The Chronicles of Longevity on Liaozhai Road

The Shunde Emperor sat on a woodcarved lotus seat in the main hall, with his eyes downcast, meditating in meditation like an old monk.

Suddenly, an old eunuch came to his side gently, and said in a low voice: "Long Live Lord, Wang Da, Minister of Taichang Temple, please see me."

The Emperor Shunde seemed to have not heard, still sitting there with his eyes closed.

And the old eunuch stood there hunched over, not daring to make the slightest change.

After a while, Emperor Shunde slowly opened his eyes, and a court lady next to him immediately offered fragrant tea.

After Emperor Shunde took the fragrant tea and rinsed his mouth, another court lady brought the spittoon to his mouth immediately.

Emperor Shunde spit out the tea in his mouth and said to the old eunuch beside him, "Let him come in."

The old eunuch hurriedly took a few steps back, until he reached the entrance of the main hall, then he dared to turn around and go outside in a hurry.

After a while, the old eunuch led Wang Da to the outside of the main hall, and then there was another order from Emperor Shunde to let Wang Da have an audience.

Then Wang Da cautiously entered the hall under the leadership of the eunuch, then knelt in the corner of the hall, quietly waiting for the order of Emperor Shunde.

After a while, an old but very majestic voice came from above the hall.

"You are in such a hurry to see me, what's the matter?"

Wang Da hurriedly knelt forward and climbed a few steps, and then smiled charmingly.

"Long Live Lord, the Taoist priest you recruited, Yang Heng, has arrived. I would like to express my congratulations to the emperor."

Emperor Shunde, who was sitting on top of the main hall, was overjoyed when he heard Wang Da's report.

The emperor of Shunde has longed for immortality since he was young. If it were in a world without Taoism, his idea would be just a flower in the mirror, a moon in the water.

But it happened that the world he lived in had Taoism to show the holiness, and there were many masters from various families, which made the Shunde emperor have unrealistic extravagant hopes.

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From the very beginning of his ascension to the throne, the Emperor of Shunde began to visit famous mountains and high places, inviting experts from all schools and sects to come to the palace to preach and teach secret methods.

However, countless masters from various factions came, but none of them made the Shunde emperor feel the slightest improvement in cultivation.

Therefore, Emperor Shunde, who had just ascended the throne, was disappointed after a few years of tossing, and began to concentrate on dealing with government affairs.

Don't even mention that the Shunde emperor is really smart. In just a few years, the court let him govern the country in a smooth and prosperous manner throughout the entire Zhou Dynasty.

In this way, the Siyi surrendered for decades, and the world lived and worked in peace and contentment.

However, as Emperor Shunde got older and he was approaching his twilight years, the emperor became more and more terrified of the end of his life, and remembered the unrealistic expectations of his youth.

But this time he excluded the Taoism.

Because when he was young, he was often deceived by these Taoist priests. As a result, he spent countless energy and financial resources, but he didn't feel a trace of aura, so he thought that these Taoist priests were all liars.

Since Daomen can't count on it, it can only rely on Buddhism.

Don't tell me, it didn't take long for him to find an expert in Buddhism. This person was none other than Pudu Cihang.

This Buddhist expert came to the court, and in addition to teaching the emperor the four meditations and eight meditations, etc., the orthodox Buddhist cultivation methods, he also taught some heresy such as Huanxi Zen.

In addition, Purdue Cihang offered the emperor some strange medicines. It didn't take long for the emperor of Shunde to feel that he was light and healthy, as if he had regained the energy of his youth.

This made Emperor Shunde very happy. He thought it was because of the profound Buddhist magic power that made him rejuvenate.

Therefore, gradually, Emperor Shunde began to trust Pudu Cihang more, and even entrusted him with some unimportant matters in the court.

As time went by, Pudu Cihang became more and more powerful in the imperial court. Only at this time did the emperor feel a strong threat.

However, Emperor Shunde also had some background in ruling the world for decades. After feeling threatened by himself, he wanted to get rid of this disaster.

Therefore, he dispatched his trump card and enshrined the masters in the department to assassinate the great Zhou Dynasty national teacher.

As a result, things went very badly, and all the people sent out seemed to have evaporated from the world.

And Pudu Cihang also seemed to feel the emperor's distrust of him, so he simply abandoned the original mask of compassion, and began to be more arrogant and domineering, even contradicting the emperor several times in the early court.

There was even one time when Pudu Cihang performed his supernatural powers in the National Teacher's Mansion, and manifested the Dharma Body of Buddhism.

The Dharma body of the Buddhist Tathagata appeared directly above the capital.

If it wasn't for enshrining the great priest and using the court's fortune to suppress the golden dragon, I am afraid that the court now only knows that there is Pudu Cihang, but not that there is Emperor Shunde.

At this time, Emperor Shunde felt a little regretful, but he was afraid of the magical power of Pudu Cihang, so he didn't dare to act rashly.

And that Pudu Cihang, after being suppressed by the imperial luck golden dragon last time, also knew that although the imperial luck had begun to decline, it had not yet reached the end of the dynasty, so he had to go dormant again.

In this way, the two sides temporarily reached a delicate balance.

Because of this, when the imperial court was encircling and suppressing the White Lotus Sect, the Emperor Shunde did not dare to send out the masters of the enshrining department, so he could only order the masters from various sects and sects from the three mountains and five mountains to help.

As a result, in this battle, Yang Heng stood out and made Emperor Shunde's eyes shine.

Let the emperor have some extravagant hopes in his heart. If this Taoist priest is introduced into the court to compete with Pudu Cihang, that is to say, the influence of Taoism is also introduced into the court to compete with Buddhism, and then he will be able to profit from it.

It was precisely because Emperor Shunde had such an idea that there was such a trick of recruiting Yang Heng to Beijing.

Emperor Shunde was overjoyed when he heard Wang Da's report, and then turned his head to ask the old eunuch standing beside him.

"Companion, what do you enshrined think of this Daoist Yang?"

The old eunuch lowered his head and said softly: "If you go back to the emperor, the slave has already sent someone to look at it. This Daoist Yang has already completed the golden core. As long as he takes another step forward, he will be a member of the earth immortal."

The emperor frowned after hearing this, and then asked, "Maybe he can defeat Pudu Cihang?"

"Back to Lord Long Live, the national teacher's magic power is very strong, and he is already the leader among the earth immortals."

The meaning of these words is very obvious, that is to say that although Daoist Yang is said to have high mana, he is still much worse than Pudu Cihang who is already an earth immortal.

Emperor Shunde was very disappointed when he heard this.

The old eunuch also saw the meaning of the emperor, smiled slightly, and then comforted the emperor: "Long live Lord, don't worry! Although that Daoist Yang Heng said that he has not yet become an immortal, but he has a few treasures that are considered amazing." , if it is really against the National Teacher, it is hard to say who will win and who will lose."

Speaking of this, the old eunuch couldn't help thinking of Yang Hengfa's supernatural powers.

If Yang Heng really displayed that supernatural power, I am afraid that even ordinary earth immortals would run into embarrassment and flee in embarrassment.

Coupled with the crested hairpin in Yang Heng's arms, I am afraid that he can really fight against Pudu Cihang by one or two tricks.

Emperor Shunde nodded in satisfaction, and then said to Wang Da who was kneeling below: "I'm tired today, you can bring this Yang Heng to the palace to see me tomorrow afternoon."

"Minister, I would like to obey the order of Long Live."

Then Wang Da bowed and left.

After Wang Da left, there were no outsiders in the hall. The Emperor Shunde pondered for a while, and then asked the old eunuch next to him: "Companion, do you think this Yang Heng can make me achieve a positive result?"

The old lady listened to Emperor Shunde's words, and her heart sank, but she didn't show any expression on her face, she just said softly: "Long live, it's not a slave talking about frustration. I haven't heard of any emperor who has cultivated to a positive result throughout the ages. I'm afraid that Daoist Yang doesn't have the ability to know the secret."

Emperor Shunde sighed in disappointment when he heard this.

Over the years, the national teacher Pudu Cihang has given him some miraculous medicines and miraculous skills, but they can only help him strengthen his body, but they have not given him any hope.

However, Emperor Shunde is now very persistent about longevity. Although there is no solution after asking so many experts, he has not given up hope. He wants to ask Yang Heng when he meets Yang Heng tomorrow.

It would be great if Yang Heng could know the truth, but it doesn't matter if he doesn't, it's just a casual question.

There was nothing to say all night, and at noon the next day, Wang Da, the Minister of Taichang Temple, went to the posthouse to invite Yang Heng in person.

Yang Heng didn't dare to be negligent, and ordered Erya and a few maidservants to rest quietly in the posthouse, take care of the two little tigers, and not go out privately to cause trouble.

It's not that Yang Heng is timid, it's just because he used the orb to predict his future on the way here, and he knew that he was going very well in the capital, so he decided that one more thing would be better than one less thing, so he simply let the two Why don't they just stay in the posthouse.

Then Wang Da took Yang Heng all the way to the main gate of the palace, where the eunuchs searched Yang Heng up and down.

Fortunately, Yang Heng had already made preparations. The treasures on his body had already been placed in the paper sedan chair, so the eunuchs searched for a long time, but found no contraband, so Yang Heng followed Wang Da into the palace.

Yang Heng followed Wang Da and a young eunuch, um, walked through the palace, and soon came to a large hall.

Yang Heng was arranged by the eunuch to wait outside the hall, and brought Wang Da into the hall.

Yang Heng waited here for a while, then a middle-aged eunuch hurried up to Yang Heng.

"This is Daoist Yang, right?"

Yang Heng nodded to the eunuch based on the principle that more things are worse than less things.

"Yes, it is Pindao."

The eunuch shook off the floating dust in his hands, and then said with a smile: "Master Dao, Long Live God has an order for the priest to have an audience."

After hearing this, Yang Heng saluted quickly, then took out something from his sleeve, and secretly stuffed it into the middle-aged eunuch's hand.

"Eunuch, I come from the countryside, so I don't know everyone's etiquette. If there is any impoliteness in a while, please give me some pointers."

When the eunuch weighed the thing in his hand, he felt heavy. It must not be silver, it should be an ingot of gold.

The eunuch immediately burst into a smile.

"Don't worry, Daoist, you will follow me for a while and see my instructions."

Then the eunuch paused for a moment, and then said: "Long live Lord is in a good mood today, the Taoist priest doesn't need to worry too much."

After hearing this, Yang Heng quickly thanked him again.

Next, the eunuch led Yang Heng into the main hall, and when he was a dozen or so steps away from the imperial steps in the center of the main hall, the eunuch shook his hands calmly.

Yang Heng immediately understood what the other party meant, and quickly knelt down on the ground.

Then the eunuch cautiously climbed up the imperial steps, knelt down beside him, and told the Emperor Shunde who was sitting in the middle.

"Long Live God, Taoist Yang Heng sees you."

Emperor Shunde put down the book in his hand, looked down the imperial steps, and saw an ordinary-looking Taoist priest kneeling below.

Emperor Shunde didn't judge people by their appearance, because he has been in the imperial court for decades, what kind of person has he not seen?

"Come here, show Daoist Yang a seat."

Following the order of Emperor Shunde, a young eunuch immediately moved the golden chair and placed it on His Highness.

And a little eunuch came forward, helped Yang Heng up, and helped him to the side of the golden chair.

And Yang Heng just touched the golden chair lightly with his butt, not daring to sit down.

The Emperor Shunde above saw Yang Heng respectfully, and nodded secretly.

"Master Daoist, I have ruled the world for decades and I have visited famous mountains and rivers all over the world, but in the past few decades, there is no one sect or school that can make me make progress. I don't know if the master can solve my doubts? "

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Yang Heng did not expect that Emperor Shunde would ask such tricky questions from the very beginning.

It has been a long time since Yang Heng came to the other world, and he has also learned about the history of this world. In this other world, none of the emperors from ancient times to the present has been able to practice.

As for the reason, Yang Heng really didn't know.

But since the emperor asked this question, he had to give the emperor an answer, no matter how absurd the answer was.

Yang Heng's mind was spinning rapidly, passing through his mind all kinds of legends on the earth and rumors on the Internet.

In the end, Yang Heng finally organized a plausible answer in his mind.

"Long live, since ancient times, the emperor has been a human emperor, ruling all the people, following the sky, and his cultivation is the cause and effect of merit. When the human emperor dies, his merits and virtues will be complete, and he will naturally enter the Fire Cloud Cave to practice and suppress the luck of the human race. "

When he said this, Yang Heng felt a little guilty, because he made up this answer randomly, so he looked up at Emperor Shunde quietly.

Unexpectedly, at this time, Emperor Shunde looked at Yang Heng with bright eyes.

Because the Emperor Shunde has been pursuing this answer for decades, and none of the schools and factions have given him a convincing answer.

And Yang Heng's answer just now, although specious, just followed the mind of Emperor Shunde.

"Where is the Fire Cloud Cave? Why have I never heard of it before?"

Yang Heng had some headaches, and at the same time he bowed his head guiltily and said, "Long live Qi, Huoyun Cave is in the midst of nothingness, whether it is real or imaginary, it is beyond my ability to speculate."

"Oh, since this is the case, how can the Taoist priest know?"

"Long live, this is recorded in the classics of my sect. Presumably, I sent senior experts to go to Huoyun Cave and pay homage to the immortal emperors in the cave."

After listening to Yang Heng's words, Emperor Shunde closed his eyes and leaned back on the dragon chair. After a while, he said softly: "It's a great fortune to live with all the sages in Huoyun Cave."

But after saying this, Emperor Shunde quickly woke up.

After all, he has been an emperor for decades, and his deep thoughts are not comparable to that of Yang Heng, a young man in society.

Therefore, the Emperor Shunde quickly diverted his words, and said with a smile: "I heard that the Taoist priest has contributed a lot in the encirclement and suppression of the White Lotus Sect this time. If the Taoist priest hadn't personally defeated Xu Hongru, the imperial army would not know what happened." time to win."