The copy of the universe from the journey to the west

Chapter 227: The swallows in front of the halls of the rich and powerful in the old days now fly into the homes of ordinary people (asking for monthly tickets)
Lu Chen said: "Your ancestor Yiwu asked you to leave Kuaiji, so he might have been cursed."

The spiritual leaves of this magic gourd are very strange. Since Xie Yiwu knows the information inside it, he must have used it.

Xie Yiwu only knew the art of Feng Shui and divination, but he was not very famous for his spiritual practice.

Rather than saying that he is a cultivator, it would be more accurate to say that he is an extraordinary talent like Sima Wenxuan.

Maybe he has two unique skills and is proficient in some magic spells, but his level of Taoism is not very high.

In order to block the invasion of the curse power of the magic gourd leaves, at least a true Yuanshen person can do it.

Obviously, Xie Yiwu probably failed to do it at that time, and might have been attacked by the spirit leaf.

Xie Yiwu might have known that he would become a ghost puppet controlled by the magic leaves of the magic gourd, so before his death he took some measures to seal his soul, just like Xu Mu did.

It was just that Xie Yiwu was afraid that his plan would fail, or that the garrison was not good enough, so he asked them to move south.

Or maybe he understood through luck that the Xie family's fortune was in the area south of the Yangtze River.

However, no matter which one it is, the Xie family has indeed made a fortune, and it is a family that is even more powerful than the royal family.

Xie Hongwei nodded. The ancestors of their Xie family also knew this, so they chose to leave their hometown in Kuaiji: "Tianshi, is it possible for our Xie family to leave now?"

He asked nervously, his eyes fixed on Lu Chen.

Lu Chen looked at the magic leaves of the treasure gourd. There were indeed many green and black silk threads on it, which connected it to Xie Hongwei and other members of the Xie family.

This kind of connection cannot be blocked by distance.

It seems that there are some cause and effect entanglements.

It's quite interesting.

"I'm borrowing his power and wealth to take your lives. This is a transaction, and it's only natural." Lu Chen said.

Xie Hongwei smiled bitterly.

Who said no?
But who wants such a fate?

"Well, I'll give it a try."

Lu Chen wanted to try out the effect of the magic leaf of the treasure gourd, so he asked again, "How did you borrow their luck?"

"Just touch it with your hand." Xie Hongwei said.

Hearing this, Lu Chen walked over and grabbed the magic leaf of the treasure gourd with his hand.

"Tianshi!" Xie Hongwei exclaimed.

Lu Chen looked back: "What?"

Xie Hongwei said nervously: "If you touch the leaves of the treasure gourd, you will be cursed."

"curse?"

Lu Chen chuckled: "I just want to see the effect of the curse."

As he said this, he closed his eyes.

When his hand touched the spiritual leaf, it felt like touching ice jade. A soft and cold breath entangled with Lu Chen's body.

Like a maggot on the tarsal bone, it wants to attach itself to Lu Chen's soul!

This means that there is indeed a curse on the magic leaves of the magic gourd, but this curse is useless to him.

As long as he doesn't touch her for a long time, nothing will happen.

That feminine energy could not invade at all due to the blocking of Lu Chen's magic power.

In addition, there was a strange suction force on the magic leaves of the treasure gourd, trying to extract Lu Chen's vitality, but Lu Chen's life practice was as solid as a rock, and his vitality was not moved at all.

However, Lu Chen's mind moved slightly, and he released a ray of vitality.

His current life span is more than a thousand years, so losing one or two years of his life span will not have much impact on him.

As his life span was devoured by the leaves of the treasure gourd, a wisp of green invisible force had already merged into Lu Chen's body.

“It really adds to my luck.”

Lu Chen opened his eyes and looked at the magic gourd leaf in front of him.

Then, he turned to Xie Hongwei and said, "I want this spiritual leaf."

Xie Hongwei bowed and said, "If the Heavenly Master wants it, it's fine to give it to him, but..."

"Speak directly!"

Xie Hong breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Master, do you have a way to lift the curse?"

Lu Chen shook his head: "This is not a simple curse. Your life span has been drawn, and it is still being drawn continuously. Various disasters will also deepen as your life span decreases. Therefore, you people of the Xie family are likely to suffer disasters."

Xie Hongwei nodded. He had known about this for a long time. When the Sun En disaster broke out, most of the elite members of their Xie family died. It was a concentrated outbreak of disaster.

Lu Chen said: "I will take the spirit leaf away and use a secret method to sever its connection with your Xie family. The curse on you will also end here. However, as I said before, you can forget about getting your lifespan back."

Xie Hongwei's expression was uncertain.

"Of course, if you can find a method of cultivation, or some elixir to nourish yourself, your lifespan can be restored." Lu Chen said again.

Xie Hongwei's expression looked better.

His family can even invite Yuanshen Zhenren and Dharma-appearance monks, so naturally there is no shortage of panaceas.

"You originally wanted to use Taoist and Buddhist spells to break the curse, right?" Lu Chen looked at Sima Wenxuan.

The latter bowed and said, "There is a ghost in the spirit leaf, and it once wanted to take away Master Xie's life. So I thought it was just a curse from the ghost. That's why I suggested using the Taoist Heaven and Earth Purification Mantra and the Buddhist Vajra Mantra to break the curse."

Xie Hongwei cooperated with Zhang Hu and Tan Ji just for this matter.

Because the two of them were related to the curse of the Xie family, he favored them and suppressed the Shangqing Sect.

"It's a good idea."

Lu Chen nodded and said, "It's just that you have considered one thing wrong. The ghosts in the spirit leaf are not the spirit leaves of the treasure gourd. Instead, they are the result of you borrowing too much spiritual luck and being eroded by the Yin Qi. Those ghosts are affected by the Yin Qi and live in the black spirit leaf. They want to extract the lifespan of the Xie family because the Xie family is connected to the spirit leaf. Simply clearing out the ghosts is only a temporary solution and not a fundamental solution."

"I see."

Sima Wenxuan suddenly realized.

Lu Chen said to Xie Hongwei: "Most of these ghosts are the souls of your Xie family's ancestors. Are you sure you want to purify them?"

Xie Hongwei's face turned slightly pale.

He almost wiped out his ancestors! ?
"Master, do you have any solution?" Xie Hongwei was after all the patriarch of a large family, standing at the top among the mortals, and he had not lost his mind.

"There are methods of salvation within the Dao sect."

Lu Chen said: "The spiritual leaf belongs to me. I will help the ghost transformed by the ancestors of the Xie family to be liberated."

"Thank you, Master." Xie Hongwei said respectfully.

None of them said why the spiritual leaf was given to Lu Chen.

Just because Lu Chen asked for it, then they naturally had to give it to him. There was no reason, and everyone knew it.

The two levels are completely not on the same level.

Even if you don't want to give it, you still have to give it to me. In that case, why don't you just be frank with me?

Lu Chen nodded. Talking to smart people saves brains. You don’t need to explain everything, they will understand the meaning.

Then Lu Chen began to perform a ritual to liberate the evil spirits in the spirit leaves.

After the salvation, the ghost inside turned into a shadow and appeared for a moment.

Xie Hongwei looked at the figures, his eyes slightly red. They were his father, grandfather, and some brothers and sisters.

But now they are separated forever.

He knelt and kowtowed, bidding farewell to his ancestors as their figures faded away.

This kind of salvation does not mean sending them to the Yin and Yang realm, but allowing their souls to decompose naturally, leaving only a wisp of true spirit to re-enter the natural world for reincarnation.

As for whether he will be reincarnated as a human, a flower, an animal, or something like that, only God knows.

After doing all this, Lu Chen took the spirit leaf away. Because the grade of the spirit leaf was too high, the alchemy furnace could not take it, so Lu Chen wrapped it with a ball of magic power to block the attraction inside.

Then, Lu Chen walked outside.

"Heavenly Master, wait!"

Xie Hongwei suddenly shouted again.

Lu Chen stopped and looked at Xie Hongwei.

The latter couldn't help himself after all, and asked with a bow: "May I ask, Master Tian, ​​after Ling Ye leaves, will my Xie family decline?"

"I am only a Taoist priest, not a deity. How can I know what will happen in the future?"

Lu Chen heard this and said slowly: "However, I have heard this saying: The Great Wall is still here, but where is the Qin Shihuang? There is no emperor that lasts for a hundred years, a dynasty that lasts for a thousand years, and naturally, there is no family that lasts for ten thousand years. I will give you a word of advice: the swallows that used to fly in front of the halls of the rich and powerful now fly into the homes of ordinary people. Cherish your life while you are here."

Afterwards, Lu Chen's figure disappeared in the long passage.

"The swallows that used to fly in front of the halls of the wealthy and the wealthy now fly into the homes of ordinary people..."

Xie Hong murmured softly, his expression complicated.

The "Wang and Xie" families naturally refer to the Wang family and the Xie family. These two families took turns serving as the dominant aristocratic families in the Southern Dynasties with respect to the discourse power of the aristocratic families.

It can be predicted that, unless something unexpected happens, the Xie family’s influence will remain the same in the next few decades.

The meaning of this seven-character sentence is that the dominant families like Wang and Xie will sooner or later become "old times", and the power they hold will be replaced by others.

Xie Hongwei did not know about the imperial examination system. He only thought that the poem meant that the Xie family would be replaced by other rising aristocratic families. He never thought that one day, a child of destiny would appear in an ordinary family.

"This Master Lu Tian is so young."

When Lu Chen's figure completely disappeared in the passage, after a long silence, Sima Wenxuan spoke.

Li Hong shook his head slightly: "It just looks young."

He is a real Yuanshen, and although he is very cautious, he can feel the horror of Lu Chen more than Sima Wenxuan.

Whenever Lu Chen casually cast a spell, the hint of pressure he exuded from his body would make him feel that he was facing a ferocious beast, and he had no intention of fighting against it at all.

This pressure is not much less than that of Zhang Tianshi who appeared not long ago!
Even if he had started practicing since the womb, he wouldn't be so young, right?

Sima Wenxuan did not refute. He was born with a spiritual eye and could see many kinds of energy that ordinary people could not see.

The aura of Li Hong is that of old age, because he is too old. Although he is in good health, his body has already decayed.

Many of the practitioners he had met were like this, old and frail, and although they had achieved great spiritual attainments, they all, without exception, showed signs of decadence.

The aura of Xie Hongwei is composed of yin and disease, which is caused by being entangled by the cursed yin energy. However, he is only in his thirties this year. Although his aura is weak and he is entangled by the aura of disaster and disease, his aura does not show signs of old age.

However, the aura of Lu Chen did not show any signs of old age at all, but rather a vigorous vitality, which was obviously not the aura that an old man should have.

An idea came into his mind.

This Master Lu Tian...is he really not that old?

……

On the other side, Lu Chen walked out of the secret room and Zhang Jiao was waiting for him.

After seeing the dark green treasure gourd spirit leaf in Lu Chen's hand, he asked in surprise: "Huh? What is this?" "I don't know."

Lu Chen shook his head.

Lu Chen didn’t know whether the magical leaves of the magic gourd were from the vines of the gourd baby.

It looks like it, but whether it is true or not, he needs to find out for himself.

This is also the reason why he took out the spiritual leaf. Perhaps this is an important clue to finding the Gourd Cave Heaven.

“It doesn’t look easy.”

Zhang Jiao nodded and said, "Shu Jizhen has killed Tan Ji. Be prepared. Soon, your Shangqing Sect will suffer revenge from the Buddhist sect."

"Let them talk about it later if they dare."

Lu Chen looked indifferent.

Seeing that she failed to scare Lu Chen, Zhang Jiao just smiled.

If it weren't for the incident at Donglin Temple, Buddhism might have taken revenge.

Now, all the famous Buddhist monks have entered Donglin, which is just a large and majestic temple. They dare not do anything to Shangqing Sect, which ranks among the top three in Taoism.

Lu Chen asked: "Do you have any Jie Zi treasures on you?"

"Are you pretending to be a spirit leaf?"

Zhang Jiao took out a small cloth bag and said, "This is a magic bag passed down by the ancestor Tianshi. It is made of earth dragon leather. Would you like to try it?"

Lu Chen took the magic bag and refined it. The space inside was very small, only one foot square, but a gourd leaf could fit in it.

Lu Chen put it away: "The treasure passed down by the ancestor Tianshi is quite good."

He also knows Jie Zi's technique, but he hasn't found good materials to refine it.

Although the alchemy furnace can also store things, in essence it has been made smaller by the "enlargement and reduction technique" and is not a real Jie Zi magic weapon.

Hanging the magic bag around their waists, Lu Chen and the other person walked towards Shu Jizhen and the others.

Tan Ji was dead in a very tragic way, with no intact parts left. The Thousand Soul Goblin was extremely violent and did not leave a complete corpse.

Several young monks around were silently shedding tears as they cleaned up Tanji's body.

Shu Jizhen killed Tan Ji, but did not kill the young monks.

Of course, this was also because these young monks were very smart. They were just sad and did not show any hatred. Otherwise, according to Shu Jizhen's style, he would not have kept them.

"Master."

Shu Jizhen and several others stepped forward.

Lu Lin followed suit with an awkward look on her face. She wanted to say something but didn't know what to say.

You said it was okay to fight, but this caused a falling out with the Xie family.

He said that the beating was not good... Who does he think he is to dare to say such a thing?

Lu Chen nodded and looked at Lu Xingdao who was following Shu Jizhen.

Her expression was somewhat complicated and difficult to understand.

What should I do if I meet the real person while pretending to be someone else?
Lu Chen didn't say hello and said, "Let's go."

The people around them looked at them with horror, so the Xie family didn't need to stay any longer.

On the way back, Lu Lin, Lu Xiujing and Sun Youyue rode in a carriage.

Lu Chen, Shu Jizhen, and Lu Xingdao were in a carriage.

In the carriage, Shu Jizhen was the first to speak: "Master, her name is Wang Yue'e, she is... the niece of the old Taoist. She originally followed the old Taoist brother in seclusion, and only re-entered the world after the old Taoist brother passed away. This time she came to the Xie family because she met a disciple of Zhang Hu on the street. After knowing some secrets of this Xie family banquet, she took the initiative to get acquainted with the Zhu family and disguised herself as the legitimate son of the Heavenly Master to attend the banquet."

He had already heard the whole story from Wang Yue'e.

This time, Wang Yue'e did not hesitate and removed her disguise. Her originally masculine temperament instantly became feminine, and her figure became slender and slim. She was a rare beauty.

If Xie Huilian saw this, he would be extremely heartbroken.

Why would a good man become a woman?

Lu Chen nodded, not surprised.

Wang Yue'e knelt on the ground and said, "Wang Yue'e pays homage to the Heavenly Master and asks for punishment."

"You deserve to be punished for pretending to be the son of a poor Taoist priest."

Lu Chen said calmly, and then added: "Then I will punish you to copy the rules of my Shangqing Sect ten times."

Wang Yue'e looked up at Lu Chen in surprise.

There aren't many rules in the Shangqing sect.

It’s only ten times, which is probably not even enough to cover the number of words in the Tao Te Ching.

Is this a punishment?
Shu Jizhen hurriedly urged: "Why are you still standing there? Why don't you thank the Taoist master?"

Wang Yue'e immediately bowed down again: "Thank you, Taoist Master!"

"No need to thank me, you haven't forgotten your identity as a Shangqing Sect member, and you haven't brought shame to the Shangqing Sect."

Lu Chen looked at her and said, "Although you are far behind me in both means and practice, it is for the sake of the reputation of Shangqing Sect and me. I will let you go this time. Punishment is only a means, not an end. You have to take care of yourself."

Wang Yue'e's pretty face looked a little embarrassed.

Lu Chen said again: "By the way, you said your father passed away. Now you have nowhere to go, right?"

Wang Yue'e nodded.

"Then let your uncle take you first."

Lu Chen said to Shu Jizhen: "Take her to Maoshan. If Lu Xiujing and Sun Youyue come with you, take them along as well."

"Master, I don't want to go back to Maoshan."

Wang Yue'e suddenly said.

Shu Jizhen scolded: "Nonsense, this is the order of the Taoist master."

"Oh? Why do you want to follow me?" Lu Chen raised his hand to stop Shu Jizhen and asked Wang Yue'e.

Wang Yue'e looked at Lu Chen and said, "Master, you can become a master at such a young age, you must have something extraordinary. I want to learn from you and pursue the great way. When my father was alive, he often said that if you follow someone with ability, you will become extraordinary, just like my Shangqing Sect's founder Wei Yuanjun, even his maids Magu and Huagu became immortals one after another."

Lu Chen smiled and said, "This is just a legend."

Wang Yue'e said: "There is no smoke without fire, there must be a source."

"The little girl is quite eloquent." Lu Chen chuckled.

"Master Dao, atone for your sins."

Shu Jizhen bowed his head quickly: "Yue'e is a little young, and she grew up outside, so she doesn't know the rules."

“I think he’s quite energetic.”

Lu Chen smiled and said, "Yue'e, your strength is too weak."

Wang Yue'e said, "Master, uncle, I am not young anymore. Besides, I will be able to become a mage soon."

“I do have some ambitions.”

Lu Chen nodded: "Then you can stay with me first."

"Thank you, Taoist Master, for your help!" Wang Yue'e was overjoyed.

……

Soon, the carriage arrived at the Lu family.

Everyone got off the carriage, and Lu Chen walked away by himself without asking anyone to follow him.

He first went to the original body's home. The original body's grandfather and Lu Lin's grandfather were brothers, so the original body's family was considered a middle-class family in the Lu family. After all, they were related.

At that time, Lu Chen's original body had a special servant following him.

Lu Chen's father is the shopkeeper of the Lu family's business, and his mother also manages a women's textile workshop under the Lu family.

In this era, women were not prohibited from showing their faces in public. At this time, there were women serving in the army.

The era when Hua Mulan joined the army to replace her father was the Southern and Northern Dynasties. The society of this era was the most open because of its chaos.

The original body's parents had not only him as their only child, he also had a younger brother and a younger sister.

Lu Chen has not shown up. If he shows up now, it would be a surprise to his original body's relatives, but he can only stay in this world for another nine years at most.

If we can't be together, then let's just forget each other.

So as to avoid disappointing them in the future after I show up.

Lu Chen used the inspiration of heaven and earth to tidy up the bodies of the original body's family members, and left some small surprises waiting for them, which was considered as helping the original body get rid of the mundane affairs.

Then he left quietly.

And who knows how many years later, when the original body's father was lying on his sickbed, looking at the five generations of people surrounding him, he couldn't help but think of his "rebellious" eldest son in his mind.

Perhaps the present day for their family is also related to the blessing of his spirit in heaven.

……

After returning to the Lu family, Lu Chen went straight to the yard where Shu Jizhen was.

He said to Shu Jizhen and Wang Yue'e, "Let's go."

Before Shu Jizhen and the other man could react, they were taken away by Lu Chen in the cloud.

Not long after, Lu Xiujing came with his father.

But no one was found, only a letter and a jade pendant with the word "Lu" on it.

Lu Xiujing quickly opened the letter.

"Jing'er, what did the Taoist priest say?" Lu Lin asked hurriedly.

"Brother... is gone." Lu Xiujing slowly put down the letter and said blankly.

"What do you mean?"

Lu Lin was stunned: "What brother did you just say?"

Lu Xiujing pursed her lips, feeling a little empty in her heart. Lu Chen said in the letter that he was going to some famous mountains and swamps to look for the gourd cave heaven, and she didn't know when he would be back. There was a trace of Lu Chen's spiritual thoughts in the jade pendant with the word "Lu". If Lu Xiujing had any doubts in her practice, she could ask him for advice.

Lu Xiujing told the story. After Lu Lin was stunned for a while, he exclaimed: "He is truly a free and easy immortal."

Just at this moment, the doorman came to report that Zhu Youpeng from the Zhu family was visiting with his son.

Not long after, someone from the Xie family came to visit and said that the problem with the Dazhuangyan Temple had been resolved.

After Tan Ji's death, Dazhuangyan Temple was indeed empty-handed. Add to that the pressure from the Xie family and the closure of Donglin Temple, Dazhuangyan Temple was left without a backing and had no choice but to accept the compromise.

Although the Xie and Zhu families did not see Lu Chen again, Lu Xiujing was at home.

(End of this chapter)