The trees are lush and the mountains are towering, looking like a beautiful horse from a distance.
The foot of the mountain is filled with spiritual mist, and Li Zhige's figure is looming in this hazy spiritual mist. Behind Li Zhige, there is a girl wearing white clothes and a timid face.
After a long journey, Li Zhige took Bai Suzhen to the foot of Lishan Mountain.
The demon clan pays great attention to bloodline and feet. The nobler the bloodline, the more powerful the inherited skills and magical powers are. Demon clans with noble blood and deep roots don't even need to apprentice to learn skills, because they can obtain inheritance from their blood.
After opening their spiritual intelligence, ordinary beasts can only rely on their instincts to absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth and absorb the essence of the sun and the moon. There is no inheritance in their blood. Such a demon clan, without the guidance of a famous teacher, would at most become a wild demon king and would be unlikely to achieve greater success.
Obviously, Bai Suzhen is not a prehistoric alien and has no bloodline inheritance, so she needs to learn from a teacher.
If you don't learn from a master, with Bai Suzhen's bloodline, you may never be able to shed your snake body and become a demon immortal.
Li Zhige came all the way to Lishan with Bai Suzhen just to send Bai Suzhen to the throne of the old lady of Lishan.
Once upon a time, Li Zhige himself wanted to worship Lishan Mother, cultivate the Shangqing Taoism, and obtain the direct inheritance of the Shangqing Dynasty. Perhaps most people in the Three Realms don't know it, but Li Zhige knows that this old mother of Lishan is the Wudang Mother who was a direct disciple of the Shangqing Sage who was the Jiejiao Sect before becoming a god.
Before the Conferred Gods War, Jiejiao was the most powerful family in the ancient world, known as Ten Thousand Immortals.
In the battle to seal the gods, Jiejiao was defeated, and the saints of the Shangqing Dynasty hid in the heavens and could not enter the three realms.
Taoist Duobao, the first disciple of Jiejiao, entered Buddhism and transformed into Duobao Tathagata, who is now the Tathagata Buddha who is equal to the Jade Emperor in the three realms.
Disciples of the Jie sect, such as Chang'er Dingguangxian, also entered Buddhism and suddenly became Buddhas.
More Jiejiao disciples died in the battle to become gods. Some of their true spirits entered the list of gods, became immortals in heaven, and were controlled by the Jade Emperor. However, those Jiejiao disciples who were on the list of gods still looked down upon the Jade Emperor Great Heavenly Lord because of their status as disciples of saints. Even in heaven, they did not listen to the orders of the Jade Emperor Great Heavenly Lord, the Lord of the Three Realms.
In the past, the huge Jiejiao sect collapsed, and many direct disciples either switched to Buddhism or were on the list of gods. What's more, some of them had their true spirits dispersed and were not even qualified for reincarnation.
Our Lady of Wudang is the last remaining disciple of the Jie Cult.
Before the leader of the Shangqing Dynasty escaped to the outside world, he passed the sword Qingping to the Wudang Holy Mother. At this time, the Wudang Holy Mother coached the sword to control the Jiejiao.
Even though the huge Jie Jiao had already fallen apart, a skinny camel was bigger than a horse. In this era where the saint leader is hiding in the world, not many people dare to provoke the Wudang Virgin who holds the Qingping Sword.
However, after experiencing the Conferred God War, the remaining Jie Jiao disciples also put away their arrogance. The Wudang Holy Mother even transformed into Old Mother Lishan, restraining the Jie Jiao disciples and keeping an unusually low profile in the Three Realms.
If he had not received the gift of Dharma from Immortal Zhenyuan, Li Zhige would have found a way to worship the old lady of Lishan in order to practice the Dharma passed down from the Supreme Qing Dynasty.
But now it’s no longer necessary.
The method taught by Immortal Zhenyuan first refers to the Great Dao, and Li Zhige already has a systematic method of cultivation. Moreover, even Immortal Zhenyuan was not qualified to take him into his sect, so Mother Lishan probably would not take her into his sect either.
He, Li Zhige, seems to be a loner with no background or background, but in fact, he, Li Zhige, has an astonishingly large background.
At least those supreme leaders and saints, at least those top powerful people hidden in the Three Realms, did not dare to take action against him.
Recently, Li Zhige has often been thinking about who is behind him?
Li Zhige knew very well about his origins. He was just an ordinary young man who luckily picked up a small boat and started his journey to travel around the world.
What background can I have?
If there really is a backstage, it can only be the previous owner of the boat.
Li Zhige really couldn't imagine the identity of someone who could make several cult leaders fear him.
Could it be that he is the Taoist ancestor who conforms to the way of heaven?
Li Zhige was just guessing, not sure. After all, he had not even become an Earth Immortal yet. Beings at the level of the leader and saint were too far away from him, let alone the Taoist ancestor who conformed to the way of heaven.
The entire Lishan Mountain was filled with fog. Even with Li Zhige's cultivation, he couldn't see the way forward clearly. His five senses were blocked and he could only walk up the bluestone stairs step by step.
Bai Suzhen followed Li Zhige. She carefully observed her surroundings, with a timid expression and her head poking around, like a country girl entering the city for the first time.
In fact, there is nothing wrong with saying that.
After all, Lishan is a fairy dojo. Bai Suzhen, a little demon who has just transformed, will definitely feel inferior and scared when she comes here.
Li Zhige didn't have so many ideas. After knowing that he had a background, Li Zhige became much bolder. Even if he knew that the man on the mountain was holding the saint's sword, Li Zhige didn't have much awe.
Looking back at Bai Suzhen, Li Zhige smiled and comforted, "Xiao Bai, don't be nervous. Immortals can also be cultivated. When you successfully become a disciple, you will also be an immortal in a few years."
Bai Suzhen swallowed, her voice trembling, "Do gods really like a little monster like me?"
Li Zhige nodded affirmatively, "No problem."
If it were the Chan Sect or the Human Sect, Bai Suzhen would definitely not be able to join it. After all, Sage Yuqing once said personally that people who wear hair and horns and turn into eggs due to moisture are not worthy of education.
Red flowers, white lotus roots and green lotus leaves, the three religions are originally one family.
Taiqing, Yuqing, and Shangqing, the three leaders were all transformed by Pangu Yuanshen, and they were closer than their own brothers.
At the beginning, the leaders of the Sanqing sects all lived in Kunlun Mountain. The Taiqing sage founded the Human Sect and only accepted one disciple.
Sage Yuqing founded the Chan Cult and accepted disciples with great emphasis on their qualifications. He also personally spoke out the words that people with hair, horns, and eggs were unworthy of education.
The saints of Shangqing founded Jiejiao to provide a glimmer of hope for all living beings. Anyone who is destined to be a disciple of Shangqing can worship him. This also made it possible for thousands of immortals of Jiejiao to come to visit.
Because the saints of Shangqing, regardless of religion or gender, could enter the sect regardless of whether they were human beings or monsters, this led to the dissatisfaction of the saints of Yuqing and the separation of the Sanqing family.
With Bai Suzhen's qualifications as a heel, there is no need to even think about becoming a sect or teaching. But it is possible to intercept the teaching. After all, according to the trajectory of fate, Bai Suzhen should also worship the mother of Lishan and become a registered disciple without a title.
Of course, registered disciples are also disciples. Although they are not allowed to intercept the direct inheritance of the teachings and are supremely pure, at least there is no problem in cultivating to become a demon immortal.
In the original destiny trajectory, Bai Suzhen was about to become an immortal. Unfortunately, she had to follow Guanyin's instructions and go to the mortal world to find Xu Xian to repay her kindness, thus ruining her years of practice.
Thinking of this, Li Zhige couldn't help but mention Bai Suzhen, "Xiao Bai, remember this. When you meet Guanyin in the future, no matter what she says, don't believe it."
Bai Suzhen shook her head and smiled at Li Zhige, "Great Immortal, you are worrying too much. How can a little demon like me see the compassionate Guanyin Bodhisattva?"
Li Zhige remained silent.
At this juncture, Buddhism has begun to spread eastward, and Guanyin often appears in the human world. Even little demons like Bai Suzhen, who have just transformed into human beings, know about the compassionate Guanyin Bodhisattva.
Li Zhige didn't know whether Guanyin was a kind and compassionate person, but he had already mentioned it. As for whether Bai Suzhen could remember it, he, Li Zhige, couldn't care less about it.
Li Zhige and Bai Suzhen were still walking up the mountain along the bluestone stairs.
Lishan Mountain doesn't look very high from a distance, but walking on the bluestone stairs is like climbing a ladder to heaven, with no way to the end.
Li Zhige knew that this was the so-called test.
Only those who are destined can walk along this staircase into the dojo of Mother Lishan and see the beautiful face of Mother Lishan.
However, what Li Zhige didn't know was that in the Xianjia palace high up in Lishan Mountain, an old woman with a stooped body and a cane was looking at Li Zhige on the mountainside, her eyes flickering towards the magnificent, dignified and holy man beside her. The woman smiled and said, "Brother Dao, we have a guest."
