Chapter 147 Long Live

Chapter 147 Long Live

Chapter 147 Long Live

Li Wuxiang raised his hand: "Wait, I haven't finished asking - why don't you go find Mei Zhangjian?"

Li Ke frowned in embarrassment, hesitating for a while, and only said: "She is holding the sword, and she is about to produce the Yang Spirit. I just feel... that it is not good, right?"

This reason made no sense, but Li Wuxiang felt it was quite real.

He leaned against the windowsill again: "Okay. Tell me first, what is long live?"

"Didn't Mei Zhangjian tell you?" Li Ke seemed a little surprised, but seemed to feel honored to be able to tell Li Wuxiang these things, so he spoke in detail and stopped hesitating. "If she hadn't told you, I would have told you a lot more. Senior Brother Li, don't think I'm being long-winded."

"No, I love to hear these, the more detailed the better."

"Well, long live the emperor, this has to start from the Ye Dynasty. If you know, tell me. When Donghuang Taiyi was still the emperor of the world, didn't he have to go to court? In order to help him practice, he asked all the civil and military officials to kneel down and make a vow to him every day, saying, 'Long live the emperor!'"

"Later, he became a true immortal and mastered some of humanity's destiny. Civil and military officials and his disciples still had to shout "Long live the Lord!" every day. Then these things gradually became part of humanity's destiny. After Taiyi was suppressed, a lot of humanity's destiny was also suppressed, but we humans are still here, so that destiny is still there."

"Our Netherworld is a different place. It is not the mortal world, the Netherworld, or the Holy Mountain. So the farther you get from Netherworld, the different rules of luck there are. The thing called 'Long Live' is slowly becoming real. It cannot be seen or touched, but it has become a real wish. Of course, I have never seen it, but I heard from my fellow disciples in the sect that it is actually very dangerous once it is caught, and it must be sealed with talisman paper."

"They said that when someone first discovered Wansui and tried to capture him, they were not careful and caught him but he escaped again. As a result, dozens of people and several golden cores lost their youth and lifespans in half an hour, and their cultivation was wasted. It was after that incident that the sect slowly came up with a more reliable method, so that it is safer to capture Wansui. Senior Brother Li, don't worry, my method is absolutely safe. We got it from Sect Leader Jiang, and I have two official tokens!"

These words made Li Wuxiang frown slowly.

Because he suddenly thought of something that he seemed to have overlooked.

"So this thing called Long Live... it's neither alive nor dead, but it's more like a kind of concrete rules and rituals?"

Li Ke was stunned for a moment, then his eyes lit up: "Brother Li, what you said is really good! Concrete! Yes! Concrete! Living rules and destiny!"

Li Wuxiang asked another question: "Were the characters in this world also created by Donghuang Taiyi?"

"Yes?"

He fell silent.

When he was in the stove, he could understand Guang Chanzi, which was a bit strange. But at that time, he first convinced himself with concepts such as multiple universes and parallel worlds.

But it was not until now that I remembered to ask who invented these characters.

It turns out that it was passed down by Donghuang Taiyi Li Ye.

Then, Li Wuxiang thought back to the time when he was in Jinshui. When he worshipped Zhao Qi as his master, he talked about the breathing method he knew in his previous life. Zhao Qi actually said that such a method also existed in this world, but it was just a very superficial practice method in ancient times, which was the basis of various mental methods in the world today. [Note 1]

The "very simple method of cultivation" mentioned by Zhao Qi should be the one passed down by Taiyi Li Ye.

The method passed down by Li Ye is the same as what he knew in his previous life.

Then, now, this Li Ye would also ask his civil and military officials to shout "Long live the emperor!"

Li Wuxiang breathed a sigh of relief in his heart - Li Ye should be a time traveler like himself.

This thought did not surprise or relieve him, nor did it make him feel close to it. Instead, it made him feel that there were more mysteries in his heart. In the past, he thought that Taiyi had chosen him by chance, but now, could it be related to his identity as a time traveler?
He wasn't even sure whether he traveled through time first and Taiyi possessed him later, or the other way around!

The Sword Sect and the Six Sects of the Mysterious Sect all thought that Taiyi had been suppressed and dead. But now only Li Wuxiang himself knew that Taiyi was actually still very active... like a ghost hidden in history and Lingshan, planning many things through himself. It is even possible that it is not just himself, but there are more actions taking place elsewhere, at the same time!

He and he might be from the same world. However, this thought did not make Li Wuxiang feel close, but he felt that the real appearance of Donghuang Taiyi was increasingly different from the rumors in the world. The Donghuang Taiyi in the legend was the Lord of Humanity, who protected the common people and seemed to be extremely heroic and magnanimous. However, the Taiyi he came into contact with seemed to be evasive, cold and ruthless, and even a little inhuman.

He really wanted to find someone to discuss these things with, but at least for now, Xue Baoping, who made him feel at ease, was just a mortal, and Jiang Jie, who was said to have Taiyi's luck, could not be trusted. What about Mei Zhangjian? Anyway, it was not possible now.

In short, there is no way he can extricate himself from the biggest conspiracy vortex in the world.

So he sighed in his heart, but smiled on his face: "Okay, I understand. But the rule of our Sword Sect is that whoever finds an item should own it - how do we divide this Wansui item?"

Li Ke immediately said, "Brother Li, I want this, but I don't want this either - I'm still in the stage of refining essence into qi, so I can't use Wansui. How about this, we hand this thing over to the sect, and I'll exchange my half for something I need when I refine qi, and you can do with your half as you like."

"Fair enough. So how did you find this thing?"

"Ah? I just found it by chance when I went down to look for something, but I didn't tell anyone about it. I thought I had gotten the official talisman, so I went to catch it myself, but then I realized that I might not be able to catch it. It wasn't Wansui's thing, but something else down there. It just so happened that this time - Senior Brother Li, I really admire you and Mei Zhangjian."

There seemed to be nothing more to ask. Li Wuxiang took the bag of food from the windowsill and smiled at him: "Okay. Come to me tomorrow morning - this is your deposit."

Li Ke smiled with his eyes curved, nodded solemnly, and bowed twice: "It's a deal! Then I'll go first, I'll go back and prepare things, water and so on... Brother Li, do you have anything you like to eat?"

"Whatever, anything is fine, as long as it's not sour."

After Li Ke left, Li Wu closed the window and returned to his room to sit in meditation. It was not easy for him to go to Lingshan Mountain or invite Taiyi here. Youjiuyuan was between the Netherworld and Lingshan Mountain. If Taiyi came at this time, he might really come, not just a thought or feeling.

So he took a short nap first, and then woke up in the second half of the night to meditate, regulate his breathing, and absorb true energy.

When the sky was slightly bright again, he heard the door of the main house open. Li Wuxiang stretched his legs and got down. He pushed the window and saw Xiao Jingyi and Mei Qiulu coming out. Mei Qiulu helped Xiao Jingyi adjust the hairpin on his head, and Xiao Jingyi turned his face slightly to let her do it. When he turned his face, he saw Li Wuxiang and smiled at him: "Didn't you sleep last night?"

"I slept for a while." Li Wuxiang stood by the window waiting for Mei Qiulu to help her fix her hairpin, and then saw her helping Mei Qiulu straighten her collar.

At this time, Mei Qiulu smiled at Li Wuxiang and said, "You can go down the mountain today and talk to the people in the sect. If you want to find some herbs to replenish your blood and qi, you can go deep into the mountains or go down there. There are many roads in the mountains that lead down there, but don't go too deep. You still have a mortal friend, right? You can't use many things in the mountains, but they are still very good for your friend."

Li Wuxiang nodded: "I am going to go down today. Senior sister, there is a swordsman named Li Ke in our sect, right?"

Mei Qiulu went to see Xiao Jingyi: "Is there?"

Xiao Jing nodded, "Yes, there is. He is from Lingqiao Peak. He came to the sect last year. He has good aptitude and temperament. It seems that Master Cao wants to keep him on the mountain. He has been here for nearly a year. How did you know him?" "He came last night and looked for me." Li Wuxiang said, "He said he knew about Zeng Jianqiu and Pan Muyun, and he also said that he admired me and Senior Sister Mei. Because he had seen Wansui once before, he wanted me to help him catch him. After catching him, we would each get half. He said that this would save both of them."

The two swordsmen looked at each other, and Mei Qiulu was surprised: "He saw Wansui!?"

Xiao Jingyi breathed a sigh of relief: "That's great. They deserve this blessing - have you promised him?"

"I agreed. But he made it sound like it was easy to catch that thing. He said he had an official seal."

Xiao Jing had already smiled: "It's not difficult. That thing is hard to find, but not difficult to catch. He said there is an official seal, so it's even easier -"

Mei Qiulu asked: "When are you going?"

Xiao Jingyi pulled her hand and said, "Don't go. First of all, if you go, will you have to share some of their things? Secondly, Wuxiang is a golden elixir swordsman, why are you worried about arresting Wansui? If you don't want to be trapped in the sect during the meeting, come with me to Lingqiao Peak first - Li Ke is from Lingqiao Peak, and Cao Jianzhu must have sent him here. Alas, you didn't move around much before, but Cao Jianzhu still misses you - if you had half the thoughts of Wuxiang, I wouldn't have to worry about you."

Mei Zhangjian thought about it and sighed softly: "You have to be careful."

Li Wuxiang nodded: "Okay, I know."

When the two of them went down the mountain, Li Wuxiang breathed a sigh of relief. They all said so, which seemed to mean that Li Ke himself had discovered that there was nothing strange about Wansui. And listening to Xiao Jingyi's statement, it seemed that Cao Jianzhu of Lingqiao Peak was also close to Mei Zhangjian, so he was the one who lent a hand to help this time.

That's good... He's been caught up in all kinds of conspiracies over the past few months, and he's getting stressed out.

He walked into the east room of the main house and looked at Zeng Jianqiu and Pan Muyun again. He saw that they were still unconscious, but his pulse was stable, so he felt relieved.

After waiting for another quarter of an hour, he heard footsteps outside the house. It was Li Ke who came up. He had a long sword on his waist and a backpack on his back. When he saw Li Wuxiang, he smiled and said, "Brother, are you okay? Shall we go now?"

Li Wuxiang also smiled: "Let's go."

Li Ke led him down the steep mountain road on the west side of Jiuzhu Peak, and he looked very agile. He was a very outgoing person, and Li Wuxiang spoke to people in a human way and to ghosts in a ghost way. After only a few steps, Li Ke became more talkative.

"...Then I thought, something is wrong. What is this "Long Live" thing? According to what you said, it is the embodiment of the rules. So as long as there are still people in the world who worship Taiyi in private, even if there is only one person who shouts "Long Live" and "Long Live", then it will not disappear, right?"

Li Ke said as he jumped briskly among the rocks: "Then I asked Senior Brother Xu, and he said yes. So it should be that the more people worship Taiyi, the more long live the emperor there will be - for example, when our sect was prosperous. If there are fewer people worshiping, then there will be fewer, and it will definitely not be gone. So this year when I went down to collect herbs with my fellow brothers, I walked while chanting in my heart, long live the emperor, long live the emperor, long live the emperor, and as I was chanting, I really discovered it!"

In fact, Li Wuxiang still didn't understand what "Long Live" looked like, so he asked: "How did you find it?"

Li Ke was a smart man, so it was not difficult for him to talk to him. He immediately knew what Li Wuxiang wanted to ask: "How should I put it? It felt like I was walking on a stone beam, with cliffs on both sides, and it was still dark. But suddenly I wanted to kneel down and shout out what I was thinking in my heart - Long live, long live, long live! At that time, there was nothing else in my head except this thought. Fortunately, I almost fell down and woke up. I knew that according to what my brothers told me, I met the long live."

"That time I was scared to death. It was only afterwards that I realized I shouldn't have said that in my heart. I didn't have an official seal on me. If I had attracted the Wansui at that time, I would have been ruined!"

At this time, the two had already descended the mountain and were walking towards the west of Youjiuyuan. Along the way, the surrounding mountains were steep and the mountains rose from the ground, blocking the rising sun, as if it was still early in the morning, with no sunlight.

After walking for a while, they arrived at the bottom of a cliff. Li Ke took him to find a crack in the cliff and crawled in. It was very narrow at first, so Li Ke had to crawl in slowly. After crawling for a while, the front suddenly opened up - it was a larger cave with lights embedded on the stone wall, and knives, axes, chisels, ropes and hooks on the ground.

Li Ke stopped and took a few breaths. "There are a total of sixteen roads leading to the bottom of Youjiuyuan. This road is not often used. I found it here. Brother, although you are a Jindan, this is your first time coming here. Listen to me, you have to follow me closely. Wherever I go, you go there. You can't go more than four steps beside me. If you take the wrong path by accident, you might lose your head! How to walk this road has been tested bit by bit in the sect for thousands of years."

Li Wuxiang walked to the other end of the cave and looked down——

The bottom of Youjiuyuan seemed to be empty, with many crisscrossing stone beams in the air, and thick stalactites hanging from the top. Looking down, it seemed that many stalagmites, cliffs, and mountains could be seen in the endless darkness, but those things were not distributed along this huge hole, but intertwined in the air, as if they grew out of the darkness.

Li Wuxiang understood. The situation here was almost exactly the same as in the Ranshan Illusion - above, the Youjiuyuan, which seemed to be a fairyland mountain, was the few steps where he stood in the Ranshan Illusion, and the outer part, like the bottom, was the part of the Ranshan Illusion that was folded outward and overlapped with the real world.

The Netherworld is so big. If it is not hidden between the Netherworld and the Holy Mountain, but in the world of the living, then these folded spaces would probably cover the distance of several cities.

So, this Netherworld Scroll is actually another layer of illusion attached to the real world?

If we rebuild Ranshan according to the style of Ranshan Sect, we can unfold the illusion. How should we unfold You Jiuyuan? Should we rebuild the entire old capital of Ye Dynasty?
He nodded: "Okay, I'll follow you, don't worry."

From the entrance of this stone cave to the bottom of Youjiuyuan, there are almost straight up and down cliffs. Li Ke took out the rope and hook he carried with him, and Li Wuxiang grabbed his arm and said, "No need, I will take you down. Just tell me where you can go and where you can't go."

Li Ke tried to refuse at first, saying not to tire him out. But when Li Wuxiang used his Dan power and inhaled, carrying him lightly down, Li Ke couldn't help but shouting excitedly: "Brother! Brother! You are so awesome! Is this what it's like to become a Dan?! Why do those Dan-forming palm sword masters not have your skills?! You are flying, right?! Hahaha! I am also flying even though I am refining Qi!"

He was shouting so loudly that his voice traveled very far in the cave, making Li Wuxiang's ears a little uncomfortable.

But he felt relieved in his heart - he was a little upset thinking about Taiyi Zhenling just now, but now he was infected by the carefree mood of this young man, and couldn't help but smile, thinking that it would be great if everyone in the world could provide emotional value like him.

After falling for more than ten feet, Li Wuxiang landed on a stone platform. Li Ke was still excited. He looked up at the stone cave above, which had become a bean-like light spot. He took off the package on his back and said, "Brother, let's go quickly. With you, the golden elixir swordsman, I'm not afraid of anything! This is the first time I feel so relieved! Haha, let's change the official talisman first!"

He unwrapped the package and took out two items.

When he mentioned the official talisman, Li Wuxiang thought it was a talisman. But now it looks more like a memorial. There are hard shells on both sides and a folded paper in the middle. It looks quite old. The shell and paper are dirty. There should have been words written on it, but it is not clear. It is not that the words have faded, but it is covered by densely packed talismans written in cinnabar.

Li Ke handed him a book and said, "These were written by the True Immortals who served as officials in the court when the Ye Dynasty was still in existence. They were the ancestors of the thirty-six sects. Unfortunately, I can't see clearly what is written on them. These are now magic tools, called Guan Fu. Brother Li, if you have the feeling I told you before, open this thing immediately and put your luck into it. This way--"

While listening to Li Ke's talk, Li Wuxiang raised one eye to the top of his head in the darkness and looked towards the stone cave above.

Because I just saw a figure there, I quickly leaned over and looked down.

He felt a little sneaky.

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Note 1: See Chapter for details.

(End of this chapter)