these toys, his authority would be hard to maintain.
Especially when looking at the pink bed, Zhang Chen was stunned for a moment, Xiaodouding was actually a girl who liked pink.
Zhang Chen carried the food tray to Xiaodouding's bed, and heard a steady breathing sound. Zhang Chen checked Cheng Yu's body and was relieved to see that Cheng Yu was really just sleeping: "This girl has been sleeping a lot these days, it seems to be related to the upcoming Investiture of the Gods Ceremony."
Zhang Chen carefully checked and confirmed that there was no problem with Xiaodouding's body, so he got up and walked out of the room, then manipulated the water flow to re-insert the door bolt.
He raised his head to look at the rising sun. The weather was getting drier and drier: "The Flood Dragon's transformation of the Pingbian Royal Mansion hasn't ended yet. What other tricks do they have? What else is that old dragon going to stir up?"
Now the world is suffering from a severe drought, and the people have begun to live in misery. Countless people are restless, preparing to go south to find a way out.
If it weren't for the Yellow Sky Dao giving clear water and food to the people every day, the Northern Lands would have already resorted to cannibalism.
Because of this, the Yellow Sky Dao can spread its teachings extremely quickly in the Northern Lands, and its reputation is constantly fermenting among the people.
"The Yellow Sky Dao can quickly spread its teachings and open up the situation. That old dragon deserves half the credit." Zhang Chen muttered to himself.
Returning to his own house, Zhang Chen had nothing to do, so he simply went to explore the first level of the spiritual world.
The power of incense is temporarily off-limits. The Investiture of the Gods is about to begin, and eyes from all sides are focused here, including some old guys from the Yellow Sky Dao. Zhang Chen doesn't want to cause any unnecessary trouble.
Zhang Chen simply went to explore the first level of the spiritual world to see what other good fortune there was that could quickly enhance his strength.
As Zhang Chen's thoughts moved, his consciousness entered the spiritual world.
It was still that mountain, with black sand everywhere and no end in sight. The entire world was a mixture of darkness.
Zhang Chen glanced at the black sand, not knowing which direction to go. Then Zhang Chen thought of something, he thought of the Golden Wind Jade Dew miraculous flower.
"The Jade Dew has already been devoured by the innate mosquitoes, but the Golden Wind is still there. The function of the Golden Wind is that as long as the flower is crushed, everyone who smells the fragrance will have their strength reduced by 50%. Moreover, it can gradually seal the opponent's energy, spirit, and essence, causing them to gradually fall into a state of autism, losing contact with the outside world through their five senses, and then they can only be slaughtered. This thing is definitely good for assassinating people. Anyway, I don't have a goal in the first level of the spiritual world, so I might as well find the Golden Wind first." Zhang Chen had an idea in his mind.
When the Jade Dew entered the spiritual world, it had sensed the Golden Wind in the dark, but Zhang Chen's various skills were too low and his strength was too weak to explore it.
Zhang Chen's thoughts moved, and a piece of Jade Dew petal that had been specially left behind appeared, and then the petal vibrated slightly, as if it had sensed a certain existence in the dark.
"The place where the sense points must be where the Golden Wind is." Zhang Chen followed the petal's sense and walked through the barren mountains.
"Logically speaking, the Golden Wind Jade Dew grows in the eighth level of the spiritual world. Now it actually appears in the first level, it should have been brought down from the eighth level. In that case, I might even encounter the cave of a predecessor? If I can gain some skills by then, wouldn't that be a great profit?" A beautiful idea flashed through Zhang Chen's mind.
Thinking of this, Zhang Chen's motivation was even greater. He rushed quickly towards the direction where the petals were, he did not rashly use the Art of Transforming into Clouds and Mist. Although the Art of Transforming into Clouds and Mist was fast, the first level of the spiritual world was very likely to have countless crises. If he accidentally suffered a devastating blow and didn't have time to react, it would be troublesome.
Moreover, he was not slow when he ran, Zhang Chen kept running through the mountains, the black sand covered his ankles, causing Zhang Chen to once again sigh at the power of the Wind Pouch when its power was fully developed.
Zhang Chen's footsteps were swift, bringing up gusts of breeze as he passed by. After passing through several mountains, Zhang Chen felt tired, his original consciousness returned to his body, and then Zhang Chen opened his eyes: "For me, the fastest way to restore spiritual power is not to meditate, but to absorb the power of incense, and use the power of incense to restore my energy, spirit, and essence."
"I'm just absorbing a few mouthfuls of incense faith to restore my energy, spirit, and essence, I shouldn't be noticed." Thinking of this, Zhang Chen once again lurked underground, and after absorbing seven or eight mouthfuls, he quickly returned to the ground, and then converted the absorbed power into energy, spirit, and essence. His energy, spirit, and essence quickly recovered, and within a few breaths, he had returned to his peak state.
"The power of incense is truly incredible!" Zhang Chen muttered, and then his energy, spirit, and essence consciousness entered the spiritual world again, and followed the guidance of the Jade Dew petals, and ran wildly in the spiritual world.
The flow rate of time in the spiritual world is almost twenty times different from the outside world. Zhang Chen ran in the spiritual world for ten days, but only an hour had passed outside.
On the tenth day in the spiritual world, the endless black sand finally disappeared, and green grass appeared in front of him. The picture looked beautiful, it was a primitive mountain forest, with clear mountains and rivers and towering ancient trees straight into the sky, a lush green color between the mountains.
"Did I get out of the scope of that great battle?" Zhang Chen looked at the clear mountains and rivers in front of him, layers of ripples rippled in his eyes, and a sense of joy spread in his heart.
"I wonder what surprises and good fortune there are in the mountain forest." Zhang Chen looked carefully for a while, and then turned into a water mist and drifted away.
This is a real primeval forest, the danger of its terrain made Zhang Chen think of Li Bai's 'The Road to Shu is Hard'.
As the saying goes: The Road to Shu is harder than climbing to the sky! It makes one's face turn pale! The continuous peaks are less than a foot away from the sky, and withered pines hang upside down on the cliffs. Flying torrents and waterfalls vie to roar, rocks roll on the cliffs, and ten thousand valleys thunder.
This primeval forest is difficult to move an inch, like climbing Mount Tai and Mount Hua in his previous life. If there is no mountain road, it is really impossible to take a step.
Zhang Chen turned into a mist of divine water. Fortunately, the petals were not heavy, and he wrapped the petals in water mist and flew through the jungle.
But after walking for a while, Zhang Chen gradually noticed something was wrong: "These mountains are lush and green, but there is not a single living creature?"
Zhang Chen felt a little uneasy, looking around, not to mention birds, there were not even insects.
"How could this be?" Zhang Chen felt a little scared. He revealed his presence on a large tree and summoned the Great自在Heavenly Demon to ask.
"I've been walking all this way and only see lush mountains, but not a single living creature. What's the explanation?" Zhang Chen asked.
The Great自在Heavenly Demon glanced at Zhang Chen: "Are you making a fuss over nothing? This place is less than ten thousand miles away from that battlefield. How could there be ordinary mortal beings? I'm afraid all vitality has been suppressed to death. All life instinctively flees in the face of the remaining divine power. It's normal for there to be no living beings."
Zhang Chen felt slightly relieved upon hearing this, then dismissed the Great自在Heavenly Demon and continued his journey through the mountains.
However, it must be said that flying in a straight line through the mountains as a cloud is much faster than Zhang Chen climbing them.
Knowing that there were no living beings nearby, Zhang Chen relaxed and even had the mind to observe the scenery and vegetation in the mountains along the way.
"The vegetation in the spiritual world is quite different from that in the real world. The vegetation in this world contains a trace of subtle and undetectable power, attached to some kind of peculiar law." After observing for a while, Zhang Chen had some insights: "Any weed in this spiritual world can be regarded as a treasure for entrusting souls in the real world. Even a tree branch will burst with extraordinary power when taken outside. The spiritual world is indeed worthy of being called the origin of the extraordinary. It's truly incredible."
However, these flowers and plants containing mysterious power are just ordinary flowers and plants in the spiritual world because the laws of the spiritual world are particularly stable, so the divine power within them cannot burst forth.
Zhang Chen continued his journey through the mountains. After another half day, a faint sobbing sound seemed to spread through the empty mountains and forests, startling Zhang Chen so much that he quickly landed on a large tree, transformed into his original appearance, and carefully surveyed all directions.
This wasn't the first time he had heard crying. He had heard it before in the Black Wind Array and had even seen a white figure at that time.
"Why again?" Zhang Chen frowned, listening to the rustling crying. He couldn't help but recall the opening scene of a female ghost appearing in a TV series.
"Something's not right." Zhang Chen took a breath and quickly checked his own methods. The golden light of the True God flowed and burst forth. Then, a sizzling sound, like boiling water falling on a hot iron, came from Zhang Chen's body, and then the crying stopped and disappeared without a trace.
"The power of my True God Golden Light is stronger again! I hope you monster don't come to provoke me. My True God Golden Light is the bane of all evil. I'll definitely make you regret it." Zhang Chen transformed into a cloud and continued to shuttle through the mountains. This time, the crying disappeared, and Zhang Chen had no more obstacles. He ran freely through the mountains all the way.
When tired, he would return to the real world to absorb some incense power, then replenish his spiritual power and continue to run wildly through the mountains.
When darkness fell outside, Zhang Chen finally found the target he was looking for in the world of meditation.
It was an ordinary farmhouse, three thatched cottages. In front of the thatched cottages was a yard made of a wicker fence. The Golden Wind Flower grew in the small yard, and it was a whole grid full of them, just like Chinese cabbages, growing quietly in the grid.
Standing outside the fence and looking in, the flowers were exactly the same as Jade Dew, but the quantity was a bit too much.
Zhang Chen glanced at the flowers, then carefully looked at the yard in front of him, a hint of caution in his eyes.
The small courtyard and thatched hut were complete and seemed to be regularly repaired. There was even smoke coming from the chimney of the hut, adding a trace of vitality to the entire small courtyard.
"There's actually a farmhouse in the first heaven of the spiritual world? And it looks like there are farmers living in the yard?" A hint of caution appeared in Zhang Chen's eyes. He didn't rush in, but opened his Dharma Eye and carefully observed the yard in front of him.
In Zhang Chen's Dharma Eye, the small courtyard was just an ordinary small courtyard, and it didn't seem to have any other magical features. But Zhang Chen wasn't a fool. This was the spiritual world. Could the creatures that appeared here be ordinary creatures? Could it be an ordinary courtyard?
"This small courtyard... is too ordinary, right?"
"Something's very wrong!" Zhang Chen muttered to himself.
It was precisely because it was too ordinary that it seemed very abnormal.
Zhang Chen's face was vigilant, and his eyes scanned the small house in front of him up and down, left and right, but he couldn't see any anomalies.
"Could it really just be an ordinary house? That's impossible. How could there be an ordinary house in the spiritual world?" Zhang Chen denied his own thought.
"It shouldn't be." Seeing that the Dharma Eye of the True God Golden Light was ineffective, Zhang Chen opened his Devouring Eye and looked around the house up, down, left, and right, but he didn't gain anything. It seemed that the wooden house in front of him was really just an ordinary wooden house.
"Could it really just be an ordinary house?" Zhang Chen began to hesitate again.
He wanted to summon the Great自在Heavenly Demon, but thinking of that pitfall of a Great自在Heavenly Demon, if there was an opportunity to trick him, the other party would never show mercy and would definitely strike a fatal blow. So he secretly denied his own thought.
"Something's not right." Thoughts flashed in Zhang Chen's mind: "It's really not right."
Zhang Chen wanted to summon the fox spirit and ask the fox spirit to explore the way for him, but just as he was about to do it, suddenly there was a little movement from the house. Then, the door of the house suddenly opened, and then suddenly closed inexplicably.
Zhang Chen looked at the door that suddenly opened and then automatically closed, and his pupils shrank rapidly. At this time, it was too late to hide, so he had to quickly transform into a large bat and quietly hide in the jungle.
In this strange spiritual world, it's okay to have an extra large bat, right?
Just as thousands of emotions were flowing in Zhang Chen's mind, thinking about whether to flap his wings and leave, suddenly the wicker door opened, and a black-haired, tall, and handsome black dog appeared in front of Zhang Chen.
"This is?" Zhang Chen looked at the black dog and couldn't help but be stunned. He remembered the scene where the door of the house in the yard suddenly opened and then suddenly closed. At this time, he suddenly realized that it must have been this black dog who had opened the door of the house and then opened the door of the yard himself. Because his line of sight was blocked by the wicker fence, he didn't see the black dog's traces and thought that the door had opened and closed out of thin air. He had scared himself.