Li Zhixia looked at Shu Guan with a serious and rigid expression.
Of course, Shu Guan now knew something about Li Zhixia, and knew that the master was not dissatisfied with him, but was born with such a cold face.
Li Zhixia pondered for a moment and then said something.
"You are the eighth disciple that I have accepted as my master."
Shu Guan was suddenly startled.
How could it be eighth?
Didn't Senior Brother Mu say that Master only has seven disciples? Moreover, that senior brother is in a special situation and should not be regarded as a disciple accepted by the master.
"Two of them are already dead."
Then I just heard Li Zhixia say something again.
In the eyes of the purple-robed middle-aged Taoist priest, a flash of pain in memory flashed.
Shu Guan's expression also became a little serious, but he did not dare to ask the two former senior brothers or sisters how they died.
"So before you officially get started, I would like to ask you one more time, have you really decided to become a practitioner?"
"I would ask every previous disciple this question before they started. If you want to regret it, you can leave now."
Shu Guan immediately opened his mouth to speak, but Li Zhixia waved his hand to stop him.
"Don't answer yet. You can make a decision after I finish talking about those things."
"You have been at the foot of the mountain these past few days, and you should have gained some understanding of the history of the mortal world under the mountain."
Shu Guan quickly nodded in agreement.
"Then you have to listen carefully to what I say next, Master."
Shu Guan showed an expression of listening carefully. He knew that next, he would hear another kind of truth about the world.
And this is what the world really is like.
And Li Zhixia also began to continue talking.
"The world under the mountain is marked by dynasties, but among us cultivators on the mountain, from the beginning of heaven and earth, every era is called a Yuan Hui."
"And each Yuanhui lasts for tens of thousands or thousands of years."
"The First Yuanhui to the Third Yuanhui are collectively referred to as the prehistoric era. No one knows anything about that era now. Even in some extremely ancient classics, there are only a few records, which makes people just You can get a glimpse of that era.”
"The only thing that is certain about the First Yuanhui to the Third Yuanhui is that there were many extremely powerful beings living in that era. The power they possessed was beyond the reach of even real immortals."
"A true immortal? Is this not a true immortal, Master?"
Shu Guan couldn't help but ask.
Li Zhixia is not Mu Yao, and she will not tell you everything in detail as soon as she opens her mouth.
"How can I be considered a real immortal as a teacher? In fact, my Taoist realm is not even a real person. In our Taoist sect, only practitioners in the Nascent Soul realm can be called real people. However, my teacher is far away from that Yuan Ying realm." The Infant Realm is actually a bit worse."
Li Zhixia shook her head and said.
Shu Guan couldn't help but remember that when he first came to Shanjiguan, Sang Liren said that his master's Taoist name was Zhixia Zhenren, but Li Zhixia gave him a hard look.
It turns out that’s the reason!
"Master, I will explain these matters about the realm of cultivation to you in detail after you actually start practicing."
"The Fourth Yuan Hui after the prehistoric era is also called the Age of Conferred Gods. In this era, those powerful creatures left over from the original prehistoric era broke out into battles for their own interests. These battles It lasted for about three thousand years, and countless creatures from the prehistoric era perished because of this. In the end, the remaining powerful creatures had to choose to compromise, and then jointly founded the Heavenly Court to rule the three realms."
"Then came the Fifth Yuanhui, the Heavenly Court Era. The Fifth Yuanhui lasted for about 20,000 years. Another thing to mention is that the Great China Celestial Dynasty in the human world appeared at the end of the Heavenly Court era. It was influenced by the Heavenly Court. The imperial decree governs the mortal world on behalf of Heaven."
"By the time of the Sixth Yuanhui, the Heavenly Court was gradually declining, and its control over the three realms was not as good as before. The immortals in heaven and earth were less restrained and showed their magical deeds in the human world. Moreover, the immortals in this Yuanhui often had unrestrained personalities. He lives a free and easy life, so the Sixth Yuan Hui is also called the Age of Immortals. The duration of this era is about seven thousand years, until the complete destruction of Heaven."
"Then there is the Seventh Yuan Hui, which is the era we are in now. It has been more than three thousand years. Since the fall of Heaven, the immortals in heaven and earth have gradually withered and disappeared. In the past thousand years, the master has been As far as I know, no one in the world can achieve the true realm of immortals, and even those who set foot on land as immortals are very few."
When she said this, Li Zhixia paused briefly.
And when he was speaking just now, Shu Guan's eyes flashed and his mind was agitated.
The age of gods? Heaven?
These names are somewhat similar to many Chinese myths and legends before he traveled through.
Of course, the heaven in this world does exist and is not a myth. It is certainly not the same thing as those Chinese myths and stories.
However, Shu Guan had resisted interrupting Li Zhixia's story, and when the master stopped, Shu Guan knew that he could finally ask questions.
"Master, how could such a powerful heaven be destroyed?"
Then Shu Guan asked the question that puzzled him the most.
Li Zhixia said in a deep voice:
"Actually, regarding the fourth, fifth, and sixth Yuanhui, there are still some records in the Daozang Pavilion in the temple. Although there are not many, it can give you a rough idea of what those three Yuanhui are. In this era, you can slowly read these classics in the future."
"As for why the Heavenly Court was destroyed, I don't know. There is no record in the ancient books in the temple. When I was a young man, I also asked the master this question. Your master didn't know either. This was originally a legacy from the age of immortals. The biggest secret."
"But my teacher guesses that it has something to do with the fact that practice is getting more and more difficult."
"At the beginning of the Seventh Yuan Hui, there were still occasional practitioners who could become real immortals. However, as time went by, by a thousand years ago, it was impossible to even advance to the realm of land immortals, and they could have lived forever. Since the beginning of the Sixth Yuanhui, the longevity of the immortals has been greatly reduced, so the immortals in the world will gradually wither. By the Seventh Yuanhui, it is almost impossible to find real immortals."
"Then why is practice becoming more and more difficult? Is it because the spiritual energy between heaven and earth is becoming thinner and thinner?"
In my previous life, I had read a lot of Shu Guan’s online articles about the Age of Dharma Ending, so I asked this question quite naturally.
And when I listened to the conversation between Li Zhixia and Mu Yao a few days ago, about the Seven Spirit Grass not being as effective as before, about the immortals being unable to fly now, about the dragon being extinct, etc., Shu Guan was thinking about whether he I have traveled to a Dharma-ending era, so I am asking this now.
Li Zhixia looked at him inexplicably, shook her head and said:
"Why do you have such strange thoughts, how can the spiritual energy between heaven and earth become thinner? I have been practicing as a teacher for more than 150 years, and I have never felt that the spiritual energy between heaven and earth has become thinner. When the energy is introduced into the body, the energy around the body becomes thinner. The intensity of spiritual energy is no different from a hundred and fifty years ago."
"As for the masters and ancestors who are my masters, they have been practicing for a longer period of time than my masters. I have never heard them say that they feel the loss of spiritual energy."
Now it was Shu Guan's turn to be stunned.
It turned out that my original guess was all wrong.
No loss of spiritual energy? Isn’t this the Dharma-ending era?
So why is it becoming more and more difficult to practice spiritual practice?
"Master, why is it getting more and more difficult to practice?"
If you don’t understand, just ask. This is a quality a time traveler must possess.
"My teacher doesn't know."
Li Zhixia shook her head for the third time.
Shu Guan was speechless. The master had said a lot of things just now, but he seemed to have said nothing.
Because on some of the most critical issues, Li Zhixia seemed to know nothing.
Teachers, preaching, receiving karma and solving doubts.
But as a master, let alone preaching and teaching, he has succeeded in making himself more and more confused when it comes to solving doubts.
Just when Shu Guan was thinking this, he heard a bang, thunder sounded in the sky, and then a bolt of lightning struck down on Shu Guan's head.
