From a Zhengyi Taoist Child to a Master of All Laws

Chapter 612: Fucking World

"Where am I?" Feeling the cheers of every cell in his body, Li Yang slowly opened his eyes and looked at Erniu beside him.

Erniu was clearly startled by Li Yang's question and quickly lowered her head.

"Lan...Lanling Village..."

"Bigger?"

"...Zhaoyang County..."

"Bigger?"

"The Great...Great Li Dynasty..."

"Bigger?"

Erniu's eyes reddened, and she suddenly knelt down in front of Li Yang: "Immortal, I don't know, and I don't know anything bigger. I've lived in the village since I was a child, and I've never even been to Zhaoyang County."

Erniu's face was dark and rough, her skin cracked from frequent heavy work. At this moment, she knelt in front of Li Yang with fear and trepidation, looking like a small piece of charcoal.

"I'll ask you a question, and you'll answer it. If you don't know, you don't know. I won't punish you."

Li Yang smiled slightly, then flicked his finger, and Erniu, who was kneeling on the ground, stood up involuntarily, her body straight.

“If you haven’t done anything wrong, you don’t need to kneel. At least that’s how it is in my eyes.”

As soon as he finished speaking, Li Yang walked into the village with his hands behind his back.

Erniu's expression was clearly inconsistent, and her bloodshot, tear-filled eyes carefully examined Li Yang, who was bathed in light.

"This deity seems a bit different..."

Thinking this, Erniu followed without even realizing it.

“Our village has a small population, with only one headman and a population of just over three thousand.”

Erniu followed behind Li Yang, whispering softly.

"The village head?"

"That's Grandpa Fang, who was just punished by you, the deity, to kneel in the temple..."

"Oh."

Li Yang nodded and didn't ask any more questions.

Lanling Village covers a considerable area, almost nestled in a mountain valley. However, to Li Yang's surprise, in this world where cultivation is highly developed and spiritual energy is incredibly abundant, the overall standard of living in Lanling Village is not ideal. Along the way, he couldn't even find many decent pieces of ironware.
This is Li Yang's understanding of the living and agricultural standards of Chinese farmers in the last century.

The two walked one after the other through the village; the road was deserted.
Li Yang suddenly spoke up, turning around and asking, "Can you tell me how you pulled me out of the river?"

"When we went to release the black oxen, we saw a person floating in the river... and then we pulled them out..."

The Wujian is a domesticated animal raised in Lanling Village, similar to the oxen on Blue Star, but slightly smaller.

“A few days ago, it rained heavily throughout our Lanling Village, and there was thunder. The village head said that you might have been struck by lightning while flying in the sky, fell on that mountain, and floated down with the river.”

Erniu raised her hand and pointed to a mountain peak not far from Lanling Village. The peak was charred black, clearly having just been struck by lightning.

"It's pretty much what I expected."

Li Yang nodded, gently stroking his chin with his fingers. At the same time, he felt a sense of relief. Fortunately, he had fallen into this desolate mortal country where there were basically no cultivators passing by. Otherwise, given his unconscious state at the time, anyone with even a little cultivation could have easily taken advantage of him.

At this point, Erniu glanced at Li Yang nervously again, and only spoke after making a great effort:
"Immortal Lord Luo, our Lanling Village only has a few thousand people, and all the girls over the age of fourteen have already married out. I'm afraid we don't have the means to provide you with a suitable furnace for your soul..."

After saying this, Erniu nervously closed her eyes, her whole body trembling with anxiety.

"Lord Luo? Who is Lord Luo?"

Li Yang's subconscious question made Erniu suddenly open her eyes.

She suddenly realized that she and the old man from the pavilion seemed to have misunderstood something...

"Green robe, long hair, handsome... it's the legendary Immortal Lord Luo, no doubt about it..."

"When did I ever say I was... According to you, does that mean everyone in the world who wears a blue robe is the so-called Immortal Lord Luo you speak of?"

"What is the name of that deity...?"

Li Yang's eyes flickered for a moment, then he spoke calmly:
"True Lord Baiyun".

"True Lord Baiyun?" Erniu looked up: "Never heard of him..."

The words had barely left her mouth when Erniu regretted them. She glanced cautiously at Li Yang, and seeing that he didn't seem angry, she breathed a long sigh of relief.

"This deity seems really different," she thought cautiously.

"You probably don't recognize me now, but in the future, this name will quickly spread throughout your Kyokushin world."

Li Yang smiled and spoke, but when he sensed the many eyes in the village cautiously observing him through the cracks in the doors, he said nothing more.

As evening approached, following Erniu's message, the villagers and the head of the village who had been kneeling in the temple shaman's quarters finally stood up shakily. They then hurriedly gave up the best house in the village, cleaned it thoroughly, and left it for Li Yang.

Even the best house in the village seemed very simple and dilapidated to Li Yang, but he didn't care about that. His most important task now was to recover from his injuries as quickly as possible.

Lanling Village slaughtered a few of the few remaining black oxen and ploughing beasts in the village, specifically for Li Yang's consumption. However, given Li Yang's cultivation level, these ploughing beasts from the Extreme True Realm were hardly considered tonics. He would only taste a little each time before giving it to Erniu, who was responsible for delivering his meals.

With this help, Erniu gained a lot of weight in just half a month and was no longer the skinny, dark-skinned boy she used to be.

Li Yang lived a secluded life, only occasionally appearing in the mornings and evenings to wander in the sky and mountains with a bronze lamp. He spent almost all his time meditating and cultivating in his room.
The villagers went from being terrified to avoiding him at all costs. Every day, the village head secretly sought out Erniu, the only person who had daily contact with Li Yang, to gather information and held meetings with the villagers to speculate on the deeper meaning behind Li Yang's actions.

A month later, some villagers were even able to exchange a few simple sentences with Li Yang in the evenings and early mornings, and Li Yang would occasionally respond. The entire Lanling Village seemed to be gradually accepting the existence of this deity, and one very different from the one in the rumors.

They didn't recruit pretty girls from the village to be used as cultivation vessels, nor did they use the flesh and soul of ordinary people for cultivation.

The only problem that troubled the villagers was the issue of providing for their livestock, which was solved one evening when Li Yang went up the mountain and carried a pig that was tens of meters long to the village.

Erniu gradually got used to this eccentric immortal. Although she couldn't understand many of the words Li Yang muttered, she always had a sense of awe and wonder.

It was evening again, and the setting sun shone on the two people in the mountains, stretching their shadows infinitely long.

Seeing that Li Yang was carrying that bronze lamp that had never lit up, Erniu could no longer hold back and finally asked the question that had been on her mind: "Immortal Baiyun, why do you always carry such a lamp that can't be lit? If you need a lamp, I know that Grandpa Tingzhang has several of them. They are all burned with oil from demonic beasts, and no matter how strong the wind is, it can't be blown out."

Erniu tilted her head, no longer showing the restraint and fear she had when they first met. Because she was responsible for serving the gods, Erniu no longer needed to do heavy farm work, and even the dark skin on her body had faded a bit.

“Some lamps are not for illumination, but for finding people I want to see. I have lost contact with a very important fellow Daoist. Some people say she is in this world, but unfortunately, she did not come to see me as I had imagined.”

Li Yang put the still motionless Soul-Binding Lamp back into his storage ring, half of his face hidden in the setting sun, looking utterly forlorn.

"By the way, at first the whole village thought I was that so-called Immortal Lord Luo. Who is this Immortal Lord Luo?"

Li Yang's change of topic was abrupt, but Er Niu didn't notice. Her face showed resentment mixed with a hint of fear: "That was a very, very bad god, worse than many gods!"

"I only heard about this when I went to the county last time. This Lord Luo has abused thousands of young girls in the neighboring Linjiang County and Dahao County. He even kidnapped the daughter and wife of the Linjiang County governor to use as his sexual vessels, and he also massacred the entire governor's mansion! He is a great demon!"

"Where is your court? Hasn't the government of the Great Li Dynasty arrested this Lord Luo Xian?"

Erniu's face froze, revealing an incredulous expression: "Those are gods! We're just mortals, how can we possibly oppose gods?!"

"Immortals are on different paths. Those immortals are high above us, and we ordinary people are not even ants at their feet! With just a flick of their finger, they could turn the Great Li Dynasty upside down and change dynasties! Even our dynasty's crown prince was captured by an immortal more than ten years ago!"

Erniu, with her simple and honest expression, described the power of the gods using all sorts of exaggerated language she could think of, having grown up in Lanling Village.

"All gods are bad people, and very, very powerful ones at that, capable of killing people at will without being punished!"

Nodding, Erniu made a serious conclusion, her words filled with deep despair.

"Me too, am I one?"

Li Yang smiled and pointed to himself.

"Ah, White Cloud Immortal, you're not, you're a good immortal!!"

Erniu hurriedly waved her hands and shook her head, frantically emphasizing the words "good immortal."

"Since you're so afraid of gods, why did you try to kill me after pulling me out of the river?"

"There's no other way. If you were Immortal Lord Xiao or some other similar deity, and you didn't die then, our entire village would have died after you woke up. So we have no choice but to follow the village head's advice and find a way to kill you first..."

As Erniu spoke, she glanced cautiously at Li Yang again.
"What a messed up world..."

Li Yang shook his head and sighed.

As the last rays of the setting sun disappeared into the horizon, the two slowly descended the mountain.

Since Chi Yanhong's soul particles could not be collected here, it meant that this place was far from the exit corresponding to the Penglai Realm Gate. Giving up the idea of ​​searching for Chi Yanhong's soul particles here, Li Yang did not even leave the house for the rest of the time.

He was doing his utmost to recover from his injuries and improve his combat strength and cultivation! Before this, he had no intention of exposing himself to the cultivators of this world.

For the next month, the villagers of Lanling Village never saw Li Yang again, and no one dared to approach his house. They could only see colorful clouds gathering in the sky above the house and smelling a strange fragrance.

At this moment, Li Yang was carefully sensing the changes within his body.

His former self, that incomplete and nearly shattered Earth Immortal Dao Fruit, after enduring the Kunlun Ancient Road and protecting Li Yang as he arrived in the Realm of Ultimate Truth, was finally completely exhausted at this moment and disappeared into the world.

Those five-colored clouds were the spiritual energy that had dissipated from the pores of Li Yang's body after the complete demise of the Earth Immortal Dao Fruit.

"The old self is gone; the new self must undergo a complete nirvana!"

Li Yang's expression was subtle, anticipating the next step of evolution.

Since entering the Realm of Ultimate Truth, Li Yang has come to a profound understanding that he is no longer the undisputed number one on Earth. This world is home to countless Earth Immortals, Celestial Immortals, and even beings beyond the Celestial Immortal realm.

In the face of such a being, I am no different from an ant.

Therefore, for the past two months, Li Yang has not even stepped out of Lanling County, and he has always had a sense of crisis.

Li Yang sat cross-legged, completely calming his mind, and felt the changes in his body after the dissipation of the Earth Immortal Dao Fruit. The pure spiritual energy had not completely dissipated; much of it remained in his physical body and bones, nourishing Li Yang's body in a mysterious way.

"This world truly lives up to its reputation as a place where spiritual energy has been abundant for thousands of years; it is simply a sacred ground for cultivators!"

Li Yang exclaimed with emotion that in just two months, his injuries had been completely healed. With the blessing of the [Extreme Dao Root Method], which was formed by the sublimation of the two root methods, his cultivation was advancing by leaps and bounds in the Human Immortal realm. One day of his cultivation was equivalent to a week of arduous training on Blue Star!

"This is the true terror of the root method. The higher the concentration of spiritual energy, the faster the cultivation speed. It is the supreme secret method of cultivation!"

At this moment, Li Yang was like a sponge, suddenly thrown from the air into water, greedily absorbing everything around him, rapidly filling himself up, and becoming stronger at an unimaginable speed.

In particular, his Yang spirit, perhaps due to this special state of rebirth after calamity and revival after extinction, secretly conformed to the essence of the root method of Yang spirit cultivation. In his sea of ​​consciousness, the Yang spirit, which was originally ethereal and radiant like a god, was cracked all over and extremely withered, as if it had become an old man on the verge of death.

However, Li Yang was not surprised or delighted. The collapse of Yang Shen was not annihilation, but rather the nurturing of new life!
At this moment, the essence of Li Yang's entire Yang spirit was almost concentrated in a point of golden light between his eyebrows, and the things contained within had entered their final stage of maturity!
During his meditation these past few days, Li Yang has frequently experienced strange visions.
Sometimes, snowflakes dance before my eyes, like flowers falling from the sky. More often, I feel trapped in a small space, unable to stretch my fingers and limbs, and I want to leap up and see fairyland, cranes, fire dragons, pavilions and other strange phenomena, and feel great freedom.

This is the final transformation from Yang Shen to Yuan Shen. Li Yang knows that once he truly achieves that golden light leaping out from between the eyebrows of Yang Shen and witnessing a new world, he will be able to truly glimpse the great freedom of Yuan Shen.

"The Yin Spirit corresponds to the Dao of Seedling, and the Yang Spirit corresponds to the Ultimate Dao Human Immortal. If I can truly cultivate the Primordial Spirit, does that mean that I have, in some sense, recovered the combat power of an Ultimate Dao Earth Immortal in my prime?"

"In this way, my spiritual power will be far ahead of my actual cultivation level. For a period of time, I will pretend to be weak while actually being strong, showing my cultivation level as a human immortal. Then, I will take advantage of their unpreparedness to fight them with my primordial spirit at the level of an extreme earth immortal. Who knows, I might be able to outwit a few great traitors!"

Thinking of this, Li Yang suddenly felt a surge of longing.

(End of this chapter)