Shenyin Shanhaijing

This day was the ninth day of the ninth month, and the two of them came to the north of Hezao City.

Many ghosts and fairies gathered at the foot of a hill.

Looking up, there is a yellow light on the top of the hill, as if there is a dim moon.

Under the yellow light, an old man in a brocade robe and an emperor's crown appeared, with fair skin and piercing eyes, looking down at the ghosts and immortals below.

Lu Shanguan heard the people beside him whispering: "This is the ghost emperor Yang Yun. The great writer Yang Xiong changed his name in the underworld."

Ghost Emperor Yang Yun said: "Master wants to recruit two disciples. I will ask you to write an article and submit it. You need to be outstanding in writing to impress me. There is a time limit of one hour. .”

After saying this, a ghost servant came over and gave each ghost fairy three books and grass.

There are no banknotes, only books and grass.

The ghosts and immortals participating in the test need to spit out Yin Qi, and the Yin Qi will be attached to the grass to form words.This not only tests the skill, but also tests the literary skills.

When Lu Shanguan was studying, he chose the major of "Paleographology" at Imperial University, and spent six years obtaining undergraduate, master's and doctoral degrees.Later, he learned "Confucianism" and "Aura of Virtue" from his ancestor Lu Yideng. At the same time, he also learned witchcraft and a small part of "Dragon Chapter", "Fengwen", "Ghost Talisman", and Cangjie ancestors. The remaining 13800 basic runes.

Moreover, he also got the "Ghost Sutra" left by Zheng Xuan.

However, even so, it is still very difficult for him to write an "Ode to the Styx" suddenly.He can only do his best to obey the destiny.

Dong Xiaowan also took part in the test, and her knowledge of ancient prose is stronger than that of Lu Shanguan.

An hour later, the two handed in their books and cursive.

After the ghost emperor Yang Yun withdrew, an old man in black linen clothes appeared on the mountain. He was dressed plainly without a crown. He was thin and had many wrinkles on his face.

The ghosts and immortals at the foot of the mountain whispered: "This is Zhang Heng, the ghost emperor."

Ghost Emperor Zhang Heng said in a loud voice: "The problem I gave is related to arithmetic, please listen carefully: Suppose you measure an island, set up two tables with a height of 3 feet, and a distance of 1000 steps between them, so that the back table and the front table are on the same straight line. Going back 123 steps from the front table, one can observe the peak of the island with one's eyes, and step back 127 steps from the back surface, and one can observe the peak of the island with one's eyes, ask how high is the island? How far is the island from the front table?"

Lu Shanguan wiped off his sweat, breathed a sigh of relief secretly, and thought: "Fortunately, this is the theory of heavy difference in "Zhoubi Suanjing". It's not too difficult."

After all, he didn't major in mathematics. If the questions given by Ghost Emperor Zhang Heng were too complicated, he might not be able to solve them.

He knew very well in his heart that he couldn't look at things from a static point of view. Although the ghost emperor Zhang Heng was from the Eastern Han Dynasty, the gears of time kept turning. The ghost emperor Zhang Heng cultivated in the underworld, how could he know that he had no contact with the mathematicians of later generations?From 140 A.D. to 5200 years before the fusion of heaven and earth, the research on mathematics on earth has progressed rapidly. There should be some mathematicians who died and went to the underworld. If Zhang Heng is willing to do research, he will definitely learn something.

Therefore, Lu Shanguan has no confidence in the test.He looked at the many ghosts and fairies around him, and thought: "There may also be mathematicians among these people!"

Like the previous requirement, the steps to solve the problem should also be written on the tape.

An hour later, Zhang Heng collected a bundle of books and grass, saying that the results would be given in three days.

After the test, all the ghosts dispersed.

Three days passed in a hurry.

On the third day, Lu Shanguan and Dong Xiaowan sat under a black jujube tree. They spent ten taels of silver to contract a tree and picked black dates from the tree at will.

For Guixiu, black dates are a tonic with a slightly sweet taste.

The underworld also uses silver as currency, because silver is the material for "hiding souls".

At ten o'clock at noon, a ghost servant came over and said, "Lu Shan Guan? Dong Xiaowan? You both passed the test, please come with me."

Lu Shanguan was surprised: "Both of us passed the test?"

The ghost servant turned around without saying a word, and led the way ahead.

Lu Shanguan and Dong Xiaowan quickly followed.

They found it incredible: "How could they be selected at the same time? Is there no one in the Netherworld?"

The ghost servant led them over several mountains and came to a circular palace.

After Lu Shanguan went in, he found out that he had only passed the preliminary test before, and there were several other people who came to the palace besides them.In the end, ten people were qualified for the re-examination, five of whom were selected by the ghost emperor Yang Yun, and the other five were selected by the ghost emperor Zhang Heng.

The two ghost emperors came, standing behind Guiguzi on the left and right.

The ten selected ghost immortals were also divided into two groups, with five people in each group standing on the left and right sides.

Guiguzi was tall and straight, with a pale face and an ancient appearance, sitting in the chair of the grand master, he looked like a middle-aged man with a sense of demeanor and unfathomable depth.

Regardless of Yang Yun, Zhang Heng or Guiguzi, their appearance is not fixed and can change according to their will. Today they are young, tomorrow they are middle-aged, and the day after tomorrow they are old. They cannot be judged by their appearance.

Not to mention the ghost emperor, even the ghost king and ghost fairy can change their appearance at will.

As for ghosts and ghosts below ghosts and immortals, because the aura is not solid enough, what they show is just a phantom, with unclear eyebrows and no specific appearance.

Guiguzi looked at the crowd and said, "I have left "捭阿策" and "The Seven Techniques of Yinfu in the Classic" in the world. Today's test content is to write these two classics silently."

The ghost emperors Yang Yun and Zhang Heng stepped forward and distributed a handful of books and straws to each of them.

And so the testing began.

This test sounds simple, but it is actually not easy. The reason is that there is no paper and pen, and it is all done by spraying on the grass in one breath. If the skill is insufficient, it is impossible to write many words.

Moreover, related runes such as earth scriptures, human scriptures, and foreign scripts are implied in "捭he Ce"; hundreds of ghost charms are implied in "The Seven Skills of Yin Talisman in the Classic".If you want to rely on one breath and write those runes exactly on the book tape grass, the difficulty is very high!

Fortunately, Lu Shanguan's skill is relatively high, he has reached the late stage of ghost king, and he is proficient in most ghost charms, so he can write silently at a relatively fast speed.Moreover, he had studied "捭阿战" with his ancestors Lu Yideng and Lu Wenbo, so he was familiar with this classic.Even so, he failed to write the two classics completely silently, and after writing 7% of them, he exhausted his Yin energy and had to stop to rest.

Dong Xiaowan only silently wrote [-]% of the content of "The Seven Techniques of Yin Fu of the Classic", and exhausted it before he had time to silently write "捭阿或".

The performances of the other eight ghost immortals and ghost kings were also unsatisfactory. Some ghost immortals were not familiar with these two classics at all, so they simply handed in a blank paper!
In the end, Guiguzi left three people behind, namely Lu Shanguan, Dong Xiaowan and a ghost king named "Zhu Xi".

Guiguzi looked at Dong Xiaowan, and said: "I did not intend to recruit women when I recruited disciples this time. But you have performed so well, which is impressive. How about this, I will accept you as a registered disciple first, teach you the method of ghost cultivation, and wait for you to become a ghost." Emperor, and then turn into a disciple."

Dong Xiaowan saluted respectfully: "Thank you, Master."

Guiguzi said: "Zhu Xi, Lu Shanguan, come here!"

Lu Shanguan and Zhu Xi took three steps forward, bowed and listened quietly.

Guiguzi said in a deep voice: "You two have excellent aptitude, and from today onwards, you are my apprentices."

The two fell to the ground, and said in their mouths: "Greetings, Master."

Guiguzi said: "Your ghost cultivation skills are very solid. Next, I will teach you a mental method called "Mingchuan Yin-Yang Transformation". This is a method of exchanging yin and yang. Seeking Yang in the middle, transforming from ghost king or ghost emperor into a pure Yang true immortal. Whoever first transforms into a pure Yang true immortal, and then helps the teacher complete a task, can become a true disciple."

"Thank you, Master, for teaching the Fa."

Guiguzi didn't drive Dong Xiaowan out, he just recited a scripture, and then asked Zhu Xi to follow the ghost emperor Yang Yun, and Lu Shanguan to follow the ghost emperor Zhang Heng.As for Dong Xiaowan, he was sent to Zangshu Pavilion to sort out the classics.

Guiguzi is the incarnation of the ancestor Minghe. He built a fairy palace in Yinshan Mountain, opened up a cave, built a library, and collected hundreds of thousands of books, as well as countless jade slips and plates.

The owner of the Zangshu Pavilion is named "Shangguan Wan'er", who, like Dong Xiaowan, is a registered disciple of Guiguzi.

Shangguan Wan'er is the granddaughter of Tang Gaozong's prime minister, Shangguanyi.After Shangguanyi was convicted and punished, Shangguan Wan'er was sent to Yeting with her mother as a maidservant. At the age of 14, Empress Wu Zetian reused her as a female official because of her intelligence and good writing.During the reign of Emperor Zhongzong, he was granted the title of Zhao Rong, who was in charge of the court, and his power grew day by day, controlling the government. During this period, a large number of scholars were set up to review the world's poems and proses on behalf of the court.During Tang Long's change, he held Zhongzong's last edict "Xiangwang Fuzheng" drafted together with Princess Taiping to ask for exemption, but was still ordered to be executed by Li Longji.

Shangguan Wan'er can be regarded as a generation of outstanding people. After her death, she went through hardships in the Netherworld to become a ghost fairy, and was accepted as a registered disciple by Guiguzi.

She has been with Guiguzi for more than 3000 years, and she has not yet been able to advance to the level of ghost king. She is still far from the realm of ghost emperor, so she has not been able to become a disciple.

In comparison, although Dong Xiaowan started to practice late, she was strongly supported by the Lu family to recreate her physical body through cloning technology, and then cultivate her energy, spirit, and soul at the same time. After she became a mysterious immortal, she split her spirit and soul, and entered the netherworld with the body of a ghost , her skill is equivalent to that of a low-level ghost king, surpassing Shangguan Wan'er.

What's more, she learned modern technology from Lu Shanguan, came late, overtook on curves, and was better at library management than Shangguan Wan'er.

For this reason, although Shangguan Wan'er came early, she couldn't bully Dong Xiaowan.

Dong Xiaowan stays in Zangshu Pavilion every day, making a backup of the sorted out materials, giving one copy to Guiguzi, and keeping the other copy in his hand, ready to take it back to Lu's house.

Guiguzi did not stay on the Yin Mountain all the time, but erratic, sometimes in the underworld, sometimes in the human world, and sometimes went to the fairy world, and would return to the Yin Mountain almost every two to thirty years.

Lu Shanguan followed the ghost emperor Zhang Heng, who instructed him to practice.

Although Zhang Heng is a ghost emperor, he is also an astronomer, mathematician, inventor and writer.He discovered the causes of solar and lunar eclipses, drew a star map recording 2500 stars, calculated pi with accuracy to 7 decimal places, and explained and established the cosmology of the Kuntian theory.

After he became the ghost emperor, he still wanted to calculate pi.

Seeing him racking his brains to calculate, Lu Shanguan couldn't help persuading him: "Brother, after you cultivated to be a ghost emperor, you have a high status. How long has it been since you talked with low-level wandering spirits and ghosts? Do you understand the development of science and technology in the human world? Do you know that the technology in the human world has become extremely advanced, and pi can be calculated to hundreds of trillions of decimal places?"

Zhang Heng showed a look of surprise: "Is that true?"

Lu Shan said: "Senior brother, although I'm not a mathematician, I can also recite pi to one hundred decimal places. How about I recite it for you?"

Zhang Heng was horrified after hearing a hundred pi, and asked, "Where are you talking about the human world? I want to go and have a look!"

"Brother, you may not be able to go now."

"Why can't you go?"

"Because the human world of Middle-earth merged with Nine Birds State, it became the forbidden land of ancestor Hongjun! Most of the scientists failed to survive the disaster of the fusion of heaven and earth, and the civilization of science and technology has been buried!"

Lu Shanguan will not tell Zhang Heng the mysteries of the underground world, and there are only a few high-level cultivators left in the middle-earth world on the ground. Those European and American scientists have long since died out!
Zhang Heng sighed, "Oh, that's such a pity!"

After a long while, Lu Shanguan asked: "Senior brother, do you know the origin of Zhu Xi who was accepted by the master with me?"

Zhang Heng snorted softly: "An insidious villain, a person who seeks fame and reputation."

"Huh? Is it Zhu Xi from the Song Dynasty?"

"I don't know what Song Dynasty is, I only know that it is a junior."

Lu Shan thought of the records in ancient books. Zhu Xi was a great Neo Confucianist in the Southern Song Dynasty who advocated "preserving the principles of nature and destroying human desires", and always advised others that "starvation to death is a minor matter, but injustice is a major issue."At that time, Zhu Xi's theories were not taken seriously, but in the Qing Dynasty, his theories were appreciated by the Qing emperors.

Zhu Xi's words and deeds are inconsistent.A friend's sister died of her husband, and he advised her friend's sister to keep the festival.But he himself has the hidden secret of forcing his widowed brother-in-law to marry his widowed brother's property.

Zhu Xi wanted to frame Tang Zhongyou, so he forced Yan Rui, a prostitute, to admit that he had an unclear relationship with Tang Zhongyou, but Yan Rui refused.

Zhu Xi also has another case, that is, the case of playing with nuns. "Song History" records that Zhu Xi "seduced two nuns to think that he was a concubine".All in all, if this person is a bitch, he has to set up a memorial archway, saying one thing and doing another.Others are not allowed to indulge, only allow yourself to be chic and play all kinds of nondescript stimulation!

Lu Shan thought to himself: "How could such a person be accepted as a disciple by Guiguzi?"

But after another thought: "Who is Guiguzi? He is the incarnation of the ancestor Minghe. The ancestor Minghe is a congenital god and demon, without human emotions, how can he be asked to value character? Isn't that nonsense? "

As Guiguzi's apprentice, Lu Shanguan has a lot of freedom and doesn't have to stay on Yinshan all the time.

He can leave Yinshan and explore in the nether world.You can also go back to Fengdu City and talk to those judges.

Every other Jiazi, he would leave the Netherworld, pass through the ghost gate and return to the human world.

Because he was afraid that Guiguzi would restrain him, he only appeared in Yuyuan and did not return to Shenjian Villa.It is even more impossible to return to Yuxu Peak through the teleportation array.

He hurriedly appeared in Yuyuan, handed a few jade slips to the Lu family, and then returned to the nether world.

In order to better cope with Lu Shanguan and Dong Xiaowan, the Lu family sent another descendant named "Lu Qianying" to split the Yin Soul and Yang God and turn into a ghost cultivator.

Lu Qianying is the No.30 second generation of the Lu family. Although she is five generations later than Lu Shanguan according to her generation, she is much older than Lu Shanguan. With the practice of time, the ghosts become ghosts and immortals, enter the nether world, and live in the Prunus City at the foot of the Yin Mountain.

In this way, when Lu Shanguan and Dong Xiaowan get important information, they only need to hand it over to Lu Qianying, and there is no need to take the risk of going to a distant place to pass through the ghost gate to the Excalibur Villa.

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