Using the traces of the Southern Ming Li Huo Jian from the past, Deng Chanyu effortlessly entered the deepest part of the space road.
In fact, it is at this point that it is considered the original way of enlightenment by Hongjun and the six sages. What was said before about Ding Shang San Hua and Chest Five Qi in the name of their names sounded very basic, and indeed it was basic. That's just a level of practice gradually decreasing among the practitioners in Hongwu era. One generation is not as good as another, so Xuanmen began to use a "proof" word from the Golden Immortal stage, strictly speaking, Golden Immortal is still far from enlightenment.
Deng Chanyu bid farewell to Jieyin and Zuntí, and came first to complete her own path to enlightenment.
Space is not a mountain, and time is not a river. This is just how predecessors understood the Dao.
Regarding the space road, the "antecedent" referred to here is Yang Mei.
He considered it a mountain, and now, it is a mountain. The pioneers always have some honors and privileges.
Deng Chanyu can only achieve the status of integrating the Dao and mastering the space road, and the manifestation of the space road will change according to her understanding.
She is still very far from that stage.
Deng Chanyu's target is clear, as she weaves through countless chaotic spaces, moving quickly, and finally enters a strange world without sky or ground. After the environment around her transformed into something that can be recognized as reality, she found herself landing in a place that resembled a shallow shelf.
Having prepared sufficiently and surpassed the basic requirements for enlightenment, her arrival was not awkward but rather composed and tranquil.
She stood on the shallow shore and took a look around, quickly choosing a direction. Walking no more than a hundred zhang, she brushed aside the wild grass that was taller than people, and an ancient town that seemed somewhat desolate came into view.
"Oh? Your status is not ordinary. Are you a young lady from a big family? Why haven't you brought any servants? Quick, let's go into the town. Here at night, things may not be peaceful." A middle-aged man who had been observing her from afar walked out from the shadows and greeted her when he saw her looking around everywhere.
The middle-aged man was sturdy and muscular, and it seemed that he had a good martial skill. He wore some kind of leather armor, carried a bow, and had a Han-style iron sword hanging at his waist.
Deng Chanyu glanced at the other party and despite the passage of time, she called out his name: "Li Gui? I remember you were a valiant general under Zhou Ji's command, right?"
The middle-aged man named Li Gui was a bit surprised: "How does the nobleman know me? He also knows General Zhou?"
Zhou Ji was the personal guard of Huang Feihuang, and he had once followed Deng Chanyu on a western campaign long ago. After his death, he was enshrined as a deity, and now he is one of the Six Stars of the South.
At the time, Li Gui was the one who led the horse for Zhou Ji. Deng Chanyu had seen him from a distance and had heard his name introduced by Huang Feipiao. Even after hundreds of years had passed, as long as she thought back, she could still remember it.
She nodded first and then asked: "I know Zhou Ji, how come you are here?"
Li Gui was just an ordinary person. It was hard to believe that he could have comprehended the mysteries of space, then surpassed the newly reborn Di Jiang and reach Deng Chanyu's current level.
Han Country was already considered a high-level martial world, but it wasn't that impressive. A horse attendant couldn't reach such a height.
Even the horse attendant is not that impressive. Even Bianmawen doesn't have such ability.
Li Gui has seen the world and initially thought Deng Chanyu had an extraordinary temperament, assuming she was some wealthy lady who had fallen into this barren land. After observing her closely, he found her temperament was really different from ordinary people and changed his tune to calling her "nobility". Now he is completely confused and doesn't know what her identity is.
He spoke carefully and said, "Little subject gains the grace of the late emperor, guard the title of Huaizhou Defense General, ten years ago, lead troops to eliminate bandits. Mislies into a valley, when out just to here."
Hesitating for a moment, he still pointed to the town and said, "There are still some civilians who mistakenly came to this place in the town, and some people whose origins I cannot explain. It's really an odd place. If the noble doesn't mind, please deign to come to my home for a few cups of rough tea and rest for a while."
Deng Chanyu has only seen this town so far, but hasn't seen the huge mountain that represents the origin of space.
"Okay, then this would be a disturbance."
"Where there is no dare, no dare."
The town may look barren, but there are actually quite a few people there.
Deng Chanyu's consciousness swept over, finding that there were only ordinary people, with no immortal beings.
Some appeared numb, just sitting idle under the eaves, while others were on edge, their eyes brimming with caution.
According to Li Gui's words, some people have been living in this town for many, many years.
They would never die of old age here, only visible fatigue. The living environment here is too harsh.
"Have you not found a way out?" Even though she guessed the answer, Deng Chanyu still asked.
Li Gui shook his head and pointed to the north of the main road: "If you go in that direction, you'll see it again in about an hour, at the south end of the town. It's like this."
His vocabulary was limited and he couldn't say things like "circle again", so he could only gesture.
Deng Chanyu nodded, indicating that she understood.
A seemingly solid cyclic space.
She can set up such space with just a thought and erase it again with another thought.
The encounter with Zuntí beforehand made her not want to display her abilities on the spot, so she calmly followed Li Gui as they toured the town.
She gained some understanding of the identities of the ordinary people.
Everyone here has mistakenly entered this space.
There are people here like Li Gui, a high-ranking official from Han Country, there are woodcutters from the mountains, there are women returning to their hometowns, and even people whose attire is completely different from the current era, who claim to be from the Tang and Song countries.
Li Gui also introduced his wife, Song family.
"My wife takes good care of me, mending my clothes and cooking meals and tea every day. She is a good person."
Li Gui has his own family in Han Country, with grandchildren running around. Now this wife he found after entering the space and getting stuck in this town. They both have good feelings for each other, so they decided to live together.
His wife has lost some of her memory and cannot recall where she came from. She doesn't even know the national title, but she has a vague recollection of being from Fenyang Fu Jiaxiu County, which is clearly not a place in Han Country.
Deng Chanyu asked Li Gui, "Have you seen any immortals here?"
Li Gui smiled and said, "I am an ordinary mortal, how can I see immortals."
Seeing Deng Chanyu's serious expression, he could only try to recall, but in a hurry, he had no idea.
Still Songshì has some wisdom, he said to his ear reminded two words.
Li Gui suddenly realized and said, "This town has monsters appearing every night. There is a legend, I don't know who first said it, that the monsters are immortals who have the ability to fly and pass through the earth. They are all crazy!"
