Love letters are not allowed in the exorcism notebook!-Chapter 590 - 13: The Great Way has fifty, Heaven extends forty-nine.
"From the heights of the azure sky to the depths of the Netherworld, Senior Sister, are you about to preach at the Purple Cloud Palace?"
Li Mumu hung from a tree, looking at the magnificent natural wonder in front of her, her mind filled with wonder.
Bai Shanshan had made a big spectacle, and at first, Li Mumu wondered why the stars could also be seen in the Outer Dimension. It wasn’t until she saw the water beneath Bai Shanshan’s feet that she realized—this was the Water of Netherworld Springs.
The appearance of the starry sky was thus self-explanatory. If she wasn’t mistaken, it must be the legendary Heavenly Realm.
Not only had Bai Shanshan transformed the Outer Dimension that originated from Qinghe Middle School, but she had also forcefully merged parts of Dreamland, the Netherworld, and the Heavenly Realm to create this scene that seemed like a primitive world.
How to describe this method... It’s like an old professor from the Chinese Academy of Sciences bringing an AK47 to school and explaining the basics of physics from the perspective of ballistic parabolas.
Pure madness!
But now the gun was still in her hands, with the magazine full of 7.62 bullets, and all Li Mumu could do was clap and cheer, shouting at the top of her lungs, "Senior Sister is amazing!"
Bai Shanshan had never claimed to be a good teacher; she didn’t even think she was capable of being one.
However, having no choice as her ascension to become a Feathered Immortal failed, she switched to the Twelve Laws to be promoted to Great Commander, owing a huge karmic debt.
"Before the heavens and earth were divided, the world was as chaotic as a chicken’s egg. Later, Pangu opened up the heavens, with the clear qi rising and the turbid qi descending, forming the heavens and earth, distinguishing yin and yang. Everything in the world follows this principle."
Bai Shanshan didn’t care whether these students could understand or not, and started her lecture directly.
"Where there is heaven, there is earth; where there is cause, there is effect; where there is a beginning, there is an end; where there is life, there is death. This is the principle of the operation of all things."
Her voice echoed between this heaven and earth, as melodious as a singing voice, yet like a whispering confession.
The Netherworld Springs water rippled beneath her feet, conjuring an illusion.
There, primitive humans clad in animal skins were dragging their families to live by the water, practicing slash-and-burn agriculture as human civilization began to develop.
In an instant, the downpour became torrential, and the flood wreaked havoc, leaving countless people homeless.
Some fought through the storm, built dikes, and guided the floodwater, stabilizing the world.
"Here there are no chosen ones of God, no lone arks; this is our history, the struggle of humanity against nature."
Then the illusion shifted, and countless troops emerged from Hangu Pass to pacify the regions. Some stood atop Mount Tai, surveying the world. Millions of laborers burned earth to make bricks, building a great wall on towering mountains and steep ridges.
"The First Emperor unified the land and built the Great Wall to the north to resist the Xiongnu. This is the struggle between the agricultural and nomadic peoples."
The illusion changed once more, skipping thousands of years to the present. Western naval fleets lined the sea, and amidst the smoke of gunfire, some fought to the death despite being riddled with wounds.
A young Scholar stood in the street embracing handwritten newspapers, shouting vehemently in an attempt to awaken his numb and indifferent countrymen. Someone passed by, snatched a newspaper, and threw it high into the sky; countless sheets fluttered down like heavy snow, obscuring the blood on the bayonets, and they soon ignited into fierce flames.
"Since the second year of the Tianle era of the Former Dynasty, the Western barbarian fleets invaded our inner seas, killing and looting, committing all manner of atrocities. They coerced the Imperial Court with their strong ships and powerful guns to sign unequal trade agreements..."
"Apocalypse... the Rakshasa invade the Northwest Frontier..."
"Longyin... the Frank Fleet occupies the South Seas..."
"Early years of the Ming Country..."
This woman is pure madness!
Mu Yusheng hid in the shade of the trees, her head getting bigger the more she listened.
She glossed over thousands of years of history in a few sentences, but she’s been talking about the last sixty years for five whole minutes! 𝒇𝒓𝒆𝒆𝙬𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝒎
Making herself seem like some kind of victim.
The one who’s been completely taken advantage of is me!
"...This is the struggle between traditional conservative thinking and modern scientific concepts."
At this point, Bai Shanshan paused for a moment.
She didn’t know how much these students could comprehend, nor did she care.
"You are lucky, having not experienced that era of struggle, able to sit in a classroom and study in peace. But you are also unfortunate, because from the moment you come to understand the true nature of the world, whether you are willing or not, you will be caught up in the fourth struggle."
"This time, what you will face is not a natural disaster on a geographical scale, not the survival of the fittest among civilized races, and not the collision and conflict of ideas and philosophies, but an apocalyptic catastrophe from a future era that may lead to the interruption of human civilization, and even a mass extinction of species."
The water of the Netherworld Springs churned restlessly at her feet, and all illusions vanished in the blink of an eye.
The ark adrift on the ocean smashed against the mountains, spilling all the people and animals on board into the water. Even the birds had their wings drenched by the torrential rain, and they perished together.
Mountains of infant corpses piled up beneath Bethlehem City. Even the unborn children hidden by virgins didn’t escape...
Everything was rendered unrecognizable by the tide of space and time.
Meanwhile, stars in the sky began to twinkle.
One by one, constellations in the night sky above burst into brilliant light.
"The so-called great Tao has fifty paths, heaven evolves forty-nine, but amidst the obscurity there is still a glimmer of hope to protect all beings through this world-ending calamity. I have the supreme wondrous Dharma Gate, twelve laws, forty paths; I impart these to you. If you can comprehend their profound meanings and attain cultivation achievement, you will then dispel disasters, solve difficulties, and be on your way to eternal life!"
Bai Shanshan waved a sleeve, and stars fell from the sky.
Twelve constellations, full of the ancient and vast breath of air, imprinted themselves in everyone’s minds.
Xingji, Xuanzao, Juzi, Jianglou, Daliang, Shenshen, Quanshou, Quanhuo, Quanwei, Shouxing, Dahu, Ximu...
Wait a second! Is there a translated manual?
Wang Yunxiao, whose education level wasn’t very high, looked confused, not recognizing several characters.
This isn’t what I learned before!
Li Mumu, whose education level was quite high, was equally confused. At first, she thought these were constellations like Pisces and Aries.
If even these two were puzzled, the others were even less likely to understand.
However, not long after, the twelve constellations were reorganized into four regions of stars—east, south, west, and north.
Azure Dragon, White Tiger, Vermilion Bird, Black Tortoise!
Finally, it was something Wang Yunxiao understood, and he let out a sigh of relief.
Could you stick to something from the Mortal World, all these abstruse concepts—who can understand?
Then, from the four major constellations, twelve beams of golden light fell and condensed into twenty-four characters in mid-air.
Azure Dragon Constellation Zone—
Chess Herald, Advisor, Garrison Soldiers
Vermilion Bird Constellation Region—
Geomancy, Craftsman, Specter
White Tiger Constellation Zone—
Demon, Priest, Witch Doctor
Black Tortoise Constellation Zone—
Scholar, Ranger, Uncivilized People
These were the twelve Cultivation Dharma Gates with which Wang Yunxiao was familiar.
Within these twelve Dharma Gates, there were twenty-four paths, each evolving into the Righteous and Heretical Paths.
The Righteous Path’s cultivation routes extended upward, diverging into twenty-eight paths, which lit up the twenty-eight constellations forming an array in the sky.
Twenty-eight laws of the Righteous Path, plus twelve Heretical Paths, made a total of forty paths.
The great Tao has fifty, heaven evolves forty-nine, and this cultivation system directly occupied the number forty.
Nine paths remained, to be supplemented by future generations.
