The copy of the universe from the journey to the west

Chapter 233 Lu Chen: You are my beloved relative! (Seeking monthly votes)
"Humph! I'll leave the spiritual leaves in your hands first! I'll take them!"

Before Zhang Ling finished his voice, his figure had disappeared from the spot.

Judging from its direction, it is obviously heading towards Hulu Mountain.

"That's a good harsh remark."

Lu Chen patted the Taibai Jade Sceptre: "Okay, you can collect it now!"

The latter made a 'buzzing' sound, and the special light and shadow effects on his body disappeared instantly.

As Lu Chen's cultivation level improved, he was able to control the Taibai Jade Sceptre to release some of the power of the God of War's treasure.

However, it is best not to use it if possible.

If Taibai Yugui's attack were really released, it would probably drain Lu Chen's magic power in an instant!

After all, the grade of Taibai Yugui is too high. It was the personal treasure of Taibai Jinxing, who was the god of war at that time!

Zhongli Quan, who was standing by, was stunned.

Lu Chen looked at him and smiled, "It's just a little trick, not worth mentioning."

He has kept Zhang Jiao by his side for so long, how could he not have some hidden cards?
"hehe!"

Zhongli Quan's mouth twitched.

Not worth mentioning?

Tips?
Guess whether I believe it or not!

Your ultimate move that almost destroyed the world is just a small trick, then the Yin-Yang cattail leaf fan in my hand is not even a magic trick, right?

However, everyone has their own trump cards, so it is normal for Lu Chen to have a trump card, and he doesn't want to ask too many questions.

He took a deep breath and asked, "Did you know he had a problem?"

Lu Chen shook his head: "I didn't know at first, but I knew it after I got the spirit leaf. He was too eager, as if he was very impatient for the gourd cave."

"Oh?"

Zhongli Quan was stunned for a moment, then asked: "Then why do you still want to keep him?"

"If he can keep pretending, that's actually pretty good."

Lu Chen sighed and said, "After all, he has been by my side for so long and has helped me a lot. I have also learned a lot from him... What a pity."

In fact, Lu Chen never believed in Zhang Jiao and was always wary of him. When had he ever revealed his own trump card in front of Zhang Jiao?
Be it the Taibai Jade Sceptre, the Heluo Technique, or the Guizang Technique, Lu Chen had never told him about it.

Even Lu Chen had never used many of his spells in front of Zhang Jiao. Lu Chen only acted as a "seeker of knowledge" in front of Zhang Jiao.

Because Lu Chen has always used Zhang Jiao as his own knowledge reserve.

His previous idea was to gather Zhang Jiao, Xu Mu, Ge Xuan, Ge Hong and others together.

If you encounter knowledge points that you don’t know, you can ask for advice at any time.

But now... what a pity.

This last reserve of knowledge also exploded.

Alas, why can't you bear with it for a while longer?

Lu Chen felt extremely sorry for Zhang Ling's self-explosion.

Looking at Lu Chen's expression, Zhongli Quan's eyebrows twitched: "Then what do you say to me, the Taoist priest..."

Lu Chen looked at Zhong Liquan and said with a smile: "What are you thinking about, Senior? You are my beloved relative! How could I possibly regard you as a knowledge reserve?"

It is impossible to regard it as a knowledge reserve. Even though Zhongli Quan was born in Dongtian and has a high background, he may go further than Zhang Ling in the future.

However, all his skill points were focused on cultivation, and many of his theories were limited to the inner alchemy classics. He did not have much knowledge reserves worthy of praise.

Zhongli Quan nodded after hearing this, and sighed, "Zhang Jiao didn't escape Cheng Gongxing's control by herself. In other words, Zhang Jiao has never been Zhang Jiao. The thinking of the real Zhang Jiao has probably been changed."

At this point, he paused, shook his head and said, "The old Taoist also said why the ghost kings in the Yin-Yang Dharma Realm would cause chaos. Zhang Ling once cooperated with Luo Fengtian to guard the Dragon and Tiger Dharma Realm with his Yuan Shen and trapped the ghost kings in the Yin-Yang Dharma Realm so that they could not cause chaos. Now that Zhang Ling is gone, those ghost kings have no checks and balances, so they can escape and attack Luo Fengtian."

The chaos in the Yin-Yang world cannot be entirely blamed on Zhang Ling. This is something that is bound to happen over time.

However, Zhang Ling secretly left the Yin-Yang Realm, which indirectly provided conditions for the ghost kings to cause chaos.

Otherwise, the chaos in the Yin-Yang world can be delayed for at least several dozen or even hundreds of years. When Emperor Beitai wakes up, everything will be easily resolved.

"Everyone has selfish desires. If everyone was united, there wouldn't have been the Five Barbarians Invasion." Lu Chen said.

After hearing this, Zhongli Quan could only smile bitterly and shake his head.

This guy just can't unite as one.

If not, what can't be accomplished?

If the dynasty is united, it will be difficult for foreign enemies to invade.

If the cultivators in the cave heaven had been united at the beginning, how could the demons and ghosts be able to wreak havoc at this time?

"Human nature makes a person successful, and human nature also makes a person unsuccessful!"

He sighed secretly and cleared his mind of distracting thoughts.

Even an immortal may not be able to fully understand human nature.

Putting aside all distracting thoughts, he glanced at the Hulu Mountain in front of him and waved the Yin-Yang cattail leaf fan in his hand: "I didn't expect that the Hulu Cave Heaven is not a cave heaven, but a hidden mountain, and this mountain is also going to disappear now."

In the past, cave heaven practitioners all believed that the gourd cave heaven was the real cave heaven, so the direction of their exploration was mainly to find the cave heaven.

But the Hulu Mountain now is not a cave paradise. It is obviously hidden by someone using his supernatural powers.

When the demons escape, the secrets of Hulu Mountain will gradually disappear.

"Gourd Cave Heaven..."

Lu Chen smiled and said, "Aren't we in the Hulu Cave Heaven now?"

"Forehead?"

Zhongli Quan looked at Lu Chen in astonishment: "What do you mean?"

Lu Chen said calmly: "This world is shaped like a gourd. In fact, this is the real gourd cave heaven, not another gourd cave heaven. The reason why the gourd cave heaven is mysterious is that people are in the mountain but don't know the mountain. Gourd Mountain is only the core of the gourd cave heaven, not the real gourd cave heaven."

"This...you mean, we are all trapped by others?" Zhongli Quan's expression changed.

"Is this accurate?"

Lu Chen lifted his shoulders and said that he didn't know either: "Summer insects can't talk about ice. Since we can't see the whole picture, let's just look at this corner first."

He had guessed it, after all, Hulu Cave was too mysterious.

Now that I have seen the real Gourd Cave Heaven appear, I know that my guess was correct.

The most mysterious of the Twelve Caves, the Gourd Cave, is probably the place where they live now.

The Hulu Mountain here is just the core of Hulu Cave Heaven.

That’s also the case, the gourd seeds are placed here because this is the source of the gourd world!

Zhongli Quan nodded slowly, but his expression was still a little gloomy.

No one wants to be a guinea pig, right?

In the past, he was a cave cultivator and thought he was above the mundane world, but now he suddenly discovered the truth and found himself to be just a guinea pig of a higher level.

It would be strange if you couldn't tolerate it in your heart.

He said, “Aren’t we going in?”

"What's the point of going in now?"

Lu Chen smiled and said, "To fight against the Golden Snake Lady and the Scorpion King? I don't have such strong strength yet. Since Zhang Ling is so anxious to go over, let him go and test the waters first."

The guardian of Hulu Mountain, the mountain god, the Golden Snake Goddess, and the Scorpion King, none of them are easy to deal with.

Lu Chen would never go in and cause trouble at this time.

“Be self-aware.”

Zhongli Quan thought about it for a moment and realized that this was the truth: "Then when do you plan to go in?"

Lu Chen looked at him dimly: "Let's take a look at the situation first. The appearance of Hulu Mountain is such a big thing, there must be someone who doesn't know about it, right?"

Zhongli Quan was stunned, then laughed: "So that's it!"

Lu Chen also chuckled, released a handful of paper figures, and whispered, "Go! Spread the news of the birth of the Gourd Cave Heaven... to the whole world!"

He didn't use paper figures to fight, but only to pass on messages.

This is a simple thing that paper people can still do.

Then, he sat cross-legged and began to reduce the pollution on the spirit leaves.

It took more than a month for the black spots on the magic leaves of the treasure gourd to disappear completely.

During this month or so, the outside world has already been in an uproar.

The news of the birth of Hulu Cave Heaven spread to all the practitioners' forces in a very short time.

The paper people went to the Central Plains with maps.

Although the paper people are very mechanical and are like artificial idiots without Lu Chen's command, as long as they can explain things clearly, that's enough!
No one believed it at first, after all, many people didn't know what the "Hulu Cave Heaven" was.

But soon, some major sects began to take action.

After several fights, things quickly escalated.

A month later, some people had arrived in Nanzhong and learned about what happened in Yongchang County.

Some people did not rush in, but spread the news secretly.

However, there is no impenetrable wall in this world. The Gourd Cave Heaven is a real thing, and it was known to many major forces in a very short period of time.

Countless practitioners flocked in!

Even people in the far northern countries of Northern Wei and Northern Liang knew about this. Nanzhong, a neglected place belonging to the southern barbarians, suddenly became lively in a very short period of time.

……

“The chill is starting to melt.”

Lu Chen stood on the clouds and looked at the ground below which was beginning to turn green. He knew that this was because the cold spell had completely disappeared.

He looked at the towering mountains in the distance, which meant that the gourd seed had not yet emerged. He said to Zhongli Quan beside him, "Is the news accurate? Has Zhang Ling really come out?"

Zhongli Quan nodded: "The Tianshi Dao has sent people here, Zhang Feng is leading the team. The old Taoist has informed him of the news, but I don't know how he will handle it."

Lu Chen thought for a moment and said, "I'm afraid Zhang Ling came here for immortality. He's injured, which means it's not easy to enter the Hulu Cave Heaven. But the Tianshi Dao will most likely accept Zhang Ling again. After all, he's their ancestor, so we have to be wary of the Tianshi Dao... Well, we also have to find out about the current situation. I'm sorry to bother you with this matter, senior."

"Leave it to the Taoist priest."

Zhongli Quan smiled, his figure flashed and disappeared.

An hour later, Zhongli Quan came back and brought shocking news. He looked at Lu Chen and said seriously, "I found out that the inside of Hulu Mountain is indeed different. Someone went in and it was less than an hour later, and when he came out, several days had passed in the outside world."

"One day in heaven is one year in the outside world?" Lu Chen was stunned.

Zhongli Quan nodded and thought: "It may be true. Many of the Green Snake King's subordinates have also entered and have been subdued by the Golden Snake Lady and the Scorpion King. However, the Green Snake King has not entered yet, and he has also disappeared. I don't know where he went."

"I went to the Three Emperors Sect to ask about it. Someone from the Three Emperors Sect went in and encountered a group of demon soldiers. After a battle, they suffered heavy losses and retreated. The leader of the Three Emperors Sect is a cultivator at the peak of the Mage Realm. The demon cave has been divided into five major commanders and dozens of teams. Zhang Jiao was injured by the Scorpion King himself. That guy was too arrogant when he went in, and now the demon cave is still searching for him."

"Can anyone enter and exit the cave as they please?" Lu Chen asked.

"Humans can, but monsters can't."

Zhongli Quan shook his head: "I don't know if there are any restrictions. Any monster that enters Hulu Mountain cannot leave. Only humans can enter and leave freely."

Lu Chen nodded. Hulu Mountain suppressed demons and had restrictions on them, which was quite normal. "What forces are here now?"

"That's too many. Almost all the practitioners have arrived. The shamans from the north and the northern Tianshidao have all come. Many Tibetan monks from the snowy mountains in the west have also come to investigate."

It has been confirmed that it is the Hulu Cave Heaven, and no one will miss such an opportunity.

But when most people arrived, they swarmed into the gourd cave.

However, only one or two out of ten people managed to get out alive, and the mortality rate is very high.

Many people had already been scared away, but when they heard from the people who had come out that the monsters could only go in but not out, no one was worried anymore.

I can't come out anyway, so why should I be afraid?

There were even many people who frequently provoked the demons inside the barrier, making those demons extremely annoyed.

But I couldn't get out, so I just ignored them.

This is the strategy of these practitioners.

"Get ready, it's time for us to go in." Lu Chen said.

Zhongli Quan asked back, "Didn't you say you wanted to see the situation first? The speed of time flowing inside is different from that outside. We can actually wait a little longer."

Zhongli Quan felt that there was nothing wrong in being cautious. After all, the specific situation inside had not been fully explored.

"If we wait any longer, it might really be too late."

Lu Chen shook his head and took out the magic leaf of the treasure gourd.

The spiritual leaves of the treasure gourd, from which all pollution had been eliminated, were emerald green, floating with mist and flowing with colorful colors. Faintly, they were trembling slightly, as if they were about to fly out of Lu Chen's palm.

"I remember that the old man successfully obtained the gourd seeds after he put out the flames on the gourd seeds with a leaf and soil. Could it be this leaf?"

Lu Chen grabbed the gourd leaf tightly to prevent it from flying away.

The leaves in the cartoon did not look like round, heart-shaped gourd leaves, but rather triangular green leaves similar to maple leaves, so Lu Chen had never thought about it in that regard.

But now that I think about it carefully, it seems that the leaves on the gourd vines are also triangular green leaves, not normal gourd leaves.

That should be a problem with the animation production, but in reality, the green leaves are actually gourd leaves.

Zhongli Quan looked at Huluye and couldn't help but frowned and asked, "Is this someone casting a spell to call for help?"

"No, it's a divine object with spirit."

Lu Chen put away the spiritual leaf again: "How many safe ways are there to enter the mountain?"

Zhongli Quan said, "It is safest to enter from the east. The west is the cave of the snake demon and scorpion demon. I heard that there is a road that can smoothly enter the mountain. Although it is not very accurate, it should not be a problem for us."

Then Zhongli Quan led the way for Lu Chen in front, and the two headed towards Hulu Mountain.

The area of ​​Hulu Mountain is actually very large, hundreds of feet high, with some small peaks and gullies on both sides. The practitioners have never explored how many ways into the mountain there are, but it is well known that the east is the safest way into the mountain.

There are almost always people outside the barrier of Hulu Mountain.

And through a thin barrier, the things inside only look blurry to the outside world.

It's hard to see clearly.

Except for large objects such as mountains, rivers and ancient trees, everything else seems to be covered with a layer of mosaic.

"Because the speed of light is different, objects inside and outside will appear distorted."

Zhongli Quan spoke to Lu Chen as he stepped into the barrier.

Lu Chen followed behind him, and as soon as he entered, Lu Chen felt the rich spiritual energy of heaven and earth.

"Such a rich spiritual energy of heaven and earth." Lu Chen took a deep breath and felt relaxed and happy.

Zhongli Quan said: "The slow flow of time does not mean that the gathering speed of the spiritual energy of heaven and earth is slow. On the contrary, because of the problem of the flow of time here, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth here is more condensed and clear."

Ahead, several one-meter-tall toad monsters and centipede monsters patrolling with helmets and armor and holding swords and guns spotted the two men. One of them shouted, "Someone's coming in! Catch them!"

Zhongli Quan waved the cushion in his hand, and the monsters were blown away with screams. Soon they turned into spots of light and flew to an unknown place.

He did not take this incident to heart and continued, "Have you sensed it? The spiritual energy of heaven and earth here seems to be flowing out to the outside world."

Lu Chen also didn't take the monsters to heart, and nodded slightly, saying, "This means that this is really not a cave."

"Not only that, it also means that there must be a loophole in the prohibition here."

Zhongli Quan said: "The barrier's effectiveness has weakened, which has caused the inside and outside of the restriction to be connected. This place may be completely connected to the outside world soon, and then there will be no "Gourd Cave Heaven". And the monsters here will also go out..."

"Moreover, the monsters and spirits living here are all very intelligent."

"A spirit that walks on two legs is nothing. Many high-level monsters can do that."

"But these spirits at the level of refiners can speak, which means they have refined the transverse bone in their throats, and their intelligence is not much worse than that of ordinary people. The spirits in the outside world are not as smart as these spirits."

Lu Chen's thoughts moved slightly: "Does this mean that the spiritual energy of heaven and earth here is more suitable for monsters to grow?"

"This means there is an innate inspiration here."

Zhongli Quan's eyes flickered: "The innate wisdom is in harmony with the will of heaven, and the acquired wisdom is in harmony with the will of heaven. The innate wisdom is so strong, I'm afraid there really is a chance to become an immortal here!"

The innate is formed before the laws of nature, while the acquired is formed after the laws of nature.

Many things that cannot be done by acquired factors can be done by innate factors, because "innate factors" are earlier than nature!
Therefore, ordinary monsters in the outside world cannot refine the transverse bone in their throats, cannot stand on two legs, and cannot grow their intelligence to the same level as humans!
Because there is innate inspiration here, we don't have to follow the natural rules of heaven and earth.

Lu Chen was not surprised.

If what I guessed was correct, this must be related to Calabash Brothers.

Innate spiritual roots?

He took out the spirit leaf, and here, the shaking speed of the spirit leaf was even more amazing.

"It seems like I can't wait any longer."

Lu Chen looked at Zhongli Quan, and the two of them looked at each other, and they both understood each other's thoughts.

Zhongli Quan smiled: "Don't worry, I have contacted Master. Although there are some obstacles in contacting Master here, fortunately we can still contact Master. As long as Master pays attention, no matter who it is, we can let go and act boldly!"

After an incense stick of time, the two arrived at Hulu Mountain. On the wall here, there was a stone wall. The moment he saw the stone wall, Zhongli Quan was almost frightened to the point that he retracted his flying skill.

After a flurry of activity, he looked at Lu Chen with a look of doubt and said, "This... this... this..."

Lu Chen also took a look at the stone walls. The growth of these stone walls was very interesting, just like a smiling old man's head.

However, many Taoist disciples would definitely be familiar with the face of the avatar!

Isn’t this the appearance of the legendary Li Er?
In particular, the stone wall does not seem to be carved later, but rather it has grown like this from birth. It looks like an unfinished and rough product, but it is extremely lifelike and people will never forget it after seeing it once.

Lu Chen looked at him with a smile and said, "Senior, aren't you going to let go?"

Let go?

Are you ready to bow down?
Zhongli Quan had no time to pay attention to Lu Chen's teasing. He stepped forward and bowed respectfully to the stone wall: "Zhongli Quan, the junior of the Dao Chuan, pays homage to the Dao Ancestor!"

The stone wall remained indifferent.

Zhongli Quan breathed a sigh of relief and murmured, "Fortunately, he is not alive."

Lu Chen couldn't help but smile when he heard this, and he also stepped forward and bowed: "I am Lu Ruchen, the younger generation of Dao Chuan, and I am honored to meet the mountain god."

"Boom!"

The stone wall shook, and Zhongli Quan was so frightened that he was afraid that the old man Tai Shang would suddenly come back to life.

Ye Gong’s love for dragons is nothing more than this.

"I am not the Supreme Being. I am just the mountain god of Hulu Mountain born from the thoughts of the Supreme Being."

A faint and unclear voice reached their ears.

Zhongli Quan stood there in a daze.

Really...really alive! ?
My mentality...is a little broken!
The Hulu Mountain God said again: "It turns out that it is the current owner who has come. I am sorry for not welcoming you in person. I wonder how the spiritual objects of this mountain ended up in the hands of the current owner?"

Lu Chen lowered his eyes and said, "It was a coincidence that something happened here, so I came here to take a look."

"The arrival of Yizhu is indeed just in time. There have been two monsters suppressed in Hulu Mountain for 9,999 years. If it reaches 10,000 years, they can be turned into blood. Unfortunately, the two monsters escaped today, and the spiritual object in Yizhu's hand is the key to subdue the monsters."

(End of this chapter)