CHAPTER 516: CHAPTER 202: SUCCESSFULLY CRACKING THE NASCENT SOUL

The emperor pondered and looked at the State Preceptor beside him, who had his eyes slightly closed, respectfully saying:

"Master, is there truly such a person in this world? Able to lay a spiritual sense formation across twenty li?

You’ve perused countless ancient texts over thousands of years, has there been such a Golden Core personality?

Mr. Wu Jiao, Left Celestial Master Zuo Ci, when at the peak of the Golden Core stage, could he achieve this?"

"This..."

The State Preceptor thought for a moment and gave this answer,

"An ascetic does not speak falsehoods. To Your Majesty, I do not know.

But I do know that during the Battle of Red Cliff, the Left Celestial Master could lend the east wind to Zhuge Liang, burning Cao Cao’s tens of thousands of spirit talisman warships and tens of thousands of cultivators."

When the State Preceptor spoke of this, he felt a sense of regret.

Because that battle consumed the foundational base of many cultivators and wiped out many hereditary sects in one breath, creating a gap in cultivation heritage across the world.

Left Celestial Master was also deeply regretful for this incident and eventually severed his heart and passed into eternity.

Otherwise, with his thousand-year lifespan, he could have lived to the present day.

This moment, it has been more than four hundred years since the Three Kingdoms period.

Family Head Zhang was born at the end of the Three Kingdoms, also a survivor.

It was completely a world-shaking war back then, like cutting off Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi, a duel of top-tier cultivators that "sever the path of future generations’ cultivation."

Cultivators who could step into the Nascent Soul, like Zhuge Liang and the great virtuous teacher Zhang Jiao, all perished in that period.

Among them, the most mysterious method to borrow life from the Seven Star Lamp was also severed then.

Yet it was precisely Zhuge Liang’s Seven Star Lamp, this secret technique of borrowing longevity from heaven, that allowed cultivators to flourish in that era.

At the beginning of the Three Kingdoms, there was only Foundation Establishment.

It was Zhuge Liang and a group of cultivators who speculated about the Golden Core.

Because "borrowing longevity" itself is modifying DNA telomeres, and in the process of modifying telomeres, retroactively deducing the Golden Core is a natural thing.

Zuo Ci, on the other hand, achieved enlightenment through Master Zhuang’s "Free and Easy Wandering," stepping into the Nascent Soul.

Zuo Ci’s philosophy, much like "Free and Easy Wandering," pursued freedom and transcendence from the mundane world.

But although the lineage of cultivators was broken at that time, the aftermath of the great war also carved out the territory of Great Xia, sweeping all foreign tribes off the Eastern Continent.

Thus, the Shang dynasty came to have eight hundred cities, virtually covering the entire Eastern Continent.

These are hidden histories.

Compilations the State Preceptor organized from historical documents.

"Even the Master does not know?"

The emperor knew very well that the State Preceptor was knowledgeable about both astronomy and geography, understanding much about the ancient and present.

Usually, whenever there were issues in cultivation, the State Preceptor could easily enlighten him.

But now, just asking about a very ordinary spiritual sense formation issue, and the State Preceptor couldn’t provide a definitive answer?

’Even the State Preceptor doesn’t understand?’ The other two in the hall were curious about the State Preceptor’s response.

At this moment, upon hearing the State Preceptor’s words, they, like the emperor, understood that this Cyan Mountain Daoist could no longer be judged by common sense.

At this moment, the great hall was somewhat silent.

The three inside were amazed, the more they thought, the more they felt this Cyan Mountain Daoist was somewhat ’demonic.’

The State Preceptor, on the contrary, felt anticipation, suspecting this young peerless talent might even deduce the secret of the Nascent Soul.

He even prepared to take the original "Free and Easy Wandering" from the National Treasury.

Although he knew it was probably useless, since everyone has different thoughts, the Left Celestial Master could gain insights from the book, but this prodigy might not necessarily.

Moreover, the book was really just an ordinary book, an ordinary original copy of "Free and Easy Wandering."

But with this prodigy possessing such ’terrifying prowess,’ what in this world could he possibly covet?

The State Preceptor couldn’t imagine, and thought that only this legendary book might warrant a second look from this prodigy?

"Your Majesty, may I take the book?"

Having thought it through, the State Preceptor then looked at the emperor, "I wish to borrow the extraordinary book ’Free and Easy Wandering’ to visit the Cyan Mountain friend in Hengcheng."

"Master!" The emperor, who usually agreed to anything the State Preceptor said, did not immediately consent this time, but instead cautiously asked:

"With such prowess from the Cyan Mountain Daoist, Master... do you want to meet him? Safety..."

"Cyan Mountain friend must not be a malevolent person," the State Preceptor asserted confidently: "Moreover, over the past decades, the name of the Cyan Mountain Daoist was unheard of.

Just a few days ago, the Cyan Mountain Daoist descended the mountains to pray for rain and blessings for the people.

Such a person must be a virtuous Daoist of great moral integrity!"

’Indeed...’ The emperor, reminded by the State Preceptor, recalled the rumors about the Cyan Mountain Daoist, also brought back by these two.

In essence, the Cyan Mountain Daoist had always been secluded in a mountain village, teaching the villagers cultivation methods.

These were ’people he had never met,’ yet the Cyan Mountain Daoist taught everyone without discrimination.

Such great virtue and goodness truly aligned with what the State Preceptor said.

Even if this Cyan Mountain Daoist harbored some unspeakable personal motives, or desired reputation and other things from this, the deeds were still kind.

It is an undeniable fact based on actions and not intentions.

Just like someone who constantly fantasizes about dominating the universe, destroying and absorbing all civilizations, yet currently does good deeds like praying for the people; that person must be a great good person, a true virtuous Daoist of moral excellence.

This cannot be contested.

Thus.

The State Preceptor wasted no time, and the emperor didn’t stop him.

Very soon, the State Preceptor took the book and headed in the direction of Hengcheng, prepared to invite Cyan Mountain Daoist Zhang Feng to the court.

Even this title, the emperor thought of in a short instant, shall be called ’Master of All Under Heaven.’

Not ranked, because everyone in the court is his disciple.

The emperor was very resourceful, feeling that ranking is too common, but this position of Master of All Under Heaven is quite fitting.

...

On the journey of the State Preceptor.

Hengcheng.

After Zhang Feng finished organizing the cultivation materials here, on the third day, he went to the lakeside to see his lovely fiancée.