Tao and Heaven

Chapter 249: Sanqing Dao Sect
Return from Heaven.

Hearing this, Lu Chan and Chi Yuzi were stunned for a moment, then looked at the white jade bottle again with a slightly changed look in their eyes.

The pursuit of immortality is almost instinctive for monks. Only a very small number of people have ever seen through life and death. Perhaps there has never been a living being who completely does not care about life and death.

The living must do everything they can just to survive.

The position of immortal official means an expected longevity, which is easier to achieve than the mysterious transcendence and becoming an immortal.

"Just by refining this thing, I can achieve immortality?"

Gu Wen gently wiped the white jade bottle with his thumb. The more he looked at it, the more he felt that it was very similar to the fate of the Red Dust Immortal.

Both transform the originally illusory path to immortality into a clear and visible road, and both turn an illusory goal that all living beings desire into reality.

Xuan Yue's eyes were blazing as she nodded and replied, "That's right, and there are also heavenly officials below the immortal position who can allow others to achieve immortality. Perhaps it's only for a few thousand years, but this is something that immortals cannot do."

The biggest difference between an immortal official and an immortal is that the former can grant immortality to others, while the latter can only enjoy life alone.

Gu Wen asked again: "What is the price then?"

"We are controlled by the Heavenly Court, but how can immortals not be controlled by stronger ones?" Xuan Yue said: "It is often said in the practice of cultivation that one can be free and unrestrained, but there has never been a free and unrestrained person in the past and present. It is worth exchanging relative freedom for thousands of years of immortality."

This statement makes sense, but it also misses the point.

So Xuan Yue couldn't become an immortal.

Gu Wen made such an evaluation in his heart. He didn't care about Xuan Yue and instead observed the others out of the corner of his eye. The two women frowned slightly.

Akabane said bluntly: "You just want to be the one who whips others, not to break free. Transcendence is the ability to reject all external things, not the capital to act recklessly."

Xuan Yue argued: "Is there a difference? Clan law, laws, virtues, etc. are all restricting certain behaviors. If you want to refuse its constraints, you are doing evil."

"The clan law is also ruthless, and the law also has harsh taxes. Before the Five Spirits Valley was built, the lands of various states were full of starving people. The difference between the righteous and evil ways is that the righteous will not use people to practice, and everything else is the same."

"So the immortal position is good, it is for everyone, there is no distinction between high and low. Transcendence is hard to find, but the immortal position is easy to obtain. After the immortal position is determined, it will be difficult to achieve immortality."

Once you miss this opportunity, you will miss it forever.

This statement left people speechless, and Lu Chan showed some hesitation when he heard it.

If what Xuan Yue said is correct, then now is the easiest time to seek immortality. If the immortal position is determined in the future, it will be difficult to seek immortality.

No one can guarantee that he can become an immortal, so a clear and visible path is extremely precious.

Chi Yuzi scratched her head, then asked for help from Gu Wen: "I can't scold him, quickly use your saintly way to suppress him."

"I will listen to your words." Xuan Yue showed a calm smile, "The immortal position is originally the evolution of the way of the saints. I wonder if the saints have any different opinions."

Everyone looked at Gu Wen expectantly, only to see him slowly raise his hand and then slap someone.

Boom!

Xuan Yue was thrown directly to the ground, cracks spread like a spider web, and the whole house was shaking.

The Avenue of Saints is deafening.

Gu Wen said calmly: "I know a little bit about boxing and kicking."

Akabane's beautiful eyes sparkled, she gave a thumbs up and said, "I like you like this."

Lu Chan was a little stunned. She didn't expect this kind of answer.

She asked, "Brother Dao, I wonder what the sage's way is?"

Gu Wen replied: "The way of a sage is only for the sage himself. Before he becomes a great sage, it is not enough for outsiders to understand."

There has never been any great way to talk about. The great way is everywhere, and so is the way of the sages. What they see now is themselves, the way of the sages themselves.

Xuan Yue was dizzy for a few minutes, and when he opened his eyes again, the echo of the saint's avenue was still in his mind.

He looked at Gu Wen who was playing with the white jade bottle, and he had no temper at all.

"I wonder if the Holy Lord has anything else to say?"

"No more, you can go down."

Xuan Yue got up and left the house. He didn't think of running away because there was no point in doing so.

The further one cultivates, the harder it is to cross levels. A semi-immortal in the Dao realm is like a flying insect compared to an immortal. Xuan Yue has been a semi-immortal for tens of thousands of years and has just entered the immortal realm, so he knows the difference between the two best.

Then the gap between immortals and saints will only be greater.

Now that Gu Wen didn't kill him directly, at least there was a glimmer of hope. He guessed that it was most likely to make a decision for Qingcang, and if Gu Wen didn't die, Qingcang shouldn't be so difficult to communicate with.

And if the Heavenly Court really returns, then he is also half a member of the system.

Xuan Yue thought about it and left quietly. After walking out of the door, she did not forget to turn around and bow to Gu Wen.

He looked humble, and unconsciously got used to bending his waist.

Gu Wen remembered when he first met Xuan Yue in the Immortal Realm, the other party was standing in the distance with his hands behind his back, which made him dare not move, so he cautiously asked the question of "senior".

Now he just sat there without any expression, so Xuan Yue didn't dare to leave.

Akabane grumbled, "This old man is so slippery. I am ashamed to be associated with him, and he is an immortal. Even if he broke through by relying on the immortal status, he was at least a genuine half-immortal in the past, and the ancestor of my Taoist sect."

"This is normal. People with weak points can get along well." Gu Wen said with a smile, "If someone threatens my life or death, you will also become weak. It just so happens that Xuan Yue values ​​immortality more than anything else."

Everyone is a slave to the things they care about. There are no peerless powerful people in the world. They are just one of the countless living beings struggling in the world.

When the years are measured in tens of millions, then immortals are just a splash in the long river of time.

"Humph, I won't become weak because of you."

Akabane snorted, and then thought of her sister, that extremely ugly face.

Once their lifespan is about to end, they will turn into ugly monsters.

"Gu Wen, if you were to die in the future, would you become like them?"

"No." Gu Wen shook his head, then said calmly: "Maybe you are going to die, and there is an immoral way to go, then I might."

"Eh, that's so corny."

Akabane was so panicked that she uttered words of disgust. Lu Chan's face flushed and she felt embarrassed. She scratched her cheek. She knew what the other party meant, but she couldn't help but feel her heart beating faster.

Gu Wen just smiled in response without saying anything, but his calm and relaxed demeanor seemed to carry a weight that could overturn the heavens and the earth.

Gradually, the two girls fell silent. Whether they were secretly happy or shy, they were eventually overwhelmed by an indescribable feeling of heaviness.

When a mortal says he wants to kill someone, it will only scare mortals.

When a saint above an immortal says he wants to kill someone, the whole world will tremble.

Akabane said in a muffled voice: "You'd better keep your morals."

"I didn't ask for your opinion, and you don't have the power to stop me."

Gu Wen nodded Chi Yuzi's head and said with a smile: "Do you think too highly of yourself and think I will listen to you?"

Akabane was a little touched just now, but was immediately provoked by these words and clenched her fist and punched him.

The fist was blowing in gusts, but was held tightly by Gu Wen's large palm, and he could no longer exert any strength.

While dealing with the noisy Akabane, Gu Wen poured out the white jade liquid from the white jade bottle.

Suddenly the room was filled with moonlight, and an indescribable fragrance wafted into my nose.

He took a sip and found it delicious, with a special Taoist charm in it.

Perhaps, possibly, there is something wrong with this kind of Tao rhyme.

Smelling the fragrance, Akabane also became greedy and asked, "What is this? Give me some."

Gu Wen shook his head. Chi Yuzi became even more anxious. He was about to throw himself on him to grab the white jade bottle that was held high. He shouted:
"What good stuff? Let me have a taste. I gave you the outer shells of my three souls and seven spirits. We are at least eating from the same bowl of rice. Why are you so stingy?"

Looking at the anxious look of the girl in front of him, Gu Wen couldn't help but recall the cat he had raised in his previous life. The water in the basin was horse urine, and the cup was fairy wine. He poured a cup, and Akabane drank it without hesitation. Suddenly, her whole body trembled a few times, and her face flushed a little.

"Is this the immortal brew?!"

Lu Chan was also a little curious. Before she could ask, Gu Wen shook his head and said:

"This thing helps with spiritual practice and tastes great, but it has a side effect. Drinking it will make you more obedient."

Akabane frowned and said, "Be obedient? Can this thing control people's minds?"

"That's right." Gu Wen nodded and said, "It's more like an addictive drug than a control drug. Once an ordinary person takes a sip, they may not be able to swallow any other food in their lifetime. Even the powerful ones are no exception. They may become addicted after drinking it for hundreds of years."

Chi Yuzi immediately lost interest and asked in surprise, "Why is Taiyin Xingjun's position so weird?"

"How can you be sure that Heaven is the right path?"

"Forehead……"

Akabane was speechless.

This seems to be the case. Humans have only been separated from animals for tens of thousands of years. It has only been tens of thousands of years since humans began to dress appropriately, respect the elders and the young, and have complete etiquette.

The idea of ​​moral conduct became a consensus only after the immortal Qingcang.

She turned and asked with some concern: "Will it be okay if I drink it?"

"One bite will be fine. It's not poisonous. It's just the Dao element that's causing the problem."

"So how do we deal with this thing?"

"Put it aside for now. Maybe it can be used in the future. Besides, he has some ability to explore cause and effect."

Gu Wen studied it in depth, and the bottle seemed to have life, tightening all the Taoist rhymes in the body.

Because it involves the Heavenly Saint, he is still unable to fully comprehend and imitate the great principles involved, but he still managed to grasp some of the key points.

He made a hand gesture and a ray of strange light flew out of the bottle. What he was thinking turned into words and was printed on the bottle.

【road】

The next moment the bottle hummed, the font cracked, and an unspeakable wail echoed.

Tao Fruit is in fear.

Gu Wen looked even weirder, and Akabane asked, "What's wrong?"

"This thing is very strange. If I am not mistaken, as long as it is slightly refined, it can reveal the thoughts of anyone who drinks the jade wine."

Another picture appeared in Gu Wen's mind.

The Moon God and his celestial official Chang'e are members of the Imperial Guard.

His spell changed, and the font that came out of the bottle changed again.

[Gu Wen, Gu Wen, Gu Wen, Gu Wen, Yu Hua, Jiu...]

Akabane teased, "Pfft, you are quite narcissistic and young."

Is it possible that this is what you have in mind?

Gu Wen decided not to expose it because it was quite fun.

Sometimes, it is also a pleasure to get a glimpse into other people's thoughts.

I remember Yu Hua once admitted that she could know what other people were thinking.

At noon, Gu Wen and others left on the immortal boat and took ten days to reach Xuanhuang Prefecture, a straight-line distance of more than 10 million miles.

Such a long distance is also one of the reasons why the immortal boat and other means of transportation are popular. It is difficult for ordinary cultivators and even powerful ones to fly long distances and for long periods of time.

Xuanhuang Prefecture, Xuanhuang City, at the foot of Mount Sanqing.

The immortal boat slowly landed on the ground and Gu Wen walked down. Everywhere he looked, he saw huge crowds of people, from all corners of the world, and dozens of different styles of clothing.

There are old Taoist priests in green robes, bald men in monk's robes, knights with knives on their backs, swordsmen with swords hanging from their backs, and wealthy businessmen...

The remaining sound echoed in Gu Wen's ears, pointing out to him the directions and how the city had not made any progress, but this had been known eight hundred years ago.

Looking forward, three huge sacred mountains pierce through the clouds, thousands of feet high, and the clouds are like their skirts.

Sanqing Mountain.

The place that haunts him is also the pinnacle of the spiritual world in his heart.

Chiyu said, "It originally landed on the border, but after fighting for hundreds of years, the spiritual vein was severely damaged, so the main vein was moved back two hundred years ago for recuperation. Now I am going to the mountain gate. I have a teleportation token, which can fly directly to the mountain gate."

She took out a bluish-white token.

Gu Wen was deep in thought. He could feel a familiar aura coming from the mountain, and naturally he wanted to meet his master as soon as possible.

But then I thought, we were already at the foot of the mountain, so a few minutes wouldn't matter.

Moreover, according to the fox fairy, the master wanted me to come back to work. In the eyes of my master, he has great wisdom in governing the world.

But in reality, Gu Wen never served as emperor for even a single day.

If we continue up like this, I don’t know when we can get down the mountain.

"We've been through a long journey, so let's go to Qianfeng Tower and have a drink. It's time to celebrate."

Gu Wen waved his hand, took out the "Qianfeng Tower Lifetime VIP" token given by Lu Chan, and entered the mortal mode.

Akabane naturally had no objection, and the two of them walked into the brothel arm in arm.

After a night of drinking, they supported each other and came out, then turned around and walked into another branch.

"The previous one was a bit vulgar. Those girls were just trying to get close to it. How could they succeed with me here? Let's listen to some songs this time. This is more elegant."

"We should celebrate again."

"After we've finished listening to music and drinking, let's go and have a little gambling and play some money."

"We should continue to celebrate."

"Now that we're done playing cards, let's go to the Lingquan to wash ourselves."

"We should continue celebrating."

Gu Wen and Chi Yuzi slept after eating, drank after sleeping, and gambled after drinking. They were just like ordinary people and enjoyed pleasure.

It is true that they are all powerful in the secular sense, but they hardly ever actually enjoy life.

If I don't enjoy the prosperity, how can I know that everything is fleeting!
After ten days, someone finally couldn't stand it anymore.

A big hand fell from the sky and grabbed Akabaneko directly.

Gu Wen heard a cold voice in his ear.

"Come up on your own."

Arriving outside the gate of Sanqing Mountain, looking at the endless bluestone steps, Gu Wen had no choice but to sit outside the gate to sober up.

In the distance, a female disciple of Sanqing was explaining to others, and the sound turned into another kind of voice in their ears.

"The gate of Sanqing Mountain has 9,990,000 steps. If you climb the first million steps, you will enter the branch veins. If you climb to the top, you will enter the main veins..."

Gu Wen walked up a million steps and came to a small town on the mountainside where countless people seeking the truth rested. There were disciples of the Three Pure Ones who provided them with accommodation and food, and there were also branches that recruited students.

A female disciple from the Taiqing sect came over and asked with a kind smile, "Would you like me to lead you into the mountain gate?"

Gu Wen shook his head and refused.

Because eight hundred years ago, someone had already led him into the Yuqing lineage.

(End of this chapter)