To be on the safe side, Zhang Guozhong did not rashly leave the cave, but placed a flare into the "large open room" outside the cave in advance. Under the strong light of the flare, Zhang Guozhong understood the big hole inside. It turned out that the size of the cave was far less than that of the "Cai Pool", and it was even smaller than the "lobby" of the treasure cave in the Later Jin Dynasty. The underground lake where the statue was located was not as large as expected, and the visual area was even less than one thousand square meters.

"Didn't you say this is a circle bigger than that 'Cai Pool'?" Before the flare's strong light was extinguished, Lao Liu's head also drilled out of the small hole.

"I don't know why I feel that way..." Zhang Guozhong kept looking around with a flashlight, "Senior brother, have you discovered it? The stone wall... seems to have a layer of things growing!"

"A layer of stuff grows?" Old Liu head illuminated with a flashlight, and saw that there was indeed a layer of black hawthorn on the rock wall behind him. "What can this grow? Moss?"

"Moss?" At this time, Qin Ge and Dashou Liu also drilled out of the cave and simply put a high-power searchlight at the entrance of the cave. Turn on the power supply, and a strong light rushed straight to the top of the cave. I saw that the rock wall on the top of the cave seemed to have a layer of the same thing.

"This is definitely not moss. Moss cannot be born here!" Zhang Guozhong reached out and wiped it on the stone wall behind him. He felt his hands were wet, just like a handful of rotten cotton. He put it in front of his nose and smelled it. It didn't smell much, "The first time I came here, I didn't find this..."

"So, this thing is all grown after you leave..." Old Liu frowned, reached out and wiped it on the rock wall, and carefully looked at the palm of his hand, "What's the hell thing? Can it grow so much in two or three days?"

"It may be that there have been before, but I didn't pay attention to it for the first time!" Zhang Guozhong said.

"This should be a fungal plant!" At this time, Qin Ge also noticed what was growing on the wall. "In Maoshan Technique, there is only one fungal plant that can grow in this kind of place!"

"What?" Old Liu was stunned.

"Rust!" Qin Ge smiled slightly. It seemed that this person had indeed studied Maoshan techniques a lot and could actually recognize the "Rust" that even Lao Liutou and Zhang Guozhong knew. "Don't you know?"

"Rumbies?" Zhang Guozhong felt aroused in his heart. He heard Dai Jinshuang mention this thing back then. According to the understanding of Ma Sijia, Maoshan, this thing has the effect of spreading resentment. The Japanese "Peaceful and Comprehensive Society" also used this characteristic of rushes to create plagues in the Xuzhou War Zone. Could it be that the Japanese had entered this hole?

"Root grass!? Could it be... there really is... that formation?" Old Liu's voice seemed to tremble, "Guozhong, hurry up! Where is the statue you are talking about?"

"Just right in front of us!" Following the direction of Zhang Guozhong's finger, Qin Ge adjusted the angle of the searchlight and saw a dark shadow standing in the water gloomy, which was very terrifying under the cold blue light of the searchlight. "Senior brother, what kind of array do you think there is really?"

"This cave has nothing to do with Zhao Jinzhou!" Old Liu did not answer Zhang Guozhong's question, but instead raised the seven-star sword in his hand and walked towards the statue carefully. "Zhao Jinzhou is a cover! This formation was not set up for him!"

"Brother Liu, if there is any situation, use this to cut it!" Zhang Guozhong handed the Juque Sword to the big hand Liu, and he picked up the Qingtai Sword and followed Lao Liu's head, "Senior Brother, what do you mean by saying this?"

"Guozhong, did your master tell you back then that there was a 'Hundred Steps Soul Recovery Array'?" Old Liu said.

"No!" Zhang Guozhong looked around, and there seemed to be no movement. "Why is it called the Soul Resurrection Formation? Resurrection?"

"Wrong!" Old Liu said, "The key to this town is not to recover the soul, but to a hundred steps!"

"Hundred steps?" Zhang Guozhong subconsciously looked around. One hundred steps was about one hundred meters long. At this time, the diameter of the cave was really the same. "What is this array for?"

"Become... Immortal!" Old Liu said with his head trembling, "Zhao Guanshan*, have you heard of it?"

"Zhao Guanshan!?" Zhang Guozhong was stunned, and the sword in his hand almost fell to the ground...

The biggest goal of cultivating the truth and entering the Tao is nothing more than "becoming an immortal". In addition to the traditional methods of cultivating immortals such as "cultivating the truth" and "elixir", there is also a widely recognized theory of becoming an immortal, which is "Ten Virtues to be an immortal", which means that good people in ten lifetimes can achieve immortal fruits. This statement is tantamount to greatly lowering the threshold for becoming an immortal. The implication is that even ordinary people can become gods as long as they are good people for ten lifetimes. As for the circle of cultivation at that time, this statement was undoubtedly crazy and "reactionary". Since you can become an immortal by doing more good deeds, what kind of Tao can you practice? Its nature is just like the theory that "if you don't believe in Jesus, you can still go to heaven" in medieval Europe. However, the person who proposed this crazy theory was the legendary Zhao Guanshan.

After proposing the "crazy" theory of "Ten Ages for Immortals", Zhao Guanshan began to confirm this theory with pressure from all directions. However, how could a person use his life to prove the results that will happen after "Ten Ages"? Just as the entire Taoist sect was paying attention to Zhao Guanshan's experimental results with a joke, Zhao Guanshan actually announced that this theory had been verified and invited dozens of Taoist sect pillar-level figures including his teachers Xiao Baozhen*, Wang Chongyang*, Li Xianzhen* and other dozens of Taoist sect pillar-level figures to go to Cangyan Mountain to watch fruit. Three months later, these dozen Taoist sect masters actually affirmed Zhao Guanshan's experimental results without exception and gave the conclusion that "but it is indescribable", which means that this is indeed the case and there is nothing to discuss.

When the news came out, the Taoist sect was shocked. Everyone was shocked that this absurd theory was actually true, and the other was shocked that Zhao Guanshan could actually verify what happened after ten lifetimes in a short time and get unanimous recognition from these Taoist leaders.

In addition to being shocked, there were speculations about Zhao Guanshan's "experimental method" in the world. Even Song Huizong Zhao Ji, who was unanimously addicted to the study of Taoism at that time, issued three edicts to announce that Zhao Guanshan went to the palace to see what was going on, but he never found Zhao Guanshan himself.

However, at this moment, in sharp contrast with the external commotion, the clever words of the masters and masters invited to leave the scene were clearly unwilling to reveal the details. The reasons are all "shocking shortcuts for not being Tao, and not being able to practice truthfully". The implication is that Zhao Guanshan's experiment can indeed prove that "ten generations of immortals" is a shortcut to becoming an immortal, but the experiment itself should not be an excuse for people in the Taoist sect to take advantage of their mistakes (experimental methods) If the whole world is in full swing,

, Only a few months of practice can be completed, who will practice Taoism in the future? Of course, this is just a one-sided statement of these masters. Later generations even had speculations that these masters may only see the "test results" but not the test process with their own eyes. Some of the "angry young people" even guessed that these masters and saints may have watched the test process from beginning to end, but their level was limited, and they were embarrassed to say that they could not understand it, so they were forced to recognize Zhao Guanshan.

In short, until the end of these masters returned to immortals one by one, Zhao Guanshan's specific method of verifying the "Ten Virtues to Immortals" theory was always a mystery.

According to legend, shortly after the theory of "Ten Virtues Become Immortals" was verified, Zhao Guanshan took advantage of the victory to propose the supporting argument of "Ten Evils Become Immortals", just like Chen Jingrun first confirmed "1+=" and then attacked "1+1=" again, but unlike the theory of "Ten Virtues Become Immortals", the "Ten Virtues Become Immortals" was not verified as strongly as the former. Even Zhao Guanshan himself disappeared in the world after putting forward this conjecture. However, due to the fact that the theory of "Ten Virtues Become Immortals" has been verified, although the "Ten Virtues Become Immortals" is still in a "conjecture" state, it has been put together by people and the "Ten Virtues Become Immortals" and has been passed down as a formed theory for thousands of years.

"Hundred Steps of Soul Return Formation, could it be the formation used by Li Guanshan for experimenting?" Zhang Guozhong had already guessed it almost.

"So they say so!" Old Liu said, "This array name was started by Tong Kuzhan, a wandering party in Longhu Mountain in the late Qing Dynasty. During the Daoguang period, the Tong Kuzhan discovered a cave while traveling to Cangyan Mountain. There was a poem written by Xiao Baozhen, the founder of Taiyi School, on the rock wall. It was obviously the cave that Zhao Guanshan verified that "Ten Ages Immortals" in the past. The cave is a hundred steps in a radius, which should be similar to this cave. Moreover, the cave is like here, with water and a lot of 'rub grass' growing!"

"There are also statues and a pool of dead jade in that cave?" Zhang Guozhong asked.

"I haven't heard of this!" At this time, Lao Liu had already walked to the statue. "If the "Hundred Steps of Soul Recovery Array" is also in this statue, the secrets should be in this statue!" After that, Lao Liu carried the Seven-Star Sword behind his back, took out a flashlight and began to search inch by inch on the statue.

"Senior Brother, what are you looking for?" Seeing that Old Liu was looking for the jade piece with his hands, Zhang Guozhong couldn't help but search for it, but he didn't know what to look for.

"Idiot, this statue cannot be a solid iron lump!" Old Liu said, "There must be something inside, and it must be put in after the statue is cast! I'll find out if there are any secret doors of the mechanism that can put things in!"

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*Zhao Guanshan: The birth and death year are unknown, from Jizhou, Jiangxi Province (now Ji'an City, Jiangxi Province), a famous sanren of Taiyi Cult. He studied under the ancestor Xiao Baozhen of Taiyi since childhood. Later, he traveled all over the world, named Guanshanzi, Diandao Ren, and Zhenqian Immortal,

*Xiao Baozhen: (?--1166), a Taoist priest of the Jin Dynasty, the founder of Taoist Taiyi Dao (also known as Taiyi Dao). Also known as Yuansheng, a native of Weizhou (now Weihui, Henan). He originally taught secret talismans from a real person, and evolved into the "Taiyi Sanyuan Dharma Literature", and then established a missionary in Weizhou.

*Wang Chongyang: (111-1170), his original name was Zhongfu, his courtesy name was Yunqing, also known as Shixiong, his courtesy name Dewei, and his name was changed to Zhe, his courtesy name was Zhiming, and his Taoist name was Chongyangzi, so he was called Wang Chongyang. He was from Dawei Village, Xianyang, Jingzhao (now Xianyang, Shaanxi) at the end of the Northern Song Dynasty, and the founder of the Quanzhen Sect of Taoism.

*Li Xianzhen: (1105—?), whose courtesy name is Shenglin, and his pseudonym is Xianzhen. He is from Tiantai, Zhejiang, a Taoist scholar in the Northern Song Dynasty, a health preservationist, and studied under Lin Lingsu, a master of the Shenxiao School. He has written "Huanyuan Lingshu Sutra" and "Sky Star Walking Sutra", etc. (To be continued. If you want to know what happens next, please log in.qidian., more chapters, support the author, and support genuine reading!) (To be continued)
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