Tao and Heaven

Chapter 214: Imprisoned Dragon in the Well
House.

Li Yunshang looked at the two people in front of her, a man and a woman, who were lowering their heads. Her beautiful eyebrows were sometimes slightly wrinkled, and sometimes her face showed helplessness.

After experiencing so much fighting and killing, this peerless immortal was at a loss as to how to educate his children.

The former showed a talent beyond her expectation. If she had known this would happen, she would have let Gu Wen sleep with her until the dust settled. And Yu Hua also followed Gu Wen and gave up her life.
Gu Wen tugged at the corner of Yu Hua's clothes and asked in a low voice, "Master, is he alive? How is he alive?"

Yu Hua replied: "Three months ago, the elixir of immortality flew out of my mouth and landed on the ground, turning into my master."

"What are you mumbling about? Stand still."

Li Yunshang's stern voice came, this was the most severe punishment she could think of.

I still remember the past when I was a teenager and was punished by my master and elders to stand, I was about to cry. And these two people still had the mind to whisper to each other, and the "culprit" Gu Wen looked like a dead pig that was not afraid of boiling water.

Finally, he could only rub his brows and ask, "What do you want me to say?"

"You're welcome."

Gu Wen answered, Li Yunshang glared at him and said, "You are so unruly. Do you know your current situation? The thing in your hand was originally intended to be left to the master. You borrowed the power of the Heavenly Emperor and the Life Disaster of the Lord of the Earth Realm to kill the master together."

Emperor of Heaven, Lord of the Palace?
Gu Wen wrote down the names of the two and asked, "Both saints are targeting us?"

"No, the saints have no merit, the law remains. If they want to kill me, there is no need to go to such great lengths."

Li Yunshang was halfway through her words when she took them back. She pinched Gu Wen's ear and pulled it slightly, saying, "You're changing the subject again. There is only one way to save you now. Within a hundred years, I will condense the Dao Fruit and become a semi-saint. Only then will I be able to counter the laws of Jianmu."

"Half-immortal, half-saint, why are there so many half-baked people?"

Gu Wen complained, and Yu Hua beside him couldn't help but cover her mouth and chuckle.

“Don’t be so talkative. Half-saint is not a state, but a state where one has condensed the laws within oneself, but has not yet integrated them into the world. The former Emperor of the Immortal Court and the Lord of the Underworld, as well as Jianmu today, are all in this state.”

Li Yunshang was so angry that she lost all her composure.

She can remain calm about her own life and death, she has lived for thousands of years, slept for three thousand years, killed so many monsters, and saved so many people. This life is already wonderful enough.

But Gu Wen was different. He was less than a hundred years old and had never left the land of immortality. He still had too many wonderful things to experience and a wider world to explore.

He should not be imprisoned in the land of immortality.

"The chances of your master condensing the law within a hundred years are slim. You may die, and your master will be powerless to stop you."

After saying this, Li Yunshang's brows were still furrowed, and for the first time she showed some hesitation.

"That will happen a hundred years from now. There are still three thousand days and nights, more than three hundred years from now."

Gu Wen looked calm, without too much ups and downs or fear in his heart, and said calmly: "Look at the bright side. If Master dies, the war between humans and demons will soon break out. I will be powerless to save the situation after leaving the immortal land, and I will definitely not sacrifice myself for the world. I will lie dormant until I am sure I can defeat Jianmu. I don't know how long it will take, and how many people will die."

When their positions were swapped and it was Gu Wen's turn to die, he suddenly realized that there was actually nothing to be afraid of.

He has lived for several decades, including seventy years in his previous life, so he still has a hundred years in the future.

People live for a lifetime, and it is enough that he saved a saint.

He said in a joking tone: "On the contrary, the master was saved by me, and I also saved countless people."

"It's different. Tens of millions of people can't compare to you, and you can't compare to ten million people. Human lives can't be compared."

"In fact, the human race hopes that you will be alive. Only you can save more people."

"Don't argue with me about these crooked theories. If it is right to save more people, then it is right for the emperor's child to sacrifice millions of people to save tens of millions of people in the outer world."

"Hard to say."

"Rebel!"

The two looked at each other in silence for a while. Gu Wen's ears were pulled red. Seeing this, Li Yunshang stopped pulling Gu Wen's ears and stroked them gently instead, her eyes soft and dark.

"Disciple, I'm not blaming you, but you really did something wrong this time. An old man can die a worthy death, but a child, no matter what the reason, cannot be called a worthy death."

"Forty-three is not young, and you don't look old."

Gu Wen took a half step back and broke free from his master's touch, hinting to the other party that he was not a child.

There is a problem with having children in old age, that is, they are particularly doting on their offspring. His master was lying in a coffin, and he was supposed to have no offspring, but suddenly a disciple appeared.

Gu Wen was the only one who had achieved the Yuqing Dao Foundation, but when he met Qingcang, he had already been struggling in society for many years. He was also past the age of nursing, so it was impossible for him to have an unparalleled dependence on Qingcang.

"Now that things have come to this, why don't we look to the future? What are we going to eat this afternoon?"

"..."

Li Yunshang was speechless, and finally sighed slowly.

Now she really doesn't have any good solution. The existence of the lifespan disaster makes all the secret methods that can prolong life ineffective.

Not to mention that the immortal land cannot extend lifespan, even in the cultivation world, it is impossible. The proliferation of all things and the accumulation of lifespan disasters have made Li Yunshang consider refining herself into an immortal pill, but she is afraid that she will not be able to let Gu Wen rush out of the immortal land.

The law can only be solved by the law. Jianmu has been planning a killing move for thousands of years. If Li Yunshang could solve it, there wouldn't be so many things.

Suddenly Li Yunshang remembered the Taiyin Order on Gu Wen, and a ray of inspiration emerged among her thousands of thoughts.

Perhaps we can go into the underworld to find a solution.

With this thought in mind, Li Yunshang said, "I will be away for a while. Yu Hua, you must come with me, as well as Ao Tang and the girl from the Yu Jian Sect."

Yu Hua suddenly looked up and asked, "Master, can I know why?"

"The Immortal Land is about to close. Under the influence of the Lifespan Disaster, even a semi-immortal will die of old age after staying here for a hundred years."

Li Yunshang's answer made Yu Hua frown. She opened her red lips slightly and wanted to say something, but was interrupted harshly:
"You and Ao Tang's foundations have been damaged. If you stay here, you may die earlier than your disciple. You can't do whatever you want now."

Gu Wen on the side echoed: "Listen to Master, there are no enemies in the Immortal Land now, there is no point for you to stay, and staying will only give you more mouths to feed."

Yu Hua glanced at Gu Wen dimly, her skirt moved slightly, and she stomped on his toes. The latter smiled shamelessly, not feeling any pain at all.

She suddenly missed the days in Bian Jing, when she could fiddle with and knead the loach as she pleased.

In the end, Yu Hua didn't argue and bowed his head, saying, "I will follow the master's order."
-
Three days later, Li Yunshang took his people away, and the whole place was in chaos.

Yu Hua disappeared, Chi Yuzi jumped a hundred feet high and tried to escape, but they were all captured by Li Yunshang without exception, and each of them had a big bump on his head.

Everyone was walking on the clouds, and Gu Wen was standing on the edge of the field waving to them.

Yu Hua's brows were furrowed, as if they had never relaxed since three days ago. He looked at a loss, which was completely different from his usual calmness. His eyes were fixed on Gu Wen, and his thoughts were like vines that emerged from the ground and spread around his legs.

She said seriously, "I will be back."

To this point, all the causes and consequences are caused by her, no matter what, she can't live alone. Gu Wen smiled slightly, but did not respond. Instead, he suggested: "How about I take you a ride, just like you took me to the dome that day."

After he finished speaking, a red dragon flew out from his sleeve, lifted up the clouds under everyone's feet with one claw, and flew across the sky straight up to the sky.

In the city of Bianjing, millions of people looked up and saw a giant dragon rising into the sky. Then, white jade shackles appeared in the void and locked the dragon's body from all directions, preventing the real dragon from roaming in the sky.

The two wrestled, shaking the void. Powerful people from all sides cast their eyes over, thinking that this was Gu Wen's first attempt.

In the Jianmu Demon Sea, Jianmu dropped another branch and turned into an ordinary man.

His eyes spanned a hundred thousand miles, watching the well-sized immortal land glow with a little red light, and whispered: "Nine-nine perfection, the best in the world, the best in the world."

Rumble!
The heaven and earth shook, the red dragon roared, dragging thousands of shackles into the sky, and once it entered the clouds it seemed to be swimming.

Gu Wen's body was covered with marks and blood oozed out of his skin, but he no longer felt any pain and it would only dirty his clothes.

"You once told me that to fly to the immortal realm, one must bear the weight of heaven and earth, and only immortals can fly directly into the nine heavens. Now I cannot reach the immortal realm, but this ninety-nine foundation is enough!"

His voice was heard through the strong wind, and the city of Bianjing beneath his feet became smaller and smaller, while the blue sky above his head became closer and closer.

Yu Hua looked up at the figure on the dragon's head. The mortal who used to curl up in his arms and dared not move could now ascend to the sky.

In the place where immortals become gods, he is now like a real immortal in the world.

"Thanks to my fellow Taoists, I have come to appreciate the grandeur of spiritual practice. I am willing to die in the evening if I can hear the truth in the morning!"

Gu Wen raised his hand and tore the sky apart. In an instant, the mysterious light of heaven and earth shone upon them, and the scene of the cultivation world was revealed again.

Above the sky, there are trees that are thousands of feet high and stand against the sky, there are fairy mountains that float in the void and stand vaguely, and there is the endless land in all directions, hanging like a cave with stars in the sky.

"Wait for me a hundred years, and I will travel all over this vast world with you."

The clouds slowly passed through the boundary wall, and the thin wall like a film refracted the light, and in an instant the sizes of everyone expanded a hundred times.

Gu Wen looked up at them, like a frog at the bottom of a well.

He couldn't help but reach out closer, and when his fingertips touched the wall, the shackles on his body were suddenly pulled down.

It was as if each shackle was hanging a mountain, tearing his skin, blurring his flesh, and breaking his bones.

After just one breath, the red dragon image disappeared and Gu Wen began to fall uncontrollably.

Looking at his slowly falling figure, many people from all directions breathed a sigh of relief.

At least this monster didn't get out. One Qing Cang is enough to make people terrified. If a second one comes, I'm afraid no one will ever be able to turn things around.
-
Outside the land of immortality, there is the city of two worlds.

Qingcang stood in the air, the gentleness in his eyes faded away, leaving only indifference and majesty.

All the monsters in the city collapsed to the ground in fear, and then a strong smell of urine filled the air.

Wukong escaped from the void and bowed, saying, "Daoist Qingcang, when can we formally discuss the matter of the demon race? Daoist Fox Fairy has been waiting for a year."

"Fox fairy?"

Qing Cang showed some thought on his face, then he looked into the city and saw a beautiful woman in a pavilion looking at him.

The familiar face, the unpleasant smell, and the emergence of past memories made Qing Cang a little dazed.

"Let's talk then, I might actually need some help."

Now she is no longer alone, and with a disciple to care about, there is a flaw. Qingcang is eager to find a solution and can no longer devote himself to it as wholeheartedly as before.
Entering the Two Realms City, in the attic jade courtyard, under the curtains, the fox fairy is leisurely swinging its tail.

Qing Cang stepped in. She was wearing a coarse linen Taoist robe, which contrasted greatly with the fox fairy's gorgeous robe. She simply tied up her long hair, but her plain and white face was slightly better than the fox fairy's.

The two stared at each other for a long time, and the fox fairy spoke first: "You are still the same as before."

Qingcang replied indifferently: "You didn't have nine tails before."

"Pedantic." The fox fairy muttered, and then without arguing, he said: "Now that Jianmu's vitality in the sage's weapon has been severely damaged, perhaps we have a chance to take advantage of the opportunity to make it more seriously injured, and it may not even recover in 100,000 years."

"I have explored the roots of Jianmu tree."

The sound penetrated into his ears, Qingcang could hear it and remember it.

But most of the divine thoughts flew out of the sky and fell into the immortal place which was like the bottom of a well, and turned into the breeze blowing on the ridge of the field as the Taoist priest packed up his bag and left home alone.

He faced the rising sun, his feet bare on the ground, his ordinary face showing the same calmness as himself.

At this moment, I am left with nothing but a feeling of resentment.

A green leaf floated by, bringing a message that even immortals could hardly perceive.

Jianmu brought a message.

"The living bear the pain of the dead, shoulder the hatred, and have sorrow in their hearts. They are also human, but also imperfect."

"Qingcang, you have already lacked perfection, so you have already lost."
-
Nanshui, Jiangjia Village.

The village is gone and the birds and beasts have all scattered.

There was only a bamboo house left at the birthplace of the dragon. A clerk was dozing off at the door when he was suddenly awakened by the sound of a door opening.

He looked up and saw that an ordinary man not only stepped into the yard, but also the gate that had not been opened for decades was actually opened.

Nanshui is located in the frontier, but every year angels come from Bianjing to inspect this place. This attracted many people with ill intentions, and some people suggested guarding this place with the specifications of a royal mausoleum.

The late emperor could not bear to add to the burden on the people, so he simply demolished the entire Jiangjia Village and left only this small courtyard.

The spirit in the courtyard is so strong that it cannot be moved by an iron hammer. It can climb the wall like climbing a mountain. It has remained intact for ten years and everyone says that a god lives inside.

After all, Daxia was founded only a few decades ago, and many of those who had seen Gu Wen and others push the city wall were still alive. Perhaps in another generation, they would become statues in the temple, and in another two generations, the statues would have nothing to do with them.

The clerk came to his senses and kowtowed repeatedly, saying, "I have seen a god, I have seen a god."

The man turned his head and looked at him, smiling, "Layman, we don't worship gods or immortals here."

The clerk was also smart and changed the topic to ask, "Excuse me, great immortal, who is the deity enshrined here? From now on, I will offer sacrifices to him day and night."

"I am a poor mortal, neither a god nor a saint."

Gu Wenmai entered the courtyard and saw a vague figure on the stone table under the tree in the courtyard.

He was young at that time, and his accomplices intended to kill General Daqian on his horse.

He sat down on the stone stool, stretched out his arms slowly, and said with a smile: "Later, I even killed the dog emperor."

(End of this chapter)