Confucian and Taoist scholar

Chapter 435 The Moon Goddess's Shock

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Lu Zheng exhaled a breath of stale air, feeling much less tired both physically and mentally.

However, he cannot fully recover to his peak condition for the time being. The side effects of using the classic texts of the sages are still too great, damaging his essence, which he needs to slowly make up for.

Beside her, Qingwan was giving the sealed Moon Goddess a long lecture, spouting profound truths.

Although the Moon Goddess inside the crystal did not react in the slightest, Lu Zheng and Qing Wan clearly felt that the Moon Goddess was watching them and listening to everything around them.

Lu Zheng slowly stood up and picked up Zhang Liang's hammer.

Seeing this, Qingwan quickly stopped talking and moved aside to give Lu Zheng room to maneuver.

Lu Zheng carried Zhang Liang's hammer to the Moon Goddess's side and slammed it down on the crystal.

The crystal remained undamaged, and the crisp, piercing sound echoed endlessly.

Lu Zheng held the trembling Zhang Liang's hammer, a strange light flickering in his eyes.

"The essence of the Dao? The power of the Dao principles?"

Lu Zheng clearly sensed a Daoist aura emanating from the crystal, which neutralized Zhang Liang's attack.

It seems that this avatar of the Moon Goddess possesses considerable life-saving abilities, and has a trace of the rhythm of the Great Dao, which is probably a divine power of the Moon Goddess herself.

Lu Zheng then took Zhang Liang's hammer and struck it dozens of times, each strike containing terrifying power.

If it were a fifth-stage body-refining cultivator, they would probably be blown into mincemeat.

But Lu Zheng still couldn't break through the Moon Goddess's defenses.

Lu Zheng put Zhang Liang down and took a slight breath.

Protected by the power of the Dao, the Moon God possesses a righteous spirit, but his power has not yet reached the level of the Dao, so he is clearly unable to erase this crystal.

Is it only possible to use the classics of sages? Lu Zheng pondered that perhaps he could utilize the classics of sages, or the power of heaven and earth contained within the small world.

The classics of sages cannot be used lightly; at least he simply doesn't have the ability to use them a second time.

If you fail to defeat the Moon Goddess and become even weaker, you might find yourself unable to suppress her.

As for the small world, it is only in its initial stage of development, and the laws of heaven and earth are not perfect. The power of heaven is not very strong, so it is estimated that it will not be very effective against such a righteous god.

After thinking for a moment, Lu Zheng decided to give it a try.

He dragged the crystal that sealed the moon goddess out of the literary palace and onto an open space outside.

The Moon Goddess could sense the movements outside and saw that Lu Zheng had brought her out of the Literary Palace. Outside the Literary Palace was a completely different world.

The sun and moon, which she had seen before, and some other stars were suspended in the air.

The surrounding area is also filled with vegetation and mountains, a scene full of vitality.

This is clearly the small world that Lu Zheng cultivated.

Upon seeing this scene, the Moon Goddess was astonished. It was simply unbelievable that a young man at the fourth realm could cultivate a small world.

According to the accurate information they obtained, Lu Zheng was only in his early twenties and came from a very ordinary background.

Lu Zheng had been relatively unknown until recently when he rose to fame and attracted some attention.

It's not uncommon for Confucian and Taoist scholars to suddenly have an epiphany and make great progress in their spiritual practice.

However, Lu Zheng only improved his Confucian and Taoist realms; he also mastered other extraordinary powers, and even cultivated a small world within his sea of ​​consciousness.

The Moon Goddess even suspected that Lu Zheng might be the reincarnation of some powerful being.

The idea of ​​reincarnation has existed since ancient times.

However, whether such a person actually existed is a matter of much debate.

After all, if someone were a reincarnation of a saint or great being, they wouldn't go around mentioning such things and exposing their secrets.

A young man in his twenties, living in a luxurious palace, with another world outside, is a truly astonishing story.

If Lu Zheng said that he had cultivated this skill himself and had no special skills, the Moon Goddess would not believe him at all.

Lu Zheng glanced at the Moon Goddess and vaguely sensed a slight fluctuation in the depths of her eyes, thus discerning her inner thoughts.

"What, are you surprised?"

Lu Zheng slowly said, "You have lived for hundreds of years, so you should know that there are always people more capable than you."

“If Lu hadn’t possessed extraordinary abilities, how could he have served the people?”

"Things belonging to sages can only be obtained by the capable; they cannot be acquired through force or robbery, Moon Goddess."

These words can be considered Lu Zheng's way of returning the favor to the Moon Goddess.

The Moon Goddess previously said that a young man like him was not capable of controlling the sacred object. However, it should be understood that the sacred object came to him, not that he found the sacred text from somewhere.

The moon goddess is the one who lacks the ability to possess sacred objects.

The original text of Mencius's writings is like a divine incarnation that someone would dare to steal; he's really not afraid of getting burned.

Lu Zheng then added, "If you so-called gods could truly use sacred objects to do something practical, what harm would there be in giving them to you? It's a pity..."

Lu Zheng shook his head slightly. He was never stingy in sharing his knowledge with others to benefit more people. A sage's article was neither particularly important nor that important to him.

If someone speaks to him in a gentle and amicable manner, or if someone is more qualified than him to possess such an item, he naturally will not hide it.

Unfortunately, the Moon Goddess always considered herself noble, as if all good things should belong to the strong.

Lu Zheng looked up at the sky, where dark clouds were gradually gathering.

In just a few breaths, a bolt of purple lightning descended from the sky and struck the crystal enveloping the Moon Goddess.

Suddenly, purple lightning flashed and crackled.

One bolt of lightning after another struck, but it still couldn't break through the Moon Goddess's defenses.

Lu Zheng thought to himself that this wouldn't do. The depleted power of heaven and earth would recover very slowly, and he needed to use the power of his small world to isolate himself from the pursuit of the outside world.

Lu Zheng stopped attacking, thought for a moment, then summoned the sun and roasted the moon goddess over the fire.

Since he couldn't defeat the Moon Goddess for the time being, he had time to wear her down.

Using the sun's true fire to scorch the crystal should have some effect over time.

Lu Zheng looked at the Moon Goddess and pondered, "You're just an avatar, so it doesn't really matter whether you live or die, right? Why did you seal yourself away before? Could it be that your true self couldn't sense the events in Ghost Continent, and you were using this to buy time?"

"However, I have treasures here that conceal the secrets of heaven. Some of them were given by people at the level of immortals, and there are also sacred objects here to isolate the aura. Your true self shouldn't have that much ability to find this place, right?"

"In that case, let's just wait it out."

So Lu Zheng sat cross-legged to the side and focused on his cultivation.

Qingwan took small steps to monitor the Moon Goddess, but the sun was too hot, so she didn't get too close.

Qingwan stroked her chin, staring at the Moon Goddess, and murmured, "A clone, huh? Speaking of which, would a clone like you be afraid of death? Does it have its own consciousness? So, would it count as one person or two?"

Qingwan suddenly felt that this was a rather philosophical question, which made her think deeply.

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Ghost State, the sun shines brightly.

The area where Lu Zheng fought with the Moon Goddess still bears some traces of the battle, and the ghostly aura in the whole area is much less than in other places, and it has not yet recovered.

High in the sky, a spatial fluctuation appeared.

A figure appeared out of thin air; it was the Moon Goddess herself, who had rushed over from the capital of Chu overnight.

Because the two places were too far apart, the Moon Goddess did not use her divine powers to notify the officials of Ghost Continent.

She first went to Ghost City to personally deduce the situation before finding her way here.

By the time we arrived here, some time had passed since the incident occurred.

With a thought, the Moon Goddess unleashed an invisible divine power that enveloped the entire world.

As phantom images gradually appeared between heaven and earth, it was the Moon Goddess using her great supernatural powers to deduce past events.

Using the remaining scents and traces, the moon goddess saw a blurry scene.

"A sacred object has appeared? Classics of Confucian and Taoist sages..."

The Moon Goddess's beautiful eyes flashed with divine light as she saw that it was her own clone who had encountered Lu Zheng. Instead of seizing the sacred artifact, she was suppressed and taken away by Lu Zheng.

Having lived for hundreds of years, not only has her main body not encountered any major disasters, but even the wisps of spirits that collect incense offerings in those places are perfectly fine.

As a result, her clone met with misfortune and was unable to even use any means of escape against Lu Zheng, a young man.

As a great deity of the Chu state, it is somewhat shameful that such a thing happened.

They had paid a little attention to Lu Zheng because of a remark made by the Chu Emperor, but they didn't think Lu Zheng was anything special. He was just a relatively outstanding talent, and such people are not uncommon in the world.

The Moon Goddess is skilled at predicting the future, but now Lu Zheng has actually suppressed her clone, and as the original, she didn't even have a sense of it before the incident, which is something she has never experienced before.

Moon Goddess even suspected that some important figure from Anguo was targeting her, and that someone was deliberately setting a trap for her.

She frowned slightly, and her slender hands began to form hand seals, conducting a deeper deduction in an attempt to understand the truth of the matter.

However, since this matter involves sacred objects, it seems that something is obscuring the secrets of heaven. After the moon goddess deduced the location, she could not find her own clone at all.

As for whether any powerful figures from Anguo were involved in this matter, she couldn't figure it out.

A hint of seriousness flashed in the Moon Goddess's eyes. She hadn't expected the disappearance of her clone to be so unusual, and things were becoming somewhat tricky.

She considered whether to inform the other powerful figures about this, but the thought of one of her avatars being suppressed and taken away by a young man made her lose face if such a thing got out.

Moreover, that clone was related to some of his secrets, and it was really difficult for him to ask other powerful beings for help.

In a flash of thought, the Moon Goddess decided to go and find Lu Zheng herself.

With a wave of her jade hand, she unleashed a divine spell. The powerful divine force stirred the heavens and earth, causing a barely perceptible ripple that spread a wisp of her thought to her divided spirits in various places.

Afterwards, the Moon Goddess waved her hand again, sealing the place where Lu Zheng and his clone had fought, and continued to deduce, hoping to find out where Lu Zheng had gone.

While Lu Zheng was still in his small world, the Moon God, whose divine sense was closest to Ghost State, received the message and dispatched his subordinate officials to search for Lu Zheng's whereabouts.

They even sent people to Yunmengze, since that was the only place in the Chu Kingdom that was not under its jurisdiction and was closest to Guizhou. Lu Zheng was most likely hiding in Yunmengze.

(End of this chapter)