Chapter 155: Debating the Tao (Part 1)

  Leaving the grand hall, Zhuangzi walked out of the Taoist temple with a smile on his face. When he went to urge earlier, he had already considered that the other party would be very busy, so he never thought that Jiang Xiaoyu would come so quickly. The reason for urging was to give Li Er face and also a helpless move.

  Fortunately, now that the person has arrived, all problems will become non-problems. To outsiders, Zhuangzi had only met Jiang Xiaoyu once, yet he held him in such high esteem. Not to mention others being puzzled, even he himself was quite perplexed. However, his intuition told him so; he felt what the other said was true and that the other could be trusted.

  Besides, he's also a half-dead horse doctoring a live one. Anyway, the mountain is gone, and someone has brought another one down out of thin air - what can you do? Fight over it, slaughter each other, and take the mountain by force? As the saying goes, "the best goodness is like water", if something can be resolved peacefully, then it's better not to resort to violence. If Jiang Xiaoyu can't complete the two scriptures, then doing this will only lead to trouble later on.

  At least in Zhuangzi's view, this is a very cost-effective deal. Indeed, it was a business, and before his cultivation, he was just a businessman. Later, he went bankrupt, met Laozi, the two saw each other like old times, regarded each other as bosom friends. Then set foot on the path of cultivation again, all the way to today.

  Jiang Xiaoyu stood outside the mountain gate, smiling at the guardian disciple, and asked: "How old are you?"

  Nineteen...

  "Where is home?"

  "The Taoist temple is my home, I'm an orphan, taken in."

  "Do you have someone in mind?"

  "I, I won't take a wife!"

  Jiang Xiaoyu hummed in agreement and nodded. Anyway, it's boring to be idle. Finding someone to chat with isn't a bad idea either. Some people, after becoming successful, forget what they used to be like. They only talk to those who are on the same level as them, and for those weaker than themselves, they can't even be bothered to respond, let alone show disdain! However, when it comes to Jiang Xiaoyu, he wouldn't encounter such a situation.

  After a while, he saw Zhuangzi and couldn't help but walk over with a smile. "Old friend, it's been a long time! I've missed you so much!"

  "It's been ages since we last met!" Zhuangzi said with a smile, clasping his hands together. "I didn't expect you to come today, Master Bodhi. My brother has already prepared tea, shall we go in and savor it together?"

  "That's great. I've also done some research on tea." Jiang Xiaoyu said with a smile.

  Zhuangzi's expression didn't change. Secretly, he signaled to one of his disciples: Go back and tell the old master to bring out the Longquan tea that he treasures. This Bodhi ancestor is also a master of the tea ceremony. We can't be fooled by ordinary tea water anymore!

  The disciple walked calmly towards the main hall after hearing that. Seeing this, Zhuangzi couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief and said, "Please come in!" He made a welcoming gesture with his hand.

  Jiang Xiaoyu smiled and walked towards the main hall. As for the study of tea ceremony, it was just something Jiang Xiaoyu said casually, a polite conversation when two people meet. Moreover, he is now the master of a sect, so he should at least have some demeanor of a master. But precisely because of his casual remark, Li Er's heart was bleeding!

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  ……

  A certain place in the Eastern Territory.

  A man in black, with a very seductive appearance. If Jiang Xiaoyu were here, he would definitely recognize him. This person is the Black Lord they had fought before! However, Jiang Xiaoyu's current realm has risen to a terrifying level, and even the Black Lord may not be his opponent.

  "Hei Zhu, the thing on Floating Mountain has come down, and we're still lingering in the Eastern Domain... it's not suitable..." This person, Jiang Xiao Yu, was also familiar to him, being the one Hei Zhu had rescued.

  "No big deal, this old thing has been in seclusion for so long, now that it's come down the mountain, I'm afraid it's already close to becoming a saint. It's just that I didn't expect it to be able to surpass Shi Huang and the Institute Director, this is indeed beyond my expectations." Hei Zhuo smiled enchantingly, gazing at the distant horizon, with unknown thoughts in his mind.

  "By the way, regarding that dark-skinned big guy from before, I've already raised some eyebrows!"

  "Huh?" Hei Zhu's eyelid twitched. If it wasn't for that dark and sturdy man, how could his own sect be destroyed? Moreover, regarding that youth named Fang Hen who possessed a body refinement technique, he was in dire need of him.

  "Didn't a new sect just appear recently, the Fangcun Mountain? This dark and tall man is the junior brother of the Sect Master! And that little guy who cultivates his body is the disciple of the Sect Master!"

  "Fangcun Mountain... isn't that in Ximeng?" Hei Zhu muttered to himself, and then seemed to have made a decision, saying: "Then let's temporarily not contend with this old thing Shan Zhu. We'll go to Ximeng. I'd like to see if we can take them down this time!"

  As for that dark-skinned big man, he had been harboring hatred in his heart. For someone like him, not avenging a grudge would make him feel extremely uncomfortable! A small matter could develop into a deep-seated feud! He saw him lightly move his hand, and a spatial passage appeared, lightly drawing the surrounding space's flow speed, which slowed down slightly.

  This person has become even more powerful! In terms of control over space, he is completely on par with Aiwenshuo! In just half a year's time, the opponent has actually become this strong, it's truly unbelievable! Looking at this spatial passage, Hei Zhu couldn't help but shake his head, seemingly still not satisfied. The increase in strength is not accidental. It's because of the strange cultivation method he uses.

  His kung fu is extremely unusual, as long as he absorbs the essence of a genius, he can make rapid progress! Recently, many people have died at his hands. However, some things have not been calculated on his head, and what he has done is very covert.

  "Let's go!"

  Here, apart from Hei Zhu and that man, there were four black-clad men. They covered their faces with masks, making it impossible to see what they looked like. However, being able to follow Hei Zhu, they couldn't be ordinary cultivators. The six of them stepped into the passageway, heading straight for Xi Mo!

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  "Good tea, it's really good tea!" After Jiang Xiao Yu took a sip, he suddenly felt refreshed and invigorated. A hint of tea fragrance spread throughout his body. Even someone like him who didn't understand tea could tell that this was good tea!

  At this moment, he sat with Lǐ ěr and Zhuāngzi, tasting tea and chatting. On the side, Lǐ ěr was muttering to himself, "My only stock is all on this tea table!" It's hard not to say that his heart was bleeding. The Dragon Spring Tea was top-notch, but unfortunately, it was in short supply, and he didn't have much of it either. Usually, if he could avoid drinking it, he wouldn't drink it!

  But today, Zhuangzi actually let him bring out the tea to entertain this young-looking guy in front of him! He felt that the world was going to collapse. With one gulp, Li Er finished the tea in his cup and refilled it for himself. Since he's already brought it out, at least he should drink enough to make up for it, right? Otherwise, it would be too much of a loss...

  "Since the tea is good, let's have a little more." Zhuangzi smiled and didn't find Li Er's action strange.

  The Li Er in front of him also belonged to the middle-aged period, and his appearance was quite different from that on Earth. Jiang Xiaoyu had also seen Laozi's statue before, and the two were completely different people. With a faint sigh, Jiang Xiaoyu thought about finding a way back home with this, but it seemed impossible. It was estimated that this world was not closely related to their world.

  On earth, Laozi is a university family and also a respectable old man. Take another look at the one in front of you, the two are not on the same level at all! I guess, there must be some parallelism between the two worlds to have such a coincidence.

  "Cough, cough!" Li cleared his throat twice, giving Zhuangzi a hint. From Jiang Xiaoyu to now, they had been tasting tea for half an hour, just chatting about nothing in particular, and the other party hadn't said a word about the scriptures.

  Zhuangzi smiled slightly and refilled Jiang Xiaoyu's teacup, asking: "Elder Bodhi, you came here today, is it about the scriptures of my brother and me?"

  Jiang Xiaoyu listened and immediately tapped her forehead lightly, looking very helpless, and said with a smile: "Look at my memory, I was so focused on drinking tea that I forgot about the main thing."

  He continued: "To be honest, I didn't have much confidence at first, probably only 70% sure. Now that I see you and your brother, I'm fully confident about restoring the scripture!"

  Seven successes? Isn't that a lot? Li Er's mouth twitched slightly, having seen people bragging before, but never anyone as good at bragging as this!

  "Oh?" Zhuangzi's eyes lit up instantly, and then looked at Jiang Xiaoyu with confusion.

  "Both of them are the dragon and phoenix among men, in terms of thought, they may have already approached the sage infinitely. Once the classics are mastered, becoming a saint is not far off!" Jiang Xiaoyu said with a light smile.

  Li smiled coldly after hearing this, but didn't say anything. The latter part of the other's words was quite right; he had once discussed it with Zhuangzi - if they could complete the two classics, then it wouldn't be impossible for them to enter the realm of sages. It was just that the former part of his words had a hint of flattery, which he didn't like.

  "My elder brother is joking, after all, I and my brother are just rustic people, how can we be compared to the dragon and phoenix among men?" said Zhuangzi with a smile.

  Jiang Xiaoyu smiled and shook his head, no longer being polite. "The classics are hard to complete, it's not easy to say whether it's difficult or not. How about this, let me first help your brother with something?"

  Li Er heard the mention of himself and also looked at Jiang Xiaoyu, he sneered with a smile, took out the original copy of the Tao Te Ching, and handed it to Jiang Xiaoyu. You want to fill in the gaps? Then go ahead! If you can't fill them in, then you'll be the one who's left looking good!

  "I apologize, after all, the matter of the mountains is my brother's heart's blood... I hope you can forgive me, senior..." Zhuangzi said with some embarrassment, then couldn't help but glare at Li Er secretly.

  Jiang Xiaoyu smiled and waved his hand, without saying much, but instead opened the Tao Te Ching to take a look.

  "The way that can be spoken is not the true way; the name that can be named is not the true name. The origin of all things, this is what is called the Way." Jiang Xiaoyu was stunned when she saw these words. The difference between this and the original text was just too big. She looked further down and found that there were indeed places where it had been supplemented, but only with a general idea.

  After a stick of incense, Jiang Xiaoyu's face changed continuously. Li Er saw a hint of disdain in his eyes and suddenly became angry: "I'm telling you, I've tolerated you for a long time. Can you or can't you make up for it?"

  Only Jiang Xiao Yu suddenly raised his head, smiled with surprise and said: "Laozi, this Taoist name is not bad! Laozi, Zhuangzi, haha!"

  Jiang Xiaoyu's sudden words made Li Er stunned, blinking his eyes, and for a moment he didn't know what to say. In his heart, he couldn't help but think: What is this guy selling in his gourd?

  Thanks to book friend "lingering love" for the reward! (......)