Becoming an Immortal and Ancestor, Starting from the Clan-protecting Divine Beast

46: Chapter 46 A Rural Eccentric, a Confucian and Taoist Cultivator”Incredible, this village actually has a schoolhouse where an Immortal Cultivator is responsible for teaching knowledge.”

As the two passed by a village, Ruan Yurong stopped in front of a rather delicately renovated courtyard, as if she had seen something extraordinary.

In the Cultivation World, it is an ironclad rule that the Dharma must not be taught lightly.

Moreover, Immortal Cultivators are high and mighty; how could they lower their status to lecture and impart knowledge to a bunch of Mortals?

But a living example was right before their eyes. In this Mortal village, there was actually an Immortal Cultivator lecturing and imparting knowledge to Mortals.

Creak!

The wooden door opened, and a handsome man in white robes with a slender build walked out. He held a book in his hands and tucked a ruler into his waist, looking somewhat like a common scholar.

”No, not an Immortal Cultivator, but a practitioner of a heterodox path similar to the Martial Dao.”

Ruan Zhirou glanced at the newcomer a few times. Invisible currents flowed within her eyes, and she seemed to have noticed something, exclaiming in surprise.

Chen Zhuyun, standing to the side, was confused. A heterodox path similar to the Martial Dao?

Were there other paths in this world besides the Martial Dao that allowed Mortals to possess the power to contend with Immortal Cultivators?

”The young lady is quite knowledgeable.” The handsome man put down the book in his hand, his gaze falling upon Chen Zhuyun with some surprise: ”Martial Dao Innate? It has been many years since one has appeared; it is truly rare to see one today.”

Upon hearing this, Chen Zhuyun cupped his hands: ”Chen Zhuyun of the Chen family, greetings to this... friend.”

”I am Dugu Yunhe, greetings to you both.” The handsome man returned the salute, speaking with extraordinary eloquence: ”Yunhe is merely a wanderer in the countryside with some learning, so I teach here to enlighten the children. I cannot be called an Immortal Cultivator.”

Ruan Zhirou looked deeply at Dugu Yunhe. Although this person appeared graceful and handsome, for some reason, she felt an inexplicable resistance in her heart and was not fond of the person before her.

”With poetry and books in one’s belly, one’s aura naturally shines; Fellow Daoist Yunhe is too modest.”

Afterward, the three chatted for a while. Chen Zhuyun and Ruan Zhirou bid farewell to Dugu Yunhe and continued on their way to the Lin family in Liquan Town.

Dugu Yunhe watched the two retreating figures, his sleeves fluttering without wind: ”A Cultivator of Luck actually getting mixed up with a Mortal Martial Artist; interesting, very interesting.”

Rustle!

The book in his hand flipped its pages on its own, and a line of golden text appeared: ”Crimson Sun controls the Gang to verify the Limitless; Cold Moon condenses the Sha to derive the Hundun.”

”The heavens are about to change!”

Dugu Yunhe closed the book and turned to walk into the house.

Before long, the sound of children reading spread from the courtyard. The passing villagers were already accustomed to it, and some would even stop in front of the courtyard gate to bow to the figure standing on the podium.

On the road, Chen Zhuyun was somewhat puzzled and asked: ”Miss Zhirou, what did you mean by the heterodox path similar to the Martial Dao that you mentioned earlier?”

”In this world, there is more than one path for Mortals to break their limits and rival Immortal Cultivators.” After a moment of thought, Ruan Zhirou explained carefully:

”There are countless talented people in the world. Some thought to imitate the first two realms of the Immortal Dao, thus founding the Martial Dao, while others thought of other methods to create different paths.”

”For instance, that Dugu Yunhe is a Confucian Cultivator. One must read ten thousand books, travel ten thousand miles, implement one’s own teachings, and educate the beings of the Mortal World to condense a breath of Haoran Qi; only then can one step into the gate of the Confucian Dao.”

”Furthermore, in the past, a great Confucian of the Confucian lineage made a vow to verify the Dao, wishing to establish a heart for Heaven and Earth, to set a life for the people, to carry on the unique learning of past Saints, and to create peace for all generations.”