Xianye

Chapter 457: Hidden
There was deathly silence between heaven and earth, and no sound was heard in any direction, as if one had been suddenly thrown into a realm of utmost silence, where even a feather could not move and the shadows of birds remained suspended in the air.

Chen Heng took a deep breath, gathered his thoughts, and walked towards the restaurant step by step. The figures of the pedestrians and vendors on the way were like phantoms in the light, allowing him to pass through them easily without changing their appearance.

When we got to the second floor of the restaurant, we saw an old man in a bronze crepe Taoist robe sitting at a square table by the window.

The old man was seven feet tall, with a very gaunt appearance, a dark gold beard on his chin, a pair of white eyebrows like snow and frost, and a relaxed and confident expression.

If you just look at his appearance, no one would imagine that this old man was a powerful immortal saint who had held an important position in the Taoist court and had been prominent since ancient times.

But the closer Chen Heng got, the more intense Tai Suyu's subconscious sense of warning became, like a needle prick!
Although the old man in front of him was only about seven feet tall, his image was so huge that it seemed to fill the universe, crushing the void, eternal, boundless, vast and profound.

This land of punishment that accommodated tens of billions of people was just like a small piece of floating wood in the water in front of him. He didn't need to use any strength at all, just stretched out his hand and it broke into pieces!
"Courageous and kind-hearted."

Seeing Chen Heng actually walked forward, Taoist Kongkong had a hint of satisfaction in his eyes. He restrained the flowing Dharma nature and praised:

"You're not afraid?"

Chen Heng bowed and said calmly:
"It is natural that I am frightened in the presence of such a prominent figure as the senior, but in the current situation, it is useless to be timid."

"Recently, the eight sects and six schools have been blessed with good fortune. There are many heroes among the younger disciples. Even if the ordinary youngsters have some protective treasures and have received guidance from the sect, I'm afraid it would be difficult for them to be so calm in front of me."

Taoist Kongkong laughed, his eyes fixed on the golden thunder bead in Chen Heng's purple palace, then moved to him, and sighed:
"After so many years, I still see this art of dispersing scenery and retracting shapes from a disciple who is not from my Jiexian lineage? And the teacher's wisdom is infinite. Even now, I find it difficult to understand it. It is truly unfathomable.

Tribulation Immortal, Tribulation Immortal, drifting and sinking for billions of calamities, revolving around life and death——

This word "robbery"... after going around in circles, I still can't explain it."

After saying this, Taoist Kongkong suddenly fell into deep thought and ignored Chen Heng.

Chen Heng's eyes flashed when he saw this, and countless thoughts arose in his mind.

Disciple of Jiexian, important official of Dao Court——

The name of Taoist Kongkong needs no further explanation for him.

In fact, any descendant of Chen Yushu, after learning about his own life experience, will probably know about Taoist Kongkong, the powerful man behind the scenes.

It was Taoist Kongkong who taught Chen Yushu the inheritance of "The Sutra of Raising Humans" and helped him escape from Xuhuang to Xudu, which in turn spread to later generations.

When Chen Yushu was hated by the God of Heaven and was harassed by disasters, Chen Yushu used a scroll of magic to disperse the lightning disasters to the heads of his countless descendants. In this way, he slowly dispersed the hatred of the God of Heaven and asked his descendants to help him escape the disasters and achieve the Tao.

But with such powerful cultivation as Chen Yushu, how could he spread his power across the world with his incarnation?

It should be noted that many people with great supernatural powers have difficulty in having children. Why is he an exception? What kind of supernatural powers and secret methods did he use?
In this.

It also seems to be the work of Taoist Kongkong.

Judging from all these events, the great Taoist Kongkong must have placed high hopes on Chen Yushu, which is why he works so hard. The interests between the two must be equal.

But Taoist Kongkong protected Chen Runzi and Chen Yuanji.

He protected these two heirs who had the highest cultivation level after Chen Xiangxian, so that Chen Yushu could not swallow them easily.

After Chen Runzi and Chen Yuanji obtained the Yu Luo Immortal Mansion, they used it as their base, but took many of Chen Yushu's descendants away from Xu Dutian's protection, disrupting Chen Yushu's process of avoiding disaster.

From this point of view, Taoist Kongkong seems to be at odds with Chen Yushu's position?

From beginning to end, this giant's actions were unpredictable, making it difficult for people to truly understand his thoughts.

And Chen Heng also practiced the "art of dispersing scenery and capturing shapes".

Compared with other descendants of Chen Yushu, there seems to be an additional vague connection between him and Taoist Kongkong.

This person came to see me specially this time.

His purpose...

Just as Chen Heng was pondering, Taoist Kongkong's voice suddenly sounded, saying:

"Do you know the details of this place of punishment under your feet?"

"Appreciate further details."

Taoist Kongkong pointed and motioned Chen Heng to sit down in front of him. He looked around and said inexplicably:

"When the ancient capital Yuandi ruled, this annual punishment was not called the annual punishment, but was called the Four Evil Lands..."

The so-called four evil places are: a giant snake across the sky in the north, demons living in the water in the south, the dojo of the beloved son of an old star god of the fire department in the east, and a monk who broke his vows living in the blessed land in the west.

These four people have killed countless lives. They committed serious mistakes while in office and should be put to death according to the law.

However, in view of their great military achievements in the past and the fact that important officials came forward to vouch for them, they were stripped of all their official positions and, after being punished, were exiled to these four evil places to suffer.

The name "Four Evils" seems to have been deliberately created by a group of righteous people at that time to mock the arrogance of these four people...

Seeing Taoist Kongkong suddenly say such words, Chen Heng gathered his thoughts, thought for a moment, and said:
"Although I don't know the customs and practices of the ancient times, with these four here, the creatures here may be in a difficult situation?"

“It’s not like being in a fire or water situation, but it’s pretty close. These four are all people who are connected to the heavens. How can a mere earth god dissuade them on earth?

Logically speaking, the future of this land should be bleak, but not long after, a man wielded a sword to clear up the world and kill the four evils."

Taoist Kongkong was filled with emotion, and he looked up into the sky and said:
"That man is a casual cultivator who achieved enlightenment with great difficulty. He calls himself 'Sui Xing' and is proficient in powerful fire magic. I fought with him several times in my early years, and we won and lost.

Later, because I truly received the true teachings from my teacher, I secluded myself for hundreds of years.

Unexpectedly, when I came out to fight him again, he was already dead, killed by several Star Gods of the Fire Department in Yuan Zaitian. "

The words were spoken in a plain and straightforward manner, but at the end they caught the listener off guard.

But if you think about it again, it is also common sense.

According to Taoist Kongkong, the four evil spirits on earth are far superior to ordinary people with supernatural powers in terms of identity and background. They can be said to be connected to the sky and have extraordinary background.

With such a complex network of connections, naturally one move will affect the entire body.

Even if someone uses profound magical powers to subdue these four evil spirits, it is inevitable that they will be hated and retaliated by the forces behind them.

If you can't find an equal backer to protect you at this time, and you have to fight alone, it would not be surprising to end up in a dismal situation.

Taoist Kongkong's voice continued to come slowly, saying:

“Being able to kill the four evils by himself, my old friend’s talent is beyond words. But it’s a pity that no matter how glorious he was in the past, he is now buried in the ruins, not to mention living a carefree and eternal life.

He thought that by doing this, he was not only avenging the anger of all the spirits in his homeland, but also wanted to use this achievement to gain a high reputation in the Dao Court, so that he could become a disciple of the Fire Department's Red Staff Immortal, but unfortunately..."

Chen Heng suddenly looked up and asked:

"Senior, are you trying to tell me that I need Dharma companions, land and wealth to practice the Great Dao?"

"Why talk about the same old things again?"

Taoist Kongkong disagreed and waved his hand:

"I would like to say that the word 'calamity' runs through the past and the future, between existence and non-existence, between movement and stillness, neither near nor far!"

"Jie?"

"Sui Xing's killing of the Four Evils was a calamity. He could not resolve the calamity, so he naturally died. But before that, he had reached that point as a casual cultivator, and during that time, he had encountered countless calamities. It was precisely because of the repeated calamities and the benefits he gained that Sui Xing was able to have the glory of killing the Four Evils."

Taoist Kongkong laughed:
"Chen Heng, your cultivation till now has not been easy. When you were at the edge of the abyss, did you feel the hardship of the calamity?"

Chen Heng nodded. "When one ascends to the higher realms, one cannot escape the word 'calamity'. Not to mention practitioners, even ordinary people suffer from birth, old age, sickness and death. Isn't this also a calamity?
The road ahead is uncertain. Not only you, but I am also often confused, worried that I will not be able to survive the disaster, or will become the next year of punishment. "

Taoist Kongkong's eyes were as sharp as a torch at this time.

For the first time since the conversation, this ancient giant looked serious and said in a deep voice:

"Everyone knows that I am a disciple of my teacher and follow the path of the immortal. But now my path is different from that of my fellow disciples, and I am accused of being a heretic. Do you know why?"

……

Life after life, eternal existence from kalpa to kalpa—

In the scriptures of the Jiexian Patriarch, "jie" is self-generated, and also generated from other places. It is formed by the harmony of all things. It is eternal and real, and cannot be described in words.

For example, in the practice of orthodox Taoism, achieving fetal breathing is a calamity.

If you succeed, you will gain a bit of innate spiritual fire and enter the door of spiritual practice. If you fail, it will be difficult to escape from your mortal body and your life span will be limited to a hundred years.

Refining true Qi is a calamity.

If you succeed, you will fly into the sky and ascend to the clouds, building a bridge between heaven and earth; if you fail, you will lose your true essence and suffer great pain.

Opening up the Purple Palace is a calamity, casting the cauldron and condensing mercury is a calamity, practicing the golden elixir is a calamity, and achieving the primordial spirit is a calamity.

There are obstacles blocking the way back to the void, and three disasters befalling the pure yang.

Even at the state of He Dao, there are still nine difficulties to prevent people from achieving enlightenment, and they still cannot escape the net of calamity!
As for the disciples of the Jiexian lineage, they regard calamity as an opportunity for good fortune.

Because of the Jiexian Sutra they practiced, every time they successfully resolved a calamity, they would be able to obtain a "robbery treasure" to keep.

This treasure has endless uses. Not only can it improve one's Taoism, enlighten magic weapons, and bless supernatural powers, it can also be used to kill enemies and protect oneself, and as spiritual materials and medicines. It can be said to be the spirit of creation and the essence of the universe!
For this reason, the speed at which the disciples of Jiexian Sect improve in their cultivation is extremely fast, even compared with the heyday of ancient times when thousands of schools of thought contended with each other!

However, everything has its pros and cons, and fortune and misfortune are interdependent.

Although the disciples of Jiexian can benefit from the calamity and obtain the magical object of "Jiezang",

However, the disasters they encounter in their lives are no less than those of ordinary people.

If the disasters encountered by ordinary cultivators are in the hundreds, then the number of disasters encountered by the disciples of the Tribulation Immortal is more than a thousand, or even more than ten times!

It may be a natural disaster, a natural disaster, or a man-made disaster...

All these are disasters!
This also means that as long as you study the True Scripture of Tribulation Immortal, endless disasters will be blocking your way.

Even if one has achieved immortality and attained the great way, there is no exception.

It would be best if we could get through it naturally.

And if you can't get through, then everything will be over!

As Taoist Kongkong continued to talk, Chen Heng became more and more surprised.

After he finished speaking, his eyes were solemn and his vigilance increased.

"The orthodox Jiexian method is to use Jie as bait, lure the void fortune, cut it into a Jie Zang and refine it for your own use. During this period, it is generally difficult for others to help. If they help, it will also ruin the opportunity later."

Taoist Kongkong stared at Chen Heng with an inexplicable smile:
"But I am different. I am the one who created the 'Man-Raising Sutra' myself. Do you know what my way of robbing immortals is like?"

"Using others to divide your own calamity?"

Chen Heng was silent for a long time and then sighed:
"So, Chen Yushu...he and his two brothers in Yu Luo Immortal Mansion are all related to the great catastrophe of the senior?"

"Oh, you guessed it right."

Taoist Kongkong clapped his hands and chuckled.

……

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The road to success is so high that it is difficult to ascend.

The cruelty and tyranny of the True Sutra of Tribulation of Immortals is far beyond the imagination of ordinary cultivators. Even a great and powerful cultivator like Taoist Kongkong, who is famous throughout the heavens, finds it difficult to escape from this iron net of tribulation.

In fact, the number of disciples that Jiexian Patriarch accepted in the past was more than a hundred, but the number of those whose reputations have been passed down to this day is less than ten.

Nearly half of them even felt that they could not withstand the future punishment and had no choice but to give up the path to becoming immortals.

Taoist Kongkong was unwilling to give up halfway.

If he wants to go one step further and truly grasp the great way.

This path to immortality is actually a great help and should not be abandoned lightly!

But the calamity was truly terrifying and formidable, and after experiencing it for so long, even though he boasted of his great magical powers, he did not dare to claim that he could break the calamity easily.

In this way...

"The Sutra of Raising Humans is based on the idea that all living things are like horses and cows, and I alone am like a dragon and an elephant. When Taoist Kongkong created this method in the past, he probably wanted to gather the wisdom and strength of all people into himself and perfect the Tao.

And his method of dividing the calamity is based on the same idea as Chen Yushu's method of using his offspring to escape disaster. It seems that Taoist Kongkong also had a hand in this matter?"

Chen Heng thought secretly:

"But without Taishi Yuanzhen, and without bloodline to rely on, how can Taoist Kongkong distinguish the calamity?"

As if seeing through Chen Heng's thoughts, Taoist Kongkong shook his head and explained:
"You are wrong here. Although my method of transforming disasters is similar in purpose to Yu Shu's magic, both of them are about breaking the whole into parts and trying to divide the disaster into pieces, but my method is gentler and not as cruel as Yu Shu's magic.

What you said before was correct. Yu Shu and the two people in the Immortal Mansion are both my calamity seeds, and they must bear my calamity.

But the relationship between me and the Jiezhong is actually quite close."

Chen Heng asked: "With all the cultivation of Jiezhong, can't he help the senior to eliminate the calamity?"

"What kind of words are these? Of course not."

Taoist Kongkong smiled and said:

“I know that Yu Shu’s magic is quite profound. Not only can it help him to share the calamity, but when he is helpless, he can also swallow up the cultivation of his offspring for his own use, so as not to waste it under the Little Pure Yang Thunder.

But my method is different. If I can make progress and benefit, the robbers will naturally benefit from it.

On the contrary, if the calamity seeds can break the disaster, they can also take advantage of the situation to obtain a "small calamity treasure". Although it is not as good as the real "calamity treasure", it is also extraordinary.

Chen Heng.

Why don’t you think about…”

Taoist Kongkong sighed softly at this time, his tone was intriguing:

"If I am really that cruel and vicious, why would Runzi and Yuanji treat me as a half-teacher?

It is true that I use them to divide the disaster, but aren't they also benefiting from it?

To be honest, as a calamity seed, I will inevitably be entangled by endless calamities, but I don't have to be tied to this old man's boat.

If Jie Zhong has done his share, then I will reveal his identity, so what's the harm!"

(End of this chapter)