I changed the world

Why don't I know the truth behind this world?Why didn't anyone tell me before?

It is normal for ordinary people not to know. However, as the nominal Taoist No. 1, the third generation direct descendant of the Ancestral Celestial Master No. 60, a contemporary Celestial Master, he was granted the title Chengsheng Zhenren.

If you say that you don’t know the secrets behind these mysteries, will others dare to believe you if you tell me?Can others believe it?

I don’t even believe it!

What made Zhang Sicheng feel even more urgent and even frightened was the recent emergence of Xiao Daoguang.This matter was once a hot topic, and everything was said on the Internet. However, even so, in the eyes of many ordinary people, it was just a chat after dinner. As for whether Master Xiao really ascended, for most people For me, I don't care. It has nothing to do with me anyway. After eating the melon, I will do whatever I have to do.The only difference is probably that the incense in Yunxiao Mountain is indeed much better.

However, in Zhang Sicheng's view, this matter is not as simple as taking advantage of others.Especially after he watched the video many times and confirmed the authenticity of the matter from multiple news channels, Zhang Sicheng confirmed the fact that the Yunxiao Mountain lineage probably has "true cultivation"... …

Originally, anyone who knew something about the inheritance of Xuanmen knew that the core of Xuanmen was the three mountains of Xuanmen, and there was also a saying about the three mountains of talismans: namely, Danding Mountain Tianshi Mansion, Yunxiao Mountain Yunxiao Temple, and Yuhua Mountain Chunyang palace.

For a long time, in the eyes of the world, the Tianshi Mansion in Danding Mountain has the greatest reputation, surpassing the other two mountains in terms of strength and popularity. The Tianshi Mansion is also known as the first in the south in a millennium line.

However, from Zhang Sicheng's current perspective, the man behind this first flower-bedecked family in the south was clearly a "parallel importer". The contemporary heavenly master could neither subdue demons nor conquer demons, let alone have any "magical powers."Correspondingly, there is a high probability that there is a true inheritance behind Dinghai Yunxiao Mountain...

This is what really worries Zhang Sicheng. If everyone is a parallel importer, then that's it. It just proves that those outside the world's masters and divine dragons have never seen the end, which is in line with Xuanmen's long-standing view of Xuanmen. The consistent understanding of the immortal family is similar to that of the legendary Eight Immortals. Isn't it the same?

However, the current situation is that I am a parallel importer and you are not, which is embarrassing.This is like being a student in the same school. Originally, I was always the team captain, a top student, first in grade, and the teacher’s favorite... However, before the high school entrance examination, I suddenly discovered that No. 2, who had always been unknown in the class, turned out to be pretending to be a pig. Eat the tiger, it turns out that he has been admitted to a top international university without examination. Not only is he admitted without examination, but he can also study for a master's degree and a Ph.D....

Zhang Sicheng has reached an old age. Originally, he thought that this would be the case for the rest of his life. Even before that, his focus had been on arranging the succession of the next generation.However, these recent new discoveries made him have to be alert, which made him realize a huge problem, that is, if the Tianshi Mansion cannot deal with the problem at hand, once it is exposed, no matter what For him and the reputation of Tianshi Mansion, it was devastating.

And what he was really worried about was this. Once this kind of authority gradually accumulated over thousands of years was shattered, it would be almost impossible to rebuild it.

Over the years, although the Tianshi Mansion seems to be flourishing with flowers and burning oil, it has not been without conflicts. Not to mention that with the development of various propaganda methods and the convenient transportation of globalization, the competition from other religions has become increasingly fierce. Intense hair.Just talking about the transcendent status of Tianshi Mansion within Xuanmen, there may not be no noise. Among the three mountains, the other two mountains, whether it is Yunxiao Temple on Yunxiao Mountain or Chunyang Palace on Yuhua Mountain, are also Xuanmen with a long history. The Sect Holy Land, however, is indeed quite far from the Tianshi Mansion in terms of political status and realistic treatment.

It's so cold at the top...

Deep down in his heart, Zhang Sicheng also had the deepest hidden worry, that is, whether there is a possibility that the lineage of Tianshi really has no background, but due to certain factors, a combination of circumstances and circumstances, With today's status...

However, this kind of thought only stayed in his mind for a moment, and then he hid it deeply. This must be impossible, whether it is the various myths and legends left in history, or the current situation of Tianshi Mansion. The impressive momentum undoubtedly illustrates one problem. Without real materials, how could all this be obtained out of thin air?

A scam can deceive everyone at a certain time, and it can also deceive some people for a long time, but it can never deceive all people at all times...

But, what exactly went wrong?

In the past few days, Zhang Sicheng has read a large number of records about the Celestial Masters of the past dynasties and sorted out a large number of "miraculous" things about the Celestial Masters of the past dynasties. This also strengthened his belief that, in history, the Celestial Masters The master's house must have "practical cultivation".

As for why the previous generation of heavenly masters did not pass down the practice method to his generation, Zhang Sicheng also had some guesses.

He carefully sorted out the timeline, and Zhang Sicheng was able to confirm that in the first 80 years of his life, everything seemed to be the world he was familiar with. In addition to the impact of rapidly developing technology on people from time to time, everyone was more concerned about it. What is the form of alien civilization?When will the interstellar age of navigation arrive?How will humans integrate into the interstellar family...discussions like this, as for religion?It seems to be an outdated old almanac, a relic of the ignorant era.

Even many people in the religious circles believe so in private. This is also the background of Zhang Sicheng's support for "reforming Taoism."

The real changes seem to have only started in recent years... Zhang Sicheng guessed that maybe some unknown event happened behind this?

To this end, Zhang Sicheng specially asked his disciples to sort out the records of "miraculous" things recorded in various classics and ancient books over the past 300 years. Regardless of whether they can be confirmed to be true or false, as long as there are records, he asked his disciples to follow the instructions The timeline is sorted out.

As a result, Zhang Sicheng discovered an obvious problem, that is, whether it was about ghosts and gods or legends about masters, all "miraculous" things had an obvious huge parabola. The endpoint is probably in modern times, since the spread of Western learning to the east and the Industrial Revolution. In the past 60 years, this parabola has accelerated extremely, almost falling in the form of a free fall...

Chapter 432 Looking for Immortal

So, what's going on?

If Zhang Jing knew the doubts in Zhang Sicheng's mind at this time, he would be able to conclude that this old heavenly master had already reached the end of his rope. In fact, the reason is very simple, that is, after modern times, national education gradually became more popular, which made people more intelligent. Gradually, in addition, the development of technology has enabled humans to understand the world more deeply, and many things that were previously thought to be the things of ghosts and gods have more scientific explanations.The continuous development of media and information technology has broadened people's horizons... In summary, this will lead to a significant reduction in "miraculous" things.

However, in Zhang Sicheng's view, things were obviously not going to be that simple, and again, he thought of another "major issue."

That is, he, the "Heavenly Master", did not succeed to the throne in full accordance with the orthodox process.

The secret here involves the death of No. 60 second-generation Celestial Master Zhang Jishun.According to the orthodox process, the succession of the Tianshi Mansion in Danding Mountain is conducted by the previous generation of Tianshi during his lifetime, and the person who has both political integrity and talent among the direct descendants is designated as the successor.After the candidate for the next Celestial Master is determined, the previous Celestial Master will take him with him and teach him personally for a period of time to ensure that the successor can safely inherit the position of Celestial Master.

The inheritance of the Celestial Masters of the past dynasties generally followed this process, and there were no major changes.But in Zhang Sicheng's generation, some changes occurred. No.60 The second-generation Celestial Master Zhang Jishun died suddenly due to myocardial infarction at the age of 59.Because Tianshi was in good health before and was not yet 60, so he was not considered an advanced age. Therefore, everyone in the Tianshi Mansion was actually not prepared for Tianshi's succession.Even the Heavenly Master himself did not leave a single word of his will.

This led to controversy over the inheritance of the Tianshi at that time, and even two factions split within the Tianshi Mansion, supporting the two legitimate sons of the Tianshi respectively.Although Zhang Sicheng eventually won the competition as the eldest son and became the No. 60 third-generation Celestial Master, this incident did cause a considerable degree of chaos within the Celestial Master's Mansion at the time.

Could it be because No. 60, the second generation Celestial Master, died suddenly and some things could not be passed down?Zhang Sicheng has thought of this possibility more than once during this period of time.For this reason, he even went to sort out the relics and written materials left by his father at that time, but he also found nothing.

However, he soon felt relieved. If there really were some secrets, then given Xuanmen's consistent behavior, such things must not be found in words...

However, in this case, from Zhang Sicheng's perspective, there was not much choice left.

As a Taoist holy land with a long history, Danding Mountain has always had a large number of Taoist practitioners practicing.Among them, although there are a large number of Taoist priests under the jurisdiction of Tianshi Mansion, there are also a large number of "hermit monks".After all, Danding Mountain is not a small mountain, but a vast mountain range that stretches for hundreds of square kilometers. There are more than a hundred reservoirs, several lakes, and undulating mountains in the area.

Because of the strong Taoist atmosphere, in the huge area of ​​​​Danding Mountain, in addition to the Tianshi Mansion, there are also several large and small temples. There are even many Taoist priests who go to the mountain to practice all year round. The place they live in is just a shack. Or in caves, there are a large number of people among these Taoist priests who have no ultimatum.

Taoism has had the tradition of going into the mountains to practice as a hermit since ancient times. After all, even the literal meaning of the word "immortal" is "a person who goes into the mountains to practice".

For this reason, the Tianshi Mansion has never expelled these hermits. On the contrary, during major Xuanmen festivals, some food and gifts will be distributed to the hermits in the local mountains. Most of these hermits rely on the support of the surrounding people. To make a living, some would collect products from the mountains in exchange for some daily necessities. They lived a very poor life. By doing this, Dandingshan fulfilled his responsibility as a Taoist leader.

This large number of mountain hermits not only brings a stronger Taoist cultural atmosphere to Danding Mountain, but also adds a lot of anecdotes to the local area. It can be said that from time to time, you can hear some mountain people say There are various legends about "the master of the mountains".

In the past, Zhang Sicheng didn't actually care about these so-called "hermits". However, under the current circumstances, when Zhang Sicheng looked at these people again, he suddenly discovered that there might really be some capable people hidden here. It’s also unknown!

After all, under the current circumstances, no matter what the method, Tianshi Mansion will try it as long as possible.Therefore, just before Zhang Sicheng left for the capital, he summoned his close disciples to assign a mission and asked them to separately search for the hermit masters in Danding Mountain and surrounding areas...

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承和37年西历2016年3月19日10:21新大陆加索尔王国托尔特克自治领伊兹柯雨林区

The Izko Rainforest is a famous rainforest in the southern part of the New World. It covers an area of ​​more than 250 million square kilometers and spans several colonies. The ecological environment within the rainforest is extremely diverse and complex. To this day, there are still a large number of unnamed organisms. .

This rainforest was first discovered by an expedition led by Lord Izko, an explorer from the Kingdom of Gasol. The rainforest was named after the discoverer.Lord Izko himself entered the rainforest many times, and finally died of illness during his exploration of the rainforest.

In the myths passed down orally by the local indigenous people, deep in this rain forest, there is the lost golden city of Tizosak. According to legend, the residents there are the descendants of gods. The country they established is rich and powerful. People With inexhaustible gold, there is no need to worry about daily food...

In short, there are various local legends surrounding the golden city of Tizosak, so that the colonists who arrived here judged based on this that it is very likely that there is an indigenous civilization deep in the rain forest. City, or city ruins.

Of course, these colonists scorned the so-called divine descendants and regarded them as rumors spread by uncivilized natives. After all, when the Western colonists first arrived in this land, the people here did not even know how to smelt iron. , completely in primitive tribal society.

Based on the desire for wealth, many adventurers have entered this rain forest trying to find the legendary "Golden City" for more than a hundred years. However, many of them never came back.

If the current rainforest areas in the world are ranked according to the degree of danger, the Izko Rainforest Area is definitely among the top three. The huge area and extremely complex terrain make the rainforest area contain a large number of "unexplored areas." Area". Since its discovery, this rainforest has swallowed up a large number of explorers hoping to get rich overnight, but no one has ever gained a harvest. In recent decades, few expedition teams have been willing to explore deep into the core area of ​​​​the rainforest.

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Chapter 433 Lord Izko’s Relics

"Sir, we can't go any further. The guide said he doesn't want to go any further."

"Tell him, I'm willing to add money, pounds of runes, enough for him to buy a lot of food!" Chadwick emphasized to the translator, while looking helplessly at the naked upper body in the distance, with his head above his head. A guide with braided hair and many feather ornaments.That was hired two days ago when he was passing by an indigenous village.

The translator Carlos is a mixed-race man and a professional tour guide. His job is to take tourists to visit and hunt in safer areas outside the rainforest.Here, as long as you can afford it, the colonial government will issue you a hunting license.

"Sir, I'm sorry. I'm afraid I have to go back this time. We have gone too far. This is different from what you said at the beginning. This won't work, this won't work..." Carlos emphasized, shaking his head. .

"Carlos, listen to me, let's go in there for one more day, just one day, I want to see what's inside..."

"No, sir, that's what you said yesterday, we can't go any further."

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"Okay, you won Carlos, tell me, how much do you want to add?" Chadwick sighed, preparing to solve the problem by adding money.

"Sir, this is really not about money." Unexpectedly, the tried-and-tested trick didn't work this time. Carlos, the translator, said with a serious expression. In fact, this expression made him look like an optimist all day long. rarely appears on his face.

"We have gone too deep. The rainforest will swallow up everyone who blends in too much..." Carlos said while looking around the camp uneasily.

Chadwick was a little irritable. In fact, in order to get here, he did use some dishonorable methods. Nearly half a month ago, when he was supplying supplies in Davao Town, the nearest town here, he wanted to find A translator and guide who understands the local indigenous language.However, when he put forward his request to "go deep into a certain area in the core area of ​​​​the rainforest", almost all the local guides rejected him.

In the end, he had to use another method, which was to pretend that he was just entering the rainforest for fun and not going deep. In this way, he successfully hired Carlos.After entering the rainforest, he used inducement, added money, and even semi-forced methods to head towards his destination. Carlos accompanied him there under such circumstances.

However, all this seems to have ended here. Today, both Carlos and the indigenous guide hired in the indigenous village two days ago have shown unusual persistence, as if there is something unknown ahead. Like a devil, they feel fearful and fearful to continue moving forward.

After a pointless persuasion and argument, Chadwick finally failed to retain the two guides. Of course, he also rejected Carlos's offer to return with him, and the two parties parted ways.Leaving with the two guides, there were also two indigenous porters, who were also hired to carry the gifts.

When these people left one after another, Chadwick was the only one left in the entire temporary camp.As a result, the items Chadwick could carry, especially the supplies, were greatly reduced. He had to abandon a considerable number of items, otherwise his physical strength would not be able to carry the items originally carried by four people.

When Chadwick initially entered the rainforest, he also carried a "large all-terrain load-bearing companion" produced by Kroger, which is what many travel friends call a "robot donkey." However, it turns out that the complexity of the rainforest The terrain far exceeded the carrying limit of the robot donkey. In the first week after entering the rainforest, the unreliable thing that Chadwick said was completely scrapped. In the end, the team adopted a more primitive method of artificial camel transportation.

After reorganizing his luggage, focusing on carrying drinking water, high-calorie food, and camping and self-defense tools, Chadwick packed his luggage and discarded the extra items where he was.However, he did not hit the road immediately. Instead, he carefully took out a map from the inner pocket of his clothes.

This is a hand-drawn map marked with densely packed weird icons. No one can understand this map except himself.

This map marks his true purpose of coming here.

Chadwick's true identity is a master's degree student who has just graduated from the history department of St. Hurst College in Loon.His graduation thesis is "Geographical Influence on the Evolution of Ancient Civilizations in the New World", and his supervisor, Professor Sanders, is also an expert on the indigenous cultures of the New World.

Because of this, Chadwick had a lot of opportunities to come into contact with those weird "collections" discovered in the New World, such as obsidian swords, feather headdresses of indigenous chiefs, statues of indigenous gods, and even fabrics with strange pictures recorded on them, etc. …

Due to the colonization of the New World by Western countries since the Age of Discovery, there are now a large number of such curious collections in the collection circles of Western countries.In fact, Chadwick himself was a rather enthusiastic collector of New World ancient artifacts. He was born into a wealthy businessman family and was quite wealthy in terms of money, which was enough to support his collection of these items.

Not long ago, at a small auction, he purchased a hunting knife said to be left by the explorer Lord Izko of the Kingdom of Gasol.In fact, because he is relatively famous in the West and his experience is quite legendary, various relics of Lord Izko can often be seen at various auctions. How many of them are genuine and how many are genuine? Whether the piece is a counterfeit or not is a matter of opinion.

Of course, Chadwick believed that the hunting knife he purchased should be authentic. The reason is that the blade of the hunting knife is engraved with Lord Itzko's signature. In addition, the age and shape of the surface of the object also correspond to it. on.

After buying the hunting knife, he couldn't put it down. He even made a calfskin scabbard for it and took it out to clean and play with from time to time.However, one day not long after, just as he finished applying maintenance oil to the blade, put it on the table, and went to another room to answer the phone, at this moment, his cat jumped on the table and accidentally killed the knife. The hunting knife hit the ground, and this fall directly broke the top part of the handle.

After answering the call, he turned around and discovered this situation. He felt chilled at first, but after picking up the hunting knife, he soon discovered that things were not that simple.There is an obvious spiral pattern at the break of the hunting knife. It is obvious that it can be unscrewed in the first place.

Chapter 434 The secret in the suicide note

The handle of this hunting knife is made of silver. Due to its age, it has been patinated on it. This mechanism was originally well concealed, but its original collector had no idea that the handle was hollow. , it had hidden secrets, so it had never been opened. Due to a combination of circumstances, the secret was kept until it broke due to an accident.

What made Chadwick even more puzzled was that there were actually rolls of thick thick paper hidden in the broken hollow handle.

This roll of paper had obviously been stored in the handle for a long time, so much so that it was almost integrated with the handle and could no longer be taken out normally. For this reason, after some hesitation, Chadwick decided to use metal scissors to directly The handle of the knife was dismantled, cut open, and the paper roll inside was taken out directly.

Of course, this method of demolition means that this valuable hunting knife is directly scrapped.After carefully opening the scroll, Chadwick realized that he had made a big discovery!

What is recorded in this scroll is a suicide note from Lord Izko.At the same time, it was also the explorer who wrote down his last discovery after he was suffering from illness and knew that he was not going to die soon.He put it into his hunting knife, and the discovery was sealed with his death.

According to the suicide note, at the last moment of the expedition, Lord Itzko discovered clues to the legendary Tizosak and believed that he was about to find the golden city.However, due to the sudden infectious disease, many people in the expedition were knocked down, and even he himself was infected and about to die. At the last moment, he recorded his findings and stored them in a hunting knife, hoping that they would be used later. The survivors in the team were taken back to their descendants.

Obviously, Lord Itzko hid this secret very well, because according to the information Chadwick knew, Lord Itzko's last expedition did not find anything.History records this disastrous expedition. The 12-man expedition set off, but only two white expedition members and one indigenous person returned.

Chadwick thought for a moment and understood Lord Izko's intention. It seems that after Lord Izko discovered something, it was probably because his body was already infected. In this case, he chose to hide. , did not announce the discovery. After all, in the depths of the rainforest far away from civilization, anything can happen for the sake of profit.Later, his condition worsened. In this case, he could not drag out the secret disk, but chose to hide it in his own relics in the hope that his descendants would discover it.The reason why the suicide note is not directly entrusted to the team members to be handed over here is for the same reason. The interests involved in this discovery are too great. Once it is handed over directly, it is conceivable that the suicide note will never reach the hands of his descendants...

However, the final result was that the descendants of Lord Itzko were not able to discover this suicide note. Instead, through some strange combination of circumstances, Chadwick discovered the secret more than a hundred years later.

After discovering this secret, Chadwick quickly realized that this was a huge opportunity for him.So after making careful preparations, he set off for the Toltec Dominion of the Gasol Kingdom in the New World.

Originally, according to Chadwick's idea, he was going to rent an aircraft and launch himself directly to the designated longitude and latitude, which could save a considerable amount of time. However, the fact was that after learning his idea, the only local provider The flight tour company turned him down without hesitation.

The reason is also very simple. The location Chadwick requested is the core area of ​​​​the rainforest. In this location, the ground is covered with towering trees tens of meters high, and there is no place for the aircraft to land.Even if Chadwick was lowered by rappelling, in the eyes of these aircraft pilots, this would undoubtedly be a kind of murder.After all, it is the core area of ​​​​the rainforest. What is the difference between dropping a foreigner directly and throwing the person directly into the sea?

In particular, this person also has the surname Lu En. If it is exposed later, it will undoubtedly be a huge blow to the company's reputation.There was even an old pilot who thought Chadwick was going to commit suicide, so he gave some advice, which made Chadwick dumbfounded.

So, in the end, Chadwick had to take the most primitive and only feasible method, which was to hire a guide and hike into the rainforest.As for ground transportation, it is simply not feasible in an environment like the rainforest.

After parting ways with the guide, Chadwick packed his luggage and embarked on the journey again. The jungle trek during this period also gave him a preliminary understanding of this rainforest, and he was no longer the one who made some low-level mistakes at the beginning. Wrong rookie.

According to his estimation, this place was very close to the first destination he was looking for, so every time he moved forward a certain distance, he raised his hand and used the satellite positioning device on his watch to determine his position.

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承和37年西历2016年3月19日15:21新大陆加索尔王国托尔特克自治领伊兹柯雨林区

"Really!! It's really true!!!" Chadwick looked at the huge skull-shaped rock in front of him excitedly. It was not so much a rock as it was a hill, which was as tall as three floors. It was high and covered with vines and other plants. Therefore, Chadwick wandered around for nearly an hour before finally finding the rock.

The rock is in an oval shape as a whole. There are two symmetrical inward depressions on both sides of the middle of the rock. They look like the two eye holes of a skull. In addition, the part below is quite similar to a mouth, which is similar to Cha. The description Dweck saw in the suicide note was very similar.

Chadwick immediately put down his salute, and started searching around this "Skull Rock" with a machete and a self-defense pistol.

About 20 minutes later, Chadwick, who was wiping sweat with a towel hanging around his neck, suddenly discovered a scar on a huge tree about thirty meters away from Skull Rock.

As the old saying goes, people are afraid of cramps, and trees are afraid of peeling. Once the cortex layer of a tree is peeled off and the xylem underneath is exposed, it is often difficult to grow it back.What Chadwick saw at this time was such a large circle of scars that looked quite old.

Chadwick walked in and took a closer look. After all, the scars had faded due to the passage of time, and the traces carved on them more than a hundred years ago had been squeezed and distorted due to the growth of trees. However, after careful inspection, , he still found a faint horizontal arrow-shaped engraving on it, consisting of two marks, one horizontal and one diagonal.

Chapter 435 The Mysterious Cave

Chadwick took a deep breath. He felt that his heart was contracting violently, and the hot blood was rushing to his brain. Suppressing the excitement in his heart, Chadwick searched in the direction of the arrow. After walking about 15 meters, he found a second tree with the same arrow mark.

This made him even more excited, so he speeded up his pace without hesitation and followed the direction pointed by the mark. Sure enough, right after, he discovered the third mark.

Some of these road signs are quite secretive, hidden in the canopy of trees, and some are even carved on rocks, but there must be one every ten meters. I don’t know how Lord Izko dragged his sick body to avoid his teammates to complete the task. of this work.

Walking forward with his feet in the rotten leaf soil, Chadwick carefully observed his surroundings and hit the soil in front of him with the stick in his hand to prevent snakes or poisonous insects from hiding in it.There are quite a few types of highly venomous snakes in this rain forest. Although he carries snake medicine with him, it would still be extremely troublesome if he was bitten, especially when he was alone at this time.

Suddenly, he staggered, but something hard hit his feet. He used a wooden stick to push aside the layer of rotten leaves covering it. Chadwick's eyes lit up immediately, and he squatted down, quickly The surrounding soil was peeled away, and as the surrounding soil was peeled away, the objects buried underneath were exposed.