Chapter 4: Enlightening the Mountain Dog! Reward! The Great Wilderness Devouring Heaven Skill! “However … this spiritual herb belongs to me, a Realised Being*. You, a mere little mountain dog! How dare you steal and eat it! No way! I must keep you, this mountain dog, to guard my house and yard!” With a turn of his eyes, Zhu Xuanji stepped forward. He raised his hand. And pressed his palm on the mountain dog’s head.

    [*Zhenren (Chinese: 真人; pinyin: zhēnrén; lit. ‘true/genuine person’ or ‘person of truth’) is a Chinese term that first appeared in the Zhuangzi meaning “Taoist spiritual master” in those writings. Religious Taoism mythologized zhenren, having them occupy various places in the celestial hierarchy sometimes synonymous with xian, while Chinese Buddhism used it to translate Arahant “Enlightened One”.

    There are many possible titles and translations possible for this word, so I’ve taken the liberty to use “Realised Being”. You can feel free to read more about it here: Zhenren – Wikipedia]

    Then, Zhu Xuanji activated the Basic Enlightenment Technique! Ripples, barely visible, spread from Zhu Xuanji’s palm to the mountain dog’s body.

    After about half an hour, the faint light on Zhu Xuanji’s hand finally disappeared.

    Hearing these mechanical voices in his ears, Zhu Xuanji instantly became happy.

    “The Great Wilderness Devouring Heaven Skill”!

    Just listen to the name, how domineering!

    Thinking this, Zhu Xuanji almost without hesitation chose the Heavenly Dog evolution path.

    “Nani? There’s punishment too? What the heck?”

    Zhu Xuanji was baffled, he never expected this development.

    That after determining the evolution path, there would be this condition. So, there was still a risk of the evolution not being successful.

    The mountain dog was still chewing on a few spiritual herbs, looked at Zhu Xuanji and said, “Woof … Who are you?”

    After three months of cultivation, Zhu Xuanji’s Glazed Golden Body Technique had also made some progress.

    His whole body radiated a golden light. He had a bit of an immortal presence. Although he looked like a youth. He had an air of authority without the might of one.

    This mountain dog had been subjected to Zhu Xuanji’s Basic Enlightenment Technique. It could now speak human words.

    However, hearing the mountain dog’s words, Zhu Xuanji realized that the Basic Enlightenment Technique indeed had limited effects. It couldn’t make this mountain dog smart.

    “Who am I? I am the Realised Being Xuanji, who knows everything and can do anything, from heaven to earth! Bold dog! You stole the spiritual herbs I planted! Originally, you deserved a good beating! But, considering you are also a living being. I won’t hold it against you! Today, I enlightened you! Bestowing upon you an opportunity! From now on, you will stay here, guarding my house and yard! In the future, there will be no shortage of benefits for you. Hurry and pay respects to this Realised Being!”

    Hearing Zhu Xuanji’s words.

    The two eyes of the mountain dog still showed confusion. Zhu Xuanji saw this.

    The mountain dog asked, “ … Pay respects … to the Realised Being? Realised Being … hungry!”

    Zhu Xuanji helplessly waved his hand.

    “Eat, eat! Looking at your yellow fur. You do have a bit of a majestic look. From now on, you will be called Da Huang!”

    Da Huang (Da Huang) munched on the spiritual herbs noisily. He didn’t care what Zhu Xuanji was saying.

    Zhu Xuanji saw this, feeling somewhat helpless.

    After all, after enlightening this mountain dog, he had already received the system reward of the Great Wilderness Devouring Heaven Skill.

    He had already profited! As for the punishment for unsuccessful evolution. Worrying about it was useless. It was better to do what he should. s?a??h th? N?v?l(F)ire.n?t website on G??gl? to access chapters of n?vels early and in the highest quality.

    Initially, Zhu Xuanji planned to pull a spiritual herb to taste what it was like, but seeing Da Huang eating so heartily. He felt somewhat uncomfortable. He wasn’t hungry, anyhow.

    The effect of the Grain Abstinence Pill was excellent.

    Spiritual herbs were still herbs, not eating them was fine too!

    Feeling somewhat uncomfortable, Zhu Xuanji turned around and headed towards the lakeside. He remembered that there were a few small silver fish in the lake. He planned to enlighten those small silver fish to see if he could enlighten some intelligent creatures.