Seeking good fortune and avoiding misfortune starts from Tianshi Mansion.

Chapter 526 525. The Water is Too Muddy to Fish (Two Chapters in One)

"Well, let's go and meet up with Junior-Nephew Hua Wei and the others."

Lei Jun flicked his fingers and a stream of light fell in front of Feng Ting. The light condensed into a talisman:
"This is a gift from my teacher to Fellow Daoist Shen."

Feng Ting took the talisman. It seemed that the talisman was illusory, but inside it was actually virtual and contained treasures from heaven and earth.

Lei Jun did not hide it from his disciples, so Feng Ting recognized that the treasure was strictly speaking half created by heaven and earth and half man-made.

The treasure's original name is Shui Liuguang, which seems illusory and between existence and non-existence. After being condensed and collected by the cultivators, it becomes like a veil.

What Lei Jun sealed into the talisman was based on the flow of water, but he also incorporated some of his own understanding of Taoism into it for refinement.

At present, it is more like a semi-finished product than a raw material for refining some kind of equipment or treasure.

"Before Fellow Daoist Shen went into seclusion, he had already decided that regardless of whether he succeeded or failed in overcoming the tribulation, he would leave the Morning and Evening Sword to the South Peak of the Shushan Sect."

Lei Jun waved his hand and said, "Now that he has succeeded, he should start refining a magical weapon of his own. This treasure may be able to help him."

Feng Ting replied: "Master, please rest assured. I will definitely deliver this treasure to the South Peak of Shu Mountain."

After saying goodbye to Lei Jun, Feng Ting, Qin Caiwei and others left the Longhu Mountain Tianshi Mansion and headed to Xiaoding of Shu Mountain.

The ceremony was held at the central rooftop.

Shen Xi's great happiness was a great joyous event for the entire Shushan Sect, not just the Nanfeng family that was celebrating.

Although the weapon refining sect's ancestor Bai Mei is still alive, this founder acts too casually, leaving the Shushan sect's people helpless and often feeling regretful.

Now that Shen Xi has opened the door to immortality and gained great freedom, the Shushan Sect in this era now actually has a master from the immortal realm.

Although Shen Xi is also very free and easy on weekdays, his situation is much better than Bai Mei's.

Feng Ting and Qin Caiwei were of a lower generation, but after arriving at the top of Shushan Mountain, Shen Xi, together with Zhang Taigang, the head of Dongfeng, and other Shushan masters, personally received them.

After receiving Lei Jun's personal gift, Shen Xi's eyes lit up when he saw the water flowing after a "processing" procedure.

After carefully considering the time, he accepted it with great respect: "Master, this is a generous gift. Shen Ximing is deeply grateful."

Feng Ting hurriedly responded on behalf of his master: "Master Shen, your words are too kind. I only hope that Senior will practice smoothly and make rapid progress."

Lei Jun is not like Shen Xi who has the body of the Zhouguang Immortal, nor is he like Xu Yuanzhen who has the body of the Taishi Tao.

But with his current level of cultivation and strength, he also has a deeper understanding and research on the mysteries of time and space.

When he refined the flowing water, he incorporated the artistic conception of the principles of time.

Shen Xi possesses the physique of a Cosmic Light Immortal, but his current level of cultivation is different from Lei Jun's.

Therefore, what Lei Jun taught was also of great use to Shen Xi.

He had already left his Chaoxi Sword to the South Peak of Shu Mountain.

Those who ascend to immortality in the Taoist instrument-refining school are called Great Free Gods, or Celestial Immortals. Those who succeed can easily travel through the universe and cross the sea of ​​stars.

At this point, his soul can completely transform from real to virtual, and thus ignores the attacks of most cultivators in the world.

When the cultivation levels are similar, only a very small number of special methods can harm Da Xiaoyao of the Taoist weapon refining school.

When one reaches this level, the natal magic weapon will be transformed into a Taixu treasure along with its owner after subsequent sacrifices and refining.

Especially since Shen Xi's entire life's cultivation was on the Chaoxi Sword, it was natural for him to nurture and refine it.

But Shen Xi gave up and decided to leave the Chaoxi Sword to the South Peak of Shu Mountain and to his descendants.

It is said that the South Peak of Shushan Mountain has always been the branch of Shushan Sect with the least treasures.

Although the Purple and Green Swords are enshrined at the top of the Zhongfeng Peak, the Dongfeng Peak, which is controlled by the Tang Dynasty, still has four swords as its heirloom.

If the North Peak controlled by the Han lineage is also counted together with the Jiuxiao Yuanyang Ruler, one of the six founding treasures in the early years, there are currently a total of five top magic weapons.

Xifeng of the Ming Dynasty and Nanfeng of the Southern Jin Dynasty were in the same boat in their early years. They were both in a bad situation in the world, and with a huge monster pressing down on their heads, they could only survive with caution.

But the treasures that Xifeng currently possesses, including the Qiankun Sun and Moon Pot, total six.

And Nanfeng’s previous number was... two.

This is even taking into account one of the founding treasures, Taiyi Huashang.

Another treasure was refined by a senior master of the Shushan School of the Southern Jin Dynasty. It was called the Liyan Xianguang Flag. It fully integrated the mysteries of the Nanming Lihuo of the Shushan school, and had both internal and external effects. When it was folded, it could become a "furnace" to assist in refining equipment, and when it was released, it would become light to keep enemies out.

Now that all branches of the Shushan Sect have returned to their roots, Taiyi Huashang and the Purple and Green Swords are both enshrined at the top of the Zhongfeng Peak and will not leave the mountain easily.

On the Nanfeng side, only the Li Yan Xian Guang flag was left.

This is partly because among the several Shushan Sect's inheritances, the Southern Jin lineage has the shortest inheritance time since it split into the human world.

On the other hand, it was also because during the Jin Dynasty, their situation was worrying and they had to keep a low profile for a long time, so they were unable to obtain many treasures and opportunities.

So when Shen Xi ascended to heaven this time, he left his Chaoxi sword behind.

After a little nurturing and refinement by younger disciples, the sword became Nanfeng’s second inherited treasure.

Just like the Baimei and Ziqing swords back then, when Shen Xi uses the Chaoxi Sword in the future, it will also have the power of his innate magic weapon, but it will not be as handy as when he becomes a Great Free and Easy Heavenly Immortal and practices the fairyland treasure. In the future, whether the Chaoxi Sword is lost or broken, it will not affect Shen Xi. It's just that since Shen Xi has left this sword, he will not use it again.

Next, he would refine a new magic sword for himself, just like Bai Mei had refined the Galaxy Sword.

This requires not only his own investment of time and energy, but also suitable materials.

The water light specially made by Lei Jun was exactly what he needed.

"There is something I want to discuss with the headmaster."

Shen Xi collected the water and told the Shushan Sect's South Peak disciples to present a return gift. At the same time, he talked to Feng Ting:
"I intend to resign from the position of head of our sect and practice meditation. I will report the relevant matters to the headmaster first."

Feng Ting was not particularly surprised by this.

Earlier when I was in Longhu Mountain, I heard my master Lei Jun and his senior brothers and sisters talking about this matter.

Shen Xi is a man of extraordinary talent. He is the best master of the Taoist weapon-refining sect outside the White-eyebrow Patriarch in the world today. He is also the first cultivator of the weapon-refining sect to reach the fairyland and open the fairyland gate since the great catastrophe at the end of the Han Dynasty.

But he himself does not have much desire for power.

His personality is similar to that of his ancestor Bai Mei, but he is more fond of traveling around the world.

When he took over the leadership of the Shushan Sect in Southern Jin, it was more because he was the most capable one and as a master and fellow disciple, he had to shoulder that burden.

Entering Penglai and even participating in the Taoist Kingdom on Earth was also for the survival of his mentor Gongsun Daoqi and other fellow disciples in Southern Jin.

By now, all the past events are no longer a problem.

Shen Xi's own cultivation also made rapid progress and continued to improve.

For him, he can now step down from the position of the head of Shushan South Peak.

Shen Xi would not just leave like that, nor would he retreat to advance and seek to become the co-lord of a holy land like Jiang Yu, the Palace Master of Chunyang Palace.

Zhang Taigang, Chen Lingfeng, Yuan Qingci and others all knew this.

So much so that everyone was somewhat reluctant to see Shen Xi step down.

However, people in the fairyland are gradually interfering less in the affairs of the human world, whether it is the Taoist monks led by Lei Jun, Bai Mei and others. There is also news from the witch sect. Wu Xian and Zhao Qianran, who are also attacking the fairyland, also intend to pay less attention to the affairs of the witch sect in the human world after they succeed, just like the current Lingshan Witch King Huangfu Qi.

Shen Xi has obviously made the same decision at the moment.

"As ordered by the True Lord, I will immediately report back to the mountain and report to my master." Feng Ting replied, "But my master has always said that each sect can decide its own internal affairs."

Shen Xi: "The master is magnanimous and righteous, and everyone in the world knows it."

He then looked at Qin Caiwei standing aside and said, "I also wish Elder Qin to achieve great success as a great master soon."

Qin Caiwei: "I would like to borrow your auspicious words."

It has been years since she reached the fourth level of perfection in the eighth heaven. In recent years, she has been practicing and accumulating knowledge with peace of mind without being impatient, and gradually she feels that things have come to fruition naturally.

After coming to Mount Shu to watch the ceremony, Qin Caiwei returned to the Tianshi Mansion in Mount Longhu and was determined to try to reach the ninth level of the Mahayana realm.

Except for a very few people, no one knew about her relationship with Bai Mei, and the Shushan Sect monks present at the scene also did not know the truth.

Qin Caiwei herself certainly wouldn't show off.

To be honest, she has been less active with Bai Mei in recent years. Without a master who always cares for her and gives her advice, Qin Caiwei's cultivation speed has slowed down a little compared to before.

But this did not affect her mentality and she continued to practice meditation.

After Shen Xi received Feng Ting and Qin Caiwei, he went on to receive other guests.

Among those who arrived at Xiaoding a little later than Shen Xi and the others was Nie Fang, the master of Xuanji Temple who was familiar with Qin Caiwei.

Master Nie is now in a very high period of his life.

Personally, it successfully resolved the old grudge between Nie Zhongjie and his son Nie Song.

Yu Gong, he himself successfully reached the ninth heaven Taoist Mahayana realm. In addition to the improvement of his cultivation strength, it also marked that the Xuanji Temple under his rule had become more prestigious and it truly had the style of the fourth holy place of Taoism in this world.

After the confluence of human and earth, the territory has become vast and the population has increased than before. Xuanji Temple is currently thriving, and by catching up with this trend, it is developing faster.

For Niefang personally, in addition to continuing to carry forward the Taoist Yanshi lineage and Xuanji Temple heritage, he is also participating in the hunt for the deceased Ming Dynasty Neo-Confucian monks.

Taoism became powerful, and the major dynasties reached a consensus in this regard, causing the Neo-Confucianists to gradually decline and begin to cooperate with other suppressed forces.

Previously, the remaining ministers of the Ming Dynasty had cooperated with Youyin, Lianshan, the Karma Tribe of the Vajra Realm, and the foreign ethnic groups on the grassland.

"Almost all those who participated in the Mochi Sacrifice were captured and executed, except for one big fish that escaped."

Nie Fang also participated in the battle, and now he talked about this with Feng Ting and Qin Caiwei:

"His name is Chang Chong. He seems to be a visitor from the deep and is quite alert. Although he is one of the masterminds, he did not show up at the specific arrangement and the place where the ritual was triggered. He then fled after hearing the news."

Qin Caiwei: "I heard that people from the Wu and Chu factions of the Ming court showed up this time. Have they joined forces?"

Nie Fang: "It is mainly Chang Chong, Xiao Jing, Jadila and others who are involved, but Wu Party leader Chao Feng showed up in person, and Chu Party leader Zhou Mingzhe also has his confidants present."

When the Nie clan left Tianli and joined the Ming Dynasty, they were attached to Zhou Mingzhe and the Chu Party.

Nie Song even became one of Zhou Mingzhe's direct disciples.

But they are all dead now.

Nie Fang and Zhou Mingzhe had no personal grudges against each other, but the other party was the last great bastion of the ancient Ming Dynasty Neo-Confucianism.

Of course, compared to them conquering the fortress, Zhou Mingzhe himself would be more anxious.

The world is converging, the Ming Dynasty's national destiny and the Neo-Confucian cultural talent are no longer in harmony, and Zhou Mingzhe doesn't have much time left.

He is old.

The higher the level of the Neo-Confucian monk, the greater the difficulty in this regard. Meng Shaojie also came to watch the ceremony.

He came here on behalf of the Tang imperial family. He himself did not have a deep friendship with Shen Xi and they did not have much contact.

But at this moment, witnessing Shen Xi's immortality, Meng Shaojie felt deeply moved.

In the ups and downs of the times, some people stand out, but who knows how many people are buried.

Meng Shaojie is currently focusing on compiling the history of the Ming Dynasty, but he also keeps an eye on all kinds of things happening in the world outside the Ming Dynasty.

The tremendous changes in the world are of great benefit to his practice, but being in the midst of it, Meng Shaojie feels more of his own insignificance.

With so many ups and downs, perhaps only a few people like Master Lei, His Majesty and others can jump out of the torrent... Meng Shaojie sighed in his heart.

He thought of Xiao Chunhui, who was both his teacher and friend.

Although the other party was in the torrent, he remained calm. In order to study and research his own knowledge, he did not hesitate to leave the familiar and relatively safe world of Nine Heavens and Ten Earths and go to the world of Confucianism to face a more unpredictable and unknown fate.

Fortunately, the news that came back recently sounded somewhat reassuring.

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In the vast world of Confucian scholars.

Xiao Chunhui, who is cared for by Meng Shaojie, Xiao Xueting, Xiao Hang and others, is in a good situation at the moment.

Under the bright spring sunshine, he was living in a courtyard in the mountains, reading quietly.

The sun is setting between heaven and earth.

But there was no dusk in the courtyard where Xiao Chunhui lived, and the spring scenery was always beautiful.

It was not until he put down the book in his hand and stood up to stretch his muscles that the sunlight in the yard suddenly dimmed and turned into sunset in the sky.

Xiao Chunhui called the servant boy and asked, "Sir, do you have a visitor?"

The servant boy said, "Yes, the Lord of Shuofeng Mountain from Yanzhao came to visit."

Xiao Chunhui nodded slightly.

Lian Feng, the master of Shuofeng Mountain, is the current leader of the new Confucianism of Yanzhao. He learned from the late sage Cheng He and inherited his mantle. Like the later sage Yan Aoyun, he is a Confucian sage who has achieved the three immortalities. His reputation and influence in the new school of Confucianism is second only to Yan Aoyun.

The later sage Yan Aoyun had a very harmonious relationship with the earlier sage Cheng He, and together they laid the foundation for the new Confucianism in today's world. He knew the master of Shuofeng Mountain, Lian Feng, in his early years, and the two sides often exchanged knowledge.

But that is limited to private relations. The two sides have significant differences in public ideas.

Lian Feng advocates both education and law, and believes in the words of an ancient sage: "A king will rise every five hundred years, and during this time, a famous person will emerge."

Although it had never been publicly preached, Xiao Chunhui had heard about it when he came here. When Gao Tiansui was in the Confucian world, he had close contacts with Lian Feng.

The former members of the Heavenly Palace may have found like-minded people in this world.

It was precisely because of Gao Tiansui's arrival that the rift between Yan Aoyun and Lian Feng became increasingly larger, and even the conflict gradually became public.

Even today, when the dispute between old Confucianism and new Confucianism is becoming increasingly fierce, divisions have begun to appear within new Confucianism.

Yan Aoyun mainly focuses his energy on Mr. Wu Hailin, the leader of the Confucian school of thought. In recent years, he has dealt more with Zhang Wantong and Lian Feng.

In the past two years, the demons from outside the domain have made a comeback, which has slightly cooled down the dispute between the old and new Confucianism.

Wu Hailin and Yan Aoyun temporarily slowed down the tit-for-tat situation between the two sides and were more on guard against the extraterritorial demons.

Xiao Chunhui also successfully got introduced by Zhang Wantong to study under Yan Aoyun.

However, after the conflict between the new and old schools of thought eased slightly, the new schools of thought began to split internally and undercurrents became increasingly surging.

Rumor has it that there is also unrest within the old school.

Later, the book boy came to see Xiao Chunhui again, and Xiao Chunhui followed him to see Yan Aoyun.

The Lord of Shuofeng Mountain, Lian Feng, has already left.

Yan Aoyun sat alone in the room.

To the naked eye, he looked like a middle-aged man in his forties, with an unremarkable appearance. He lived in a humble room, and all his elegance was restrained. One could not tell at all that he was a Confucian king who had reached the third level of the immortal realm.

"Sir." Xiao Chunhui stepped forward and saluted.

Yan Aoyun smiled and asked the other party to sit down.

He did not mention Lian Feng, who had just visited him, and continued to test Xiao Chunhui's knowledge as usual. At the end, he smiled and said, "Good, good, the atmosphere is gradually improving."

Xiao Chunhui: "This is all thanks to the two gentlemen."

Apart from Yan Aoyun, he has always benefited a lot from Zhang Wantong.

In this world of Confucian scholars, there is no Tang Emperor Zhang Wantong to speak of, but rather Tianrui Layman Zhang Wantong. Not only does he not mind this, but he is calm about it. Xiao Chunhui also follows the local customs.

"It's good to be modest, but if it was the achievement of the two of us, we should be the ones doing this research, but it is obviously not the case now." Yan Aoyun said with a smile.

Xiao Chunhui: "With your talent, you are capable of learning all kinds of knowledge, but you are always busy for the people and never have a rest."

Yan Aoyun: "When the mind is at peace, there is leisure, and there is no need to rush around."

Xiao Chunhui: "The threat from the demons from outside the region is gradually disappearing... Sir, are you going to travel west again?"

Yan Aoyun stood up and said, "This is how the world works, let's talk more."

Xiao Chunhui saw the other person off.

He doesn't need to contact Zhang Wantong anymore.

Regarding relevant matters, Yan Aoyun will communicate with Zhang Wantong himself, and Xiao Chunhui does not exist as a bridge between the two parties.

However, after Xiao Chunhui returned to his own courtyard, he did not open the book again.

In the twilight, he quietly looked at the distant sky, sorting out his thoughts.

Over in the universe of the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths, Gao Tian has never made a public appearance since he merged with the human world, and his whereabouts are unknown.

But he might have had contact with Lian Feng, the master of Shuofeng Mountain recently... Xiao Chunhui thought silently in his heart.

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On the other side of the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths, Lei Jun also received a notice from his senior sister Xu Yuanzhen.

There, Zhang Wantong had communicated with Xu Yuanzhen.

"Before the situation of the dispute between the new and old schools is completely clear, they should not make any big moves." Lei Jun pondered: "Besides, even if the outer demons are coming, the descendants of the Demon Buddha lineage will still invade the Confucian world through the Abyss of Time. Although there is a saying that they can fish in troubled waters, it is too chaotic over there at the moment."

Xu Yuanzhen chuckled: "It may not be completely chaotic."

Lei Jun: "Any new discoveries?"

Xu Yuanzhen: "The so-called extraterritorial demons have come again, and we have dealt with them face to face this time.

They are not from that demonic world, but the twisted transformation of the Buddhist disciples there may have the same origin as them."

Lei Jun listened to the voice coming from the Tiantong Diche Scroll and raised his eyebrows slightly: "Is that so..."

He pondered for a moment and said, "If that's the case, we should be more cautious. The Hundred-Eyed Demon Tree was originally transformed by the Thousand-Handed Thousand-Eyed Great Venerable who was at the third level of the Buddhist Golden Body."

There must have been something seriously wrong with the Great Lord of the Thousand Eyes and Thousand Hands that gave others the opportunity to take advantage of him. Otherwise, even if an immortal or Buddha at the level of Dongzhen could suppress or kill him, they would not have twisted him into that state.

But the lessons learned from the past are still worth warning to those who come after us.

Xu Yuanzhen: "Well, it doesn't matter. I'll have a chance later and take a closer look."

Lei Jun understood what he said: "Big sister has made plans for Dongxuan Taiwei? What about little sister?"

Xu Yuanzhen: "Xiaotang has already gone into seclusion. She and I have different paths, so there is no rush. I can study something else during this period."

Lei Jun: "I wish you success. It's not peaceful over there. If you need anything, come back first, or someone from our side can go over there."

After ending the contact, Lei Jun sat in the Sanqing Sanbao Cave and thought carefully.

Later, a golden light suddenly flew into the cave.

In the golden light, there was a colorful true phoenix. However, compared with the real phoenix, the five-colored true phoenix that flew into the Three Purities and Three Treasures Cave Heaven looked exactly the same, but its temperament seemed a little more anxious.

After entering the cave, she saw Lei Jun in deep thought, so she immediately retracted her wings and dared not make any sound.

"Why do you become like this every day?" Lei Jun was the first to ask.

The phoenix shrank its neck in a very detrimental way: "Big Brother is getting along well with Saint Fengming recently."

As she spoke, her body shape changed from a colorful true phoenix flashing with golden light to a graceful female figure in purple. She was Han Xiaofei, the second disciple of Lei Jun.

After regaining her human form, she bowed to her master in a proper manner.

Lei Jun felt a little amused and helpless for a moment.

Fenghuang Fengming admired Zhuo Baojie very much, so he naturally knew this.

But the idea of ​​my second apprentice is very unique.

In order to take advantage of her senior brother, she also transformed into a phoenix and sought his affection?

However, Han Xiaofei rushed to meet her mentor obviously for other reasons.

After paying respects, she immediately said anxiously, "Master, Senior Brother... Senior Brother may have a disciple!"

Lei Jun smiled and said, "That's good!"

Even without the Jade Purity Zhoutian Magic Mirror, he could now have a rough view of the world, not to mention that Zhuo Baojie still had his talismans.

Although Lei Jun had no intention of taking everything in the world into his own eyes, let alone keeping an eye on his eldest disciple all the time, he naturally felt a sense of connection with Zhuo Baojie when he formed a relationship with others.

However, he is only aware of it and will not interfere unless it is a serious matter.

Just knowing this news made Lei Jun quite emotional:

Am I going to be a master too?
At the same time that Han Xiaofei came to inform him, Zhuo Bao was returning to the mountain before the festival. He handed a child to the Taoist temple at the foot of the mountain, while he himself went to the Sanqing Sanbao Cave to meet his mentor Lei Jun.

Entering the Taoist Temple does not mean that one will be able to pass the transmission and become a true disciple of the Tianshi Mansion.

But as the first disciple of the contemporary Heavenly Master Lei Jun, Zhuo Baojie's first time leading someone back to the mountains to learn Taoism immediately became news.

Coincidentally, on the same day, another high-ranking elder from Mount Longhu, Xin Beiyuan, returned to the mountain after going out and also brought back a child.

When he arrived at the Taoist Temple, Xin Beiyuan was surprised to hear that Zhuo Baojie had followed him.

However, after being surprised, he quickly regained his composure and handed over the child he had brought back to the mountain to the Taoist Temple.

(End of this chapter)