Chapter 110: Audience with the True Person

Audience with the True Person

Both Both Ruan Ci had not been out for long, just over two years, and everything in the sect seemed unchanged, except that her grotto-dwelling had been made lush and beautiful by the maidservants sent by True Person Wang. The few sect members who were originally there were now opening their meridians and cultivating one after another, managing her other residence at Zhuiyue Cliff. Hearing that their master had returned, they naturally came to greet her. Both Both Ruan Ci had been sleeping for several days, and they didn't dare to leave for fear of losing etiquette. But Both Both Ruan Ci had no time to see them, so she just asked if everything was fine, and then sent word, telling He Tong and Li Ji, who had come to pay their respects, to practice in the grotto-dwelling for a few more days. The spiritual energy of Zixu Heaven was naturally much better than the outside world, which could be considered their fate.

This trip out was certainly full of ups and downs and wonderful, but it was also fraught with danger. Returning to Zixu Heaven at this time and resting so wantonly, she felt that the invisible vigilance in her heart had melted away like ice and snow, and there was a sense of freedom of returning home after a long journey. Both Both Ruan Ci was not in a hurry to see the True Person, and said to Seeing Tianlu, "The True Person only said to see him when I wake up, but didn't say when. I haven't seen my master for a long time, and it's rare to return to the mountain, shouldn't I bathe and burn incense, and tidy up properly before daring to have an audience?"

Seeing Tianlu missed Both Both Ruan Ci very much and was obedient to her. Although Wang Wang Panpan was very disapproving on the side, it pretended not to see it and smiled, "Then Miss Ci, please eat something first. I invited the spiritual chef who serves the True Person to cook a table of good dishes for Miss Ci. Miss Ci seems to have lost weight outside, so you should make up for it properly."

Both Both Ruan Ci was naturally very satisfied, but Wang Wang Panpan couldn't stand Seeing Tianlu's spineless appearance. Seeing that Seeing Tianlu was just pestering Both Both Ruan Ci and acting like a spoiled child, it jumped to the window by itself and curled up to sleep. Seeing Tianlu rubbed against Both Both Ruan Ci, and couldn't help but rub its face against Both Both Ruan Ci's shoulder. Both Both Ruan Ci smiled, "Seeing Tianlu, it seems that only cats would rub against people like this, in order to leave their own scent. Are you a cat-deer?"

Seeing Tianlu's face turned slightly red, and it grabbed the two hair buns on its head to show its innocence, defending itself, "After Miss Ci left, I went back to the pavilion to work. The True Person is usually in seclusion, and few people come to the pavilion. I wanted to work faster, so I turned back into my original form and ran faster in the pavilion. Maybe I've been back for a long time, and now although I've transformed into a human, I still carry a trace of deer nature. When I went to see Miss Yu a few days ago, I couldn't help but rub against her several times."

Both Both Ruan Ci asked about Qin Qin Fengyu. She didn't have any major problems. As soon as she returned to the mountain, she rested for two days and had already gone into seclusion to impact the Golden Core. Once she entered meditation, it would be at least a year. If it didn't go well, it could be ten or twenty years, depending on when the most suitable time to achieve the Golden Core would appear.

While they were talking, a table of banquet was already set. The taste was naturally perfect, and all the precious spiritual materials from the Foundation Establishment stage were used. This was naturally Seeing Tianlu going to the warehouse again, using True Person Wang's chicken feathers as a token to scrape some benefits for Both Both Ruan Ci. Both Both Ruan Ci ate a few chopsticks, thought of the delicious spiritual food in the Hengze Heaven, and couldn't help but smile, "It's a pity, the spiritual food in the Eternal Dao City must be very delicious, but when Yu Niang and I ate it, it was like eating mud, and we couldn't taste anything. On this journey, only in the Jin Bo market did I eat some good things that I could swallow."

When she was with Qu Qu Tan Yue, the two of them only cared about talking and didn't pay attention to their appetite. Both Both Ruan Ci mentioned the Jin Bo market and remembered, "By the way, I also bought some spiritual tea for Master."

As a Grotto-Heaven True Person, not to mention being rich in the world, the amount of materials True Person Wang held was unimaginable to Both Both Ruan Ci. Why would he care about her little intentions? When Both Both Ruan Ci bought it, she thought that she had forced Wang Wang Panpan to live in Zixu Heaven, and True Person Wang must be unhappy in his heart, so sending some things could be considered an apology. I don't know why, but when she returned to the sect at this time, she felt that she couldn't send it out. After being coy for a while, she took it out and handed it to Seeing Tianlu, saying, "It's not a good thing, you can keep it, don't tell the True Person specifically."

She sighed again, "There is nothing good in the Jin Bo market. I wanted to buy some fun things for you, but I didn't see anything. Later, in the Yiyunbei view, a peddler was selling immortal paintings. I wanted to buy a black and white flying bear to watch with you when I came back. Do you know the black and white flying bear? It is a kind of monster in the Green Jade Bright Hall. I didn't see what it looked like, I just heard it was extremely cute. It's a pity that he didn't paint it. Later I asked him again, and he said he hadn't seen a black and white flying bear and couldn't paint it. He wanted me to go to the Green Jade Bright Hall with him to catch one, take a good look, and then give me a painting."

The two whispered, all about these trivial matters, but they were very interested. Both Both Ruan Ci couldn't care about buying any gifts later, but Seeing Tianlu didn't care at all, his eyes shining brightly, "I don't like anything, I just like to hear all the fresh things in the Langhuan Zhou Tian. Miss Ci went to the Eternal Dao City in the Hengze Heaven, Miss Yu has already told me, she didn't go in, so she doesn't know much. What is in the Eternal Dao City? I can't wait for Miss Ci to tell me every single thing."

Both Both Ruan Ci wanted to tell him, but Seeing Tianlu didn't dare to listen, saying, "The True Person hasn't heard it carefully, how dare I listen first?"

He was the one who arranged the banquet for Both Both Ruan Ci, but now he was anxious to hear these things, wishing Both Both Ruan Ci would finish eating quickly. But thinking about it this way, his arrangement was very inappropriate. Seeing Tianlu was so anxious that sweat oozed from the tip of his nose. Both Both Ruan Ci saw through his thoughts at a glance, and felt that he was very cute in her heart. She had seen too many clever, changeable, and deep-minded people when she went out. At this time, being with Seeing Tianlu, she loved his innocence even more, and smiled, "Then let's go to Master's place quickly, and then arrange the banquet properly when we come back, and reorganize a table."

This remark was exactly what Seeing Tianlu wanted. He nodded like a garlic pounder, and led Both Both Ruan Ci out. Both Both Ruan Ci took time out of her busy schedule to touch Wang Wang Panpan and said, "You just have to wait a while."

Wang Wang Panpan turned over and exposed its chin for Both Both Ruan Ci to scratch, looking very cooperative, not knowing if it was afraid that Both Both Ruan Ci would take it to True Person Wang to listen together.

The two of them tossed and turned for a few hours, and finally got on the flying car and headed to the small courtyard on the high cliff where True Person Wang lived daily. Both Both Ruan Ci asked if Chi Pengpeng had returned to the mountain. Seeing Tianlu said, "The Hengze Heaven is open for one year, which is short. The illusion in the Wan Diegu might take several years. That bad girl should not be back yet."

He couldn't forget the flying car he borrowed, and talked about the movements of disciples like Lin Xianen, "They are all practicing well in the sect, and they will probably all reach Foundation Establishment within these ten years."

Both Both Ruan Ci had only been in the sect for twelve years and was already at the fourth layer of Foundation Establishment. Her cultivation speed had left her fellow disciples far behind. Even Ruan Rong was still practicing in the Seven Star Small Abode. Two years of time was just an insignificant period of boring practice for them, but for Both Both Ruan Ci, she had already experienced many stories. She couldn't wait to ask True Person Wang many questions. As soon as she arrived at the small courtyard on the high cliff, she jumped off the flying car, swept into the room, and called out, "Master, disciple is here to pay respects! Disciple misses you so much."

This was said without heart, casually said to please True Person Wang. When she was out, she missed Seeing Tianlu more than True Person Wang.

True Person Wang's Grotto-Heaven true body was here this time, and a faint glance came, with its own majesty. Both Both Ruan Ci was glanced at by him, her willfulness and impetuosity faded slightly, she knelt down and saluted according to the rules, and wanted to climb up without waiting for True Person Wang to speak. As soon as her body moved, she remembered the etiquette, so she had to stick out her tongue and kneel there properly again.

Seeing Tianlu followed her and broke in. Seeing Both Both Ruan Ci kneeling there, his footsteps paused, and he realized that he was also a bit rude, so he retreated a few steps and slipped out. True Person Wang shook his head slightly and said to Both Both Ruan Ci, "As soon as you come back, you have brought my spiritual pet to be wild."

He couldn't hear joy or anger in his words, and finally waved his hand to signal Both Both Ruan Ci to get up by herself. The furnishings in the room were very simple, still a bed and a chime, and nothing else. Both Both Ruan Ci looked left and right, not knowing where to sit, and couldn't sit next to True Person Wang by the bed. Just as she was hesitating, Seeing Tianlu walked in steadily with a tea tray, saying, "True Person, Miss Ci's filial piety is commendable, and she bought some spiritual tea for you at a high price."

Both Both Ruan Ci felt embarrassed when she heard him say that. Thinking about it now, the spiritual tea was bought casually in the Jin Bo market, how could it match True Person Wang's status. Seeing Tianlu seemed to be unaware of her look, and as he spoke, he pointed to the ground, turning out a jade table and a embroidered stool. Both Both Ruan Ci sat on the embroidered stool, and Seeing Tianlu gave her a look. Both Both Ruan Ci had to pick up the teacup from the tea tray and offer it, "Master, please drink tea."

True Person Wang took the jade cup with his long fingers, and finally a smile appeared on his lips, but he didn't drink it, just sniffed it slightly, and put it down. Both Both Ruan Ci thought he didn't like the tea she bought, and felt a little indignant in her heart, secretly saying, "I will never buy tea for you again."

Just as she thought this, True Person Wang said, "Where is the Jade Dew? Why don't you take it out yet?"

Qin Qin Fengyu naturally had already told him. Both Both Ruan Ci hurriedly took out the jade bottle and sent it to True Person Wang's hand. True Person Wang picked up the jade bottle with his long fingers, stared at it for a moment, and finally a look of satisfaction appeared on his face. Seeing Tianlu didn't miss the opportunity to say, "True Person, have you decided which of the nine countries to take for use?"

After the Hengze Jade Dew watered the spiritual mountain, the output of the spiritual mountain belonged to the Shangqing Sect, and the sect would allocate the output of one of the nine countries under the mountain to Zixu Heaven. This millennium output must not be a small number. Zixu Heaven's foundation was shallow, and with this nourishment, I believe it could gradually catch up with other Grotto-Heavens in terms of assets. This was all the benefits Both Both Ruan Ci had earned for Zixu Heaven—and True Person Wang had accepted all of this, but was unwilling to drink a cup of her tea!

Both Both Ruan Ci's mouth couldn't help but pout, and she made a sour face there. True Person Wang saw it in his eyes and couldn't help but chuckle, and asked her again, "What about the Donghua remnants, have you obtained them?"

This was a serious matter, Both Both Ruan Ci had to put down that little temper, and hurriedly said, "I got two things in the Hengze Heaven, I don't know what they are, and I don't know which one is the Donghua sword intent. But I got some in Huang Shoushan, and my cultivation has improved because of it."

At this time, she had actually reported to True Person Wang with incense halfway, but at this time, she started from the beginning, telling True Person Wang everything that happened after she went out, even the friends she made on the way, except for Little Su and Qu Qu Tan Yue, she didn't hide anything from True Person Wang. She had many stories on this journey, and it took a full few hours to tell them slowly. Seeing Tianlu was also anxious, happy, and regretful for a while. True Person Wang listened to everything without changing his expression, so he did the reaction of two people by himself.

The part in Huang Shoushan was okay. After getting on the boat, Seeing Tianlu began to hold his breath. When he heard how Both Both Ruan Ci judged that the Hengze Heaven was the remnant of the old universe, and that she and Qin Qin Fengyu could not integrate into the Dao City because of this, and later by chance, she entered the city, and even the various changes in the Eternal Dao City, as well as how everyone climbed the Dao foundation, what scenes they saw on each layer, how to use Little Su to get the Dew-Bearing Plate, and when they came to the turning point of the Dao dispute, obtained the Hengze Jade Dew from the Phoenix blood tears, were given some things by True Person Hengze, extinguished the illusion array, and escaped from the tunnel to the sea, were fixed by spiritual pressure in the sea, had to trigger the Hengze Jade Dew, and were injected by inexplicable things in the Treasure Cloud Sea, he couldn't help but exclaim, staring at Both Both Ruan Ci with big eyes, almost dancing with joy, venting the emotions in his heart, and afraid that this would delay him from continuing to listen to the story, so he had to force himself to endure.

Among them, Both Both Ruan Ci omitted all the narratives related to the Dao Ancestor. Some were intentional, but some were impossible. For example, the fall of the Phoenix, she saw many details, but in the end, she could only say one sentence, 'The Yin-Yang Five Elements Dao Ancestor killed them all', but True Person Wang did not pursue it. He at least knew that Both Both Ruan Ci had hidden a very critical magic weapon, which was the silver hairpin, but Both Both Ruan Ci didn't say it, and he didn't ask. Both Both Ruan Ci told the experience until the two reunited on the clouds, and then stopped. The first question that floated into her heart at this time was related to the Dao dispute. "Master, in your opinion, why can't those cultivators return to the Langhuan Zhou Tian?"

True Person Wang did not answer immediately, but asked, "What did you think at that time?"

Both Both Ruan Ci stammered, "I just thought, True Person Hengze had already lost in the Dao dispute, so this Dao dispute is also destined to lose. Being in it may not be a good thing, and may fall with the final battle. I have seen vaguely in the practice of Huang Shoushan how the Yin-Yang Five Elements Dao Ancestor killed that innate Phoenix. If that sword was also reproduced on the battlefield, all the Dao soldiers in the Hengze Heaven might die. ——Of course, maybe this is just my wild imagination, and it may not end like this in the end, but no matter what, it is only a few months in the Hengze Heaven, and it is not worth taking such a risk for the reward."

She didn't expect that the illusion array would disappear in the end, and everyone would be safe, but they couldn't return to the Langhuan Zhou Tian at all.

True Person Wang did not laugh at Both Both Ruan Ci, but said, "With your knowledge, being able to think of these, it's still... not stupid."

He paused, and Seeing Tianlu gave Both Both Ruan Ci an affirmative look, as if saying that Both Both Ruan Ci was actually very smart. True Person Wang didn't see it, and said indifferently, "After you got the Dew-Bearing Plate, if you hadn't extinguished the illusion array, those Hengze Dao soldiers might have died at that time. The sword issued by the Yin-Yang Dao Ancestor, except for mortals, can be avoided, the cause and effect spread, and all cultivators of the Hengze Dao system will be killed. Although it is in the illusion array, they have already entered the array. If the master of the illusion array has no special arrangements, the illusion array will continue to operate according to certain rules. You saved their lives at that time."

Both Both Ruan Ci couldn't help but say, "This is also my thought. I thought that since I turned off the illusion array in time, they might not die. But I didn't expect that they couldn't return to the Langhuan Zhou Tian —— I saw a person in the Hengze Heaven, she told me that she was a dream of a dream, a remnant of a remnant, a void of imaginary numbers, is it because they were contaminated with too much breath of the void of imaginary numbers, so they were rejected by real numbers?"

True Person Wang stared at Both Both Ruan Ci for a moment before saying, "It's not like that. After the illusion array is extinguished, the level you are in is real numbers. Cultivators who are contaminated with too much imaginary number breath and cannot return to real numbers will melt into imaginary numbers with the illusion array and cannot come out. Since they can return to real numbers, it shows that contamination with breath is not a problem. —— Before they joined the city defense, did they know this was a Dao dispute?"

Both Both Ruan Ci murmured, "I know."

True Person Wang asked again, "Do you know who the opponent is?"

Both Both Ruan Ci said, "Although it won't be mentioned specifically, if asked, they all say it."

True Person Wang said, "Have you contributed to killing the Yin-Yang Dao soldiers?"

Both Both Ruan Ci stammered, "Does it count if I have contributed? That Senior Brother Li and Junior Brother Fan also helped build the city wall array plate..."

True Person Wang let her draw the array plate, looked at it for two eyes, and said coldly, "The array plate they built is only a secondary array map, which only serves as a defense. If this array map has killed even one Dao soldier, I am afraid they will not be able to come out."

Even if this matter actually had nothing to do with her, Both Both Ruan Ci's cold sweat couldn't help but trickle down —— the horror of this cultivation world is not in the real sword and gun fighting, but in one wrong step, it is death and disappearance. This step might just be building a small array map for one side in the illusion array!

"Then, that means... if any cultivator, knowing that the opponent is the Yin-Yang Five Elements Dao Ancestor, still contributes to the Hengze Heaven and kills the Five Elements Dao soldiers, even in the illusion array, will be rejected by this universe from now on and can never return to real numbers?"

"Isn't this the common sense of the world? Knowing that you are you, but still attacking you, and causing damage to you, even if this damage is extremely small, don't you still recognize him as an enemy?" True Person Wang asked back, "Since he is your enemy, how can you allow him to enter your Dao domain? Isn't this universe the Dao domain of the Yin-Yang Five Elements Dao Ancestor? Since they have become enemies with the Yin-Yang Dao Ancestor, the Yin-Yang Dao rhyme will never allow them to enter the Dao domain. If they are allowed to come in, it is a very bad news for this universe."

Both Both Ruan Ci had nothing to argue, "But —— that's an illusion array!"

"For you, that's an illusion array, but for the Dao Ancestor, time, space, truth and illusion, cause and effect, are all hourglasses in his hands, which can be reversed at will." True Person Wang said indifferently, "Even in the Grotto-Heaven, there are people who can touch these rules, for example, the Heavenly Boat you once took. At that time, you only took it and didn't understand the truth. It was as ignorant as a baby. Now that you understand a little bit of human affairs, think about it again. It anchors cause and effect and is in the front of the line. Isn't it a kind of supernatural power that manipulates cause and effect in the hands?"

Both Both Ruan Ci had experienced the five senses of cultivators of various realms on those few layers of Dao foundation, and could also imagine the vision of Grotto-Heaven cultivators. Indeed, in the perception of Grotto-Heaven cultivators, time was no longer a river flowing downstream, but a solidified and distorted fragment, but it was not yet clear. Because of this, she remembered True Person Qingshan. Her true body was so huge. It seemed that for True Person Qingshan, space might be a rule that could be slightly distorted.

She had seen the spiritual energy star map of the Central Continent at the peak of Langhuan, and at that time, the Central Continent had the appearance of a giant holding a candle, which left a deep impression on Both Both Ruan Ci. This True Person Qingshan held a lantern, which was also a light-shining object. Both Both Ruan Ci wanted to ask True Person Wang if the giant was True Person Qingshan, and suddenly remembered the black and white turning eyes. She was most curious about this object, so she hurriedly asked, "What about that Envoy? Is he also a Yin-Yang Dao soldier? He guards Langhuan Heaven and doesn't allow True Person Hengze to escape? But he looks very bad! But his cultivation seems to be extremely high. Is this the peculiarity of the Dao soldiers under the Eternal Dao Ancestor?"

True Person Wang shook his head and said, "His cultivation is indeed very high, even exceeding the Grotto-Heaven by a line, but that is not a Yin-Yang Dao soldier, but a Dao slave of the Dongyang Dao Ancestor."

Dao slave? Cultivation even exceeds Grotto-Heaven?

Both Both Ruan Ci immediately fell into deeper confusion, "Dao slave... what is a Dao slave?"

True Person Wang said indifferently, "Do you think that Grotto-Heaven True Persons have already lived for a long time, and apart from fighting each other, there is no danger of falling?"

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