Shaanxi Province, North Peak of Mount Hua. It was May Day, and there were many tourists. Even though Mount Hua's mountain path was rugged, it was still bustling with people.
The northern peak was a sacred place for Taoism, and it was the base of the Huashan Sect founded by Hao Datong, one of the Seven Sons of Quanzhen. Huashan's thousand-year-old foundation was in chaos because of the Japanese invasion. The cultivators on Huashan could not live in peace and went down the mountain to resist the Japanese. Over time, there were no real cultivators.
The current Bei Feng Taoist temple was just a place where the government hired some people to pretend to be Taoist priests to protect the scenic spot.
Zhenwu Hall
Mount Hua's Zhenwu Hall was built to worship Zhenwu the Great Emperor. For thousands of years, incense had been burning continuously. Especially after the reform and opening up, the country had spent a lot of effort to repair the Taoist temple and invite Taoist priests to protect the ancient buildings. This caused the sacred land of the Northern Daoists to gradually recover its former glory.
The tourists in the hall offered incense, worshiped the gods, and did divination. They all had their own things to do. There was only one young man who did not do anything. He just stood there and stared at the Zhenwu Great Emperor's elephant in the center of the hall for a long time.
His name was Ling Xiao. He was the legitimate successor of the Huashan Sect and the last disciple of the Huashan Sect. Unlike the fake Taoist priests in the hall, he was a real cultivator. In ancient times, he was called a Qi cultivator.
Ling Xiao was an orphan. If he didn't have a master, he would have reincarnated long ago. His parents died young, and his relatives did not want to have such a burden. He did not want to live under someone else's roof, so he escaped.
His master was called Ling Yunzi, the last descendant of the Huashan Sect. During the war, he was too young to join the army. After the founding of the country, he was chased off Mount Hua due to ten years of internal strife. From then on, he lived in the world and only relied on fortune-telling to make a living.
Ling Yunzi's aptitude was not good. He had spent 50 years to cultivate the Huashan Sect's treasured book, the Violet Cloud Divine Art, to the second level, barely reaching the early stage of the Postnatal realm. He only knew a few sword techniques, and Huashan wasn't good at boxing. However, in today's society, it was useless to know swordsmanship.
Hence, after wandering alone for a lifetime, Ling Yunzi adopted Ling Xiao in order to prevent the Huashan Sect's legacy from being cut off in his hands.
Ling Xiao would never forget that day when he had to dig into the garbage to find food. He finally found a piece of bread when his master, Ling Yunzi, suddenly lifted him up and did not put him on the ground. They were suspended in mid-air, face to face with him, eyes to eyes.
Ling Xiao saw that Ling Yunzi was very afraid, but Ling Yunzi smiled and asked,""Good child, are you willing to take me as your master?”
Ling Xiao swallowed the bread in his mouth and asked,""Is there meat to eat?"
"Hahahaha, there's meat, there's meat. I guarantee you won't be able to finish it.”
Ling Yunzi had just finished speaking when Ling Xiao boarded the pirate ship. Oh, no, he had become a disciple.
That year, he was seven years old.
Later on, Ling Xiao found out that Huashan Sect was a Quan Zhen Sect that did not eat meat. No wonder Master had such an expression.
His master had never eaten meat in his life, but he had learned how to cook meat. Of course, all of this was for him.
Ling Xiao secretly swore to repay his master. Other than eating, he would stay in his room and practice hard.
Perhaps it was due to his extraordinary aptitude, or perhaps it was due to his diligence that moved the heavens. Ling Xiao had been cultivating for three years. Coincidentally, it was the day before his tenth birthday when his Violet Cloud Divine Art had broken through to the third level. He had surpassed Ling Yunzi.
That day, Ling Yunzi kept smiling. Ling Xiao's tenth birthday was also brought forward by a day. In order to celebrate, Ling Yunzi cooked a table full of meat. All kinds of meat. Then, he did nothing but smile and watch Ling Xiao eat.
After that day, Ling Xiao understood that as long as he kept breaking through, his master would be happy.
Thus, he had actually cultivated the Violet Cloud Divine Art to the highest realm of the ninth level within eight years. He was just one step away from forming his Golden Core and becoming an Earth Level Deity.
However, Ling Yunzi would not be able to see that day. His lifespan was exhausted and he passed away at the age of 70.
After burying his master, Ling Xiao did not shed a single tear. He knew that his master would never want to see him sad.
Without his master, Ling Xiao was alone again.
After roaming the world for several years, Ling Xiao finally condensed the vital essence in his body and cultivated to the Golden Elixir realm.
In this Age of Chaos, he was probably the last Golden Core in the world. However, he had finished cultivating the Violet Cloud Divine Art and had no other techniques to follow up with. Ling Xiao could only stop at the Golden Core Stage.
Thus, he began to tour the holy lands of Taoism. Wudang, Mount Zhongnan, Mount Longhu. Finally, they arrived at Mount Hua, the place where their master had once lived.
In front of the True Martial Palace, he thought of his master again, and his emotions inevitably fluctuated.
"Sigh…" Ling Xiao sighed and was about to turn around to leave when he realized that a spiritual will had enveloped him.
Ling Xiao raised his head and looked into the eyes of Zhenwu Great Emperor's statue. Mortals couldn't see any clues, but he saw a Dharma Body in it. It was actually a Tortoise Snake Dharma Body.
The Turtle-Snake Dharma kept spinning, emitting a strange divine light. In the end, it actually flew out of the statue's eye and entered Ling Xiao's Dantian.
"What?"
The Turtle-Snake Dharma Power was so fast that even Ling Xiao, who was in the Golden Elixir realm, could not stop it. He could only watch as it entered his Life Gate and Dantian.
"Sigh!"
Ling Xiao shook his head and turned to leave the hall. He was about to descend the mountain along the stairway to Mount Hua.
At this moment, the Turtle-Snake Dharma Idol in his body suddenly let out a low growl and stopped his divine art. Then, his body unconsciously jumped off the cliff.
After that, he lost consciousness.
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