Chapter Thirty-One: The Secret of the Lower Realm

  "Bang..."

  A sound like a drumbeat came out of the air, or as if two pieces of wood had collided.

  The next moment, Liu Buji felt that his arm was really chopped on a hard tree trunk, and the whole arm became numb with pain, almost losing consciousness.

  Xiao Hei didn't fare any better, stumbling backward a few steps, his face turning pale. After barely recovering, he called out in shock: "Young Master..."

  Liu Bu Yi put his left hand behind his back, which was still shaking, and smiled: "Not bad, you've made quite a bit of progress!"

  Xiao Hei exclaimed: "Young Master is really formidable! My arm still hurts now!"

  Liu couldn't help but curse in his heart, "Damn it, doesn't that hurt your hand?!" However, showing weakness like this in front of his younger brother was absolutely unacceptable.

  "He smiled and said: 'It seems you've made quite a bit of progress, only having practiced for a few days and yet you can already catch one of my moves!'"

  Xiao Hei rubbed his head and smiled foolishly: "It's not that I'm amazing, it's just that after the young master left two days ago, I suddenly had an epiphany. Then an old Taoist came, took me as his apprentice, and gave me a dan medicine to eat!"

  "Old Taoist?"

  Liu couldn't think of which old Taoist priest was still in the Yuanyou Pavilion. Huang Zhenren had been in seclusion since he descended to the mortal world that day and hadn't come out until now, so it shouldn't be him who went to take Xiao Hei as his apprentice. Then who was it?

  "Right! My master's name seems to be Cheng Zhenren! The dan medicine he gave me to eat seems to be the Zhēn Yuán Dān!"

  "Hiss..."

  As soon as Xiao Hei said that, even Liu Bu Yi started to envy Xiao Hei's good luck.

  Yuanchu Guan's three major True Men, the host Yuanchen True Man, the Huangchen True Man in the Shendian Hall, and then the Jianyuan Cheng True Man. These three great True Men can be said to be the three giants of Yuanchu Guan.

  But Zhenyuan Dan, even Liu Bu Yi has heard Zhenyangzi say that this is one of the best introductory elixirs in Daoism, and it's not given to anyone but the most talented disciples.

  There is a Dan medicine, at least it can be worth three years of ordinary people's bitter practice.

  Just thinking about it made Liu feel envious, jealous and resentful. He had narrowly escaped death several times on his journey here, experiencing countless dangers. And now he was just infiltrating the Yuanshuo Temple as a mole!

  But Xiao Hei, such a silly kid, became a disciple of the Yuanxu Pavilion of the Daoist sect so smoothly. This is really frustrating!

  No wonder this guy was able to rival me after just three days of cultivation.

  Liu Bu-yi felt a slight sense of loss in his heart, but then he thought to himself that he also had the Tian-gong Temple of the Gods. And there was also the Great Tang, a world most suitable for him to cultivate in.

  In that world, power has a limit. Moreover, there are no gods or demons, making it the most suitable place for self-cultivation.

  If one can make all people in the great Tang Dynasty believe in their own words, at least the incense and wishes of tens of millions of people...

  Just thinking about it makes Liu's blood boil!

  "By the way, is there a hidden scripture pavilion in this Yuanchong Temple?" Liu Bu asked.

  Xiao Hei shook his head and said: "I'm not sure either..."

  He is just like Liu Bu-yi, coming to this place and burying his head in hard practice, but as for the outside world, he is not familiar with it at all.

  "What book does Liu Shidi want to find?" However, a gentle voice came from outside the yard and then a young Taoist priest in gray robe walked in, with a warm smile on his face.

  "Master Fu!" Xiao Hei hastily bowed respectfully.

  Fu Shixiong nodded slightly and smiled: "Earlier, Huang Zhenren Shishu was remiss in his management, causing some chaos in the Bi Guan. Now, Shifu has sent me to take charge of the rules and discipline of the Yuan Xiao Guan."

  As soon as he heard this, Liu was suddenly enlightened. This Fu Shixiong turned out to be the disciple of Cheng Zhenren, the supervisor, which made him Xiao Hei's senior brother.

  Don't be fooled by his gentle face, but Liu Bu Yi felt an unfathomable aura from him.

  This demeanor, Liu Bu Yi seemed to have only seen it on Yu Tian's body before. But that was already the top master of the Great Tang world, a figure who shattered the void.

  As for someone like Huang Zhenren, he is already beyond Liu Bei's ability to measure or understand!

  This person is absolutely not under the evil emperor Yu Tian, can be sent to Yuan Xiu's observation hall, at least in terms of cultivation, it is determined that he can suppress all disciples.

  Just thinking of this, Liu's attitude immediately became respectful: "It turned out to be Master Fu, I just wanted to find some books about the Lower Realm to take a look...I want to learn more!"

  Fu Shixiong listened and burst out laughing: "This kind of book, how could it possibly be in the Yu Xuan Guan? However, little brother has some doubts, let me see if I can answer them!"

  Liu Bu Yi opened his mouth, wanting to ask many questions about the lower realm. But for a moment, he really couldn't open his mouth.

  Fu Shixiong smiled slightly: "My junior brother has been in the sect for too short a time, and probably doesn't know that the Lower Realm has only over a hundred years of history. Yet it is publicly announced by the bald-headed person who currently holds power in the imperial court..."

  "What?"

  This sentence was like a thunderclap in Liu Bu's ears, making him feel unbelievable to the extreme.

  However, by my ear was Fu Shixiong's gentle voice: "About one hundred and fifty years ago, the Bald People discovered the secret of the Lower Realm. They obtained a huge amount of resources from the Lower Realm, rapidly growing stronger."

  And with this secret, we will exchange it with all the major sects in the world, and from now on, become the master of our world!

  Such a huge secret was heard by Liu Bu's ears, making him feel shocked to the extreme.

  "It was only after this that people came to know. In the vast expanse of the universe, there is not just our one world. There are countless worlds in existence, all of which are collectively referred to as the Lower Realm!"

  No wonder, no wonder! Liu muttered to himself.

  At first, he was suspicious that the Confucian school, which had such a huge influence in China, would suddenly decline. The Chinese dynasty they controlled was destroyed by the Tartars.

  So it was, so it was, too many doubts were cleared up at this moment.

  "This lower realm is home to countless worlds, with some being strong and others weak. There are many lower realms that have powerful native inhabitants, while some are not suitable for our existence, but possess rich resources. Others, however, are barren wastelands..."

  Fu Shixiong said: "Compared to the numerous Lower Realms, what we have explored so far is less than one ten-millionth. However, the means of finding new Lower Realms has always been in the hands of the Bald-headed people. Therefore, every ten years, the major sects in the world engage in debates and battles, all for the sake of competing for a share of the Lower Realms..."

  One by one, the mysteries were clarified from Fu Shixiong's explanation, but Liu Buji secretly thought to himself that it seemed this world of Great Tang was also a world that the Upper Realm had never discovered before.