After passing the verification, Lu Shanguan began to describe the situation of the Lu family.
“Old lady, our entire family is very good and has reproduced hundreds of thousands of people.
Xiaowan and I are not dead, our bodies are still alive and well in the mortal world. Following the order of our ancestor Lu Cheng, we split our spirits and souls and came to the underworld in the form of ghosts. The purpose is to explore the underworld and find out how to take the path of ghost cultivation.
As the saying goes, all roads lead to Rome, but there is no fixed path to cultivation. Ghost cultivators can also become ghost emperors, and ghost emperors can turn into immortal kings and immortal emperors.
If you master the secrets of ghost cultivation, it will help expand the horizons of great monks and help the immortals of the Lu family reach a higher level..."
He did not say that entering the underworld had multiple purposes, one of which was to try to understand how Patriarch Styx and Empress Houtu became top immortal emperors. At present, this goal is difficult to achieve. Saying it rashly will not only do no good, but may leak information.
Huang Yingyi said: "Do you know why I came to Youcao Village?"
"Old lady, please tell me."
"I was appreciated by Judge Cui in the Hall of Hell, and he gave me a jar of Yin spiritual energy and appointed me here. Judge Cui's master is Zheng Xuan. Zheng Xuan also served as a judge. After resigning, he settled in Youcao Village for a long time. Zheng Xuan is He is a master of classics in the human world. After arriving in the underworld, he met many ghost kings and ghost immortals, and even paid homage to the ghost emperors of the five directions and Houtu Empress. He stayed in Youcao Village for 880 years, wrote 128 volumes of the "Netherworld Ghost Sutra", and then walked out of the underworld. The world has become the Immortal King under the throne of ancestor Cangjie."
Lu Shan watched and was surprised: "Old lady, how did you know that Zheng Xuan went to seek refuge with Ancestor Cangjie after he left? We are looking for traces of Ancestor Cangjie, but we have never found it."
Huang Yingyi said: "When I came to Youcao Village, I saw a large area of Scallops. Those Scallops were planted by Zheng Xuan.
Zheng Xuan, whose courtesy name was Kangcheng, was teaching apprentices at Changxue Mountain in Gaomi. There was a lot of this grass at the foot of the mountain, and his disciples often used it to bind books. The locals called it "Kangcheng Book Belt". Li Bai once said: "There is green grass on the bookshelf, and there is dust in the piano hall." Su Shi also chanted: "The grass on the bookshelf has grown under the court, making you suspect that it is Zheng Kangcheng."
I tend to the cordgrass every day, and one day I accidentally find a jade box in the ground where the cordgrass is planted. There are jade slips left by Zheng Xuan in the jade box. Among the jade slips is the "Netherworld Ghost Sutra", and the end of the scroll contains his future whereabouts. tips. "
"How does Zheng Xuan know that he will be able to find Patriarch Cangjie after he goes out?"
"Zheng Xuan is a very powerful person. Not only was he a master of Confucian classics during his lifetime, he was also proficient in Dayan numbers. Have you ever heard of the story of Ma Rong chasing Zheng Xuan?"
"Never heard of it."
"Zheng Xuan studied under Ma Rong and did not see Ma Rong for three years. He was only taught by Ma Rong's disciples. Ma Rong once calculated the positions of celestial bodies, but the degrees were inconsistent, and the disciples could not figure it out. Some people say that Zheng Xuan can solve it. Ma Rong asked Zheng Xuan to calculate it. Zheng Xuan came up with the result as soon as he calculated it. Everyone was amazed and admired it.
Later, Zheng Xuan learned to say goodbye, and Ma Rong lamented that "all the rituals and music followed Zheng Xuan eastward." Ma Rong was worried about Zheng Xuan's monopoly on fame and was jealous. Zheng Xuan also suspected that he was being hunted, so he sat under the bridge and leaned his clogs on the water. As expected, Ma Rong turned the divination disk to pursue his whereabouts, and said to the people around him: "Zheng Xuan is under the soil and on the water, and he is leaning on the wood. This is a precursor to death." So he stopped chasing him, and Zheng Xuan finally escaped. "
Hearing this, Lu Shanguan became even more surprised: "Under the soil and on the water, with his body leaning on the wood, this is the image of being buried in the ground with the coffin and resting on the underworld. Zheng Xuan is indeed extraordinary."
Huang Yingyi added: "After I got the "Netherworld Ghost Sutra", I have been practicing for many years, and my skills have improved rapidly. Now I have broken through the ghost immortal and entered the realm of ghost king. In order not to attract attention, I have been suppressing my skills, so you see All I got was the image of ghosts and immortals.”
Lu Shanguan said: "Great! Old lady, you have been in the underworld for many years, and it's time to go out."
Huang Yingyi said: "But I heard that there is a great tribulation outside. If you can't find a suitable ghost gate, it will be very dangerous after you go out."
"Yes, there are many ghost gates. Some of them lead directly to the Middle Earth. Currently, the Middle Earth is integrated with the Nine Birds State and has been turned into a forbidden area by Ancestor Hongjun. If you go out rashly, you will probably die. I know an exit that leads directly to Yu Yuan , it’s safe to go out from there. Next to Yu Yuan is the Shenjian Villa built by the Lu family."
"Okay, when the old man comes back, I will go on the road with you."
Two more hours later, Jiang Fangsheng came back.
When he saw the descendants coming here, he was very happy and said: "It just so happens that you are here! I went out to meet guests today and met several ghosts and immortals. One of them was named Meng Jiao, a great poet.
Meng Jiao brought news that Gui Guzi appeared again! Guiguzi will recruit new disciples at the foot of Yinshan Mountain on September 9th, and all characters above Guixian and above are welcome to participate in the test.
To be honest, I was a little tempted after hearing this news! "
Huang Yingyi said: "You old man, don't you feel depressed if you have the heart to be someone else's disciple? This kind of thing should be left to young people!"
Lu Shanguan and Dong Xiaowan looked at each other, nodded and said, "Yes, leave this kind of matter to us."
That night, Huang Yingyi and Jiang Fangsheng packed their bags, waited until dawn, and followed Lu Shangguan to leave Youcao Village.
Lu Shanguan sent them to the Ghost Gate next to Yu Yuan, got the replica jade slip of the "Netherworld Ghost Sutra" from Huang Yingyi's hands, and watched them go out through the Ghost Gate.
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Underground world, on Yuxu Peak.
Lu Cheng has been in seclusion all year round, striving to break through to the realm of the Immortal Emperor.
This process is very complicated and cannot be accomplished overnight. It is difficult to achieve a breakthrough within two or three years. If you can advance within a thousand years, you are lucky.
Jiang Qiuyun is also practicing, striving to advance to the rank of Immortal King as soon as possible.
On this day, Mei Lingshang suddenly came in from outside and shouted happily: "Mother! Great news! Grandpa and grandma are back!"
"What?" Jiang Qiuyun was a little stunned.
Mei Lingshang repeated it again: "Grandpa Jiang Fangsheng and grandmother Huang Yingyi have practiced in the Netherworld for many years. They passed through the ghost gate and arrived at Shenjian Villa, and then came back through the teleportation array!"
"Really? Where?" Jiang Qiuyun couldn't believe her ears.
"I asked them to live in the Immortal Palace on the third floor of Yuxu Peak."
Although Yuxu Peak is still at the thirty-second level at this time, the fairy spiritual energy on each level is too rich! The top floors contain not only fairy spiritual energy, but also the Qi of the Three Pure Ones and the Xuanhuang Qi. Only the Immortal King can stay on the top.
Jiang Qiuyun hurried down and reached the third level of Yuxu Peak, where she met her long-lost father and mother.
At this time, Huang Yingyi and Jiang Fangsheng had become ghost kings. They could create physical bodies out of thin air, but the transformed physical bodies were not completely real and were different from flesh-and-blood bodies.
So Jiang Qiuyun rushed up to hug them, like hugging soft cotton.
Ever since her parents passed away, she has always had a feeling of regret in her heart. Now that she sees them again, even if they are only half-empty and half-real, her heart feels much more settled.
Huang Yingyi and Jiang Fangsheng were also very happy. They didn't expect to see their daughter again after thousands of years.
They talked for a long time, telling each other about their experiences after parting.
After that, the Academy of Life Sciences, headed by Lu Qianchuan, began work on human cloning.
Back then, after the Lu family established the soul lamp, they left blood samples for each family member and lit the soul lamp. If they were monks with a golden elixir or above, their souls could be summoned back.
Huang Yingyi and Jiang Fangsheng also left blood samples, but their skills were low when they died and their souls were not solid enough, so they were not summoned back.
Even so, the blood samples they left back then played a role.
Half a month later, they had their own bodies.
With the physical body, you can cultivate essence, energy, spirit, and soul at the same time. From then on, you are no longer a pure ghost cultivator, but you can also become an immortal cultivator, a shamanic cultivator, and a Buddhist cultivator.
They met Lu Cheng's parents, Lu Tianming and Rao Yuqiu.
Lu Tianming and Rao Yuqiu extended their lifespan again and again, taking various elixirs, taking the medicines and practicing, and over time passed through the stages of foundation building, golden elixir, Yuanying, and Hedao, and finally lived five hundred years ago. He became a Xuanxian.
For this reason, the Rao Yuqiu that Huang Yingyi saw was not an aged image, but had returned to his youthful appearance.
The two sides were very sad when they met.
The world is changing, life is like a chess game, and it is unpredictable.
At the end of the year, the yin and yang rush to short scenes, and the sky is frosty and snowy.
The journey of thousands of miles is long, and the people are different after ten years of gathering and separation.
After ten years, people will be different, let alone after not seeing each other for thousands of years!
Later, Huang Yingyi met Mei Lingshang, Tao Qianqian, Yuan Qingyue and others, and felt even more emotional when she learned that the Lu family had so many descendants.
I think back then, my daughter Jiang Qiuyun was only eighteen years old, and she met Lu Cheng when she was still a sophomore in college. As a mother, Huang Yingyi was not very satisfied with this hairy son-in-law. How could she have imagined what it would be like thousands of years later!
Thinking about what happened back then, Huang Yingyi couldn't help but shake her head slightly with a smile on her face.
Since her parents came back, Jiang Qiuyun's state of mind has improved, and then she seized the opportunity to retreat and advance. Her skills improved rapidly, and she was getting closer and closer to the realm of the Immortal King.
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The Netherworld, September 8th, at the foot of Yinshan Mountain.
The Yinshan Mountain mentioned here is the sacred mountain in the Netherworld and has nothing to do with the Yinshan Mountain in NMG.
The Yinshan Mountains of NMG are a mountain range, starting from Langshan Mountain in the west and including Wula Mountain, Selten Mountain, Daqing Mountain, etc. to the east. It stretches for more than 1,200 kilometers and spans more than 70 kilometers from north to south, just like a giant dragon stretching across northern China.
The Yin Mountains in the Netherworld are layered one after another, just like the Nine Heavens of Kunlun in the Immortal World.
There is a big river at the foot of Yin Mountain. I don’t know where it comes from and where it flows. It is the famous River Styx.
The Styx River made a circle around the Yin Mountain, bringing rich Yin spiritual energy and attracting a group of ghosts and immortals to settle here.
Lu Shanguan and Dong Xiaowan left Fengdu City, flew upstream along the Styx River, and flew more than five thousand miles northwest to the foot of Yin Mountain.
Many ghosts and immortals live on the outskirts of Yinshan Mountain, building houses and opening caves on the mountain. As time goes by, towns and cities are formed.
There is a small town on the east and west sides of Yinshan Mountain. The one on the east side is called "Heizao City" and the one on the west side is called "Heima City".
The inner layer of the Yin Mountain is home to the northern ghost emperor among the five ghost emperors.
There are two ghost emperors in the north, one is named Yang Yun and the other is named Zhang Heng.
Before Dong Xiaowan came to Yinshan, he had searched for the background information of these two ghost emperors and got very little information.
It is said that Yang Yun is the Taoist immortal in Ge Hong's "Baopuzi". His prototype may be Yang Xiong, a great writer of the Eastern Han Dynasty. Another Ghost Emperor, Zhang Heng, was also from the Eastern Han Dynasty and was an outstanding astronomer, mathematician, inventor, geographer, and writer.
Zhang Heng's astronomical works include "Lingxian" and "Annotations on the Armillary Sphere"; his mathematical works include "Suan Wang Lun"; his literary works are represented by "Er Jing Fu" and "Guitian Fu", etc., together with Sima Xiangru, Yang Xiong, Ban Gu is also known as the "Four Great Masters of Han Fu". Due to his outstanding contribution, the International Astronomical Union named a crater on the back of the moon "Zhang Heng Crater", and the 1802 asteroid in the solar system was named "Zhang Heng Star". In order to commemorate Zhang Heng, later generations built the Zhang Heng Museum in Nanyang.
As for why these two Eastern Han people became ghost emperors of the north after their death, and what changes they experienced that caused their skills to soar and surpass ghost immortals, ghost kings, and ghost emperors to become ghost emperors, there must be a reason.
After Lu Shangguan came to Heizao City, he inquired with the ghosts and fairies in the city and learned some interesting things. It turns out that the reason why Yang Yun and Zhang Heng became Ghost Emperors was because they went to the underworld after their death and were recruited as disciples by Gui Guzi.
The world doesn't know that Guiguzi is the incarnation of the ancestor of Styx.
Guiguzi has a palace on the main peak of Yinshan Mountain. The mountain gate is opened every ten thousand years to recruit two young disciples.
When Gui Guzi left the underworld and traveled in the human world, he also recruited disciples. He recruited disciples in pairs. The first pair of disciples were Sun Bin and Pang Juan, and the second pair of disciples were Su Qin and Zhang Yi.
Gui Guzi had evil intentions and prompted his disciples to fight each other. Pang Juan dug out Sun Bin's kneecaps, and Sun Bin shot Pang Juan dead in Maling. Su Qin hung up the seal of the Six Kingdoms and lobbied all countries to join forces to attack Qin; Zhang Yi, as the prime minister of Qin, proposed the theory of alliance and horizontal cooperation to bribe all countries, and then defeated them one by one to promote Qin to unify the world.
After Yang Yun and Zhang Heng were recruited as disciples by Guiguzi, they also fought against each other for thousands of years. In the end, they were evenly matched and neither could kill the other, so there were two northern ghost emperors coexisting.
This time, Gui Guzi came out again and spread the word a year in advance that he wanted to recruit two new disciples. This attracted many ghost fairies and ghost kings to come from all over the Netherworld.
When Lu Shanguan and Dong Xiaowan came here, they couldn't find a place to stay in Heizao City, so they could only take out their own magic weapons to block the wind.
They brought the porcelain Weiyang Palace and the wooden ritual vessels "Yihe Palace" and "Linglong Pavilion".
The night passed and the next morning came.
Before dawn, Lu Shangguan took away the "Linglong Pavilion" and came to the city to have breakfast.
As ghost kings, they originally do not need to eat, and the food in the underworld is different from that in the human world. It can only replenish energy and has no color, fragrance or flavor.
While eating breakfast, Lu Shanguan learned more information.
