Tao and Heaven

Chapter 218: Entering the Netherworld

Soon, the six immortals agreed to Qingcang's request, or demand.

They didn't even ask for rewards, or even favors. There were very few treasures in the world that could make them excited, and because they had lived for too long, their concepts were completely different from those of ordinary creatures.

Interests are eternal and unchanging, but the immortals will look to ten thousand years or even a hundred thousand years later.

Finally, they came to the conclusion that as long as Jianmu died, everything would be worth it. If it weren't for the human race cultivating the spiritual fields and dredging the spiritual veins, the land would still be barren today.

The immortals regard the heaven and earth as coins, and what they want is to divide up the nine provinces.

The banquet ended, leaving only the fox fairy and Qing Cang.

Qingcang said succinctly: "Teach me how to use it."

According to Gu Wen, this item was snatched from a fox demon, and the seized letters recorded that the Taiyin Order was what the fox demon wanted.

"You don't know how to use it, and yet you swear to it?"

The fox fairy was speechless; her former best friend was still the same as before.

"This item is the Yama Order of the Underworld in the past. With a little refining, it will become a flying immortal weapon that can ignore the heaven and earth and escape to the underworld. I was originally planning to use it to escape from Jianmu, but I didn't expect that your murderous disciple would take it away halfway."

"But you have to think carefully. Jiuyou is the place after death, and only the soul can enter."

A long, long time ago, when the underworld still existed.

All living things in the world have two life spans, the Yang life span and the Yin life span. When alive, they are in the Yang world, which is also the current world of cultivation. After death, they go to the Yin world, which is the Nine Netherworlds, where only the soul can enter.

As he spoke, Qing Cang already had the Taiyin Order in his hand and had completely refined it.

His eyes were slightly closed, and his mind was out of his body.

call out!
A ray of faint light flashed, and the Taiyin Order disappeared out of thin air, leaving behind only an immortal body that was missing three souls and six spirits.

The fox fairy approached lightly, lifted up her hair, looked at the commoner Kun Dao, touched Qingcang's nose lightly with her fingertips, and her beautiful eyes were blurred.

A glance and a smile, the enchanting and charming look makes people feel dazed.

"Still as reckless as ever."

With her slender jade fingers, she stroked the ink in the inkstone on the table and applied two lines of eye shadow on Qingcang. Her vision was distorted in an instant, and she saw a dark world along with the other person's soul.

The entire world was empty, with only endless silence.

An ancient city stood in front of them. The city gate was a thousand feet high. Two animal heads were carved on the two black iron doors, with a bronze scroll in their mouths.

On the left is the inscription: "Those who see it will live forever"

On the right is written [All living things are immortal]

"I, Qingcang, would like to see the Lord of the Mansion."

Qing Cang bowed and bent slightly. After a long time without receiving a response, she looked up and blinked, took a half step back, and punched the city gate.

The animal heads that looked like a small hill surrounded the depression, and the entire city gate was shaking.

The fox fairy who was watching was completely stunned.

Is this how you go to see the saint?
boom! boom! boom!
After three consecutive hammer strikes, the entire ancient city began to buzz.

The status of an immortal and the strength of a minor saint, this is what makes Qingcang extraordinary.

"Stop knocking, stop knocking."

A voice came from behind the door.

Rumble!
The gate was slowly pushed open. Qingcang and Fox Fairy faced the thousand-foot-high city gate. They subconsciously looked up, and then a voice came from under their feet.

"It really disturbs my sweet dreams. I want to see who this person is."

He was five feet tall, had a fat head and brain, three eyes, and was wearing a black and gold robe that completely dragged on the ground.

Qing Cang looked at the little fat boy, and the other party also looked at her.

"So it's you, the one who cut off a hair of the Emperor of Heaven. Come in. There have been no outsiders in Wuwang City for many years."

The door slowly opened, and dust blew in, as if opening a history book that had been sealed for a hundred thousand years.

Behind the door is a bustling downtown, and everywhere you look are neatly dressed birds, beasts, aquatic creatures, and mythical beasts.

The three-eyed fat man turned sideways, patted his belly and laughed, "All living things are born and die constantly, and I just happen to be short of someone. You just need to stay here and you can live forever."

The voice became louder and louder, and in an instant the sky was occupied by a face, and the huge city was nothing more than a plaything in the palm of the hand.

"Not interested in."

Qingcang smiled faintly, clasped his five fingers together, and a shining glow of auspicious light emerged. He slowly stood up, and with a breath he rose thousands of feet high.

The two looked at each other, and she sneered, "So he is just a gatekeeper boy. I thought he was a saint."

Boom!

The earth that had been dead and silent for a hundred thousand years began to shake. When the two terrifying beings clashed with their fists and feet, the heaven and earth could be shaken.

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In the early morning, the sky was gray.

Gu Wen woke up with a slight shake. When he opened his eyes, he saw a beautiful face less than a fist away from him.

“It’s time to practice.”

“Be content with whatever happens, and cultivate your character as you go along.”

After an incense stick of time, Gu Wen was still pulled up by Yu Hua, and sat cross-legged in the courtyard yawning. Yu Hua took out a jade slip, waved it a few times, and found that it was damaged by the "All Things Transformed into Mortals".

So she could only verbally say: "Master said that although you now have the foundation of an immortal, you still know nothing about Qi training. In order to make you adapt faster when you go out in the future, I will teach you the most basic Qi training."

"I brought some spiritual stones."

Yu Hua touched the embroidered bag around her waist and found that the Qiankun bag was no longer usable.

"Do you need spiritual energy?"

"Do you have any idea?"

The next moment, Gu Wen gently flicked the jade pendant in his arms, and a cat-like body and tiger-like head appeared in his arms. The first thing it did when it appeared was to lick his chin.

Grab the heirloom by the scruff of the neck to prevent the licking cat from getting drool all over your face.

Gu Wen explained the whole story and brought Yu Hua into the cave.

The Heirloom Cave was ten miles in diameter, and the ground looked like cotton candy, with nothing in it. Only near the spiritual spring were there a few acres of land planted by Gu Wen.

The most important spiritual spring has changed from a small pond into a lake.

Yu Hua leaned over and scooped up some spiritual spring water, which tasted sweet as it went down his throat, and the foundation that had been worn away by the laws of transformation into a mortal was relieved.

He thought to himself: This spiritual spring is a top-grade spiritual vein, the same as the main peak of Sanqing. It will be much more comfortable to stay here and I can stay longer.

Gu Wen sat cross-legged on the ground, and at first he closed his eyes and entered into a state of concentration, practicing the Qigong very seriously. After an incense stick of time, he opened his eyes.

Because it's too simple.

He actually didn't need to learn the normal Qi training method taught by Yu Hua. He only needed to make slight changes to the Yuqing method and he would be able to practice it.

The only difference is probably the different laws. The immortal land is equivalent to the water pressure of tens of millions at the bottom of the sea, while there is no "water pressure" in the cultivation world. Gu Wen felt it when he first entered the cave, but he was used to the heavy pressure, and he felt uncomfortable after the light pressure.

Gu Wen turned his head to look to the side. Three steps away, Yu Hua was also sitting cross-legged, reading his "Guide to the Cultivation World".

The white gauze outlines the slender waist and long legs, the slender fingers fiddle with the tangled hair, the nose is high and the eyebrows are curved without any makeup.

Simple and peaceful, without a trace of rouge or powder, like a breeze, soothing yet hard to touch. Gu Wen quietly waited until she withdrew her gaze from the brush and ink, the corners of his mouth slightly raised, his voice soft but very aggressive.

"Your handwriting is like a ghost painting, even worse than before."

"As long as you can understand it."

Gu Wen didn't plan to change it. There was no need, and he did it on purpose.

After becoming an immortal, spiritual practice becomes an abstract thing, and there is no longer any realm or law as a unit of measurement.

There was no path before him that had been walked by predecessors, so he could only try it on his own, and even look up many classics from his ancestors in previous lives for use.

In the end, Gu Wen came to a simple conclusion.

Going by your own will is the truth.

When your sword skills have no sword light, your golden light spell has no golden light, and your golden elixir has no form or body, then you have reached the end of your practice.

He was certainly unable to reach this level now, so he had to settle for the next best thing and use books to change his mind.

Gu Wen asked, "When are you leaving?"

"Are you so anxious to drive me away?"

Yu Hua pulled Gu Wen's cheek. He did not resist this intimate yet superior behavior, but he was much calmer than before.

He said, "After all, the Immortal Land is not a place to stay for long. You will die if you stay here. I am already familiar with the method of practicing Qi in the outer world. I will send you away tomorrow."

"I'll leave in a month."

Yu Hua shook his head, and Gu Wen also shook his head. He said in a firm tone that could not be resisted: "We will leave tomorrow."

The two stared at each other for a long time. Gu Wen did not give in at all, and Yu Hua suddenly realized that the loach in front of him had turned into a real dragon.

The hesitation, fear, and helplessness she had felt when they first met were gone, and she could no longer manipulate him as she did before. In the past, he had to listen to her, but now she had to listen to Gu Wen.

"What if I don't leave?"

"I'll knock you out and throw you out."

Yu Hua smiled lightly, loosened his hand, and said with some relief: "Unconsciously, you have already topped the three lists. You are the only one who has reached the top since the establishment of the three lists. But I hope you will forgive me this time. I will not joke with my life. One month is the limit, and fifteen days will be no problem."

Gu Wen thought for a moment, then gave in slightly: "Five days."

"Seven days."

"make a deal."

Gu Wen stopped fussing about it, and Yu Hua smiled.

She knew him well. Little Loach always liked to play it safe. If she told the truth, she might be thrown out of the Immortal Land tomorrow. Otherwise, she could get the time she wanted.

Yu Hua changed the subject and said, "Yesterday I saw the Jade Sword Buddha. She had stabilized her mind. She told me that she wanted to become a Buddha. She was very tired."

Gu Wen was silent for a moment, then said, "Life is short-lived, not everyone can be happy. Perhaps this is fate."

He has always clearly understood that success does not come without talent and perseverance.

He, Jade Sword Buddha, Chiyuzi, and Jun Yan are all more talented than those so-called half-immortals and true immortals. Jade Sword Buddha's mortal body can withstand the Buddha Demon, Chiyuzi has cultivated an immortal body with a nearly crippled soul, and Jun Yan has a 1% chance of survival.

In a fair competition, they will not lose, but fairness does not exist.

"I don't believe in fate." Yu Hua shook his head and said, "Initially, many elders in the sect didn't think highly of me. They thought I was just a low-ranking disciple who couldn't even be considered an inner sect disciple. But in the end, I still made it."

"Can you tell me about your past?"

Gu Wen was very interested in the first half of the life of the goddess who was hailed as a goddess.

From her, I learned that it seemed that he was not an ordinary genius who was born with strange phenomena and then made rapid progress all the way.

"Do you want to listen? It might be boring."

Yu Hua did not hide anything. He looked at the misty cave and his voice became light and airy.

"I was born in a mortal farmer's family in a small branch of Mount Sanqing. Later, I was discovered by the monks who came down from the mountain that I had the aptitude to practice cultivation. I entered the sect at the age of eight, but after practicing for a hundred years, I am still an ordinary disciple. In the sect's disciple competitions, my ranking has never reached double digits, and I didn't even get a ranking after leaving the sect."

"I don't have a great master, nor do I have a tragic life story. I'm just an ordinary person standing in the audience cheering for the genius. Compared to you, I'm far inferior."

Gu Wen shook his head slightly and said in a gentle voice: "At first I was a beggar, and later I was a slave. At that time you had just entered the mortal world, and I didn't even have the qualifications to approach the road you walked on."

Perhaps she was a little tired after sitting for a long time. Yu Hua leaned against Gu Wen, breathing sweetly and smiling, "What about now?"

"Now I am no longer a beggar or a slave, but you are still a fairy in heaven to me."

Gu Wen answered without thinking. He had no other intention but just expressed his thoughts, which caused ripples in the beautiful woman's heart.

Gu Wen had seen many women who were prettier and more charming than Yu Hua, and there were quite a few of them. But none of them caught his eye, and thousands of beauties were not as kind as his kindness.

People always have one or two things like the bright moon that they will never forget throughout their lives. Gu Wen will never forget the scene of seeing a fairy falling from the bright moon in the muddy alleys of Bianjing.

Yu Hua pursed her lips, wanting to say something but stopping herself, and finally swallowed the words that were on the tip of her tongue.

It is more important to not add any more complications now and let Gu Wen concentrate on his practice.

She laughed and said, "I watched you practice until I could count your hairs, but I still don't remember what Zhao Feng looked like."

"Smells like shit and looks like a monkey."

Gu Wen answered very seriously, and then talked about many stupid things Zhao Feng had done, like he knew them all by heart.

This made Yu Hua laugh so hard that she couldn't stop. Of course, she didn't want to hear about Zhao Feng, but she thought it was quite cute that Gu Wen unexpectedly held a grudge against such a small person.

The ground of the cave was like clouds, and the two of them snuggled together and chatted, as if time would stop at this moment.

Five days later, Gu Wen took advantage of Yu Hua's sleep and sent him to Shanghong Bridge. Thousands of white jade shackles once again strangled him, leaving him covered in wounds, and dragged him hundreds of feet into the earth.

Every time he tried to struggle, the shackles dragged him deeper into the ground.

It was a month later when Xianjian dug Gu Wen out. He simply washed himself in a nearby river and returned to the house wearing tattered clothes.

"Don't you want to change your clothes?"

"Tao follows nature."

Gu Wen talked nonsense and sat cross-legged on the ground in meditation.

The magic sword didn't bother with it any more and returned to its scabbard.

The scenery outside changed from day to night, and from lush greenery to withered forests, but time inside the house seemed to have stopped.

Only the ignorant heirloom ran around the house, sometimes jumping onto the table and hitting the cups, sometimes bringing back animal carcasses, and sometimes lying on Gu Wen's lap.

The sound of cups clinking, the smell of rotting corpses, and the licking sensation of something prickly on the skin.

From beginning to end, Gu Wen never opened his eyes, meditating, entering a state of concentration, and practicing Qi.

Four years passed like this, and Gu Wen slowly opened his eyes.

The immortal sword was unsheathed, ringing slightly, and the message was transmitted: "You have become stronger again, but you are still a long way from being a little saint. It may take hundreds of years, or even thousands of years."

"At least my five senses are back, so Akabane's five senses can also be cured."

Gu Wen's nose twitched slightly, sniffing out a variety of scents.

I regained feeling in every part of my body, and my mouth seemed to have tasted something, and in an instant I felt like I was alive again.

He couldn't hide his smile and pushed the door open. The door, which had been beaten by wind and rain for four years, collapsed with a loud noise, followed by the entire house.

The beam that had been hanging for decades finally collapsed.

(End of this chapter)