Luck: 3721 (1 for ordinary people)
Cultivation Method: *Ziyang Zhenjie*
Supernatural combat techniques: Burial Sword Technique, Soaring Step, Divine Firmament Five Thunder Orthodox Method
Existing world coordinates: Mythical Three Kingdoms World, Water Margin World
Unlocked features: Time Travel, Enlightenment, and Golden Eyes of Fortune
"Very good. I didn't expect that in just one month, it would increase my fortune so much. It seems that my decision to choose the sect of spreading the Dao was the right one," Wang Xuan couldn't help but exclaim.
Previously, in order to refine the nascent form of the Heavenly Dao, the Eternal Tower of Heaven and Earth had drained most of Wang Xuan's luck points, leaving him with only a dozen or so. Now, just over a month later, his luck points have risen to more than three thousand, all thanks to the efforts of his disciples.
"It's time to leave the Water Margin world." The disciples he took in the Water Margin world were all very capable, adding many disciples and grand-disciples to Wang Xuan's repertoire, making the Xuan Tian Holy Sect grow stronger and stronger.
Wang Xuan had no need to get involved. With his disciples helping him earn luck points, why should he bother to do it himself?
Calculating the time, it has been about a year since Wang Xuan left the main world. I wonder what the time flow ratio is between the Water Margin world and the main world.
A year has passed in the Water Margin world, but how much time has passed in the main world?
He had never forgotten the crisis in the main world. If he lingered in the Water Margin world for too long, something unexpected might happen.
Pushing open the door to the secret chamber, Wang Xuan went straight to the Liangshan Gathering Hall—which had been converted into the main hall of the Xuantian Holy Sect.
In front of this main hall stands a bronze bell about half a person's height. If Wang Xuan needs to summon his disciples, he only needs to ring this bell, and his disciples will immediately come.
"Dong!" After a long, drawn-out chime, people quickly arrived.
The first to arrive was Chao Gai. This Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King possessed extremely abundant fortune, second only to Song Jiang, and his talent was also one of the most outstanding among the Liangshan heroes. Therefore, his cultivation progressed by leaps and bounds, and he even surpassed his senior brother Shi Jin, reaching the sixth level of the Acquired Realm.
Because Chao Gai had the highest cultivation level, he ran the fastest and was the first to reach Wang Xuan.
Shi Jin followed closely behind Chao Gai. Although his cultivation level was not as high as Chao Gai's, he had already reached the fifth level of the Acquired Realm, which meant he could do whatever he wanted in the Water Margin world.
After about the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, everyone had finally arrived.
Wang Xuan glanced at his disciples before speaking, "During this period of seclusion, I have already comprehended the secrets of the celestial realm and will soon ascend to the heavens."
In short, he told a colossal lie, claiming that he had already cultivated himself into a god and was about to ascend to the heavens.
This can be considered a white lie. With Wang Xuan as an example to inspire others, they will have more motivation to cultivate.
Wang Xuan didn't care whether his disciples believed in the "ascension to the heavens" theory. He directly communicated with the Eternal Tower of Heaven and Earth in his sea of consciousness and silently uttered, "Return!"
Chapter Fifty-Two: Deceiving the Old Man
"Finally back!" Wang Xuan looked at the familiar furnishings in the room and felt a surge of emotion.
When he first entered the Water Margin world, he was just a newbie at the second level of the Acquired Realm. If he were in the main world, he would be at the level of an ordinary soldier.
Now that he has returned to the main world, his cultivation has reached the early stage of the Innate Realm. If he were to join the army, he could easily become a squad leader under Dong Zhuo and a low-ranking officer.
Most importantly, Wang Xuan also snatched back a half-finished Heavenly Dao!
If he were to encounter a life-or-death crisis, he could activate the power of the Heavenly Dao to empower himself. Even if he were to encounter a master at the Perfected Dao Realm, he would be fully capable of fighting against them!
"I wonder how much time has passed in the main world. It would be better to ask someone first." Wang Xuan pushed open the door and called out twice to the outside.
Not long after, a plump Hui steward ran over and said to Wang Xuan in surprise, "Young Master, when did you come back? During the days you were missing, the Master searched almost the entire city of Luoyang. He was so worried."
"So only a few days have passed in the main world?" Wang Xuan breathed a sigh of relief.
Indeed, the flow of time differs between different worlds.
As the saying goes, a day in heaven is equivalent to a year on earth; the higher the level of a world, the slower the flow of time.
The time ratio between the main world and the Water Margin world, while not reaching the point where a day in the main world is equivalent to a year in the Water Margin world, is still an astonishing one hundred times!
Wang Xuan spent over a year in the Water Margin world, while only three or four days had passed in the main world.
Now that the time flow ratio between the two worlds has been figured out, there's nothing more for the butler to do. Wang Xuan casually dismissed the butler and prepared to go out for a stroll.
But before he could even leave the house, he saw his father storming over and giving him a dressing down.
Wang Yun was born late in life, and Wang Xuan was his only son, whom he doted on immensely.
When he learned that his son had suddenly disappeared, he was almost frantic with worry. He used all his connections to search the entire city of Luoyang, but still could not find any trace of Wang Xuan.
He even suspected that his precious son, Za, had been killed by Dong Zhuo, who then sent people to destroy the evidence. It's no wonder Wang Yun made such a guess; in the entire city of Luoyang, the only ones who could have taken Wang Xuan away from the Wang family without a sound were Dong Zhuo and his Xiliang military group!
Fortunately, Wang Xuan returned in time; otherwise, if he had returned a few days later, Wang Yun would probably have been fighting Dong Zhuo to the death.
On the surface, Wang Xuan obediently accepted the scolding, but in his heart, he cursed the fat butler to death. The reason Wang Yun returned so quickly must have been because the fat butler had notified him!
Wang Yun scolded Wang Xuan for a full hour or two, until he was tired of yelling, and then asked Wang Xuan seriously, "Tell me, where have you been these past few days? I've searched the entire city of Luoyang, but I haven't found any trace of you!"
Before Wang Xuan could come up with an excuse, Wang Yun's expression suddenly changed drastically, and he looked at his son with extreme shock.
"How is this possible?! It's only been a few days, how did your cultivation break through to the Innate Realm?!" Wang Yun grabbed Wang Xuan's arm, and then Wang Xuan felt an extremely powerful warm current flow into his body, examining his entire body.
Wang Xuan was in a panic. What if his cheap father noticed something?
Fortunately, the Eternal Tower of Heaven and Earth in his sea of consciousness was a supreme treasure, and Wang Yun was not able to discern any clues about it.
Even the Heavenly Dao Talisman he obtained from the Water Margin world was concealed by the divine object at this time, thus evading Wang Yun's investigation.
For some reason, Wang Xuan couldn't help but silently mourn for his adoptive father for a second. Wang Yun was, after all, a master who had attained enlightenment through martial arts. In a low-level world like the Water Margin, he would have been able to shatter the void. Yet, at this moment, he seemed to be blind, unable to detect any clues.
Wang Yun had no idea about any of this. After thoroughly examining Wang Xuan, he found nothing amiss. Moreover, his son's martial arts foundation was solid, without any signs of weakness caused by forcing growth.
He breathed a slight sigh of relief, but still asked with some suspicion, "What happened? You little brat, you've been missing for three days. Did your cultivation level skyrocket during those three days? What exactly did you do? Tell me the truth!"
Wang Xuan blinked his eyes, looking at his father with an innocent expression, but he was making up a bunch of nonsense: "Dad, three days ago, an immortal passed through Luoyang City and saw at a glance that your son has extraordinary talent and is a peerless genius that is rare in ten thousand years. So he took me in as his disciple, took me away, and taught me the Great Dao for three days!"
"You dare to talk nonsense! Do you really think your old man is so easily fooled?!" Wang Yun was furious and immediately flicked Wang Xuan's forehead with his finger.
"Thump!" Although Wang Yun only flicked his wrist casually, he used a lot of force. Wang Xuan was sure that a small bump had risen on his forehead at that moment.
However, since the person who hit Wang Xuan was his own father, he dared not speak out against it and could only endure it for the time being.
"Alright, go ahead and hit me all you want now, what can I do? You're my dad, aren't you?" Wang Xuan said, feigning grievance but still trying to sound fierce, "Later..."
"What do you plan to do later? Do you want to rebel against heaven?!" Wang Yun was furious and flicked Wang Xuan's finger again.
"If you bully me again in the future, I'll go bully your grandson." Wang Xuan muttered under his breath, but when he saw Wang Yun's murderous gaze, he quickly shut his mouth and cowered obediently.
Wang Xuan fell silent, while Wang Yun became somewhat hesitant. After a moment, he asked with some doubt, "You really have a master? In just three days, your cultivation level has increased from the second level of the Acquired Realm to the early stage of the Innate Realm. Was all of this done by your master?"
"Come on, my dad's really easy to fool!" Wang Xuan was laughing his head off, but he still nodded with a completely innocent expression on his face.
"That's true. To be able to raise your cultivation to the early stage of the Innate Realm in just three days is a skill only a peerless expert at the Perfected Heaven and Man Realm possesses!"
Wang Yun did believe Wang Xuan's excuse, but he still had some doubts, worried that the mysterious expert might have ulterior motives for taking his son as a disciple.
Chapter Fifty-Three: My Master is the Old Immortal of Nanhua?
"Tell me, who exactly is your master?" Wang Yun asked with a solemn expression. "Looking across the world, there are only a handful of people whose cultivation has reached the perfect state of Heaven and Man—the Sage of Literature Zheng Xuan, the Sage of Sword Wang Yue, the Sage of Spear Tong Yuan, Zuo Ci of Hebei, Yu Ji of Jiangdong, and Zhang Lu of Hanzhong who can barely be considered half a perfect Heaven and Man."
"Tell me, which Celestial Realm expert took you as their disciple?"
If the Sword Saint Wang Yue or the Spear Saint Tong Yuan were to take his son as a disciple, Wang Yun would not only not refuse, but would be very happy. This is because both Wang Yue and Tong Yuan were loyal to the Han Dynasty and had some connection with Wang Yun, so they could be considered friends.
However, if it really is one of the two of them who wants to take Wang Xuan as their apprentice, then they will definitely inform Wang Yun first, so these two can be ruled out.
Zheng Xuan, the Sage of Literature, was the greatest Confucian scholar in the land; the number of people wanting to become his disciple could circle the world several times over. When Wang Xuan was young, Wang Yun also tried to get him to study under Zheng Xuan, but Zheng Xuan didn't take a liking to him at the time…
As for the other three experts at the peak of the Celestial Realm, they were all ambitious and ill-intentioned individuals. Thinking of this, a shadow fell over Wang Yun's face.
Wang Xuan was a little confused and instinctively explained, "No, I don't know any of those people. They are not my masters. Dad, don't worry!"
"These experts at the Perfected Celestial Realm aren't your master?!" To everyone's surprise, Wang Yun's expression didn't improve; instead, it became incredibly gloomy, as if he had swallowed a dead child. He was filled with shock and anger: "To be able to raise your cultivation to the early stage of the Innate Realm in just three days without leaving any lasting harm—that's definitely a skill only someone at the Perfected Celestial Realm can possess!"
"Since none of those people are your master, there's only one possibility: your master's cultivation is above the Celestial Perfection realm, reaching the legendary Divine Power realm!"
"Looking across the entire world, there is only one person whose cultivation has reached the realm of supernatural powers, and over there is the Old Immortal of Nanhua!"
Wang Xuan was dumbfounded. How did he suddenly become the disciple of the Old Immortal Nanhua? He had absolutely no connection with the Old Immortal Nanhua whatsoever...
No, to be honest, Wang Xuan and the Old Immortal Nan Hua do have some connection, but he's the Old Immortal Nan Hua from the Water Margin world. After all, Wang Xuan stole the half-finished Heavenly Dao that their lineage had painstakingly cultivated.
Seeing the slight hesitation on Wang Xuan's face, Wang Yun became even more certain of his guess.
He was so angry he almost spat out blood, cursing, "That damned Old Immortal Nanhua, he instigated the three Zhang brothers to rebel, causing rivers of blood to flow across the land, and it was only with great difficulty that they were wiped out. I never expected that after only a few years of being well-behaved, he would start plotting against my son again. I, Wang Yun, swear to be his sworn enemy!"
Wang Xuan rolled his eyes. Well, there was no point in explaining now. Wang Yun had already formed a preconceived notion that Wang Xuan had become the disciple of the Old Immortal of Nanhua.
Besides, Wang Xuan couldn't find a fictitious master, so he simply pinned the blame on the Old Immortal Nanhua. In any case, the old man was happy to help others and wouldn't come knocking on Wang Xuan's door to argue.
Wang Xuan thought the matter was over, but Wang Yun, with a serious expression, grabbed Wang Xuan's arm and said, "Come on, let's go to Lord Cai Yong's house and ask him to take you as his apprentice!"
If this were Wang Xuan's previous life on Earth, Cai Yong would have been nothing more than a weak, feeble old scholar. But now Wang Xuan lives in a mythological world; how could a great Confucian scholar like Cai Yong be so simple?
In the early stages of martial arts training, one cultivates internal energy and external muscles, bones, and skin, while simultaneously practicing meditation and contemplation to refine spiritual power. This simultaneous cultivation of essence, energy, and spirit is aimed at building a flawless foundation.
However, once you reach the Innate Perfection realm, your foundation is already solid, so you need to focus on certain areas.
After reaching the Innate Realm, when one enters the Dao through martial arts, there are two paths to choose from. One focuses on cultivating the physical body, emphasizing proving the Dao through strength, and is known as Divine Martial Arts. The fierce generals of the main world all follow the path of Divine Martial Arts.
As for the civil officials and strategists, they mainly cultivate their primordial spirit, which is somewhat similar to the immortal cultivators in other worlds, and they are called immortal warriors.
Cai Yong chose the path of immortal martial arts and had already broken through to the Celestial Realm more than a hundred years ago. He was one of the strongest people in the world, just half a step away from the perfection of the Celestial Realm!
Wang Yun's intention to take Wang Xuan to become a disciple was undoubtedly to curry favor with Cai Yong and use Cai Yong's name to make the Old Immortal of Nanhua think twice.
"What?! We're going to Mr. Cai Yong's house?!" Wang Xuan immediately bristled. He still carried a half-finished Heavenly Dao with him, which could keep his cheap old man busy, but he probably couldn't hide it from Cai Yong.
"Father, could you wait a moment while I change my clothes?" Wang Xuan planned to hide the Heavenly Dao Talisman and retrieve it after returning from Cai Yong's house.
Wang Yun glared at him and shouted, "You've fallen into the trap of the Old Immortal Nanhua. You're about to face disaster. There's no time to waste on anything else!"
"What the hell is this 'Old Immortal Nan Hua'? I don't even know that person!" Wang Xuan rolled his eyes, then tried to fool his father: "Dad, do you still want to hold your grandson?"
"We're going to Miss Cai Yan's house this time. If we don't tidy up a bit, how can we possibly find you a daughter-in-law?"
This reason was very good and compelling. Wang Yun's eyes widened, but in the end, he couldn't bring himself to refuse. He could only urge, "Hurry up, kid!"
Wang Xuan readily agreed, ran back to his room, opened a small box where he usually hid his secret stash of money, and put the Heavenly Dao Talisman inside.
He was still a little worried and whispered, "Although you are not yet a mature Heavenly Dao, you must learn to live independently. If anyone other than me tries to harm you, kill that ill-intentioned person!"