Chapter 263 The Supreme Way (Two in One)
A "Taoist" who suddenly appears, a "Tao seed" that symbolizes "heaven's destiny", will naturally attract more than just the second-grade practitioners who have not yet attained Tao.
The way of "heaven's will" is too great.
The size of the concept of "Tao" almost determines the strength of the "Taoist".
Just as Shi Qingguang's "sword" would naturally be overwhelmed by Li Kan's "hundred weapons", if she wanted to kill Li Kan, she would have to put in more effort.
Therefore, the choice of "Tao seed" is crucial.
For others, there is no choice. If a "Tao seed" of "shit" falls from the sky one day, they will definitely accept it with great joy and become glorious members of the shit-moving group. They can improve their cultivation by moving shit every day.
But for those powerful people who have already become "enlightened ones", they can now start to choose "Tao seeds". Although they can no longer master another "Tao", they can pass it on to their confidants or even puppets to strengthen themselves.
No one complains about having too much power, only that it is not enough.
What's more, above them is the Human Emperor Xiao Zhenwu...
Furthermore, this "heaven's will" must be the destination of all the causal arts in the world. All practitioners who practice the causal arts must regard it as their lifelong pursuit.
The other "Tao" may not be big enough to suppress Xiao Zhenwu's "Heng Chang".
But isn't this "destiny" possible?
The "Mandate of Heaven" of the Human Emperor can also be modified and usurped.
Whoever gets it, maybe he can replace Xiao Zhenwu?!
Therefore, this southwestern territory actually has far more people than what De Yuanzi reported to Gu Fangchen, that there is only one top-level second-grade person.
For those "enlightened people" who were well prepared and had their own ulterior motives, Shi Qingguang, the "enlightened person" who suddenly appeared and was very high-profile, was the biggest factor of uncertainty.
Over the past few months, undercurrents have been surging, with various parties running around and fighting each other throughout the southwest region. Recently, it has finally escalated into a struggle between the second rank.
In fact, most of these second-grade ones are just rafts put up in the open by those "enlightened people".
At this time in the southwest, there were three "enlightened people".
The situation has reached a point where it is on the verge of breaking out, but they are wary of each other and have reached a delicate balance with each other.
Only Shi Qingguang, the outsider "enlightened person", stayed out of the matter. On the one hand, this made them terrified, fearing that she would suddenly intervene; on the other hand, they felt that she seemed to be able to be won over.
As long as one more "enlightened person" is added, the balance can be broken.
At this moment, the old man in purple robe was one of the people who finally couldn't hold back and showed up.
This old man is known as "Canglang Taoist", but his actual name is Li Guisu. He practices the art of cause and effect and carries the "Tao Seed" of "Xuguo".
The so-called "Lan Yin Xu Guo" means that it has a good beginning but ends up with a bad result.
Li Guisu's "Tao" is to lead things to bad results.
After hearing this, you will know that his "Tao" is actually the "small Tao" in the art of cause and effect.
Although everyone calls the "Tao" in "Tao seed" the "Great Dao", in fact, it is just a fancy sedan carried by people.
"Tao" has different levels of size, high and low.
Only when the concept is high can it be called the true "Tao".
People like "Canglang Taoist" Li Guisu are just a small category of the cause and effect technique, so they are naturally "minor Taoism".
But even so, as a "sage", even if he is only a god in a niche field, he is still a god.
The old man in purple robe also noticed Gu Fangchen's appearance, but he didn't care too much, and didn't even give Gu Fangchen a glance.
After all, Gu Fangchen looked like a second-grade cultivator on the surface, and he did not have the aura of a "Dao Seed".
For these "enlightened ones", just like any other living creature in the world, they are not worth caring about.
He just looked towards the Jiange in front of him and bowed politely:
"My name is Li Guisu, the 'Canglang Taoist'. I have something to discuss with you. Could you spare some time, Little Sword Immortal, for a chat?"
Shi Qingguang appeared on the roof in a flash and said coldly:
"If you have anything to say, just say it here. If there's nothing shameful to say, there's no need to be sneaky and cover up. That's not good of you."
The female sword fairy was not polite at all, she almost pointed at the other party and said that you have bad intentions.
Li Guisu was pointed at and scolded, and his expression turned very ugly in an instant, but he took a breath, adjusted his expression, and said with a forced smile:
"Little Sword Immortal, this is a matter of great importance. You must not let outsiders hear about it, or it might cause trouble."
Gu Fangchen blinked, pointed at himself, and said innocently:
"Me? Disciple, he said that his master is an outsider. Alas, it seems that he regards you as an outsider too. Really, he's not looking for you, but he's still talking a lot..."
He shook his head, sighed, and looked around in confusion:
"I don't know if there's anyone here called 'Little Sword Immortal'."
Li Guisu was stunned and frowned. His first reaction was that this guy had brought some other disciples with him, but the logic of the whole sentence did not make sense.
Could this be a madman?
If a second-grade cultivator fails to refine a "Dao Seed," many will actually go mad...
After all, because Shi Qingguang set up the arena, this area was automatically designated as her territory, and there were no other practitioners here. Just now, Li Guisu thought that Gu Fangchen was her subordinate.
It's impossible that the "disciple" this guy is talking about is actually the Little Sword Immortal...
When Li Guisu thought of this, he was suddenly stunned and his pupils constricted.
He originally thought that Shi Qingguang would ignore these crazy words, but when he heard what he said, he looked at Gu Fangchen, and his cold expression softened a lot, and it was obvious that he was in a better mood.
Then, the girl nodded:
"Indeed, this person is meaningless and doesn't know who to look for. He is just an unreasonable person."
"Master, don't pay attention to him. My sword was just forged yesterday. Come and help me take a look at it."
She stretched out her hand and a long sword flew into her palm.
Gu Fangchen's figure flashed and he appeared in front of Shi Qingguang. He took the sword, looked at it for a while, commented on it, found seven or eight shortcomings, pondered for a moment, and gave some suggestions for improvement.
Shi Qingguang had a serious expression on his face, and like a primary school student, he was willing to learn attentively. He nodded frequently, and sometimes his eyes lit up as if he suddenly understood something.
Li Guisu’s eyes almost popped out of his head.
This time, he not only suspected that Gu Fangchen was crazy, but also suspected that this little sword fairy was crazy!
Are these two really a master-disciple relationship? !
It's simply the opposite of Tiangang!
In Li Guisu's opinion, if one wants to learn the art of sword-making, even if a "sage" robs the secret manual from someone with lower cultivation, and then accepts him as a guest official and gives him some compensation, others will praise him for being courteous to others. Why should he condescend to others?
What Shi Qingguang did was totally unnecessary.
Could it be that before they "attained enlightenment", the two of them were master and disciple, and therefore have been maintaining their previous relationship?
Li Guisu was stunned when he thought of this.
Yes, this little sword master doesn’t look very old.
If it weren't for special reasons, powerful people like them would not maintain the appearance of a child. If they were to change, they would change towards old age, appearing more majestic in the eyes of those ignorant people.
Therefore, this young sword master must have achieved extraordinary cultivation at a young age.
If this is the case, then this little sword master truly has a pure heart.
It’s just a pity... that I have to go against the General.
Li Guisu took a deep breath, suppressed the displeasure of being left out, bowed again, and said:
"Little Sword Immortal, I was indeed looking for you. I was wrong not to recognize your master, but this is a matter concerning the people of the southwest, and I hope to get the Sword Immortal's help."
Shi Qingguang narrowed his eyes:
"People?"
Li Guisu's face turned serious, he nodded and said:
"yes."
He had just been scolded by Shi Qingguang, so he didn't mention the matter of asking for a word, but went straight to telling the whole story.
It turned out that in addition to him, there were two other "enlightened people" in the southwest at this time, one was "Lord of the Underworld" Yin Jin, and the other was "Sleeping Lord of Heaven" Zhang Yi.
Of these two people, the latter was a wandering cultivator without any sect or school, his whereabouts were erratic and rather mysterious. However, legend has it that when he was still a mortal, he and his first wife shared joys and sorrows and had a deep affection for each other. However, when he returned after achieving success in his cultivation, his wife was ambushed and was dying.
Zhang Yi saved his last bit of energy and searched everywhere for a way to save his wife.
He has been carrying a coffin on his back all year round, which contains the body of his wife. Now he seems to be attracted by the "destiny" seed.
If a Dao seed that controls "destiny" could be integrated with his wife, it would surely be enough to save her.
The former is a genuine evil person who is good at dual cultivation. He set up a sect called "Paradise Hell". His disciples are all promiscuous, and they especially like to use human blood to arouse themselves. They have killed countless people and are truly full of evil.
This Yin Jin was the main reason why Li Guisu came to visit.
He set his sights on the "Heaven's Destiny" seed, but knew that he was not strong enough to fight against the other two, so he got a strange secret technique from somewhere.
He wanted to set up a human stake formation and sacrifice the people of the entire southwest to increase his strength. He acted secretly and cautiously. Now the formation has been almost set up, and only the altar, the center of the formation, was left to complete it.
Li Guisu was born in the southwest and could not bear to see the people of the southwest die, but he could not defeat Yin Jin alone.
That "Sleeping Lord" Zhang Yi must have wanted them to fight to the point of mutual destruction. He only had his wife in his heart and didn't care about the lives of others.
Therefore, he came to find Shi Qingguang, an outsider.
"Little Sword Immortal, this is a request I have to ask, but seeing your pure heart, I dare to speak. I hope you can lend a hand and kill that evil cultivator."
Before leaving, the old man in purple robe bowed twice sincerely as an apology.
…
"Stupid Master, what do you think?"
After sending Li Guisu away with the excuse of considering it for the time being, Shi Qingguang looked at Gu Fangchen who was lost in thought beside him.
Gu Fangchen touched his chin, but his expression was very subtle and strange as he murmured:
"This name, 'Lord of Paradise', is quite interesting..."
Shi Qingguang was puzzled and frowned in confusion, saying:
"I've heard a little about it. It seems his original name wasn't this. He gave it to himself."
That's really bad fun...
Gu Fangchen twitched the corners of his mouth.
However, Gu Fangchen was not only concerned about this person's name. Based on the secret formation that Li Guisu had just described, he had already figured out what this formation was.
In later generations, the "Blood God Cult" of Shuobei used a large altar formation to sacrifice blood and food to open the Nine Nether Passage, which was very similar to this secret technique!
Moreover, the "Tao" mastered by this "Lord of Paradise" is precisely the great way of "life".
In other words, this guy, theoretically, is the ancestor of the "life" of the Demon Cult.
From this perspective, the "Ten Paths" of the Demon Cult are most likely on the right track. They may be following a vague but correct path, and they have already walked it before.
Each of these ten paths is a true supreme path.
But the end of this road has been blocked by humans.
It's no wonder that Li Guisu said he couldn't beat Yin Jin. The Dao of "life" is much higher than the Dao of "xuguo"...
Gu Fangchen returned to the topic, smiled and said:
"Saving the people is naturally a good thing."
Shi Qingguang's eyes lit up slightly.
She is young and has a noble character. She had experienced the massacre of her entire family when she was young. Naturally, she wanted to save people, even if it was a muddy water.
However, she knew that Gu Fangchen, her frivolous "confidant", was much more indifferent than her, and she originally thought that he would disagree.
Unexpectedly, Gu Fangchen agreed directly, which made her feel a little happy.
During this time together, she has discovered that Gu Fangchen is actually very reliable in his work. When he teaches her how to forge swords, he is serious and does it very well.
However, every time Shi Qingguang had the illusion that he was a serious person, he would be annoyed by his playful words...
She was a little confused about which side was true.
This time, she asked Gu Fangchen, also wanting to know more about Gu Fangchen's personality from his reaction.
And the result did not disappoint her.
"only--"
Gu Fangchen changed the subject and lightly tapped Shi Qingguang's forehead with the fan in his hand, his eyes stern:
"You can't just save them casually."
Shi Qingguang frowned, his eyes confused. What did he mean by not being able to rescue casually?
Gu Fangchen continued:
"The 'Canglang Taoist's' surname is Li."
Shi Qingguang's pupils constricted:
"You mean to say he's related to Li Kan? But... I've never heard of anyone like him among Li Kan's followers, not to mention he himself is a 'sage.'"
Gu Fangchen took back the fan and opened it with a snap:
"'Tao Seeds' can be snatched and given, and he's not considered strong among those who have attained the Tao."
"Buzz—"
The Dharma image behind him suddenly appeared, and a claw-like hand covered with dragon scales stretched out and brushed through the air, with tidal golden patterns appearing at the fingertips.
Just like the scene in the [Conch Book].
Gu Fangchen narrowed his eyes, watching his fingertips lift a causal line beneath the golden pattern:
"The most important thing is that this person carries the karma of Li Kan."
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ps: I'm a little late because of a bit of a card
(End of this chapter)
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