Weird Cultivation: I am the Yellow-skinned Taoist Master

"Xuzhou City..."

"But why Xuzhou City?"

"Isn't Xuzhou City located in the Hundred Thousand Mountains?"

A long, long time ago.

Back when Chen Huangpi was still the King of Huangpi.

He once led his most loyal followers of evil to conquer a territory.

That is Xuzhou City.

At that time, Chen Huangpi left the mountain in a daze, and he even had the ability to hear the prayers of all living beings.

In order to give the people of Xuzhou a way to survive, he acted like a savior and moved the entire city to the Hundred Thousand Mountains with fishing rods.

Chen Huangpi still remembers what happened that day.

As soon as the fourth master, the evil Taoist, appeared, he snatched the fishing rod back and gave me a severe beating. Although I learned a lot during that time, I also learned the art of seeing flowers in a mirror and the moon in the water.

But none of that matters.

The important point is that the closure of the Ten Thousand Mountains began the moment Xuzhou City was lured away.

The Ten Thousand Mountains contain numerous tombs where three thousand immortals served as the core of the formation.

Each of these tombs contains the remains of a deceased deity and the body of a Taoist priest from the Jingxian Temple.

The heretic took away the tomb where Yi Qingzhou was buried, and that place was filled in by Xuzhou City.

Since then, Chen Huangpi has never seen Xuzhou City again.

He didn't know what happened to those people afterward.

But he felt that his master was the most compassionate and would never let those people die without knowing why, so he never took it to heart.

Now, Chen Huangpi has come to see Xuzhou City.

He walked through every corner of the city, matching the things in his memory one by one with the brass oil lamp and the ghost of death.

The results were different in some places.

But overall, nothing has changed.

The only thing that puzzled Chen Huangpi was...

He didn't see a single familiar face; all the faces in this dead city were those of monks.

Whether powerful or weak.

But there wasn't a single ordinary person among them.

"Was this Master's work?"

Chen Huangpi said blankly, "Back then, I threw Xuzhou City into the Ten Thousand Mountains, but now it has appeared in the Sumeru World, and no one can see it except me."

What role does this city actually play?

Xuzhou City has no secrets; it's just an ordinary city, only located near the Ten Thousand Mountains.

In contrast, there are quite a few cities in the human world that are close to the Ten Thousand Mountains.

Xuzhou City is not particularly special.

The only special thing about it is that this is the first stop for Chenhuangpi to go to the outside world.

He was committing all sorts of evil deeds in Xuzhou City at the time. Not only did he have people fawning over him, but he also took food and bribes from them. Afterwards, he became very close friends with Wang Taiyu and his son, despite their age difference.

At this moment, the brass oil lamp's eyes darted around, and it began to speculate maliciously.

"Family member, do you think it's possible that this is the case?"

"Huang Er, you speak."

"Actually, the abbot is not the abbot."

Upon hearing this, Chen Huangpi was stunned, and so was the Soul-Reaping Ghost.

"Huang Er, what nonsense are you spouting again? Who else could the abbot be but the abbot?"

"Hey, don't rush, let me explain slowly."

The brass oil lamp quickly said, "Think about it, although the abbot is powerful, and everyone in our Xuanzhen Dao world gives him a thumbs up, no matter how powerful the abbot is, he is still just a human being!"

"Humans have limits, and the Sumeru Heavenly Dao is not human; it is a mutated version of the Heavenly Dao of the perfect world. Although the Abbot claims to be in harmony with the Dao, the Xuanzhen Dao Realm is not a perfect world after all, is it?"

"so what?"

"So in my opinion, the abbot was probably corrupted during his years of fighting against the Sumeru Heavenly Dao, but he himself is unaware of it."

The more he talked, the more excited the brass oil lamp became, and one bold idea after another popped into his head: "Xuzhou City is the place we watched enter the Ten Thousand Mountains, and now we've ended up here."

"What does this mean? It means that the Ten Thousand Mountains are actually the Sumeru World!"

The Xuanzhen Dao Realm is not a perfect world.

Therefore, the abbot who is in harmony with the heavens is definitely no match for the Heavenly Dao of Sumeru.

Following this logic, the reason why the Abbot has been able to confront the Sumeru Heavenly Dao to this day and prevent the Sumeru Heavenly Dao from dealing with others must mean that the Abbot is capable of fighting the Sumeru Heavenly Dao to a standstill.

But if they could fight to a draw...

Could the abbot who has attained enlightenment be Heaven itself?

"Therefore, I reasonably suspect that the Abbot is actually the Lord of the Sumeru Dao!"

The brass oil lamp spoke with absolute certainty, but to Chen Huangpi, it sounded like utter nonsense.

"Huang Er!!!"

Chen Huangpi laughed in exasperation: "If Master is the Lord of Sumeru, then what about me? I was raised by the Lord of Sumeru since I was a child, and the Hundred Thousand Mountains are the Sumeru World. Does that mean I've become the villain?"

"But our family..."

The brass oil lamp's lips twitched: "It seems we're not exactly paragons of virtue either..."

"Nonsense! Who in the entire Xuanzhen Dao Realm doesn't know that I, Chen Huangpi, am a righteous cultivator!"

Chen Huangpi couldn't be bothered to listen to the brass oil lamp's nonsense.

He said a lot of things, but none of them were worth listening to.

And what's this about the master being the Lord of Sumeru Dao?

If Master were the Lord of Sumeru, why would he raise himself to such a large size? He could have just eaten himself from the start.

At that time, who in the entire Xuanzhen Dao world will be able to contend with Master?
The Soul-Reaping Ghost suddenly frowned and said, "Wait a moment, Master. Although what Huang Er said is a bit outrageous, it's hard to say whether the Ten Thousand Mountains and the Sumeru World are related."

The Ten Thousand Mountains are the most special place in the Xuanzhen Dao Realm.

It is the place where the sun sets latest and the moon rises earliest.

The concept of time there is different from that in the outside world.

The key is.

All places outside the Ten Thousand Mountains are collectively referred to as the outside world.

The Ghost of Death now suspects that the Ten Thousand Mountains may indeed hold some secret. After the Abbot attained enlightenment, he once severed his own body because the sun and moon were replaced.

The abbot started acting strangely after he committed suicide.

Sometimes he's insane, sometimes he's lucid.

And the scene of the Ten Thousand Mountains turning upside down, with billowing black smoke rising into the sky, threatening to distort the entire world, seems quite similar to the Sumeru World when I think about it now.

Chen Huangpi was having a terrible headache because of the appearance of Xuzhou City.

He didn't actually want to think about so many unnecessary things.

In his view, if it was his master's doing, then he didn't need to worry at all; he just needed to trust his master.

After all, his skills weren't taught to him by his master.

However, the things that guide one's conduct and actions from childhood all come from one's master.

My master is more capable than me; he has a better grasp of the big picture.

Then what do I have to worry about?

But the words of the ghost and the brass oil lamp made him somewhat uneasy.

It's not that I've started to doubt my master.

Instead, Chen Huangpi genuinely felt that the Ten Thousand Mountains where he grew up seemed very different from what he remembered. There were many secrets he was unaware of.

Or perhaps it's a detail you've seen before but didn't pay attention to.

"Let me think about what the Hundred Thousand Mountains contain."

Chen Huangpi leaned against a crooked tree, crossed his arms, and tilted his head as he began to ponder.

"There are three thousand burial mounds for the gods, but I have only been to one of them."

"There are many bronze oil lamps in that tomb. They must have been made by Chen Daoxing when he resurrected the heavens."

"Then there is the Weak Water Black River, and in that river is Master's dantian world, but I have only seen one. Logically speaking, there should be three, which correspond to essence, qi and spirit."

"Next, there is a passage to the north. Chi Xie told me before that it descends to the lower realm through that passage."

"Secondly, there's my Jade Qiong Mountain."

When Chen Huangpi talks about Yuqiong Mountain, images from his childhood come to mind.

Even when he was still wearing open-crotch pants, he would run around the mountains with the brass oil lamp, playing and having fun. The most carefree and happiest time of his life was spent on Yuqiong Mountain.

The deities in the temple were also very kind to me.

Later, the gods left one by one, and the master also became somewhat abnormal.

Even when he was acting abnormally or crazy, he would still care for him and ask if he was okay. If he made a mistake, such as running into the old temple, his master would get angry and come back to his senses to beat him up.

Later, as I grew up and began to cultivate myself, my master turned a blind eye to my going in and out of the old temple. However, he would always tell me not to go in again.

Of course, everyone says there is great terror in the old temple.

Actually, Chen Huangpi didn't find it that scary, because the scariest people there were his fellow disciples.

His fellow disciples would certainly not harm him.

Unfortunately, on the day he left the Ten Thousand Mountains, Chen Huangpi witnessed the old temple replacing the entire Jingxian Temple, and the Ten Thousand Mountains were closed to the public.

Otherwise, he really wanted to go back and see his fellow disciples.

Thinking about this, a thought suddenly popped into Chen Huangpi's mind.

"Huang Er, when did the Old View appear again?"

"Why are you bringing up the old ways again?"

The brass oil lamp said in bewilderment, "Besides, you're asking me, but I'd like to ask you the same thing. Have you forgotten that I already had my old appearance when I woke up? You were already hatched by then, so you should know more about it than I do!"

"No, I don't remember either."

Chen Huangpi shook his head and said, "All I know is that the old view has existed as long as I can remember."

Now, the brass oil lamp became even more curious: "Fellow clansman, you don't mean to suspect that there's something wrong with the old temple, do you?"

Chen Huangpi said, "There is a formation in the old temple that is used to suppress the Azure Heaven and draw out its death energy. But Master also said that he has been refining the Azure Heaven into the Yellow Heaven. So why does that formation in the old temple still have any meaning?"

"Besides, with nine great treasures, three thousand immortals as the array's core, three thousand righteous gods, and Master overseeing it, what could such a grand formation be used for?"

You should know that just considering these precious treasures and the three thousand immortals...

These are perhaps just embellishments.

After all, the three thousand immortals were actually missing Chen Daoxing. The strongest among them back then was only at the peak of True Immortal. Although the senior brothers were all geniuses, they all died too young.

The nine treasures are all still in the old temple. The Tai Sui Killing Sword, the Golden Sky Lantern, and the Flying Immortal Painting were all left long ago.

But there is one most important figure in the old temple.

He used to be the third master!

From the time Chen Huangpi could remember, his third master had been in the old temple.

Later, the third master came out, and the second master went in.

It's as if that old place is a prison, and it can't be without guards.

“The Sumeru Heavenly Dao may be located in the old temple.”

Chen Huangpi said in a dry voice, "Because I thought about it, although neither Huang Er nor I have seen when the old temple appeared, according to the timeline, there was no old temple when Chen Daoxing returned to Jingxian Temple."

Because the Jingxian Temple at that time was the earliest and most complete Jingxian Temple.

Hearing this, the Soul-Reaping Ghost understood: "So after Chen Daoxing left, the abbot began to merge with the Dao, and from then on, the old temple was established."

"Yes!"

Chen Huangpi nodded and said, "If what has been suppressed in the old temple is the Sumeru Heavenly Dao, then everything makes sense. That's why Master often goes crazy and cuts off several versions of himself."

"Actually, it's all to entangle the Sumeru Heavenly Dao."

"Master was at his strongest when he first merged with the Dao, so he could catch the Sumeru Heavenly Dao off guard and bring it to the Old Temple to suppress it. However, as the Azure Heaven Era ends, Master will become weaker and weaker."

"Therefore, the old temple has been gradually expanding over the years, and many of Huang Er's clones have been devoured by it."

"Later, when I grew up and became capable of protecting myself, my master simply kicked me out of the mountain. I remember he said at the time that it wasn't that he didn't want to keep me by his side, but that he couldn't."

"Because the Heavenly Dao of Sumeru will devour me!"

Over the years, Chen Huangpi had wondered why, even though the Sumeru Heavenly Dao seemed to be dead, his master could still find the energy to look after him while entangled with it.

However, the Sumeru Heavenly Dao did not even react when the Skeleton Dao Lord betrayed them.

Furthermore, the Lord of the Netherworld could not awaken the Lord of Sumeru no matter what he tried.

If you think about it carefully, it makes perfect sense that the Sumeru Heavenly Dao was suppressed in the old temple, so the Sumeru Dao Lord has been sleeping all this time.

The brass oil lamp said wistfully, "If that's the case, then Chen Huangpi, when you turn eighteen, that is, when you complete the Lung Temple, will you still go back to the Ten Thousand Mountains to see the Abbot?"

“The abbot suppresses the Sumeru Heavenly Path, but the Sumeru Heavenly Path is also suppressing the abbot.”

“Apart from heretics, the abbot’s true form has never left the Hundred Thousand Mountains.”

“The abbot must have also been influenced by that Sumeru Heavenly Dao.”

What it said was actually quite clear.

The abbot is sometimes lucid and sometimes insane.

When one is insane, that is when one is influenced by the Heavenly Dao of Sumeru.

Purifying Immortals, Suppressing Immortals.

The mystery lies in the change of a single word.

It refers to both the master and the disciple.

And the day the cataclysmic change ended.

If Chen Huangpi were to return to the Ten Thousand Mountains, when the abbot is at his weakest, he would still have to refine the Azure Heaven into the Yellow Heaven, making things even more difficult. He would likely be even more deeply affected by the Sumeru Heavenly Dao.

Whether Chen Huangpi will meet the Abbot or the Abbot of Sumeru when he returns is truly hard to say...

"Go back, why wouldn't you go back?"

Chen Huangpi said matter-of-factly, "I am the only legitimate heir of the Jingxian Temple. Do I have to hesitate when I go back to my home?"

"And I'm not just going back, I'm going back right now!"

"Now? How do we reply now?"

"Simple!!!"

Chen Huangpi looked down at the land of Xuzhou City and casually waved his hand, and a hoe appeared.

“If the Sumeru Heavenly Dao is in the old temple, then the Sumeru World is actually overlapping with the Hundred Thousand Mountains. If I dig straight down, I might be able to go back and take a look.”

"What if we can't get back?"

"Then it's even simpler. The Netherworld Heavenly Dao Lord is still standing there complaining, and I can't leave Xuzhou City in front of him. I'll just dig down and dig straight into that formation."

"Following that formation, I too can swagger and roam freely in the Sumeru World!"

"I'll dig this entire Sumeru world upside down today!"

The city of Xuzhou was replaced by a tomb for burying gods. There were three thousand such tombs, which echoed and connected with each other, thus forming an incredibly mysterious formation.

Xuzhou City can appear in the Sumeru World.

The other burial mounds should be here too.

However, what lies ten thousand miles away is normal; here, it has lost much of its color, becoming nothing but a black wasteland. (End of Chapter)