Chapter 457: Discussion of Taoism at the Immortals’ Meeting
Shi Xuan followed the round-faced girl to the entrance of the back garden and heard her clear voice shouting: "Master Shi Xuan from Tianji Peak of Penglai Mountain has arrived!" He smiled in his heart. Since he achieved the Yuanshen, he seemed to have never attended such a formal gathering.
As the ending lingered and the lingering sound lingered, Ren Qingshuang came over. She was wearing a goose yellow dress, which softened her cold temperament a little. She smiled and bowed: "Please come in, Senior Shi. The masters are looking forward to it."
"Since we were Taoist friends before, let's follow the old rules and don't change it." Shi Xuan has also heard about rumors about himself in recent years. Most of them described him as an old monster who had achieved immortality three or five thousand years ago. It seems that even Mr. Chixu, Madam Sufa and other second-tribulation Yangshen masters think so.
But it was normal. They had never met cultivators from other worlds, and they didn't even know the existence of other worlds. Their cultivation experience was still before the third heavenly tribulation. When they encountered something, they didn't think about this aspect at all. If it was the Yuyu world, and a new second-tribulation Yangshen Zhenren who was unknown to the eight major sects appeared, their first reaction would definitely be that he was an outsider sent in by Tianxian Zhenjun.
Ren Qingshuang shook her head and said, "Senior Shi, you and Yuping Zhenren are good friends, which means you are on the same level as my master. Qingshuang is not suitable to address you as a fellow Taoist. Please go in." And she also felt that it was better to address him like this. After all, she was only a Yuanshen Zhenren, and the other party had gone through two heavenly tribulations. Basic respect was necessary.
Shi Xuan wanted to say that they should discuss it separately and not mix them together, but he remembered that this world was mainly inherited in the form of master and apprentice, and the seniority was very important, not as casual as the Yuyu world, so he didn't say much and followed Ren Qingshuang into the back garden.
Along the way, every desk he passed by had a real person bowing to Shi Xuan, and Shi Xuan nodded in response one by one, with a warm and approachable attitude. However, in addition to Shi Xuan's identity as a real person of the second calamity Yang God, in the eyes of the real people, he was casual and unrestrained, not arrogant or conceited, and had the demeanor of a master.
Walking to the top, Shi Xuan saw a handsome man with a short beard under his chin that was as red as fire and a beautiful woman with crystal white hair walking out of the desk. He realized that they were the masters of the Polar Fairy Palace, Mr. Xie Mingxian with a red beard and Mrs. Zhong Wangmei with white hair, so he smiled and saluted: "Shi came here to talk about something today, I hope you two Taoist friends will forgive me."
Xie Mingxian smiled and returned the salute: "Daoyou Shi, why are you saying that? Let's not talk about us being in the same way. It is right to share the spiritual fruits that are born and raised by nature. Just your life-saving grace to my disciple is far better than countless Taiyin ice crystal fruits."
When these words came out, the other real people present were a little stunned. This real person Shi actually saved the life of the White Plum Fairy Ren Qingshuang. I have never heard of it before. It seems that he is not so mysterious that he completely appeared out of thin air. There is an 80% to 90% chance that he has a close connection with the Polar Fairy Palace.
Xie Mingxian stopped talking at that. After all, Ren Qingshuang was a pure and innocent girl. There was no need to spread the fact that she had been captured by Huanxi Sanren. Even if others knew that Shi Xuan had rescued her in time, they would inevitably speculate some erotic and dirty things. Well, even a good man would do the same.
Shi Xuan was always casual. After a polite remark, he stopped being polite and sat down at the table next to Yuping Zhenren. The two looked at each other and smiled bitterly, and talked for a few words with Yuanzhi.
"You have been running around all these years, Daoist Fellow Shi."
"No, Daoist Fellow Yuping, you have been the same. Unfortunately, this matter is too vague, so we can only work on it slowly."
"I hope Daoist Fellow Sifang will have good news this time."
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The banquet of the immortals naturally did not go straight to the point at the beginning and taste the Taiyin ice crystal fruit. Instead, they talked about the mysterious Dao with some special polar ice and snow foods and spiritual wine. It was so lively.
Most of the skills in this world come from the Yin-Yang Stone and belong to the Yin-Yang skills. Even the "Guishui Lihuo Liangyi Shengong" of the Polar Fairy Palace takes ice as Yin and fire as Yang, and Kanli complements each other. So when they discuss Taoism, they are basically talking about the changes of Yin and Yang, talking about pure Yang, Shaoyang, Laoyang, Shaoyin, Taiyin, and extreme Yin.
Shi Xuan just listened with a smile at the beginning. As a second-tribulation real person who has already obtained the essence of the changes of the Yin-Yang law, he practiced the "Baolu", a supreme skill containing the Yin-Yang Dao. In this regard, few of the same-tribulation cultivators in the entire void universe can compare. Therefore, for Shi Xuan, the experience and understanding of the real people in this world about the Yin-Yang Dao is just listening.
Of course, stones from other mountains can be used to polish jade. Although there are many fallacies in their experience and understanding, their ideas that they all explored on their own, unconventional, and unrestrained also benefited Shi Xuan a lot and gave him many wonderful ideas.
When the conversation was in full swing, several Taoists even started arguing about Taoism. Taoist Yuping suddenly smiled and said, "Fellow Taoists, you often get together to discuss Taoism. It's just the same old things. The arguments have been going on for hundreds of years and no one can convince anyone. But today, Taoist Shi is here. Why don't you ask him to say a few words?"
At this time, everyone realized that among the two-tribulation Yang Gods at the top, only Shi Xuan had not joined the discussion. They all looked at him with joy and expectation. The cultivators who had started the dispute simply bowed and said, "Please judge from Taoist Shi."
The realm of cultivation is not like being an official, doing business, or studying. Being able to reach the level of a two-tribulation Yang God represents his achievements in Taoism and cannot be faked. Therefore, they have no doubt that Shi Xuan has profound and unique insights in Yin-Yang Taoism. Otherwise, how could he achieve Yuanshen and survive two heavenly tribulations.
So all the real people were looking forward to it, even Mr. Chixu, Madam Sufa and Master Yuping were no exception, as if they wanted a fresh breeze to blow away the gradually rigid and dull views of the cultivation world over the past thousand years.
Shi Xuan had learned a lot and gained something, so he was not modest and said happily: "Shi has some experience in the changes of yin and yang, so I will talk about the Taoism in this area. The dispute between the Taoist friends just now can be found in it."
After hearing what Shi Xuan said, all the real people had an idea, what a big tone. The content of the dispute between those people was difficult for Mr. Chixu, Madam Sufa and Master Yuping to judge and make a conclusion, and even the views between the three of them were very different! This Master Shi dared to say that the answer was to be found in his next words.
Ignoring their mixed and complicated eyes, Shi Xuan slowly began to speak.
The initial content was mediocre, which was the content that everyone had heard and seen and often discussed on weekdays, without a trace of novelty.
The real people were a little disappointed. Shi Zhenren's understanding of Taoism was indeed at the level of the second calamity Yang God, but it was far from unique and beyond the barriers. He was even inferior to Mr. Chixu and Yuping Zhenren.
Therefore, their expectations and excitement were slightly reduced, and they returned to the relaxed and casual discussion just now. Some of them took a sip of the spirit wine, some slightly tilted their heads and talked with the real people next to them with their Yuan consciousness, and some picked up a piece of grass ice carp meat that looked like meat but not meat, like ice but not ice, and like grass but not grass...
"This section is about to end. I wonder if there will be something new next?" When Shi Xuan was about to talk about a certain aspect of the changes of yin and yang, all the real people present thought of this at the same time. For tens of thousands of years, the discussion on this aspect has been clear and ended here, just like the end of a book of exercises.
However, as soon as they had this thought, they were immediately surprised, because Shi Xuan expanded the content that had been explained thoroughly and there was no suspense or room for narration in just a few words, as if extending in the void at the end of the road and opening up a new road.
"Awesome! Awesome!" This was the only thought that flashed through all the immortals. Shi Xuan seemed to be showing them a new world of Yin-Yang Taoism. He just broke through a certain barrier and immediately became awesome.
The immortal who was sipping the spiritual wine held the wine glass there without moving or putting it down; the immortal who was talking to the side with his Yuan consciousness kept this posture; the immortal who picked up the grass and wood ice carp meat with chopsticks didn't even know when the meat on the chopsticks fell off again...
Even the white-haired lady who was sitting lazily straightened her back unconsciously, and Mr. Chixu and Immortal Yuping, who were looking at Shi Xuan with a smile, had a slightly frozen expression.
If it comes to the understanding and mastery of the Yin-Yang Law, even if they are much worse than Shi Xuan, they will not have this reaction. After all, they are all second-level Yangshen immortals, and their understanding and mastery of the Yin-Yang Law are still at the same level, just with different depths.
But Shi Xuan's sermon was unprecedented, with a high-level vision, and even vaguely pointed to something deeper and more essential, and all the contents were integrated, as if they had been tempered a thousand times.
This made the faces of the three second-tribulation Yangshen real people gradually solemn. They found that since the inheritance of their own skills, they had made many minor mistakes while groping forward. Although it did not affect the achievement of the Yuanshen and the survival of the first two heavenly tribulations, it was unknown how much hidden dangers there would be in the future.
Moreover, they were vague about the third and fourth heavenly tribulations in the future. Now with the manifestation of this new world, they seemed to have found a little direction, that is, the "Tao" contained in the laws of heaven and earth.
Shi Xuan saw that he was about to talk about the special content of the "Bao Lu", so he smiled and said: "These are Shi's experience in Yin-Yang Taoism. The dispute of several Taoist friends should have found the answer, right?"
The words awakened the dreamer, and the real people who were intoxicated by listening to it just came back to their senses, feeling lost and unsatisfied.
However, they also understood that it was good for Shi Zhenren to talk about this. What follows is the understanding of his own fundamental skills, which is the content that no one will pass on except the master-disciple inheritance.
Those real people stood up again, bowed solemnly to Shi Xuan, and said with joy and excitement: "We are too paranoid, and we all have problems. We thought we got the whole essence with just a little bit of truth, and almost went astray. Thank you, Senior Shi, for your guidance!" The word "senior" was called willingly, unlike before when they just respected Shi Xuan's cultivation level.