The copy of the universe from the journey to the west

Chapter 203: The building is crooked, it is beneficial to go there, and it will be prosperous (asking for monthly tickets)

As they have a monarch-subject relationship, and now a family relationship, Sun Haoran cares more about the Lu family. Only when it comes to Lu Chen, because Lu Chen himself is a branch of the Lu family and has never been to the Sun family, and because of his own strength, Sun Haoran shows more respect to Lu Chen.

There is no need to have any barriers towards Lu Xiujing, a real junior and disciple whom he had taught since childhood. He can say whatever he wants.

Lu Xiujing could only smile awkwardly.

The few of them didn't exchange too many pleasantries. Lu Xiujing asked, "Sir, what are you doing?"

Sun Haoran said: "Recently, people from the Wang Ling period have been looking for us. Brother Huang Min has reached a critical moment, so we will set up some traps outside to block the Wang Ling period's search."

Then he bowed to Lu Chen and said, "Master Lu, you came at the right time. Sun was just thinking of contacting you."

"Oh?"

Lu Chen smiled and asked, "Did you find the Dong Feng inheritance?"

Lu Xiujing beside him couldn't help but froze in expression?
what?
Found the Dong Feng inheritance?

So whose inheritance did the two brothers inherit?
Lu Xiujing had a strange look on his face. Maybe Xu Huangmin had come to the wrong place?
Sun Haoran didn't know what Lu Xiujing was thinking, so he nodded and said, "Yes, we have found the inheritance site, but it is protected by a secret method, and Brother Huang Min is trying to crack it."

Lu Chen and Lu Xiujing looked at each other.

Then Lu Chen waved his hand and said, "We'll be there soon."

"We still need to stay here and watch Wang Lingqi and his disciples come over and deal with them." Ma Lang said on the side.

Lu Chen glanced at the two brothers and asked, "Are you watching Wang Lingqi here?"
Still want to get rid of them?

Wang Lingqi is hoping that you will use such means to deal with him, then he will have a good laugh at Xu Huangmin's incompetence!

The Taoist tradition handed down by the direct lineage of the Shangqing Sect does not even know the concept of Yuanshen Zhenren, so it deserves to lose its position as the direct lineage!
However, he did not say this out loud, but said: "No need, I will arrange some things here."

As he spoke, Lu Chen threw down some paper figures.

The paper man could not deal with Wang Lingqi, but he was not a living person, so it was easy to delay Wang Lingqi's investigation. After all, he was just a paper man, so it didn't matter if he died.

Looking at the methods Lu Chen used, Sun Han immediately said: "I will lead the way for the Immortal."

"Need not."

Lu Chen stomped his feet again, and this time a cloud of white mist appeared.

The Cloud-Soaring Technique is more stable and faster than the Mist-Controlling Technique, but it is too tiring to lead four people, so the Mist-Controlling Technique is relatively simple.

Although the divine sense investigation did not find Xu Huangmin, it did detect that there was something wrong with one place, which was probably the place Xu Huangmin found.

Lu Chen directly flew up with a few people who were screaming in panic. In a flash, they traveled more than ten miles and arrived outside a cave.

"Is this the place?"

After putting a few people down, Lu Chen asked.

Lu Xiujing was a little confused, but fortunately he had the Cloud-Flying Technique, so he performed relatively well.

However, the brothers Mahan and Malang had expressions of "Who am I, where am I, and what should I do" on their faces.

It was the first time for them to be taken flying by someone. Although they had longed to do so in the past, the feeling of experiencing it for the first time was not that great.

Sun Haoran was relatively better, at least his composure returned to normal in a very short time. He was indeed a great scholar...if only his calves weren't trembling.

"That's right." Sun Haoran tried his best to maintain his composure.

Lu Chen looked at the cave in front of him. There was an energy barrier blocking his exploration.

He reached his hand in and immediately found that his arm had disappeared.

This is not a real disappearance, but the cave entrance and the outside world have become two different spaces.

“I found it.”

Lu Chen couldn't help but be stunned. This might really be the entrance to the other half of Xinglin Cave Heaven!
Lu Chen did not hesitate and stepped directly in, and the others followed immediately.

The barrier outside seemed to be just a disguise to block the detection of divine thoughts. The environment inside was no different from the outside world and it still looked like a cave.

Lu Chen and others walked along the cave passage, and after a while, they arrived at the end.

At this time, Xu Huangmin was sitting in front of the wall deep in the cave with disheveled hair.

Lu Xiujing ran over and looked at Xu Huangmin, who was skin and bones and looked like a skeleton. His face changed instantly.

"Grandpa Xu? Grandpa Xu?"

Lu Xiujing called out softly, but Xu Huangmin did not respond.

The brothers Ma Han and Ma Lang stepped forward to stop Lu Xiujing who was about to shake Xu Huangmin.

Lu Xiujing turned around and looked at Sun Haoran anxiously: "What happened to Grandpa Xu? Why did he become like this?"

When he first met Xu Huangmin, Xu Huangmin was still a wealthy old man. How come he has become like this now?

"Brother Huang Min once left me a location symbol. When I first came here, Brother Huang Min was already like this."

Sun Haoran said with a complicated expression: "In order to crack the maze of the entrance, Brother Huang Min forcibly built the Xuantan and set up a temporary dojo to drive his already seriously injured soul and mind... His current body is actually... Actually, it is just a living dead."

Lu Chen walked forward, checked it out, and couldn't help but shook his head helplessly: "Why is he doing this?"

There are three layers of earth piles in front of Xu Huangmin, which is actually a temporary Xuantan built to attract the power of the Shangqing Sect Altar in Maoshan.

The yellow paper above is the simplest memorial for offering sacrifices to the gods.

The purpose is to increase one's spiritual power.

Lu Xiujing hurriedly asked: "Brother, can Grandpa Xu be saved? You have great magical powers, please save him, save him."

Lu Chen shook his head and said, "My medical skills can only heal physical injuries, but not spiritual injuries. Xu Huangmin was originally a peak mage, and he was only one step away from becoming a true master of the Yuanshen. But he was injured by Wang Lingqi, and his already fused divine position was forcibly stripped away. I'm afraid his soul has been shattered. Now he is forcibly using divine thoughts. It's hard for gods to save him now."

Lu Chen hadn't said anything else. Xu Huangmin's spirit and soul were about to collapse. The spirit and soul are the source of the soul.

The shattering of the spirit also means the scattering of the soul!

The temporary Xuantan has been built, the rituals have been completed, and now even the immortals cannot save us.

Lu Xiujing's eyes were a little dazed, and he kept muttering, "Impossible, impossible."

Lu Chen ignored him. He was not familiar with Xu Huangmin. Even though he was about to die, it did not arouse much sadness in Lu Chen.

He looked towards the wall next to him.

There is a message from Xu Huangmin on it, which basically means that he has found the location of Dong Feng's inheritance, but it is guarded by a secret formation and he doesn't have much time left, so he left his last words here. Regardless of success or failure, he is ready to die.

He asked Sun Haoran to call the brothers Ma Han and Ma Lang over. If he opened Dong Feng's cave, Sun Haoran, as a Confucian practitioner, would not be able to practice Dong Feng's Taoism. Then only the brothers Ma Han and Ma Lang could inherit Dong Feng's legacy.

Of course, if I meet Lu Xiujing one day, I can entrust all my inheritance to him, and if Lu Chen is willing, it would be best to give it to Lu Chen.

This is a choice. The best choice is Lu Chen, followed by Lu Xiujing, and finally the two brothers Ma Han and Ma Lang.

However, when he introduced them, he spoke from the back to the front because it would not hurt anyone.

At the back, Lu Chen found another line of fonts, which only had nine simple words on it. The font was different from Xu Huangmin's last words above.

Xu Huangmin's handwriting is neat and tidy, but the handwriting below appears extremely wild and free.

[Within one year, the cave will be open, do not enter the mansion]

"..."

Looking at these nine big words, Lu Chen was speechless.

Why leave behind so many other things, but just these words?
Don’t you know that human beings are creatures with a very strong rebellious mentality?

You don't let people in, but some people just want to go in, not to mention that you also left the word "Dongtian".

Anyone with a bit of ambition wouldn't turn a blind eye to it.

However, Lu Chen looked at these characters and became a little confused. He felt a sense of familiarity and turned around to ask, "Is this also left by Senior Xu?"

"do not know."

Sun Haoran shook his head: "It was here when I came here, but the handwriting is not Brother Huang Min's. Someone must have come here after Brother Huang Min arrived."

When Lu Chen looked at these fonts, for some reason a chubby figure appeared in his mind.

"Zhongli Quan."

Lu Chen didn't know why he thought of Zhongli Quan, and the River Map and Luo Shu emerged in his mind.

The Nine Palaces and Five Elements are combined into one, and the Yin and Yang and Eight Trigrams correspond to each other. Naturally, Lu Chen felt that Zhongli Quan should be here.

This wonderful feeling made Lu Chen feel as if he was a god and knew everything.

"Should I use my fingers to calculate now to be more appropriate?"

A somewhat funny idea came to Lu Chen's mind.

However, it is not impossible to "count with fingers". The Xiao Liu Ren technique can be used on the palm of your hand to predict good or bad luck.

However, Lu Chen is not very familiar with the Liu Ren method. With the River Map and Luo Shu in his head, he can deduce some things. Is it necessary to use Liu Ren?

Lu Chen looked at Xu Huangmin's body again and said, "I will go find Taoist Xu. He should know who left it behind."

As soon as he finished speaking, Lu Chen sat cross-legged on the ground, his soul left his body and entered the temporary Xuantan in front of him.

From the outside, this place is just an ordinary three-story mound. But once the soul enters it, the surrounding environment changes drastically in an instant.

The railings are made of gold, the steps are made of white jade, and the ornaments are made of agate and pearls. An embroidered flag with the name "Yu Chen" is hung high above, fluttering in the wind!
Xu Huangmin was wearing a Yin-Yang Taoist robe, with a peach wood sword inserted in front of him. He held the Nine Elders Immortal Seal in his left hand and was looking up at the sky motionlessly.

In the sky, countless stars are twinkling and changing constantly.

Xu Huangmin sometimes reached out to fiddle with the stars, and sometimes frowned in thought, as if he was unaware of Lu Chen's arrival.

"Master Xu."

Lu Chen stepped onto the Xuantan and called out.

Xu Huangmin just looked down at Lu Chen, then turned his gaze to the sky and said, "This is the entrance to the cave, but it is blocked by the Nine Palaces and Eight Diagrams. I want to go in and take a look. It's already a critical moment, but I'm missing three places, and I still can't figure out the reason."

Lu Chen glanced at the stars in the sky. In fact, the stars in the sky were all the nodes of the formation at the entrance to the cave. The reason why each node was flashing was that it was confirmed to be feasible by Xu Huangmin. However, there were three stars that could not be connected in series with the surrounding stars.

Lu Chen raised his finger and pointed to the edge, saying, "In the post-natal Bagua, it changes clockwise, Kan and Li are opposite, and Qian and Kun are on the right. In the pre-natal Bagua, Qian and Kun are opposite, and all things are yin and yang."

Xu Huangmin did not reply. This was the most obvious truth, how could he not understand it.

"However, there is a connection between the innate Bagua and the acquired Bagua. They are a unity of opposites, a relationship between body and function."

Lu Chen casually pointed at the starry sky and erased the star in the center. He continued, "The innate Bagua is eight, and the acquired Bagua is nine. This hexagram looks like an acquired image, but it is actually an innate image. You just misunderstood their meanings. The center five is useless here, just remove it."

The next second, that node was instantly connected with the surrounding nodes.

Xu Huangmin was stunned for a moment, his eyes fixed on the other two spots of starlight that were also brightening at the same time, and he murmured, "Is it that simple?"

"Based on the current situation, it is that simple."

Lu Chen said: "However, this does not count as unlocking the entrance to the cave."

Xu Huangmin tried it after hearing what he said, and sure enough, although the stars were bright, there was no portal to the cave!
Xu Huangmin quickly turned his head and looked at Lu Chen: "Why is this? Mingxing map has been successful."

“This is not a problem with the star map.”

Lu Chen shook his head: "The star map is just a star map, not the key to open the portal to the cave."

He waved his hand casually, and all the surrounding starlight disappeared: "This is actually just a small trick. Even if all the starlight is aligned, you have only solved a small riddle. You are only qualified to proceed to the next step."

Xu Huangmin asked: "How can we open the portal to the cave?"

His obsession is to open the entrance to the cave!

Seeing this, Lu Chen said, "It's very easy to open it, but what if it's not what you imagined after you open it?"

Xu Huangmin said calmly, "Friend Lu has also seen that I don't have much time left. This is the place I have spent half my life to find."

The hidden meaning of this sentence is that it doesn’t matter what’s inside. I’m dying, and now I just hope that what I’m pursuing is not fake.

He just wanted to prove to himself that the place he had been pursuing was real, not fake!
Lu Chen nodded slightly without asking any more questions. He then pointed at the sky again, and countless clusters of starlight lit up.

Lu Chen rearranged them, and gradually, all the starlight dimmed again. After a while, a star map that looked completely different from the one just now appeared before his eyes.

These star maps looked messy, but in Xu Huangmin's eyes they presented a different kind of beauty: "So beautiful."

he said.

Lu Chen said: "Master Xu, the star map you arranged is just the wonder of the changes of the Nine Palaces and Eight Diagrams, but in fact, these starlights correspond to the stars in the sky!"

Xu Huangmin suddenly realized that this was the star map, except that it was the stars in the sky!
In fact, my thinking direction has always been wrong.

Stars are things in the sky!
Along with the twinkling stars, a big sun slowly bloomed before their eyes.

Then the light dissipated, and a scene of heaven and earth that seemed like an illusion appeared in front of the two people.

There are mountains and rivers, strange mountains and steep ridges, winding like dragons, and rushing rivers, vast like a sea of ​​smoke...

"This... is where Master Xinglin lives?"

Xu Huangmin's consciousness had sunk to the bottom, and he stretched his neck as if he wanted to see the details more carefully. He didn't notice that his 'body' was disappearing bit by bit like starlight.

Lu Chen nodded silently.

No words were spoken.

"Haha! If I hear the truth in the morning, I can die in the evening!"

Xu Huangmin suddenly laughed, and with an excited look on his face, he said, "A scene like this is where immortals live. The human world? It's nothing but a pile of mud!"

He was about to reach out and touch it, but suddenly he found that his hands had disappeared.

He was stunned for a moment, then smiled freely, turned to Lu Chen and said: "Lu... Daoist friend, please tell Brother Haoran that I have decided not to transport the body back to Maoshan, but to bury it here! In addition, this Nine Elders Immortal Capital Seal is the symbol of the head of the Shangqing Sect. As long as you have it, you can be in charge of my Shangqing headquarters and contact the ancestors of my Shangqing Sect. It is also necessary for the inheritance of scriptures... Brother Haoran has told me the agreement between you and Brother Haoran in the letter. On behalf of the Dongxuan Shangqing Sect, I agree to the title of Three Caves Disciple. The Qingyao Purple Book of my Shangqing Sect, "Shangqing Dadong Zhenjing", is hidden in the homes of the two brothers Mahan and Malang. The secret realm is called 'Shangqing Dadong, Yuchen Daojun'. The secret realm will open by itself. I also hope that Daoist friends can repeat the glory of my Shangqing Sect!"

As he spoke, he turned his head again, looked at the scene in front of him, and sighed again: "Beautiful! Beautiful! I really want to take one more look, one more look. What about power? What about profit? It's just a big drama in life. What about skills? What about methods? I am afraid that the immortals in heaven will laugh at me and have no pity for me... I would like to wish you a prosperous Dao and ascend to the immortal throne soon! Let's see if the immortals in heaven know everything in this world but are indifferent, watching the wind and clouds change and the blood flow like a river! Haha, if there is an afterlife in this town, I hope that all those who seek the Tao in this world can find the Tao to seek, and all those who ask the Tao in the world can get a reply."

His last gaze was fixed on Lu Chen.

With the last bit of starlight, his soul completely disappeared and turned back into the nature.

"Thank you!"

Lu Chen bowed his head at this time and murmured: "Although I am not from this world, we are both chess pieces. Gods and ghosts, immortals, Buddhas, the heavens, the giants of the ages, those who sit and watch the wind and clouds change, I am afraid they are all like this... Those who seek the Tao in the world can all find the Tao to seek, and those who ask the Tao in the world will all get a response... If possible, I also hope to change this world into this appearance."

At this moment, Lu Chen's expression was a little complicated.

I have only met this old man twice and have no idea of ​​his character or moral integrity.

Most of what I know and hear comes from real-life classics and some people's mouths.

Lu Xiujing said he was amiable and kind. Sun Haoran said he was a gentleman who should not practice Taoism but study literature, and he would have great luck. But Wang Lingqi said he was rotten and a pile of mud...

Lu Chen didn't know who was right.

But looking at him now, perhaps he did suffer some loss in terms of his achievements in spiritual practice and the merit of spreading the Supreme Pure Way.

However, in terms of personal morality and the pursuit of the great way, he is no less than others.

Even if it was Lu Chen, if he put himself in his shoes and faced the possibility of his body and soul being destroyed, he probably wouldn't be able to maintain his heroic attitude.

What suits him is not this chaotic world, not this world where human lives are treated as grass and where the sects fight against each other.

It should be a world where the years are peaceful and where one can seek the truth in peace.

Lu Chen looked towards the portal to the cave and waved his hand, and the scene inside the portal changed quietly.

Looking at the entrance to the cave, there was a forest of dead trees on the black mountain, and the dry riverbed seemed to have opened a dark mouth.

There were terrifying space cracks all over the sky, and from time to time, strange green smoke turned into snakes and wandered all over the sky...

Are there any immortal scenes there?

The scene just now was just an illusion created by Lu Chen, given to Xu Huangmin so that he could see what he wanted to see.

And now in the cave, it is obvious that a terrible change has occurred, and countless natural disasters have come. Looking at those green snakes, Lu Chen couldn't help but hesitate: "Could it be that the Green Snake King escaped at this time?"

Lu Chen was undecided, not knowing whether he should go in or not.

Zhongli Quan is still in there. He hasn't appeared for such a long time. Obviously something has gone wrong.

And at this moment, a line of words appeared in his mind.

[The beams are bent, it is good to go somewhere, prosperous. ]

"The pillars are bent, which is conducive to progress and success."

This is the hexagram shown by the River Map and Luoshu, which also means that if Lu Chen continues, there will be obstacles in the middle, but it is beneficial to his overall situation.

Cheng Gongxing occupies this half of the cave, so Cheng Gongxing is now the home court.

Zhongli Quan was only a Taoist immortal, so if he entered, it would be normal for him to fall into it. That's why the hexagram showed that things would be difficult first and easy later.

Lu Chen calmed himself down, believed the image presented by the Heluotu, and then walked into the cave.

As soon as he entered the cave, Lu Chen felt the aura of his paper crane, which he gave to Zhongli Quan.

Without any hesitation, Lu Chen used the Five Elements Escape Technique and headed towards Zhongli Quan's direction.

Inside the cave.

Zhongli Quan's aura was weak, and he stared at Cheng Gongxing intently: "There is no inheritance of Xinglin Dongtian here... Have you been using me?"

"Just going with the flow."

Cheng Gongxing replied calmly: "I asked you to leave, but you refused. In that case, you should make some contribution to the birth of the snake demon."

Zhongli Quan gnashed his teeth and shouted angrily: "Cheng Gongxing! You are a human! What good will it do you to release the ancient monster?!"

Cheng Gongxing was still calm and composed: "It's no good for me, but it's no harm either. It's just that the trend of the world should be like this. The Green Snake King is born, the Gourd Cave Heaven appears, and then the ancient scene reappears. The gods appear in the world, and I will be able to escape from the cage!"

Zhongli Quan was furious and said, "What bullshit about the great power of heaven and earth! You are just pursuing your own selfish desires!"

Cheng Gongxing shook his head: "You don't understand. There were people who didn't want to follow the trend of heaven and earth, so the whole world was destroyed. Everything started over again, and we have the world we have now. What do you think the so-called gods and immortals in ancient times were? Did they really come from the sky? Are they all so-called immortals and gods who came from heaven?"

"You cave-heaven practitioners love to beautify your own existence and deceive the world all the time. But after so much deception, even your own people believe it."

Cheng Gongxing said: "Indeed, the first cave heaven practitioners were all practitioners from another world, but not the so-called upper world, but the lower world. Because the world was destroyed, they abandoned the living beings of the world and stole the origin of the world to form the cave heaven and turned into boats. Only then did they escape the catastrophe of the world and come to this world. They were regarded as gods and immortals by the ignorant creatures on this land... Although in terms of their Taoism, they are indeed gods and immortals."

(End of this chapter)