Under One Person: The Seeker of the Dao in the Lü Family

Chapter 272 Zhang Zhiwei: The Celestial Master's Mansion does not prohibit marriage, therefore.

In Lüjia Village, the mountain pavilion was rather deserted compared to the bustling village. There were no guests in the hall, only two Taoist disciples and the Tang Clan members full of doubts.

"I thought it was something important, but it turns out it's just this."

The old Celestial Master sat on the stone table, stroking his beard. His narrowed eyes flashed with a hint of speechless frustration. He looked at Lü Qian and said irritably, "You monkey, how dare you make fun of this old man."

"They've accused me of disrupting the orthodox tradition and confusing the mystical arts. It's a huge accusation, and I was completely bewildered until just now."

"Be careful, when I get back I'll go and complain to your Grand Tutor Zhou Meng about you."

"Master, please calm down. This is not about the inheritance of your lineage. This is a matter of great importance, and it is normal for a junior to be cautious."

Lu Qian smiled and apologized to the old Celestial Master, "Besides, this matter not only concerns the inheritance of the Daoist lineage, but also the foundation of the Tang Clan. Please forgive me, Old Celestial Master."

"snort."

The old celestial master, who had been feigning anger, also softened his expression upon hearing this. He turned to look at the Tang Clan members standing beside him and sighed.

"Red flowers, white lotus roots, and green lotus leaves, all from the same source, can bloom into ten thousand flowers."

"Ahem, I can't go into too much detail, but as you all know, my Celestial Master's Mansion does not prohibit marriage. Although we cultivate the path of immortals, we are still mortals at heart."

The old celestial master looked away somewhat embarrassed, coughed twice to clear his voice, and said, "Moreover, the Tao follows nature. Although the methods are different, the Tao is interconnected, so there is not much difference."

"Oh, I understand."

Lu Qian's curious gaze darted back and forth between the Old Celestial Master and the Tang Clan. Combining this with the Old Celestial Master's vague words, he said meaningfully, "The Tang Clan is in Sichuan, a place where the Five Elements are practiced."

"Good that you understand, but be careful not to say too much."

The Tang Clan members listened to the words between the two, which, though subtle, were essentially clear at first glance, and their initial thoughts turned into silence.

"Thank you for your guidance, Master."

Tang Miaoxing bowed to the Old Celestial Master, then asked Lü Qian, "May I ask, Little Ancestor Lü, what exactly is the Dan Shi technique of my Tang Clan? And are the various mysteries you have manifested still Dan Shi?"

"in addition......"

"It seems that although your Tang Clan has a complete lineage of techniques, you lack a deep understanding of them and have taken many detours."

As Lu Qian listened to Tang Miaoxing's series of questions, he shook his head and interrupted her. After a moment of contemplation, he said, "Your Tang Clan's Dan Shi technique involves many profound mysteries, but in essence, it is a wondrous method of Golden Elixir."

He recalled the Tang Sect's Dan Shi Tu (a method for obtaining the elixir), comparing his own deductions with it, and said with great emotion, "Moreover, it is an extremely profound method of obtaining the elixir, following the path of the five elements' order and reversal, and the cycle of life and death."

There are two routes for circulating Qi in Dan Shi. One route starts from the upper Dantian, passes through the five internal organs, and ends at the lower Dantian. The other route circulates in the middle Dantian.

These two pathways work together to achieve the cycle of life and death within the human body.

The upper dantian is the place where the spirit resides, and the lower dantian is the cave where the essence is stored. The two are interconnected through the qi of the five internal organs, passing through the heart and lungs, then the liver and spleen, and finally the kidneys.

The Five Treasures Protection Method explains that the Qi of the heart fire, lung metal, and kidney water is active, symbolizing "life"; while the Qi of the liver wood and spleen earth is sluggish, symbolizing "death".

The spirit in the upper dantian and the essence in the lower dantian reverse the five elements in this process, naturally going through life and death, from life to death.

But that's just going downstream; how do you go upstream?

The middle dantian is the place where qi is stored and breath is taken in. The qi generated between each breath moves the spirit and essence between the upper and lower dantian, thus realizing the cycle of life and death.

However, since the spirit and essence are already integrated from birth to death, how can the qi in the middle dantian be in a state of life and transport the spirit and essence?

Therefore, a "god" who exists between life and death is needed to govern this change. In other words, the "god" cannot die completely; it needs to exist between life and death to govern the cycle of life and death.

The spirit is the true primordial spirit stored in the upper dantian, and also the leader that governs the changes in the circulatory system.

The true nature and primordial spirit are neither alive nor dead, existing between life and death, which corresponds to the realm of transcending life and death!

If one cannot comprehend life and death, then the spirit in the upper dantian will fall into annihilation, and the qi in the middle dantian will be unable to circulate, thereby causing the transformation between life and death, and reversing the state from life to death to life.

Therefore, this is why one must be able to see through life and death to cultivate the Dan Shi!

The Tang Clan uses killing to prove their Dao and understand their true nature. They choose to comprehend the mysteries between life and death through continuous killing, thereby transcending the boundaries between life and death.

However, they went astray, or rather, they only grasped half of the essence of Dan Shi, transforming the vitality of the five elements into the deathly intent of annihilation, and the transformation was not complete.

In addition to practicing the Five Treasures Body Protection Technique to balance the five elements, the Tang Clan practitioners also need to ingest poisons.

They concocted poison with Dan Shi, using Dan Shi's ethereal and desolate death intent to kill.

"Isn't this wrong?"

Tang Miaoxing and Xu Xin looked at the old master and Lü Qian with some confusion, puzzled by their inexplicable contempt.

"Of course not, you are wasting resources."

The old master was speechless as he looked at the group of Tang Clan members who were oblivious to their own wealth and instead used it to harass others.

"Since life and death can be reversed, and you have all cultivated the deathly intent of annihilation by reversing the five elements, why not go through the five elements in the correct order?"

"And the most ingenious thing is that you even mixed in poison, which was completely unnecessary."

Lu Qian picked up the thread and began to educate the group of professional assassins on the knowledge of the Xuanmen Daoist Canon: "Reversal is the movement of the Dao; the extreme of death can also give birth to the extreme of life."

"The principle is that yin gives rise to yang and yang gives rise to yin, and that things come from nothing to something and from something to nothing."

"Even the Void Pill at the extreme of death can be transformed into the Five Elements Great Pill at the extreme of life."

"The cycle of life and death continues endlessly until it reaches its peak. When the annihilation of death can also reach its zenith, that is the true Dan Shi."

"This kind of pill doesn't need poison, because there is no more potent poison in the world. It is a product of the reverse refinement of the five elements, so it can naturally devour and destroy all things that are evolved from the five elements."

"The name 'Dan Shi Dan Shi' likely derives from the meaning of 'devouring' in the name."

"Is that so?"

As the members of the Tang Clan listened to this explanation of the profound Dao of alchemy, they all felt as if a flood of knowledge had passed through their minds.

After all, they are professional assassins, not people from esoteric sects who discuss metaphysics. It is indeed a bit difficult for them to understand these profound and mysterious methods.

"It's a pity that so many people seek profound methods but fail to obtain them, yet your Tang Clan is unaware of them while guarding them in vain."

Lu Qian shook his head, glanced at the situation in Lu Family Village, and then turned to Tang Miaoxing and said, "Let's not talk about these things for now. Having received your Tang Clan's teachings, I will naturally sort out the Dan Shi later as a way of repaying your debt."

"The banquet is about to begin, so Sect Leader Tang can start working on Xu Xin's new life."

"Thank you, Old Celestial Master, thank you, Little Lu Zu."

Tang Miaoxing nodded, took out his phone from his pocket, and dialed Zhao Fangxu's number. As soon as the phone rang, he spoke to Zhao Fangxu.

"Chairman Zhao, my Tang Clan wants to bring Xu Xin, one of the Thirty-Six Thieves from back then, back to life."

"What?!"

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Chapter Two! It's finished!