There were actually not many benefits to transforming into a beard.
Yang Jian no longer needed the power of heaven and earth merit. After all, his true body had been abandoned by the Heavenly Dao and was still floating in the Chaos Sea. It was useless even if he wanted it.
However, Yang Jian was a disciple of the Dao Sect. He sat and watched the Western Sect, which had schemed against the Dao Sect, sent a large number of disciples away, and even fanned the flames during the God-Conferment Tribulation.
Sitting and watching the Buddhist Sect's luck being weakened was something that made one's mind feel at ease.
Yang Jian specially waited for that moment. He expected that the Western Sect would definitely not "obediently submit". He wanted to see if he could help the Grand Supreme Elder.
They could not fight. The four Saints who repaired the Heavenly Dao would definitely not allow the Dao Sect and the Western Sect to fight and increase internal friction.
Moreover, if they really fell out, the Three Pure Ones would have an absolutely powerful position in the Primordial World.
However, the game during the transformation period was probably several times more complicated than a battle …
Yang Jian had originally thought of two plans. One was to take the initiative to divert the Western Sect's attention when the Grand Supreme Elder was dealing with Hinayana Buddhism. The second was to help the Grand Supreme Elder.
How could he divert the Western Sect's attention? Actually, it was not difficult. After the Grand Supreme Elder left Hangu Pass, Yang Jian would go to the Aparagodānīya Continent and attract their attention to him. If he really could not do it, he would go to the spiritual mountain and deliberately cause trouble.
It was much simpler to help the Grand Supreme Elder. He just had to appear at the crucial moment and help as much as he could.
With a chuckle, Yang Jian stood up and walked to the border between the Aparagodānīya Continent and the South Continent. He would act according to the situation.
At that moment, the pavilion at the mouth of the river was sunny. The sunlight shone through the bamboo forest and shone on the wooden boards made of immortal wood, emitting a gentle glow.
Yang Jian suddenly stopped in his tracks and stood there motionless.
Zhang Boshi followed from behind and looked strangely at the Second Master, who had suddenly stopped. He scanned the forest with his spiritual senses and saw that there was nothing unusual in the forest.
"That's not right …"
Yang Jian suddenly muttered a few words. Then, he suddenly staggered two steps back and fell weakly to the ground.
Suddenly, his entire body turned cold. His eyes were even trembling slightly, and his fingers were trembling unconsciously.
No, it's all wrong …
That's not right!
As if he had suddenly realized something, Yang Jian sat there as waves of Daoist Rhymes surged out from his body, causing Zhang Boshi to almost kneel down.
"Second Master? What was happening all of a sudden? Second Master? What's wrong? "
Zhang Boshi saw that Yang Jian's complexion had suddenly become extremely bad, so he hurriedly asked. When cultivating, the most important taboo was the unstable state of mind, and Yang Jian's current appearance was very much like being possessed by the devil, which was really worrying.
"Second Master? Second Master? Don't scare me! If you want to go berserk, I won't be able to stop you with my meager abilities! "
Zhang Boshi kept shaking his wrist, and Yang Jian finally recovered a little. He raised his hand to stop Zhang Boshi.
"I'm fine …"
Yang Jian's voice carried a hint of tiredness. He coughed twice, took a deep breath, and gradually recovered.
Without saying anything, he slowly got up, walked to the door, and put his hand on the door handle.
He needed to verify something. He needed to prove something. He needed to figure out what was going on.
Even if …
"Second Master!"
Zhang Boshi looked at Yang Jian's back and shouted, "Do you want me to accompany you?"
"No need."
After saying that calmly, Yang Jian's figure flew faster and faster. In the blink of an eye, he disappeared.
Along the way, Yang Jian kept his mouth shut and only cared about rushing. He flew extremely fast.
When he rushed to the sky above the South Continent, Yang Jian resisted the urge to go down. He hid on the cloud and used his spiritual senses to look at the green ox from afar.
The Old Supreme Elder on the green ox's back seemed to be a mortal old man. He did not have any Dao runes or cultivation level, but he had a transcendental aura.
The ox did not walk fast. Along the way, it always encountered mortals who bowed, asked, and looked at the Old Supreme Elder. Most of the time, the Old Supreme Elder had a smile on his face, as if he was really a generous elder in the mortal world who was traveling around to learn.
Just like that, Yang Jian followed, watching the green ox and the old man on its back as they entered an impregnable pass.
Hangu Pass.
Yang Jian's forehead was covered in sweat as he repeatedly confirmed in his heart …
Laozi rode an ox out of Hangu Pass and left behind the legend of the Purple Qi from the East. He also left behind more than 5,000 words of the Dao De Sutra.
Next …
As expected, the guards in Hangu Pass welcomed him and invited the Old Supreme Elder to stay. After the Old Supreme Elder wrote the Dao De Sutra, he left Hangu Pass at dusk and continued to wander towards the west.
Yang Jian stood on the cloud for a long time, like a wooden statue or a clay statue.
That's not right!
That's not right at all!
He knew in advance that Laozi was going to become a Buddha and that he would leave behind the Dao De Sutra in Hangu Pass …
Yang Jian knew all that!
Why?
That was because when he was on Earth, he had heard about it and obtained this information through various channels!
Dragons, phoenixes, magi, demons, the Primordial Chaos, the God roll, King Zhou, King Ji Fa, Li Jing's family …
Before Yang Jian came to the Primordial World, he knew everything!
That meant that the era after the Primordial World was the Earth that he had lived on previously!
He came from the future, not from before the Primordial Era!
In other words, if he came from the spiritual clouds of experts a long time ago, why would he have the foresight?
When he broke through to the Primordial Returning realm, Yang Jian thought that he had already known his previous life. He knew where he came from and who he had been. However, now, Yang Jian had fallen into a vortex of contradictions and was sinking deeper and deeper …
That was only the first confusion.
The things in the Primordial World, the past, and even the changes of the dynasties in the mortal world of the South Continent appeared in the myths, history, and allusions of his hometown on Earth.
That was the second unanswerable question.
According to what he had seen in the Primordial Return, he had come from the spiritual cloud that he had transformed from his previous life. Then, what was the inexplicable connection between the fictional world of the spiritual cloud and the Primordial World and the Chaos?
That did not make sense. It did not make sense at all!
In the Primordial World, in the South Continent, the four seasons changed. Why was the order of the solar terms similar to that of his hometown?
Which side was real and which was illusory? Where did he come from? What had he experienced? Was the meteor that streaked across the spiritual cloud him?
Before breaking through the limit of the Primordial Return realm, Yang Jian felt that the most reasonable explanation for his origins was actually this —
The Primordial World collapsed during the Great Tribulation. The survivors refined the Primordial World into many stars. The Chaos Sea turned into the universe, which was how Earth came to be in the future.
Later on, when Yang Jian learned about the "spiritual cloud", he began to doubt whether the Earth that he had lived in for more than twenty years really existed. When he broke through to the Primordial Return realm, he saw his "previous life" and felt that his hometown on Earth should exist in the spiritual cloud that had been destroyed during the battle.
But now, Yang Jian began to doubt if that was the truth.
The sequence of the Xia, Shang, and Zhou Dynasties, the existence of the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, one story after another that he was familiar with and connected together …
What was the relationship between the Primordial World and Earth?
Yang Jian covered his forehead and snorted softly. He felt a splitting headache and his aura trembled slightly.
Fortunately, his mind was only in his incarnation. If he suddenly encountered such a drastic change in his emotions when he was in his main body, the berserk aura around him would probably cause endless trouble.
He could not understand and could not see the connection …
Yang Jian turned around and flew. His figure quickly shuttled through the Primordial World and arrived at the Jade Spring Mountain. He bowed in front of the Golden Aurora Cave.
"Master! I'm confused! "
The door of the Golden Aurora Cave opened. Yang Jian stood up and walked in. He knelt on the meditation cushion and looked at his master, Yuding, who was still deducing the cultivation technique. Suddenly, he could not speak.
"What's wrong?"
Yuding put down the jade token in his hand and beckoned Yang Jian forward. He frowned and said, "You look miserable. What happened?"
"Master, I'm confused!" Yang Jian knelt there and said softly, "I want to know where I came from and why I came, but I can't figure it out."
"Oh?" Yuding Zhenren looked at Yang Jian's face and closed the cave door. "Many cultivators can easily lose their hearts when they cultivate. I originally thought that you would not have such a problem, but I didn't expect you to still fall into confusion."
"Master, please resolve my doubts."
Yuding Zhenren frowned. He could sense the urgency in Yang Jian's heart, but he could not answer Yang Jian's sudden question.
Where did it come from?
"Calm your heart!"
The sound of the Great Dao suddenly sounded from Yuding Zhenren's mouth. The sound of chanting sutras appeared everywhere in the cave. Yuding Zhenren waved his hand, and a 'Dao' word written by a green mysterious light slowly flew over and hit Yang Jian's forehead.
Yang Jian was shocked. The confusion in his eyes gradually disappeared, and he regained his clarity.
He let out a long breath and sat there quietly. Yang Jian lowered his head and pondered. He could not relax his brows, as if he was about to fall into confusion again.
"Even if you're confused, you shouldn't be so confused," Yuding reprimanded seriously. This was one of the few times he had reprimanded his disciple.
With a wry smile, Yang Jian bowed to Yuding and murmured, "It's me who lost my composure for a moment. It's just that I thought I understood everything, but suddenly, I feel that I don't understand everything. "
"This is the way to seek the Dao. Everything has its cause and effect," Yuding Zhenren said. "What you see is not what you see, and what you know is not what you know. If you could understand your true self so easily, you would have cut off the Three Separations and become a Saint of the Great Path."
Yang Jian could not help but feel ashamed.
Yuding Zhenren's voice slowed down and he continued, "The True Spirits don't know their origin, and neither do I. I don't know how they came to be, and I don't know how they died. Between reality and illusion, existence and non-existence, it's all determined by one's heart. "
"Existence and non-existence are all determined by one's heart?"
"Alas." Yuding sighed softly. "Your cultivation base is advancing too fast, but your state of mind is somewhat lacking. It's also my oversight. You should stay in seclusion in the mountain for a thousand years and cultivate your state of mind."
"Master, there's still something to do outside …"
Yang Jian had almost recovered. He rubbed his brows. He did not know what had suddenly happened to him just now.
A contradiction that he had thought was reasonable and had always ignored had easily shaken his entire state of mind.
Perhaps, his mental cultivation was really not enough.
But who could answer his question?
Yang Jian suddenly thought of someone …
"Master, I'll go to the Netherworld. If she can't answer my question, I'll bury it in my heart." Yang Jian bowed again. "Master, don't worry. I know what I should do and what I shouldn't do."
Yuding Zhenren's eyes were a little worried. However, when he saw that Yang Jian's eyes were gradually regaining their determination, he knew that Yang Jian might be playing with a powerful enemy in the Chaos Sea.
"Don't force yourself. If there's an enemy that you can't deal with, send a message to me."
"Yes, Master, don't worry." Yang Jian chuckled. He seemed to have recovered his usual calmness.
However, Yuding saw a hint of sadness and loneliness in his eyes.
"That's good," Yang Jian muttered. "Perhaps, I can only find the answer when I find where I came from. That should have existed before. Perhaps it was after the Primordial World. I have to live until then to see the answer … "
Yuding Zhenren frowned when he heard that. Just as he was about to say something, Yang Jian bowed and stood up to leave.
Where did I come from …
After Yang Jian left, Yuding sat there and fell into deep thought. Memories from a long time ago surfaced in his mind. Yuding Zhenren's eyes gradually became more confused.
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