Daoist Master of Qing Xuan

Su Xiuqing thought for a moment. Shen Lian was a rare Daoist prominent figure. He would not deceive her. Working in Qing Xuan had more advantages than disadvantages. Besides that, Zhengyi sect had not had any immortal Zhenren in the past thousand years. After condensing the Talisman Seed, she was actually lost. She did not know what laid ahead of her. However, if she received guidance from Zhenren Shen, even if the future was not bright, she still had something to rely on.

When she had a clear picture of her own intentions, she said, “I am willing to work for Zhenren Shen.”

Shen Lian nodded and explained, “Zhengyi sect’s Sanshan Runes Book and Huandan were the right methods to the path of Dao. Both has a similarity, which was to pass the whim level. The deepest Xuan philosophy between the heaven and earth was the abstruse. It was also ingenious and its presence exceeded the ghosts and gods. Most teachings avoided it, leaving behind few records. They only guided the disciples through Dao scriptures and Buddhist sutra. This was because they were afraid that disciples would face knowledge barrier. Secondly, this would interrupt their process of creation, leading to catastrophe. I can only give these pointers to you. The rest is up to you to figure it out.”

Su Xiuqing had the Qi of stillness. However, as she heard that Shen Lian was about to preach the path of immortality, excitement filled her. She asked, “Please teach me, Master Shen.”

Shen Lian explained, “The path of immortality is simple and easy. If known and refined, it will be permanent once obtained. Then, one will attain the realm of Buddha and celestial and will accomplish the Primordial Spiritual Body. The golden mean of the Confucian school, the ancestral of Daoism and The Truth in Buddhism were three different religions but all Dao belong to one…”

As Shen Lian was explaining the platitude to Su Xiuqing, she was not focused. Nonetheless, Shen Lian continued to describe the details. When it combined with the platitude, the Art of Spiritual Enhancement could enhance one’s character. Not only that, the knack to it was like tailor-made to her. Zhenren Shen actually customized the Art of Spiritual Enhancement for her.

Although the outbreak from the whim was different for everyone, the orthodoxy remained the same. As the spirit grew stronger, the chances of breaking the whim will be higher. This law might be baseless but there was a reason to it.

Every time when Shen Lian justified the beauty of it, Su Xiuqing fluttered. Her psyche became happier as time passed.

Finally, Shen Lian ended his preach. Su Xiuqing felt lost and wanted more. Fortunately, her Dao character was good and did not press on. Hence, she bowed sincerely and thanked Shen Lian. Then, she left the abode.

The East started to light up and the clouds were coloured. Su Xiuqing wanted to go back to learn eagerly. She returned as fast as the wind and soon, she arrived at Qingliang Hill. Her peers were mediating and practicing Qi.

She pushed open the door and happily said, “Quickly get up.”

Her peers from Zhengyi sect went closer to her after looking at her gradient face. They knew that she gained something from the encounter with Shen Lian. They tempered her for the details.

Everyone admired her as she described her occurrence yesterday. As the news spread, some thought that she had obtained the secret to longevity, the path and fruition. They could not wait to lay their hands on it.

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After Shen Lian taught Su Xiuqing, he did not follow up. From today onwards, Qing Xuan will formally screen out the cultivators who are willing to go the netherworld with him. Fortunately, he did not need to work on petty things. All he had to do was to liaise with the deities.

If there was a one on one combat against Shen Lian, none of these people would be able to win. Nonetheless, these people were not ordinary as they managed to cultivate and reach the state of deities. They could be one of the best connoisseurs in the netherworld.

The cultivators were not be bounded by the laws of heaven and earth in the netherworld. Hence, it was a matter of time where they would achieve more.

Besides Tianyi and Emperor Xia, there were others that were powerful too. Thus, Shen Lian could not afford to pay attention to every detail. These deities could be his arms and helped him to ease some burden. At the same time, he would not be afraid of enemies attacking a group. The celestial tactical formation done by ten highly cultivated deities would be destructive.

On top of that, everyone had an ultimate technique that was not to be underestimated.

This was the advantage as compared to the netherworld. There were hundreds of schools of thought and everyone had various techniques of cultivations.

When the time arrived, Shen Lian changed his divine Qi. As though the sea, the brightness was unmeasurable. The painting of Mounts and Rivers of the Gods of Earth and Vale in the abode shone. Suddenly, a majestic heaven and earth Qi burst out.

Soon, the painting of Mounts and Rivers of the Gods of Earth and Vale rushed to the top of Taiyi Peak and formed a heavenly palace. The grand heavenly gates appeared between heaven and earth. It seemed like it was a portal to another world.

The immortal Zhenren and Lord Luohan knew that was the venue for Dragon Flower Assembly. Secretly, they admired his unmeasurable power as the venue produced was equivalent to a small heavenly palace.

About twenty-three sunglow flowed towards the heavenly palace. As they arrived outside the heavenly gate, they saw the temple that was filled with mystique. They nodded approvingly and went in together.

Once they entered, they saw Shen Lian seated in the middle of the hall.

They nodded and greeted him.

There were twenty-three cushions in the middle of the hall. Each cushion produced Qi of Dao, which matched each connoisseur.

Based on their senses, they took their seats.

Shen Lian spoke, “I am glad that everyone can make it here. Do you feel the difference in here?”

Fahai was the first to respond, “I had a strange sensation. As I entered, my body felt lighter and comfortable.”

The others agreed. The Lord of Zen, Dao Yuan gave a deep thought and queried, “Did we leave the previous place and arrived into another world?”

Dao Yuan’s words shocked the people in the hall. Hence, they relaxed their mental state. They could sensed that the interrelation between humans and Gods did not exist. Obviously, this was a different world.

In other words, it could be said that they transcended beyond the mortal world.

With a smile, Shen Lian replied, “I invited everyone here to tell you where I went previously.”

Everyone paid attention to Shen Lian. This was because the experience of transcending beyond the mortal world was not stated in any Dao scriptures or Buddhist sutra. They were curious.

Furthermore, they agreed that Zhenren Shen was a person with good ethics. Zhenren Xiangshan had transcended beyond the mortal world but he never disclosed anything. In other words, they would not reach the level of Zhenren Xiangshan even though he shared his experience.

Zhenren Xiangshan kept the knowledge to himself whereas Zhenren Shen was generous to share his knowledge.

It was when they listened to Zhenren Shen’s experience that they knew the reason. They had been practicing cultivation in Zhenren Xiangshan’s house. Hence, the thought of everything they did, Zhenren Xiangshan knew. It induced a strange sensation.