Chapter 63: China's Strange News
In the dead of night, the candles in Fangjiang's room were brightly lit, and Pei Xuanjing gently flipped through the book in his hand.
This is a copy of "The Legend of China" that Gu Ji sent someone to get from Wang Yun today.
A thin book, with the text on the cover in regular script: Shenzhou Weiwen Zhi—Drunk Talk after Drinking, written by Bai Xiaosheng.
This name has been passed down for a long time. It seems that when Jianghu existed, the name Bai Xiaosheng already existed.
Bai Xiaosheng is a name and a title, but it is not just a person.
He claims to know everything, and as long as you pay enough, you can get any information you want.
Such an arrogant tone, but no one ever thought he was exaggerating, because he could give answers to all questions.
Pei Xuanjing opened the book and found that the ink was still wet and was written in the Taige style commonly used in the Ming Dynasty. The writing style is simple and easy to understand.
There is a sentence on the title page of the book: This book was written under the influence of alcohol. Every statement is a lie. If you believe it, there is it, if you don’t believe it, there is nothing.
Pei Xuanjing smiled lightly and didn't care. This was just an excuse.
"As the world knows, in today's world, martial arts is flourishing, while immortality is declining. The theory of immortals and gods has become a legend."
"But why is immortality declining? Why is martial arts flourishing?"< br>
“We have gone through thousands of years to explore the classics left in the prosperous Tang Dynasty and trace the origins. We found that when Emperor Xuanzong of the prosperous Tang Dynasty was on the throne, the theory of immortals and gods was not false. He said: There is an emperor who sits on the ninth floor and dominates the world; there is a swordsman whose swordsmanship reaches the gods, and the light is cold in the nine states; there is a Taoist who lives on in the world forever, and his mind travels to the sky; there is an Arhat who has an immortal golden body and an immortal body."
"Then a great chaos swept through China, and the heaven and earth collapsed. Then the law in China ended, the immortals and Buddhas disappeared, and the gods and demons disappeared. From then on, martial arts was born and flourished in the world."
"So, we have a guess. Martial arts was born out of the immortal way, but because of the reversal of heaven and earth, the immortal way has not been revealed, so it is impossible to live forever."
Pei Xuanjing read every word, for fear of missing any word. thus misunderstanding the meaning.
"According to what Bai Xiaosheng said, it is actually similar to my guess. That is, this world originally had immortals and gods, at least immortals. And because of a great chaos in the Xuanzong era, The state of China fell, and the world changed greatly, so the immortal way declined, and only then did the martial arts emerge from the immortal way."
He muttered to himself, kept these in his heart, and then continued reading.
"Then, we continued to search for records before the Holy Tang Dynasty, and found that history seemed to have fallen into a cycle. Thousands of years before the prosperous Tang Dynasty, between the Northern and Southern Dynasties, the Immortal Path flourished. And before the Northern and Southern Dynasties, After the unification of the Sima family in the late Shenhan Dynasty, the Immortal Way declined again."
"The Immortal Way flourished from the Immortal Qin Dynasty to the end of the Shen Han Dynasty, and declined in the Tianzhou Zhou Dynasty."
"Based on all this, we have a new speculation: the heaven and the earth are circulating, and they are always going through a cycle of reincarnation. Heaven and earth. With the decline of heaven and earth, the immortal way also declines, and immortality is hard to find; but when the heaven and earth regain vitality, the immortal way also prospers. , then immortality can be expected, and the immortals and gods will no longer be false.”
“More than a hundred years ago, the previous generation Bai Xiaosheng teamed up with the contemporary divine fortune teller to deduce the changes in the world, and the results were obtained. After more than a hundred years, the world began to recover. , Immortality will flourish, becoming an immortal is no longer a legend."
Pei Xuanjing put down the book and fell into deep thought.
I have to say that sometimes guessing is just guessing.
But when the guess is confirmed, the mood of the guess is completely different.
Pei Xuanjing once speculated that this world might be similar to the novels he read in his previous life, and seemed to be recovering in spirit. But when this result was confirmed from Bai Xiaosheng's book, his mood was a little indescribable.
There really were immortals and immortals in this world.
But where have those former immortals gone?
Because of the great changes in the world, have those immortals really perished?
If they really died due to the great change of heaven and earth, are such immortals the same as the immortals I know? Is it true immortality?
If they did not die due to the great change of heaven and earth, then where are they?
Whether they will come again with the resurrection of heaven and earth.
Now Pei Xuanjing is about to reach the top level of the world. If the gods and gods return with the recovery of heaven and earth, then the pattern of the entire world will undergo huge changes.
What is the attitude of those immortals towards the ‘mortals’ in this world, are they kind or malicious?
Nothing is known.
Although everything mentioned in Bai Xiaosheng's book is probably just speculation and will not actually happen.
"But why do I feel that this speculation is not false news, but something that will inevitably happen in the future?" Pei Xuanjing frowned.
He remembered something.
That is, it seems that except for the Maitreya Sect, which is dedicated to causing trouble and causing trouble for the Ming Empire, the other major forces of the Ming Dynasty have fallen into a strange calm.
“Originally, according to what Guo Ji said, this martial arts academy was a test of the civil servants by nobles. It would become the focus of the struggle between the two major forces and the center of the storm. But I stayed here for half a month. More than enough, but still so peaceful." Pei Xuanjing thought of his peaceful life for nearly half a month.
Originally, he was already prepared to get involved in the fight between the two parties, and stayed cautiously in the martial arts academy to avoid the limelight.
But during this period of time, the entire martial arts academy has been as calm as water, and there seems to be no accidents.
"Perhaps, I should pay a visit to the vice-dean." Pei Xuanjing thought in his mind.
Sometimes I don't know if it's a coincidence or a miracle. Pei Xuanjing only made the decision last night to take the initiative to visit the vice president Qingyangzi today. The next morning, he found out that Qingyangzi sent someone to invite him.
"I have met the dean." Pei Xuanjing saluted Qingyangzi with clasped fists.
Qingyangzi still had the same smiling face, "Sit down, I happen to have some good tea here that my senior brother sent a few days ago, let you try it."
< br>When Pei Xuanjing sat down, a young Taoist priest who seemed to be a descendant of Qingyangzi served tea to Pei Xuanjing.
Under Qingyangzi’s gentle gaze, Pei Xuanjing took a sip.
"How about this tea?" Qingyangzi asked.
Pei Xuanjing smiled sheepishly, "I just think it smells good, but I can't tell you what's so good about it."
He was telling the truth, he was thinking about I'm a martial artist, but I'm really not good at tasting tea. I just think the tea tastes good, but I don't understand why.
Qingyangzi was stunned by Pei Xuanjing's straightforward answer.
(End of this chapter)