139: Chapter 59: Father and Son Discuss Divine Enthronement!
[Important Plot] 139: Chapter 59: Father and Son Discuss Divine Enthronement!
[Important Plot] Logically speaking, at Yun Zhongzi’s realm, with the extremely intricate patterns of the Great Dao and the utmost simplified marks of heaven and earth, he should be able to understand their specific meanings with careful contemplation.
Besides indulging in a journey beyond the skies, Yun Zhongzi was not just travelling through various minor heavens, but he also often strolled in the Chaos Sea.
It was said that he was one of the ten strongest beings in this world, other than the Sect Hierarchs, and that was by no means an exaggeration.
He actually couldn’t understand these characters.
These characters bore neither semblance in form nor spirit to any language of this world.
Yun Zhongzi narrowed his eyes slightly, his smile receding as he focused intently on Li Ping’an’s figure.
After entering the Wanyun Sect’s Mountain Protection Array, he had only to listen to the discussions among the various disciples to learn about the past of this father and son.
This portly man with a friendly smile was a third-rank Heavenly Immortal named Li Dazhi, a disciple of the sect’s founding patriarch, Kongming.
He started his Daoist cultivation in midlife, attained Immortal status in three years, and possessed great fortune, pioneering the “Refine Artifacts with Artifacts” method, hence the title Grand Wealth Immortal.
Li Dazhi’s son, Li Ping’an, is the young man from the Human Race whom Yun Zhongzi had been observing.
With mediocre talent and average fortune, after entering the sect, he had been stuck at Liuyun Hall for three years.
By his own opportunities, he became a disciple of the Heavenly Immortal Qing Su.
He rarely left his cave dwelling, and it was rumored that his understanding was astonishing.
Not yet having completed his Foundation Establishment, he had already grasped the Immortal Techniques of the sect, and was skilled in the ways of talismans and arrays.
In simple terms, the father’s fortune was against the heavens, while the son’s understanding was unmatched.
Yun Zhongzi had previously used the Secret Technique of Fate Observation on Li Dazhi and knew that the first half of this statement was not false;
And now, having seen the complete set of ‘secret language’ inscribed by Li Ping’an, he was filled with deep emotion.
“Indeed, an exceptional understanding.”
In the cave dwelling, Li Ping’an handed over the stone slab to his elderly father and began to wash the Spirit Grass by himself.
Li Dazhi frowned in concentration, observing carefully, for the writing was phonetic, and he needed to read it with the correct tones in his mind to understand what each string of phonetics represented.
Li Ping’an said through the stone slab:
“Father, I’m not sure how much you know about the mythology of our old home, but I do know quite a bit.
“Moreover, the more I learn about this world, the more I feel that it resembles the world described in certain tales of valor, complete with children donned in red bellybands with three heads and six arms, our own clansmen, and an old man catching fish with straight hooks, and the immortal who raises dogs and has three eyes on his forehead.
“If you understand, just nod.”
Li Dazhi nodded at Li Ping’an.
“Investiture of the Gods” was not just a memory from Li Ping’an’s childhood; it was also the TV show Li Dazhi enjoyed most in his youth, especially the classic version with its extraordinary costumes, makeup, and props!
Continuing to read on, Li Dazhi saw what Li Ping’an wrote:
“I have been collecting various ancient texts and gathering information from all quarters.
I now have a general understanding of this world.
“A vast region in the central part of the East Continent is inhabited by mortals, sustaining at least a hundred billion people.
Under the influence of immortal power civilization, these mortals have developed quite advanced societies.
The social atmosphere is not much different from the Song and Ming dynasties of our memories.
That is, their systems and laws are still quite rudimentary.
And behind every Immortal Dynasty, there is a powerful sect in control.
“Just like our Wanyun Sect controls the Linzheng Immortal Dynasty.
“If the Chanjie Dual Sects truly exist, it means that in the future, there might very well be a Divine Enthronement war — and in many mythological stories, such wars are denoted as calamities.
Accompanied by the military expedition of King Wu against Zhou, immortals commencing a great war, and the fallen becoming mere wraiths subservient to the order of heaven and earth.
“That is, the Investiture of the Gods.”
Li Dazhi took a deep breath and wrote down with a stylus, “But what does this have to do with us?”
Li Ping’an sipped the fresh and tender Spirit Grass and quickly inscribed, “Dad, think carefully, what is your status?”
Li Dazhi muttered, “Me?
Father of Ping’an, disciple of Kongming.”
Suddenly, Li Dazhi paused.
He turned his head to look at Li Ping’an, his eyes widening.
Li Ping’an took the stone slab to the side, his palm imbued with mana swiftly turned the inscribed phonetic layer into dust.
He continued to inscribe:
“First, we must understand something; Dad, you are a Great Fate Holder, and before this, whenever the Human Race faced a calamity, such as a decisive battle with the Hundred Clans or confrontation with the Ancient Heavenly Court, which were calamities that led to heavy casualties of living beings, one or two Great Fortune Holders would emerge from the Human Race.
“Great Fortune Holders are the children of great calamities, never failing to play significant roles in such crises.
“And if the upcoming calamity is the Divine Enthronement’s great ordeal…
Dad, is there a chance you could be that straight-hook fisherman?”
Li Dazhi immediately shook his head repeatedly, “But we are of the Li surname!”
“That’s not necessarily accurate.”
Li Ping’an pondered for a moment and continued to carve.
“Let me start with the information I’m certain of.”
“First, the Southern Continent is known as the foundation of the Human Race and is also enclosed by a grand formation set up by Her Majesty, which is very likely to become the future field of Divine Enthronement.
“Second, Father, you possess Great Fortune, and to this date, no other Great Fortune Holder from the Human Race has been heard of.
“Third, the Chanjie Dual Sects truly exist.
The East Continent is the land of the tripartite Daoist inheritance, with Chanjie distinctions among them.
“From the information I currently hold, the Great Powers of the Chanjie Dual Sects are mostly not of the Human Race.
They lack a sense of belonging to the Human Race, but there are distinctions within this group.
“On the path to the rise of the Human Race, Chan Teaching has often provided assistance.
Based on my understanding of Chan Teaching, which might be biased, they prefer those from humble beginnings, regarding the Human Race slightly higher than the Hundred Clans, while the doctrine of Chanjie Teaching is ‘teachings without distinction.'”