Xu Chunniang's eyes fell on the lake and she felt something in her heart.
Tao is originally invisible, yet it can evolve the heaven and earth, operate the sun and the moon, and nourish all things. It is the origin of everything.
Heaven and earth were born together, all things are one, even mosquito larvae and insects have spirits, let alone birds, beasts and fish.
However, if you want to awaken the spiritual intelligence of these mortal beasts, you cannot do without the help of spiritual energy.
If you don’t have low-level spiritual objects and elixirs, you can use the Spirit Rain Technique instead.
The Spiritual Rain Technique was the first small spell she learned after entering the Xiaoyao Sect.
Only a small amount of spiritual energy is needed to create a spiritual rain.
The level of the Spirit Rain Technique is low, and the spiritual energy contained in the spiritual rain it produces is extremely thin, but it is just right for these mortal beasts.
Xu Chunniang's mind moved, and she saw a few drops of spiritual rain lightly falling on the originally calm surface of the lake.
The fish in the water seemed to sense something, and gathered around where the rain was falling, opening their mouths to catch the spiritual rain. Seeing this scene, she couldn't help but feel emotional. She didn't expect that after so many years, she would still be able to use the spiritual rain technique.
At this moment, the egret that was standing on the water plants on the shore and combing its feathers stopped and looked at the fish gathering in the lake.
Its two slender legs suddenly stretched out backwards, and its white wings spread out, and it flew towards the center of the lake gracefully and swiftly like a sharp arrow.
When it flew over the center of the lake, it lowered its head slightly, pecked at the surface of the lake with its long beak, and accurately pecked a small fish about two or three inches long.
The egret flew all the way to the other side of the lake with the small fish in its beak. Then it leisurely raised its head and swallowed the fish in its mouth in one gulp, while still cleaning its feathers.
The fish in the center of the lake were frightened and swam towards the deep bottom of the water, then scattered in a hurry.
Wangtianhu looked at the egret from all angles and felt unhappy, so he made a suggestion.
"That egret eats fish and scares away the fish. We might as well kill it."
Xu Chunniang thought for a moment, "It's the nature of the egret to eat fish, just like the fish in the lake eat duckweed. It has done nothing wrong, so how can I hurt it?"
Wang Tianhu said impatiently, "But the spiritual energy contained in your spiritual rain technique is not much to begin with. If the fish are disturbed by the egret, how long will it take for these fish to become wise?"
“What I want to teach is not only the fish in the water, but also the sheep on the mountains and the birds in the sky.
Fish eat the spiritual rain, and egrets eat the fish that have eaten the spiritual rain. Isn’t that great?”
Wang Tianhu was speechless. "As long as you can open the spiritual wisdom of a mortal creature, you will pass the test. Why do you go through so much trouble?"
"There are different levels of enlightenment. Since I have the truth in my heart, why not teach and enlighten sentient beings?"
Xu Chunniang shook her head slightly, recalling the nine reincarnations she had experienced when she broke through the Spirit Transformation Stage.
In her second life, she also became a fish in the water, drifting with the current, and was then swallowed by a big fish.
The six realms of reincarnation, cause and effect.
The weak fish in front of you is also a living being in the cycle of reincarnation.
Without paying any more attention to Wangtianhu, she turned around and started talking to the fish in the water.
Watching this scene, Wang Tianhu felt it was absurd and ridiculous. "Why are you talking to these mortals? How can they understand you?"
"Words have spirit, and the law nourishes all things."
Wang Tianhu gave up trying to persuade her, "Alright, it's up to you. You have nothing to do anyway, so do whatever you want."
Not only Wang Tianhu, but the students who saw this scene in the Preaching Hall were also speechless.
"What is she doing? Does she think these fish can understand human language?"
"Although the second level is not difficult, it also has many restrictions. If the number of evil creatures created is greater than the number of spiritual creatures that can be enlightened, or if you cannot make any ordinary creature enlightened within 30 years, it will be considered a failure."
"Let's go. There's no need to waste time here. Although the time flow rate in the space where she is is ten times faster than that in the outside world, we can't wait here for three years.
Whether she can succeed or not, there will be no results for a while, we will see in three years."
As the school officials and students left one after another, the preaching hall became quiet again, with only the old man stationed in the preaching hall left.
The old man glanced at the light screen next to the Dragon Soul Bell and shook his head slightly.
Even if this challenger successfully passed the second level, he might not be able to become an academic officer in the academy.
After all, it has been many years since anyone has been able to gain the approval of the headmaster.
The sudden visit of the challenger was like a stone falling into a calm lake, causing a brief ripple before returning to calm.
In the Celestial God Academy, everything returned to normal. Every few days or a dozen days, one or two challengers would come from afar and ring the Dragon Soul Bell.
However, in the next three years, no one will be able to ring the Dragon Soul Bell ninety-nine times.
Three years passed quietly. Those people who had come to watch the battle when the Dragon Soul Bell was struck ninety-nine times had long forgotten about it in their busy lives of cultivation.
Occasionally, there were a few people who remembered, but they no longer had the desire to go to the preaching hall.
Because the level of Shanzhang is so difficult, only a handful of people have been able to pass it over thousands of years.
The preaching hall was as deserted as ever.
The old man who was sitting cross-legged with his eyes closed in the hall suddenly opened his eyes.
Calculating the time, the three-year period has passed, and the challenger at that time should have a result.
He opened his eyes and looked towards the light curtain. After seeing the scene clearly, he could not hide his shock.
In the light curtain, a female cultivator was seen sitting cross-legged by the lake with a leisurely expression, preaching.
The lake to her left was filled with fish, shrimp and other aquatic creatures; while her right was surrounded by all kinds of beasts.
Above her, various birds were circling, and from time to time they would land on her shoulders affectionately.
The old man couldn't help but widen his eyes. Birds did not eat fish and shrimps, and jackals lived in peace with cattle and sheep. The scene looked both strange and harmonious.
In just thirty years, relying on that pitiful spiritual rain, could it be that all these birds and beasts have become enlightened
In the world behind the light curtain, Xu Chunniang felt that it was time for her to leave.
She took one last look at the birds, beasts, and fish that had accompanied her for decades, and said gently, "I'm leaving."
The fish jumped out of the water eagerly, the birds chirped reluctantly, and the animals became restless.
"Gathering and separation are all due to fate. Tao follows nature, and you are also natural."
Xu Chunniang smiled slightly, her figure turned into a white light, and left this world.
Wang Tianhu was amazed and said, "If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I would never have believed that jackals and wolves could live in peace with cattle and sheep."
"As the Sky-Watching Howler, you may be very powerful, but your understanding of the Dao is far inferior to your strength."
Wang Tianhu snorted lightly and said disdainfully, "I don't need to understand these things. All I need is to be strong enough to break all laws with one force. Do you understand?"