Guang Chengzi transformed into a young scholar, composed and relaxed, sitting in a tea house and listening to a story. The storyteller, on stage, vividly described the exciting tale of "Deng ChanYu spear-picking the slippery cart and Deng Jiugong sword-cutting Nan Du."
The surrounding commoners all clapped and cheered, for in this era, being able to hear a storyteller and sip tea in a teahouse meant no one was poor; everyone was a landlord.
It was within Zhou's territory, but the commoners listened to stories about Han with no psychological barriers. The Zhou capital's turmoil had nothing to do with these people.
The propaganda of the Han state has always targeted these people. Winning over this group and seizing the world would largely be secure.
Guang Chengzi listened intently for half an hour, and at that moment, a middle-aged Han man with a weathered appearance walked directly to the long chair next to him.
The middle-aged man exuded an odd aura. He seemed extremely poor, yet unimaginably wealthy. He resembled an emperor who could cause a million corpses to lie down with rage, and yet he also looked like a beggar whose clothes couldn't cover his body.
"Great Immortal, you truly have exquisite methods. Even after pushing my abilities to their limit, I still cannot shake off the Great Immortal."
A voice similar to Hao Tiang came from the middle-aged man's mouth: "You are using external paths, which I believe were abandoned by the Lord of the Codes long ago. If my guess is correct, these things have returned to the chaotic era, which is an ominous sign. Using them would be even more harmful than beneficial."
Guang Chengzi smiled and asked: "External Way? If it's an external way, why is the Great Immortal still chasing after it?"
The middle-aged man said with righteousness, "For the peace of the three realms, I had no choice but to come."
"What a 'For the peace of the three realms' Great Immortal! Is this a corpse-slaying transformation?" Guang Chengzi may not have actually slain a corpse, but with his experiences by the side of Yuanshi Tang Zong, he was curious and looked around with interest.
"Is the Great Immortal following the path of Heaven, Earth, Humanity, and the Three Sovereigns to slay a corpse? Shouldn't it be easy to produce the Earth Sovereign's incarnation? This Human Sovereign's incarnation seems to have been formed through continuous rebirths? Great Immortal's resilience of mind is admired by everyone. However, it seems that Great Immortal has been stumped by Tianhuang's way to slay a corpse."
The Human Sovereign's incarnation looked at him without saying a word.
Criticizing faults is easy for anyone, but solving them is difficult.
Guang Chengzi's ability to see through his Three Cadavers layout is not surprising. Hao Tian suspects that Yuanshi Tang Zong may have commented on him.
He indeed succeeded in slaying the Earth Sovereign's incarnation and the Human Sovereign's incarnation, but he couldn't slay the Tianhuang Sovereign's incarnation. After all, he himself is the ruler of the Heavenly Palace. How could he possibly slay it? If he were to actually succeed in slaying it, it would make the step of merging the Three Cadavers much easier for him. However, now he is stuck at this step due to the obstruction of the Tianhuang Sovereign's incarnation.
Previously leaving behind an attachment-based avatar was an attempt, and now pursuing Guang Chengzi also has the intention of using it as leverage.
Without realizing it, the teahouse had disappeared. Hao Tian and his two incarnations stood in the three-star position, surrounding Guang Chengzi.
"Nephew, the methods you used before are no longer effective. Just hand over the thing now."
After ten breaths, even the Three Cai array couldn't stop Guang Chengzi. Hao Tian was calculating with his fingers: "This guy has already used more than thirty kinds of external ways. Why hasn't he shown any counter-reaction?"
The Earth Sovereign's avatar was extremely silent, not uttering a single word.
The Human Sovereign's avatar, formed through multiple rebirths and accumulation of a hundred lifetimes, was quite chatty: "Maybe he's not even Guang Chengzi? Perhaps he's a demon god from the Chaos?"
Hao Tian, with his aura of supreme authority, looked stern and slightly raised his shoulders. His two avatars re-entered his body, and after divining a general direction, he chased after them again.
"External Way? I don't think it refers to the inner and outer ways of Buddhism, right? How should this word be interpreted? Does anyone here know? From Hao Tian's tone, using this thing frequently would cause destruction to the Primordial Chaos, right?"
The moon left an illusion on the sacred mountain and quietly returned to her loyal Yulini World, taking advantage of the eclipse by the Taiyin Star to hear some of the conversation between Hao Tian and Guang Chengzi.
The phoenix answered with a tone of pride in being illiterate: "I don't know!"
Deng ChanYu said, "Wait, I'll go ask my teacher."
With her emotions in check, she finally asked: "Teacher, is Qing sister here?"
Nüwa, lounging around like a deadbeat, gave a disinterested glance at the Qingluan by her side and replied without thinking, "Yes."
As soon as she spoke, she regretted it.
Traitor! How dare you use treacherous tactics against me?
"Not here!"
"Dong ChanYu roared with satisfaction, then quickly apologized, "Teacher, please don't be angry. Don't be angry. The disciple was wrong! So, what does the word 'external way' mean?"
Nuwa dragged out the sound: "External way? Ah, that's a long story."
"Then, simply explain it to me."
"In simpler terms, it means that even the teacher doesn't know! Hehehehe!"
The Qingluan rolled its eyes on the side, "You and your teacher are both very childish. As a mount with normal thinking, I often feel out of place."
Deng ChanYu acted cute and begged for mercy, and Nuwa finally revealed the truth.
"I don't know!"
"Really don't know?"
"How can you address your teacher in such a way?"
"Just say if you know or not?"
"Indeed, I don't know."
Nuwa still argued a little: "The Lord of the Codes says that he took us a few disciples, but the actual time of teaching was only those three times in the Purple Heaven Palace. Most of the time, there were no joint training sessions between disciples and teachers. Hao Tian and others often accompany him, so they know some information that sages like ourselves don't know. It's quite normal, after all. Why should I ask Lord Guang about such words?"
Deng ChanYu's face turned black. This was a dark history only known between master and disciple.
In those days, when she had just begun her path, and she learned the phrase "Hold the great elephant, and the world will follow," she truly thought it meant to grab an elephant and swing it like a meteor hammer to become invincible in the world. Who knew that "the great elephant" referred to the Great Way. The Old Mother of Li Mountain scolded her severely and made her copy scriptures and do morning devotions.
Looking at Nuwa bringing up her dark history, she also countered with a story of her own: "I'll go meet the Old Mother in a couple of days. Without the Old Mother, there wouldn't be me today. What the Old Mother says about her past will be very instructive to me, a young disciple like you."
Nuwa was so angry that she scratched her head. The Old Mother of Li Mountain also had a lot of "her" dark history, and it would be too embarrassing to reveal it. What should she do? How about sending the old lady to live in Chaos for a few days?
The master and apprentice kept rambling, digressing further and further. The moonlight on the other side kept urging them, and it was until then that Deng ChanYu managed to straighten out the crooked building once again.
"So, what kind of negative impact would frequent use of these external ways have on the Three Thousand Great Laws of the Primordial Chaos?"
When it comes to serious matters, Nuwa becomes much more serious.
If there were to be some major event, of course, it would be a gathering of sages. If there's a hole somewhere that needs patching up, that's definitely the job for their master-disciple team.
She brings the Saint-Dao Fruit to its ultimate state.
In the blink of an eye, the Saint's divine consciousness transcended countless spaces and entered a realm that exists and doesn't exist, belonging to the world of Dao.
