Chapter 46: Immortal Court, Common Life, Avenue(1/2)
(Two updates and ten thousand words.)
The old brown-skinned Taoist opened his mouth wide and stared blankly at the direction where the white fish disappeared. He had not moved for a long time. Looking at his appearance, he seemed to have lost his soul.
After a long time, the food was already cold in the pottery bowl that was missing. The old man in the brown skin came to his senses. He no longer had to worry about eating. He put the bowl on the edge of the jar, closed his eyes and made gestures, muttering something, wanting to figure out what.
"The Ninth Level of Qi Training... My God, these two little kids have actually reached the Ninth Level of Qi Training! How is this possible?"
The old man in the brown skin shivered, and he couldn't help but look up at the sky: "This ghost weather doesn't even have a star sign, how can I calculate it?"
The old man in brown skin was furious and paced back and forth in the yard with his hands on his back, muttering: "Although Boqi Mountain is not famous, it is a good place to hide wind and gather water and condense one place's luck. My two swimming fish, one black and one white, have been raised for twenty years, and have seized the fortune of heaven and earth and gathered spiritual energy from all directions. It is not a small matter."
"And for twenty years, I have accumulated virtue and done good deeds and benefited the villagers, and have never slacked off every day. The creation of heaven and earth, the spiritual energy of mountains and rivers, and the popularity, the day when two swimming fish are cultivated is the opportunity for my two disciples to achieve great success in their cultivation."
"When they went up the mountain in the past, I poured their blood into the water tank and melted them into two swimming fishes to establish a secret connection to ensure that they can use it when the swimming fish is grown. Now..."
The old man in brown-skinned raised his head and looked at the sky speechlessly, with a very sad and angry expression: "But now, these two swimming fish have not yet been developed, why did you run away by yourself?"
The old man in the brown-skinned bowed his head and sighed: "I ran away and I wasn't in a hurry. They could only go to find my two disciples, but the problem is..."
Speaking of this, the old Taoist paused and his tone became sad and angry again: "Although I did not do good things, I can't directly move my cultivation from the fifth level of Qi training to the ninth level of Qi training? If all the people in the world do what I do, then will they be confused?"
"It's not normal, it's not normal, I have to calculate it again, and then calculate it again." The old man in the brown skin calmed down, closed his eyes, and made gestures again.
After a moment, his face changed and he widened his eyes: "What the hell is this? Penglai Fairy Island suddenly had two dolls with the ninth level of Qi training?"
"It's messy, it's messy, it's messy!" The old man in the brown skin suddenly realized something and rushed outside the Taoist temple in one step.
When he rushed out of the viewing door, he saw the "cave". The Penglai Taoist dressed in the hunter was still lying there to vomit blood. The old brown-skinned Taoist breathed a sigh of relief, ran over, entered the cave, and squatted down in front of the other side.
He suddenly rushed over with evil spirits, which scared the Penglai Taoist. His pale face suddenly turned ashamed. He laughed a few times and said miserably: "I knew you wouldn't let me go. You can do it and kill me!"
"Who has the time to kill you? I have something to ask you." The old man in the brown skin was very anxious, his eyes that were usually turbid and dull, and his shiny eyes were shining at this moment. "Tell me, the two dolls you came out there are obviously only in their twenties, how could they reach the ninth level of Qi training?"
The face of the Penglai Taoist changed, and his eyes flashed: "I don't know!"
"Don't you know?" asked the old man in the brown skin, and his murderous intent appeared.
The Taoist Penglai tied his neck: "That's all done by the senior brother, how can I know!"
The old brown-skinned Taoist looked ferocious, gritted his teeth, full of threat: "Don't force me to use soul searching skills!"
The Taoist Penglai had no blood on his face and gave up: "You can do it!"
The old Taoist in the brown skin loosened his whole body, and his pretended viciousness instantly broke his skills. He sighed: "Why are you more rogue than me?"
"Who has you a scoundrel?" The Taoist Penglai suddenly shouted.
The old man in the brown-skinned lip curled his lips, too lazy to argue with him, sat down and said bitterly: "To be honest, my two disciples have instantly reached the ninth level of Qi training, and I'm afraid they'll be possessed!"
"Has possessed?" The Taoist Penglai was intrigued. He suddenly remembered something, and his face changed suddenly, which was very ugly. He asked tentatively: "I heard that when the girl went up the mountain at the age of three, it was snowing heavily in March. Peach blossoms bloomed all over the mountain overnight, and a wonder of snowflakes set off the peach blossoms appeared?"
The old brown-skinned Taoist suddenly became arrogant: "What's that? I won't see whose disciple it is!"
After saying a word, he suddenly raised his eyebrows and stared at the Penglai Taoist and said, "What do you mean?"
"In my opinion, it is not possession, but reincarnation!" The Taoist of Penglai looked solemn and murderous.
The old brown-skinned Taoist stood there.
"Is there any wine?" The Taoist Penglai patted the ground and shouted loudly, as if he had become the hunter who used to drink and brag with the old man in the past.
The old man in the brown skin said: "No, tell me!"
The Taoist Penglai was immediately unhappy, but he had to bow his head under the eaves. He tidied up his clothes and looked at the old man with a serious look and said, "In the time of chaos in the world, the Taoist sect was coming out. But do you know why my Penglai Immortal Sect gave up the Taoist sect's usual conduct rules this time and no longer supported the princes, but instead sought to control the governor of Pinglu and take the initiative to fight for dominance of the world?"
The old Taoist in brown whispered disdain and said, "Don't you want to be a national teacher in the state? I want me to tell you, you are so full that you are so full that you have purified your delusions. In the past, King Wu defeated Zhou, and Taigong did not say that the Taoist sect would be superior to the secular kingship. You are good, people are not in a good mood and swallow elephant. With this free time, why don't you help the people more, cure diseases and save people, and eliminate disasters and problems? There are so many Taoists in the world. If everyone does this, the world will be peaceful. You really have lost the Taoist sect's face!"
"Shut up! You are the one who loses the Taoist side! You old man, you know nothing, just talk nonsense! The Taoist walks around the world and helps the people to eliminate disasters and problems, and the world will be peaceful? Nonsense! The people in the world suffer because the emperor is foolish and incompetent, the court imposes heavy taxes, the government is corrupt and abuses the law, and the powerful and powerful people! Let those people take charge of the world, so that the world will not be in chaos? Only by letting the Taoist sect be above the imperial power, and the emperor and officials respect us, can our Taoist sect benefit the people of the world and let them live and work in peace and contentment!"
The Penglai Daomen was immediately furious, with an excited expression and spitting.
The old man in the brown-skinned waved his hand: "I don't believe you say this, you should continue with the previous topic."
The Taoist Penglai said angrily: "I'm done."
The old man in the brown skin was stunned: "Are you finished speaking?"
The Taoist Penglai took it for granted: "The Taoist sect is to recognize that secular imperial power cannot prevent the people from suffering, so they decided to fight for dominance and establish the Taoist sect's rule over the world! You don't think about it. For thousands of years, dynasties have changed and rising and falling, and the people have suffered. Only when the Taoist sect unifies the world and controls secular imperial power can they avoid war and displaced, avoid fighting for power and profit, give peace to the people of the world, and give peace to the people!"
The old man in the brown skin looked confused: "What does this have to do with my two disciples, and what does it have to do with your eldest son Siming?"
"You are so wood!" The Taoist Penglai looked angry and said, "I'll ask you, why did Taigong help King Wu defeat Zhou?"
The old man in brown skin said: "King Zhou was cruel, causing the people to live in poverty, so all the immortals came to the world to help King Wen and King Wu achieve great achievements and save the people from water and fire."
Taoist Penglai: "Isn't that right? The world is about to be in chaos now, so the immortals are reincarnated early just to determine the world! Do you think that the immortal court of the three realms will watch the world be in chaos without caring about it?"
The old Taoist of Beige is enlightened: "So Penglai has the fate of the eldest son."
"This is the truth!" The Taoist of Penglai made a heavy blow to express his grace, saying that the child can teach.
The old man in brown said: "According to what you said, if Penglai has the support of the Immortal Court, wouldn't it be a definite rule of the world?"
"Then you need to say it?" The Taoist Penglai was determined, "A mortal disasters caused the world to be in trouble, causing the people to live a life worse than death. All the immortals will be reincarnated, rebuild the order of heaven and earth, and give the people a bright world! Therefore, the world is in chaos and the immortals are connected. Ordinary people make achievements, assist the king in the world, and make great merits for the world, and can attain the Tao and ascension and become the immortal class. Those reincarnated immortals can also return to the immortal court."
The old man in the brown skin said: "The mortal world is in chaos, and let the mortals fight for it themselves. Why do the Immortal Court keeps this matter?"
The Taoist Penglai was furious: "What are you saying? All the immortals are in love with the common people, how can they watch the people suffer?"
Speaking of this, the Taoist Penglai relaxed his tone: "Look, the immortals in the Immortal Court have such kindness. But every time the world is in chaos, all the immortals will be reincarnated, which is too troublesome. As the representative of the Immortal Court in the mortal world, the Taoist Sect must find a way to change this situation. Therefore, the Taoist Sect unifies the world and overrides the secular imperial power. At that time, the Taoist Sect is directly ordered to manage the affairs of the mortal world, and then the world will be in peace?"
The brown-skinned Taoist fell silent.
The Taoist Penglai smiled and said, "Did you believe it?"
The old man from the brown-skinned sighed and said seriously: "I almost believed it."
The Taoist Penglai was stunned: "Why are you almost there?"
The old man in the brown skin said: "You Penglai are arrogant and look down on the people. How can you talk about pitying the people?"
The Taoist of Penglai stared and said, "When will Penglai not take the people seriously? As for our bright clothes and outstanding postures, it is also for people to be afraid. If those powerful and ulterior motives are afraid of our majesty, wouldn't they go to make trouble?"
Beiskin said: "I have different ideas."
"What's your thought?" asked the Taoist Penglai.
The old Taoist in brown skin stood up: "Every time the world is a rebuilding of order. In the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, hundreds of schools of thought contend. Since the Han Dynasty, Confucianism has flourished. The Taoist Immortal Court has experienced several crises, and now the situation is even worse, so everyone is in danger."
"What is the foundation of the existence of the Immortal Court? It is the worship belief of mortals, and the incense is endless, and the luck gathers from this. Once the people on earth no longer believe in the Immortal Court and the Taoist sect loses the incense, then the people's energy and luck supply will lose, and the immortal court will decline and fall, and at the least it will be isolated from the Immortal Court."
"If this is the case, the immortals will no longer be immortals, but just cultivators, at most, even cultivators with stronger cultivation must return to the mountains, rivers, lakes and seas, be a savage, and cannot avoid the fate of death. In order to maintain its own status, the Taoist Immortal Court kept reincarnating the immortals, going to the human world to make achievements and helping the Taoist Sect build their prestige on earth. This is why the Taoist Sect will have great roots in the past in the chaos in the world."
"After all, the master of heaven and earth is not the immortal courtyard, but the people!"
"Wang King Wu defeated Zhou and Taigong was named a god. Why did those people be ranked in the immortal class? Didn't they establish achievements in the mortal world and leave great merits for the people? Without accumulating virtue and doing good deeds, not giving the people a peaceful and prosperous life, and not receiving the respect and support of the people, no matter how strong the monk's cultivation is, they will be destroyed. How can they become immortals?"
Speaking of this, the old man in the brown-skinned shook his sleeves.
He looked at the stunned Taoist Penglai, and continued: "When the world collapsed, orthodox things did not exist from time to time, luck scattered in the nine provinces, and the great roads started in the wilderness. Taoist sect came into being. Although his history was long, he was not the master of the great road, but the follower of the great roads. In the past, the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, hundreds of schools rose together, so why did this? Didn't the hundreds of schools occupy the fortune of heaven and earth? How could the hundreds of schools each occupy the fortune of heaven and earth? Didn't they all do good things for the people, and they respected and believed in them?"
"When the people no longer support a court, the court will perish. When the people help a prince, the prince may inherit the orthodox in troubled times. The great way starts from the fields and exists between the thoughts of every citizen, not on the immortal court of the Taoist sect!"
"The Taoist Sect can exist in the world not because the Taoist Sect is so powerful, but because the Taoist Sect has also made merits for the people of the world in the past!"
The Taoist in Penglai had no blood on his face and was in a state of dismay.
After a while, he gritted his teeth and said, "But Penglai has the life of the eldest son, this is an indisputable fact! Their strong strength will surely cause the world's storm!"
The old Taoist Beige sneered: "My two disciples are also born."
The Taoist of Penglai: "If your two disciples are also reincarnated by immortals, you have to obey the unified order of the Immortal Court!"
The old man in the brown skin said: "The immortals are standing in the immortal court, but not all of your thoughts. Some people forget their roots, and some people won't forget them!"
The Taoist of Penglai: "Don't say that you forget your roots and don't forget your roots! Even if your disciple is reincarnated by the immortals, if they do not obey the orders of the Immortal Court, they will be wiped out by the Immortal Court!"
The old Taoist Beige laughed: "The immortals are among the immortals. Although they are enthroned by the Immortal Court, they are fundamentally due to the merits of the people. The merits are established, and the immortals live. The merits are immortals and immortals are immortal."
"The Immortal Court is not someone's one-man show, who can do anything arbitrarily? Even if the Immortal Court is angry, it can at most take away the power of the immortals. How can it control the life and death of the immortals? How can it erase the immortals? The creatures in the three realms of heaven, earth, follow the great way, rather than follow the orders of the Immortal Court!"
The Taoist Penglai was furious and his face was flushed: "All nonsense!"
The old Taoist brown-skinned sighed and glanced at the Penglai Taoist, with a look of pity in his eyes: "If the Immortal Court is really as you said, it is such a mental and behavior. I am afraid that the great disaster will not only be in the human world, but also in the Immortal Court. Human hearts are corrupt and the great disaster will come. If it really comes to that time, it will be the wrath of the Great Dao. At that time, the merits will be offset by the blame, and the Immortal Court may also die, the Immortal Court..."
Speaking of this, the old man in the brown skin said nothing more and shook his head and left the cave.
The Taoist Penglai roared behind him: "Nonsense! Looking back now, you still have a chance to survive! If you don't follow the meaning of the Immortal Court, once the Immortal Court is furious and the divine punishment is brought down, you will die very ugly!"
The old Taoist in brown skin has returned to the Taoist temple and has no intention of answering the conversation.
Back at the Taoist temple, he picked up the bowl placed on the edge of the jar. The old Taoist looked as usual. The food in the bowl was already cold, but he didn't care. He ate the food bit by bit, and there was no grain of rice left and no leaf was wasted.
The disciple's efforts can be damaged due to unintentional mistakes, but they are never allowed to be wasted.
The old man in the brown skin suddenly smiled.
God's punishment?
die?
What are the fears of death?
If you die to the Tao, you will still be alive even if you die.
To be continued...