Chapter 605 Three thousand years ago (1)
Luo Youfang: "My mind has the most critical part of his memory, but it is just a fragment. I don't even know what he looks like now and where he is. By the way, Zuo Youdao, how many Yin jade is there in Jihunzhuang's hand?"
I immediately responded: "Four."
Luo Youfang seemed surprised: "So many! Are all four Yin jades in the Soul-Secret Village?"
I looked at Master Xia, and Master Xia nodded to Luo Youfang: "Everyone is here."
"No, this won't work," Luo Youfang said anxiously: "They must be kept separately. If Luo Zhongxing finds the location of the Soul-Journal of the Soul Village, just these four Yin Jades can restore most of his cultivation. No one can deal with him at that time. This matter must be done as soon as possible and cannot be delayed for a moment."
Liang Houzai asked him: "Don't Luo Zhongxing know where the Soul-Jie Zhuang is?"
Luo Youfang said: "When he was not Luo Zhongxing, he probably had a deeper understanding of Soul Village than any of you, but now he has completely become Luo Zhongxing, and many memories have been lost, including all the memories related to Soul Village."
I didn't understand what Luo Youfang wanted to express: "What does it mean? He became Luo Zhongxing? We found an ancient book in the cabinet, which said that the original name of Shiquan Taoist should be Wudang. Isn't Wudang the one Luo Zhongxing?"
"I don't know what Luo Zhongxing was called before," Luo Youfang responded to me: "But he is indeed Luo Zhongxing now. I can't explain it clearly in one sentence or two. Let's sit down and chat slowly later. The most urgent thing is to transfer Yin Yu out immediately."
Master Xia spoke: "We will deal with Yin Yu's affairs. You can talk about Luo Zhongxing's affairs first."
Luo Youfang became anxious again: "It's not a question of whether he can handle it, it must be dealt with immediately. If he doesn't dare to move Yin Yu out now, Luo Zhongxing will soon find the Soul-Jiezhuang."
Master Xia and Master Zhao frowned at the same time and turned their eyes to me.
I calmed down and nodded to the two masters.
Master Xia sighed: "Okay, let's go and deal with it now. It's almost time for dinner at the Jade Villa. You go and have something to eat. Oh, yes, we have invited people from Jiufeng Mountain. They should be able to arrive tomorrow. Jihunzhuang will definitely not let them in. I will also help you make an appointment with Jade Villa."
I hugged my fists, and Master Xia left with Master Zhao.
I stood up and said to Luo Youfang: "Go to the Jade Villa and talk while eating."
Hearing my words, Luo Youfang could only smile bitterly: "For me, eating is just to fill my stomach, and I have no sense of taste."
I didn't take his word, and he didn't seem to want to continue discussing this topic.
After packing up the alchemy furnace and the turtle shell, we left the alchemy room. Luo Youfang's identity was still semi-confidential. Before leaving the Soul-Sealing Village, I asked him to change his clothes. He also asked Luo Fei to ask for a mask to put it on his face.
Liu Shangang asked him why he wanted to wear a mask. Isn’t it better to wear a hat to cover his face? Luo Youfang said that this would easily lead to doubt. Some things are the more exaggerated you do, the less others take you seriously.
When I arrived at Jade Villa, I informed the kitchen to deliver the dishes outside the door. Without our greeting, I could not enter the room. Most of the guys in the kitchen were veterans who had been with Senior Brother Zhuang. After I said this, they knew that there was a very secret thing to talk about here, so I found a room with the best soundproofing.
Originally, I thought that since Luo Youfang had no taste, he should have no special needs for diet, but he asked the kitchen for a pot of the spicyest chili peppers and the spicyest spirit.
Spicy is the only taste he can feel.
As soon as I entered the single room, I said to Luo Youfang: "This place is quiet enough. Let's tell you everything you know. Let's share the information in our hands and discuss what to do next."
"If we can really negotiate a result, that's fine, alas," Luo Youfang sighed and said, "For us mortals, Luo Zhongxing has almost no flaws."
I took a sip of water and asked him: "What is the relationship between you and Luo Zhongxing."
Luo Youfang was silent for a long time before slowly saying: "If it comes to blood ties alone, Luo Zhongxing is my biological father. But he will not treat me as his son. I am just a tool for him, a tool that can make it purer."
I sat next to Luo Youfang without saying a word, and listened to him silently.
Luo Youfang said that there were actually six ghost ulterior motives like him, and the first five were dealt with by Luo Zhongxing when the full moon was about to be full. As for why he lived to this day, Luo Youfang himself couldn't explain clearly. He said, maybe it was because he was useful, maybe it was because Luo Zhongxing's conscience was still unshakable.
The reason why Luo Zhongxing made so many ghost ulterior motives was just to forget his previous identity. Whenever a ghost ultimate was born, part of Luo Zhongxing's memory would be transferred to the ghost ultimate. When he stripped away all of his most ancient memories, he became the real Luo Zhongxing. Before that, he was a combination of Wudang and Luo Zhongxing.
Originally, I planned to repeat Luo Youfang's words as completely as possible, but his words were very long and the structure was not clear. In addition, when he was speaking, Liang Houzai and I often discussed with him, which also caused him to be interrupted several times while he was speaking.
After thinking about it, I decided to sort out Luo Youfang's words and some of our inferences at that time. This should make the clues clearer and save space to a certain extent.
Wudang and Luo Zhongxing are indeed the same person. This is the conclusion we came to when the conversation is approaching, but I must put it in the first place to explain it because it is the clue of all clues.
During the Battle of Muye, Wudang was captured by the Zhou army and became a small slave around Jiang Taigong. Although he was a slave, because of his talent, Jiang Taigong liked him very much. He was willing to take him with him no matter what he did, and taught him the ultimate principles of heaven and earth and the secrets of health preservation.
When Jiang Taigong was 100 years old, there was a night demon in the west of Zhou State. When Wudang followed Jiang Taigong to suppress the night demon, he worked with Ye Demon's biological mother to draw four murals, which later appeared in the tomb of Ksitigarbha.
According to Luo Youfang's description, Wudang should have not created the Ten-Complete Taoism at that time, nor was he a loyal Taoist, but a little slave who followed Jiang Taigong and worked diligently.
But when suppressing Ye Demon, one night when Wudang and Ye Demon's biological mother were painting murals, Jiang Taigong set up an altar in the wind and put a huge oil pan on the top of the temple. Jiang Taigong said that if the oil pan was not turned over that night, the night pan could be suppressed without the murals. But once the oil pan was turned over, Wudang would protect Ye Demon's biological mother and would never hurt her.
At the third hour, the north wind blew, and a strong wind broke the pillars of the altar. The oil pan flipped on the spot. The hot oil rushed directly towards Ye Mo's biological mother. Wudang was a sincere and obedient slave. He immediately blocked the woman with his broken legs with his body, and the oil fell on his back.
At that time, Wudang had already clenched his teeth and was waiting for the coming severe pain. But after a long time, the hot oil did not cause any harm to him. There was no burning pain on his back, but instead there was a cold touch. Wudang felt that something seemed to have penetrated the skin on his back and slowly soaked into his body.
Jiang Taigong seemed to have known that Wudang would be fine for a long time, and immediately urged Wudang and all his servants to complete the mural.
The memory in Luo Youfang's mind broke out here, and then the Night Demon was suppressed. Wudang originally wanted to follow Jiang Taigong back to Qi, but Jiang Taigong kept him in Haojing, bought him a land and house for him, and let him settle in Haojing alone.
Wudang was very puzzled by Jiang Taigong's actions and once asked Jiang Taigong why he didn't take him with him. Jiang Taigong had never responded to his question positively, but just told him that if there was a demonic obstacle in his heart in the future, he would go to Kunlun Mountain to practice hard, and he would be able to get rid of the demonic obstacles in thirty years.
Wudang lived in Haojing for half a century. As time went by, he gradually realized that he was not old. Fifty years later, he was still the strong young man at that time. For this reason, the Emperor Zhou had summoned him and asked him about the secret of immortality. He thought that he could live so long because he practiced health care with Jiang Taigong, so he passed this set of health care skills to the Emperor Zhou.
In the same year, the Zhou emperor Ji Xia, who received the health preservation exercise, passed away. Wudang was regarded as the culprit of the emperor's death by the court and was wanted. Therefore, he left Haojing and entered Kunlun Mountain to practice in seclusion. Thirty years later, he realized the Ten-Complete Dao. At that time, there were no Taoism or Taoist priests. At that time, the Ten-Complete Daoist claimed that he was invincible.
This is what did not realize during this period of time. What allowed him to live forever was not Jiang Taigong's health care, but something that resided in his body.
Luo Youfang said that this memory was very vague, and he only knew that there was always a black shadow in Wudang's mind. This shadow seemed to have its own will. It often talked with Wudang in dreams and encouraged Wudang to do something contrary to morality. It seemed to be full of interest in all the evil demons and heretics in the world.
At that time, Wudang was no longer a little slave decades ago. Eighty years of hard work and meditation had made him a cultivator with profound Taoism. He vaguely realized that this black shadow entrenched in his mind should be a force separated from the night demon.
He tried to expel this force from his body, but it had become one with Wudang's soul and had no possibility of separation.
Wudang thought about what Jiang Taigong said when he left Haojing. At that time, Jiang Taigong said that if there was a devil in his heart, he would go to Kunlun Mountain to practice hard. However, Wudang did not appear after thirty years of hard practice.
Wudang may have been panicked for a while. In that era, practitioners paid more attention to the influence of the mind on cultivation than people today. Wudang's heart was divided into two wills, which destined that he would not do more in his practice.
He has a pursuit. He wants to be a person like Jiang Taigong, and he dreams of it.
For nearly a thousand years, Wudang has been looking for ways to suppress the inner demons. For him, a thousand springs and autumns were just like the more than ten years in the eyes of mortals. He looked older, from twenty to thirty years old, but at that time Wudang didn't feel anything wrong. He felt that for him, life was still long.
In the past thousand years, Wudang met a very important person, named Xu Fu.
Xu Fu made a deal with him, and he gave his blood to Xu Fu, asking Xu Fu to develop the elixir of immortality, while Xu Fu helped him suppress his inner demons.
With the help of Wudang's blood, Xu Fu indeed developed a pill that can make mortals live forever. Wudang fulfilled his promise, but Xu Fu broke his promise. He tried countless times to resolve Wudang's inner demon, but every attempt ended in failure.
Chapter completed!