From a Zhengyi Taoist Child to a Master of All Laws

Chapter 491: One Thought Misleads the World
In the eleventh year of Lingli, Baiyun Mountain, back mountain.

It is the end of October. Although the old fir and ancient pines on Baiyun Mountain are still green, other trees have begun to turn yellow. The mountain wind is cold, blowing the leaves down. Looking around, the whole Baiyun Mountain is already a bleak scene of autumn wind.

Spring brings growth, summer brings growth, autumn brings harvest, and winter brings storage. This is the law of nature, and even Baiyun Mountain is no exception.

In the village at the foot of the mountain, five young figures in green Taoist robes stood side by side, all looking up towards the direction of the misty mountain top.

These five people are the Baiyun Five True Disciples who have gained fame recently. However, compared with the new innates from other Taoist temples who appear in the media at all levels and talk about their insights and experiences, these five people can be said to be extremely low-key.
Since returning to the mountains in February, he has been living in seclusion in the mountains until now November and rarely appears in public.

Compared with ordinary Baiyun Taoist uniforms, the clothes worn by the five people only have a few more golden patterns on the cuffs and collars. A certain Li Zhenjun once said that this is the simplicity of the great way, and he did not want them to be proud of their status as true disciples and practice Taoism devoutly.

But Wang Shuhuan felt that this was probably because his lazy master didn't want to find someone to design it again, so he just randomly drew two golden lines on the existing Baiyun Taoist uniform...

Thinking of this, Wang Shuhuan couldn't help but sigh. He once thought that after breaking through the innate realm, he would be free and at ease, roaming freely around the world. He didn't expect that after truly entering the innate realm, he discovered that his life was extremely miserable.

Unlike Qi Ling, although Qi Ling's tendons, meridians and acupoints are all accessible, he is still just a mortal. Once the innate spiritual energy enters his body and circulates around, he can use his supernatural powers and his lethality will experience a qualitative leap.

For example, if Wang Shuhuan now wants to deal with a mortal, he can do it without anyone noticing, and no matter how powerful your investigative methods are, they will be useless.

It is said that knights break the law with force and Confucians disrupt the law with literature. All innate cultivators are the country's most important weapons and need to report their whereabouts at all times and follow three rules.

At this time, the five people had just gone down the mountain to purchase supplies and were preparing to return to the back mountain.

Baiyun Mountain is nearly 1,500 meters above sea level. I don’t know if it’s because of the rich spiritual energy on the mountain, but the altitude has been rising over the past few years.

From the perspective of the five people, they saw the mountain wall like a huge curtain hanging from the sky, with blue-gray rock edges slicing down from the clouds. The jagged rocks looked like they were cut by knives and axes, and the snow in the cracks of the rocks condensed into silver scales, like the back of a dormant dragon.

Little Zhuoma looked up, her eyes rolled around, and she looked at the four people beside her: "How about the five of us compete to see who can reach the top of the mountain first?"

Having said that, her eyes were fixed on Li Linger.

Li Linger nodded gently: "Why not? But Third Junior Sister, what if you lose again this time?"

Hearing the words "Third Junior Sister", Xiao Zhuoma immediately got angry and said with her hands on her waist: "Li Ling'er, don't be so proud. I was just about to lose on the mountain. It's not certain who will be the third sister next month!"

"I'm not feeling proud. In a normal competition, you still have a chance of winning. But when it comes to mountain climbing..." Li Ling'er smiled evilly, and was hesitant to speak.

I’m afraid these people don’t know that they were wild monkeys in Mount Emei for a period of time before they joined Baiyun.

I don't know if Li Yang did it on purpose, but after confirming the identity of Senior Sister Zhu Ling, he did not give any instructions on the rankings of the other four. The four little ones discussed for a long time and decided to compete once a month to determine their rankings.

Over the past few months, Wang Shuhuan has been ranked fourth, Liu Ming has been ranked fifth, and the rankings of Xiao Zhuoma and Li Ling'er have fluctuated occasionally, but generally speaking, Li Ling'er has won more games.

Liu Ming watched the two people arguing and could only sigh helplessly and tease the little white monkey on his shoulder.

Think of his predecessor, the Taoist Si Gu, who was well-known in the cultivation world but had the least say in the back mountain of Baiyun.

Whenever little Zhuoma and Li Ling'er quarreled, he could only watch with his eyes and nose, like a poor child watching adults quarreling, feeling extremely miserable.

He couldn't afford to offend little Zhuoma, and as for Li Ling'er... he would just avoid her from afar.

Seeing that the two were arguing more and more fiercely, Senior Sister Zhu Ling coughed twice and the quarrel subsided.

"Okay, let's have a competition. The five of us will start from the foot of the mountain and see who reaches the entrance of the main hall at the back of the mountain first. The last four people will clean the back of the mountain for a circle. How do you think?"

Zhu Ling acted like a senior sister and made the final decision.

Liu Ming's face showed bitterness, Wang Shuhuan was eager to try, while Li Linger and little Zhuoma's eyes lit up immediately.

"it is good!"

After thinking for a moment, Xiao Zhuoma said, "Also, you cannot use any external force or magic weapons during the whole process!"

She wanted to ban Zhu Ling and Li Ling'er's ghost babies and demon horses.

"I don't even need any external force to defeat you~"

Li Linger knocked little Zhuoma on the head, then made a face and rushed into the clouds.

"Li Ling'er!! You're done!!"

Little Zhuoma cursed softly, then chased after him angrily.

Wang Shuhuan smiled when he saw this, and jumped into the forest with Zhu Ling and Liu Ming.

"Senior Sister hasn't even called the start yet, and you two are cheating..."

"Wang Shuhuan, you are not allowed to use thunder magic to fly! This is cheating!"

"No, Senior Sister, can I give up? I'm still carrying a monkey on my back, this is not fair..."

Amidst laughter, anger and cursing, the figures of the five people slowly turned into five small dots in the clouds.

The five men moved swiftly and did not take the usual mountain roads. They either walked on the pine and cypress leaves several meters high, or jumped up from the vertical cliffs.

Wang Shuhuan's speed was not slow. Although he could not fly by releasing lightning energy, he had absorbed the three elements of thunder magic. With every step he took, his body would rise more than ten meters on the cliff.

At this time, fog rolled up from the streams and pools on the mountainside, and layers of clouds wandered between the cliffs. When Wang Shuhuan looked up, he saw thousands of feet high cliffs piercing the sky. When the cold iron-like mountain body pierced through the thick clouds, he could not tell whether it was the waves of clouds engulfing the mountain ridge or the solitary peak stirring the Milky Way.

Wang Shuhuan didn't know what position he ranked in the speed ranking. The higher he went, the more he looked at the rocks, clouds and rain, and the happier he felt. He almost wanted to shout out loud.

Although he was out of breath at this time, he felt that every flower, tree, rock and mist on the mountain were delightful.

This is the great joy of practicing. The body shape after practicing is like a crane, with clouds in the blue sky and water in the bottle.

This is an otherworldly joy, adrenaline rushing, the stimulation of the body's senses is extremely intense and comfortable.

Baiyun Mountain is 1,500 meters above sea level, towering and shrouded in mist. In front of this behemoth, the five people climbing the mountain are like ants.

However, the five ants were so fast that they almost left the ground in the end, swinging on the leaves with their toes for dozens of meters.

'boom! '

When Wang Shuhuan landed in front of the Yangwu Palace, his clothes were already wet by the mountain mist and his own sweat, but his heart was filled with joy.

At the entrance of Yangwu Palace, a figure had already been standing there, holding a piece of paper in his hand, frowning and remaining silent.

Wang Shuhuan saw Li Ling'er from afar and was not surprised but happy.

My speed up the mountain just now was faster than that of little Zhuoma? !
When Wang Shuhuan got closer, he was about to congratulate her, but he found that Li Linger was frowning and seemed a little sad.
Li Linger turned around and saw Wang Shuhuan, with a look of surprise on her face, and then handed the note to Wang Shuhuan.
"Master and the others... have gone down the mountain." Wang Shuhuan opened the note suspiciously, and then his face changed. The joy he had just felt was gone.
Mr. Xie is critically ill!
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Psychic Healing Hospital.

Li Yang and Chi Yanhong suppressed the sword light, and Taoist Chi Ming immediately shouted back the hospital security guards who surrounded them and welcomed the two into the hospital.

When Taoist Priest Chi Ming first practiced and lacked combat power, he was once the shadow innate of the capital, secretly protecting the safety of the capital. Later, as more and more innate masters emerged, he was arranged to be an instructor in the capital's psychic guard team.

Li Yang had no intention of reminiscing about the past. As he walked towards the hospital, he got straight to the point: "How is the situation now?"

Chi Ming shook his head sadly: "The situation is not optimistic. He was given a critical illness notice a month ago. He is only able to survive by relying on Master Qi to expend his cultivation and continuously transfer spiritual energy to him. But now..."

Having said this, Chi Ming sighed and looked sad.

Chi Yanhong hesitated for a moment and asked, "Was he ambushed by an evil cultivator?"

"No."

"Did anything unexpected happen?"

"No."

Chi Ming smiled bitterly: "I'm just old."

Upon hearing this, Chi Yanhong fell silent.

Mr. Xie is 103 years old this year.

"My health has been deteriorating for more than a decade, and I have been relying on the Qingcheng Mountain's people to take care of my body every year, so I can barely hold on. But now, even Master Qi's personal transmission of spiritual energy is useless."

Chi Ming spoke to himself, his tone extremely sad: "Thank you, Mr. Xie, it's too tiring."

Li Yang didn't say anything, his thoughts kept wandering.

At present, the entire H country's cultivation world is so prosperous and has produced so many geniuses. Most of them rely not on himself, but on the person in the ward.

It was Master Xie who met Li Yang and Chi Yanhong when spiritual energy was just beginning to emerge, and he immediately decided to gather Taoists from various lineages to Qingcheng Mountain for intensive training. This is also the prototype of the current Taoist Alliance.

It was this old man who later proposed the spiritual energy exploration plan to thoroughly develop the spiritual practice resources in the mountains of Country H. He also convened experts to carry out a ten-year spiritual practice plan and promoted the establishment of the Special Bureau.

After that, the sword master of Yaji Mountain planned to leave the Vatican and hold the Luotian Grand Ceremony in Longhu Mountain. He was almost always involved in all major events.

At that time, Mr. Xie was already of retirement age and in poor health. He had originally planned to spend his remaining years in Shangqing Temple in Chi Ming, but he learned that Li Yang had received news from "Chongdao Immortal Lord" that there would be an invasion from another world, so he forced himself to stay healthy and directed the subsequent "H Country's Twenty-Year Revitalization Plan for Universal Cultivation".

This lasted for eleven years.

Li Yang felt emotional. He had never thought that there would be such pure people in this era.

There are not many people in the entire Qingcheng Mountain who send Taoist priests to recuperate every year, and there are not many mortals who allow the leader of the Taoist Alliance to consume his cultivation to forcibly prolong his life. There is only this one mortal who can alarm Li Yang and Chi Yanhong of Baiyun Mountain to go down the mountain personally.

Outside the most luxurious ward of the Psychic Army General Hospital were soldiers armed with live ammunition. Xie Yu, who was over sixty years old, was guarding outside. The man who once looked at the Blood Demon without changing his expression now had red eyes.

Seeing Li Yang, Chi Yanhong and Chi Ming from afar, Xie Yu's face lit up with joy and he hurried over to greet them.

"Master Li, Master Chi, I'm really sorry for disturbing you two..."

Li Yang raised his hand to stop Xie Yu from speaking.
"What's the situation inside now?"

Hearing this, Xie Yu almost shed tears: "I have already used one of the life jades, and it is no longer effective. Now Master Qi is in there to transfer spiritual energy to my father."

"it is good."

Li Yang pushed open the door of the ward. In the warmly decorated space, Qi Qiansu and an old man were sitting cross-legged on the bed.

The old man heard the noise and slowly opened his eyes. It took a long time for his cloudy pupils to focus. After seeing who was coming, he smiled bitterly on his wrinkled face.
"Is that Master Li and Master Chi? Why are you here too?"

Mr. Xie's voice was very soft, as if there was phlegm stuck in his throat, and his breath was barely perceptible.

Qi Qiansu also finished his exercise at the right time, and the nurse next to him hurriedly and carefully helped Mr. Xie lie down on the bed.

“I wanted to come, so I came.”

Li Yang chuckled, then walked to the bed and put his hand on Mr. Xie's wrist.

Even he frowned at this investigation.

It's too bad. The three treasures of essence, energy and spirit are so weak that they are almost unperceptible. The blood in the body is dark red and sticky. Every organ is on the verge of failure.

Within the veins and organs, there is some extremely pure energy that keeps them functioning.

Li Yang knew that these should be the spiritual energy that Qi Qiansu had brought over.

Chi Ming is right, Mr. Xie is too old.

As time goes by, after the age of thirty, everyone's three treasures of essence, energy and spirit will begin to fade away and decline. Even if there is no illness or disaster, if the three treasures of essence, energy and spirit decline to a certain extent, one will die. This is the way of heaven, and Li Yang cannot change it.

Cultivation can change one's destiny, but there are limits. Li Yang estimated that Mr. Xie's life expectancy was only ninety years old.

When the spiritual energy began to revive, Mr. Xie's health was already in very poor condition. He relied on various nourishing spiritual objects and natural treasures to prolong his life for thirteen years.

Extending the life of a young and strong man by thirteen years and extending the life of a dying old man by thirteen years are two completely different concepts.

"Master, how is my father doing?"

Xie Yu cast a hopeful look. If there was anyone in this world who could keep his father alive, it could only be the Taoist in front of him.

Li Yang put down Xie Lao's wrist, frowned slightly, and uttered the following words after a long while:
"The situation...is not optimistic."

"Li Zhenjun, don't waste your time. I know my body well."

At this time, Mr. Xie, who was lying on the bed, opened his eyes, his face as pale as gold paper:
"I've already said that I won't let Taoist Qi come to help me survive. The enemy is coming. You two are the hope of Country H in the future. You can't waste your cultivation on an old man like me..."

At this point, Mr. Xie coughed violently again. He wanted to say something else, but he had no strength left. He could only stare at Li Yang with cloudy eyes and twist his neck with difficulty.

Qi Qiansu stood up, his eyes filled with sorrow: "Mr. Xie, Country H will still need you in the future. Your contribution to Country H is no less than that of the two of us."

Li Yang seemed to have made up his mind. After a moment, he gently touched the center of Xie's brow with his finger and said calmly:
"How can I refuse the public order? How can I be stingy with my humble deeds and mislead the people..."

(End of this chapter)