Chapter 71 Leaderless
Walking out along the passage we came from, we saw rubble rolling down from above. The entire Longling felt an increasingly strong tremor, and the tomb seemed to be sinking.

Li Daoxuan stumbled through the corridors, which were much smoother than before. Many traps had been removed by the Taiping people, and they even placed markers everywhere to prevent people from getting lost in the complex and ever-changing corridors.

Going back to the Panlong Pit, a dim light was cast in the spiral stone cave.

On the top of the stone cave, a huge dragon head had cracks on it. Liquid from nowhere dripped from the dragon head and splashed into the depths of the bottom of the spiral stone cave.

Li Daoxuan just glanced at the bottom, which was so deep that it seemed bottomless.

The Taoist once said that this Dragon Mausoleum should have nine layers, implying the Nine Heavens. And they were only on the first layer.

No matter what is beneath Longling, no one will go down to explore, at least not now.

It is said that at the bottom of Longling is the real tomb of Zhu Yuanzhang, where the treasures are innumerable, and the treasures of heaven and earth are as numerous as the stars in the sky.

As for the well-known Ming Xiaoling Mausoleum in our memories of our previous lives, who knows if Zhu Yuanzhang is really buried there?

But now that Longling is about to fall, perhaps no one will be able to explore the mystery in the future.

Li Daoxuan did not feel any regret about this. He found the road leading to the outside world and left without looking back.

The moment he walked out of Longling, the shaking of the entire cave suddenly intensified and became more severe.

Walking out of the tomb chamber and into the stone cave outside the tomb, I saw the twin dragons carved on the stone door looking like blood was drying up, and the stone pillars inserted into it were breaking apart bit by bit.

"I hope no one will come to disturb this Dragon Mausoleum again in the future." Li Daoxuan thought to himself and walked out of the stone cave.

After leaving the cave, the sky outside was already turning white. A ray of morning light suddenly appeared, illuminating half of the sky red. The stars gradually faded, but two huge and bright stars were visible on the night sky of the fading Milky Way, approaching little by little.

"Is that the Purple Star? Why are there two of them?" Li Daoxuan looked at the sky and his eyes widened. He quickly started calculating with the Liuren method.

Although Li Daoxuan had not studied astrology for a long time, he knew that stargazing was a top-notch method in the world and was also something that all the fortune tellers and sorcerers in the Xuanmen sect wanted to master.

The so-called first-class feng shui is to observe the stars, the second-class feng shui is to look for water outlets, the third-class feng shui is to walk all over the mountains, and the fourth-class feng shui is to chant chants.

However, this path is extremely profound and difficult to learn unless you are an orthodox Taoist or a disciple of a famous master.

During the reign of Emperor Daoguang, a Taoist priest named Zhou from Xianyang, Shaanxi, was fond of astronomy and astrology. He followed the tradition of his ancestor Wang Changyue and went to Beidouping to worship the stars for three years. In the 23rd year of Emperor Daoguang's reign, he traveled to the Chunyang Palace in Guangzhou and followed the Taoist master Li Mingche to the Chaodoutai to observe astronomy and astrology for seven years. In the 3rd year of Emperor Xianfeng's reign, he went to Jiangsu and Zhejiang and lived in Fuxing Temple on Yuhuang Mountain in Hangzhou, where he passed down the "Astronomical Map". Later, he lived in seclusion on Mount Maoshan and built an observatory on the west side of Renyou Temple on the Sanmao Peak of Mount Maoshan. He called himself "Old Man of Mount Maoshan". From then on, Maoshan astrology had a place in Taoism.

Therefore, the study of astrology is very important in Taoism.

The method used by Li Daoxuan is called Liuren. Although there are many methods, they can be roughly divided into Da Liuren and Xiao Liuren. Da Liuren can calculate the general situation of the world, and Xiao Liuren can calculate good and bad fortune.

Xiao Liu Ren is also known as Zhuge Liang's Ma Qian Ke. It is said to be a simplified version of Qi Men. When Zhuge Liang was on the march, he would often count with his fingers to know whether it was good or bad. He used it to deploy troops and change soldiers and generals, and he was always successful. Therefore, it is also called "iron mouth straight judgment". However, Xiao Liu Ren is very different from Qi Men or Da Liu Ren.

Unfortunately, he was not good at studying, so even if he used the Great Liu Ren, the Heaven and Earth Plate, and the Three Yuans, he could not figure out the meaning of the two emperors appearing in the sky and shining brightly.

"You're still not good at studying." Li Daoxuan sighed, staring at the two stars in the sky for a while, but still had no clue, so he walked down the mountain.

When he reached the foot of the mountain, he heard a dragon roar like thunder coming from Longling.

Looking back, under the rising sun, a huge dragon rose into the sky and turned into rolling clouds. The dragon's roar rolled forward and spread throughout the Jiangning area.

Before Li Daoxuan could understand what was happening, he saw a giant dragon turning into a cloud and rushing towards this dragon from the direction of Shuntian Prefecture in the capital.

Li Daoxuan stared at this miraculous scene with his eyes wide open. He looked up at the sky and saw two huge dragon-shaped clouds blending with each other, as if two dragons were fighting, making clouds and rain in the red morning sky.

The dragons fought back and forth, their claws and fangs blended together. The dragons' bodies gradually merged together, and slowly broke into countless floating clouds.

Ordinary people thought that the clouds in the sky looked like a real dragon. But in Li Daoxuan's eyes, there was a battle in the sky that would determine the fate of Shenzhou.

The two dragons fought back and forth, and they would never retreat. They fought to pieces, their claws and fangs flew off, their bodies were covered in blood, and even their bodies were torn to pieces. It was a life-and-death struggle. Until the sun rose, only white clouds remained in the sky.

"..." Li Daoxuan pursed his lips tightly, and he looked at the clouds dissipating in the sky. His mind was like being struck by a huge bell, and countless memories emerged, making him understand some things at this moment.

"We are leaderless. So this is your real purpose?" Li Daoxuan murmured to himself.

It was not until this moment that he finally understood why the Taoist priest left with a sense of relief. He finally understood why the Taoist priest was not sad at all about the failure of the resurrection of the King of Justice. That was because in the Taoist priest's plan, the resurrection of the King of Justice was just an option.

The real purpose of the Taoists is not to revive the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, nor is it to overthrow the Qing Dynasty and restore the Han Dynasty. Instead, it is to make the world leaderless and to make China a land of waste.

Perhaps from the beginning to the end, the Taoist's goal has never changed. Just as Wei An said, the Taoist has fulfilled his wish.

What is a chess game? The world is a chess game.

"I asked myself, is it really wrong to practice Taoism and do good? Later I figured it out, the fault is not the fishermen but the world." Looking back on the Taoist's words at that time, perhaps they had already clarified his wish.

What the Taoist wants to do is not to fight for power or return China to the Han Dynasty. He wants to destroy the Qing Dynasty and return the world to the people of the world. Since the world is wrong, it is better to change the world.

"Sure enough, it's just as I knew. Within thirty years, the Qing Dynasty will fall." Li Daoxuan sighed, with mixed emotions in his heart. What the Taoist had done in his life actually made him feel ashamed.

He suddenly thought of a poem written by the great leader.

"If heaven has feelings, it will also grow old, and the right path in the world will be subject to vicissitudes of life."

"I didn't expect you to be so powerful. Well, I'll call you my master, just like another master." Li Daoxuan touched the book in his arms and walked down the mountain step by step. Listening to the crowing of chickens in the distance, a new day also began.

The sound of thunder rumbled, like the collapse of the sky. The entire mountain range collapsed downwards. Sand and gravel flew everywhere, and rocks flew into the air. Dust and smoke spread in all directions.

Bai Li and his group stood on the cliff where they came from, looking at the collapsed mountain. Longling has sunk into the ground, and it may be difficult to find it in the future.

Each of them had some injuries on their bodies, even the usually delicate little sister was no exception.

He looked at the collapsed mountain with a gray face and said with fear on his face: "Fortunately we came out early, otherwise we would be buried in this dragon tomb."

"I'm afraid that many people can't get out either." Qingque said with a smile. Her green shirt was a little messy, and many places were cut by the blade. Obviously, the fight in Longling was also dangerous for her. If she was not careful, she would lose her life.

"We've got the stuff, we should leave here." Bai Li looked at the dispersing clouds in the sky, took a deep breath and sighed. "I'm afraid the world is going to change drastically."

"Ah! I forgot something!" The little sister seemed to suddenly remember something and stomped her feet in annoyance.

"What's wrong, Junior Sister? Did you drop something in Longling?" Senior Brother Kui Yuan asked.

"No! I haven't told the young master of the Li family my name yet! When he travels around in the world in the future, if he doesn't know my name, he might think I'm bragging. I even said I would protect him!" The junior sister regretted her mistake, and everyone smiled.

Bai Li is no exception. She is usually cold and aloof, but now she is a little gentler.

"Come on, it's time to leave."

As Bai Li was talking, several people were laughing.

The morning breeze blew through the mountains, and there was no trace of anyone on the cliff.

When everything is quiet, only the broken stone walls tell some stories.

　Dear book friends, the Spring Festival is just two days away. I will try my best to update continuously during the Spring Festival, and maybe there will be more updates.

　　
　
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