Chapter 224: Three Sutras, Five Classics, Eight Arts, Nine Books

At these words, not only was Master Qiao Rui startled in her heart, but she couldn't help lifting her head to look at Chen Heng.

Even Chen Heng raised the corner of his eye almost imperceptibly, a flicker moving within his gaze.

In accordance with the regulations of the Yu Yuchen Sect.

Anyone who enters the Yu Yuchen Sect as the chief among the Ten Great Disciples shall personally receive from the Upper Truth of the Dao Record Hall a talisman decree for entry and exit.

Relying on this decree, one may enter the Dao Record Hall and freely select one of the Five Zheng Fa for cultivation.

This is also the Yu Yuchen Sect's intention to reward Mei Mei Gongxing and encourage the junior disciples.

As for the so-called Five Zheng Fa.

They are the supreme subtle arts upon which the Yu Yuchen Sect has relied, transmitted from the ancient Dao Court era down to the present.

The various lofty aspects within them, unless personally experienced and realized by one who has undergone them, are extremely difficult to know and hard to describe; they are the true foundation of the Yu Yuchen Sect, the accumulation of methods over ten thousand ages!

When classified and opened up.

Dun Dun Jiesuo chuckled softly:

They are called the Twenty-Five Zheng Fa!

Establishing the Dao of Heaven to stabilize humanity!

Regarding the question and answer happening right before their eyes, he heard not even half a word of the situation.

The functions of the Yu Yuchen Sect naturally require little explanation.

Da Jiao Dian put down the large and small packages in his hands and hurriedly followed after.

Dun Dun Jiesuo sighed: "Old man truly has one matter he does not understand; it has lingered in my heart, troubling me for a long time, yet I know not when I ought to speak of it."

"You..."

"He usually resides among deep mountains and small marshes, detached from the world and separated from the mundane; how would he have any opportunity to witness the bustle of the human world? Moreover, even if he goes up the mountain, does that mean he will encounter the New Year festival every single time?"

The crowd was bustling and noisy, the shouts rising like a tide.

Those words, Dun Dun Jiesuo had already spoken to me before.

The Yu Yuchen Sect art that Tang Tang Guangshu cultivates is a lower divine power of the Zhongtian Dou Shu Sect; its name, it seems, is called the Central Heaven Dou Shu.

It is thus:

Chen Heng angrily took it into his hand, intending to hide it away in a box, but before he had walked a few steps, she turned back.

"Just for the sake of festivity, you all should also put some up and have some fun!"

Before attaining the Dao, then practicing the restraint of the Dao...

Chen Yu let out a heavy laugh.

However, as the old saying goes:

"This person he calls Senior Sister, this Wei Wei Lingjiang."

Chen Yu did not wish to make him feel any more embarrassed; she merely faintly picked up a pair of small red couplets, unfolded them to glance at for a few moments, then walked toward the courtyard.

Between the two, it is like comparing a swan to a sparrow.

Dun Dun Jiesuo followed Chen Yu's gaze, clapped his hands, and laughed carelessly:

Chen Yu spoke:

"Before I betrayed the Zhongtian Dou Shu Sect, I was already the foremost in divination above the Dao Lord realm, known as calculating four hundred years into the future and four hundred years into the past, moving with the Heavenly Mechanisms and the hearts of men."

Heaven and earth were vast and distant, quiet and leisurely, as if melted into this expanse of white, completely indistinguishable from one another.

In the future, there will inevitably be a day when Tang Jin Guang confronts the Zheng Fa Shu; that is an unavoidable matter.

Inside the gate, Chen Yu wore a crane cloak, her figure slender, her narrow robe like clouds, holding a large golden bell in her hand.

One could see that inside it was full of fish, meat, cakes, dried foods, and other items, along with several large red couplets inscribed with phrases praying for blessings and peace; the colors were vivid, indeed festive.

As for the Si Gong and the Four Books, these belong to the category of divine powers.

"Everything depends on what happens eight years from now! Only by entering the Divination Dharma and becoming a true disciple of the Divination Dharma do you qualify to scheme against the Seventy-Two Master Qiao Rui."

And although divine powers do not show any obvious grades, as the accumulation of ten thousand ages of the Divination Dharma, whether Si Gong or the Four Books, they all far surpass those ordinary divine powers!

"I have not yet spoken, yet you two have already said all there is to say."

"What do you mean by that?"

Among the Seventy-Two Master Qiao Rui, the Three Sutras and Five Classics are cultivation Gong Fa used for birth of heaven and establishment of earth; their Qi Gong is hard to fathom, pointing directly to the supreme Immortal Dao.

Furthermore, the founding intent of the Yu Yuchen Sect was originally to use human effort to attain the mysteries of Yin-Yang and the Five Elements, of generation and restriction, striving to exhaust the source of heaven and earth's creation and transformation.

As for the so-called Plum Blossom Yi Shu.

It was not known how long later, when she was awakened by a sound of "knock, knock, knock" at the door.

"Senior, please speak freely; there is no harm."

Therefore, between Dao practice cultivation and the Yu Yuchen Sect, the two are by no means opposed; in truth, there exists a hidden harmony between them, allowing one to draw analogies from one kind of thing to another and increase one's inspiration for cultivating the Dao.

Immediately, the crowd surged, and joyful shouts were heard rising like a tide.

The Dharma is not transmitted to six ears; the Dao is not bestowed upon non-humans.

In the courtyard, many people were already pasting up couplets; the entire street and alleyway was a stretch of red.

"Just for this one day, it won't delay any work; you might as well treat it as an official's day of rest! I hear the lantern festival tomorrow is quite bustling; go take a look, soak up some of the lively atmosphere; it can't be bad."

However, regarding exactly which supreme divine powers constitute the Si Gong and the Four Books, Chen Yu did not know the details, and Shen Yuan had not explained them in depth either...

Lanterns were hung and colorful decorations tied everywhere; it was bustling and festive.

Dun Dun Jiesuo watched this scene, then shifted his gaze again to Chen Yu in the courtyard holding the large red couplets; the tension in his heart slowly relaxed, and a touch of aged smile appeared in his eyes.

After a long silence, Dun Dun Jiesuo suddenly let out a bitter laugh.

Dun Dun Jiesuo chuckled:

Chen Heng counted on his fingers, feeling there were still several good hours until the lantern festival, and seeing that there was no movement or sound from the room where Chen Yu and Dun Dun Jiesuo were.

"A gift from my elders; I was told that according to the customs of the Zhao State, during the New Year festival, unmarried men and women are each presented by their family elders with a bell—those from wealthy families receive a golden bell, those from poorer households a copper one, and those even less fortunate receive a bell carved from wood, which is still something."

Then, as his gaze shifted.

Among the people of the Four Great Lower Academies, no matter how overflowing their talent or how far-reaching their fame, they possessed not even a shred of the qualification to consult it.

I urgently spoke, paused for a moment, and said:

……

Bang!

……

Eight Classics and Seven Canons, Four Arts and Four Books—

"Among the eighty-one thousand techniques and formulas of the Divination Department, the Plum Blossom Numerology also ranks among the lowest, yet it stands on equal footing with the Central Heaven Star Numerology of the Dou Shu Sect! The difference in ranking between the two is merely a few places."

Seeing this, Chen Yu shook his head:

"It is entirely a distinction between clouds and mud; they cannot be discussed together."

Or perhaps it refers to the Twenty-Five Classics of Yu Yuchen!

You followed the crowd, parted ways with Chen Yu and the Dun Dun Jiesuo at a fork in the road, and turned down another path.

I smiled and said.

After silently making up my mind, I gave it no further thought, merely performing a bow of gratitude.

"Severing ties and extinguishing emotions is not the righteous path; I truly fear he will follow the same old road as the Five Zheng Fa Pivot... Even if one speaks of love and affection, lacking a bit of human warmth beneath oneself is ultimately bad."

Tang Jin Guang nodded, indicating he understood.

"Bad!"

Comprehending heavenly principles, discerning fortune and misfortune, predicting the future...

The Dun Dun Jiesuo was delighted.

Both belong to the Sipaiba Sect.

You thought to yourself.

Just as several children dressed in thick winter clothes were giggling while lighting a long string of firecrackers, an instant later, a crackling explosion erupted, shaking the entire street and alley, filling the air with smoke and fire, and sending dust flying.

"Bad! Bad!"

"……"

All seven locations were decorated with lanterns and colorful streamers, brilliant with the glow of fireworks.

Only when one has accumulated sufficient merit points can one go to the Hall of Dao Records to exchange merit points for the qualification to consult the Seventy-Seven Master Qiao Rui.

Once cultivation is complete, one can immediately become an immortal and ascend to heaven in broad daylight!

And based on Shen Yuan's usual few words of guidance, Chen Yu had also learned a little about the inside story.

"Plum Blossom Numerology, Central Heaven Star Numerology..."

The ground was not yet a pure expanse of white; snow fell rustling down.

The Dun Dun Jiesuo watched with a chuckle for a long while, then suddenly grabbed a pair of firecrackers and walked toward the courtyard.

This was because, in ancient times, when people cultivated, they inherently followed the Way of observing heaven and executed the actions of heaven.

So he calmed his mind, climbed onto the meditation cushion, and once again began to enter meditative cultivation.

As the voice fell.

That is divine power!

When his gaze landed on the large and small bundles carried by the male servant Da Jiao Dian, Chen Yu felt slightly surprised.

The Divination Method possesses the Seventy-Seven Master Qiao Rui.

Chen Heng nodded repeatedly.

"I heard that this Plum Blossom Numerology is extremely powerful, counting as a high-grade technique even within the Tang Jin Guang Yuan. In years past, the Dao Court ordered the Grand Historian Mei Mei Gongxing and others to compile the 'Golden Chapter of the Earthly Gate,' gathering the various laws of the universe to awe the ten thousand heavens and ten thousand paths, during the time of immortals, Buddhas, gods, and sages."

Chen Heng nodded repeatedly.

The Dun Dun Jiesuo hurriedly shouted.

I smiled faintly: "Could it be that Senior has forgotten? Since you have already refined him, you naturally know the state of this true consciousness like the back of your hand. In your opinion, if he utilizes his own magic power, living steadily for another few hundred years should pose no obstacle; how could the situation be as slight as you describe? As for those words, they seem somewhat exaggerated."

But even so, under the circumstance where it is bad to utilize cultivation base.

At that moment, the sky was already slightly dusky; from time to time, fireworks rose into the sky and burst open, dyeing the frosty clouds with brilliant colors.

And beneath the Daoist arts.

"Today, they even arranged this scene... what are they afraid of? Are they afraid you might become the next Tang Jin Guang Pivot?"

Though the crowd was jostling, no one managed to brush against the hems of the two people's clothes.

It obscured the forward view like a thick fog, making it impossible for people to see clearly.

Three Classics, Five Canons, Eight Arts, Nine Books.

"Wait, this pair was specially selected by me; you must paste them properly, and do not forget to hang up this auspicious talisman!"

It was actually Da Jiao Dian who was extremely vigilant, desperately tugging on Chen Heng's arm as if firmly grabbing a rabbit's ears, thus preventing Chen Heng from running off.

Tang Jin Guang walked through the crowd, feeling slightly dazed yet also excited, unable to stop looking left and right, as if seeing such a bustling marketplace for the first time, finding everything novel.

Hearing this, the Dun Dun Jiesuo's old face instantly turned red, and he could only talk about other things to distract from the topic.

"The Lantern Festival has already begun; Senior is waiting ahead, let us go."

"I am not yet so foolish as to reach that extent."

Usually, only the magic power of a Jin Dan True Person can unleash divine power and bear the enormous consumption.

And in the cultivation of orthodox Immortal Dao, regardless of proficiency, high-stage cultivators will all choose one of the Twenty-Five Yu Yuchen Sects to cultivate.

Within the orthodox Immortal Dao, Daoist arts are divided into upper, middle, and lower three grades.

As far as Chen Yu knew, the Five Zheng Fa Pivot was a major figure within the Yu Yuchen Sect.

One must face life and death, undergo numerous hardships and tribulations, and accumulate vast merit for the sect.

"This old man wishes to know... what exactly is the relationship between him and this man?"

Chen Yu fell silent for a moment, then nodded slightly.

The laughter was crisp and joyful, so loud that even firecrackers could not mask it, as if striving to pierce the clouds.

Seeing this, Dun Dun Jiesuo smiled.

Those other few families must also possess formidable methods; it is not certain they are much inferior...

Suddenly, several bundles of fireworks shot up from the roadside and burst, their light like flying lightning, rumbling down to briefly illuminate the small city beneath the winter clouds!

The universe lies within the hand; myriad transformations are born from the body. Heavenly nature is man; the human heart is the mechanism.

Every single one of those methods was extraordinary, all extremely formidable!

Chen Heng nodded again.

After the brief, ear-splitting roar.

"Young man, to speak words beyond my station: since all those events, this old man has regarded you as a grandson of my own blood. I do not fear you, nor have I ever doubted you..."

"Every inch of this city, every whisper of wind or rustle of grass, lies within this old man's control. You, Miss, are truly a noble daughter of a prestigious family, yet remarkably free of arrogance. Today, simply enjoy yourself to your heart's content; it is no trouble."

"Though we do not know why no one pursued us, this is ultimately a good thing; our anxious fears can finally be set aside for now!"

Tang Jin Guang nodded.

"Tomorrow is the New Year festival; before long, the seven academies will gather at Heming Mountain!

If fate allows in the future, we may yet have the chance to witness it."

At this moment.

Even for those disciples who entered Yuchenshang Sect wishing to study the Shi Wu Zheng Fa, it was not as easy as observing the lines on one's palm.

He sighed silently in his heart.

"..."

The next day.

By the time she had properly stored the golden bell and dragged the male servant Xiao Jiao Dian out of the courtyard gate, many households had already emerged into the streets and alleys, arranging to go view the lanterns together.

"Among the Si Gong, there is also the Yu Yuchen Sect? I wonder what their background truly is?"

"This old man has little time left; how much longer can I accompany you? Even if you do not respect the monk, you must respect the Buddha! What harm is there in showing respect to an elder just once?"

"A day's effort causes no real loss. Since the senior speaks of respecting the elderly, then let us respect the elderly."

At that moment, a slight interest stirred in Tang Jin Guang's heart; he bowed solemnly and asked Dun Dun Jiesuo for guidance.

"We also cultivate; I am not so worried about the safety of two cultivators. But you, senior..."

"Young man, this old man is no ordinary cook! Tomorrow, after viewing the lantern festival, I shall truly broaden your horizons!"

Amidst the bustling noise, there permeated a quietude of leisure and joy, gentle as flowing water...

Divine abilities do not have such strict distinctions of high and low as Daoist arts; no obvious grades are seen.

Only by knowing oneself and knowing the enemy can one win every battle, avoiding sudden confusion when matters come to a head.

"That Yu Yuchen Sect among the Si Gong is named Plum Blossom Numerology. Legend holds that because the Divination Method once achieved a great heavenly merit during the era of the Dao Court, the various Sages of the Dao Court specially lifted the legal prohibitions and personally bestowed this Yu Yuchen Sect upon the Divination Method."

Thus, regarding the capabilities of one's opponents, one must at least gain some familiarity with them, keeping a preparation in mind.

Only after a long while did the trifling sounds of wheels crushing the ground, human voices, and locking bolts gradually arrive, brightening the ears, as if the entire city had awakened from this misty snow, gradually becoming quiet.

Tang Jin Guang offered a brief explanation, then handed over the golden bell in his hand.

It is not a true treasure scripture proving the Dao, containing no supreme secrets!

Combined into one place.

When Chen Heng awakened from meditation, he rose, pushed open the window, and leaned on the windowsill to look outside.

Regarding figures like the Pivot of the Five Zheng Fa, Chen Yu believed that no matter how careful one was, it would never be excessive...

"Correct!"

"Last night, it truly snowed heavily."

Hearing Chen Yu's inquiry, Dun Dun Jiesuo slowly stroked his long, flower-white beard and shook his head, saying:

"I..."

Behind him, Chen Heng hurriedly grabbed a pair as well and, brimming with excitement, ran toward her small house, skipping and jumping.

"Since you used the Sword Talisman to slay Wei Wei Wanhua, you have been deeply worried. Although you have concealed it extremely well, it is not entirely seamless.

However, setting that aside.

Even a Dongxuan Eighth-Refinement Master, only one step away from the Jin Dan, would mostly lack the strength; during Dharma battles, they could only employ upper-tier Daoist arts to confront enemies.

"You young man, why do you act like a stubborn minister, making everyone so uncomfortable!"

Only by becoming the chief among the top ten disciples, standing alone at the head, can one select one method from the Shi Wu Zheng Fa for cultivation.

Hearing this, Dun Dun Jiesuo was startled.

Chen Heng spoke loudly, nodding; but when he saw Chen Yu's gaze, he immediately lowered his head, looking left and right.

"This..."

"It seems this old man is indeed poor at deception... you already knew?"

That Shi Wu Zheng Fa has never been easy to obtain.

"Yes!"