Longevity: Start by practicing the ruthless way

"You're right. There are indeed some people who don't believe in reincarnation, but when their lives are about to end, they long to be reincarnated and live another life. Therefore, before they die, they will forge three coffins and three monuments for themselves, hoping to transfer the boundless power of their past and future lives to help them return to life in this life."

To put it simply, it means to transfer the lifespan and spiritual fruits of the previous life and the next life to yourself in this life.

"As for whether this method is feasible, no one can say for sure. Anyway, I have never heard of anyone actually coming back from the dead and crawling out of the coffin."

Ling Xiaoke stared at Gu Chi and said quietly, "Do you know who was the first person to come up with this idea?"

Gu Chi said: "The three reincarnations were proposed by Buddhism, so aren't they Buddhists?"

Ling Xiaoke shook his head and pointed to the sky above him, saying, "There's an ancient sect up there called Tianji Xuanfu. They were the first to come up with this method of channeling the power of reincarnation to return to life after death."

Gu Chi was shocked. "Above?" Did he mean the upper realm?

"Under the premise that no unexpected events occurred, the Dao Masters of the Hongmeng Dao Field would only accept one disciple in their lifetime. Although I have never truly become one..."

When Ling Xiaoke said this, a look of sadness appeared on his weathered old face.

Gu Chi did not interrupt him, knowing that the old man was talking about the Hongmeng Dojo from a long time ago, which had little to do with the dilapidated mountain gate they had rebuilt.

"At that time, the old Taoist master of Hongmeng Daochang believed that Tianji Xuanfu was spreading such evil and unorthodox methods that violated the operation of heaven, and there must be some unknown conspiracy behind it."

Lingxiaoke said: In the past, the old Taoist master of Hongmeng Taoist Temple neglected many things in the Taoist Temple in order to find out the conspiracy of Tianji Xuanfu, and did not train a decent successor. This was also a factor that led to the eventual decline and destruction of Hongmeng Taoist Temple.

"Did the old Taoist master find out anything?" Gu Chi asked. She also felt that Tianji Xuanfu must have ulterior motives in spreading such evil ways that went against the laws of nature.

"I don't know. At that time, I was just a handyman in the Taoist temple." Ling Xiaoke sighed lightly.

As far as he knew, the old Taoist master discovered that someone was casting the Three Worlds Stone Stele in the territory of the Jiuli Dynasty, so he went to investigate in person. During this period, some unusual changes occurred, which eventually led to the damage of the old Taoist master's origin.

Afterwards, the Hongmeng Taoist Temple suffered a catastrophe of annihilation. Led by the Xuanyuan Immortal Palace, it united various transcendent forces and launched a large-scale siege against the old Taoist master.

"The old Taoist master's power is comparable to that of nature. If nothing unexpected happened, he would have lived for at least several hundred years. It was precisely because of this that he didn't rush to train a successor who could stand on his own..."

"It's all because of the Supreme Ancient Palace. If they hadn't spread evil ways and misled the world, there might not have been any of the things that happened later!"

Lingxiaoke looked up at the sky, his eyes deep, as if he wanted to see something through the sky.

The teacher whom Ling Xiaoke admired most in his life spent half his life exploring the conspiracy of the Taoist orthodoxy in the upper realm, but in the end not only died in regret, but even the Taoist inheritance behind him was cut off and destroyed overnight. This is the knot in Ling Xiaoke's heart.

Gu Chi was silent. After spending the past few days with him, she felt that although this old man was a little sarcastic and mean, he was also loyal and righteous.

In the past, he was just a little Taoist boy doing odd jobs in the Hongmeng Taoist Temple. He had never learned any special skills. He had luckily survived the catastrophe that wiped out his family. He could have changed his name and chosen a new path in life.

But he did not do so. As the only successor of Hongmeng Dojo, he rebuilt the Dojo here.

Afterwards, he learned from hundreds of schools just to create a supreme skill, which would serve as the root of the Taoist temple's inheritance and allow the Taoist temple to gain a firm foothold.

Gu Chi now felt a little regretful and felt that he should not have mentioned reincarnation to the old man.

If this damn old man, because of his emotional grudge, goes to fight to the death with the forces of the upper realm without regard for the consequences, the consequences will be unimaginable.

As if he understood what Gu Chi was thinking, Ling Xiaoke chuckled and said, "In the eyes of those ancient sects in the upper realm, we are basically no different from ants. I don't want to die yet."

In addition, Lingxiaoke also revealed a piece of news.

The catastrophe is coming, and the source is indeed from the upper realm!

"The environment in the upper realm should be much better than our lower realm, right? Why would they want to pick on us for no reason? What resources in our lower realm do they have that they would be interested in?"

Gu Chi couldn't understand it. It was like an extremely powerful country and an extremely poor weak country. As long as the weak country didn't provoke death, the powerful country would basically not even look at the weak country, because the weak country simply didn't have resources worth sending troops to plunder.

"How come there are no resources? You, including me, are all precious blood and flesh medicines that are helpful for cultivation in the eyes of those powerful and prosperous sects in the upper realm." Ling Xiaoke said these creepy words in a calm tone.

"Blood and flesh precious medicine? Us?!" Gu Chi was horrified. In the eyes of the upper realm's Taoist sect, they were not human beings, but medicinal materials for alchemy?!

"So you must practice diligently and raise your realm as soon as possible. Only then will you be able to protect yourself when the catastrophe strikes."

Ling Xiaoke said frankly that when the Taoist sect of the upper realm extended its claws to the lower realm, even he would not be able to remain immune.

In the following days, Gu Chi and the big black dog were taken by the old man back to the familiar prairie, and they ran 100,000 miles every day carrying the stone mountain on their backs.

During this period, many young masters from the Holy Spirit Academy came to the dilapidated mountain gate of the Hongmeng Taoist Temple. They searched for a long time but could not find anyone. In the end, they could only come in disbelief and return in disappointment.

"Hey, look, those two stone mountains from before have appeared again!"

A group of young men and women appeared on the horizon, staring at the two rocky mountains in front of them that were shaking and moving rapidly with a strange look on their faces.

"That's not right. Even if an extraordinary spiritual treasure was born, it shouldn't be running around like this, right? Could it be someone's magic weapon?" someone else asked suspiciously.

"If it really is a magical weapon that has transformed into the size of a mountain, then it must be ownerless. Otherwise, it wouldn't be running around in this grassland all the time."

"You'll know if you catch up and take a closer look."

A group of people flew in the air and chased in the direction of the two stone mountains.

With a loud bang, dust flew up. Gu Chi lost his focus and rushed straight onto a mountain ridge with the stone mountain on his back.

The earth shook violently, and a large amount of dust and rocks buried her directly underneath.

With a "whoosh", a group of people from the Holy Spirit Academy quickly surrounded them, but did not rush over directly. Instead, they dispersed to various directions vigilantly.

"Cough cough..." Gu Chi coughed, crawled out of the sand covered in dust, and thought to himself that it was bad luck.

In the vast sky, a group of people were stunned. After a brief silence, someone pointed at Gu Chi and screamed, "It's her! The heir of Hongmeng Daochang!"