The copy of the universe from the journey to the west

Chapter 145: Zhongli Yunfang comes out of the mountain, and Master Ma Jian entrusts his son to his care (asking for monthly votes)
There are big mountains, the mountains are like dragons, winding and twisting, with shady trees, lush and green. The road is full of thorns and people can't walk. There are tigers and wolves howling, going deep into the mountains for dozens of miles, as if the world has changed.

Green mountains and clear waters, curling mist, exotic flowers and plants, and silks everywhere.

I don’t know spring and autumn, I don’t care about cold and heat, it seems that time does not change, the sun and the moon are eternal.

Here, a Taoist priest with white hair and youthful face in white clothes was sitting cross-legged on a big rock, with two swords placed under his knees, and the swords made ringing sounds.

Hearing this, a Taoist with a big belly, wearing brown clothes, with two braids on his hair and a palm leaf fan as big as a human head stuck on his waist appeared from nowhere. He walked slowly and approached. He bowed and said respectfully: "Yunfang, I meet you, Master."

The Taoist in white sitting cross-legged on the boulder opened his eyes slightly, his eyes were deep and calm, he looked into the distance and said slowly: "Yunfang, when you were practicing, did you feel the changes in the outside world?"

Zhongli Yunfang nodded, and said with a slight hesitation: "I have some feeling, as if... there is a cause and effect in the outside world."

Zhongli Yunfang was a little confused.

As far as he knew, there were only his master and him in his lineage.

The master once said that their lineage has not yet reached the time to show itself in the world, so it will not be allowed to do so.

He also agreed with this point very much. The outside world was in turmoil, dynasties were changing, Taoism was changing, and everything was renewed.

It is true that the best time for their lineage to show itself in the world has not yet arrived. The most they can do is wait for a while, find one or two successors, bring them back to the cave, and keep the lineage passed down to future generations.

Anyway, there is the sect's foundation in the blessed land, and both the master and the disciple have cultivated the inner elixir, and their lifespan can reach thousands of years.

A few hundred years won't be too much of a problem.

However, when their lineage had not appeared in the world for hundreds of years, a legacy appeared in the outside world. This made him extremely puzzled: "Disciple... At first I thought it was you, Master, who accepted me as a disciple."

Zhongli Yunfang told the truth.

"You are the only disciple of the master. However, there are indeed people in the outside world who walk the world in the name of the master."

The Taoist in white still looked quite indifferent. Although he did not visit the human world when he was practicing, a cultivator related to him suddenly jumped out. Although he was a little confused, the world is so big that there are all kinds of strange things.

He said, "This person's origin is mysterious. I don't know where he found our inheritance. He is connected to you and me, and must be related to you and me. No matter what, we need to find out clearly to prevent being caught off guard and being led into disaster. You can go out of the mountain to look for him and explore the secrets."

Zhongli Yunfang hesitated and asked, "Will it affect the formation if my disciple goes out?"

"No problem."

The Taoist in white looked calm, but deep in his eyes, he also revealed a bit of helplessness: "The world has changed, the formations in various places have collapsed, and the evil demons and heretics suppressed in ancient times have emerged one after another. This is an irreversible situation. This is why the caves in various places have appeared one after another."

"Demons appear, caves emerge, and immortals and gods appear to suppress the world, clear the six heavenly ghosts, and restore peace to the world."

"Your coming into the world will not affect the situation. You can find the center of the Hunyuan Formation. When Laojun went west to Hangu Pass, he left a message, saying that the biggest demon in this world is sealed in Hulu Mountain. Although the immortals have left a backup plan and sent witch masters and their descendants to guard it in case of any accidents, thousands of years have passed and we don't know what's going on now. If possible, you can also search for the boundary of Hulu Mountain and find out the details."

Zhongli Yunfang looked solemn and bowed his head, saying, "Yes, disciple obeys your command."

……

In Zhongnan Mountain, Lu Chen glanced at Yin Tong. From his expression, it seemed that he was really convinced by Ma Jian, and the tension in his expression also eased a little.

Seeing this, Lu Chen knew that Ma Jian did it on purpose.

The purpose was to conceal the fact that he was about to die and not let Yin Tong worry too much.

The latter then said, "Lingjian, go clean up the outside of the temple. I will take Fellow Daoist Lu into the temple."

"Master, this..."

Yin Tong looked a little worried, and there was some vigilance in his eyes when he looked at Lu Chen.

Lu Chen was brought by Kou Qianzhi. He is still a little reassured. Who knows if Kou Qianzhi and Lu Chen were acting in a double act just now.

"Don't worry, Fellow Daoist Lu and Kou Qianzhi are not of the same kind."

Ma Jian said that he was very confident in Lu Chen.

The two spells cast by Lu Chen, whether it was the Fire Phoenix or the Water Dragon, were very different from the current Taoist factions, and were even more different from Kou Qianzhi's spells.

In addition, Lu Chen was proficient in the art of body refining, so he knew at a glance that he came from a noble family. He was completely different from Kou Qianzhi, who was a wild kid who came out of nowhere.

If Kou Qianzhi had Lu Chen's method of cultivation, why would he still want to join forces with the court?
They had long ago formed their own school like the Zhang family's Tianshi Dao, or the Shangqing School or the Lingbao School.

"Yes, master."

Yin Tong recognized his master's vision very much. He nodded after hearing this, and then apologized to Lu Chen: "I'm sorry, fellow Daoist Lu, I was judging you by my own standards."

"It's okay, it's reasonable." Lu Chen chuckled.

If he were in his shoes, Lu Chen would not easily believe himself at this moment.

After all, we should always be on guard against others.

After the conversation was opened up, the barriers were removed and Yin Tong felt relieved to go back to tend to the flowers, plants and trees.

After a great battle, the ghost soldiers destroyed the surrounding escape array beyond recognition, and it needed to be repaired and new flowers, plants and trees moved in to arrange the array that could make every tree and grass look like an enemy.

Otherwise, if the enemy attacks again next time, I'm afraid we won't be able to launch an effective defense.

Lu Chen followed Ma Jian into the temple.

As soon as he entered the temple, Ma Jian's legs went weak. If Lu Chen hadn't supported him in time, he would have fallen to the ground.

However, even though he was about to fall, Ma Jian still managed to hold on and said, "Daoyou Lu, don't call Lingjian yet, let's go inside and talk."

Lu Chen nodded silently and carefully helped Ma Jian into the house.

"Why don't you explain the matter to your disciple?"

After entering the house, Lu Chen hesitated and said, "To be honest, Senior Ma, your injuries are too serious. If you don't get treatment in time, your life may be in danger."

"This is the calamity that will kill me. Allow me to suppress it for a while, and then I will explain it to you in detail."

Lu Chen nodded.

Ma Jian sat down and took a breath for a while. His complexion gradually improved. After it regained some color, he opened his eyes and said to Lu Chen, "I'm sorry to have kept you waiting for a long time."

"Senior, you are joking. You are injured, so why would you wait for a long time? By the way, senior, why don't you take the antidote? What does the death calamity mean?"

Lu Chen asked again.

Ma Jian sighed, "I have calculated my own fate a long time ago. Today is the day of my death. Fortunately, fellow Taoist came and saved my life. However, supernatural powers cannot defeat destiny. Even if I swallow the antidote pill, this body will not last long. I am afraid I will inevitably go to the Yin-Yang Realm. In this case, I will leave some of my heritage to Lingjian. Fellow Taoist also knows that my Louguan Sect has been in decline for a long time. Although there are relics left by our ancestors who have passed the imperial examination, they will not last long. If we use a part of this heritage, we will have one less. It would be a waste to waste the heritage for a year or two."

Lu Chen expressed his understanding of this, saying that this is the choice made by parents from poor families.

When diagnosed with a terminal illness, one does not want to stay in the hospital but goes home to wait for death, unwilling to spend too much money just to live a few more days. Although one is an ordinary mortal and the other is a practitioner, the general meaning is similar.

But Lu Chen was not too supportive, so he advised: "I'm afraid that Fellow Daoist Yin would not want Senior Ma to make such a choice. If you leave Senior, how will Fellow Daoist Yin cope with it? Besides, material possessions are not as important as cultivation. Without Senior's guidance, how can Fellow Daoist Yin have anyone to guide his cultivation?"

"That's all right."

Ma Jian smiled upon hearing this and said, "Although my body is annihilated, my soul is immortal and can still enter the Yin-Yang Realm. Fellow Daoist, please look at the paintings on the wall. They are all portraits of my predecessors in the Yin-Yang Realm. If you have any questions, you can burn incense and look for them. When I enter the Yin-Yang Realm in the future, I can come here often to teach you Lingjian."

"Yin Yang Realm?"

Lu Chen was a little confused.

He turned his head and looked at the portraits hanging on the walls around him.

Among them are immortals dancing with swords, an old man holding a whisk, a middle-aged man stepping on a crane, a young man flying in the clouds... and so on.

"Are the people in these portraits alive?"

Lu Chen carefully used his divine sense to sense and indeed discovered that most of these portraits really did have the power of divine sense.

However, the Yin energy is greater than the Yang energy, and now both are in a dormant state. It is obvious that the owner of the divine consciousness is very far away from here.

"Is this... the Ghost Immortal Road?"

Lu Chen was surprised. "Daoyou is indeed an ancient inheritance."

Ma Jian sighed, "The term 'ghost immortal' is a term used before the Qin Dynasty. This method is now called corpse immortality. It is hard to find immortality nowadays. If you don't find the location of a blessed cave and absorb the essence of the blessed cave, it is difficult to achieve the state of earthly immortality. The method of corpse immortality has become very popular."

Lu Chen just listened quietly. It seemed that the way to immortality in this world was subtly different from that in the world of Journey to the West.

Ma Jian continued, "Our ancestors were only magicians. Their primordial spirits had not yet reached perfection, nor had they mastered the art of alchemy. Therefore, most of them did not have a long lifespan. They could only put their spiritual spirits into the Yin-Yang realm, connect the two realms with portraits, and usually offer incense to them."

"I'm afraid this method has some shortcomings?"

As Lu Chen spoke, he looked towards the two paintings that no longer had any fluctuations in his divine thoughts.

Compared with other portraits, these two portraits appear to be very old, and the scrolls are faintly yellowed.

Seeing this, Ma Jian nodded and said, "Although the soul can live in the Yin-Yang Realm, the Yin-Yang Realm is only the boundary between Yin and Yang, not the real world. When practicing, it will be twice as effective with half the effort. Not to mention that the soul lacks the Yang energy of the physical body, and will also lack the foundation for practice. Although it can continue to practice, generally speaking... it cannot truly become an immortal."

It is impossible to become an immortal, which means it is impossible to truly achieve immortality. Even if one can linger on in the Yin-Yang world, he or she will probably not live more than a hundred years.

Once the soul is destroyed, the portrait will naturally lose its function of connecting the two worlds, and therefore will lose its magic.

Ma Jian then looked at Lu Chen and said, "Daoyou's sect is in the blessed land of Dongtian, right?"

Lu Chen smiled but didn't say anything.

He doesn’t have a paradise on earth.

However, they will still raise the banner.

People, what they like most is to use their imagination.

Seeing Lu Chen's expression, Ma Jian believed even more that Lu Chen was from a big sect.

Although some sects with a long history are not well-known in the world, it is possible that the location of the sect is a blessed place.

For example, the Louguan School also had a paradise on earth, but some changes occurred among the ancestors of the Louguan School since the end of the Han Dynasty. Zhongnan was too close to Chang'an, so part of the main branch moved to Chicheng Mountain.

The Zhongnan Louguan Sect today is nothing more than an abandoned branch.

"Ah, Daoist Lu is so lucky."

Ma Jian exclaimed in admiration. It was really enviable that Lu Chen, at such a young age, could enter the blessed land to study and practice. People like him, Ma Fuyue, had lived for decades in vain and had never even seen what the blessed land looked like.

But on second thought, I felt that this was as it should be.

After all, how old is Lu Chen?
At the age of just over 20, his cultivation level was not much different from his, and he was also practicing both sex and life.

Even if one is practicing in a blessed place, one must have started practicing from the womb, right?
It is normal to be considered an excellent seedling and be accepted into the paradise to practice with a group of old monsters.

"It's just the elders' favor."

Thinking of how he was thrown into the Three Stars Cave of the Slanting Moon as soon as he came up in the Zhutian copy, Lu Chen couldn't help but sigh.

Being respected and being favored are the same thing.

The dungeons of all heavens have been very kind to me!

Ma Jian couldn't help but smile when he heard this and said, "You deserve to be treated this way. Now that you have reached the level of a magician, I believe you must have put in a lot of hard work, right?"

Lu Chen's expression became a little more serious: "Of course! Since I started practicing, I have never dared to slack off for a moment."

For more than a year, there has been no relaxation.

Seeing this, Ma Jian nodded with satisfaction.

After more than ten years of practice, his talent and understanding are both excellent, coupled with hard work, it is not excessive to have such an achievement.

"Fellow Daoist Lu has the potential to become an immortal."

Ma Jian continued to praise: "Shaoyang Sect is also rising."

I don’t know whether the Shaoyang Sect will rise or not, but in a few decades, after Kou Qianzhi’s death, the Louguan Sect will begin to rise gradually, and it will truly be transformed from the name of a sect into the Louguan Taoist lineage.

In the Tang Dynasty, she was even more beautiful than other women and was the leader of the trend!
"Thank you for your praise, senior." Lu Chen bowed.

"You, my friend, have the talent for this."

Ma Jian looked at Lu Chen deeply and said, "Fellow Daoist, you are here to find Daoist scriptures, right? Although our Louguan Sect is only a small sect, our ancestors also like to record their travels and some insights, and they do have some books. If you don't mind, you can read as much as you want."

"really?"

Lu Chen's eyes lit up, and he immediately thanked him: "Senior, what are you talking about? I am grateful to you. How could I despise you?"

A smile appeared on Ma Jian's face: "Fellow Daoist Lu, there is no need to address me as senior. You and I are at the same level. Just call me fellow Daoist."

"This……"

"Fellow Daoist, are you looking down on an old man like me?" Ma Jian said with a smile, stroking his beard.

"Of course not."

Lu Chen stood up and bowed, "Hello, Brother Dao."

After all, your age is there. Even if someone asks you to call me fellow Taoist, you can't really do that. Doesn't that seem very low in emotional intelligence?

"Hahaha! Good, good!"

Ma Jian laughed and said, "Brother Lu, I have something to ask of you. Is that okay?"

"Brother, please speak." Lu Chen nodded, knowing that after giving a sweet date, the main course would be served.

As the saying goes, there is no such thing as a free lunch.

Ma Jian gave the temple's classics to Lu Chen to read, and since he addressed them as his elder brother, it was natural that he would not keep silent about everything.

Lu Chen was already mentally prepared.

"Our Louguan has been passed down for hundreds of years, but it has always been in a state of transition. There were even two times when the temple was in danger of being destroyed."

Ma Jian put away his smile and sighed, "I don't have much longer to live. After I go to the Yin-Yang Realm, although I can still meet Lingjian, I can no longer live in the Yang world. If there really comes a day like that..."

He didn't continue with the following words.

Lu Chen naturally understood what he was going to say.

"Don't worry, senior. Shaoyang and Louguan are from the same origin. If such a day really comes, I will naturally help you a little."

Lu Chen smiled and said, "Besides, I'm afraid that Brother Yin will be able to take on the important task of the Tower View in a short time."

After getting Lu Chen's promise, Ma Jian was relieved. When he heard Lu Chen talking about his own disciple, he couldn't help but shake his head and said, "Lingjian has been practicing with me for more than four years. His current achievements prove that he has talent and understanding. However, he experienced a great disaster when he was young, so he is always a little lacking in the ways of the world. He is practicing with me and isolated from the world, so he is very impulsive. When I was observing the stars and the qi, I felt that my Louguan Sect might have something to do with the court in the future, but I couldn't figure out the reason. I was also afraid that Yin Tong would be calculated by some villains."

Lu Chen nodded, thoughtfully.

The Louguan School's astrology and divination techniques are indeed quite powerful.

Just as Ma Jian expected, not long after his death, the Louguan Sect was rewarded by the King of Wei for unknown reasons. This also marked the beginning of the rise of the Louguan Dao.

However, in this process, there was very little introduction to Yin Tong. He was only mentioned once when Emperor Taiwu of Wei conferred an award on him, and there was not much description afterwards.

On the contrary, Wang Daoyi and others who joined in from other Taoist sects became a major general in the reform of Louguan Taoism, occupied the dominant position after the reform of Louguan Taoism, and became the orthodox lineage.

If nothing happened in the process, it would be impossible.

However, Wang Daoyi's Taoist practice is probably not that of a real person. He only laid a certain foundation for the rise of Louguan Dao, but did not truly support it.

Thinking of this, Lu Chen was no longer afraid.

As long as he is not an inner alchemy immortal cultivator like Kou Qianzhi, it is nothing to him now.

(End of this chapter)