Chapter 140 I am Yuanshi

Li Ningyang, also known as Li Xuan, was called Jindan in Taoism, wherein Jin means the clarity of the Great Sun, and Dan refers to a sincere heart. It means observing and approaching the pure Great Sun with a sincere heart. Both Ningyang and Li Xuan are in line with the true meaning of Taoism and were names given later.

His original name was only slightly better than "Ditch of Mount Tu."

It was Li Hongshui.

Later, he became known as Tieguai Li (Iron-Crutch Li).

He was one of the Eight Immortals, a disciple personally enlightened by Laozi.

Wei Yuan had never met him, but he knew that the Wei Yuan in front of him was filled with excitement upon meeting him, even with a kind of excitement of seeing a legend of the modern world. They talked to each other, and the other immortals came out to pay their respects, because this was actually a past anchor point. For Wei Yuan, no matter how much time he spent here, his soul would not spend much time returning.

At this moment, he respectfully said, "After the old gentleman enlightened me, he once again came in spirit and told me that although his cultivation is not as good as yours, he can sense when karma falls on him, and he felt that this thing might be helpful to you, so he always had me carry this thing with me."

"The way of karma is like planting trees, there is sowing and reaping, a drink and a peck are predestined."

"Then it is time for this thing to return to its original owner."

Tieguai Li held out an object with both hands. It was a box, the overall texture of which was white jade, warm to the touch. Ancient characters were engraved on it with extremely fine brushstrokes. After Wei Yuan opened the box, he was stunned. Inside the white jade box was a withered yellow leaf.

This leaf was the one Wei Yuan had used as the carrier of karma when he had just stepped into the realm of the Ten Great Peak Dao Fruits, allowing guests to come to Buzhou Mountain. Laozi had taken the initiative to leave. This leaf was actually still in his hands? Then he enlightened Tieguai Li and placed this fallen leaf here, asking him to pass it on to Wei Yuan.

A drink and a peck, a cause and an effect.

Wei Yuan said, "...Thank you for your trouble."

Tieguai Li sighed, "My cultivation is simply not enough to live to this day. The reason why I can still stand here is because of this treasure. The teacher said that there is the power of karma in this fallen leaf, which can maintain my true spirit from being extinguished, but my cultivation is not enough. Even if there is such a power of karma, I only lived to five hundred years ago."

"When I felt I was about to die, I met Daoist Lu Dongbin and Daoist Han Zhongli. They passed on a method of cultivation shared by eight people to me. At that time, it happened to be a heavy winter snow, and there was a lame beggar who had frozen to death by the roadside, so I possessed his body and walked the world in his appearance. It has been hundreds of years now."

Speaking of the past, Tieguai Li was also saddened.

They had never thought that Lu Dongbin, the Pure Yang Sword Immortal who had found them one by one and passed on the Tao to them, would leave at this time. Seeing that the Great Dao was about to be achieved, and the last of the Eight Immortals had appeared, the greatest contributor for hundreds of years had also dissolved his body and passed away.

Although, they did not know why Lu Chunyang was so obsessed with gathering the Eight Immortals.

Tieguai Li composed himself and respectfully said, "However, in any case, today I can finally return the thing to its original owner."

Wei Yuan looked at the fallen leaf in the box.

Karma seemed to form a self-contained cycle here, but it was not the Dao. However, he vaguely understood what the old man wanted to tell him. The Way of Taishang is not a specific cultivation method, but a concept of using the laws of all things. To separate the beginning of Yuanshi and the destruction of Lingbao with a cultivation method is originally a kind of attachment and obsession.

When Wei Yuan touched this fallen leaf, the leaf scattered entirely, turning into dust.

In fact, this leaf, which was entrusted with Wei Yuan's power of karma, should have shattered after sending Laozi back to this era. It was already extremely remarkable that the old man could maintain this thing for such a long time without it breaking. However, Tieguai Li rarely showed a sense of panic and self-blame, "This, it's all because I didn't preserve it properly, and it actually broke."

Wei Yuan stared at the dust that the fallen leaf had turned into, scattering away. After a long time, he shook his head and said, "There's no need to be like this."

The white-haired Taoist's voice was gentle, "The words that the old gentleman wanted to say to me, we have already discussed them."

Tieguai Li was stunned, and then looked at Wei Yuan in confusion. Wei Yuan let go of his hand, and his sleeves gently swept past. The jade box fell back on the stone table. The Taoist seemed to finally understand, finally see clearly, and laughed loudly, saying, "Superior scholars do not contend, inferior scholars love to contend; superior virtue is not virtuous, inferior virtue clings to virtue."

"Those who are attached cannot be called moral."

"If it is not called morality, it is not the Supreme."

If the heart of attachment arises, it cannot be called Dao and De.

Taishang Daode Tianzun (The Grand Supreme Elderly Lord).

Taishang is the highest, Dao is the door to all mysteries, and De is temperament.

Taishang Daode is the realm of understanding the rules and order of this heaven and earth.

When Wei Yuan's mind moved, the illusion of Buzhou Mountain in his cultivation body suddenly trembled violently, and then the Buzhou Mountain that suppressed the spirit platform disappeared. Then the causes of all fruits represented by the Yuanshi Tianzun cultivation body, the beginning of all things; and the destruction of all laws represented by the Lingbao Tianzun began to flow together.

The white-haired Taoist laughed loudly, "Purity is the source of turbidity, movement is the foundation of stillness."

His hands formed a Dharma seal.

"Reduce the root and flow to the branches, and create all things."

In an instant, the two major cultivation bodies in the main body's cultivation body began to rotate and change. Between each other, the beginning and the destruction seemed like Taiji Yin and Yang, rotating endlessly. As long as they touched, they would produce violent shocks, but at this moment, they maintained an extremely delicate balance. This balance, to the greatest extent, purified Wei Yuan's aura, and also allowed two completely different destructive forces to coexist for a long time.

So that's it, karma is Yuanshi, and the sword is destruction.

And [I] am [Taishang].

I am the Supreme Venerable.

Not a specific Celestial Venerable, but a realm.

Tieguai Li on the other side seemed to feel something, as if he had noticed the changes in karma or the secrets of heaven. His heart shook inexplicably, and he took a step forward subconsciously, saluting and saying, "This junior is presumptuous, but I don't know what name to use to address you, senior?" He had guarded this box for more than a thousand years, and it had almost become his obsession.

Wei Yuan did not speak, but asked with a smile, "...During the Eastern Han Dynasty, someone passed on Taoism in the name of Zhuang Zhou to a Taoist priest surnamed Zhang, do you know about it?"

Li Ningyang said, "Zhuang Zhou cultivates carefree wandering. He didn't have my opportunity, so he didn't live to that era."

"I am much older than him. Before he passed away, he entrusted me to pass on his Taoist collection. One day, I saw Zhang Jiao picking herbs on the mountain. He had a rare root for cultivating Taoism, so I accepted him as a disciple on behalf of Zhuang Zhou."

He said complicatedly, "That child's talent is stronger than mine. He cultivated both Taoism and magic to an extremely high level. I originally hoped that he could be my successor, guarding this treasure for my teacher on my behalf. With his understanding and aptitude, he shouldn't have such a disaster as I did in the Tang Dynasty, needing to become what I am now."

"It's just that he went down the mountain later."

"And then never came back."

As Wei Yuan listened, he suddenly had a mysterious feeling.

It was because he studied under Teacher Zhang Jiao, and then embarked on the path of Taoist cultivation, eventually proving the Dao Fruit of Yuanshi Tianzun. Only in this way could he later summon Laozi back to Buzhou Mountain. And only in this way would Laozi leave behind that fallen leaf, allowing Li Ningyang to live to later generations, and only then would he pass on Zhuang Zhou's inheritance to Teacher Zhang Jiao.

And the young Taoist who refused to guard this fallen leaf went down the mountain.

Saved a sick young child.

Linked together, yet self-contained.

It actually seemed impossible to disassemble, yet it had an indescribable sense of mystery.

Wei Yuan simply said, "So that's it, so that's it."

"The Dao that can be told is not the constant Dao."

"The Dao that can be told is not the constant Dao..."

The Great Dao can actually be said, but what we have said with words is no longer the constant Dao. Indescribable, mysterious and profound, the door to all mysteries. Wei Yuan finally stood up, smiling as he answered Tieguai Li's question. He cupped his hands slightly, no longer suppressing his aura, soaring into the sky, with rays of light shining everywhere, and auspicious clouds rolling.

The Taoist smiled and said, "This poor Daoist is Yuanshi."

………………

Boom!!!

With a huge impact, the Tongtian Daoist retreated instantly. The Taoist cultivation method is known for its long aura and the flow of Yin and Yang. At this moment, the Great Cave True Scripture was operating countless times to dissolve the attack of the Foundation of the Turbid World. Even so, the cuffs of his sleeves had been torn, and the armguards sent by Lu Fengxian had also been torn. Cracks appeared on the armor.

The power of the Foundation of the Turbid World was such that even his and Master Kong's combined strength was completely at a disadvantage.

If it weren't for Master Kong's own realm and the Qilin's accumulation of thousands of years.

If it weren't for the body left by Huntian itself had already reached some kind of extreme.

If it weren't for the extremely subtle cooperation between the two, they might have already been defeated. At this moment, the Qilin's body had already made a sound that it couldn't bear the burden. Even with Master Kong controlling it, a part of it faintly transformed into the Qilin's abnormality, and the Tongtian Daoist also felt the lack of aura.

The Foundation of the Turbid World, however, had a cold and indifferent expression.

"It can be over."

He changed his usual style, transforming from a steady and solid style to a fierce and explosive move.

Then, he directly bypassed the Tongtian Daoist, who was actively meeting him, with an extremely mysterious method.

Directly replacing the foundation of space!

The Tongtian Daoist's moves missed, his pupils contracted, and he realized that the true target of the Foundation of the Turbid World was not himself, but Master Kong, whose strength had begun to decline because the Qilin's own foundation was being consumed too much. The Foundation of the Turbid World's expression was calm and silent, but his movements were extremely ruthless.

The Qilin directly forcibly manipulated his own body.

He directly sent out a trace of his teacher's true spirit, and then shouted loudly, "Go, go, teacher!"

"Leave it to me here!"

However, the cornerstone of space under the Foundation of the Turbid World's feet changed again, directly avoiding the Qilin, who had a mortal will and planned to self-detonate his soul and flesh to block the Foundation of the Turbid World. The edge of the weapon directly forced the illusory soul in front of him.

"Master Kong's realm is too high."

"Although people of your realm often don't choose to return, returning will instead cause loopholes in your realm."

"But I can't gamble on this possibility."

He stretched out his hand, intending to directly give the enemy a fatal blow, purely erasing the foundation of existence in this world. Then, everything and everything existing on this world's foundation, and even the rest of the rules and order, would collapse in an instant, like a very magnificent building, directly smashing the foundation, so the rest of the things would naturally collapse.

But just at this moment, the Foundation of the Turbid World suddenly paused.

Following his instinct, he gave up the plan to kill the two people in front of him!

Turned around and punched!

The huge Turbid World Dao Fruit changed direction, because an unparalleled intent of annihilation erupted suddenly, accompanied by an angry shout.

"You dare?!!!"

"Get out!"

The sword's cry was terrifying, even more so than the previous Qingping Sword!

It flew directly out of the realm of the Heavenly Demons, and then pierced through it.

The Foundation of the Turbid World used offense as defense. This Qingping Sword, which was inexplicably filled with the aura of great destruction and tribulation, directly broke through the defense of the Foundation of the Turbid World with an unparalleled aura, forcing him to actively retreat and give way. Blood was dripping from his fists, white bones were visible, and his expression changed drastically, no longer calm.

Then a white-haired Taoist almost instantly crossed the distant distance.

He passed by the Foundation of the Turbid World, who was already faintly injured under that move, without even looking at it.

The Qilin, who had already felt hopeless, was stunned, looking at the white-haired Taoist over there. Such a turn of events caught him off guard. He said blankly, "This, is this the Yuanshi Tianzun?" The Tongtian Daoist breathed a sigh of relief, saying in his heart, "He's finally back," his expression stern, "That's right."

"Yuanshi Tianzun of Buzhou Mountain Yuxu."

A trace of the old Master Kong's true spirit was about to thank him, but hesitated, with a somewhat familiar feeling, looking at the white-haired Taoist.

And the white-haired Taoist, who had just forced back a rare expert in the Turbid World Dao Fruit realm with a single sword of annihilation, took two steps back.

His expression showed obvious daze, seeming to still carry some disbelief, and then, with a longing that had been separated for thousands of years, he bowed slightly, his right hand on the back of his left hand, his hands and gaze at the same level, bowing, just like the ragged little beggar of that year, he said softly:

"Disciple Yuan, greets Master Kong."

ps: Today's second update...