Taoist Myth: I am the last true immortal in the world

Chapter 445 Liu Haichan

Imperial capital, Laojun Temple.

After listening to the old Taoist's words, Chen Yun was secretly calculating in his mind.

At this time, the old Taoist priest asked: "Daoist friend, may I ask where you are from and what is your name?"

Chen Yun hurriedly said, "I dare not. I am Chen Pu, a disciple of Zhenren Zhengyang from Ningyang Cave of the Taoist Temple in Zhongnan Mountain."

The old Taoist priest was shocked and said, "So you are a disciple of Grandmaster Zhongli. I am so sorry, so sorry."

If others heard the name Chen Pu in the Central Plains, they would certainly be deeply moved.

However, the old Taoist priest seemed to be unaware of Chen Pu, and said that he was disrespectful only because of Zhongli Quan.

From this, Chen Yun could judge that he really had no "fame" in the Liao Kingdom.

In other words, the sensational deeds he had done in the Central Plains were directly blocked by Buddhism, Confucianism, and Shamanism, which occupied the Khitan faith.

This indirectly shows that it is unlikely that he can infiltrate the Khitan by using his prestige.

Chen Yun decided to learn more about the Khitan situation from the old Taoist priest.

He took the initiative to ask: "Excuse me, what is your name, brother?"

The old Taoist priest replied: "I am Liu Xuanying, and I have some connections with you, Taoist friend."

Chen Yun asked in surprise, "Do you have some connection with Chen?"

The old Taoist priest smiled and said, "Yes, in my early years, before I became a Taoist, I served Yan Lord Liu Shouguang and was promoted to Prime Minister. I was interested in the study of life and death and admired the Taoism of Huang Lao. Later, I was enlightened by Zhenren Zhengyang and saw through the world. I left home and traveled around the world, and returned to Qidan to serve as the abbot of Laojun Temple."

Served Yan Lord Liu Shouguang and was promoted to Prime Minister?
Later, he was enlightened by Zhongli Quan?
A name suddenly popped up in Chen Yun's mind.

That’s right, it’s Liu Haichan!

Legend has it that Liu Haichan was the prime minister.

One day a Taoist priest came to visit and called himself Zhengyangzi.

He asked for ten coins and eggs, and stacked them high on the table.

Haichan exclaimed: "How dangerous!"

The Taoist said, "Sir, your life is in even greater danger."

Haichan was enlightened by this and disappeared from the Tao the next day.

Hai Chanzi was taught by Lu Chunyang the methods of tranquility and inaction, cultivating one's nature and life, and the method of elixir of life. He entered Taoism at the age of seventy.

Later, the art was passed on to Dong Ningyang and Zhang Ziyang.

Chen Yun never thought that he would meet Liu Haichan in Khitan, who had been enlightened by his master but had not yet met Lu Dongbin to teach Taoism.

As for why Liu Haichan was in Khitan, it is actually not surprising at all.

As far as Chen Yun knew, Liu Haichan had taken the imperial examination in Khitan when he was sixteen years old and had won the first-class Jinshi.

Later, somehow, he went to work for Yan Wang Liu Shouguang.

If I remember correctly, Liu Haichan's real name should be Liu Cao.

He understands all this.

But what puzzled him was why Liu Haichan called himself Liu Xuanying?
Chen Yun asked tentatively, "Are you Liu Cao, courtesy name Zhaoyuan?"

The old Taoist priest was surprised again. "As expected of a disciple of the sacred sect, you can even figure out my original name. After being enlightened by the True Man Zhengyang, I traveled around the world and changed my name to Liu Xuanying, and took the Taoist name Haichan. It's a pity that I have never been able to learn the authentic magic of the Xuanmen sect. It is really a great regret in my life."

Are you really Liu Haichan?
Chen Yun showed a strange look on his face, and called the other party by his Taoist name, "Brother Haichan, don't worry. I think you have a destiny to become an immortal, but the time has not come yet."

Liu Haichan smiled bitterly and said, "I am already 62 years old now, so I think it will be difficult for me to have a chance to become an immortal."

Chen Yun comforted the other party, saying: "If you have a will, you will succeed. If you work hard, God will not let you down. Even an old horse in the stable is still ambitious. Why should a martyr lose his ambition in his old age?"

Liu Haichan seemed to be inspired by something, and bowed deeply to Chen Yun and said, "Thank you, Daoist Chen, for your guidance."

As he spoke, he pointed inside and said, "Would you like to come in and talk?"

Chen Yun said with joy: "Good."

The two of them were just about to go inside and chat for a while.

Suddenly, there was a burst of hurried and dull footsteps outside.

Hey, hey, hey.

There seemed to be the sound of heavy horse hooves hitting the ground.

Liu Haichan's face changed, and he lowered his voice and said, "Someone must have reported you, and the government has sent people to arrest you. Daoist Chen, you should hide quickly to avoid being killed."

Chen Yun had noticed the situation a long time ago. He smiled and said, "It's nothing. I haven't committed any crime. Why would they want to kill me?"

Liu Haichan didn't expect Chen Yun to ignore his advice, and he suddenly became anxious, "Fellow Daoist Chen, don't you remember what I said before? If you are caught by the government, with the Shamans behind the scenes, do you still have a chance to survive?"

Of course Chen Yun remembered that Liu Haichan had just introduced the situation of the Khitan.

But I had been thinking before that if I wanted to infiltrate the Khitan, I would need to think of some way.

Now that government soldiers are coming to arrest me, isn't this the fastest way to contact the Khitan officials?
As for whether the shamans will deal with him.

To be honest, Chen Yun was not worried at all.

I have already surpassed the late stage of the leader realm.

Just one step away from achieving immortality.

Who in the world can be your opponent?
Those who have attained the state of immortality cannot do it themselves.

He is invincible in the world.

Why should we be afraid of being caught by soldiers?
Of course, Chen Yun would definitely not let the officers and soldiers capture him easily.

He decided to create some noise to attract the government to visit him in person.

Because of this, Chen Yun deliberately pretended not to listen to Liu Haichan's advice and continued to stand firmly where he was.

Liu Haichan wanted to say something else.

There was a commotion outside.

"Right inside!"

"I watched him go in from the left path!"

"Go!" "Bring him to me!"

Along with the noise, a dozen or so yamen runners holding swords rushed in from outside the door.

The leader was a strong man about thirty-four or thirty-five years old.

As soon as he came in, he pointed at Chen Yun and said, "Take down this Zuo Dao!"

A dozen yamen runners scattered and wanted to arrest Chen Yun.

Liu Haichan was so anxious that he was running around in circles.

Chen Yun was calm and said, "Wait a minute, everyone!"

The runners paused and turned to look at the burly man in the lead.

A young yamen runner asked, "Xiao Dianshi, how is it?"

Dianshi Xiao raised his hand to stop the arrest.

He looked at Chen Yun and asked, "What do you want to say about this heresy?"

Chen Yun said calmly: "May I ask Mr. Xiao Dianshi, which Khitan law did I violate that I have to be arrested by you?"

Xiao Dianshi was stunned and really couldn't answer this question.

Although the laws on the Khitan side were very unfriendly to the Han people, for example, if a Khitan killed a Han person, he only had to compensate with cattle and sheep. However, if a Han person killed a Khitan, not only would he be beheaded, but his family would also be enslaved.

Logically speaking, as a Khitan noble, Xiao Dianshi didn't need to explain so much to Chen Yun. He could just come up and arrest the man directly.

But Xiao Dianshi was not a fool. He knew that some Taoists had special skills.

Therefore, without the support of the shamans, he really didn't dare to offend them easily.

Although he hesitated for a moment, Xiao Dianshi was quick-witted and quickly came up with a solution.

He asked back, "Are you from the south?"

Liu Haichan kept giving Chen Yun a look, as if he wanted him to deny it.

Chen Yun pretended not to see it, smiled and nodded, saying: "I did come from the south."

Xiao Dianshi nodded slightly and said, "Then do you have the documents to pass the customs?"

Chen Yun said: "Never."

Xiao Dianshi laughed and said, "You don't have the documents to pass the customs. Isn't this a violation of our dynasty's laws? Come with me!"

Chen Yun smiled wryly and said, "I have been traveling around the world for decades. I can go wherever I want, and no one has ever asked me for documents to pass through."

Xiao Dianshi narrowed his eyes and asked, "Are you trying to be stubborn and unyielding?"

Seeing this, Liu Haichan's face darkened.

Of course he knew that Xiao Dianshi was going to show his power.

Chen Yun chuckled, "If you want me to move, that's fine. Just prepare a sedan chair with eight bearers and carry me somewhere else. Otherwise, I won't go anywhere!"

Xiao Dianshi was so angry that he laughed, "This is not up to you!"

Chen Yun put his hands behind his back and said, "It's not up to you to decide whether I can do it or not. It's up to me...!"

Xiao Dianshi was too lazy to talk nonsense with Chen Yun, and waved his hand and said: "Catch this Zuo Dao for me!"

The dozen or twenty yamen runners received the order and rushed towards Chen Yun again.

Chen Yun just stood there without moving, and smiled as he said to the group of yamen runners who were holding his hands and feet: "If you can lift me up, I will go with you, but if you can't, then I will trouble you to go back to where you came from. Of course, you can also ask someone else to come."

"Insanity!"

"I'm waiting for 10 or 20 people, but I still can't lift you up?"

A group of yamen runners exerted force with their hands and shouted at the same time.

This group of people never thought about not being able to lift Chen Yun up.

After all, if a dozen or so people work together, they can lift even something weighing a thousand pounds.

How is it possible that you can’t lift a person?

then……

Well, no matter how hard a dozen or twenty yamen runners tried, they couldn't shake Chen Yun at all.

Even the young yamen runner who had asked Xiao Dianshi questions before tried his best, but he couldn't make Chen Yun move at all.

The other yamen runners also had red faces, and it was obvious that they had exerted all their strength.

Liu Haichan was originally very nervous, but when he saw that the yamen runners were unable to shake Chen Yun, he could not help but reveal a look of doubt and uncertainty, thinking to himself: "This fellow Daoist Chen said earlier that he was a disciple of Zhenren Zhengyang. I saw that he was very young, like seventeen or eighteen years old, and I thought he had just entered the sect not long ago and did not have much cultivation. I never thought that a dozen yamen runners could not shake him at all. Could it be that... he is a Taoist master?"

Dianshi Xiao originally thought that it would be easy for a dozen yamen runners to capture Chen Yun, but he never expected that a dozen yamen runners, some grabbing his hands, some grabbing his feet, and even their faces flushed, were completely unable to do anything to Chen Yun.

He finally realized that his previous guess was correct. The young Taoist in front of him was very likely to possess the Great Dharma.

If it were somewhere else, Xiao Dianshi might have taken the initiative to curry favor with a rare talent like Chen Yun.

But this is Khitan, and Taoists have no status here, and are also excluded by Buddhism, Confucianism and Shamanism.

If he dared to curry favor with Chen Yun, he would probably be reprimanded by the masters immediately.

Xiao Dianshi thought for a moment and said, "He is indeed a crooked person. He relies on his cultivation to ignore our Khitan laws. Well, brothers, let him go for now."

The group of yamen runners then let go of their hands.

Everyone was gasping for breath over there.

It was obvious that they had just exerted a lot of effort and were very tired.

Chen Yun looked at Xiao Dianshi with a smile on his face, "Do you want the yamen runners to use swords on me? No problem, if you really want to do that, you can let them try. I promise I won't fight back."

Xiao Dianshi sneered, "Zuo Dao, I know you have magical powers and cannot be hurt by mortal weapons, but you must not be complacent. I will go back and find the priest to catch you. If you have the guts, stay here and don't leave."

Well, what he meant by saying this was actually to let Chen Yun give up and leave here as soon as possible.

Dianshi Xiao didn't want to cause trouble either.

Chen Yun didn't understand what he meant at all. He still put his hands behind his back and said, "You'd better invite more priests over. I'm afraid they won't be able to capture me!"

(End of this chapter)