Chapter 92

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While the Sujiang Group was in chaos due to a lawyer's letter, the Hengyang Group was busy decorating and celebrating extravagantly.

However, as the instigator of all this, Yang Chen and Zhang Bingyu had hidden in a two-story building within the Tongtai Industrial Co., Ltd. factory area to finalize the final design of the Lingwu Journal.

Zhang Bingyu spread out more than a dozen cover design drafts in front of Yang Chen, asking him to choose.

In the end, Yang Chen immediately favored a design with a vast universe as the background, featuring two yin-yang fish patterns of different sizes embedded front and back. He picked it up, examined it carefully, and pointed to it, saying, "This one is good, let's go with it!"

"Are you sure?" Zhang Bingyu glanced at the design Yang Chen had chosen and asked, "If we're sure to use it, we can arrange for the staff in the adjacent printing workshop to start production tonight."

"Yep, let's go with this one, no changes." Yang Chen nodded firmly and handed the design to Zhang Bingyu, then asked, "Are the illustrations and layout for the content pages ready?"

"There aren't many illustrations, just the patterns you gave me the other day," Zhang Bingyu said, spreading her hands. "Also, I now realize you're serious... were those academic papers written by the Mad Taoist?"

As the deputy editor of the Lingwu Journal, Zhang Bingyu was the first to receive the three academic papers that Yang Chen had polished and expanded.

To be honest, at first, Zhang Bingyu thought Yang Chen was just playing a joke. Since she didn't plan to leave Yang Chen's side, she half-heartedly agreed.

But when Yang Chen handed her the drafts, Zhang Bingyu was completely stunned by the academic achievements proposed by the Mad Taoist... it completely overturned her worldview!

After suppressing her shock, Zhang Bingyu finished reading the three papers and replicated the Daoist techniques described in them. The conclusions she drew shattered her worldview and sparked an intense interest in the content of the papers.

At that moment, Zhang Bingyu knew Yang Chen was serious, not just playing around!

The key was that when these data-driven theories were presented, Zhang Bingyu was greatly shaken. For two days, she couldn't even use Daoist techniques... the procedures she had always taken for granted suddenly made her doubt!

According to the Mad Taoist's theory, energy particles are just a more advanced form of energy, like electricity that humans have already mastered, just with different applications.

Gods do not exist, and immortals do not exist. Even if they do, they are just more advanced life forms in the vast universe... this completely contradicts the foundational theories that have been prevalent in the metaphysical world for thousands of years!

Historically, it is said that many people have ascended to immortality, including the first three generations of the Celestial Master's Mansion, who are said to have been accompanied by a sky full of rosy clouds and fragrances when they ascended. How could this be just a manifestation of energy dispersion and return to nature?

In the metaphysical world, everyone pursues immortality, whether it's the nearly 200-year-old patriarch of the Celestial Master's Mansion or the old immortals in the Chongyang Palace on Zhongnan Mountain. Who isn't pursuing immortality? Who isn't chasing the opportunity to ascend to immortality?

The five elements of qi are the foundation that has supported the vast history of Chinese metaphysics for thousands of years. The conclusions proposed by the Mad Taoist challenge this fundamental understanding that has been established for thousands of years!

Zhang Bingyu's cultivation level is not high, so she was not greatly affected, but she still found it hard to accept such theories, even if her rationality told her they were true and correct, she still couldn't adapt!

Therefore, before Yang Chen nodded or shook his head, Zhang Bingyu continued, "The Mad Taoist denies the existence of gods, immortals, and Buddhas in the text, but the theoretical foundation is very weak. If it is disseminated, it will inevitably bring great trouble..."

In fact, the Mad Taoist's academic papers did not mention the existence of gods and immortals in ancient legends. This part of the content was entirely written by Yang Chen, with a simple purpose: to prepare in advance...

The gods and immortals of the metaphysical world, which have been prevalent for thousands of years, have long been proven to be just a beautiful spiritual寄托 in later generations!

Cultivating metaphysical techniques and absorbing energy, in simple terms, are just one direction of human evolution. Becoming a Lingwu cultivator might extend one's lifespan, but it is certainly not infinite!

What is a god? What is an immortal? They are more advanced life forms!

For a Lingwu cultivator at the meteorite level, a planetary-level Lingwu cultivator is a god, an immortal!

Throughout the thousands of years of Lingwu development on Earth, has there ever been even one planetary-level Lingwu cultivator? The strongest was only at the satellite level. How can they talk about immortality?

When the Troy Federation invaded Earth in later generations, their more advanced life forms and more powerful technological capabilities made many people on Earth regard them as the heavenly soldiers and angels of myth and legend. Even many cultivators made such a foolish mistake! Why? The gap in strength, a huge gap!!

Yang Chen knew that attacking the deeply rooted and beautiful legend of ascending to immortality and becoming a god with the first issue of the Lingwu Journal was an extremely unwise move, and it would invite widespread criticism.

But with confidence in the content of the Lingwu Journal, Yang Chen also believed that such criticism would not last long.

Gradually, through subtle influence, the wrong concepts could be corrected... cultivation is just to make one's life longer, cultivation is to strive for a higher level of life form! Cultivation... is an evolution! That's all.

Recognizing the essence is a very necessary thing.

Therefore, in response to Zhang Bingyu's concerns and even her doubts, Yang Chen smiled and said, "Whether gods and immortals exist is not the key point to debate now... qi is energy particles, which can be quantified, and that is the most important thing for this issue!"

"You are challenging the entire metaphysical world's understanding!" Zhang Bingyu had to issue a serious warning.

But Yang Chen didn't care, "No, I am guiding the metaphysical world to continue moving in the right direction!"

"The text denies the existence of gods and immortals and also denies the fact that humans can cultivate to become immortals," Zhang Bingyu said. "Then, please explain why every eighteen years, our Celestial Master's Mansion's ancestor, Zhang Daoling, appears in the forbidden area of the back mountain to teach and impart knowledge? If he didn't ascend to immortality, where did he go?"

"He has been dead for a long time." Yang Chen was very clear about the secret of the Celestial Master's Mansion. In later generations, he had conducted detailed investigations on this matter and reached a final conclusion!

He shook his head and said to Zhang Bingyu, "Zhang Daoling's lifespan was exhausted, and the energy particles in his body burst out of his dantian and returned to nature, which caused the strange scenes recorded in the classics... As for why he appears in the forbidden area of the back mountain every eighteen years to teach and impart knowledge... Have you noticed that every time Zhang Daoling appears, there is a large-scale energy eruption in the underground spirit veins of your Longhu Mountain? I'll tell you, it's a change in the magnetic field, not a spirit vein eruption..."

"What are you trying to say?" Zhang Bingyu's face was already frighteningly dark, "Don't you dare slander my ancestor!"

"..." Yang Chen shrugged and couldn't help but add, "But if there's a chance in the future, I will reveal the truth to the public..."

"You dare!!!" Zhang Bingyu felt inexplicably afraid, afraid of the so-called truth! She immediately widened her eyes, her face full of murderous intent...

But Yang Chen didn't answer her. Sometimes, to shatter a myth and make people recognize reality, some high and mighty 'gods' need to be sacrificed to sound the alarm. Looking at the entire Chinese land, the one from the Celestial Master's Mansion is the best-preserved... targeting him might be a bit cruel and unreasonable, but it would be the most effective!

After this interruption, Zhang Bingyu sulked and didn't speak to Yang Chen.

The two of them made the final adjustments and proofreading of the first issue of the Lingwu Journal in an extremely awkward atmosphere, without saying a word, until the first printed issue was bound at around three in the morning the next day!

Zhang Bingyu bit her lip and said something that made Yang Chen's hair stand on end...

"If you dare to touch a single hair of my ancestor, I swear I will chase you to the ends of the earth and personally send you to the afterlife!!"

From Zhang Bingyu's reaction, it seemed that Yang Chen was in big trouble...

And indeed, that was the case.

The first issue of nearly four hundred copies of the Lingwu Journal was packed into courier bags.

These Lingwu Journals, sent out via courier, quickly exploded like a giant bomb dropped into a calm lake, causing a huge uproar.

By the next day, Zhang Bingyu had already called Yang Chen...

"I think you'd better go into hiding for a while."

"What happened?"

"The Mad Taoist was caught in Ming Mountain Town and betrayed you," Zhang Bingyu said on the phone. "Currently, a large number of emotionally agitated people from the metaphysical world are heading to Jinzhou... They say you have insulted metaphysics and are the greatest disgrace to the metaphysical world..."

"What do they want to do?"

"Disable your cultivation to prevent you from harming the young generation of the metaphysical world!"

"Is it really that serious?" Yang Chen was startled.

"Very serious." Zhang Bingyu said seriously, "An elder from the Xuan Kong Cave in Nanyun Province went into a mental breakdown after reading the Lingwu Journal and is now half-disabled... Do you know Xuan Kong Cave? Their cave master is a high-level cultivator at the mid-sixth stage..."

"Mental breakdown? That's too exaggerated..."

"To be precise, he was so angry that he lost control during cultivation and made a mistake..."

"That's not my fault..."

"Go explain to them if you can!" Zhang Bingyu laughed bitterly. "Even Chongyang Palace has been alerted... I heard the Chongyang Palace master is on his way to Nanhu Province. Are you still not running? Do you want them to kill you and then beat your corpse?!"

"Where did it go wrong?"

"Ask yourself!!" (To be continued.)

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