Daoist Master of Qing Xuan

For anyone who had achieved immortality, ever since Lu Jiuyuan achieved the Great Way, would rarely pay him a visit. This was a story that contained Daoists’ blood and tears. It was a story from a thousand years ago, about a friend of Lu Jiuyuan, who was a powerful Buddhist Layperson, called Wei Mojie.

The depth of Wei Mojie’s Dharma was not below any Zen master of the eight sects of Buddhism. He was able to see through the shallowness and not get contaminated by the environment. Everyone said he would definitely achieve Boddhisattva’s highest level.

This was the connoisseur he was. His pursuit of Dao was not something a commoner would imagine, and he had a Dao he strongly believed in. One day, he felt like there was nothing he could improve on, as all the rules and formulas in the world were written on the back of his hand. As such, he decided to see Lu Jiuyuan.

At that time, while Lu Jiuyuan was famous, it was unlike today, where he had no enemy.

When Wei Mojie was outside of Xuantian Sect, he was stopped by a young man – it was Lu Jiuyuan’s student, Wang Shidao. He said to Wei Mojie, “Please don’t go and see my teacher, else your Dao will be ruined.”

Wei Mojie knew Wang Shidao was one of Lu Jiuyuan’s most talented student. When he saw him, he could tell the air of Celestialism from him. He was not far from achieving Daoist immortality.

For someone with Dao, he would not scare him intentionally.

It triggered his competitiveness, and hence he went passed Wang Shidao’s hindrance and went straight up.

When he visited the mountain, Wei Mojie looked like a middle-aged man, but by the time he left, his hair was all white and he looked withered. That time Wang Shidao was waiting for him at the foot of the mountain.

He said to Wang Shidao, “I looked up to the height, I studied how solid it was. It seemed to be in front, but all of a sudden it was behind. He was good at guiding – he led me with formula, but bounded me with rules. I couldn’t stop myself, as I’d used up my talent. He still stood in front of me, and even if I wanted to follow, I could not make it.”

What Wei Mojie meant was, the more he looked at the Great Way of Lu Jiuyuan, the further it looked. The more he studied it, the more solid it was. It looked like it was always on the front side, but it suddenly appeared on his hind side. Lu Jiuyuan would guide one accordingly, and will first speak about the boundless formula, and then limit Mojie to the unchanging rules of the world. It was impossible for Mojie to stop learning as he exhausted. But the Dao of Lu Jiuyuan still stood right in front of him. He tried to follow, but there was no road for him to follow.

After he said it, Wei Mojie kicked the bucket.

From then, some other immortal Zhenrens went to see Lu Jiuyuan. They did not lose their Dao like Wei Mojie, but they went to imitate Lu Jiuyuan, until their lives withered away.

There was no exception – none of the immortal Zhenrens proceeded any further since then, because they could not eliminate the shadow Lu Jiuyuan left in their heart. It could only happen if they gave up their own Dao and sought for guidance from Lu Jiuyuan.

Shen Lian knew about this secret incident from his grandmaster. He still remembered the excitement the grandmaster had when she told him about this. From then it was clear to him that regardless of what happened when the grandmaster succeeded in the Boundless Taiyang, she would definitely go and see Lu Jiuyuan.

For someone like Lu Jiuyuan, to most cultivators in the world, he could be a great teacher or a saint; but for those who had entered Dao through other sects, he was scarier than the various Sky Demons. After one had seen him, one could shift gear and had doubts about the Dao one chose.

This sort of damage was more deadly than any supernatural powers or techniques.

For a thousand years, Lu Jiuyuan never stepped out of Xuantian Sect, and he never fought. It was an unspoken rule, that was shared between him, Xuanmen’s three Daoist sects and the eight Zen masters of Buddhism. One could be lecturing or teaching Dao, but one could not step out of Xuantian Sect. Otherwise, in order to keep to orthodoxy, everyone would have to sacrifice.

Despite how strong Lu Jiuyuan was, he also could not fight against so many connoisseurs.

Because of that, for a thousand years, rarely did anyone know about to what impossible height Lu Jiuyuan had reached. The only thing everyone was clear about was that this person could cross the galaxy and transcend beyond the mortal world.

Xuantian Sect used to reveal one instrument, which was made by the bones of the aliens killed by Lu Jiuyuan. There were several other examples. Xuantian Sect never invaded any mountains or rivers, but they never lacked any treasure. Some people ever revealed that Xuantian Sect had pathways which allowed them to reach other worlds in order for the core true disciple to cultivate. The pathways were all opened up by Lu Jiuyuan.

Fortunately, Xuantian Sect did not have the desire to conquer the whole of Yuan Continent, else it would be a tragedy.

Shen Lian connected with Zhao Xiaoyu using divine thoughts, and they exchanged a lot of messages.

After a temporary silence, Shen Lian said, “As long as you believe whatever you do is not in vain, then you won’t feel shaken. Despite what everyone says about Lu Jiuyuan, as long as we haven’t met him ourselves, we can’t make the judgment.”

Zhao Xiaoyu’s beautiful eyes softened. She said, “I know you obviously lack respect within you. Sometimes I think about how you’re in fact rebellious, but you always behave like a gentleman while not being pretentious. It is hard to cultivate such personality. I’ve investigated into you, other than the unknown father, your background is clean. The environment you came from supposedly would not be able to cultivate someone like you.”

Shen Lian spoke with a deep voice, “You can just assume I am born this way.”

Zhao Xiaoyu said, “No, although there are many geniuses in the world, as time passes, they will slowly revert to their natural talent. For the reincarnated masters, after they identify the mystery of life during fetus stage, they will become their past selves. However, you’re different. It seemed to be that everything began to take an odd shift since your teen years. If you were indeed an impressive Daoist in your past life, there will be no need for you to pursue the paths of celestials, or to practice Shenzu Scripture as a starting point.”

Shen Lian knew Zhao Xiaoyu was someone smart and assertive. Having something so influential like Luoism behind her, it was indeed not difficult to dig out his past.

He asked, “Xiaoyu, given that you need my help now, why do you need to ask about my secret?”

“Because if I ask now, it then shows my sincerity.” Zhao Xiaoyu slowly walked in front of Shen Lian until they were very close to each other. They could feel each other’s breath clearly.

Shen Lian said, “I won’t tell you.” He then grabbed her hand without hesitation and led her out of the divine region. As his Primordial Spirit returned, he turned to Yang Miaoyun and said, “I will find her a doctor. Don’t leave the secret environment. After I am done with her, I will come and see you and I will need to ask you for a favor. This is what I should do for you.”

Along with Zhao Xiaoyu and the sound of the flowing water, they disappeared in the illusory Milky Way.

Yang Miaoyun was surprised, but at the same time, she was happy.