From a Zhengyi Taoist Child to a Master of All Laws

Chapter 475: Heavenly Master Discusses Taoism
Zhang Ling?

The Taoist said this, but Li Yang would not address him so directly.
Even though Li Yang found it hard to believe, the facts were right in front of him.
Someone from that world has come here! The ancients from thousands of years ago have appeared in the modern world!

Myths will no longer be myths, legends will no longer be legends, and the Taoist masters in history may all appear in the world again.

But even if all the great masters in history were born at the same time, the one in front of him would definitely be among the best ones!

Just kidding, with this person's influence in the history of Taoism, even if you call all the Taoist priests from the modern Taoist alliances and lineages, they will have to kowtow three times before they can stand up and speak.

Li Yang's personality is also strange. If the old Taoist comes up and acts domineeringly, and relies on his status and respect to ask him to kneel down and pay homage, Li Yang will definitely not know where to go and will just start a fight.

As for whether you can do it or not, we’ll talk about it after you finish it.

However, the Taoist's humble attitude made Li Yang feel flattered.

"My little Taoist friend from the future, don't worry. I have no ill intentions. Please keep your magical powers to yourself. I have finally come back. If we really fight, my old bones won't be able to withstand the torture."

The old Taoist smiled strangely and revealed Li Yang's magical powers that were ready to be unleashed.

"This incident happened suddenly. Please forgive me, Senior Zhang Tian... Senior Zhang." Li Yang was not at all embarrassed by being exposed, and the aura in his body gradually calmed down.

Seeing this, Zhang Ling also dissipated his aura.

"I know you still have a lot of questions to ask, and I also have something to tell you. In that case, how about we go into the palace and have some tea first?"

Li Yang nodded. He did have many questions that he wanted answered.

"good!"

After that, an old man and a young man entered the hall one after the other. At this time, Lu Xinjie, who was dressed as a Taoist child, had already brewed tea.

The hall was very quiet, as if only Zhang Ling and Lu Xinjie lived here. The statues of the Heavenly Masters of successive dynasties were filled with the smell of incense. The ashes of unburned paper money in the incense burner were swept up by the air currents, like black snowflakes flying in the opposite direction.

After taking a sip of tea, Li Yang looked at the red-faced statue in the middle, who was riding a black tiger and holding a magic sword. He then turned around to look at Zhang Ling, who looked calm and composed, with a strange expression on his face.

"Senior Zhang is in a good mood."

Zhang Ling did not shy away from saying, "My identity is special, and more than 2,000 years have passed, so there is no guarantee that my younger disciples will not degenerate. Therefore, no one on Longhu Mountain knows my true identity."

"As for these statues, they are nothing more than clay and gold paint. They are a comfort to mortals. They have neither magical powers nor intelligence, and they have absolutely no connection with real people. What's wrong with me burning some incense to them?"

Li Yang paused and took a sip of tea: "Senior Zhang is really free and easy."

After a round of banter, the two men's vigilance towards each other finally decreased a little.

Li Yang carefully looked at this ancient man who lived two thousand years ago, with a myriad of thoughts in his mind.

Half an hour had passed after finishing a cup of tea.

After a long silence, the two men put down their teacups and sat up straight.

After humming for a long time, Li Yang spoke first:
"Besides Senior Zhang, are there any others coming from that world?"

"At least for now, I'm the only one!"

"Why was Senior Zhang able to cross over and come back? Is there anyone who can copy the way Senior Zhang came back?"

The two of them knew tacitly that this was not the right time for the gate to open.

"The reason I was able to come back early was because of the Ji Sword in the little girl's hand, but my cultivation was also washed away when I passed through the boundary gate."

"As for whether someone can copy it..." Zhang Ling hesitated and looked at Li Yang steadily: "As long as you don't go to the island, the gate will not open for the time being."

Li Yang's expression changed: "Me? Is it related to me?"

Thinking of the strange phenomenon when he was chasing the island during the day, Li Yang slowly frowned. "Next question, is the war between the two worlds really inevitable?"

Zhang Ling showed surprise on his face: "As expected of you, you are the True Lord of the Time. It seems that you know more than I thought."

After that, Zhang Ling sighed: "But my friend, don't have any more illusions. There is no room for maneuver between the two worlds."

Li Yang frowned slightly: "Is it because the cultivators from that world want to come and seize the cultivation resources?"

Zhang Ling shook his head: "The situation is more complicated than you think, and it is impossible to reconcile."

Seeing Li Yang frowning, Zhang Ling smiled and said, "Since you have asked so many questions, how about letting me ask some questions next?"

Li Yang nodded: "Yes."

Zhang Ling took a sip of tea and slowly said, "My friend, what do you think is the truth behind the revival of spiritual energy? Why did Blue Star suddenly revive spiritual energy at this point in time?"

"?" Li Yang's face froze.

He really couldn't answer this question.

Through research by China and cultivation organizations in various countries, it can be determined that the last time spiritual energy was extinguished was during the Ming Dynasty. After the Ming Dynasty, no Taoist magic powers appeared in the world until modern times, when it began to gradually recover sixteen years ago.

As to the reasons for the recovery, each country has its own speculations and various scholars have put forward hypotheses, but none of them are convincing.

Zhang Ling smiled, put down the teacup and said, "My friend, do you know when the spiritual energy last revived?"

"Hmm... maybe during the Qin Dynasty?"

"To be precise, it was in 221 BC. It began with Emperor Qin Zu, reached its peak during the Han Dynasty, and ended during the Ming Dynasty. This spiritual energy has been rising and falling for nearly two thousand years."

"221 BC? Is that when the first emperor unified the six kingdoms?"

Zhang Ling nodded, his face calm and calm: "That's right."

Zhang Ling then asked, "Do you know about the resurrection of spiritual energy before the Qin Dynasty?"

"Before the ancient Qin Dynasty?" Li Yang frowned and pondered for a moment: "According to modern research, we can only judge that there was at least one spiritual flourishing era before the Qin Dynasty, with legends such as Yinglong, Hanba, Fengbo and Yushi left behind, but the specific time is no longer verifiable."

Zhang Ling picked up the teacup again, nodded in agreement and said, "It is indeed difficult to verify on Blue Star. All traces have been almost erased. It was in that world that I collected information bit by bit and pieced together the truth."

"The heyday of spiritual energy before the Qin Dynasty began around the time of Yan and Huang and ended when King Wu defeated King Zhou."

At this point, Zhang Ling's expression suddenly became extremely serious: "My friend, do you know why it is difficult to verify the information about the Yanhuang Shang and Zhou dynasties on Blue Star?"

"Why?" Li Yang's expression changed. He had never thought about this question before.

Today's Blue Star hasn't even figured out the revival of spiritual energy from the Qin Dynasty to the Ming Dynasty, so how could it think about the even more ancient period of Yanhuang, Shang and Zhou?

Zhang Ling stroked his beard and pondered, "There is a book in your era called The Investiture of the Gods, which records the conflict between the Chan Sect and the Jie Sect. Although most of the content is fabricated by later generations, there are some historical facts hidden in it."

"In fact, the so-called dispute between Shang and Zhou, and the dispute between the Chan Sect and the Jie Sect, is not a dispute on the Blue Star itself!"

"You can understand that the Jiejiao that assisted the Shang Dynasty was the native monks of Blue Star! And the Chanjiao that assisted the Zhou Dynasty was the monks of that world!"

After he finished speaking, Zhang Ling suddenly raised his eyes and looked at Li Yang. His face was as gloomy as if it was frozen. He spoke word by word:
"In that battle, the Shang Dynasty was destroyed, the local cultivators were defeated, and the destiny of the Human Emperor fell apart!"

"During that battle, the spiritual energy of Blue Star was extinguished rapidly, and remained dormant until the Qin Dynasty Zulong period when it barely revived!"

"The Zhou royal family was ashamed of the fact that they had led outsiders to defeat local monks. The Zhou Dynasty was also a dynasty with no magical powers and spiritual energy, so the Zhou royal family destroyed a lot of historical materials...

This is the truth! A painful truth! "

(End of this chapter)