Chapter 844 It’s broken, I became someone else’s disciple
This was obviously complete nonsense, and both Mo Cheng and Shen Xueqi knew it.
Feeling Shen Xueqi's gaze, Mo Cheng sighed, spread his hands and said helplessly, "It's not that I want to hide it, but there are too many things involved. Even if I want to talk about it, I don't know where to start."
If he wanted to explain last night's thunder, he would have to explain to Shen Xueqi what [Greek mythology] and [King of Gods Zeus] were. Then he would have to explain the origin of this strange skill that was different from martial arts and cultivation. At the end of the conversation, he might have to reveal that he was not from this world.
Just thinking about it, it seems like a huge project.
Moreover, Mo Cheng knew his own situation. He had never been good at communication. If there was a so-called [social] skill, then there was no doubt that the skill points Mo Cheng invested in this skill were negative.
Maybe even the investment in skills like "trash talking" requires more than that in "socializing".
"I don't want to find out your secrets, but if you tell others about your ability to control the thunderbolt, it will attract a lot of attention."
Shen Xueqi thought for a while, and then said: "The thunder can only be controlled by Taoist masters, and last night's scene, even Taoist masters may not have such momentum. And you call yourself a student of Jixia. The way of Confucianism is different from that of Taoism. You are obviously a Confucian student, but you can control the magical powers of Taoist masters..."
"...There will be a lot of people trying to find you."
Now Mo Cheng understood. The Confucian disciple used Taoist magical powers. At the same time, the skill trees of Confucianism and Taoism were not compatible. In the eyes of others, Mo Cheng undoubtedly had two skill trees.
For some people, this is enough to arouse their curiosity and explore the secrets.
"So, I will encounter a lot of troubles next?"
Mo Cheng frowned, and secretly estimated in his heart that if someone came to his house to pick a fight with him, should he just kill him directly, or try his best to maintain his upright image and seriously injure the person?
"Probably not." Shen Xueqi shook her head. "When the recorder saw you carrying the Flowing Water Sword and being able to control the Heavenly Thunder, he must have mistaken you for Master Wei Yi's disciple."
She went on to explain, "Master Wei Yi was once the academic director of Jixia Academy, and later practiced Taoism. He was a rare Taoist and Confucian practitioner."
In other words, because he was carrying Master Wanghan's Liushui Sword and had Master Wanghan's disciple Shen Xueqi by his side, when he claimed to be a student of Jixia and was able to control the thunder, the recorder's exclamation of "So that's how it is" meant that he mistook Mo Cheng for Taoist Weiyi's disciple.
That is why he can control the thunder despite being a student of Jixia Academy, and that is why Mo Cheng wears the [Flowing Water Sword].
The [Flowing Water Sword] obviously has a unique meaning to Master Wanghan, and if one wants to get the [Flowing Water Sword] from her, judging by the recorder's logic, only Taoist Wei Yi, who is also one of the three Yunping Immortals, would be able to lend it to his disciples.
But Shen Xueqi's words made Mo Cheng's thoughts turn to another direction, "So, it is very rare for Taoists and Confucianists to practice together?"
"Taoists call all living things the Tao, Confucians call the laws governing the operation of heaven and earth the Principle, and Buddhists call the separation and combination of all living things the cause and effect. It is very difficult to cultivate both."
"Master once argued with Uncle Weiyi, saying, 'Instead of thinking about how to make the three religions coexist, it is better to hope to suppress the two schools of thought directly after ascending to immortality and forcibly merge them into one.' I don't know much about Confucianism, but Uncle Weiyi only said three words about difficulty when it comes to practicing Taoism and Confucianism together."
Is it difficult for the three religions to coexist?
Mo Cheng took a look at his own mental martial arts. Although the three teachings that constituted it were not orthodox doctrines and were all unorthodox, this mental martial arts still had no problem running.
After thinking about it, Mo Cheng still had no intention of saying this out loud.
After all, listening to the deeds of Taoist Wei Yi, he is a person who can truly practice Taoism and Confucianism at the same time.
As for myself...
If one were to show people the theories that make up one's mental martial arts alone, the person would most likely be labeled as a "heretic".
As the founder, he himself didn't dare to say what the decent thing was.
"So I am now Master Wei Yi's disciple?"
Mo Cheng didn't mind hearing that others would mistake him for a disciple of Taoist Wei Yi. His past experience as a gamer had given him countless identities, including but not limited to: doctor, assistant, mess collector, cleaner, and even pretending to be someone else's adopted son...
Mo Cheng had no real sense of this identity, mainly because he was worried that those speculations would turn into rumors and then spread to the real owner, Master Wei Yi.
Given the other party's strict personality, it is hard to say whether he will cause trouble for Mo Cheng because of this rumor.
Someone of Master Wei Yi's level would require Mo Cheng to drop his disguise and use his true abilities in order to fight him.
As if she saw Mo Cheng's worry, Shen Xueqi said, "Master Weiyi and Master went to [Eastern Wasteland Cloud Screen]. It's not very convenient to enter and exit that place. For a long time, Master Weiyi will not have any contact with the outside world."
"If Master Weiyi asks about it later, I will explain it to you."
Mo Cheng nodded and stopped dwelling on this matter. "Thank you."
Then he mentioned the fortune teller he met before, "Do you have any impression of the fortune teller you met before?"
What is certain is that the fortune-teller must be an immortal who plays with the human world, and the immortal appeared specifically to warn Shen Xueqi to be careful of the evil spirit in her fate that may backfire and cause trouble. Mo Cheng had no reason to ignore this warning.
Shen Xueqi tried to find a figure similar to the fortune-teller from her memory, but in the end she could only shake her head, "I have no impression of it. The disguise of the immortal playing in the human world is almost impossible to see through. My cultivation has not yet reached the point where I can see through it."
There was no relevant information, but the warning was definitely not something the other party had improvised to play tricks on people, so Mo Cheng could only make some guesses based on the existing information.
"First of all, the evil spirit in your destiny should explode within the next few days, and it will be very fierce. Otherwise, there would be no need for the other party to show up to warn you."
"Secondly, you will be the first to be affected by the outbreak of evil spirits. We are not sure how big the impact will be, but try to find a place with fewer people in the next few days."
"And there is a group of people in black robes who have ideas about your fate of loneliness and disaster."
As he was speaking, Mo Cheng seemed to suddenly think of something and looked out the window with his eyes narrowed.
"I said, is there a possibility, just a possibility..."
"Those black-robed people used the strange phenomena in the starry sky to trigger your lonely and calamity fate, and they were also able to create an undercurrent, so..."
"Will they borrow the power of your destiny to increase the power of the Dark Tide?"
