I Studied Abroad in the Modern Times-Chapter 509Book 2: : Questioning the Purple Qi, Shedding the Golden Cicada Shell

Book 2: Chapter 509: Questioning the Purple Qi, Shedding the Golden Cicada Shell

Vol 2 Chapter 509: Questioning the Purple Qi, Shedding the Golden Cicada Shell

Fusang Wood...

No wonder Lu Yao cared so much about the Jiushan Sect.

If it were him, he wouldn't be able to let go either.

But what Zheng Fa was currently concerned about was another question: "What exactly is the Human Saint Position? What is the true purpose of this Hongmeng Purple Qi?"

Hongjun Daoist stood up, glanced toward the classroom within Rainbow Mountain, pondered for a moment, and said, "In your terms, it determines the future of civilization."

"Future?"

Even Tang Lingwu was stunned;clearly, this word carried too much weight.

"The Hongmeng Purple Qi transcends the countless heavens and worlds. After Nüwa created humanity, the corresponding rules were already determined in any universe..."

"Rules? Determined what?"

"Your so-called physical laws." Hongjun, having attended school, explained using modern terminology. "Proton mass, charge number, etc... Under the constraints of these rules, the intelligent life most likely to emerge in a universe is actually quite similar. Nüwa's strand of Hongmeng Purple Qi determined the initial form of the human race."

Hearing it explained this way, Zheng Fa could understand a little.

Take the modern world, for example. Because it lacks spiritual energy, the emergence of life seems unrelated to Nüwa, arising through evolution. Yet, due to the existence of fundamental physical laws, it ultimately produced a human race identical to that of the Xuanyi Realm.

"And the final strand of Hongmeng Purple Qi represents the end of humanity."

"The end of humanity?"

"What do you think a Dao Fruit is? What is the fundamental difference between my methods and the cultivation methods you practice now?"

Hongjun's question plunged Zheng Fa into silence. He thought for a long time before finally speaking in an uncertain tone: "The collective. The current Xuanyi Immortal Dao places greater emphasis on the collective."

The biggest difference he had perceived while listening to the lecture in the Purple Heaven Palace was precisely this.

The three thousand attendees in the Purple Heaven Palace each had their own cultivation methods, but not a single one required the Three Talents or Ritual Ceremonies—when they Proved their Dao, there was no human race.

The most important "Audience" in the Xuanyi Immortal Dao did not exist in the cultivation methods of Hongjun's lecture era.

Even the method of cultivating by leveraging later generations of disciples after attaining the Dao Fruit was completely absent.

"This is also a rule left behind by Taishang and the others."

Hongjun Daoist smiled and explained.

"So, the Nüwa determined the form of humanity's birth, while the other five Saints determined humanity's path of cultivation?"

Thinking about it, that was indeed the case—establishing a sect itself carried connotations of inheritance and faith.

"In terms of origin and innate talent, humanity is far inferior to any innate sacred being," Hongjun Daoist explained. "But as you said, humanity... the many surpass the few."

Hearing this, the accumulated confusion Zheng Fa had about the Xuanyi Immortal Dao finally became clear.

A phrase exploded in his mind:

Every Dao Fruit is a form of civilization!

The Dharmakaya Method is the civilization of clans and families.

The Divine Path method is the civilization of deities and faith.

As for the Yang Spirit Method, it constructs the master-disciple, sect structure.

A Dao Fruit cultivator is merely the one who determines the will of that civilization.

A figure appeared in Zheng Fa's mind. Hongjun Daoist, as if anticipating this, smiled and said, "Thinking of the Gu God?"

"Yes. Is humanity itself a kind of life form?"

Hongjun Daoist laughed, then looked toward the distant city again. His eyes reflected individuals laughing, laboring, and filled with hope.

"We hope so."

Only now did Zheng Fa understand why the Nine Luminaries Heaven secret realm existed. These were the words Hongjun and the six Saints wanted to leave for the recipient of the Hongmeng Purple Qi.

Just like the Gu God, it was humanity, spread across the countless heavens and worlds, that Hongjun and the Saints saw.

Each individual human, in their eyes, was like one of the Gu God's Gu insects, a single cell constituting this vast life form.

Except that each human possessed far greater intelligence and potential than those Gu insects.

Precisely because of this, treating humanity as a life form similar to the Gu God, its strength and wisdom would far surpass all cultivators throughout history, even including Saints like Nüwa.

When Nüwa created humans, it was never for the sake of any single individual, nor was it to wait for some cultivation genius—again, in terms of innate talent, how could humanity compare to Nüwa and the others?

What she created was an entire race. What Taishang Daoist and the others taught and transformed was also an entire race.

From the moment humanity was born, with the Three Talents complete, the Immortal Dao had already changed, and the Xuanyi Immortal Dao truly came into being.

"The final strand of Hongmeng Purple Qi is the point of maturity for human civilization." Seeing that Zheng Fa seemed to have understood, Hongjun Daoist smiled. "It can only belong to humanity itself, only controlled by humanity."

"It determines what path humanity will take."

"What principles it will uphold."

"Even what cultivation methods it will adopt."

"It determines the future of humanity."

Hongjun Daoist's figure gradually dissipated, leaving only his final words lingering faintly in Rainbow Mountain: "Dao Ancestor Zheng, you must choose."

...

Hongjun was gone. Zheng Fa still stood dazedly in the nursing home, unsure what he was feeling.

He now understood why those five Saints insisted on giving him that so-called inheritance treasure.

Simply put, whichever faction he joined would be the ultimate victor in this struggle of teachings and transformation.

According to Hongjun Daoist, this strand of Hongmeng Purple Qi was something that could truly allow humanity to mature, even become a unified whole—to put it inappropriately, without this Hongmeng Purple Qi, humanity is merely a swarm of Gu insects;with it, humanity can coalesce into the Gu God.

But Zheng Fa's first feeling wasn't pride, but pressure...

At this moment, he genuinely didn't want the Hongmeng Purple Qi.

Forget whether he possessed the wisdom and capability to arrange humanity's future properly.

Just possessing this thing, which any ambitious individual would crave—even though he was now a Scattered Immortal, him holding it was like a child carrying gold through a bustling market.

What was Creation Daoist compared to this?

But no...

Zheng Fa glanced again at Tang Lingwu standing beside him, looking at him with concern. He let out a long sigh, smiled at her, nodded slightly, and closed his eyes.

When he opened them again, he was back in the Purple Heaven Palace.

Hongjun Daoist sat on the high platform, explaining the path to sainthood, not giving him an extra glance, as if the recent journey to the modern world had never happened.

Zheng Fa set aside his distracting thoughts and began seriously recording.

The Immortal Dao of the Purple Heaven Palace and the Xuanyi Immortal Dao certainly had differences, and significant ones at that, so the direct benefits Hongjun's lecture brought Zheng Fa were minimal.

But the similarities between them were far greater. Simply put, the Dao methods explained by Hongjun Daoist in the Purple Heaven Palace were the origin of the Xuanyi Immortal Dao;the later Xuanyi Immortal Dao performed a localization adaptation.

Zheng Fa recording them now for future reference held immense value.

As the lecture continued, time flowed steadily. Golden flowers fell from the dome, merging into Zheng Fa's immortal body, causing his cultivation to slowly improve.

Although it couldn't compare to the advancement speed before attaining the Dao Fruit, it was still hundreds of times faster than Zheng Fa's own accumulated cultivation.

When Hongjun stopped lecturing, Zheng Fa jolted awake, feeling as if he had just emerged from a dazzling, drunken dream. His whole body felt warm and cozy, even a bit drowsy.

"The Heavenly Dao is incomplete. After this lecture concludes, I will merge my body with the Dao."

The three thousand attendees below stood up and bowed in unison, praising the Dao Ancestor's great righteousness.

Zheng Fa saw Hongjun Daoist glance at him, then continue, "From this lecture, there shall be seven Saints among my followers."

As he finished speaking, seven strands of purple light radiated from beneath his seat. The light coalesced into swimming dragons that flew toward Zheng Fa and the other six.

The Hongmeng Purple Qi descended onto Zheng Fa's head, slowly sinking, trying to drill into his skull.

Zheng Fa felt his entire spirit tremble violently;his mind felt like it was about to explode!

His newly condensed immortal body and the immortal soul within felt overstuffed, bloated. 𝘧𝓇ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝘣𝓃ℴ𝓋𝑒𝑙.𝑐𝘰𝑚

Zheng Fa even felt a tearing sensation, as if his head were being forcibly pried open—the pain was unbearable.

He immediately knew: his strength was too weak. He actually lacked the fortune to receive this Hongmeng Purple Qi!

Just as his mind was consumed by nothing but pain, the phantom image of the Fusang Wood behind him flashed, shedding golden light. A warm, moist sensation enveloped his mind, temporarily restoring his clarity.

Hongjun Daoist's somewhat familiar voice sounded by his ear.

"Don't you have the Creation Jade?"

Zheng Fa was stunned. Although he didn't fully understand, he followed Hongjun Daoist's words, summoning the jade to meet the Hongmeng Purple Qi above his head.

The Hongmeng Purple Qi, as if possessing its own spiritual intelligence, saw the Creation Jade like it had found a new toy. It immediately abandoned Zheng Fa's pitiful head and began playing with the Creation Jade.

Zheng Fa immediately sensed the difference.

The Creation Jade was his innate treasure;he was intimately aware of every minute change.

Upon contacting the Hongmeng Purple Qi, the Creation Jade actually re-established a connection with the Jiushan Realm!

It was crucial to remember that the Creation Jade previously relied on electromagnetic fields for transmission. Unless under special circumstances, it was very difficult to transmit information across realms.

This time, coming to the Nine Luminaries Heaven, the communication between Zheng Fa and the Jiushan Realm was actually maintained through mutual sensing with the Heavenly Emperor body.

Of course, Zheng Fa wasn't unprepared—the Profound Earth Primordial Magnetism Array had signal tower functionality, maintaining communication between the Tongjian devices, preventing the Jiushan Realm and the Xuanyi Realm from being disconnected.

But without the main server, many matters in the Jiushan Sect were quite troublesome.

Especially various academic researches;communication became rather inconvenient.

This wasn't a problem with the Creation Jade itself, but a limitation of electromagnetic propagation.

But now...

Zheng Fa had a strange feeling. Under the influence of the Hongmeng Purple Qi, the Creation Jade seemed to have gained countless "clones" distributed throughout the myriad worlds.

This was somewhat similar to Zheng Fa's One Qi Transforming into Three Purities technique. Although separated by worlds, information could be synchronized through the connection between the main body and the clones.

This wasn't because the Creation Jade had upgraded, but rather, as Hongjun said, the Hongmeng Purple Qi inherently connected the countless heavens and worlds.

The Creation Jade, being within the Hongmeng Purple Qi, naturally projected into the countless heavens and worlds, breaking the previous limitations of world boundaries.

When Zheng Fa looked at the Hongmeng Purple Qi again, only two words remained in his heart—so awesome!

Unfortunately, the Hongmeng Purple Qi showed no change at all. Clearly, whether it was him or the Creation Jade, they could only leech some benefits and were fundamentally incapable of utilizing this thing.

He stored the Creation Jade within his Huangting. The Hongmeng Purple Qi also settled down, quiet and well-behaved, no longer causing trouble, though he didn't know why.

Without the concealment of the Hongmeng Purple Qi, Zheng Fa immediately discovered the passage between the Nine Luminaries Heaven and the modern world—

Right beneath his cushion!

If he hadn't sat on this cushion, if he had truly given up on the Hongmeng Purple Qi...

Just as Zheng Fa was feeling a wave of fear, he suddenly felt someone patting his shoulder.

Zheng Fa snapped back to reality and saw Tongtian standing before him. The other five Saints also stood to the side, looking at him.

Tongtian withdrew his hand from Zheng Fa's shoulder, didn't speak, just looked at him.

Zheng Fa looked up, gazing at Tongtian, at Nüwa, at Taishang, Yuanshi, Zhunti, and Jieyin.

The five Saints said nothing, merely smiling and nodding toward him.

Zheng Fa understood in his heart. From the moment he received the Hongmeng Purple Qi, he had taken the baton from their hands.

Nüwa created humanity. The five Saints taught, transformed, and transmitted the Dao, imparting all the Dao methods passed down by Hongjun Daoist to humanity.

Regardless of their personal motives, their past Dao paths were entirely within humanity. One could even say they had fulfilled their mission.

What Zheng Fa needed to do was integrate these Dao methods, lead humanity, and find the civilizational path most suited to itself.

Hongjun Dao Ancestor's address, "Dao Ancestor Zheng," wasn't sarcasm;this was what the master of the Purple Qi needed to do.

The seven of them exchanged a smile.

Tongtian and the others turned back to look at Hongjun on the high platform.

Hongjun Daoist stood up.

He and the six Saints, as if prearranged, bowed together toward Zheng Fa.

Zheng Fa returned the gesture solemnly.

They also seemed to understand that for Zheng Fa, this strand of Hongmeng Purple Qi was too heavy, even fatal.

What they wanted to say in this bow was merely three words—do not fail us.

Under Zheng Fa's gaze, the figures of Hongjun Daoist and the six Saints gradually dissipated.

The three thousand guests in the Purple Heaven Palace had vanished. The bustle of the Primordial Chaos era was like a grand dream, leaving behind only cold emptiness. Only the Hongmeng Purple Qi within Zheng Fa's Huangting assured him it wasn't all false.

Zheng Fa didn't even know where Hongjun Daoist and the others were now.

The Purple Heaven Palace had disappeared.

He sat on the cushion, surrounded by pitch blackness. Above, below, left, right—not a trace of light could be seen.

"Fellow Daoist Zheng." An impatient voice sounded behind him. "According to our agreement, you should hand over the Hongmeng Purple Qi to me now, shouldn't you?"

Zheng Fa turned to look at Creation Daoist.

Creation Daoist's entire face had turned into a black, hollow hole. A hollow voice came from within the hole:

"Hand over the Hongmeng Purple Qi, and I will release you from the Nine Luminaries Heaven."

Zheng Fa suddenly asked, "Fellow Daoist Creation, do you intend to give this Purple Qi to Lu Mo?"

"Give it to Fellow Daoist Lu Mo?" Creation Daoist seemed stunned by Zheng Fa's question, then laughed loudly. "Back then, he said that as long as I caused great chaos in the Tianhe Sect, he would help me achieve Golden Immortal! And the result? He told me to guard the Nine Luminaries Heaven!"

"For an entire epoch!"

Creation Daoist pointed at the surrounding darkness, roaring:

"What is there worth guarding in this place?"

His words were full of rage. "The promise he made to me was never fulfilled! Why should I give him the Purple Qi?"

Listening to this, Zheng Fa couldn't help but feel he should speak fairly for Lu Mo.

If Lu Mo had truly obtained the Hongmeng Purple Qi back then, helping Creation Daoist achieve Golden Immortal wouldn't have been difficult.

But at that time, Lu Mo himself had split apart, so naturally, he was unable to fulfill it.

"I am now also a Golden Immortal! Once I obtain the Hongmeng Purple Qi, why would I need to care about Lu Mo's opinion anymore?" Creation Daoist's tone carried some smugness. "This is what he, Lu Mo, owes me!"

"Give it to me!"

Seeing Creation Daoist's increasingly frenzied state, Zheng Fa suddenly asked another question: "Do you truly not know what Lu Mo was guarding against by having you stationed here?"

"He just wanted to imprison me, unwilling to let me leave!"

Zheng Fa felt compelled to be fair again: "Actually, he really didn't deceive you..."

Creation Daoist's black mouth opened as if to say something.

A flash of purple light appeared before his eyes. Zheng Fa's figure gradually faded: "He was guarding against... another world."

Creation Daoist stared at the empty darkness before him, standing rigidly for a long time. Finally, he let out an incredulous, piercing shriek.