Super System in the Early Tang Dynasty

Upon hearing this, Li Xingzhi was startled. Had he fallen for a trap again? Or had the scheme been brewing from the very beginning of their conversation?

After thinking about it, he realized something was wrong. At that time, he was still far away. The two people sitting under the tree couldn't possibly have known that Li Xingzhi could hear their voices, let alone know that the three of them could pass over the tree!

The tree was so thick that several people could encircle it, and it was over ten feet tall; it was not something an ordinary person could easily climb. Let alone a few young men and women like them!

Li Xingzhi was calculating in his mind, but he also became curious, wondering who this person was who had unknowingly led him into a trap!

Thinking to himself, he moved his feet and turned around the big tree, wanting to take a closer look at who those two people were! Unexpectedly, as soon as he revealed half of his body from beside the tree, he saw that the pale-faced young man was holding a round plate steadily in his hand, without any bias. It was inlaid with the Eight Trigrams diagram, and the pointer was pointing to the two characters "Zhen" and "Mu".

“The Zhen Palace generates wood, which resides in the east!” the boy murmured, raising his head to meet Li Xingzhi’s clear eyes. A glint flashed in his eyes, which then returned to their usual calm and unremarkable state.

Upon hearing the boy's words, Li Xingzhi had a sudden realization. He looked at the large tree beside him, quickly calculated, and discovered that he was standing to the east of the tree! Even more surprised, he could no longer contain his curiosity and asked, "Didn't you just guess left and right? How did it become the center?"

"Left and right?" The young man was slightly startled by Li Xingzhi's words, his eyes gleaming! Ignoring Li Xingzhi's question, he bowed deeply to the person beside him and exclaimed in admiration, "Teacher, you are truly talented!"

It turns out that the elder saw that the young man had great ambitions and was well-suited to learn the art of divination and numerology, so he planned to pass on his mantle to him. However, he did not expect that the young man, despite his young age, was so ambitious that he wanted to see the elder's extraordinary skills before he would make any plans, which led to the scene just now.

The man beside him, with black hair and beard and wearing a crane cloak, looked at the bowing youth, stroked his beard with a smug expression, and then turned to look at Li Xingzhi, smiling slightly: "Young friend, may I ask which hermit you are from? Your cultivation is enough to put us to shame!"

"I am Li Xingzhi. May I ask who you are, sir?"

"Old Taoist Yuan Tiangang!" As soon as he finished speaking, he turned his head and looked at the bowing young man, and said with a smile, "Now, are you willing to become my disciple?"

"Teacher, you are truly talented! Please accept my three bows!" With that, the young man bowed deeply, prostrating himself on the ground! Yuan Tiangang sat there nonchalantly, accepting the bows without a care in the world!

After bowing three times, Yuan Tiangang helped the young man up and introduced him to Li Xingzhi, saying, "This is my disciple, Li Chunfeng!"

Hearing the elder's words, Li Xingzhi was also shocked! Even a thousand years later, many people still knew the names of Yuan Tiangang and Li Chunfeng! In the Tang Dynasty, in Chang'an, Yuan Tiangang's reputation was already considerable! As the magistrate of the Volcano, his art of physiognomy was worthy of being taught by the whole world!

"So it's Master Yuan! I've heard so much about your divine power, but I never expected to see your true face today!" Li Xingzhi bowed slightly and continued, "I was fortunate enough to receive some extraordinary techniques from Heaven, but they are only for self-preservation and cannot compare to Master Yuan's divine way!"

“Young friend, you are too modest! My Taoist school has five branches: mountain medicine, fate, physiognomy, and divination. In physiognomy alone, few can surpass me! In medicine, Sun Simiao is the most outstanding! In fate and divination, no one can help! Only in the mountain path are there many capable people who can fly and escape into the earth, and are called immortals! In my opinion, there are very few who can surpass you. If you achieve your Golden Core in another thirty or fifty years, even the ancient immortals on earth will not be more than you! How can we compare?” As he spoke, he suddenly thought of something, his eyes lit up, and he looked at the young man beside him who was staring at Li Xingzhi with wide eyes, curiously examining him. He smiled slightly and said, “His future achievements should surpass mine, and perhaps he can be compared with you!”

How could Li Xingzhi not have heard of Li Chunfeng's name? A master of Feng Shui; the founder of Liuren divination, known as the patriarch of Liuren; in astronomy and astrology, no one in the past and present could surpass him! He co-authored the "Tui Bei Tu" with Yuan Tiangang, making divination a secret for over a thousand years. Even before he transmigrated, he had never heard of anyone who could surpass him!

The more Li Xingzhi thought about it, the more uneasy he felt—suddenly, a cool breeze flowed down, clearing his mind like ice, and he felt reassured! If I train for another two years, throughout history, there will probably be no one who can surpass me in martial arts! Didn't Yuan Tiangang say that the way of Qi cultivation is the way of the Taoist mountains, the way of immortals? It seems I should be called Immortal Li from now on!

This was the first time he had heard of the Five Schools of Taoism. He had only heard of Quanzhen, Zhengyi, Longhu Mountain and the like before, so he found it quite novel.

"Could there really be a Golden Core Path?" Li Xingzhi asked curiously, "Could there also be Nascent Soul, Spirit Division, Body Integration, etc...."

A strange look flashed across Yuan Tiangang's face. "Isn't what you're cultivating now the Golden Core Dao? As for things like 'Nascent Soul' and 'Spirit Division,' I've never heard of them! Perhaps you have some other extraordinary techniques, young friend! However, if this is what others say, please be cautious, young friend, otherwise it could cause endless harm!" Li Xingzhi blushed, realizing that he had been too deeply influenced by novels from later generations.

"The Golden Core Path? Can a Golden Core really be formed?"

Seeing that Li Xingzhi truly knew nothing about cultivation, Yuan Tiangang simply revealed what he knew: "Gold is indestructible; elixir is perfect and pure. The golden elixir is the nature of perfect and bright true spirit! The so-called golden elixir is called Taiji in Confucianism, Yuanjue in Buddhism, and in Taoism, it is simply called the golden elixir! Therefore, Confucianism cultivates sagehood, Buddhism cultivates Buddhahood, and Taoism cultivates immortality. But they do not know that the three things are originally one thing, and the three teachings are one family! However, the Taoist golden elixir has its own unique and miraculous aspects. In its cultivation, it often uses heaven and earth as a furnace, the spirit as fire, and essence and qi as medicine to refine the great elixir, making the body and mind one, and the hair and beard undamaged. When it is cultivated to the extreme, it is known that one can return to youth! Young friend, do not think that the longevity of ancient people like Peng Zu is all fabricated and imagined?"

Upon hearing this, Li Xingzhi was speechless!

The secret to immortality, the secret to immortality, can it really grant immortality?

Since he didn't know, he shook his head and stopped thinking about it. Looking at Yuan Tiangang's black hair, he changed the subject and said, "Master Yuan, you also practice the Way of the Mountain Man? I wonder how old you are this year?" Although he felt it was presumptuous, Li Xingzhi couldn't resist asking out of curiosity. Later historical records did not mention Yuan Tiangang's birth year or age.

"Your cultivation is shallow, you have not attained the right path, and you are not worth a laugh!" As for his age, he only smiled and did not answer.

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I was planning to try and update two chapters. However, I went out to do some chores after dinner and came back late, so it looks like I won't be able to finish! I'm driving to my aunt's house tomorrow and will be back in the evening, so even if I try my best, two chapters will probably be...

Okay, let's talk about this after we've finished this busy period in a couple of days.

I used my dad's phone to go online yesterday and discovered that there are also readers voting and tipping on the mobile version of Qidian.com! Thank you for your support! Finally, thank you to Night for the review vote!