Entering the Tao in the Red Dust

Chapter 872: Entering the Tao

In the Moon Palace, Qin Mu and Bai Quer were actually exchanging sword skills. Although Bai Quer's sword skills were learned from Qin Mu, after 40,000 years of refinement, her sword skills had made a qualitative leap based on Qin Mu's sword skills back then.

At that time, Qin Mu and Da Zun went back to 40,000 years ago in Bailong City. Qin Mu demonstrated his swordsmanship to Bai Quer, Bai Qingfu and others. However, the era of the previous emperor was destroyed, and among those who had witnessed Qin Mu's swordsmanship, only Bai Quer survived.

After Qin Mu left, she alone protected the people and searched for a place where the emperor's era could continue. She was the only one who had to bear any difficulties and obstacles.

Qin Mu's swordsmanship gradually evolved in her hands and turned into a god who protects the common people. She was like another First Human Emperor, but different from the First Human Emperor, she was more determined and enterprising.

Her starting point was even lower. The first human emperor, Qin Wu, was a descendant of Kaihuang. She received the best education since childhood and practiced the most powerful skills and magical powers.

But she was only the daughter of the Lord of Bailong City, not a pure dragon. The best magical power she had ever learned was Qin Mu's swordsmanship and the Zulong Taixuan Gong taught to her by Qin Mu. However, at that time, Qin Mu did not have time to pass on his swordsmanship to her completely, and the Zulong Taixuan Gong was also incomplete.

She could only rely on her own exploration, improvement and revision. Although there was still some trace of Qin Mu in her swordsmanship, the connotation and artistic conception of her swordsmanship had long deviated from Qin Mu's path.

This is also what makes Qin Mu admire and respect her.

Only when swordsmanship possesses the spirit of the times can it enter the realm of Taoism.

This kind of entry into the Tao is not the kind brought about by the Emperor's Throne technique, nor is it the kind of entry into the Tao that is brought about by the "Imperial Lord" of Heaven who relies on numerology to deconstruct the runes of the ancient gods.

The entry into the Emperor's Throne method relies on the practice of the founder, which brings supreme enlightenment to the practitioner.

The entry into the Tao brought by the structural rune avenue is to use a tricky method to enable oneself to display the great magical powers of the ancient gods.

Both of these are tricks.

The true way to enter the Tao is to be infected by the spirit of a great era, to let one's Tao heart be in this era, to let one's Tao heart leap with the times, to be moved by the breath and pulse of the times, to have one's Tao heart stirred by the affairs of the world, and thus to enter the Tao.

This kind of entry into Taoism means entering the mundane world.

Entering the Tao in the secular world is the true entry into the Tao.

The village chief's kendo is to dance with the sword amidst setbacks again and again, to remember the martyrs and to have a broad mind.

Master Yankang entered Taoism to reform and make progress.

The butcher entered the Taoism because he refused to submit to heaven, earth or defeat. He pointed his knife towards the sky and took pleasure in avenging his enemies.

Qin Mu entered Taoism because he was inspired by the first ancestor, the Human Emperor. Carrying a heavy responsibility and being powerless to change the situation, he angrily attacked on the battlefield of Taihuangtian, hoping to change the fate of the human world.

Bai Quer's purpose in becoming a Taoist is to use the sword to protect the safety of the people, to protect the common people, and to bring them hope of survival.

Her swordsmanship came to an end only after the reign of the former emperor and the people of the country lived in peace. Because there was no more war, the people of the former emperor's era had the opportunity to reproduce and thrive.

At that time, her swordsmanship had been cultivated to the twenty-seventh level.

Kaihuang and other rising stars also emerged at that time. Bai Quer, the Supreme Emperor Sword God, could finally put down her burden. It was also because of this that her swordsmanship could never make any further progress in the next tens of thousands of years.

But her swordsmanship and philosophy also influenced the Kaihuang era that lasted for 20,000 years, and the Yankang era that lasted 40,000 years later.

Qin Mu exchanged sword techniques with her, taught her the Eighteen Sword Styles and Nineteen Sword Styles she created herself, and also learned her great sword skills.

He could see from her great sword skills the suffering and torture the girl had gone through, as well as her stubborn persistence.

This time, Qin Mu taught her his sword skills completely, and also taught her the Zulong Taixuan Gong without reservation.

The reason why Bai Quer, the Supreme Sword God, was unable to cultivate to a higher level was precisely because of the incompleteness of Zulong Taixuan Gong. With this technique, although it could not improve her attainments in swordsmanship, it could allow her to reach a higher level of cultivation.

"You want to go find Guixu?"

When Bai Quer heard Qin Mu talking about Guixu, she thought for a moment and said, "I led my people into the East China Sea back then. At that time, Yuandu had not yet been sealed. I encountered a giant dragon in a sea area, like the Long Bo you mentioned. If Long Bo is there, Guixu should be nearby."

Qin Mu's eyes lit up and he quickly asked her where she met Long Bo.

Bai Quer gave him the maritime geography map and said, "Long Bo has a very bad temper. He is a descendant of the ancient dragon. If you go there, you must be careful."

In the Tiantu, the scholars of Yankang were very hardworking, like busy worker bees, repairing the defects of the formation in the Tiantu and changing the structure of the formation.

The Heavenly Map is a treasure, and Imperial Master Yankang wants to refine it again and use it as a formation weapon for Yankang.

Imperial Master Yankang also thought about taking the Heavenly Map away, but taking the Heavenly Map away would only allow the Heavenly Court to refine a new Heavenly Map faster, which would be more disadvantageous to Yankang.

It is in Yankang's interest to take advantage of the heaven's inertia and make him look more harmless.

Qin Mu and Bai Quer also walked out of the Moon Palace to help the scholars repair the celestial map and improve the formation structure. The two lived a very fulfilling life.

Until this day, Qin Mu suddenly remembered Yu Tianzun.

"Oh no! I've left my brother in Jiangling Academy for almost half a year!"

Qin Mu had no choice but to leave. Bai Quer stood in front of the Moon Palace and waved goodbye to him.

Qin Mu stood on the head of the dragon unicorn, and the dragon unicorn ran towards the world below.

He looked back and saw the woman dancing with the sword in the bright moon.

Qin Mu stared blankly at the woman dancing in the moon. He felt that Bai Quer's swordsmanship, which had been stagnant, suddenly seemed to have improved and made progress again.

The woman seemed to have found people and things worth protecting with her life, so her attainments in kendo improved again!

"Does she want to protect Yankang, who inherited the emperor's ideals, or does she just want to protect me..."

Qin Mu shook his head and laughed, "She wants to protect Yan Kang, that must be it."

At Jiangling Academy, Qin Mu, with a gloomy face, took away Yu Tianzun and Shui Qilin, who were fattened by Yan'er. In the past six months, Yu Tianzun had been following the Duke of Weiguo, and his voice had become unusually loud, causing Qin Mu's ears to buzz.

Qin Mu's face became darker and darker. He strictly forbade Yan'er to continue feeding Yu Tianzun and Shui Qilin. On the way, he forced Yu Tianzun to practice madly in order to get rid of the fat on his body.

As for the Water Qilin, Qin Mu gave it to the Dragon Qilin to train.

Long Qilin also has a way to lose body fat.

Yan'er had no chance to feed him, so she had to take care of Qin Mu. Qin Mu bought her some sunflower seeds and asked the girl to peel them one by one for him to eat.

"Young Master, do you want to eat the demon god?" Yan'er grabbed a demon god as majestic as a mountain and tempted him.

Qin Mu shook his head.

Yan'er was very disappointed. She ate the demon god, flew out and caught another god, tempting him, "Young Master, do you want to eat gods?"

Qin Mu shook his head.

Yan'er burped after eating.

They came to Yujing Academy. Wang Muran’s Yujing Academy was inferior to other academies. It was the most prestigious holy place in Yankang at that time, but because it was too transcendent and backward, it failed to reform in the first time and turn the heritage of small Yujing into an attraction for scholars.

However, Qin Mu met the first Human Emperor here. In addition to the first Human Emperor, all the Human Emperors of previous generations also came here, became officials in the Imperial Academy, and taught scholars.

Xiaoyujing was originally a fragment of the Kaihuang Heavenly Palace. The First Ancestor had deep feelings for this place. When he was depressed, he turned into a stone statue here.

The Second Ancestor, the Third Ancestor, Emperor Qi Kang and others were the most outstanding people in the 20,000 years since the fall of the Kaihuang Dynasty. Naturally, they are even better than before when they were resurrected this time.

These Human Emperors actually reopened the Tianhe Divine Treasures and became extremely powerful.

Moreover, they continued their style as the tyrants in Fengdu and made the Yujing Academy very lively.

The First Human Emperor moved the classics of Yuming Palace to Xiaoyujing, which greatly improved the Yujing Academy.

Qin Mu brought Yu Tianzun here to study. After more than ten days, he had learned the results of the reform, but Yu Tianzun had not finished learning yet, so he had to wait here.

"Emperor Qin, you care a lot about this little fat boy."

Qi Kang Ren Huang carelessly rubbed the fat face of the "little fat boy", squeezed Yu Tianzun's mouth into a flower, and said with a smile: "Are you planning to train him as the next Ren Huang?"

Qin Mu's eyes lit up, but he had not thought about how to arrange for Yu Tianzun.

He just wanted to live up to the old Yincha's expectations and cultivate Yu Tianzun into an existence that was no less inferior to that of his previous life, and once again become the Tianzun who shocked the world.

However, he cannot always bring Yu Tianzun with him, so perhaps he can cultivate Yu Tianzun to become the next generation of Human Emperor.

"Our human emperor is stronger with each generation."

Emperor Qi Kang smiled and said, "Do you think he will be able to defeat you in the future?"

Qin Mu said modestly: "Our Human Emperor Palace does have this tradition, and my brother is indeed outstanding, far superior to me, but I am a tyrant after all..."

Qi Kang Ren Huang sneered and said, "Leave the little fat guy here. We old guys will teach him together. We promise to beat you, a tyrant, to tears!"

Qin Mu laughed loudly and actually left Yu Tianzun here. He ordered: "Don't teach him the skills, and don't teach him how to open the divine treasure. Whoever dares to teach, I will beat him until he cries for his parents!"

The emperors of all generations sneered, intending to teach this man who betrayed his teacher and ancestors a lesson. Qin Mu hurriedly called on Long Qilin to take Yan'er with him and rushed away.

"Young Master, where are we going?" Yan'er couldn't help but ask with a smile when she saw that he was in high spirits.

"East China Sea!" Qin Mu pointed to the east and said loudly.

Yan'er asked curiously, "Sir, are you tired of eating gods and demons on land? Do you want to eat seafood? The gods and demons in the sea have a fishy smell."

"Let's go find Guixu!"

Qin Mu laughed loudly and said, "Let's go find the founder of Tiansheng Sect, Senior Brother Wei Suifeng, and see what secrets he left for me in Guixu!"

The dragon unicorn galloped happily towards the East China Sea. When it reached the sea, the giant beast frolicked around and trampled through thousands of waves.

A few months later, Long Qilin floated on the water with its belly facing up. No matter how Qin Mu beat it, it refused to get up and continue on its journey.

"According to the maritime geography map that Qu'er gave me, the place where she met Long Bo should be nearby."

Qin Mu looked around and compared it with the maritime geography map, but still found nothing.

He untied the willow leaf between his eyebrows, and his consciousness fell into the Qin Continent. He said politely: "God, can you see me?"

After a moment, the God's clone said, "Yes! What are you going to do this time?"

Qin Mu hurriedly said: "Please ask God to help me find Guixu."

God stared at him.

Qin Mu's expression remained unchanged.

After a while, the God of Heaven snorted coldly: "The sea surface is very flat, there is no Guixu here."

Qin Mu was stunned and looked at Lava Tu Bo again, but Tu Bo ignored him.

He had no choice but to retract his spiritual consciousness, and with a swish, opened a Chengtian Gate behind him, and waited obediently outside the door.

After a long time, a small boat came slowly from the gate, and an old ghost stood at the bow.

"Venerable You Tianzun, may I ask how to get to Guixu?" Qin Mu asked.

The lantern in the old man's hand almost went out, and he shook his head silently.

Qin Mu asked: "What about Longbo Kingdom?"

The lantern in the old ghost messenger's hand shook, and he raised his hand and pointed in a direction through the door.

"Thank you." Qin Mu was polite and planned to close the Chengtian Gate.

"Wait a moment!"

The old man stretched out his hand from the door, and the lantern shone on Qin Mu's face. The old man behind the lantern looked very unfriendly: "You asked me to come out just to ask for directions?"

Qin Mu nodded.

The hand holding the lantern was trembling. The old man behind the lantern took a long breath and said patiently, "Since you took care of Yu Tianzun... Where is Yu Tianzun? Where did you throw Yu Tianzun?"

————Sorry, the update is half an hour late. I wrote the chapter in the morning while on the high-speed train. I was running around outside in the afternoon and only had time to go back to the hotel to write at six o'clock. I'm sorry for the late update.