Chapter 494 The First Transmitter
The other party's original attitude was relatively friendly, but after seeing Li Fan raise this question, his expression changed slightly.
"Haha, fellow Taoist, I'm afraid you heard it wrong. I don't know the original place of preaching!" He waved his hands quickly, as if you have found the wrong person.
Without waiting for Li Fan to respond, he flew away into the distance.
The speed is so fast that it is even faster than that of ordinary Nascent Soul cultivators.
Li Fan finally met someone who knew the inside story, so how could he let the clue slip away like that?
He immediately hurried to catch up, but not too closely, just hanging far behind.
At the same time, he continued to transmit his voice: "Don't misunderstand, fellow Daoist, I have no ill intentions. I am just very interested in what you just said."
Not only did the man in front not respond, but he sped up a bit, trying to get rid of Li Fan.
Li Fan followed closely behind, persuading him relentlessly.
After more than half a day, the other party finally stopped when he saw that he could not get rid of Li Fan.
He looked around and saw that there was no one around, and his face became uncertain.
After hesitating for a while, he whispered, "This is not the place to talk, fellow Taoist, please follow me!"
Li Fan smiled slightly, cupped his hands and said: "In that case, thank you in advance, fellow Taoist!"
Following this person, we headed westward, flew for hundreds of miles, and dived into the seabed.
We came to a building that looked like a crystal palace.
Inviting Li Fan to sit down in a room deep in the cave, the other party sighed slightly: "It's not that I didn't want to tell you before, I was really afraid of saying something bad!"
"What is your name, fellow Daoist?" Li Fan nodded, and instead of rushing to ask further questions, he asked the other party's name first.
"I am Sima Changkong!" The other party waved his hand, and a servant with a human upper body and a fish lower body appeared.
After pouring two cups of tea for the two of them, he bowed and left.
Li Fan couldn't help but glance at the servant.
"It's just a species of beast, a personal hobby. I'm sorry to have embarrassed you, fellow Taoist!" Sima Changkong took a sip and said calmly.
"Beast species..." Li Fan's eyes flickered.
Senior Brother Zhang also called the half-beast, half-human corpses that were found in Mr. Bai’s basement in Ningyuan City this.
I thought it was extinct, but I didn't expect to see it today.
However, Li Fan had no intention of standing up for the injustice. He just nodded slightly and brought the topic back on track.
"Fellow Daoist Zhou, right..." Sima Changkong revealed the identity of Li Fan's clone in one sentence.
"Now that I am in my private residence, I can speak freely."
"Do you know why Wanxian Island is called Wanxian Island?"
Sima Changkong asked.
Li Fan also had doubts about this issue.
Because the heavenly cities in each state are all named after the state.
For example, Daoyuan City, Shilin City, Tianyun City and so on.
But the base of this Congyun Sea is not called Congyun City or Island, but Wanxian Island.
However, he also searched through the classics and found no special records, so for a long time, he just thought it was a commonly accepted name.
Now it seems that there seems to be another secret here.
"I'd like to hear the details." Li Fan looked serious and listened attentively.
"A long time ago, when Congyunhai was still a plain, there was a big lake."
"There is an island in the lake. It was here that the Dharma-Chuandeng Tianzun first preached to the people."
"At that time, tens of thousands of cultivators and mortals gathered here to listen to the Immortal Venerable's teachings."
"In the end, they all comprehended the Heavenly Venerable Immortal Law and established the initial foundation of the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance."
Sima Changkong said slowly.
"Perhaps it is because of the protection of the Heavenly Lord. Despite the changes in the mountains and rivers and the vicissitudes of the sea, this island has never changed its shape."
“It was not until thousands of years later, when the current Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance was established, that this island was chosen to show respect to the Heavenly Lord of Chuanfa when selecting the location of the state capital.”
"To some extent, it is not an exaggeration to say that this island is the origin of the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance. That is why everyone calls it the Ten Thousand Immortals Island."
Sima Changkong explained the whole story to Li Fan in a concise manner, drank a cup of tea, and looked at Li Fan secretly.
Li Fan carefully savored the meaning of Sima Changkong's words, frowning slightly: "Since this is the place where the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance originated and where the Heavenly Lord first taught the Dharma, why do few people know about it now?"
“It’s even hard to find relevant information.”
"Not only that, but he was also careless and was kidnapped?"
Li Fan shook his head, as if he didn't quite believe what Sima Changkong said.
Sima Changkong sighed and said, "This is why I didn't want to say more before."
He paused and was silent for a moment.
Then he said frankly in a low voice: "Tens of thousands of our ancestors risked their lives to spread the new law of the Heavenly Lord. This is how the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance came to be."
"This was originally a heroic deed that deserves to be written about and remembered by all monks today."
“But now it has been ignored or even sealed.”
"The reason is that the Heavenly Venerable has not appeared in the world for many years. And the people who control the power of the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance are no longer the tens of thousands of Dharma transmitters in the past."
Sima Changkong drank the remaining tea and said, "The dispute between the new and old laws is actually more tragic than we imagined. In the past, the sects would not hesitate to use their butcher knives when faced with an existence that could shake their rule."
"Almost all of the truly pure Dharma teachers died in the struggle against the original sect."
"The ones who are still alive are just the scoundrels who stole the authority of the Heavenly Lord."
There was a hint of disdain in Sima Changkong's tone.
…
Li Fan narrowed his eyes slightly.
This reason is barely acceptable.
It is not uncommon for the change of power in mortal dynasties to cause the image of previous heroes to be forgotten or even distorted.
This principle still exists in the world of cultivating immortals.
"It has been able to survive the vicissitudes of life without changing its appearance. This Wanxian Island may indeed be hiding some secrets."
"The Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance must have investigated it carefully before, but failed to find anything, so they ignored it."
"But the Five Elders Association has recently received some news. That's why they risked a full-scale war and forcibly seized Wanxian Island."
Li Fan's thoughts raced through his mind.
After a while, he looked at Sima Changkong, who was still secretly indignant, and asked again: "Fellow Daoist Sima, it seems that you know a lot about the secrets of the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance."
"But according to what you said, the symbolic significance of Wanxian Island seems to be greater than its actual value."
"It doesn't seem worth it for the Five Elders to take such a big risk and kidnap him by force, right? What do you think about this matter, fellow Taoist?"
Sima Changkong's face turned serious.
He thought for a moment and said slowly: "I do have an idea."
"The first people who spread the Dharma cultivated very quickly, so their concepts and habits were quite similar to those of ordinary people."
“After death, there is a saying that fallen leaves return to their roots.”
“So back then, after the Dharma teachers died in battles with the immortal sects, their remaining bodies were often sent back to Wanxian Island by their companions for burial.”
(End of this chapter)
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