Chapter 150: Lu Xuan battles Chen Zhangsheng!

Lu Xuan, dao friend, how do you think to break this fate?

Lu Xuan gave a faint smile and asked back, "What do you think?"

Chen Zhangsheng looked at the outside of the thatched hut; fine rain fell on the ground, gathering into streams. After a moment's thought he said, "If this heavenly rain falls and gathers into a stream, then one's destiny changes, advancing toward life from death. Lu Xuan, dao friend, what do you think?"

Lu Xuan laughed, "Your vision is too small."

Chen Zhangsheng froze, clasped his hands and said, "Lu Xuan, dao friend, any higher opinion?"

Lu Xuan said, "Heavenly rain flowing into a stream, in the snap of a finger, is merely clinging to life; heavenly rain flowing into rivers, surging across the land, counts as long days."

Chen Zhangsheng's eyes lit up, as if inspired: "Rivers may be long, but they eventually end and can be cut off. Look at the Nan Huang Great Emperor—through the ages, many rivers have dried up and vanished on the Nan Huang land. This heavenly rain must flow into the vast sea to truly break fate! That is longevity."

Lu Xuan did not continue.

Chen Zhangsheng, however, was very pleased: "Hearing your words surpasses a thousand years of cultivation."

Although he and Lu Xuan spoke of rain, rivers, and the vast sea, in fact they were speaking of the way of life and death, the way of longevity.

If others cannot understand or think it's nothing special, then their Dao is too shallow.

At this moment.

Lu Xuan slowly shook his head, "Your vision is still too small."

Chen Zhangsheng: "……"

He stared dumbfounded.

Lu Xuan said, "Although the vast sea is great, the seas turn to mulberry fields, the ages undergo vicissitudes; one day the vast sea will also wither and die."

Chen Zhangsheng felt his mind go blank: "How then can one achieve longevity?"

Lu Xuan said, "The way of longevity is the power of time. Look in the Ancient Desolate Forbidden Zone: many great emperors contend with the power of time, unwilling to die or be reborn, thus staining themselves with an ominous force. Only by standing outside time, transcending the river of time, can one achieve longevity."

Chen Zhangsheng froze: "The river of time?"

Does it truly exist?

Lu Xuan's gaze was deep, like that of an unparalleled master, and he blurted, "I come from the river of time; what you see is merely a clone."

Chen Zhangsheng felt his scalp go numb.

As everyone knows, above the Great Emperor is the Supreme Realm.

And above the Supreme Realm?

He does not know!

Chen Zhangsheng asked, "Lu Xuan, dao friend, what lies above the Supreme Realm?"

Lu Xuan wore a mysterious look, "Telling you would be meaningless; you are far too lacking."

Chen Zhangsheng: "……"

He felt that Lu Xuan, dao friend, was becoming ever more mysterious.

Chen Zhangsheng asked, "What form does the river of time take?"

Upon hearing this, Lu Xuan's pupils glittered with starlight, as if the river of time were reflected in his eyes, making Chen Zhangsheng feel mysterious; Lu Xuan leisurely said, "The river of time is formless yet has form, traceless yet has traces. Since you have not transcended, even if I tell you, you cannot comprehend."

Chen Zhangsheng was stunned.

Simply because what Lu Xuan said exceeded his understanding of the Nan Huang cultivation system.

Chen Zhangsheng directly fell into contemplation.

This thought lasted half a day.

Lu Xuan simply lay down beside and slept.

Half a day later.

Chen Zhangsheng slowly opened his eyes and saw Lu Xuan snoring loudly.

There was basically no preparation.

He even turned his back to him.

Chen Zhangsheng's pupils suddenly contracted.

He discovered that Lu Xuan at this moment was like an ordinary mortal, all traces of cultivation vanished, his body subtly in accord with the Heavenly Dao, as if transcendent.

Is this not the state he has long pursued?

Moreover, in Lu Xuan he found that kind of "Dao" and "rhythm" unified with the Heavenly Dao.

For a moment, Lu Xuan's standing in his heart rose ever higher.

Chen Zhangsheng generally watched Lu Xuan sleep, while savoring his words, feeling they were too profound.

There is a feeling of having spoken, yet as if not spoken.

However, Chen Zhangsheng felt this was not Lu Xuan, dao friend's problem, but his own.

Simply because his comprehension is too poor.

Beside him, Lu Xuan slept without waking.

The next day.

Finally, Lu Xuan slowly opened his eyes, looked around, and was slightly startled.

After a moment, he then came to his senses.

He was a bit sleepy and dazed.

As it turned out, this place was not Xuan Qing Feng, but an unnamed peak in Bai Ya Prefecture.

He… had truly fallen asleep.

However, Lu Xuan pretended profundity and began to chant softly.

"Who first awakens from the great dream? I know it myself in life."

"In the thatched hut, spring sleep is sufficient; outside the window, the sun lingers."

The sound fell!

Chen Zhangsheng frowned slightly, feeling that Lu Xuan's recited poem contained profound mysteries, extremely profound.

Now every word and action of Lu Xuan carries a sense of transcendence.

A moment later.

Lu Xuan asked, "Fellow Daoist, where did we leave off?"

Chen Zhangsheng said, "Still the way of life and death, the way of longevity."

Lu Xuan feigned confusion, slightly furrowing his brow, "Fellow Daoist, haven't you realized yet? Yesterday I told this to other fellow Daoists, and they all understood."

Chen Zhangsheng was stunned, it's his own dullness!

Silence fell for an instant.

Chen Zhangsheng bowed respectfully, saying, "Lu Xuan fellow Daoist, I am truly dull; please expound the Dao once more."

Lu Xuan sighed, "Fellow Daoist, it's not that you are dull, but that you have taken the wrong path."

Chen Zhangsheng did not understand.

Lu Xuan said, "Do you think there is a longevity opportunity within the Martial Emperor Secret Realm and the Bronze Ancient Hall? Wrong."

Chen Zhangsheng fell into deep thought.

Lu Xuan said, "The Martial Emperor Secret Realm and the Bronze Ancient Hall are a great tomb. Seeking longevity in a great tomb means you have taken the wrong path."

Chen Zhangsheng startled, "Seeking longevity in a great tomb!"

Lu Xuan said lightly, "All beings in the world can gain experience from failure, but longevity is special—you should ask the living, not the dead. The dead are failures on the path of longevity; the losers have already eaten dust!"

The losers eat dust!

"Om!"

A flash of lightning crossed Chen Zhangsheng's mind.

Exactly!

The matter of longevity—do not ask the dead!

Chen Zhangsheng pondered for a moment, then looked at Lu Xuan, "Lu Xuan fellow Daoist, according to your view, how does one prove the Dao of longevity?"

Lu Xuan's gaze was deep; his fingertip traced in the air, writing two characters.

"Life!"

"Death!"

Having written, Lu Xuan looked at Chen Zhangsheng with a mysterious expression and said slowly, "The final stroke of life is also the first stroke of death. Life and death, the cycle never ceases! Fellow Daoist, you stand at the edge of the boundary between life and death."

The final stroke of life is also the first stroke of death!

The sound fell!

Chen Zhangsheng's body trembled.

He directly froze.

Could it be that Lu Xuan fellow Daoist truly saw through his body?

Indeed, his body does have a problem, involving an extremely terrifying secret of Nan Huang.

Yet, throughout Nan Huang, only he knows this!

Indeed, his body does have a problem!

For a moment, Chen Zhangsheng revealed a flaw, looking at Lu Xuan, a sharp light flashed in his eyes.

Lu Xuan smiled faintly, observing Chen Zhangsheng's reaction, knowing he had guessed correctly.

Since Chen Zhangsheng is so obsessed with the way of longevity, he must be facing a serious problem.

Just a light test, and it was revealed!

At this moment, sitting and discussing the Dao, Lu Xuan's "momentum" has already suppressed Chen Zhangsheng.

Chen Zhangsheng felt his most important trump card had already been known to Lu Xuan.

This encounter is a game of chess.

He has already lost half a move!

Beside him, Chen Zhangsheng fell into contemplation.

Lu Xuan curled his lips into a slight smile, proudly asking the system, "System, how do you evaluate my performance?"

The system wore a look of disdain, "You really got fooled by you!"

Lu Xuan smiled faintly.

Things have come to this.

Now we can reveal our cards to Chen Zhangsheng.

After all that talk, I just wanted Chen Zhangsheng to first lose to me in mindset.

Know that for someone like Chen Zhangsheng with deep obsession, attacking the mind is supreme.

Then he will win people over with virtue, and Chen Zhangsheng will surely only be able to become my disciple.

At this moment.

Chen Zhangsheng finally asked, "Lu Xuan fellow Daoist, since you have seen the long river of time, how can one achieve longevity?"

Lu Xuan revealed a "the dagger appears when the map is exhausted" smile, "Become my disciple, and you can gain longevity."

The sound fell!

Chen Zhangsheng was directly stunned.

What?

He did not mishear!

Lu Xuan wants to take him as a disciple?

No.

I treat you as a fellow Daoist, but you treat me as a disciple?

No wonder, from the moment they met, Lu Xuan already bore the demeanor of a teacher.

Fellow Daoist Lu Xuan, you're taking him as a disciple to discuss the Dao!

How could this be?

Chen Zhangsheng's heart was overcome by a huge wave.

All this time, he had been thinking about the ten thousand possibilities that could arise when meeting Lu Xuan.

He never expected that Lu Xuan had come to take on disciples!

Absurd!

He could never possibly become Lu Xuan's disciple.

Why?

Lu Xuan carries too much karma, and if he joins the Grand Dao Sect, the karma would be even greater.

Thinking of this,

Of the Thirty-Six Stratagems, fleeing is the best plan!

Chen Zhangsheng directly activated the Supreme Secret Technique, his main body fled at once, all in one smooth motion.

But though his main body fled, he left a wooden puppet to put on a show.

This wooden puppet is almost indistinguishable from his main body, and it puts on a pose of deep contemplation, looking at Lu Xuan: "Fellow Daoist Lu Xuan, that's a good suggestion; let me think about it."

Lu Xuan's lips curled slightly; he had already opened his Insight Eye.

He was guarding against this very move of Chen Zhangsheng.

He caught a faint glimmer of light drifting out from the thatched hut, arriving at a hidden spot in the Nameless Mountain Range.

Chen Zhangsheng's main body directly activated a teleportation array!

This is an Imperial Teleportation Array!

In an instant, Chen Zhangsheng's main body vanished.

Lu Xuan's face twitched.

No.

Just ask, in Nan Huang, which cultivator would bestow his own cultivation ground with an Imperial Array, ready to flee at any moment?

But Lu Xuan wasn't panicked at all.

Because the System had already marked Chen Zhangsheng's location.

Let Chen Zhangsheng fly a bit longer!

At that moment.

Chen Zhangsheng's wooden puppet asked, "Fellow Daoist Lu Xuan, what are you looking at?"

Lu Xuan smiled slightly, "Old Three, you're still pretending here. Isn't your main body already gone?"

Chen Zhangsheng's wooden puppet froze.

How is that possible?

How did Fellow Daoist Lu Xuan discover that?

His scalp went numb.

For the first time, he felt that someone in Nan Huang could threaten him.

Lu Xuan smiled faintly, "Old Three, we're discussing the Dao; since we've had a literary contest, let's also have a martial bout."

The words fell.

Lu Xuan directly crushed the Eight-Star Grand Emperor Experience Card.

Boom!

Lu Xuan's cultivation began to surge.

Saint King Realm!

Half-Emperor!

One-Star Grand Emperor!

…

Eight-Star Grand Emperor!

Terrifyingly overwhelming imperial aura surged like a tide in all directions; Lu Xuan's white robe billowed, divine radiance flowed over him, and with every gesture, Dao and Rhyme spread outward.

Lu Xuan lightly exhaled.

This is the Eight-Star Grand Emperor!

He felt his body brimming with tremendous power; his inner world was like a continent, like a star, power overflowing, immensely mighty.

Indeed, one star, one world!

Lu Xuan could directly feel the tremendous difference in power between the Seven-Star Grand Emperor Experience Card and the Eight-Star Grand Emperor Experience Card.

Seeing this, Chen Zhangsheng's wooden puppet quickly waved its hand, "Fellow Daoist Lu Xuan, wait!"

Lu Xuan ignored the wooden puppet and headed straight for the outside of the thatched hut.

Suddenly!

The wooden puppet flicked its sleeve at Lu Xuan, "Fellow Daoist Lu Xuan, I have offended you!"

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