The copy of the universe from the journey to the west

Chapter 162: Heavenly Master's Way, Ancestral Heavenly Master Xuantan (asking for monthly ticket)
"If you succeed, you will become a god or an immortal. If you fail, you will be integrated into other god positions. It is both a seed and a sustenance. It is really a good method. Not a single resource is wasted."

Xunyang City, inside the Tianshi Taoist Temple.

The human face transformed into an old man was carefully studying the talisman that was trapped by a magic barrier and unable to break free.

He was summoned back by Lu Chen.

Although the chief priest Liu Bing did not die, he was turned into a vegetable by a slap from Lu Chen.

Naturally, no one in the Taoist temple could check and control him.

Therefore, he was called back by Lu Chen and started to study Liu Bing's talismans directly.

Every profession has its own expertise. As the soul is completely integrated with the scroll of the god's throne, and with thousands of years of experience as a god, the human-faced pine is very good at studying talismans.

From time to time, he sighed with admiration, "The descendants are indeed capable. If I had had these abilities back then, I would have become a True Person, or even a True Lord, right?"

It can be seen that he also admires Zhang Ling's methods.

Lu Chen sat on a chair and drank tea. He looked at the face and said this, then put down the cup and said, "You said that the upper-class godhood can be divided into lower-class godhoods, and these talismans should also be a form of godhood, right? Do they belong to the orthodox godhood?"

"No, Lord God, this is just a false god position."

The man with the human face shook his head without hesitation, and then explained to Lu Chen: "God Lord, there are only three kinds of god positions, the position of heavenly god, the position of human immortal, and the position of earthly god. The position of heavenly god is indestructible, the position of human immortal is indestructible but can be broken, and the position of earthly god can be broken and destroyed. So after those great powers in ancient times came into being, their god positions were also passed down, but there was no earthly god position inherited from ancient times. After Ge Xuan passed on the concept of the Five Talismans True Text, the position of earthly god became prosperous again."

"The twelve heavenly gods are eternal and indestructible beings. Their number can increase, but will never decrease. It is estimated that there are more than twelve heavenly gods now."

"The human immortal position is different. Although it is indestructible, it can be broken. After the ancient gods disappeared, it is said that there were thirty-six human immortal positions left behind. However, most of these most original human immortal positions no longer exist. Most of them have been broken into human immortal fragments over the long years."

“Although these fragments of human immortal godhoods also look like godhoods, they are obviously different from the earthly godhoods that were conceived. Broken human immortality has lost the possibility of growth and cannot continue to grow. Although it is indestructible, it has always been a broken human immortality.”

"And the more completely it is broken, the weaker the authority of the human immortal position will be. In addition, the divine position is broken, and the ability to resist distortion is not even comparable to the most ordinary earthly position, and it is most likely to fall into a crazy and distorted state. Therefore, the owner of this broken human immortal divine position is called a false god."

Lu Chen raised his eyebrows slightly: "What does this have to do with these talismans?"

The human-faced man said, "Lord God, Zhang Ling once cut down mountains and destroyed temples to eliminate the six old ghosts. Some of the six old ghosts are demons and monsters, but some of them are actually these false gods. If my guess is correct, these talismans are produced by extracting the essence of the broken human immortal god position and condensing the power of the real god position through special means. Otherwise, if the power is insufficient to form the god position seed of the earth god position, no matter it is the heavenly god position or the human immortal position, it is impossible to forcibly extract the god position seed."

After thinking for a moment, Lu Chen slowly nodded and said, "That makes sense."

This can also explain why other Taoist sects that have inherited the divine throne cannot thoroughly expand the practice of talismans like the Tianshi Dao.

Zhang Ling cut down mountains and destroyed temples to eliminate false gods and collect the fragments of previous human immortals. The Heavenly Masters who came after him also did the same thing, which means that there must be many fragments of human immortals within the Heavenly Master's Dao.

And the other thing is that Zhang Ling must have mastered some method of using the broken fragments of the human immortal god's throne to extract the power from the normal god's throne and condense the god's throne seed.

"But I just can't figure out what means Zhang Ling used to accomplish such a feat that could be called a world-changing feat."

The human face showed confusion and shock.

Lu Chen smiled and said, "It seems that you admire Zhang Ling very much?"

Ren Liansong nodded honestly: "Although it seems a bit embarrassing, I admire these young people very much. In fact, it's not just Zhang Ling. Young people like Li Er, Confucius, Qin Shi Huang, Han Wu... etc., although they were all born after me, almost every one of them has done something that changed an era. Young people like Li Er and Confucius integrated the concepts left by the ancient gods and created various schools of thought. Although Qin Shi Huang and Han Wu were mortals, unlike the ancient Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, they were also extremely outstanding."

"As for Zhang Ling, who founded Taoism and created things like inner talismans, they may not have existed in the world for much longer than the younger ones, but the younger ones have not even a single word about them in the history books, while these younger ones can influence one era after another."

Ren Liansong did not hide the fact that although he was older than Zhang Ling and the others, he admired them very much.

At this point, he couldn't help but sigh and said, "As I regained my rationality and understood more and more soul memories, I realized that I had really lived in vain all these years. Maybe I was immortal, but such immortality was meaningless. Thinking about it now, it's too late to regret."

"Haha, it's not too late."

Lu Chen smiled and said, "It's not too late to mend the fence after the sheep have been lost. You have already gotten rid of the distortion, and your consciousness has returned to the right path. Now you are on the path of cultivation again. As long as you hold on to your original intention, you will succeed sooner or later."

The man with the same expression nodded, a smile appeared on his face, and he nodded.

Indeed.

Although I have lost my power, it’s actually not bad.

A chance to start over!

A blessing in disguise?

"Come to think of it, I do have some guesses about Zhang Ling's methods."

Lu Chen changed the topic and said, "Ancestor Tianshi Xuantan, do you have any impression of this name?"

The human face nodded: "The four most important things in Tianshi Dao are a seal, a scripture, a sword and an altar. I have naturally heard of the Xuantan of the Patriarch Tianshi."

Lu Chen nodded: "The seal is the Yangping Zhidu Gong seal, which is the symbol of the Heavenly Master. The scripture is the annotation of the Tao Te Ching, which is the thought of preaching. The sword is the Heavenly Master Sword, which is the sword worn by the Ancestral Heavenly Master. What is the function of the Ancestral Heavenly Master Xuantan?"

His eyes turned to the human face.

The latter's eyes sparkled: "Grant the ordination!"

"That's right!"

Lu Chen smiled and said, "When the Heavenly Master Dao is bestowed with the talisman, it is necessary to worship the Heavenly Master Xuantan. There must be a reason for this."

Lu Chen also has other evidence, but they are all related to the development of later generations and cannot be used as convincing evidence in this era.

The Xuantan of the Patriarch Tianshi is the altar of the Zhengyi sect, also known as the general altar of all dharmas.

However, when it was called the General Altar of All Dharmas, that was after Longhu Mountain took charge of the Three Mountains Talismans.

After all, the Lingbao sect altar on Gezhao Mountain has not yet been built, the Lingbao sect has not yet really started to flourish, and it doesn’t even have a formal sect mountain.

"I have heard that the Shangqing Sect also has the Shangqing Sect Altar."

Lu Chen's words reminded Ren Liansong, and he added: "Wei Huacun, the Purple Void Priest, was born in the Tianshi Dao Jiji, and later left to create the Shangqing Sect. Her disciple Yang Xi and Xu Mu of the Xu family built the nine-story Shangqing Sect Altar in Maoshan. In the current Taoist lineage, although Lingbao is also called the talisman faction, the lineages of Ge Xuan and Ge Hong actually focus on alchemy. Only Zheng Yin practiced talismans, and the talismans of the Lingbao Sect could not develop. In addition, Ge Chaofu's teaching of scriptures has already vaguely created the momentum of a new lineage of scriptures. Perhaps this is also related to the fact that they do not have their own sect altar?"

Lu Chen nodded: "Although Ge Chaofu spread the Lingbao Sutra to all parts of the world, the Lingbao Sect showed signs of prosperity, but in terms of talismans, it is still not as good as the declining Shangqing Sect, not to mention the Tianshi Dao. Moreover, Kou Qianzhi in the north only began to prosper after he established the Xuandu Altar."

The man with the human face became even more interested. He excitedly suggested, "Lord, when are we going to Mount Longhu?"

After the third generation Heavenly Master Zhang Lu, the Heavenly Master Dao moved its ancestral temple from Heming Mountain to Longhu Mountain. The Xuantan Temple was then rebuilt by the fourth generation Heavenly Master Zhang Sheng on Longhu Mountain.

Lu Chen looked at him: "Do you want to die?"

These words were like a basin of cold water, instantly extinguishing the passion on the person's face.

However, think about it, now my identity and the name of 'Lantian City God' have been known by the Jingzhou Chief Priest of the Tianshi Dao.

If I dare to go to Longhu Mountain now, the end will be...

Thinking about the consequences, Ren Liansong couldn't help but shudder, then smiled awkwardly and didn't mention it anymore.

"So, can the talisman leave the Tianshi Taoist Temple?" Lu Chen asked.

"Not yet."

The human face shook his head: "This talisman is now in the Tianshi Taoist Temple. It has no effect yet, but as long as it leaves the Tianshi Taoist Temple, it may cause the position of the priest to be vacant in the Taoist temple. The Tianshi Taoist Temple's own formation will be missing a link, which may alarm others."

"That's fine. Speed ​​up a bit and finish this as soon as possible."

Lu Chen waved his hand and asked him to continue studying the talisman.

But it just allows him to go faster.

No one can tell when the chief minister of Jingzhou will send a message.

If we can't see the real Liu Bing by then, something will definitely go wrong.

This research lasted until dark.

During this period, some black-clothed ghost officials noticed something was wrong and came to greet him, but they were all dealt with by Lu Chen using illusions.

Seeing that Renmian Song was still immersed in his research, he asked when it would be completed. Renmian Song replied that it would only take one night.

Lu Chen did not stay here any longer. After setting up a magic circle outside the hall to block other people from the Tianshi Taoist Temple, he left the Tianshi Taoist Temple.

Then, according to the direction of the paper man's incarnation, they arrived at a village.

Looking at several tall horses not far away, Lu Chen raised his eyebrows and spread out his spiritual thoughts.

Then, I saw a very interesting scene.

"Hedong Liu Clan...interesting."

Lu Chen smiled and walked towards one side.

……

In a room, Liu Zishun was taking care of an old woman at the table.

There was some worry in his expression.

He looked at the paper mannequin standing next to him, who looked like a wooden man, and couldn't help but ask again, "Shangxian, when can the immortal come over?"

The paper man incarnation said stiffly: "Wait a moment."

"Ugh."

Liu Zishun sighed.

He had heard this answer dozens of times today.

He was rescued by this immortal in front of the Tianshi Taoist Temple, but he did not expect that not long after the immortal told him to go back to the village first and that someone would come to help him, he became extremely dull and stiff, repeating the same few words over and over again.

Liu Zishun just felt a little weird, but the only one who could save his mother now was the other person mentioned by the immortal.

At this moment, there were sudden sounds of footsteps outside. With the light of fire, Liu Zishun looked out through the window and saw villagers holding torches and rushing into their yard.

"Liu Zishun! Come out!" someone shouted. Liu Zishun was stunned for a moment, then hurried out of the house.

"Muramasa, what are you doing..."

Liu Zishun looked at the old man who was leading the group in confusion.

The old man looked somewhat helpless, but before he could say anything, a middle-aged man beside him sneered and said, "Liu Zishun! Your incident has been exposed!"

Liu Zishun didn't understand.

Muramasa said helplessly: "Zishun, when you went out today, did you wear a set of samurai clothes?"

Liu Zishun's expression suddenly changed.

He felt that no one saw him when he went out!
"Hehe, Muramasa, why waste time talking to him? Just report to the police."

The middle-aged man said again, and turned to encourage the villagers, "I heard about a thing not long ago. In the previous dynasty, a person who moved from the north pretended to be the young master of his own family and got the position of county magistrate. But not long after the incident, the emperor was furious and killed all nine clans! Those who knew about it but did not report it were all exiled to the wilderness! Liu Zishun is trying to harm our village!"

He looked extremely indignant, pointing at Liu Zishun and saying, "These people from the north are so vicious! Have we ever treated them unfairly in our village? They actually treated us like this!"

His words infuriated the crowd!
"Liu Zishun! You have such a vicious heart!"

"Bah! Our village is so kind to you! You actually harbor evil intentions!"

"Get out of the village!"

"Yes! Get out of the village!"

"..."

The crowd was indignant, and the firelight shone on their hideous and disgusted faces.

Liu Zishun was sweating profusely and tried his best to explain, but no one listened to what he said.

His voice was drowned out by the crowd.

"Muramasa, you know me. I, Liu Zishun, can't read a single word, so how could I possibly cheat an official? I wore the clothes of a noble family, not to cheat an official, but to ask the immortals of the Tianshi Dao to save my mother!"

Liu Zishun stepped forward and grabbed the village chief's arm. As long as Muramasa was willing to talk to him, he believed that most of the villagers would calm down.

"Muramasa, my mother has helped the village a lot. Please, for the sake of our past friendship, say a word for us." Liu Zishun said again.

He remembered that when his mother moved south, she brought servants with her, but after arriving in the south, for some unknown reason, they settled in this small village.

In the past few years, this village has suffered from frequent natural disasters and poor harvests, and his family has had to help.

His family's situation took a sharp turn for the worse.

Muramasa's expression changed, and he indeed thought of the care that Liu Zishun's mother had given them.

"Uncle San, don't be fooled by this kid!"

The middle-aged man suddenly said to Muramasa, with a meaningful tone: "You... must know the real purpose of our coming here."

The village chief seemed to have thought of something, his face changed drastically, and he quickly shook off Liu Zishun's arm: "Go, go, go! You two, mother and son, leave the village immediately!"

Liu Zishun looked dazed, looking at the usually fair Muramasa in disbelief: "Muramasa..."

"Go away!"

But at this time, the middle-aged man next to Muramasa did not give him a chance and kicked him to the ground.

"You lowly creature! I feel sick if I say one more word to you!"

The middle-aged man showed his vicious look, raised the stick in his hand, and smashed it towards Liu Zishun.

"You're not leaving, are you? Hit me!"

The middle-aged man waved his hand, and a group of people ran out from the crowd around him and followed the middle-aged man to attack Liu Zishun.

Muramasa opened his mouth to speak, but finally seemed to have thought of something, sighed, and turned his head to the side.

I can’t control it! I can’t control it!

"who are you?"

"boom!"

"what!"

"Don't hit, don't... bang!"

A few screams made the village chief feel that something was wrong, and he quickly looked over there again.

At the same time, Liu Zishun also looked at the figure that suddenly appeared in front of him in surprise: "Immortal? The Immortal is finally here!"

Liu Zishun was overjoyed: "My mother is in the house..."

"Don't worry, your mother is fine now. You should worry about your own affairs."

Lu Chen looked at Liu Zishun who was still talking about his mother and shook his head slightly.

Liu Zishun's mother just had a common cold and fever, but in this era, if a person had a cold and fever and there was no good doctor to treat him, he would be close to death.

Although Liu Zishun's mother is only in her fifties, in this age when people want to get married and have children at the age of thirteen or fourteen, fifty-something is actually considered very old.

In this era, the average age is only in his thirties or forties.

"my business……"

Hearing the immortal say this, Liu Zishun glanced at the villagers around him and couldn't help but smile bitterly: "Since this village doesn't welcome me, I will take my mother away."

Then he stood up, bowed to Muramasa and said, "Muramasa, if my mother is better, I will take her away. Please give me some time."

What else can Muramasa say?
Lu Chen's appearance was too sudden.

He really was like a god. Even if he wasn't a god, the old and timid Muramasa didn't dare to say anything when he saw the people lying on the ground around him.

Not to mention the other villagers.

Just looking at the clean white clothes on Lu Chen, I didn't dare to speak loudly.

Just by looking at his temperament, you can tell that he is not from the common people like them who are not even considered poor people.

This must be the demeanor that only wealthy families have!
Some were so timid that they didn't even think of looking up.

They felt extremely regretful. If they had known that Liu Zishun had such a relationship, they would never have come to find him no matter what!
Muramasa nodded repeatedly. Liu Zishun breathed a sigh of relief and quickly turned around to go into the house to visit his mother.

"Nothing else, let's go."

Muramasa waved his hand and pointed at the people on the ground: "Come on, carry them all back."

A few people came out of the crowd and timidly carried away the unconscious people.

At this moment, someone in the crowd looked at Lu Chen and the white jade on his waist, and suddenly thought of something: "Immortal, are you here to see Mr. Lu?"

Lu Chen looked at the man, who was a boy of about thirteen or fourteen years old.

There were relatives beside him who wanted to hold him back, but Lu Chen was interested and waved his hand, motioning him to come over: "Little guy, who is Mr. Lu you are talking about?"

The young man broke free from his parents' hold, ran over quickly, and knelt directly beside Lu Chen: "Immortal! Immortal! I have seen a Mr. Lu who wore the same jade pendant as you. At that time, Mr. Lu came to ask for directions, and I happened to be herding cattle, so I showed him the way. Speaking of which, Mr. Lu looks a bit like you, Immortal."

As he spoke, he pointed to the jade pendant with the word "Lu" on it that Lu Chen wore around his waist.

"I see."

Lu Chen asked: "When did the Mr. Lu you mentioned come, and what did he ask you?"

"It happened half a year ago. I remember it very clearly."

The young man immediately replied, "That Mr. Lu asked me how to get to Donglin Temple, and I pointed in the general direction. At that time, Brother Zishun happened to be going to Donglin Temple to help out, and he took Mr. Lu with him. I remember it very clearly."

Lu Chen nodded and rubbed the little guy's head: "Very good, what's your name, little guy?"

"My name is Zhao Lang."

The boy's eyes were shining: "Immortal, can I follow you to cultivate immortality in the future?"

Lu Chen just smiled but didn't answer. He just asked, "Are you here to drive away your brother Zishun as well?"

"No."

Zhao Lang shook his head. "That Mr. Lu was accompanied by two guards. I remember that Mr. Lu said he wanted to thank Brother Zishun or something. The clothes that Brother Zishun wore were given to him by Mr. Lu because he saw that Brother Zishun was wearing too tattered clothes. I remember it clearly, so I know that Brother Zishun didn't do it on purpose. Moreover, even I was rewarded with two taels of silver at that time. My parents can testify for me."

Lu Chen looked at Zhao Lang's parents, but now both of them were smiling awkwardly and didn't dare to speak.

"…I came here this time because Er Gou asked us to come along."

Zhao Lang pointed at the middle-aged man who was carried away and continued, "He said that if my parents didn't come, our family would suffer in the future, so we followed them."

Lu Chen nodded again, and then helped Zhao Lang up: "Little guy, your descendants are promising. Cultivating immortals is not suitable for you, but following your brother Zishun can lay some foundation for you."

Zhao Lang was a little disappointed when he heard this, but he nodded anyway.

We must listen to the words of the immortals.

At this time, Liu Zishun also walked out of the house, and then knelt on the ground, his eyes red: "Thank you, immortal, for saving my mother! Liu Zishun is willing to work like a cow or a horse to repay the immortal for saving my life!"

(End of this chapter)