Chapter 132 Praying for Rain, Encountering Mother Again

At the same time, far away in Chuzhou, Tian Tui, who was still on the road, suddenly turned his head the moment Grand Master Sima Chengzhen came out of seclusion, looking toward Xu Prefecture with a thoughtful expression.

As a high-ranking practitioner of the Three Sovereigns Sect, Tian Tui's perception of celestial breath and earth veins was exceptionally high.

Just now, he clearly sensed that the earth veins and celestial breath in the direction of Xu Prefecture had undergone a massive change due to some unknown reason.

It seemed as if someone was deliberately manipulating the earth veins, but it did not cause any serious consequences; on the contrary, it made the earth veins more vibrant and the celestial breath more transparent.

With such miraculous means, Tian Tui asked himself if even their Sect Leader could achieve such a natural effect, and he feared not.

This instantly made him think of the Maoshan Sect Leader, Grand Master Sima Chengzhen.

In the world today, if anyone could be said to surpass the Three Sovereigns Sect Leader in the use of earth veins and celestial breath, it would likely only be Grand Master Sima Chengzhen.

Although the Maoshan Sect revered the Supreme Clarity Dao Lord, they were not restricted by convention. They learned from the Three Pure Ones; whether it was the Three Sovereigns Sect's methods of earth veins and celestial breath, or Mount Longhu's thunder techniques, the Maoshan Sect had dabbled in them all and had even forged their own unique paths.

But why did Grand Master Sima Chengzhen suddenly go there?

Ever since Grand Master Sima Chengzhen achieved a Breakthrough to the Primordial Spirit Realm, he had not left the mountain for a long time. Even when the Saint came to visit, he had not been seen, making him very mysterious.

However, he still faintly sensed a grand aura like the might of heaven, yet that aura did not quite seem like Grand Master Sima Chengzhen.

This left Tian Tui completely puzzled, and he very much wanted to go to Xu Prefecture to see the situation.

However, seeing that he was about to find the location of the evil spirit, he did not want to give up halfway.

After thinking about it, Tian Tui turned around and continued to walk forward.

But just at this moment, he suddenly looked up and saw a seven-colored Mystic Light piercing through the sky, stretching out from the south and continuing to extend into the distance.

His expression was one of shock, and he blurted out, "An Immortal Master is traveling, with a celestial procession!"

How could this be? Wasn't Grand Master Sima Chengzhen in Xu Prefecture?

Then who is this here?

For a moment, he felt like his brain couldn't keep up.

Could it be that a second Immortal Master of the Primordial Spirit Realm has appeared in the world?

"Forget it, why am I worrying about these people's business? If the sky falls, the tall ones will hold it up."

Tian Tui reined in his shocked thoughts and continued heading toward the East Sea.

For now, eliminating the evil spirit and securing the merit was the most important thing. He had a premonition that the evil spirit should be right on the coast of the East Sea!

...

Vajrabodhi continued toward Yangzhou at a leisurely pace.

At this moment, in his hand, there was a small, delicate white bone skull. Judging by its appearance, it should be the skull of a child around ten years old.

It had already been polished exceptionally smooth by Vajrabodhi, with three eye-sized holes opened in the top of the cranium, and there was even a flow of spiritual intent upon it; it was clearly being refined by him into a Magical Artifact.

Although he had temporarily lost track of Tian Tui, he was not anxious.

Just like what Zhang Huaiyi thought, he also believed that the evil spirit would not be so easy to eliminate, so he had the leisure to refine his Magical Artifact on the road.

"Hmm, Great Monk Vajrabodhi?"

Suddenly, a voice called out to Vajrabodhi. Vajrabodhi turned his head; it was the Daoist Cui Wei from the Louguan Sect.

Cui Wei was skilled in astrology and divination. Although it was not as useful as the Three Sovereigns Sect's methods at this moment, it was not slow either, with a speed second only to Tian Tui.

"What are you doing..."

Before he could finish his sentence, Cui Wei saw the skull in Vajrabodhi's hand, and his eyes suddenly narrowed.

"Vajrabodhi, how dare you harm the common people of the Great Tang!"

"Amitabha, Your Excellency has misunderstood. When I passed through Bian Prefecture, I encountered a child who had starved to death. I felt pity, so I preserved a bit of spiritual light within the skull, hoping to return to the temple to perform rites for the child's reincarnation."

"Is this true?" Cui Wei remained skeptical.

"Amitabha, a monk does not tell lies." As he spoke, Vajrabodhi held the skull in his hand forward.

Only then did Cui Wei see that there was a bit of spiritual light inside the skull, struggling to escape. Once it came out and was struck by the essence of the great sun, it would vanish into thin air.

Only then did he believe Vajrabodhi's words.

But he still frowned and said, "Even so, this method is too cruel and harms the harmony of heaven."

However, his tone was no longer as intense as before.

"This poor monk had no other choice and had to resort to this desperate measure."

"All living things between heaven and earth have their natural destination. Great Monk, do not interfere with their Karma again next time."

"This poor monk has been taught. Thank you, Your Excellency." Vajrabodhi lowered his head humbly, holding one palm upright in front of his chest.

"Is Your Excellency also going to Yangzhou to track the traces of that evil spirit?" Vajrabodhi asked.

This made Cui Wei look at Vajrabodhi with a slightly different perspective.

"I did not expect that Dharma Master Vajrabodhi also possesses the ability to divine. Correct, this Daoist is indeed going to Yangzhou to meet this evil spirit."

"You flatter me, I only know the basics. Since that is the case, may this poor monk travel with you? I wonder if it is convenient for you, Fellow Daoist."

Cui Wei thought for a moment and nodded, "Then let us travel together, but if we encounter the evil spirit, we will each rely on our own means."

"That is only natural."

...

After Jiang Chen had recovered enough, he got up to pray for rain for Xu Prefecture, which took no more than two hours.

Dark clouds filled the sky, thunder roared, and then rain the size of beans poured down.

This made the people of Xu Prefecture overjoyed; their moods had gone from great highs to lows and back to highs again in an instant.

Just before, the sky had been filled with dark clouds, lightning, and thunder, and they had thought it was about to rain, so every household brought out pots, bowls, and basins to catch the rain.

Who would have thought that the thunder was loud but the raindrops were small, and after a while, the clouds dispersed.

Everyone had been happy for nothing, and for a moment, they felt as if the spirit within them was about to snap.

This second time the thunder roared, many people thought it would be like before, flashing a few times and then stopping.

Who knew that while it did stop flashing after a few times, it was only because torrential rain immediately came pouring down.

After praying for rain in Xu Prefecture, Jiang Chen did not stay and continued walking toward the southeast.

The drought in Henan Circuit had almost been resolved. As long as there was no subsequent flooding, once the imperial court's disaster relief grain arrived, the basic problems would be readily solved.

Some people had gone to pray for rain in Huainan Circuit as well, but very few, so he prepared to take the opportunity to go to Huainan Circuit to take a look.

Yang Shu also followed the two of them, so now it had become a group of three.

It was just that Yang Shu was still in that cold and aloof manner. After Jianzhen got the cold shoulder a few times, he wisely stopped trying to talk to him.

On the way, Jiang Chen and the others encountered quite a few fellow practitioners. Practitioners who were rarely seen in the past could basically be seen every day in the last few days.

Although the atmosphere of cultivation in the Great Tang was quite strong, it was limited to the imperial court, the Buddhist and Daoist sects, and the unorthodox paths like folk shamanism.

For example, at this moment, just as Jiang Chen and the others stepped into Hao Prefecture, they happened to bump into a few young practitioners.

These practitioners were two men and two women, also heading to Hao Prefecture, but the aura Jiang Chen sensed from them was quite chaotic, and the highest cultivation among them was only at the seventh or eighth layer of the Qi Induction Stage; they did not seem like those who had come from orthodox cultivation paths.

If it were only this, it would be fine, but what really made Jiang Chen pay attention to them was a sentence spoken by one of the women.

"Senior Brother, the Saintess says that Wusheng Laomu has sent down a divine oracle, right here in Hao Prefecture. I wonder when she will summon us?"

Although their voices were extremely low, Jiang Chen's cultivation was too high, and he easily captured some key information from it.

...

Good evening everyone (saving my life).