Chapter 283 [Back to Under One Person Again]
Ascension?
No, perhaps it should be called descent, coming down to earth, a banished immortal!
When the Great Way came out, heaven and earth were created, clear air rose to become the Nine Heavens, turbid air descended to become the Nine Netherworlds, and in the center, earth, fire, wind and water were interpreted to form the real world.
The real world is just an ordinary name. Taoism calls it Daluo, Buddhism calls it Pure Land, and Brahman calls it "Xia Brahma".
The Great Red Heaven of Daode Tianzun, the Qingwei Heaven of Yuanshi Tianzun, and the Yuyu Heaven of Lingbao Tianzun are all the real realms of those on the other side, and are the Daluo places outside the thirty-three heavens.
Fuhuang’s real world is also a Kunlun heaven.
The gods have come down to earth, they are extraordinary, golden flowers bloom like lanterns, purple air comes from the east like dragons, the vast vision covers the sky and fills the entire Longhu Mountain Range, it is sacred and extraordinary!
Longhu Mountain was boiling, the world of extraordinary people was shaken, and the news was like a storm, transmitted through mobile phones, thousands of miles of voice transmission, carrier pigeons... all kinds of technology, magic, and extraordinary methods swept the entire world of extraordinary people, from Qi cultivators to wizards, all extraordinary circles were in an uproar.
The 65th Heavenly Master Zhang Zhiwei held his breath and watched this scene intently, comprehending the laws of heaven and earth and the changes in the great way, fearing to miss even a single detail. For a practitioner, this was an unparalleled opportunity.
After a long time, Barron came over pushing a wheelchair, on which sat an old man with missing limbs. It was Zhang Zhiwei's junior fellow apprentice Tian Jinzhong.
Tian Jinzhong looked up at the sky with his eyes slightly narrowed, immersed in this vision, as if he was back to the first time he read the Taoist scriptures in his childhood. He was shocked and yearned for the various visions and the Pure Land of Heaven recorded in the book, and his heart towards Taoism began to develop.
Since the Jiashen Rebellion, he has restrained himself, like an immortal whose heart has been covered by dust.
And today, looking at the strange phenomena in the sky, that mysterious feeling of emotion and longing once again came to my mind.
"Brother..." Tian Jinzhong's voice was trembling a little, and he was extremely excited and asked, "Is there really such a thing as a god in this world?"
"I don't know either."
Zhang Zhiwei felt lost. If he had not fought with the Shenqiao Immortal a few years ago, he would have been favored by the master and had the communication between heaven and man, which was the closeness between the inner world and the outer world. He would have luckily broken into the realm of half-step external scenery and been able to mobilize some power of heaven and earth.
He almost believed that the myths, legends and strange stories recorded in Taoist books were false.
Compared to the real gods who can move mountains and seas and catch stars and moons, any normal person would think that the ancestors were just trying to save face and told a little lie.
"Go...quickly prepare the reed tent, hang up lanterns and decorations." Suddenly, Zhang Zhiwei shuddered, as if he remembered something. If there really were immortals coming to the earth, why did they specifically choose Longhu Mountain?
Could it be that the immortal who came down to earth this time was his own ancestor Zhang Daoling?
After all, ever since the Wudang Sect's founder Zhang Sanfeng ascended to heaven hundreds of years ago, there have been no more immortals in the world. Generation after generation of sect leaders have kowtowed and prayed, and the sect was even on the verge of being wiped out several times, but the founder showed no mercy.
Only a few years ago, the founder of Longhu Mountain took the initiative to show his divine power and created a miracle!
"Yes, yes!" Tian Jinzhong also reacted and quickly ordered the stunned little Taoist priests around to take action. If he had not lost his limbs, he would have cleaned up by himself.
Endless light from the sky poured down, white clouds rose, and faintly the sound of Fuxi's zither seemed to turn into heavenly music. A figure appeared and disappeared, as if descending from the upper realm.
Just as all the Taoists in Mount Longhu were preparing to perform the ceremony respectfully, suddenly a loud noise echoed in the sky.
"Hi, hi, hi, I'm back!"
Lin Xian laughed heartily, stepped on auspicious clouds, bathed in golden light, with the eternal blue sky on his back, just like a real immortal.
The people of Mount Longhu were stunned as if they had been struck by the Five Thunders.
At this moment, someone murmured, breaking the silence.
"You just flew up, can you fly back?"
Without any cover, the person who came into view was none other than Lin Xian, the Divine Bridge Immortal who ascended to the fairyland several years ago and caused a sensation in the circle of extraordinary people.
Lin Xian's flight that year caused a complete earthquake in the world of extraordinary people. I don't know how many young talents cried and shouted, wanting to join the world of cultivation in search of that ray of hope.
Even the company's attitude has changed, switching back and forth between extreme gentleness and extreme vigilance, because there really are gods in the alien world.
"Xiao Zhang, how come I haven't seen you for a while? Are you suffering from Alzheimer's disease?"
Lin Xian flew down slowly, patted Zhang Zhiwei on the shoulder, and said jokingly: "If you ask me, you should give up your position. If you live another 80 years, there will be no young Heavenly Master who is 100 years old in the world. Hurry up and give the position of Heavenly Master to the young people. I think Chu Lan is a good guy."
"Barron, you are here too. Why do you also want to be a heavenly master? Come on, put on this purple robe." Everyone was speechless for a moment, and at the same time they secretly breathed a sigh of relief. This person had too much worldly air, unlike the immortals in the legend, who were ruthless.
"Lin Zhen...Jun." The old Heavenly Master Zhang Zhiwei pondered for a moment, pondered the words, and asked tentatively: "Have you become an immortal?"
"Master, what a joke! There are no gods in this world. They are all covered up."
Lin Xian laughed and shook his head, saying, "He is nothing more than a stronger alien."
"Is there really no such thing as a deity?"
This time, Zhang Zhiwei looked strange. He was almost admitting that Lin Xian was an immortal, so he used the word "True Lord".
There are countless real people in the world, and all Taoists with profound practice and high status can be given this title.
The word "Zhenjun" should not be used casually. In Taoism, it is almost always conferred on the dead.
There is only one kind of person in the world who can use the title of True Lord while alive, and that is the emperor.
For example, Emperor Daojun of the Northern Song Dynasty claimed that he was a god who had descended to earth.
Another example is the Jiajing Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, whose Taoist name was Lingxiao Shangqing Tonglei Yuanyang Miaoyifeixuan Zhenjun.
"Bullshit immortal emperor." Lin Xian pointed at Zhang Zhiwei and said, "Are you an immortal?"
"No."
Zhang Zhiwei shook his head. Although he had some minor skills and could call the wind and rain and drive thunder and lightning, he was still a mortal after all. He couldn't even achieve immortality. How could he dare to call himself a god?
"This is incredible." Lin Xian pointed at himself and said leisurely, "I am number one in the world, and you are number two. Neither of us is a god, so who in the world dares to call himself a god?"
Everyone in Longhu Mountain was stunned. These words seemed to be nonsense, but if you think about it carefully, they actually make some sense.
"Master Lin." Barron stepped forward to pay his respects. He was very grateful to the Immortal Lin for guiding him into Taoism and using his method of returning the mind to the right path and making the six thieves disappear without a trace to restrain the Six Treasury Immortal Thieves' desire to devour.
If it weren't for the years of training his dragon and tiger mind, he would have been ready to eat humans.
"You have practiced the meditation well." Lin Xian nodded, then turned around, looked at Tian Jinzhong and said, "If you can calm your mind, you will become Wukong, and if you can restrain your will, you will become a dragon. Daoist friend, if you have mastered the meditation, you will become a dragon and ascend to heaven."
Tian Jinzhong smiled bitterly and said, "Master Lin, please don't make fun of me. Master Lu once said: Only cultivating life but not nature is the first problem in cultivation. Only cultivating ancestral nature but not elixir will make it difficult for the Yin spirit to become a saint after ten thousand calamities."
"I am a useless person. My limbs are broken and my martial arts are destroyed. I am lucky to be alive. I will ascend to heaven in this life."
“How do you know that uselessness is not of great use?” Lin Xian laughed and stroked it with his hand. The essence of dragon energy emerged and poured into Tian Jinzhong’s spine, trying to transform it into a big dragon. The flesh and blood reorganized like a spider web.
"what!!!"
Even someone as strong-willed as Tian Jinzhong couldn't help but scream when faced with the complete transformation, attracting numerous Taoists from Mount Longhu to greet him nervously.
"Uncle Master, how are you?"
"Why is this so?"
Voices of fear, confusion, and doubt rang out one after another. Only the old Heavenly Master Zhang Zhiwei saw some clues and asked in shock, "Newborn?"
The dragon energy intertwined and turned into a light cocoon that enveloped Tian Jinzhong, like a fairy ascending to heaven, scattering light rain all over the ground.
After a moment, the cocoon of light on the wheelchair broke open, completing the transformation, and a Tian Jinzhong with all four limbs intact and ten years younger appeared before his eyes.
Under countless gazes, Tian Jinzhong trembled and stood up with great difficulty. Then he trembled and lost his balance. He knelt down in front of Lin Xian with a plop, his eyes full of disbelief.
He asked what everyone was thinking: "Master Lin, you are an immortal, right?"
"There are no gods." Lin Xian laughed and stroked the void. Tian Jinzhong stood up naturally, and then said leisurely: "I am just a stronger alien, an ordinary person."
(End of this chapter)
