Traveling the Heavens in Thunderbolt

Chapter 485: Different Paths for Immortals and Mortals

The so-called Three Officials are the Heavenly Official, the Earthly Official, and the Water Official, also known as the "Three Origins".

The Heavenly Official bestows blessings, the Earthly Official forgives sins, and the Water Official relieves disasters.

The "Heavenly Official" refers to the Emperor Ziwei, who is in charge of all the heavenly emperors. He determines the sins and blessings of people, so he is called "the Heavenly Official who bestows blessings."

This is also what happened after Shaoyang Jun came to the world of the Son of Heaven, entered the realm close to God, broke the cycle of reincarnation, realized himself, and understood the past and the future.

Only then did he realize that his true identity in this world was the Ziwei Emperor who had descended to the mortal world.

Lü Dongbin is the Emperor Donghua who also came down to earth. He is also the "Water Official" among the Three Officials. He is in charge of all the great gods in the water. He punishes people for their sins and blessings, and helps people eliminate disasters and misfortunes, and resolve grievances. Therefore, he is called "Water Official Who Relieves Disasters."

Huangfu Ji looked at the confrontation between Ming Wang and Lü Dongbin, and felt that the world he had lived in for nearly a hundred years was so unreal. Two living reincarnated immortals were actually right in front of him.

Lü Dongbin had no intention of continuing this topic. He pointed his finger and a table and chairs appeared out of thin air in the Immortal Mansion. "Everyone, please take a seat first."

After everyone was seated, Lü Dongbin said, "As the King of Light said, my karma here has been resolved, and I will soon leave the world forever and ascend to heaven."

Then he said to Huangfu Wuji: "Master has nothing left to teach you. Second life is not easy to get. Wuji, you better take care of yourself."

Afterwards, he gave gifts to everyone who entered the Immortal Palace one by one.

First it was the Fairy Sword Nun, “Madam Huangfu, the martial arts you practice are too vicious and detrimental to the way of heaven, and will ultimately harm others and yourself. But the so-called poisonous skills are nothing more than the transformation of foreign matter into energy, and energy itself has no good or bad distinction.” As she spoke, she took the Taiyi Divine Sword behind her and handed it to the Fairy Sword Nun.

"This sword has been with me for many years and is quite spiritual. Madam, if you follow the correct method of Xuanmen, it will be of great benefit to me and can dispel poison and evil."

The Immortal Sword Goddess could not hide her joy at having obtained the divine sword, and thought to herself, "After obtaining this treasure, I am the real 'Immortal Sword' Goddess."

Huangfu Ji, who was standing by, saw this and shook his head helplessly, "Her character is somewhat lacking after all."

Afterwards, Lü Dongbin asked Chen Bo, "Mr. Chen is a master of metaphysics, and few people in the world can match him. Do you have any knowledge of the art of alchemy?"

Chen Bo replied respectfully: "I dare not show off my skills in front of the great immortal. I only know the basics of the golden elixir."

Upon hearing this, Lu Dongbin pointed to the center of the table. A strange light suddenly appeared, and an object shot out from inside.

It has five groups of simple figures on both ends and ancient seal characters on both sides. It is the most profound internal power method of Taoist inner alchemy, the "Wuji Diagram".

"Then I will give you this Wuji Diagram. I hope you can carry forward the Taoist inner alchemy technique." Lü Dongbin explained to Chen Bo, "From bottom to top, this diagram is called the Gate of Xuanpin. The second is called refining essence into qi and refining qi into spirit. The third and fifth are called positioning, called the five qi returning to the origin. The fourth is the combination of yin and yang, called taking Kan to fill Li. The top layer is called refining spirit and returning to the void, and returning to Taiji without beginning."

Chen Bo realized that he had obtained a valuable treasure, and immediately bowed and thanked him, "Thank you, Master, for the map."

King Ming looked at Chen Bo who was bowing down and realized that this man must be the future world-famous ancestor Chen Tuan.

After Chen Bo thanked him, Huangfu Ji bowed and asked, "Since I came here in response to destiny, does Master Lu have any instructions or advice?"

Lu Dongbin looked at Huangfu Ji for a long time without saying a word.

"Is it true that the secret cannot be revealed?"

Lü Dongbin stroked his beard and said, "It's not that I can't reveal it, but I can't see through Mr. Huangfu's fate."

Huangfu Ji smiled when he heard this and said, "Challenging the unpredictable future is really fun."

Finally, Lu Dongbin wanted to say something to Ming Wang.

But he was interrupted by Ming Wang, "Don't talk, I have my own way to go, and I don't need anyone's advice." "Well. Since the emperor has chosen this path, Donghua can only succeed here soon."

"Ha, then I will reluctantly accept it." As he spoke, Li Chenzhou's figure appeared for a moment behind King Ming.

Everyone present who saw this scene knew that this was not an illusion, but Li Chenzhou replying through the body of Ming Wang.

Afterwards, Lu Dongbin asked everyone to wait outside the immortal palace, and left Ming Wang to talk with him alone for a while.

When the time of departure came, everyone had more or less received Lü Dongbin's favor, and they were grateful and admired him.

After Ming Wang came out of the fairy palace, Lu Dongbin used his magic to teleport everyone back to the ground.

As for the Immortal Palace, after everyone left, it broke through the air and headed straight for the Immortal Realm where countless legends were spread.

At this point, Lu Dongbin, who had stayed in the human world for more than a hundred years and left behind countless legendary stories, ascended to the fairyland and became immortal.

The matter of the Immortal Palace has officially come to an end, and everyone is about to separate.

Ming Wang originally wanted to witness the true power of the Xuan Universe and open the Immortal Palace. Now that his goal has been achieved, he no longer wants to duel with Huangfu Ji.

Chen Bo planned to stay in Miaojiang to study the "Wujitu" given to him by Lu Dongbin. Huangfu Ji expressed his understanding. Not only did he let him go free, he also said that they were master and servant in name but friends in reality, and encouraged him to pursue his ideals.

"Our family of three is traveling around and has no plan to return to the Central Plains. I wonder what Your Majesty plans to do?" After this incident, Huangfu Ji no longer had the same ambitions as before.

But the King of Ming said something shocking, "It's better if you don't return to the Central Plains. We have only been in the Immortal Palace for less than a day, but five years have passed in this world. Now is the critical moment of the decisive battle between our New Tang and the Pseudo-Song. If you are not in the Central Plains, you can save yourself from a lot of troubles."

When they first heard about this, Huangfu Ji and others were shocked. It was not until King Ming explained it with the allusions of "Liu Chen and Ruan Zhaocaiyao" and "Wang Zhi's Lan Ke" that they reluctantly accepted this fact.

(The story of "The Herbalist" takes place in the fifth year of Emperor Ming of Han Dynasty. Liu Chen and Ruan Zhao from Shan County, Kuaiji Prefecture, went to Mount Tiantai to collect herbs. They met two fairies and were invited to their homes and made their sons-in-law. They ate sesame rice and performed the ritual of husband and wife before going to bed. Half a year later, they returned home, and their children and grandchildren had passed away. Later, they returned to Mount Tiantai to look for the fairies, but their whereabouts were unknown. As for "The Broken Chess Man", I believe that anyone who has read the book "The Broken Chess Fate" knows what it is about.)
Huangfu Ji lamented the changes of the times and had no intention of interfering in the affairs of the martial arts world again.

During these five years, except for the first two years, both sides were recuperating and accumulating strength, allowing the world to have a rare period of peace.

In the following three years, numerous wars broke out between the New Tang Dynasty and the Song Dynasty established by Zhao Kuangyin.

It was also during this time that Liu Chong's Northern Han was destroyed by the New Tang.

As a local warlord that only controlled the Twelve Prefectures of Hedong (today's central and northern Shanxi Province), the Northern Han was already on the decline after being attacked by Guo Rong.

If it weren't for the support of the Liao Kingdom behind it, it would have perished long ago.

Later, in order to fight against the New Tang, after obtaining the consent of the Liao Kingdom, Liu Chong sent envoys to negotiate peace with Zhao Kuangyin.

This move was exactly what Zhao Kuangyin wanted. As a Han Chinese, he could not openly unite with the Liao Kingdom to fight against the New Tang Dynasty, which had absolute superiority.

But they could use Northern Han as an intermediary to contact Liao to fight against the New Tang.

Thanks to Wu Mengsheng for the reward.

Thanks to Dutianshensha Zhoutianxingchen for the reward.

Thanks to Liu Zun for the reward.

(End of this chapter)