I Studied Abroad in the Modern Times-Chapter 508Book 2: : Lu Yao’s Past and the Origin of the Purple Qi
Vol 2 Chapter 508: Lu Yao’s Past and the Origin of the Purple Qi
Zheng Fa had never been one to enjoy conflict in his life.
To be honest, he felt somewhat aggrieved in his heart—wasn't he even allowed to die?
As if sensing his frustration, Hongjun Daoist laughed, even seeming somewhat amused at his predicament. "This realm exists precisely because of the Nine Luminaries Heaven. In fact, the two are fundamentally connected."
This was truly infuriating.
His own death didn't bother him that much—he had multiple lives anyway.
But if someone discovered the entrance to the modern world, that would create massive complications.
On one hand, he didn't know what would happen to his modern self, whether it would truly affect his life and death.
On the other hand, the modern world would likely face a heavenly tribulation.
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but ask with confusion, "But Creation Daoist... hasn't he already taken control of the Nine Luminaries Heaven? How could he not know about the modern world's existence?"
"There's one place in the Nine Luminaries Heaven that remains beyond his control."
Hearing this, a flash of insight struck Zheng Fa, and he exclaimed, "Purple Heaven Palace!"
Hongjun Daoist nodded slightly, confirming his guess, then smiled and said, "From what I've observed along the way, you seem to have developed deep feelings for this world."
Hearing this, Zheng Fa glanced sideways at Tang Lingwu. She should have understood that the modern world might face a major crisis, yet she showed no tension at all, merely smiling back at him with comforting eyes.
How could he not have feelings for it?
"I..." Zheng Fa let out a long sigh, "If forced to choose between the two worlds... I would choose this one."
His foundation in the Jiushan Realm, or rather the Xuanyi Realm, couldn't be said to be unimportant.
The Jiushan Sect represented Zheng Fa's life's work. Within the sect were senior sisters who had shared life-and-death experiences with him, teachers who cared for and protected him, disciples who trusted him completely—all of these were important.
But the modern world held an exceptionally special meaning for Zheng Fa.
"The place I can truly call home is here." Facing Hongjun Daoist's gaze, Zheng Fa unconsciously voiced his deepest feelings: "Only here can I feel completely at ease without any worries."
As his experiences accumulated, Zheng Fa had naturally come to see the modern world's shortcomings—in fact, it had many flaws and was far from perfect.
But for him, his early experiences, the education he received, and the people he encountered had all created a filter through which he viewed it.
He had even been extremely cautious, unwilling to excessively disrupt the modern world's development. Even when called the Dao Ancestor, he restrained himself.
Fundamentally, he didn't know whether his ideas might bring disaster to the modern world, so he adopted an approach akin to governing through non-action.
As Hongjun Daoist had said, what Zheng Fa did most in the modern world was actually providing a safety net for everyone:
Ensuring ordinary people had adequate food and clothing.
Enabling talented young people to receive education.
Allowing scholars with knowledge in their minds and ideas in their hearts to fully develop their abilities.
Beyond this, he had done almost nothing—one could even say he didn't dare do more, unwilling to damage this world's beauty.
But now the modern world he treasured so dearly would face Creation Daoist?
Creation Daoist wasn't picky—he would consume anything!
How could Zheng Fa not feel aggrieved?
"If I obtain the Hongmeng Purple Qi, will that prevent Creation Daoist from finding the modern world?"
"That's not the function of the Hongmeng Purple Qi. It's just that the Hongmeng Purple Qi itself leaves no traces. If it weren't concealing this world's entrance... how could this realm remain so stable?"
Hongjun Daoist's explanation left Zheng Fa somewhat puzzled, and he couldn't help but ask: "Dao Ancestor, what exactly is the Hongmeng Purple Qi's purpose?"
He hadn't asked about this before because he had actually prepared for the worst-case scenario, so he hadn't placed much importance on it.
But now that Zheng Fa had changed his mind, he naturally wanted to understand thoroughly.
Hongjun countered with a question instead of answering: "Do you have a grudge against that golden crow?"
"Dao Ancestor, are you referring to Lu Mo?" Zheng Fa was momentarily stunned before replying, "To be honest, we haven't had much contact. Our conflict arose mainly because of the Fusang Wood."
"Fusang Wood constitutes a life-and-death enmity."
Seeing Zheng Fa's confusion, Hongjun Daoist smiled and said, "Do you know Lu Mo's origins?"
Although Zheng Fa didn't understand why he was asking this, he still nodded: "This person has reincarnated through four lifetimes. His first life should have been as the Demon Emperor, which is the golden crow you mentioned, Dao Ancestor."
"Later he reincarnated as a human and founded Haori Mountain, one of the later Xuanyi Realm's Five Sects."
"For some reason, he then reincarnated as the Primordial Demon Ancestor."
"In this current life, he has entered the Buddhist path."
As Zheng Fa spoke, he also felt that Lu Mo was someone who could really stir things up and was remarkably tenacious.
"In his first life, he came into contact with the Hongmeng Purple Qi."
Zheng Fa felt surprised—was Lu Mo's opportunity that powerful? No wonder he could prove his Dao as the Demon Emperor in his first life.
"Or rather, he learned about the Hongmeng Purple Qi but couldn't obtain it." Hongjun Daoist looked at Zheng Fa and asked, "Do you know why?"
A spark of inspiration suddenly arose in Zheng Fa's mind: "Humanity? He wasn't human? Only humans can obtain the Hongmeng Purple Qi?"
A faint smile appeared on Hongjun Daoist's face, as if saying the student was teachable.
Only then did Zheng Fa understand why Lu Mo underwent his first reincarnation—it was precisely to obtain the Hongmeng Purple Qi!
To acquire the Hongmeng Purple Qi, Lu Mo abandoned his Demon Emperor form, reincarnated as a human, leveraged his previous accumulation to establish Haori Mountain—all likely targeting the Hongmeng Purple Qi.
"Then his later reincarnation as the Primordial Demon Ancestor..." Zheng Fa murmured, "Was that for the same purpose?"
"How did you come to sit on the cushion?"
"He was somewhat similar."
Similar?
Zheng Fa felt somewhat bewildered. If they were similar, then he had created the "Yellow Court Scripture" while the other had created the Dharmakaya Method—that had some resemblance.
But he had also benefited from the merit of human creation...
Wait!
Zheng Fa suddenly remembered something and couldn't help but want to exclaim in surprise.
The Primordial Demon Ancestor had destroyed the world.
All humans in the current Xuanyi Realm could be considered descendants of the Demon Ancestor.
After wiping out all humans, he began reproducing descendants. If one insisted, could the Primordial Demon Ancestor's actions also be considered creating humans?
Looking back now...
He had gained recognition from the first batch of humans.
Had Lu Mo, through his operations, gained recognition from essentially all humans in the Xuanyi Realm?
This was truly quite ingenious.
"That golden crow, through three lifetimes, although he never came to Purple Heaven Palace to hear the lectures, still managed to grasp the Hongmeng Purple Qi in his palm."
Zheng Fa could understand this statement.
On one hand, Lu Mo seemed to have deep understanding of the Hongmeng Purple Qi and had made extensive preparations. Once the Purple Heaven Palace lectures began, he had high probability of obtaining the Hongmeng Purple Qi.
Even if he failed to obtain it, Lu Mo probably wouldn't have been anxious—the Nine Luminaries Heaven had remained in his control all along.
Zheng Fa now felt less aggrieved. No matter how aggrieved he felt, could it compare to Lu Mo's grievance? 𝓯𝓻𝓮𝙚𝙬𝓮𝙗𝒏𝙤𝒗𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝒐𝓶
In his first life, as a golden crow, he obtained the Fusang Wood.
In his second life, he reincarnated as Haori Mountain's founding ancestor, likely accumulating experience for his third life where he created the Dharmakaya Method.
Just as he was about to merge his three lifetimes and grasp the Hongmeng Purple Qi... Tianhe Venerable arrived, and with one sword strike, split the Nine Luminaries Heaven—probably splitting Lu Mo's heart as well.
Zheng Fa also felt somewhat fortunate. Without modern concepts, without modern biological research, without the Jiushan Sect's research on the spiritual root system, how could he have cultivated the Fusang Wood in such short time, perfected the "Yellow Court Scripture," and even assisted Nüwa in creating humans?
One could say he had completed in a hundred years what took Lu Mo three lifetimes to accomplish.
Lu Mo hadn't even given up, leaving behind the Primordial Demon Ancestor's dharmakaya, waiting to reopen the Nine Luminaries Heaven in the future.
This made Zheng Fa even more curious—what exactly was the legendary foundation of sagehood, the Hongmeng Purple Qi, that made Lu Mo value it so highly?
"Dao Ancestor, you said this strand of Hongmeng Purple Qi can only be obtained by humans... could it be that this Hongmeng Purple Qi exists specifically for humanity?"
"No." Hongjun Daoist's answer stunned Zheng Fa, but his next words were even more unexpected: "There's more than one strand."
"More than one strand?" Zheng Fa immediately understood Hongjun Daoist's meaning. "The Hongmeng Purple Qi came into existence because of humanity?"
Hongjun Daoist slowly nodded, but Zheng Fa felt his understanding of the Hongmeng Purple Qi had been completely overturned.
He knew humanity was special, but he hadn't realized how special they were...
"The Saints are actually special Primordial Da Luo Golden Immortals." Hongjun Daoist explained. "What makes them special is precisely the Hongmeng Purple Qi."
"And the Hongmeng Purple Qi came into existence because of humanity, or more precisely, because of the propagation and derivation of Dao methods."
The six saints including Nüwa could achieve the Dao, each having significant connections with humanity.
Nüwa goes without saying, as for Taishang, Tongtian, Zhunti and others, later legends said they established teachings to become saints.
Fundamentally, they all propagated the Dao methods transmitted by Hongjun to humanity.
"So, this final strand of Hongmeng Purple Qi is actually for humanity?" Zheng Fa finally began to understand somewhat. "But why is humanity so special?"
"Because the Heavenly Dao is incomplete."
Hongjun Daoist's words left Zheng Fa confused again.
"Or rather, the Heavenly Dao itself needs to grow, and humanity was born precisely for the Heavenly Dao's growth."
After hearing Hongjun Daoist's explanation, Zheng Fa finally connected the cause and effect.
"Whether it's my transmitting the Dao, Nüwa creating humans, or even Taishang and others establishing teachings—all were to compensate for the Heavenly Dao's deficiencies, or to perfect the Heavenly Dao."
"Humanity is our tool for perfecting the Heavenly Dao."
"The Heavenly Dao is incomplete..."
Hongjun suddenly looked at Zheng Fa and asked: "They've all given you their inheritance treasures?"
"Still competing to this extent, unwilling to stop."
These words confused Zheng Fa, and he looked at Hongjun Daoist.
"Their views on the Heavenly Dao's incompleteness differ, and their plans for humanity's future even contradict each other."
Hearing this, Zheng Fa felt the inheritance treasures in his hands growing somewhat hot to handle.
"Taishang will later establish the Human Teaching. He believes it's best to let humanity develop naturally. Excessive intervention would actually be detrimental, better to follow the Heavenly Dao's development."
Quiet inaction—Zheng Fa could understand this. In the modern world, he had somewhat followed this approach.
"But Yuanshi is different. He hopes humanity can learn from past sages and, with the help of talented individuals, guide the Heavenly Dao's growth in a positive direction."
Zheng Fa also found this reasonable. The philosophy he promoted in the Jiushan Sect actually leaned more toward this approach.
He also understood that the fundamental conflict between Taishang and Yuanshi lay in the question: what is good, and what is bad?
What Yuanshi considered talent or goodness, Taishang might view as forced intervention that could lead humanity astray.
"So, Tongtian Saint follows the path of education without discrimination and equality among all beings?"
Hongjun Daoist nodded slightly, then continued: "He disagrees with Yuanshi's concept of talent. On the other hand, he believes that since the Heavenly Dao is incomplete, there's no need to be overly concerned. He even wants to use humanity to break with the old and establish the new, believing that without this, true progress is impossible."
Zheng Fa felt like a fickle scoundrel with soft ears, yet found Tongtian's ideas more aligned with his own preferences.
His curiosity grew again: "What about the two saints, Zhunti?"
"Them..." Hongjun Daoist's expression became quite complex. "They don't align with my intentions, but they are people of great perseverance."
He glanced at Zheng Fa and shook his head: "They don't want to perfect the Heavenly Dao. Instead, they want to use humanity and my Dao methods to create a paradise."
"The Primordial Chaos has never distinguished between east and west. The east represents Pangu's orthodox path, while the west represents unorthodox methods."
Zheng Fa listened dumbfounded, finally fully understanding the Western Two Saints' doctrine—in one word: escape!
Taking the destined people of the Primordial Chaos with them to escape!
Since the Primordial Chaos's Heavenly Dao was incomplete, they would rely on their own hands to create the paradise of their grand aspiration!
Not just Hongjun Daoist—even Zheng Fa found it both outrageous and admirable. With such perseverance, these two truly deserved to become saints.
"Who do you think is right?"
"I..." Zheng Fa thought for a long time before honestly shaking his head. "I don't know."
To be honest, given his understanding, he felt that each of the six saints' ideas had considerable merit!
"You need to know." Hongjun Daoist said leisurely. "The seventh strand of Hongmeng Purple Qi—you can call it the Human Saint position."
"Or you can call it the Dharma Ending Saint."
"Dharma Ending Saint?"
"This strand of Hongmeng Purple Qi determines the mature human Dao system." Hongjun Daoist said. "Or rather, it represents the conclusion of the Purple Heaven Palace's Dao methods."
This Dharma Ending?
No wonder the five saints gave him their inheritance treasures.
"So, Dao Ancestor Zheng, you must choose."
To be honest, Zheng Fa felt tremendous pressure.
"Not only must you choose, but before truly proving your Dao, it may not necessarily belong to you."
These words made Zheng Fa recall the legendary unlucky fellow Hongyun.
As if reading his thoughts, Hongjun sighed: "Hongyun wasn't human. He was killed by Donghuang Taiyi, who seized the Hongmeng Purple Qi. Donghuang Taiyi knew he couldn't use this purple qi himself, but unwilling to allow humanity to gain another saint, could only hide it within the Fusang Wood."
"...Fusang Wood?"
Hongjun Daoist looked at Zheng Fa: "Otherwise, why would I say you and that Lu Mo are sworn enemies?"
