Aspiring to the Immortal Path Chapter 1: Tiandao Monument

Wenxin Kingdom covers an area of ​​about five million square kilometers. Its territory is long from north to south and narrow from east to west. It basically covers the entire eastern part of Qixia Continent. From its shape, it looks like a sullen little daughter-in-law squeezed in a corner. .

Canglong Mansion is located on the soles of this little daughter-in-law, while Wanquan City, the capital of the Wenxin Kingdom, is located on the little daughter-in-law's chest. It climbs all the way north from the soles of her feet to her chest, passing through more than 30 cities in seven states and traveling more than 2,000 kilometers. It took three months to arrive.

During this long journey, the beautiful scenery of great rivers and mountains has become the only way to relieve loneliness.

Both Wei Tianchong and Shi Meng were traveling far away for the first time, so they were very excited and wanted to have fun wherever they went. Finally, his wife knew his temperament and arranged for everyone to go out early, giving him enough time to play. .

Tang Jie stayed in the car most of the time reading.

He has read many books, including books about human relations such as "The Way of Human Relations", essays such as "Collection of Hearts", travel guides such as "Zhang Zimo's Travels in Wenxin Ji", and "Biographies of Sword Immortals". "This kind of fairy tale. In his package, apart from a change of clothes and the two pots of flowers, these books were the most numerous.

Today Tang Jie was reading a book in the car. Suddenly the car swayed and stopped.

Opening the curtain, Tang Jie saw a middle-aged man in his forties walking towards him.

"Manager Zhang, what's the matter?" Tang Jie shouted.

Steward Zhang's name is Zhang Yuan. He is one of the outside stewards of the Wei Mansion. He is mainly responsible for the Wei family's caravan. He has traveled around the country for many years and has rich experience. In order to ensure safety on the road, Zheng Shufeng assigned him to be in charge of the young master's caravan. , so he is responsible for most of the team's affairs.

"What else can be done!" Manager Zhang sighed and came over: "Tang Jie, you have to help me persuade the young master. How far have we walked? We have to stop three times a day. It's not that I'm feeling depressed. If you want to get off the car and take a walk, you just want to go shopping if you see a restaurant with good scenery, or you may hear that a certain restaurant is famous and want to have a meal. No, I just arrived at Xiaoming Lake, and the young master heard about Xiaoming Lake. The scenery is nice, and there are often talented people from ancient and modern times who left calligraphy treasures here. They said they wanted to pay homage to the calligraphy left by their predecessors, and take a boat trip by the lake. My wife gave me ten days of grace, but I think it looks like this, and I can’t give it another twenty days. It’s not enough, I’m afraid we won’t be able to reach Wanquan City in autumn!”

Hearing this, Tang Jie also laughed: "You have to tell him about Xiaoming Lake. It's not like you don't know his temper. When you hear about eating and playing, how can he not join in the fun? ?"

Guan Shi Zhang replied with a grimace: "How could I tell him this? It's just that he has eyes and can hear and see. How can I stop him from asking around? You'd better go and persuade the young master, he I can just listen to a few words from you!"

Ever since the Shi Mo incident, Wei Tianchong knew that Tang Jie had saved him, so he was much more polite to him. Later, when he found out that my mother had given Tang Jie the family law, he became even more reluctant to offend Tang Jie. Because of this, he called Shi Meng to accompany him most of the time.

Hearing Manager Zhang’s complaint, Tang Jie thought for a moment and said, “Where is he now?”

"Isn't it just admiring the Tiandao stele inscribed by Zhang Shuhan in the pavilion in front? He may not even know who Zhang Shuhan is, so what can he appreciate!" Manager Zhang sighed and beat his head.

Tang Jie also smiled: "Okay, I'll go find him... I have to talk to him."

In the octagonal pavilion by Xiaoming Lake, Wei Tianchong was looking at a tall stone tablet more than ten feet tall.

Now Wei Tianchong's body has obviously grown up, and he is almost as tall as an ordinary person. He is wearing a brocade scholar's shirt, an eight-treasure Ruyi sash tied behind his head, and holding a folding fan made by Baoqingtang in his hand. Although he is a little fat, But he can be regarded as a talented person.

The stone tablet he was looking at at this moment was engraved with three characters:

Tiandao rules!

Below the three words "Tiandaogui", there are also eight words written: All evils are eliminated and all evils bow down.

Wei Tianchong looked at these words carefully and nodded: "Good words, what a group of evil spirits to ward off, and all evils to bow down. Shi Meng, you see this calligraphy is majestic, the pen moves like a dragon and a snake, the dragon and the phoenix dance, it is really good Words, great words!"

Compared with the past, at least Wei Tianchong can now pile up a few idioms.

"That's because, for Zhang Shuhan, a great calligrapher of his generation, half of Xiaoming Lake's current reputation is due to the inscriptions on the Tiandao stele. Every year, countless literati come here to pay their respects. We are passing by today, if we don't pay our respects. It's a pity that Fan Ye is worried." Shi Meng next to him said.

Tang Jie happened to come over and shook his head with a smile when he heard this. As he entered the pavilion, he said: "Although Zhang Shuhan is a great calligrapher of the generation, the young master's horoscope of "dragon and snake, dragon and phoenix" is applied to him. It’s the wrong place to use it.”

"Huh? What do you mean by this?" Wei Tianchong was puzzled.

Tang Jie walked over and stood side by side with Wei Tianchong. Together they looked at the Tiandao Monument in front of them and the group of evil-doers. He bowed his head and sighed softly: "Young master, do you know who Zhang Shuhan is?" ?"

Wei Tianchong replied: "Isn't he the former Minister of the Right Department and a Hanlin scholar?"

"It turns out that the young master still knows something." Tang Jie said with a smile.

"Tch, do you really think I am ignorant and incompetent?" Wei Tianchong raised his nose.

Compared to the troubled boy he once was, the sixteen-year-old Wei Tianchong has indeed become more sensible as he grows older. At least the mistakes he made in the past will not be made again.

"Does the young master know what Zhang Shuhan did later? Why did he write this Tiandao stele? Also, why is the Tiandao stele called the Tiandao stele?" Tang Jie asked again.

Wei Tianchong opened his mouth and took a long time to squeeze out: "The book didn't say it."

Hearing this, Tang Jie burst into laughter.

Wei Tianchong blushed at his smile and said, "You know you meant it."

Tang Jie has replied: "Zhang Shuhan has gone to cultivate immortality."

"Huh?" As soon as these words came out, Wei Tianchong and Shi Meng exclaimed in surprise.

"That's right, Zhang Shuhan went to cultivate immortality!" Tang Jie repeated this sentence again: "Back then, Zhang Shuhan studied literature because he believed that the country should be governed by literature and the country should be governed by martial arts. If he wanted to ensure the well-being of the people in the world, he had to be a civil servant. But he became a civil servant. After his official career, he experienced the ups and downs of the officialdom for twenty years, saw the ups and downs of the world, and finally discovered that the so-called Wen Ke's idea of ​​governing the country was purely illusory. In the end, he resolutely abandoned his official position and joined the immortal family... At that time, he was already fifty. How old.”

"The old man is still cultivating immortality? Isn't it said that young people have the best muscles and bones, and it is difficult to achieve enlightenment in old age?" Shi Meng asked in surprise.

"Yes, but that's what he did, and not only did he cultivate, he also achieved extraordinary results. Do you know where he reached in his cultivation in the end?"

"To what extent?" the two asked together.

"Tianzun!" Tang Jie spat out two words.

These words shocked Wei Tianchong and Shi Meng to shout at the same time: "Master Zhang Dao?"

Tianzun, that is a more terrifying existence than the True Monarch of Zi Mansion. It is between Zi Mansion and Immortal Stage. To some extent, it is even less than Immortal Stage Realm.

Because Tianzun has nothing to do with realm, he needs to enter the avenue before he can be honored.

As a Tianzun, to a certain extent, I am no longer behind when it comes to Xiantai.

"It's not about mastering the Tao, it's about entering the Tao! Practitioners' understanding of the Tao also has levels, including enlightening the Tao, entering the Tao, mastering the Tao, etc., and their meanings are completely different." Tang Jie solemnly corrected: "Tianzun's mastering the Tao is just for ignorant mortals. In fact, as long as you have a certain degree of enlightenment, you can be called Tianzun. We will all be students of Xiyue College in the future, so we should not make such professional mistakes again."

"What is the palm?" Wei Tianchong asked curiously.

"Then I don't know. To be honest, I can't even tell the difference between enlightenment, entry and palm. I heard that there are levels besides these three, and I don't know what else. How much can there be?" Tang Jie answered.

When Xu Muyang told him about the realm of cultivating immortals, he mentioned that Taoism is the highest realm that a cultivator pursues in his life. But what exactly is Tao? Let alone Tang Jie, even Xu Muyang himself may not be able to figure it out. Understand, I only know that the highest state of Tao is to master the Tao, but how to count as mastering the Tao, and whether there is anyone who masters the Tao, anyway, he has never seen it, and he has never even heard of it.

"Although Zhang Shuhan has not yet mastered the Tao, it is certain that Zhang Shuhan has entered the Tao. He became famous for his calligraphy in his early years. After cultivating immortality, he entered the Tao through calligraphy. He used the Eight Methods of Punishing Evil to rebuke Fang Qiu and made the evil spirits in the world beheaded. And retreat. Do you know what the eight methods of killing evil are?"

Wei Tianchong rolled his eyes and pointed to the eight words on the Tiandao stele: "Isn't that the eight words?"

"That's right, it's just these eight words to ward off evil spirits and bow to all evil." Tang Jie affirmed: "Whenever Zhang Shuhan faced the enemy, he only needed to write these eight words of mantra, no matter how many evil spirits there were, he would kill them all. , with endless power, but it is a pity that he fell before he could enter the Immortal Platform. If he hadn't fallen, do you think we can call Zhang Shuhan one by one now? Then we must call him Zhu Xie Tianzun or Zhang Tianzun!"

"But who can kill him? Even a powerful person in the Immortal Stage may not be able to do it, right?"

A smile appeared on Tang Jie's face. He pointed at the monument with his chin: "Who else could it be?"

Wei Tianchong and Shi Meng looked at each other and blurted out together: "Tiandao?"

"Yes, it is the way of heaven! The way of heaven is merciless, and the bronze furnace is in troubled times. The era where Zhang Shuhan lived was an era of various sects of the Immortal family, many heroes, and continuous wars. At that time, the people were in dire straits. Zhang Shuhan wanted to save the world but was unable to save it. , wrote hurriedly, pointed directly at the way of heaven, and actually tried to use the way of heaven as the first to punish all evils, to destroy the way of heaven and save human relations, his fate is self-evident."

To kill the sky with the power of one person is actually challenging the entire world. This world is not even Qixia Realm, but the entire Xingluo Great Thousand Realm!

Although Wei Tianchong and Shi Meng could not imagine how such a battle could exist, they were still stunned by Zhang Shuhan's generosity.

It’s like an ant swinging a knife at an elephant!

"What about this Heavenly Dao Monument..." Shi Meng asked.

"This stele of the Way of Heaven is said to have been written by Zhang Shuhan when he tried to suppress the Way of Heaven with the Eight Methods of Punishing Evil. As you can see, now the Way of Heaven is above and the Eight Methods are below... But the Eight Methods of Punishing Evil were suppressed by the Way of Heaven. Even so, Zhang Shuhan’s writing style and Taoism still remain on this Tiandao Monument, attracting countless future generations to observe and imitate, and some people even use it to gain enlightenment. Even though the Tiandao Monument is placed here now, in fact, it has deep roots. , cannot be damaged, and no one can touch it. In order to dominate the Heavenly Dao Monument, there have been endless killings here, and this has just been created. However, people later found that it was too difficult to enlighten through the Heavenly Dao Monument, and it was impossible to monopolize it. Gradually, So I stopped thinking about it and kept it here until I was destined. So every year, a large number of immortals came here to pay their respects, and some ignorant mortals also followed their example. Gradually, this once important treasure of the immortal family became the eyes of tourists and poets. It is a scenic spot, but the world only knows Zhang Shuhan but not Zhu Xie Tianzun."

Speaking of this, Tang Jie chuckled: "Zhang Shuhan's calligraphy no longer pursues calligraphy itself in the later period. What he pays attention to is righteousness and awe-inspiring, punishing evil and suppressing evil. The power of his writing is vast and boundless. Just looking at it makes people's hearts move. God shakes, so his calligraphy is sonorous and powerful, not round but full of the atmosphere of fighting and killing. The young master uses the pen to describe it as a dragon, a snake, a dragon and a phoenix. In fact, he is using mortal calligraphy to describe the immortal calligraphy. This is belittling Zhang Shuhan. . You must know that even if the real dragon is alive, he will bow his head in front of Zhang Shuhan. If he were alive, he would not like this comment."

Wei Tianchong blushed: "How did I know this~IndoMTL.com~I just think this word looks good..."

Tang Jie said leisurely: "Calligraphy, cultural relics, and monuments, these things actually require an understanding of history to understand. For example, if you don't understand the history of this Tiandao stele, you won't understand its meaning just by looking at this stele. If you don’t understand its meaning, then this Tiandao stele is at best a stone tablet with words written on it. It is meaningless no matter how you look at it. But when you understand the history behind it and see this word, you will think of such a great person. A hero, soaring high in the sky, writing furiously. You can imagine how angry he was, how he dared to challenge the sky, and how he finally died tragically... You can feel his mood, feel him Feeling his helplessness and pain, you stand here, standing in front of a stone tablet, as if you are standing in the past time and space, watching the history happen before your eyes..."

Tang Jie said softly, looking at the Dao stele of that day, the scene of Zhang Shuhan writing the Eight Methods of Punishing Evils to suppress the Dao of Heaven appeared in front of his eyes. He seemed to see a group of evil spirits on the stele, and the eight golden characters "All Evils Bow Down" flashed in the sky. The most brilliant light rushed into the sky with endless killing intent and anger.

Then he saw the clouds in the sky break, and the image of a huge Falun loomed, but it shone with divine light as it rotated slowly.

The Zhu Xie character seemed so small in front of the divine light of heaven and earth. It was actually suppressed by a roar and disintegrated into nothingness. At the same time, a human figure disintegrated in the sky and disintegrated into nothingness...

"Ah!" Tang Jie yelled and took a step back suddenly. A mouthful of blood almost spurted out, and his face suddenly turned pale.

"Tang Jie!" Wei Tianchong was startled by Tang Jie and shouted.

Looking at Tang Jie again, I saw a flash of light in his eyes. He just stared at the Dao Monument and murmured four words: "Tiandao Falun!"