Taoist Master of Fantasy World

Chapter 25 Six Questions in a Floating Life
The person in front of me is the female crown that I dreamed about before traveling through time!
Was her own "time travel" not an accident, not a coincidence, but her handiwork?

It's uncomfortable to feel like you have no control over your destiny.

The joy of clearing the Liuhe Linglong Tower disappeared immediately!
The female crown smiled and said: "Why panic? This is where 'fate' lies."

Xu Zhenyun suppressed his irritability and reluctantly thought about countermeasures.

The female crown's voice was calm and peaceful. She waved the fly whisk she held in her right hand. Her expression suddenly became smart and she smiled and said, "Relax. It doesn't matter who I am. You still control your own destiny."

Xu Zhenyun remained unmoved and kept the same three words: "Who are you?"

Nu Guan took two steps forward, and her temperament suddenly changed to that of Xu Zhenyun's neighbor in his previous life, and she said calmly: "Who am I?"

"You can think of me as any person in the world, or you can think of me as an immortal, a weapon spirit, an AI, or even an NPC in the game. It can be a real existence, or it can be a fantasy. It can be the treasure of Kunshan, or it can be Stones in the pit. Or... a bowl of sweet tofu, a pot of spicy rabbit heads, and a bottle of Laoganma hot sauce."

"You can see everything, but you cannot see it; you can think it, but you cannot think it; you can know it, but you cannot know it."

"All things are empty and are prepared for me. They can be transformed according to circumstances. They are all necessary and indispensable."

Xu Zhenyun was suddenly stunned.

As for this female crown, she looks a bit like an old monk playing tricks.

But perhaps these words were a little too down-to-earth. The tension in Xu Zhenyun's heart was suddenly relieved, and he became inexplicably relaxed...

Xu Zhenyun looked at the female crown and said with a smile: "Are you anyone in the world? My wife just happened to be missing. Can I say that you are my wife Ran Chuchu?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Xu Zhenyun suddenly regretted it.

Firstly, it was too down-to-earth for the women's title, which inadvertently brought Xu Zhenyun's rhythm; secondly, Xu Zhenyun suddenly relaxed from the high tension, and suddenly it was a bit too much.

The joke was a bit big, wouldn't it offend the other party?
If the other party is really some kind of great supernatural power that spans all the worlds, I won't be able to resist him.

If it is true that "all methods are empty and nothing is impossible", then she should not mind; but Xu Zhenyun knows that some so-called "big shots" may sound nice, but in fact they are all things they cannot afford.

When you are proud, you have the demeanor of a master who has seen through the world; but if someone takes advantage of you, you will immediately turn your back on them.

The female crown just smiled and said calmly: "You think it is."

Xu Zhenyun was calm and a little surprised at the same time, and lost his mind for a moment.

Nu Guan smiled and said: "Since the Liuhe Exquisite Pagoda has been cleared, I will make a hexagram for you. Calculate your Taoist heart type and determine the ups and downs of your destiny."

Xu Zhenyun said in surprise: "Fortune telling?"

"What kind of algorithm? Birth date? Palmistry, face reading, astrology; or a horoscope? Or a zodiac sign?"

It’s not like you have to pull out a deck of tarot cards, right?
The female crown smiled and said: "None of them. Just ask three simple questions."

What a coincidence... The first level of Liuhe Linglong Tower is the "Three Questions of the Stone Lion", and now there are three more questions?

After suppressing this thought, Xu Zhenyun said loudly with a risk-taking mentality: "Then it's a hexagram! Just ask!"

The female crown placed the fly whisk across her arms and said leisurely: "The first question: What is your first goal in life? Is it to see the Tao? Or to live forever?"

Xu Zhenyun frowned slightly: "What is the difference between the two?"

Enlightenment, immortality, and attainment of immortality are often considered together, as if there is not much difference.

The female crown smiled and said: "Hear the Tao in the morning and die in the evening. You must have heard this sentence, right? It was included in the text of your nine-year compulsory education."

Xu Zhenyun gave him a disdainful look.

Do you really think I am illiterate?It would be too sad if you could only learn this famous saying from a textbook.

However, following Nv Guan's suggestion, Xu Zhenyun immediately had a clear idea: "Choose to see the Tao, which means to regard the pursuit of truth as the first goal, even more than one's own life; the opposite is true for immortality; what is the difference in emphasis between the two?"

The female crown smiled and nodded: "Exactly."

Xu Zhenyun replied without hesitation: "I choose immortality!"

He will die if he hears the truth in the morning... I admire such people very much; but unfortunately, I am not.

The female crown did not comment, and said very calmly: "Okay."

She wiped her sleeves wide, and there was an extra copper coin on the wooden handle of the whisk that was lying horizontally on her arm.

The reverse side of the copper coin is facing up, and the style cannot be seen. At first glance, it looks very ordinary, like a popular commodity such as Qianlong Tongbao.

The female crown asked again: "The second question. Free growth and a hundred schools of thought contending; or is it determined by one person and strict order? Which of these two world systems do you agree with?"

"It's the choice between 'freedom' and 'lawfulness', which is not unfamiliar..."

But Xu Zhenyun suddenly thought of something and asked doubtfully: "Is this question a choice?"

Integrating the memory of the original owner, Xu Zhenyun has some understanding of the history of Xinyuan Continent.

Since the beginning of the Fourth Era, known as the "Spring and Autumn Era" 5 years ago, the conflict between the Immortal Dynasty and various countries began, and the Xinyuan Continent has never been unified.

It's just that the number of immortal dynasties has grown from dozens of tycoons to seven heroes standing side by side, and has evolved into the current three pillars of Jin, Chu and Liang.

Even those who know little about the Taoism vaguely know that unifying the Xinyuan Continent is something that the great supernatural powers of the past generations, especially those who hold the imperial throne of the Immortal Dynasty, have never forgotten. It seems to involve some great cause and effect.

The secret of this, Xu Zhenyun's humble status, of course cannot be explained clearly.

But this at least means -

In Xinyuan Continent, this question cannot be freely discussed, and there is most likely a "standard answer".The female crown smiled slightly and said very casually: "It doesn't matter what the current world style is; the key is your own choice."

Xu Zhenyun felt relieved and answered without hesitation: "Freedom."

Is this still an option?

In my life, I love freedom without restraint!
Another copper coin was placed neatly on the fly whisk.

The letter of this copper coin is facing up, but the handwriting is ancient and it is hard to tell which dynasty the style is.

The female crown nodded and said with a smile: "The third question. Do you prefer 'mutual stimulation' or 'fusion'?"

Before Xu Zhenyun could ask questions, the female champion took the initiative to explain the concept: "The so-called 'mutual stimulation' means being sublimated and improved through competition, death and survival; the so-called 'integration' means friendly exchanges between the two parties, and mutual learning through mutual learning. Promote."

Xu Zhenyun thought for a moment and said calmly: "Strike each other."

The battle of life and death is better than ten years of hard training behind closed doors.That's probably the truth, right?

Just like after the decisive battle between Pang Ban and Lang Fanyun, both of them shattered the void?
On the purple handle of the whisk, a third copper coin appeared, still with the writing side facing up, and the style was difficult to distinguish.

Xu Zhenyun compared carefully.

The "Three Questions of the Stone Lion" are specific decisions made on a case-by-case basis; while the three questions asked by the Female Crown are obviously more macro-level, and really mean to examine the worldview.

A three-dimensional observer of the monastic world?

Xu Zhenyun smiled secretly in his heart.

Moreover, the atmosphere of the three questions just now was relaxed, and it did not have the wonderful effect of "directly pointing to the heart" like the "three questions of the stone lion", so that there was a situation where two souls were fighting.

The three questions are all Xu Zhenyun’s true answers.

What is the profound meaning of these three questions...

Putting away his wandering thoughts, Xu Zhenyun said: "How is it? What can you figure out?"

The female crown did not answer, but still smiled and asked: "On the first floor of the Liuhe Linglong Tower, the lazy stone lion also asked you three questions. Now I will give you a chance to revise your answers and ask you to answer those three questions again. Are you willing?"

Xu Zhenyun's eyes moved.

The topics raised by the female crown were unexpected.

After thinking for a long time, Xu Zhenyun replied: "No, I will have no regrets."

Although he only came to the world of Xinyuan Mainland for just one day, Xu Zhenyun felt the stickiness and tension of this world inexplicably, so he subconsciously had the idea of ​​"letting nature take its course".

Furthermore, there is only one conscious body. Strictly speaking, "I" is the only "I", and there is no risk of being taken away.

But because of this, there is no need to force consistency and eliminate all traces of the original owner.Regarding the three questions before the incident, keeping the answer of "original owner" seems to be a way of "enriching oneself", which seems to be more harmonious and appropriate.

Xu Zhenyun didn't know if this idea was right, but it came into being naturally.

The female crown's smile faded, but her attitude still seemed calm and relaxed, not serious, and said very casually: "The three questions of the stone lion are for the 'Three Questions of Personnel', and the divination of the main hexagram is a Li hexagram."

As Nu Guan spoke, three more copper coins appeared on the whisk handle in her palm, arranged in a "front and back" format.

In addition to the three copper coins arranged in "anyway, right" order that the woman's crown had just placed, there were six coins in total, neatly arranged.

The female crown continued: "The three questions I just asked are the 'Three Questions of Heaven', and the divination of Deke is a Dui hexagram."

Xu Zhenyun pricked up his ears and was about to continue listening, but Nu Guan stopped talking.

She put away all six copper coins with a flick of her wrist.

Then he saw her right index finger put into her mouth, her tongue moved flexibly, and she dipped her saliva into it.

Then he grabbed Xu Zhenyun's right hand, spread it out, and wrote the word "revolution" for innovation one stroke at a time. The handwriting showed a light golden color.

Xu Zhenyun was caught off guard. When he reacted, the writing in his palm had already taken shape.

A few seconds later, the word "ge" in the palm of the hand caused further changes - the word first shone brightly with golden light; then it quickly dimmed, sank and converged, until it disappeared without a trace.

At the moment when the word "ge" completely dissipated, Xu Zhenyun clearly felt something extra in his Dantian.

There is a square with eight vertical and horizontal grids, a total of 64 grids.

It's like a Chinese chess board without the Chu, He and Han realms; more directly, it's like an international chess board.

what's the situation?
A story he saw in primary school suddenly came to Xu Zhenyun's mind: Afanti asked the king to put one grain of rice on the first square of the chessboard, two grains of rice on the second square, and eight grains of rice on the third square... Until 64 grids are filled...

You don't want me to collect rice, right?

Just as I was thinking about it, a dazzling golden handwriting suddenly appeared in the small grid on the second row and third column of the "chessboard". It was the word "ge" that had just appeared on my palm.

Not only that, on the small grid in the background of the word "ge", there is also a vivid golden little man standing with clear eyebrows and a bright look. It is Xu Zhenyun himself!

The remaining 63 grids are empty.

Xu Zhenyun felt the word "ge" under the little golden figure that represented him. He was stunned for a long time and then said: "I am 'ge'? What does this mean?"

Nu Guan smiled slightly and said slightly slyly: "It doesn't mean anything, it's just a code name. It's the same as 'zero, green, white, vermillion, black, empty, south, north, three, jade'."

(End of this chapter)