Chapter 324: Gold Finger Has Risks
Two days later.
Chengming Mountain, Sea of Clouds View.
This is a not very big Taoist temple. A tall and strong Taoist priest is teaching a half-grown boy and a little girl to read.
A mixture of deep voice and childish sound.
He is the eldest disciple of Taoist Master Jiang Lin, and if nothing unexpected happens, he will be the next master of Yunhai Temple.
Taoist Gao Zhuang looked inside from time to time, with some worry in his eyes.
Ever since returning from exorcising the demon that day, Master has been behaving very abnormally.
This made him very worried.
At this time, Taoist Jiang Lin was meditating in the quiet room, but there was always a trace of sadness on his face, revealing that his heart was not at peace.
I do not know how long it has been.
Taoist Jiang Lin slowly opened his eyes, his eyes were bloodshot and looked a little dim.
Since the day he returned from the ruined temple, he has not inhaled or exhaled any spiritual energy. After all, he had swallowed up spiritual energy beyond his quota and killed the bear god. He really did not dare to set up an altar to pray to the spiritual gods.
"The Method of Summoning Gods", "The Method of Controlling Gods", "The Method of Subjugating Gods", "The Method of Swallowing Gods"...
He couldn't help but read the four mysterious and unparalleled methods again, and he couldn't help but smile bitterly: "Alas~ I didn't expect that at this age, I can still get such good fortune."
Because of the prosperity of the divine way in this world, the life span of practitioners has also been affected. Even the golden elixir can only live for 240 years.
Taoist master Jiang Lin is now one hundred and eighty-six years old.
Plus I was injured when I was young...
It can be said that he only has a few years left to live.
But his merits are enough, so there is no problem in being canonized as a god.
Come to think of it, he was originally planning to become a god after his death!
Hey~
Taoist Master Jiang Lin sighed again.
It's not like he hasn't dealt with practitioners of the Soul Stealing Dao over the years. Most of the practitioners of the Soul Stealing Dao practiced techniques that were quite inferior to those passed down from the Yunhai Temple.
Not to mention these four methods that are enough to subvert Shinto.
Not even worthy of carrying shoes!
If he was not still concerned about his group of disciples and the Yunhai Temple that had been passed down to him from generation to generation, he would have wanted to join the [Spirit Stealing Sect] in this way!
"Master, I have put the food outside for you, please remember to eat it." A voice came from outside, filled with worry.
But he is the second disciple of Taoist Master Jiang Lin.
He was the one who was rescued from a demon disaster in the past. With the permission of the Heavenly Palace, he built a foundation for Taoism in recent years. He accompanied him in traveling around the world and killed countless demons.
"That's all..."
A cultivator in the Jindan stage doesn't need the mundane five grains. His disciple is just using this as an excuse to show his concern for him.
With a light sigh, Taoist Jiang Lin used the method of controlling gods to seal the divine position obtained from the bear god layer by layer. Then he stood up and walked out of the quiet room.
If it's just me, it's fine, but I can't harm this group of disciples.
Lived for almost two hundred years...
I have made a lot of money in this life!
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Yunhai Temple is built on the mountainside.
Going higher is difficult and rugged, and the clouds and mist at higher altitudes have a bewitching power that makes even practitioners difficult to resist. Ordinary people will fall into coma if they are touched a little, so few people set foot there.
The reason why Yunhai Temple was built here is to prevent the strange clouds from spreading and endangering the world.
However, at this time, on the top of the mountain, clouds and mist were intertwined.
There was a round stone table that seemed to grow on the mountain. There were two stone benches beside the table. A Taoist priest wearing a black and white Taoist robe sat on one of them, while the seat opposite him was still empty.
Hong Zun lowered his eyes and looked at the Taoist temple on the mountainside.
Two days ago, after he separated from Xu Xing and the other two, he went to Fuming County to take a look at He Yunqi who had obtained the Daoyan Daqianlu.
Then he went to the imperial palace of the Dali Dynasty, the Nine Heavens Palace above the Nine Heavens, and even visited the caves of some practitioners of Tongxuan.
In the past, he could only move around within the scope of the Tai Shang Dao Sect, which made him feel suffocated.
During this period, he also encountered many "primers" to the great world of immortals.
Among them, the majority are those who have inherited the immortal path from the previous era, followed by those who think they have been "reborn", and then those who have obtained various "strange items"...
Just a day ago, he came to the Yunhai Temple of Taoist Master Jiang Lin.
Among all the "primers", Taoist Master Jiang Lin, who obtained his own method, must be the luckiest one.
You can see how he looks now...
It seemed that he was ready to sacrifice himself to save his disciples.
This is reasonable. After all, living in an era when Shintoism is flourishing, one's thinking has certain limitations.
In addition, there is the Yunhai Temple that has been passed down from generation to generation, and his disciples who have been through life and death with him...
How could a man who was willing to give up his throne for two disciples give up everything for the four methods?
"Not bad." A smile appeared on Hong Zun's face.
It is precisely because Taoist Master Jiang Lin is such a person that he passed down those four methods.
Suddenly, Hong Zun withdrew his gaze and looked across from him.
A faint shadow is becoming solid, as if it has come from fantasy to reality...
"Is this the person that you, Daoist Fellow Hongzun, picked?"
When the voice sounded, the faint shadow solidified into the image of Xu Xing.
"That's right." Hong Zun took out tea and put fruits on the table. "I thought it would take a few more days for Brother Dao to come and see me." "Yuanjun was planning to recover before the contact was cut off, so Senior Sister took her to find a place to practice in seclusion." Xu Xing explained.
These days, he, his senior sister and Yuanjun went to the temple fair and visited some beautiful places in this world.
It can be said that everyone who should go has gone.
"..." Hong Zun paused, "Yes, my sister's condition is indeed not good."
"However, Brother Dao has arrived at the right time. That young man is preparing to sacrifice himself to protect his disciples."
"Is this so..."
Xu Xing looked towards the Taoist temple at the foot of the mountain.
Taoist master Jiang Lin was gathering his disciples to set up an altar, and his words also hinted at instructions for his final affairs.
Of course, the four methods that Hong Zun passed on to Taoist Master Jiang Lin could not be hidden from him.
Summon gods, control gods, enslave gods, devour gods...
It can be said that these four methods were created entirely for this great era of alternating between immortals and gods.
Thinking of the few 'introductions' he had seen before, a title suddenly popped up in his mind.
"Which one will stand out, the ancient inheritance or the inheritance from outside the world?"
In fact, if you really want to calculate, there is no comparison. The opportunity that Taoist Jiang Lin got is the biggest one among all the "primers".
It was written by Hong Zun, and the Shintoism was flourishing and the Immortalism was about to rise...
It is really suitable for the practice of these methods.
Xu Xing retracted his gaze and turned to look at the opposite side: "By the way, Daoist friend, what was the little thing you got when you encountered that strange object of calculation?"
That was why he came.
But Hong Zun smiled without saying anything, picked up the teapot and poured a cup of tea, then pushed the tea in front of Xu Xing.
The fragrance of tea is so dense that it seems even more hazy on the mountain top which is already shrouded in clouds and mist.
Through the haze, one can see the tea surface reflecting the rising tea fragrance, the misty clouds, and the sky beyond the clouds, or rather...
It reflects the whole world!
"Is this... this world?"
The scenes of the universe, the heavens and earth, the mountains and rivers, the human dynasties, and the Nine Heavenly Palaces are all no different from this world.
The only difference is that there are no living creatures in it.
It can be said to be the prototype of this world!
If Hong Zun releases his suppression, it will probably only take a moment for it to grow into a 'new world' that is no different from this world.
"It was because the power of the calculation of the calculation-related strange objects involved you that this world was created."
After seeing this "world in a cup", Xu Xing quickly figured out the whole story.
"That's right." Hong Zun clapped his hands and sighed, "I encountered a strange object called 'Dao Yan Da Qian Lu', which predicts future events by creating false 'possibilities'."
Creating false 'possibilities' to foresee future events...
Isn't this a simulator?
"I see." Xu Xing nodded slightly.
The simulator...Daoyan Daqianlu, deduce the future by creating false possibilities, and then destroy the false possibilities after the deduction is completed.
But this time, Hong Zun happened to be involved in the 'possibility'.
So there's a problem.
"Immortal" itself is a being of extremely high status. Even if one only touches upon it slightly, one does not understand its meaning or its origin.
But the existence of Hong Zun is like a "foundation". There is nothing more "real" than it in this world.
Based on this, what was originally a false possibility became a reality just because of this anomaly.
If it weren't for Hong Zun's containment, this world, which should not have any extra possibilities, might have been like those 'multiverse' type worlds, absorbing the original source of heaven and earth and giving birth to a new timeline -
'Evolution' timeline!
Moreover, because this "Evolution" timeline is a replica of the original heaven and earth, the creatures in it will be exactly the same as those in the original heaven and earth.
Of course, the 'Evolution' timeline can only be regarded as an appendage of the original heaven and earth.
But if someone in the timeline of the 'Evolution' world advances to the state of unity, but the 'body' in the original world does not...
Ha ha.
Then the question becomes who is the leader and who is the follower.
Moreover, this kind of thing not only has no harm to the world itself, but has many benefits. Perhaps after the world realizes this, it will develop in the direction of the 'multiverse'.
"There are risks in cheating." Hong Zun sighed.
Xu Xing looked at him strangely. He felt that he should be the one saying this.
But it’s not wrong.
The function of the 'Daoyan Daqianlu' is similar to that of a simulator, and its capabilities are nothing short of outrageous.
But when it comes to powerful people like Hong Zun, it would be very dangerous.
Maybe one day another 'me' will jump out from another timeline and take care of me.
"Fellow Daoist, what are you going to do with this embryonic form of the world?" Xu Xing pushed the teacup back in front of Hong Zun.
"This matter was caused by me, so just curb it a little bit, and return it when we leave."
As for who to give it to...it depends on who is suitable later.
It is impossible to break the source and let it return to the world on its own.
While the two were talking, in the Yunhai Temple on the mountainside, Taoist Master Jiang Lin and his disciples had already set up the altar.
"My disciple Jiang Lin is the 47th generation descendant of Yunhai Temple on Chengming Mountain. I am a disciple of Master Lingjing..." (End of this chapter)