Black Myth: Tang Dynasty

Xingzi's fake corpse technique is a very strange Taoist technique, generally used to cultivate corpses and resolve immortals.

There are five types of immortals: heaven, earth, humans, gods, and ghosts. But besides these five immortals, there is actually another kind of immortal named Zhijie Immortal.

Volume 87 of "Supreme Secret Essentials" says: "The interpretation of a husband's corpse is the transformation of form, the practice and transformation of true nature, and the escape and transformation of body."

Taoism believes that after a monk attains Taoism, he can abandon his physical body, or pretend to be a substitute for death, hiding the secrets of heaven, and then become an immortal and live forever.

Usually, shoes, walking sticks, weapons and other objects are used as substitutes for death. For example, when Bodhidharma traveled eastward and returned westward with only his shoes on, people found only one shoe and no bones in his tomb.

There is also the founder of the Taoist Lingbao sect, Tai Chi Left Immortal Gong Ge Xuan, who is said to have become an immortal by dissolving his corpse.

The Corpse Execution Immortal is a lower-grade immortal and is not among the Five Immortals, so it is also called a Loose Immortal. It can be regarded as a tricky way to become an immortal without going through the heavenly tribulation.

It's just that the method of dissolving a corpse into an immortal has long been lost. Li Daoxuan has only seen relevant records of the so-called Xingzi fake corpse technique in the ancient books of Longhu Mountain, and there is no specific practice content.

Not only in Longhu Mountain, but also in the entire Taoist sect, there are only records of Corpse Jie Xian, and there is no practice method for Corpse Jie Xian.

Otherwise, in the past hundreds of years, there would not have been so many Taoist masters who were wiped out in thunder tribulations. Many people have studied the method of corpse dissection for a lifetime, but in the end they have found nothing.

Li Daoxuan told his master what he saw. When he heard it, he was shocked and finally breathed a sigh of relief.

No matter what, the old man is not dead yet, and this is the best news.

Otherwise, even he would not be able to bear the loss of his best friend and father in one day.

"Master!"

"Big Brother!"

"Big Brother is back!"

The sudden appearance of Li Daoxuan and Zhang Qianyang shocked everyone. Liu Ningyan, dressed in filial piety, came over with her son Zhang Weiyang and winked at the two.

Li Daoxuan immediately knew that the master's wife seemed to have something to say to them, but she couldn't do it in public.

"Qianyang, Taichong, you are the most respected people by the old man, come and kowtow to the old man."

Li Dao

"Taichong, before his death, the old man left his last words, ordering you to resign from the position of Imperial Master of the Tang Dynasty and stay at his funeral in the mountains for three years. Are you willing to comply?"

After speaking, Liu Ningyan took out a piece of white paper and handed it to Li Daoxuan's hand.

The paper is very ordinary, but the words on it are quite extraordinary. There is only one word, but it penetrates the back of the paper, elegant and dusty, with a healthy and healthy look, quite like a master.

It's running script, a 'hidden' character.

Li Daoxuan looked at this word and confirmed that it was the handwriting of the old heavenly master. Even if the handwriting could be imitated, the mana flowing on it was vast and deep, extremely refined and pure, which was the unique aura of practicing the "Huang Ting Ancient Sutra".

hidden……

Did the master leave this word to let him retreat bravely and retreat into the mountains and forests?

In fact, half a year ago, just after the Battle of Chi You, the master wrote him a long letter, in which he advised him that by leveraging the power of a country to practice, his luck would be like flowers blooming on brocade, and fire cooking oil, which seemed gorgeous. In fact, it is dangerous.

It is better to get out as soon as possible and retreat after success, so as to comply with the true meaning of Taoism's nature.

At that time, Li Daoxuan also discovered that his path of cultivation was too intense. He was fighting life and death at every turn, fighting with others desperately, and facing difficulties one after another, as if there was no end.

Although he is brave and diligent, he lacks a bit of the Taoist meaning of forgetting the world and refining the world and returning to nature.

In short, there is a lack of precipitation, and after reaching his level of cultivation, ordinary resources are no longer useful. On the contrary, walking in the mortal world and honing the Taoist heart are more important.

Therefore, he did not return to Chang'an, but asked Li Jing to bring him a letter of resignation. However, he did not want Li Shimin to refuse, so he tore up the letter directly.

The title of National Master has never been cancelled.

However, in the past six months, he has traveled around the world, and his heart has gradually calmed down. His practice has become much more diligent than when he was a national master. In just half a year, he has already seen the bottleneck of becoming an immortal.

Although there is still some distance, at least he has seen it. With this alone, he has surpassed countless seniors who wasted their time in the later stages of Yangshen.

"Taichong, are you willing?"

Seeing that Li Daoxuan didn't speak, Liu Ningyan asked again.

However, she didn't show any signs of persecution, and even all the other Longhu Mountain disciples didn't dare to show any signs of disobedience. Li Daoxuan was really too famous and prestigious nowadays.

Even if it is the last order of the old Heavenly Master, in their opinion, the senior brother is qualified to refuse it.

Xiao Wei Yang looked at Li Daoxuan with tears in his eyes and begged: "Elder brother..."

There are two people he admires most, one is his grandfather, and the other is his senior brother. Naturally, he does not want to see conflicts between his senior brother and Longhu Shan.

Zhang Qianyang frowned and said: "Ning Yan, Taichong is just the old man's disciple. According to the rules, I should be the one guarding the grave. Why do you have to let Taichong——"

"Master, I am willing."

Li Daoxuan carefully folded the white paper with the hidden words on it, placed it close to his chest, and then bowed to the tombstone of the old Heavenly Master.

"My disciple, Sun Taichong, will abide by his master's orders, resign from the position of national master, and stay at his grave for three years, never leaving the mountain!"

He still can't figure out the ins and outs of this, but he can be sure of one thing, his master will never harm him!

Liu Ningyan finally breathed a sigh of relief, and the disciples at Longhu Mountain also breathed a sigh of relief.

If the eldest brother openly disobeys his master's orders, then they really don't know what to do.That night.

Liu Ningyan, Zhang Qianyang, Taiwei and Li Daoxuan were sitting in the room.

"Ning Yan, what on earth is going on?"

Zhang Qianyang asked immediately.

Liu Ningyan explained: "You may have noticed that the old man is not dead. There are only six almonds in the coffin. It should be the method of corpse dissection that has been lost in ancient books, the apricot fake corpse technique."

Li Daoxuan nodded and said: "Yes, but I have communicated with the master before. He does not know the art of corpse dissection, otherwise he would not watch his old friends die one by one."

Liu Ningyan continued: "I don't know what happened. Today Qianyang left in a hurry after receiving the message. Not long after, the old man called me and Taiwei over at the same time. He said that he would be together in the same place. If he dies in an hour, let us prepare a coffin for him immediately.”

Li Daoxuan looked at his junior sister.

Taiwei nodded to him, indicating that this was indeed the case.

"The old man also said that after he dies, there is no need to put the coffin in the coffin or go through all the red tape. He must be buried at the right moment without any mistake."

Li Daoxuan suddenly realized, no wonder the master's wife buried the old master in a hurry, and didn't even have time to wait for the master to come back.

"The old man also left his last words, saying that he would be buried together with his wife after his death. In addition, he asked Taichong to resign from the position of national master and return to the mountain to keep vigil for three years."

"The old man didn't say a word after that. No matter how many questions Taiwei and I asked, we just read the book quietly and turned a deaf ear."

"Even when his favorite grandson came, he never looked at him or said a word."

Li Daoxuan suddenly asked: "Master's wife, what book was Master reading at that time?"

This question made Liu Ningyan stunned for a moment. She really didn't pay attention to this detail.

"This is the first copy of Laozi handwritten by Wang Bi of the Jin Dynasty."

Taiwei added that she didn't pay special attention to it at the time, but as a person in the Yangshen realm, photographic memory is a basic ability.

"Brother, is there any problem here?"

Li Daoxuan shook his head and said: "Not yet, please continue."

Liu Ningyan nodded.

"Although Taiwei and I were surprised, we didn't dare to disobey the old man's words, so we prepared a good coffin. At first, I thought it was a joke made by the old man, but unexpectedly, just after an hour, the old man suddenly closed his eyes. No more breath!"

"After that, I followed the old man's instructions and hurriedly buried him at [-] hour. Taiwei told me that she had been watching the coffin with Dharma eyes and found that not long after the burial, the old man's body suddenly disappeared, leaving only Six almonds."

Li Daoxuan looked at his junior sister.

Taiwei was also confused and said: "Senior brother, I think I have achieved success in practice. I was never distracted at that time, but I didn't see any flaws!"

She really couldn't understand why her master's body turned into almonds before her eyes.

After listening to their words, Li Daoxuan was silent for a long time.

This thing is really weird, and there are many unanswered questions about it.

First, the Master said that the Heavenly Master has not yet reached the end of his life, and it is not a problem to live for another 20 years, but why did he suddenly say that he was going to die, and also accurately stated the time of death?

Second, the method of corpse dissection has long been lost. How did the old man suddenly learn it?Moreover, in front of Taiwei, the Yangshen sword cultivator, he could disappear without revealing any flaws.

You must know that even those people whose bodies have been transformed into immortals according to written records often have various strange phenomena that can even be seen by mortals, let alone Yang Shen monks.

Third, and most importantly, the old man did not leave any last words for his son, daughter-in-law, and grandson. Instead, he only left a last word for himself, and he even wrote a hidden word.

Each of these three major doubts is elusive, and this matter is full of weirdness. Even he feels that he cannot figure it out for a while.

What to do when you can’t figure out something?
Forget it!

He is a Taoist priest, not a detective. He started to deduce the secret of heaven directly from Ziwei Dou Shu.

Starlight fell one after another, as if it was covered with a layer of fairy clothes, making it even more ethereal and ethereal. There seemed to be thousands of starlights and infinite mysteries hidden between those slender fingers.

Even if Yuan Tiangang, the contemporary headmaster of Louguan Taoism, comes, he will be shocked when he sees this scene.

Li Dao

A hazy mist appeared in his mind, and a figure was vaguely visible, vaguely resembling his master.

Li Daoxuan desperately activated his magic power, trying to put aside the mist and see where his master had gone.

"Brother!"

"Daoxuan!"

There was a faint shout in his ears, but Li Daoxuan turned a deaf ear because it was only a little closer.

Just a little bit, he can see clearly!

With the massive consumption of mana, the clouds and mist finally became lighter and lighter, and Li Daoxuan finally saw where his master was going.

He was shocked and caused an uproar.

That is... heaven!