Chapter 129 True Immortal
Chapter 129 True Immortal
After hearing the second half of the sentence, Li Wuxiang’s first thought was, it’s bad.
As expected, Mei Zhangjian was also implicated in this matter.
Why is my lineage so deceptive?
He sighed: "Don't tell me that Mei Zhangjian also knows about this and is playing a counter-espionage trick with you?"
"She knows a little bit, but she doesn't know what I'm going to do." Lou He let out a sigh, "Before you came to the Coffin City, I thought that Mei Zhangjian might misunderstand me if he knew what I was going to do. But it doesn't matter, as long as I know what I want to do."
"The people of the Sword Sect have big problems." He looked at Li Wuxiang, was silent for a moment, and showed the same smile he had during the day. "I once told you something about you, and I had guessed what kind of person you were. At that time, I thought that if I met you outside the Coffin City, we would get along very well, because you must think the same as I do - the people of the Sword Sect have big problems, right? They will be finished sooner or later."
Li Wuxiang shut up. Because that's what he really thought before.
"But because what I'm going to do is of great importance, I think if you come to Coffin City, I will still have to do it. But now looking at you again, knowing that you are this kind of person, I think it doesn't matter whether it's me or you, and maybe you can do a better job. So, leave Coffin City."
Li Wuxiang was silent for a while, and the sword hanging in front of him and Lou He was withdrawn and put into his hand. Then he slowly sat down by the door, and moved the corpse on the ground to the side so as not to dirty his clothes: "What can I do to do better?"
Lou He turned to look in the direction of the mountain master's mansion and fortress. "You probably have two hours left. Wu Meng's earth soul is now in Lingshan, looking for Zeng and the others. With his cultivation level, he can only stay for another quarter of an hour. Okay... Li Wuxiang, let me make it clear to you."
"Take the current Coffin City for example. It has been less than two hundred years since its establishment, but thanks to the wishes of those people on Coffin Mountain, it has been able to open a palace in Lingshan. What does opening a palace mean? It means that the True Form Sect monks in the Yang world can separate their earth souls and go to Lingshan. What do they do there? They use the power of the Five Mountains True Form Emperor to eliminate the mountain spirits and wild monsters near Coffin City and outside the church little by little."
"After destroying these things, the moat of Coffin City can be expanded outward, and the parish will become a little bigger. This kind of thing is not only done by Coffin City, but also by every city on the border of the True Form Church. After a few years, hundreds of years, thousands of years, if the Sword Sect has not disbanded by then, do you think there will be a place for swordsmen in this world?"
Li Wuxiang said, "I have thought about this. But I just joined the Sword Sect, so I just thought about it. The Sword Sect should know, but is there nothing we can do?"
"The methods that can be thought of and the methods that can be implemented are two different things. The method is very simple, just don't let them do it. Why not let them do it? You can kill the True Form Sect monks in the world of the living. But the True Form Sect monks, haha, no matter how high or low their cultivation is, there are always tens of thousands of them. Even if the diocese is really big and the people are scattered, it is not something that the Sword Sect can deal with."
"Why are there so many people in the Six Sects of Mysterious Religion? Because they are blessed by the Great Emperor, they have many believers. With more believers, the Great Emperor becomes stronger with his power of vows. Therefore, over the past three thousand years, the intervals between the expansion of the diocese have become shorter and shorter. Maybe after the expansion this time, it will take another hundred years for the next expansion to take place."
"What about Taiyi of our Sword Sect? He has been suppressed, and we can't get his protection. But have you ever thought about it? Taiyi also achieved enlightenment as a human being. So can we have another person who can become Taiyi? Or maybe not a golden immortal fruit like Taiyi, but a true immortal fruit like the Kitchen God?"
"The Golden Immortal Emperor cannot come down to the mortal world, so we can only ask for help from the real spirit. If there was a sword immortal who had attained the Dao Fruit of the True Immortal, the situation wouldn't be so bad."
"Brother Lou, I know that the Sword Sect who has cultivated to the Yang God is a land immortal, but this is... a human immortal?"
"Yes."
"But I haven't heard that there is a realm above that. How can I become a True Immortal?"
"Hahaha, good question! You want to know. Who in this world doesn't want to know? Listen to me, there are no true immortals or golden immortals in this world. It was more than 3,000 years ago that the first group of practitioners reached the level of human immortals, and then discovered that they could go one step further."
"At this stage, what matters is not your cultivation or aptitude, but your luck. The word 'human' is in the title because one is a real human. But if one obtains the luck of the Tao formed by the power of incense and vows between heaven and earth, one will be able to break away from the mortal body, master the rules of one area, and become a true immortal. This is true immortality, and one will live as long as heaven and earth. The Kitchen God and the Door Gods you know today were all true immortals at that time."
"But when they reached this realm, the seven top True Immortals discovered that they could actually go one step further - the energy of mountains, rivers and seas, the cycle of the four seasons, the changes of yin and yang and the five elements, aren't these the most fundamental principles and rules in the world? So there were seven emperors - the Five Mountains True Form Emperor, the Six Rivers Mysterious Nether Emperor, the East God Sun Emperor, the Su Yao Taiyin Emperor, the Ji Ci Baosheng Emperor, the Haotian Five Senses Emperor, and the Netherworld Earth Mother."
"But you have to know that before these seven emperors attained the supreme golden immortal fruit, they were also disciples of the later Donghuang Taiyi and the Ye Dynasty Emperor Li Ye. The first set of cultivation methods in the world was realized and passed down by him. The seven emperors actually followed him to learn the Tao."
"Li Ye, the Taoist ancestor, was the first to achieve the body of a true immortal. How did he do it? It was because he founded Daye. He was the emperor of Daye and was worshipped by one billion people. This kind of human destiny helped him achieve the body of a true immortal."
"But his success is due to the luck of humanity, and his failure is also due to the luck of humanity. Humans are the essence of the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, but what is the luck of a billion people compared to the mountains, rivers, yin and yang, the five elements, and billions of lives?"
"So when he reached the level of True Immortal, he stagnated. Later, his former disciples became seven great emperors before him. You must have heard about what happened next. If Li Ye wants to go further, he needs more human luck to help the people of the world prosper. But if he does so, the foundations of several great emperors will be damaged - such as the Five Great Emperors of the True Form Sect."
"So the seven who achieved enlightenment first began to join forces to kill him. This is where the weird thing happened. He was a True Immortal and should have died. However, when the situation was critical, he actually became a Golden Immortal and became the current Donghuang Taiyi!"
What Lou He said was not recorded in the Shijie collection, and it was the first time that Li Wuxiang heard of it.
He frowned and thought for a while: "So that means that since three thousand years ago, all the fortunes that could allow people to cultivate to become true immortals have been taken up, so now the cultivation methods of various sects in the world have reached their peak at the Yang God stage. And the thirty-six sects, they are..."
Li Wuxiang had thought about this before: there was obviously something wrong with the thirty-six sects' skills. They were not like the Sword Sect's skills, which were strong enough to compete with the six mysterious sects. Why did they want to practice this kind of thing?
But now——
"They only seek immortality. They only seek to cultivate to the realm of Yangshen Renxian and live for thousands of years. Therefore, the six Xuan sects will not cause trouble for them. This is their way of protecting themselves." Lou He smiled, "So do you understand? All the spiritual gods in this world except the seven emperors are from the lineage of Donghuang Taiyi. They have all been wiped out. Only some true spiritual auras remain in the sacred mountain because of the offerings from people outside the diocese."
"Nowadays, if you want to truly live as long as the heaven and earth, there are only two ways. One way is to join the Six Mysterious Sects. The path of cultivation of the Sword Sect is to build the foundation, refine the qi, golden elixir, Yuanying, and Yangshen. The path of cultivation of the Six Mysterious Sects is to build the foundation, refine the qi, refine the spirit, return to the void, and merge with the Tao. What is the merger with the Tao? There are no true immortals in the world, but the six emperors of the Six Mysterious Sects have opened up a wonderful realm. When the disciples of the Xuan Sect reach the merger with the Tao, they can ascend to the wonderful realm, and they can also rely on the protection of the emperor's true spirit to live as long as the heaven and earth, and even be invited by the disciples to possess their bodies."
"The second way is the way of our Sword Sect, and it is also the only way in the world to become a true immortal - like Donghuang Taiyi, by using the luck of humanity." Lou He's eyes became sharp, "You asked me just now if there is no way to stop the expansion of the Six Sects of Xuan Sect? This is the way. As long as we use the luck of humanity to become a true immortal - whether the Golden Immortal will come to this world or not, and now there are no true immortals in the world, we can naturally save the Sword Sect."
"We are not only protecting the Sword Sect, but also the people of the world. We will not let them be bullied like in the diocese. If you think this is unrealistic, then think about yourself - you will be the strongest person in the world except for the seven emperors!" Li Wuxiang thought for a while and said, "But Senior Brother Pan told me that there are people in this world who have real spirits, and Master Jiang is one of them. Then what kind of immortal is he?"
"Master Jiang, haha, Master Jiang is a land immortal of the Yang God, originally a human immortal. But the true spirit in him is the same as the true spirits of other annihilated true immortals, they are just the remnants in the sacred mountain due to the incense and vows of the human world. Maybe there are some memories and consciousness, but in essence, they have been destroyed. Even if the true spirit is in his body, he cannot be called a true immortal, but he is stronger than a human immortal."
Li Wuxiang's heart skipped a beat. Was he right? This Taiyi True Spirit in his body...who had just displayed terrifying magical powers, didn't seem to be like what he said.
"Well, so—"
"Well, I know what you are going to say. To become a true immortal through the good fortune of humanity like Taiyi, you need at least one billion common people to offer sacrifices to you, and they must worship you wholeheartedly along with all the practitioners in the world. And how many people are there in the world now? Outside the diocese, the Sword Sect has figured out the population over the past thousand years, and it's only 20 million. Within the diocese, we have been doing this for the past few hundred years, and now we know that there are about 40 to 50 million people, which is less than one tenth of the number during the Ye Dynasty. Even with the sacrifices of these people, it is difficult to become a true immortal."
"but?"
Lou He nodded: "But - how did Taiyi achieve the status of a Golden Immortal from a True Immortal and become Taiyi? Although he failed in the end, he must have found a way to stay alive. Whatever magic weapon or method it is, it must still be in this world. With this thing, it should be no problem to become a True Immortal. It is even possible to seize Taiyi's luck and become the new Donghuang Taiyi!"
"Then do you know where that thing or method is?"
"It should be in the True Form Sect, so we have to investigate. But Sect Leader Jiang... I don't know what he is planning in secret. But the swordsmen have recorded the topography of mountains and rivers for three thousand years, but the number of people is decreasing. I think no matter what he wants to do, he can't save the Sword Sect. So, let me do this."
Li Wuxiang looked at him, and Lou He stopped talking. It was extremely quiet outside, and the only sounds were the chirping of insects and the rustling of tree branches in the wind.
After a while, Li Wuxiang finally spoke: "I understand. Let me sort it out, this should be the case-"
"Brother Lou, I believe you are not a spy sent by the True Form Sect to the Sword Sect. All the things you said in the past, that Wu Meng stuffed your wife into a coffin, that you betrayed the True Form Sect, that you abandoned your cultivation and became a swordsman, and that you came to the Coffin City to record the terrain, should all be true."
"But the story about you going to spy on Wu Meng and getting caught must be fake. You wanted him to catch you, cripple you, and then you would surrender. You wanted to return to the True Form Sect and investigate the method you mentioned."
"Brother Zeng told me about Wu Meng. If I'm not mistaken, Wu Meng is a pretty good person, at least in the True Form Sect, right? He should be the kind of teacher who loves talents but is strict... You used to be the leader of the younger generation of the True Form Sect, and he had high hopes for you, so he was afraid that you would lose your temper and bury your wife."
"But after you left, Wu Meng would not think that he did anything wrong, but that you were useless. Fortunately, he still had a son like Zeng Lao Ge who was also an outstanding person, so he might have placed his hopes for you on him. But you actually kidnapped him as well."
"Anyone with Wu Meng's temperament, who is also the mountain master of Coffin City, will definitely not disobey him. These two things should have become a knot in his heart. Since you can frame Zhao Kui, you must be a meticulous person. I guess you also know this. So you can be sure that if you fall into his hands, he is more likely to lead you 'back to the right path' than to kill you to vent his anger."
"Besides, I heard the soldiers say that no one in the coffin city knew about your or Brother Zeng's apostasy. That means Wu Meng didn't report these things to the mountain gate. Well, this is really safe."
"Then... you destroyed your own cultivation, but you still can't make Wu Meng believe that you have turned over a new leaf, right? After all, you have destroyed yourself once, and he knows that you are very cruel to yourself." Li Wuxiang frowned, thought for a while, and then smiled, "So it must be Brother Zeng. You tricked him into coming here, so you can't turn back in the Sword Sect. Wu Meng was naturally happy, haha, both of them are back, and the knot in his heart can be untied."
"It's not like I haven't thought about this matter today, but I didn't know why you took such a risk. Now I understand... Since you want to come to the True Form Sect to find out the secret of Taiyi you mentioned, you must have gotten to the top."
"But your cultivation has been wasted again and again. Judging from your aptitude alone, you are already a useless person who can't practice. But it doesn't matter... You thought of a way to use the Golden Chanzi and the Guangchanzi to refine yourself into what I am now. There are so many people on the Coffin Mountain, and with the help of the Five Mountains True Form Map, the living cultivators of the True Form Sect are afraid of the backlash of the inner demons and can only use less willpower. If you become like me, you will have nothing to worry about. Your cultivation can advance by leaps and bounds, which is just right for you to forge the Tongtian Steps to return to the mountain gate."
"So you just wanted to give Zhao Kui a try. You started planning this more than ten years ago, and recently you felt that whether Zhao Kui succeeded or not, it should have a result, so you spread the news and asked the swordsmen near Deyang to find Guang Chanzi. Finding Guang Chanzi means finding Zhao Kui, and if they find Zhao Kui, they can get the Golden Chanzi."
"Once you have gained Wu Meng's trust like you have now, and then obtained the Golden Chanzi, you can find an excuse to practice in seclusion for a few years, and then...what were you originally planning to do? Say that you were possessed by some real spirit?"
Lou He's eyes showed admiration, and he shook his head slightly: "No need to go through so much trouble. Three thousand years ago, there was a battle between True Immortals and Golden Immortals, and countless treasures were actually left in the world. I accidentally found a pill to complete myself. No one would think it was wrong, and they would only sigh that I have a predestined relationship with the Tao."
"Yes. But you didn't expect me to get into trouble, so you just lured me here as well. If I was stupid enough to run in with them, you would have refined me in an instant, taken out the golden entanglement, and continued to do as you expected. Then--" Li Wuxiang straightened up, "Why did you change your mind? What did you mean when you said that it would make no difference whether it was you or me, and maybe I could do better?"
"Sword Sect." Lou He spoke seriously, as if he had regarded Li Wusheng as a person he could confide in. "I want to find a way to achieve true immortality, so that there can be one more true sword immortal in this world, and then strengthen the Sword Sect, gather the thirty-six sects, and rebuild the Donghuang Taiyi Sect."
"Master Jiang, you are too old to be the master anymore. Then I should be the real immortal. I have been in the Sword Sect for so many years and have seen all these brothers and sisters... Hehe, don't you think so? These people are only suitable for fighting bravely when someone raises his arm to call for help, but they are not suitable for strategizing."
"To become a true immortal, according to the Six Departments of the Mysterious Sect, one must have a predestined relationship with the Tao. What is a predestined relationship with the Tao? To achieve the destiny of humanity, one should have the appearance of a king, or at least the appearance of a tyrant! When I saw you during the day, I saw your aura - it was extremely precious, indescribably precious, and no different from mine! It seems that when Zhao Kui refined Taiyi, he really refined the aura of Taiyi into your body."
"If I peel off your skin and take out the golden entanglement here, there will be one less person in this world and in the Sword Sect who knows how to use his brain and has courage like me. It's better to keep you - you go back to the Sword Sect. In twenty or thirty years, forty or fifty years, with this ghost immortal body, you may be able to replace Jiang Jie."
"As for me, although it will be slower... but I have seen Wu Meng these days, and I feel that although his cultivation has greatly increased after refining his spirit, his brain is not very useful. Then I will spend twenty or thirty years on him, and I will always find a way. By then, you will lead the swordsmen outside and cooperate with me inside and outside, which will naturally give me countless opportunities to make meritorious deeds in the True Form Sect. When I really find out something, Li Wuxiang, it is not a bad idea for the True Immortal to ask you to do it."
Li Wuxiang sighed: "Brother Lou, thank you for thinking highly of me. These days, I have been talking about what kind of person I am. Today is the first time I can speak out these words freely. But I have one more thing——"
"You are such a smart person, and you know how to plan and strategize. You will not take rash risks without thinking. So, I think you already know what made Li Ye achieve the Golden Immortal. If you don't tell me about this, how can I trust you?"
(End of this chapter)