Poverty

Chapter 1269: Ten Thousand Years Old Antique

Liang Huang couldn't help but think of the day when Lao Jiao was beaten by Li Yanchu until he was bleeding profusely. He was also slapped in the face in public, completely losing face.
In the end, he fled in a hurry and failed.

He clasped his fists towards Li Yanchu and said, "I admire your methods."

Li Yanchu blinked: "Don't you admire my broad-mindedness?"

The corner of Liang Huang's mouth twitched. All those who had a grudge against him were killed. How could anyone be impressed by such a broad mind?

But he didn't dare to say it out loud, for fear of offending the young Taoist priest.

He is a simple and honest person, and was a little troubled for a moment.

"Why is this person so annoying?"

Li Yanchu was stunned for a moment, then he smiled and said, "I was just joking with you, don't take it too seriously."

Liang Huang heaved a sigh of relief after hearing this.

"So that's how it is. You are different from the human cultivators I've met. You talk in a more interesting way."

He smiled innocently, but added silently in his heart,
"It's just so exciting and thrilling!"

Li Yanchu also laughed.

Liang Huang then realized something and quickly shut his mouth.

His teeth were a little loose, which looked extremely unsightly. When he smiled just now, he must have been noticed by the young Taoist priest.

Seeing Liang Huang's expression of wanting to laugh but holding it back, Li Yanchu couldn't help but ask curiously, "I think the atmosphere on the island is quite relaxed. What's going on? Could it be that Fellow Daoist Li is particularly strict with you?"

He was somewhat suspicious whether Li Zhi had special standards for the demon cultivators and required them to pay attention to their manners.

Liang Huang shook his head: "Master adheres to the principle of non-intervention and governance for us. He occasionally teaches us and doesn't let us pay attention to the details."

Upon hearing this, Li Yanchu became even more suspicious: "Just now, you wanted to laugh but didn't dare to, so you clenched your teeth. So it turns out that your master didn't allow you to do so?"

Liang Huang's mouth twitched, and he glanced at Li Yanchu: "Is this person laughing at me?"

He thought to himself.

But after looking at Li Yanchu's curious and clear eyes, he sighed.

The Taoist priest seemed to be asking casually.

Liang Huang didn't want to explain, but when he thought about the culprit pretending to be innocent in front of him and asking him,

I couldn't help it and got really angry.

His mouth was wide open, and several of his front teeth had fallen out, making him look a little funny, with a lot of black holes in his mouth.

It was totally inconsistent with his innate majesty.

"You knocked out my teeth, and it's unsightly when I smile, so I smile less and less."

Li Yanchu: “…………”

He didn't expect this to be the reason, and he couldn't help but look Liang Huang up and down a few times.

"How could this old cow be so shameless?"

Liang Huang blushed when he looked at her, and his neck stiffened. He then said, "Although you are very capable, I am telling you the pain in my heart. You are not gloating over my misfortune, are you?"

Li Yanchu was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "It's just a few teeth. Is there no one on the island who can treat you?"

Liang Huang was even more dejected when he heard this: "The demon cultivators have an advantage in having strong tendons and bones. Once they are broken, it is very difficult to restore them. No one can heal me except my master. And she is unwilling to heal me, saying that she can't get back at me. So this tooth has been keeping me like this forever."

Li Yanchu immediately found it funny.
The fairy looked dignified and solemn, but I didn't expect that she was so fond of playing pranks.

He smiled and said, "I do know some methods of healing, but I wonder if you are willing to let me heal you?"

Liang Huang was a little excited when he heard this, and said with his eyes wide open: "Of course I am willing!"

Li Yanchu laughed out loud!
Then he held Liang Huang's arm and activated the five-colored stone. A powerful vitality suddenly surged into Liang Huang's body.

Liang Huang's broken tooth regenerated and was exactly the same as before.

He suddenly sensed something, touched his teeth in surprise, and couldn't help laughing!
This man has a resolute face and looks very majestic when he is not smiling, but he looks honest when he smiles.

Liang Huang couldn't help laughing.
"Great, great! Finally someone healed my tooth!"

Li Yanchu was somewhat speechless.
There are so many Qi cultivators and immortals on this island, but no one knows how to heal injuries.

Either Liang Huang didn't mention it to anyone because of his face, or the fairy gave advance warning and prevented people from treating him.

But Li Yanchu felt that it was really pitiful that such a burly man had his teeth knocked out by him and he couldn't even laugh.

So I didn't have time to think about anything else and just cured him.

As a result, Liang Huang's resentment towards Li Yanchu immediately turned into gratitude.

He volunteered to take Li Yanchu around the island and introduce him to it.

The Qi-refining masters and immortals who saw Li Yanchu along the way greeted him or saluted him.

In the previous battle, they were amazed and impressed by Li Yanchu's strength. He even saved Jiuhua Island and was a great benefactor to all of them.

Everyone looked at Li Yanchu with gratitude and admiration.

Li Yanchu also responded to the people on the island one by one.

Both the human and demon races have an aura of peace and harmony, which is truly rare.

As they walked along, they met many people, and everyone couldn't help but feel a little strange.
"Why is Liang Huang smiling so happily today?"

Liang Huang was originally a generous man, but after he went out once, he didn't like to laugh much after he came back.

But today was different. He kept showing his big white teeth, which were reflective and dazzling in the sun.

The several Qigong practitioners who were standing beside Liang Huang that day and wanted to laugh but didn't dare to looked at each other and whispered, "Liang Huang is so happy to be able to talk to this Taoist priest!"

"Let him be. He has to hold back his laughter so many times that it makes me feel bad when I see him."

Liang Huang was extremely happy that day. He regained his original heroic character and talked and laughed loudly on the island.

Many Qi Refiners were introduced to Li Yanchu, including those from the Shang Dynasty and the Daxia Dynasty.

Jiuhua Island is very large and there are many Qi Refiners on it.

There are many mysterious places, some are beautiful, some are steep, and some are majestic.
Liang Huang and Li Yanchu looked over one by one.

After the swim, Li Yanchu felt much calmer.

"This Jiuhua Island should be considered the Taoist temple of that female fairy... Could it be that the Taoist temple was not created out of nothing, but was originally refined by heaven and earth?"

This question arose in Li Yanchu’s mind.

However, the fairy was in seclusion at the moment, so he couldn't go and disturb her.

After nightfall, Li Yanchu stood on a reef.

The sea breeze makes one’s mind very clear.

He had a long sword hanging from his waist, looking very heroic.

After standing for a long time, Li Yanchu suddenly felt a figure approaching from a distance.

It was the true immortal of Jiuhua Island, Li Zhi.

Li Zhi smiled and said, "It's late at night, why are you, a little Taoist priest, sitting alone on the sea instead of practicing meditation?"

Li Yanchu said: "The fairy is seriously injured, why don't you stay in the house to heal your wounds?"

Li Zhi said: "It will take time to heal this kind of Dao injury, but my condition has stabilized a lot, and blindly shutting myself up won't have much effect."

Li Yanchu said: "Me too, I have comprehended the Heavenly Immortal Dao Field and have vaguely touched the threshold, but I cannot go any further, so I came out to relax."

The two smiled at each other.

This female immortal said: I have been practicing for two thousand years before I have polished my magical power and consciousness to the peak and achieved the great perfection of earthly immortal. "

"I haven't felt the sign of ascension yet, so I went out to sea to visit immortals and came to Jiuhua Island. Seeing that this island is rich in resources, I relied on the resources here to meditate and breathe every day, open the furnace to refine pills, and inhale and exhale spiritual energy. I dare not stop for a day. I practiced for another three thousand years before I took this step and achieved the status of a celestial immortal. How long have you practiced? Isn't it enough to touch the threshold?"

Li Yanchu was a little surprised: "How long did it take you?"

Li Zhi smiled and said, "Five thousand years have passed since I became a celestial being. What do you think?"

Li Yanchu was somewhat stunned.
This female fairy actually lived ten thousand years ago.

"Ten thousand years is indeed a very long time."

Li Yanchu sighed.

The fairy smiled faintly.
After tens of thousands of years, he finally achieved the status of a celestial being.

The hardships of practicing Taoism along the way cannot be told to outsiders.

Li Yanchu originally wanted to ask her about refining the heaven and earth into a Taoist temple, but when he heard her say this, he suddenly thought: "The lifespan of a land immortal is three thousand years. How did you live so long?"

The female fairy said calmly: "The demon race has a long lifespan, which is different from the human race. What's so strange about this?"

Li Yanchu was stunned for a moment, then he realized that the other party was actually a Qi-refining practitioner from the demon clan!

"No wonder her true disciple is also a demon cultivator." In such a huge Jiuhua Island, the only true disciple of this female fairy is Liang Huang.

The rest of the people had their own backgrounds, but at most they just received some guidance from her.

Li Yanchu asked curiously, "Was it also the Great Shang Dynasty at that time?"

The female fairy shook her head and said, "There was no Great Shang ten thousand years ago. At that time, I was cultivating in the Dongyi Kingdom, and there were many powerful tribes in other places. The Great Shang only appeared later and unified the world."

Li Yanchu suddenly realized.

The fairy never said what kind of demon race she was, and Li Yanchu didn't ask.

He learned from the fairy that at that time there were many small countries in the world, and their territories were larger.
According to her description, it is tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of miles, which is larger than the current territory of China.

There were many countries, and at that time they already had a written heritage, methods of refining qi, and a heritage of immortality.

That was indeed an era when geniuses emerged.

The prehistoric beasts have not yet become extinct. They are extremely powerful and do not need to practice. As long as they reach adulthood, they will possess terrifying strength.

From the description of this fairy, Li Yanchu felt a sense of desolation.

He took a deep breath and expressed his doubts: "Can this dojo refine the heaven and earth for its own use?"

The fairy smiled and said, "This involves the issue of different methods."

Li Yanchu listened attentively.

"Some methods focus on creating something out of nothing. First you practice to create a dojo, and then you can manifest it in the outside world."

“This is the mainstream practice.”

"It is also the most stable training method. Although it is slow, there will be no problems during the training process."

Li Yanchu asked: "The mainstream training method?"

The fairy nodded and said, "Yes, there was another method circulating at that time, which is what you said. It is to use famous mountains and rivers as one's own Taoist temple, gradually refine it, and finally achieve unity of the inside and the outside, and a combination of the real and the virtual."

Li Yanchu nodded, it seems that this method is indeed feasible.

Then he asked, "Which of these two methods of cultivation is better?"

The fairy said, "This has always been a debate in the cultivation world at that time. Of course, the debate about the method of cultivation has existed since ancient times, whether it is magical powers or skills."

Li Yanchu nodded, that was indeed the case.

For example, when practicing Qi, you first move from Baihui down to Yuzhen, and then circulate the small Zhoutian downward.

It still starts from Dantian and travels through the seven meridians and eight vessels of the whole body. The methods used when practicing Qi are different.
There are different opinions.

The fairy continued, "If you use the second method of cultivation, you must have your own territory, which involves a problem."

Li Yanchu looked up at her: "Will someone come to interfere?"

The fairy smiled and said, "The human world back then was different from now. Although the Great Dao was not complete, it was still possible for people to cultivate and become celestial beings."

"Everyone is cultivating in the lower realms. Why can you become a celestial being but I can't?"

"So let alone the tribulations of the celestial beings, it's impossible to get through the human tribulation alone!"

"Once you practice this method, if the original mountains and rivers are destroyed, all your efforts will be wasted. Therefore, practicing this method is extremely dangerous and the failure rate is also very high."

Li Yanchu suddenly realized.

Just imagine, if someone in the same realm as him, or an enemy, or a stranger, knew that you were trying to become a celestial being, how could they restrain themselves?
Everyone should just practice diligently. Why do you have the right to try to refine this piece of mountain and river into your own celestial immortal status now?

Therefore, there are many hardships and the dangers involved can be imagined.

Li Yanchu said: "If it's so difficult, why would someone spread it?"

The fairy smiled and said, "Because some people have powerful masters and supreme magical powers to protect them, no one dares to provoke them, so they can naturally give it a try."

Li Yanchu suddenly realized the key point: "Later, the great way of the world was incomplete, and the great supernatural powers gradually disappeared, and this method gradually declined."

The fairy smiled and said, "You have a good understanding and can draw inferences from one example. That's right."

Li Yanchu's mouth twitched.
This female fairy is extremely beautiful and is a master who has practiced for ten thousand years.
But her character is not as serious as it seems.

The fairy continued, "Something is missing between heaven and earth. Let's call it the Great Dao. As time goes by, cultivation becomes difficult. Those masters are gone. I don't know if they died, ascended, or went to another world."

"You should have seen those Great Shang Qi Refiners. In that era, they worshipped the gods of Asura. They dominated the destiny of the world and accelerated this process at that time."

Li Yanchu took a deep breath. He had indeed communicated with the Qi-refining master of the Shang Dynasty.

"Yes, the gods dominate the human world and rob the human world of its luck. The Asuras worshipped during the Shang Dynasty needed incense and energy, so why wouldn't they do that?"

But Li Yanchu frowned.
"Before the Great Shang Dynasty, the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth began to be lost?"

The fairy nodded.

"good."

Li Yanchu suddenly had an idea: "Was the bridge between heaven and earth broken at that time?"

The fairy shook her head: "I don't know what you mean by the bridge between heaven and earth. I have never seen it. It's just that the whole world is going downhill and gradually declining."

There was a look of thought in Li Yanchu's eyes,

I thought this matter could be traced back to thousands of years ago, but I didn't expect that the avenue began to decline ten thousand years ago.

"When did the loss of the great way and the decline of the human world begin?"

Li Yanchu thought.

Those who came from the Yuchuan world also called Qianyuan a declining world.

He had a conversation with the fairy and learned more information.

"I didn't expect to meet such an old antique. Some of his things can be verified."

Li Yanchu thought.

The fairy looked at him calmly: "Compared to those real masters, I have not practiced for a long time, so don't treat me as an antique."

Li Yanchu was stunned for a moment: "Can you read minds?"

The fairy said angrily, "I wouldn't guess, but you actually think so in your heart!"

Li Yanchu: "………………"

He laughed dumbly and stopped talking about this matter. Instead, he cupped his hands and said, "I talked a lot with the fairy today. She cleared my doubts and helped me understand many secrets. It's getting late. Let's talk again tomorrow."

The fairy said, "You look somewhat familiar to me."

Li Yanchu was about to leave, but after hearing what she said, he asked again, "Looks familiar? What does this mean?"

The fairy said, "There was once a young Taoist priest who came to the island to practice for a period of time, but he was even more eccentric than you."

Li Yanchu's heart moved, and he suddenly felt that these words seemed quite familiar.

"What is your name?"

The fairy said, "His name is Xu Bai."

Li Yanchu nodded, feeling relieved.
There are many people who go out to sea to visit immortals on overseas fairy islands. Especially since the female immortal in front of him has lived for such a long time, it is not surprising to see some young Taoists.

He wanted to leave, but the fairy's next words made him change his expression: "This man's name is Xuancheng. According to him, he is from Penglai and is going to the human world."

Li Yanchu's expression suddenly changed.

The fairy noticed that he looked strange, so she asked curiously, "Do you know him?"

Li Yanchu nodded: "I know him."

The fairy asked curiously, "He is your master?"

Li Yanchu shook his head: "No."

"If we are talking about the same person, Xuan Cheng from Penglai, then you can say that he is my master."

There was some surprise in the fairy's eyes.

From Li Yanchu's tone, one could tell that these two people had quite a connection.

"He went to the human world, but I didn't expect him to accept a disciple like you."

"It seems that these two thousand years have not been wasted."

The fairy sighed.

Having a disciple like Li Yanchu is not only not in vain, it is a great honor!

Li Yanchu's expression was a little complicated, but then he reacted: "What? You said he went there two thousand years ago!"

The fairy said, "Not bad."

Li Yanchu raised his eyebrows immediately.

According to the information he knew, Xuancheng, the immortal from Penglai, went to the human world at the end of the Great Xia period when Penglai was about to encounter disaster.

Li Yanchu frowned,
"He had been to Shenzhou two thousand years ago!"