Chapter 1608 - 590: He Is the Copyist! (Part 3)

Granny Qian naturally felt that Zhou Xuan’s Calligraphy was extremely marvelous, but she was not a member of the Four Great Families, had no Slaughter Qi, and could not glean any "inspiration" from the calligraphy,

therefore, she did not know to what height Zhou Xuan’s Calligraphy had truly reached.

"’Man and Book are both old’? This realm may be lofty, but if it is used to describe Zhou Xuan, I fear it would be an insult to his calligraphy."

Yu Ruqing’s words instantly stirred thunder in Granny Qian’s heart,

"Such a profound realm of Calligraphy, and yet it still cannot describe the height of Zhou Xuan’s Calligraphy?"

"Far from it."

Yu Ruqing said, "In my view, the calligrapher of this piece entered the stage of ’Man and Book are both old’ many years ago,

from then on, after many years of comprehending the Dao, in Calligraphy he had already reached the Great Harmony Realm of ’no distinction between the book and myself, man and book as one’,

when he wrote this piece, his Calligraphy was already close to the Heavenly Dao."

These abstruse and mysterious matters, falling into Granny Qian’s ears, were no different from listening to a Heavenly Book,

after she savored Yu Ruqing’s words for a moment, she asked, "It’s only a pity that Zhou Xuan merely copied it; we cannot see the original calligrapher of the Scripture—what a regret, what a regret."

"It is not regretful. With the calligraphy handed down, for us to be able to behold this piece is already fortune beyond measure. This calligraphy also allowed me to glimpse the Heavenly Human Realm within Calligraphy,

within this piece, I have already comprehended the Path of Harmony,

yet, as for this level of Tao Body, I have only just peeped through the doorway, and cannot condense any Divine Skills."

When Yu Ruqing spoke to this point, she controlled Granny Qian’s body to close her eyes,

when Granny’s eyes had been closed for half a刻, Yu Ruqing then urged the old woman to snap them open,

this pair of eyes was both Yu Ruqing’s and Granny Qian’s,

Granny Qian saw only that the entire Jade Capital City had transformed into a certain "Silent City"; within the city there was no one, only many different clusters of qi,

the number of these clusters of qi feared to be more than tens of thousands,

various clusters of qi, each of a different color, fused together, finally condensing into five streams of qi,

those five streams of qi constantly collided and intertwined, merging and repelling at once.

Granny Qian, seeing this scene, hastily asked Yu Ruqing, "Sequencer, what are those five streams of qi that I see?"

As the Ghost Woman within the Jade Capital—the bridge between the Sequencer and the city folk—her daily experiences of strange and uncanny matters were truly countless,

usually, she also liked to tell her Disciples some tales of the mysterious, but today she kept feeling that her comprehension was not quite enough; when facing Yu Ruqing’s words, her reactions were always several beats too slow.

Yu Ruqing remained patient; the relationship between the Sequencer and the Ghost Woman was extremely unique. It had not been easy for her to descend once, and she did wish to give Granny Qian some pointers,

she said, "Those clusters of qi are the city folk within the Jade Capital. Though the city folk are individual beings, they are always swept up by the powers, flocking toward and attaching themselves to those powers,

in the end, the Jade Capital became the Jade Capital of five powers,

between power and power, their respective doctrines differ, so clashes are inevitable; yet because of these Bai Yujing Saints’ Heavenly Might, these five powers must also intermingle with one another,

from Zhou Xuan’s Calligraphy I comprehended the ’Path of Harmony’, however, as I just said, with this sort of Great Dao, I have only just peeped in at the doorway, and can only see the places within the Jade Capital that are not in harmony."

Hearing this, Granny Qian naturally felt envy in her heart,

Zhou Xuan’s peerless calligraphy had appeared in the world; all those of the Jade Capital could behold it, but how much one could comprehend from this piece depended solely on each person’s fortune,

Yu Ruqing’s insight surpassed others; whether in cultivation or in the comprehension of Calligraphy, she was not comparable to the ordinary people of the Jade Capital,

she naturally comprehended the finest within it.

At this time, Yu Ruqing again gave birth to doubt, muttering unceasingly, "As for the powers within the Jade Capital, no matter how I count them, they are nothing more than—the Four Great Families, the Heavenly Fire Clan parasitizing in the Jade Capital, the people of the Alchemy Dao, and the Saint believers. How could there be a fifth power?"

"Perhaps that fifth power is you Sequencers?"

Granny Qian knew that although the only Sequencer who had descended was Yu Ruqing, there were many Sequencers.

"The Sequencers are not in the Jade Capital."

Yu Ruqing could never think of where this fifth power came from; after pondering for a while, she simply let it go,

for the moment, she still had more urgent matters to attend to,

"Zhou Xuan’s Alchemy Dao and Calligraphy are both peerless; indeed, just as Mr. Ding said, he may in the future become a legend of the Jade Capital,

on behalf of the Holy Order Sequencer, I cancel the plan to seize Zhou Xuan’s elixir, and at the same time must bestow a reward upon Zhou Xuan, to thank him for his Flower God Pill and this piece of Nameless Scripture."

Yu Ruqing’s intent was the Sequencer’s intent,

how would Granny Qian dare not to carry it out with thunderous speed,

her body, suspended in midair by sixteen long vines, suddenly opened her eyes wide and spoke in the direction of Mr. Ding,

"The Sequencer has issued an order to cancel the Jade Capital’s plan to seize the elixir."

"Lord Zhou Zhou Xuan has contributed calligraphy and the Flower God Pill to the Jade Capital Pill Dao and Calligraphy. The Sequencer clearly states that he is to be richly rewarded."

"Mr. Ding, you are to quickly send someone to Lin Fan and summon back Zhu Fuyao."

"In today’s Ping Shui Prefecture, a Doctor of the human world is entrenched. Zhu Zhenggang, hear the command—you are also to quickly Lin Fan. Should any Doctor dare attempt to strike at Zhou Xuan, you may simply cut him down."

Mr. Ding and Zhu Zhenggang received their assignments and bowed together, intoning, "We only heed the Sequencer’s instruction."

Zhu Zhenggang, having received his order, was already beaming,

he too had comprehended some Tao Body from Zhou Xuan’s Calligraphy, but at the moment he could only gaze upon it from afar. If he could again view the calligraphy from the closest distance, perhaps there would be new insights.

He immediately returned to Xuandu Palace,

the first floor of Xuandu Palace was naturally the place where the various powers of the Jade Capital discussed affairs; on the second floor there was a Teleportation Array, capable of sending people of the Jade Capital into the human world.

Once Zhu Zhenggang left, Mr. Ding summoned the Tianchi Pill Master and instructed,

"Tianchi, make one trip to Lin Fan; go greet Zhou Dangzheng and at the same time you must offer apologies, making clear that today’s attempt by the Jade Capital to seize the elixir was nothing but a misunderstanding."

"Within this Jade Capital, there is a thief stirring up trouble, misleading me with that bizarre prophecy, nearly causing our Jade Capital to cut off its own fate. I will secretly investigate this matter thoroughly."

The Tianchi Pill Master also received the order,

but Mo Dan Master was not so content; he said to Mr. Ding, "Why is such a fine errand given to Tianchi and not to me?

Mr. Ding, you must not be partial. That Zhou Dangzheng is a genius discovered within the Pill Affairs that I oversee; when it comes to going down to see him, it should be my turn at least, no?"

Mr. Ding cast Mo Dan Master a glance, waved his hand, and softly scolded, "Foolish. If the Sequencer truly only wished to summon back Little Fu Yao and help Zhou Dangzheng cut down incoming enemies, would there be any need to send two people down?"

"Teleportation Array transmission into the human world consumes an enormous amount of the Flower God’s energy. If it is not necessary, then naturally the fewer who descend, the better."

"The reason you are both being sent down is merely that the Sequencer is weighing things, and cannot allow all the good fortune to be monopolized by the Four Great Divine Palaces; our Alchemy Dao must also be looked after,

this is fundamentally a matter of face; if we did not send the foremost of the Dan Masters, the Tianchi Pill Master, down, would that not be equivalent to slapping the Sequencer in the face?"

Mo Dan Master sighed once and could only withdraw.

...

Before Lotus Temple, Zhu Fuyao was still gazing upon the "Breaking Qiang Stele",

Zhou Xuan chatted with her idly off and on,

and within that Red Lotus Pill Furnace, the elixir Zhou Xuan refined using the Five Great Buddhist Slaves had already entered the final ferocious tempering,

the fire within the Pill Furnace was like extremely heavy great hammers, pounding within the furnace, making booming sounds,

this was the omen of the elixir about to come out of the furnace,

the Eternal Life Sect Leader and Tiancan Monk had visited many Fire Pits and naturally also knew such omens,

they craned their necks, waiting for the elixir to come out,

and just at this moment,

from that Bai Yujing, two more figures descended,

one figure was mighty and stalwart, seeming to possess the valor of one who could stand against ten thousand,

the other, though skin-and-bones, had a posture as ethereal as an immortal, wearing a Daoist robe, with a "Heavenly Pool Mark" at his brow.

The Eternal Life Sect Leader naturally saw those two figures; at once his heart gave a jolt, his voice trembled, even his accent changed, "We’re done for, done for... The elixir has only just come out of the furnace, and the Jade Capital has sent people again; looks like they intend to carry this seizure of the elixir through to the end..."