A Tale of Encounters with Immortals: A Peach Blossom Temple in the Martial World

The sky over Peach Blossom Temple has collapsed halfway again.

The first and second generation disciples stood in front of the main hall, their faces full of worry.

Senior Brother Qingyangzi looked at Lu Xiaohua, who had come gracefully from the inner palace, and respectfully bowed, saying, "Greetings, Master's Wife!"

The junior disciples behind her all bowed and greeted her, "Greetings, Master's Wife."

The second-generation disciples then shouted in unison, "Greetings, Grandmother!"

So young, some second-generation disciples are not very familiar with Lu Xiaohua and have not seen her often, so they feel a little embarrassed to call her that, mainly because she is too young.

They don't seem to be much older than them.

"Master is missing?"

Lu Xiaohua asked Qingyangzi with a light laugh.

Qingyangzi nodded and said, "Master has disappeared again, leaving behind these words." As he spoke, Qingyangzi handed a note to Lu Xiaohua.

Lu Xiaohua didn't answer, but said, "Just manage the Taoist temple well. It's normal for your master to go out in the future, so don't make a fuss. In the years since your master left, things have been developing quite well under Qingyangzi's leadership, haven't they? Just continue as before."

After Lu Xiaohua finished speaking, she gently comforted the group of disciples and their followers, and then left lightly.

She was also going to Linbin Town to finish the needlework she had left at her father's house, and then she wanted to give Zhang Zhengdao a big surprise.

Zhang Zhengdao has disappeared.

Peach Blossom Temple has been going through a lot lately.

First, two concubines disappeared, and now even the abbot has disappeared.

The story circulating in Linbin Town is quite detailed and reliably circulated.

The storytellers' stalls, in particular, were incredibly popular.

With a single strike of the gavel, the storyteller began, "On a dark and windy night, a beam of light descended from the heavens, enveloping the abbot of the Taoist temple's inner palace. Then, an old Taoist with a white beard appeared above the clouds and said, 'By the Jade Emperor's decree, Zhang Zhengdao, the abbot of Peach Blossom Temple, is hereby summoned to the Heavenly Court to serve as the Keeper of the Heavenly Horses…' And so, Abbot Zhang rose slowly with the beam of light and went to the Heavenly Court."

Another listener asked, "What is the role of Bi Ma Wen?"

The storyteller replied, "He is an official in charge of managing celestial horses in the Heavenly Court."

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief and exclaimed "Oh!" After all, he was now an official of the Heavenly Court. This Peach Blossom Temple had really produced a big shot who had even established connections with Heaven.

That night, the moonlight did indeed shine on Peach Blossom Mountain, but it shone on the Chaos Tree beside the newly formed lake. The Chaos Tree shimmered with a soft glow, and then Zhang Zhengdao disappeared beside the Chaos Tree in the light.

When Zhang Zhengdao returned to Linbin Town from the world of A Chinese Odyssey, the reason why the Chaos Tree did not descend for so long but lingered in the sky for so many days was because he was trying to comprehend how to control the Chaos Tree.

A method to traverse the vast and chaotic universe.

Originally, his previous transmigration was guided by the Ruyi within his body, but now this Ruyi has been upgraded, allowing Zhang Zhengdao to truly comprehend the true meaning of the chaotic universe.

Isn't Ruyi (如意) the law of the chaotic universe within the Great Dao?

Dissolving the boundaries between self and other, reaching a state of complete unity with all things, is like the feeling of being born together with heaven and earth, and of all things being one with me.

This should be the ultimate understanding and transcendence of "unintentional intention".

Zhang Zhengdao once read a passage in a Taoist scripture on Earth: "When a person can always be pure and tranquil, heaven and earth will all return to their natural state." This means that when the mind is like still water, the Great Way naturally unfolds, and everything as desired will appear.

But... Lao Tzu's mind was in turmoil and he was also very distracted, so why was he still able to achieve the Great Way and have his wishes fulfilled?

I can't figure it out, but I can control this Chaos Tree and connect it to the vast worlds in the chaotic universe.

This may be the final form of the Ruyi.

As one wishes.

This must be the highest realm of human thought!

He suddenly understood something: the highest pursuit of humankind is nothing more than contentment. As long as people exist, the universe exists, and contentment exists. When people are gone, the universe ceases to exist, and so does contentment.

Of course, this was just something he, Jill, was thinking.

Anyway, it was these random ideas of Gil that allowed him to comprehend the laws of the universe through the Chaos Tree.

This is a big deal.

This means that I might have unlimited potential...

Ah ha ha……

What are the women of Peach Blossom Temple compared to that? What's one harem compared to that? This woman, Hu Yunying, even boasted about having 30,000 harems... I'll have as many harems as there are worlds...

of course……

All of the above are Zhang Zhengdao's own rich imagination.

Zhang Zhengdao could easily travel to any world he had ever been to.

So one morning in Qingcheng Mountain.

The sky was filled with rosy clouds, and golden light shone everywhere.

The wild boar spirit Zhu Wuneng lay sprawled on the grass, wandering aimlessly while gazing at the sky.

"Brother Monkey, am I seeing things?"

Sun Wukong was squatting on the ground, holding a basin, and slurping down porridge. He was also stuffing steamed buns into his mouth and occasionally grabbing a piece of pickled vegetable to eat.

I enjoyed the vegetable porridge and pickled radish very much.

Spending time with my brothers is always fun and carefree.

Although his master was no longer in the temple and no one knew where he had gone, Sun Wukong knew after the journey to the West that his master was incredibly powerful. According to the information given by the fat monk... no, Guanyin Bodhisattva when she came here to beg for alms, he had probably already left this world.

The chaotic universe contains countless worlds; who knows where they all went?

That takes real skill. Even Buddha and Lao Tzu, who are in charge of the Heavenly Dao, cannot travel freely through the vast world of the chaotic universe.

They simply can't wear them.

"With your small eyes, what can you see without getting blurry vision?" Sun Wukong said.

The wild boar spirit Zhu Wuneng shook his head: "No, it can't be that my eyes are playing tricks on me. Junior Brother Sha, did you see anything?" He turned his head to the other side to look at the hawk spirit Sha Wujing on the other side.

The hawk spirit Sha Wujing looked up and then squinted.

With a "gulp," he swallowed a piece of meat.

"Brother Monkey, you have sharp eyes, fiery eyes! Look, what is it?" He tugged at Sun Wukong's arm.

Seeing that the two of them said the same thing, Sun Wukong put down his bowl, shaded his eyes with his hand, and used his Fiery Eyes to look towards the direction of the clouds.

Where the golden light shone, something suddenly seemed to fall rapidly toward them.

"Oh no! There's a demon!"

Sun Wukong tossed aside the bowl, waved his hand near his ear, and instantly the golden cudgel flashed out. Once in his hand, he stared wide-eyed at the dark shadow falling down.

"Brother Monkey, should we inform our senior brother?" Sha Wujing was a little timid.

"What's the panic? I'm here, Old Sun! What are you afraid of? I'll handle it!"

Sun Wukong was very confident. He felt that it would be a bit embarrassing to go and ask for help at this time. After all, he didn't even know what the enemy was. Wouldn't that make him look cowardly?

"Don't let him get lost on Qingcheng Mountain, or he'll be in trouble!" The wild boar spirit Zhu Wuneng was quite sensible.

"Watch me, Old Sun!"

Sun Wukong hoisted the golden cudgel onto his shoulder, spat into his palm, rubbed it, picked it up again, and shouted, "I, Old Sun, am off!"

It instantly transformed into the first golden light and rushed towards the falling black shadow.

In fact, Sun Wukong did not underestimate the falling figure at all, because even though he had used his Fiery Eyes of Truth to look at him just now, he could not see through him at all.

If someone with my level of cultivation can't see through this person, then in this world, besides Lao Tzu and Buddha, there really isn't anyone else.

Therefore, this person's cultivation level must be higher than mine.

But Sun Wukong was not one to back down from trouble.

To prevent this person from destroying Qingcheng Mountain, he was determined to keep him out of the mountain at all costs. So this trip was a desperate gamble.

The wild boar spirit Zhu Wuneng watched Sun Wukong fly away at high speed and couldn't help but admire him.

"Brother Monkey's cultivation has become increasingly refined."

His tone was full of envy, jealousy, and resentment.

He was no match for Zhang Zhengdao. He didn't receive personal guidance from his master, and even though he listened to his master's teachings later, the gap between them didn't narrow; in fact, it seemed to widen.

After all... Monkey King is a gifted individual.

In this Qingcheng Mountain, apart from the eldest brother, the Monkey King is absolutely unrivaled.

The hawk spirit Sha Wujing nodded in agreement with the wild boar spirit Zhu Wuneng's words.

"It's a pity that Brother Monkey has never had any decent opponents. Even on his journey to the West, most of the demons along the way are from our Qingcheng Mountain. What's the point of fighting them..."

The two even started chatting casually.

In their minds, as long as the Monkey King takes action, even if the Jade Emperor falls from the sky, he will still have to take a beating from the Monkey King's staff.

really……

A figure suddenly fell from the sky, waving its arms and legs excitedly.

It's obvious that it was beaten down.

It crashed down directly in their direction.

"Oh!"

A loud bang was heard, dust and smoke rose up, and rocks flew everywhere.

A huge, deep pit.

Then, to the astonishment of the wild boar spirit Zhu Wuneng and the hawk spirit Sha Wujing, a hairy arm reached up from the edge of the pit, revealing a gray, hairy head.