The Ancestor of Modern Fantasy

Chapter 5

From afar, it looked like an incomparably dignified jade statue, not like a living person at all. In front of the futon on the stone bed was another cushion.

Seeing this, Song Xuan did not dare to show any disrespect. He immediately walked over respectfully, knelt on the cushion, and bowed to the old man on the stone bed.

As he bowed down, he suddenly heard an old man's vigorous voice from the top of the cave. "Those who are able to enter this cave are those who are fated. You can go to the first stone room on the right and press down on the Tai Chi diagram carved on the wall. Then, you can open the wall and take out the Returning Dragon Hand's Will left behind by this old man. You will understand everything here."

Song Xuan heard the voice coming from the top of his head, which really shocked him. He looked up and found that the old man on the stone bed still kept his mouth shut. So who made the voice on the top of the cave?

Even if Song Xuan was gifted and intelligent, he could never figure out the reason.

However, since the voice said so, he naturally did not dare to disobey. Then, he obeyed and walked into the first house on the right.

Taking a closer look, Ning Xueyan found that the stone room was completely decorated in the study room. Rows of sandalwood bookshelves were placed on both sides of the room. The shelves were filled with books made of silk. Since there was no dust in the stone cave, the books on the shelves were not covered by dust at all, as if they were newly placed.

There was nothing on the wall of the room, except for a Tai Chi diagram embedded in the wall.

In front of the other wall, there was a desk made entirely of emerald jade, and a round dark green stool was placed in two parts. In the middle of the desk, a luminous night pearl was hanging from the top of the cave, shining brightly, illuminating the room like it was daytime. There was nothing else.

Song Xuan looked at the layout of the room carefully and then followed the instructions of the voice just now. He walked to the wall opposite the door and pressed the Tai Chi map in the middle down. As expected, he heard a collision and a small door appeared on the wall next to the Cui Yushu desk. It automatically pushed open a square jade box from the inside and gently fell on the table.

Seeing this, Song Xuan retreated to the front of the desk, sat on a dark green round stool, and opened the jade box with sincerity. He saw a thick book nailed by yellow silk in it.

The cover of the book was engraved with gold, and the four seal script "Return to One's Original Energy" were written on it. The strokes were strong and powerful, and the five seal words carved outside the cave were obviously written by the same person.

So he opened the cover of the book and found that it was full of bold characters written in cinnabar. They were all seal script used by the Qin Dynasty before. Song Xuan was familiar with scriptures and had a good understanding of the source of text, so it was easy for him to read them.

After Song Xuan finished reading the book in one breath, he couldn't help but be stunned. He felt very sorry for the little bit of books and records that were currently passed down.

Unexpectedly, the cultural culture of the ancients had reached such a peak state. Those scholars who only focused on their scriptures and govern the country and didn't pay much attention to the people's livelihood and sang a high praise that "everything is inferior, and only the educated high-ranking people can have a harmonious understanding of the country". They felt even more disgusted deep in their hearts.

It turned out that the owner of this cave residence was Gui Guzi, who was the descendant of Unfettered Immortal Master in the Spring and Autumn Period.

At that time, Unfettered Immortal Master had enjoyed a high-ranking reputation. Everyone knew that he was a grandmaster in cultivation and had taught Tao arts to the Tao Ancestors and the Devil Ancestors.

It was said that when the Dao Ancestors and the Fiend Ancestor went to take him as their master, Freedomzi Immortal Master had a difficult problem to test them and asked them to find a way to invite him out. Only then was he willing to take them as his apprentices.

Fiend Ancestor was smart, but he had a bad personality. When he heard that, he immediately said, "I've left a burning room. Do you think I'm afraid you won't come out?"

After thinking for a while, Freedomzi said, "Although your method is a little overbearing and cruel, it's also a method. Well, you've passed."

As soon as he finished speaking, he turned to the Tao Ancestor and said, "Now it's your turn!"

When the Tao Ancestor heard this, he modestly said, "Master, I don't have the courage to set fire to the house. Besides, it is too difficult for me to ask you to come out!"

After a pause, he continued, "If master sits outside, I will invite him back to the room. Maybe there is still a way to think about it!"

After hearing what he said, Freedomzi immediately moved a chair and sat outside the house. Then he immediately said to the Tao Ancestor, "Well, I'm now sitting outside the house. I'd like to see how you can invite me back to the house."

As soon as he finished his words, the Tao Ancestor knelt on the ground and kowtowed with a "poof" sound, saying, "Master, don't make it difficult for me! It took me a lot of effort to invite Master out. I really can't invite you into the house again!"

It was not until then that Freedom Immortal Master knew that he had been fooled by the Tao Ancestor. He couldn't help laughing and said, "Well, well, all is fair in the ancient weapons. You are really a good general, but unfortunately," he paused and said, "Since you don't intend to do so, I will teach you some Taoist methods to meet your fate!"

Although Freedomzi praised Tao Ancestor and Devil Ancestor verbally, he did not regard them as the inheritors of the mantles. Although they had great talent, the former was cunning, while the latter was cruel. Therefore, Freedomzi did not teach them all. In fact, although Immortal Master Xiaoyao Zi was famous for the Tao Law of Cultivation, he was nothing more than a half-finger that he had learned.

It turned out that when he was a child, he had learned eighteen moves of the "Yin-and-Yang Scripture" by chance in the ancient cave of the Panlong Panshan.

This "Heaven and Earth Scripture" was not only a Daoist technique created by the heavens and the earth, but it was also a technique that allowed one to see through the mysteries of all living things in the universe. As such, he was able to evolve from the "Heaven and Earth Green Dragon Formula" and had a thorough understanding of the talismans, arms, fate, artifact forging, medicine, and so on.

His Taoist Law was inscrutable and profound, and it could be said that he was the most powerful man in the world at that time. But because of his cultivation, he had reached the supreme realm of both the essence and the mind. However, he didn't like to show off in front of others.

Therefore, people only knew that Unfettered Immortal Master was a famous master of Taoism, but they didn't know that he had an outstanding Taoism.

###Chapter5,Adventure Four of the Tianwan Mountain Danger

Although Freedomzi had accepted the Dao Ancestors and Fiend Ancestor as his disciples, he only taught them the Dharmic Dao.

At the same time, although he knew that the Tao Ancestors and Devil Ancestors had bad temperaments, he intended to use subtle martial arts to change their temperaments so that when he could not find his descendants in the future, he would observe the actions of the two after entering the secular world. Then he would choose to call back his sect and teach everything he had learned.

However, it was easy to change rivers and mountains, and it was hard to change one's nature. The Tao Ancestor was proud and arrogant when he only learned half of it. He thought that he had learned all the unique skills of his sect, so he left the mountain ahead of time because he was keen on fame and fortune.

Later on, when the Fiend Ancestor learned to go down the mountain to seek refuge with him, his brother had been framed instead. If not for his profound Dharmic powers, the current lineage of the Fiend race would not have been passed on to the world.

As they were fighting and killing each other, Unfettered Immortal Master was disappointed at them and had to find someone else to be his successor.

Gui Guzi was his third disciple. Not only was he pure and honest, but he was also talented. He was even more outstanding than the two ancestors of the Devil's Practice.

When Unfettered Immortal Master met him for the first time, he still tried the same question. Gui Guzi neither threatened him with fire attacks nor tricks. He just respectfully knelt in front of Unfettered Immortal Master and said, "Master loves me and wants to teach me the skill. If I don't, Master will leave on his own. Master and disciple are like father and son. In order to find out the skill, Master will bully Master. I don't respect Master. I can do it, but I'm unwilling to do so."

As soon as he finished his words, Freedomzi Immortal Master was moved. He walked out of the door on his own and pulled up the ground with his hands. He said with a laugh, "You are worth teaching. I have finally found a suitable successor with my unique skill."

From then on, the master and disciple stayed away from the mortal world and hid in the depths of the mountains. They studied the mysteries of the universe and life together. After dozens of years, not only did Gui Guzi obtain the true teachings of Unfettered Immortal Master, but he also excelled others. He had also invented many truths.

After Unfettered Immortal Master passed all his supreme arts to Gui Guzi, he handed over the responsibility of preaching to save the world to Gui Guzi and entrusted Gui Guzi with the responsibility of complying with fate and not obeying fate. After giving the order, Gui Guzi left without knowing the end.

Gui Guzi stuck to his teacher's instructions. He had intended to go down the mountain and assist a wise Dao Lord to bring benefits to the crowd. That way, he would live up to his own cultivation.

However, he was greatly disappointed by the results of his observation. He carefully calculated and realized that the time had not yet come, so he dismissed this idea. He wanted to pass on most of his skills to others and wait for the right time to go down the mountain to save the world. Later, Qin Shihuang unified the six countries in order to establish his descendants' foundation of an emperor for generations. Thus, he traveled around the world and killed people who had talents and extraordinary abilities.

At the same time, all the secret manuals in the world, except for some of which were hidden in the Afang Palace, would be burned and destroyed to enforce the foolish policy.

Gui Guzi had already grasped the secrets of Taoism and was able to see through the mysteries of heaven and earth. He knew very well that all of this was caused by the catastrophe, and it was hard for human power to be saved.