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“Two hundred miles of Bright Lake Domain, once a place for leisure and entertainment, suddenly became a realm of the strange, filled with miasma and abandoned. Fortunately, the Xuan Huang Daoist methods appeared, and the evil winds were temporarily suppressed...”

The Bright Lake Domain is sparsely populated, but it was once extraordinarily prosperous.

A storyteller and ballad singer was performing a song with rhythm and cadence.

He was very lucky today, having landed a big job introduced to him by a group of cultivator adults.

And the employer was a man who looked like a frail scholar, with a somewhat ethereal appearance, dressed in ancient attire.

He didn't know that the person in front of him was called Zuo Qiuming.

He is the king of the Wen Temple Domain. Due to the special nature of his cultivation, he has been traveling outside since his awakening.

Zuo Qiuming particularly likes the areas under the jurisdiction of Xuan Huang, because only here can one find the joys and sorrows of humanity. This magnificent beauty needs to be recorded.

“Sir, how was it?”

The storyteller asked cautiously after finishing his song.

He is just an ordinary person. Before the arrival of the strange, he was a promising graduate with a family academic background, studying a major that was definitely not current storytelling.

He used to be a programmer, but after the revival of the strange, especially in the early years, he experienced life and death many times.

Later, he lost his job and survived on government relief.

At that time, the government could only provide emergency relief, saving you when you were about to die, but you needed to find another way to make a living.

The storyteller picked up the musical instrument he used to hate. He still had the basic skills he had honed since childhood.

He relied on storytelling and singing, frequenting the spiritual master clubs or martial arts cultivator clubs.

Because after the revival of the strange, many of the past entertainment methods were destroyed. If it weren't for Long Shi Long Yue's strange network, even communication would be difficult, let alone entertainment.

Therefore, it was as if they had returned to the pre-liberation era. After losing many entertainment methods,

spiritual masters and martial artists also needed entertainment and relaxation, and many ancient crafts were rediscovered.

Martial artists became cultivator adults, and spiritual master adults were about to be driven away.

Thinking back, it's all vivid in his mind. Gou Jianren, one of the former vice presidents of Nanshi, he remembers performing for this adult many times.

It is said that he later rebelled, trying to harm the Xuan Master, and was driven away by the Xuan Master.

The former Minister Xu Ruyi, and the spiritual master adults from the Haidai headquarters, are said to have moved to Nanshi as well.

But he hasn't heard from them in a long time.

It is said that they moved away a year ago, those who wanted to go to the headquarters in Xiadu went, those who didn't want to go to Xiadu went elsewhere, as they pleased.

And some, it is said, didn't want to leave, didn't want to go anywhere, changed their cultivation path, and became cultivators.

The storyteller doesn't think these spiritual master adults are in pain.

On the contrary, he feels it's really good, if you want to be a spiritual master, you can be a spiritual master, if you don't want to be, you can switch to being a cultivator, truly a life of wealth and honor.

Unlike ordinary people like himself, if they could become a spiritual master or a cultivator, having a choice would feel like defying fate.

The storyteller's memories were interrupted, pulling him back to reality.

“Not bad, not bad, what you said is very good, I am very satisfied. Do you want money or points as your reward?”

Zuo Qiuming asked.

Zuo Qiuming is perhaps the only living being in the current domain who has points.

In order to travel through the Xuan Huang territory, he naturally followed local customs, specially obtained a points card, and recharged it with a lot of points.

The recharge came from capturing strange creatures from the domain, something that is not uncommon in any domain.

Especially in top-level domains like the Wen Temple.

It needs to be explained, don't think that domains like the Wen Temple and Wu Temple are small, they are indeed called temples, but they are also top-level domains.

Any top-level domain is no less than a world, and a very large one at that.

Using modern human measurement methods, Zuo Qiuming calculated that it is at least one light-year or more, and it is still continuing to expand and develop.

With such a large area, in addition to them, these sacred beings, there are also many strange creatures.

The Xuan Huang territory is scarce in strange creatures, but the domain is not.

Zuo Qiuming casually caught a few and sold them, he had more points than he could use.

“Ah, this! Sir, I, I want points, but I can't use them.”

The storyteller said excitedly and nervously.

As a storyteller, he is naturally well-informed, how could he not know the use of points.

He has heard the adults talking when performing for many cultivator adults.

They were all lamenting how difficult it is to earn points, with expressions that were exactly the same as his own when working hard for a living.

Ordinary people like himself work hard to make a living, and cultivator adults are also struggling for points.

At that time, he briefly felt that ordinary people and cultivators were no different, although this feeling was very, very short.

“Is that so? I'll give you money then.” Zuo Qiuming said.

Money?

The storyteller suddenly paused, not knowing if he was possessed or what.

At this moment, he suddenly felt that money was not important, and he seemed to yearn for something else more.

As for what, he didn't know, but that repressed and longing feeling was unmistakable.

“Sir, may I know what you are recording? Why are you doing this?”

The storyteller asked boldly, not knowing where he got the courage.

In fact, there is no problem with asking this. It is not the era of spiritual master rule anymore. Cultivators are very easy to talk to, especially to ordinary people, and they dare not easily get angry.

It does not conform to the Xuan Master's original intention of protecting the common people, and venting anger on ordinary people will be looked down upon by fellow practitioners.

Once this trend spreads, it will lead to cultivators being particularly kind to ordinary people, seemingly wanting to prove their strength and 'nobility'.

Although much of it is hypocritical, hypocritical good is always better than real evil.

The reason why the storyteller is so careful, or rather, the reason why ordinary people are still afraid of provoking cultivators, just like before,

is partly due to the sequelae caused by the previous rule of spiritual masters.

The other half is because they have truly witnessed the power of cultivators.

To give a most common example, cultivators mutilating themselves to refine their bodies, this alone scares ordinary people silly. If they are like this to themselves, wouldn't they be even more ruthless to others?

Only a fool would provoke such a truly ruthless person.

Because cultivators are truly powerful, and because they protect them, they often display their magic in front of the public, ordinary people are instinctively afraid, like two levels of life.

A transcendent cultivator, standing in front of ordinary people, can make ordinary people afraid to breathe just with their pressure and aura.

Under such a premise, there will never be any idiots deliberately provoking cultivators.

Even if Ao Tian's heart wants to provoke, his instinct will fiercely pull him back and say: No, you don't want to.

“I am cultivating!”

Zuo Qiuming said.

He became a little interested, out of the instinct of a strongest recorder.

“Cultivating? Can cultivation be achieved by recording? I have heard that cultivation requires meditation and breathing exercises, and tempering the body?”

The storyteller gradually became a little bolder.

Mainly because this adult is too kind and amiable, that smile is too warm, a smile that makes him unable to control himself.

He wanted to express everything he knew and felt.

He didn't understand why he felt this way.

"There are many paths to cultivation, not just the meditation and breath regulation you mentioned. Recording is also a form of cultivation, just like your storytelling and singing. That too is a form of cultivation."

Zuoqiu Mingyi said meaningfully, hinting at something deeper.

"Storytelling and singing are also cultivation?"

The storyteller was suddenly stunned, as if his soul had been struck a heavy blow, disoriented and unable to control himself.

"Storytelling and singing are naturally a Dao as well, as long as you're not doing the song and dance kind. Ahem, of course, even that kind is acceptable."

Zuoqiu Ming still understood quite a lot.

"Storytelling? Cultivation!"

The storyteller didn't hear a word, still reeling from Zuoqiu Ming's words.

"Alright, I know what your reward is. Take this book and study it carefully when you have time. Ji* Prefecture is still capable of independently comprehending the Heavenly Dao."

Zuoqiu Ming pulled out a book from who knows where, with the words "Entering the Dao" written on it.

Judging from the brushstrokes, it was something he had written himself.

While the storyteller was still dazed, he gave the book to the storyteller as a reward for his services and then left.

Leaving the storyteller with a thousand words in his heart, not knowing where to begin.

Without a single mistake, a first, a hair, an inner, a tolerance, a one, to see!

Perhaps, the trajectory of his life had begun to change.

Perhaps.

"Do you think highly of this storyteller, sir? I don't sense any talent for cultivation in him."

On the other side, the three new government officials accompanying Zuoqiu Ming asked curiously.

After all, Zuoqiu Ming was recognized by scholars as the Sage of History, the Literary Master and Historical Sage, the Minister of Classics and Ancestor of History. His book, "Zuo Zhuan", had been passed down for generations.

The new government was controlled by the Confucian school, and they attached great importance to his journey and cultivation in the Profound Master Territory.

There were always several Confucian cultivators following him.

The one who asked the question was a cultivator who was following Zuoqiu Ming.

Coincidentally, his surname was also Zuo, and it was said that he was a descendant of Zuoqiu Ming, but this could not be verified.

"You can't sense it because your cultivation is not high enough. The heavens have changed!"

Zuoqiu Ming was usually very polite to others, but he was always scolding this one with the surname Zuo, and no one knew why.

"The heavens have changed?" the cultivator following him asked.

Not understanding what he meant.

"Daoist Xuanhuang has already broken through to the Third Order, and not just any Third Order, but a breakthrough that can change the fortune of a region. To put it simply, the Heavenly Dao of Nanshi, including Qingyun Mountain, has appeared. Do you understand now?"

Zuoqiu Ming said.

The three of them pondered upon hearing this. Although they didn't know the details, they roughly understood what he meant.

The previous world was a world with a distorted Heavenly Dao. Because it had merged with many small worlds, the rules were broken. The broken fragments, combined with human desires, became all sorts of troublesome anomalies.

What Lord Zuoqiu Ming meant by the heavens changing was not that the fusion of the entire Great World had been completed.

It meant that Nanshi Qingyun Mountain had become stable because of the appearance of the Profound Master.

Or rather, the Profound Master after the breakthrough had replaced a part of the Heavenly Dao.

And with the appearance of a stable Heavenly Dao, the extraordinary spiritual energy was also purified due to Xuanhuang's existence.

Which was equivalent to the beginning of an era of cultivation.

The arrival of an era of cultivation required at least two conditions: first, extraordinary energy, such as spiritual energy.

Second, a stable operation of the Heavenly Dao. Xuanhuang's breakthrough, especially the Lord of All Beings' collection of all beings' karma, represented the appearance of a relatively stable Heavenly Dao.

This Heavenly Dao was Xuanhuang, or rather, the Lord of All Beings.

Previously, Xuanhuang's suppression of will could replace a stable Heavenly Dao, but in the end, it still required the visualization diagram, which cultivators needed to comprehend and condense in their divine souls.

Now, it had gone a step further, perhaps without the need to condense it in the divine soul. Simply being in Qingyun Mountain Nanshi, where Xuanhuang was located, would suffice.

With the appearance of such an environment, even without the Three Fundamental Laws, as long as the environment was sufficient, intelligent beings would still be able to embark on the path of cultivation from it.

Learning from the heavens and earth was like this, and this heaven and earth was currently Xuanhuang.

However, it was limited to the very small area of Nanshi Qingyun Mountain.

Unlike the Heavenly Dao, which covered the entire Great Thousand World.

"I understand!"

The Zuo-surnamed Confucian cultivator suddenly understood.

"Hmph, you wretch, what do you understand?" Zuoqiu Ming asked involuntarily, getting angry.

To be honest, he himself didn't understand.

The lack of understanding here meant that he didn't understand completely, merely knowing that it was because of Daoist Xuanhuang.

"I, I... I understand that the Profound Master is more powerful, so he replaced a part of the Heavenly Dao's ability, so we can comprehend cultivation," the Zuo-surnamed Confucian cultivator said, blushing.

"What are the specific reasons?" Zuoqiu Ming continued to ask.

"Specific? How would I know the specifics? I know it's because of the Profound Master, that's enough. As for the specific reasons... I don't care why."

This one simply gave up, letting things be as they may.

This senior had originally had a very good impression of him, and was even his legendary ancestor, but this old fogey was always scolding him, which was too annoying.

He just didn't like him. He was always kind and amiable to the other colleagues.

"You fool, you, you are rotten wood that cannot be carved! Where has your thirst for knowledge gone?"

Zuoqiu Ming seemed to be getting angry as well.

"Ahem, Senior, please calm down. After all, Daoist Zuo's cultivation is like this, and we are actually just like that. Can we know the detailed reasons? Please don't be angry, you can tell us!"

The two who were trying to mediate quickly smoothed things over.

Taking the opportunity to gain some knowledge and enhance their accumulation.

"I'm too lazy to talk to you," Zuoqiu Ming waved his sleeve and left.

Feeling very ashamed, he himself didn't know.

How did Daoist Xuanhuang do it?

How could he, a mere Third Order, replace the Heavenly Dao of a region?

What kind of heaven-defying method was this?

The Three Fundamental Laws of Xuanhuang's First Order Profound Transformation were recognized as the Three Invincible Laws. This was known to all the gods and saints in the realm.

Not many of the Second Order were circulated, and Ji Zhongfu, Holy Mother Tushan, and others who could cultivate them did not reveal too much, resulting in few circulating outside.

The Realm Gods were still not sure whether Xuanhuang's laws could maintain their invincible strength when they reached the Second Order Profound Enlightenment.

Not to mention the Third Order.

This was how cultivation methods were. Although the First Order Invincible Law was great.

It depended on the person. In the eyes of ordinary cultivators, it was priceless.

But for experts, especially Realm Gods starting from the Fourth Order, they didn't really value it.

They could create a First Order Invincible Law with a little effort, after all, their cultivation was there.

But!

But if the First Order was invincible, the Second Order was still invincible, and the Third Order was also invincible... a law that remained invincible until the Sixth or Seventh Order, then that was different.

It was even difficult to describe such a law in words for a time.

Not knowing how to describe it.

Therefore, Zuoqiu Ming couldn't understand how Xuanhuang, in the Third Order, had the ability of the Heavenly Dao.

Could it be that he was still invincible in the Third Order?

That was too heaven-defying, right?

You enter a new level and create a corresponding level of invincible law, that's impossible!

Zuoqiu Ming also didn't understand why Daoist Xuanhuang in the Third Order could do this.

...... (End of this chapter)