Chapter 295 You are Li Bai

Chapter 295 You are Li Bai

When Chen Changsheng explored the "basement" world before, he found some broken relics, but they were all left countless years ago.

Therefore, he had speculated that there might be no living people in that world.

But this time, he actually found living people, which aroused Li Xiuchang's curiosity and he couldn't wait to know what happened in that world.

Chen Changsheng said: "I accidentally discovered a small village. The old people in the village told me some ancient legends, saying that their world has been invaded by monsters since ancient times, and the people are living in poverty.

"The monsters are the strange monsters that you named "demons" before. There is no spiritual energy in their place, and mortal bodies cannot practice, and they are simply unable to fight against monsters.

"Later, a saint came to the world, taught them to read and write, and taught them the methods of Confucianism and Taoism. Since then, great Confucian scholars have emerged in their world, Confucianism and Taoism have flourished, and they are no longer afraid of monsters.

"At the peak of their prosperity, they established a dynasty, opened countless colleges, and all the people read and practiced Confucianism.

"But until one day, the path of Confucianism and Taoism was cut off, and all Confucianists' strength plummeted overnight, and they were no longer able to fight against the monsters. After that, the monsters counterattacked, the dynasty fell apart, the people fled in all directions, and countless people were killed and injured.

"After that, year after year, step by step, it has fallen to what it is now, and I don't know how many people are still alive in the world."

After listening to this, Li Xiuchang couldn't help but sigh: "I didn't expect that the decline of Confucianism and Taoism would directly affect the fate of the world."

Chen Changsheng also said helplessly: "There is no way, Confucianism and Taoism are the only inheritance that can be practiced without relying on spiritual energy. In a world without spiritual energy, this is their only choice."

"But why did Confucianism suddenly die out..." Li Xiuchang couldn't figure it out. A cultivation sect at the peak of its decline only took one night.

Chen Changsheng was silent. This is an unsolved mystery in the world of immortal cultivation, a secret that Lao Gui couldn't figure out even if he gave his life.

"Does the time when Confucianism and Taoism were cut off in their place coincide with the time when Confucianism and Taoism in our Xianyin world declined? "Li Xiuchang asked.

Chen Changsheng nodded: "Basically consistent."

"Come to think of it, it seems that I haven't seen Confucianism in other worlds."

Li Xiuchang has been to many worlds, but he has never seen Confucianism, and he has never heard of any world where Confucianism exists.

Even Su Qingchun, although he is a fellow ghost Confucian, his power system is still the ghost cultivation route, but he also practices Confucianism.

He found that although this whole world is divided into many layers, there may be hundreds of worlds, and each world is independent, but they have many things in common.

For example, all worlds speak the same language and use the same characters.

For example, if Confucianism and Taoism are severed, Confucianism in all worlds will decline together.

All worlds are related.

However, Li Xiuchang quickly thought of an exception.

"Buddhism and Taoism are declining in Xianyin Realm. Although not as miserable as Confucianism, they are also in decline. Why are they still prosperous in other worlds? ”

Why is Buddhism not affected?

Chen Changsheng shook his head and explained: "Buddhism is only declining, but it is not impossible to practice like Confucianism, and the decline of Buddhism is only in the Xianyin Realm, just like the Demonic Path is also about to be extinct in the Xianyin Realm, but it does not mean that the Demonic Path is no longer a legacy."

"However, the decline of the Demonic Path in the Xianyin Realm is caused by human factors, but Buddhism is declining for no reason, which is a bit unreasonable." Li Xiuchang disagreed.

Chen Changsheng nodded and said: "The decline of Buddhism should indeed have hidden reasons. In addition, Buddhism in other worlds, even in the Zen Heart Realm and the Pure Land Realm, which are dominated by Buddhist cultivation, is not as prosperous as you see. If I am not mistaken, Buddhism... should also have problems!"

Li Xiuchang was shocked: "Brother, what did you find?"

"Didn't you find that the strength of the Pure Land Realm seems to be a little lower than expected?" Chen Changsheng asked back.

"The Pure Land Realm is very strong. "Li Xiuchang had the impression that the group of monks were very powerful and there were many strong men.

"They are not weak, but don't you think the top fighters are too few? From beginning to end, I only saw Fakong and Fahua. Even if there are still hidden, it is estimated that there are no more than five people."

Chen Changsheng glanced at Li Xiuchang, "This strength is very powerful in the ordinary four-layer world, but the Pure Land Realm cannot be regarded as an ordinary four-layer world. You must know that you cannot ascend to the Pure Land Realm! "

After hearing what Senior Brother Chen said, Li Xiuchang also felt that it was a bit unreasonable.

The Pure Land Realm cannot ascend, and the meat is rotten in the pot.

In addition, the Pure Land Realm is peaceful, there are no disputes, and there are almost no strong people dying in battle.

Eminent monks like Fakong Fahua will not die of old age.

In theory, after years of accumulation, the strength of the Pure Land Realm should be very terrifying!

At least it should not be worse than a five-layer world.

But the actual situation is that whether it is the Dark Sky Realm or the Immortal Shade Realm, the number of top strong people born is far greater than that of the Pure Land Realm!

"There are many strong people in the Pure Land Realm, but the number of top combat forces is unreasonable."

Li Xiuchang roughly understood what Senior Brother Chen said.

If there is a problem with Confucianism, it is completely impossible to practice.

And if there is a problem with Buddhism, it seems that it is becoming more and more difficult to practice to the top level.

"Buddhism and Confucianism have problems. The only ones without problems are the Immortal Path and the Demon Path. Don't let the Immortal Path have problems one day, then we can only switch to the Demon Path. "Li Xiuchang said half-jokingly.

Chen Changsheng said with a slightly teasing smile: "That shouldn't have much of an impact on you."

It really doesn't have much impact. If Li Xiuchang wants to switch to the devil's path, he will be very smooth. He has all the skills and resources, and he has no shortage of talents.

Li Xiuchang asked again: "What else does senior brother plan to explore in the 'basement' world?"

From what Chen Changsheng said, there seemed to be no other dangers in that world except monsters, and all the monsters were asleep. As long as you didn't set foot in the territory of those monsters, you wouldn't provoke them.

Chen Changsheng said: "That world is beyond imagination. I can't explore the boundaries at present. Maybe the place I passed through is just the tip of the iceberg of that world. There may not be unknown dangers somewhere.

"I even suspect that the entire so-called 'basement' is only that one world!"

Li Xiuchang glared: "If this is true, then the 'basement' world should be at least several times larger than the Immortal Shadow World!"

Li Xiuchang thought for a while and then said: "It's not difficult to confirm this. Go to a few more first-level worlds, find the passage to the 'basement', and go down to see if it's the same world and you can roughly draw a conclusion. ”

Chen Changsheng nodded: "I have already arranged some clones to do this. Also, you don't need to call it the 'basement world' anymore. That world also has a name."

"what is it call?"

"The locals say that their world is called the 'Demon Suppressing World'!"

"Demon Suppression Realm?" Li Xiuchang thought thoughtfully, feeling that the name revealed some information.

"Suppressing demons probably means suppressing monsters."

Li Xiuchang shook his head and stopped thinking about these inconclusive things. After chatting with Senior Brother Chen, he almost forgot about the real thing.

This time I came here mainly to ask about stable matters...

"Senior Brother Chen, Wenwen has been urging me to ask the monks from the Pure Land Realm to go to the Turtle Realm to help it rescue it. Just wait and see..."

"The Turtle Realm?" Chen Changsheng frowned.

"Ahem, it's the world of demonic cultivators that Wenwen went to, and it was renamed by it."

"Nonsense!" Chen Changsheng was helpless. Wenwen didn't listen to the Taoist thoughts he instilled in Wenwen, so he was so high-profile.

He thought for a while and said: "It's not impossible. Please invite a few monks over and let them spend more time in the turtle world. I will go to the lower world to find a few demon cultivators in the world and wait until they finish cleaning up the turtles." world, I will lead Wenwen to other demonic cultivation worlds."

This is to keep Wenwen as a free coolie to help eliminate the demonic cultivators... Li Xiuchang mourned for Wenwen from the bottom of his heart. He thought that it could escape from the cage of the turtle world, but he didn't know that Chen Changsheng had already found the next cage for it.

…

Li Xiuchang already knew what Senior Brother Chen Changsheng meant. Senior Brother Chen didn't have time to take care of it now, so he hoped to delay it as long as possible.

Therefore, he was not in a hurry to go to the Pure Land Realm to help Wen Wen move reinforcements.

He continued to practice behind closed doors, enlightening himself and practicing his skills at the same time.

He used the Dharma to enter the original world, and his progress in enlightenment was rapid.

This speed of enlightenment may be normal in the Void Refining Stage, but it is cheating in the God Transformation Stage.

If you say that catching Tao Yun everywhere during the transformation stage is almost equivalent to looking for food in the trash can.

Entering the original world to achieve enlightenment is equivalent to a buffet. All the food is placed in front of you, and it depends on how much you can eat.

Li Xiuchang had been in seclusion for half a month, and suddenly he learned the good news. His master, Zhao Yuansi, had made a breakthrough in cultivation and alchemy skills, and had entered the realm of a sixth-level alchemy master!

Zhao Yuansi was only a fifth-level alchemy master before, but he has actually reached the level of a sixth-level master. Mainly because of insufficient cultivation, he has been unable to independently refine sixth-level elixirs.

Zhao Yuansi's cultivation had been trapped in the Nascent Soul stage for many years, and now he finally broke through to the Divine Transformation stage, and he immediately became a sixth-level alchemy master.

This is also a happy event for the entire Xianchen Sect.

Needless to say, it goes without saying for Zhao Yuansi himself, whether it is the improvement of his cultivation level or the improvement of his alchemy skills, it is worth celebrating.

As a disciple, Li Xiuchang should go to congratulate him and send him gifts no matter what.

Li Xiuchang was not short of spiritual stones now, so he couldn't be stingy with this gift. He immediately ordered the pig demon Xiao Zhu to help him prepare the gift.

Although Zhu Peiyao is a pig demon, she has a high IQ and EQ, and she is reliable and measured in her work. Let her take care of things, so Li Xiuchang doesn't need to worry too much.

However, when Su Qingchun heard about this, he felt that he should send a congratulatory gift.

He and Zhao Yuansi had a close friendship and shared similar interests. Although Su Qingchun was quite critical of Zhao Yuansi's poetry level, their friendship was also real.

When Su Qingchun was in charge of managing the ghost factory, Zhao Yuansi often visited him and sent him various Confucian classics and authentic works of great Confucians.

But what Su Qingchun was worried about was, what should he give as a gift?

Speaking of which, his cultivation level is not low, and he is already a fifth-level ghost.

But the sad thing is that I can't even get out a spiritual stone from my body!

Working for Li Xiuchang, they were never short of various resources, and their cultivation level also increased rapidly, but their wages were really not worth a penny.

Su Qingchun was short of money and did not have any spiritual stones to buy gifts.

He was too embarrassed to open his mouth and ask Li Xiuchang for the spirit stone.

It's also a bit weird to use other people's money to buy gifts as a favor.

Moreover, Su Qingchun was still grateful to Li Xiuchang. He always felt that he could not repay Li Xiuchang's kindness, and he was even more embarrassed to ask for anything from Li Xiuchang.

After thinking about it, he felt that Zhao Yuansi was not bad at spiritual stones. Since giving a gift, it didn't matter whether it was valuable or not. The main thing was to do what he wanted and to be sincere.

So, Su Qingchun asked Li Xiuchang for a leave, and asked Xiao Zhu to buy him paper and pen, and prepared to write a collection of poems by hand for Zhao Yuansi.

The content of this collection of poems was naturally the poems that Li Xiuchang had given him.

He also knew that Zhao Yuansi was jealous, so he emphasized on the title page of the collection that these poems were all taken from ancient books.

Li Xiuchang also knew about this, but he also acquiesced to this behavior. Anyway, the poems were all taken from ancient books and had nothing to do with him.

Li Xiuchang also specifically reminded: "You must indicate the author of each poem."

Su Qingchun was stunned: "Do you have to write your name, boss?"

"Why write my name?" Li Xiuchang stepped forward and pointed, "Let me teach you, this poem is written by Li Bai, this one is also, this one and that one, and the dozens of poems behind are all written by Li Bai."

Su Qingchun thought, you should make up a lie that is more convincing, so these poems are all written by Li Bai?

So Li Bai is your pen name?

Li Bai and Li Xiuchang, both have the surname Li, can it be more obvious?

Li Xiuchang didn't know what Su Qingchun was thinking, otherwise he would definitely feel wronged, these were really written by Li Bai!

Who made that old man so talented and wrote so many poems!

"This one is Li Shangyin, this one is Li Yu, this one is Li Qingzhao..."

Su Qingchun continued to complain: Finally, he was willing to change his name, but all of them are still surnamed Li, too fake, too fake!

"The author of the following few poems is Wang Wei, and the ones after that are Meng Haoran, Bai Juyi, Lu You..."

Seeing Li Xiuchang say all kinds of names, Su Qingchun thought that this one was a little more credible!

After talking about the poems, it was time for the lyrics. Li Xiuchang pointed his finger and said: "The author of the next dozen or so articles is all Su Shi."

Here it comes again... Su Qingchun didn't believe it at all. It was Li Bai before, and now it's Su Shi.

Li Bai and Li Xiuchang have the same surname.

This Su Shi has the same surname as Su Qingchun.

How could it be such a coincidence? It must be a made-up name!

However, Su Qingchun could not say anything, so he followed Li Xiuchang's instructions and wrote down the author's name.

Soon, all the poems were matched with the real author's name by Li Xiuchang.

There were only three or five poems that Li Xiuchang could not remember, but he simply did not memorize the author's name in his previous life and did not know who the author was.

"Boss, who is the author of these poems?" Su Qingchun asked.

"I can't remember." Li Xiuchang scratched his head.

"Then how about Li Bai?" Su Qingchun tried.

In his opinion, it didn't matter whose name was written, since they were all Li Xiuchang's pen names.

"Forget it, just write Lu Xun." Li Xiuchang said.

I don't know who said it, but it must be Lu Xun.

...

A few days later, Zhao Yuansi hosted a banquet at the Zhao Mansion to celebrate his double breakthrough in cultivation and alchemy.

Li Xiuchang brought Xiao Zhu to congratulate him.

After all, Su Qingchun was a ghost, so it was not convenient for him to show up, so he temporarily hid in the Rainbow Soul Banner.

"Congratulations, Master. I wish you a long and steady immortal path, and may you ascend to higher levels of alchemy."

Li Xiuchang presented the gift with both hands.

It was an exquisite box, which contained the precious elixirs purchased by Xiao Zhu. Li Xiuchang also added some of his own treasured elixirs.

Two lines of poetry were written in gold-plated characters on the box: A horse with frost hooves a thousand miles away, and a roc with wind wings in the sky.

The poet was specially marked in the lower right corner: Du Fu.

This is an "anti-jealousy mark".

Zhao Yuansi laughed heartily. He didn't care much about the gift. The two lines of poetry on the box made him like it more and more.

"How come I have never heard of these two lines of poetry? Who is Du Fu?" Zhao Yuansi asked with a smile.

"I know that Master is obsessed with poetry, so I specially ordered the Four Immortals Chamber of Commerce to search for ancient poetry among the people. I also learned these two lines by chance."

"You are thoughtful." Zhao Yuansi said with relief.

He looked at the plump girl Xiao Zhu beside Li Xiuchang, and thought that Li Xiuchang was dating someone, so he lowered his voice and asked, "Whose girl is this?"

Xiao Zhu used a treasure to transform, and ordinary people could not see her true body at all.

Li Xiuchang introduced Xiao Zhu's origins through voice transmission.

"It turns out that she is the... ahem, that girl that Old Su raised back then."

Zhao Yuansi knew about Su Qingchun and Xiao Zhu, and he admired this affectionate and intelligent pig demon.

"Good boy, come and play often in the future."

"Thank you, Uncle Zhao." Xiao Zhu said obediently.

Li Xiuchang had not been to Zhao's house for quite a while, and Zhao Yuansi also knew that Li Xiuchang's business was big now, and he might not have time to come, but now that they met, he naturally had to care about Li Xiuchang's progress in the way of alchemy.

"How is the progress in the way of alchemy, have you encountered any problems?"

Li Xiuchang felt a little guilty, because the way of alchemy has always been the skill that he progressed the slowest.

As one of the two skills he mastered the earliest, it is only at the second level now.

He was even about to be caught up by the last corpse-driving skill he learned.

The reason was that Senior Sister Xia Sijun was always busy and had no time to teach him properly, and secondly, he was not very diligent in practicing.

Li Xiuchang answered truthfully: "My current alchemy skills are at the second-level level, probably in the middle of the second level."

Unexpectedly, Zhao Yuansi was shocked: "Improvement is so fast!"

This improvement speed is extremely slow for Li Xiuchang, but compared with others, it is already ridiculously fast.

Less than ten years after entering the door, he has already become a second-level middle-level alchemist, which is quite impressive.

"Work hard. If you have any problems on the alchemy path, you can come to me at any time and strive to become a third-level alchemist as soon as possible and become an outer sect worshiper." Zhao Yuansi encouraged.

"Thank you, Master."

Zhao Yuansi nodded: "Don't leave in a hurry after the banquet is over. I have something to discuss with you."

Li Xiuchang naturally agreed. He originally planned to hand over Su Qingchun's congratulatory gift to Zhao Yuansi on his behalf, but after thinking about it, he decided not to do it.

Since he was going to stay in the end, it would be better to let Su Qingchun hand over the congratulatory gift to Zhao Yuansi at that time.

Zhao Yuansi hosted a banquet for guests. Almost all the prominent people from the Xianchen Sect came. From Li Xiuchang’s brothers and sisters, to the Zhao family members, to the elders of the sect, they all gathered in the Zhao Mansion. It was very lively.

No one came to congratulate the Supreme Elder, so this little thing wouldn't alarm them.

Li Xiuchang was used to Senior Brother Lu Yang's craftsmanship, and he drank the Immortal Brew brewed by Senior Brother Lu Yang on weekdays. None of the spiritual delicacies and Immortal Brew at the banquet could impress him.

He casually found a seat at the children's table and ate a token meal.

However, this banquet is really not short. It is different from the banquet of ordinary people. The belly of ordinary people is only that big. After eating and drinking, it is almost over.

But these cultivators, especially the elders of the sect, couldn't let down the immortal brew at all.

In the end, there were only two tables left, and they were still fighting for drinks.

The guests had not finished drinking, so Zhao Yuansi, as the host, naturally could not leave.

Li Xiuchang was impatient with waiting, so he had to take out two bottles of strong liquor from his storage bag and have someone send them over before knocking down the elders.

But in the end, Zhao Yuansi was also brought down...

Li Xiuchang sighed helplessly, carried Zhao Yuansi to the study, put him on a chair, and gave him some hangover pills, and Zhao Yuansi woke up slowly.

"Your wine is so strong!" He said with a blushing face, "If it weren't for your wine, those old guys wouldn't know how long they would be able to drink."

Li Xiuchang said: "I didn't expect that the rare spirits I purchased on purpose would come in handy today."

With that said, he released Su Qingchun from the Rainbow Soul Flag.

Su Qingchun also deliberately used magic weapons to hide his cultivation. When he saw Zhao Yuansi, he smiled and said, "Congratulations, Mr. Zhao!"

When Zhao Yuansi saw him, he also smiled and said: "Old Su, it's been a long time since you came to sit with me. I have recently collected several authentic works of great Confucian scholars. Come and take a look when you have time."

Su Qingchun took out the poetry book wrapped in paper and handed it to Zhao Yuansi: "I've prepared a gift for you too."

Zhao Yuansi did not open it in person, but first put it on the table aside, and reminisced with Su Qingchun for a while, like old friends he hadn't seen for many years.

In fact, the two of them haven't seen each other for several years. In the past few years, it's almost like taking a nap for practitioners.

Li Xiuchang waited for the two of them to catch up with each other. Seeing that Zhao Yuansi's condition had almost recovered, he asked directly without mincing words: "Master, what do you want from me?"

Zhao Yuansi said: "I wonder if you intend to take over Danxiang Tower?"

Li Xiuchang was stunned: "Master wants to take action on Danxiang Tower?"

He couldn't believe it, who would sell a hen that laid golden eggs?

The Danxiang Building has always been able to earn a lot of spiritual stones. Even if it rents out the storefront, it can still collect a lot of rent.