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Chapter 220 Sect: Louguan Dao

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Faced with Wu Wen's overwhelming offensive.

The middle-aged man finally took it seriously.

The tip of the bamboo staff gently tapped the ground, and the gourd suddenly rang with a clear, melodious sound. A spiral stream of clear water gushed out from the gourd's mouth, condensing in the air into a water film barrier that shimmered with starlight.

When Wu Wen's blue-white lightning roared in, energy nodes resembling the Twenty-Eight Mansions constellation immediately appeared on the surface of the water film, and they formed a coupling resonance with the lightning.

Immediately, the lightning released by Wu Wen transformed into a sky full of starlight as it penetrated the water film.

Seeing that his opponent had blocked his attack so easily, Wu Wen was surprised, and his expression became even more serious.

He stretched out his palm again, and the electricity around his body became even brighter.

"Overpowered!"

With a soft whisper, Wu Wen condensed a spherical plasma in his palm, and with a flick of his wrist, triggered a chain of lightning strikes that continuously bombarded his opponent.

"Plasma Lightning - Heavenly Strike!"

This technique involves the dynamic transducer core of Wu Wen's electric arc reactor operating at superpower, using radiation energy to bombard the diamond semiconductor, exciting high-density electron-hole pairs to form a superpotential difference, and releasing a plasma-state electric arc.

however.

The middle-aged man simply stuck the bamboo cane diagonally into the ground.

A green fluorescent light spread from the staff, and new buds suddenly sprouted where it landed, instantly growing branches and leaves, transforming into a three-zhang-tall green bamboo.

"The elements of Kan and Li generate each other, and the thunder nourishes the wood."

As the other person softly chanted, the bamboo tips suddenly burst forth with dazzling electric light.

The halo wove together in the air to form an absolute domain with a diameter of three meters.

Wu Wen's lightning strikes rippled across the surface of the light screen, creating layers of crystalline lattice, but they were unable to break through the cage forged by the mysterious light.

Through continuous observation and analysis, Wu Wen discovered...

In the opponent's defense, those nodes are based on Taoist talismans, which coincide with the electromagnetic resonance principle of superconducting coil arrays.

The nodes in the water curtain, following the laws of electromagnetic resonance, can decompose lightning energy into a controllable plasma flow.

The essence of that light barrier is actually an insulating field formed by the reconstruction of the photonic lattice.

Despite using every means at his disposal, he failed to harm the other party in the slightest.

Wu Wen immediately removed the secret treasure.

At this moment, although he knew he had lost, he also knew the reason for his defeat.

It was precisely because of the principle of "mutual generation and restraint" that they were defeated.

Although lightning possesses immense power, its effectiveness is greatly diminished when it encounters insulators and conductors that can counteract its properties.

Electricity, magnetism, heat...

Therefore, from this moment on, Wu Wen began to deduce and develop new attack methods with new attributes.

See this.

The other person smiled and put away the bamboo staff. With a gentle shake, the gourd sucked the water back into it.

"The future is terrifying!"

Wu Wengang's performance just now truly amazed the other party.

The other person then uttered a remark.

Wu Wen stepped forward and respectfully bowed, saying, "Disciple Wu Wen greets Grandmaster!"

"Oh? You actually recognized me!"

Upon hearing this, the other person chuckled and looked at Wu Wen, their eyes filled with satisfaction.

Wu Wen smiled but did not answer.

The reason he believed the other party was his grandmaster was that although the other party seemed to be threatening him and forcing him to take action, he never attacked and only passively defended. Therefore, the whole battle seemed more like a test from the other party.

Based on previous information, Master Li Chunfeng said that he would report to the Grandmaster to help him deal with the matter of the Zhengyi Sect's Patriarch Guo.

It's not hard to guess that the person testing his skills is his grandmaster.

Of course, there is a more important reason.

Right at the edge of the woods, Master Li Chunfeng appeared amidst the heat of the battle.

He stood there quietly, observing, which made him even more certain that the person in front of him was his grandmaster.

The battle is over.

Master Li Chunfeng then came over.

Beside him was a young and beautiful girl.

"Wu Wen, let me introduce you. This is my master, his Daoist name is Zhiyuan."

Upon hearing this, Wu Wen bowed again.

"And this one is Master Guo of the Zhengyi School!"

Seeing Li Chunfeng introduce the girl beside him, Wu Wen was startled and wondered why she had appeared again.

The young-looking Guo Zushi smiled at Wu Wen and said softly, "Your grandmaster has already resolved the grudges between us, so you don't need to worry."

Worried? I've never been worried about anything!

Seeing the other person's kind eyes looking at him, Wu Wen nodded slightly. Although Corpse Immortals can possess many host bodies, they actually have a very obvious flaw: they cannot empathize with each other.

In other words, although Master Guo had several host bodies that were destroyed by Wu Wen, the girl host body in front of her could not possibly understand the grudges and hatred between them.

All she knew was that Wu Wen had destroyed several of her bodies as if they were external possessions, and that as long as there was enough benefit, this feud could be resolved.

"Grandmaster, Master, Ancestor Guo, please! My residence is nearby ahead!"

Wu Wen invited the three of them to his residence.

Upon arriving at the compound.

When the grandmaster saw Master Zhu practicing medicine and doing good deeds, he nodded slightly in approval once again.

"Awen, who are these two?"

Li Chunfeng knew Master Zhu, so he asked the other two strangers brought by Wu Wen with a puzzled look.

"Ninth Master, this is my grandmaster, and this is Master Guo of the Zhengyi Sect," Wu Wen introduced simply.

Upon hearing this, Master Zhu immediately stood up to greet him warmly.

Enter the backyard.

Several people sat down.

Master Zhu instructed Zhu Ying to serve him tea.

Then, Master Li Chunfeng spoke first: "Wu Wen, the reason why I have not mentioned our sect to you before is that our lineage is rather special."

"Since your grandmaster has come today, I'll tell you something."

Upon hearing this, Wu Wen immediately listened attentively.

"Our lineage is called Louguan Dao, and we belong to the reclusive school."

Upon hearing this, Wu Wen nodded slightly.

Taoism is actually divided into two branches: the Huang-Lao school and the reclusive school.

The Huang-Lao school is the worldly branch of Taoism, advocating non-action (wuwei) as a means of governance. Cao Can, the prime minister during the early Han Dynasty, was a representative figure of the Huang-Lao school.

The reclusive school refers to the hermits of Taoism.

Louguan Taoism, which "builds thatched huts to observe the stars and the atmosphere," belongs to the reclusive school.

The reason why Li Chunfeng didn't tell Wu Wen these things before was that although Wu Wen was Li Chunfeng's disciple and received the inheritance of Louguan Taoism, neither master nor disciple were hermits.

"The Louguan sect reveres Yin Xi as its patriarch and is located in Zhongnan Mountain."

"The Patriarch Yin Xi once served as the gatekeeper of Hangu Pass. When Laozi traveled west to this place, he was granted permission by Yin Xi to impart the five thousand words of the Tao Te Ching to him."

After receiving the Tao Te Ching, Master Yin Xi built a thatched hut, fasted for a hundred days, and withdrew from all worldly affairs.

Three years have passed, and I have come to understand the profound truths of the universe. My mind is focused and my body is at peace, no longer needing to wait for hunger, thirst, heat, or cold.

Having grasped the subtleties of "exhausting numbers to achieve change" and understood the principle of "one form, myriad spirits," he wrote the nine-chapter "True Classic of the Beginning of Literature," and called himself Master Guan Yin.

"The True Scripture of the Beginning of Literature takes emptiness as its essence and cultivating one's nature as its application."

It is said: Emptiness is without form; without form, there is no attachment. Therefore, it can encompass the universe and penetrate the yin and yang. Nourish your nature to concentrate your spirit, nourish your form to refine your qi, nourish your life to solidify your essence, and nourish your mind nothing is better than tranquility and emptiness.

Only when essence, energy, spirit, and form are united as one can one enter the realm of sainthood.

For example, all waters flow into the ocean, and all fires gather under the sun; different metals are melted and forged into a single blade, and withered trees sprout a forest in spring.

This means that by uniting my essence with the essence of heaven and earth, and by resonating with the spirit of all things, my soul and spirit interact, and all things become part of my essence, soul, spirit, and spirit.

"..."

After listening to his master Li Chunfeng's explanation, Wu Wen finally understood his sect.

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"Grandmaster, is there something important that you have come here on this occasion?"

Wu Wen did not believe that his reclusive master's sudden appearance was simply to resolve the feud between himself and Guo, the founder of the Zhengyi sect, hence his question.

"I've come here for two reasons. First, I want to see what kind of disciple Chunfeng speaks of, the one who is both praised and often causes trouble," the Grandmaster said.

Upon hearing this, Wu Wen smiled awkwardly.

Secondly…

After a slight pause, the Grandmaster glanced at Patriarch Guo beside him: "We will travel to Nan Yue together with Fellow Daoist Guo of the Zhengyi Sect."

Wu Wen naturally understood that their destination in Nanyue was the tomb of Zhao Tuo, the King of Nanyue.

"You and your master must also travel together."

Upon hearing his master's words, Wu Wen's first reaction was to refuse.

However, the grandmaster abruptly changed the subject: "Back then, Zhao Tuo, on the orders of the First Emperor, led an army of 500,000 to conquer Nanyue."

"Although it was said to be an army of 500,000, only half of them were actually elite Qin soldiers; the rest were remnants of the six former states who had been exiled to the army."

"After these people went to Nanyue, they brought with them many items from the six kingdoms, including many that had long been lost, as well as treasures from before the Qin Dynasty and even the Shang and Zhou Dynasties."

Upon hearing this, Wu Wen fell silent instantly.

He knew that his master said these things because he wanted him to go with him.

These things left over from before the Qin Dynasty were truly hard for Wu Wen to refuse.

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(End of this chapter)