The copy of the universe from the journey to the west

Chapter 172: Those who are destined to be together will come to you even if they are thousands of miles apart. Those who are not destined to be together will not meet in person! (Seeking monthly votes)
"There are connections between caves. Any cave that participates in the struggle for worldly luck will inevitably reveal the secrets of the cave."

Zhongli Quan answered Lu Chen's doubts: "Because of the damage caused by the war between the layers of the cave heavens, the remaining inheritors of the cave heavens have their own set of agreements, which is that they cannot enter the inheritance places of other inheritors without reason. In the past, the inheritance place of Buddhism was in the cave heaven, and after their cave heavens were destroyed, the inheritance place is now in temples such as Longquan Temple and Donglin Temple. If they are discovered, they will be regarded as an invasion and start a cave heaven war."

Lu Chen thought thoughtfully: "Are all temples places of Western heritage?"

"Of course not. These monks are not that powerful yet. Currently, only Donglin Temple and Longquan Temple are their bases."

Zhongli Quan smiled and shook his head, saying, "The inheritance site used to be at the White Horse Temple. Later, the inheritance was obtained by Buddhayasas, and then passed on to Kumarajiva. In the end, somehow, the four great disciples of Kumarajiva did not obtain the inheritance. Instead, it was given to Huiyuan by Kumarajiva. It's also very interesting to say that Huiyuan actually found some clues of the Gourd Cave Heaven in Mount Lu, so he settled in Mount Lu."

Back to the question of the Gourd Cave Heaven, Lu Chen hurriedly asked: "Is the Gourd Cave Heaven inside Mount Lu?"

He is still looking for Hulu Mountain. The name Hulu Dongtian sounds like it is related to Hulu Mountain.

"I don't know."

Zhongli Quan sighed: "Each of the twelve caves has its own characteristics. The Hulu Cave is the most mysterious and the most difficult to find. Like the Shaoyang Cave, it has never participated in the competition for worldly luck."

"Legend has it that Laozi Li Er once reached the Hulu Cave Heaven, but he did not leave the real location of the Hulu Cave Heaven until he passed through Hangu Pass to the west and disappeared from the world. However, what is certain is that there must be a cave heaven inside Mount Lu. Dong Feng may have discovered this cave heaven, and Huiyuan, Tao Qian and others must have also discovered the cave heaven. However, this cave heaven is likely to have restrictions on entry and exit."

As he spoke, Zhongli Quan pointed to the jade pendant with the word Lu in Lu Chen's hand and said, "It is worth mentioning that your cousin may have discovered this cave."

Lu Chen was not surprised. After integrating the information, he already had some guesses in his mind. He said, "Huxi Cave Heaven? Or Taoyuan Cave Heaven?"

"Before the Twelve Cave Heavens appeared in the world, they would not know each other. Except for the Cave Heavens that appeared in the world, they would have some connection after communicating with each other."

Zhongli Quan said: "However, what is certain is that the inheritor of this cave heaven may have lost control of the cave heaven, or the inheritor of the cave heaven may have been lost. Otherwise, the cave heaven would not be exposed so obviously. Even though Donglin Temple was built around the cave heaven, the inheritor of the cave heaven did not make any movement at all."

Lu Chen frowned and said, "Senior doesn't know either?"

Zhongli Quan waved the palm-leaf fan in his hand and said indifferently: "Shaoyang Cave Heaven follows the principle of hiding the world. If there is no destined person, it will not show up. As for whether there is a destined person in the cave heaven... who knows? The cave heaven is isolated from the manifestation of the secrets of heaven. If you don't really enter the cave heaven, everything is just speculation."

Lu Chen nodded thoughtfully.

Zhongli Quan continued, "I have heard everything you said to those three little guys. The plan is indeed good. If it can be completed, we will surely be able to find out many secrets."

brat?
Lu Chen didn't come back to his senses for a while.

But if you think about it carefully, you will know.

Daosheng, Xu Lingqi, and Sun Haoran. The youngest of them, Sun Haoran, is already in his fifties, and Daosheng is in his seventies this year.

However, in front of Zhongli Quan, he seemed to be just a little guy.

"However, it is not easy to implement it."

Zhongli Quan said in a deep voice, almost asking directly whether he wanted me to help.

Hey, are you a tsundere?

Lu Chen said with a little distress: "There is a step about the Heavenly Master Path, which I am not sure about yet. If the seniors can help me a little, I will definitely have more than 90% hope of completing it."

As he said this, he looked at Zhongli Quan with a hint of anticipation.

A smile appeared on the latter's face, and he was very pleased that Lu Chen was so sensible.

I nodded slightly: "It just so happens that I have nothing else to do these few days. If you have any questions, just tell me. As a senior, I should also help you."

Seeing this, Lu Chen immediately told the whole story.

It is mainly about the calculations of Tianshi Dao.

It is not convenient for Zhongli Quan to show up, and with the power he currently has, if he wants to confront Donglin Temple head-on, that would be a complete act of suicide.

Not to mention the Donglin Temple headquarters, the White Lotus Society alone is now an extremely large invisible organization.

There are even several powerful ones who are comparable to Yuanshen Zhenren!

Therefore, it is necessary to mobilize the power of a third party.

However, in the current southern region, there are not many spiritual forces that can rival the power of Donglin Temple.

In the world of cultivation, there is the Tianshi Dao, and in the secular world, there is the Liu Song Dynasty.

The Liu Song court was easy to deal with. As long as they did not face the army directly, they could be protected from the evil spirit of the army.

As long as the right approach is used, the Liu Song court can be dragged into the situation.

But on the Tianshi Dao side, with Lu Chen's own strength, there is really a possibility that he will be exposed.

"The power of the Tianshi Dao in the area around Mount Lu is very weak. There are only three priests at the level of magicians. Although it looks powerful, it has actually ceded Mount Lu to Donglin Temple in disguise."

Lu Chen calculated the plan of Tianshi Dao: "So if you want to pull Tianshi Dao into the game, you must have enough benefits and reasons, but this reason must be discovered by Tianshi Dao's own people. So how to make Tianshi Dao's people, especially Jingzhou's chief priest, believe and personally confirm that there is something in Lushan that can make Tianshi Dao glorious again, then Tianshi Dao may really come to an end."

This is the most difficult one.

Like now, the news that Dong Feng's heritage appeared in Mount Lushan has not attracted too much power from the Tianshi Dao.

The chief governor of Jingzhou, Grand Priest, only let Liu Bing be a chess piece to observe.

It's obvious that he doesn't want to get too involved.

After listening to what Lu Chen said, Zhongli Quan nodded slightly: "This is simple. The Taoist will let them 'accidentally discover' the abnormality of Mount Lu."

He was very confident when he said this.

If we go to Longhu Mountain to cause trouble, Zhongli Quan might not dare to guarantee it.

After all, the place has been run by the Zhang family like an iron barrel, and within the corresponding Yin-Yang realm, there is Yama with a twisted consciousness.

But there is no problem with the words of a mere chief priest of Jingzhou.

Lu Chen hurriedly thanked him. With Zhongli Quan's help, the success rate of his plan would definitely be greatly improved.

"It's already daybreak, and things over at Song are almost done."

Lu Chen looked at the sky. The sky, which was originally dim, had now become bright.

"Let's go." Zhongli Quan waved his hand.

Just as Lu Chen was about to fly up, he was grabbed by Zhongli Quan: "Don't bother with that. Taoist, I'll take you there."

Then, without waiting for Lu Chen to react, they arrived above the Tianshidao Taoist temple at lightning speed.

Lu Chen still hasn't come back to his senses.

This is too fast.

"Magic power is within reach yet so far away. Do you want to learn it?" Zhongli Quan smiled as he looked at Lu Chen's confused expression.

Lu Chen came back to his senses and nodded repeatedly with burning eyes.

Supernatural powers, who doesn’t want to learn them?
"Wait until you have condensed your inner elixir before learning. You can't learn it now even if you want to." Zhongli Quan said with a smile.

"..."

Then why do you keep saying it?

Are you here just to tempt me?
Zhongli Quan didn't care what Lu Chen was thinking. He just smiled happily and took Lu Chen into the main hall in a flash.

At this point, the research on human face relaxation is nearing completion.

As the human-faced Song completed the last adjustment, the talisman in the air flashed slightly, and then flew around his body under the control of the human-faced Song, obviously it had been successful.

And Ren Liansong also came out of the state of studying the talisman with a look of unsatisfied feeling.

"Lord God, you have fulfilled your mission."

The human face smiled and looked at Lu Chen, with obvious fatigue on his face: "Now that the Lord God has lifted the restrictions, this talisman will not leave."

Upon hearing this, Lu Chen withdrew the power of the binding talisman.

Sure enough, the talisman did not leave this time and was still floating in the air.

"What have you changed?"

Lu Chen asked curiously.

The man with the human face replied, "The core of the talisman is the seed of the divine throne. There is a connection between the seed of the divine throne and the main body of the divine throne. Now I have weakened this connection and connected most of it to my body. In other words, now most of the seed of the divine throne is actually controlled by me."

Lu Chen nodded and understood.

This is like a company that was originally a sole proprietorship but has now become a joint venture.

The foreign capital Renliansong also holds most of the company's shares!

Although the company is still managed by the founder Tianshidao, Renlian Song can kick him out if he wants.

Of course, if this happens, it will definitely alarm the Tianshi Dao.

"It's not easy to be able to change the talisman seeds of the Heavenly Master Dao."

Zhongli Quan looked at the human face with interest.

The latter then discovered that there was someone standing next to Lu Chen!

When Zhongli Quan didn't speak, he didn't see him.

Do not!
To be precise, Zhongli Quan suppressed his presence too weakly. As long as he did not actively reveal himself, no one could detect his existence.

Ren Liansong was horrified: "Master, this is..."

“Oh, let me introduce you, this senior is…” “Hehe, a layman, um, he is considered an elder in Lu Xiuchen’s sect.”

Zhongli Quan introduced himself with a smile, interrupted Lu Chen's words, and sent a message to Lu Chen: "Master, don't let anyone know my identity except yourself."

The corners of Lu Chen's mouth twitched, but looking at the inquiring look on the face, he nodded.

There is an elder who has cultivated both sex and life and has reached the peak of the Taoist realm of immortality. Actually... he is not bad.

After receiving Lu Chen's affirmation, the human-faced Song immediately bowed and said, "Little God of Lantian City, Song, greets the master."

Be respectful and polite.

Zhongli Quan smiled and said, "Well, since I have been called your master, I can't let you call me that for nothing."

As he spoke, Zhongli Quan tapped on Renmian Song's body, and a green light fell on him: "This is the mark of Shaoyang. When you return to the Yin-Yang world in the future, with this mark on your body, no one will make things difficult for you even if you compete for the position of Yama."

"Thank you for your gift, Master!"

Ren Liansong was overjoyed.

He didn't know what Yama was, but everyone said he was vying for the position of Yama, which must be a higher position than his current one.

"He was able to break the talisman seed of the Heavenly Master Dao in one day. He is indeed a talented person."

Zhongli Quan praised him again, and then said to Lu Chen: "Train him well. Although our Shaoyang Sect has practiced the inner alchemy very well, it has not made much progress in the way of talismans."

"It's natural."

Lu Chen nodded, there was no need for Zhongli Quan to remind him.

If the talismans of Tianshidao were really easy to crack, how could they have the qualifications to become the number one Taoist sect in the world?
Therefore, it is not that the talismans of Tianshidao are easy to be cracked, but that Ren Liansong’s talent in talismans is really great.

From the early Zhou Dynasty to the present day, more than a thousand years have passed. How many practitioners have there been during this period?
Even those who are orthodox practitioners of the Taoist lineage are estimated to be too numerous to count.

But Ren Liansong, a casual cultivator, was able to hold on until now, a thousand years later. After getting rid of the influence of his twisted soul, he quickly mastered his own scroll of divinity.

How many people can do what he does?
Even the Three Caves inheritance, even the previous Heavenly Masters of the Heavenly Master Dao, could not do this!
"Thank you for your praise, sir."

The face is slender and very modest.

Lu Chen did not say anything else, but asked someone to send the talisman back to the body of Liu Bing, the chief priest of Tianshidao.

"We need to hide. Although I can forcibly control his consciousness, this will cause some loopholes." said the man with the human face.

Zhongli Quan smiled and said, "It doesn't matter, just let him wake up. He won't be able to find us."

Thinking of Zhongli Quan's methods, Ren Liansong felt relieved. With Liu Bing's level of cultivation, he was probably just an ant in front of the master.

Can ants discover the means left by the gods?
This is naturally impossible.

"Yes, sir."

As he spoke, the human face controlled the talisman and returned it to Liu Bing's body.

Soon, Liu Bing woke up.

Just as Zhongli Quan said, Liu did not notice the three people standing in front of him. He just looked around strangely, as if wondering why he was not in his room but in the main hall instead.

However, he soon ran out of time to think about it.

After opening the main hall door, several black-clothed ghost officials were guarding the door outside. When they saw him open the door, they hurried over to greet him with a worried look on their faces.

"Something happened? What could possibly happen to me?"

Liu asked impatiently: "What time is it now?"

When Liu Bing heard the black-clothed ghost official's reply on the second day, he just felt something was wrong.

But the human face was just touched lightly, and Liu Bing put this idea out of his mind, thinking that he was just injured by the Lantian City God.

When Liu Bing thought of the Lantian City God, he was filled with hatred and asked several black-clothed ghost officials, "Have you found out the origin of the Lantian City God?"

Several black-clad ghost officials looked at each other, and did not dare to say anything. They lowered their heads and remained silent.

"Hmph! A bunch of trash!" Liu Bing was furious.

A black-clothed ghost official saw that things were not going well and hurriedly said, "Jijiu, early this morning, someone from the government sent a letter saying that Liu Yuanjing, the general of the central army under the command of the governor of Jingzhou, was coming to worship Laojun, and that the King of Jiangxia would also come to Mount Lu soon."

"Xiangyang Liu Yuanjing? King of Jiangxia?"

Liu Bing raised his eyebrows and said, "Then what are you guys still doing here? Go quickly and get ready to welcome them!"

Liu Yuanjing of Xiangyang Liu Family is a rising star in Jingzhou. Despite his young age, he is already the patriarch of Liu Family. His future is limitless.

Not to mention that Liu Yuanjing was a pioneer for the king, paving the way for Liu Yigong, the governor of Jingzhou and King of Jiangxia.

Of course, it needs to be arranged properly.

On the other side, Ren Liansong looked at Liu Bing's performance and said to Zhongli Quan and Lu Chen, "Master, Master, there is no problem. He has covered up yesterday's abnormality on his own, which is equivalent to entering the state of the secret disk in the fetus. If he doesn't think that something is wrong, there will be no loopholes."

He hadn't said another word. According to Liu Bing's qualifications, it would be impossible for him to discover anything wrong on his own...
"good."

Lu Chen nodded: "Can it be used on a large scale?"

With this method, it is enough to quietly disintegrate the various sects of the talisman path.

"Don't think about it, Xiao Luzi. The ant hole is only a small one, and maybe you can't see it if you don't look carefully. But if it turns into a black hole, who do you think you can hide it from?"

Without waiting for Ren Liansong to reply, Zhongli Quan directly broke Lu Chen's fantasy: "Don't think of Longhu Mountain as a waste. It's good to have a chess piece that can be used. As for the rest, wait until you two condense your inner elixir, or become Yuanshen Zhenren before thinking about it."

Lu Chen nodded: "Junior understands."

Indeed, he was a little too ambitious.

Zhongli Quan added: "Leave the affairs of the Heavenly Master Dao to me, the Taoist priest. Don't worry about this, nothing will go wrong. As for the rest of the plan, you should go and implement it, kid Lu."

Lu Chen nodded and bowed, "Then I'll trouble you, Senior."

"Go, go, go! It doesn't matter if it's a bother or not, just think of it as stretching your muscles."

Zhongli Quan waved the palm-leaf fan impatiently.

After watching Lu Chen and the other person leave, Zhongli Quan showed a smile on his face.

Then, his expression became more solemn, and he said softly, "Master, I have found Shaoyang's disciple. After the trial, I found that he has a strong foundation and is related to my Shaoyang Sect. I am interested in taking him as my disciple. I hope Master will approve. This is presented by Yunfang."

Then, he waved his hand and a puff of smoke floated away.

Not long after, a voice sounded in Zhongli Quan's ears. It was Wang Xuanfu from Shaoyang Cave Heaven.

Zhongli Quan was a little surprised that his master replied so quickly, but when he heard the specific words, he froze instantly.

"Don't daydream. This boy has comprehended the way of morning glow purple energy on his own. He should be on the same level as my master!"

"..."

Zhongli Quan was stunned for a moment.

No, I invited a great master uncle to come home to me?

……

At this time, Lu Chen had no idea how complicated Zhongli Quan's thoughts were.

After he left the Tianshi Taoist Temple with the human-faced man, he came to the outskirts of Xunyang City.

After Lu Chen made some arrangements with the human face, he put a layer of illusion on himself.

He suddenly transformed himself into a fortune teller.

He held a divination flag in his hand and had a compass on his waist.

After arriving at the city gate, he found a corner of the wall, set up a stall, and reached out his hand, and a pair of couplets appeared on the stall.

[Nine out of ten hexagrams are not accurate! ]

【A fortune-telling gift for the destined person! 】

Then he sat at the stall, waiting for the right person to come.

Some passers-by saw the fortune-telling stall and prepared to have their fortune told.

But when they saw the couplets on the stalls, they all gave up the idea.

"Strange! Strange! How can there be people who say that their fortune-telling is inaccurate?"

"Oh! They are all scammers. They even say they can tell you your divination for your destined person. If it's not accurate, then it's not your destined person, right? There are too many scammers like this. Don't be fooled."

"Haha, of course..."

"..."

Passersby around were pointing and talking, but Lu Chen remained indifferent.

Destined people will come to you no matter how far away you are.

If you are not destined to be with me, don’t meet me in person!

(End of this chapter)