Chapter 391: Another Test, Since Ancient Times

It seemed that Zheng Fa's previous performance gave Fairy Baihua and others the illusion that Zheng Fa really had the foundation of Taoism.

Therefore, when talking about Daoguo, Zheng Fa was not avoided.

But at this moment, Zheng Fa's heart was full of doubts, but he did not show it on his face. Instead, he was listening while showing off his acting skills - his eyes were bright, he smiled, and he nodded.

The Fairy of Flowers said again:

"This is the origin of my Five Sects, and also the source of the disputes among the sects."

The more Zheng Fa listened, the more he thought about it, the more wrong it seemed!

If there had not been modern research and Tang Lingwu's sudden discovery, Zheng Fa might not have been so confused.

According to what the Fairy of Flowers said, preaching the Dharma, repaying the kindness of heaven and earth to accumulate merits and alleviate disasters, sounds like it can explain the current situation of the Xuanwei Realm.

But there are many problems:

The most contradictory thing is that if the world thinks that people who practice Taoism are thieves and even suppresses this path of practicing Taoism, then why do they still favor the act of preaching?

On the other hand, if preaching would be rewarded, then the more people who practiced Taoism, the better. Then... why was there a great disaster and a decline in spiritual energy?

Zheng Fa even had some understanding of the nature of spiritual energy - in his opinion, this thing was not a consumable resource.

Since it is not a consumable resource, the Fairy of Flowers's so-called repayment of gratitude to heaven and earth is fundamentally untenable.

When he thought of this, he didn't even care about his performance, and his brows were even frowned with doubt.

After thinking for a moment, he suddenly felt that someone in the hall was looking at him. When he looked up again, he found that the Fairy of Flowers and others were looking at him meaningfully, with scrutiny and speculation in their eyes.

At this moment, even Zheng Fa, a highly qualified man from both worlds, couldn't help but curse inwardly:

Damn! These people were not on guard against him, they were actually suspicious of him all the time!

Because of the death of the Great Free Demon King, they were naturally a little wary of a fight to the death.

But… who says that only fighting can reveal a person’s strength? Suppose you are a poor student and you attend the International Congress of Mathematicians. After chatting with others, they can see that you are at most a temporary security guard with a handsome appearance.

In the system of Xuanweijie, the higher your strength, the more you understand about cultivation. Conversely, the stronger you are, the better you can distinguish true from false, and the more your words point to the essence of cultivation! How capable are you? Don't quarrel or fight, just chat for a while, and everyone will understand.

Looking at the flawless smile of the Fairy of Flowers again, Zheng Fa no longer found her amiable - this was a trap set for him to fall into! Zheng Fa understood in his heart, but he still frowned and said nothing.

Fairy Baihua had no intention of letting him go, "Master Zheng, do you have any good ideas? I am all ears."

After these words were spoken, the atmosphere in the hall became even more strange. Even the dumbest person could see that this was another blatant test.

Senior Sister Zhang looked at Zheng Fa, holding Qingjing Bamboo in one hand and holding Zheng Fa's hand with the other, seeming to be trembling a little.

Zheng Fa certainly understood her nervousness.

The current situation is ten or a hundred times more critical than before - just now they were outside the island and it was relatively easy for them to escape.

But now on the island, who knows what kind of dangers are hidden in this magnificent palace and majestic sea of ​​clouds? The Five Sects are not so simple and give up their doubts about themselves...

The Flower Fairy's move was really like digging a pit and luring him into it. If he revealed his true intentions in his words, it would be difficult for him to escape!

Wuzhi and other disciples of Leiyin Temple couldn't help showing an expression of watching a good show at this time, and it seemed that they also wanted to hear Zheng Fa's so-called insights.

Xie Qingxue pursed her lips, her eyes filled with worry, but she dared not move and could only worry.

Li Shangxian of the Supreme Dao sat up straight and slightly opened his squinting eyes.

The old monk lowered his eyes to hide the fierceness in them.

The leader looked at the sword, wanting to test the Demon King's strength.

Everyone was waiting for Zheng Fa to speak.

He was not in a hurry. Instead, he picked up the Hundred Flowers Spirit Tea in front of him and took another sip with a leisurely look. Then he looked up at the Hundred Flowers Fairy and said with a smile, "I am just a Jindan. What advice can I have?"

The old monk from Leiyin Temple suddenly looked towards Zheng Fa, his pupils a cold golden color.

Zheng Fa, however, seemed not to have noticed his action and threw the cup lid away.

The cup lid and the cup body collided, making a tinkling and clanging sound.

Zheng Fa's expression seemed to be due to impatience, and his eyes were even colder and sharper than that of the old monk: "You are not entirely truthful, and you still say you want to hear my opinion?"

"Isn't it ridiculous?"

Zheng Fa's expression seemed very confident, which made the flickering golden light in the old monk's eyes pause slightly.

The Fairy of Flowers also smiled reluctantly, and just said, "Master Zheng, why do you say that?"

Zheng Fa snorted lightly: "I am just a Jindan, I don't know what it means to repay the kindness of heaven and earth. I only know that for Dao Fruit cultivators, people are the law and the law is people! Preaching the Tao is a kind of cultivation!"

"How is it related to the Heaven and Earth?"

At this moment, he can't hide anymore, he has to bring out some real stuff!

Through Tang Lingwu's Daoguo cell nucleus conjecture, the first thing Zheng Fa could infer was -

Daoguo monks possess the dual nature of immortals and magic: they are immortals, or in other words, living beings, with wisdom and the desire to survive.

But on the other hand, they are the Tao itself!

As long as there are no problems with the Taoism they created, they will not truly die. The perfection of Taoism is their own progress, or the change of Taoism is their own mutation.

Tang Lingwu even made a metaphor that was almost a guess -

If the world is viewed as a computer, then a Dao Fruit cultivator can even be viewed as an open source software or even a programming language.

The rest of the people who follow the Daoguo practice are, to some extent, users and improvers of this open source software.

They are maintaining the vitality of this software, strengthening the content of this software, and enriching the functions of this software.

This is why Zheng Fa said that preaching is part of spiritual practice!

Privately, Zheng Fa was more inclined to this explanation - not because he was conceited, but in his opinion, this explanation, compared to the theory of repaying the kindness of heaven and earth proposed by the Five Sects, eliminated an unsatisfactory assumption: Heaven and earth have their own will, and will even reward and punish monks, but this will is self-contradictory.

According to the principle of Occam's razor, he would rather believe Tang Lingwu's understanding...

Of course, at this time, he couldn't find a second set of statements that would make him more confident.

Zheng Fa's words were spoken.

There was silence in the hall. Wuzhi, Xie Qingxue and others were a little confused, but they all looked at the elders who were sitting there.

The old monk in Leiyin Temple lowered his eyes slightly, chanted Buddha's name in a low voice, and his face was full of compassion.

The Fairy of Flowers' eyes narrowed slightly, but her smile was a little stiff - it was obvious that she was a little worried that she had offended Zheng Fa.

Xie Qingxue smiled and kept looking down. Who didn't understand at this moment that Zheng Fa's words were the truth that was recognized by Daoguo cultivators! And the person who could tell such a truth was at least as knowledgeable as Daoguo!

The strength is proved by the death of the Great Free Demon King.

I have seen and heard with my own ears the five sects’ Dao fruits.

In other words, it was not until this time that Zheng Fa's strength or hidden means were truly recognized by the Taoist monks of the Five Sects!

Zheng Fa smiled, seemingly not minding at all—

The benefits he gained exceeded the cognition of these people: just now, he also had an understanding: the theory of spiritual energy cell nucleus seemed to have been partially verified, at least consistent with the cognition of these Dao Fruit monks!

The atmosphere in the hall finally relaxed. Fairy Baihua stood up, bowed to Zheng Fa, and apologized, "Master Zheng, it's not that we are making things difficult for you, but... our five sects have reached their current status because we have experienced many hardships."

"Your Hundred Immortals Alliance is developing so fast, we are really worried."

Although these words were no longer polite jokes, they sounded much more sincere than before.

She went on to say, "In fact, we are doing this because if you, Sect Leader Zheng, are not strong enough, it will be a disaster rather than a blessing to be in charge of the Xuanwei Realm alone in the future."

Zheng Fa was stunned, not knowing why the Fairy of Flowers said that.

But he knew he had no choice.

He joined the Five Sects Alliance not to fight for territory, but to... dispel the suspicions of the Five Sects.

But how can the Hundred Immortals Alliance say that it is a disaster rather than a blessing?

Then he heard the Fairy of Flowers explain to him:

"Master Zheng is right. People like us who practice cultivation are actually going against the will of heaven..."

"To preach the gospel to the world is to strengthen oneself, how can it be said to repay the heaven and earth? This is the talk of ordinary people, we just treat it as a joke."

"Preaching is the best way for us immortals to cultivate! But mortals are ignorant after all, and they can affect our achievements."

Zheng Fa listened carefully, and heard Fairy Baihua say: "The way of gods benefits all living beings, and they are tainted by worldly thoughts, until they go crazy."

These words vaguely match the message Jiuyou left back then.

seems to be correct.

"The immortal path is different. The immortal gate selects those with extraordinary talents and minds, and selects the best people among the mortals to avoid losing their minds."

Zheng Fa had never heard of this, but now he thought about it:

In Tang Lingwu's analogy, the talented people are equivalent to the core contributors: maybe 90% of the useful code was written by those few people...

As for the rest of you, what can I say? If you can’t write, you don’t have to write.

"But his extraordinary talent also has a fatal problem... His talent is too amazing, so he can take over the magpie's nest and become his own fruit."

"So another demon ancestor was born."

The Demon Ancestor...is it equivalent to a closed system?

Emphasis on control? In this way, Zheng Fa has some understanding of the advantages and disadvantages of Shinto, Immortal, and Demonic.

Shinto had the biggest problems and was nearly extinct as a result.

The immortal path and the demon path each have their own advantages and disadvantages, and therefore they have been passed down to this day.

But the question is, why did the catastrophe happen?

Why do the five sects occupy the territory and population?

Various conjectures flashed through his mind, and finally, Mu Qingyan's face appeared before him:

"The gods walk the earth, and the ancient immortals live on the mountain tops."

"The immortal god has become the master of Xuanwei."

If the future she described is true, then are these so-called ancient immortals and gods from the Five Xuanwei Sects? Thinking of this, Zheng Fa suddenly had another guess:

The five sects appeared in the world and controlled Xuanwei. Was it to prevent some ancient immortals and gods who did not belong to the five sects of Xuanwei from using the ordinary population of Xuanwei to strengthen their strength? To use Tang Lingwu's metaphor again, was it to seize the market first?

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Of course, such behavior can also enhance the strength of these Dao Fruit monks.

But widespread preaching, even using Shinto methods, always has consequences.

If it weren't for the need to deal with the great changes in heaven and earth, the five sects would probably not have resorted to this method that they had avoided in the past.

Even the deliberate harmony and tolerance of Zheng Fa at this time are also due to fear of internal friction? Thinking of this, he looked around the hall and knew that this was the time to verify many things, so he simply asked:

"Is this meeting to control the speed of the ancient immortal's revival?"

Wuzhi and the others looked confused, obviously they had never heard of resurrection.

But Fairy Baihua and the others looked at Zheng Fa with a more serious expression, and their tone of voice was a little more equal:

"That's right. According to the records of the Supreme Dao, this catastrophe is greater than any previous one. It can be called an immeasurable catastrophe. All realms will become one, and spiritual energy will be truly cut off."

"The appearance of immortals and gods in the world will inevitably disturb the mysteries."

"As the ruler of Xuanwei, our Five Sects must be careful."

Zheng Fa understood——

Ancient immortals are not allowed to appear in the world (×).

Only our ancient immortals are allowed to appear in the world (√).

It's just... Tianhe Sect, why are you joining in the fun? Zheng Fa looked at Tianhe Sect's headmaster Yan strangely. You came here as if you were willing to have Tianhe Venerable come again.

But the meaning of "all worlds become one" gave Zheng Fa some new ideas.

But it was not a good idea to ask now - I guess this statement was not a secret among Daoguo cultivators. If he asked too many questions and made more mistakes, it would expose the secret that he was a fake academic master.

At this time, Zheng Fa could only be sure of three points: First, before the Dao Fruit, the cultivator was a learner, so he did not care about teaching. After the Dao Fruit, the strength of the cultivator, at least at the Sanxian stage, was largely determined by the number and quality of people who practiced his method.

The nine tribulations of a wandering immortal are probably not false, and the idea that preaching can help one overcome the tribulations is probably not fabricated either.

Second, the future that Mu Qingyan talked about is most likely true. Among them, most of the ancient immortals and gods probably do not belong to the current Xuanwei Five Sects, otherwise they would not be so vigilant.

Third, the Five Sects will not only control the revived Dao Fruit cultivators, but will also most likely not allow cultivators who are not from the Five Sects to be promoted to Dao Fruit. The reason why Zheng Fa can be safe now is that he has been regarded as a Dao Fruit, or in other words, there is a Dao Fruit behind him.

There is a tiger skin on his body! But Zheng Fa knows that he is not!

In the current situation, he doesn't have much time left:

If the ancient immortal really came to the world, his first target would of course be the Jiushan Sect, the weakest of the six sects.

At that time, it would be very difficult to scare Daoguo away by using the tiger skin!

In this way, the safest time for the Nine Mountains Realm is probably from now until the moment when the Ancient Immortal truly descends! He glanced at Senior Sister Zhang, and the two of them were in tune with each other. He immediately knew that they had the same idea: they must seize resources and enhance their strength during this period of time to transform themselves from a "fake Dao fruit" to a real Dao fruit!

Even to become a strong man among the Dao Fruits! According to the cultivation realm accidentally revealed by Fairy Baihua, the current realm of Xuanwei Realm is probably:

Practicing Qi, building the foundation, golden elixir, Nascent Soul, and transformation of the spirit. If it is the Supreme Way, after the transformation of the spirit, it will be the Yang God, corpse transformation, and then it will be a wandering immortal.

The other sects should be similar.

Sanxian should be the first realm of Daoguo realm.

Now, with the help of the Fusang Wood and the Ten Thousand Demons Banner, he has surpassed the corpse-transmigration realm, but in essence, he is still a golden elixir.

Mu Qingyan lived for less than ten thousand years in her "previous life". So, in ten thousand years at most, the ancient immortal will appear in Xuanwei...

In fact, the time may not be so abundant, perhaps less than a thousand years, or even less than a hundred years.

No one can tell.

In the future, you must be more adventurous and even take the initiative to earn more resources.

In a short period of time, his strength must make great progress!

In this way, occupying more territories means more to Zheng Fa: Perhaps the Daoguo cultivators don’t care much about some ordinary cultivation resources in the Xuanwei Realm.

But with Zheng Fa's current state, many resources that they thought were useless were actually very helpful to him! He even had to rely on the production capacity of the Jiushan Sect and the Baixian League to exchange for more spiritual objects he needed for cultivation!

At this time, he had just arrived at the time when the five sects were dividing the territory.

It took them ten full days to come to a conclusion.

The floor of the hall had turned into a vast map, on which the names of various sects were densely written, and the more precious spiritual sites in each place were also marked very clearly.

It was also the first time that Zheng Fa saw the map of Xuanwei Realm.

The world of Xuanwei is extremely vast.

The location of the Hundred Immortals Alliance is probably in the northwesternmost part of Dongzhou, close to the sea.

The southern part of the center of Dongzhou, almost half of which is occupied by Taishang Dao, shows its powerful status.

To the west, next to the Baixian League, is Haori Mountain.

As far as Mu Qingyan's "memory" is concerned, the land of the Hundred Immortals Alliance in the future was probably the conflict zone between the Great Freedom Demon Emperor and Haori Mountain, with constant disputes.

The Tianhe Sect is located in the easternmost part of Dongzhou.

Three-fifths of Xizhou is occupied by Leiyin Temple, and its territory is no smaller than that of Taishang Dao.

The territory of Leiyin Temple can be said to be across the sea from the Baixian League.

A little further west is Yaochi.

Compared with the territories of the five sects, the territory of the Hundred Immortals Alliance is not even one-tenth of the smallest Haori Mountain.

When the territory was divided, Fairy Baihua and the others did not ask Zheng Fa for his opinion:

Recognition of Zheng Fa’s strength is one thing.

But this recognition does not mean that they are willing to give up their territory and population...

After all, in just ten days, these Dao Fruit cultivators had to pull the land back and forth in every state like aunties in the vegetable market.

They seemed only willing to let Zheng Fa continue to occupy the original territory of the Baixian League.

A little respect, you could say, but not much.

Zheng Fa was not very satisfied——

It’s still the same reason. I need resources more than before at this moment.

Lies will always be exposed one day.

The larger the territory, the faster he will progress in the future, the better.

If he thought about it a little further, the real disputes in the future would probably gradually be over Dao Fruit. After he achieved Dao Fruit, he would also need more territory and population to strengthen himself.

Can……

How easy is that?

After Fairy Baihua and the others finished talking, they seemed to finally remember Zheng Fa and said to him, "Master Zheng, what do you think?"

Zheng Fa was silent for a moment, then suddenly took out the Ten Thousand Demons Banner and asked, "In the past, it seems that the Five Sects had an appointment with the Great Free Demon King?"

"According to the agreement, the Demon King will be in charge of the sea?"

“…”

The five sects' immortals were startled, and immediately looked towards the Ten Thousand Demons Banner, and saw Zheng Fa with a kind face, sighing:

"Since ancient times, this sea area has been the territory of the demon race."

"I am the Demon King of this generation."

"He is also the successor of the Ten Thousand Demons Banner and the descendant of the Great Free Demon Emperor."

"This sea area belongs to our Hundred Immortals Alliance, isn't it natural?"

These words made Fairy Baihua and the others blush. You said you are the descendant of the Great Free Demon King? Will he agree?

But seeing the Ten Thousand Demons Banner in Zheng Fa's hand trembling slightly and emitting bright light, they had to admit that unless the Great Free Demon King Qi came back to life, Zheng Fa's successor would be stuck to him...

(End of this chapter)