Chapter 29: Ancient Land

Su Li sighed long and said: "Everything in this world, no matter what kind, will be restricted by the Heavenly Dao once it is strong to a certain range. The 'high' realm of people will be restricted, and a country that is too prosperous will also be restricted."

"Accidentally entering a 'nine deaths and one life' dangerous situation, dying suddenly due to various accidents, or cultivation going astray..."

"These all belong to Heavenly Dao restrictions!"

"The more you reach 'that' level, the more clearly you can see where the Heavenly Dao restrictions are."

"Your kind of Heavenly Dao restriction is very rare. With your current realm, you shouldn't be restricted too much. Strange..."

Lu Fang was silent. Just when Su Li was telling it.

The Realm Spirit of the Ink Brush Realm "dotted ink" in his mind. In an instant, he knew more information about the Heavenly Dao restrictions of this world.

The Haoran Zhengqi and literary talent he read out were indeed much less than ordinary people, and he was indeed restricted by the Heavenly Dao.

It was not just him who was restricted by the Heavenly Dao!

The reason why the Ink Brush Realm had always been walking on the edge of dreams and reality was also because it was restricted by the Heavenly Dao of this world.

For this world, Lu Fang and the Ink Brush Realm were outsiders and were not recognized by the Heavenly Dao. This kind of special Heavenly Dao restriction would be reflected more as his realm became higher.

Unless...

Su Li saw Lu Fang's expression was ugly and comforted:

"You don't have to worry too much. In this world, everything generates and restrains each other. There are Heavenly Dao restrictions, and naturally there are ways to break them. As long as your luck is enough, you can offset the restrictions."

Lu Fang's mouth was full of bitterness. What Su Li said was consistent with the information in "Dotted Ink."

If you want to fight against the Heavenly Dao restrictions, you must obtain enough luck.

The way to obtain luck is what "big influence" things you have done. How big your reputation is, you will obtain corresponding luck.

But Lu Fang wrote "Dream of the Red Chamber" and "Liaozhai Zhiyi Nie Xiaoqian," and two imagery-level poems.

His influence and reputation in the Great Zhou Dynasty were already very large.

However, the Heavenly Dao restrictions showed no signs of weakening.

That is to say, the Heavenly Dao's restriction on him was too great, and the luck he obtained was simply not enough to offset most of the Heavenly Dao restrictions.

Lu Fang had done this, what else did he need to do to increase influence and reputation? Did he want him to be the Emperor and exterminate all alien races other than the human race?

Su Li didn't notice Lu Fang's expression and said to himself:

"It's a pity that you are only Eighth Rank, First Stage now. If you enter the 'Lower Upper Realm' that opens once every ten years, there will be a certain danger. Otherwise, going there to seize luck will improve your situation."

"Lower Upper Realm? Seize luck?"

The "fire" in Lu Fang's eyes was jumping.

Su Li nodded and said: "The Lower Upper Realm opens once every ten years. People within the Seventh Rank, Third Stage Scholar Realm can enter it. The Heavenly Dao there is incomplete and cannot restrict luck, causing luck to be attached to all things..."

After a round of questions and answers, Lu Fang completely understood what the Lower Upper Realm was.

In the ancient times, the "great powers" of all races fought and destroyed a certain area. This destroyed area, which is on an unknown place outside this world, is called the Lower Upper Realm.

The Heavenly Dao of the Lower Upper Realm is incomplete and cannot restrict luck.

This causes luck to be attached to all things. Entering the Lower Upper Realm to kill all things attached to luck, and then using special refining means, one can obtain ownerless luck.

The Lower Upper Realm generally restricts the realm of entering it.

The Seventh Rank Lower Upper Realm that opens once every ten years restricts only people within the Seventh Rank Scholar Realm to enter.

When the Lower Upper Realm opens in early November, it is not just the Confucian school that will enter; all parties will enter by then.

As long as you enter the Lower Upper Realm, killing people can seize the other party's luck.

The Lower Upper Realm is full of dangers, and the quotas are extremely scarce. Generally, they are only given to people with Seventh Rank, Third Stage strength.

Being one rank and one stage lower, going there is extremely disadvantageous.

Not to mention that the Lower Upper Realm also has "Ancient Land," a place with great restrictions on "Confucianism."

Su Li explained: "Ancient Land is a part of the residual marks left by the great powers of all races fighting in ancient times. The power of these residual marks is so great that they still exist even after a long period of time."

"This is unique to the Lower Upper Realm with incomplete Heavenly Dao."

"Entering the Ancient Land with residual marks, one can perceive the supernatural power contained within."

"If recognized, one can also obtain the inheritance of a certain imprint supernatural power."

"This situation has a premise: one needs to be of the same race as the great power who left the residual mark to obtain this opportunity. If one is not of the same race, one will be suppressed by the 'Ancient Land'."

"In the ancient times, there were very few great powers of the human race, so we rarely see the residual marks of human great powers. In the Ancient Land, the two major forces of alien races, the demon and barbarian races, are the most like fish in water..."

Eldest Senior Brother Su Li warned Lu Fang before leaving that he must not go to the Lower Upper Realm until he reached the Seventh Rank, Third Stage.

The Lower Upper Realm opens in early November, and there are less than forty days left.

Lu Fang cannot raise his realm to the Seventh Rank, Third Stage in such a short time, but he has a reason to go to the Lower Upper Realm.

Twenty-ninth year of Tianfeng.

September 27th.

"Dream of the Red Chamber" has already been serialized up to the forty-third chapter in the Great Zhou Literary Gazette, and the plot is getting better and better, sparking a city-wide discussion in the capital.

"Flower Burial Chant"

"Flowers fade, flowers fly, flowers fill the sky; red fades, fragrance breaks, who is there to pity them?"

"Soft threads of silk drift in the spring pavilion; light willow catkins touch the embroidered curtains."

"The girl in her boudoir laments the passing of spring; her heart is full of sorrow with nowhere to release it."

"Holding a flower hoe, she exits the embroidered curtains; how can she bear to tread on the fallen flowers as she comes and goes..."

"Peaches and plums may bloom again next year; but who will be in the boudoir next year..."

"Now that you have died, I bury you; I do not know when my own body will perish."

"I bury the flowers today and people laugh at my folly; who will bury me in years to come?"

"Just watch as spring fades and flowers gradually fall; that is the moment when a beautiful woman grows old and dies."

"Once spring is gone and the beauty has aged; flowers fall and people die, neither knowing of the other!"

When I first read "Dream of the Red Chamber," I was dismissive of the "Flower Burial Chant," but reading it again today, every word is heart-wrenching in its sorrow; my heart feels so blocked that I want to "cry" before the tears even fall!

Once "Daiyu Buries the Flowers" was published, I don't know how many young ladies in their boudoirs were moved to tears, and how many sorrows were stirred in their hearts.

This "Flower Burial Chant" is being recited in song and dance houses everywhere, having become the grand finale of every night's stage performance, pursued by numerous romantic scholars.

The backyard of Li Fu.

In a boudoir.

Li Yu sat on the floor with a troubled brow; in front of her was a low table, on which lay the "Flower Burial Chant" written in small, elegant regular script.

Having learned of Lin Daiyu's fate from Lv Fang, she felt even more deeply when reading the "Flower Burial Chant."

"Flowers fade, flowers fly, flowers fill the sky; red fades, fragrance breaks, who is there to pity them?"

As soon as Li Yu opened her mouth, a breeze blew through the boudoir, and petals of pink peach blossoms appeared out of thin air, "whispering" comfort around her.

Lv Fang, who was bowing his head to transcribe "Dream of the Red Chamber," looked up as if he had sensed something; the peach blossoms around him danced in the wind, and as he reached out to pinch a petal, he said in surprise: "Someone has obtained the supernatural power 'Flower Burial Chant' by reading 'Dream of the Red Chamber'!"