Controlling the Five Thunders and the Two Worlds

Chapter 539 The Successor of the Way of Peace Appears in the World

"Come on, come on! I just bought some roast chicken and braised meat from Xijing."

Gu Zhao gestured for the returning group to sit down, and then said to Yun Yang, "I also brought you a roujiamo (Chinese hamburger) with braised pork."

"Haha! Thank you, Sect Leader!" Yun Yang sat down without any ceremony, took a big bite of the roujiamo (Chinese hamburger), sighed contentedly, and muttered, "This is the taste!"

Master Fangde and Master Wuzhi practiced in Nanshan and also visited Xijing, where they ate roujiamo (Chinese hamburger).

Master Qingye, who had never been to the north in his life, commented as he ate, "The bread is crispy and the meat is tender, the soup has soaked into the bread, and the pork is a perfect balance of lean and fat. It's so fragrant and delicious!"

Just as the group was eating and drinking, Gu Zhao's Five Thunder Token absorbed another wisp of malevolent energy in his sea of ​​consciousness.

At the same time, Chang Yi's voice from the Celestial Master's Mansion rang in Gu Zhao's ears, "Sect Leader! Has the typhoon been resolved? If not, leave one for me!"

Gu Zhao raised an eyebrow. "You broke through too?"

"I've broken through! I've broken through!" Changyi nodded repeatedly in the other world, his face full of anticipation.

"Not bad." Gu Zhao nodded in satisfaction, then said, "However, the typhoon problem has been resolved."

"Ah!" Changyi said dejectedly.

Gu Zhao was speechless and could only comfort him, "There will be more and more unusual weather phenomena in the future, and there will be plenty of opportunities for us to show our divine power in front of people."

"I don't want to constantly show off in front of this person," Changyi said, showing great understanding.

Gu Zhao shook his head. Even they were powerless to change the planetary-level weather evolution that took tens of millions of years. So he asked, "How is Yang Shuo?"

Changyi arrived quite early. Although his cultivation level was not high when he first entered the Daluo Palace, he had the advantage of the Thunder Seed and later made up for it with evil energy. At this time, he finally broke through the threshold of five hundred years of cultivation.

Although Yang Shuo entered the palace after Chang Yi, he had been a disciple for quite some time, having followed Daoist Yuan He into the palace. Back then, he and Chang Yi were known as the "Dual Spirits of the Great Luo, Starry Sword Immortals," and they had a great reputation in Jiangzhou.

He and Changyi traveled the world together, and even if there were differences, they wouldn't be too great.

As expected, Changyi replied, "Yang Shuo has also reached the threshold, and he will probably break through soon!"

Gu Zhao nodded, "Then you should help Yang Shuo break through first, and then go to the Southern Frontier to help Uncle Zhiqing and Uncle Yuanhe."

"okay!"

After ending the call, Gu Zhao was in a good mood.

Because the other three Daoists from the same generation as Qingye Daoist—Fengyue Sect Daoist Guhe, Qingcheng Mountain Daoist Zihui, and Daoist Ziting—were all junior Daoists, he thought that those who came after him would have to wait a while longer to break through.

Unexpectedly, these middle-aged Taoist priests did not break through, but the two younger ones, Changyi and Yangshuo, did.

That being the case...

Let's find them another companion!
Thinking of this, Gu Zhao looked at Daoist Fang De and Daoist Wu Zhi, "If you two senior uncles have nothing else to do, please come with me to Ji Province for a tour."

When Gu Zhao recruits people, he rarely brings them along.

Master Fangde's heart skipped a beat. "Another successor of an ancient Taoist sect?"

Gu Zhao nodded and smiled, "Similar to your situation, my knowledge of that grandfather and grandson was also by accident."

Master Qingye asked curiously, "What kind of accident happened?"

"The information was provided by Master Faben of Qingyun Temple in Hebei Province. He is also a Taoist who has cultivated internal energy."

Gu Zhao said, "Two years ago, during a religious ceremony at Qingyun Temple, an elderly man suffered a sudden cerebral hemorrhage. An old traditional Chinese medicine doctor saved him by using acupuncture to guide the blood." "Was that old traditional Chinese medicine doctor also a Taoist practitioner?" Yun Yang asked.

"Medicine and Taoism have always been inseparable. Sun Yaowang was a Taoist who had achieved mastery of Qi cultivation. If he were in modern times, his talent would be stronger than ours," Master Wuzhi said with a smile.

“That’s right. That old Chinese medicine doctor used his true qi while treating patients, which was discovered by Daoist Faben, and the two became friends.” Gu Zhao laughed. “Guess which Daoist practice that old Chinese medicine doctor cultivated?”

Upon hearing this, the three old Taoists all smiled.

"Although there are many branches of Taoism, they all started from the Jin, Sui, and Tang dynasties. There aren't many ancient Taoist branches," Master Qingye said with a smile.

"If we only consider the pre-Qin and Han dynasties, there are Wen Shi and Shao Yang in the north, and Zheng Yi in the south. These are considered relatively famous." Master Fang De counted on his fingers as he did the math.

The Wenshi School inherited from Laozi, the Shaoyang School followed Chunyang, and the Zhengyi School has been passed down to this day, so they are all well-known in Taoism.

But this does not mean that ancient Taoism only has these aspects.

"Is it the Five Schools of the Old Learning, or the Four Sons' lineage?" Master Fangde guessed.

The so-called five schools of Laozi were Taoist sects that integrated the ideas of Guiguzi, Zhuangzi, Liezi, Sunzi and Mozi into Taoist theory. However, they existed for a very short time, and even their classic texts were severely lost.

However, this school of thought studies more of an ideology and theory than a method of cultivation.

A novelist on Earth once wrote about this school of thought in his novel, naming it the Holy Gate, the Two Schools, and the Six Paths, which has been revitalized in modern times.

In addition, there is the Four Sons lineage, whose fundamental text is the Four Sons True Scripture. Although this name was established in the Tang Dynasty, its lineage actually dates back to the pre-Qin period and is also recorded in the Daoist Canon, making it an ancient Daoist lineage.

But Gu Zhao shook his head and smiled, "None of those."

Upon hearing this, Daoist Fang De was taken aback. He exchanged a glance with Daoist Wu Zhi and Daoist Qing Ye, and a thought arose in his mind.

“If none of these are true…” Master Wuzhi tugged at his beard, “an ancient branch of Taoism, with a lineage dating back at least to the Han Dynasty, and also in Hebei Province…”

Master Qingye asked incredulously, "Could it be the Way of Peace?"

Gu Zhao clapped his hands and laughed, "This is indeed the Way of Peace!"

"Good heavens!" Master Qingye exclaimed. "The Taiping Jing is a complete set of classics, from theory to cultivation, from governing people to governing the world. What has been passed down in later generations is incomplete, and all the cultivation methods are missing."

"How did he succeed in his cultivation?" Master Qingye asked incredulously.

Gu Zhao shrugged. "How would I know?"

Master Fang De chuckled and said, "Because of the Yellow Turban Rebellion, the Way of Peace has been suppressed by almost every generation. It's already quite good that the incomplete scriptures can be included in the Daoist Canon, so that we can keep them as a memento."

Master Wuzhi speculated, "Because the Way of Peace was suppressed, its scriptures could not be circulated openly, so they flowed into the folk and have been passed down to this day?"

Master Wuzhi pointed to himself, then to Master Fangde, "Isn't this how our Wenshi School and Shaoyang School have been passed down?"

Master Fangde nodded with a smile, "Exactly, exactly!"

The two old Taoist priests passed down the cultivation methods of Wen Shi and Shao Yang. Now, they have not only left their legacy in Nanshan, but also left their books in Louguantai, and have taken in several talented young Taoist priests.

At the same time, they also took in disciples in the other world, two of whom have even cultivated internal energy.

It can be said that the Wenshi School and Shaoyang School, which had almost disappeared into the long river of history, were revitalized in both worlds by them.

Master Qingye exclaimed, "The Taoist school is truly flourishing! Even the successor of the Taiping Jing has appeared in the world."

(End of this chapter)