From a martial arts disciple to a god through countless trials and tribulations

Chapter 205 One Page of the Classic of Mountains and Seas
Standing above the Two Realms of Destiny, Chen Xuan heard the words of the old man from the Qingnang Dojo and felt slightly displeased.

The old monster had received the favor of the Mountain Spirit Goddess. Although he had lost most of his power, he still managed to avoid most of the impact of the fall of the True Lord Tai Xuan and did not become a mortal and die with the passage of time.

But now that the Mountain Spirit Goddess has disappeared, this old monster is probably like the Dragon God and the Golden Crow God, harboring ulterior motives and engaging in underhanded activities.

"Old monster, who are you in the Qingnang Dojo!" Hua Liuli stood beside Chen Xuan, her crystal-clear face like beautiful jade, her long hair flowing and sparkling with starlight, and asked in a cold voice.

"I am Zhang Dongxuan, a former attendant of the Tai Xuan Zhenjun."

The old man was very weak and had been injured in the brief battle with Chen Xuan. He was covered in blood and could barely speak. His breathing was heavy, like a broken bellows making its final mournful sound.

“Zhang Dongxuan?” Hua Liuli frowned slightly and whispered to Chen Xuan, “A thousand years ago, this person was a direct disciple of the Qingnang Daoist Temple, known as the Qingnang Jade. If Tai Xuan Zhenjun successfully ascends to immortality, Zhang Dongxuan will have a good chance of inheriting the position of Dao Master.”

Chen Xuan was surprised to hear this. This thin old man with hardly any hair was once a figure of great charisma, like the goddess or Daoist disciple Tianyan Dao and Nanmian. But now, his youthful charm has been worn away by time, and he is old and frail, like a stray dog ​​on the roadside.

"Old man, you have received the favor of the Mountain Goddess, yet you do not repay it and instead do petty things behind her back. Is this how you ancient Taoist temples behave?" Chen Xuan scolded.

He now strongly doubts whether the Mountain Spirit Goddess actually cultivates the True Scripture of the Qingnang Dojo, because that True Scripture is very likely being cultivated by Zhang Dongxuan.

"Little brat, if it weren't for my old friendship and my guarding of the entrance to Guyao Mountain, which made the gods outside, such as the Chilong and Jinwu, wary, they would have already broken into Guyao Mountain. How could you be showing off your strength here!"

The old man named Zhang Dongxuan roared angrily, his bald head with only a tuft of white hair like withered grass standing on end in anger.

However, he seemed to have reservations about the Destiny Space and did not take a step inside, remaining lingering in the outside world.

"Old man... are you serious?" Chen Xuan's lips twitched upon hearing this. Could this frail old man really withstand the Chilong God?

Chen Xuan felt that Zhang Dongxuan, though not very tall, boasted wildly. He had fought with the Chilong God and knew its strength. It was no exaggeration to say that a single whisker from the Chilong could obliterate the barely breathing Zhang Dongxuan.

"Old monster, stop trying to flatter yourself. You steal my immortal energy and obscure my destiny. What kind of good thing are you!" Hua Liuli's eyebrows shot up, and she clenched her fists. If her soul were not so fragile, she would have torn Zhang Dongxuan to pieces immediately.

"Hua Liuli, I am protecting you! You two little ones are unwilling to walk the path I have arranged, so I must help you return to the right path!"

Zhang Dongxuan retorted angrily, his withered, barren face filled with resentment.

"Forcing me to lose my humanity and become the master of both realms, I am no longer myself? Is this the righteous path you speak of?" Hua Liuli's chest trembled with anger. Zhang Dongxuan's matter-of-fact expression infuriated her.

"Old man, tell me which right path I should take?"

Chen Xuan asked with some curiosity, "The Mountain Spirit Goddess once said that the [Five Hidden Treasures Martial Immortal Body - Shangyang Secret Essentials] can be mastered, so Chen Xuan is now walking this path of cultivation."

You should know that the Mountain Spirit Goddess was the first True Lord to know that Chen Xuan could obtain the "Yellow Millet Dream," a true scripture of the chosen ones. She said it could be accomplished. How could Zhang Dongxuan, a mere figure, be more authoritative than the Mountain Spirit Goddess?

Zhang Dongxuan's weathered eyes glanced at Hua Liuli, then at Chen Xuan. After a moment of silence, he slowly spoke:

"Chen Xuan, before the Mountain Spirit Goddess disappeared, she visited Guyao Mountain once, which is how I learned of your existence."

"You have taken on the karma of the Yellow Millet Dream, as well as part of the karma of the Immortal Seed... The Mountain Spirit Goddess has expressed concern about this matter."

"Cultivating one Heavenly Mandate Scripture is enough for you!"

"Therefore, when the Heavenly Evolution Dao of the Heaven-Mending Daoist Temple came to capture you, I was forced to take the risk and act, which for the first time drew the immortal energy of the two realm lords, causing them to release your Heavenly Mandate Dao Treasure and physical body, and thus stay away from you."

"But now, the two of you are entangled together again!"

Zhang Dongxuan paused, glared at Chen Xuan, and continued, "Having read the immortal scripture formed by destiny, one must bear the consequences of the future. Chen Xuan, the karma of destiny on your shoulders is now too much for you to bear alone. Even if the Mountain Spirit Goddess helps you, you still cannot bear it."

Chen Xuan frowned upon hearing this. "The future karma of the chosen one?"
The mad Taoist priest of Xiao Qingtian once said that he seemed to be regarded as the new Emperor's Banner by the Little Plague Palace.

"How you treat the other chosen ones, whether you restrain them or kill them... you are the Mountain Spirit Goddess's person, I cannot and dare not interfere, and I have no ill intentions towards you."

"But you must not get involved in the karma between the two realm lords."

As Zhang Dongxuan spoke, his eyes brightened, and he said decisively:
"Everything related to this immortal pill of the Two Realms Lords belongs to the Qingnang Daoist Temple. This has been the case since ancient times. This matter concerns the life and death of the Qingnang Daoist Temple, and you have overstepped your bounds!"

He cherished the old kindness shown to the Mountain Spirit Goddess, but this matter concerned the Qingnang Daoist Temple and whether it could rise again; they could not be confused.

"Old man, you're getting more and more arrogant. The Qingnang Daozang lineage has been extinct for a thousand years. You're just a lonely old man who has trouble even speaking. What are you talking about resisting karma?" Chen Xuan laughed. Zhang Dongxuan could barely protect himself, yet he was still fantasizing about these illusory things.

Xiao Qingtian wanted to refine flower glass, but the old man didn't care.

Chen Xuan only wanted to see Hua Liuli's Destiny Scripture, but this old man came out to meddle. Does he really think he's easy to bully?
"I've never believed in karma!" Hua Liuli said coldly from the side. "I will not become Xiao Qingtian's elixir, nor will I become the Qingnang Dojo's elixir!"

Zhang Dongxuan, with his hands behind his back, exuding the air of a master, glanced sideways at Hua Liuli and said:
"You little girl, do you think that I do these things to refine immortal pills?"

“Isn’t that right?” Hua Liuli retorted.

Zhang Dongxuan slowly shook his head, his tone disdainful: "You have dealt with alchemy forces too much, so you look down on all the ancient Daoist temples because of it. You should know that the Heavenly Mandate Immortal Pill Path... from ancient times to the present, has always been a crooked and heretical path. Those who refine pills are the outliers!"

"You two little kids are underestimating the proper layout of an ancient Taoist temple."

"Hmm?" Chen Xuan was taken aback upon hearing this. Indeed, since he began cultivating, the Little Plague Palace, Little Azure Heaven, and the Heaven-Mending Dojo he had encountered were all major forces that refined immortal pills.

Like the eccentric and madman Xiao Qingtian, he even refined several pills at the same time.

But this Path of Immortal Pills is no longer considered an anomaly; it's a major path that hundreds of millions of cultivators vie for...

Zhang Dongxuan's eyes showed disdain, seemingly holding these forces in utter contempt, as he continued:

"Those people want to practice alchemy because they lack confidence in themselves, cannot find the path to immortality, and can only seek it externally!"

"Why should my Qingnang Daoist Temple need such methods? We have no need for elixirs of destiny; we have our own righteous path to immortality!"

"In the three thousand states of the Southern Region, who has come closest to the level of immortals in the last ten thousand years?"

"It is True Lord Tai Xuan!"

Zhang Dongxuan's soul was shrouded in darkness, his body seemingly about to dissolve into wisps of quicksand and drift away. Yet, at this moment, a look of glory appeared on his aged face, and he spoke with a firm and powerful voice:

"If it weren't for the machinations of some demons and treacherous villains, True Lord Tai Xuan would be a celestial being among the human race in this era!"

Legend has it that Tai Xuan Zhenjun was a supreme being who dominated the Southern Region for thousands of years, and he almost ascended to immortality without ever refining elixirs.

“A figure like Tai Xuan Zhenjun wouldn’t need to refine the Heavenly Mandate Elixir,” Chen Xuan agreed.

In this world, there are indeed some exceptionally talented practitioners who do not seek external help but practice orthodox Qi cultivation, such as the Tai Xuan Zhenjun from a thousand years ago, the Mountain Spirit Lady who is seeking immortality, and the Zhu Zhao Zhenjun Emperor Jiang who is seeking death.

"Since the [Nine Heavens Mysterious Lady Sage Goddess] founded the Earth Virtue Feng Shui lineage, do you know how many immortals have emerged from this lineage?"

"Just from the lineage of the Qingnang Dojo established by [Immortal Lord Huangshi], over millions of years, at least five immortals have emerged from the dojo!"

"The Qingnang Daoist Temple, a lineage of five immortals!"

Zhang Dongxuan's vital energy was weak, but his eyes grew even brighter as he proudly declared:
"Looking back on the long river of time of the Immortal and Ghost Era, my Qingnang Dojo has ascended to the pinnacle of all realms in the myriad states five times, standing at the forefront of the great tide of the times!" "And throughout the ages, how many of the chosen ones have been able to reach the level of immortals?"

"Very few!"

This is not an exaggeration. According to records in various ancient books, only a handful of people can truly achieve great things.

Listening to Zhang Dongxuan's words, Chen Xuan couldn't help but sigh, "Old man, although your Qingnang Dojo was once so glorious, you are now doing these despicable things behind the scenes, which is a disgrace to the family."

"What do you know? Chen Xuan, do you think I found the destiny of the two realm masters?"

Zhang Dongxuan shook his head and said, "Relying solely on the Qingnang Secret Manual, one cannot find the feng shui secret path to such a supreme thing as destiny."

"Oh? Why?" Chen Xuan asked.

Hua Liuli also showed curiosity; she was very curious about how Zhang Dongxuan found the Destiny Space.

The Destiny Space was her personal property. Although Zhang Dongxuan had always stayed in the space outside the Destiny Space and had never stepped into it, Hua Liuli felt that the Destiny Space was tainted just by being looked at by this old man.

Zhang Dongxuan's gaze fell on Hua Liuli, his eyes filled with sorrow, and he said in a deep voice:

“Hua Liuli, you are the current Xuan Nu of the Qingnang Dojo, and I acknowledge that.”

"Because the fifth immortal in the history of the Qingnang Daoist Temple was the previous [Lord of Two Realms]."

Zhang Dongxuan paused for a moment, then continued, "This is a closely guarded secret, known only to the Daoist disciples and nuns of each generation of the Qingnang Daoist Temple."

"The Qingnang Dojo contains the methods for finding and dealing with the Heavenly Mandate of the Two Realms... Therefore, even in the Guyao Mountains, I can still perceive the intentions of the Two Realms at all times."

"Hua Liuli, you are not an elixir of immortality, you are an ancient immortal belonging to the Qingnang Daoist Temple!"

Chen Xuan and Hua Liuli were both shocked upon hearing this. Hua Liuli was particularly struck by the shock.

In the ancient Qingnang Daoist Temple, amidst the fierce competition among various forces to refine immortal pills, a chosen one was actually born to become an immortal, and moreover, he was the previous ruler of two realms...

Now, Zhang Dongxuan hopes that the current ruler of the two realms, Hua Liuli, can still follow the old path.

At this moment, Chen Xuan thought of the obelisk he had seen after breaking the Heavenly Evolution Dao and the Heavenly Mandate of the Martial Gluttony.

"But now, Chen Xuan, you have destroyed the true Lord of the Two Realms!"

Zhang Dongxuan roared angrily, and suddenly, taking advantage of Chen Xuan and Hua Liuli's momentary daze, he instantly transformed into a beam of Xuanhuang light and rushed towards Chen Xuan: "You have destroyed all the hope for the Qingnang Dojo to be rebuilt and revived! You even tried to control her with the True Scripture! I will teach you a lesson today!"

He was blinded by rage. Despite his best efforts and meticulous planning, the Great Completion of the Qingnang Secret Technique could not stop Chen Xuan, who took advantage of the situation and disrupted Hua Liuli's destiny.

Although Chen Xuan was surprised, his attention remained fixed on Zhang Dongxuan, and he immediately launched a counterattack.

"Bang!" He transformed into a streak of snow-white light, heading straight for Zhang Dongxuan. His fist imprint shimmered with various celestial energies, striking Zhang Dongxuan like a tidal wave. After exchanging dozens of blows, Chen Xuan broke through Zhang Dongxuan's defenses, delivering a punch as large as a bowl, which struck Zhang Dongxuan directly in the face, splitting half of his face open and splattering blood.

"If it weren't for those nine-tailed foxes who came after hearing the news, why would I have to suffer the humiliation of a brat like you!" Zhang Dongxuan shouted, his face covered in blood. Even with his broken soul body, he was no match for the young and strong Chen Xuan, even if he launched a sneak attack!
He immediately regretted his impulsiveness. Although he was extremely resentful, he was no match for Chen Xuan. He continued to fight while retreating.

"What are you trying to escape from!" Chen Xuan's punch was like a thunderclap, denting Zhang Dongxuan's chest.

"Retreat! Retreat!" Zhang Dongxuan wailed, his old eyes wide open. His hand, which resembled a chicken claw, rapidly formed hand seals, preparing to use the old method of the Green Bag Secret Technique to escape.

"Crack!"

"The same old trick!" Chen Xuan wouldn't be at a disadvantage with the same move. He grabbed Zhang Dongxuan's hand and snapped it off, interrupting his spellcasting.

"Ah!" Zhang Dongxuan screamed in agony. He quickly activated the same spell with his other hand, but Chen Xuan immediately tore off his finger as well. He was in so much pain that he was sweating profusely. All ten fingers on both hands were broken and twisted into a pretzel shape.

"Your Highness, save this old man! I did all this for your future on the path to immortality! Tell him to stop hitting me!" Zhang Dongxuan pleaded with Hua Liuli, his hands raised in a pitiful gesture.

"Bah! You shameless old dog!" Hua Liuli scolded, one hand on her hip, the other pointing at Zhang Dongxuan, and said in a show of force, "Chen Xuan, beat him up for me, smash his soul body to pieces right now!"

Chen Xuan moved swiftly and powerfully, grabbing Zhang Dongxuan by the neck with one hand and punching him so hard that Zhang Dongxuan saw stars, his eye socket and nose were broken, and blood flowed like a waterfall.

"Tell me, was it you who caused trouble for Lord Shanjun?" Chen Xuan demanded, punching him as he pressed for answers about the matter he was concerned about.

“That little mongrel is a mad dog…” Zhang Dongxuan said, when a radiant fist came flying at him, knocking out all his old teeth.

"You're being stubborn, aren't you?" Chen Xuan's eyes widened in anger, and he threw several punches, causing Zhang Dongxuan's entire soul to tremble and ripple with dark yellow waves, almost collapsing.

"I told you, stop! I told you again..." Zhang Dongxuan's vision went black, he lost the power to resist, and his body slumped down limply. His already broken body was about to be destroyed by Chen Xuan.

"Tell me the truth! Speak now!" Chen Xuan grabbed Zhang Dongxuan by the neck and shook him violently. Zhang Dongxuan's limp head swayed like a rattle drum.

"It's those foxes from Qingqiu Mountain, capturing the little earth dog and his companions who are searching for treasure..."

Zhang Dongxuan became completely honest, his cracked lips moving as he spoke haltingly, "The foxes listen to the wind, holding a portion of the wind qi lineage, and hear all the secrets of the world."

"After the Mountain Spirit Goddess disappeared, they used a page of the [Classic of Mountains and Seas - Qingqiu] to sneak into Guyao Mountain... The remains of the True Lord Taixuan are on another page of the [Classic of Mountains and Seas - Guyao]."

"This old man dares not intervene to save the mountain lord..."

The dragons of the Little Dragon Palace are in charge of thunder energy, while the foxes of Qingqiu Mountain are in charge of wind energy.

Upon hearing this, Chen Xuan pondered. In some rumors, there was a story about Tai Xuan Zhenjun searching for fragments of the Classic of Mountains and Seas in the Southern Wilderness. Then, he asked doubtfully, "You have a way to arouse the immortal energy of the two lower-level realm lords, so why don't you just tell them what you said earlier?"

“She won’t listen, she’s the most rebellious… and besides, I dare not say it, for the foxes will hear me if I do.”

Zhang Dongxuan was no longer lucid, and he murmured, "The first time I secretly cast a spell to influence Xuan Nu, I was almost overheard by the foxes... Qingqiu Mountain is one of the culprits who caused Tai Xuan Zhenjun's failure to ascend to immortality and his subsequent death..."

After listening for a while, Chen Xuan thought to himself that it must have been these fox spirits who were provoking him with the cyan talisman.

He asked Zhang Dongxuan about this speculation.

But Zhang Dongxuan was delirious, and only murmured in reply, "Yes, probably, perhaps..."

"Useless old man, all his little skills are wasted on good people like me and my seniors."

Chen Xuan reprimanded her impatiently, then turned to Hua Liuli and asked:

"How is this old man going to handle your family matters?"

“Just kill him directly,” Hua Liuli replied, then added, “Take him out and kill him; don’t taint my destiny.”

"..."

(End of this chapter)