Chapter 273 Xiaoyaozi’s guide back then!"When does the emperor plan to send troops to Jiaozhi?" Duan Yanqing asked. "No hurry, let's send spies to find out Jiaozhi's strength first. Although we are powerful, we should despise the enemy strategically but take him seriously tactically. An eagle will do its best to catch a rabbit." Murong Fu said, "Before that, I have to go to Changchun Valley." As he spoke, Murong Fu laughed and said, "Speaking of which, our Xiaoyao Sect has a strong affinity with Dali. The Wuliang Mountain in Dali is where my master and uncle once lived in seclusion, and this Changchun Valley is where our ancestor started his career." Li Qiushui and Wuyazi looked at each other and both thought of the past. Wuyazi sighed slightly, and a barely perceptible bitter smile flashed across the corner of Li Qiushui's mouth. Tong Lao smiled contemptuously. Gao Shengtai's expression was different. Murong Fu looked at Gao Shengtai and asked, "What does the Marquis of Zhennan seem to think?" Gao Shengtai said: "Speaking of Changchun Valley, the ancestor of the Guan family is the famous Fuyaozi Patriarch Chen Tuan?" "Yes, Fuyaozi and Xiaoyaozi are both the Taoist names of our ancestor." Murong Fu said, "As for his real name, it is Chen Tuan. He once slept for a hundred days and wandered in the universe. He played chess with Emperor Taizu of Song Dynasty on Mount Huashan and won the game. He then gave Mount Huashan to Taoist practitioners all over the world, which benefited all Taoists in the world." Xiaoyaozi's deeds were accompanied by the nonsensical love triangle and internal fighting among the three elders of the Xiaoyao Sect. After Xuzhu, a non-competitive person, took over as the leader, the Xiaoyao Sect was completely lost in the long river of martial arts.
In later generations, only people like Ren Woxing, who were knowledgeable and talented, knew about the reputation of Xiaoyao Sect, because his Star Absorbing Art was a fusion of Beiming Divine Art and Comprehensive Transformation Art. However, the name of Master Chen Tuan has always been well-known. When Guo Jing went to Mount Huashan, Qiu Chuji told him the story of how Master Chen Tuan won the bet on Mount Huashan. Taoist masters often have multiple identities and are very complicated. "Your Majesty, the high priest of the Baiyi tribe of Dali once led a man named Fuyaozi to find Changchun Valley, and learned a lot of skills from him." Gao Shengtai said, "And what's more coincidental is that the high priest is in my residence." Originally, after Gao Shengtai saw Murong Fu's magical power of changing the stars, he realized the effect of martial arts. The Gao family's inherited martial arts were rather ordinary. The Duan family's Tianlong Temple was forced to that extent by Jiumozhi, which made Gao Shengtai lose confidence in the Duan family's One Finger of Sun, so he found the high priest and asked his son to learn martial arts from him. The high priest of the Baiyi tribe served as a guide for Fuyaozi when he was young. He learned some basic skills from Fuyaozi, and later his martial arts skills became more and more advanced, and he seemed unfathomable. Even the Zen Master Kurong of Tianlong Temple was not as good as him. However, the high priest had always been among the Baiyi people, guiding the Baiyi people in farming and production, treating the people and benefiting the local people, so he was not well-known. In order to help his son successfully become his disciple, Gao Shengtai spent a lot of money. He gave many fertile fields to the Baiyi people, built water conservancy projects, and exempted them from taxes. This moved the high priest and he taught his son martial arts. Unfortunately, he had just taken great pains to invite the high priest to the Gao family, but Murong Fu unified China. Who could he complain to? And it seems that even if the high priest risked his life, he would not be a match for Murong Fu. "The high priest of the Baiyi tribe will serve as a guide for my master? Is he a young man named Daolong?" asked Tong Lao. Back then, when Tong Lao followed Xiaoyaozi out of the valley, she met the guide who stayed behind, a young man named Daolong from the Baiyi tribe. I didn't expect that the young man was still alive. It seems that he had benefited from the Xiaoyao Sect and could be considered an old acquaintance of Tong Lao. "The high priest is called Daolong. Dao is a common surname in the Baiyi tribe. The tribe leader's surname is Dao. However, he is not a young man, but an old man." Gao Shengtai said. "Bring this Daolong here!" Murong Fu said, "He is an old friend of my uncle's!" "Yes!" At that moment, Gao Shengtai sent someone to invite Daolong.
Not long after, Daolong arrived. He was a white-haired octogenarian, leaning on a dragon-headed cane, with a goatee, and his right eye seemed to have a problem, so he wore a black eye patch, and his left eye was also cloudy. But he still moved quickly, steadily and powerfully. "Daolong of the Baiyi tribe greets the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty!" Daolong knelt down and saluted Murong Fu. Murong Fu did not move, but lifted up Daolong with his invisible Qi. He did not ask the old man to kneel down, but said, "In the Ming Dynasty, we respect the old and love the young. You are over seventy years old, so you do not need to perform the ceremony to the emperor." "Thank you, Your Majesty." Dao Long looked at Murong Fu and exclaimed, "Resemblance, so much like him!" "picture?" "The Guan family's aura is very similar to that of the divine man Fuyaozi back then. It seems that the Guan family has also reached the state of Daoxuanzhen." Daolong said with emotion, "If you count carefully, that was ninety years ago, and I am already one hundred and ten years old." Tianshan Tonglao looked at Daolong and asked, "Daolong, do you still recognize me?" Daolong was stunned and looked at the Tianshan Child-Father carefully. After watching for a few seconds, Daolong recognized Tianshan Tonglao and said, "You are the little girl named Xingyun, the descendant of the immortals from Changchun Valley. You are indeed the descendant of the immortals. Ninety years have passed, and you have not changed at all. You are eternally young and your beauty is forever!" Only then did the people in Dali realize that the Child-Fairy of Tianshan was at least ninety years old, but still looked like a loli. Her ability to maintain eternal youth amazed everyone. The Xiaoyao Sect is truly magical! Then can Murong Fu also remain forever young? If that's the case, then it's really scary. The reason why the wise rulers in ancient times became incompetent was that they grew old. As we get older, our judgment will decline, we will not have the energy to handle state affairs, we will be afraid of change, we will be afraid of having power taken away by others, and then we will become senile. Even Emperor Taizong of Tang was like this in his later years. He had lost the judgment he had in his youth. However, compared with Li Longji's killing of three sons in one day, this can be considered anthropomorphic. But if the emperor could remain young forever, he could truly be a wise ruler throughout his life. Everyone knows that the body is the key to a person, and a person's thoughts depend on the state of the body. The body is full of energy and extremely healthy, and the thoughts are naturally positive and optimistic. If the body is old and weak and suffering from long-term illness, one will naturally be pessimistic and depressed. "Don't be surprised, everyone. You all practice martial arts, but we in the Xiaoyao Sect practice immortality." Murong Fu said with a smile, "I am confident that if I live for 200 years, I will be able to swim 3,000 miles. I have already reached the realm of a true immortal on land, with a lifespan of 250 years, and I will not age, and will remain young forever. I will benefit the people for 200 years, this is the people's blessing!" Gao Shengtai secretly complained in his heart: Doesn't that mean your son will be the crown prince for 200 years? Even a crown prince for 30 years is rare in this world, let alone a crown prince for 200 years? I'm afraid your son will be buried for a hundred years and will never see the day of succession. Everyone had different thoughts in their hearts, but they all flattered Murong Fu, praising him for "eternal blessings and a lifespan as long as the heaven" and "his Tao is in harmony with Yuanshi Tianzun, and his sincerity is moving; he was born to be the Hongwu Emperor, and may he live forever." However, Murong Fu was very calm, and shook his head and said, "Let alone being better than Yuanshi Tianzun, I may not even be as good as Chunyang Patriarch, so there is no need to exaggerate." After that, Murong Fu asked Dao Long, "Old sir, can you tell me about the time when you led the way for my ancestor?" "The legend of Changchun Valley has always existed in Dali," Daolong said. "When I was young, I was a herbalist. I also saw someone coming out of Changchun Valley. She was an extremely beautiful girl. However, in just a few days, the girl became wrinkled and gray-haired, and died of old age in a mountain village outside the valley. We locals all say that there are monsters in Changchun Valley, but I think there must be gods in it. It's just that when gods come down to earth, they lose their bodies, so they age quickly." "Later, a deity named Chen Tuan inquired about the story of Changchun Valley. Seeing that I was smart and had seen people from Changchun Valley, he hired me as a guide. He was really a humorous, unrestrained and uninhibited person. I helped him find the location of Changchun Valley, and he taught me a lot of skills. Some were martial arts, some were astrology, some were water conservancy and farming, flower and grass planting, and medical treatment and prescription. In short, he was a scholar, and I learned a little bit, and then I became the high priest of the Baiyi tribe." (End of this chapter)