Chapter 896: The Third Realm of the Celestial Master
On the mountain behind the Taoist Palace, Zhang Daoling knelt in front of the Taoist Sage, lowered his head and said, "This disciple is incompetent. Not only did he fail to relieve the teacher's worries and help the Taoist Palace seize the destiny, but he was injured at the hands of the God of Fire, and the teacher's prestige fell. Please punish the teacher."
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Dao Sheng opened his eyes, waved his sleeves, and a breeze fell on Zhang Daoling.
Zhang Daoling looked down and saw that his chest, which had been burned by sky fire and was still difficult to heal, saw dark scars falling off, flesh and blood growing, and returning to its original state at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Zhang Daoling's face was filled with joy, and he bowed and said, "Thank you very much, teacher, for helping my disciple heal his injuries."
The Taoist Saint replied calmly: "There is no need to be polite. How can I stand by and watch the injuries you sustained while running for the Taoist Palace?"
The joy on Zhang Daoling's face faded and was replaced by a look of sadness: "Teacher, now that the God of Fire is blocking the way, I can't help Junior Brother Lin Ze regain Nanyun, and I feel uneasy."
The Taoist Saint replied calmly: "The God of Fire became Taoist in ancient times. With his ultimate understanding of the Great Way of Fire, he developed a strong cultivation base. Don't say that you are only in the second realm of heaven and human. Even if you break through to the third realm of heaven and human,
It may not be his opponent."
"You don't have to worry about this matter. I will send Zhuang Zhou to Nanyun to let the God of Fire retreat."
After speaking, he flicked his fingers with his right hand, and a paper crane appeared, shot straight into the sky, and disappeared.
Zhang Daoling looked at Taoist Saint's actions with a complicated expression and hesitated to speak.
Seeing this, Dao Sheng raised his eyebrows slightly and asked, "Do you have anything else to say?"
Zhang Daoling suddenly looked resolute, kowtowed and said: "Disciple, please ask the teacher to give you the secret method to break through the third realm of heaven and man, so that the disciple can better serve the Taoist palace."
After saying these words, Zhang Daoling felt light all over, with an indescribable sense of comfort.
Thousands of years ago, Zhang Daoling, who was fortunate enough to receive the guidance of the Taoist Saint, not only achieved the breakthrough of heaven and man in a very short period of time, but was also promoted to the second realm not long after.
Zhang Daoling originally thought that he was extremely talented, but after spending tens of thousands of years in the outer world and staying at the peak of the second realm, he finally understood one thing.
The most important thing in cultivation is not talent, but the Dharma. If no one teaches the Dharma, no matter how good the talent is, it will be difficult to get in.
Zhang Daoling was glad that he had always respected the Taoist Sage so much that after returning from heaven, he naturally went to the Taoist Palace to pay homage to the Taoist Sage as a disciple.
When he heard that Taoist palace was interested in competing for the destiny of heaven, Zhang Daoling took the initiative to run for Taoist palace, just to impress the Taoist saint and obtain the key to promotion to the third realm of heaven and man.
This time he was injured by Vulcan, and finally had the chance to muster up the courage to mention it.
The Taoist Saint chuckled lightly and said meaningfully: "Why do you need me to give you a Dharma? Didn't you arrange a back-up plan thousands of years ago?"
Zhang Daoling's expression changed after hearing this, and he kept kowtowing and said: "Teacher, please forgive me. I am a disciple who is devoted to the Tao. I did not think of entering the devil's way, and that is why I made a big mistake."
"I hope that the teacher will forgive the disciple for the sake of his devotion to the Tao."
The Taoist Saint said indifferently: "Everyone has his or her own way. Even though you follow a different way, which is even a bit like a devil's way, I still won't interfere with you easily. You can rest assured."
Zhang Daoling breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Disciple, thank you for your forgiveness, but don't you know about the teaching?"
The Taoist Sage frowned slightly and said, "Since you possess the Dharma, why are you so stubborn about conferring the Dharma from me?"
Zhang Daoling was stunned for a moment, then asked tentatively: "Teacher, what do you mean, the evil method that the disciple obtained back then can help the disciple break through the third realm?"
The Taoist Saint calmly said "Yeah".
Zhang Daoling smiled bitterly and said: "But this is an evil method after all. If the disciple uses it, wouldn't it mean that he has entered an evil way?"
The Taoist Sage said disapprovingly: "What is right and what is evil? Good and evil are just a thought. If you really want to talk about it, when you arranged the back-up for this evil method, you have already entered the evil way."
Zhang Daoling smiled bitterly again and said: "If the disciple does not activate the backup plan, there may be room for maneuver in this matter. If the disciple once embarks on this path, there will be no turning back."
The Taoist Saint just smiled and said nothing.
Zhang Daoling gritted his teeth and asked: "If the disciple uses evil methods, will the teacher still treat the disciple as before?"
The Taoist Saint replied calmly: "Taoism is natural. I have known about this for a long time, so why have I ever looked at you differently?"
"Thank you for your teaching, teacher. I know what to do," Zhang Daoling said with a solemn expression and kowtowed three times to the Taoist sage, "Disciple, please retire."
After saying that, he stood up, faced the Taoist Saint, slowly exited the Taoist Palace, and headed for Shu.
The Taoist sage looked at Zhang Daoling's leaving figure and sighed: "Why can't you firmly ask me to give you the method? The method of Taoism is natural, and the method of fate is not enough."
At this time, Zhang Daoling, who was hundreds of miles away, suddenly felt lost, as if he had lost something, but he was quickly dissipated by the joy of breaking through to the third realm.
When he went to the Tao Palace, although he did not obtain the method given by the Tao Sage, he was able to verify to the Tao Sage that the evil method was real and effective, which was a rare gain.
A moment later, Zhang Daoling landed on Daoling Mountain, the ancestral land of Tianshi Dao.
It is rumored that this mountain is the burial place of Zhang Daoling, but Zhang Daoling is alive and well, so the rumors are naturally false.
However, the tomb in the mountain is real.
Zhang Daoling waved his hand to open the door of the mausoleum and walked in majestically.
The door was quickly closed again after he entered.
Zhang Daoling crossed the dark and dry tunnel and came to an underground palace.
In the palace, there are hundreds of crystal coffins, and inside each crystal coffin is a lifelike corpse.
If you look carefully, you can see that these corpses look somewhat similar to Zhang Daoling between their eyebrows.
That's right, these corpses are all descendants of Zhang Daoling and left behind by all the Celestial Masters of the Celestial Master Tao.
Many people know that there is an inexplicable rule in Celestial Master Dao. Every Celestial Master will succeed to the throne when he is thirty years old, give birth to a son when he is seventy years old, and abdicate when he is one hundred years old.
The abdicated Celestial Master is not allowed to interfere with the affairs of Celestial Master Dao. He needs to climb Daoling Mountain to guard the tomb of the first Celestial Master Zhang Daoling.
But few people know that the abdicated Celestial Master is not here to guard the tomb, but to be buried with him.
As early as ten thousand years ago, when Zhang Daoling was about to leave for the outer world, he left behind instructions that the Celestial Masters of all generations must do this in order to ensure that the Celestial Master's way will never be destroyed for eternity.
Speaking of which, Zhang Daoling was surprised that his descendants actually practiced this for thousands of years.
Looking at the sleeping corpses of his descendants, Zhang Daoling couldn't help but sigh: "I didn't expect that I would eventually use this evil method."
After saying this, he walked directly to the altar in the center and sat cross-legged. A green talisman thirty-three feet wide and ninety-nine feet long appeared above his head.
This talisman carries Zhang Daoling's path.
Immediately afterwards, strange formulas were spat out from Zhang Daoling's mouth, and hundreds of corpses were seen glowing at the same time, with scarlet talismans emerging from each corpse.
Zhang Daoling suddenly opened his eyes and shouted loudly: "Wan Fu returns to the clan."
The scarlet talismans merged into the huge talisman like a swallow returning to its nest.
Traces of blood gradually appeared on the originally huge cyan talisman.
Zhang Daoling stared at the giant green talisman, used the corpses of his descendants to nourish the talisman, and then picked it out to increase his understanding of the talisman and break through to the third realm of heaven and man.
As the blood-colored talisman blended in, a series of completely different insights flowed through Zhang Daoling's heart.
Zhang Daoling slowly closed his eyes.
After an unknown amount of time, Zhang Daoling suddenly spit out a large mouthful of blood, and the giant talisman suddenly exploded, turning into fragments all over the sky.
Zhang Daoling looked extremely serious and uttered a series of formulas quickly and urgently.
I saw that the fragments of the talisman gradually merged together as if they were being pulled.
It's not glue, but like water, it fuses together and gradually turns into a big cocoon.
Scarlet talismans still appear on the bodies of the heavenly masters of past generations and melt into the cocoons.
When all the talismans were melted in, Zhang Daoling shouted loudly: "It won't be long before it appears in the world."
As soon as he finished speaking, there was a lot of movement in the cocoon, and he didn't know what kind of terror was brewing.
As the movement became louder and louder, the cocoon exploded into pieces, and a talisman glowing red flew out from it.
Zhang Daoling was overjoyed: "It's finally done."
At this moment, the Taoist saint who was practicing Taoism in the mountains behind the Taoist palace glanced in the direction of Shu and shook his head.