Dao Equaling the Heavens
Chapter 409 - 28 Sanqing Taoist Sect_2

Chapter 409: Chapter 28 Sanqing Taoist Sect_2

When epochs are measured in millions of years, then even Immortals are but a splash in the river of time.

"Ugh, your Grandma here won’t go soft just because of you."

Chi Yu Zi snorted, and then he thought of his sister, with a face so hideously ugly.

Once their lifespan neared its end, they would turn into monstrous creatures.

"Gu Wen, if you were to die one day, would you become like them?"

"No," Gu Wen shook his head, then said indifferently, "Perhaps if you were about to die, and there was an unethical path available, I might consider it."

"Ew, so cheesy."

Chi Yu Zi blurted out words of disdain in panic, while Lu Chan’s face flushed with embarrassment and awkwardness. She scratched her cheek, fully aware of his meaning but still couldn’t help her heart from racing.

Gu Wen merely smiled in response, silent, yet his composed demeanor seemed to carry a weight that could overturn heaven and earth.

Gradually, the two women also fell silent, whether from surreptitious joy or bashfulness, ultimately overwhelmed by an indescribable heaviness.

When a mortal threatens to kill, only mortals get scared.

When a Saint, higher than an Immortal, threatens to kill, the entire cosmos trembles.

Chi Yu Zi muttered darkly, "You better stick to your own principles."

"I didn’t ask for your opinion, and you aren’t strong enough to stop me."

Gu Wen tapped Chi Yu Zi’s head and smiled, "Do you think too highly of yourself, assuming I would listen to you?"

Chi Yu Zi, who had just felt moved, immediately clenched her fists in anger and threw a punch.

Her punch breezed through the air, but it was firmly grasped by Gu Wen’s broad palm, rendering her unable to exert any strength.

While dealing with the agitated Chi Yu Zi, Gu Wen poured a white jade colored liquid from a cerulean bottle.

Suddenly, the room filled with moonlight, and an indescribable fragrance tinged the air.

He tasted it and found it very appetizing, also sensing a peculiar essence of Dao within.

This essence of Dao... perhaps, possibly, there was something off about it.

Smelling the fragrance, Chi Yu Zi got tempted and asked, "What is this? Give some to your Grandma here."

Gu Wen shook his head, and Chi Yu Zi grew more anxious, nearly leaping towards him to grab the raised bottle and clamoring,

"What is this fantastic thing? Let me taste it, considering I even gave you the shell of my three souls and seven spirits. We at least shared a meal, why so stingy?"

Watching the girl’s eager expressions, Gu Wen couldn’t help but remember a cat he had in a previous life. The water in the basin was horse urine; the liquid in the cup was Immortal Brew.

He poured a cup, and Chi Yu Zi drank it without hesitation, shuddering and her face flushed.

"Is this Immortal Brew?"

Lu Chan was also curious but before she could ask, Gu Wen shook his head and said,

"This thing aids in cultivation, and it tastes great, but it has a side effect; it makes you obedient."

Chi Yu Zi frowned, "Obedient? Can this stuff control the mind?"

"Yes," Gu Wen nodded, "It’s more akin to an addictive drug. A common person takes one sip, and they might never crave any other food in their lifetime. Even great powers can’t avoid it; probably after hundreds of years, they wouldn’t be able to quit."

Chi Yu Zi immediately lost interest, somewhat puzzled, "Why is the Deity of the Moon’s Immortal Position so sinister?"

"How come you are sure that the Heavenly Court is righteous?"

"Uh..."

Chi Yu Zi was at a loss for words.

It seemed like a reasonable point; the Human Race had distanced itself from animals only tens of thousands of years ago. Nowadays, being well-dressed, orderly between the old and young, and complete with manners had only been established over thousands of years.

The concept of morality began to be accepted widely only after the Qingcang Immortal.

She then grew a bit worried, "I drank it; will I be okay?"

"One sip won’t harm, it’s not poison, just the essence of Dao causing trouble."

"So, how should we deal with this thing?"

"Let’s keep it for now; it might prove useful later. Plus, it has some ability to probe cause and effect."

Gu Wen delved deeper into research, the bottle seemed alive as it grasped all the Dao essence within.

Due to it involving the Heavenly Saint, he couldn’t fully comprehend and replicate the great Dao within, but he managed to grasp a trace of it.

Fingers forming a magic spell, a streak of strange light flew from the bottle, and the thoughts in his heart transformed into characters that imprinted on the bottle.

"Dao"

In the next instant, the bottle buzzed, the characters shattered, and a hard-to-describe scream echoed.

The Dao Fruit was in terror.

And Gu Wen’s expression turned even stranger, Chi Yu Zi asked, "What’s wrong?"

"This thing is very sinister. If I’m not mistaken, with just a bit of refinement, you could spy on the inner thoughts of anyone who drinks this brew."

Gu Wen’s mind conjured another scene.

The Deity of the Moon and his subordinate Heavenly Official, Chang’e, were Jinyi Guards.

His magic spell changed, and the characters emerging from the bottle transformed once again.

[Gu Wen, Gu Wen, Gu Wen, Gu Wen, Yu Hua, wine...]

Chi Yu Zi joked, "Pfft, you’re quite narcissistic and youthful, aren’t you?"

Is it possible that this is what you’re thinking?

Gu Wen decided not to expose the truth, as it was quite entertaining.

Sometimes, glimpsing into what others are thinking can also be a source of pleasure.

Yu Hua had once admitted that she could know what others were thinking.

At noon, Gu Wen and the others boarded the Immortal Boat, which took ten days to travel directly to Xuanhuang State, covering a distance of over ten million miles.

Such a great distance was one of the reasons why transportation like the Immortal Boat was prevalent. Ordinary cultivators and even great powers couldn’t engage in long-duration, long-distance Flying Escapes.

Xuanhuang State, Xuanhuang City, at the foot of Three Pure Mountain.

The Immortal Boat slowly landed, and as Gu Wen descended, his eyes met a sea of people from all over, converging from every corner of the world. He could see dozens of different styles of clothing at a glance.

There were green-robed Daoists, bald monks in kasayas, swordsmen with their blades at their backs, sword-carrying swordsmen, and affluent merchants...

Residual sounds echoed in Gu Wen’s ears, directing him around the city, informing him of its unchanged details since eight hundred years ago.

Looking forward, he saw three massive Spiritual Mountains piercing into the clouds, each thousands of feet high, with the clouds serving as their skirts.

Three Pure Mountain.

The place that haunted his dreams, also the pinnacle of the Cultivation World in his heart.

Chi Yu Zi said, "Initially, it was relegated to the frontier, but after battling for hundreds of years the spirit veins were severely damaged, so two hundred years ago the main vein was moved back here for recuperation. Now to go up the mountain, I have a Transfer Token that allows direct entrance to the mountain gate."

She produced a cyan-white token.

Gu Wen pondered; he could feel a familiar presence wafting down from the mountain and naturally wished to meet his master sooner.

But then he thought, having come all the way to the foot of the mountain, a few more minutes wouldn’t matter.

Moreover, according to the Fox Fairy, his master wanted him to come back to work. In his master’s eyes, he possessed great wisdom in managing the world.

Yet in reality, Gu Wen had never served even a single day as an Emperor.

If he went up now, who knew when he would be able to come back down.

"Travel-worn, let’s first go to Qianfeng Tower for a drink to celebrate."

Gu Wen grandly waved his hand, producing the ’Qianfeng Tower lifetime VIP’ token given by Lu Chan, and switched to mortal mode.

Chi Yu Zi naturally had no objections, and the two swaggered into the brothel, arms linked and shoulders touching.

They drank wildly all night, supporting each other as they left, then turned and entered another branch establishment.

"The previous place was a bit too raw, those women kept trying to rub shoulders with us. Could they possibly succeed with me around? This time, let’s listen to some soft music, something elegant."

"Should celebrate once more."

"After listening to music and drinking, let’s gamble a bit, play some card games."

"Should keep celebrating."

"After the card games, we should go to Spiritual Spring and cleanse ourselves."

"Should continue celebrating even further."

Gu Wen and Chi Yu Zi ate, then slept, drank when they woke up, and gambled when satiated, living as if they were mortals, reveling in pleasure.

Though they were considered great powers in a worldly sense, they hardly ever truly enjoyed life.

If I don’t fully bask in the glory, how can I understand that all of this is but fleeting moments!

For ten continuous days, someone finally lost patience.

A giant hand descended from the sky, grabbing Chi Yu Zi directly.

Gu Wen heard a chilling voice beside his ear.

"Make your way up on your own."

Arriving outside the gate of Three Pure Mountain, facing an endless flight of bluestone stairs, Gu Wen had no choice but to sit outside the mountain gate to sober up.

From a distance, a disciple of the Three Pure Ones explained to others, transforming into a different sound as it reached his ears.

"Three Pure Mountain gate, nine hundred and ninety-nine million steps, ascending millions grants entry to the tributaries, reaching the summit grants entry to the main vein..."

Gu Wen climbed a million steps uphill, reaching a small town on the mountainside where countless seekers of the Dao rested. There, the disciples of the Three Pure Ones provided lodging and food, as well as recruitment for the tributaries.

A female disciple from the Taiqing Sect Tributary approached with a friendly smile and asked, "Would you like me to guide you into the mountain gate?"

Gu Wen shook his head to refuse.

Because eight hundred years ago, someone had already guided him into the Jade Pure lineage.