Chapter 573: People tend to let themselves go when they stay at home for a long time
Chapter 573: People tend to let themselves go when they stay at home for a long time
Outside the Biyou Palace, the fairyland scenery is like a painting.
The colorful swirling is full of moral glory and purple mist; the smoke is ethereal, all of which are emitting clear fragrance from the innate infinite. The fairy peaches and fruits are like golden pills; the green poplars and willows are like jade lines.
Compared with Bajing Palace and Yuxu Palace, this place is more spacious and open. The palace is surrounded by fairy mountains, fairy trees and magical grasses.
You have to know that hundreds of years ago, this place would be crowded with immortals every once in a while. If the place was a little more cramped, it would not be able to accommodate so many disciples.
But now, there is no trace of the immortals at all, the beautiful fairyland is deserted, and it seems a bit empty and desolate.
In the real world of the fairyland, even creatures such as wild beasts, insects and birds no longer exist. In the huge cave space, there is only one old immortal left behind.
This is because in such a top-level cave with such a rich fairyland aura, any living creature that stays with a saint for a long time will achieve enlightenment and all the people around them will benefit from it, and their spiritual wisdom will be awakened to embark on the path to immortality.
Originally, all the creatures created in this space became disciples of Master Tongtian, practiced and became immortals, and then died in the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation in one day.
It had only been a few hundred years since the annihilation of the Jiejiao sect. The time interval was too short, and no new life could be born here. Instead, it became a lifeless deserted place for all living things.
The four saints, Nuwa, Fuxi, Shennong and Xuanyuan, stood at the gate of the Bajing Palace. Nuwa still had an angry expression, while the other three saints had complicated expressions.
"Sister, how about... forget it..."
Looking around, Fuxi frowned and tried his best to make a final attempt. "Thousands of years ago, we came to visit Brother Tongtian. At that time, there were many immortals here, and there were laughter and joy everywhere. Now it is so deserted. I think Brother Tongtian must be in a bad mood guarding this place and being reminded of the past every day."
"The reason why the Conferred God Tribulation broke out has a lot to do with you, my sister. I wonder if Brother Tongtian will bear a grudge against you."
"What are you afraid of? Even if he sets up the Immortal Execution Sword Formation, the four of us can break it together."
Nuwa stiffened her neck and said stubbornly, "Besides, he has lost all four swords of Zhu Xian, so he can't even set up a formation if he wants to."
Fuxi shook his head helplessly and muttered in a low voice: "Why bother to fight like this? Brother Tongtian can teach a disciple like Brother Wen, so his knowledge must be as profound as the universe. I'm afraid he has more powerful methods than the Zhuxian Sword Formation."
"Brother, didn't we already agree on this in Huoyun Cave?"
Nuwa said angrily: "Since you came with me, you should do your best to help me put pressure on Tongtian and stop saying discouraging words!"
Fuxi, Shennong and Xuanyuan all looked helpless. It was true that they enjoyed communicating with Wen Rui, but no matter how well they chatted, they were still netizens and could not be compared with Nuwa.
When Nuwa asked in the Fire Cloud Cave: "Help him or help me?", the Three Emperors could only agree with a wry smile and bite the bullet to accompany her.
If we talk about sincerity, it is because he really doesn't want to make trouble for himself. If he offends netizen Wen Rui, not only will he have nothing to talk about in the future, but Master Tongtian is not an easy person to deal with.
What if the Four Saints join forces?
The ones he fought against back then were the Four Saints!
Moreover, the four saints that Tongtian fought against back then were all real Hunyuan saints who had become saints by beheading the Three Corpses. They were one level higher than these saints of merit.
"Sister, you must control your temper later." Fuxi warned: "I originally thought that Master Tongtian had great magical powers and profound cultivation. Now, through the communication with fellow Daoist Wen, I have a new understanding of him. Those Jiejiao scriptures were all compiled by Tongtian and Wenrui. It is hard to imagine how profound the master's wisdom is."
Shen Nong also nodded and said, "I originally thought that his name 'Tong Tian' meant that his cultivation was as high as the heavens and his Taoism was as high as the heavens. Now I understand that it actually means 'understanding the way of heaven'. This is a bit scary. At the sage level, omniscience is omnipotence. I'm afraid that the laws of heaven controlled by each of us four saints are not even a fraction of his. Fighting him is like fighting against the way of heaven. How can we win?"
"Alright, alright!" Nuwa interrupted angrily, "Saints also have to be reasonable. I don't believe that saints can't seek justice after being bullied! If he drives us out, we will go to Master Hongjun to complain!"
The three Human Emperors then kept silent and followed Nuwa into the Biyou Palace.
When I walked into the Biyou Palace, no one greeted me. I walked smoothly all the way to the inner hall.
After the great calamity of the Conferred Gods, Master Tongtian was captured by Master Hongjun and taught by him for a hundred years. When he came back, he found that the monkeys had scattered when the tree fell, and even his Taoist boy and mount were missing.
He was too disheartened to want to take in any more disciples, so he stayed alone in the Immortal Palace, just to have some peace and quiet.
Nuwa and the other four saints did not find Tongtian Master after entering the inner hall, so they continued to walk towards the bedroom. Only then did they see Tongtian Master wearing a loose close-fitting robe, slumped on the sofa, with his legs crossed, looking at the picture projected by the Xuantian Treasure Mirror opposite.
Apparently he had been alone at home for too long, and no one had visited him for hundreds of years. Master Tongtian seemed very relaxed, and he didn't even deploy his alert spiritual field. He was fully aware that Nuwa and the others had come behind him.
Apart from the disciples of Jiejiao, only saints can enter and exit his true fairyland.
The disciples had dispersed hundreds of years ago. Some of them disappeared, some were deified, some became Buddhas, and some became dogs, and they all went their separate ways.
Among the several ancient saints, Tongtian Patriarch had no friends and even offended more than half of them. Even his two senior brothers from the same sect had a very bad relationship with them.
So, after a long time, Tongtian Jiaozhu no longer had so many concerns and did whatever he wanted at home as he felt comfortable.
What was projected by the Xuantian Treasure Mirror was a television signal received from the Liberty City in the mortal world, and the broadcast screen was showing the long-running ancient soap opera "The Legend of Ancient Times: The Unending Love of a Lich".
This drama tells the story of a witch girl and a demon boy who met, got to know each other, and fell in love in the last calamity era, but because of the war that broke out between the two tribes, it becomes a clichéd and bloody story of love, hatred and vengeance.
While watching the soap opera, Tongtian Jiaozhu would occasionally beckon his fingers, and the various fruits on the jade table in front of the sofa would be automatically cut and fly over to his mouth.
The life of a single otaku was quite comfortable... He didn't seem to feel too lonely or desolate because his disciples had dispersed.
The four saints looked at each other and exchanged glances. Faced with such a scene, they didn't know whether they should say anything to greet them.
"My fellow Taoists, please don't be restrained. Just sit down wherever you want. I already knew you when you came in."
Tongtian, who had his back to them, broke the deadlock first. He didn't look back, still looking at the TV projection, and waved his hand casually, saying, "Now I have neither disciples nor friends. I am alone and have no worries. I have let many things go and don't care about them anymore. I am a little more relaxed in my own home, so please bear with me and don't be surprised."
(End of this chapter)