From a carp to a dragon god

Chapter 223 Taiqing Illusion and Dao Alliance

The dreamland and the underworld are similar in that they both correspond to the world outside the living world. If the underworld is the shadow of the earth in the living world, then the dreamland is the shadow of the sky in the living world.

The Huangliang Dreamland is just a corner deep in the dreamland, and it is entirely supported by the spiritual root Dream Huangliang. In addition to this, there are the Land of Nothingness, the Nanke Dahuai An Kingdom, etc.

Yu Shuyang was led into a dream by the sound of the Taoist bell, and with the guidance of the dream talisman, his mind was brought to the dream yellow beam tree.

Normally, when one dreams of taking the Taoist exam, he would be suffocated by the smell of yellow millet and quietly have a sweet dream of yellow millet under the shade of a tree.

Unexpectedly, Yu Shuyang ate a cloud seed peach, and was infused with the great way of clouds. He realized that clouds gave birth to yin and yang, and his mind automatically manifested as a cloud-covered turtle and snake, and was not affected by the Meng Huangliang spiritual root.

Actually, this is nothing, it's just a lucid dream. When I entered the dreamland of Huangliang, the Taoist priests from the Taoist Alliance came out to receive me.

However, a blue bird flew by in his dream and led him into the Taiqing illusion. To be more specific, this was not without reason.

The blue bird, nine-tailed fox, and three-legged crow are the messengers of the Golden Mother, and the moon rabbit, moon toad, and moon snake are the alchemists of the Golden Mother. The six mythical beasts are all very familiar with each other.

Yu Shuyang had earlier inherited the alchemy legacy of the Moon Toad and Moon Snake in the treasure gourd. Since he came to the Huangliang Dreamland, he attracted the attention of the Blue Bird in his dream.

In other words, the blue bird in the dream is similar to the Huangliang Dreamland. Both are myths that have been passed down for a long time, and they were created in the dreamland by the person who had achieved success in spiritual practice.

As the name suggests, the Blue Bird is a bird of love. In reality, the Blue Bird is the messenger of the Golden Mother and often leads the way for mortals entering the fairyland.

Over time, it has become the hope of some infatuated men and women, who hope that it will lead the way to their dream meeting. Therefore, the blue bird in dreams is also a guide to love dreams.

Yu Shuyang was led into a love dream by the blue bird, but he had no one to love, and was then led into the illusory world of Qingxu, where he experienced all the things he had just seen and heard.

This Qingxu Illusionary Realm is adjacent to the Taixu Illusionary Realm. In the dream, the blue bird leads the infatuated man and the resentful woman to meet each other, and the place they enter is the Taixu Illusionary Realm, which can also be called the Dreamland of Love.

The adjacent Qingxu Fantasy Realm is the dream of those who seek immortality and the way to enlightenment. This realm can also be called the Fairy Dreamland. Compared with love dreams and yellow beam dreams, the dream of seeking immortality is much more troublesome and dangerous.

Because many fairy dreams are had by those who practice the immortal way, the scenes in the dreams seem to be real but are not, and the characters in the dreams are either real or fake. Some people die in the fairy dream, and their bodies and souls disappear in the world of the living.

Yu Shuyang was lying on the bed, listening to the explanations of Li Taiping and the White-Faced Taoist, and he couldn't help but feel a little scared.

He remembered clearly that before he fell unconscious, a young girl sprinkled a handful of white rice on him. The white rice turned into pearls as big as balls, and carried the rhythm of the cosmic light. It hit his face and he fell unconscious immediately.

"It is truly rare for Daoist friend to have traveled through the illusory world of Taixu. Now that you have escaped without any danger, it is truly cause for celebration.

Don't worry too much about your naturalization. There won't be any setbacks in this matter. However, there are a few things I need to explain to you.

Firstly, fellow Taoist, you have inherited a different lineage. Although we both inherited the teachings of the Taoist ancestor, I cannot ultimately overwhelm your lineage.

Secondly, most of us in the Middle-earth Taoist Alliance teach the Dharma but do not accept disciples. It is indeed difficult for us to accept you as our disciple, but we will reserve one place for you to receive the true teachings.

Finally, in the Middle Earth, there are three methods, four cultivations, and ten Dharma lineages. Fellow Daoists, you can choose from among them and we will arrange a sutra master to teach you the Dharma."

The white-faced Taoist looked at Yu Shuyang without blinking, and blurted out all the words he had been thinking about for a long time in one breath. Only then did he feel at ease.

Yu Shuyang was completely confused and kept asking questions about the Taoist Alliance, Dharma lineage, true teachings, and even the three methods and four cultivations, which were ten Dharma lineages.

The Taoist didn't say too much and tried to briefly introduce the origins of the Taoist Alliance. He had experience in this area as he was responsible for the recruitment of new members every year.

Originally, it was nothing. Sometimes, there would be descendants of Taoist sects joining the alliance, or people like Li Taiping who had a background and a good family background and came to take the Taoist examination.

After all, the Taoist Alliance is open to the public to spread the Dharma. If one can recite the entire five major sutras and pass the exam, he or she can be admitted to study Taoism and practice the Dharma.

However, something went wrong this time, and a fellow Taoist who inherited the Dharma lineage almost died in the Qingxu illusion.

Yu Shuyang listened carefully, nodded from time to time, and asked a few questions when he encountered something he didn't understand. Only then did he understand the whole story.

The story of the Taoist Alliance all started with the founder. The Great Sage of Xiantian Daode is the founder of Taoism. Because he practiced the way of moral education, his Dharma lineage has been passed down in all the heavens and worlds.

The Taoist Alliance in the Middle-earth world was not taught by the Taoist Patriarch himself, but was founded by several true immortals among the Three Caves Immortals when they traveled through this world.

They saw that practicing in this world was like being imprisoned, with the three paths of gods, immortals, and humans all held hostage by the three lists created by heaven and earth. The practice of cultivating immortals relied entirely on the ninth level of ascension, and there was no pursuit of true cultivation at all.

Moreover, all methods of cultivation are controlled by aristocratic families. The demon race belongs to the demon fairy family, and the human race belongs to the fairy family.

Whether it is blood inheritance or surname inheritance, they are all confined to one clan and one surname, and the entire Middle-earth world seems to be a stagnant pool.

Similarly, Shinto is the big stick and sweet date of the will of heaven and earth, aimed at the common people and wild monsters who want to practice but have been searching for the method but cannot find it.

The Taoist Alliance uses the method of passing on the Dharma through dreams to recruit many disciples every year, and the methods learned are not limited to being passed on among the disciples. These are the 100 arts of cultivating immortals that are now widely popular.

Of course, the Taoist Alliance is not only to break the monopoly of the aristocratic families, but also to recruit disciples with good qualifications to inherit the Taoist tradition, the so-called true disciples.

After so many years of development, the Middle-earth Taoist Alliance has become a very large existence. Not only does it practice the hundreds of arts of immortal cultivation, but some old-established families have also joined.

After all, the Taoist Alliance carries the title of inheritor of the Taoist Ancestor, and it has no base in the world of the living. The Taoist Alliance preaches for thirty days in the first month of each year, and the immortal families cannot stop it at all.

The attitude of the aristocratic families towards the Taoist Alliance now is to avoid mentioning it as much as possible, to block and control the news, and at the same time select suitable clansmen to send into the Taoist Alliance.

Just like before in Xiyu Fudi, there was no information about the Dao Alliance, and even Master Yu was not aware of the inside story.

The bloodline inheritance of the demon race is like a net, locking up the entire clan from top to bottom. They are all trapped in the bloodline inheritance and are passed down along the demon fairy's cultivation method.

Especially those bloodlines that have escaped catastrophe and ascended to heaven, it seems like a golden rule. Once the bloodline returns to its ancestral state, the entire clan, young and old, will immediately join in.

Yu Shuyang had experienced this several times. For example, before he started practicing, Master Yu talked to him about bloodline inheritance and the ascension of the entire clan, which greatly shocked him at the time.

After all, in his previous life's world of Fuli, he had never heard of an entire clan ascending to immortality. For a whole family to cultivate immortality together only happened once every few thousand years.

Later, Yu's father told him about the transformation into a dragon, which also surprised him. It was obviously the law of nature for fish and snakes to transform into dragons, otherwise how could there be a way to transform into a dragon.

Now that I think about it, I understand everything. This is a situation secretly created by the immortal families and the will of heaven and earth, with the purpose of protecting Middle-earth.

This brings us to a core issue, which is the essence of spiritual practice. Is it the Dharma or the Tao?
The immortal families, the three lists of monks, and all their methods of cultivation all originated from the Middle-earth, which is the so-called Dharma.

The Taoist Alliance's five major scriptures, the Hundred Arts of Immortal Cultivation, the Three Methods and Four Cultivations, and the Ten Sects' Dharma Lineages were passed down by the Three Caves Immortals, and their roots come from the Taoist Ancestor, that is, the Taoist tradition.

The corresponding behaviors in practicing the Dharma, whether it is the resources needed for practice, the practice methods, or even the practitioners themselves, are all for the maintenance of the Dharma of Heaven and Earth.

Generation after generation of aristocratic families have constantly refined their cultivation methods, also enhancing and maintaining the great principles of Middle-earth. If one practices the orthodox Dao, then one is refining the Dao of the Daoist ancestors into Middle-earth, and over time, even the world can be transformed.

If it weren't for the power of the innate moral path and the status of the Taoist ancestor of all heavens and worlds, the will of the Central Earth Heaven and Earth would have launched a killing calamity long ago and directly killed all those who practiced the Taoist tradition.

"Brother Daoist, so that's how it is. Now that you said that, I suddenly understand. What are the three methods, four cultivations, and ten lineages?" Yu Shuyang asked again.

He was very satisfied this time. He didn't expect that taking the Dao League exam would solve all his doubts that had been there for so long.

Things that seemed unreasonable before, now don’t seem strange anymore. As the saying goes, when something is out of the ordinary, there must be something wrong.

"Fellow Daoist Yu, the Three Laws and Four Cultivations are an ancient tradition, the fundamental legacy left by several ancestors.

The three methods are the three cave true methods, and the four cultivations are the four major Dharma lineages, namely talismans, inner alchemy, outer alchemy, and immortals.

These ten sects are the result of the accumulation of the Central Earth Taoist Alliance over the years, and they are: Chaoshi, Jinye, Juxuan, Changhuai, Baohe, Tiaoshen, Nangong, Cangyi, Jianli, and Kejiao.

The difference is that the Three Dharmas and Four Cultivations are all grand avenues. If you want to learn them, you can only find an old scripture teacher to explain the scriptures to you and teach you.

If you choose from the ten lineages, we have practitioners of the corresponding lineage in our alliance who can not only preach the scriptures to you, but also teach you the Dharma.

I suggest that Fellow Daoist Yu give this matter careful consideration. If you choose the Ten Sects' Dharma Lineages, you will not be accepted as a disciple because you are carrying the Taoist lineage inheritance.

I don't think I need to elaborate on the difference between them, right? Otherwise, Fellow Daoist Yu can discuss it with Senior Brother Li. "

The white-faced Taoist pointed out in a very tactful way that since he was still in the process of becoming a Taoist, it would not be convenient for him to stay here for a long time.

Yu Shuyang nodded and said, "Fellow Daoist, I have already considered this matter, and I have two more questions to ask.

First, there's the matter of the number of true disciples. Did they mention the Jade Disc record? I wonder when I'll be listed as a true disciple.

Secondly, I have a piece of underworld land where I want to build a ritual platform and place the soul-guiding banner. Why can't I do that?"

"Fellow Daoist Yu, let me answer your first question first. The place for the true disciple is the name recorded in the Jade Disc. I can confirm this with you.

As for the time, you must choose the scripture and after the scripture master finishes teaching you, the Taoist priest will evaluate you and grant you the ordination certificate, only then can you be listed as a true disciple.

This is the only way to do it. There is no shortcut. Because you carry the Taoist lineage, I have reserved a place for you as the true successor. This is already an exception.

As for the soul-guiding banner of the underworld, it is a very troublesome matter. The main point is that there are only four ghost gates in the Nine Netherworlds.

The magic you cast to set up the altar and place the soul-guiding banner is no less than opening the fifth gate of hell. This is not in accordance with the rules of heaven and earth.

Another point is that there is no Hades in Middle-earth, and your use of this method to build an altar is also not permitted by the will of heaven and earth."

The white-faced Taoist couldn't help but wipe his sweat. He had been in charge of the Taoist examination for so long, but this was the first time someone asked him about the underworld and the gods.

His cultivation level was only that of a fifth-rank immortal. Even if he was in a dream, if he revealed some of the great secrets of heaven and earth, they would still be investigated by the Heavenly Dao.

The God of the Underworld is involved in the life and death of all living beings. This is why there has never been a God of the Underworld in Middle-earth. The authority of reincarnation lies in the stars and the Milky Way, so destiny dominates everything.

This is the suppression of the will of heaven over the will of earth and humanity. If not, how could heaven be so arbitrary and control all living beings?

Yu Shuyang didn't understand the deeper meaning of this, so he asked his junior brother Li Taiping about it in his early years. He was embarrassed to express it in words, so he could only remind him twice and asked his senior brother to come to the Taoist Alliance to find the answer.

The Taoist monk Baimian saw the opportunity and immediately found an excuse to leave, his heart trembling uncontrollably.

Huangliang Dreamland is the place where the will of heaven is focused on. Even if one has the protection of the Huangliang spiritual root, there is no guarantee that one will not be investigated by heaven and secretly targeted by it.

After the Taoist priest had gone far away, Yu Shuyang stood up and asked his junior fellow apprentice Li Taiping, "Junior apprentice, between the Three Laws and Four Cultivations and the Ten Sects, which one are you going to choose?"

Li Taiping smiled and shook his head, saying: "Brother, we are different. You have a unique Taoist lineage inheritance. Even if you choose the Ten Sects, you cannot learn their core.

Our Si beast is the ancestor of the Kejiao lineage. I advise you, senior brother, to consider the Three Methods and Four Cultivations.

I don't need to introduce the Three Caves True Dharma again. It was the result of the discussions among the Three Caves True Immortals of Taiqing Palace.

The Four Cultivation Lineages encompass most of the current cultivation methods. If you choose to learn one of them, you will see a huge improvement in your future cultivation and the art of cultivating immortals.

In comparison, I would like to advise you, senior brother, to think carefully about how to pass on the Taoist lineage.

One day in the future, when you have achieved success in your cultivation and are able to escape the calamity and ascend to heaven, can you then pass on your Dao lineage and add it to the Central Earth Dao Alliance, thus adding another lineage to the ten sects' Dharma lineages?"

Yu Shuyang was silent for a while after listening to this. His junior brother Li Taiping persuaded him, and the white-faced Taoist priest also said that he was carrying the Taoist lineage.

After much calculation, the only possibility is the previous life. The so-called inheritance foundation of the Killer Sect comes from the Yin-Yang Dragon Beard Fan.

Stimulated by the Great Dao of Clouds, he has realized the Yin and Yang of clouds, and his mind has sensed the true form of the treasure fan.

It is even more powerful than the founder of the killer sect. Not only can you see the dragon whiskers, but you can also see the two sides of the fan body, the Tai Chi diagram inside and the Liang Yi diagram outside. The wind blowing inward is a quiet natural wind, and the wind blowing outward is a rushing and silent wind.

He possessed the Qingxu Illusion Realm and obtained the Weichen Chess Manual, and could use the clouds to practice chess. The first calamity would produce thunder, and the second calamity would produce fire, which was extremely powerful.

Thinking of this, he remembered the time when the girl threw white rice and pearls at him. What about the pair of green cows, green sheep and purple clouds at that time?

Could it be that it was taken away by that woman? That would be so annoying.

Fortunately, the Tai Chi Green Ox and the Liang Yi Green Sheep had both been refined by Yu Shuyang. As he searched with his mind, two true-form purple auspicious clouds jumped out from the clouds that carried him.

"Junior brother, do you think this green ox looks a bit like you?" Yu Shuyang said, pointing at the purple auspicious clouds.

Li Taiping examined it for a few moments, then sighed, feeling that his senior brother was truly lucky. He said, "Senior brother, did you bring this out from the Qingxu Illusionary Realm?"

Yu Shuyang nodded after listening and waited for further instructions with great interest.

"Brother, this is a treasure. If you take it out of the dreamland, it will not turn into a dream treasure, but a real forbidden magic weapon." Li Taiping sighed.
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